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Theft of confidential data is prevalent. In most applications, confidential data is stored at servers. Thus, existing systems naturally try to prevent adversaries from compromising these servers. However, experience has shown that adversaries still find a way to break in and steal the data.
In this talk, I will describe a new approach to protecting data confidentiality even when attackers get access to all server data: building practical systems that compute on encrypted data without access to the decryption key. In this setting, I designed and built a database system (CryptDB), a web application platform (Mylar), and two mobile systems, as well as developed new cryptographic schemes for them. I showed that these systems support a wide range of applications with low overhead. The talk will focus primarily on CryptDB and Mylar.
My work has already had impact: Google uses CryptDB's design for their new Encrypted BigQuery service, and a medical application of Boston's Newton-Wellesley hospital is secured with Mylar. Looking forward, this approach promises to solve confidentiality problems in other settings, such as big data systems, genomics processing, and machine learning over sensitive data.
Raluca Ada Popa is a PhD candidate at MIT working in security, systems, and applied cryptography. As part of her PhD work, she built practical systems that compute over encrypted data as well as designed new encryption schemes that underlie these systems. Raluca is the recipient of a Google PhD Fellowship for secure cloud computing, Johnson award for best CS Masters of Engineering thesis from MIT, and CRA Outstanding undergraduate award from the ACM. Raluca received her undergraduate degree from MIT with two BS degrees, in computer science and in mathematics.


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A persistent threat scenario against the U.S. has been foreign terrorist organizations—acting independently or in cooperation with violent transnational criminal organizations, and perhaps backed by anti-American regimes in the region—launching a terrorist attack from across our southern border.
It is a scenario the Obama Administration has recognized but generally minimized. For example, the U.S. State Department's 2010 Country Reports on Terrorism reported:
The threat of a transnational terrorist attack remained low for most countries in the Western Hemisphere. There were no known operational cells of either al-Qa'ida- or Hizballah-related groups in the hemisphere, although ideological sympathizers in South America and the Caribbean continued to provide financial and moral support to these and other terrorist groups in the Middle East and South Asia.
The continued unfolding of the Iran plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in the U.S. is also a reason to revisit the terror threat in the Americas. In the indictment and yesterday's press conference, it became clear that co-defendant Manssor Arbabsiar, a naturalized Iranian living in Texas, traveled repeatedly to Mexico in search of hired assassins willing to work for Iranian payoffs.
There Arbabsiar thought he was enlisting the services of Mexico's deadliest, most ruthless criminal organization, the Zetas, to carry out the contract assassination in exchange for $1.5 million in Iranian cash. The Zetas, with their paramilitary tactics and ruthless disregard for human life, would make a perfect fit with terror-minded Iranians.
Little wonder Tehran would seek to enlist them as hired executioners to conduct assassinations and wreak havoc in Washington, D.C.
The uncovering of the Iran plot is a wake-up call here in the U.S. but also in the Western Hemisphere. It compels us take an even tougher stance against those who eagerly embrace Iran and act as an Iranian conduit into the Western Hemisphere. Hugo Chavez's Venezuela—followed by nations like Bolivia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Cuba—certainly head the list and require ever-increasing scrutiny.
The growing Hezbollah threat has been well-documented by Ambassador Roger F. Noriega and Jose R. Cardenas in "The Mounting Hezbollah Threat in Latin America" and by investigative journalist Douglas Farah. Hezbollah works closely with Iran's Revolutionary Guard and Qods Force, whose operative, Gholam Shakuri, was indicted along with Arbabsiar in the plot.
U.S. law enforcement is to be applauded for foiling yet another terrorist plot. The Obama Administration should now follow up the unraveling of the conspiracy with strong international actions against Iran. In the Western Hemisphere, Iran's allies—who open their doors to Iranian intelligence and terror operatives—should also feel more U.S. and international heat.

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The 2014 MLL All-Star Game will pit the best of the best as Team MLL takes on Team USA next Thursday, June 26 in Boston. Team MLL will be featuring a special blackout look for this year's All-Star Game against the US Men's National Team. Team USA will be wearing their official white uniforms while Team MLL will wear custom created items from head to toe from some of MLL's most prominent partners.
Top down, we have a special Team MLL matte black
Cascade R helmet custom created for each player. The helmets feature a special All-Star Game themed vent design across the top which ties into the special colors and treatments seen in the uniforms and cleats. On each side of the helmet is a specially created tonal logo representing the player's current MLL team. Across the back, each player's last name decorates the back panel. After the game, each player on Team MLL will autograph their game worn helmet and they will be part of the post-event MLL auction to benefit Wounded Warrior Project.
Adrenaline is the official shooting shirt provider for MLL this 2014 season and they are providing this year's All-Star game shooting shirt for Team MLL. The Adrenaline Vendetta Shooting Shirt features Classic look of an understated shooting shirt with Adrenaline performance, feel and cut enhancements. A commemorative All-Star Game logo is on the front of the shirt, with the Adrenaline brand on the lower back. The Official All-Star Game Shooting shirts, just like the players wear, will be available for fans to purchase at the event in the MLL merchandise tent.
Warrior Lacrosse has created a blackout themed MLL uniform for the All-Stars that has an old school classic football jersey look. MLL All-Stars from Team MLL will be autographing their game-worn jerseys and they will be part of the post-event MLL auction, along with the helmets, to benefit Wounded Warrior Project.
OT Sports has created a custom performance sock for Team MLL which features a subtle tonal MLL repeat within the main sock and finished the top treatment with coordinating athletic stripes to compliment the uniforms and overall color theme of the Team. The Official All-Star Game socks, just like the players wear will beavailable for fans to purchase at the event in the MLL merchandise tent.
Last but certainly not least, are very special custom cleats for Team MLL by Warrior Lacrosse. Team MLL's blackout look in the cleat is complemented by a unique holographic material that reflects patterns of light across the material. Warrior is the proud exclusive footwear provider to Major League Lacrosse.
Come check out Team MLL in the black take on the US Men's National Team on June 26, at Historic Harvard Stadium in Boston. Tickets are still available by calling 617-746-9933 or ordering online at TicketMaster
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- 2 Tblsp. canola oil for coating vegetables
- 4 sweet potatoes cut into 2-inch chunks
- 2 Large Carrots peeled and cut into 1-inch chunks
- 2 pieces apples peeled, cored, cut into 8each
- ½ large yellow or Vidalia onion finely chopped
- 2 tsp. canola oil for frying onion
- 6 cups reduced sodium vegetable broth
- 1½ cups chicken broth
- 1½ cups whole milk
- ½ cup low fat sour cream
- ¼ cup melted butter
- ½ tsp. ground cinnamon
- Fresh ground pepper to taste I used about ½ tsp.
- 3 Tblsp. minced candied ginger (find this with candied fruits in baking section of your grocery store it makes great ginger snap cookies), approx
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Lightly grease two jelly roll pans or 9x13 cake pans.
- Combine chunks of sweet potato, carrots and apples in large bowl, pour in canola oil and toss and rub to coat with canola oil. Spread them in single layer on baking pans and roast for 30 minutes. When cool enough to handle, lift peels from potatoes.
- Heat 2 tsp. canola oil in large heavy pot. Sauté onion. Add roasted vegetables, apple and veggie broth. Bring to boil then reduce to simmer 20 minutes.
- Mash veggies and broth together with potato masher and then puree in small batches in blender, adding chicken broth and milk to thin each batch, (milk and chicken broth will also cool it some so it doesn't pop the lid off your blender!)
- Return pureed batches back together in 1 large pot, stir in cinnamon and ground pepper.
- Add sour cream and candied ginger – heat to a simmer, adding more chicken broth or milk to thin if necessary. Serves 6.
- Garnish with hot, candied walnuts or pecans and serve with warm crusty bread, and jam.
- Candied walnuts or pecans
- Whip 1 egg white with 1 Tblsp. cold water till frothy -use ½ of this, whole amount too gooey.
- Toss approximately 1½ cups chopped nuts into coat with fluff mixture.
- Mix 1 cup sugar, 1 tsp. cinnamon and ¼ tsp. salt and pour over nuts. Toss to coat.
- Place coated nuts on greased cookie sheet and bake at 250 degrees for 1 hour.
- Stir and turn occasionally. Store in air tight container or zip-lock bag to keep crisp.
Terri's Notes
This recipe takes a little time, but it's not difficult and every step is so worth the flavor that each adds to the mix! ( I have used a hand mixer to puree the ingredients right in the pot, not quite so smooth, but it worked.)
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Physicians Tattoo & Age Spot Removal is a leading edge provider with the most advanced Q-switch Yag laser for tattoo removal. In addition to our board certified physicians, all of our technicians are certified in the use of lasers. We also now offer the NEW R20 laser technique which represents a revolutionary advance in laser tattoo removal. First published in The Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology in 2011. R20 involves performing multiple laser treatments (up to 2) in one day - with a 20 minute rest between each treatment. One R20 laser session may clear tattoo ink in half the time of a traditional treatment...without additional side effects. This means tattoos may now be removed in months versus years. A perflouorodecalin-infused transparent patch (PFD-infused patch) is the latest FDA approved addition to physicians' tattoo removal process. This process may provide faster clearance by allowing multiple passes in one session by making treatments faster and easier for patients.
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April 11, 2008
BABSON PARK, Mass. - The New England Basketball Coaches Association (NEBCA) will hold it's annual Division III Senior All-Star Game this Sunday, April 13, at Babson College, with all proceeds benefitting the Coaches vs. Cancer campaign. MIT associate head coach Oliver Eslinger has been asked to serve as one of the head coaches while assistant coach Paul Grant will replicate that role for the All-Stars.
Boloco has agreed to take on a prominent role this year as a sponsor for the event, which will showcase some of the finest players in the region. There are many stars participating who have garnered All-America status as well as All-Region, All-Conference, and Conference Player of the Year honors. The rosters were selected by several committees made up of area college coaches and are being released by Stephen Brennan, the NEBCA President.
The teams will play at Staake Gymnasium on the campus of Babson College this Sunday, April 13th at 3:00pm. In addition to the all-star game, there will be a raffle with top prizes including Boston Celtics playoff tickets and Red Sox tickets. Admission to the game is free.
Representing NESCAC, COMMONWEALTH COAST, NAC, and INDEPENDENTS
No Name, School
32 Fletcher Walters, Amherst
12 Patrick Hasiuk, Trinity
45 Charles Stone, Connecticut College
34 Jordan Fliegal, Bowdoin
14 Andrew Harris, Middlebury
14 Chris Shalvoy, Williams
31 Jake Weitzen, Tufts
44 Sherrad Prezzie-Blue, Wentworth
42 Geoff Baranger, Roger Williams
34 Chris Vallee, Nichols
2 Tim Jones, Curry
3 Charlie Viana, Johnson State
44 Nate Hawes, Elms
20 Rich Reilly, Castleton State
33 Arch Mitchell, Newbury
32 Doug Hammond, Green Mountain
21 Nick Harrington, Southern Vermont
Coach: Oliver Eslinger, MIT
Representing Little East, GNAC, UAA, NEWMAC and MASCAC CONFERENCES
No Name, School
24 Marquis Victor, Salem State
25 Will Spont, Worcester State
5 Ryan Frassica, Worcester State
33 Tom Cuddihy, Bridgewater State
33 Kyle McDonald, Babson
10 Al Sowers, Coast Guard
32 Jim Marois, WPI
22 Antoine Coleman, WPI
33 Jamaal Caterina, U. of Southern Maine
34 Dan Holbrook, UMass-Dartmouth
32 Leon Martin, Eastern Connecticut St.
23 Amigo Paniaqua, UMass-Boston
35 Jeff Carpenter, Rivier
24 Japhet Kerr, Johnson & Wales
12 Ben Chase, Emerson
10 Jaime Crawford, Lasell
5 Joe Coppens, Brandeis
11 Kwami Graves-Fulgham, Brandeis
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I have a question for those LR junkies out there. For those of you who do very well in LR, were you good at games to start with and over time scored better in the logical reasoning part. The reason I ask is that I took the June 2004 LSAT and got 21 of 22 correct, I think but I did not so well in the LR parts. Any suggestions or ideas are greatly appreciated as to how to do better.


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The High Cost of a Cheap College
President Obama called for colleges to rein in their costs during his State of the Union address Tuesday night. But new data show those who attend schools with lower tuition often end up paying in other ways. MarketWatch's Rex Crum reports. (Photo: AP)
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I ... I ... in a state of the Union address Pres Obama spoke about the need to rein in college costs but apparently sometimes ... you get less for what you paid for with some of the cheaper public colleges United States I'm Rex Crum MarketWatch ... at a recent study by the US Department education shows that of the ten ... least expensive public colleges in the country ... on most of them have higher default rates on student loans for graduates and also all ten ... have graduation rates lower than the national average of fifty percent ... among those in particular art Dalton State College in Georgia which has a graduation rate of just eighteen point one percent ... think Alfred State University to meet is here California ... with an average of twenty four point four percent for graduates now this is all based on ... current students that entered college in two thousand five and took six years to graduate ... education Department experts are looking for a middle ground school say maybe no one that is an Ivy League but not in the bottom of all the cheapest schools out there ... might be the way to go ... else of course look for financial aid packages and support systems that schools that help graduates upon their


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America's Whiskey
There used to be a standard scene in film noir and Western movies that had a hard-bitten private eye or a cowboy dusty from the trail walking into a bar and ordering a Bourbon or a rye or maybe simply whiskey. The barkeep would pour a shot of something or slide an unlabeled bottle over with an empty glass. Our hero would gulp it down in one slug, and the subtext was that American whiskey was the rough stuff for tough guys and it didn't much matter which they ordered.
Try that approach in New York City's Rye House today, and it would give the bartender pause. Not only would he have to explain that he has 54 Bourbons on the menu, classified by such taste subsets as tobacco, leather and chocolate, but there are also 25 ryes, a handful of Tennessee Whiskeys and a whole passel of craft whiskeys, all made in America.
And demand for such spirits couldn't be hotter. Just as some cigars were impossible finds during the cigar boom, whiskey makers big and small have struggled to meet the consumer thirst for their products, leading to shortages and the occasional drastic measure.
In February, Maker's Mark, already remarkable in having grown 8.5 percent a year since 1980, had experienced such a growth spurt (13 percent) over the previous 18 months that the distiller announced it would reduce its alcohol strength from 90 proof to 84 in order to stretch its supply. The once tiny brand had already doubled its distillery size in 2002 and had added Sunday hours to its production schedule, but nevertheless found itself selling on requisition in some markets, especially over the holidays. No sooner had Maker's announced its dilution plans than a public outcry arose. Protests were so vehement that the company reversed its plans even before the low-proof version (which it was convinced tasted exactly the same) was ever fully rolled out.
This wasn't the first time American whiskey lovers have faced such a dearth. A few years ago, Knob Creek availability was slowed for a number of months while its parent company, Jim Beam, waited for enough whiskey to reach the stated nine years of age to fill orders. And specialty whiskeys such as A.H. Hirsh Bourbon, Old Potrero Single Malt Rye and Old Rip Van Winkle are always in short supply.
"We can't supply the whole world," says Kris Comstock, whiskey brand manager of Buffalo Trace distillery, speaking of his rye. "We can't even supply Kentucky." The whiskey supply problem is easy to understand if you recognize that it can't be just turned on as if from a spigot. It takes years to mature in oak barrels, and that means producers must predict a market that doesn't exist during the planning stages. "Eight years ago nobody imagined the demand we have today," says Rob Samuels, who became COO when his father, William Samuels Jr., stepped down as CEO in 2011.
Demand, of course, drives the explosion. Sales have been steadily expanding, with American straight whiskeys increasing more than 25 percent from 2007 to 2012, according to Impact Databank, a publication of Cigar Aficionado publisher M. Shanken Communications that tracks sales of spirits. Case sales went from 13.3 million to 16.7 million for Bourbon. Rye whiskey, which had been but a blip in overall statistics, more than doubled in the last two years, growing from 125,000 cases to 275,000. Flavored American whiskeys, a category that almost didn't exist five years ago, is now selling at the rate of 1.3 million cases a year, with no end to growth in sight. At the same time, most other whiskeys have at best stood stagnant, while the general market turned to lighter choices like vodka.
In a growth pattern that has been coming into being since the 1980s, connoisseur brown spirits have been expanding in styles and tastes. Visit any well-outfitted liquor store and you'll find a cascade of choices that include hyper-aged whiskeys, a slew of specialty wood treatments, single-barrel and cask-strength entries, and more.
"It's a very exciting time for U.S. whiskey," says Lincoln Henderson, the former master distiller of the whiskey giant Brown-Forman, which makes Jack Daniel's, Woodford Reserve and Old Forester, and now the creator of the specialty whiskey Angel's Envy. His perspective on the business is nearly as long as they come: almost 50 years. He came in the era before the 1970s when "Bourbon was king," but points to the last five to 10 years as a golden age. "People see it as a world-class spirit."
"How can you not be bullish on North American whiskey when it is driving half of the growth in the spirits category?" says Steve Rust, president of Diageo North America's Catalyst Division, adding that the company is taking advantage with such line extensions as Bulleit rye.
Only a few years ago it would have been hard to imagine that the market would be rising at all. When Trey Zoeller, the owner of Jefferson's Bourbon and a descendent of an 18th-century Kentucky moonshiner says, "Bourbon suffered a very tarnished past," he's not apologizing for his family's involvement in what was once a noble profession. He's referring rather to the state of the whiskey in the late 20th century, a time at which he says it was undervalued and underpriced. Consumption had been consistently petering off when in 1984, Elmer T. Lee, master distiller at what is now Buffalo Trace, introduced Blanton's, the first single-barrel Bourbon. Although it was a virtual drop in the whiskey barrel, it would shake up a long dormant category. Lee, who went on to be a very active distiller emeritus, died in July at the age of 93.
Single-malt Scotch, the unblended product of a solitary distillery, had been growing in volume and reputation since it was first imported to the U.S. in the 1960s. Lee's premise had a similar-sounding name, but was in a sense far more exclusive. It was built on the idea that certain barrels among the thousands aging mature better than others. For standard releases, they get poured in with the general population where the goal is to meld a whiskey that tastes exactly the same, time after time. With Blanton's, named for a former master distiller, the idea was to cherry pick great barrels and let them stand on their own. You couldn't guarantee that the flavor would be precisely consistent, but every bottle could be something extraordinary.
While not a cascade of interest, enough people took notice (especially in Japan, where ironically our national spirit was getting the recognition denied it at home) that whiskey makers followed suit. In 1992, Booker Noe, grandson of Jim Beam, created Booker's, an uncut, unfiltered Bourbon that comes at hair-curling strength, often north of 125 proof. "Dad made it the way he drank it," says Booker's son Fred, now the seventh generation Beam family distiller, " 'before they filtered out the goodies,' as he'd say." Most whiskey the world over is chill-filtered to keep it from clouding up when it gets cold. Furthermore, it comes out of the barrel typically at a much higher proof, and then gets water added to reach bottle strength, which can be as low as 80 proof. Both unfiltered and uncut are now practices that are in vogue among serious whiskies of all kinds.
Fred Noe explains that Booker's also comes from a process of picking the best casks in a rickhouse, or what are sometimes called honey barrels. The mantle has since been passed to him and he mines the same places as his father to find them: the middle floors of north/south facing warehouses.
Booker's anchors a group known as the Small Batch Bourbon Collection. It includes Knob Creek, which Fred now oversees as well, and he has added single-barrel and rye whiskey examples of the brand. He also created a novel expression called Devil's Cut when he recalled at a gathering to discuss new ideas that people sometimes would sweat out whiskey that had soaked into the barrel staves. (Today, Maker's Mark, which is now owned by the same company as Beam, is reportedly exploring that same method to try to boost production in the face of shortages.)
Wild Turkey master distiller Jimmy Russell, who after 59 years in the business is one of the enduring legends of the whiskey world, also jumped into the fray, creating Rare Breed (at barrel-proof) and a single-barrel example (Kentucky Spirit). He's remained prolific in his output of new expressions, formulating with his son and heir-apparent, Eddie, Russell's Reserve and Wild Turkey 81 (each label comes in a Bourbon and a rye version). And there's no reason to expect such creativity to cease. "When it becomes a job," he quips, "then I'll retire."
At Heaven Hill, Parker Beam, a cousin of the Noes, responded with—among a great many other things—his Evan Williams Single Barrel. What distinguishes it is that it is also a vintage whiskey—the product of a single season. But rather than reflecting a year's crop like vintage wine might, Beam says he creates a picture of the 10 summers in which it aged. Old Forester's Birthday Bourbon goes further: each issue of the limited-edition whiskey represents a single day's distillation.
Four Roses, which had been limited to overseas distribution for years, started selling in the U.S., showcasing its novel mix of whiskeys made from slicing and dicing different mashbills with various yeast strains. Bulleit is known for pushing the envelope on rye content in a Bourbon.
Bourbon makers have also taken a page from their Scots brethren, using wood finishing (extra aging in a different type of cask) to increase interest. Jim Beam has a Sherry and Heaven Hill has had a Cognac wood finish and Angel's Envy gets a maturity extension in Port vessels.
The type of still can be another important variable, one upon which the Woodford Reserve taste is based. In its antique facility Brown-Forman makes whiskey in a succession of three different copper pot stills, a technology that was all but forsaken in Kentucky in the nineteenth century.
The one whiskey company that didn't rush to add a specialized expression was Maker's Mark, but in its defense the company had started the revolution in high-end Bourbon back in 1959 with the introduction of an industry anomaly: a super-premium Bourbon. Maker's uses soft wheat instead of spicy corn in its grain recipe. (By law Bourbon must have at least 51 percent corn, the other grains are typically rye and barley, but substitutions are allowed. A handful of other wheated Bourbons—e.g. W.L. Weller, probably the original, Rebel Yell and Old Fitzgerald are available.)
Rather than rely on the whims of nature, each Maker's barrel is moved around in its lifetime to take advantage of microclimates that exist in a warehouse. The feeling was always that they made each barrel as best they could. But after "being harassed" for years by loyal customers who wanted elevated versions, Bill Samuels Jr. says he finally responded when he was faced with a personal nightmare that his tombstone would read, "He didn't change it." His response was Maker's 46, which is made with standard Maker's, but given an extra 11 weeks of aging in which French oak staves are placed in the cask. The results are remarkable.
Experimental whiskeys are now more the rule than the exception. Buffalo Trace makes a particular point of it, with a continuing range of variations. Its Single Oak Project is the spirits lover's version of nerd-vana. In search of what brand manager Kris Comstock calls the "Holy Grail of Bourbon," the company had casks made from 96 especially chosen trees (one cask from the top, one from the bottom) and is asking customers to weigh in as it slowly releases the product of the 192 barrels in hopes that feedback will illuminate the perfect way to make Bourbon.
Woodford Reserve has its Masters Collection, which has included ryes (which it normally doesn't make), whiskey aged in four wood types and even the rare sweet mash whiskey.
Perhaps the strangest innovation of all has been Jefferson's Ocean, Aged at Sea. Barrels of whiskey were strapped to the deck of a Russian trawler, which sailed the bounding main for three and a half years. Zoeller came up with the idea—which he compares to putting a paint can in a shaker—recalling that many people had awakened to the possibilities of aging after shipping spirits in a cask for long periods. The Jefferson version turned almost black, but it traveled well.
Then again American whiskey has really never been static. Its history is based on constant rounds of changes, some planned out, some serendipitous. Bourbon, for instance, is an American native spirit simply because the corn that defines its grain content wasn't available to European distillers. Supposedly, the signature practice of using new charred oak barrels for aging came about by accident. This wrinkle has long been attributed to Elijah Craig, who as the story goes accidently set fire to a barrel, but achieved something sublime when he used it anyway. It makes an interesting tale, since Craig was also a Baptist minister, but is likely make-believe. Another frontier distiller, Evan Williams, has also been given credit. Conveniently their names are each used on Bourbon brands today.
Other improvements were more scientific. In an atmosphere of little quality control and no regulation—whiskey was typically sold by the barrel or by filling jars and jugs brought to the source—Dr. James Crow set out to tame the wild spirit. In 1823, the Scottish physician moved to Kentucky where he applied scientific method to whiskey making. Notably, he worked at the Old Oscar Pepper distillery, now the home of Woodford Reserve. Among many other things, he is credited with discovering that if a portion of the spent mash from one run of whiskey is introduced to the next, its acids retard bacterial growth and make for better consistency. Today, the process is called the sour mash method and is used in virtually all Bourbon and other American whiskeys. The inventor's name is also remembered in the illustrious Old Crow brand.
Later in the century whiskey men who branded their products, such as E.H. Taylor Jr. and George Garvin Brown, founder of the company that now owns Jack Daniel's, fought to create standards in the face of the rampant practice of coloring and flavoring unaged spirits to resemble whiskey. With their help we have certain benchmarks such as bottled-in-bond (guaranteed to be at least 100 proof, made in one distillery in one season and aged for a minimum four years) and straight whiskeys.
The preeminence of our country's brown spirits can in part be laid to the stringent regulations that govern that second category. Straight whiskey has a legal definition that defines a level of purity not otherwise demanded. To make a straight whiskey you start by distilling fermented grains to a maximum 160 proof, put the result into charred oak barrels—always new—at no more than 130 proof, and age for at least two years. (If the whiskey doesn't mature for at least four years, it must say so on its label.) After that, the only foreign substance that may be added is water. None of the food coloring, flavoring or neutral spirits that inform other whisk(e)y may join in.
Straight whiskey is the term that also defines what is one of today's hottest categories among both whiskey aficionados and the mixology crowd: American rye whiskey. While it was largely forgotten until lately, rye was actually the first whiskey made on these shores. It was natural for the first colonialist distillers to turn to rye for their whiskey. It was a grain they were experienced with in the Old World and it grew well in the eastern locales where they first settled. Maryland and Pennsylvania in particular became hotbeds for rye whiskey production and remained that way into the early twentieth century.
Prior to Prohibition, rye was the most popular type of American whiskey. It developed a reputation as a refined spirit of the East, while Bourbon was the quaff of the frontier. When city slickers took to mixing, rye's urbanity also made it the prototype base for many seminal cocktails—the Manhattan, Old Fashioned and Sazerac. With a flavor profile that reflects its grain content (at least 51 percent rye, typically joined by corn and barley), its spiciness marries well with the sweetness of many mixers.
Dozens of ryes were once made in the East and two general styles—Maryland and Monongahela—stood out. The former was less spicy, characterized by the 60 percent rye formula that was recreated at George Washington's Mount Vernon distillery, which was recently refurbished. The latter was the style of western Pennsylvania and more informed (80 percent and more) by rye. By the 1990s, only a handful of rye examples remained and consolidation of the industry meant they were all made in Kentucky Bourbon distilleries. None were very old or very rye forward.
What had whipsawed American straight rye whiskey were Prohibition and a developing taste for Canadian whisky. That spirit was easily smuggled across our northern border and was even sometimes called rye. It seemed a natural substitute, but wasn't. The characteristically smooth Canadian whisky is a blend—and not a straight whiskey—and typically contains very little rye. And it doesn't have the same effect as straight rye in classic mixed drinks. The champions of the ongoing cocktail revival discovered this when they resurrected old recipes and started a demand for more straight rye whiskey.
Soon brands like Old Overholt, Rittenhouse and the Jim Beam and Wild Turkey labels, all laudable whiskeys with approachable price tags, were joined by a swell of new ryes. The emergent ryes tended to push the edges of the envelope. Old Potrero, distilled by the maker of San Francisco's Anchor Steam Beer, used pot stills and a 100 percent rye recipe. Sazerac's 18-year-old and the 13-year-old Van Winkle Family Reserve began exploring the aging possibilities. Soon Rittenhouse was offering Very Rare at 21 years, then 23 and finally 25. Michter's, named for a Pennsylvania distillery, but now sourced elsewhere, also has a quarter-century rye. Mainstream brands have followed suit, introducing ryes of greater age; e.g. Beam's Knob Creek rye and Wild Turkey's Russell's Reserve.
Other tricks from the distiller's toolbox have been brought to bear, such as adding a wood finish. Angel's Envy does just that with its rum-cask-influenced rye, and Hillrock has its Sherry-wood finished expression. High West, of Utah, has had interesting results blending old and new ryes as well as bringing Bourbon into the mix with its Bourye.
The major thrust, however, has been in experimenting with the mashbill—to the advantage of rye content. Today, a number of whiskeys bring a rye quotient of 90 to 95 percent, eliminating the sweetening influence of corn altogether. Some even forsake barley. You'd think the result might be impossibly tart and overbearing, but nuances occur like the licorice and menthol of Masterson's set against a floral nose or Whistle Pig's perfect balance of mint, chocolate and caramel. Or consider the elegant Colonel E.H. Taylor Straight Rye, from whiskey giant Buffalo Trace. It's a bottled-in-bond dram with no corn that comes off with notes of chewy caramel, toffee, licorice and pine needles.
That Bulleit went the high-rye route for its rye whiskey introduction was to be expected (their Bourbon brand has an unusually high rye content). But the same treatment from George Dickel's, whose other whiskeys are known for smoothness, was a bit of a surprise. Both sourced their liquid from the same Indiana distillery, but ended with very different products as Dickel put its whiskey through a charcoal filtering.
Big distilleries were caught a bit off guard by the revival. "It was the biggest surprise in my 32 years in distilling," says distiller Eddie Russell of Wild Turkey, where they make four times as much rye as before the boom. Still there are shortages of aged rye whiskey. The lack of market years ago explains that. No one had planned for its sudden popularity. "If people are only willing to pay $10, you're not really encouraged to keep it for 30 years," says Comstock. Now, he says, demand is international.
David Pickerell, a consulting distiller for more than 20 craft whiskeys, including Whistle Pig and the Hillrock ryes, sees this changing quickly because distilleries will soon meet demand with more mature whiskies.
Nimble craft distillers caught on to rye's popularity right away. Thirty-eight of the craft whiskey makers listed on whiskyadvocate.com make a rye. Templeton, of Iowa, was started to revive a Prohibition-era recipe. Ralph Erenzo, of Tuthilltown Spirits in New York's Hudson Valley, says he saw the trend and said, "Okay, lets do rye." Now his Hudson Manhattan Rye rivals the company's Baby Bourbon in sales.
But there's much more to American whiskey than just Bourbons and ryes. The irony of a third class, Tennessee Whiskey, is that it's tremendously well-known to drinkers but often left in obscurity. That is because it gets confused with Bourbon, which has a very similar formula. While Tennessee Whiskey defines a club of effectively two members, one of them is the highest selling American whiskey in the world.
The reason Tennessee Whiskey is so often confused with Bourbon is that the same parameters (at least 51 percent corn) govern the mashbill, and it also follows the legal strictures of straight whiskeys. Where it differs is that state law requires that it must a) of course, be made in Tennessee, and b) undergo a filtration in several feet of sugar maple charcoal.
That filtering step, also called the Lincoln County process and done before aging, gives Jack Daniel's and George Dickel their mellow character and explains why the whiskeys are so approachable.
The distilleries are within 20 miles of each other and both enjoy limestone-rich water sources (much like in Kentucky). Daniel's, however, dwarfs Dickel in size and notoriety, thanks in part to unofficial endorsements by among others Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack. Its constant growth led to one of its line extensions: Jack Daniel's Single Barrel. Looking for more space to age whiskey in, the company opened up its rafters of warehouses for storage and subsequently found that the barrels kept there had a special quality.
Dickel takes a different aging tack altogether, using only one-story warehouses located on hilltops. The thinking is that the whiskey gets better air circulation, meaning more consistency between barrels. The distillery, which has adamantly avoided modernization, also looks back to its roots for one of its main points of distinction. The founder noticed that the whisky (Dickel's uses the Scottish spelling) made in the winter months tasted better. Today, the new-make whiskey is chilled before it starts the filtration process to mimic the same conditions. Temporarily shuttered in the 1990s, it was reopened to fulfill demand. The closure left it with some especially old whisky, some of which goes into Dickel's Barrel Select, made yearly from 10 handpicked casks.
After the micro-brewing revolution that erupted almost four decades ago, it seemed that something similar was due in the distillery world. At first, legal and fiscal hurdles kept that from happening, but recently craft whiskey has become a formidable reality. With relaxed licensing laws and newfound public interest, there are now hundreds of small distillers in some 30 states.
The output hasn't been much so far, at least compared with the big spirits makers, but the movement is obviously gaining ground. Many are devoted to vodkas as those are products that go immediately to market. Nevertheless whiskey is well-represented as well because of its artisanal nature.
Craft distillers, which make small batch products, can react quickly to consumer trends. They can also distinguish themselves with unusual grain recipes. (New York State's Hillrock and Colorado's Stranahan's each make 100 percent barley whiskeys, which are essentially like single-malt Scotch.) Talk of a whiskey terroir is often bandied about because many distillers source local ingredients.
Where the small guy loses ground is in aging. Most haven't been in operation long enough to have barrels that would rival the dozen-plus-year-old whiskeys that so many big distillers have on hand. Nor do craft distillers have the enormous breadth of barrels to choose from when mixing whiskey together.
Craft distillers can speed maturation by using small casks, which increases the wood-surface-area-to-volume ratio, but doesn't always provide the same depth as longer aging. Some, like Wisconsin's Death's Door and California's Charbay, have eschewed aging almost entirely, creating clear whiskeys. Aged for plain whiskey's legal minimum one day in wood, they are very similar to the raw product that comes off the still. Some of these products have been called by the Kentucky term "white dog" and even "moonshine," although it isn't an illicit spirit. It is interesting to see what whiskey tastes like right off the still, but don't expect the mellow tones of straight whiskey.
One of the industry's most popular segments has some purists crying foul—flavored whiskeys. Wild Turkey makes American Honey and Jack Daniel's Tennessee Honey. Heaven Hill makes a honey and a cherry variety. And Jim Beam's Red Stag comes in black cherry, honey tea and spiced cinnamon.
On the one hand, the movement seems to adulterate a product marked by its struggle to remain pure. On the other hand there is strong history for whiskey-based liqueurs stemming from Scotland and Ireland. And no higher an authority than master distiller Jimmy Russell recalls that his mother once rubbed a combination of Bourbon and honey on his gums when he was teething.
"It's good for a cough, too," says the whiskey legend. "So I always try to have a cough."
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I am currently dealing with someone who liked me before but doesn't now that they know I'm an unbeliever. Normally this would make me shake my head and/or laugh but this person and my girlfriend are very close and she is my girlfriend's boss too.
I was in the store today and waved at her and she made sure not even to look up, something she would have never have done before finding out I'm an unbeliever. She also makes snide remarks at my fiancee like "Well what happened to him?" As I said before it wouldn't normally matter but she is a second mom to my fiancee, which puts her in a very awkward position.
Should I could confront her? She is a tough old broad and comes from a generation that hates gay men and women and minorities too, even though they hide it well.
And does anyone else regularly have to deal with this kind of ignorance? How do you deal with it when it's someone who matters?
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That's difficult Bryan.
Normally, engaging this type of person would be a non-effort meaning useless. People who are set in their ways are set in their ways and normally I would avoid engagement. However since this person has so much direct affect on your lives, I would a) somehow make a suggestion that would welcome a discussion with her but make it subtle and non-confrontational and b) more importantly, make sure you are nice to this person and show her none of the disrepect she is showing you. Do not give this person any reason to dislike you. The nicer you are the harder it will be for her to judge you in a negative way. One of my closet co-workers is an ardent believer but and we joke all the time that "Robert's going to hell but I love him anyway". This doesn't bother me in the slightest. I know I'm a good person and she knows it too. Hopefully your atheism will become more and more secondary to her judgements of you as time goes on. There's really nothing else you can do.
I don't know how you could make this person like you again. She clearly is a bigot. The only thing you can do is maybe talk to her & tell her that even though you have your differences you two shouldn't let this ruin either or both your relationships with your girlfriend.
Well, when it came to dealing with my mom's fundamentalism I just told her to fuck off and I haven't seen her since (going on 20 years now). I had a phone conversation with her in the late 90's and she was still rambling the same crap so I wound up just putting the phone back on the receiver.
I've never had to deal with an employer who was overly-religious so I can't say for sure, but I would very likely tell them to 'take this job and shove-it'.
Anyway, telling your mom and/or boss to die in a grease fire just isn't everyone's style, so I guess I don't have much more to offer you here. I do imagine you'll handle things with much more diplomacy than me, and that is a very admirable trait.
MY advice on this is simple and well reasoned as I deal with this kind a lot in the south. She does not like you and likely never will again. At best she will come to tolerate you.
You need to tell her " I understand that you don't like me now and that's fine, but we need to get along because this is hurting (your fiancee).
I would avoid offering her anything to do with religion or the like of for that matter. This is the rub already, no need to pour salt in the wound. This is how she will most likely see it anyway. Just try to make peace as you are not likely to make friends.


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Richard Addrisi: "Never My Love"
"If people tell me they've never heard "Never My Love," I say, 'That means you've never been in an elevator or a supermarket.' You can't escape the song. It's just there."
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In 2002, a press release from BMI, the performing rights organization that represents songwriters, informed that the ballad "Never My Love" was ranked as the second most played song of the 20th century, behind "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'," and ahead of "Yesterday." I might have tossed the press release in the wastebasket but for one fact: "Never My Love" was written by Don and Dick Addrisi, two brothers born and raised near Boston. Local boys.


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James 4:4
4 Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
Common Sense Quotes about Race
"… Equality! Fudge! How long in this government of God, great enough to make and maintain this universe, shall there continue to be knaves to vend and fools to gulp so low a piece of demagoguism as this?"
- Abraham Lincoln, September 1859
- Abraham Lincoln, September 1859
"There is a natural disgust in the minds of nearly all white people to the idea of indiscriminate amalgamation of white and black races."
- Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, 1857
- Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, 1857
"We are opposed to integration. It is a bad thing and we condemn it. Why should we destroy our identity? We love our black skins and we are proud of our heritage. Our country is open to all people of African descent."
- President Tubman of Liberia
- President Tubman of Liberia
"Bluebirds like to be together, eagles hang out with eagles, sparrows stick with sparrows, buzzards go with buzzards. They're all birds, but they go with their own."
- Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay)
"It is against God's law to integrate. It's only nature, not hatred, to keep people among their own kind. A man has to be a fool to want to live in any other culture but his own."
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"It is against God's law to integrate. It's only nature, not hatred, to keep people among their own kind. A man has to be a fool to want to live in any other culture but his own."
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"The people of England will not passively watch the transformation of whole areas into alien territory.... a deep and dangerous gulf."
- Rt. Hon. Enoch Powell, MP, November 1968
- Rt. Hon. Enoch Powell, MP, November 1968
"The right of any nation ... to regulate its demographic composition should be considered as sacred by any liberal-minded man."
- Don Salvador de Madariaga, The Times, October 1964
- Don Salvador de Madariaga, The Times, October 1964
"If I were Black, I would be for the Blacks; being White, I am for the Whites."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
- Napoleon Bonaparte
"The idea that all men are equal is a palpable incredibility and a delirious absurdity."Two witnesses against interracial marriage that would destroy diversity and commit genocide against the distinct races:
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- Thomas Carlyle
Deuteronomy 32:8
8 When the Most High divided their inheritance to the nations, When He separated the sons of Adam [even though we're all family], He set the boundaries [borders we're to respect and not trespass] of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel [everything in the ethnocentric Bible - with its focus on the family of Jacob - centers around Israel, nationally, internationally].
Acts 17:26
26 And [although] He [God] has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth [we're all human]... [yet He] has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries [sinners don't want to have rules and borders they're commanded not to cross] of their dwellings...
"This world says that the cause of racial problems is segregation, when in fact the opposite is the case...The Supreme Court of the USA, without God's wisdom, but has human 'wisdom', wants to mix the races."
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Reasons why I love Bleach:
1) Ichigo is awesome
2) Awesome Battles
3) Beautiful ladies
4) Good animation
5) Funny scenes
6) Strong characters
7) Friendship
8) Some romance
9) Awesome weapons
10) Talking stuffed animals
11) A lot of action
12) Good Opening and Ending songs
13) Good Guys vs. Bad Guys
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1- Bankai
2- Kon
3- Hollow Ichigo
4- Ulquiorra
5- kuchiki
6-Op battles
8- Funny Fillers
9- The divers super powers the characters have
10- Ichigo's Dad
11- Ichigo's Friends
12- Aizen
13- Arancars
It can't get better than Attack On Titan this spring.....
I have more than 13, but I'll make it work.
1) The hilary fillers
2) The shinigami book, the quincy guide, etc... at the end of each episode
3) The ridiculous amount of ecchi and build-up of perverted characters *ahem* kon.
4) The build-up leading to suspense/action
5) The character build for almost EACH character (which is rare, especially in SAO). Each person is really unique.
6) The amazing scenes of action; Really enhances the way I view this anime.
7) The mother-effin zanpakuto- I mean, who doesn't want a mother fucking sword that can transform and kick ass?
8) The many different races: Human, Hollow, Whole, Blank, Shinigami, Arrancar, Fullbringer, Vizard, Quincies.
9) The movies have so many different scenes they balance each other SOOO well. I especially liked Memories of Nobody.
10) The sudden twists like how Ichigo's dad Isshin turns out to be a shinigami. I think that the manga continues and tells that his mom could've also been a quincy.
11) They betrayals and the morals behind it.
12) The will of Ichigo Kurosaki. That guy really stands up, he's an anime role model.
13) AND LAST BUT NOT LEASTTT; The transformations! Ichigo literally could be anything and everything- Hollow, shinigami, human, quincy, fullbringer, vizard. It amazes me how one person, started as a substitute shinigami to protect his family, became this total badass that kicks butt.
yesterday? I thought it was added like 16-17 hours ago so technically it was still added today.
here are my 13 reasons for someone to watch Bleach:
1.AMAZING story
2.Talks about ghosts,souls,demons,hell
3.Sexy ladies
4.Really long and good attention capturing 13 seasons
5.Swordsmen and Swordswomen
6.Different Races and Universes
7.Has 4 movies and 2 OVAs
8.Has 9 Video games
9.Original Manga written by Tite Kubo who also made Zombie Powder
10.ALWAYS has action and not much boring parts
11.Superb animation as the anime goes on (from 1-366)
12.Each character is unique in its own way along with the designs
13.WIll be emotional at times
I guess it depends on the time zone, lol whether it was uploaded 'today' or 'yesterday'.
I've never actually WATCHED Bleach (aside from trailers and brief glimpses of people watching it) and has been ages since I've read it so forgive me if my information is incorrect.
1. Because everyone else is watching it and you'll have a common topic to talk about.
2. Because Shinigami are adorable and would be fun to take home, wakku wakku.
3. Orihime and her flower (name-wise) spirits are cute. You gotta check them out.
4.Uryu is somewhat hot and he shoots arrows. What more do you want? Isn't he the perfect guy for any girl? You gotta watch bleach to see him in action though!
5. The Vizard Shinigami are definitely hot. I mean, look at the masks on their faces!
6. Hiyori Sarugaki: Those eyes are rare! You have to see them! And she just outright looks awesome in action!
7. Nel is cute and easy on the eyes. And everyone knows that humans love to watch children. It is proven by math and science!
8. Going beyond the characters, you have an action filled plot which means it is interesting to watch.
9. You have a society of people that often act morally ambiguous yet who try to purify their enemies and a group that seem like they fight for justice yet who try to destroy their enemies.
10. A desert of endless night is a great resting place for lost souls, everyone wants to see a beautiful landscape and what can beat a beautiful nighttime desert?.
11. It is part of a balanced breakfast. An episode of Bleach in the morning with some miso, rice, fish and eggs? Perfect.
12. Because everyone knows that deep in your heart, you want to watch Bleach but just can't admit how much you really want to see it.
13. As soon as I started watching Bleach, I got accepted into the college of my choice, won the lottery, grew taller, and even my skin looks better now! I've had nothing but good luck. I can't believe how troubled I was before!
I, the supreme god, am omniscient and omnipotent. Bow down to me, peons.
1. The name of the show is Epic
2. Kon
3. Appeals to every man out there if they have a type of girl they're into
4. Swordz
5. Almost everyone and their momz has a power
6. Zaraki
7. Espada
8. Vaizado or Vizards
9. Ichigo fights almost everyone at least once in the show
10. Spirits are always with you, bwahhahahahaa! *crosses arms*
11. Love circles, triangles, and squares?
12. Berserk Vizard Ichigo
13 And finally the only reason why to watch is cause you saw the first couple of eps cause you gave it a shot and hours later you completed all 13 seasons content and satisfied. *high 5's*
Cash rules everything around me, too bad I'm broke xD
My 13 reasons to watch 13 seasons of Bleach!
1. I think I am Ichigo since the series was first introduced.
2. I am a big fan of animé since the Voltes 5 days.
3. I want Ichigo's mask so bad. Watching him adds both inspiration and frustration which I think is good.
4. I've been watching the series and movies like crazy. This is the best chance to backtrack on missed past episodes.
5. I love funny moments in the series! It gives me ideas. (evil grin)
6. Kenpachi Zaraki. I want more fights involving Kenpachi Zaraki. Kinda reminds me of Joker in a sense though.
7. Waiting for the next episode to be available drives me nuts since I end up speculating what's gonna happen next.
8. Drawing. I'm a frustrated artist and get my inspiration from Bleach and some other animés related to this genre.
9. I've been always wondering what my bankai would be. :D
10. After checking on the deadline period, I'm betting that you'd probably draw out the winner on or close to my birthday so it's gonna be one perfect gift in case. :p
11. For some reason, whenever I watch Bleach in front of the PC, my 2-year old son always joins in and sits on my lap to watch it as well even if he doesn't understand anything they say. He won't budge until it's finished and cries when I pause it. Makes me very happy since it's like our father-son bonding moment that can be done anytime.
12. Crunchyroll rocks! The best source of high quality free and premium animé like Bleach. You can bet on it!
13. And finally, I don't want to miss every episode (on time) as much as possible and this is only happen if I have premium service.
1. fillers
2. fillers
3. fillers
6. nobody dies
7.orihime's awesome lines.... kurosaki-kun! kurosaki-kun!
9. lurichiyo soccer episode
12.explains everything what each of their ability do so enemies can find a way to beat them
13. fillers
1- zompocto
2- ichigo
3- Hollow Ichigo
4- renji
5- the music
6-the crazy battles
8- Fluffy Fillers
9- wakomondo
10- chad
11- Tōshirō Hitsugaya
12- insane property destruction
13- Sajin Komamura
Chaos reigns within Reflect, repent and reboot Order shall return
I only have one reason and the reason I love Bleach is:
I want to have a bankai....more or less im a chuuni!
Here it goes, my 13 reasons you'll love Bleach!
01 The character design is overall awesome. You'll watch so many fearsome foes.
02 OST is great, specially the heavy j-rock stuff
03 They often do subtle jokes about death
04 You'll be always wondering if it's something up between the main characters Ichigo and Rukia
05 They redesign most titles of the episodes, if not every single one of them
06 Ichigo transformations are epic
07 The little helper girl of the shop owner (Urahara) always gets bullied, even while she's very strong, which is very funny
08 One will wonder how creative swords can transform
09 Your internal alter-ego makes you stronger at the end
10 The shorclips at the end of every chapter put characters in hilarious situations
11 Rukia explains everything by making childish but funny bunny sketches
12 Ichigo's little sisters are so cute you'll wanna hug them... and you'll worry when they are in danger
13 When you think the next transformation can't get any cooler than that final stage, well, you'll be surprised.
So many good reasons Bleach rocks.
My 13 reasons to watch 13 seasons:
1) Bleach is amazing
2) Bleach is the best action anime ever
3) Bleach has hot girls
4) Ichigo is badass
5) Bleach has awesome battles
6) Amazing Story
7) Bankai changes
8) Has tear-jerker moments
9) Has hilarious moments
10) Has awesome swordsmanship
11) Awesome opening themes
12) Very good friendships
13) Bleach is never boring
Wanting more Sword Art Online episodes badly
1-IT IS AWESOME!!!! (need i say more...actually i do because i need 13)
2-AMAZING story
3-ghosts, demons ,hell, etc
4-hot girls
7-one of the first animes i watched in japanese
8-ecchi scenes
9-perverted characters
10-one of the shows on toonami
11-the first show of the night on toonami (that ones a bit cheaty so, the first anime my friends also watched so i could discuss it with them)
12-not many boring parts
13-Last but certainly not least, (its actually the best reason why you should watch it) EVERY EPISODE IS RIGHT HERE ON CRUNCHYROLL (also known as the best website of all time, and im not just saying that, ive converted 3 of my friends at school into crunchyroll followers because i go around saying stuff like this)...well the magic of money is being bestowed upon me so i can pay for a subscription so in the next few minutes of me typeing this i'll be giving CR money, so i dont care if i win or lose, i just REALLY wanted to continue my premium membership, but i would still gladly accept the prize if you give it to me, lol
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Lars Ulrich: Underestimated File Sharing.. But Proud We Sued
from the yeah,-ok dept
In the interview with Billboard, Lars Ulrich, who was the band member who led the charge against Napster, first talks about "The awesomeness of the Internet" in that you've got "the whole world at your fingertips" and how great it would have been for him as a child (until the older version of himself would have sued him for listening to music... but I digress). That leads to the obvious question from Billboard about Napster, where Ulrich notes that he fully expects his obituary to mention Napster in the opening paragraph and then says the following:
"That's something I have to accept, and I accept it," he says. "But it's not something that plays a big part in my life in 2010. I'm proud of the fact that we stood up for what we believed in and took a stance. Were we caught off-guard? Absolutely. Were there some gross underestimation of what this thing was? Yeah. But it came from the same impulsive spirit that drives everything else this band does."I keep trying to parse that, but I'm not sure what it's actually saying. He's proud that they sued... but it was an underestimation? An underestimation of what? That they'd be able to sue file sharing out of existence? If that's the case, then why be proud of suing and hurting the band's reputation?
Earlier this year, we pointed out that Metallica is a band that makes the vast majority of its money from touring -- over $20 million, versus about $1.5 million from album sales -- and suggested that the band's attack on Napster seems really short-sighted when you consider that. They were fighting over the scraps -- when embracing the fans likely would have resulted in much greater live and merchandise sales. In fact, the band's manager is asked how the band is dealing with lower album sales, and he notes that it's no big deal because of all the other revenue sources:
"It won't change anything else we do," he says. "I'm trying not to be cocky about it, but for Metallica, at their level, the kinds of things you might think about to replace income are minor compared to what you make playing tours and selling merch. We're just finishing 225 shows worldwide [in support of "Death Magnetic"], and these are massive shows. We can play anywhere. What else do we need to do, really? If we sell fewer records, so be it. Of course I'd rather sell more, but I can't do anything about the size of the market, and neither can they."Yeah, well, if you hadn't pissed off all those fans, you could have actually increased the size of the market willing to attend concerts and buy stuff... but... whatever.


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DailyDirt: Better Food Through Science
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The art and science of cooking has a bright future, especially given all the different cooking shows and TV networks dedicated to food. As more and more people discover and learn about the science behind cooking, it stands to reason that there will be a growing number of interesting ways to cook. Maybe cooking is the key to teaching the scientific method to kids...?
- The all-American hamburger might be improved upon if the meat was quickly dipped in liquid nitrogen before being deep fried. Perhaps a dry ice slurry would be more practical, though. [url]
- The USDA has revised its recommended cooking temperatures for various meats. But only the chefs at America's Test Kitchen actually measure their cooked meats at home... [url]
- Using a solar-powered pizza box oven to cook food sounds pretty impractical. A solar-powered microwave oven sounds like a better idea. [url]
- To discover more food-related links, check out what's floating around in StumbleUpon. [url]


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Tons Of Companies Sued In Class Action Lawsuit Over Uploading Phone Addressbooks
from the class-actions-in-action dept
But, of course, in our litigious society, that's not going to stop the class action lawsuits from being filed. In a 152 page document, a class action lawsuit has been filed against pretty much every big name company in the space:
Path, Inc., Twitter, Inc., Apple, Inc., Facebook, Inc., Beluga, Inc. ., Yelp! Inc., Burbn, Inc., Instagram, Inc., Foursquare Labs, Inc., Gowalla Incorporated, Foodspotting, Inc., Hipster, Inc., LinkedIn Corporation, Rovio Mobile Oy, ZeptoLab UK Limited aka ZeptoLab, Chillingo Ltd., Electronic Arts Inc., and Kik Interactive, Inc.,The lawsuit kicks off by quoting Robert Fulghum's "All I really Need to Know I Learned In Kindergarten," saying, "Don't take things that aren't yours." Of course, as with many such class actions, this one is all about getting the lawyers paid. This isn't to say that I think the actions in uploading the address books were ok, but worth a lawsuit? Seems a bit extreme. It seems that the public pressure about all of this has caused pretty much all of these companies to change how they work, and it's unlikely any real significant "harm" came from this.


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Oh Look, Apple Copies Android, And That's Not A Bad Thing
from the copying-is-okay dept
Of course, this is only fair. Google has clearly copied many of the features of iOS, in building up Android. In fact, I think most people would reasonably agree that Android owes a far greater debt to Apple than Apple owes to Google for features. But the point is that this sort of innovation goes both ways. Whenever we hear about complaints about "copying" or "ripping off" features, people seem to ignore the fact that everyone does this, and it pushes everyone to do more in the future. It increases the pace of innovation. If Android didn't have such a notification bar (which is quite effective), Apple might not have realized what a disjointed mess its old notifications were. Thus, this ends up improving Apple. Not only that, but it gives both parties reasons to think about making the notification effort even better, going forward, to continue to differentiate.
Now, some might claim that if Google had been able to block such copies via patents, Apple would have had to "invent around" this and create something different. But would that really have been useful or efficient? Doesn't seem like it. Under that scenario, one party is inventing something new for the sake of inventing something new. Under the way it is here, everyone has incentive to create something new, only if it really improves the offering. That seems like a much better path to innovation.


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Admittedly: I hoped "The Bang Bang Club" star Taylor Kitsch, who played charismatic Tim Riggins in NBC's brilliant "Friday Night Lights," would talk like this, projecting confidence and dropping F-bombs like he's in "Goodfellas."
"We're the type of guys, if we're going to [bleepin'] fall doing something, we're going to do it falling into a [bleeping] vat of crocodiles with chainsaws," says Kitsch, 30, of himself and Peter Berg (who directed and exec produced "Friday Night Lights" and directs Kitsch's upcoming star vehicle "Battleship"). "We're going to fall hard."
That respect for living in the moment served Kitsch well as the hard-living Riggins on "Friday Night Lights." For "The Bang Bang Club," opening Friday, Kitsch took another risk: He lost more than 30 pounds to star as real-life photographer Kevin Carter, who killed himself shortly after winning a Pulitzer Prize for a photo taken as civil war raged in 1994 South Africa.
"I don't know what it is within me that draws myself to these tortured [bleeping] guys," he says, "but there's something there that maybe I haven't figured out yet." What is clear is that the film allows the Vancouver-bred actor (who now lives in Austin, Texas) to display impressive dramatic range, not to mention a convincing South African accent.
From Los Angeles while on a break from his starring role in next year's Disney science-fiction film "John Carter From Mars," Kitsch--who may or may not be taking over for Matt Damon in "The Bourne Legacy"--talked about giving up his favorite breakfast for "The Bang Bang Club," cliff-diving with co-star Brooklyn Decker on his "Battleship" days off and what Tim Riggins will be doing in 10 years.
How hard was it to master the South African accent for "The Bang Bang Club"?
I don't think it's ever going to be mastered, man; it was always a work in progress. I think one of the toughest things for me was Kev's very emotional in the film, and when you're that emotional so often, the last thing I'm thinking about is if I'm hitting my R's or not hitting them. I can't complain because you take the role on, but it's a very difficult thing to get a grasp on.
And you dropped more than 30 pounds for the role. What did you most miss eating during that time?
Oh, man, [bleep]. I prepped in Austin, Texas, and I have my little coffee shop that I get the same thing every morning, and one of the toughest things was just not getting my breakfast every morning. That's my favorite meal so that was tough of just going there and reading and prepping and doing your homework and just having a coffee and some berries.
What do you normally order?
Six egg whites with spinach, mushroom, dry wheat toast, coffee and fruit—every morning when I'm there. So it was just coffee and berries.
In the film, Kevin smokes pot right in front of cops. Has there been a time in your life when you did something that from the outside might seem to go against common sense but feels right in the moment?
I mean it's incomparable but even cliff-jumping in Hawaii off a 110-foot cliff [during shooting for "Battleship"]. … It's kind of doing things that people say, "What the [bleep] are you doing?" There's something in you, in everyone at one point, where you're doing it because everyone's not, or you're doing it because they told you [that] you couldn't.
Is that something you had to do for the role, as opposed to for fun?
No, no, it was on my off day. There was a group of us that would go find the highest cliffs in Hawaii and jump off into these glorified rivers. It was hilarious. Every week we would be searching for the next place to go jump.
Who went with you?
Brooks [Brooklyn Decker] came and after some coercing she jumped off one, which I tip my hat to. But I don't think anyone else of the cast came. It was some of the crew that came with us. Some crew members would go out there and go on some pretty epic hikes.
Speaking of "Battleship," what's another board game that should be a movie?
Oh, man. I think the only correlation to that "Battleship" is the title and that it's a naval film. People [are] loving this forceful idealism that we're literally, apparently, pieces on a board game during filming. They're going to be pleasantly surprised that this has really a lot more depth than people want to give it.
So you're not stabbing anyone with a giant plastic peg?
I am. The opening sequence is me calling numbers and trying to peg people with these huge, 20-foot red-and-white pegs that are on this big table. That's basically the film. It's exciting. It was a trip to make. You just had to buy into it.
What went through your head as you finished filming "Friday Night Lights"?
Man, a lot. A lot of mixed emotions. [Bleep], there's so much, man. I grew so much through the process and the risks we were allowed to take and how many times we could really challenge and bring that writing to life and work with these other actors that were on the same page. And I loved playing Riggs. But at the same time I'm super-excited about these endeavors that are coming up and challenging and growing through new experiences. But I'll never forget that process and hopefully I'll keep taking the same amount of risks as I did as Riggs.
What do you think Tim Riggins will be doing in 10 years? [Ed. note: What follows could be a spoiler if you haven't already seen "FNL" season 5!]
Oh, [bleep]. What I love about Riggs is, and the way they finished it, is that they finished it "FNL"-style. We always made you work, and that was the beauty of it. I think with the way we finished Riggs was it was just, I love that you can go through Dillon and [bleepin'] run into that guy grabbing a six-pack and he'll just give you a nod or whatever it is and he's off doing his own thing. Oh, [bleep], I love that you could take him anywhere really. Hopefully he'll settle down a bit but something tells me there's still a lot more for him to explore. [Laughs.] You could take him anywhere and it makes sense because he's that much of a rogue kind of guy.
I like to think that if I went down to Texas now he'd be sitting on someone's lawn drinking and contemplating the world.
Hopefully on his own lawn. On his property. I did play it very--hopefully it came across that way--when he said he wasn't going to do anything illegal again, I really did think he meant it. Because I think he learned his lesson. I love the catch-22 relationship he has with [his brother] Billy; that's all they got. I know he'll be with Billy and they would have their clashes and make-ups for the rest of their lives. It's the beauty of family.
In my interview with Aimee Teegarden, when I asked her what I should ask you the first thing she said was, "Oh, Tay-tay!" Is that usually what she calls you?
Unfortunately we only worked I think for one episode and then our paths would cross if it was a dinner scene or something like that. But she was [bleeping] great on "FNL" man, talk about growth. She was just so good. But, no, I don't really recall her saying that too often, but I think she's one of few people that I'll let call me that.
She wanted me to ask you how the house you're building is going.
It's very surreal right now. It's going really well. We just pulled the trigger on the plot of land, I got it grated, and just signed the architect so I should be getting the drawings within the month. It's very surreal, man. It's truly a dream come true and an exciting time. It's in Austin, on the lake.
Once you build the house, if you're sitting outside having a beer, someone who strolls by will think it's Tim Riggins out there.
You know what, I have no problem with that. F***, that guy helped me get it, so I have no problem being compared to that guy. I like Riggs.
And if people talk to you as if you're him, will you get back in character?
No, I'll never go back in character, but what's funny is that when guys are like at a bar or something—I don't drink very often, at all really especially when I'm working, but it's like I'll just be at a bar and maybe go for a beer with a buddy and catch up and they think I should be like shattered drunk and sending me shots which is very flattering but at the same time it's like they correlate it quite tightly with Riggs.
What do you say in that situation?
Um, I say cheers and I have it, usually. What is that, it's like bad luck if you [turn it down]? I can't remember; maybe it's someone that convinced me that it was just so [that we'd] have a shot.
Click here for Kitsch's thoughts on his beloved Canucks and their 3-0 lead on the Blackhawks
His favorite romantic comedy: "I think you're hintin' that maybe it's time I do a comedy. Believe me I was very close actually, two weeks ago, to signing onto a great little independent. It just didn't work out dates-wise, but I'm itching to get in there and do some comedy. It's just gotta be the right one. I like 'Vicky Christina Barcelona.' Is that a romantic comedy? Yeah, that could be in there. I love that kind of humor, that situational relationship stuff. That was [bleepin'] great."
On his iPad: "It's a house app. Which is an architect app. That's my main app right now 'cause I'm building a house."
What he's listening to: "I'm going old-school Pearl Jam right now. Like 'Nothingman" is a big one, I just rejuvenated that one in my song list."
Watch Matt on "You & Me This Morning," Fridays at 7 a.m. on WCIU, the U


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – MIT water polo opened the first day of the Division III Eastern Championships with wins against Washington & Jefferson (19-10) and Connecticut College (15-9). They will continue the tournament tomorrow with a game against Johns Hopkins at 11:30 a.m. to battle for first place.
The game started off strongly when junior Andrew Dorne (Irvine, Calif.) scored a goal just 20 seconds into the first period. This was followed soon after by a goal by fellow junior Craig Cheney (Sherwood, Ore.) and two by freshman Kale Rogers (Newberg, Ore.). MIT played the strongest in the second and third periods of the game, scoring 13 goals, compared to six from Washington & Jefferson. Rogers, junior Scott Stephens (Los Angeles, Calif.) and sophomores Jack Clark (Laguna Beach, Calif.) and Kyle Bowman (Millbrae, Calif.) all scored two goals. Dorne, junior Michael Farid (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) and freshmen Ory Tasman (Orlando, Fla.), Matthew Orton (Los Altos Hills, Calif.) and Samuel Philips Edson (Seal Beach, Calif.) each scored one goal. Rogers and Orton wrapped up the final period with one more goal each.
In the MIT vs. Connecticut College game, Tasman scored an impressive six goals. Cheney scored three, Stephens and Rogers scored two and Clark and sophomore Dylan Hallman (La Jolla, Calif.) scored one each to help the Engineers defeat the Camels, 15-9.
10:00 a.m. - Johns Hopkins def. Penn State Behrend (23-4)
1:00 p.m. - Connecticut College def. Penn State Behrend (11-7)
2:15 p.m. - MIT def. Washington & Jefferson (19-10)
4:00 p.m. - Johns Hopkins def. Connecticut College (21-9)
7:00 p.m. - Washington and Jefferson def. Penn State Behrend (14-9)
8:30 p.m. – MIT def. Connecticut College (15-9)
Sunday, Oct. 21
10:00 a.m. – Washington and Jefferson vs. Connecticut College (For third place)
11:30 a.m. – Johns Hopkins vs. MIT (For first place)


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – MIT nearly came up with its first win over Brown University since 2004, at it lead for most of the first half and tied things up as late as 2:20 remaining, before ultimately falling, 7-6, to the Bears in Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Northern Division action on Saturday night. With the loss, the Engineers are now 6-12 overall and stand at 2-2 in the CWPA North. Brown, who is ranked 23rd in the latest CWPA national poll, improves to 8-5 and picks up its second win in league play (2-1).
Trailing by one in the final minute, Tech was looking to regain possession for one final scoring chance but Craig Cheney was whistled for an ejection with just 10 seconds left on the shot clock, all but icing the game for Brown.
Matt Chapa (Baytown, Texas) scored the tying goal for the Cardinal and Gray with just over two minutes remaining, evening the score at six. However, Brown would strike back with the game-winner with just 59 seconds remaining in the game and would hold on for the win.
MIT led 2-1 after the first period and extended its advantage to 3-1 thanks to a 5-meter penalty shot by Jack Clark (Laguna Beach, Calif.). Brown would rally late in the second quarter to lead 5-4 at the half. Scott Stephens (Los Altos, Calif.) evened things at five with his goal late in the third quarter.
Columbus Leonard (Mill Valley, Calif.) had an excellent game for MIT, making a number of key stops, including a pair during a six-on-five situation in the second.
MIT will be back in action next weekend, with a pair of CWPA games on Saturday at the Zesiger pool. The Engineers will host Connecticut College at 12:00 p.m. before taking on St. Francis College at 7:15 p.m.


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All those who doubted Beyonce's vocal prowess in the wake of the Obama inaugural "Lip-Sync-Gate" should find a corner suitable for shamed cowering.
At a Thursday news conference tied to her upcoming Super Bowl halftime show appearance, the superstar singer quickly and judiciously killed any doubts that she can tackle the national anthem -- live and a capella.
Before making any Super Bowl statements or taking a single question, Beyonce asked the assembled members of the media to stand. Then she reeled off a triumphant and definitively backing-track-less version of the "The Star-Spangled Banner" for the gob-smacked audience. (Watch the video below.)
It wasn't quite as incendiary as her pre-taped inaugural version, but it didn't have to be. It just proved that Beyonce, in her beneficence, will still occasionally descend into the mortal realm to quell any skeptics of her powers.