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How one woman got a religious group to stop their unwanted daily 7 a.m. texts to Knesset staffers:
"Mysterious Group Sends Knesset Staffers Text Messages Telling Them To Put On Tefillin To "Bring The Redemption," Staffers Fight Back, Win"
After complaints to the group got no response, and the police said there was nothing illegal about the repeated texts, "Lior Finkel had an idea.... [she] put on tefillin, took a picture and sent the picture to 'The Light for Tefillin.' The 7 am messages stopped cold."
The Jerusalem Post quoted her: "The next day, the harassment stopped. I guess they were right – I put on tefillin, and redemption came."
Hi Michael -
You can meet atheist girls on jdate.com (Jewish Atheists) but it requires some persistence. Perhaps more logical to try to make use of some of the atheist and geek socializing and dating sites out there.
I also think meetup.com is excellent for meeting with people of common interests such as local meetings of atheists or (in your case) maybe joggers, musicians, book-readers, etc.).
I like bowling and playing guitar and sometimes reading books and I try to jog or do various exercises regularly. In case I have a kid I would want to prevent him from getting circumcised and I would want my kid to be smart enough to not let people brainwash him into a religion.
Michael, I do think it's possible to meet girls who share common interests and who are either outright atheists or who do not care about religion. In my view it's perhaps a matter of keeping an open mind to a variety of interests, and perhaps also availing yourself of atheist-specific socializing and dating sites.
I grew up in a Jewish neighborhood in the north west Detroit suburbs. Now I live on east side of the northern Detroit suburbs. Sometimes I go to meetings of an atheist group which meets in a room they reserve in a restaurant. The last Jewish event I went to was in August 2010. Now how am I going to find a girl who is compatible with me and doesn't care that I don't pay attention to religion?
Michael, I don't find you offensive, and your question is a good one. In the past few years, I've had nothing to do with Judaism (easy in New Hampshire) and have not missed anything.
I suppose there is no way to say this without seeming so flippantly offensive that you will wish I would die, but I am actually Jewish according to heritage due to pure genetic accident, so why would I want my life to revolve around something that is only due to pure genetic accident? In addition I am one of the few circumcised men who really actually realizes what I am missing. I consider rape a combination between something sexual and violence. So Judaism is my rapist. Now why would I want to go to celebrations or holidays sponsored by my rapist? But the reason you understand that female circumcision should not exist is because it is done is somebody eltses culture. And then you get all hostile and offended at me because I am making you feel guilty about yourself.
As far as the assignment given by the NY teacher to defend the proposition that Jews are evil, using Nazi arguments, it makes my blood boil, because had I been one of those kids, I wouldn't even have been able to approach that assignment, because all I could think about then, and now, is that had I been born in a different place and a different era, it could have been ME. You don't EVER ask a student to write about why they, themselves, are evil and should be murdered! And therefore, you don't ask them why any other ethnic group is evil and should be murdered, either. This teacher shows not a lick of common sense, not to speak of empathy, or ethics. There are MANY subjects on which one could write a persuasive essay -- it was totally unnecessary to use this as a topic. I am truly disgusted by the whole affair, and I DO hope the teacher is fired, because someone as thoughtless as this shouldn't be teaching anyone.
For 12 years, I was a member of Rabbi Sherwin Wine's founding Humanistic Congregation, in suburban Detroit. I took his courses, listened to his brilliant sermons -- quite a guy.
I guess in recent years my increasing skepticism and commitment to truth have led me away from holidays and Judaism in general. The Passover story simply didn't occur, so all the reworking of the holiday is based on a story.
The reworking is a modern overlay, something the ancient Hebrew shepherds would not have understood. But that's OK. I just think these are things worth thinking about all year. BTW, many of the same ideas are to be found in Zen and elsewhere. Check out the Secular Wisdom tab in my blog www.jewishatheist.us .
I've done a lot of Holocaust reading and have many opinions, as, I'm sure, do A/N Jews. I may start a thread.
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This week was pretty significant for both supporters and opponents of gay rights. First, North Carolina successfully passed a state constitution-changing amendment banning same-sex marriages (as well as potentially limiting civil unions). Those that supported it said it was a victory for the sanctity of marriage.
On the other side of the argument (and most likely in direct response to North Carolina), President Obama finally did what many gay-rights advocates have long been hoping he would: he took a stand on the matter and said that he believes in same-sex marriage.
As someone with several very close gay friends, I have long believed that gays and lesbians deserve the same rights that a marriage provides my wife and I. We were ecstatic when New York passed the law recognizing same-sex marriages last year. It's my hope someday to attend the weddings of these wonderful people.
But of course, not everyone is happy. For alot of folks, the word "Gay" is just as horrible as -- or synonymous with -- "Cancer."
I got into a short, but intense online debate with someone who feels this way. During our conversation, his first point was to "take religion out of the equation" and pose the 'fact' that nature simply dictates that for the human race to survive, there must be a male and female having sex and procreating. 'Anything else is simply goes against nature.' was his argument.
Goes against nature? Scientists have observed nearly 1,500 different species of organisms on this planet, from worms to dolphins to primates, engaging same-sex relationships. This isn't 'gay agenda' nonsense. These are honest to goodness studies done on the creatures of this planet.
Scientists have also taken great strides in the study of homosexuality, with a majority of them concluding that it is in fact inherent, and not a choice. During a conversation with one of my good friends -- who make no mistake is proud to be gay -- he said to me "Do you think I would choose to be persecuted, shunned by family, or risk being attacked on a daily basis? I cannot change who I am."
Think about it. No one questions our heterosexuality. Being straight isn't a choice for us. And yet so many people continue to insist that gay men and women are making a choice to live this way.
Back to that debate, where my opponent decided to throw religion back into the mix by saying God commands us to be fruitful and multiply.
Another scientific theory that's being widely accepted: Homosexuality is nature's own version of population control. The idea behind this is when a species starts to become bigger than can be sustained, nature kicks in and introduces individuals into the phylum that are not interested in procreating by having them be attracted to the same sex.
But back to the religious aspect of the conversation: The Bible was written during a period in this world's existence when above all else, survival of the human race was pinnacle. No one was waking up at 9am to hit Starbucks and then go design websites, or film dish detergent commercials. You woke up with one idea in mind: 'How do I keep my family alive another day?'
Anyone who didn't subscribe to this view was looked upon harshly, because there was a real fear that your tribe or the village population might not survive without additional members. So procreation rules were inserted into the Bible by men.
Also in the Bible? Approval for slavery, bans on eating shellfish, permission to murder someone for not having a beard, and lots and lots of anti-women stances. Raise of hands to see who's been following these rules without question? Anyone? Hello?
I apologize for the snark; I'm not trying to make this into a Bible Bash -- I'm simply pointing out a couple of facts.
First, the Bible (and most religious tomes) was written when the earth was believed flat and the center of the universe. It was created at a time when it was believed that a man's semen contained the essence of life (hence the term 'seed.') and that a woman was simply the incubator. Obviously all these concepts have been long since proven false. But in those early days, science basically equated to taking a clay pot, putting it over a fire and making the water inside it boil. There was no DNA studies or major astronomical research being done.
I know there's a bit of science hate among some God-fearing folks, but science has provided us with many things that Religion has readily and happily embraced. Global communications have allowed religious groups to reach out to their flocks in more numbers than ever. It's provided us with means of travel to locations of religious significance that once were all but impossible to get to. Science has provided medicines and technologies that have allowed religious leaders to live longer lives, spending more time with their congregations.
So if science can disprove certain things from the Bible, and be widely accepted as such, why is homosexuality still off the discussion block?
Second, let's go back to those laws and edicts in the Bible that even the most devout find ludicrous. Besides the ones I alluded to earlier, there were laws in place to permanently do away with stubborn children, laws that permitted killing those who worked on the Sabbath, rules that banned certain fabrics from being mixed, and...oh, all you folks with tattoos of Jesus or a cross? Yep, you're breaking a holy law as well.
The point is there's very few of us around who would think twice about going to a Red Lobster on a Sunday to be served King Crab legs by the hard working waitress and stop to consider all the religious rules broken. But that one about the gays? Yeah, that one alot of folks seem to think is important to keep.
Why is it so hard to accept the possibility that what was written so long ago could be wrong for this day and age? Is it the fear that by accepting the Bible has mistakes then God is fallible? We've already established the earth is round and has no pillars holding it up. That doesn't change anything that Jesus said about being be good to one another, or judging others "lest ye be judged."
To my memory of the Bible (and admittedly it's been a while since I read it), the only people Jesus ever condemned were the hypocritical and self-righteous. Everyone else was invited to the Holy Love Fest.
What we need to do is dispel the fear of 'The G-Word.' Gay men and women are not looking to sneak into your home late at night, kidnap your spouse and turn them. They're not looking to make your children gay. They're not looking to force a priest to marry them in a church that doesn't want them. They want to be proud of who they are, and not worry about being harassed or beaten to death because their idea of love isn't necessarily the same as yours. They want to support individuals who are coming to terms with their gayness and make it through the challenges that face them. They want to get married. They want to live their lives happily like you get to live yours. And that's pretty much about it.
That, my friends is the 'Gay Agenda.' Does that sound so unbelievably awful?
One last thought -- the individual I was having a debate with? He happened to be African-American. I thought it was rather ironic that someone whose parents, grandparents, great-grandparents and so on might very well have faced hatred, adversity and ignorance would in turn do the same to another group of people. I'm sure he thought about it, he would be very grateful for the fact that most rational humans today choose to ignore Leviticus 25:44-46 (where Slavery is readily endorsed).
Okay, one MORE last thought -- Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh apparently said that President Obama's support of gay marriage is essentially a declaration of war against 'traditional marriage.'
I wonder how Rush's first, second, third and fourth wives feel about that?
Yes, I'm being snarky again. But this time I won't apologize.

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Each Saturday on the Politics Now blog, you'll find a list of stories that caught the eyes of The News' political reporters. Here's a sampling of what they were reading the last couple weeks:
"When the moderator is too moderate" by Dave Davies of WHYY in Philadelphia. Anyone who watched the presidential debate on Wednesday likely had an opinion of the performance of moderator Jim Lehrer, who has much experience in the role. Wednesday though, he seemed to lose control of the debaters. Davies writes that Lehrer could have been better prepared, while Lehrer tells the Huffington Post's Michael Calderone that he will not be moderating again.
NPR's David Welna looks at deficit plans from President Barack Obama and former Gov. Mitt Romney, and finds that both plans won't eliminate it.
In a tweet, Former GE CEO Jack Welch accused the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics of changing unemployment numbers to enhance Obama's image, and told the Wall Street Journal he wasn't kidding, according to Rachel Weiner of the Washington Post.
The jobs numbers - less than 8 percent unemployment - are good news for Obama, according to David Leonhardt and Mark Landler in the New York Times. Nicole Gelinas, who is a senior fellow with the Manhattan Institute, credited the housing market, according to an interview with Capital New York's Azi Paybarah.
This wouldn't qualify for news, and it doesn't involve much reading. But on a lighter note, Buzzfeed chronicles the history of first ladies and Big Bird. The current secretary of state is making a face she doesn't make in public much these days.


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Retirement pension is based on a specific formula (usually including years of service and average salary at retirement). The employer is responsible for contributing sufficient resources into a pension fund to pay the promised benefit.
Retirement pension is based on the amounts contributed by the employee and the employer to the employee's plan account and the interest earned.
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There is no direct relationship between the investment return and the employee's pension. If the return is poor, the employer is responsible for covering any shortfall in the fund. In other words, the employer takes the risk.
The employee's pension at retirement is directly related to the investment return on his/her account. If that return is poor, the pension is lower and vice versa. In other words, the employee takes the risk.
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The employer typically funds the total cost of the retirement plan without any contributions from the employee.
Employees who remain with a single employer until retirement can accumulate benefits that represent a significant portion of final earnings.
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Employees have control over the investment of funds. Many defined contribution plans provide a series of options that allow employees to select investment funds with different levels or risk.
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BYU offers the Master Retirement Plan — a university-funded defined benefit plan. Five years of eligible employment provides 100 percent vesting (i.e. ownership). At retirement, benefits are calculated based on the final average salary, benefit credit (years of eligible service(, and a multiplierThis plan is intended to be combined with Social Security, supplemental retirement programs, and personal savings to provide an overall retirement income.
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CLINTON -- When the high school football season began, the Clinton playbook included a formation where its two starting tackles, DJ Bessellieu and Trent Hessing, lined up side by side.
That plan didn't even make it through the first game, when Bessellieu went out with a knee injury. They finally lined up side by side last Friday, but not in a good way. Hessing joined his fellow senior lineman on the sidelines when he injured his knee during Clinton's 37-23 victory against Davenport West.
With road games remaining against a pair of teams ranked in the state's top 10 in Class 4A, the River Kings (4-3) really could use the 6-foot-1, 244-pound Bessellieu and 6-2, 254-pound Hessing.
"Those are two linemen who came on and had real solid junior seasons," coach Lee Camp said. "We're replacing them with quality kids, but we're also giving up about 50 pounds a man. Not only are we lighter, but we have to use more guys two ways."
Justin Guilliams, a 194-pound sophomore, will move into a starting spot at guard, while 201-pound senior Nate Harden will move from guard to tackle to replace Hessing.
The one good thing for Clinton, though, is that the final two regular-season games likely don't mean as much after recording wins against Burlington and West the past two weeks. With four wins, the River Kings have all but sewn up one of the 16 spots that go to teams from the eastern part of the state in the 4A playoffs.
"We don't feel our backs are against the wall, that it's do or die," Camp said Wednesday night. "In some ways it lets you focus on this is the next important game we play."
Camp likes the way his team is playing right now, too.
"Probably the most positive thing I've seen the past two weeks is the confident and competitive attitude," he said. "We've made some adjustments at halftime and come out with a 'get it done' attitude."


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From OpenwaterpediaMission Viejo Nadadores in Southern California who has been creating and coaching champion swimmers in the pool and open water for five decades. She was a recipient of the World Open Water Swimming Association's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010. She is married to Bill Rose, head coach of the Mission Viejo Nadadores.
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Her age-group swimmers have set 25 national records over the course of her career. She has also coached at numerous USA Swimming Zone camps, All-Star camps and All-Star meets.
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Rose also coached many record-setting marathon swimmers in the Catalina Channel including former English Channel record holder Penny Dean, Catalina Channel record holder John York and the first person to have completed a circumnavigation around Catalina Island, Cindy Cleveland. She continues to inspire interest in open water swimming with age-group swimmers and their parents.
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Richard Bolles Stays on the Job
He retools "What Color Is Your Parachute?" for hard times.
Nearly four decades ago, author Richard Bolles asked young baby boomers a strange question: What Color Is Your Parachute? To answer that question about careers, readers had to make their way through pages of exercises that demanded self-examination. It was hard work, and while the immediate objective was to find a job, the ultimate goal was to find your calling.
Today, Parachute is one of the all-time bestselling careers books, with more than 10 million copies of 37 editions snapped up since 1970. It ranks—along with War and Peace and the Bible—among the top 25 books that have "shaped readers' lives," as compiled by the Library of Congress. Bolles could be kicking back and killing time. He's 81, after all, and he makes his home in San Francisco's East Bay—between ocean and wine country—traveling frequently and living comfortably, particularly for a guy who once poured concrete. By now, the book's interrogations and exercises are reaching generation Y, but Bolles is not done with baby boomers yet. As this group popularizes the "second career," he wants to help boomers find work once more.
Nervous. Bolles rewrites sections (sometimes big ones) of his book every year to keep up with Twitter and LinkedIn and the economy, and Parachute's rehabbed 2009 edition is now in bookstores. It's called the "Job-Hunting in Hard Times" edition—with good reason. Unemployment rates are at their highest in five years, and the financial services industry has been torpedoed by the mortgage meltdown. Nearly half of working adults say they are worried about layoffs where they work, according to a recent survey by Decision Analyst, a market research and consulting firm.
Baby boomers, in particular, are concerned. They've watched the value of their investments diminish and the promise of pensions dissolve. AARP reports that 27 percent of workers 45 and older are postponing retirement. As many older workers take on marginal second careers for pittance paychecks—or "jobs that don't require job search skills," as Bolles calls them—he is convinced that better gigs are to be found. "There are some people who demand that if they're going to continue to work, they're going to have to have it be worth it," the author says. "And they're willing to do the hard work that it takes in order to find that. But there are other people who, by that age, are just feeling incredibly overwhelmed—and let's not forget the human nature factor called 'laziness'—so, sometimes they just say: 'Oh, that's too much work.' I've heard that so many times." (Bolles's principles are not for the faint of heart. The author thinks that three fruitless interviews are insufficient for a job seeker to be defeated. He'll ask: "You're basing your assumptions on that rich body of data?")
Indeed, readers who have most bene-fited from Parachute have been those willing to put in time and energy. David Petersen, 60, first read the book two decades ago. Trained as a mechanical engineer and founder of a high-tech firm in Austin, Petersen discovered that "making multimillion-dollar decisions was not very satisfying." With his wife's encouragement, he headed down to North Padre Island, Texas, for a week with a copy of Parachute in tow. "I said, OK, I'm going to do this," he recalls. "I didn't cut any corners." As he worked his way through the book, Petersen discovered his transferable skills and found they would fit into a career that had recently piqued his interest—fine woodworking. "I hung out my shingle as a furniture guy," he says. "I've been in business 18 years."
Turn-ons. The fundamentals of What Color Is Your Parachute?—finding out what turns you on, what you're good at, and then devising a strategy that gets you a job that fits—have left their mark on many. Patrick Lencioni, author of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, read Parachute after a disillusioning stint in a much-vaunted job doing data analysis for a management consulting firm and learned that he needed to work with people. Today, Lencioni consults on organizational development and writes business bestsellers. "I would trace back a lot of my accomplishments to doing [the work in Parachute]," he says. G. L. Hoffman, chairman of JobDig (and a contributing careers blogger at usnews.com), invited Bolles to Minnesota to speak at a major job fair. "People over 45 were almost catatonic around him," Hoffman says. "Honest to goodness, people had tears in their eyes."


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In the recent Aite/ACI global consumer fraud survey, a few key points jumped out at me from the North American statistics:
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Principal Consultant Payment & Chip Technology
The race is now on for many U.S. issuers to get to EMV—or chip (and hopefully PIN) cards.
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Retail banks in Asia Pacific should be worried if they have read the recent survey results of card fraud conducted by Aite Group & ACI Worldwide. A few warning signs emerged from over 1,800 respondents surveyed across 6 countries in the APAC region.
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Product Marketing Manager
To drive revenue during a time of sluggish growth and increased regulation, U.S. credit card lenders are courting risky borrowers more aggressively than the past, reports The Wall Street Journal. Banks target these riskier borrowers as they tend to pay higher interest rates and generate higher revenue, but how do you ensure they pay you?
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Principal Fraud Consultant
Aite Group has just published a research report titled "Global Consumers: Losing Confidence in the Battle Against Fraud", based on a global survey conducted by ACI Worldwide.
Earlier today, Aite Group (alongside ACI) unveiled a comprehensive new research report that calls into question consumer confidence in fraud protection by financial institutions and retailers.
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Fighting the Stigma of Lung Cancer
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A portion of West O Street is closed on Monday morning as police investigate a crash.
Eastbound traffic at West O and Southwest 40th Street is closed.
Authorities tell 10/11 News that around 2:15am, a vehicle collided with a person riding a bicycle.
That bike rider was sent to the hospital with life threatening injuries.
Authorities are questioning the driver of the vehicle.
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Tommy #11-11
Diagnosis: Down syndrome
No, the date of birth is not a typo, this little boy is THIRTEEN.
Tommy looks like a healthy little 2 year old boy with chubby cheeks and chunky legs.
The reality is that at 12 years old he weighed just 26 pounds. Tommy is in an orphanage where the children receive only the most basic care and very little stimulation or opportunity to grow and develop. Tommy can sit up and pull to a stand. He can walk with assistance and move around in a baby walker (yes, he's small enough to fit in a baby walker).
He makes sounds and pronounces syllables such as "da-da", "ba-ba", etc. He eats from a spoon, but has not been taught to feed himself.
Many additional photos and videos of Tommy are available. In the videos, Tommy is a happy little boy who responds very well to positive praise and attention. He's following simple verbal instructions and making an effort to interact with the adults in the video. He can scoot himself around in the walker and responds to his name.
He's a tiny package of potential who's waited 13 long years for a family to help him blossom into the child that he was meant to be!
It is of crucial importance that any family considering the adoption of an older child from the mental institution setting be well prepared for what to expect with regards to how the neglect and lack of adequate medical care and nourishment has affected this child. These children are truly living on borrowed time.
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Ryan Woodward began his career in film and animation in 1995 as a traditional animator and has since held a variety of roles within the art/design/story stages of film production. Some of his Hollywood credits include, Space Jam, The Iron Giant, Osmosis Jones, Spider-man 2, Spider-man 3, Where the Wild Things Are, Ironman 2, Cowboys and Aliens, The Avengers, Snow White and The Huntsman, Thor 2, and Captain America 2. As an independent studio, Ryan has produced a variety of content including, Bottom of the Ninth (an animated comic app), Amor a Vida (TV title sequence for Brazilian novela), Thought of You (2d animated short film), and animated content for, The Monterey Bay Aquarium, Google, The Polynesian Cultural Center, and more. As an educator, Ryan reached academic tenure (2003-2013) at Brigham Young University before returning to industry to focus on film production. As a member of local 800, The Art Directors Guild, and 839, Ryan continues to provide storyboards, animation (2d and 3d), and animatics for Hollywood productions. More info at: http://ryanwoodwardart.com
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Girls Basketball
Newburyport 51, Hamilton-Wenham 49 OT
Aly Leahy scored seven of her 11 points in overtime to lift the Clippers (10-6 overall, 9-4 CAL) to their fifth win in a row. Rebecca Kell hit a pair of free throws with 2.9 seconds remaining to send the game to overtime. Lea Tomasz led Newburyport with 18 points. Emily Pettigrew added 10 points and seven rebounds.
"We've been crawling back," Newburyport coach Greg Dollas said. "It's a team effort, every single girl played."
Pentucket 57, Triton 13
Tess Nogueira led Pentucket (17-1) with 13 points. Kelsi McNamara added nine. For Triton, Megan Muldowney scored seven points. Camille Mihalchik had two points and six rebounds.
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Lynnfield 56, Amesbury 51
Grant Bellino had 11 points and 18 rebounds for the Indians (7-9). Devlin Gobeil added 10 points. Tommy Connors scored nine, including two 3-pointers. Pat Halloran had six points, nine rebounds and two blocks.
Georgetown 55, Ipswich 45
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GOP Sees Ghost of Jimmy Carter
Citing foreign policy weakness and poor economic record, the GOP aims to equate Obama to Jimmy Carter.
The specter of Jimmy Carter is back.
Prompted by the ongoing crisis in the Middle East, Republicans are drawing comparisons between former President Carter and President Barack Obama. Their argument is that both adopted policies that were weak, vague and unsuccessful, and both were unwilling or unable to project American power to challenge menacing Islamists.
[Photos: U.S. Embassador As Consulate Attacks Target Libya, Egypt]
Up to this week, GOP leaders have used Carter comparisons mostly to undermine Obama on economic issues. Now foreign policy and national security have been added to the mix, propelled by the murders of U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and three other U.S. officials, along with mobs rioting in the streets of several Middle Eastern countries.
One point of comparison is the Iranian hostage crisis of 1979-1980, in which militants seized 52 Americans at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and held them hostage for a year, which made Carter seem ineffectual. He lost his bid for re-election to Republican challenger Ronald Reagan in 1980.
"President Obama has clearly surpassed former President Jimmy Carter and his actions during the Iranian Embassy crisis as the weakest and most ineffective person to ever occupy the White House," said Rep. Allen West, a Florida Republican, in an interview with the Huffington Post.
Added Republican Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe: "These attacks are sadly reminiscent of the 1979 attack on our embassy in Tehran under Carter's watch." Writing in Washington's The Hill newspaper, Inhofe added: "In June 2009, just months after Obama traveled the globe in what some have dubbed an Apology Tour, Obama traveled to Cairo [which is] now a vastly different city. The once promising Arab Spring has been hijacked by extremists who seek to advance their radical agenda and stand in the way of democracy in the region."
[Romney Allies Reiterate Candidate's Critiques of Libya Response]
On the conservative-oriented Fox News Thursday, commentator Sean Hannity showed clips from 1980 in which Carter condemned Reagan in words similar to the ones Obama used against challenger Mitt Romney this week. Carter told the Democratic National Convention in 1980 that Reagan followed the dictum, "Shoot first and ask questions later." Obama told CBS Wednesday, "Governor Romney seems to have a tendency to shoot first and aim later."
For many weeks, Romney has tried to link Carter and Obama as failures in strengthening the economy. Romney has called Obama's presidency "the most anti-small business administration I've seen probably since Carter." And Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, Romney's vice-presidential running mate, has said, "The president has no record to run on. In fact, every president since the Great Depression who asked Americans to send them into a second term could say that you are bettter off today than you were four years ago, except for Jimmy Carter and for President Barack Obama."
It's unclear how effective these comparisons will be. Carter's presidency ended 32 years ago, and many voters simply aren't familiar with his time in office. Just as important, Carter has become a respected figure since his presidency because of his charitable works and international peace-making and humanitarian missions.
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Carter got a very positive response in Des Moines Thursday when he defended his use of negotiations instead of war to solve international problems.
He said that in 1979 some of his advisers urged him to punish Iran militarily for taking the hostages, and he was told, "If you go to war, you're kind of a hero. If you stay out of war and prefer peace, you're too weak."
He did order a rescue attempt that failed. But he said a broader military strike would have killed tens of thousands of innocent Iranian civilians, so he resorted to negotiations, which were ultimately successful.
"Many people still look on that as a symbol that I was a weak president," he said. "But sometimes it takes more courage to preserve the peace than to go to war." At that point, many in the audience at Drake University gave him a sustained ovation.
Ken Walsh covers the White House and politics for U.S. News. He writes the daily blog, "Ken Walsh's Washington," for usnews.com, and is the author of "The Presidency" column for the U.S. News Weekly. He can be reached at email@example.com and on Facebook and Twitter.


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many years later, I also need to know this about the manual saying to add the new coolant into the heater hose....and also says to drain the coolant from the engine block, but where is the plug for that? I would like to do what they say, but it seems like the radiator doesn't "hold" a lot of the coolant, right...and you aren't refilling the radiator, right? We are in freezing temps now at night so I'm worried since I have been losing fluid and was just adding water for a while.
My manual says to drain the coolant from the engine block also...where is that plug located? It says to refill coolant pouring it into the heater hose going to radiator...with a funnel..so I don't put it just into the overflow tank? Has anyone done this? I saw an old post that had no real answer on this . thanks Becky
Thanks for quick reply, I was worried because we have suddenly freezing temperatures here at night and I started losing coolant a few weeks ago and have been topping it up with only water, so I wasn't sure what concentration coolant I have now overall especially the coolant in the block..but I added straight coolant into the overflow last few days, hoping to rectify things. (?) Anyway, given what you said, I will drain the radiator and refill in the overflow. I need to find out what's leaking I see no leak from the radiator or hoses all look fine and the oil looks fine too (thinking if it's an internal leak like the head gasket) the car has about 90,000 miles seems too early to have a gasket problem....I will look at other posts to see what else it could be
genel1 Posts: 5While driving, my speedometer will all of a sudden go to 0mph and stay there, then after a while will reengage to the correct speed. Seems to happen in the morning about 5 miles into the commute on a daily basis, then at other times just whenever. What is up? Thank you in advance for your replies
I have a 2003 Focus sedan with 100,003 and little work done on it. I drive 40 miles a day mostly highway between 60 and 65 mph and get aprox. 34 MPG.
The AC no longer works but it's no big deal.
I have experienced loss of the display panel - speed, fuel gauge, engine block heat, radio,etc... when in summer it gets really hot and humid, and I left the window opened and it rained. The car works well but I have no idea at what speed I am driving.
Once the car gets dry, everything is back to normal.
It would seem to be a bad connection when it's humid?
I just passed 100,000 miles and wonder if a timing belt (or chain?) should be replaced. The car runs really well and little maintenance has been done beside oil change and tires.
Is the camshaft belt scheduled to be replaced at 120,000 the equivalent??
I know, maybe a dumb question?
steve502 Posts: 1Here is the deal. Ford manufactors the Focus with a 2 degree negative camber. This makes your rear tires go defective as fast as 10,000 miles especially if you don't rotate your tires very often. You can get an alignment every month and it will not fix the defect. I have 24,000 miles on my focus and I have my third set of tires on it. I've did the research. An alignment shop here in Warrensburg MO found the problem and fixes around 4-5 Ford Focus a month. They put in a kit that brings the camber within a fraction of a inch which will give you about 3 times the life span of the tires. The don't have the ability to zero the camber. If you don't get this done, you will be buying tires like I did every year. I did make a complaint to my dealer and the Ford Company itself with no help so I sent my complaint to the National Highway Safety department which investigates safety issues and forces auto companies to fix defects with a recall. Need folks like you to do the same. The last set of rear tires I took off scared me. It was so close of coming apart. Call 1-888-327-4236 and make you complaint today.
markus5 Posts: 102My '04 ZTS has 80,000 K, and I have posted before regarding "Tire Problems and Strategies for this vehicle. The original equipment tires were "" assymetrical non- directional All-season" Pirelli P-6's. Although they are not rated highly in Tire rack surveys, and I was not impressed with them after the original 20,000 plus miles, I may be looking to install a similar type of tire as soon as as snow season is over.
Over the last 6 years I have been through too many Max Performance summer tires which are only used for 7-8 months of the year. They were amazing in grip but have no guarantees for treadware and as they are typically directional they can not be rotated except front-back. It is obviously a trade-off. In this particular ( Focus) type of suspension & alignment set-up, It seems that tires with softer compounds are stressed especially in the 205-50 16 inch size. The smaller winter tire which I use does not seem to have these problems.
When it comes my tire costs over these 61/2 years, this has not been an economy car
But the Driving dynamics of these cars are tops, I will definitly be looking at the new model in 12 months or so !
jordan24 Posts: 1I was surprised to find out that I did not have to change air filter until 100,000 miles. Really surprised when I found out it cost approx. $500. The mechanic told me later that I really did not have to do it; it looked good since I drive lots of highway miles. Why is this filter so different from others and to protect car when should I change it? I am anxious to get answers and cannot find any.
lost Posts: 64These filters are not self cleaning , they will clog up and need replacement eventually. There is a gauge built into the side that indicates how the filter is operating, green is good, red is bad.This must be checked while the engine is running.You can go to the Visteon web site to learn more about the filter, look for "Air Induction Systems".
jeff618 Posts: 29On my mission to find an upgraded rear wiper blade for my Focus Hatchback, I found a great wiper blade for all around... If you want to upgrade to the newer-style frameless wipers, I could only find one aftermarket choice that had the 14" size for the rear as well as the 22" ds & 19" ps. I found the "Trico NeoForm Beam Blades" online and they're fairly priced, wipe super well, are super quiet, and look really good. They perform well in rain, mist, snow and ice and put up with the abuse of a Wisconsin winter. The place I bought them from just notified me that there's a $15 rebate thru 5/15/2010. I highly recommend...
mwolf9000 Posts: 29I need to remove the interior door trim panel of the rear driver's side door of my 2002 Focus 4 door sedan. I removed all the little screws around the outside of the panel and also the little screw behind the inside door handle. What else is holding this panel in? It's not budging, and I hesitate to just start prying things apart. Anyone?
steveinarizona Posts: 7I have a 2009 and a 2005 Ford Focus. My 2009 bought new we went through our first set of tires by 22K miles. I took it to the dealer to see what the problem was and they told me that Ford had a known problem with the camber and the only thing we could do is install some kit at our expense to correct this otherwise we will continue to experience excessive wear. Ford does not cover this under any warranty as it is considered by them a wear and tear issue. They know they have an issue with their rear suspension alignments but they do not want to address it at their expense. I now have 38K and will be neededing a second set of tires soon. I drive this all highway for the most part. My other complaint is the A/C system is not all that great here in Arizona heat. Takes awhile to cool yet my 1995 Jeep Grand Cherokee A/C gets gold very quickly.
wgreen Posts: 17I want to check to see if the dealer actually changed the air filter which they suggested even though I only have 15000 miles. I unsnap the 3 clamps on top but can only get the top to tilt up a fraction of an inch,don't want to force it. From what I can see the filter looks to be orange color,don't know if that would be OEM or not.
Also what is the plastic gizmo on the side of the filter that sticks up like a handle?


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Since no one in Ohio or elsewhere won the latest multi-state Powerball jackpot the pot will increase to a minimum $425 million for Wednesday's drawing, Ohio Lottery officials said.
The amount signifies one of the largest Powerball pots in the history of the game. It's not exactly pocket change.
According to the PowerBall/Mega Millions Calculator (really, there is one), the $425 million pot would result in one lump-sum payout of $229,702,385 ($149,306,550.00 after 35 percent tax) or one initial payment of $14,166,667 plus $9,208,334.00 (after 35 percent tax) per year for 29 additional years.
Just in time for holiday shopping.
Assuming that there is peace on earth, the world is fed and no one on the planet is in dire need of anything, how would you spend your $229.7 million? Here are a few suggestions of what that money could buy:
- If you want to buy your city, you're going to have to have to win the big Powerball…10 times over. According to the Lorain County Auditor's Office, the city of Avon is valued at $2,207,069,914 (yes that's billion) and the city of Avon Lake at $2,370,153,371*. (FYI: We checked, and according to sources, neither city is currently for sale. Sorry.)
- Maybe you're a baseball fan and love your summer games at All Pro Freight Stadium. The structure costs $12.1 million to build so you can afford to buy about 12 of them with your 29-year payout. Team sold separately.
- 25.25 percent of the Cleveland Browns, which was valued by Forbes as $977 million this past July (before this season started. We don't know what the value of a win over Pittsburg is.) Stadium sold separately.
Perhaps, with all that money, you'd be inclined to buy a small island with a great big house on it. And keep a great big summer house on the North Coast just because you can.
- If you live in Avon Lake, you can buy a home like this $2.9 million lakefront home complete with four bedrooms and eight bathrooms. Every four months. For 30 years.
- If you prefer Avon and easy I-90 access, you can buy all 10 of the priciest homes ( including this beauty on 20 acres) currently on sale in Avon and it will only cost you 5 percent of the $149 million post-tax dollars. (We have no idea how much lawn service would cost you per year though.)
So if your (mis?)fortunate enough to win the Powerball on Wednesday, we want to know: What big ticket item would you buy? Tell us in the comments.
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Have you always wanted to bring your dog with you to the movies?
The Animal Rescue League of Boston and Petco Unleashed have teamed up with WBZ Free Friday Flicks to bring you the Lego Movie at the Hatch Shell on Friday, August 8. Our street team will be there with our Super Pets photo banner and other super fun things. Make sure you and your dog save the date!
Free Friday Flicks is a summertime tradition in Boston, attracting thousands of movie-goers to enjoy family-oriented feature length movies under the stars all summer long at DCR's Hatch Shell in Boston! Bring a blanket or lawn chair, pack a picnic, and watch a movie with family and friends on Friday night for free! Movies begin at sundown, but arrive early to grab your spot on the lawn and enjoy free food samples, games, and giveaways with WBZ NewsRadio 1030 – the fun starts at 6pm with WBZ's Morgan White Jr!
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This summer, the New Balance Falmouth Road Race will celebrate its 42nd anniversary
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Come cheer on our team as they join 11,000 other runners on this beautiful course.
The race has become part of the fabric of summer on Cape Cod, with runners and spectators coming back year after year.
For more information visit arlboston.org/falmouth-road-race
Calling all animal lovers! Be sure to make it out to the Red Sox game on Thursday, August 21 when the Red Sox take on the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
A portion of the proceeds from each ticket purchased through this special sale will benefit the Animal Rescue League of Boston.
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MADISON COUNTY — I hate to write again about a subject I just wrote about, but some friends have sent me some really good recipes for this item, and I know that we have a lot of it coming out of the garden.
4 cups shredded zucchini
1 onion chopped
2 eggs beaten
1 (8.5oz)package dry corn muffin mix (I like Jiffy)
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp ground black pepper
8 oz low fat Cheddar cheese, shredded
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a two-quart casserole.
In a large bowl, mix together the zucchini, onion, eggs, muffin mix, salt and cheese. Spread this mixture into a greased two-quart casserole dish; top with cheese.
Bake in a preheated oven for 60 minutes. Makes 8 servings.
Speaking of friends, I recently went to go to a reunion of retired school food service employees and supervisors. It was so good seeing old friends and making new ones. We plan on meeting once or twice a year.
We were all sitting around telling on each other now that we are retired and can't get fired for some of the practical jokes we all pulled on each other.
Would I do such a thing? You bet I did my part.
One that backfired on me had to do with a state car. I had gone to a state park to stay a week while I was reviewing a school system down in western Kentucky. At that time in life, state cars all used the same key. So one of my so called friends had moved my car and replaced it with someone's who was staying at the park. All his clothes were in the trunk. Of course, I did not check the truck as I had left early that morning. When I got back and went to put my suit case in the room, I found men's clothes. It was a shock. I did not have anything to wear for two days until the person who took my car discovered he had my clothes.


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Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Counter Seating, Entertainment, Full Bar, Happy Hour, Late Night, Personal wines welcome, Personal wines welcome (corkage fee applies), Takeout, Weekend Brunch, Wheelchair Access, Wine
We provide catering - party trays. If you are interested please call the restaurant and ask for Nam Kim (MGR).
Karaoke Party!
Every Friday & Saturday from 10:00pm to Midnight.
Getting there
Cross Street:
16th Street
Street Parking
A word from Barracuda Japanese Restaurant - SF
Barracuda Japanese Restaurant on Market is located in the Castro District.
Fun, colorful, and experimental; serving Neo-Japanese Cuisine with a mix of Brazilian and Peruvian flavors to spice things up!
Awards voted by OpenTable diners
Diners' Choice Winner
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Best Restaurants in Castro
Diner Reviews
Great foods at reasonable prices!
The appetizer platter was well presented and tempura was light & crispy! Sashimi was so fresh and love the warm and friendly service. A little noisy but given that there was a table of guests celebrating a birthday it was understandable. Will highly recommend but I hope they will not become another NOPA which requires 8 weeks advance booking ughhhh!"
Dined on 7/11/2014
Their reservation is very
confusing, They don't update the open table or yelp so when I did my reservation they didn't have any table available not very good. we had to wait 40 min"
Dined on 5/30/2014
While food was very good, service
was quite slow and not on purpose. My biggest issue is the restaurant's decor, which is literally being kept together with scotch tape. The myriad of christmas lights with undulating lighting along the wall contrasted with a busy booth print is not pleasant. Their front door is always open, regardless of weather. Dropping almost 80 bucks for lunch, I would expect better ambiance than scotch tape all over the place. Also, we were almost at the table closest to the sushi bar and it was still quite cold. Unless there's a planned group event that will be booked outside my involvement, I don't think I'll be back anytime soon. There are much better sushi restaurants in the Castro."
Dined on 5/4/2014
Hung out here all night with
friends. Sushi and cocktails were good. Service was fantastic. Our waiter was fun, friendly, and kept up with us even though we were a bit chaotic in how we ordered food and drink. We sat down at 7:30 and didn't leave until 11. Good party music in the background but still easy to hear each other. Other big groups of friends partying at tables around us. Super friendly vibe--one table bought us all sake bombs to join in with them, another table invited us all out dancing with them. I love San Francisco."
Dined on 4/25/2014
always a good selection of rolls
that are creative. The music is top 40 and fun, great for a lively dinner in castro with friends highly recommend"
Dined on 4/11/2014
I come to Barracuda now and then
for one thing only: their spicy broth pork ramen soup! Trust me, I know my SF Ramen joints, but this particular soup continues to be one of the top 3 on my list: (1) the noodles aren't wimpy, they display a nice bounce, and are cooked perfectly (i.e., not too soft); (2) the broth is a combination of pork base (with milk?) and kimchee! Fantastic!!! Too bad at night night this place is so loud. Must be a Castro thing. Hey, guys, we are no longer in the 1980s! With places like Frances just a few blocks away, catch up with sound level and lowering down the music."
Dined on 4/11/2014
one of castros best sushi
places the service could have been a little better the rolls were delicious as always and good atmosphere perfect for a friday night out with friends"
Dined on 3/28/2014
Ate here once before; the place
was fairly crowded but everything was quite good, from the service to the fish. This time was marked by inconsistencies. The nigiri we ordered was great, although they were out of several fish that we had wanted. The rolls, however, were somewhat disappointing. The spider in the ultimate spider roll was sort of cold and chewy, and the volcano was just kind of "meh." Service was friendly but seemed really slow, which is hard to explain given how uncrowded the restaurant was. I would go back, but I think next time I'd try to sit at the sushi bar, skip the rolls and just order straight up fish."
Dined on 2/25/2014
Went with my boyfriend the sushi
was amazing the service was great I see myself returning."
Dined on 2/14/2014
Fun, dance music plaing made the
restaurant feel like a party."
Dined on 2/8/2014
All of the fish tasted fresh and
delicious. Was able to easily get a reservation for an early dinner no problem. Very nice atmosphere and cocktails. Very good across the board."
Dined on 2/1/2014
great for parties or large
groups they have fun rolls and a variety of menu items that are interesting the staff is friendly and they have good recommendations"
Dined on 1/15/2014
I was impressed that the 7 piece
nigiri tasting was more like a mini omakase rather than your standard salmon, shrip, tuna, etc and was instead fluke, ocean trout, snapper, etc, and was well done with satisfyingly sized slices of fish. Often sushi places either go a bit thin on the fish slices so you can really only manage one bite even if you try for two, or go waaay overboard so they are known as the "giant nigiri" places, which then are hard to handle."
Dined on 1/4/2014
We came here New Years Eve. The
food was very good and the table was nice. It is small so you are fairly close to your neighbor it I could not hear their conversations and I do t think they could hear ours. The waiter was very goodand recommended the appropriate dishes. Highly recommend if you're in the area."
Dined on 12/31/2013
We had looked forward to our
dinner after reading the positive reviews but we're quite disappointed. The food was just OK, nothing to rave about. The sushi was rather bland, even the items marked on the menu as spicy. The best thing we had was the spicy edamame. Service was lacking and the restaurant was not busy. Would not go back or recommend to friends."
Dined on 12/24/2013
The food was excelent, typical
sushi fare. Bar was ok but slow, waiter forgot items."
Dined on 12/22/2013
We drove a long way to try the
Chef's tasting menu, but was disappointed... The restaurant was not busy, yet the waitress hurriedly rambled off the types of sushi on the plate... when we got her attention a little later and asked her about the different types of sushi, she said she couldn't remember what was on our plate. She was not personable at all, and did not take the time to talk to us. The lone sushi roll would have been much better split into three or four different types of rolls (2 pieces each type) afterall, it is a "tasting" menu ... lastly, including a little something sweet would have been nice... I am not going to recommend this to anyone since it was nothing to brag about, and mediocre at best..."
Dined on 12/20/2013
The sushi here is always good. Who
does not love Sushi on fire! This place is a good, every-day sushi place. It's not a place for a snobby sushi eater. It's not the place where you will get the most exquisite sushi, but it's the place you can go to have a reasonably priced meal and have fun."
Dined on 12/9/2013
Barracuda has a great location on
Market Street that is hard to beat. The food I'd say is definitely better than average, but not remarkable. The service was impecable - they seemed extremely attentive, real team effort by the staff, and never left us anything for want. The restaurant had a great ambience - it is modern, well kept/clean, and even with the place more than half full durning my visit it still did not seem overly loud and tables are not arranged in such a way as to seem very crowded like most SF establishments. I actually came here for a second date, and while I'd say it does not strike me as particularly romantic setting it certainly served it's purpose quite well."
Dined on 12/8/2013
The waitress said that she was too
busy to address the issue, but that she thinks that the heater was on. Later the bartender came over to let us know that the AC and Heater were off. I polled the people sitting around me and they confirmed that there was definitely an AC running and it was not draft as they claim it was. In any case, the dinner was not enjoyable because I was cold and I was wearing my winter coat! Given that the food was good, this is too bad!"
Dined on 12/6/2013
Perfect as usual! You should try
Japanese Cowboy rolls!"
Dined on 12/4/2013
Neighborhood notable dining
experience. Food is always fresh and service is always good. I highly recommend this establishment for anyone looking for Japanese cuisine in the Castro area."
Dined on 12/2/2013
Excellent sushi restaurant to be
discovered! You just must try!"
Dined on 11/23/2013
Good variety...they take special
orders...make your own roll!!! Sushi chef Cesar will create whatever you ask. Have returned many times and sat at the sushi bar. Hit it at non peak hours otherwise forget it."
Dined on 11/23/2013
I recommend the dragon roll. The
food was great. The service was great. The host was super friendly and sweet. I arrived at 8:00 and go a great table. The place was packed at 9:30 with lots of people waiting outside for tables. The crowd was spirited and fun."
Dined on 11/22/2013
Although the menu is heavy on
sushi, this non-fisher eater was able to find many yummy things to try. The sliders were exceptional."
Dined on 11/7/2013
This is a fun little, energetic
sushi restaurant in the castro. Service puts out full effort and the dishes are attractive. This sushi quality is a step below some of the best in the City, but if you are hungry for solid and in the area, this is a good restaurant."
Dined on 11/1/2013
Excellent happy hour weekdays
5-7pm. You can have dinner from the happy hour menu since there is plenty to choose from. Not fancy, but casual neighborhood dinning is the scene here."
Dined on 10/21/2013
We eat here about every six weeks
or so. The host grabbed the menus and walked all the way to the other side of the restaurant not looking to see if we followed, he did not bother to say hello. He dropped the menus on the table and walked away long before we got there. We had to chase him down to tell him we had a reservation thru Opentable The waiter had much of the same attitude. At the end(tip time) he actually said thank you which was about all he said except uh huh. Very disappointing especially to a good customer."
Dined on 10/14/2013
It is almost impossible to dine at
a well known (or any known ) brunch location in San francisco. Thanks to OT I was able to reserve a spot in a japanese restaurant that served a "japanese" style brunch. Bottomless mimosas with entree, very delicious and creative items on the menu, and attentive staff. Overall a perfect new experience for me."
Dined on 9/29/2013
We had the tasting menu, generous
portions of unctuous sashimi were especially yummy. The service is impeccable, and the kitchen prompt. We keep coming back because of the consistency!"
Dined on 9/13/2013
Conveniently located in Castro,
this was a perfect spot for good Japanese sushi and friendly service by locals. Fast speedy service made the meal an excellent experience."
Dined on 9/8/2013
We love this place. The tasting
menu is just fantastic. It was too noisy last Friday, though. Was hard to speak with my friends sharing table with me."
Dined on 9/6/2013
Great sushi, ambiance, music,
service. Everything was outstanding. I'll be there a LOT in future. Don't know why it took me so LNG to get there."
Dined on 8/20/2013
The brunch menu is really great
for those who want Japanese or traditional brunch items. But what sent our group over the edge were the most delicious Bloody Marys we'd ever tasted. We got spicy and asked them why they tasted so good - yet different. Instead of Tabasco, they use wasabi and Sriracha. Amazing. We had three rounds of them. And we were a group of 10 which is well suited for Barracuda because their walls are covered with continuous benches, so they can comfortably accommodate really large parties."
Dined on 8/18/2013
The food was great, the ambience
acceptable, but it lacked the feel of a real Japanese restaurant. More American-Japanese than actual Japanese."
Dined on 8/17/2013
Great food and restaurant, but
very poor service. The waiter had an unprofessional attitude and made us feel rushed. Rude."
Dined on 8/10/2013
The sushi here is excellent and
the fish is fresh. We all habe frequented this restaurant. That being said, we were a party of four seated 25 feet from a party of 12 20-something's. not only was the noise from that party beyond excessive, the restaurant actually turned up their music to drown out the party (or add to it....I'm not sure). In the middle of our dinner, we all just stopped trying to talk to each other because we couldn't scream loud enough."
Dined on 8/10/2013
We really can't make sense of so
many glowing reviews after our Saturday night dinner at Barracuda. The maitre d was very nice and welcoming but the rest pf the service rather indifferent and not very efficient (we had to ask for our check twice). And the food... They are trying so hard to make sushi unusual and original but the result is plain ridiculous and unsavoury (my companion didn't even finish his order which has got to be a first). Ambiance is ok although a bit on the vulgar side and music way too loud but that was expected. Why go there when there are so many great sushi places?!"
Dined on 8/10/2013
My husband, son and I planned on
spending the day in San Francisco. We found the Barracuda on OpenTable for dinner after visiting The California Academy of Science. Our server Chris was very friendly and attentive. We ordered teriyaki beef and chicken, dragon roll, California rolls, sashimi and sake for me. Everything was great. We will definitely be back again soon."
Dined on 8/9/2013
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Taiwanese tattoo aficionado Annfaye Kao likes Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs so much that she decided to dedicate her entire back to the Disney classic.
The award-winning tat, which the 27-year-old says was inspired by a dream she had, took three months to complete. "At times I was in such pain that I wanted to hurry it up," she says, "but luckily I didn't give up and got it finished."
According to Annfaye, everyone she knows loves it, "which makes me feel lucky to have so many understanding and supportive people around me in life."
(wonder if she will finish out her front)
Bill Hinzman, best remembered as the first zombie to appear on camera in George Romero's horror classic Night of the Living Dead, passed away today of cancer. He was 75.
Nicknamed "Zombie #1" by fans, Hinzman's role as the Godfather of all Zombies' first on-screen ghoul established a working relationship with the filmmaker which lasted for several years, garnering Hinzman parts in several other Romero films such as There's Always Vanilla, Season of the Witch, and The Crazies.
In the 80's, Hinzman took a seat behind the camera, helming two of his own horror films — The Majroettes and Flesheater. His final movie, the Kurt Angle and Kevin Nash-starring indie horror flick River of Darkness, was released last year.
Below: Hinzman's Cemetery Zombie scene from Night of the Living Dead —
Having arrived at the Gates of Heaven,
Barrack Obama meets a man with a beard. 'Are you Mohamed?' he asks.
'No my son, I am St. Peter; Mohamed is higher up.'
Peter then points to a ladder that rises into the clouds.
Delighted that Mohamed should be higher than St. Peter,
Obama climbs the ladder in great strides,
climbs up through the clouds and comes into a room
where he meets another bearded man.
He asks again, 'Are you Mohamed?'
'Why no,' he answers, 'I am Moses;
Mohamed is higher still.'
Exhausted, but with a heart full of joy
he climbs the ladder yet again.
He discovers a larger room where he meets an
angelic looking man with a beard.
Full of hope, he asks again,
'Are you Mohamed?'
'No, I am Jesus, the Christ;
you will find Mohamed higher up.'
Mohamed higher than Jesus!
Man, oh man! Obama can hardly contain his
delight and climbs and climbs ever higher.
Once again, he reaches an even larger room
where he meets this truly magnificent looking man
with a silver white beard and once again repeats his question:
'Are you Mohamed?' he gasps as he is by now,
totally out of breath from all his climbing.
'No, my son, I am Almighty God, the Alpha and the Omega,
but you look exhausted.
Would you like a cup of coffee?'
Obama says, 'Yes please!'
As God looks behind him, he claps his hands and yells out:
'Hey, Mohamed, two coffees!'
Keep your trust in God;
your president is an idiot.
Found HERE.
Rather than run from his record, Pres. Obama – as demonstrated by his State Of The Union speech and subsequent recitations of its themes on the campaign trail – has found a way to flip the bad economy on its head, and make the election about "empathy."
In his look back at President Obama's most recent State of the Union address, Wall Street Journal Deputy Editorial Page Director Daniel Daniel Henninger writes:
"Mr. Obama may not know much about the private economy, but he knows a lot about the uses of human anxiety. Proposing to replace his own bad economy with a virtual substitute "built to last" allows Mr. Obama to place himself outside the White House and on the street making common cause with the genuine economic anxieties of the American people. It also lets this president put in motion what he thinks he knows best—empathy. In "The Audacity of Hope" he put empathy "at the heart of my moral code." Practice makes perfect. It is beyond audacious. How can a president simultaneously hammer real job creation with the Keystone XL pipeline decision, then go into the country and claim kinship with the anxieties of the jobless? No problem. Just do it" [snip]
Obama is not much of a leader. His team says he "leads from behind," but really what he does is outsource leadership to the liberals in Congress. But there is no doubt as to his audacity. He, quite literally, wrote the book on it, the Audacity of Hope, and then proceeded to audaciously run for president in 2008 on nothing more than vague promises of Hope and Change.
Four years later, millions of Americans have lost hope in the Obama economy and dropped out of the workforce; the president knows he can not credibly claim to have turned the economy around despite having flushed a few trillion dollars down the drain. Obama can't run on the economy that actually exists, instead, he's going to run on an economy that could exist–if only those evil conservatives would just let him have his way. Once again, he's going for a hope-a-dope strategy.
Read the article here.
Hoekstra Taking Heat Over Super Bowl Ad
I've heard about this story here, there and everywhere since I woke up this morning…so thought I'd put it here and see what you all think about this…and the usual brouhaha coming from the left and some RINOs on the right.
Here's the story via CBS News where Hoekstra defends himself and the ad:
Michigan Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra on Monday defended his controversial Super Bowl political attack ad that critics have called racially insensitive, saying it does not reflect criticism of China.
The ad, which opens with the sound of a gong and other traditional Asian tones, features a young Asian actress riding a bike in what appears to be a rice field. With what appears to be a straw hat resting against her back, she addresses the camera and thanks Democratic incumbent Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow – who is called "Debbie Spend-it-now" – in broken English.
"Debbie spend so much American money," the woman says. "You borrow more and more, from us, Your economy get very weak. Ours get very good." The ad implies that she is Chinese but never mentions China or any other nation by name.
"We take your jobs," the woman continues, with a smile and a shrug. "Thank you Debbie Spend-it-now."
COMMENTARY | So, it's finally official: Iran is a state-sponsor of terrorism. The word came from the mouth of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Friday when he categorically announced Iran would sponsor anyone — anywhere — that would work against Israel.
Khamenei also admitted to helping attack Israel through third parties, something Iran officially downplays or denies, the Associated Press reported. "From now on, in any place, if any nation or any group confronts the Zionist regime, we will endorse and we will help. We have no fear expressing this," Khamenei told followers during morning prayers.
Iran has the role of aggressor down pretty well. If it isn't spewing threats against the West on a daily basis, it is saber rattling in the Persian Gulf. Now its religious leader — the ultimate voice on all matters in Iran — has confirmed what Israel has been warning about for decades.
One of the most popular Super Bowl advertisements last night was the Chrysler ad featuring Clint Eastwood, titled "Halftime in America."
The spot is supposed to be encouraging, as it focuses on the resilience of Detroit. "It's halftime. Both teams are in their locker room discussing what they can do to win this game in the second half," Eastwood says in the spot. "It's halftime in America, too. People are out of work and they're hurting. And they're all wondering what they're going to do to make a comeback. And we're all scared, because this isn't a game. The people of Detroit know a little something about this. They almost lost everything. But we all pulled together, now Motor City is fighting again."
But contrary to what the might ad suggest, the spot was actually filmed in New Orleans and Los Angles. "Yes, part of it was filmed in New Orleans . . . and some was filmed in various parts—such as Los Angeles," Dianna Gutierrez said. She specifically points to the tunnel scenes as being taken at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, while the stadium shots were in New Orleans.
Asked whether any part of the ad was filmed in Detroit, Gutierrez said that previously taken footage from various parts of the Motor City was used. No image of Detroit was shot for the specific use in this ad.
(from what I gather, the commercial is only popular among the liberals)
Then Clint Eastwood himself on FOX:
Following the fall out over the controversial Chrysler Super Bowl halftime ad, Clint Eastwood spoke exclusively with O'Reilly Factor producer Ron Mitchell:
"I just want to say that the spin stops with you guys, and there is no spin in that ad. On this I am certain.
l am certainly not politically affiliated with Mr. Obama. It was meant to be a message about just about job growth and the spirit of America. I think all politicians will agree with it. I thought the spirit was OK.
I am not supporting any politician at this time.
Chrysler to their credit didn't even have cars in the ad.
Anything they gave me for it went for charity.
Keep reading…
In another setback for President Obama's clean energy loan programs, the recipient of more than a half-billion dollars in federal loan guarantees is laying off workers at their Delaware and California operations.
Delaware's News Journal reports that Fisker Automotive, a California-based electric car start-up company, is laying off an undisclosed number of staff to try to reserve enough capital in order to qualify for more federal help from the Department of Energy, according to a Delaware state development official.
"They're trying to preserve the cash that they have," said Alan Levin told the News Journal. "And unfortunately, until they meet the milestone that DOE continues to set … they're not able to access the additional capital that they need."
The company also came under fire last year for taking federal loans while producing cars in Finland. Company officials told ABC News at the time that "there was no contract manufacturer in the U.S. that could actually produce our vehicle." The company was working on reopening a shuttered General Motors plant in Wilmington to produce vehicles — an effort that top Obama administration officials lauded.
(Fisker Automotive as the Fat-Man-Gore-connected company given a huge taxpayer loan to build its cars in Finland)
Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who leads the Roman Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services, wrote a letter to be read at all Sunday Masses for U.S. military personnel around the world that said that a regulation issued by the Obama Administration under the new federal health care law was "a blow" to a freedom that U.S. troops have not only fought to defend but for which some have recently died in battle.
"It is a blow to a freedom that you have fought to defend and for which you have seen your buddies fall in battle," the archbishop wrote.
Another line in his letter said: "We cannot—we will not—comply with this unjust law."
The message from the archbishop touched off a controversy both in and outside the military when the Army's Office of the Chief of Chaplains told the service's senior chaplains that Catholic priests serving as Army chaplains should be told not to read the archbishop's letter from the pulpit.
The Archdiocese for the Military Services has described that move as a violation of the archbishop's First Amendment rights as well as the First Amendment rights of the Catholic chaplains involved and their congregations.
The regulation the archbishop spoke about was finalized by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Jan. 20. It mandates that all health-care plans in the United States cover sterilizations and all FDA-approved contraceptives, including those that cause abortions. A "religious" employer exemption included in the regulation only applies to organizations that primarily focus on inculcating the tenets of the church in question, primarily employ members of the church, primarily serve members of the church, and is organized under the section of the Internal Revenue Code used by actual parishes.
Catholic hospitals, universities and charitable institutions would not be exempt from the regulation, nor would Catholic individuals, business owners, or insurers.
Archbishop Broglio's letter minced no words in telling Catholics in the Armed Forces that the federal government was not only violating their constitutional rights through the new Obamacare regulation but was also violating the constitutional rights of all Catholics, while harming the freedom of religion generally.
"It is imperative that I call to your attention to an alarming and serious matter that negatively impacts the Church in the United directly, and that strikes at the fundamental right to religious liberty for all citizens of any faith," wrote the archbishop.
"The federal government, which claims to be 'of, by, and for the people,' has just dealt a heavy blow to almost a quarter of those people—the Catholic population—and to the millions more who are served by the Catholic faith," wrote the archbishop.
"And, as a result, unless the rule is overturned, we Catholics will be compelled to choose between violating our consciences or dropping health care coverage for our employees (and suffering the penalties for doing so)," said the archbishop.
(am thinking, if the Catholic Church can do this right, and get other Christian church groups with them, they can really defeat obama this year!)


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Just announced.... Guess he's not going to worlds...
Just announced.... Guess he's not going to worlds...
Evan's not going to worlds, but he's going to be one busy guy...DWTS and the SOI tour at the same time!!!!
Evan will be super busy. I can not imagine how he will do both DWTS and SOI. I am a little concerned because I wonder if this means that he will not be doing the entire SOI tour.
Pretty surprised they were willing to cast another skater after so many people accused Kristi of being a ringer...maybe they figured Evan would disprove that, if only because his height may give him some problems.
He has to be in Los Angeles on Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays for rehearsals and for Dancing With The Stars broadcasts. The good news is when he is taping the show he can sleep in his own bed. He lives about five minutes from the studio.
Lysacek will take red-eye flights to tour dates for shows on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
I just can't wait to see what kind of costumes he'll be wearing
Well he's definitely got the spray tan thing down.
I'd love to see him in those revealing Latin outfits
It will be awesome!
Kinda makes me want to get a ticket to be in the audience. My stepmom squealed in excitement because this is like, her two favorite things: Evan and DWTS.
Jake Pavelka, aka the latest Bachelor will be the last contestant. This is definitely going to be interesting.
Wow. I'm happy for Evan, but I'm getting tired just reading about what his schedule is going to be like while he's doing all this.
"Liking this sport is ridiculous, so youre a little different for liking it, she explained. But youre allowed to like what you like." - Robert Samuels
Wow! Evan with some choreography and dance lessons for the first time in his life!
Dear god with the intensity that that boy works he is going to be utterly exhausted by the end.
I have to admit that I kind of like the fact that he admits that he can't dance (which, erm, doesn't surprise me... ), and I'm still not really a fan, but damnit, DWTS, I guess that means I'll be watching you this spring.
Red eye flights for the tour? He better perform well during SOI, Dancing with stars or not, SOI will be his bread and butter for a few years. I doubt he'd pull a Sarah but I'd hate to spend my good money to see him only put 1/2 his effort toward the tour, or just be too thin-spread to perform at his best. This is the time when SOI ticket sales will be up from the more casual fan, the skaters need to "sell it" this year to make sure the seats stay filled between now and 2014 tour.
He's going to be missing quite a few SOI dates... I hope people in the affected cities haven't already bought tickets with the expectation of seeing Evan.
who are the other casts member??