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Sweetness. It's one of our four main tastes (yes, five if you count umami), and it's a key component to any good drink, helping balance acid, bitterness and even booze. But have you ever tried to add sugar by the spoonful to a glass of iced coffee or a squeeze of honey directly into a cocktail shaker? Not so easy. To maximize mixing potential, sweeteners ideally need to be dissolved into syrup form, and from there, the flavoring options are endless. Need a basic simple syrup to mix up a Mint Julep? Want to spice up a soda with a little cardamom or clove? From simple-syrup basics to formulas flavored with fruits, nuts and spices, we're sweetening our glasses with these 50 favorite syrup recipes.
Simple Syrup
This sweetener lives up to its name—it's equal parts granulated sugar and water heated simply until the sugar crystals dissolve. You can even skip the heating step and shake sugar and water vigorously in a jar. Try it in cocktails like the Mint Julep or Monkey Gland or to sweeten iced coffee or tea.
Rich Simple Syrup
Sweeter than basic simple syrup, rich simple syrup doubles the amount of sugar for a 2:1 ratio of granulated sugar to water. Try it in an Old Fashioned or the Southtown.
Demerara Syrup (or Turbinado Syrup)
The same proportions as basic simple syrup (1:1), this syrup swaps in golden-hued demerara or turbinado sugar for a deeper, almost caramel-like flavor popular in tropical drinks. Try it in the Barbadian Gin Punch Swizzle or the Prescription Julep.
Honey Syrup
Combine honey with ice and you get a clumpy mess in the mixing tin, but thin the honey out with hot water and you get this sultry syrup. Try it in an Airmail or the Tequila-Sage Smash.
Agave Syrup
Don't confuse agave nectar with agave syrup—the nectar is the agave-based sweetener in its concentrated, right-from-the-bottle form, while the syrup dilutes the nectar into this cocktail-friendly mixer. Try it in the Trinidadian Punch or this Watermelon-Cucumber Margarita.
Brown Sugar Syrup
Brown sugar syrup adds a molasses-like richness to cocktails like the Winter Julep and the Marmaduke.
Allspice Syrup
These little sun-dried berries add a potent pop of spice to tiki drinks like this Gold Coast Punch.
Almond Syrup (see Orgeat)
In syrup form, almonds add a nutty, lactic-like sweetness to cocktails. Add a splash of orange flower water to the syrup and it becomes orgeat—a must in classics like the Mai Tai and the Japanese Cocktail.
Apricot Syrup
Fresh or dried, apricots add subtle stone-fruit flavor to cocktails like the Armenian Apple, or try it splashed into a glass of iced tea.
Balsamic Vinegar Syrup
Forget salad—balsamic vinegar adds a tangy depth to cocktails like the Buffala Negra when simmered down into syrup form.
Barley Syrup
A primary flavoring in beer, roasted barley lends a savory, nutty flavor to cocktails like the Roughstock Sour when infused into a sugary simple syrup.
Basil Syrup
Got a garden full of fresh basil? Infuse the leaves into this syrup and mix up this Enchanted Dry Daiquiri.
Beet Syrup
Jewel-toned beets add an earthy sweetness to cocktails like the Beetiful Bubbles.
Blueberry Syrup
Harness fresh blueberry flavors in cocktails like The Blues with this summery syrup.
Burnt Orange-Peppercorn Syrup
Caramelized orange zest, allspice and peppercorns form the base of this syrup that flavors cocktails like the Campari-centric Bitter End.
Cardamom Syrup
Liven up cocktails like the Moroccan Night with a splash of cardamom spice.
Celery Syrup
This celery syrup adds a subtle, savory edge to cocktails like the Kalamazoo Julep.
Chamomile Syrup
Sunny chamomile adds a soft tea-like quality to cocktails like the Tom Nichol and Three Times the Vine.
Cherry Syrup
Fresh cherry season goes by in a flash, but thankfully this syrup only relies on the juice, which is readily available year-round in bottle form and is delicious in a Cherry Phosphate.
Chocolate Syrup
A soda fountain favorite, mix this chocolate syrup in a classic egg cream or old-school phosphate.
Cinnamon Syrup
Add a splash of sweet heat to cocktails like the Boukman Daiquiri and The Cinnsation with this simple cinnamon syrup.
Clove Syrup
Teeny cloves pack a powerful punch when infused into a fizzy Sparkling Pear Float or a steaming cuppa tea.
Dijon Syrup
While it may sound better suited to a brat than a cocktail beaker, this mustard- and sweet paprika-infused syrup adds an unexpected layer of complexity to corn whiskey cocktails like the Joe Buck.
Donn's Mix Syrup
Who's Donn? Only one of the most important figures of tropical cocktail culture, and the man behind this syrup that's requisite in a Zombie.
Fernet-Branca Syrup
We love Fernet-Branca in any form, and this syrup simmers down its rooty goodness into a flavoring for cocktails like the Blue Jay.
Fig Syrup
Get figgy with this syrup that's perfect drizzling over ice cream and mixed into cocktails like the Figgy Pudding.
Five-Spice Syrup
Not one, not two, but five favorite spices flavor this syrup. Try it in the espresso-fueled St. Elizabeth or our bubbly Five-Spice Fizz.
Ginger Syrup
Just add seltzer and a squeeze of lime for a fresh and zippy homemade ginger ale, or splash into cocktails like the Sleepyhead for a bright, gingery zing.
Gingerbread Syrup
Simmering wintertime spices down into syrup form, this gingerbread syrup adds a concentration of holiday spice to cocktails like The Ginger Rogers.
Gomme Syrup
A basic simple syrup thickened with gum arabic, gomme syrup adds a silky richness to cocktails like the Lion's Tail and the Green Fly.
Grenadine Syrup
Homemade grenadine is a cinch to whip up at home and is worth the effort for pomegranate-rich Shirley Temples and cocktails like the Jack Rose and Tequila Sunrise.
Lavender Syrup
Versatile lavender syrup is lovely in everything from fresh-squeezed lemonade to mocktails like our Shady Creek Cooler and cocktails like the California Bubble Bath.
Lemon Syrup
Add a sweet citrusy splash to an Angostura Phosphate or a glass of iced tea with this lemony syrup.
Mint Syrup
One of the most refreshing flavorings, we love to splash this fresh mint syrup in everything from iced tea to cocktails like the Sevillian.
Molasses Syrup
Bolster cocktails like the Henry & John with a little molasses syrup.
Orgeat Syrup
Nothing says tiki time like a classic Mai Tai—just be sure to have a fresh batch of this almondy syrup on hand for mixing.
Peppercorn Syrup
Peppercorns add some savory spice to cocktails like The Slow Loris.
Pineapple Syrup
If you want to sip cocktails like the classic Brandy Fix and tequila-infused Mexican Velvet, you'll first need to whip up a batch of this tangy pineapple syrup.
Pomegranate Syrup (see Grenadine)
Didn't know grenadine was just a fancy name for pomegranate syrup? Try a homemade version for cocktails like a Daisy or Scofflaw.
Raspberry Syrup
This vine-fresh syrup flavors classics like the Blinker and Clover Club cocktails.
Red Wine Syrup
From the wine glass to the cocktail coupe, this red wine syrup adds a vinified punch to cocktails like The Wet Grave.
Rose Syrup
Delicate rose petals add a splash of floral sweetness to cocktails like the Veronica Rose.
Saffron Syrup
It may be expensive, but saffron shows its worth in livening up cocktails like the Saffron-Limoncello Shandy.
Sage-Juniper Syrup
Flavors of the high desert add nuance to cocktails like the New England Buck.
Sage-Peppercorn Syrup
Splash some savory spice into cocktails like the Lowcountry or add to a glass of seltzer for a sophisticated herbal soda.
Strawberry Syrup
Forget the Smuckers—this strawberry syrup packs fresh berry flavors right into party-ready spritzers like the Champagne Whiskey Punch.
Tarragon Syrup
One of the culinary world's most versatile spices, this tarragon syrup flavors cocktails like the WC and Soda.
Thyme Syrup
Woodsy thyme finds a home in cocktails like the Rhubarb Smash with this syrup.
Tonic Syrup
Liven up a round of G&Ts with this simple formula for homemade tonic syrup.
Vanilla Syrup
Vanilla adds its own distinctive taste to everything from cakes to cocktails, and this vanilla syrup recipe has become our go-to formula for drinks like the Morchata and Sweet Taste of Victory.


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(Phoenix, Ariz. - June 3, 2010) Attorney General Terry Goddard has filed a lawsuit against Discount Mortgage Relief and Mortgage Relief, LLC, (DMR/MR), based in Scottsdale, and its owners for engaging in allegedly deceptive loan modification services.
The Attorney General's Office also secured a Temporary Restraining Order that prevents DMR/MR from charging or receiving money for loan modification services and from advertising its services. A hearing is scheduled for Friday, June 4, to allow Maricopa County Superior Court to determine if this temporary Order should remain in effect.
According to court documents, the number of victims may number in the thousands.
"I am committed to fighting deceptive practices targeted at homeowners who are struggling to make their payments," Goddard said. "Instead of providing assistance, many loan modification companies have been pocketing large upfront fees and failing to obtain any kind of mortgage relief for homeowners. In this past legislative session, my Office championed the passage of SB 1130, which prohibits foreclosure consultants from receiving fees before they provide loan modification or other services."
The new law prohibiting consultants from collecting upfront fees takes effect July 29.
The lawsuit alleges that at least since July 2009, DMR/MR deceived consumers into paying thousands of dollars for mortgage loan modification services by misrepresenting the company's ability to help them obtain mortgage relief and save their homes, thereby violating the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act.
Consumers allegedly paid DMR/MR between approximately $1,350 and $5,000 for loan modification services and were guaranteed results by the company.
The lawsuit alleges that Discount Mortgage Relief and Mortgage Relief, LLC. violated the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act by:
- Misleading consumers into believing they were pre-qualified and guaranteed to receive a loan modification through the company's services.
- Falsely promising favorable results and telling consumers that any foreclosure proceedings against their homes would stop once they hired the company.
- Misrepresenting that the company used attorneys to negotiate consumers' loan modifications.
- Falsely stating that they were associated with or acting on behalf of the government and associated with or acting on behalf of the consumer's lender.
- Falsely stating that the company was "FBI certified".
- Misrepresenting the nature of the company's loan modification services by referring to them as forensic loan documentation audits or analyses.
- Falsely promising consumers that they would receive a refund of fees if the company failed to get them a loan modification and failing to return fees to some consumers who decided not to hire the company and never signed a contract.
In the lawsuit, Goddard asks the court to order Discount Mortgage Relief/Mortgage Relief to:
- Refrain from violating the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act.
- Pay full restitution to all homeowners who paid Discount Mortgage Relief/Mortgage Relief for loan modification services.
- Pay a civil penalty of up to $10,000 for each violation of the Consumer Fraud Act.
- Reimburse the Attorney General's Office for its costs in this matter.
This case is being handled by Assistant Attorney General Cherie Howe.
The Attorney General recommends that homeowners who are in or facing foreclosure seek assistance promptly from their mortgage lender or servicer or a government-approved housing counselor. Federal, state and local governments offer numerous free resources for distressed homeowners, including the Arizona Foreclosure Help-Line at 1.877.448.1211. The Help-Line refers consumers to HUD-approved housing counseling agencies who provide loan modification and other services at no cost. Additional information for homeowners is available at http://www.hud.gov .
For additional information, contact Molly Edwards at (602) 542-8019.
A copy of the complaint and Temporary Restraining Order are attached.

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on February 19, 2014 10:22 AM
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Order requireth that I speak somewhat
of the fowls also of England, which I may easily divide
into the wild and tame; but, alas! such is my small
skill in fowls that, to say the truth, I can neither
recite their numbers nor well distinguish one kind
of them from another. Yet this I have by general
knowledge, that there is no nation under the sun which
hath already in the time of the year more plenty of
wild fowl than we, for so many kinds as our island
doth bring forth, and much more would have if those
of the higher soil might be spared but one year or
two from the greedy engines of covetous fowlers which
set only for the pot and purse. Certes this enormity
bred great troubles in King John's days, insomuch
that, going in progress about the tenth of his reign,
he found little or no game wherewith to solace himself
or exercise his falcons. Wherefore, being at Bristow
in the Christmas ensuing, he restrained all manner
of hawking or taking of wild fowl throughout England
for a season, whereby the land within few years was
thoroughly replenished again. But what stand I
upon this impertinent discourse? Of such therefore
as are bred in our land, we have the crane, the bitter,
the wild and tame swan, the bustard, the heron, curlew,
snite, wildgoose, wind or doterell, brant, lark, plover
(of both sorts), lapwing, teal, widgeon, mallard,
sheldrake, shoveller, peewitt, seamew, barnacle, quail
(who, only with man, are subject to the falling sickness),
the knot, the oliet or olive, the dunbird, woodcock,
partridge, and pheasant, besides divers others, whose
names to me are utterly unknown, and much more the
taste of their flesh, wherewith I was never acquainted.
But as these serve not at all seasons, so in their
several turns there is no plenty of them wanting whereby
the tables of the nobility and gentry should seem at
any time furnished. But of all these the production
of none is more marvellous, in my mind, than that
of the barnacle, whose place of generation we have
sought ofttimes as far as the Orchades, whereas peradventure
we might have found the same nearer home, and not
only upon the coasts of Ireland, but even in our own
rivers. If I should say how either these or some
such other fowl not much unlike unto them have bred
of late times (for their place of generation is not
perpetual, but as opportunity serveth and the circumstances
do minister occasion) in the Thames mouth, I do not
think that many will believe me; yet such a thing
hath there been seen where a kind of fowl had his beginning
upon a short tender shrub standing near unto the shore,
from whence, when their time came, they fell down,
either into the salt water and lived, or upon the
dry land and perished, as Pena the French herbarian
hath also noted in the very end of his herbal.
What I, for mine own part, have seen here by experience,
I have already so touched upon in the chapter of islands,
that it should be but time spent in vain to repeat
it here again. Look therefore in the description
of Man (or Manaw) for more of these barnacles, as
also in the eleventh chapter of the description of
Scotland, and I do not doubt but you shall in some
respect be satisfied in the generation of these fowls.
As for egrets, pawpers, and such like, they are daily
brought unto us from beyond the sea, as if all the
fowl of our country could not suffice to satisfy our
delicate appetites.
Our tame fowl are such (for the most
part) as are common both to us and to other countries,
as cocks, hens, geese, ducks, peacocks of Ind, pigeons,
now a hurtful fowl by reason of their multitudes, and
number of houses daily erected for their increase
(which the boors of the country call in scorn almshouses,
and dens of thieves, and such like), whereof there
is great plenty in every farmer's yard.
They are kept there also to be sold either for ready
money in the open markets, or else to be spent at
home in good company amongst their neighbours without
reprehension or fines. Neither are we so miserable
in England (a thing only granted unto us by the especial
grace of God and liberty of our princes) as to dine
or sup with a quarter of a hen, or to make as great
a repast with a cock's comb as they do in some
other countries; but, if occasion serve, the whole
carcases of many capóns, hens, pigeons, and such
like do oft go to wrack, beside beef, mutton, veal,
and lamb, all of which at every feast are taken for
necessary dishes amongst the communalty of England.
The gelding of cocks, whereby capóns
are made, Is an ancient practice brought in old time
by the Romans when they dwelt here in this land; but
the gelding of turkeys or Indian peacocks is a newer
device, and certainly not used amiss, sith the rankness
of that bird is very much abated thereby and the strong
taste of the flesh is sundry wise amended. If
I should say that ganders grow also to be gelded, I
suppose that some will laugh me to scorn, neither have
I tasted at any time of such a fowl so served, yet
have I heard it more than once to be used in the country,
where their geese are driven to the field like herds
of cattle by a gooseherd, a boy also no less to be
marvelled at than the other. For, as it is rare
to hear of a gelded gander, so is it strange to me
to see or hear of geese to be led to the field like
sheep; yet so it is, and their gooseherd carrieth a
rattle of paper or parchment with him when he goeth
about in the morning to gather his goslings together,
the noise whereof cometh no sooner to their ears than
they fall to gaggling, and hasten to go with him.
If it happen that the gates be not yet open, or that
none of the house be stirring, it is ridiculous to
see how they will peep under the doors, and never
leave creaking and gaggling till they be let out unto
him to overtake their fellows. With us, where
I dwell, they are not kept in this sort, nor in many
other places, neither are they kept so much for their
bodies as their feathers. Some hold furthermore
an opinion that in over rank soils their dung doth
so qualify the batableness of the soil that their
cattle is thereby kept from the garget, and sundry
other diseases, although some of them come to their
ends now and then by licking up of their feathers.
I might here make mention of other fowls produced
by the industry of man, as between the pheasant cock
and dunghill hen, or between the pheasant and the
ringdove, the peacock and the turkey hen, the partridge
and the pigeon; but, sith I have no more knowledge
of these than what I have gotten by mine ear, I will
not meddle with them. Yet Cardan, speaking
of the second sort, doth affirm it to be a fowl of
excellent beauty. I would likewise intreat of
other fowls which we repute unclean, as ravens, crows,
pies, choughs, rooks, kites, jays, ringtails, starlings,
woodspikes, woodnaws, etc.; but, sith they abound
in all countries, though peradventure most of all
in England (by reason of our negligence), I shall
not need to spend any time in the rehearsal of them.
Neither are our crows and choughs cherished of purpose
to catch up the worms that breed in our soils (as
Polydor supposeth), sith there are no uplandish towns
but have (or should have) nets of their own in store
to catch them withal. Sundry acts of Parliament
are likewise made for their utter destruction, as
also the spoil of other ravenous fowls hurtful to
poultry, conies, lambs, and kids, whose valuation of
reward to him that killeth them is after the head:
a device brought from the Goths, who had the like
ordinance for the destruction of their white crows,
and tale made by the beck, which killed both lambs
and pigs. The like order is taken with us for
our vermin as with them also for the rootage out of
their wild beasts, saving that they spared their greatest
bears, especially the white, whose skins are by custom
and privilege reserved to cover those planchers
whereupon their priests do stand at mass, lest he
should take some unkind cold in such a long piece
of work: and happy is the man that may provide
them for him, for he shall have pardon enough for
that so religious an act, to last if he will till
doomsday do approach, and many thousands after.
Nothing therefore can be more unlikely to be true
than that these noisome creatures are nourished amongst
us to devour our worms, which do not abound much more
in England than elsewhere in other countries of the
main. It may be that some look for a discourse
also of our other fowls in this place at my hand,
as nightingales, thrushes, blackbirds, mavises, ruddocks,
redstarts or dunocks, larks, tivits, kingfishers,
buntings, turtles (white or grey), linnets, bullfinches,
goldfinches, washtails, cherrycrackers, yellowhammers,
fieldfares, etc.; but I should then spend more
time upon them than is convenient. Neither will
I speak of our costly and curious aviaries daily made
for the better hearing of their melody, and observation
of their natures; but I cease also to go any further
in these things, having (as I think) said enough already
of these that I have named....
I cannot make as yet any just report
how many sorts of hawks are bred within this realm.
Howbeit which of those that are usually had among
us are disclosed within this land, I think it more
easy and less difficult to set down. First of
all, therefore, that we have the eagle common experience
doth evidently confirm, and divers of our rocks whereon
they breed, if speech did serve, could well declare
the same. But the most excellent eyrie of all
is not much from Chester, at a castle called Dinas
Bren, sometime builded by Brennus, as our writers
do remember. Certes this castle is no great thing,
but yet a pile sometime very strong and inaccessible
for enemies, though now all ruinous as many others
are. It standeth upon a hard rock, in the side
whereof an eagle breedeth every year. This also
is notable in the overthrow of her nest (a thing oft
attempted), that he which goeth thither must be sure
of two large baskets, and so provide to be let down
thereto, that he may sit in the one and be covered
with the other: for otherwise the eagle would
kill him and tear the flesh from his bones with her
sharp talons, though his apparel were never so good.
The common people call this fowl an erne; but, as I
am ignorant whether the word eagle and erne do shew
any difference of sex, I mean between the male and
the female, so we have great store of them. And,
near to the places where they breed, the commons complain
of great harm to be done by them in their fields;
for they are able to bear a young lamb or kid unto
their nests, therewith to feed their young and come
again for more. I was once of the opinion that
there was a diversity of kind between the eagle and
the erne, till I perceived that our nation used the
word erne in most places for the eagle. We have
also the lanner and the lanneret, the tersel and the
goshawk, the musket and the sparhawk, the jack and
the hobby, and finally some (though very few) marleons.
And these are all the hawks that I do hear as yet
to be bred within this island. Howbeit, as these
are not wanting with us, so are they not very plentiful:
wherefore such as delight in hawking do make their
chief purveyance and provision for the same out of
Danske, Germany, and the eastern countries, from whence
we have them in great abundance and at excellent prices,
whereas at home and where they be bred they are sold
for almost right nought, and usually brought to the
markets as chickens, pullets, and pigeons are with
us, and there bought up to be eaten (as we do the
aforesaid fowl) almost of every man. It is said
that the sparhawk pryeth not upon the fowl in the
morning, that she taketh over even, but as loath to
have double benefit by one seelie fowl doth let it
go to make some shift for itself. But hereof
as I stand in some doubt. So this I find among
the writers worthy the noting: that the sparhawk
is enemy to young children, as is also the ape, but
of the peacock she is marvellously afraid, and so
appalled that all courage and stomach for a time is
taken from her upon the sight thereof. But to
proceed with the rest. Of other ravenous birds
we have also very great plenty, as the buzzard, the
kite, the ringtail, dunkite, and such as often annoy
our country dames by spoiling of their young
breeds of chickens, ducks, and goslings, whereunto
our very ravens and crows have learned also the way:
and so much are ravens given to this kind of spoil
that some idle and curious heads of set purpose have
manned, reclaimed, and used them instead of hawks,
when other could not be had. Some do imagine
that the raven should be the vulture, and I was almost
persuaded in times past to believe the same; but, finding
of late, a description of the vulture, which better
agreeth with the form of a second kind of eagle, I
freely surcease to be longer of that opinion:
for, as it hath, after a sort, the shape, colour, and
quantity of an eagle, so are the legs and feet more
hairy and rough, their sides under their wings better
covered with thick down (wherewith also their gorge
or a part of their breast under their throats is armed,
and not with feathers) than are the like parts of
the eagle, and unto which portraiture there is no
member of the raven (who is almost black of colour)
that can have any resemblance: we have none of
them in England to my knowledge; if we have, they
go generally under the name of eagle or erne.
Neither have we the pygargus or grip, wherefore
I have no occasion to treat further. I have seen
the carrion crows so cunning also by their own industry
of late that they have used to soar over great rivers
(as the Thames for example) and, suddenly coming down,
have caught a small fish in their feet and gone away
withal without wetting of their wings. And even
at this present the aforesaid river is not without
some of them, a thing (in my opinion) not a little
to be wondered at. We have also osprays, which
breed with us in parks and woods, whereby the keepers
of the same do reap in breeding time no small commodity;
for, so soon almost as the young are hatched, they
tie them to the butt ends or ground ends of sundry
trees, where the old ones, finding them, do never
cease to bring fish unto them, which the keepers take
and eat from them, and commonly is such as is well
fed or not of the worst sort. It hath not been
my hap hitherto to see any of these fowl, and partly
through mine own negligence; but I hear that it hath
one foot like a hawk, to catch hold withal, and another
resembling a goose, wherewith to swim; but, whether
it be so or not so, I refer the further search and
trial thereof unto some other. This nevertheless
is certain, that both alive and dead, yea even her
very oil, is a deadly terror to such fish as come
within the wind of it. There is no cause whereof
I should describe the cormorant amongst hawks, of
which some be black and many pied, chiefly about the
Isle of Ely, where they are taken for the night raven,
except I should call him a water hawk. But, sith
such dealing is not convenient, let us now see what
may be said of our venomous worms, and how many kinds
we have of them within our realm and country.


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Saturday, July 26, 2008
The brave efforts of Congressman Dennis Kucinich and others to attempt to bring articles of impeachment against the president and the vice president cannot be underestimated, however, due to the brick wall erected before them by the Democratic leadership, statements at the hearing were very limited.
"To the regret of many, this is not an impeachment hearing," said Rep. John Conyers Jr., Michigan Democrat, noting that the House would have to approve any hearings that could move formally on impeachment.
Before the hearing even began it became clear that Conyers and the rest of the committeewere not even considering the possibility of impeachment.
In fact we are not even allowed to use the word impeachment for Bush's impeachment hearing.
The "unimpeachment hearing" did not allow any remarks or formal accusations that would imply or state that the president lied or obstructed the truth in any way, nor did it allow any references to alleged impeachable offenses.
Former prosecutor and author of The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, Vincent Bugliosi summed up the hearing in his opening statement to the Committee:
"I have been told that the rules of this house dictate that although I can quote what president George Bush said I am forbidden from accusing him of a crime or even of any dishonorable conduct, only being allowed to use the words "Bush Administration" or "Administration officials" this will not make for the best of articulations, but I will do the best that I can"
Though Bugliosi went on to state that "The terrible reality is the Bush administration has gotten away with thousands and thousands or murders," under the rules of the House, we must ignore that. We must also ignore the boisterous applause for the former prosecutor's words, which drove Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), the committee's ranking member, to ask that Chairman John Conyers clear the hearing room. That too is not allowed.
When Cindy Sheehan shouted, "Thank you Vince", Conyers reminded her that it was forbidden to express any demonstrations of approval or disapproval of the proceedings. An angry and bemused Sheehan was already on her way out of the door when Conyers ordered her to be removed.
Though Dennis Kucinich was afforded the luxury of presenting one of his articles of imp…. er unimpeachment, he was not allowed to present any evidence or facts to back it up, of which we know there are ample amounts of. Presenting false intelligence as a pretext to engage in war, ordering illegal torture and authorizing warrantless wiretapping anyone?
Kucinich asked:
"The question for Congress is this: what responsibility does the President and members of his Administration have for that unnecessary, unprovoked and unjustified war?"
"The rules of the House prevent me or any witness from utilizing familiar terms. But we can put two and two together in our minds. We can draw inferences about culpability. …
"I ask this committee to think, and then to act, in order to enable this Congress to right a very great wrong and to hold accountable those who misled this nation," he concluded.
Republicans reminded us all that impeachment would set a dangerous precedent by punishing a president for his political policies. Heaven forbid.
"There's no evidence in these allegations of the president violating his oath of office," said Rep. Mike Pence, Indiana Republican.
Pence was technically correct given that no one was allowed to present any evidence.
Jeremy Rabkin, a George Mason University law professor, said Bush administration critics might be using threats of impeachment to express anger toward the president over policy matters.
Others called the meeting a waste of time with Texas Republican Rep. Lamar Smith saying," Nothing is going to come out of this hearing with regard to impeachment of the president. I know it, the media knows it, even the speaker knows it."
At several points Smith was seen fuming and at one point blurted out "This is not impeachment hearing".
Smith, mocked the proceedings, comparing them to last month's hearing featuring former White House spokesman turned whistleblower Scott McClellan, whom he took pride in comparing to Judas.
"If last month it appeared we hosted a 'book of the month club,' this week it seems that we are hosting an anger management class," Smith said. "This hearing will not cause us to impeach the President; it will only serve to impeach our own credibility."
Complete video coverage of House Judiciary Committee hearings on Bush impeachment:
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Warning: This film contains stroboscopic imagery that might be disturbing to some viewers. In a hellish future where human beings have become stupefied by the state of permanent happiness they have been genetically altered to experience, Jack offers relief via drugs that cause his customers the welcome phenomenon of pain.
- "Visionary writer-director Vladan Nikolic . . . concerns and motifs [are] vivid and idiosyncratic, designed to intensify a highly contemporary concern about the loss of freedom and power of the individual to secret, manipulative cartels."- Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
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phillipsdata necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 92 diseños de 23 diseñadores freelance.
We need a clean style, simple, professional design. Uncoded, layered PSD file. Two pages total including a simple intro page and a main page.
Desired Style:
Clean, professional.
Accepted File Formats:
Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff)
As stated in the summary, we need two pages.
Intro Page:
Customer has a print brochure, and would like the intro page to be similar. This page would be displayed first when accessing their website. A copy of that, which also includes their logo can be downloaded from http://www.phillipsdata.us/cnc-cont…-print.png This brochure cover contains photographs. We will need to be able to swap these images out with new images easily, so it will be important that the photographs do not have styling or effects that can not be reproduced with xhtml/css. For example, borders would be ok because those can be done in css without modifying the actual photographs. The PNG image linked above is clearly for print media, so we are looking forward to what you can come up with from this for the web.
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This is the page we will use to create all the other pages, so it must have a navigation. It's still undecided what all the navigation links will be so consider that the navigation will need to be expandable in your design. A top nav would probably be preferable, with some type of sub-nav, either directly below it, on a left column, or as a drop down from the top nav.
For content, please download http://www.phillipsdata.us/cnc-cont…c-info.doc. You can use this information within the main page as well as determining what to put in the navigation.
Page content should be on a white background. We like that clean, professional look so please keep that in mind. Also, for colors, use the color in their logo (the purple), but it may need to be used sparingly more as an accent color. Some black, shades of gray, white and another color? Do what you think looks best.
Use the logo in this image http://www.phillipsdata.us/cnc-cont…-print.png
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UPPER MONTCLAIR, N.J. – The New York Red Bulls will likely begin their first playoff campaign since 2008 without the services of Thierry Henry, who missed much of Tuesday's training with a knee injury.
"He probably has too much pain to be involved in this Saturday's game," head coach Hans Backe said from the team's training facility on Tuesday morning. "Looks like he's probably out."
Though he trained and drilled with the team for the early part of Tuesday's training session, which included small-sided possession games, when the team broke into a 4-vs.-4 match and then scrimmaged, Henry was with the team's medical staff getting attention.
"Didn't look that good, to be honest," Backe said of Henry's training stint.
Backe talked with Henry midway through the training session before the player walked off the field and toward the team's facility. The head coach, however, seemed slightly more optimistic about the striker's availability for Nov. 4 when the Red Bulls host San Jose in the second leg of the playoff series.
"I think it's still possible for [Henry to play] next Thursday," Backe said.
Henry's knee injury has kept him out of the Red Bulls' past two games.
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This digital archive contains the original correspondence between the British Colonial Office and the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia. This project aims to digitize and publish online a complete archive of the correspondence covering the period from 1846 leading to the founding of Vancouver Island in 1849, the founding of British Columbia in 1858, the annexation of Vancouver Island by British Columbia in 1866, and up to the incorporation of B.C. into the Canadian Federation in 1871.
All the material on this site originates in the work of Dr. James Hendrickson and his team of collaborators at the University of Victoria, which resulted in the publication of 28 print volumes of correspondence several years ago.
Teachers and students may also be interested in the Governor's Letters website, which provides learning materials based on this collection.


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Arma 2: Free launches; original Operation Flashpoint joins Arma series
A double whammy of good news to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Operation Flashpoint's launch: the military sim is relaunching as part of the Arma series, while freebie Arma 2: Free has been released.
This week, Bohemia Interactive is celebrating the tenth anniversary of Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis with a double-whammy of good news for military sim fans. The developer announced Arma 2: Free, a slimline free version of Arma 2, is now available. Additionally, the original Operation Flashpoint is being re-released under the Arma brand.
Arma 2: Free offers a cut-down version of Bohemia's sim completely for free. It comes complete with full multiplayer and the editor, but has low-quality graphics and lacks both mod support and the campaign missions. It's also compatible with regular Arma II servers, as long as no mods or expansions are used.
You'd best download the 960MB Arma 2: Free installer here at Shacknews, as Bohemia's servers seem a little overloaded right now.
The original Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis is being brought under Bohemia's Arma brand, with the name Arma: Cold War Assault. It'll also come complete with the expansion pack Resistance. If you own Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis or the Game of the Year edition, you'll also be able to download Arma: Cold War Assault for free. Bohemia notes that it'll also be released "through various online stores in the near future."
Bohemia's had an unhappy history with the Operation Flashpoint name, so it's good to see the developer able to reclaim the game. Bohemia created and developed Operation Flashpoint, but the trademark was owned by publisher Codemasters. After the two parted ways, Bohemia couldn't use the name and so called its new franchise Arma, even though it was essentially an OpF sequel.
Bohemia told Shacknews that the rebranding and re-release comes now partially as a celebration of its tenth anniversary, but admits that "it became possible only recently by a contract expiration."
Codemasters has gone on to publish its own internally-developed games under the Flashpoint name, releasing Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising in 2009 and Operation Flashpoint: Red River this year. Bohemia protested having these games presented as sequels to the original Operation Flashpoint.
"After all these years of continuous support and improvements we are delighted to be able to unite our lineup of military simulators for PC under the Arma brand," Bohemia CEO Marek Spanel said in today's announcement. "This step will not only avoid potential confusion amongst users and the wider gaming public, but it will also preserve what is now a classic PC game for years to come as it could no longer be available under its original name."
Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Arma 2: Free launches; original Operation Flashpoint joins Arma series.
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Thomas Heatherwick's London 2012 Olympic cauldron, which was kept firmly under wraps until last Friday night, has been hailed almost universally as a design triumph
More from: Row over Olympic Cauldron design settled
Featuring 204 copper petals representing each of the competing nations, the centrepiece of Friday night's opening ceremony (27 July) became a major talking point on Twitter, with users describing it as 'impressive', 'breathtaking' and 'a wonderful idea'.
The cauldron was lit by seven young athletes - each torchbearer igniting a single flame within one of the petals which triggered the ignition of the rest. The cauldron's stems then rose towards each other and converged to form one flame.
On arrival in London each competing delegation received a copper petal – inscribed with the country's name and the words 'XXX Olympiad London 2012'. Each petal was brought into the stadium and added to the cauldron during the Athletes' Parade and will be given back to each country to take home at the end of the Games (see more pictures here).
Source: Ceremonies Explorer blog
A 1:10 scale model of the cauldron will be on show at the V&A Exhibition, Heatherwick Studio – Designing the Extraordinary from 29 July.
Thomas Heatherwick, who also designed the much-acclaimed UK Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo, said: 'Nothing has been harder than designing for the Olympics. It is the most public moment one can ever be involved in. I am humbled and excited, and above all very proud to have played a part in this significant moment for Great Britain.'
On Friday 5 October, Thomas Heatherwick will be giving the keynote speech at this year's World Architecture Festival which takes place at the Moshe Safdie-designedMarina Bay Sands resort in Singapore from 3 to 5 October.
Hanif Kara of engineers AKT II
Anyone who had doubts about Thomas Heatherwick's ingenuity will by now have cast them aside after the spectacular lighting of the Olympic flame. The brief, he told me, was 'no moving parts' but in the final product every part moves. The 16-tonne cauldron is formed on eight steel rings to which 8.5m-tall stainless steel stems are mounted. There was client pressure to locate it on the roof, as others have in the past, but then it would have to be much bigger. The 204 copper petals, handmade by panel beaters, are each engraved with the name of a country and each has a unique geometry. Why? I asked. 'Because each country is different,' he smiled. Each was carried in by a representative to add to the suspense and will return to each country as a keepsake. This is the most 'inclusive' aspect of the design. It defies those that say designers celebrate individuality. Each 'petal' has its own gas supply and ignition. Even after replaying it several times, it wasn't until I saw Heatherwick at the V&A that I appreciated the choreography of the geometry which was carefully 'scripted' to rise in a move that bunches the stems into a coherent whole. What we should value is the grit and persistence of the two years it took to get to that superb moment. The feelings of delight that we all experienced will, I hope, lead to making us more creative. Heatherwick found a way to transform fragments of art, science, brief, emotion, cultures, disciplines, senses and theatre into a new kind of cauldron reaching across the world and across generations. He wasn't just designing a cauldron, he was rewriting the possibilities of design.
Ken Shuttleworth of Make Architects
Style 9.9, technical difficulty 9.9, delivery 9.9 … and the Gold goes to Thomas Heatherwick for the most amazing cauldron in the history of the Olympic Games. Usually the cauldron is a bowl on a stick, but such is the inventiveness of surely Britain's most creative and original designer that it was a symbolic triumph that transcends all its predecessors.
The ghost of B of the Bang has finally been put to rest
Above all it was so enjoyably risky; moving parts, gas, fire, children and millions of people watching around the world - a fraught combination which just had to work on the night. And it did. Actually being at the ceremony and seeing it for real was such a privilege. Without doubt it was the most incredible theatrical experience of my life. It was a breath-taking spectacle with constant surprises. The sheer scale of the event was stunning, to the point where it was difficult to keep track of what was going on or know where to look. I was completely swallowed up in the moment and had to resist leaping out of my seat to join in. So, for Heatherwick to come up with a design that was not only a fitting climax to an amazing ceremony, but also a wonderful tribute to the 8,000 torch bearers, is pure genius. It's also wonderful that he has been allowed to talk freely about his design, whereas the rest of us have been given gagging orders. I will definitely support the campaign to preserve the cauldron rather than allow it to be broken up and given back to the nations, but then that probably misses the point. For me it was brilliant that the ghost of B of the Bang has finally been put to rest.
Source: Ceremonies Explorer blog
Heatherwick's Olympic Cauldron to go on display at Museum of London
Gallery: Thomas Heatherwick's showstopping Olympic 2012 cauldron
Triumphant Heatherwick sets Games alight: plans, models and reaction
The flame game: Heatherwick's Olympic cauldron
WAF finale: Heatherwick reveals Olympic cauldron design process
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|Yet another (unsuccessful) attempt to take a TV series and let it loose on the big screen. Retired Navy skipper McHale (Arnold) has set up his scheming ways on the Caribbean island of San Ysidro, where he can be a thorn in the side of Capt. Binghampton (Stockwell), the newly transferred commanding officer of the island's sleepy naval base. McHale's former cronies aid their leader when he's reluctantly reunited with the Navy in order to prevent the terrorist threats of his former Soviet nemesis Vladakov (Curry). A shining example of "why bother?" moviemaking. TV's original McHale, Borgnine, has a cameo (and gets a promotion to admiral).
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"Our Association's highest priority is to fight for military families. We fight to protect the programs and services that allow them to meet the challenges of military life and maintain readiness. Our Nation's leaders cannot ignore the promises they made to those currently serving as they prepare to shape the force of the future."
Each year, the National Military Family Association develops our Legislative and Policy Priorities list. We don't do it in a vacuum. We incorporate the concerns we've heard from military families. We listen to what our volunteers are telling us from the field. We look at gaps in legislation that has already been passed. We dust off some issues that we've promoted for years. We beat the drum on the need for sustaining the programs military families use that work. We seek advice from our Board of Governors and other experts.
This year we paid special attention to the uproar on social media when the Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for retired pay was reduced by one percent, as well as when military families were impacted by sequestration and the government shutdown. We heard you loud and clear! Our military families and their service members never fail to answer the call. In return, our government has promised to provide them with the resources to keep them ready. You asked Congress to #KeepYourPromise, and in our priorities, we ask Congress and Department of Defense (DoD) to do just that.
We ask Congress and DoD to guarantee, and sustain, the resources necessary to safeguard the readiness of military families. Like protecting the commissaries, where savings are such an important part of compensation. And ensuring access to high quality health care and preventive health care services. Our families are still healing from over a decade of war – they need medical and non-medical counseling readily available. Our kids have served, too – make sure the schools they go to thrive with help from Impact Aid and DoD grants and supplemental aid. Although the wars are winding down, don't forget the wounded and their caregivers, who still face the uncertainties of their recoveries or the new realities they must deal with as a family.
There are some areas where the readiness of our military families can be improved and refined. We need more forward motion on standardizing programs for families with special needs across the Services. Enhance the spread of information about tools to help military spouses with education and employment. Some families need to be better equipped to react to the stresses of military life that can result in domestic abuse, child abuse and neglect, and sexual assault. Help them negotiate the confusion of installation, State and Federal agencies. Our survivors need to be able to receive all the benefits they are entitled to – end the Dependency and Indemnity Compensation offset to Survivor Benefit Plan. And how can we better prepare those families who are facing an end to their military service, through their choice or the government's, while they are still serving? How do we help them negotiate a successful transition to civilian life?
I've just given you a quick overview of our priorities' statement – the Association Legislative and Policy Priorities for for 2014. It gives us a starting point. By no means do we limit our advocacy to these few issues. We expand on it for our statement to the Armed Services Committees. We refine it when necessary to shine a light on a specific issue or policy. Read it over and let us know what you think. And please know that we are always ready to address issues affecting military families as they arise. We fight for you and for all military families.
What would you tell Congress and DoD are most important? What's your military family story about one of the issues we've outlined above?


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QuikSCAT mission is intended to record sea-surface wind speed and direction data under all
weather and cloud conditions over Earth's oceans. QuikSCAT was initiated as a "quick recovery" mission to help reduce the ocean-wind vector data gap created by the loss of the NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT) on the Japanese Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (ADEOS), which ceased functioning when ADEOS failed on June 30, 1997. QuikSCAT was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., aboard a Titan II vehicle, reducing the data gap by about one-half.
QuikSCAT operates in a near polar orbit. It flies in a circular orbit at an altitude of approximately 800 km (500 miles) above Earth's surface. It completes a full orbit in about 101 minutes, which translates to a little more than 14 orbits per day.
SeaWinds is the main instrument on the QuikSCAT satellite. SeaWinds is an active radar scatterometer. This scatterometer operates by transmitting high-frequency microwave pulses to the ocean surface and measuring the echoed radar pulses bounced back to the satellite. The scatterometer estimates wind speed and direction over the Earth's oceans at 10 m above the surface of the water. The instrument collects data over ocean, land, and ice in a continuous, 1,800-kilometer-wide band, making approximately 400,000 measurements and covering 90% of Earth's surface in one day. QuikSCAT can acquire hundreds of times more observations of surface wind velocity each day than can ships and buoys, and can provide continuous, accurate and high-resolution measurements of both wind speeds and direction regardless of weather conditions. This data is vital for global climate research, operational weather forecasting, and storm warning.
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For next year, if I do this again, I will have to remember that the cellar temperature in my home is not warm enough for a reasonable fermentation, cool or otherwise. I'll have to take action to warm things up.
If my warming attempt doesn't work this time, and I get a stuck fermentation, I'm afraid that I will have an alcohol level that is too low for my taste. Worse, however, is that I was counting on the Riesling to blend into the Gewurztraminer to adjust for acidity. I don't want to add sweetness to the Gewurztraminer.
Woe is I…
Also, at this time of year I truly get excited because, after the winter solstice we start to see more daylight each day. From summer solstice to winter solstice daylight lingers about a minute less each day—the reverse takes place from winter solstice to summer solstice.
In our northeastern locale, it gets dark by 4:30 pm at this time of year, and it gets dark at almost 10 pm in June.
I love the longer daylight. Always been a daytime fellow. Therefore, I rejoice during the winter solstice, and I am almost certain that the change in daylight must have some biodynamic effect on my wines—make them better perhaps?
This year, we have lucked out thus far, having escaped major snowfall—hardly any of the white stuff at all. Today, I bought snow tires for my little four-wheel-drive Geo Tracker. That ought to solidify that we get no snow at all this winter, and if so, the money will have been well spent, for as much as I love daylight, I hate snow much more. The only good thing about snow is that I can use it to help cool down my wines for tartrate precipitation, which, in my cellar, may not be necessary, so to hell with snow—forever.
I know that a curmudgeon should never break this rule: but happy holiday to all my readers—every last five or six of you. This time next year, I might offer a toast with my own wine, if I don't finish them off before then.
Oh, for those who have asked: I am deeply involved in researching and writing my next book, which is why my comments on blogs have been short and sweet, and fewer.
Copyright Thomas Pellechia
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There are times when American copyright law prevents us from bringing you the vivid photography and video you've come to expect from Deadspin. On these occasions, we are forced to turn to more rudimentary forms of representation: MS Paint drawings. Here is a collection of drawings by this site's editor in chief, Tommy Craggs, from the past year or so. Enjoy.
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Johny Hendricks Knocked Out Jon Fitch In Ten Seconds
UFC Fighter Flips Off Pay-Per-View Audience, Pay-Per-View Audience Is Pretty Much Immune To It At This Point
Edson Barboza Brutally Knocked Out Terry Etim With A Kick To The Face
Jose Aldo Retained His UFC Title With A Knee To Chad Mendes's Face, Then Leapt Into The Crowd To Celebrate
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I am meeting a problem concerning semi-definite positive matrices, and I have no clue concerning them, the classical approaches I know have not given any result, maybe people used to manipulating them could help me...
Call $\mathscr{P}$ the convex set of symmetric SDP matrices $S$ of order $N\geq 1$ such that $|S_{ij}|<1$ . Consider the mapping $$\Phi:S=(S_{ij})\mapsto (\frac{2}{\pi}\arcsin(S_{ij})).$$
I think it is a (well) known fact that $\Phi(\mathscr{P})\subset \mathscr{P}$. My question is the following: Is $\Phi(\mathscr{P})$ convex?
At first I thought that the answer was "no", but I checked that for $N=2$ the answer is "yes". I have no clue as how to test higher dimensions. Does anyone have a suggestion on a method?
Another possible formulation: Given two SDP matrices $A$ and $B$, and $a\in [0,1]$, is the matrix $C$ defined by $$C_{ij}=\sin\left(a\arcsin(A_{ij})+(1-a)\arcsin(B_{ij})\right)$$ also SDP?


text: Thursday, May 16, 2013 $1 Billion Pegged to Fund Health Care Innovation Awards Nearly $1 billion will be available to fund the second round of the Health Care Innovation Awards, which encourage programs that drive health care system transformation and deliver better outcomes. Last year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded 107 round one Health Care Innovation Awards out of nearly 3,000 applications to organizations that are testing innovative solutions to improve outcomes and reduce costs. Projects are located in urban and rural areas, all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. In this round, CMS is specifically seeking innovations in 4 areas: rapidly reducing costs for patients with Medicare and Medicaid in outpatient hospital and other settings; improving care for populations with specialized needs; testing improved financial and clinical models for specific types of providers, including specialists; and linking clinical care delivery to preventive and population health. "We see innovative solutions in delivering and improving care deployed all over the country," said Marilyn Tavenner, who yesterday was confirmed as CMS administrator after being the acting administrator since late 2010. "Over the last 3 years, we have seen national health care cost growth slow significantly, and we want to continue that trend by … testing new models of paying for quality care. These awards will help spur private and public sector innovation in this endeavor."


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As the game opens, Tak has been sleeping for over two weeks and the rest of the Pupanunu tribe is worried. What could have happened? In Tak's mind, though, he's been whisked away to a dream world, where someone called "Dream Juju" instructs Tak to quest and rescue a princess imprisoned in a dark tower in the dream world. Lok, perfectly voiced by hilarious Seinfeld star Patrick Warburton, locates some patented Pupanunu smelling salts and wakes Tak from his deep sleep as his quest begins. Tak isn't sure what to do, but Jubolba, Pupanunu tribe shaman and Tak's mentor, suggests seeking out his brother, JB (get it? Jubolba's Brother? JB?), an expert at analyzing dreams. Tak's newest adventure has begun!
Try to leave your expectations at the door when popping in Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams; as much as it looks like a children's release and as much as the characters, visuals, and Nickelodeon branding support that assertion, the gameplay is decidedly advanced and complex. While exploring, Tak gains access to a number of attacks and abilities that he will have to call on in order to navigate the world. It is possible to make it through many of the battles without using these moves, but when it comes to puzzle solving, you'll need 'em.
In fact, it's debatable how children would even manage to pass several of the challenges facing Tak. There are instances where Tak must navigate precarious ledges using his super speed skill, which require several retries, and many of the puzzles involve growing layers of complexity. For example, when visiting Jubolba's brother, there is a series of puzzles where Tak must provide electricity to some rods. Rocks are blocking the path to the rods, the path to the rods changes and must be constantly realigned while the electric current moves through the puzzle and if that wasn't enough, enemies are constantly regenerating the rocks you previously took care of. Just figuring out how to tackle these situations takes some mental ingenuity, let alone the skill to actually solve them. By the same token, however, it's a stark contrast to what you'd expect from this type of platformer, and a decidedly welcome surprise to encounter a little bit of frustration.


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"Close to treason."
That's how Assistant U.S. Attorney J. Michael Marous described the actions of Jerome Rabinowitz, who was sentenced yesterday in federal court for selling the Navy bad parts for nuclear equipment.
U.S. District Judge Gregory L. Frost ordered Rabinowitz to prison for four years after excoriating him for "serious crimes against our government that put our fighting men and women in danger" and calling his fraud "one of the most-egregious cases I've ever had."
A jury found Rabinowitz, 69, of Great Neck, N.Y., guilty in August of 39 counts of wire fraud, false claims, money laundering and mail fraud. The case was prosecuted in Columbus because it's home to the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime, formerly known as the Defense Supply Center Columbus, which procures parts for the military.
Rabinowitz was indicted more than a year ago and charged with selling the Navy thousands of nonconforming electronic parts from 2006 through 2009 for its aircraft, aircraft carriers and strategic weapons systems on submarines. Rather than providing modern parts that met government specifications, Rabinowitz supplied surplus parts, some that were decades old, and was paid more than $300,000.
During the trial, government prosecutors presented evidence that Rabinowitz, who also did business under the name Jerry Roth, provided the Department of Defense with false documents about the manufacture of the parts.
The faulty parts were identified during regular checks of equipment, Marous said. The military then spent $137,147 locating and testing parts supplied by Rabinowitz and his business, J&W Technologies LLC.
Most of the parts were classified as "critical application items," Navy Cmdr. Kevin Cheshure testified during yesterday's hearing. That means the parts are critical for the operation of equipment, and their failure "could lead to injury, if not death," of servicemembers, Cheshure said.
Thomas Kevin Goad, a quality-assurance specialist for Defense Logistics, testified that the parts had been used on the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier, B-52 bombers, F/A-18 aircraft, KC-135 refueling aircraft, C-130 aircraft and F-16 aircraft, among others.
Aaron M. Goldsmith, Rabinowitz's attorney, argued for a lesser sentence, saying that no evidence was presented that the parts Rabinowitz sold to the military caused "something tantamount to treason." Goldsmith said Rabinowitz has high blood pressure and other health problems that can't be adequately treated in prison.
Asked by Frost if he wanted to say anything, Rabinowitz said he was not capable of commenting because of his health. He did say, however, that he plans to appeal.
Marous said Rabinowitz is a millionaire who ran a similar scam in 1990.
"The only reason we're not asking for 10 years (in prison) is his age and his health," he said.
Frost ordered Rabinowitz to pay a $25,000 fine and $492,025 in restitution and to forfeit $354,878 in cash or property as well as a 5.29-carat diamond ring, worth about $400,000, that Rabinowitz bought with some of the fraud proceeds.
Marous said several other similar federal cases are being heard in Columbus in the next few months.


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Google Unveils LG Nexus 5 and Android 4.4 KitKat
Google Unveils LG Nexus 5 and Android 4.4 KitKat
Google just announced on its blog the LG Nexus 5 and Android 4.4 KitKat.
Android 4.4. KitKat
Besides integrating SMS into Hangouts, Android 4.4 KitKat allows you to make calls easier by helping you search across your contacts, nearby places, or even Google Apps accounts directly from within the app.
Google also slimmed down the Android's memory footprint with KitKat by removing unnecessary background services and reducing the memory consumption of features that you use all the time. The optimizations not only occur within the OS, but also across Google services such as YouTube and Chrome. As a result of these optimizations, Android 4.4 KitKat can now run on devices with 512MB RAM. This is part of Google's dream to reach the next billion users.
Android 4.4 KitKat also brings a new camera feature, HDR+ where it takes multiple photos at once and combines the best portions of each photo together to create an image of better quality. Google claims that HDR+ will make lights appear more natural, faces more visible and moving objects more in focus.
Search is now on every home screen of Android 4.4 by default. Similar to what's implemented in Moto X, you can say "Okay, Google" to get search up and running any time you want.
Google Now is also improved. Accessed now via a swipe from the left side of the screen, Google Now is fine-tuned to focus on answering questions and features new types of cards. Crowd-sourced data is also utilized to make better recommendations.
Android 4.4 KitKat is now available via the Android Open Source Project. It will soon be available on the Nexus 4, Nexus 7, Nexus 10 and the Google Play Edition devices in the coming weeks.
LG Nexus 5
There is nothing that we don't know about the LG Nexus 5 as leaks were plentiful in the past few days. As a recap, the Nexus 5 sports a 4.95-inch Full-HD IPS display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 quad-core 2.26GHz processor, 2GB RAM, 8-megapixel rear camera with Optical Image Stabilization, a 2,300mAh battery and built-in wireless charging.
For consumers who are concerned about 4G LTE support in the Nexus 5, the device sold in North America will not be compatible with the LTE bands used in Philippines. However, the website states that the Nexus 5 sold in the rest of the world supports LTE bands 3 and 7, which are 1800MHz and 2600MHz. These two bands are used by the telcos here for their 4G LTE networks.
The Nexus 5 is now available on Google Play Store in the U.S, Canada, U.K., Australia, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Japan and Korea. It also will be coming soon to India. The 16GB model will cost US$349 while the 32GB model is priced at US$399.
According to LG's press release, offline availability in Europe, Central/South Americas, Asia, CIS and the Middle East will begin in mid-November. There is still no information if the Nexus 5 will be available in the Philippines.
|LG Nexus 5
|LG Nexus 4
|4.95-inch IPS
|4.7-inch Super IPS+
|1,920 x 1,080 pixels
|1,280 x 720 pixels
|Android 4.4. KitKat
|Android 4.2 Jelly Bean
(at launch)
|Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 quad-core 2.26GHz
|Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 quad-core 1.5GHz
|Front Camera
|Rear Camera
|8MP with Optical Image Stabilization and LED flash
|8MP with LED flash
|137.84 x 69.17 x 8.59mm
|133.9 x 68.7 x 9.1 mm
Sources: Google, PhoneArena