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Buffett and Baccarat a Winning Hand, Says CLSA
A satin-suited Playboy Bunny offers Warren Buffett a cocktail as he scribbles notes about Macau's promising investment potential. Gambling mogul Stanley Ho's Grand Lisboa casino glitters in the background, and cash literally rains from the sky as a broker wearing a yellow- and blue-striped tie peers over the Oracle of Omaha's shoulder, trying to will commissions.
The watercolor scene, the cover of CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets' recent report on Macau's gambling industry, appears to have been taken straight from the brokerage's dreams. Perhaps the art department is missing the bunnies after Playboy and Las Vegas Sands Corp. parted ways earlier this year.


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Does Tribune Co. Really Need Michael Eisner?
Bankrupt shell of a once-proud media company Tribune Co. is desperate. Desperate enough to try TV news without anchors. Desperate enough to give a seemingly-high jester an important management job. But are they really desperate enough to hire Michael Eisner?
Not that Eisner has anything better to do these days! The former Disney chairman and host of a minor CNBC talk show would probably welcome the chance to head a major media company again. The LA Times says that Eisner is a real candidate to take over leadership of the company from gnomish asshole Sam Zell, who can head on back into real estate and leave this newspaper nightmare behind him (unlike Tribune's employees).
It would certainly be a challenge. The bankruptcy proceedings of Tribune are still a mess. The company's leadership ranks need to be wiped clean. Its PR over the last several years has been awful. Eisner's been running an investment firm since leaving Disney, and he's had moderate success in the online media space. He told Variety that he's been buying up Tribune Co. debt, saying "The salvation of the newspaper is some kind of pay arrangement [online], which will evolve into something significant." And as Peter Lauria points out, Eisner has the experience and connections to perhaps help better leverage Tribune's TV assets, and its brand in general.
Then again: everyone knows that the salvation of the newspaper is "some kind of pay arrangement" online. News Corp and the New York Times Co., among others, have been at work on their paywalls for some time now. Tribune's newspapers have been decimated under Zell's ownership. Michael Eisner—and here, we're making a bold prediction—will not be the man to save the newspaper industry. In fact, it's hard to see what he brings to the table except a powerful name, powerful friends, and an affinity for the company. Sure, there's something to be said for having all three of those things. But if Tribune really wants to survive long-term, it needs bold media thinker who knows and believes in both print journalism and the internet, and has the management savvy to try to bring back a company that's been horribly messed up in the past decade. They need something damn near to a miracle worker, in other words. It's a hard fucking job. And it's difficult to believe Michael Eisner really wants to work that hard.
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UK authorities searching for two people in the attempted abduction of a serviceman at a Royal Air Force base in England said they were unable to rule out terrorism as a motive.
Two men, one of whom had a knife, approached the serviceman while he was jogging near the RAF Marham air base in Norfolk, NBC News reported. The serviceman, who was off-duty and not in uniform, was uninjured.
Norfolk Detective Superintendent Paul Durham said the motivation for the attack is unclear and that authorities are "currently unable to discount terrorism," according to the Associated Press.


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Grover Gardner
About the Author
Grover Gardner's narration career spans 25 years and over 550 audiobook titles. AudioFile magazine has called him one of the "Best Voices of the Century" and features him in their annual "Golden Voices" update. Publishers Weekly named him Audiobook Narrator of the Year for 2005. His recordings have garnered 18 Earphones Awards from AudioFile and an Audie Award from the Audio Publishers' Association.


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Ford is
scheduled to release a "Send
to SYNC" service that includes Google
Maps later this month which allows drivers to choose a
destination on Google Maps and send it to the SYNC on their Ford,
Mercury or Lincoln vehicles for free.
to SYNC" is a new addition to the Ford
Service Delivery Network, which is the automaker's "cloud-based
architecture," that provides a menu of voice-activated services
attainable through a user's mobile phone, and will be available
to existing 2010-11 Ford vehicles that already have SYNC with
Traffic, Directions & Information (TDI).
the Google Maps website, users will have the choice to send
their desired location to SYNC by navigating to the "Send"
menu on the site. Then, when a user connects to SYNC TDI in their
vehicle, they confirm the request to download the selected Google
Maps location and it is stored under the "services" voice
command. The latest traffic information is downloaded and
applied to the chosen Google Maps directions sent to the vehicle.
paper directions from a website is a relic in our digital age,"
said Doug VanDagens, director of Ford Connected Services Solutions
Organization. "With 'Send to SYNC,' you can map a destination at
home, at work - wherever you have connectivity - and when you get to
your car, it already knows where you want to go.
convenient and it eliminates the waste and distraction of paper maps,
conserving resources while helping drivers keep their eyes on the
services offered
by the SYNC TDI include news, stocks, movie listings,
horoscopes, and the forthcoming "Send to SYNC" service. No
vehicle software updates are ever required and no additional hardware
is required either, hence, there are no extra costs involved.
addition to Ford SYNC's partnership with Google, the auto company
will also have a similar feature for Mapquest as
well later this year.


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A relative of mine has the oldest version of the asus eee pc, it has a 900 MHz celeron mobile cpu, 512MB RAM and 4GB HDD. It also has some kind of old linux distribution that i am unable to upgrade, and she is starting to have problems with gmail and skype, because she is using a 3 year old version. Given that she only uses that computer for those 2 tasks, what up to date linux distribution would work and would recognise all the hardware on that machine?
I was thinking about xubuntu 11.10, but i don't know it that machine has enough space to hold it, and is compatible with built in webcam and microphone (this is a must).


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Democratic state Rep. Tiffany Rogers is running against Republican Sen. Jonathan Dismang for a state Senate seat. The early voting ballot lists Rogers as "State Representative Tiffany Rog ..." instead of listing her full name.
Election officials said Rogers' full name is listed correctly on the general election ballot.
But County Election Coordinator Leslie Bellamy said the issue will lead to a slower count on election night. Bellamy told The Daily Citizen workers will have to manually enter the results into a database.
Bellamy said hand-entering the totals should delay the results by no more than an hour on election night.


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Lynn Vincent is a writer for World, fourth largest newsweekly in the U.S.
Luanne James knows about race-based marital discrimination. She is white; her husband Kurt is black. When Mrs. James takes their daughter Gabrielle, 6, for a haircut, she goes to a braidery, a salon that specializes in serving African-Americans. "The women there will say how beautiful my daughter is," said Mrs. James, 34, of San Diego. "But then I hear them saying how frustrating it is to see a good black man, one who works hard and takes care of his family, married to a white woman. They have no problem saying it in front of me."
Mr. James, 36, knows about discrimination, too. "I've seen it from both blacks and whites looking at us as a couple."
But the Jameses see no comparison between their struggle for marital acceptance and the battle homosexuals are waging in the courts to gain acceptance of "gay marriage." When the Massachusetts Supreme Court on Nov. 17 ruled in Goodrich vs. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health that the state constitution prohibits the state from stating that marriage is between a man and a woman, Justice Margaret H. Marshall wrote for the majority:
"For decades, indeed centuries, in much of this country (including Massachusetts) no lawful marriage was possible between white and black Americans.... [In Goodrich], a statute deprives individuals of access to an institution of fundamental legal, personal, and social significance—the institution of marriage—because of a single trait ... sexual orientation.... As it did in [past race-based cases] history must yield to a more fully developed understanding of the invidious quality of the discrimination."
"That," said Mrs. James, "is a crock."
The Massachusetts court used its clout to peddle the notion that "gay marriage" is in the tradition of extending civil rights to disadvantaged groups, but the Jameses and millions of other American families aren't buying. Conservatives and liberals alike acknowledge that Goodrich, in which justices gave the Massachusetts legislature six months to fashion new marriage laws in the court's liberal image, opens the door for the legal redefinition of marriage nationwide. That prospect has galvanized talk of a federal constitutional amendment and put pressure on Democratic presidential hopefuls who mouth support for Goodrich's lunge toward gay "legal equality" but claim not to support "gay marriage" per se.
The Jameses won't be voting Democratic. Mr. James, a native of Trinidad who moved to the United States at age 9, is a registered nurse. Mrs. James is a full-time mom who volunteers at the elementary school where Gabrielle and Nathan, 8, attend. Sitting together in their living room on a tan sectional under a painting of an island scene, the Jameses are matter-of-fact about their opposition to gay marriage.
"It makes me so mad, what we go through as an average American family, trying to be husband and wife, trying to raise children, with a 50 percent divorce rate, the statistics against us, to have gays say, 'We're just like them and we deserve their rights,'" Mrs. James said. "They are just like us as children of God, but they are not like us in being part of the gift of marital union. The biblical covenant of marriage cannot be compared to two men going to bed."
An October Gallup poll found that most Americans hold similar views: 64 percent of voters over age 30 opposed gay marriage, while just under half of voters between ages 18 and 29 felt the same way. Recent Time/CNN and Pew Research Center polls yielded similar results. Goodrich may be spurring even more grassroots opposition. Massachusetts lawmakers report a landslide of citizen e-mails urging the legislature to adopt a state constitutional amendment that would nullify Goodrich by restricting marriage to one man and one woman. And, after the decision came down, the Virginia-based Alliance for Marriage (AFM) saw citizen signatures on a petition supporting a federal marriage amendment jump 20 percent overnight.
Observing the rise of judicial activism on behalf of homosexuals, AFM president Matt Daniels has long predicted the virtual certainty of a decision like Goodrich. His group has since 2001 worked to shepherd through Congress a marriage amendment to the U.S. Constitution. AFM emphasizes its racial, ethnic, and religious diversity, and has an advisory board that includes blacks, whites, Hispanics, Koreans, Jews, Muslims, Catholics, and evangelicals—a fact studiously ignored by media outlets that prefer to paint those opposed to gay marriage as angry, white foot soldiers of the religious right.
AFM's amendment, originally introduced in 2001 and then reintroduced by Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (R-Colo.) as House Joint Resolution 56 in 2003, states: "Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman. Neither this Constitution or the constitution of any State, nor state or federal law, shall be construed to require that marital status or legal incidents thereof be conferred on unmarried couples or groups."
Why is a constitutional amendment necessary when 37 states and the U.S. Congress have in recent years passed "DOMA" (Defense of Marriage Act) laws that define marriage along traditional lines? First, the federal DOMA, signed into law by President Clinton, cannot prevent activist state judges from interpreting their own constitutions to allow same-sex marriage, as in Goodrich—or at least to confer marital benefits on homosexual couples, as in Baker, a 2000 case in Vermont. Second, according to AFM, the federal DOMA does not prevent states from recognizing foreign same-sex marriages. Third, loose constructionist U.S. Supreme Court justices down the road could follow the path of their Massachusetts counterparts and turn established marital law upside down.
Leading up to the Goodrich decision, 96 members of Congress had co-sponsored AFM's marriage amendment. Within days after Goodrich, 11 more lawmakers quickly signed on. "A lot of people didn't realize the gravity of the situation" until after the court decision, said Rep. Mike McIntyre (D-N.C.), an original co-sponsor. "Sometimes it takes something like this to jolt people into action." H.J. Res. 56 co-sponsors include seven other Democrats: Lincoln Davis (Tenn.); Ralph Hall (Texas); Ken Lucas (Ky.); Collin Peterson (Minn.); Charles Stenholm (Texas); Gene Taylor (Miss.); and Rodney Alexander (La.).
Does AFM's amendment go far enough? American Family Association head Don Wildmon, who is "hopeful that the Massachusetts Supreme Court slapped American Christians in their face and woke them up," argues that AFM's amendment "would protect marriage in name only. Some people would argue with me on that." AFM's Mr. Daniels would: "It's our view that given what we know about the politics of this issue at the state level and in Congress, that it is not politically possible to take away the existing authority of state legislatures over questions of [marital] benefits. We do have a very real chance to amend the Constitution to save marriage, but we can only succeed if we work within the realm of what is politically viable."
Leaders of several conservative, pro-family groups, dubbed the "Arlington Group," have for months prior to the ruling met to hammer out strategies for dealing with the gay assault on traditional marriage. The consortium includes Family Research Council (FRC), Focus on the Family, Concerned Women for America, God's World Publications (the company that owns WORLD magazine), American Family Association, Empower America, Eagle Forum, and other groups. The leaders have discussed whether to craft a constitutional amendment that simply defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman, or whether to buttress it with language that would prohibit states from approving same-sex civil unions and domestic partnerships.
Tony Perkins, a former Louisiana lawmaker who in September took the helm of FRC specifically to fight for traditional marriage, said the consensus of the Arlington Group was to work "to get the strongest language possible"—but definitions of possible differ. As H.J. Res. 56 works its way through the House (Rep. McIntyre told WORLD he expects no action until early February), the Arlington Group is hoping GOP leaders will introduce their amendment in the Senate as soon as lawmakers return from holiday hiatus.
Meanwhile, other groups are also working quickly. For example, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America filed a friend-of-the-court brief in Goodrich and now is working with members of Congress on strategies for protecting traditional marriage. "We are not trying to be liberal or conservative, Republican or Democrat," said OU public-policy director Nathan Diament. "We are trying to translate Jewish tradition and values into the current context of public-policy discussion."
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is capturing the attention of parishioners with a Q & A pamphlet that educates lay people on the topic of gay marriage. The pamphlet reflects the strong statement affirming traditional marriage that the conference issued in November. "What people had previously presumed everyone understood as a general ethic is now called into question," USCCB spokesperson Sister Mary Ann Walsh said of the impact of Goodrich. "Twenty-five years ago, there was no question about redefining marriage. Now people need assistance formulating an understanding of the issue. The [Catholic] church wants to make sure people are educated."
Walter Fauntroy, founder and president of the National Black Leadership Round Table, wishes the "gay marriage" issue would just go away. A Democrat and 10-term former congressman from the District of Columbia who worked with Martin Luther King Jr., Mr. Fauntroy lives in inner-city D.C. and says, "I resent having to waste my time discussing it when there are people outside my door who don't have jobs." But discuss it he must, Mr. Fauntroy says, since the debate "merits a response from all people, conservatives and liberals, who are concerned about a civil society. The institution of marriage in human history has always been for the purpose of procreation and socialization." Two people of the same sex, he said, can't fill either bill.
Democratic presidential hopefuls, meanwhile, are trying to preserve their political liberal base by expressing support for Goodrich while straining not to alienate centrists in the general electorate with a wholesale endorsement of what remains a radical notion. Resulting sound bites have ranged from General Wesley Clark's tiptoe-through-the-minefield post-Goodrich statement ("As president, I would support giving gays and lesbians the legal rights that married couples get") to Richard Gephardt's pained Nov. 19 pronouncement: "I do not support gay marriage, but I hope the Massachusetts state legislature will act in a manner that is consistent with today's Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling."
Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) said he continued to oppose "gay marriage" but wanted the Massachusetts legislature to "take action to ensure equal protection for gay couples. These protections are long overdue." Democratic frontrunner Howard Dean congratulated the Massachusetts court on paving the way for legislators to set up domestic partnerships like those he signed into law during his time as Vermont's governor. Still, he stopped short of embracing gay marriage: "One way or another, the state should afford same-sex couples equal treatment under law in areas such as health insurance, hospital visitation, and inheritance rights."
Senator-candidate Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.), an adherent to Orthodox Judaism, may have worn the most pained expression last week. In 2000, while running for vice president, he said he was wrestling with the idea of gay marriage and civil unions. Three years later, he seems to have made up his mind: "Although I am opposed to gay marriage, I have also long believed that states have the right to adopt for themselves laws that allow same-sex unions."
But not only Democrats have political problems with this issue. When Dick Cheney ran for vice president in 2000, he said this: "We don't get to choose and shouldn't be able to choose and say, 'You get to live free, but you don't.' And I think that means that people should be free to enter into any kind of relationship they want to enter into. It's really no one else's business in terms of trying to regulate or prohibit behavior in that regard." Mr. Cheney, whose gay daughter Mary brings her partner to White House functions, has apparently not changed his position.
Mr. Cheney's embrace of his daughter's sexual choice provides a White House connection for the Republican Unity Coalition (RUC), an effort to build a GOP where "sexual orientation is not an issue"; Mary Cheney recently joined the group's advisory board. GOP newcomer Charles Francis founded RUC after George W. Bush took office and quickly recruited party veterans—former Los Angeles mayor Richard Riordan, former Wyoming senator Alan Simpson, and former president Gerald Ford—to give the group gravitas.
Mr. Simpson opposes the federal marriage amendment but also thinks gay activists ought to pipe down. "To be talking all day long about gay marriage is a tragedy," he wrote in a September op-ed in The Washington Post. "We have made so much advancement in this party, in this state, in this country, and they bring up the one issue that's contentious.... Beats hell out of me why you want to drag that dead cat around.... Because see what happens? My whole party is now trying to do a constitutional amendment."
And that is the way politics is likely to play out on this question. Bush adviser Karl Rove, intent on preserving the president's conservative base for next year's election, is likely to push for a GOP pro-marriage stand that will place an albatross around Democratic necks. Squirm though they might, Democratic presidential candidates will have a hard time reaching out to those who believe that marriage is between a man and a woman, without alienating their "anything-goes" core supporters. But both parties have mixed records and motives: How this all shakes out may determine the occupant of the White House in 2005, and will certainly affect houses in every American city for decades to come.
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1. What did you think of Alice's bribe? What does it say to you that she not only had that much cash handy, but that she thought it would take that much money to bribe the officer?
On the one hand, I thought that, being Alice, she had forseen that she might need a huge amount of cash. And on the other hand, I was -again- amazed at how much money these Cullens seem to have!
2. Did you ever think Bella wasn't going to make it in time to save Edward?
I have to admit, I was torn during this passage. The crowd was so dense that I thought she wouldn't make it in time. But in the back of my mind, I was thinking "Oh come on! Bella and Edward are the very reason why she wrote these series of books in the 1st place! She can't kill one now!"
3. How did you respond when Edward assumed they were both dead?
WAKE UP! My blood pressure went to high and I was so into the story that I snapped at the book
4. Edward pretty much gave up the moment tiny, little Jane approached. What was your assumption about Jane when you first saw her - be honest!
I thought she was an evil child, like Damian in The Omen. She always reminds me of Damian for some reason...
5. Bella assumed that Edward was being nice, but not romantic, by protecting her as they made their way down the tunnel. What did you think of the way he was holding her and protecting her?
That he was still in love with her. Even more so now that he knew how it felt to live in a world without Bella. I was really moved by the way he protected her at th entrance of the tunnel, always suspicious of the 2 other Volturi.


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The last thing a battered Ravens defense needs is Robert Griffin III receiving any undue help from the officials Sunday. But that's what seemed to occur on a key first-quarter play.
On a 2nd-and-13 from the Washington 45, Griffin threw the ball away under pressure, drawing an intentional grounding flag. However, that penalty was offset by a roughing the passer penalty against Haloti Ngata for what was deemed a helmet-to-helmet hit.
But, was Ngata wrongly penalized? Here's the play in question, courtesy of SBNation:
The contact appeared much worse than it was because Griffin's helmet flew off when he hit the ground, an extraneous reaction that may have helped draw the flag. Ngata was also not late in getting to Griffin -- he drilled Washington's quarterback just as he released the pass:
Replays clearly show Haloti Ngata did not hit RG3 with the crown of his helmet. It was just a very hard push.
— Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) December 9, 2012
Mike Pereira seemed to acknowledge that Ngata's hit wasn't to RGIII's helmet, but said it was close enough for the NFL.
It's crown of the helmet to the neck area. Close but they want that called on the Ngata hit. He likely will be fined.Leonard Hankerson Alfred Morris Redskins
— Mike Pereira (@MikePereira) December 9, 2012


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Short video about Japanese sex TV. They even teach English!
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We urgently need a guy for sex http://s.id/UCy
america got one up by this
Fuck, I wish that these colors don't run and backfired wren't perfect examples of the people in this country; but, hey they're fucking accurate portrayals of the people here. hell, for all we know, these colors don't run could be a former U.S. president.
All broadcasters could really learn something from the Japanese. If I could get that channel I would start watching TV again.
this is sad that a portion of the world mistake hatretism for patriotism
I learned some English today on spikedhumor
japan fucking kicks ass!!! (and yes, it's funny that america has the biggest porn industry in the world)
great welcome
Fuch Japanese
shit i wanna be on the channel... and canada sucks
ke gnilo...baa fuj fuj fuj
ahhh japan fresh X_X
Great idea.
yeah the asain people are a interesting race eh
Lol, awesome video To bad we gotta pay if we want somethin like that over here... =(
when is the US going to be comfortable enough with sexuality to have a channel like that oh wait, never because of all the fucking conservative religious piots that think sex is wrong
"you wont be wearing shirts or skirts." "kimono?" "..whipped cream" hahahaha
I was very impressed with that one woman's command of english.
I bet thesecolorsdon'trun isn't even an american. He's probably from another country but gets a kick out of making americans look like asses.
I ruv this video. It is glate.
Holy shit that counter girl was HOT! Man...I gotta go back to Japan! :D I'm only 200 kilometres away, but...wahhh everything is so conservative here. :) Still, for all those who actually like learning, check this history of Japanese porn on wiki. I actually learned about a few myths and some interesting things as to why things are the way they are in Japan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornog raphy_in_Japan VERY interesting read...
i like it
We shoud have a chanell like that here in north america, that woud rock
dont take examples for these_colors_dont_run . .hes fucking stupid. im and american and respect all culture because it is not my position to determine right from wrong, except for a few cases. but as for canada being better than america . . .WHY THE FUCK would you wanna argue that?. Its pointless and irrelevant to the video (which i thought was pretty cool). I love my country and dont care IF Canada is better.
-------------------- ----------------------- --------------- Lol, I think all Canadians members just stopped here, after an others remark of the brilliant "These_colors_dont_run" . hehehe. I am Canadian, I maybe respect your right to speak, but, earring over and over, your retard, negative and racist speech, I begin to understand that you just enjoy the others get pissed, so I'm not gonna do that. I'm just asking one thing, that you keep those comments for you. We are in an international community here; there is no age, no sex, and no color. We sure have our own stereotype about USA, that's probably wrong to, but we have the something call "respect", we keep it for us if it's not constructive. I hope you understand the message. Thx. -------------------------------------- ----------------------
That part where they were covering the naked girl in condiments had me gagging.
these_colours_dont_run is just upset at canada in general because we we able to repel the us's attack in 1812 and we ended up burning down the white house. that's not because of any real military might (come on... we were a little silly(sillier) colony back then... muskets and machetes were probably all we could really muster), but because the US's state-based militias were too frikkin disorganized and couldn't coordinate their activities. oh, and remember... there are more obese americans than canadians. even controlling for the fact that it's better to have more subcutaneous fat if you live somewhere really cold. and as for the video... i'm just glad there was no scat. *shivers* you never know what'll come out of japan.
ahumbleknight : u shouldn't use harsh words on these_colors_dont_run... He's just a little kid...
Damnnn, that counter girl is fucking hot!
Lol Jonathan Ross (english TV presenter). Very funny man!!
^ It is people like YOU These_colors_dont_run that make people hate America soo much. You are a terrible example of your country. Do all the decent American people a favour and shut the fuck up.
whoa...that is hot...japanese people are geniuses...one day I will move to Japan
Why cant my foriegn language classes be like that?
Japan rocks
yo wtf?
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Toward an acceptable nuclear future
The nuclear option is in danger of being foreclosed. The trend toward antinuclearism may be reversed if concerns about low-level radiation insult can be shown ultimately to be without foundation; evidence for this speculation is presented. Nevertheless it is suggested that the nuclear enterprise itself must propose new initiatives to increase the acceptability of nuclear energy. A key element of an acceptable nuclear future is cluster siting of reactors. This siting plan might be achieved by confining new reactors essentially to existing sites.
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i've got this last year question from my senior. i've tried to solve it on my own but i think it's not suit with my level. so, anyone could please help me to write the codes as my final exam is coming soon. thank you
here i attach together all the related files of the question
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text: Might be a good time to bring him over and get him acclimated. He doesn't even need to see the floor. We could take the Spurs approach. If he shows flashes then we can throw him some minutes. I really think we need to think outside the box with our 10 - 15 roster spots, even if only 1 of them hits.


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If you believe in the right to keep and bear arms and your freedom, you must pay attention and watch President Obama, Hillary Clinton and Eric Holder. They are holding another meeting on Aug. 27 to try to ban guns and your right to own guns. They are calling it United Nations Program of Action to Prevent. They just tried to do this on July 27 with a small arms treaty but failed. They are going to try it again and if they fail they are going to meet in September and October. So watch out for your anti-American President.
They will also try to regulate the number of rounds you can have in a clip. It shouldnt matter if you want to have a clip with 200 rounds or 10; you should have that right. I guess they dont realize you can change out a clip of 6-10 just as fast as a clip of 200, it only takes 2-3 seconds to change a clip . They also dont realize that you will still be able to get larger clips off of the black market or people will just make their own.
Their only goal is to take away your freedoms one at a time. They are going to also try to outlaw assault rifles and semi-automatic weapons, which makes no sense at all because you can shoot some hunting rifles just as fast and farther with some practice. The moment they outlaw guns, the crime rate will go through the roof. Point is, dont let them take away your rights and freedom, because they will, one by one. If you vote for them, you are voting against America. We need to stand up for not just gun rights but all your rights. Its time we took back America. We use to be the best country in the world but its not going to be that way if you dont stand up and fight.
Ronnie Hurst
Via CortezJournal.com


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The late Fr. V C Samuel's change of loyalty
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- Dear All,
For sometime now I have been trying to learn the reasons behind the late Fr. V. C. Samuel's change of loyalty. I have heard about this from my grandfather who was a student at Manjanikkara Dayara in the 1950's and was ordained a Kassisso in 1956. His version was as follows...
After Fr. V C Samuel was ordained a priest and was appointed a vicar (I am unable to recall the name of the church ), he suddenly had a desire to get married. He was ordained as a 'Dayara Pattakkaran'. Mor Yulios Elias of blessed memory, who was very strict in church canons and traditions did not permit this. This was why he rebelled against Yulios Bava and was welcomed into the IOC. At that time (and even now) a scholar like V C Samuel Achen coming into their fold was considered a great achievement for the IOC's. He got married then and even had a son. But during his last days he was staying with an adopted daughter in Bangalore and I have had the opportunity to visit him twice along with my grandfather.
But recently while I was reading a book written about Mor Augen, the author has mentioned that in 1938 the court asked us to provide the Kalpana wherein the deposition of Mor Abdul Messaiah was declared to the church. Since such a Kalpana was not available, Mor Yulios Bava fabricated such a kalpana in Manjanikkara and provided the same to the court. The late Fr. V C Samuel, who was a witness for this incident, could not accept such an action from Mor Yulios Bava and this made him change his loyalty!!!
Please I do request the learned members of this Forum to throw some light on this incident.
Best Regards
Manoj George
Member ID 1309
- Dear honorable members
Greetings in HIS name
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Tom A. Langen
Professor, Chair
Department of Biology
163 Science Center
Clarkson University
Potsdam, NY 13699-5805
E-mail: email@example.com
Web site: http://people.clarkson.edu/tlangen/
Phone: 315-268-7933
B.S., Purdue University – Biology (1984)
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego - Biology (1994).
Network of Conservation Educators & Practitioners (NCEP) Professor of the Month (October 2011)
Ecological Society of America Education Scholar Award (2011)
Clarkson University Outstanding Advisor Award (2011)
Fulbright Scholar, Costa Rica (2007)
Presidential Award, Society of American Naturalists for the best paper of the previous year in the journal American Naturalist, as judged by the Society's President (2005)
Clarkson University Student Association Outstanding Teacher Award (2003)
Courses taught
BY 222 General Ecology
BY 224 General Ecology Lab
BY 240 Ecology of American Rivers
BY/EV310 Clarkson Adirondack Semester: Adirondack Natural History
BY 340/PY 340 Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology
BY 358/PY 358 Animal Learning & Cognition
BY 328/528 Conservation Biology
EV390 Sustainability Project Experience Sustainable Natural Resource Management at Devil's Thumb Ranch, Colorado
UNIV399 University Study Abroad Course: Costa Rica – Melding an Export-Based Economy with Environmental Conservation & Social Welfare
BY 435/BY 525 Biological Systems & Global Environmental Change
BY 610 Ecological Statistics & Experimental Design
Research Interests
My general research areas include (1) behavioral ecology - the adaptive function of animal behavior, (2) cognitive ecology - how animals learn about their environment and use the information to make adaptive decisions and (3) conservation science - how ecology can be applied to conserving species and ecosystems, and improving environmental health. Presently, I am involved in the following research projects.
Impact of Roads on Costa Rica National Parks. I collaborate with the International Institute in Wildlife Conservation & Management (ICOMVIS), National University of Costa Rica on research related to roads in Latin America. I am using geographic information systems and remote sensing data to evaluate the fingerprint of public roads that bisect national parks in Costa Rica. I am also conducting field work in the Guanacaste Conservation Area on the impact of the Pan-American Highway on movements of wildlife.
Value of Restored Wetlands for Species of Greatest Conservation Need. The USDA National Resources Conservation Service, the US Fish & Wildlife Service, and Ducks Unlimited have partnered with over 100 private landowners in northeastern New York to restore and conserve wetlands. My research evaluates whether these projects are worthwhile from the aspect of conserving threatened species, and also evaluates why landowners chose to participate in the programs.
Impact of Road Mortality on Turtles and other Herpetofauna. There is increasing concern among conservation biologists about the long-term impact of roads on reptiles and amphibian populations. My research is focused on how to predict and mitigate hotspots of road mortality on turtles and other reptiles and amphibians. This research includes use of field surveys and GIS to locate hotspots of road-kill, and the design and testing of barriers to road crossing.
Sociobiology and Cognition in the New World Jays. The New World Jays are model group for understanding the evolution and ecology of reproductive cooperation and sociality. Experiments with jays are also revealing new insights into learning and memory in vertebrates. My work has primarily focused on two species: the white-throated magpie-jay and the western scrub-jay.
Publications (last five years)
Jackson, S.D., T.A. Langen, D.M. Marsh, and K.M. Andrews . 2015. Chapter 2: Natural history and physiological characteristics of small vertebrates in relation to roads. In (K.M Andrews, P. Nanjappa, S. P.D. Riley eds.) Roads and Ecological Infrastructure: Concepts and Applications for Small Animals. Johns Hopkins Press.
Langen, T.A., K.M. Andrews, S.P. Brady, N.E. Karraker, and D.J. Smith. 2015. Chapter 4: Road effects on habitat quality for small animals. In (K.M Andrews, P. Nanjappa, S. P.D. Riley eds.) Roads and Ecological Infrastructure: Concepts and Applications for Small Animals. Johns Hopkins Press.
Kintsch, J., K.E. Gunson, and T.A. Langen. 2015. Chapter 5: Engaging the public in the transportation planning process. In (K.M Andrews, P. Nanjappa, S. P.D. Riley eds.) Roads and Ecological Infrastructure: Concepts and Applications for Small Animals. Johns Hopkins Press.
Langen, T.A., K.E. Gunson, K., S.D Jackson, D.J. Smith, and W. Ruediger. 2015. Chapter 8: Planning to mitigate road effects on small animals. In (K.M Andrews, P. Nanjappa, S. P.D. Riley eds.) Roads and Ecological Infrastructure: Concepts and Applications for Small Animals. Johns Hopkins Press.
Andrews, K.M., T.A. Langen, and R.P.J.H. Struijk. 2015 Chapter 26: Reptiles: Overlooked but often at risk from roads. In (R. van der Ree, C. Grilo, and D.J. Smith eds.). Handbook of Road Ecology. John Wiley. Langen, T.A., T. Mourad, B.W. Grant, W.K. Gram, B.J. Abraham, D.S. Fernandez, M. Carroll, A. Nuding, and S.E. Hampton. 2014. Opportunities & challenges in using large public data sets in the undergraduate ecology classroom. Frontiers in Ecology & the Environment 12:362-363.
Halamkova, L., J. Schulte, T.A. Langen. 2013. Patterns of sexual size dimorphism in Chelonia. Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society 108:396-413.
Langen T.A., K. Gunson, C. Scheiner, and J. Boulerice. 2012. Road mortality in freshwater turtles: identifying causes of spatial patterns to optimize road planning and mitigation. Biodiversity and Conservation 21:3017-3034.
Langen T.A. 26 April 2012, posting date. Drivers of avian local species richness: continental-scale gradients, regional landscape, or local land cover? Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology, Vol. 8: Experiment #2 [online]. http://tiee.esa.org/vol/v8/experiments/langen/abstract.html
Steen, D.A., J.P. Gibbs, K.A. Buhlmann, J.C. Carr, B.W. Compton, J. Congdon, S. Doody, J.C. Godwin, K.L. Holcomb, D. Jackson, F. Janzen, G. Johnson, M. Jones, G. Lamer, T.A. Langen, M. Plummer, J. Rowe, R.A. Saumure, J.K. Tucker, and D.S. Wilson. 2012. Distances from wetlands to freshwater turtle nests with guidelines for core terrestrial habitat conservation. Biological Conservation 150:121–128
Mentored Student Research (Last three years)
- Laura Barlow (Environmental Science & Policy) Comparison of bird diversity at natural and restored wetlands.
- Jeremy Ozolins (Biology) Comparison of amphibian and reptile diversity at natural and restored wetlands.
- Jane Casey (Biology) Sexual size dimorphism in seabirds, Mating skew in cooperatively breeding birds.
- Hillary Clifton (Environmental Science & Policy) Impacts of rock climbing on cliff plants.
- Vinita Eswar (Environmental Science & Policy) Impact of tourism on elephant movements in Queen Elizabeth NP, Uganda.
- Jon Podoliak (Biology) Evaluation of the wetlands in the Massena AOC using birds as indicators.
- Kate Gilpin (Wesleyan University, Environmental Science and Engineering REU Program) Evaluation of the wetlands in the Massena AOC using macroinverterbates as indicators.
- Evan Tomakiewicz (Biology, UBM Program), Jennifer Burl (Mathematics, UBM Program), Shelby Casas (Biomolecular Science, Hobors Program) Intercolony aggression and colony dispersion in Pheidole ants.
- Jennifer Burl (Mathematics, UBM Program) Intercolony aggression and colony dispersion in Pheidole ants.
- Shelby Casas (Biomolecular Science, Honors Program) Intercolony aggression and colony dispersion in Pheidole ants.
- Victor Epiter-Smith (Biology, UBM Program) Patterns of physiological stress on oaks.
- Ashley Mattison (Biology) Correlates of sexual size dimorphism in snakes.
- Robin Collins (McNair, Biology) Created nesting habitat to reduce turtle road mortality.
- Brendan Carberry (CUPO, Mechanical Engineering) Design of wildlife barriers to reduce turtle road mortality. Shelby Casas (Honors, Biology) Habitat selection by golden-winged warblers and hybrids.
- Kathryn Lawson (Honors, Chemical Engineering) Population density of golden-winged warblers at Upper & Lower Lakes and Fish Creek State Wildlife Management Areas.
- Amy Hait (Honors, Environmental Engineering) Habitat selection by golden-winged warblers – a GIS analysis.
- Lorianny Rivera (U. Puerto Rico, Environmental Science and Engineering REU Program) Distribution of Blanding's Turtles in northeastern New York.
- Jon Podoliak (Biology) Biodiversity Survey of Clarkson University Campus. Jessica Beach (Biology) Biodiversity Survey of Clarkson University Campus.
- Shelby Casas (CUPO, Honors, Biology) Habitat selection by golden-winged warblers and hybrids.
- Daniela Silva (REU, St. Mary's University) Habitat selection by golden-winged warblers and hybrids.
- Jon Podoliak (Biology) Biodiversity Survey of Clarkson University Campus. John Sherry (Biology) Comparison of restored and natural wetlands of the St. Lawrence valley based on fish species diversity.
- Felix Grimberg (McGill University) Turtle abundance in restored vs. natural wetlands. Amanda Graham (Biology) Camera-trap biodiversity Survey of Clarkson University Campus.
- Zachary Austin (Biology) Camera-trap biodiversity Survey of Clarkson University Campus. Katherine Lauer (Biology) GIS modeling of habitat connectivity


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By Hayden Wright
Janet Jackson's 2017 has been marked by highs and lows: This year, she welcomed her first baby with Wissam Al Mana shortly before announcing their impending divorce.
Related: La Toya and T.J. Jackson Send Love to Janet Jackson for First Baby
Now, the "Control" singer may have big professional news on the horizon. Her official website has posted a countdown clock, though what happens when the clock strikes zero is a mystery. A video? New music? A make-up tour? The world will know soon enough.
At press time, the clock reads 13 hours, 22 minutes and 6 seconds, which means the big news will be revealed at 9 p.m. ET.
Janet's last album Unbreakable was released in the fall of 2015, and her most recent single "Dammn Baby" dropped around the time of her pregnancy news. If the president of Rhythm Nation is ready to start a new musical chapter, we may find out tonight.


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DARTMOUTH, Nova Scotia, June 24 (UPI) -- Technology is being supplied to Atlas Elektronic Canada by Ultra Electronics Maritime Systems Inc. for integration into low-frequency active sonars.
Ultra Electronics said it has received an initial order worth about $930,000 for its acoustic projectors.
"We are very pleased to establish this substantive partnership with such a first-rate Canadian supplier as Ultra Electronics Maritime Systems," said Rick Gerbrecht, president and chief executive officer of Atlas Elektronik Canada. "Furthermore, the introduction of Ultra into Atlas' global supply chain signifies our commitment to perform more high quality work in Canada as we grow our business with Canadian customers."
Ultra Electronics described the length of the contract as long term.
No other contract details were given.
"To be selected by Atlas, a world leader in advanced sonar systems, is a testament to the quality, reliability and high performance of our sonar technology," said Ken Walker, president of Ultra Electronics Maritime Systems


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We are approaching the end of American Idol Season 11 and so I thought I would take a moment to share with you our favorite performances of the season. Season 11 has been one of the best in American Idol history. The top 12 was solid and the top 10 has no weaknesses. If you have read our coverage of American Idol Season 11 you know it will be heavy with some Joshua Ledet. Here are the One21music top 1o performances of American Idol Season 11.
1) "Everything" by Colton Dixon
This performance started off the night when the American Idol top 9 were allowed to select their favorite song. Christian musician Colton Dixon set the entire show on its ear that night in one of the most emotional American Idol shows I have ever seen. Here is Colton Dixon singing the definition of his Christian faith.
2)"To Love Somebody" by Joshua Ledet
Everyone already knew Christian musician Joshua Ledet was unique singer, but when he took this song he had never heard and did this with it, all of the professionals associated with American Idol knew they were in the presence of a special talent. Here is Joshua Ledet stealing the show on American Idol Season 11 top 5.
3)"Without You" by Joshua Ledet
This was when it dawned on me what kind of voice Joshua Ledet possesses. This song is virtually impossible to sing and Joshua performed it effortlessly. Every other perfromance I have ever heard of this song you got the feeling the singer was fighting to control "Without You". Joshua Ledet just mauled this song on the American Idol Season 11 top 9.
4)"Whole Lotta Love" by Elise Testone
The highlight of Elise Testone's run on American Idol Season11 came when she closed the top 9 show with this Led Zeppelin classic. This showed Elise at her most joyful, confident, rocking self. That was something we did not see enough of from her.
5)"Still Raining" by Phil Phillips
The American Idol Season 11 top 9 show was something special. Four of my top 5 songs come from that night. With "Still Raining" we see Phil Phillips in his full glory. He growls and scats and stomps his way through this Johnny Lang song and takes us to the future with his own mini Phil Phillips concert. This is what got Phil into the top4.
6)"The Show Must Go On" by Skylar Laine
This is just a singing clinic put on by Skylar Laine. She delivers a perfect vocal performance and a riveting visual performance of this lesser known Queen song. This is one of the numbers that showed America that country girl Skylar Laine is also big time singer Skylar Laine.
7)"Stuttering" by Jessica Sanchez
This is Jessica Sanchez's most complete, mature performance of the entire season. This song is big enough for her voice and has plenty of room for all of the runs she loves to do. Rather than just sing the song she embraces and engulfs the song and delivers a stellar moment for her and for us. Watch Jessica Sanchez perform "Stuttering" on American Idol Season 11 top 7 show.
8)"River Deep Mountain High" by Hollie Cavanagh
Hollie Cavanagh had been hinting at this for several weeks. She flipped the switch a few weeks ago and finally, in the American Idol Season 11 top 5 show, she embraces her artistry and delivers a great performance of one of pop music's best songs ever. Watch how she holds her head so defiantly. Watch how she effortlessly moves around the stage. See Hollie Cavanagh as the star in front of this big band.
9)"When A Man Loves A Woman" by Joshua Ledet
Sometimes you just gotta SING a soul song. On the American Idol Season 11 top 11 show we did not know that Joshua Ledet would become the king of standing ovations. But by the time he had finished wringing every ounce of soul out of this iconic soul song we knew Joshua Ledet was something special. The judges leapt to their feet halfway through the song and were jumping up and down and cheering through the entire second half of Joshua's performance. This was the first of many command performances on American Idol Season 11 by Joshua Ledet.
10)"September" by Colton Dixon
I know that many people did not like Colton Dixon's interpretation of "September". I loved it and I thought it was overlooked. Look for this on Colton Dixon's first album.
And I could just keep going until this article never loads on anyone's computer. American Idol Season 11 has been my favorite so far. The performers are fantastic, Jimmy Iovine has found his rhythm as a mentor and there have been so many great performances. Here are few that fell outside my top 10:
"Bleeding Love" by Hollie Cavanagh
"Supersition" by Phil Phillips
"You Are So Beautiful" by Jessica Sanchez
"Let's Stay Together" by Elise Testone
"Ready for Love" by Joshua Ledet
"Heard It Through The Grapevine" by Skylar Laine
"A Song For You" by Heejun Han
"All The Man I Need" by Hollie Cavanagh
"Sometimes I Cry" by DeAndre Brakensick
"A Change Is Gonna Come" by Joshua Ledet
"Son of A Preacher Man" by Hollie Cavanagh
"U Got It Bad" by Phil Phillips
"I Will Always Love You" by Jessica Sanchez
"Don't You Know How Much I Love You" by Skylar Laine
Three more weeks to the finale. If the final four can keep up this pace, American Idol Season 11 will go down as maybe the best ever. Join us next week for our top 4 power rankings and our live blogs of the performances and the results.


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When you hear about things heating up in Atlantic City, NJ, you think of someone on a hot streak at the craps table. But when guest blogger Felicity Loughrey (who recently launched Lustaday, a blog about fashion, lifestyle and pop culture) visited Atlantic City last week, she found herself heating up a Viking range at a cooking class. Like many destinations, AC is trying to develop its foodie side. It's also trying to show visitors that it has more to offer than gambling and shows. Here, Felicity tells Travelogged what's cooking in Atlantic City.
In the mall-like ambiance of Harrah's casino in Atlantic City, NJ, there's a Viking Cooking School. This is Viking, named after the appliances, not the Nordic raiders. On one side of the premises is a shop that sells cookbooks, Le Creuset cookware and nifty devices for squeezing limes. And on the other side is class space for 12 adults (classes cost $65—$129 per person). There are four Viking cooking ranges, professional-looking aluminum work benches and a plastic tray under each bench for dirty dishes to magically disappear.
Our instructor Ayanna, wearing a white chef's hat, welcomes the class. On each work station is a folded white apron and a print-out of the day's recipes: chicken satay, peanut dipping sauce, Thai cucumber salad and Thai beef salad with lettuce cups. My cooking partner is Daphne, an intensive care unit nurse who escapes New York City for Harrah's on a $45 bus fare from her home in Queens.
As we begin our first recipe, Ayanna brings a tray with all the ingredients pre-chopped and measured to each work station. The experience is like being a guest on a cooking show as you tip perfect portions into gleaming pots. The space, surrounded by glass, has a Truman Show-like feel as vacationers amble past and peer into the school.
Ayanna cheerfully shows the class how to chop cilantro in a radial fashion and never to scrape the herbs off the chopping block with a knife (it dulls the blade). She has a special plastic scraper tool for that. This is just what makes the Viking Cooking School a marketer's dream. Cooking on the gas-powered Viking range makes you want one. And I'll take that plastic scraper tool too.
At the end of the session, food is piled on plates and crushed peanuts sprinkled as garnish. The classmates gather around a long communal table (shielded from onlookers by a curtain) and wine is served. Daphne and I agree we've never made such delicious Thai food. Maybe it's the glass of Riesling or the stress-free cooking experience with measured ingredients and no washing up; but it's a giddy feeling of accomplishment. When I get home I try the recipes again and again, and they still work. Meanwhile, I keep thinking about that Viking cooking range.
Comped but Never Compromised: Felicity Loughrey was a guest of the Viking Cooking School, but she is free to write whatever she wants.


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U.S. freight carload traffic for the week fell 4.4% measured against the comparable week in 2012, the Association of American Railroads said Thursday, Dec. 12. U.S. intermodal for the week continued its strong performance, up 9.4% compared with last year, and helped power total U.S. freight traffic for the week to a 1.8% advance.
Five of the 10 carload commodity groups AAR tracks on a weekly basis posted increases compared with the same week in 2012, including petroleum and petroleum products, up 18.6%, and grain, which has surged in recent weeks, up 10.4%. Declining commodities included coal, down 13.3%.
Canadian freight carload volume for the week ending Dec. 7 mirrored the U.S. counterpart, , down 4.0 percent, while Canadian intermodal volume rose 5.0%. Mexcian freight carload volume slipped 0.2%, with Mexican intermodal also retreating, down 7.7%.
Combined North American rail volume for the 49 weeks of 2013 on 13 reporting U.S., Canadian, and Mexican railroads was up 0.3% compared with the same period in 2012, while combined North American intermodal activity rose 4.3%.


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It's that time of year, at least in cool climes, when radicchio is at its bestThursday, May 28th, 2009
Radicchio appears to be native to Italy, and the three types are named after the towns of their origin: Chioggia, Treviso and Castelfranco, all in the Veneto region. Chioggia is the most common radicchio found here, available pretty well throughout the year. It grows in a tight ball, resembling a small red cabbage and should feel weighty for its size. It has an agreeable bitterness and is excellent in salads on its own, mixed with other leaves, or with fennel. Treviso has long tapering red leaves with meaty white ribs, resembling a white witloof in appearance. It's milder in flavour and is excellent grilled, baked or roasted and in risotto (I used the Chioggia variety for the recipe above, as Treviso is not readily available, and found it quite successful). Castelfranco is more open, like a young butterhead lettuce, creamy in colour, tinged with pink and speckled with purpley-red. It's used in salads. The latter two are seasonal, appearing in late autumn.
Here's one of my favourite salads with radicchio. Capers, garlic and parmesan cheese make a gutsy dressing that stands up well against the bitterness of radicchio. Just be warned; it's very moreish!


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Amazing pre game thread MSGKnickz33! I co-sign almost everything you had to say throughout. Great job.
I'm really excited about this game. I hope we play well and get a win. If we get blown out or lose a heartbreaker, I'm not so sure I'll be able to handle it with a lot of self control. A guy can only take so much losing.
Let's also hope Gallinari looks decent if he gets minutes. I'm not expecting that much from such a young player that missed so much time, but I want to see "something" that encourages me that by the end of the year we might have another very good player and prospect like Chandler.
I'm so happy that Curry is getting buried on the bench! If there's any hope for him at all, this will finally get the message home. If not, it doesn't matter because he's a waste of talent the way he has been anyway.
A Dead Man > Curry


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If you want to grow government these days, it seems the fashionable thing to do is invent new taxes. Two years ago, legislators conjured up an illegal fire "fee." Last year, they invented a confusing new lumber tax. Two voter-approved multi-billion dollar tax hikes later, and the politicians still want more of your money. This time they want to tax your ammunition.
Two lawmakers – Assemblymembers Roger Dickenson (D-Sacramento) and Rob Bonta (D-Alameda) are authoring legislation to impose a nickel-per-bullet tax on the sale of ammunition in California. Apparently they couldn't agree on where to spend the revenue, so each lawmaker is introducing his own measure.
A nickel per bullet may not sound like much, but it will mean that each box of 100 shells purchased by a hunter or recreational shooter will cost $5 more. Double that number if both proposed bills pass.
Guns and ammunition are a convenient scapegoat for the tragic loss of life in recent shootings. But more gun laws and higher taxes won't stop crime. In fact, increased laws and taxes could backfire by leaving law-abiding citizens defenseless and creating a lucrative new source of revenue for criminal gangs.
Consider cigarettes, for instance. Taxes may have discouraged smoking, which is a good thing, but they've also created a huge market for smugglers. A recent study by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy found that more than one third of cigarettes smoked in California were smuggled into our state. Not coincidentally, the state with the highest cigarette taxes, New York, had the highest smuggling rate: 60.9 percent.
The social costs of smuggling include health and safety risks, increased law enforcement expense and higher crime.
An ammunition tax will backfire, and the reason is simple: evading a new tax on bullets will be a piece of cake. California consumers will simply stop buying ammunition at local gun stores and instead start buying it online from out-of-state stores that don't have to collect California taxes.
True, these consumers will still owe use tax on these purchases, but few will pay it – and enforcement will be difficult and, in most cases, cost-prohibitive.
State coffers will see little to no additional revenue, but many California small businesses will suffer greatly as ammunition sales shift to their out-of-state competitors.
It won't be the first time a new tax fails to yield the promised revenue. Supporters projected that a 2008 malt liquor tax would raise $41 million for the state. Actual revenue was less than $200,000, because most manufacturers simply reformulated their products. Tax policy has consequences.
Another reason to oppose new taxes and fees is that California already has too many. As a taxpayer advocate and elected member of the State Board of Equalization, I oversee the administration and collection of more than 30 tax and fee programs – like sales taxes, fuel taxes and tire fees – that impose upon nearly every aspect of life. Each new tax or fee inevitably grows the state workforce and costs millions of taxpayer dollars to administer and enforce.
Speaking of enforcement, California already has some of the strictest and most complicated gun laws in the nation. The problem is we don't do a very good job enforcing those laws with the billions in taxes Californians already pay.
It's not a question of whether Californians are paying enough taxes – we clearly are. It's the state's spending priorities that are out of whack.
We don't need a bullet tax, and we don't need more and tax and fee programs. Legislators simply need to stop enacting new laws that chase law-abiding taxpayers and jobs out of our state, and start prioritizing the enforcement of laws we already have on the books.
George Runner is a taxpayer advocate and elected member of the state Board of Equalization.


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Zebre have bolstered their side with the signing of utility back Daniel Halangahu ahead of the new season.
Halangahu, 28, can play at fly-half, inside centre and fullback and has 75 Super Rugby caps to his name. With Zebre in the midst of their preparations ahead of their first season of RaboDirect PRO12 rugby, Halangahu will bring a calm head to their back division and director of rugby Robert Manghi is hopeful that the Australian will be able to help herald in the next generation of Italian talent.
"We were looking for a utility back who can bring quality and experience to our backline and who can play in many key positions - Daniel is the right man and we're confident his Super Rugby experience will give a great contribution in developing our many young Italian backs," Manghi said. "We've explained to Daniel how important it is, for the Zebre, to drive forward the best Italian young guns and we're certain he will give a crucial contribution."
Halangahu will line up for Zebre in the Heineken Cup and he is relishing the chance to play in a new environment. "I hope to be able to utilise my years of Super Rugby experience to assist in the development and growth of the exciting back line prospects within the playing squad," Halangahu said. "I come to Zebre rugby hoping to have success on the field, to learn a new way of rugby, a new way of living and to also reward the club for giving me this wonderful opportunity."
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Efforts to arm Florida teachers and other school employees to fight back against any schoolhouse attacks cleared another hurdle Tuesday in the state Legislature, overcoming objections from school groups that were vocal in their complaints.
The measure (HB 1097) was advanced by the House Judiciary Committee on an 11-7 vote as its supporters try to get it to the full House in the closing weeks of the 60-day legislative session.
Democrats voting against the bill were joined by Rep. Ray Pilon, a Sarasota Republican and retired law enforcement officer.
"I think before we start arming our teachers, and putting those in responsibility (of our children) in danger of perhaps being shot as well, that we need to debate it much more," Pilon said after the committee hearing.
The proposal would give public and private school principals the option to designate one or several school employees to carry concealed weapons on campus at all times. They would be required to complete the same training that's required of security guards in addition to the statewide firearms training. Principals could also decline the concealed weapons option altogether.
Rep. Greg Steube, the bill's lead sponsor, said arming teachers and other employees would give schools "a fighting chance" against intruders.
"At least allow people to have the opportunity to defend themselves," he said. "Because right now they can't."
Many Florida schools, especially elementary schools, aren't protected by school resource officers due to insufficient funding, Steube said. Arming selected school staff is a reasonable approach, he said, because many shootings are over within five to 15 minutes, meaning law enforcement would be unlikely to reach many schools in time to intervene, especially in rural areas.
The bill's opponents included groups representing Florida school boards and school administrators. Wayne Blanton, executive director of the Florida School Boards Association, said arming school staff would send the wrong message to impressionable students.
"They will say, 'Coach has a gun, why can't I have a gun?'" he said. "My teacher has a gun, I'll carry a gun, too.'"
Blanton said school boards support having police officers posted at schools. He said it's the goal of school boards across Florida to have an officer assigned to every school, with a marked squad car parked in front of the school.
The bill also drew a skeptical response when the issue arose earlier Tuesday during a meeting of the State Board of Education.
Bay County schools Superintendent Bill Husfelt said one of his biggest fears would be that a student would wrestle a gun away from a teacher.
"When you put a gun on campus, there are a lot of bad things that can happen," he said.
Paul Hackenberry, whose long career in security included a 28-year stint in the Secret Service, told the education board that arming teachers would be a mistake. Hackenberry, a teacher himself years ago, was invited to speak to the board about school security issues.
He said that proper training goes well beyond handling a weapon to include sessions on when it's justifiable to open fire.
"That judgment is a life-and-death decision, and you can't ever take it back once you pull the trigger," he said.
Afterward, State Board of Education Chairman Gary Chartrand sounded deeply skeptical about arming school personnel.
"It doesn't sound like a very good idea to me," he said.
Chartrand said the board wants state Education Commissioner Tony Bennett to put together a task force to look into developing minimum safety standards for schools. Responsibility for school safety is largely left to local districts, but the state board has a responsibility to provide basic guidelines, Chartrand said.
Steube said that school employees designated to carry weapons would go through at least 40 hours of classroom training that would prepare them to respond appropriately to emergency situations. They also would undergo firearms training each year.
The bill leaves it up to school principals to decide whether to arm someone and who would be the right person.
"I would think the principal would know what is best for his or her school," he said.
The bill would allow no one to carry a gun on campus, except the principal's designee who has completed the proper training. That person would be required to carry the firearm on them at all times. The principal would determine whether to tell parents who that person is.
A similar bill introduced the Senate hasn't made any headway, with less than three weeks left in the session.
Steube said he hoped the bill's progress in the House can persuade Senate leaders to take it up in the GOP-controlled Legislature.
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Designed especially for compact countertop convection ovens, this smaller version of Emile Henry's superb pizza stone lets you bake perfect individual pizzas. Finished with Emile Henry's proprietary Flame glaze, the ceramic pizza stone produces crispy crusts and doubles as a cutting surface – and it's dishwasher safe.
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Lenox reaches compromise on sandwich boards
LENOX -- After more than a year of discussion, debate and dissension, the Great Lenox Sandwich Board Controversy appears headed for a resolution.
Inconsistent enforcement and confusion in the community over the rules and regulations governing placement of the boards outside business establishments on public and private property led the Select Board to adopt a temporary solution last summer, allowing each merchant one board of a specific size through Dec. 31, 2012.
But a more permanent ap proach will be presented to business owners and the general public at an information session at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13 at Town Hall. The goal is to gauge their reaction to the one-page outline of the rules, expected to be posted soon on the town website.
Outlining the proposal at the recent Select Board meeting, Planning Board Chair woman Kate McNulty-Vaughan explained that the board decided to embark on a separate, free-standing town bylaw rather than continue working with the Historic District Commission on a modification of zoning rules.
"We'll fine tune it so it's something that's pretty satisfactory on the regulatory end and the business end, and then go from there," she said.
The draft of the plan calls for the Select Board to issue a temporary permit for one A-frame sandwich board sign per business, per year, in the commercial and industrial zoning districts, valid for a full year from the date it's issued.
The maximum size of the sign would be 27 inches wide by 48 inches high, and a minimum of 18 inches wide by 30 inches high. Merchants would be asked to take in their signs each evening after business hours.
"We're trying to do a compromise here," said McNulty-Vaughan.
"You're not going to get everything you want, you can't launch your entire advertising on a sandwich board, but we think it's a reasonable compromise and let it go at that. We're allowing a great deal of discretion for businesses on materials."
"We decided to take out the words 'aesthetically pleasing,' which seems subjective and not everyone in the room could agree on what that would be," she added.
The Planning Board chairman voiced confidence that the business community "will make good choices, and we'll allow them the discretion to do that." The proposed bylaw would apply both to a merchant's private property as well as adjoining public property.
The police department could prohibit the signs on a stormy day if the placement of the signs could cause a safety hazard.
The town's building inspector would have the enforcement authority to inform business owners if signs don't conform to the rules, and a fine could be imposed if there's no resolution.
"The key thing we're looking for from you is to get it right," McNulty-Vaughan told the Selectmen, "and we're looking for that from the business community as well."
The proposed rules would apply to all business and industrial sectors of the town, including the Route 7 and 20 (Pittsfield Road) commercial strip, where many illegal signs are already being displayed. But that provision is subject to further discussion and potential revision.
"We need to sort this out, because the needs in town are obviously different from the needs on 7 and 20," observed Planning Board member Mark Smith.
In its final form, the sandwich-board sign bylaw would require approval by Town Meeting voters, either at a special session or at the annual gathering next May.
"Let's get it done and get something ready for next year," McNulty-Vaughan urged. Select Board members voiced favorable reaction to the Planning Board's proposal.
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Sandwich board sign proposal ...
Here are highlights of the proposed Lenox bylaw:
n The sign shall be displayed only in front of the place of business. It shall not protrude on the sidewalk in such a way as to obstruct pedestrian movement or reduce the open sidewalk width to less than four feet. Signs shall not be located in the street.
n The sign shall not exceed 27 inches in width and 48 inches in height, nor shall it be less than 18 inches wide and 30 inches high. The height of the sign shall be measured from the ground to the top of the sign.
n The sign shall be constructed entirely of framed wood, a wood or rigid plastic composite or similar material, and may include a chalkboard, whiteboard, foamboard, or similar insert within the frame.
n The sign shall be free of sharp corners, or protrusions and devices which could cause injury.
n The sign may be displayed only during business hours, and must be stored indoors thereafter.
n No additional attachments such as flags, banners or balloons.
n No sign shall be displayed during adverse weather conditions such as snow, ice or heavy wind.
n If a sign is located on public property, liability insurance coverage shall be carried and must cover personal injuries or property damage which may occur in such areas.
n In response to specific safety concerns, the Police Department may prohibit sandwich signs in designated areas during holiday parades or other specified times or days when sidewalk congestion is expected to be excessive.
n The Building Commissioner has the right to remove any sign deemed unsafe either structurally or in its location, or for failure to comply with the above conditions or prohibitions, following written notification to the sign owner detailing the problems.
n In addition, the provisions of this bylaw may also be enforced by the Building Commissioner, by non-criminal complaint. Each day in which a violation exists shall be deemed to be a separate offense. The penalty for violation of any provision of this bylaw shall be $25 for the first offense; $50 for the second offense; $100 for the third offense and $300 for the fourth and each subsequent offense.
Source: Lenox Planning Board
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The Biophysical Society is proud to announce the recipients of the 2013 Distinguished Service Award and the Emily M. Gray Award. These Society members will be honored at the National Lecture on Monday, February 4, 2013, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Emily M. Gray Awardee will also give a presentation at the Undergraduate Student "Breakfast at Noon" on Monday, February 4, 2013.
Klaus Schulten, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will receive the Distinguished Service Award for laying the groundwork for the realistic molecular dynamic simulations of biological macromolecules on time scales that match the physiological realm, and for making the methods and software openly available.
Louis De Felice, Virginia Commonwealth University, will be presented with the Emily M. Gray Award for his enduring and multifaceted efforts to encourage the development and dissemination of knowledge in biophysics through outreach and education.
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Now that we've covered the Favorite Comedic TV Actress category, it's time to take a look at the nominees for Favorite Pop Artist. Your top five picks are Adele, Demi Lovato, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry and Pink.
Guess who's up first? Here's a hint: She's been the girl with her skirt pulled high, been the outcast never running with mascara eyes. Need another clue? She will never be, never be anything but loud and nitty gritty. One more? She's coming up so you better get this party started.
That's right, we're talking about Pink, y'all.
And did you notice how clever I was with those clues, paraphrasing lines from her hits "God is a DJ," "Raise Your Glass" and "Get the Party Started"? Oh, right… this isn't about me. It's about Pink. But can I get back to me for a second if I promise only to talk about how much I love Pink?
I love, love, love Pink! In fact, I love her so much that I really hope she doesn't mind that I just used that exclamation point at the end of the sentence — to convey my enthusiasm — when I should have used it to replace the "i" in Pink the way she likes it. But I have to draw the line somewhere. There's no I in TEAM, but there is one in PINK.
I'm hesitant to admit that I wasn't one of the two million folks who bought her first album, Can't Take Me Home, in 2000. Be that as it may, I did appreciate the pop confection of her 2001 "Lady Marmalade" remake alongside Xtina, Mya and Lil' Kim from the Moulin Rouge soundtrack. That's also when I learned that the girl's got moves.
I jumped on the Pink bandwagon with 2001's Missundaztood along with over 5 million other devotees. That record spawned four Top 20 hits, including my favorite, "Just Like a Pill." A couple of years later I snapped up Try This on the strength of singles "Trouble" and "God is a DJ" (my other favorite.) I was still on board with 2006's I'm Not Dead which featured "Stupid Girls," "Who Knew" and "U + Ur Hand." (My personal pick from that album is the haunting, "Dear Mr. President," featuring the Indigo Girls on background vocals.) And the hits kept coming…
Fun House in 2008 launched the #1 single "So What," and she followed up that album with a greatest hits compilation in 2010 that included the anthemic "Raise Your Glass," (BTW, those kooky Dalton Academy Warblers did a great version of "Raise Your Glass" in a March 2011 Glee episode. My friend Emily's friend Kim has saved it on her DVR for months now because she loves it so much. I respect that.)
With this year's release of The Truth About Love, Pink scored another top 5 hit with "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)." And did you see her on the AMAs a couple of weeks ago where she basically re-enacted her video for "Try," demonstrating her mad modern dance skillz? As I said before, the girl's got moves. And if you missed the AMAs, surely you remember her high flying Cirque du Soleil performance of "Glitter in the Air" at the 2010 Grammys. Did I mention that the girl's got moves?
It may say Alecia Moore on her birth certificate, but she'll always be Pink to us. She's got a toughness about her that's incredibly appealing and a soulful, gritty rocker voice that's powerful and empowering. And she sings a wicked good pop song.
If God is a DJ, life is a dance floor, love is the rhythm and Pink makes the music.
You disagree?
So what? She's still a rock star.
TODAY'S POLL: Pink is nominated for Favorite Pop Artist. Which of her albums is your favorite?
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I'm Not Dead (2006)
Funhouse (2008)
The Truth About Love (2012)
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Longtime Detroit broadcaster and Longboat Key resident Jim Herrington died yesterday. He was 84.
Herrington spent more than 30 years at Detroit's ABC affiliate WXYZ as a reporter, writer and moderator. He won four Michigan Emmys and a National Headliner Award during his career.
"Jim was one of the greats — the unquestioned dean of political reporters in Detroit, really all of Michigan, for many years," wrote friend Molly Schechter, a former Detroit resident, in an email.
Herrington attended Northwestern University and began his journalism career in the U.S. Navy's Armed Forces radio.
The Detroit News reported this morning on its website, detroitnews.com, that Herrington interviewed every president from Harry Truman to Bill Clinton.
Locally, he was active in Sarasota's Media Roundtable, according to president and moderator Irwin Starr, who said that Herrington attended a forum as recently as October.
Herrington is survived by his longtime partner, Carol Camiener; daughter, Lauren Guzzardo; sons, Doug and Jim; and 10 grandchildren.
A memorial service will take place at 11 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 6, at Temple Beth Israel, 567 Bay Isles Road.
For more information, pick up the Jan. 10 issue of the Longboat Observer.
Contact Robin Hartill at [email protected].
Longtime Detroit broadcaster and Longboat Key resident Jim Herrington died yesterday. He was 84.


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The movie was originally set to film on April 26 but was forced to postphone due to bad weather.
"Cowboys and Jesus" is a modern retelling of the biblical prodigal son, and was written by Otto Thorwarth and Bo Bullock.
Thorwarth, who played the horse jockey Ronnie Turcotte in Disney's 2010 movie "Secretariat," said he and Bullock co-wrote the original outline on a car ride back to Hot Springs from Dallas, Texas.
The film is set in Arkansas in the 1980's and follows the lives of two brothers, one of whom is the star quarterback for his high school football team.
Russellville High's football team will play the role of a team on the cusp of a state championship.
Cyclones head football coach Jeff Holt said for the scene to appear authentic on camera, Cyclone Stadium will need to be filled with fans. The crew has invited the community of Russellville and the surrounding areas to fill that role.
While the football scene will be a relatively small moment in the film, the footage required will be quite elaborate.
Those wishing to participate in the filming should arrive at Cyclone Stadium at 6 p.m. dressed in 1980s themed attire and ready to receive direction on what to do.