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"Curbing the need to question" need not be interpreted as switching off one's curiosity, and especially not to be misinterpreted as remaining in passive, dumb acceptance of any words thrown our way. There are any number of psychological and emotional asanas to use to engage interactively with one's universe—a particularly notable one being "openness - to - experience".1 Boundaries may then expand, engage or merge with others — even dissolve. The experience of Self emerges from the mists of personality and the experience of self fades.
The simulate self fears this fading, and so will bring fear to its defense, and questions are quashed.
Krishnamurti suggested that one enter a state he called "choiceless awareness", an aspect of openness.
Another aspect of authentic openness-to-experience is surrender—which is not an agreement to slavery. Rather, authentic surrender is a two-part process beginning with —
1. Putting down one's weapons (questions, statements, accusations);
2. Acquiescence.
It may be noticed that this process is one of assistance—which means that one is not alone in this process—because one is engaging with one's own Essence—which might be in the form of another manifested individuality— and which is also One's Creator Source. One might visualize this as an enormous, open hand gently reaching out in a gesture that clearly offers the opportunity for us to put our hand in it and join with it.
Upon acquiescence, the notion of duality cannot exist, fading under the focused light beam of conscious awareness—that is, the feeling—of the merging of Self with SELF. Merging is when two become something else (note that "else" is singular). Recall a previous post about the merging of two different atoms to create a molecule of entirely different and mysterious qualities.
The question, then, need not necessarily be "why?"—but perhaps, instead, "what?". A simple and interesting experiment is to re-ask a why? question using what? instead. 2
1 Although the material at this wiki-link is an exceptional description, it attempts to identify openness to experience one of "the big five" "personality traits". Those who have read The Risen may understand, "personality" is the simulate self, which can, therefore, imitate authentic openness as a posture of display, for exploitation, and for further ego-mind stimulation. "Personality traits" are always a hit at parties. The wiki-article unknowingly reveals its simulate mind-driven origins in its baseline acceptance-belief in a theory—any theory—as supported by simulate self "scientific questioning"—i.e., "research". Like the world systems of the Diakka, our own worldly ego-mind systems place a great emphasis on personality as a powerful "force"—a concept which, in its duality-based systems assumes there is more than one "force". The difference between them is that the Diakka understand that personality is not real, although they still continue to manifest personality-driven environments from a stance of "real authority".
"Questioning authority" is a favourite activity of the simulate self, which desires conflict, and which needs two separate egos to achieve. However, keep in mind that the simulate self is always imitating the authentic Self's opening up through disarming and joining with SELF, which the ego interprets, in its insanity, as "questioning authority".
2 One hypothesis on the basic form of the question mark (?) is that it was developed in sixteenth-century England. Most typographic historians contend that the design for the question mark was derived from an abbreviation of the "qu" Latin words of why, what, where, how (quisnam, quidnam, qui quae que quod, quamobrem, quare, quatenus/quatinus, quemadmodum). At first this symbol consisted of a capital 'Q' atop a lowercase 'o'. Over time this early symbol simplified to the mark we use today. Another hypothesis suggests the question mark began to appear in the second half of the 8th century, when it resembled a lightning flash, striking from right to left, and following a period. Some interpret that this was meant to resemble the upward voice inflection used to indicate query.
To me, the question mark is a spiral, a path that begins anywhere in space and ends somewhere else in space, ended by the period blocking its movement. Ironically, this begs another question: what happens when the period is not placed, or removed?


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We do not just stock ourselves with dead ideas which he spoke once, but we receive and believe and remember and meditate on the truths that he spoke once and is speaking now as he abides in us. Four Truths About Prayer Today I want to focus on the result clause of verse 7"ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you." If the words of Jesus abide in us, then the result will be that you pray with power and effectiveness. There are four truths about prayer that come from meditating on this verse in its wider context in the writings of John. 1. Fruit-BearingPrayer is for fruit-bearing. God designed prayer to give his disciples the joy of bearing fruit while God himself gets the glory. We can see this in the connection between verses 7 and 8 and then in verse 16. "By This Is My Father Glorified . . . " If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it shall be done for you. (v. 8) By this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be my disciples. In John's way of writing the phrase "by this" at the beginning of verse 8 probably refers backward to verse 7 and forward to the rest of verse 8. "By this is my Father glorified"that is, by your asking him for things and his giving them to you. He gets glory as the one who is rich and good enough to answer prayer. But also . . . "By this is my Father glorified"that is, that you bear much fruit. The implication is that God gets glory when we bear much fruit because we have prayed and God has answered. Therefore the primary point of prayer is fruit-bearing. Prayer is for fruit-bearing. The Logical Connection in Verse 16 This is confirmed explicitly in verse 16. Jesus says to his disciples, "You did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he may give to you." The logical connection between the two parts of this verse are tremendously important. Jesus says that he chose and appointed his disciples that they should go and bear fruit that remains . . . "that [in order that] whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you." Shortened down it says, "I have given you a fruit-bearing mission in order that your prayers might be answered!" This only makes sense if prayer is for fruit-bearing. You would expect the verse to be just the reverse: God will give you what you ask in order that you might have a fruit-bearing mission. But Jesus says it the other way around: I give you a fruit bearing mission in order that the Father might answer your prayers. The point: prayer malfunctions when it is not used in fruit-bearing. Prayer is for fruit-bearing. Therefore, since I want you to pray and to get answers to your prayers, I chose you and I appointed you to go and bear fruit. Because prayer is for fruit-bearing. If you are not devoted to fruit-bearing, you have no warrant for expecting answers to prayer. Prayer is designed for fruit-bearing. 2. Not Gratifying Natural DesiresPrayer is not for gratifying natural desires. Natural Desires Always Subordinate to Kingdom Desires Now I know that Jesus taught us to pray, "Give us this day, our daily bread." And what could be more natural than the desire to eat? And I know that there are dozens of instances in the Bible of people praying for desires as natural as the desire for protection from enemies and escape from danger and success in vocation and fertility in marriage, recovery from sickness, etc. My point is not that those desires are wrong. My point is that they should always be subordinate to spiritual desires; kingdom desires; fruit-bearing desires; gospel-spreading, God-centered desires; Christ-exalting, God-glorifying desires. And when our natural desires are felt as a means to these greater desires, then they become the proper subject of prayer. Just before Jesus said to pray, "Give us this day our daily bread," he said, make it your heart's desire that God would hallow his name and that the kingdom would come and that the will of God would be done on earth. When your heart is caught up with those great desires, then having something to eat is not merely a natural desire, but a means to some great God-centered end. And then it is the proper subject of prayer. For God's Name and Kingdom and Will Prayer is for God's name and God's kingdom and God's willit is for fruit-bearing in all those great things. If our protection, and our escape from danger, and our eating and having clothes and houses and lands and education and vocational success leads to those great God-centered ends (the name of God and kingdom of God and will of God), then we pray about them with confidence. This is what David meant when he said in Psalm 37:4, "Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart." The desires of the heart cease to be merely natural desires when the heart delights above all else in the Lord. Delighting in the Lordin the hallowing of his name and the seeking of his kingdom and the doing of his willtransforms all natural desires into God-related desires. They are transposed up into a different key. Be Devoted to God's Interests Prayer is not for gratifying natural desires. It is for fruit-bearing, for the glory of God. Another way of saying it is this: if you want God to respond to your interests, you must be devoted to his interests. God is God. He does not run the world by hiring the consulting firm called Mankind. He lets mankind share in the running of the world through prayer to the degree that we consult with him and get our goals and desires in tune with his purposes. The evidence for this in the writing of John is 1 John 5:14, "This is the confidence which we have before him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us." Prayer is not for gratifying our natural desires. It is for gratifying our desires when those desires have been so purified and so saturated with God that they coincide with his plans. "If we ask anything according to his will." John puts it another way in 1 John 3:22, "Whatever we ask we receive from him because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight." In other words prayer is not for gratifying natural desires. Prayer is for satisfying the desires of people who are devoted to God's desires. James put it yet another way in James 4:3, "You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures." Prayer is not for gratifying natural desires. Prayer is for fruit-bearing. If we want to have power and effect in praying, we must devote ourselves to getting our desires into alignment with the fruit that God means to produce through usand that fruit always has to do with the hallowing of his name and the coming of his kingdom and the doing of his will the way the angels do it in heaven. 3. The Preparatory Work of Jesus' Words The words of Jesus abiding in us prepare us for fruit-bearing prayer. The Key to Praying with Power If prayer is not for gratifying natural desires but for bearing fruit for God, the major challenge of prayer is to become the kind of person who is not dominated by natural desires (to become what Paul calls a "spiritual person" as opposed to a merely "natural person" or "carnal person"). The key to praying with power is to become the kind of persons who do not use God for our ends but are utterly devoted to being used for his ends. This is why Jesus says, "If you abide in me and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it shall be done for you." The words of Jesus abiding in us make us the kind of persons who are not dominated by natural desires, but are devoted to fruit-bearing for God's glory. Examples from John's Writings Let me give you a few examples that show this from John's writings. In 1 John 1:10 he says, "If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us." If the words of Jesus were abiding in us, we would have known ourselves betterthat we have sinned. The words of Jesus abiding in us is the key to a true and humble assessment of ourselves that keeps us in line with God's purposes. In John 17:8 Jesus prays, "They have received [my words] and truly understood that I came forth from thee." In other words receiving the words of Jesus is the key to a true and exalted assessment of who Jesus isthe Son of God sent from the Father. And no one can pray in accord with God's purposes without a true grasp of who Jesus is in the world and what his purposes are in coming from the Father. In 1 John 2:14b John says, "I have written to you, young men, because . . . the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one." So the words of Jesus abiding in us triumph over Satan and free us from the deceptions that would put us at odds with God and make natural desires dominate our lives. In John 14:24 Jesus says, "He who does not love me does not keep my words." So if we keep the words of Jesusif they abide in usthey will define for us the path of love. And that is precisely the path where prayer was designed to bear fruit. In John 8:47 Jesus says, "He who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God." In other words if the words of God abide in you, you know that you are chosen of God (cf. John 8:31). The abiding of Jesus' words in you is evidence of your election and a ground of your assurance. And that assurance is indispensable in praying with faith and hope. In John 15:3 Jesus says, "You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you," and in John 17:17 he prays, "Sanctify them in the truth; thy word is truth." When the Word of God abides in us, we are made clean and holy. And that means: in line with the fruit-bearing purposes of God. What the Word Gives UsOther examples could be given, but these are enough to show that the words of Jesus abiding in us prepare us for fruit-bearing prayer. It's the Word that gives us a humble view of ourselves, and an exalted view of Jesus, and triumph over the devil, and a knowledge of the path of love, and the assurance of our election, and the power of holiness. In other words it's the abiding Word of Jesus that puts us in tune with the fruit-bearing purposes of God to glorify himself. So the fourth and final truth about prayer is this. 4. Being Saturated by the Words of JesusThe more we are saturated by the words of Jesus, the more our prayers will be answered. Or to put it in a rhyme: More saturated by the wordMore surely will our prayers be heard ConclusionThe challenge of prayer in 1993 is the challenge to become the kind of people who do not live at the level of mere natural desire, but who live to bear fruit for Godto hallow his name and seek his kingdom and do his will. And the key to becoming that kind of person is letting the words of Jesusthe Word of God (John 3:34; 14:10; 17:8)abide in us. Being filled and saturated by the words of Scripture brings us so close to the mind of God that we pray in tune with his purposes and receive whatever we ask. I think this is a progressive experience, not a once for all one. That's why the final point is: the more we are saturated by the words of Jesus, the more our prayers will be answered. If you abide in me and my words abide in you, ask whatever you will and it shall be done for you. More saturated by the wordMore surely will our prayers be heard


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I've been rethinking my post from earlier this week expressing skepticism about a November ballot initiative to fund state parks with money from an increase in the vehicle license fee -- the dreaded "car tax" in California political speak.
I argued that funding parks via the vehicle license fee is a bit strange. What's the connection between the two? But there's an obvious answer, and one offered by several readers: Californians drive to state parks.
The initiative itself recognizes this in a crucial way. Since California's licensed drivers would be paying $18 more if they approve the initiative, they would be admitted free to state parks (presuming they are driving a car with valid plates). Such a system is in use in at least one other state.
That makes the initiative much more attractive, though it doesn't settle all policy concerns.
Here's one such concern: This initiative is part of a problematic trend of taking money away from general purposes and reserving it for specific purposes. That ends up protecting the programs that have this kind of special protection. It's quite rational, under this system, for supporters of the state parks, which has not had such protection, to seek such protection via the ballot initiative.
But it's exactly this sort of initiative that has made it so difficult for lawmakers and the governor to balance the budget. There are too many rules, too many restrictions, too many whips and chains tying down pieces of the budget. This initiative is one more example of why Californians need to blow up the budget system, get rid of special protections, and start over.


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The Tennessee Titans announced Monday they have re-signed safety Corey Lynch.
Lynch spent part of training camp with the Titans before being released during final cuts in August.
Lynch was originally a sixth-round pick of the Cincinnati Bengals in 2008. He's played in 68 games in his career and started 12 games. Lynch spent three seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and played last year for the San Diego Chargers.
Lynch played in all 16 games for the Chargers and recorded 47 tackles, two interceptions and eight special teams tackles last season.
The Titans had an open spot on their roster and do not need to make a roster spot move to add Lynch.


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- 31 July, 2005 22:00
"Fox is a very good and supportive shareholder and given us the ability to expand. We could never have grown the business as much (as we have) under TVNZ," says general manager John Crawford. A major challenge for NHNZ is producing quality programs for a media savvy global audience. "The audience's expectations have changed and are driven by people's familiarity with the internet, hi-tech movies and video games. They expect life-like computer graphics to reveal far more about a subject than they expected in the past.
There are hundreds of channels competing for audience share, so we also have to have a strong entertainment element in many of our programs. The story has to be as gripping, as exciting and interesting as anything else being screened. Computer graphics and animatronics help us enhance the storytelling process," explains Crawford.
Broadband blues
As such, storage and bandwidth represents the "most significant issue" for NHNZ. The company is joining the screen industry in general in pressing the government to improve bandwidth speeds, or let it use the government's own 1000Mb/s advanced network for Crown Research Institutes, which is due for launch in October 2005.
Recently, NHNZ had to film a shark program in Los Angeles and the only way to get it back in time was either to get Federal Express to bring it back, which would have taken six days, or fly someone in from Los Angeles. However, in some countries with cost effective bandwidth, such footage can be downloaded over the internet in minutes.
"We have to have the tools our competitors have to operate on the same level. We have to make the tyranny of distance not a factor," says Crawford.
Thus, a major business constraint is its ability to move files around the world, not only for the finished products, but acquired contents. Currently, NHNZ uses FTP files and it takes 36 hours to receive two minutes of standard definition video from Washington DC.
"We haven't even tried HDTV yet, we would just fall apart," he says.
NHNZ has been a pioneer in New Zealand in HD (high definition) production and many of today's programs are typically shot in HDTV, which is usually 1920 x 1080 pixels, compared to the 720 x 570 pixels of traditional TVs.
NHNZ uses a variety of digital tape cameras and still has a few traditional film cameras.
To get graphics from Sydney, for example, they would just have to get people to fly the materials in. At present, NHNZ has a 2Mb/s connection through its ISP ClearNet, which is internationally capped at 1Mb/s. Recently, it received a $40,000 per month quote for a 30Mb/s connection to the USA. "The economics simply did not add up," says Crawford.
Crawford believes sufficient capacity exists in Dunedin through unused 'dark fibre' networks that have no equipment at either end. But existing telco pricing models are for full-time services when NHNZ just wants occasional fast 'bursts'.
Protecting intellectual property
NHNZ also faces major issues with protection of its intellectual property. The company receives much revenue from broadcast licence fees but the proliferation of TV channels, boosted by global and satellite TV, plus the rise of the internet, means keeping an eye on what is rightfully broadcast is almost impossible.
The broadcaster has some 70 programs in production and several hundred concepts sitting in development. It has developed its own CRM system to keep in touch with its vast network of scientists and other experts around the world. Related to this is a production management system, which was developed in-house with IBM in 2003 because such a concept did not exist on the market.
"It's important to know where you have sent these concepts and pictures out," says IT systems manager Wayne Poll.
A further rights management system was also developed by eGenuity Systems of Dunedin to help the business manage the sale of programming rights. A new footage management database will also help NHNZ keep track of film clips licensed by its image library. Tied to this as well, Deloitte's has just been contracted to produce a production management accounting system to manage production, finance and spending. This will replace an existing "basic and not user-friendly" system built around Lotus 123.
Recently, a NHNZ agent in Amsterdam alerted Poll to a Dutch mobile phone supplier using its penguin footage in a mobile phone advert. One of its documentaries was also found on the web available as a free download, but the website owner did not know the material was there.
NHNZ's lawyers are pursuing the offenders, but at present IP protection is complicated, as the internet has no boundaries, so whose laws have been broken?
"We have already invested reasonable sums to bring these people to task and protect our intellectual property," Crawford explains.
Rapid technological change presents NHNZ with further issues. Poll has worked in IT for 15 years and says his TV engineering background helps him understand the business processes behind television production processes, placing him in a unique position. "An IT person would not have an idea and this gives me a head start with the digital media revolution. I have been working on Codecs (a device or program that performs transformations on a datastream or signal) for a very long time," he says.
Poll has an IT team of two and sees himself as a line manager who gets his hands dirty at the coalface. Sometimes this meant going out filming to help crews with technical demands like needing infrared or remote cameras; which, he says, "gives me a real feel for the job".
A technology translator
Poll's philosophy is "doing smart stuff with dumb technology", which has led to rooms full of a myriad devices, such as sensors and triggers for various cameras, extra-small cameras for close shots, cameras that work underwater, infrared cameras for night-filming and equipment for remote video-monitoring.
To keep up with technology, Poll is active on the digital media forums he subscribes to. He attends many trade fairs and has a network of international contacts. Dunedin is reasonably well served by some vendors, but without the web and email, keeping up-to-date would be much harder.
"Part of my role is also being a translator between English and geekspeak, to take on board these technologies and disseminate them to our company using information that is easily digestible," says Poll.
"HDTV, for example, is littered with acronyms and jargon. Unless it is something you spend a significant of time learning, it's difficult for people to understand the finer points. It's too complicated. People just want it to work and they don't care how.
"My job is to understand how. I want to get under the bonnet and find out what makes it tick. It's a level of understanding other people in this organisation do in other areas. My brief is the range of technologies."
Poll says NHNZ is a very early adopter of new technologies. "We assess them as soon as possible and see if there's a way they can improve the business, give us a competitive edge," he says.
But using technology is not always successful. In 1994, early Iridium satellite phones were so delicate that they would easily move out of synch and not work. But Poll used an Inmarsat phone to show a camera crew by satellite how to repair a camera using a screwdriver and Swiss army knife while filming in the Gobi Desert.
More recently, a camera crew was stranded in Siberia and their hut was surrounded by hungry polar bears.
The crew could email Dunedin but there was no way to get them off the island until NHNZ called in a rescue organisation to get them out. The rescue organisation worryingly subcontracted the work to the Russian Mafia.
Making movies
NHNZ's field tapes go onto the AVID digital editing system, with the data stored on disks for the first stages of post production. On average, 30 to 40 hours of material will be edited down to the commercial duration required (usually 43 to 52 minutes for a commercial one hour slot in the broadcaster's schedule). In these "offline" suites, the material is edited into "rough cut" then "fine cut".
At this stage the material is sent to the 'co-producer' (production partner) for comment. Any suggested changes are then made. At "picture lock", the program is exported to the "online" suite, where the post produced sound and graphics are added to the high resolution material.
This master material is then transferred to high quality digital tape and clones are dispatched to the co-producer and international distributor. If time frames dictate that material must be sent electronically, it is sent via satellite (expensive) or via the internet (currently very slow).
Poll says the share given to computerised animation (CGI) is growing from maybe a minute an hour to 20 minutes. Simple text credits are out, and computerised graphics from a 3D Studiomax animation tool and Adobe After Effects are expected all the time. It is not just movies like Lord of the Rings driving such customer expectation. In health programs, for example, it is hard to show brain neurons or stomach bacteria, so computerised wizardry is the preferred way to tell the story.
Occasionally customer demand can slash the turnaround time of projects. Following the Asian tsunami last December, US cable channel TLC (a division of Discovery Networks) commissioned a program about the survivors. The documentary was made in just 18 days, including multiple camera crews spending eight days shooting in seven countries.
Because such filmmaking involves global communication, email is essential, with some NHNZ staff receiving more than 100 email a day.
"If we did not have email today, I don't think we could do business," Crawford continues. NHNZ has 120 PCs, mostly HP, including 35 laptops and a dozen servers. IBM laptops are used because of their 'robust' Accupoint (keyboard mouse pointer). No editing is done on laptops, because NHNZ customers expect superior picture quality.
This means file sizes are large and NHNZ is always seeking ways of compressing such file sizes down. Systems used include Windows Media and Quicktime Codecs. A standard definition video is about 250Mb/s, while high definition is 1500Mb/s, meaning its storage demands are huge. NHNZ has some 10 terabytes of storage around the facility, though it could easily fill 20 terabytes.
A three terabyte LAN-share storage area system installed six months ago will soon be expanded to meet collaborative editing requirements. NHNZ has made many one-off documentaries but is increasingly making series from which material can be shared. One hour of programming can consume 600GB; which, multiplied over ten programs is six terabytes. Such shared storage can reduce disk storage requirements by 50 per cent.
Site and sound wizardry
A tour around the site uncovers three sound suites, with staff placing the narration words of a program using a narrator from the US and music from England. There are also ten editing suites all linked together by 7 kilometres of ethernet cable for radio frequency, IT and video/audio data, using 16 distribution hubs.
There are two LANS, a 100Mb/s IT LAN with internet access and a 1Gb/s LAN for media. This media LAN features $70,000 PCs used for editing, but not surfing, so anti-virus protection is not needed.
Poll reveals a couple of tricks of the trade. Sugar and water together sounds just like grinding ice and sound tape makes great foliage sounds - useful for recreating sound when the audio engineer needs extra effects during post production!
"I have the greatest job in the world - I get paid to play with all sorts of cool technologies and toys. But it all has the serious purpose of making the great programming that Natural History New Zealand is famous for," he says.


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First over-the-air African American broadcast television network launches Monday, September 26 at 12 Noon (ET).
Bounce TV (http://bouncetv.com), the country's first-ever over-the-air broadcast television network for African-Americans, will launch with a special presentation of The Wiz on Monday, September 26 at 12 Noon (ET). Toyota USA will be the signature sponsor of the network's inaugural on-air schedule, highlights of which were unveiled today.
After kicking off the network, the popular 1978 musical starring Diana Ross, Michael Jackson and Richard Pryor will be followed by Sidney Poitier headlining the classic drama A Raisin in the Sun at 3:00 p.m. Bounce TV's first week of prime time television then begins later that evening with part one of a two night double feature of one of the most acclaimed filmmakers of our generation, Spike Lee. Bounce TV will premiere Lee's Academy Award® -nominated Do the Right Thing at 8:00 p.m. Acclaimed as one of the greatest films of our generation, Do The Right Thing stars Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Danny Aiello, John Turturro, Samuel L. Jackson, Lee himself and also features the theatrical film debuts of Martin Lawrence and Rosie Perez (Also 10:00 p.m.) Then on Tues. Sept. 27, Bounce TV presents School Daze, Lee's 1988 musical-drama starring Laurence Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, and Tisha Campbell-Martin, based in part on Lee's experiences at Atlanta's Morehouse College and Clark Atlanta University (8:00 p.m.,10:00 p.m.)
On Wednesday night Sept. 28, Bounce TV presents its first football game from the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA), the nation's largest African American athletic conference, as the top-rated Bulldogs of Bowie St. visit rival Virginia Union. On Thursday night, Sept. 29, Bounce TV will premiere the 1998 Denzel Washington - Bruce Willis action thriller The Siege (8:00 pm,10:30 pm) and highlights of the network's first week of prime time wraps on Friday, Sept. 30 with the 2003 action comedy The Rundown starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Seann William Scott (8:00 pm,10:30 pm).
Bounce's first weekend on the air is highlighted by the multiple Oscar® - nominated Far From Heaven (Sat. Oct. 1, 10:00 p.m.), 2002's textured story of race, gender and class starring Dennis Haysbert, Julianne Moore (Oscar® nominee) and Dennis Quaid. Sunday night, Oct. 2, Bounce TV will premiere Denzel Washington's Academy Award®-winning performance in the civil war epic Glory (8:00 p.m.)
Among other initial Bounce TV highlights:
-- CIAA Football: The Trojans of Virginia State taking on the Fayetteville State Broncos (Sat. Oct. 8 at 1:00 p.m.)
-- Richard Pryor Week (Oct. 3-7): The legendary comedian stars in a six-pack of his blockbuster movies including: His classic pairings with Gene Wilder in Stir Crazy (Oct. 3), Silver Streak (Oct. 4) and Another You (Oct. 6); The Wiz (Oct. 5); Bingo Long and the Traveling All Stars (Oct. 6) and Bustin' Loose (Oct. 7). Other major stars featured on Bounce TV's initial schedule include James Earl Jones in Summer's End (Oct. 12), Cuba Gooding Jr. in Hero Wanted (Oct. 16) and Samuel L. Jackson in Caveman's Valentine (Oct. 24).
-- A weekend of four aspirational and inspirational African American tales: The Sweetest Gift (Oct. 13); A Raisin in the Sun (Oct. 14); Shackles (Oct. 15) and Glory (Oct. 16).
-- Soul Train: One of the longest-running series in television history rides again as Bounce TV showcases the most popular performers and episodes of the legendary series (Assorted dates/times.)
Bounce TV's web site (http://bouncetv.com) will have complete programming schedule and local Bounce TV channel locations available beginning Sept. 1.
Martin Luther King III and Ambassador Andrew Young are among the Founding Group and Board of Directors of Bounce TV. Bounce TV will target African Americans primarily between the ages of 25-54 with a programming mix of theatrical motion pictures, sporting events, documentaries, specials, inspirational faith-based programs, off-net series, original programming and more. Bounce TV will air twenty four hours a day, seven days a week on the digital signals of local television stations.
So stay tuned.
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bennage necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 92 diseños de 32 diseñadores freelance.
Logo for a online casual gaming site dedicated to games on the Silverlight platform. We are open to suggestions, so let your imagination run wild!
We need a logo for our site that will host a gallery of games on the Silverlight platform. (You can look at the official Silverlight site here, http://silverlight.net).
We are very open regarding the look and the color scheme. This logo will be the basis of the look for the entire site.
The site is being built by three guys who are passionate about game development, we're all developers and appreciate good art but lack the skills to produce it.
- I would like the logo to be based on the name Silver Arcade, or silverarcade.com. For example, gamespot.com.
- We have a bias towards a fantasy theme, dwarves, dragons, etc. However, we'll probably have a secondary contest to create an avatar along those lines.
- We have a slight bias toward blues and silver, but honestly if you think of something better, please show us!
- The logo will mostly be against a dark background.
- I don't want a logo that does not incorporate the name.
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Lee Topham necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 145 diseños de 63 diseñadores freelance.
I am starting a wine club that caters to charities in order to help them raise money. Members can check off to donate a percentage of their purchase price to their designated charity.
We search the world for wines, to bring quality wines to the members & allow them to also donate to their favorite charity.
The design should be sophisticated without being stuffy. No cartoons, clean & to the point. We have several price levels depending on the charity from $159 per case to $400 per case. Soon they will be able to go to our web site & order wines in addition to their club purchases.
The target is people who donate to charities & feel an affinity to a particular charity that gives them a win/win feeling that they are getting a good value in wine & donating to their favorite charity at the same time. People join wine clubs for guidence. Most people have no clue when they go in the super market & see 3,000 wines displayed. We do write ups, food pairing & recipies along with our wine offerings. This gives them a comfort zone in their purchase in that an "expert" picked the wine for them.
I would like a logo that is easily recognizable, that can go on wine tote bags, cork pullers & other promotional material. I would also like to do a 3 fold brochure & other mailing materials. Something that denotes class & sophistication along with good deeds. Feel free to be creative, this is a creative, outside of the box program & a new concept in wine clubs.
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A & Z Home Health Care, Inc. also coordinates with your physician on the prescribed care program for your condition. Most of our patients who have recently been discharged from the hospital have specific health maintenance requirements while elderly and disabled individuals also have their own personal care needs. Our job is to meet your needs and requirements anytime of the day, any day of the week.
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9 years ago
Breakups are a bitch. April Wolfe learns to cope by getting wasted and exhibiting some uncharacteristic behaviors--mostly involving bacon.
This story won 2nd place at the April 15 Ten Fingers! Ten Fingers is a free, all ages San Francisco storytelling event. Anyone can come up to the stage and tell their nonfiction story--any story, as long as it's under ten minutes. More info at storytellingsf.blogspot.com.


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Yeah, I just got in for god-knows-what-reason... and I was all excited about contributing to that crazy leprachaun-hitler cartoon.
But then I realized that nobody had posted a new frame in a while... is this because everyone has given up or because nobody updates anymore? It looks like it has quite a potential...
And Turbocool cartoons rule! I've looked at a bunch of them and they're all super-rad!
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Our Practice is seeking a terrific optometrist for our Lafayette location. At our practice, all administrative tasks are handled by a third party: no headaches with billing/coding, credentialing, staff hiring/training, follow-up with insurances, etc. We have comprehensive equipment in each office to take care of your patient's primary care needs. Independent staff is provided, who is trained in caring for patients before and after they see the doctor, including support with extensive preliminary testing and contact lens care and fittings.
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Please contact me for a private conversation to discuss what you are looking for in your career path. I would love to schedule a visit in one of our practices to see if we are a good match. I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you.


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Soudalay necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 129 diseños de 32 diseñadores freelance.
Paper Jia
I make and sell chic hand-crafted cards. I sell my cards at local markets and would like to expand my business online and to stores around the country. I am in need of a logo so that I can launch my business and get my brand out in the market. This logo will be used for business cards, etsy website banner, rubber stamp for labeling on the back of my cards and packaging labels.
Hand-crafted cards for all special occasions. My primary customer base is women aged 21-50 with a disposable income and appreciation for handcrafted, upmarket, modern and chic items.
I have an idea of a logo I would like:
- A drawing or silouhette of a small bird on a branch with an envelope in its beak.
- I would like the envelope to have a red ribbon tied around it with a red bow across the middle (this is a symbol for my cards as I use lots of bows and ribbons!)
- I would like a clear title of the business name 'Paper Jia' somewhere placed with the icon and the a tag line 'Hand-crafted Cards'
- I love the chic modern look and feel. Its important that the logo has a hand-made, arty look and not corporate.
- I love primary colours, coral, pastels..
Looking forward to seeing your ideas! Thankyou!
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The Harvard coed sailing team competed at the Moody Trophy this weekend registering 240 points total. (Photo courtesy of Harvard Athletics)
The Harvard sailing team took to the water this weekend, competing in the Moody Trophy at Rhode Island. Crimson freshmen were featured in the Regatta, as Gram Slattery and Brian Drumm served as the A-division duo, while a combination of Ried Bergsund, Drumm, Olenka Polak and senior William White made up the B-division team.
The tandem of Slattery and Drumm sailed to two top-10 finishes in nine races and finished the regatta with 120 points in their division. Bergsund served as skipper for most of the regatta in the B division, with Drumm taking over in the final race, with Polak and White splitting time as crew. In the second race, Bergsund and Polak secured a third-place finish, while Drumm and White took second in the last race of the weekend. The foursome completed the regatta with 120 points. The Crimson finished with 240 points total, placing 19th. The Roger Williams Hawks took the Moody Trophy, beating out second-place Tufts by four.
Harvard will continue itsseason next weekend competing in the Captain Hurst Bowl hosted by Dartmouth and the Yale Women's Intersectional on Oct. 15-16.
Harvard Sailing Competes at the Moody Trophy
The Harvard coed sailing team competed at the Moody Trophy this weekend registering 240 points total. (Photo courtesy of Harvard Athletics)


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Tommy Hanson made it look easy against the Giants, giving up only three hits and striking out seven through seven. Any chance of a comeback was quickly crushed by the very tough Jonny Venters and Craig Kimbrel combo, the Atlanta version of Sergio Romo and Brian Wilson. The Braves have an excellent pitching staff and no doubt expect to contend this season despite the slow start. FanGraphs rates the Phillies as #1 in the NL with a 2.90 team FIP, followed by the Giants at 3.09 and the Braves at 3.18. Using xFIP, the three teams are closer, with Atlanta on top at 3.34, followed by Philadelphia at 3.38, and San Francisco at 3.43. If you want to keep it simple, the Padres, Marlins, and Phillies are tied with the fewest runs allowed (66), followed by the Braves (68) and the Giants (74).
Madison Bumgarner had another poor start and has yet to find his groove for 2011. It's hard to see what's wrong, other than the fact that he's giving up hits and runs at an alarming pace. In 17-1/3 IP, he's allowed 25 hits and 16 runs! He's also walked 10 guys. I thought he had found something after pitching into the 7th in his last start, but he followed that with his shortest outing of the season, failing to make it out of the 3rd inning. So far the young lefty is writing his own chapter in The Big Book of Sophomore Slumps. Let's hope he "turns a page" real soon.
Tim Lincecum gets the start today. In 27 IP The Franchise has allowed only 17 hits and 6 runs while striking out 32. He's sporting a 0.889 WHIP and a 242 ERA+.


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Digital Ally, Inc., which develops, manufactures and markets advanced video surveillance, speed enforcement and thermal imaging products, is running an unprecedented sale in an effort to assist budget-constrained departments obtain the tools they need. This sale is in addition to recently launching the DVM-100, which is the least expensive law enforcement quality in-car video system in the industry.
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Who's at fault? Court battle looms over oil spill
While solemn commemorations marked the first anniversary of the calamitous BP oil spill, legal claims filed by the oil giant and other companies involved in the disaster show that lengthy court battles lay ahead.
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While solemn commemorations marked the first anniversary of the calamitous BP oil spill, legal claims filed by the oil giant and other companies involved in the disaster show that lengthy court battles lay ahead.
Around the Gulf Coast Wednesday, residents said prayers on the beach and lit candles in the heart of New Orleans, while relatives flew over the sea where 11 rig workers died a year ago. In New Orleans courts, BP filed lawsuits alleging negligence by the rig owner and the maker of the device that failed to stop the spill. The blowout preventer maker and rig owner filed their own claims.
BP said in its lawsuit filed in federal court in New Orleans that Cameron International provided a blowout preventer with a faulty design, alleging that negligence by the manufacturer helped cause the disaster. The lawsuit seeks damages to help BP pay for the tens of billions of dollars in liabilities it has incurred from the disaster.
It also was seeking $40 billion from rig owner Transocean, accusing it of causing last year's deadly blowout in the Gulf of Mexico that led to the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. BP says every single safety system and device and well control procedure on the Deepwater Horizon rig failed.
The lawsuit against Cameron said the blowout preventer "was unreasonably dangerous, and has caused and continues to cause harm, loss, injuries, and damages."
Houston-based Cameron noted in a statement emailed to AP that Wednesday was the deadline under the relevant statute for all parties to file claims against each other. It said it has filed claims of its own to protect itself.
Also Wednesday, Transocean filed court papers demanding that judgments be made against BP, Cameron and other companies in its favor.
The disaster began on the night of April 20, 2010, when the Deepwater Horizon burst into flames and killed the 11 men. The rest of the crew evacuated, but two days later, the rig toppled into the Gulf and sank to the sea floor. Over the next 85 days, 206 million gallons of oil - 19 times more than the Exxon Valdez spilled - spewed from the well.
Relatives of the workers boarded a helicopter Wednesday to see the waters where their loved ones perished. The helicopter took them from New Orleans out to the well site, circled around so people on both sides of the aircraft could see and then returned to shore, said Arleen Weise, whose son, Adam, was killed on the rig. Seventeen family members, one Transocean official and two pilots were aboard the chopper.
"It was just a little emotional, seeing where they were," Weise said by phone from Houston, where rig owner Transocean planned an evening memorial service.
Asked what went through her mind when she saw where the rig went down, Weise said, "Just rise up. I wanted them to come up, but it didn't happen."
In a statement, President Barack Obama paid tribute to those killed and said that despite significant progress toward mitigating the spill's worst impacts, "the job isn't done."
"We continue to hold BP and other responsible parties fully accountable for the damage they've done and the painful losses that they've caused," he said.
A presidential commission has concluded that a cascade of technical and managerial failures - including a faulty cement job - caused the disaster.
BP, the oil giant which owns the blown-out well, has paid billions in cleanup costs and to compensate victims. The company has estimated its total liability at $40.9 billion, but it might have to pay many billions more, especially if its officials were to be found criminally negligent in pending investigations and trials.
BP said in a statement that it wants Transocean to pay its "proportionate" share of those damages and liabilities.
Transocean called BP's lawsuit "desperate," `'specious," and "unconscionable."
"The Deepwater Horizon was a world-class drilling rig manned by a top-flight crew that was put in jeopardy by BP, the operator of the Macondo well, thorough a series of cost-saving decisions that increased risk - in some cases, severely," Transocean said in a statement.
BP also is suing cement contractor Halliburton alleging fraud, negligence and concealing material facts in connection with its work on the rig.
Along the coast, some signs point toward normalcy returning.
John Williams spent the oil spill anniversary trying to catch mackerel on the fishing pier at Gulf State Park in Gulf Shores, Ala. Hundreds lined the pier.
The state banned anglers from keeping their catch off the pier last year because of the oil, but coolers were full of big redfish and king mackerel Wednesday.
"People will be back. It's pretty down here, and it's good to be out here," said Williams, of Daphne.
Members of 10 Alabama churches gathered on a public beach in Orange Beach, Ala., during a daylong prayer vigil. As families played in the surf and BP cleanup workers scoured the beach a few miles west for tarballs, Abe Feingold sat under an awning with friends and said a prayer.
"It's for BP not to forget us," said Feingold, of Orange Beach. "If they keep reimbursing people, we'll recover."
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said more than 300 miles of his state's coastline continues to see some BP oil. He was joined by the presidents of six coastal parishes for a commemoration on Grand Isle, a coastal barrier island that took major impact from the oil. Playing on a theme in BP's advertising during the spill, Jindal urged the company to continue to fund coastal restoration and to speed up claims payments to those affected by the oil. "We continue to call on BP to fulfill the promises of their ads. We continue to call on BP to truly make it right."
Harry Cheramie, a shrimp boat captain in Grand Isle, is pleased with the state of the Gulf shrimping industry. His boat, the "Ace of Trade," is hauling in shrimp at a healthy clip, with no obvious effects from the spill that disrupted his business a year ago.
"As far as I'm concerned, everything is back to normal," he said.
But he worries about the future, fearing that BP's oil and its dispersants pose a hidden threat and could jeopardize the next generation of shrimp.
That's why he refused to settle his claim with the Gulf Coast Claims Facility for $25,000, an offer he called "a joke."
"Things are normal right now, but we don't know what's going to happen next year," he said. "I want to believe that we won't see any effects."
Associated Press writers Melissa Nelson in Pensacola, Fla.; Jay Reeves in Gulf Shores, Ala.; Brian Skoloff in Salt Lake City, Utah; Michael Kunzelman in Grand Isle, La., and Kevin McGill in New Orleans contributed to this report. Videographer Jason Bronis contributed from Baton Rouge, La.
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Cut it short, break it down, couple pounds, roll it up
Add heat, kiss the end, let the colored vapors in
Pass it round, counter-clock, let her show her titties, stop
Cops rolling past, rolling papers in the passenger
Then swag it out, ounces then bags is out
Bitches and they asses out, money counting, cotton mouth
Yeah, we rolling papers over here, nigga
Yeah, we rolling papers over here, nigga
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My swagger's straight through the roof, bitch
Maharishi kicks and Bape Tee's I really do this
Snapping necks since '05, ain't gotta prove shit
Smoking joints with mixed breed bitches, right where the pool is
I never press, just relax, don't start choosing
Taking notes on how to win, fucking students
Left my main chick, now the new bitches I'm scooping
Stacey Dash type, I'm cheating and they clueless
I'm from the gang or the pack or the litter
Better guard your daughter or your mother or your sister
Chances are she is an avid OF listener
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To the Homestead Suites to drink liquor
Party all night, it's her dream to be with us
She'll tae kwon do anything that we mentioned
Just because she know that we the Wolf Gang niggas
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I kept it G, kept the good weed fired up
It's been a good year, record labels wanna hire us
But OF just chilling, let the fuckers admire us
My shit's so swift, I could gang Miley Cyrus up
But if she ain't gonna smoke it ain't gon' happen
Ice water cold, I'm the coldest nigga rapping
Y'all was cool in high school, what the fuck happened?
Still low like Laurel parking ticket is, I'm dashing
Are they gon' pay us and will they make it rain? Yup
Ignorant as fuck, but I swear I won't change up
That's a bad call, bitches catch fastballs
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Rolling Papers is the title track off of Domo Genesis' 2010 release of Rolling Papers.
Out of the members of Odd Future, Domo Genesis is the most laid back, chillest, weed-rappinest, Wiz-esque rapper of the gang. Though they have the same title, Domo's album came out far before Wiz Khalifa's most recent release.
As with most original Odd Future songs, the beat is made by the Odd Future team. No sampling here folks. If you're looking for some good Odd Future over sampled beats, go download their mixtape Radical.


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AMERICUS, Ga. – The Georgia Southwestern Lady 'Canes were looking to bounce back after their first loss of the season to Fort Valley State on Sunday afternoon. They would bounce back with a 95-41 dismantling of the Truett-McConnell College (1-7) Lady Bears on Wednesday evening.
Five Lady 'Canes would score in double figures as part of an offensive attack that saw ten different GSW players score in the game. Leading the Blue & Gold scorers was junior forward Jessica Jones who scored 19 points while grabbing four rebounds. Jones was supported by Jessica Bivins (13 points) and Tania Walters, Terra Branch and Samantha Smith who all scored twelve points. Smith was the only player to register a double-double as she grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds to go along with her twelve points. Fellow post player Adrian Randall also tallied double-digit rebounds with eleven boards.
Georgia Southwestern dominated the Lady Bears in about every statistical category. They outshot Truett-McConnell 45.7% to 25.6% from the field, forced 37 Lady Bear turnovers and won the rebounding battle by 31 rebounds.
After a sloppy start for GSW for the first several minutes of the game, Georgia Southwestern put the game away thanks to five of six shooting from beyond the arc in the first half to give GSW the 49-22 halftime lead.
Georgia Southwestern would continue to pick apart TMC to open the second half thanks to a 26-6 run in the half's first eight minutes. They would outscore their visitors 46-19 in the second half on the way to the 54-point victory.
The one and only bright spot for the Lady Bears was junior guard Kelsey Montgomery. The Winder, Georgia native accounted for over 60% of the Truett-McConnell offense with her 26 points. She also intercepted four passes to go along with her scoring output.
The blowout victory improves the Georgia Southwestern record to seven wins and one loss. Coach Britsky and company must now prepare to enter Peach Belt Conference play as they will take on the Montevallo Falcons on the road this weekend. Their game is part of a double-header with the GSW men on the campus of the University of Montevallo on Saturday, December 3. The ladies will tip-off ahead of the men with all action beginning at 2:30 pm EST.


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Bike Lane Study
The Lincoln-Lancaster County Comprehensive Plan, adopted in 2002, called for the completion of a plan to accommodate bicycle traffic in Downtown Lincoln. This bicycle plan was developed as part of the Downtown Master Plan process. A bicycle planning expert assisted the City in studying possible locations for bike lanes and connections to trails and other bike routes. After the Downtown Master Plan was adopted as an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan in September 2005, City staff began working on implementation of the recommendations in the plan including bike lanes.
The 11th and 14th Street Project
This project involved adding a bike lane on 11th Street to serve one-way southbound bicycle traffic from "Q" Street to "K" Street, and adding a bike lane on 14th Street to serve one-way northbound bicycle traffic from "L" Street to "R" Street. The bike lanes are 6 feet in width, are striped, marked, and signed along each route.
Meetings were held in 2006 with Downtown business leaders, property owners along the proposed routes, and bicycling advocates to discuss the purpose, impact, and design of the proposed bike lanes. A public meeting was held on July 13th to discuss the project with the community and receive comments.
Changes to Title 10 (Vehicles and Traffic) of the City of Lincoln Municipal Code were approved by the City Council on July 31 to address bike lanes as a legal traffic application on Lincoln's streets. The striping and marking of the bike lanes on 11th Street and 14th Street were installed in August, 2006 and staff performed an evaluation of the bike lanes one year later. It is extremely important that bicyclists and motorists follow the rules of the road and share the road safely.
Sources of Information
The adopted Comprehensive Plan Mobility & Transportation chapter (Page F94) and our adopted Downtown Master Plan Transportation Framework chapter (Page 67) have guided staff in implementing bike lanes in downtown Lincoln.
Additional Information
You may contact the City-County Planning Department at 441-7491 or the Public Works and Utilities Department at 441-7711 for more information.


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This restaurant is in my neighborhood, it's one of my favorite places to go for a snack, or dinner. The staff are exceptional and being from Greece, and having been raised on the Mediterranean diet I think the quality of the food is very good. Excellent value, it will forever be one of my Staples.
Leah R.
i had such a great dinner here. def recommend doing the mazzat platter- 3 cold and 3 hot plates. a great way to share a meal with friends and try multiple things on the menu.
my favorite, favorite was the warek enab (which i know as dolma, which i think is what they call stuffed grapeleaves in other places?)- which honestly i don't usually love. but i guess i had never good one before. so much flavor, perfect amount of spice and lemon and perfectly cooked rice. the hummus was so smooth, and i would definitely buy that at a store. puts sabra to shame, you know what i mean!! also recommend the batata harra (potatoes) and the mosaka (eggplant). the ouzi (rice with lamb) was just okay- it lacked flavor, which was surprising to me because the rice and lamb in the warek enab was packed with flavor. but the ouzi was good if you mixed in the hummus and ate it with the pita. the one dish i didn't care for was the tabouli. also lacked flavor, had too much parsley.
Annie S.
It's one of my favorite Mediterranean place in the city. Everything is so good and well made. My favorites are their Labne and Fatet Batinjan. Decent wine selection too. Copy and cute atmosphere that's unpretentious.
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Great service and amazing food – get the tasting platter so you can have a bit of everything with a friend 🙂
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Super sweet, spot. Lovely waiters and great Mediterranean fare. Walked in just to have a few appetizers and some drinks and were totally surprised by great food and wonderful service. Healthy food and cozy spot !
Another great experience! 2 times in one week!
Food is absolutely superb. We always opt for a bunch of hot/cold Mezze and one meal and share it amongst ourselves. It's the best way to taste the many great dishes here.
The restaurant is on the smaller side, so if you can, make a reservation!
Matt V.
Absolutely delicious. The best Lebanese food I have ever tasted. Portions are smaller and meant for sharing family style, which is more fun too because you get to taste everything! Next time I am in SF, I will go here again.
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