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10 February 2013 at 10:45 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
God is all powerful and all knowing!
Ah, but which god?
10 February 2013 at 12:02 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Well, to be fair God's a shit to everyone. I mean, it's not as if men get off easy. Hell is hell.
I love it when people try to excuse the misogyny, tribalism, and honor-based moral code in the Bible with the reassurance that God had to speak to people in language they'd understand. A revelation too radical and ancient people would have rejected it outright. No, God reveals His unchanging moral nature of perfection in little stages, gradually introducing slightly better barbarisms until the humanist-based Enlightenment of the 17th and 18th century finally allowed people to recognize what God really meant to say. Milk before meat. We weren't ready yet.
Uh huh. What a load of nonsense. You have to really, really want to deceive yourself to deceive yourself with that one.
Azuma Hazuki
10 February 2013 at 1:00 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Oh, but don't worry, it's all for the glory of God! Anything you don't understand is irrelevant; rest assured this is is the best of all possible existences, and everything, even the endless torment of billions, is necessary for the maximal glorification of God in a universe with free will!
…I have had this exact argument used on me. Never have I wanted more to kick someone in the junk with the excuse "all part of God's plan, shithead" than this. That, right up there? That is Calvinism. That is presuppositionalism. That is disappearing up your own asshole and hermetically sealing it off.
10 February 2013 at 2:07 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I do enjoy it when religionists try to explain natural events as *God's plan*. I get thoroughly pissed off however, when they try to give their god the kudos for the work of brilliant doctors nurses and scientists.
10 February 2013 at 2:12 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I do enjoy it when religionists try to explain natural events as part of *God's Plan*. It pisses me of however when they try to give their god the kudos for the work of doctors nurses and scientists.
10 February 2013 at 2:19 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
That is something that I saw once. The fstdt link is outdated so you'll have to go here to read the original article.
God is the only one who possesses intrinsic worth, and if he decides that the existence of evil will ultimately serve to glorify him, then the decree is by definition good and justified. One who thinks that God's glory is not worth the death and suffering of billions of people has too high an opinion of himself and humanity. A creature's worth can only be derived from and given by his creator, and in light of the purpose for which the creator made him. Since God is the sole standard of measurement, if he thinks something is justified, then it is by definition justified
10 February 2013 at 2:50 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
And…you all know me by now: I just have to make this worse. Here's another example of a xian taking the character of his god as portrayed in the bible. The friendly atheist listened to some Baptist nut and it almost broke him.
Guess what? His wife has several entries in the FSTDT site herself. And yeah…she's as batshit as one would expect her to be considering who her husband is.
Lenard Lindstrom
10 February 2013 at 3:26 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Sastra #1 says:
I love it when people try to excuse the misogyny, tribalism, and honor-based moral code in the Bible with the reassurance that God had to speak to people in language they'd understand.
To make understanding easier, God could have pre-installed the necessary concepts while creating the various languages of the earth (Gen 11:1-10). God could then have made statements such as, for instance, "Equality, good. Misogyny, bad. …"
Marcus Ranum
10 February 2013 at 3:49 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
If we really thought this god thing existed, wouldn't we be morally obligated to try to track it down and kill it with a couple nukes?
Great American Satan
10 February 2013 at 4:37 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Time to bust out my classic Nietzsche/Voltaire mashup…
"If God was not already dead, it would be necessary for someone to kill Him."
And that's all the wit I've ever displayed in 36 years of life. Thank you, thank you.
10 February 2013 at 10:08 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
"If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him" – Zen Master Linji Yixuan, the founder of the Rinzai sect, died 866 AD.
10 February 2013 at 10:52 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Yeah… actually, this video… it's shit.
10 February 2013 at 10:54 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
@paulburnett Show me one founder of a religious cult that didn't have an itch against the previous guys. Probably Buddha… hm… but besides him.
10 February 2013 at 10:59 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I still remember, quite easily, all the dumb excuses made so that the god of the bible isn't actually evil. The one I finally settled on was "the Bible is bullshit except for these parts that I kind of like."
Turns out, it is all bullshit if one requires any evidence. And even the parts I liked weren't really all that good when I really examined it.
Crudely Wrott
10 February 2013 at 11:05 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I'm sure that the voice that spoke to the two acolytes had something at least borderline profound to say but it was lost to me. I have a bit of a hearing impediment, you see.
While I appreciate the art and technical skill of audio engineers, I must pose this question:
Why in the world is important dialog rendered unintelligible to me and many other listeners who, should the lines be clearly heard and comprehended, might not only benefit from such enlightenment but also be loud and persuasive supporters of what was actually said? That assumes that you thought the dialog was important in the first place, of course.
This trend began in the late 50s or during the 60s when the notion of speaking machines became regular movie fodder. Without fail, or with few exceptions, all non human voices were rendered in a way that seemed mechanical or at the far end of a long pipe or both. The result is unintelligible speech. At least for me.
That sort of audio "enhancement" flat defeats the intent of speech. For many who have had some degradation to their hearing over time, this makes the artificial voices more noise than speech.
I really wish this old habit would die and go away. I'd rather have subtitles, please.
The upshot is that while I got the general drift of the video, I missed all of the subtle points, having to rely only on the reactions of the two humans.
Please, producers and audio engineers and sound artists, please. We are able to make artificial voices sound just like real people these days. How about you ease off on the reverb and echo and phase shifting and create distinctively disembodied voices that can actually be understood by people? Including people like me and people who can't hear near as well as I.
It might enhance your storytelling foo by some measurable amount. OK? Thanks.
Crudely Wrott
10 February 2013 at 11:13 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Sorry for the OT comment but this is something that has been bugging me for twenty odd years or better.
Hat tip to the patient accommodation of the Horde.
11 February 2013 at 12:28 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Crudely Wrott: Could you hear any of what the god character was saying? There's a fuzzy bit right at the start of her lines where it sounds as if both a man and a woman are god. Then when she's talking to the women, she's echoy but intelligible to people with good ears.
Towards the end, she goes unintelligible because all four people are speaking at once: the two human women, the female-voice god, and a male voice with god that I interpreted as her tech-support/IT guy helping her figure out the universe program. That whole bit is a garbled, but I sorted out the gist by focusing on one voice or another.
I have really, really, really good hearing, and I had problems with it. I have to assume that the creator of the video wanted that last part to be all jumbled-sounding.
Also, perhaps it is more clear to British people? (I don't know where you are from Crudely Wrott.) I often have a hard time understanding British accents unless I turn the volume up a bit.
John Morales
11 February 2013 at 4:59 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Well, to be fair God's a shit to everyone. I mean, it's not as if men get off easy. Hell is hell.
The referent is not the afterlife, it's life. You know, here on Earth, not there in Hell.
Where women supposedly submit to men and all that.
(Whence your purported fairness?)
11 February 2013 at 6:34 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
That PDF reminds me of our ex-resident Calvinist, heddle.
11 February 2013 at 11:48 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
But there is progress. Two of the more important members of that whacked out KS church that demonstrates against gays at military funerals (Westboro?), granddaughters of the founder, have renounced that church because they say it is evil and are at least moving in the right direction. Be grateful for small favors.
Azuma Hazuki
13 February 2013 at 12:17 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
@6/theignored and 19/Anri
That's ANY Calvinist though. I can sort of understand why this holds appeal to intelligent believers (and make no mistake, ol' Dynamite-Heddle was not stupid) is because it's about the only way you can justify all that junk.
Presuppositionalism has lots of problems, but if you don't think TOO hard about it it looks airtight from the front.
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Ted Nugent Shouldn't Have Been Invited to the State of the Union
To invite a washed-up rock star who threatened the president to the State of the Union is disrespectful and immature.
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Elsewhere is the chamber was the personal guest of Rep. Steve Stockman, a Texas Republican. The progun conservative used his prized ticket to the event to invite aging rocker Ted Nugent, who is less known for his music these days than he is for the fact that he was questioned by the Secret Service for observing last April that he would be "dead or in jail" if President Obama were re-elected.
Really, Congressman Stockman?
There was a time when personal guests at the State of the Union were spouses or even children. It was an austere and pragmatic affair, one in which the leader of the country informed the rest of the government about, well, the state of the union. Using the guest ticket to make an angry point detracts from what is left of the dignity of Washington governance.
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If Mr. Stockman disagrees with the president, even if he actively dislikes him, that is certainly his right. He gets to express that opinion through his vote on the House floor. Inviting an attention-seeking agitator for no other reason than to stick it to the man is just immature and disrespectful. It's like attending a wedding, and inviting as your date someone who was spurned by one of the members of the bridal couple and whom you know is going to leap to his or her feet in protest when the officiator asks if anyone has any objection to the marriage.
There are a lot of things one can do on a Tuesday night in America's capital. If you don't like the message or the man delivering it, for heaven's sake, just don't go. And if, as a member of Congress, you decide to invite someone to send a message (instead of, say, seeing the spouse you probably rarely see since you're campaigning or possibly legislating all the time), it would be nice to ask someone who represents hope and innovation. Such as, perhaps, a teenager who made a scientific advancement in early detection of cancer. Celebrating anger is the last thing Washington needs right now.


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So I recently started a ramen club with 3 japanese friends. We sample a different restaurant each week and I ask the experts to rate the ramen from 1 to 10.
The results so far have been eye-opening to say the least.
Konnichiwa: This venerable restaurant averaged a mere 6 out of 10 with my pals. The noodles were the right texture and taste, and the quality of the meat was just right, but the broth lacked flavour and depth.
Izakaya: The broth is a variation of the japanese standard apparently. They loved the appearance of the restaurant and the quality of the vegetables and meat. 8 out of 10
Double Happiness: 599 Bloor Street West. This hidden gem of a restaurant was long known to me for their tonketsu ramen. But could it withstand the expert palate of my japanese friends? I can safely say yes, as they absolutely loved it. The broth was the closest to the japanese ideal, not the watered down version done to appease western tastes. The only downpoint is that the noodles are not quite the same as authentic japanese ramen! At $5 this was also the cheapest ramen. It scored a 9 out of 10!
They have 3 other kinds of ramen available, but I am such a fan of the tonketsu that I haven't even tried them.
It's a small, not very busy place so I am hoping that some of the other ramen lovers on this board will try it out and post their opinion as well!
We still need to try Tokyo Grill and Kenpo as well. But Double Happiness will be a tough act to follow.
thanks! i tried the Izakaya Ramen at Izakaya and it was delicious! the pro's - yes, they do use good quality ingredients. the soup base, even if there is mention from other posts that it is not traditional kind, it still is very tasty. cons - it is a little pricy at $11.50 a bowl. but given the location and also the beautiful decor and service the restaurant provides, i can see why it is $11.50.
i have yet to try Kenzo on Yonge just south of Steeles... let us know if you try it... but Double Happiness sounds like a good place for me to try next!
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Kenzo is a good neighbourhood place for ramen. It does not have too many options, but doesn't bother me much as I am the traditional shoyu ramen type person. It's not the Shogun (Vancouver) calibre, but I try to support whenever possible small restaurant owners who works hard on their food.
Based on OP's recommendation, wife and I went to Double Happiness to try the tonkatsu ramen. I have to say I don't totally agree with OP's opinion on the ramen being authentic. E.g. tonkatsu ramen, as it is supposed to be pork-based, should be served with pork chashu, but here it is topped with sliced beef (same thinly sliced flank that goes in bi bim bap or other typical korean dishes). Soup did not taste especially strong; usually the base should be made with pork bones boiled very hard and long (hence the white colour), along with konbu, fish, chicken bones, etc. I've mentioned this in other posts, but in my opinion the best ramen downtown is Ematei, and overall in Toronto it is Kenzo. Another poster was mentioning ramen places in Vancouver; for tonkatsu ramen there is a place called Kintaro on Denman that serves ONLY tonkatsu ramen and that is just as good as the ones I've had in Tokyo IMO. However, the price at Double Happiness was $5 including a pop, so you can't complain about the value you get.
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Yes, I've been to Kintaro's on Denman (since I'm from Vancouver). It was pretty good, I remember they had other ramens as well, like "Forest Fire" ramen (which is a pork-based soup), then your miso/shoyu/regular pork-soup types. It was good.
I tried Kenzo the other day -- it was pretty good, but I ordered the super-size King of Ramen and it was too much. The bbq'ed pork tastes kind of Korean Grill style, which really is quite tasty, and I opted for a mildly spicy soup base. The noodles were ok, but not the best ramen noodles I had. The gyoza is really good though, way better than the gyoza at Kintaro's in Vancouver (Kenzo's tastes fresh, I know Kintaro's uses frozen ones, and last time I went they served me slightly burnt ones).
I have never tried Shogun in Vancouver, but that is on my list of to-do's for my next visit home.
re: echeng25
I've come to the conclusion that there's no such thing as great ramen in Toronto.
I've found Konichiwa to be extremely dissapointing. Limp noodles and a bland watery broth. Seeing pics for Double Happiness does not instill confidence either. It does not look authentic at all.........and izakaya, well, even they admit authenticity is not their targeted market.
Kenzo is decent, and it's about the only place I would order ramen from in this city. Obviously still a long way to go before I can call it outstanding ramen, but it is servicable and the best you can get in Toronto. They are Korean owned so that's why they have quite a few spicy options for broth. However I would recommend the standard shoyu, miso or tonkotsu, because I find the spice overwhelms and masks the natural broth flavor. Their gyozas are excellent.
I think it's agreed the best in N. America is Shinsengumi in LA. Kintaro is up there, also Minca and Chikubu in NY are quite good.
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re: goodcookiedrift
Again, for Toronto, stick with Kenzo. Although Chef Jyo Gao at Solo sushi ya (Newmarket) says his ramen is the best. I haven't been able to order it yet since I can't resist his omakase.
Momofuku's ramen is not ramen, seriously. David Chang is the the new star of the culinary world and I admire his work ethic. However, that ramen isn't ramen, it's a loose interpretation of it, made for North Americans.
Minca is pretty good, the broth is extremely heavy, be forewarned. NYC is the hotbed for outposts of Japanese ramen chains. Setagaya opened this past year, Santouka at Mitsuwa (Edgewater, NJ) has been around for a few years (the best in N. America) and Ippudo is set to open shop soon.
Unfortunately a great old standard, Chikubu, has closed for good. The owner retired and moved back to Japan. They had an exceptional shoyu ramen, served only on Fridays for lunch.
re: goodcookiedrift
I was on my way to check out Double Happiness today, but couldn't find it. I did however stumble upon a place that just opened, just a little west of where I expected to find Double Happiness (599 Bloor St. W.). It's called Inoodle and they're at 623 Bloor.
The soup was fairly rich and not too salty, but I would have liked some garlic in it. All the best places in Japan load up tonkotsu broth with garlic.
Overall, not even close to the best tonkotsu I've had in Japan, but much, much better than the worst.
re: Davedigger
re: jacquieF
Ajisen really doesn't serve ramen, not to sound too harsh. It serves spaghetti in a salty broth with toppings that would make traditionalists shudder -- like steak teriyaki. It's like a distorted parody of ramen with ingredients taken haphazardly from different places like kimchi (Korea), ebi furai (yohshoku), etc.
I do eat at Ajisen from time to time because I have nostalgic memories of it from HK. The gyoza holds some strange attraction because of the sauce. It's not great, but when it's 1 AM, it'll do.
I also would rather go to Kenzo than Ajisen if my ramen craving became impossible because the owner tries for authenticity and achieves a faint modicum of it, at the very least. I do have major issues with the ramen that isn't shio, miso, or shoyu like the spicy ones. I also have issue with the shio, miso, and shoyu ramen -- limp and soft noodles, a weak broth and chashu which isn't chashu but merely a slab of pork. The tonkatsu is also perpetually overcooked and dry -- but then again, many other places can't get tonkatsu right either. Kenzo is possibly the closest thing to a ramen shop Toronto has and it's great that the owner tried to bring ramen here.
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re: jennjen18
So.. Ramen.. mmmm.... I remember slurping back bowls of this stuff in Tokyo during the cold (nowhere near as cold as Toronto but it's all relative) winter months. Really sticks to the ribs and warms the body if you get it from a good place that loads it up with pork, veggies, those slices of little pink/white spiral fishcake things (don't know if they have them here but they're in everything back in Japan) green onions, etc.
Instead of street meat and sausages, it's Ramen and gyudon (beef rice bowls) for after hours post-clubbing food in Japan. Or pull up a stool to the Ramen cart or Ramen van as it sits outside the train station.
This topic is quite old I noticed..
...but has anyone recently found a place in Toronto that can hold a candle to authentic Japanese ramen? It's not a delicacy, it's a HEARTY dish, meant to fill you up and warm you up. Despite this, the irony is that many Ramen chefs work incredibly hard to get the broth JUST right; perhaps this is why many places here have failed?
Is Kenzo the best there is? If so, I'd be interested in trying it!
re: 50firstdatesguy
re: 50firstdatesguy
Kenzo is the best we've got in Toronto, but Kenzo pales in comparison to NYC, which many ramen lovers tell me, is garbage compared to Japan.
Kenzo purportedly was much better when it first opened on Yonge. I've been to both locations in the past year and it's been incredibly disappointing.
re: lsk
hmm.. just to satisfy my curiosity I will have to go.
Could someone be so kind as to provide one of those little link-posts with the address info? :D for Kenzoooooo..I need to find a location and give it a whirl.
If anyone is hurting for ramen.. a surprisingly good and cheap option during the winter shut-in months.. a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine:
- 1 package of Ichiban ramen instant noodles
- 1 green onion
- sliced pork cutlet
- authentic Japanese kamaboko (pink/white fish cake) available from Sanko or J-town or wherever you purchase your Japanese goods.
- a little bit of nori (seaweed)
- one hard-boiled egg, sliced
Make sure the pork is simmered WITH the noodles to add flavour to the broth, add the sliced egg, kamaboko and diced green onion to garnish after serving, finish with two squares of nori.
.. and honestly.. it's not that bad! Aside from the fishcake, most of it is stuff you probably have laying around the house already.
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re: 50firstdatesguy
re: Pincus
re: jennjen18
finally got to try the kennedy and hwy 7 location for kenzo. thing is, it's been a while since when i tried the yonge location. not too sure what the difference and similarities are.
but as far as ramen goes, it's good.................. i had one of the spicy ramens, i cant remember which one. started with a k... karachi? and boyfriend had the soybean paste one. i think im gonna opt for the classic soup base ones next time ... the spicyness totally destroys the richness of the soup.
there was also a sign when i was there... it said something to the effect of, "more noodles on the house" or something like that. i couldnt read the fine print. does anyone know what that's all about?
re: jennjen18
It's a popular option in Japan, adding more noodles after you've finished. It's called kaedama, most places in Japan will charge extra for this. It's offered for free at Kenzo, and they've only started doing it recently. Obviously, you need to save yourself some soup if you want kaedama.
I still only order the tonkotsu ramen, it's their best option imo. Again, the spicy ones overwhelm the broth as you have said. In my experiences, the two locations appear to be quite consistent with each other.
re: Davedigger
I've been lunching at a great place called iNoodle, on Bloor, between Palmerston and Euclid (2 west of Bathurst). It opened in the late fall, and it basically specializes in Ramen. Now, I'm not an expert, and only had authentic ramen a few times in Japan, but I have to say that it is the best I've eaten in the city. The various broths (soy, miso, pork) have distinct flavors, the noodles have body, and the pork is sliced by hand and roasted every day. they even have the little bits of coloured fish cakes.
check it out.
re: mutant4
A friend recently took me there and I was impressed with the care the put into their ramen. I have rarely eaten ramen in Toronto, let alone outside of North America - so I can't judge the authenticity - but I liked it very much. Also the side of tonkatsu (the breaded pork cutlet, not the tonkatsu that comes in the soup) was really delicious - better than any tonkatsu I've eaten at other korean or sushi restaurants in Toronto.
re: mutant4
re: mutant4
I've been there twice now. I tried their Shio and Miso broths, and both were really tasty. The noodles are a good consistency. I like the egg and fish cake that come with the bowls too. The place seems a little dead though. I hope they don't close down as I really like the food there.
re: mutant4
As per advised from this board, i went to the Hwy 7 locaion of Kenzo for the ramen, and the dish was really good. i had the Jisensu or sth like that, the soup was thickened with cornstarch or sth and there was egg, mushroom, chicken, and other things in there. the noodles were great. my bf has the King of Kings and he loved that dish, the soup was like a red spicy soup. similar but WAY better than instant noodles. we asked about the free noodle add on (kaedama) option, and they said that they have stopped doing that b/c of the increase in flour prices. i went this past weekend. you can however still add on noodles for $2 to your dish if so desired.
re: chalenegirl
Does anyone know if Kenzo "north" (kennedy and 7) is closed for good? I dropped by on a Tuesday and they were closed (the sign on the door says they're closed every Tuesday and I didn't know), but today I went again and it's Wednesday and still closed!
Had lunch at a place a couple of doors down called "Eat With Fun" which had good pork bbq slices but nothing else worth writing home about.
Was really hoping for some Kenzo ramen! Does anybody know anything?
While Ematei does a variety of cooked dishes that are authentic and excellent, I tried their ramen for the first time this weekend while it failed to impress me, though definitely better than most of (if not all) the other ramen I've had in Toronto.
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They do a good job of hiding the fact that there's a separate dinner menu but it's there and you can ask for it during lunch. I went there for lunch for a good year or so before one time, one of the girls handed me the wrong menu. $8.50 for the ramen I think (been a while).
Personally, I think ema-tei's ramen base is too salty and too much corn.


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Final score: Jeffersonville 96, Charlestown 66.
But don't look at this as strictly a blowout win for the Red Devils. Or likewise a blowout loss for the Pirates.
What you had was a game between neighborhood rivals for the first time in years. A game that was a great sectional tune-up for both squads. Don't be surprised to see either team make a strong sectional run.
And in the case of the Red Devils — a run at another state championship.
Jeffersonville (19-3) managed to win its fifth in a row heading into next week's Class 4A Seymour Sectional as it blew the game open in the third quarter expanding a 45-33 halftime lead to 73-49 at the end of the third.
Charlestown (11-8) took to the floor on Tuesday determined to, if not stop, but contain the Red Devils' All-State candidate, Darryl Baker.
Baker did score just 12 points, which is about half his average and less than a third of what he managed as he scored 38 in a victory over Castle last Saturday. That followed a 29-point effort the previous night against Louisville Trinity.
But Jeffersonville is more than Baker — much more.
Charlestown's attempt at putting a box-and-one defense on Baker opened things up for the remainder of the Red Devils squad as junior Keenan Williams scored a game- and career-high 28 points. Drew Ellis, another junior, added 22 points, while a sophomore, Myles Harvey, added 12 points.
"Junk defenses don't bother us," said Jeffersonville coach Chad Gilbert. "Three times this year teams have done that against us, and all three times we've won by 30 points.
"I feel that Darryl is the best player in the state, but we had some guys step up and make plays tonight. We played very unselfish tonight. Darryl doesn't care if he scores 12 points or 40. We're 19-3 after losing seven guys from last year. That just shows the will to win that these kids have."
Charlestown led only once in the game, 4-2. Baker's first basket, a dunk, gave Jeffersonville a 6-4 lead. It was an advantage the Red Devils would keep for the remainder of the game.
Williams scored 13 points in that opening quarter, including back-to-back baskets after the Pirates' Tyler Combs hit a 3-pointer to pull Charlestown to within 19-13.
Jeff led by 18 points, 45-27, shortly before halftime. But the Pirates' Aaron Daniel hit back-to-back 3-pointers, including an off-balance shot at the buzzer to pull Charlestown to within 45-33.
Justin Conrad hit a trey to open the second half for the Pirates to cut the lead to single digits. But Jeff answered with back-to-back treys from Harvey and Ellis.
From there, the game wasn't in doubt.
"They are extremely talented, well-coached, athletic and fast," said Charlestown coach Sean Smith of the Red Devils. "And not only are they athletic and fast, but they can shoot the ball. Darryl Baker is probably the best player I've coached against. I can see them making a run in the tournament."
"We tried to control the tempo. We had decided that if they pressed us ,we were going to try to get a layup or work it for a good shot. We were getting good looks in the first half. We just weren't making them.
"If they fall, then it's a much closer game. And we were without Gage Martin tonight. His ballhandling could have made a difference."
Daniel led the Pirates with 24 points, but had to go to the bench midway in the third quarter after picking up his fourth foul. Chris Braun added 15 points, while Combs came off the bench to finish with 11 points.
For seniors Daniel and Braun, it was their last appearance in front of the home crowd, although the Pirates are a sectional host. Conrad and Cody Donahue are the other seniors on the Pirates' squad.
"We struggle when Aaron and Chris aren't in there," Smith said. "They are both tremendous players. And Tyler Combs stepped up tonight and did a tremendous job."
Gilbert likewise had praise for Williams and his play.
"Keenan not only had a great scoring night, but had some big rebounds that led to some easy baskets," Gilbert said. "And I'm anxious to see how many assists we had."
"I missed my first shot tonight- a 3, then got it going," Williams said. "Everyone on this team is unselfish. When a man is open, they get him the ball.
"And Darryl, he's great and very unselfish. What impresses me most about him is yea, he averages around 24 points a game. But he also gets about eight assists a game."
This game was the first of a four-year contract between the two schools who have faced each other very little since the introduction of class basketball. Gilbert for one is in favor of it.
"I played here [Charlestown]," he said. "We beat Jeff my junior and senior year and it was one of the highlights of my career. I think both teams like playing each other. It's good for both teams and it's better that getting on a bus and driving two hours to play. And I don't think that Jeff or Charlestown are afraid to play anybody."
While Jeff will not return to action until next Tuesday when it will face Floyd Central at the start of sectional play, Charlestown has one regular season game remaining as it travels to play those same Highlanders on Friday.
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A January Rasmussen survey found 65 percent of American adults also think the purpose of the Second Amendment is to make sure people are able to protect themselves from tyranny
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The event will take place at noon at Mission Park in Ventura,on Main Street across from the St. Buenaventura Mission, at noon. Scheduled speakers include Stewart Rhodes, founder of Oathkeepers; Ventura County Supervisor Peter Foy and Nick Hankoff, Tenth Amendment Center grassroots coordinator.
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A third hotel tower will soon grace the horizon at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa, positioning the resort as the largest gaming and entertainment destination in the region.
Cherokee Nation and Cherokee Nation Entertainment officials broke ground Tuesday on the construction of a third hotel tower that will add 100 suites and more than 55,000 square feet of entertainment and gaming space to the current resort.
The construction will cost $52 million and is slated to be completed in 2012.
"Today the prosperity of our nation is all around us, as evidenced by the growth of Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa, our largest gaming property," said Bill John Baker, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. "With that prosperity comes great responsibility to serve the Cherokee people. Projects such as this meet that goal in two ways, by creating jobs and funding vital services for our citizens."
The resort has been wildly successful since the first hotel tower was built in 2004, boasting the finest rooms in the Tulsa Metro and a 90 percent occupancy rate.
"The addition of more hotel rooms and amenities will allow us to provide an even greater entertainment experience for our guests," said David Stewart, chief executive officer, Cherokee Nation Entertainment. "We work very hard to provide our guests with an experience they can't find anywhere else."
The new tower will also pioneer the way for those seeking a non-smoking gaming and hospitality experience, with a smoke-free casino floor and hotel rooms. Additional entertainment options include a new media bar and an innovative gaming zone with interactive and multiplayer games.
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa currently offers multiple dining options and nightspots, a theater-style event center, convention space, an art gallery, a jewelry store, a clothing store and a championship 18-hole course.
The property will employ nearly 1,500 people when the new tower and gaming floor open for business, an increase of nearly 20 times the number of employees since the property opened in 1993.
"Our growth in the past two decades has been incredible, and we're extremely excited about the addition of a third tower," Stewart said. "The addition of a second hotel tower in 2009 and The Joint in 2010 have propelled our growth and allowed us to provide entertainment and amenities available nowhere else in northeast Oklahoma."


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The state is scheduled to release the results from the 2012-13 End-of-Grade and End-of-Course tests on Nov. 7. We are expecting scores for all N.C. students, including those in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, to be lower this year. However, this is not cause for alarm. Allow me to explain.
Last year, North Carolina joined 45 other states in adopting the Common Core State Standards. These new standards are more rigorous than North Carolina's earlier standards. As a result, student test scores overall are expected to drop the first year the new assessments are given.
The Common Core standards were developed at a grassroots level with teachers, educators, state legislators, school boards and business leaders to set a standard for what students should learn and be able to do in math and English/language arts from kindergarten through 12th grade.
These standards will help ensure that all students are able to read at a college level and have sufficient math prowess upon leaving high school to be successful in entry-level college coursework or high-skill jobs in the workforce. In the past, North Carolina's proficiency standards only addressed what students needed for success at the next grade level.
With these changes now in place, we are prepared to see a lower percentage of proficient scores for our schools and the district when the test scores are released on Thursday. This is a normal pattern any time a state increases expectations for students.
However, I want to point out that these lower scores do not mean that our students know less or fell behind. They simply mean that the demands of the assessments and the scores required to reach proficiency have been set at a higher level.
Even though the tougher achievement standards will show fewer students meeting the mark, I want to assure you that our students did not lose ground in their learning this past year. Students continued to grow academically in 2012-13.
Change is never easy, but by making this change to the Common Core State Standards, we are helping to better prepare our students for success as they enter college and the workforce. The Common Core initiative is transforming the way our students learn and the way our teachers teach.
A partnership with the University of Pittsburgh's Institute for Learning is providing our teachers and administrators with research-based curriculum, tools and professional development that will help support the improvement of education and achievement for all our students. Students are learning to think for themselves, how to problem solve and how to collaborate with others to solve problems. These are skills that will serve them well in their future endeavors.
We are fortunate in that our school district has enjoyed tremendous measurable success for years, however we recognize that no great organization stays great by resting on its accomplishments. That's why we are embracing the changes that accompany this switch to the Common Core standards.
Just as in the high jump, when an athlete clears the bar, it must be raised. The athlete will miss the bar the first few tries but will eventually clear the higher bar until it is raised again.
It is our obligation as educators to continue to challenge our students to higher levels in order for them to be competitive upon graduation. So, rest assured – although we expect to see lower scores this year, the change in standards will mean that more of our students will be prepared for success in college and in their future careers.
Tom Forcella is the superintendent of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools.


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Niagara Gazette — The Niagara Purple Eagles have won sixth straight Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference games by an average of 12 points, each victory strengthening their status as championship contenders.
Frontrunning fans are already looking ahead to looming matchups with fellow contenders Canisius, Iona and Loyola.
But coach Joe Mihalich refuses to let his young team taking any MAAC opponent for granted.
"I'm going to keep saying this over and over again, and you're going to get tired of hearing it and you're going to think I'm Lou Holtz," Mihalich said this week. "It doesn't matter if you are at home, it doesn't matter if you are away, it doesn't matter if you were picked first, picked last, in first place, or last place, anybody can win in our league.
"And if our guys don't believe that, we are not gonna win."
Tonight, the first-place Purple Eagles (10-8, 6-1 MAAC) host Manhattan (5-12, 3-4), one of the preseason favorites to contend for the league title.
The Jaspers, however, have been hit hard by injuries that resulted in them being the MAAC's lowest-scoring team, and they have lost seven of their past nine games following Friday night's 64-60 defeat at Canisius.
George Beamon, the top scorer in the MAAC last season, is out for the season with an ankle injury. Michael Alvarado, a junior guard, missed several games with his own ankle injury but has since returned and scored 18 points at Canisius.
Niagara, meanwhile, is clicking on all cylinders. It shot a season-high 54 percent in Friday night's win over Siena, making 12 of 24 from 3-point range and assisting on 18 of its 32 field goals. Niagara also continues to be the best team in the MAAC in avoiding turnovers.
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Updated 7:09pm Tuesday 26th February 2013 in News By Andy Carswell, Reporter
WYCOMBE Wanderers may have to sell their training ground in a bid to stave off the threat of administration.
A group of supporters has offered to buy the club's Booker training base for £350,000 and lease it back to Wanderers.
The club's Supporters' Trust, which took over the running of the club in the summer, says it urgently needs to raise quarter of a million pounds to plug a financial black hole.
They have warned going into administration – and the team being docked ten points – is a possibility unless an urgent input of cash is found.
The Trust has said the group interested in buying the training ground have asked to remain anonymous as part of any deal, although they have said none of the would-be investors have any links to previous owner Steve Hayes.
One of the group is a Trust member, they added, but not a director, nor is anyone a member of the Frank Adams Legacy Limited, a body set up to safeguard the future of the club at Adams Park.
Members of the Trust board were asked why the sum could not simply be lent to the club. The Trust responded: "We have been trying to secure a loan for some months without success. The proposed arrangement offers security to the investors and suits our immediate needs."
The club will have the option of buying back the training ground in five or ten years' time.
Supporters' Trust members are being asked for their views on a potential sale before a final decision is made.
If the ground is sold it will not be subsequently sold again in the meantime and the club will have exclusive rights to use the facility, the Trust added.
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6:54pm Tue 26 Feb 13
johnymac says...
7:32pm Tue 26 Feb 13
mooneysmagic says...
8:06pm Tue 26 Feb 13
billsheppard says...
8:11pm Tue 26 Feb 13
billsheppard says...
johnymac wrote:Absolute rot. Hayes's mismanagement of WWFC (and Wasps for that matter) brought both clubs to their knees. Indeed, Hayes put WWFC into administration before the supporters' trust had to cancel it as they were completing the take over.
Trust should have never been allowed to buy a club they couldn't control. begging for money every month is getting ridiculous like it or not we WERE safe with hayes more so than now. these people are a joke!
The scale of the club's issues are to do with the mismanagement of Mr Hayes and the legacy contracts in place that the trust cannot do, not to mention banks refusing to lend to us because of the ongoing legal proceeding against Mr Hayes blacklisting companies he has been associated with.
'johnymac', If you insist on having sugar daddy fantasies, please do not live them out through Wycombe Wanderers FC again. Thanks.
8:18pm Tue 26 Feb 13
djwyc14 says...
At least the Trust are trying to run the club sustainably. It is proving difficult (as changing a Football Club from losing over 1 million a year into breaking even is a challenge!) - but at least they are trying to secure the future of the club. Unfortunately, the past legacy that Hayes left is making this season and probably the next one or two quite painful with a number of cuts needed. We should not be thanking our previous owner for his role in how this football club now stands.
8:22pm Tue 26 Feb 13
djwyc14 says...
However, the Trust need this money urgently, and presumably this is the only / best deal on the table so little choice but to proceed. Doesn't matter what I think anyway as the decision has already been made.
The next question that needs to be asked is where the £500k that the Trust need for next season's cash flow is coming from.
The Trust have their hearts in the right place and are trying to create a sound financial model and attract sponsors and investment. Time for the local community to wake up and help its local football club and secure its future. After all, it has been around for 125 years now and is one of the main sources of pride in the area.
10:35pm Tue 26 Feb 13
realist_highwycombe says...
Wycombe greater area has around 160,000 people - not to mention the many other thousands of people livign in Aylesbury, Chesham, Amersham etc who could also come to watch league football.
To average around 5,000 people (if that) to home games even when in League 1 is not good enough and unless some major changes are made the club will continue to loose money.
More off the field revenue sources need to be looked at - A lack of quality gyms in the sands/west side area of Wycombe could be a great place to start - a professionally run establishment could turn a good profit and enhance its links with the community.
They have scores bar yet it is not very well known in Wycombe and apart from matchdays is only open between 12-2pm Monday - Friday. Open it up, organise dinner & dance events, fine dining etc.
We are in tough times but you need to think outside the box to make money 24/7 not just on match days and pre season.
I wish them all the success they deserve but I am not massively hopeful....
12:05am Wed 27 Feb 13
J B Blackett says...
So it's probably not the players or manager , training staff and maintenance etc - but even that's a £million++ per annum taken away from the firm.
To make an operating profit it will be difficult for a Div 2 club these days , so whatever assets they have may have to be sold off. And that includes promising players.
Either that or win lots of matches and get promoted - but then the salaries will inevitably go up. It would appear there are only a small handful of teams (ie commercial sporting organizations) who actually made a profit last year - and they were all in the Premier / Championship.
Hayes was a disaster ( and backed by some rather naive or dodgy Wycombe councillors (allegedly) .
But what to do now ? Surely this club (and others) won't fade away.
8:16am Wed 27 Feb 13
Wycombe Res says...
1:48pm Wed 27 Feb 13
Flashheart says...
Sad sight, and I'm an eggchaser! (No, not "London" Wasps, before anyone comments...)
2:58pm Wed 27 Feb 13
I Love Ivor says...
1:13pm Thu 28 Feb 13
Jock's little helper says...
I don't expect all the townsfolk to suddenly start packing out the ground out but it would be nice to see some of the 30,000+ who went to Wembley (2 times) and Villa Park or some of those who travel up to London each weekend to see the over inflated premiership turn up and show their backing for THEIR local club in its time of need – don't let a 125 years of local pride disappear!
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Even though a rain date was set up, they did what any self-respecting art lovers would do with wet weather.
They got out their umbrellas and waited out the drizzle.
The second annual New Albany Public Art Walk drew a crowd in spite of some light rain. The promise of new installations and making a little art of their own kept them from leaving early.
"It's been amazing to see people coming out once the weather cleared up," said Sally Newkirk, director of the Carnegie Center for Art and History. "It was a little iffy for a while, but they've come back."
Karen Gillenwater, curator for the Carnegie Center, said walkers were able to check out the city's four new public art installations, "The Stage New Albany Built," "Painting," "Sacks of Food" and "New Albany Now."
With the posters they were given at stations around town, walkers could then get a screen print at each of the new installations for their own piece of art to take home with them.
But she said the opportunity to ask about the inspiration for each piece and learn more about the creative choices behind them also gave audiences an interesting perspective on the art around town.
"I'm seeing new faces, so I think people are really enjoying and engaging with the artists and all the activities they have going on here," Gillenwater said.
Veronica Combs, a Floyds Knobs resident, brought her son Carson Borchers with her. As he got a portrait of himself painted, she said it's nice to see New Albany follow the lead of other cities across the country with art.
"I lived in Phoenix for a while, and they had had a lot of great public art," Combs said. "I think it's great that New Albany has an evening where people can get out, enjoy art and make some of your own before you go home."


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Price dropped to $14.99 at Amazon
Good for another 10 or so hours, Saints Row IV is at a major discount of 50% off at Steam. If you miss this deal, it will most likely resurface towards the end of the sale again. Or you can wait until the Deep Silver catalog goes on sale at other retailers such as GMG or Gamefly too (generally they will stack with an additional 20% off coupon).
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The same large banks whose unregulated actions [1] were primary contributors to the economic downturn have also been manipulating state and local governments to profit from budget deficits for years.
Essentially, banks are alluring states with the promise of a means to cut borrowing costs and increase returns through the use of an interest rate swap. The mechanism is a derivative that allows cash-strapped municipalities and states to exchange interest payments on a variable bond deal for an allocation of funds from a bank. So, the bank would establish a fixed rate on the bond and swap [2] for the variable "interest rate of the bond that was set by larger macroeconomic forces, such as the Federal Reserve." Unfortunately, the results have been disastrous.
These type of deals are losing propositions for states and municipalities. Under unfavorable marketing conditions, interest payments and fees associated with these deals can jump dramatically. Since the federal government decreased interest rates to shore up financial institutions, the banks were able to profit tremendously while budget gaps at the local and state level continue to grow. As Mike Elk from the Campaign for America's Future explains [3]:
"While banks are still collecting fixed rates of from 4 percent to 6 percent, they are now regularly paying state and local governments as a little as a tenth of one percent on the outstanding bonds...Banks and states were supposed to be paying equal rates. However, with the Fed lowering interest rates, which was anticipated, now states and local governments are paying about 50 times what the banks are paying...To make matters worse, these state and local governments have no way of getting out these deals. Banks are demanding that state and local governments pay tens or hundreds of millions of dollars in fees to exit these deals."
The deals have cost state governments and taxpayers almost $28 billion in interest and fees at a time when states are already collectively facing billion dollar deficits and considering huge cuts to essential public services.
Some of the areas in the country that are being hit the hardest have amassed massive debt as a result of similar deals. For instance, Detroit, with an unemployment rate of almost 15 percent [4], entered a derivatives deal with UBS and other banks that supposedly permitted $2 million in annual interest savings on $800 million worth of bonds. In order to protect against losses, the deal carried a stipulation [5] that if Detroit's credit rating dropped, the banks could negate on its obligations and charge a breakup fee. As the city's credit rating plummeted during the recession, it found itself in a position of owing over $400 million [5]. Now, the city is using casino revenue to pay $4.2 million in monthly payments [5] to the banks. The city must pay the banks before considering funding other services.
Similar to U.S. Representative Elijah Cummings' (D-MD) comments on the use of bailout funds, the banks are basically "slapping these American taxpayers in the face by continuing the...business-as-usual attitude." Fortunately, states are taking proactive steps to confront these issues.
- Pennsylvania State Auditor General Jack Wagner called [6] on the legislature to prohibit municipalities and school districts from entering interest rate swap contracts. He stated [6], "[q]uite simply, the use of swaps amounts to gambling with public money. The fundamental guiding principle in handling public funds is that they should never be exposed to the risk of financial loss. Swaps have no place in public financing and should be banned immediately."
- Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury Justin P. Wilson recommended the state place limitations [7] on variable rate debt for financing projects.
Some states [8] are even considering the creation of state-owned banks to protect against the abuses of private banks, foster public accountability and fiscal integrity, increase local economic development investments, promote competition, and expand lending to small businesses. North Dakota, with a 4.4 percent [9] unemployment rate and a $700 million [10] budget surplus last year, is home to the country's only state-owned bank [11].
- Legislative and gubernatorial candidates in Florida, Oregon, Idaho Illinois, and California have floated [12] the idea of creating a state bank.
- Massachusetts Sen. President Therese Murray [13] and Virginia Del. Bob Marshall [14] each advanced initiatives in their respective states to study the creation of a state bank.
- Washington Rep. Bob Hasegawa introduced HB 3162 [15] this year, a bill that would create a state-owned bank.
Bankster USA [16]
Business Week - Wall Street Plays Hardball [5]
Campaign for America's Future - How Big Banks' Interest Rate Schemes Bankrupt States [3]
YES! Magazine - Whose Bank? Public Investments, Not Private Debt [12]