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- Audie Award Finalist, Humor, 2007
"One of the funniest and most entertaining books to play on readers' imaginations in recent memory. Highly recommended." (Library Journal)
"For the hyper-well-read fans of publications like McSweeney's, this is a treasure trove of twisted absurdist miscellany." (Publishers Weekly)
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- Red Menace
- 2019-01-19
Way more than just an Audiobook
John Hodgman's first of three books of fake facts or "complete world knowledge" is so incredible, but it's more than just a book being read by the author, Hodgman takes his already hilarious work and turns it into an absolute performance with guests, musical accompaniment and more than what was ever on the page. It's dry, it's weird, but it's so amazing!
I've listened to this book 3 or 4 times already and I've bought it again here on Audible just to have it on hand wherever I am and so I can play it for whoever will listen.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
- Anastasie
- 2018-08-29
What the fuck was that?
Couldn't even finish the first chapter. This is so lame! Hope it's not too late to get a refund!
0 of 2 people found this review helpful
- Margot Vigeant
- 2006-09-20
I must admit that I was a little dubious about this one. If you've seen the actual book, you know it is full of tables and lists and lots of other things that would seem to make for a truly horrid audiobook. What a great surprise! The audio version of "Areas...." is *completely* reworked, absolutely hilarious, and an excellent example to anyone who would like to work in this medium. Hodgman adds examples, music, and stories to replace the most of the hopelessly complex tables. This obviously took more effort than the typical "sit down and read it" audiobook, and it was well worth it. This is very very funny.
Don't play it for anyone under 13; there is some risque language, and they won't get it anyway.
33 of 34 people found this review helpful
- Neil
- 2008-11-07
Endlessly enjoyable.
Clearly this is not for all tastes, but I adore this recording; I revisit it regularly, something I hardly ever do with audio books. It is frequently hilarious, but more than that, it is simply engaging: when I listen to it, I feel like I am hanging out with some eccentric old friend.
13 of 13 people found this review helpful
- Fleming
- 2008-09-21
Absolutely Hillarious
I purchased the print copy of this book a few months ago and never got around to reading it until one day I opened it up randomly and dove in. It made me spill my milk. The book is comic brillance. Audio version is a treat as well with the author's sardonic delivery. I would much rather spend an evening with John Hodgman, or this audio book, than any of the people who couldn't find the humor in it.
8 of 8 people found this review helpful
- Niels J. Rasmussen
- 2013-06-26
The Best Almanac of Fake Facts Money Can Buy
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After going through this book, I can't help but wonder what it must be like to even spend one single minute as John Hodgman. It truly must be an extraordinary experience to which nothing compares.
It must have taken him a lifetime to amass THIS much fake knowledge/trivia... Which doesn't seem to make sense, but he is, in fact, living proof.
If you're hoping that this book will get you some interesting tidbits of information you can whip out at a party to impress friends and associates, don't bother. On the other hand, if you're interested in the secret code-language of hobos, then this is the book for you!
9.2 / 10
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
- Kim S.
- 2006-10-26
Delightfully silly.
The word "droll" was invented for this pleasantly silly, highly-listenable collection of nonsense. The production is actually an improvement over the print version as Hodgman wisely avoids literal readings of much of the material (which included endless charts and lists), instead treating it as an extended radio broadcast, incorporating music, sound effects, and continuous banter with longtime friend and collaberator Jonathan Coulton. Listened to in small segements, this low-key offering provides the perfect antidote to a high-stress filled day.
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
- Ryan
- 2009-10-05
Absurd and Hilarious
The only thing you can expect from John Hodgman is to expect anything. He throws in just enough of the truth to make you realize that this is not an utter work of fiction, but this almanac of made up facts is one thing above all else: a great read and very funny.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
- Carrie
- 2008-10-23
Get this even if you already own the print copy
I already enjoyed the print version of this book, which combines the sort of brainy surrealist humor appreciated by Monty Python fans with Hodgeman's charactaristic dry wit; but the audiobook is an entirely different experience, with the bonus of his troubadour, Jonathan Coulton and the bizarre pleasure of his reading 700 hobo names aloud. Be warned, Coulton's "Furry Lobster Song" will get stuck in your head.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
- Scott
- 2006-10-08
Monty Python Silliness w/o the Quality
If you like nonstop absurdity read where the sheer volume of humor ultimately read with author as its straight man reading with all due seriousness (like the "Airplane" or the "Naked Gun" movie series) - it's not the first joke that gets you but the 25 that come right in a row that finally gets you smiling or laughing, then you might like this book. Yes, it is whimsimal and very silly. Still, I felt like this was all being written right off the top of the author's head. Serious silliness requires some serious planning. Yes, it took time to think of 700 really silly hobo names but listening to them all became dull. There were only one or two laugh-out-loud moments for me. The rest is mildly amusing. I tend to over-rate books so three stars from me is LOW. Monty Python humor is seriously intellectual. Not this book, it is absurdist - to be sure- but not laugh out loud craziness. Airplane movies at least have a plot and physical comedy. If your expectations are low you will enjoy it, if you are expecting comic genius (as I was) you will be somewhat disappointed. One note: The audio version does some jokes involving the musical parts/background also done with the same deadpan mock seriousness where the jokes involve getting the right musical sound. It is nice to feel you are getting a bonus for buying an audio-edition and that the author exploited that angle. Still, it wasn't enough to make it a "must listen".
17 of 21 people found this review helpful
- Jill Hurley
- 2015-04-07
I have the paperback version of this book but wanted to listen to the audio version as I read. I was more than impressed to find that John Hodgman went WAY above and beyond in the recording of his audiobook. A lot of authors don't even read their own audiobooks. Not only did he do that, but he also had Jonathan Coulton play music in certain parts and had Paul Rudd read a short excerpt of the book. Even more surprising, Hodgman went over nearly all of the tables in the book and read each and every one of the 700 hobo names. I have never found myself wondering if an audiobook was better than the written book, except in this case. I would recommend this audiobook to anyone, whether you have read John Hodgman's books or not.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
- Josh Freeman
- 2008-04-07
Wildly, painfully, hilariously brilliant
Hodgman's dry wit, keen intellect, weird sensibility, and hilarious timing are all on display in this stellar adaptation of his almanac for the new millennium. This is not simply a reading of his book (although it is mostly that), but a brilliant audio adaptation that takes full advantage of its departure from the printed page. Jonathan Coulton is a delightful addition to the festivities. You will laugh till tears stream down your cheeks.
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LACEY, N.J. — Some years ago, Janet Tauro moved to the pine barrens and salt-flecked flats of the Jersey Shore, where she would raise her children. Then she found that Oyster Creek, the nation's oldest nuclear plant, sat on her doorstep.
She became a nuclear activist, one of dozens who bird-dog the Oyster Creek plant, and helped persuade Gov. Chris Christie to shutter the place by 2019. But not even the closing notice set her mind at ease.
Then Hurricane Sandy blew through, spinning houses off foundations, blowing holes in barrier islands and wrecking lives. In the midst of this mayhem, Oyster Creek sounded a modest alarm.
Rising waters in Barnegat Bay threatened to submerge the pumps the plant uses to pull in water to cool its reactor and spent-fuel pools. Had workers with Exelon Corporation, which owns Oyster Creek, been forced to turn off the water-intake pumps, they might have had to dip fire hoses into the floodwaters to refill the ever-hot pool. The plant issued an alert, the second lowest on the four-stage scale established by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
At the same time, 39 of 42 warning sirens, which are perched on poles for miles around the plant and intended to warn local residents in event of a nuclear emergency, lost power.
Ms. Tauro pulled her coat tight against winter winds as she walked along a bridge within sight of the plant's smokestack; this area, she noted, was underwater on Oct. 29. "We know what the company will say: this is another 'lesson learned,' " she said. "But we've got 3.5 million people in a 50-mile radius of this plant, and it feels like we're sitting ducks."
In fact, Craig Nesbit, a spokesman for Exelon, said, "Everything went very well." And Gordon K. Hunegs, of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, pointedly added, "The plant was always safe."
"What if" disaster tales are a risky business; our world is filled with unrealized perils. This is particularly true of nuclear power, as it inflames our imagination and stirs primal fears.
Still, the N.R.C.'s conclusion feels too tidy. Oyster Creek is a sometimes troubled nuclear plant.
And there is the impression, built up year after empirical year, that the N.R.C. is a tiger denuded of claws. Even the agency's internal monitors found it was notoriously cautious about actions that might cost plants time and money.
In 2007, Exelon Corporation ignored corrosion in pipes used to circulate cooling waters in an Illinois plant. A pipe broke. Had the pipe ruptured during an emergency, experts told The New York Times in 2011, there might have been a catastrophe 100 miles west of Chicago.
The N.R.C. handed out two low-level reprimands, akin to sending the company to its room without dinner.
A couple of years later, Gregory B. Jaczko, a rare activist at the agency, argued that poor management of erosion in the drywall shell of the reactor at Oyster Creek merited closer attention. "The company's series of errors," he wrote, "provides evidence that directly contradicts Exelon's ability to meet the commitments."
The majority of the commissioners ignored him.
Then there are those broken sirens. Exelon and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission say not to worry; there was a back-up system. That involved sending out local deputy sheriffs in patrol cars with loudspeakers.
Wouldn't 85 mile-per-hour winds and washed-out roads prove problematic?
"The state has said it could have carried out that plan," an agency spokeswoman replied.
Another agency official interjected that the best move during a radiological release was to stay indoors. So mission accomplished, sort of.
Let's acknowledge that nuclear power is complicated. Its carbon footprint is minimal. A few prominent environmentalists argue that the rapidly heating world cannot make wrenching changes without nuclear power to ease the transition. Mr. Nesbit of Exelon argues, reasonably, that Oyster Creek had backup for the back-up plans. There were generators, and fire engines on trailers. But experience teaches that problems can become a stumble down a staircase.
Great storms blow up the coast with unnerving regularity of late. (While the N.R.C. has required Oyster Creek to thoroughly evaluate its flood plan in three years, it has not required Exelon to look at the effect global warming will have on flood preparation.)
"This was not the big one," Ms. Tauro said. "I get the feeling we're regulating with our fingers crossed."

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Every other Thursday, we bring you Nicholas Day -- on cooking for children, and with children, and despite children. Also, occasionally, on top of.
Today: Eggplant can be a tough sell -- but not if you turn it into dip, says Nicholas.
Last time we were here, I talked about kale pesto. Tasty! Healthy! Tolerated by different demographics! Afterward someone tweeted that kale pesto isn't "a new revelation."OK, so: 1) People! I can't tell you anything if you're going to tell the whole internet. 2) This is true! Kale pesto isn't a new revelation. But so much of cooking for children is about making the old revelations look, well, less old: part of the appeal of kale pesto is that it isn't basil pesto.
Look, if you're stuck rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic, you may as well give yourself a different view.Of course, there are genuinely new ideas out there. But in the spirit of old revelations, today we revisit baba ganoush, which is, like pesto, a mysteriously kid-friendly dish. (And hummus, of course. Did all the fetuses get together in the womb and decide to eat hummus?) Baba ganoush is wonderful but it calls out for the kale pesto treatment. It calls out to be made into borani-e bademjan.
Eggplant can be a hard sell. It can be a hard sell to adults even. But to children, it is especially cruel: it is a bait-and-switch vegetable, promising eggs—a universal favorite—and then totally failing to deliver. I once told Isaiah an ugly ducking bedtime story about an eggplant in a chicken coop who only realizes his true nature when he gets to the grocery store. (It went over OK. I think my carrot-who-discovers-he's-a-parsnip variation was more successful.)But eggplant transmogrified into non-eggplant form is something else entirely. This is the secret of baba ganoush, of course. It isn't eggplant; it is dip. And since children are inexorably driven to dip everything, you may as well exploit it.
Borani-e bademjan, which is Persian, is essentially eggplant plus yogurt. My version is borrowed from Claudia Roden's masterwork. You roast or broil eggplants until this side of incinerated, and then you scoop, mash and mix: copious yogurt, lemon, garlic (but see below). Mint and parsley, if you have it. Saffron, if you're feeling all fancy and childless.
A word about garlic: in this recipe, you may want to lower it to barely perceptible quantities. As with tzatziki, as with a semi going downhill, the garlic here starts slowly and gains unstoppable momentum.We eat this in gloriously inauthentic style—as a snack with bread, of any sort, torn apart. If you're feeling cocky, put out some raw vegetables.
Eggplant Dip with Yogurt (Borani-e Bademjan)
Lightly adapted from Claudia Roden's The New Book of Middle Eastern Food
Serves 6 (as an appetizer)
2 eggplants, decently sized (just shy of a couple of pounds worth)3 tablespoons olive oil1 cup yogurt1/2 lemon, juiced1 clove of garlic, crushed (optional)2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped (optional)2 tablespoons fresh mint, chopped (optional)
See the full recipe (and save and print it) here.
Photos by James Ransom
A New Way to Dinner, co-authored by Food52's founders Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs, is an indispensable playbook for stress-free meal-planning (hint: cook foundational dishes on the weekend and mix and match 'em through the week).
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(CBS News) Suspicion is spreading in the Secret Service scandal beyond the agents in just one Colombian hotel.
CBS News correspondent Whit Johnson reports that a law enforcement official told CBS News that the latest agent under investigation brought a woman back to the Hilton Hotel in Cartagena, Columbia, just five days before President Barack Obama would be staying there.
Until now, the Hotel Caribe had been the focus of the scandal, where the other 22 members of the Secret Service and military accused of inappropriate behavior were checked in.
"Now you're into the hotel where the President of the United States was going to stay, and it just gets more troubling," Sen. Joe Lieberman said on "Face the Nation."
Three more Secret Service agents resign
Ex-Secret Service director on scandal: "This is an aberration"
Lieberman is now joining some of his Senate colleagues like Republican Chuck Grassley who are also calling for a broader investigation into whether White House staffers could have been involved.
While the scandal is getting a lot of attention on Capitol Hill, when asked directly, most lawmakers have voiced support for the way Secret Service director Mark Sullivan has handled the fall-out.


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Tuesday, 12 July 2011
What does your house say about you?
21 comments:
- ClaireyH said...
I would like our place to be more lived in looking, not with mess, we have plenty of that, but more furniture and lamps and nice stuff.
I am know wondering what people think about our place...empty, worn out, spacious, minimalist?
- 12 July 2011 at 22:26
I am always relieved to see what other people's houses are like. I always envisage perfection, but to find clutter or dust, I find it relaxes me and makes me feel OK about my own clutter and dust.
My house is clean, but often messy and cluttered. But I see it as a workplace - a place where kids come to work at growing up. And I work at trying to contain the flood of toys and Lego bricks threatening to drown us all.
- 12 July 2011 at 22:32
- Diminishing Lucy said...
If we can analyse personality from trappings and stuff, I shudder to think what they'd make of our house!
"My" spaces are clutter free and zen.
The lovely husband works clutter free and paperless, but the garage and garden are full to spilling and he is a hoarder.
I have a son who is totally and mindfully minimalist and wants no stuff. And two girls who collect biys of paper and stash them.
Our home is a mass of contradictions...
You certainly have me thinking now...
- 12 July 2011 at 22:38
- I'm So Fancy said...
my house says: can't stand clutter but have zero design sense. At least my designer said that in a slightly nicer way...:-)
- 12 July 2011 at 22:39
- Julia said...
This is funny. I just had to think about my style recently. You know something---I have no idea what I am. I like cool and funky, yet I also love the quilts from my mom and husband's grandma. I love my garden, flowers, and antiques (no lace, I stop at lace :)) but I also love cool edgy photography.
I think if people walked into our house they would say that this chick can't make up her mind, and has no idea who she is....
I think, too, the fact that we have the twins certainly informs our style. Minimalist, uncluttered, solid pieces of furniture. Someday we'll have things just as we want them. Someday I won't have to worry about a child pulling a house plant down on their heads :)
- 12 July 2011 at 23:03
- Charis said...
Well you already know about my house(s) situation but I'm definitely a hoarder. Because y'know, someday I might actually use it...
- 12 July 2011 at 23:07
- Mum on the Run said...
The home itself says we're nothing fancy!
The way I keep our home says a lot about my OCD tendencies, but also reflects the budget I have to work within.
The photos all over and around our place speak volumes about what is important to us.
People often describe our place as 'welcoming' and 'comfortable'. That makes our house a home - and me a happy girl!
The well worn welcome mat is an unsightly source of pride.
- 13 July 2011 at 00:18
- Quill and Ink Handmade said...
Very interesting post, MM – sometimes a person's sense of style or purpose for a space is so different to their personality that it can't help but take us by surprise
We lost a lot of furniture due to the Brisbane floods at the beginning of the year - not because our house was in the flood zone, but because of mould. It was everywhere! For about 3 weeks, all we did was clean walls and surfaces, pots and pans and plates, scrub carpet, wash linen, and make multiple trips to the dump to unload things that were unsavable. I've never seen anything like it - and it was the same for hundreds around the city in varying degrees.
As a result, our home is sparse. We have a big lounge/dining room, with not a lot of furniture in it - which means the kids run wild in the lovely open space. I was a bit sad to see our sofas go, but I don't mind so much now. Our lovely carved wooden dining chairs are safe in the garage, minus fabric and innards – we're using plastic at the moment, which doesn't quite have the same loveliness, but it'll do. I guess it makes our home look a bit random.
We have a lot of clutter in pockets, I have a tendency to stack things in random places, I don't always pick up toys at the end of the day, and my laundry is always, always, always, full. I didn't ever expect a family home would be neat; but I try hard to make it comfortable.
- 13 July 2011 at 06:52
- wendy hill said...
I dont have any answers for you but youve got me intrigued. I wouldnt want to be analised this week thats for sure. Make that last week too. We have been thinking about moving and now that we are well and truly inbetween abodes things have gone to pot. I tried to do a needed tidy up late last night and stopped halfway and put myself to bed!
Someone should wrtie a book on this subject...
- 13 July 2011 at 07:53
- Kim H said...
This is something I think about a lot and it seems to be something that friends and I debate from time to time. I'm one of those uptight, neat freaks. But it's because it helps me feel calm and together. Mess causes me too much anxiety and an anxious person needs no extra need for anxiety;) But I'm not one of those judges who compare people's houses. Each to their own. Sometimes I wish I could handle more mess as i think my neatness can make messier/more relaxed people uncomfortable. So I find myself having to justify my neatness a lot of the time which can become a drag to me. 2 out of the 3 of my house dwellers are extremely allergic to dust and lint and animal hair so I have to be really anal about dust otherwise 2 out of the 3 of us are miserable. The number 3 dweller has no allergy and is the messiest person I've ever met. And he's a cleaner. Go figure.
- 13 July 2011 at 08:16
- Tricia said...
I'm intrigued - knowing who you visited on the weekend i'm wondering what was unexpected? Was it sparse and mainstream ;-)
I love seeing friends homes for the first time -because i belive homes reveal a little extra about that person. Or at the very least it reveals how much value they place on their home.
My home alsways mirrors my moods - tidy and under control vs cluttered and chaotic. it swings between the two.
- 13 July 2011 at 09:02
- Megan Blandford said...
I think my house is pretty much what people would think it to be - very neat, everything with its place, no clutter... but still lived in and comfortable and very far from perfection.
You've got me thinking about friends whose houses I haven't been to yet, though...
- 13 July 2011 at 10:45
- Naturally Carol said...
Hi MM..I think human beings are complex, therefore we can probably guage the most obvious things about a person from their house but not the nuances...or can we? There are so many reasons and circumstances why a house may be the way it looks. My house is lived in by four adults and each of us has an influence in the way it looks..some good some not so good! I like parts of it and not others...like bits of my own life..complex! By the way, I don't know anybody who can follow through on a design fad and live indefinitely without breaking it's rules...minimalists often have full cupboards..for example.
- 13 July 2011 at 10:57
- Jodie Ansted said...
Yes - I think houses can say something about people. For sure.
Mine is often messy which says I not only have three young boys, but I'm also very disorganised at times. And lazy too. I can have days (like today actually) where I just can't bring myself to do much and I have a TON of stuff to do. Avoiding the inevitable, if you like.
When I clean properly I REALLY clean. I get down on my hands and knees and scrub the tile grouting with a toothbrush. Seriously. However, I don't do that often. ;)
I think I like my home to be tidy when people come because I want them to THINK I'm more organised than I am. And I think there are many people who do that. However, I also find I'm far more relaxed when everything is organised and tidy and clean. I really try to get the house in order before the weekend, because I think we're all a bit calmer in a tidy house!
I'm also trying to get more organised lately - and stuff is getting put away more promptly and I can locate stuff I need much more quickly. I'm more on top of the washing too. I need lists. Lists are good.
Altho, the school holidays have put a bit of a dampener on that. ;)
- 13 July 2011 at 11:24
- Sam-O said...
I am organised and feel really negative when my space is not ordery. Unfortunately I live with three males who resist my order.
Since the Munchkin came along it has had me tipped over the edge and my stress levels have gone through the roof! I've been trying to be more comfortable with less order.
In my experience, the friends who look like they would have immaculate living spaces are the hoarders who live in squallor and almost everyone else has a level of order and chaos somewhere between.
- 13 July 2011 at 11:46
- DancingInTheRain said...
I came home and looked at my house through the eyes of guest and immediately started clearing away the little piles of junk that slowly accumulate in unassuming corners! I know it could look lived in but I know it is a result of being lazy and tired!
- 13 July 2011 at 12:50
- Hi I'm Rhonda. said...
Our house says that we have not enough space and we need to de-clutter, I say this as this is what we are in the process of doing. Re-arranging, re-decorating...
- 13 July 2011 at 13:13
- Jen said...
Our house spells - little people live here! In every room we have kids stuff so not much else to show a personality or style. One day I hope that will change!
- 13 July 2011 at 14:39
- Miss Pink said...
Hmm I'm not sure.
I think it's the little things about a house. The details.
I read a lot more into the smaller things, objects out of place, something that just doesn't quite fit etc.
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- 13 July 2011 at 16:27
- Being Me said...
The fact that my house is mostly tidy with pockets of clutter and disorganisation. What does that say about me? That I am lazy? Laid back? Disorganised? Need more storage? or Just busy?
You'll find no "everything always in its place" in my house. I don't have time or inclination to stress myself out ensuring that. My place is lived-in, for sure, and just as your blog's namesake: piles of washing. Usually piles and piles of the stuff. Strategically whipped out of sight, though, so visitors would never know it's there. We're combination hoarders, minimalists, tasteful decorators (in most rooms - well... so I think!). I love what our home is turning into, we're renovating and extending. Four years so far. She's a fine barn.... there's a post somewhere in my future about it ;-)
- 13 July 2011 at 17:16
Such an interesting thing, comparing what you expect people are like in their homes and what they actually are. I adore my Shoebox, but I know there are some friends who don't like it, nor even feel that comfortable in it simply because of its size. I'm okay with that. I love it, I love the way we live in it, and I can't imagine it any other way. xx
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This is a much more digestible version than some others, in part because chicken stock, rather than beef broth, is used.
All over, the recipe is a bit lighter than the usual- but don't worry, you won't be hungry. It suited me, as I had a supply of homemade chicken stock, but no beef stock. I only adapted it slightly, to suit myself. I'm not going to be saving it for midnight. It's awfully good - and this is how you do it.
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The middle of the Los Angeles Angels' batting order handled the Rangers' pitchers and the Texas heat.
On a 96-degree day, Los Angeles' 2-3-4 hitters — Mike Trout, Albert Pujols and Josh Hamilton — combined to go 7 for 13 with six runs batted in and two scored in the Angels' 10-7 win over Texas on Sunday.
Los Angeles took a five-game winning streak into the All-Star break. Texas (38-57) dropped its eighth straight and has the worst record in the majors.
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Every Angels starter had at least one of the team's 15 hits.
"That's a very relentless ballclub over there," Rangers manager Ron Washington said. "Every time you make a mistake, they make you pay. Each inning we scored, except for one, they came back and answered.
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Trout, who will start in the All-Star game in the AL outfield, had two doubles and three RBIs. He sent three runs home by blooping a two-out double in the second inning, and broke a 4-all tie with a double in the fourth. Trout walked and scored in the sixth.
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The Angels, a major league-best 26-9 since June 6, swept a four-game series against Texas for the first time.
Winning pitcher Tyler Skaggs (5-5) left after giving up two singles to start the sixth. Both runners scored, leaving him with six earned runs allowed in five innings.
"The outing wasn't what I wanted," he said. "I threw some bad pitches 0 and 2, especially the one to (Alex) Rios."
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The Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21 said the companies' donations to FreedomWorks for America may have violated a law that prohibits making contributions "in the name of another person" and called on the Federal Election Commission and the Department of Justice to investigate.
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A $10.6 million contribution from one of the companies, Specialty Group Inc., was the single-largest corporate donation of the 2012 election. The other company, Kingston Pike Development LLC, donated $1.5 million to FreedomWorks. William Rose, a Knoxville, Tenn., attorney, created both companies in late September.
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Here's a rundown for the uninitiated: this is the 113th meeting between the teams and Navy leads the series 56–49–7. Army, Navy and Air Force compete for the Commander in Chief's Trophy every year, which goes to the team with the best record against the other two academies. While it's possible that a different team can win each of the three games (Air Force-Army, Air Force-Navy and Army-Navy) and produce a tie for the trophy, that's only happened four times out of the forty years they've played for the trophy. No one connected to Saturday's game likes to talk about it, but Air Force won the series last year and has won the trophy outright as many times as Army and Navy put together. Navy last won the trophy in 2009 and Army's suffered a long drought, last winning the series in 1996.
This year is different: Army and Navy play for the trophy this Saturday. Even though the Army Black Nights have stumbled through a brutal 2-9 season, one of those two wins came against the Air Force Falcons (41-21) on November 3rd. The Navy Midshipmen have a respectable 7-4 record and beat Air Force 28-21 in OT on October 6th. Navy will later travel to San Francisco on 12/29 to play in the Arizona State Sun Devils in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, but this game is a huge chance for Army to rescue their season. (Air Force finished with a bowl-eligible 6-6 record and is bound for the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl against the Rice Owls on 12/29 in Fort Worth, TX).
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On his show on The Blaze network, Beck cited multiple law enforcement sources claiming the Saudi man was detained and then cleared as part of a "false flag" operation.
"The government has not come clean," Beck said. "Some of this information has come out over the weekend, and immediately the government tried to discredit it."
Beck said two FBI sources confirmed the Saudi man was "in custody" on Monday April 15, and had been labeled as someone who has "demonstrated [himself] to be a proven terrorist and to be engaged in proven terrorist activity. Beck said the man's apartment was also searched.
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Homeland Security officials later elaborated to CNN that a Saudi national was injured in the bombing, but was not a person of interest or a suspect. Another Saudi from the Boston area, officials said, was in the custody of immigration authorities for violating his visa, but had no connection to last week's bombings.


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The word adjournment is used in a civil trial relating to the postponement of that case.
The term remand is used in criminal proceedings. It effectively means the same thing. If someone is remanded it means that his or her case is postponed to another date.
Sometimes the word adjournment is used in a criminal case but it means the same thing. If the criminal case is not punishable by any possibility of imprisonment then the case is adjourned rather than remanded.
The term "criminal case " is used rather loosely because a criminal case is generally a case which comes before the Court where a person has committed an offence and can be punished.
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- Provides Financial Security for Beneficiaries – At the time of your death, your life insurance policy will provide the resources necessary for your loved ones. You can choose how your policy will pay your beneficiaries, and ensure their lasting financial security. You can rest assured knowing this benefit won't expire after any length of time, as long as the premiums are kept current.
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GENERIC NAME: CODEINE/BUTALBITAL/ASPIRIN/CAFFEINE - ORAL (KO-deen/AS-pir-in/KAF-een/byou-TAL-bih-tall)
BRAND NAME(S): Fiorinal with Codeine #3
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WARNING: Children should not use products that contain codeine after certain surgeries (including tonsil/adenoid removal). Also, for children younger than 12 years, do not use codeine to treat cough or pain unless specifically directed by the doctor. Some children are more sensitive to codeine and have had very serious (rarely fatal) breathing problems such as slow/shallow breathing (see also Side Effects section). Talk with your doctor or pharmacist about the risks and benefits of this medication.
USES: See also Warning section.This combination medication is used to treat tension headaches. Codeine is a narcotic pain reliever (opiate-type) that acts on certain centers in the brain to give you pain relief. Aspirin helps to decrease the pain from the headache. Caffeine helps increase the effects of aspirin. Butalbital is a sedative that helps to decrease anxiety and cause sleepiness and relaxation.OTHER This section contains uses of this drug that are not listed in the approved professional labeling for the drug but that may be prescribed by your health care professional. Use this drug for a condition that is listed in this section only if it has been so prescribed by your health care professional.This medication may also be used to treat migraine headaches.
HOW TO USE: Take this medication by mouth, usually every 4 hours as needed or as directed by your doctor. Do not take more than 6 capsules in a 24-hour period. Use the smallest effective dose. Take with a full glass of water (8 ounces or 240 milliliters) unless your doctor directs you otherwise. Do not lie down for at least 10 minutes after taking this medication. If you have nausea, you may take this medication with food. Consult your doctor or pharmacist about other ways to decrease nausea (e.g., antihistamines, lying down for 1-2 hours with as little head movement as possible).The dosage is based on your medical condition, age, and response to therapy. This medication works best if it is used as the first signs of a headache occur. If you wait until the headache has worsened, the medication may not work as well.This medication may cause withdrawal reactions, especially if it has been used regularly for a long time or in high doses. In such cases, withdrawal symptoms (such as runny nose, watery eyes, mental/mood changes, seizures) may occur if you suddenly stop using this medication. To prevent withdrawal reactions, your doctor may reduce your dose gradually. Consult your doctor or pharmacist for more details, and report any withdrawal reactions immediately.Though very unlikely, abnormal drug-seeking behavior (addiction) is possible with this medication. To lessen the risk of becoming addicted, do not increase your dose, take it more frequently, or take it for a longer time than prescribed. Properly stop the medication when so directed.Inform your doctor if you notice increased use of this medication, a worsening of headaches, an increase in the number of headaches, the medication not working as well, or use of this medication for more than 2 headache episodes a week. Your doctor may need to change your medication and/or add a separate medication to prevent the headaches.
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SIDE EFFECTS: Nausea, vomiting, stomach upset, gas, shaking (tremor), constipation, dry mouth, lightheadedness, dizziness, drowsiness, or trouble sleeping may occur. If any of these effects persist or worsen, notify your doctor or pharmacist promptly.To lower your risk of dizziness and lightheadedness, get up slowly when rising from a sitting or lying position.To prevent constipation, maintain a diet adequate in fiber, drink plenty of water, and exercise. If you become constipated while using this drug, consult your pharmacist for help in selecting a laxative (e.g., stimulant-type with stool softener).Remember that your doctor has prescribed this medication because he or she has judged that the benefit to you is greater than the risk of side effects. Many people using this medication do not have serious side effects.Tell your doctor immediately if any of these unlikely but serious side effects occur: mental/mood changes, fast/irregular heartbeat, increased thirst/urination, hearing changes (e.g., ringing in the ears), easy bruising/bleeding, signs of infection (e.g., fever, persistent sore throat), heartburn, discomfort when swallowing, dark urine, yellowing eyes/skin, change in the amount of urine, unusual tiredness.Seek immediate medical attention if any of these rare but very serious side effects occur: fainting, seizure, black stools, severe stomach/abdominal pain, vomit that looks like coffee grounds, slurred speech, weakness on one side of the body.Codeine is changed into a strong narcotic drug (morphine) in your body. In some people, this change happens faster and more completely than usual, which increases the risk of very serious side effects. Get medical help right away if you notice any of the following: slow/shallow breathing, unusual drowsiness/difficulty waking up, confusion.A very serious allergic reaction to this drug is rare. However, seek immediate medical attention if you notice any symptoms of a serious allergic reaction, including: rash, itching/swelling (especially of the face/tongue/throat), severe dizziness, trouble breathing.This is not a complete list of possible side effects. If you notice other effects not listed above, contact your doctor or pharmacist.In the US -Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.In Canada - Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to Health Canada at 1-866-234-2345.
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PRECAUTIONS: Before taking this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are allergic to aspirin, caffeine, codeine, or butalbital; or to other barbiturates (e.g., phenobarbital), salicylates (e.g., salsalate), nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (e.g., ibuprofen), narcotic pain medications (e.g., morphine) or xanthine derivatives (e.g., theophylline); or if you have any other allergies. This product may contain inactive ingredients, which can cause allergic reactions or other problems. Talk to your pharmacist for more details.Before using this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist your medical history, especially of: asthma (including a history of worsening breathing with runny/stuffy nose after taking aspirin or other NSAIDs), brain disorders (e.g., seizures, head injury, tumor, increased intracranial pressure), breathing problems (e.g., chronic obstructive pulmonary disease-COPD, sleep apnea), bleeding/blood clotting disorders (e.g., hemophilia, von Willebrand's disease, thrombocytopenia), a certain enzyme disorder (porphyria), disease of the pancreas (e.g., pancreatitis), heart disease (e.g., irregular heartbeat, recent heart attack), certain enzyme deficiencies (pyruvate kinase or G6-PD deficiency), gout, liver disease, kidney disease, heartburn, growths in the nose (nasal polyps), a certain spinal problem (kyphoscoliosis), gallbladder disease, personal or family history of regular use/abuse of drugs/alcohol, mental/mood disorders, stomach/intestinal problems (e.g., stomach/intestinal ulcers, infectious diarrhea, colitis), adrenal gland problem (e.g., Addison's disease), difficulty urinating (e.g., due to enlarged prostate or urethral stricture), underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism), recent bowel/abdominal surgery.Before having surgery, tell your doctor or dentist that you are using this medication.This drug may make you dizzy or drowsy. Do not drive, use machinery, or do any activity that requires alertness until you are sure you can perform such activities safely. Avoid alcoholic beverages.This medicine may cause stomach bleeding. Daily use of alcohol and tobacco, especially when combined with this medicine, may increase your risk for stomach bleeding. Limit alcohol and stop smoking. Consult your doctor or pharmacist for more information.This medication contains aspirin. Children and teenagers less than 18 years old should not take aspirin if they have chickenpox, flu, or any undiagnosed illness, or if they have just been given a live virus vaccine, without first consulting a doctor about Reye's syndrome, a rare but serious illness.Some children may be more sensitive to very serious side effects of the codeine in this product, such as extreme sleepiness, confusion, or slow/shallow/noisy breathing. (See also Warning section.)Older adults may be more sensitive to the side effects of this drug, especially confusion, dizziness, drowsiness, slow/shallow breathing, stomach/intestinal bleeding and ulcers, and trouble falling asleep. Confusion, dizziness, drowsiness and trouble falling asleep can increase the risk of falling.Before using this medication, women of childbearing age should talk with their doctor(s) about the risks and benefits. Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or if you plan to become pregnant. This medication is not recommended for use during pregnancy. It may harm an unborn baby and interfere with normal labor/delivery. Consult your doctor for more details.This drug passes into breast milk and could have undesirable effects on a nursing infant. Therefore, breast-feeding is not recommended while using this drug. Consult your doctor before breast-feeding.
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DRUG INTERACTIONS: Drug interactions may change how your medications work or increase your risk for serious side effects. This document does not contain all possible drug interactions. Keep a list of all the products you use (including prescription/nonprescription drugs and herbal products) and share it with your doctor and pharmacist. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicines without your doctor's approval.Some products that may interact with this drug include: acetazolamide, adenosine, antacids, anticholinergic medications (e.g., scopolamine), beta agonists (e.g., albuterol), certain drugs used to treat gout (e.g., uricosuric drugs such as probenecid, sulfinpyrazone), certain antibiotics (e.g., penicillin, sulfonamides such as sulfamethoxazole), drugs affecting liver enzymes that remove this medication from your body (such as macrolide antibiotics including erythromycin, cimetidine, disulfiram, valproic acid), lithium, MAO inhibitors (isocarboxazid, linezolid, methylene blue, moclobemide, phenelzine, procarbazine, rasagiline, selegiline, tranylcypromine), 6-mercaptopurine, methotrexate, methoxyflurane, mifepristone, naltrexone, other medications for pain (e.g., pentazocine, nalbuphine, morphine), pemetrexed, phenytoin, sodium oxybate.This medication may increase the risk of bleeding when taken with other drugs that also may cause bleeding. Examples include anti-platelet drugs such as clopidogrel, "blood thinners" such as dabigatran/enoxaparin/warfarin, among others.This drug can speed up the removal of other drugs from your body by affecting certain liver enzymes. These affected drugs include cyclosporine, corticosteroids such as prednisone, estrogen, felodipine, metronidazole, quinidine, certain beta blockers (such as metoprolol), theophylline, doxycycline.The risk of serious side effects (such as slow/shallow breathing, severe drowsiness/dizziness) may be increased if this medication is taken with other products that may also affect breathing or cause drowsiness. Therefore, tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking other products such as alcohol, medicine for sleep or anxiety (e.g., alprazolam, diazepam, meprobamate, zolpidem), muscle relaxants, and other narcotic pain relievers (e.g., morphine).Check the labels on all your medicines (e.g., cough-and-cold products, other headache medications) because they may contain aspirin, caffeine, or drowsiness-causing ingredients. Also keep in mind that certain beverages (e.g., coffee, colas, tea) contain caffeine. Ask your pharmacist about using those products safely.Also, check all prescription and nonprescription medicine labels carefully since many medications contain pain relievers/fever reducers (NSAIDs such as ibuprofen, naproxen, aspirin, ketorolac) that may increase your risk for side effects if taken together with this medication. However, if your doctor has directed you to take low-dose aspirin to prevent heart attack or stroke (usually at dosages of 81-325 milligrams a day), you should continue taking the aspirin unless your doctor instructs you otherwise. Ask your doctor or pharmacist for more details.This medication may decrease the effectiveness of hormonal birth control such as pills, patch, or ring. This could cause pregnancy. Discuss with your doctor or pharmacist if you should use additional reliable birth control methods while using this medication. Also tell your doctor if you have any new spotting or breakthrough bleeding, because these may be signs that your birth control is not working well.This medication may interfere with certain medical/laboratory tests (including fasting blood glucose, cholesterol levels, prothrombin time, urine 5-HIAA levels, amylase and lipase levels, certain urine glucose tests, dipyridamole-thallium imaging tests), possibly causing false test results. Make sure laboratory personnel and all your doctors know you use this drug.
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OVERDOSE: If overdose is suspected, contact a poison control center or emergency room immediately. US residents can call their local poison control center at 1-800-222-1222. Canada residents can call a provincial poison control center. Symptoms of overdose may include: severe drowsiness, slow/shallow breathing, very small pupils, severe dizziness, persistent nausea/vomiting, ringing in the ears.
NOTES: Do not share this medication with others. It is against the law.Massage, hot baths, and other relaxation methods can help with tension headaches. Consult your doctor or pharmacist for more details.Laboratory and/or medical tests (e.g., liver and kidney function tests) may be performed periodically to monitor your progress or check for side effects. Consult your doctor for more details.
STORAGE: Store at room temperature away from light and moisture. Do not store in the bathroom. Keep all medications away from children and pets.Do not flush medications down the toilet or pour them into a drain unless instructed to do so. Properly discard this product when it is expired or no longer needed. Consult your pharmacist or local waste disposal company.
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London Underground (LU) has invited technology suppliers to discussions aimed at helping it understand how to develop a communications infrastructure for its next generation of tube railway systems.
The organisation says it wants to talk about trends and innovation, particularly in communications and networking technology, such as switching and routing, network processors and wireless technologies. The technology will be used in an environment that requires high levels of security across a range of sites and by mobile users.
In a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union, LU says that the new railway system is not expected to be fully operational before 2018 at the earliest. The rapid pace of change in technology means it needs an insight into current developments so that the solutions designed are not obsolete before the new railway is introduced.
LU says that its new tube system will rely far more heavily on secure, resilient and fully integrated systems than it does now. Its biggest challenges are that all the components of the new systems are reliable, with no unplanned downtime. They should be protected against malicious attacks as well as being capable of supporting safety-critical functions.
They will also need to manage large volumes of real time as well as historical information from distributed video, voice and data sources, and work equally well above and more than 5.5 metre underground.
The solutions could also be used by other parts of the Transport for London Group.
Once LU has completed a strategic review and developed its associated specification for the future, it will invite tenders for the supply of a communications infrastructure. The procurement process is set to begin in June 2012.
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