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April 14, 2019, 4:38 pmThaddeus YoungF, Indiana Pacers
Thaddeus Young put up seven points, four boards, six assists, one block and five steals in Sunday's Game 1 loss to the Celtics.
Young said an official admitted to mistakenly calling a foul in the second quarter. Young stole the ball from Hayward but was called for his third foul and the Celtics ended up hitting a three on the next possession. Whether it would've made a difference in the game or not, the mistake happened at a pivotal point early on. The Pacers still have no excuse for their poor play.
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October 17, 2019, 1:01 amLeBron JamesSF, Los Angeles Lakers
LeBron James scored 18 points with 11 dimes, four rebounds, a triple and a steal in Wednesday's 126-93 win over the Warriors.
James might have played his last preseason game tonight, but he delivered for the fans in his 25 minutes of action. He bullied the Warriors tonight and dished out some beautiful dimes, including a backwards overhead toss straight into Danny Green's shooting pocket which ended up with a bucket. The King has his help this year with Davis so the numbers will come, but we can expect him to take a bit of a backseat and more rest days as he saves his body for the playoffs.
October 17, 2019, 1:00 amAvery BradleySG, Los Angeles Lakers
Avery Bradley scored 18 points on 7-of-9 shooting with four triples against the Warriors on Wednesday.
Bradley did nothing but score the ball tonight and if he isn't red-hot from deep, he isn't worth owning in fantasy leagues. Danny Green (eight points, two triples, two assists and a steal) isn't a sexy option, but provides more for fantasy owners and Quinn Cook (16 points, four triples, two rebounds and three assists) is going to have to prove he can produce when the Lakers play their full rotation.
October 17, 2019, 1:00 amJaVale McGeeC, Los Angeles Lakers
JaVale McGee scored 12 points on 6-of-8 shooting with six rebounds, a steal and a block vs. the Warriors on Wednesday.
McGee looks solid in short spurts and the Lakers look like they have a solid rotation at center between he and Dwight Howard (13 points and seven rebounds). McGee is the man to own here, but both are decent options at the end of your drafts.
October 17, 2019, 1:00 amAnthony DavisPF-C, Los Angeles Lakers
Anthony Davis scored eight points on 3-of-9 shooting with 10 boards, eight assists, a steal and two blocks in Wednesday's preseason game against the Warriors.
It doesn't matter what position he plays, Davis will put up huge numbers this season as he looks ready to go after a thumb injury scare. The eight dimes are a nice wrinkle and the Lakers are going to generate a lot of open looks for their role players with Davis and LeBron James drawing all of the attention.
October 17, 2019, 12:59 amD'Angelo RussellPG, Golden State Warriors
D'Angelo Russell scored 23 points on 8-of-17 shooting with three rebounds, three assists and three 3-pointers in Wednesday's preseason match against the Lakers.
Russell played 27 minutes, which was near the 30 minute mark that the Warriors said they'd play him. He was one of the few productive Warriors players in tonight's game and should slot in as the second highest usage player behind Stephen Curry (rest) which means he'll be someone to target in the earlier rounds.
October 17, 2019, 12:59 amDraymond GreenPF, Golden State Warriors
Draymond Green scored 10 points on 4-of-14 shooting with four rebounds, two assists, a steal and a block against the Lakers on Wednesday.
Green went 0-for-5 from deep and if he can't get his 3-point shooting right, it'll hurt his fantasy value a bit. He's still going to get it done defensively and the Warriors are going to hand him more shots this year so his baseline counting stats production is still safe.
October 17, 2019, 12:37 amMarvin Bagley IIIPF, Sacramento Kings
Marvin Bagley scored a game-high 30 points in Wednesday's 124-110 win over Melbourne United to go with 14 rebounds, one assist, three steals and a block.
Bagley went 12-for-17 from the floor and missed both free throw attempts, but he continued his impressive play in the preseason tonight. He went 6-for-10 at the line which highlights one of the few deficiencies in his fantasy game, but the numbers across the board make up for it.
October 17, 2019, 12:35 amRichaun HolmesPF, Sacramento Kings
Richaun Holmes started on Wednesday and scored two points with eight rebounds, two assists and a block.
Holmes got the starting nod as Dewayne Dedmon (rest) sat this one out. He'll be a great play whenever Dedmon misses time, but he should still be able to scrape out some standard-league value regardless. If you don't know our love for Holmes, you haven't been around enough.
October 17, 2019, 12:33 amBuddy HieldSG, Sacramento Kings
Buddy Hield scored 14 points on 5-of-10 shooting with three 3-pointers, six assists and two rebounds in Wednesday's game against Melbourne.
Hield's six dimes are nice, but the zero on defensive stats is a bummer. If he can expand his game even further in either the assists or defense department, there's a higher ceiling than his current early-mid round value.
October 17, 2019, 12:33 amHarrison BarnesSF, Sacramento Kings
Harrison Barnes finished Wednesday's game with 18 points on 8-of-13 shooting with six rebounds, two assists and a steal.
Barnes was hot tonight, but his line is exactly why he's not a great fantasy player. Even though he shot well from the floor, he hit zero 3-pointers and was limited in contributions elsewhere. The Kings have a ton of talent so there's no need to give Barnes the ball that much.


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Masters of the Universe animator Robert Lamb has posted a ton of storyboards, concept art, and diagrams from his days on The Masters of the Universe animated series. Here's but a sampling of the show's many awesome cartoon layouts.
You can check out a wealth of He-Man concept art over at Robert Lamb's site. Thanks for the tip, Greg!
Above: A map of Eternia from the show. I bet real estate's real pricey on the "Fertile Plain."
The Eternia Royal Palace by Lorenzo Martinez.
Castle Greyskull by Lorenzo Martinez.
Eternia University, where He-Man was presumably the BHMOC.
Skeletor's vault/man-cave.

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Create Scallop Borders for Scrapbook Pages
In the June 2009 issue, we shared this delightful page and border strip idea from Kelly Goree. If you don't have premade scallop strips at home, create the same effect with one of these two techniques.
At the Zoo by Kelly Goree. Supplies Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper; Patterned paper: American Crafts, October Afternoon and Scenic Route; Chipboard circle: Scenic Route; Letter stickers: American Crafts; Decorative trim: Creative Imaginations.
1. Punch enough small circles from cardstock to cover a 12" width.
2. Glue the circles to your layout, slightly overlapping them.
3. Pierce holes through circles on page. Place brads through holes.
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There is outrage in women's rights groups after Dubliner Anthony Lyons (51) was sentenced to six years in prison, with five-and-a-half years of his sentence suspended.
He also was fined €75,000 ($93,300) to be paid in compensation to the victim of his attack, a woman he viciously attacked after following her in a Dublin suburb.
The Dublin-based owner of an aviation leasing company blamed his cholesterol medication for causing the sexual attack on the woman two years ago. The prosecution immediately rejected this defense.
On 3rd October 2010 Lyons came up behind his victim and said, "Are you going to get home safely," before rugby tackling her into the trees. She tried to scream but he told her to be quiet and held his hand over her throat and mouth while he sexually assaulted her.
She managed to hit him in the head with her cell phone before dialing 999 (911). A passerby shouted at Lyons and he ran away. The victim identified Lyons from a police car, just 100 meters from his home.
Rape Crisis groups and the victim's family have spoken out questioning the fairness of Ireland's criminal justice system. After his sentence was handed down by Justice Desmond Hogan, the victim's family said this was a case where "money talks".
Her aunt Susan spoke on Joe Duffy's RTE radio program "Liveline" after the proceedings. She said her niece was "so upset" and said the idea of Lyons receiving a fine instead of a harsher prison sentence had "horrified" her family.
She said, "We thought he was going to prison for six years…She doesn't want money. She never did."
Ellen O'Malley-Dunlop, the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre chief executive, had a mixed reaction to the result.
She told TheJournal.ie "I would call the sentence unusual. The six years is not lenient – it is indicative of the seriousness of the crime. But getting him to pay the compensation and suspend the jail time questions the fairness of the system because a resourced person can avoid a custodial sentence by the provision of a large sum of money."
The Rape Crisis Network of Ireland criticized the six-month jail sentence saying it was "very low".
They told RTE that it was difficult not to reach the conclusion that if Lyons had been a less wealthy man his custodial sentence would have been long.


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Ariz. Cardinals Cheerleader Arrested for Allegedly Attacking Boyfriend
(SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.) -- An Iraq War veteran turned NFL cheerleader was arrested for aggravated assault and disorderly conduct after she allegedly attacked her boyfriend, who captured the incident on his cell phone.
Megan Welter, 29, of Scottsdale, Ariz., is seen on cell phone video obtained by ABC News angrily questioning her boyfriend about text messages between him and a female friend.
"Who is she!" Welter is heard screaming in the footage as her boyfriend, who has not been identified, tries to calm her down.
Police were called to the couple's home after Welter placed a 911 call and accused her boyfriend of attacking her.
"He smashed my head into tile," she is heard saying on the recording.
Video footage released by the Scottsdale Police Department that was shot at the scene of the alleged domestic dispute shows Welter pleading with officers to get her boyfriend out of the home.
But it was Welter who ended up being taken into custody on July 20 after her boyfriend countered with his side of the story. "I was asking her to stop, I was trying to leave, she was pulling out my hair, she was scratching me, she was punching me in my face and I have everything on tape," her boyfriend said.
Authorities said both parties admit to drinking heavily on the night of the argument. Welter was reportedly so drunk she could not say what had happened.
Welter has cheered for the Arizona Cardinals for two years, according to the team's website. But she's recently made headlines for her service in the Iraq War, where she spent 16 months.
"Our country has given us so many freedoms and to be a part of fighting for that and maintaining that, it means a lot," she told ABC's Phoenix affiliate KNXV-TV.
Welter's boyfriend told ABC's Good Morning America that he hopes the incident "doesn't take away from the good things she's done for the NFL and for her country."
"I want people to know that she's a wonderful, beautiful woman who had a momentary lapse of judgment," he said.
A representative for the Arizona Cardinals did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment.
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Santa Claus(Redirected from Santa)
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| Santa Claus
サンタクロース Santa Claus
Santa Claus
|Eye color
|Hair color
|North Pole
|Anime debut
|Holiday Hi-Jynx
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| Ted Lewis (Holiday Hi-Jynx)
Alexander J. Rose
|Japanese voice actor
|Takkō Ishimori
Santa Claus (Japanese: サンタクロース Santa Claus) is a recurring character in the Pokémon anime. He is based on the Santa Claus of Christmas holiday fame.
Santa Claus first appeared in Holiday Hi-Jynx.
He reappeared in the Pikachu shorts, Stantler's Little Helpers and Delibird's Dilemma.
He is the Pokémon world's version of Santa Claus. He has the same tasks as that of the "real world": giving away gifts to all the good children all over the world with his sleigh. He lives at the North Pole.
His sleigh was originally pulled by Ponyta, though this role was given to Stantler after its debut in Generation II.
Santa has had different Pokémon on different occasions. This listing is of all the Pokémon he has been shown to have.
This article is missing information on this character's English voice actor and Japanese voice actor.
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| Santa Claus has multiple Jynx which are used to prepare presents for Christmas. One appeared in Jessie's flashback where she believed it to have stolen her doll when she was young and then went back up the chimney, thinking Santa was a Jynx. Another Jynx appeared to Ash and his friends where it was holding a boot. Ash tried to capture this Jynx but failed. The Jynx telepathically told them she was cleaning the boot at the North Pole when a chunk of ice broke off, causing Jynx to float away. Ash and the others then decided to help her get back to Santa Claus.
When Ash and his friends arrived at the North Pole thanks to a Lapras, Team Rocket had captured all the Jynx at the North Pole as well as Santa Claus. When Jessie confronted the Jynx who stole her doll, it was revealed that the Pokémon was simply trying to repair the doll, which had been broken. The rest of the Jynx took the presents back from Team Rocket and then used Psywave, sending them blasting off. The Jynx is later seen giving Ash and his friends presents. It is last seen putting Team Rocket asleep with a Lovely Kiss.
The Jynx's only collectively known move is Psywave, but at least one also knows Lovely Kiss.
|Holiday Hi-Jynx
|Voice actors
|Mayumi Tanaka
|Rachael Lillis
| Santa Claus's Lapras first appeared when Ash was trying to pull a raft for Jynx to get home. Ash heard a voice, and a large wave pulled him underwater. Lapras appeared to him, and using its telepathic powers, revealed that it was sent by Santa to return the Jynx to the North Pole. After helping Ash and the others there, Team Rocket appeared and fired a net over Lapras and the group.
Later it is seen when Team Rocket are getting away with all the presents. It freezes them with an Ice Beam. Ash regrets not telling Santa what he wanted for Christmas but Lapras says he already knows.
Lapras's only known move is Ice Beam.
|Holiday Hi-Jynx
|Voice actors
|Chiharu Suzuka
|Rachel Lillis
| Santa Claus's Stantler was used to pull Santa's sleigh and deliver the presents on Christmas. It seemed to be a replacement for his Ponyta. It was seen near a cabin where Ash and his friends were staying. They heard a noise and stepped outside to find that Stantler was ill. Santa told them that they needed to find a certain Berry to cure Stantler of its fever. The group quickly began to search for it and eventually found the plant atop a mountain. Pikachu picked it and fed it to Stantler, who soon perked up and proceeded off into the sky.
None of Stantler's moves are known.
|Stantler's Little Helpers
| Delibird was first seen flying in the sky above a big city. Down below, Ash's Pikachu and its friends were bowling with giant snowballs. Ash's Totodile accidentally shot a snowball with Water Gun and it launched into the sky, hitting Delibird and making it fall. Not far away, Meowth and Wobbuffet were walking up a staircase outside a building. Suddenly, Delibird fell from the sky, landing on Meowth and Wobbuffet and waking up a nearby Skarmory. The angry Skarmory blew Delibird away into the sky, knocking it out and causing it to drop all the presents it was carrying. Pikachu and friends quickly found Delibird and Ash's Cyndaquil woke it up by tickling it.
When Delibird first woke up, it was very angry, but Pikachu and Togepi calmed it down. Delibird then realized all of its presents were gone. Pikachu and friends volunteered to help Delibird find the missing presents. They divided into two teams and split up to search the entire city. Sunset soon came, and the two teams reunited and gave Delibird all the presents. After recounting the presents, Delibird realized that one was still missing. With the sun already set, the Pokémon were forced to look for the present in the dark.
They went to a park and looked for the last present. It was spotted in a tree by Ash's Noctowl, but it fell from its beak over a river. Just as it was about to fall in, an Aipom caught it and returned it to Delibird. All of the Pokémon were distracted by a tree lighting, and when they looked around, the Delivery Pokémon was gone. Then they heard bells jingling and looked up; to their surprise, Delibird was flying off in Santa's sleigh. The sleigh flew out of sight, and Delibird happily waved back to its newly made friends.
None of Delibird's moves are known.
|Delibird's Dilemma
|Voice actors
|Kappei Yamaguchi
|Kappei Yamaguchi
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| Santa Claus's Ponyta was used to pull Santa's sleigh and deliver the presents on Christmas. It made a cameo in Christmas Night where it was seen delivering presents again.
Ponyta has not made any further appearances since, and seems to have been replaced by Stantler.
None of Ponyta's moves are known.
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1812: War with America
Jon Latimer. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 2007. 408 pp. Illus. Maps. Notes. Bib. Index. $35.
Reviewed by Frederick C. Leiner
Many books have been written about the War of 1812 in the last few years, but none quite like Jon Latimer's 1812: War with America. The author of histories of British arms in the Burma and North African campaigns in World War II, Latimer has written the first book on the War of 1812 from the British perspective since William James nearly two centuries ago. The result is a thorough and elegantly written account that squarely places the conflict in the context of the Napoleonic Wars. Certain aspects of 1812 will be objectionable to American readers, but that is more the history itself rather than any bias that Latimer, a former officer in the Royal Welch Fusiliers, brings to it.
While acknowledging American complaints of British insults at sea in the decade before the War of 1812, including the impressment of thousands of merchant seamen, Latimer depreciates the maritime causes for the war. He asserts that many of the shanghaied Americans were not native Americans (unsurprising given the migration of Irishmen and Britons to the new United States), and notes that a booming business existed in fraudulent U.S. seamen's protection certificates. Besides, Latimer argues, Britain needed impressment to man its fleet; pilfering merchant seamen was essential in fighting Napoleon.
To the British, the War of 1812 was nothing but a landgrab, as the expansionist and opportunistic Americans had their eyes on Canada. Although former President Thomas Jefferson and the "war hawks" in Congress thought taking Canada would be a "mere matter of marching," the attempt was an abject failure. Latimer disdains the amateurish Americans going to war with an inept administration, old and incapable generals, a tiny and dispersed regular army, no logistics, no general staff, and a fragile financial base—woefully unready except for an overwhelming supply of hubris. Using the small and battle-tested U.S. Navy was almost an afterthought. The British and Canadian land forces, though small, were led by experienced professionals and were fighting for their country and homes.
Debacle after debacle ensued for the Americans on land and at sea. Despite early victories and irritating successes by privateers, the United States could not hope to prevail. The war ended essentially in a draw, with both countries spent financially, although British invasions down Lake Champlain and at New Orleans had been deflected. For Britain, with Napoleon defeated, there was no reason to continue what Latimer calls "little more than an annoying distraction." The one lasting result of the war was the securing of Canadian independence.
1812: War with America covers all aspects of the conflict, including diplomacy, finances, atrocities perpetrated by and against the Indians, the naval campaigns at sea and on the Great Lakes, and the land campaigns in the Old Northwest, the South, and Canada. Latimer details the nearly insurmountable logistical issues confronting both armies on the Canadian frontier and the naval forces on the lakes. With wit and pathos, he has drawn wonderful capsule sketches of the participants, and his staggering research has led to illuminating first-hand accounts of marches and battles from leading generals to lowly sergeants.
Despite being a redcoat, Latimer describes maritime action convincingly. He devotes five pages to the Chesapeake-Shannon naval battle (a British victory) and only two pages to the Constitution-Guerrière battle (a British defeat), but for Americans, this is history written from the enemy's side. As with other British military historians, he is almost religious in listing each battalion at each engagement, which to an American reader begins as a charming exercise but rapidly becomes tedious. In contrast to most American units, the British and Canadian regiments stood up bravely in the campaigns. As Latimer demonstrates, only on the water did the Americans consistently fight well. Yet 1812 is a needed antidote to the triumphalism that, as in William James' day, passes as legitimate history by American writers.
The audience to whom this book will appeal, however, is unclear. It seems too dense for general American readers, who may be confused by the bewildering number of characters who quickly take the stage, disappear, and sometimes reappear many pages later. The general American reader also may find himself lost in all the Canadian maneuvering, since there are not enough maps of Canadian territory. Yet this work may not be detailed enough for those with a deeper interest in specific battles or events. Perhaps Canadians will be the major audience for this book, since Latimer represents the war largely as a heroic defense of their homeland.
In a work of this scope and size, errors of fact and dubious interpretations are inevitable. They include Latimer's suggestion that the British "spared" Baltimore in September 1814, not that the British ground attack was rebuffed even as the bombardment of Fort McHenry was ineffective; his contradictory assessments of the impact of American privateers at various stages of the war; errors about the rate and design of some U.S. ships; and his explanation that a British ship was defeated when she "fired high, as usual," which was not British doctrine.
These reservations aside, 1812: War with America is a detailed study of a still-obscure war from the British perspective, insightful, written with panache, and backed by massive research.
Cruisers and La Guerre de Course
Ian Marshall. Mystic, CT: Mystic Seaport Museum, 2007. 232 pp. Illus. Notes. Index. Bib. $60.
Reviewed by Gale Munro
New technologies and the expansion of international trade in the 19th century created a need for a new type of ship, one that was fast enough to overtake a commerce raider and had the armament to engage it in battle without support. The ship type that evolved to fill this role came to be known as the cruiser. The cruiser, its evolution, its heyday, and its eventual demise is the subject of artist and author Ian Marshall's latest work, Cruisers and La Guerre de Course. A fellow of the American Society of Marine Artists, Marshall's credentials and previous successes with similar efforts on armored ships, ironclads, and luxury liners, raise expectations for an engaging volume, and in this he does not disappoint. He has created another pleasing work for the ship aficionado or one who wishes to know more.
Books that endeavor to combine art with historical narrative frequently do not succeed with both. The artwork either lacks interest or the narrative fails for a variety of reasons. In this work, Marshall distills recent scholarship into a readable form and illuminates it with beautiful art. He gives us the story of the cruiser, and in its context, a general overview of naval history of the late-19th and early-20th centuries. His artworks satisfy, both in their depiction and aesthetic appeal. A master of the watercolor medium, he is able to evoke detail with well-placed lines and create sweeps of land and sea with a few strokes of color.
Ships of all eras have their own elegance, and Marshall's images capture the particular grace of these vessels. He regards cruisers, which were eventually superseded in the public conciousness by submarines, aircraft, and their carriers, with a romantic hindsight, and recognizing the flaws that consigned these ships to a haze of oblivion, he paints them with a nostalgic soft focus. Though built as ships of war, they are depicted at peace and in calm waters, having passed from the danger of open sea to safe harbor.
The 52 watercolors and 30 pencil sketches make for an instructive exhibition on the development and life span of this unique ship type. From the prototype—USS Wampanoag, developed too late to be of use in the Civil War—to the last—KMS Admiral Graf Spee, scuttled at Montevideo in 1939 to prevent her capture—the artist carefully selected his examples for their illustrative value, as much from an educational standpoint as a visual one.
The author includes separate chapters covering various countries that built cruisers, discussing the concerns of each navy and how they dictated specifications. For the technical enthusiasts, details are included such as tonnage, gunnery, and top speed, making the book something of a desk reference as well, though it is not intended to be comprehensive.
The weakness of Cruisers and La Guerre de Course is that some plates are not as crisp as they ought to be, but as Marshall's style often gives a dreamy effect, this may escape the notice of the average reader. Overall, it is a fine work, one that will most certainly appeal to the ship enthusiast and is also worthy of consideration by all who enjoy marine art.
A Blue Water Navy: The Official Operational History of the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War, 1943-1945, Volume II Part 2
W. A. B. Douglas, Roger Sarty, and Michael Whitby with Robert H. Caldwell, William Johnston, and William G. P. Rawling: Vanwell Publishing Ltd., 2007, 633 pp. Illus. Maps. $60.
Reviewed by Captain James B. Bryant, U.S. Navy (Retired)
This is the second book of the official operational history of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) in World War II. Although I have not read the first book, No Higher Service, I found this volume easy and enjoyable to read. By the end of the war the RCN had become a well-balanced blue-water navy that included cruisers and escort carriers. This book is the story of how the service achieved this difficult task.
As expected of an official history written by experienced authors, it is a magnificent, incredibly well-researched book and is a must-have for anyone with interest in the Royal Canadian Navy. The authors made the effort to mention names of the sailors and officers involved with each key event and briefly describe their actions. For those with a family member serving in the RCN from 1943 to 1945 involved in one of the events, there is a chance you will find your relative's name.
A majority of the book covers antisubmarine warfare (ASW) because helping win the U-boat war was one of the RCN's most significant achievements. The details of ASW efforts and equipment developed to implement tactics is particularly interesting. This book gave me a much better understanding of World War II ASW despite studying these tactics since I was a midshipman.
Besides ASW, the RCN was also involved in amphibious assaults, motor torpedo boat operations, mining, and fleet operations. The authors describe all in some detail.
The maps, diagrams, pictures, glossary, and appendices on subjects such as warship losses, training, discipline, and morale add significantly to the value of the book, especially for those readers with no naval background. In particular, the appendix on training, discipline, and morale provides great insight into how the RCN ran on a daily basis and the problems it had to overcome.
The book covers not only the navy's victories but also its problems, such as food and pay issues that caused difficulties among Canadians serving in British warships, the dislike of the formal routine while serving on large warships instead of the more informal smaller warships, and many officers and sailors declining to volunteer for service in the war against Japan.
This book is a splendid joint effort by its six authors. They have produced a masterpiece that is well worth reading.
Tales from a Tin Can—The USS Dale—from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay
Michael Keith Olson. St. Paul, MN: Zenith Press, 2007. 336 pp. Illus. $24.95.
Reviewed by Colonel William T. Anderson, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve (Retired)
This book tells the remarkable story of the USS Dale (DD-353), one of the eight Farragut-class destroyers built in the 1930s by Bethlehem Steel Company. Like all destroyers of this period, she was referred to as a tin can because of the thin hull plating the crew claimed came from such containers. She was at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 moored with her class sisters. By war's end the destroyer had earned 12 battle stars. Despite her enviable record of being present at critical Pacific naval operations while surviving typhoons, torpedoes, and kamikazes, at her decommissioning the Dale's crew could incredibly boast that her service was completed without a single combat casualty.
During operations from Guadalcanal to the Philippine Sea, the Dale escorted supply ships, screened task groups, and rescued downed pilots. In 1945, when Japan found itself with few ships but thousands of aircraft, it turned to its sacred tradition of the divine wind by launching kamikaze attacks against American naval forces. Between 3 and 13 January 1945, 53 U.S. Navy ships were struck. Later off Okinawa, 36 ships were sunk. Although the Dale was in the middle of these key engagements, she was never hit.
Hurricanes were terrifying for tin can Sailors, especially for those in ships of the Farragut class, which were designed without internal passageways. The only way for some crew to get to their workspace amidships, berthing aft, and the mess hall forward was to move across the weather decks. Orville Newman of the Dale was one of those Sailors who had to hazard the open to eat, work, and sleep. Years later he still wondered why the Navy would design such a ship and then send her to the Bering Sea in January. In rough winter seas the crew's dilemma was obvious.
In a poignant story of blind fate, Olson describes the sad end of the USS Monaghan (DD-354), one of the Dale's two sister ships lost to Typhoon Cobra on 18 December 1944. The Monaghan, which sank a Japanese sub during the Pearl Harbor attack, was returning to the Ulithi lagoon anchorage from screening tankers during at-sea refueling of fast attack carriers. Although scheduled for the next screening rotation, the Dale's sonar had gone down so she was directed instead to a floating dry dock. The Monaghan was ordered to take the Dale's place only to be lost during the horrific storm. As well as the sisters, the typhoon claimed one newer Fletcher-class destroyer. The destroyer crew losses made up the bulk of Third Fleet's total loss of 790 Sailors.
The author, the son of one of the Dale's Sailors during this period, has done a masterful job of preserving the crew's personal accounts. Each chapter relates to a calendar year during the war and begins with a general narrative of ongoing operations. Relevant entries from the ship's log are included in the terse shorthand of a unit's war diary. Personal accounts of the crew are then provided to give the human dimension to the story. Some accounts are from personal diaries, while others are recollections during interviews years later. We read of the boredom, good humor, and fear during the war in the Pacific as well as failures in leadership. Although the various records and narratives are separated in time and orientation, they are effectively interwoven to present a highly personal and compelling story of a destroyer at war. Tales from a Tin Can is a fine companion to James D. Hornfischer's Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors (Bantam, 2004) and C. Raymond Calhoun's Tin Can Sailor (Naval Institute Press, 1993) as an authentic narrative of the daily life of these heroic men—iron men in ships of tin.


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Gov. Rick Scott pitches $1.25 billion boost for Florida schools in new budget
Gov. Rick Scott on Thursday will send the Florida Legislature a $74 billion budget that he says would boost spending in schools by $1.25 billion, but some of that money will not reach students.
As Scott touted the figure on Wednesday, more than one-third of the money, $480 million, would pay for a $2,500 teacher pay raise that must be approved by county school boards and negotiated in union contracts, if it survives a skeptical Legislature.
An additional $297 million of the education increase would shore up an unfunded liability for teachers' pensions in the Florida Retirement System, and $118 million would keep up with enrollment growth as more than 20,000 new pupils are expected in Florida schools next fall.
Scott, who will release his budget at a 2 p.m. news conference in Tallahassee, will face more scrutiny about his budget math. But in prepared remarks at an Associated Press forum Wednesday, Scott took credit for a rebounding Florida economy and said the "tough choices" he made, such as reducing state debt and shrinking the state work force, make new spending possible.
"Our economy is on track," Scott said. "We're now in a position to strategically invest in statewide priorities."
Scott also will propose giving most state workers $1,200 bonuses for satisfactory or better work, and bonuses of $2,500 or $5,000 to workers whose work is judged outstanding.
Republican legislators who craft the budget are lukewarm to Scott's education plan, and say they want to see what programs he supports cutting so he can give schools more.
"Right now, our budget shows that we don't have $1.2 billion in surplus," said House Speaker Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel. "So certainly, to get to that number, you would have to make some cuts somewhere else. But we're going to take his budget seriously, and we're going to look at it critically."
After four straight years of cuts to programs, the state is projecting a surplus of less than $1 billion to build the next budget, but virtually every agency wants some of that money, and Scott's eagerness to spend it is not shared by legislators.
"Any budget surplus we may have is a little bit of breathing room," said Senate President Don Gaetz, R-Niceville.
Scott did not detail possible cuts, and the Republican governor sidestepped questions about whether Florida will expand Medicaid eligibility as contemplated by the federal healthcare law.
The expansion would be fully paid by the federal government in the initial years, but Scott and lawmakers are concerned that later costs would be the state's burden.
"I'll come out with my budget tomorrow, so you'll see," Scott said.
Gaetz and Weatherford, who also addressed reporters at the Associated Press forum, said they wanted more flexibility in how the state could expand Medicaid eligibility.
"The federal government gave us an all-or-nothing proposal," Weatherford said. "They said, 'You have to expand for all populations or you can't do any of this.' That puts all legislatures and all governments in a pretty good box."
Gaetz said the state should cover only some eligible people under an expanded Medicaid program.
"I have more concern about people who are above the poverty line," Gaetz said, "than I do somebody who is an adult and chooses to sit on the couch."
Democrats say Florida is dragging its feet and that Scott has used wildly inaccurate cost estimates to obstruct Medicaid expansion. They noted that a majority of Florida voters opposed a Republican-backed constitutional amendment on the November ballot that would have allowed Florida to sidestep federal health mandates.
"To not do this would be morally reprehensible," said House Democratic Leader Perry Thurston, D-Plantation. "We're talking about saving lives. That's the role of government."
Scott's budget proposal would be the largest spending plan in state history, and is designed to showcase his support for education as he eyes a 2014 re-election bid.
Scott said the $1.3 billion cut in education spending during his first year was unavoidable because federal economic stimulus money was expiring. What he did not say was that he proposed a 10 percent cut to schools, larger than the 8 percent lawmakers approved in 2011.
Scott also championed a 3 percent cut in teachers' pay last year, saying they needed to contribute to their state pensions.
"To have this sudden epiphany reeks of, 'An election year is coming,' " said Senate Democratic Leader Chris Smith of Fort Lauderdale.
Gaetz and Weatherford emphasized their shared support for different priorities, such as giving counties more flexibility to reduce voting lines, reforming Florida's campaign finance system, holding elected officials to higher ethical standards and changing the Florida retirement system to a 401(k)-style system in which workers would make their own investment decisions.
Herald/Times Staff Writers Mary Ellen Klas and Michael Van Sickler contributed to this report. Steve Bousquet can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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A midterm report card on the economy
We've reached the halfway point of 2013. We are nearing the fifth anniversary of the most intense phase of the great financial crisis and are at the fourth anniversary of the beginning of the recovery from the Great Recession. So how are we doing?
We (still) aren't living up to our potential.
The broadest measure of how the economy is doing is gross domestic product, the value of all goods and services produced within U.S. borders in a given time period. And it has been rising only slowly: 1.8 percent in the first three months of 2013. The government's first take on the second-quarter number will be released July 31.
Here's a better way to think of GDP, though: not as a raw number or even a percent change, but as how the U.S. economy is doing relative to its potential. That is, if almost everyone who wanted a job had one, if factories were running at capacity, if office buildings were full, how much more economic activity would we have? The answer is quite a lot.
That output gap was $843 billion (at an annual rate) in the first quarter of 2013, meaning that the nation would need to crank out goods and services at a rate 6 percent faster than it is to be functioning at its potential. The good news: That's smaller than the $949 billion output gap at the start of 2009. The bad news: It actually rose over the past year, from $811 billion in the first quarter of 2012. Until that changes, the economy isn't going to feel very good.
Jobs, jobs, jobs.
The biggest problem facing the economy since the end of the recession has been a moribund employment market. So are we making any progress changing that?
The most widely watched measure of the job market is the unemployment rate, or the percentage of people who want a job but can't find one. By that measure, the job market is indeed recording steady progress. From a recent high of 10 percent in October 2009, the figure fell to 7.6 percent in May and was on a gradual downward track. The June number will be released Friday, and analysts expect it to be 7.5 percent.
But the unemployment rate alone doesn't tell you everything you need to know about the job market; a substantial part of the decline in the rate has come not because people are finding work, but because they are dropping out of the labor force. A measure that adjusts for that phenomenon is the employment-to-population rate, the proportion of the total U.S. population that has a job. And by that measure, there is less progress.
During the recession, the employment-population ratio took a steep dive. But it has recovered only a smidgen: from a low of 58.2 percent in November 2010 to 58.6 percent in May. That's the same level as in December. In other words, no progress has been made in putting more Americans to work in 2013.
Part of that phenomenon is probably demographic -- as the baby-boom generation has hit retirement age, more people may be leaving the workforce voluntarily. One way to avoid that is to look at the employment level of men ages 25 to 54, a group that is in prime working years and for which the numbers aren't affected by the long-term shift of women into the workforce. Alas, this measure, too, shows something closer to stagnation in the job market.
But what matters for those looking for employment is how many openings there are. And in this area, there is a little more relief. The ratio of job seekers to job openings peaked at 6.7 in July 2009 but fell quite a bit, to 3.1, in April. A caveat to the good news is that the ratio is still higher than it was at its highest point in the aftermath of the 2001 recession. Still, this is an area of progress in the job market, if uneven and halting.
Where's the growth coming from?
The accompanying chart shows how much various segments of the economy contributed to growth in the first three months of the year.
The biggest driver of economic activity right now is the American consumer, who is finally spending more freely. Business spending is rising only slowly. Housing is a plus, but it is off such a small base that construction activity isn't really moving the dial much for overall growth. And decreasing government spending is subtracting from growth.
So what's driving the consumer? Well, a few things. The stock market has been rising: The Standard & Poor's 500 index, even after a recent swoon, is up 13 percent for the year. Home prices are rising, too, with the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index for 20 major metro areas up 12 percent.
The result: Americans are wealthier. And they also have made some progress getting out from under the debts that accumulated during three decades that preceded the crisis. Total household liabilities were down $875 billion from 2007 levels in the first quarter, a 6 percent drop.
So what's holding the economy back?
Consumers are in better shape. The forces that have been holding back the recovery for the past several years, particularly housing weakness and consumer debt, have abated. So what's restraining growth? Well, an important part of the story seems to be the retrenchment by government at all levels.
Since the third quarter of 2009, the level of government consumption and investment spending has fallen 7.4 percent in inflation-adjusted terms. That has amounted to a steady drag on whatever growth the private sector has been able to muster. By comparison, in many past downturns, such as the 2001 recession, government spending rose steadily in the aftermath.
The question for the remaining six months of 2013, then, is which will prove more powerful: The contracting drag coming from government? Or the improvement in the private sector, including in housing and household balance sheets?


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The State of the NE Ohio Real Estate Market. Is it Boom, Bust, or Something Else?
You can probably guess this, but I vote for 'something else.' Before I get to that, let's do some statistics. Thanks to Mike Wright of our MLS NORMLS system for putting together market stats.
January 2008 saw 5,462 listings on the market in our six county area of NE Ohio. (This includes Medina, Cuyahoga, Lorain, Lake, Geauga and Ashtabula.) This was an 84.1% increase from the same time frame in January 2007.
There were 1,112 homes sold (single family) in January of 2008 in the six county region. That was a 25.5% decline over last year's figures.
The lowest sale price was $1.000.00 (yes, you are looking at that correctly, that is one thousand). The highest sale price in January 2008 was $1,825,000.00. Overall, sales prices are down about 50%.
The biggest factor, in my opinion, is the rate of foreclosures we are experiencing.
Tie that in with anyone who gets a job transfer and tries to sell a home when they have not owned it for a long period of time and well, they might be in a short sale or foreclosure situation, too.
Some of this is sobering, yes. There are some up sides, however.
The interest rates may be hovering closer to 6% now, but is that still not better than the 14% rates I had as a homeowner in the 80s? And home buyers are finding they have a larger choice of homes available than they would have a few years ago. Continue reading this post


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I understand why movie studios like to turn video games into movies. Modern gaming is actually quite cinematic, sometimes features great stories and has a lot of interesting characters (not to mention they are established brands, which is really what's most important to the executives). But notice how I said "modern" gaming. With some exception, games from the 80s and early 90s really weren't that big on plot - games like, say, Bally Midway's Rampage. But is that going to stop New Line Cinema from trying to make a movie out of it? Of course not!
THR reports that the Warner Bros. subsidiary is now aiming to turn the 1986 video game into a movie. The original game had three players - a giant ape (George) , a giant lizard (Lizzie), and a giant werewolf (Ralph) - that would go around cities destroying buildings and eating people. The game spawned four sequels, the most recent of which, Rampage: Total Descruction, came out in 2006. Producer John Rickard, whose previous titles include the A Nightmare on Elm Street remake, Horrible Bosses, Hall Pass and the upcoming Jack the Giant Killer, is backing the project. The trade doesn't mention if a writer or director has been attached yet, but it does say the plan is to "take advantage of the title and the visuals of the game."
What that last line means is that the movie's connection to the game will be the title and monsters destroying cities. Basically, they could be putting money towards an original script that involves monsters and epic destruction, but instead they are choosing to cash in on an old franchise that nobody cares about anymore.


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Material Anomalies
From UA Libraries Digital Services Planning and Documentation
Basic guidelines for what should be captured
- Has letters, numbers, or drawings -- YES
- Blank -- NO
- IN DOUBT? See the list below
Should this be captured?
- Holes in page -- YES (make sure the regular black or white capture bed is seen through the hole; if in book, place black or white paper underneath)
- Portions of paper missing -- YES (if part of an item with similar size pages, crop to that page size to maintain consistency)
- Otherwise blank page
- with smudge -- NO
- with inked fingerprint -- YES
- with ink transfer from adjacent page -- NO (unless adjacent page is missing)
- of pre-printed letterhead -- NO (unless pre-printed text/art is unique)
- with a single letter or number -- YES
- with arithmetic -- YES
- with hand written page number -- NO
- in plastic sleeve -- YES, and here's how
- Envelopes -- YES, in general; see section below for questions about those envelopes
- Fronts with address or other text -- YES
- Blank front -- NO
- Back with postal date stamp or postage cancellation -- YES
- Blank back -- NO
- Used as a piece of paper, with text or drawings -- YES
Bound Items
In general, follow the rules for Paper. These are guidelines for things that apply to bound items only.
- "Blank" front or back cover -- YES
- Interleaved material (inserted between pages or clipped to a page) -- YES, and here's how
Newspaper Clippings
- Fronts -- YES
- Backs -- NO
Other Manuscript Materials
If it's in the metadata as an item (or as part of an item), capture it, following the rules for Paper.
- Backs with typed or pre-printed material -- NO
- Backs with handwritten material -- YES
No guideline yet?
Make one!
- Try to match the outcomes of current policies and procedures
- Look at similar anomaly rules, which set a precedence
- With extraneous markings on materials, consider whether they are unique or interesting enough to capture
- Document on this list
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Distance from Saint Catharine, KY to Buckner, KY
Driving distance between Saint Catharine, KY and Buckner, KY is 67.14 miles (or 108.06 kilometers). If you drove an average car (using about 3.6 gallons of gas per mile), the gas would cost you around $, since you would need about gallons of fuel.
Leaving from Saint Catharine, KY you would reach Buckner, KY in about 1 hour 15 mins if you keep an average speed of miles per hour, assuming you don't make any breaks or get stuck in traffic.


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If you have been diagnosed with fibroids, are experiencing chronic pelvic pain, heavy or painful periods, or have a prolapsed uterus, your doctor may recommend a hysterectomy, a surgery to remove the uterus. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, more than 600,000 hysterectomies are performed each year. One in three American women has a hysterectomy by age 60.
To find a Community physician with whom you can discuss your options, please call 800-777-7775 or try our online Find a Doctor.
Learn more about types of hysterectomies and alternatives to hysterectomy below.
*In hysterectomy, the ovaries and fallopian tube may or may not be removed. When one or both ovaries and fallopian tube are removed, the procedure is referred to as a hysterectomy with a salpingo-oophorectomy.
Women who have had a hysterectomy no longer experience monthly bleeding. If the ovaries are removed, the patient will enter menopause, and hormone replacement therapy may be necessary. Patients should talk to their doctor about which type of hysterectomy is best for their individual needs.
Hysterectomies can be performed using a variety of techniques. Not all patients are candidates for all types of surgery. Your doctor can recommend the procedure that best fits your health situation.
All of these procedures are performed under general anesthesia and require a hospital stay. Recovery time for vaginal and da Vinci® hysterectomies is typically shorter than with an abdominal procedure.
Though hysterectomy is a common procedure, it is an inpatient surgery, which means it requires a hospital stay. In many cases, a minimally-invasive alternative may address symptoms without removing the uterus. These procedures can typically be done on an outpatient basis.
Talk to your doctor to learn more about the benefits and risks associated with these procedures, and whether they are appropriate treatment options for your health situation.
Below are questions patients commonly ask prior to scheduling a hysterectomy. Your Community physician will be able to discuss these topics with you in further detail based on your individual health situation.
Is hysterectomy my only option?
Ask your doctor if there are any minimally invasive alternatives to a hysterectomy. First make sure that the option of medical treatment has been adequately explored. This could include birth control pills, the Depo-Provera shot, or a Mirena intrauterine device. Other procedural options could include an endometrial ablation, which can be done for heavy bleeding or a uterine artery embolization, which can be done for fibroids.
How will the hysterectomy be performed?
There are different surgical techniques for performing a hysterectomy. Be sure to ask your doctor which procedure is best for you: abdominal, vaginal or laparoscopic.
Is it necessary to remove the ovaries as part of the hysterectomy?
Patients who have their ovaries removed as part of the hysterectomy will go through menopause following the procedure. The transition is more abrupt with surgical removal of the ovaries than with natural menopause. The ovaries still produce testosterone and small amounts of estrogen after menopause. Because hormone levels vary from woman to woman, medicines don't always duplicate exactly the biochemical makeup of the ovary. Your doctor will be able to guide you as to whether or not removal of the ovaries should be part of your hysterectomy procedure. If you have a family history of breast or ovarian cancer, or have endometriosis, you probably want to consider having your ovaries removed.
Will my sex life change after surgery?
In general, post-hysterectomy sexual function is similar to pre-hysterectomy sexual function. The exception is that if you are having the hysterectomy to resolve pain during intercourse, sex should be more enjoyable once the uterus is removed. Studies have shown that post-hysterectomy sexual function is similar whether you leave the cervix in or remove it with the hysterectomy. Your doctor can answer this question based on your particular health situation.
How will I feel during recovery?
A common complaint after surgery is fatigue, so most patients need to take time to rest and recover. Recovery time varies by patient and by how the hysterectomy is performed (abdominally, vaginally or laparoscopically). In general, if you are optimistic going into surgery, you will recover faster than someone who isn't. Talk to your doctor about any questions you have prior to surgery, no matter how trivial the detail, so you feel as safe as possible before, during and after surgery.


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Scott Simon, author and host of National Public Radio's (NPR) "Weekend Edition" comes to Portland State University Saturday, October 21, 2006, as the keynote speaker for PSU's 16th annual community educational event, "PSU Weekend." Simon will give a talk, "Insights from Behind the Microphone: Bad Interviews, Big Mistakes and How It All Turned Out," at the keynote brunch.
Known as one of the best writers in broadcasting and winner of the Peabody Award, Simon has reported from all 50 states, covered presidential campaigns, eight wars and reported from Central America, Africa, India, the Middle East and the Caribbean. The brunch with Scott Simon headlines PSU Weekend, which also features ten free lectures on a variety of topics including:
* "Victory in Iraq: You Can't Get There from Here," Gen. Merrill "Tony" McPeak
* "Comics as the New Literature," Dark Horse Comic founder Mike Richardson, '77
* "Backstage at the PSU Opera," Christine Meadows, artistic director, PSU
* "Fuel for Thought," Robert Bertini, director, Center for Transportation Studies, PSU
Tickets for the brunch are $30; lecture-only admission is $15 and $10 for students. The brunch will be held in the ballroom at Portland State's Smith Memorial Student Union (1825 S.W. Broadway, third floor).
A VIP reception at the Oregon Culinary Institute (1701 SW Jefferson) will be held on Friday, October 20, and will give guests the opportunity to meet and talk with Scott Simon in person. Tickets for the reception, which include entrance to Simon's brunch the next day, cost $125. Members of the public who would like to attend either event should call 503-725-4949 or email email@example.com for reservations. Media should e-mail or fax interview or seating requests to Jim Turner at firstname.lastname@example.com or 503-725-5074.
Scott Simon joined NPR in 1977. In 2002, Simon took leave of his post at "Weekend Edition" to cover the war in Afghanistan. He has received numerous honors for his reporting and was part of NPR news teams that won the prestigious Alfred I. du Pont-Columbia University Awards. In addition to hosting "Weekend Edition," he is finishing a new book on Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn Knight that's expected in bookstores this fall, when he also will be hosting the PBS television special Voices of Vision. His first book, Home and Away, Memoir of a Fan, was released in 2000 to critical acclaim.
PSU Weekend this year runs October 20–21 and offers ten free lectures on Seminar Day, Saturday, October 21. All lectures are held in the Smith Memorial Student Union unless otherwise noted. Call 503-725-4949 for more information or to pre-register. PSU Weekend is Portland State's nontraditional homecoming organized and is sponsored by the PSU Alumni Association.
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U.S. Hikers Imprisoned in Iran Married
(NEW YORK) -- Sarah Shourd and Shane Bauer, two Americans arrested and imprisoned in 2009 for hiking near the Iraq-Iran border, got married on Sunday in an undisclosed location in California.
Bauer proposed to Shourd while they were imprisoned in Iran's notorious Evin Prison, having woven together a ring that she showed off on "Good Morning America" last year.
Bauer, Shourd and their friend Josh Fattal were arrested in July 2009 while hiking along Iran's unmarked border with Iraq and accused of espionage. All three denied the charges, saying they were just hiking in Iraq's scenic north, and might have accidentally crossed an unmarked border with Iran.
Shourd was forced to leave her two friends behind in September 2010 after being held captive for over 400 days. She was released for humanitarian reasons so she could be treated for a lump in her breast.
Bauer, a freelance journalist, and Fattal, and environmental activist, were sentenced to eight years in prison, but were released about eight months ago, after more than two years.
Copyright 2012 ABC News Radio


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There is no question that the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is growing into a counterweight to U.S. and NATO power in Asia. The SCO has been under close scrutiny by geopolitical analysts since its inception, and early predictions that the organization would eventually challenge U.S. hegemony have proven true.
The questions now are: How will the U.S. respond? Can the SCO and NATO cooperate, or will they descend into conflict?
Peace Mission 2007 ended on Friday. This is the most recent in a series of military exercises involving the countries of the SCO Russia, China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan. The presidents of all the member nations were there, and they were joined by Mongolian President Nambaryn Enkhbayar, Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri, and Indian Oil and Gas Minister Murli Deora.
Also present during the exercises were Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan.
All of the non-member governments present wish they could be members. India has shied away from political or military engagements, hence the oil and gas minister. But Iran and Afghanistan stand to benefit the most from the mutual defense treaties that bind all members of the SCO to each other in time of war, hence the heads of state.
The member states of the SCO have pledged to fight "separatism, extremism, and terrorism" and to increase trade and exchange. During Peace Mission 2007, the parties signed a joint communiqué reiterating these themes as well as a "treaty of long-term friendship," as the Chinese put it, which focuses on the issues of "sovereignty, security and development."
In almost every statement released by the SCO, multilateral cooperation is stressed, as are assurances that the SCO is not aimed at any one country or group of countries. After the appeals to harmony and peace comes the inevitable dig against the U.S. and its war on terror.
Although Iran and Afghanistan have a slight chance of becoming members neither China nor Russia want to be obligated to go to war their attendance sends a message to the world at large, most of all to the U.S.-led NATO forces, that there are other perspectives on the war on terror and its victims/aggressors. President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov of Turkmenistan also attended, and his nation is expected to become a member quite soon. The SCO wants to grow or perhaps China and Russia want the SCO to grow.
If we suspend cynicism for a moment, the SCO presents exciting possibilities for peace.
The economic development of the "stans" should help stabilize those nations, and the suppression of terrorism will enable further investment, perhaps enough to eliminate the seeds of terrorism altogether.
If Pakistan and India can both be members of an organization free of American influence and money, then perhaps a dialogue between them can be constructed within a framework of their neighbors all of whom tremble at the thought of nuclear war between the two nations.
The inclusion of Iran and Afghanistan in an organization that does not begin by branding them failed and miserable states in need of drastic political change may soften their attitude toward incremental change, in the form of reconstruction, facilitated by neighbors.
A dialogue with NATO on equal footing concerning terrorism and global security might carve out spheres of influence beats for the international cops that, if not ensuring freedom and democracy, would ensure sovereignty and security, the foundation for any democracy.
But in geopolitics, and especially in Central Asia, the Great Game usually involves much more immediate and self-serving goals than what is declared at grand events such as Peace Mission 2007.
The SCO will be an organization for the next U.S. president to deal with (thank the Lord). The SCO is a counterweight to U.S. power and will include more members as the years go on all of the nations that attended Peace Mission 2007 are candidates, even Iran and Afghanistan.
If the next president views the SCO as a threat to U.S. national interests in Central Asian gas and oil, the war on terror, and the brewing struggle with China, then that is exactly what the SCO will be.
However, if the next president views the SCO as an alliance of nations with aspirations and dreams of the "good life" prosperity, peace, and freedom from oppression and fear then the bloody course the U.S. is on now may be averted.
And what some Americans might not realize is that working with other people does not mean the U.S. has "conceded" to a multipolar world at the expense of sole superpower status. There is room in a multipolar world for a superpower.


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Here's the latest article from the Fiction Writing site at BellaOnline.com.
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Context: a teacher talking. At the same time a student not paying attention. Then the teacher asks the student what the teacher has been talking about. The student's reply:
Sorry, I was thinking (of) something else; could you repeat....
(If the student chooses not to say I missed the point)
It is OK to use THINK as a transitive verb on some occasions; but I am not sure whether the above sentence is acceptable in such a context. If the sentence sounds odd to native speakers, tell me direct.
Thank you very much.
I would use only 'thinking of'.
I would say 'I was thinking about something else'.
'...thinking [no preposition] something else' sounds wrong to me.
Before I started the thread, I had consulted several authoritative dictionaries, including of course my favourite OALD.
In that dictionary, THINK is said to be a transitive verb, but obviously the editor has evaded something difficult to explain so he simply stuffs THINK into the category of TRANSITIVE, which we can know by viewing the example sentences:
Well, I like it. What do you think? (interrogative sentences)
I think it highly unlikely that I'll get the job. (with complement)
He's thought to be one of the richest men in Europe. (with complement)
He was trying to think what to do. (followed by wh- words)
You're very quiet. What are you thinking? (followed by wh- words)
I was just thinking what a long way it is. (followed by wh- words)
We couldn't think where you'd gone. (followed by wh- words)
Just think how nice it would be to see them again. (followed by wh- words)
If I'm late home, my mother always thinks the worst. (not a concrete noun)
Try to think yourself into the role. (with complement/functions as a rarely transitive verb)
If you want to make money, you've got to think money. (very informal)
I can't think where I put the keys. (followed by wh- words)
All these example sentences have been recorded in different senses in the same entry, and the bracketed words are my opinions, but you can notice an important thing- THINK in this transitive sense is never what we consider a usual transitive verb to be. That is to say, probably when THINK is followed by something not definite, we can put a direct object after THINK. But I am not sure whether this applies regarding my original sentence.
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There is a definition in another entry in the same dictionary:
thinking and/or worrying continuously about something so that you do not pay attention to other things
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I f you read many of today's headlines, you might be inclined to believe having a sense of community is an endangered state of mind.
That certainly seems to be the case when you consider the actions of the bankers who brought us the housing crisis and the behavior of the politicians who pursue prosperity by shredding the safety nets for the poor and needy.
Yet, you might be surprised to find, if you look around, an abundance of businesses and individuals whose day-to-day actions are being guided by a prevailing sense of community.
Kate Myshrall, vice president of advancement for Seven Hills Foundation, is one of these individuals. I first met her more than a decade ago, when her children were enrolled at the Jacob Hiatt Magnet School on Main Street.
At the time, blacktop bordered by a chain-link fence served as the school's playground. Ms. Myshrall and other parents, such as Gayle Petty, felt the school and the community could do better by the students.
These parents organized and managed an astonishing fundraising and community outreach effort that included community development grants, construction work from the city's parks and recreation department, as well as in-kind donations from a number of local businesses.
In the end, an almost $200,000 state-of-the-art playground replaced the blacktop, a playground that in addition to students at the school, is currently used by children attending the nearby Central branch of the YMCA, and by young children living in the neighborhood.
"It was a great community collaboration," Ms. Myshrall said last week, recalling the playground project.
"I met so many people from the neighborhood who were so generous with their time and talent."
Time, weather and the boundless energy of the children have taken a bit of a toll on the playground, and Ms. Myshrall is at it again, this time hoping to raise about $10,000 to give the playground a face-lift.
She will hold a reception at the Worcester Hibernian Cultural Centre from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday to rally those who worked on the playground project years ago and to recruit new volunteers. The reception will also honor her mother, Lenore Monahan, who for eight years has been volunteering in Jacob Hiatt's school library.
That Ms. Myshrall is getting involved in this new project, even though her children are no longer at the school, suggests that her sense of community is a way of life, not an expedient expression.
I asked her how she came to so clearly see her destiny as being intertwined with the well-being of her community and she said it began years ago, when she was a child watching her parents running a string of drugstores in the city.
"I would see them getting up in the middle of the night, compounding medicines, and taking them to people's homes and other clients," she said.
"It gets ingrained in you that a big part of working for yourself is to work for others."
Well, her father, Charles Monahan, president of MCPHS University, is still compounding medicine and serving his community.
It was Mr. Monahan who in 2002 pushed to establish a MCPHS campus downtown, a campus which has since grown into an $85 million complex, and which city leaders will tell you has brought much needed economic development and vitality downtown.
So, if you ever wondered whether our sense of community is on the ebb, or if you just want to check its pulse, visit the Hibernian Cultural Centre on Thursday evening, and don't forget to bring a donation. You will be the richer for it.
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Sex in the City: Paris is the second in a series of gemlike anthologies inspired by and devoted to the erotic lives of various cities, brought to you by none other than genius editor Maxim Jakubowski and published by Xcite Books.
From Monsieur Jakubowski's introduction:
Cities are not just about monuments and museums and iconic places, they are also about people at love and play in unique surroundings. With this in mind, these anthologies of erotica will imaginatively explore the secret stories of famous cities and bring them to life, by unveiling passion and love, lust and sadness, glittering flesh and sexual temptation, the art of love and a unique sense of place.
Sex in the City: Paris is available as a printed book/PDF/ebook, and an iPhone/iPod/iPad app.
My contribution, The Red Brassiere, the book's finale—merci beaucoup, cher Maxim!—pays homage to an early cinematic memory. Spoiler: my celluloid madeleine can be viewed in its entirety here.
We'll always have Paris, cheri.


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Here's my finished Reindeer Applique from the current issue of Crochet Today! I originally made this with the idea of sewing it onto a shirt for Christmas, but as he's too large for that, I'm going to have to make another one. But the pattern is so easy and takes no time at all!
So, instead of making the smaller one, I'm just going to go down a couple of hook sizes and still use the large reindeer because I like his antlers better. lol


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This vinegary German-style potato salad recipe is a lighter alternative to typical mayonnaise-based potato salad. And, instead of boiling, the potatoes are simmered in the slow cooker. This healthy slow-cooker potato salad recipe tastes great when served warm or at room temperature. Fingerling potatoes make it especially pretty, but any type of yellow-flesh potato cut into 1-inch pieces will work.
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On 43folders, his "site about personal productivity, life hacks, and simple ways to make your life a little better," Merlin Mann talks about the smart mailbox feature in Apple's Mail application. I'm a pretty heavy Mail.app user user myself, so this caught my eye. However, before delving into smart mailboxes, first a few words about filtering mail with rules in Mail.
I'm subscribed to several dozen mailing lists, some of which I only read from time to time. To avoid having messages from these lists clutter up my inbox, I have a different folder for each list. This is easily accomplished in Mail with rules that move messages addressed to a certain address, or with certain mailing list headers, to an appropriate folder. (For reasons that I won't get into right now, I do this filtering in Mail.app when I'm online and with procmail on the server when I'm not online, let me know if you want to see this explained.)
Smart folders are much like rules, except that rules move the message to a different folder if that is the action for the rule, while smart mailboxes show all messages that satisfy a condition or set of conditions, without moving the messages. The message automatically disappears from the smart mailbox when it stops satisfying the set of conditions—that would be the "smart" part. So rules are appropriate when you want to physically move messages out of your inbox, while smart mailboxes are good to show you a selection of what's in your inbox and/or other folders.
Have a look at Merlin's article for some great examples of how to use smart mailboxes. One that I used for a while was a smart mailbox that matched all messages where "any recipient" contains my email address, the message is not in my Junk mailbox, and the message is unread. This was extremely useful to make sure I didn't miss any messages in those mailing list folders that were addressed to me as part of an ongoing discussion. However, because Mail.app had to search through all my folders to find messages that satisfied these rules, Mail became a lot slower, especially when first retrieving my overnight mail in the morning, so I'm not using this smart mailbox any longer.
Finally, a Mail.app tip from me to you: if you work with folders, and you want to see messages from several of those at the same time, you can simply select multiple folders at the same time by command-clicking them. That's Apple speak for clicking on one folder, holding down the Apple (command) key, and clicking on additional folders.


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|Italian Ricotta Chocolate Cheesecake (pictured with chocolate whipped cream and chocolate shavings, a chocolate lovers delight!)
|Using Chocolate Graham Crackers and butter, a perfect crust!
12 chocolate graham crackers
6 tablespoons melted butter
|Exceptionally creamy with Ricotta Cheese in this one!
2 - 8oz cream cheese
1 pound of Homemade Ricotta, or store bought Whole Milk drained
4 tablespoons of heavy whipping cream
10 oz melted semi sweet or milk chocolate (melt in microwave for one minutes stir, if still not melted do in 30 second intervals)
2 tablespoons Amaretto
1 tablespoons pure vanilla extract
4 eggs
1 1/4 cup sugar
Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees
Using a food processor, crush the crackers into fine crumbs
Slowly add the melted butter and pulse a few more times.
Press the crumbs in the bottom of a 9 and 1/2 inch spring form pan.
Bake 8 to 10 minutes
Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees
In a large mixing bowl, blend together the cream cheese, well drained ricotta, whipping cream, melted chocolate, Amaretto, vanilla extract with a heavy duty beat till smooth and creamy looking, till well blended, add in the eggs then sugar, about 3 to 4 more minutes.
Pour the mixture into a parchment lined and lightly sprayed first with cooking oil spring form pan.
Bake for around 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Chill the cheesecake for at least 5 hours.
Remove from the pan. Serving suggestions: drizzle with hot fudge sauce ,chocolate shavings, a dollop of whipped cream or serve plain.


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Camping World, the nation's largest RV and outdoor retailer, has opened its newest retail location in Cocoa, Fla. The location is officially named Camping World of Cocoa and offers a wide array of RV sales, service and accessories for the outdoor enthusiast, the Brevard Times reported.
Camping World of Cocoa is located at 4700 King Street in Cocoa, at exit 201 off I-95. This new 15,000-square-foot facility encompasses both a Camping World retail store and Camping World RV Sales dealership.
"Our company branching in to the Cocoa, Fla., market makes perfect sense," said Roger Nuttall, president of Camping World RV Sales. "It is a great place for tourists and visitors to relax and enjoy the atmosphere which makes our new location ideal to serve the needs of outdoor and camping enthusiasts."
The grand opening will begin on July 11 with a ribbon cutting by the Cocoa Beach Regional Chamber of Commerce at 9 a.m.
The celebration will run from July 11-22. Free lunch will be served Fridays and Saturdays during the event from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. starting July 13. The dealership's operating hours will run from Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Customers will find deals on hundreds of new and pre-owned RVs as well as a large product offering of RV supplies and service.
The company has employed 25 employees from Brevard County area to increase the sales, service, and support needs for this local dealership and accessory store. Nearby Camping World SuperCenter locations include facilities in Winter Garden and Kissimmee.
"We are always looking to expand our business into new areas, and we are very excited about serving the Central Florida community," said Marcus Lemonis, Camping World chairman and CEO. "Our knowledgeable and trained team looks forward to providing one stop shopping RV conveniences to the Cocoa area in the near future."


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Blog This! (Part Two)
At some point, you'll get a phone call from Tony. Remember the mouthy blogger, the guy who has been talking a lot of smack about Luis and Tony on his celebrity blog? Well, we're going to finally deal with him. In an earlier mission, called Blog This! (just like this one is), you sent him a message and asked if there was any way they could bury the hatchet. Now, you'll get the chance to do just that. Drive over to the docks on the western edge of Algonquin, off of Union Drive West. You'll be able to drive right up to the dock holding a helicopter. We're going to go on a brief little tour of Liberty City, aerial style.
Get into the helicopter, and get ready to deal with GTAIV's epically-broken chopper controls. Thankfully, the level of frustration you'll deal with here isn't anything when compared with the level of frustration you met during the helicopter theft mission, so no worries. If you got through that mission successfully, you'll be fine here. Simply fly upward, and take a look at your HUD. Pink dots will represent circles in the air that the helicopter must collide with in order to continue. Make sure not to miss these circles! They exist at different altitudes in addition to being scattered over the water, so keep moving, take your time, and be sure not to miss any of the circles.
After you go through the third circle, Tony will take control of the chopper, and you'll now get to do exactly what you thought this mission would allow you to do -- rough up the blogger. You'll get to punch him and slap him all you want, but to get the ball rolling on the mission's endgame, you'll ultimately have to shove him out. But you can't let him die! Immediately bail out of the helicopter yourself, and chase after the blogger's falling body. Catch up to him as quickly as you can, and once you catch him, immediately let loose your parachute. Land on the ground carefully, and avoid the water at all costs. If you let the blogger fall to his death, catch him but neglect to open your parachute, or land in water, you'll have to do this all over again. So be careful!
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February is here, and I thought I would give you some of the highlights of the school year thus far.
With about four months to go in the school year, we look forward to the many success stories that will happen. Things at GSL are going great, and we have lots to be proud of.
During the recent visit from the commissioner of education, we had an opportunity to show her firsthand how great GSL is.
Mitchell Bayerl of Silver Lake was named to the dean's honor list at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for the fall semester. Bayerl is in the College of Engineering.
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Where are the signs?
Most cities have a minimum of signage posted at city entrances stating that there is a winter parking ban.
I get paid weekly; however, many people are paid bi-weekly or semi-monthly. Why are these citations due in such short time?
Hennepin County requires payment within 30 days.
You cannot get information on your citation from the city of Chaska for a period of 10 days, and then you have to pay the fine or schedule an appearance within 30 days. Yes, that is a city-issued citation.
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Maker Mover
- 1 Project Name
- 2 Proposer
- 3 Summary
- 4 What Will Be Done
- 5 What Areas in the Space Will This Affect
- 6 Who Will Be Doing It
- 7 Why This Will Be Good
- 8 Why This Will Be Bad
- 9 How Long Will It Take
- 10 In A Fantastic World, What Extra Budget Would You Like
- 11 Are There Any Other PFAs This Would Work Well With
- 12 Are There Any Other PFAs This Would Contradict
Project Name[edit]
Maker Mover
Jarrod Hicks firstname.lastname@example.com
Relocate some of the maker type areas to the areas by the kitchen
What Will Be Done[edit]
Please see the drawings for further clarification.
File:Noisebridge - Sheet - A502 - Maker Mover.pdf
Move the CAD/CAM tools and work area to where the hacker cafe is. Distribute the Hacker Cafe fuctions elsewhere in the space. Move the Library to the current CAD/CAM area. Move the Sewing area to the current library. Add shelves at the locations of the columns in between the spaces to increase storage. Demolish the "L" shaped counter in the kitchen to open it up and create a better working / eating space within it.
What Areas in the Space Will This Affect[edit]
CAD/CAM, Library, Sewing, Cafe
Who Will Be Doing It[edit]
Jarrod Hicks, additional volunteers may be recruited during the proposal process.
Why This Will Be Good[edit]
This will move some of the louder activities to the louder side of the building. The Sewing and CAD/CAM areas will get better defined areas. The 3D printers will be further from the windows. The library will make good use of an odd space and will benefit from increased daylight and quiet. The kitchen will have less dead space.
The rational for this project is further described in the diagrams below
File:Noisebridge - Sheet - A001 - Volume Diagrams.pdf
Why This Will Be Bad[edit]
The Hacker cafe gets broken up.
How Long Will It Take[edit]
Closing would not be necessary. Building all the shelving will be the longest part. Once the shelving is up the moving would probably be done in a day.
In A Fantastic World, What Extra Budget Would You Like[edit]
Funds for plywood and fasteners for the shelves. Sandpaper and Polyurathane. Funds for lumber and plywood to build more desks, if needed.
Are There Any Other PFAs This Would Work Well With[edit]
The general ReMakeBaseBootClean project
Are There Any Other PFAs This Would Contradict[edit]
None that I am aware of.


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By all accounts, the Nokia Lumia 928 on Verizon, an exclusive variant of the 92x series, is doing quite well. Verizon has steadily picked up Windows Phone market share in the US, mostly at the expense of AT&T and it helped bring a flagship Nokia device to one of the most important carriers in the States.
Currently, the Lumia 928 is only offered in glossy White or Black and while the device has a solid specification list, it could stand to be spiced up a bit in the looks department. That's why the 1328 OS ROM spotted on NaviFirm Plus with the label RM-860 VAR VRZ RED (059R227) has piqued our interest. The other two versions, both white and black, are already listed but that Red variant and product code is something new.
Could Verizon be looking to refresh their Lumia 928 lineup with a dash of red? It certainly looks plausible. We've seen AT&T do as much in the past with the Lumia 900, so there is precedence for this kind of addition by a carrier. Plus we've always wondered why Verizon didn't opt for a Red Lumia 928 from day one—seems kind of obvious seeing as that's their official color.
We'll just have to sit back and see what happens, but if you were thinking of grabbing a Lumia 928 for you or a loved one, you may want to hold back a few weeks as this could be close to release.
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A Preliminary Assessment
Last night was opening night at Franny's, the latest entity participating in the rapid gentrification of Flatbush Avenue from Saint Mark's Place to Sterling Place. While I have no opinion on the oft-touchy subject of affluent renewal-and-replacement, I do have a mad interest in pizza and so wasn't that upset to see a wood burningoven shop open in a space once occupied by a rundown pet store that had offered a dolphin-themed 25-cent kiddie ride out front.
After rushing home from work, this pizza blogger met up with a fellow pizza enthusiast, and we eagerly braved the April showers to sample Franny's fare. We arrived to find a dining room ripe with the smell of fresh construction, one that was bustling with customers but which still had a few tables available (good, because we were worried about having to wait in the rain).
We were seated immediately and, almost as quickly, were provided a small bowl of olives to munch on while perusing the menu. Apparently there were nonpizza items on offer; they were not heeded (future trips to Franny's will include the procurement of a menu and a subsequent relay of information from this website to you). After inquiring as to the size of the pies (12"; the waiter informed us that Franny's serves all small dishes), we went with one mozzarella-and-tomato pie (the classic pizza marguerite minus the basil) and a mozzarella, tomato, and fennel-sausage pie.
Pies were delivered after about ten minutes, each uncut, on a ceramic dinner plate. They looked good, not overly burdened by any one component; the crust was golden brown with a hint of charring here and there; and the cheese (fresh mozz) was melted but not browned or burned. The crust, tinged with a smoky flavor, was thin, pliant, and satisfyingly chewy without being toughbut was a tad soggy in the middle; we would have preferred crisper. The cheese was of high qualityfresh tasting and creamy. And the sauce, too, was fresh tasting, and bright, and on the spectrum of sweet and not, it was just this side of sweet. The sausage, cured in-house, was delicious.
Is this a place for hardline enthusiasts devoted to old-guard New York piemaking? Probably not, what with the small, pricey pies ($10 for the most-basic pizza; $14 or so for various toppings) and upscale setting. Nonetheless, we were pleased with what we tried and can say that Franny's turned out some pizzas far and above the likes of which the Park Slope-Prospect Heights area has seen in a while.
On a totally non-food note: My dining companion found the light from the 48-inch bare fluorescent tubes above the make table to be quite harsh, especially because, toward the back of the restaurant, it competes with the soft glow coming from the 60-watt overhead incandescents. I agree and would also point out that the fluorescents end up backlighting the pizziola stretching out dough in front of the nice-looking brick oven. A few changes in lighting ("n" suggests adding baffles to the fluorescents while I suggest training accent lights on the pizzamaker and the oven) could dramatize kitchen action and furthur highlight the artisan appeal of this nice little addition to the neighborhood.
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Phone: 718-230-0221
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Update: The first (mixed) review is in on Chowhound. [Via Astrid. Thanks!] An excerpt:
For our pizza, we shared the tomato and mozzarella with fennel sausage. It was tasty, but for $14 I was a bit disappointed (keep in mind also that these are intended as one-person pizzas). I'm recovering from a head cold right now, so perhaps my taste buds are not as acute as usual, but I didn't think it was that flavorful. Also, the crust lacked that crisped/charred texture/flavor that one expects of brick oven pizza. One interesting aside: the pizzas are served as unsliced rounds. Apparently this is how it's done in Italy. However, they are happy to slice them if you ask.
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