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School's out for most metro students, but some are back in class to get an academic boost. They are attending Metro's scholar's academies. On Tuesday, students at Cane Ridge High School gave Mayor Karl Dean a special tour.Positive comments from students are what Mayor Dean was looking for as he toured the Scholar's Academy.The four week intensive academic summer program helps prepare students for success in high school and college.All students that are here are here voluntarily. We have about 250 students around the city participating. Cane Ridge has a group of around 90," Dean explained."This is my homeroom. It's math; Mrs. Rogers. She teaches right now and we're learning tessellations and patterns that slide up and down, stuff like that," one student told the mayor.Scholar's Academy is designed to get kids thinking about college with visits to local campuses."They can learn what the college experience involves and what's involved in applying to college and get a sense of walking around on campus to see what college is like," Dean said.Whether it is making a decision about college, or getting a head start on the next high school year, Scholar's Academy positions the students for the best of both worlds."The best way to learn is to keep learning. The best way to prepare yourself is to be in the classroom and these students are getting a whole extra month of learning, which is a wonderful thing," the mayor explained.There are four Scholar's Academy sites in the Metro school district.In addition to Cane Ridge, academies are also located at Glencliff, Maplewood and Pearl Cohn Entertainment Magnet high schools.
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Richard, an 8th grade student, is baffled by the increase in cost of sugar in the last two months. His parents cannot make him understand how prices go up. Nor are they able to explain what inflation means.
But, ask V. Venkatesh, Co-Founder and Director of Money-Wizards, to explain inflation to Richard. He will teach it in simple terms using prices of pizza, tickets and chocolates as examples. Finance education is not just for adults. It is also for kids who need to be taught the basics of managing money.
Venkatesh will get Richard to track how the prices of items have changed over the years and then calculate the inflation associated with these. For slightly older children, he teaches them to compute the Family Price Index, which is a better measure of inflation than Consumer Price Index and Wholesale Price Index.
Money-Wizards conducts classes in various centres and plans to have an online programme in a year. It gets its revenues from each student, who pays either for a module or an annual subscription. Schools pay the company for the programmes that are mandatory.
The school courses on financial literacy and money education called "Money-Champs" integrates concepts from finance, economics, business and critical thinking to give them a solid foundation in money education.
Right from managing their pocket money, the children are taken through different aspects of banking and investments along with economic concepts such as inflation. A lot of examples and exercises are given to introduce entrepreneurship as a career option for the students. At the end of every term, the students embark on an entrepreneurial project, which gives them confidence to strike out on their own when they grow up to be adults, says Venkatesh, 40, an alumnus of Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.
The company conducts programmes in Chennai to children of 9 years and above on value of money, money management, managing pocket money and entrepreneurship in a fun-filled interactive way through games and activities. It has developed courses for school segment. It has graded curriculum such as martial arts for school children starting from age 8 all the way up to age 17. These are being rolled out in Singapore and Chennai currently, he says.
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Leaving behind a sound financial career in Singapore, Venkatesh relocated to Chennai last year with a vision to educate people on financial literacy. "We want people to make them understand how they get money and the concept of risk and "returns. He roped in Thillai Rajan, his classmate from IIM, who is now a leading finance professor at IIT Madras, Department of Management Studies.
One of the company's general objectives is to help people to be aware of fraudulent "get rich quick" schemes. These come serenading as investment opportunities that finally end up stealing our precious hard earned money, says Venkatesh. "We are educators and not financial advisors or intermediaries. We want to make people literate on finance. We aim to clarify, simplify and demystify concepts related to money, investment and finance," he says.
During his career in international finance for over 14 years, Venkatesh says he saw first hand how the government policies and financial markets impact the life of a layman. Yet, the average man on the street had no clue about all this. As globalisation of economies proceed at a rapid pace, it is important for people to take care of themselves financially. Yet, the knowledge for this is difficult to obtain, unless one is a seasoned finance professional.
Interestingly, the people who need this knowledge most had the least awareness about its importance. People continue to get manipulated by greedy intermediaries, whose interests are diametrically opposite to that of their clients, says Venkatesh. Sensing this huge opportunity to educate people financially, Venkatesh started Money-Wizards.
As an academician, Thillai Rajan was thinking on similar lines. He wanted to do what Veta (Vivekananda English Teaching Academy) has done for English teaching. He wanted to take finance knowledge to common man in an engaging and entertaining manner. When Venkatesh sounded out the idea to Rajan, he agreed to be a co-founder of Money-Wizards.
Currently, people make a lot of wrong decisions when it comes to buying insurance products, pension products and even mutual funds. There is a large group of people for whom stock market is some kind of casino. The company aims to demystify it so that people understand the basics of all these financial products.
Topics covered are banking, savings, loans, insurance, taxation, investment in stock markets, elementary economics, bond markets, commodity markets, currency markets, and derivatives. "We can also meet customised needs in advanced topics such as investment in alternate asset categories like real estate, private equity, art and antiquities."
When it comes to school and college students, much of the learning is imparted through activities and games. The activities are set in a context that they can relate to. For example, school students are taught life-time cost of ownership (for example ownership of say a car or even a house), but the activity that is used is life time cost of a pet ownership. Children are generally interested in pets and so when that example is given, they are curious and interested and because the context interests them, they learn the concepts without getting bored.
Classes for home makers
Surprisingly, says Venkatesh, educated housewives are showing keen interest in understanding various financial products and also the basics and intricacies of stock market and the commodity markets – specifically commodities such as gold and silver.
Because they have spare time, they are able to spend time and effort in grasping the concepts. They are also open to go out of their comfort zone to learn how to maximise the return on their savings. The classes for educated home makers are interactive and the engagement level of the participants is quite high. The firm has been funded by the promoters and through profits from operations, he said.


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A new survey conducted in the virtual teen hangout Habbo (formerly Habbo Hotel) for anti-bullying charity Ditch the Label concludes that cyberbullying affects more young people than first thought. More than two-thirds of people ages 13- 22 have been bullied online, with both males and females equally affected, according to Ditch the Label. One in five of the 10,008 who responded to the survey said that the abuse they encountered had been "extreme" in nature. Many said that it happened on a daily basis too.
As reported by Polygon, Sony Online Entertainment's director of global community relations, Linda "Brasse" Carlson, gave an interesting talk about balancing developer relations with its various online communities, while tamping down abusive behavior by users. Carlson detailed the process the company uses to handle all these different issues during a presentation at GDC Europe 2013 today.
On this week's show we talk about extreme developer harassment, GameStop's Xenoblade pricing, EA's Humble Origin Bundle, the latest poll from GamePolitics, and a whole lot more. Download Episode 65 now: SuperPAC Episode 65 (1 hour, 15 minutes) 69.3 MB.
The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) revealed that it plans to start a number of support groups for developers who have found themselves on the business end of harassment and threats of violence by angry gamers on a regular basis. The news was revealed as part of Polygon's report on online harassment and threats that are frequently leveled against game developers.
Does an abusive and abrasive community scare away game development talent? That depends on how far individuals in such a community are willing to go in order to express their disdain for what a game developer is doing. When members of a community think that it is acceptable to wish death or a sexual assault on someone, it has a very real affect on game developers - or anyone else in the public eye.
Yesterday Microsoft took the wraps off two new initiatives for Xbox Live that - it hopes - will make it a better community to be in. One is called One is Enforcement United, which lets XBL subscribers weigh in on if particular content violates Microsoft's terms of service. The second is Xbox Community Level, which lets players "gain levels" and earn prizes by making positive contributions to Xbox Live.
BioShock Infinite developer Ken Levine says that the abuse directed at Call of Duty's David Vonderhaar and Fez developer Phil Fish over the last week has made him sad. Speaking to Eurogamer, Levine explained how he deals with abuse from fans and what he thought about how Phil Fish handled the situation with Marcus Beer from GameTrailers earlier in the week.
Apparently it is just fine and dandy with Twitter if you threaten to rape someone on its service. Feminist Frequency creator Anita Sarkeesian receives her fair share of vile threats on Twitter on a regular basis, but when she reports them to Twitter it doesn't seem to do anything about them. On her Twitter feed yesterday she noted that she reported several threatening tweets to Twitter and was awaiting a response. Today she received that response, which was a big surprise to anyone who read the example tweet she posted.
Papo & Yo developer Minority Media took the wraps off the next project it is working on - a game about bullying. The game is called the Silent Enemy, and explores the topic of bullying and what people who see bulling tend to do (not get involved). According to a promo video for the game, it will feature an "Aboriginal character" who embarks on a quest to find springtime in Northern Quebec. During that quest the protagonist will be bullied by crow-like creatures that hinders his quest.
Gaming World Wide has teamed up with Rize Up Gaming to bring their charity efforts to a community that believes in creating a positive social atmosphere for gamers of all stripes.
GameSpot reports that Riot Games has issued bans to three European Team Solo Mebdi players for what they describe as widespread in-game verbal abuse. Riot Games has issued a lifetime ban for professional League of Legends player Khaled Abusagr of Team Solo Mebdi. Riot said that he engaged in a consistent pattern of in-game verbal abuse, racism, anti-Semitism, and threatening behavior.
According to this Reddit thread the top Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Xbox Live player in the country has reset his stats after a continual barrage of DDoS and personal attacks from people being categorized as "jealous players." The player, who plays online under the name "Retrominano," decided that it was easier to just reset his rankings in the game than to deal with the onslaught of personal attacks and attacks on his connection.
A war of words between Gawker Media and the Reddit community might make for some marvelous online drama, but it doesn't sit well with Wishan Wong, chief executive of Reddit. An internal memo obtained by Gawker and attributed Wong, reveals that Reddit's CEO thinks free speech is paramount to the community but that the ban on Gawker links is not a good idea.
Microsoft is "working toward improvements" to community moderation on Xbox Live, according to a report on Polygon. The company is working towards more robust automated moderation tools, including algorithms that can reportedly detect repeat offenders and mute them automatically.
Gamers Against Bigotry, a site that asked gamers to take a pledge promising not to use bigoted language while playing games online, announced that it has lost 1500 signatures due to repeated attacks from hackers. The site has faced some tough challenges from months of repeated attacks from hackers who have done everything from posting "grotesque images" on the website's signatures page, to making it impossible for new visitors to sign on to the pledge.
A New York State Assemblymen wants to fight cyberbullying and "baseless political attacks" with a new bill that would ban anonymous web posts. The bill would make it so that all New York-based websites have to "remove any comments posted on his or her website by an anonymous poster unless such anonymous poster agrees to attach his or her name to the post," according to Wired's Threat Level.
The latest episode of the ultra popular web show Extra Credits (Season 4, Ep. 11) tackles the very thorny issue of online harassment in games. Anyone that has played a game online via their PC, Xbox 360, PS3, etc., has run into some (basically) anonymous individual who seems to have no control over what they say. They call you every name in the book for little or no reason. This episode of the show explores what can be done about it and why some of the usual excuses for allowing such behavior no longer work.
A new bipartisan bill wants to combat online bullying but is so poorly defined in its wording that it goes too far, according to some critics. The legislation is co-sponsored by Arizona State Reps. Ted Vogt and Vic Williams, both Republicans representing Tucson, along with strong support from House Minority Leader Chad Campbell (D-Phoenix), Assistant House Minority Leader Steve Farley (D-Tucson) and Rep. Terri Proud (R-Tucson).
Alexander Gianturco, the EVE Online player who mocked a suicidal player during a live stream of a panel at the EVE Online FanFest last week, announced that he is resigning as the head of the player-run, in-game government (thanks to Andrew Eisen for the tip). Gianturco was the Chairman of the Council of Stellar Management (CSM).
An elected representative of the EVE Online community strongly apologizes for his comments and actions during a live feed of the EVE Online FanFest event that took place last week. CCP Games said earlier in the week that it was appalled at the comments made by member of the EVE Online community and that it would launch an investigation.
With the Bully Project being released in theaters this Friday, it seems ironic that we would be reporting on people mocking another player who is "suicidal" and encouraging other people to do the same in the hope that the individual would "do it." This is the same kind of behavior highlighted in the aforementioned documentary. But instead of happening in a game it happened at school to an 11-year-old boy. He ended up listening to his school mates.
California has launched a new eCrime unit to combat various online crimes. The new law enforcement unit created by California Attorney General Kamala Harris and announced Tuesday, aims take on various "cyber crimes" such as email scams, online fraud, piracy, child pornography, and real-world theft of computer gear by organized crime.
"Today's criminals increasingly use the Internet, smartphones, and other digital devices to victimize people online and offline," Harris said while unveiling the unit in the Silicon Valley city of San Jose.
Kotaku gets the scoop on what could be the future of dealing with obnoxious people in online games. A new report from Kotaku looks into Riot Games' new justice system for League of Legends, which is going to be run by the player community. They are calling it citizen justice, and if it works, we could see a new standard in dealing with problematic players who go out of their way to ruin the online gaming experience for others.
Starting sometime in the next few months, the creators of League of Legends plan to implement the Tribunal System, which will be staffed by players.
"This is innovation that was bred from necessity," Steve 'Pendragon' Mescon of Riot Games told Kotaku in a phone interview.
If you haven't been living under a rock, you've probably heard about "Jessi Slaughter", a.k.a. "Kerligirl13", and her controversial attention-seeking videos on Youtube and other video sharing sites. Now, it's nothing new for kids to act like fools on Youtube. But Jessie took her videos just a bit too far, and the Internet struck back.
After becoming something of an internet meme for posting threats like "I'll pop a glock in your mouth and make a brain slushie" she aroused the unstoppable ire of /b/, which began a campaign of trolling her videos. And so it began, with /b/ posting her personal information, and bombing search engine results to make things like "Did Jessi Slaughter's dad give her PCP?" a trending topic. You know, the usual stuff.
Taking Xbox Live smack talk to another level, a Hamden, Connecticut man has been arrested for using the online service to threaten a witness.
23-year old Anthony Hayward was arrested in New Haven last year for allegedly having drugs and a stolen gun in his car, reports the Hartford Courant. Freed after posting $75,000 bail, Hayward logged into his Xbox Live account last December in order to type threats to someone that is apparently a witness in Hayward's drug/gun case.
The witness received a message that said "Rats Die Slow," and Hayward also referred to the person as a "dead man walking."
For these threats, Hayward was charged with harassment, intimidating a witness and tampering with a witness. He was arraigned on Tuesday in Milford Superior Court and held on $50,000 bail.
As part of its reporting on trends and issues in crime and criminal justice, the Australian Government's Institute of Criminology has issued a research paper that takes a look at transgressions that occur in virtual worlds.
Crime Risks of Three-Dimensional Virtual Environments was written by Ian Warren and Darren Palmer and kicks off with a mention of what may have been the first case of its kind—the "rape" of an avatar in the text-based game LambdaMoo. The incident resulted in a Village Voice piece on the incident, and eventually a book, and brought the issue of crime in virtual worlds to light.
A similar incident took place in Second Life in 2007 and actually caused Belgian police to patrol the online community to prevent rapes.
While virtual crimes such as money laundering or fraud can usually be handled by real-world laws, the grey area of harassment-type assaults online seems to continually confound authorities.
A few thoughts put forth by the paper:
The question of whether real-world notions of interpersonal harm apply to virtual assault or sexual assault is unresolved. This complicates the question of regulation within virtual worlds.
While civil redress for psychological harm is conceivable, the 'disembodied' character of such an incident would invariably bar liability for any crime against the person.
The paper notes that under Australian federal criminal law, a maximum penalty of three years could be levied on someone who menaces, harasses or causes offense to another user, though whether this law has ever been applied to virtual worlds is unclear.
Thanks to multinational users, jurisdictional uncertainties and technology that continues to evolve, "there is considerable uncertainty surrounding the role of criminal law in these multi-user categories." The paper suggests that, "Formal criminal intervention would only have a place if an appreciable and measurable effect on the real-world victim could be established."
Since so much is unknown or untested about this subject as of yet, the paper suggest research directions for the future, which include "enhancing our understanding of the nature of harm within multi-user 3dve (three-dimensional virtual environments) platforms," and more collaborative research on how to protect children in virtual worlds.
The report concludes:
Clearly, Australian 3dve users require more knowledge to identify, manage and prevent harm. Developing a systematic approach to harmonise current knowledge on these emerging issues is perhaps the greatest research priority.
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Jack Thompson has been making waves this week, riding a lawsuit against Facebook back into the mainstream media.
Thompson's multi-million dollar lawsuit against Facebook is based on the disbarred lawyer's findings, "nearly five weeks ago," of "Jack Thompson Groups" spread across the social networking site, which he claims advocate violence and harassment against him. Thompson stated that, at the time, three different letters to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg did not result in the removal of these groups, which, in light of the company's quick removal of "Should Barack Obama Be Killed" polls, only served to further incense Thompson.
Bloomberg and the Huffington Post are among the mainstream media outlets to pick up Jack's suit, which he announced in an email on Tuesday, September 29. In the dispatch he labeled videogame "news sites," including GamePolitics specifically, as "terror sites."
An email from Thompson sent this morning, under the headline "Instant Confirmation from Around the Globe that Jack Thompson's Suit against Facebook Is a Winner," trumpets coverage of the case on both "reputable" news and videogame websites as proof of "not only why the lawsuit had to be brought but why it will succeed."
GP: Frankly, Thompson crowing victory as a result of the widespread coverage he received is among the reasons we didn't report on the story as it developed. Is he still relevant to the gaming industry? It's this editor's opinion that he is not, at least when dealing in generalities. For now, as a way to move forward with this subject, GP will simply qualify coverage of any Jack story on a case-by-case basis. What do the GP readers think?
A South Korean academic's campaign to encourage friendly online communications has spread to China.
Writing for China Daily, Professor Min Byoung-chul of Korea's Chung Ang University describes some of the issues which led him to create the Sunfull Movement in May of 2007. Sunfull translates to "good replies."
Min ranks violent video games among the causes of negative online behavior and asserts that adolescents who have been exposed to violence are the "main culprits of negative comments":
With one of the world's lowest birth rates, there are more one child families in S.Korea than before, and children are becoming incapable of communicating with others.
The development of the gaming industry has created an addiction for these lonely children. Most games focus on stimulating plots like violence and murder rather than on educational methods for their humanity. Therefore, teenage gamers became familiar with instant killing in these games. Some of them confuse the real world with violent games and this confusion leads to replicating violent actions and criminal behavior in the real world.
In this regard, adolescents who have accessed obscenity and violence on the web easily become offensive and thoughtless rather than considerate to the people they encounter in the Internet. They are the main culprits of negative comments.
This phenomenon is in line with the rise of virtual violence, which includes mobile phone bullying and strange murders without motives.


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---- — PLATTSBURGH — For gardeners who neglected to prune their rose bushes last fall, now is the optimum time to make up for it.
"Roses bloom on the new growth, that's why you cut it back," said Amy Ivy, executive director of the Cornell Cooperative Extension in Clinton County.
"You cut it back to concentrate the plant energy. In the spring, it pushes out that new growth, and that's where flower buds are formed."
If you don't trim the canes back, the plant will flop.
"It will live and not be as attractive," Ivy said. "It's not too late to prune it now. The one time to not prune is in the springtime when the shoots come out really fast. The leaves are coming out and the shoots are expanding during the first two-week period. You prune before that period or after. Where the leaves come from, they have been there since last September. In the spring, they swell and get bigger and get ready to grow. That's where the shoots come from."
Pruning roses is time-sensitive.
"Pruning things like roses before these buds grow will direct the energy to all this new, vigorous growth. If you go ahead and let it grow, it's going to put energy into that growth. Then if you prune it, you will be slowing down the plant," she said.
Letting the plant grow and then pruning is a good approach if a rosebush or other type of bush is too vigorous or too big.
"You want to slow them down," Ivy said. "Pruning after they leaf out helps to maintain them. It's kind of like a calming, stable thing as opposed to pruning before they leaf out. That invigorates. Because you want a lot of flowers, you usually want to invigorate the plant."
Ivy advocates ruthlessness when cutting back the bushes to about 2 feet tall.
"The bella rugosa, cut back maybe 24 to 20 inches. Those are so big. You can only go back so far with them. Spring is actually the best time to do it. Pruning in fall can give the plant the wrong signal," Ivy said.
Because pruning invigorates the plant, it may start growth processes again.
"You want it to get tough for the winter and shut down and be dormant. Waiting to prune in March or April is ideal for roses," she said.
Feed the pruned plant after it leafs out.
"It invigorates the plant with nutrients," Ivy said. "You can put that on in May. You can use a granule or a couple of inches of compost under the plant. Because they grow so much, you want them to flower to get all these beautiful flowers. Giving them some food will help them to be robust and flower better."
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SPAM KING" is considered by my teacher as a SUBJ.COMPLEMENT....but I don't understand why!
Is the subj.complement the structure which is obligatory after a copula or linking verbs?
I think that "TO NAME" is neither a COPULA nor a LINKING VERB...so, why SPAM KING is a Subj.Complement?
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A man who was named the Spam King...)
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CLEVELAND (AP) -- Ohio Lottery interim Director Dennis Berg has been appointed to the top job by Gov. John Kasich (KAY'-sik).
The governor's office announced the appointment Friday afternoon.
Berg has served as interim director for 13 months since the departure of Kathleen Burke following the election of Republican Kasich. She had been appointed by Kasich's predecessor, Democrat Ted Strickland.
Berg has worked for the lottery since 1991 and formerly served as the lottery's deputy director of finance.
Berg also has worked for the city of Cleveland and the city's regional sewage agency.


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There was no shortage of Elle Woods' signature color pink at a special MTV taping of the musical version of Legally Blonde in NYC yesterday. The ladies of The Hills put on their party dresses to host the pre-show event. Audrina showed off her super toned arms and LC kept it simple in her LBD. Whitney got right into the pink spirit in a dress that Beyonce showed off in July. Looks like Heidi and Spencer couldn't make it to the big event, but Heidi must be really busy these days with her fancy new job and all.
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Tari007 6 years
They look cute. I am starting to think that this whole Heidi engaged to Spencer fiasco is made-up and totally fake and that it was created for the simple reason to add drama.
Tari007 6 years
They look cute. I am starting to think that this whole Heidi engaged to Spencer fiasco is made-up and totally fake and that it was created for the simple reason to add drama.
ThatsBloo2You 6 years
I love pink!
ThatsBloo2You 6 years
I love pink!
Jacqui 6 years
All of those dresses are ugly.
Jacqui 6 years
All of those dresses are ugly.
BETTYROCKETS 6 years
okay.. whitney is the coolest :kool: laurens dress is normal. and adrianas is .. well.. i dont know! but i love all these girls so .. :notworthy:
BETTYROCKETS 6 years
<b> okay..whitney is the coolest :kool:laurens dress is normal.and adrianas is .. well..i dont know!but i love all thesegirls so .. :notworthy:
BETTYROCKETS 6 years
okay.. whitney is the coolest :kool: laurens dress is normal. and adrianas is .. well.. i dont know! but i love all these girls so .. :notworthy:
bellanatella 6 years
Audrina looks like she needs a bit more sleep.Hate the Hills.Watch it every Monday. Haha. So, there you have it. At least they know how to bring in the dough.
bellanatella 6 years
Audrina looks like she needs a bit more sleep. Hate the Hills. Watch it every Monday. Haha. So, there you have it. At least they know how to bring in the dough.
shmoo15 6 years
What's up with women wearing dresses that make them look pregnant? Me no likey at all.
vndlfan 6 years
Whitney could definately use a bra, and I'm sorry but I wanted more PINK!!! Why not it's Legally blonde if you can't go pink overboard there where can you. I love pink!!
ktjones 6 years
LC looks so pretty!!
ktjones 6 years
LC looks so pretty!!
sexyeyes 6 years
:bcbw: for Pink!
sexyeyes 6 years
:bcbw: for Pink!
sugarbecky 6 years
I love Lauren's makeup.
sugarbecky 6 years
I love Lauren's makeup.
DCStar 6 years
I hate these dresses - when will they go away? I think the shapes that just hang off the body are so unflattering, especially if you have a large chest. And even if you don't - it still looks like you're pregnant.
Lovely_1 6 years
Ew Ew!The only one I like is Audrina because she's such a b*tch!
Lovely_1 6 years
Ew Ew! The only one I like is Audrina because she's such a b*tch!
omigosh 6 years
I don't get why everyone is so positive about these girls, especially Lauren. They are so over-rated. All they do is have a camera crew follow them around, party, and shop. Why are they given credit for that?
LadyP 6 years
I love Lauren. She always looks great. I don't like Whitney's or Audrina's dresses. Weird. But Audrina's little boyfriend, Justin Bobby, is a little hottie in a bad boy sort of way!
pink_magnetism 6 years
I don't know who they are.
pink_magnetism 6 years
I don't know who they are.
lamlokyihk 6 years
those "princess color" very cute*
sabrina27 6 years
lauren is so pretty girl. I love love Audrina's dress. The hills is my guilty pleasure.
saexhee 6 years
That purple dress Audrina is wearing is.. ughh.. juss uglyyy!
tkoblondee 6 years
I love LC's dress!
tkoblondee 6 years
I love LC's dress!
Bahia 6 years
Audrina's dress is not flattering on her. It makes her chest bones stick out...She's looked cuter.
ticklezmepink 6 years
purtyyyyyyyyyyyy!! =) LC always look pretty!! hahah i love her!!! damien looks hot too!! lol
lamb07 6 years
what do they eat 1peanut a day? They look anorexic..yea shappychic they are overrated
shabbychic247 6 years
am i the only one who finds these dlisted celbs boring...overrated
i-am-elle 6 years
Cuuute. I love LC's pink lipstick.
ninalove 6 years
audrina and whitney have lost so much weight! they look waaay too skinny :(
lexichloe 6 years
LC is grating my nerves these days. Someday all will see her for who she truly is. (From a previous LC lover, and Heidi hater).
melissabritt 6 years
I love the Hills!! Love it! It's not even a guilty pleasure, it's a total addiction. I'm so happy Heidi wasn't there to spoil the fun! :)
BroncosFan 6 years
Audrina has definitely lost weight. Looking at that photo her head in comparison to the rest of her body looks way too big. Reminds me of LL in her anorexic stage. Something must be done she is TOO thin.
ShopGal10 6 years
i love the hills--definitely my guilty pressure.
creepupmytee 6 years
LC looks like a complete bitch. seriously.
CoMMember13630786602261 6 years
my posts arent showing up....????
PuchiLovesGUCCI 6 years
That girl Whitney is freaking huge...like height wise of course...Audrina is cute but VERY skinny...sometimes I wonder about her...I never liked LC...there's something about her that just makes me mad lol.
Scarlet 6 years
I hate bubble dress and LC seriously needs a belt to give her waist some definition.
mar 6 years
totally boring people that get way too much press
redhot 6 years
PINK- :highfive:
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PINK- :highfive:
msmoney23 6 years
They all look like clones of each other. They should be barcoded. Fake1226657 Fake87692374 Faker45672912 :)Don't hurt me ladies who love the Hills....I just never was in pseudo-reality shows like those.
msmoney23 6 years
They all look like clones of each other. They should be barcoded. Fake1226657 Fake87692374 Faker45672912 :) Don't hurt me ladies who love the Hills....I just never was in pseudo-reality shows like those.
KristinDaBomb 6 years
WHO are these girls? Why are they famous?
nkw128 6 years
I WAS THERE. it was so much fun. i didnt get to see them tho =[
spazzydana 6 years
*minus caridee
spazzydana 6 years
*minus caridee
spazzydana 6 years
ugh gross, i dont understand why they are so famous, theyre just living their lives on television, it's not like their doing anything that takes any skill! their all spoiled and over privlaged
nomerz 6 years
The Hills is my favorite guilty pleasure, so I like when there's posts about them all, haha. They all look fab!
honeysugar28 6 years
I love Whitney! She's always looks so classy! I didn't see Heidi at the VMA's either! I thinks she's getting snubbed because everyone prefers Lauren.
lana-k 6 years
Is it possible to be cute and dull looking? LC seems to pull it off well.
classy-fabulous 6 years
whitney has gotten so thin!!! it makes me so sad because you can tell the hollywood pressure has gotten to her!
karisaamy 6 years
LC looks a bit dull to me
karisaamy 6 years
LC looks a bit dull to me
nikkipez 6 years
im a huge whitney fan....shes so poised and seems more mature but maybe thats just the editing lol..anyway....not sure about audrinas dress either! and i realized whitney is realllly skinny...just saying!
boffthewall 6 years
They look so cute! I love their dresses and i love The Hills!
VaneM77 6 years
Whitney's and Audrian's boobs definitely look odd in these dresses!! LC looks cute! I wish her dress would have been a brighter color though!
KACIEJPC 6 years
I like Whitney's dress the best. It is the most flattering.
Sungoddess379 6 years
I agree a/b a lot of the comments here. I think that Lauren looks good, but she didn't do anything out of the ordinary or unique. She looks the same as usual. I'm not too thrilled a/b the style of Whitney's dress. It looks kind of 80s inspired. Audrina's dress looks like it's falling off her. Maybe she should have gotten a bra that would lift the dress up. Otherwise, the colors of the dresses are nice. Carriedee looks great. Damien looks handsome. Also, I agree with the person who said that a/b Whitney. I don't think that she is fake persay, but the conversations between her and Lauren at Teen Vogue seem contrived. I mean, she has no idea what's been happening with Lauren? I mean doesn't she hear gossip or read a/b it in magazines or blogs? Oh, c'mon!
epicurean_Essy 6 years
Lauren looks so cute~
epicurean_Essy 6 years
Lauren looks so cute~
Ginger 6 years
I never knew who these people were until I read Popsugar. Now that I've watched an episode, I don't understand why so much attention is poured onto these talentless people.
veronicaraye 6 years
the girls look fab
veronicaraye 6 years
the girls look fab
debbie00486 6 years
Lauren's dress is so standard compared to the other 2. I think she should have gone bright too instead of dull black, especially for a premiere like Legally Blonde.
carito8 6 years
They look really cute and very color coordinated ;)
lilflowa 6 years
is it me or does LC look pyshco scary in these pics....lke she's a wax doll ready to attack lol.....anyways they look cute
BlairBear 6 years
Audrina's and Whitney's boobs seem to be kinda saggy or is that just me thinking that? Mine were perky..until I had kids, never like that, then again, I always wore bra's. TMI? probably.
musiclvr224 6 years
Damien! Love him.
musiclvr224 6 years
Damien! Love him.
brittanyk 6 years
I never realized Audrina was that skinny. Random.
musiclvr224 6 years
They all look cute. Does anyone else find Whitey kinda fake at times? It seems like the way she talks to Lauren makes her seem like she is just pretending to be interested in the convos she has with Lauren.
SassAndBide 6 years
<i>Looks like Heidi and Spencer couldn't make it to the big event, </i>LOL maybe they <b> JUST WEREN'T INVITED?!?!! ;)</b>
SassAndBide 6 years
Looks like Heidi and Spencer couldn't make it to the big event, LOL maybe they JUST WEREN'T INVITED?!?!! ;)
SassAndBide 6 years
i saw these pics @ pinkisthenewblog lol whitney & lauren look cutenot sure bout audrina`s dress
SassAndBide 6 years
i saw these pics @ pinkisthenewblog lol whitney & lauren look cute not sure bout audrina`s dress
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- Dining Style: Fine Dining
- Website: http://www.thevillabybartong.com/
- Phone: 3055768003x
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Dinner: Tuesday-Thursday 7pm - 10pm
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- Payment Options: AMEX,Diners Club,Discover,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: Mediterranean
- Executive Chef: Scott Linquist
- Dress Code: Jacket Preferred
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Banquet/Private Rooms, Bar/Lounge, Full Bar, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Private Room, Wine
- Private Party Facilities: With private dining options for groups from 2 to 30, The Villa By Barton G. in the former Versace Mansion provides Miami's most elegant surroundings for private dining, whether a corporate gathering, a celebration or a romantic dinner for two.
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South Beach's most exceptional experience awaits you at Il Sole, an event space, restaurant and boutique hotel housed in the former Versace Mansion, where elegance and unparalleled service seamlessly blend with signature Barton G. style under all-new management by renowned events impresario and restaurateur Barton G. Weiss.Continued
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Il Sole reviews from OpenTable diners
45 reviews since May 6, 2014
- Food4Service4.2
- Ambiance4.7Noise LevelModerate
special occasion (34)romantic (33)fit for foodies (16)scenic view (15)great for outdoor dining (13)notable wine list (11)neighborhood gem (7)hot spot (6)good for groups (5)great for lunch (4)late-night find (3)great for brunch (3)vibrant bar scene (2)kid-friendly (2)Show More
- Fun TimeGlamorousAdventuresDined on 8/23/2014It was a lovely lunch and very fresh tasty food, if there were tours around the villa, it would be even better. As a visitor you find the overall Miami service a bit slow and less attentive than lets say in NYC or Boston, but nevertheless very polite staff and enjoyable time.Special Features:
- Spectacular but pretentiousG4LJDined on 8/20/2014As we're were on vacation we thought this would be a must see as to the history and the strong legacy behind the Versace name!!!!! While the views and building were spectacular, the food was some what a let down... Not overpriced as a one off but lacked the personal touch. The servers found it very hard to understand us and made this a little awkward for us . The tables are set very close to each other so if your thinking romance forget it!!! As for the dress code we took this as a must yet only to be next to a family with children all dressed in jeans and A&F tshirts??? Would we recommend it well no not really.... It's a shame because the opportunities could be out of this world leaving you with an experience one would never forget !!!!!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Disaster!BillyinMiamiVIPDined on 8/19/2014Ice Tea is 6! They make you feel like a second class citizen by not letting you permission to view the completely empty pool area " reserved for hotel guests". The entire " experience" is sold to you by being in the Versace Mansion. There is better food everywhere and the arrogance of the manager, Max, was enough to keep me away forever. I'm sure it will be bankrupt again and probably should be with their holier than holy attitude! Arriverderci!
- Hot Food?HelloDined on 8/17/2014Would have liked hot food other then hamburger. Thousand times better then anything on Ocean Drive regardless.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Beautiful castle with average foodL2RnSFDined on 8/16/2014The reception and the place were what we expected, the food presentation not at level of an international restaurant. The service was average. We will keep for ourselves the view of the pool and the walls decoration. The temperature in the VIP room was too high, so it was not comfortable. The dessert was delucious, chef did a great job.Special Features:
- Mejor de lo esperadoLuj69giacDined on 8/13/2014Sinceramente era más la inquietud de conocer la Mansión , pero haber cenado en Il Sole realmente mereció la pena. No sólo el ambiente es Exelente , si no, la comida también, todo bien Italiano, muy buen pan, los platos acordes al precio.. Que pueden verse un tanto caros ... Pero relación precio calidad de todo ....bien vale la pena ir.Special Features:
- Overrated and pretentiousParisianfoodieVIPDined on 8/13/2014Long service, average food, high price, pretentious place and overpriced. To be avoided!
- Very Versace styling !!BbudhraniDined on 8/6/2014Went out for my wife's birthday. Was great. The food was good but not great but the service and ambience was excellent.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2010Dined on 8/3/2014I went here for brunch. The lunch menu is nothing to rave about. I had a club sandwich and it was good. Nothing out of the ordinary. You pay for the ambience and that is it.
- Such a gem!OpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 8/2/2014Wonderful! Service was excellent!! Food was delicious !Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Fabulous venuePalatepleasingDined on 8/2/2014The venue dining at the Versace Mansion is spectacular. We decided to go given the unique location and we could dine poolside not expecting fabulous food (given a friend's experience a year or two prior.) This night in Aug 2014 the food quality was very poor: the Florida snapper fish was dry and tasted fishy, it came with two hearts of palm, one was edible and other was hard as a rock, the side we ordered of creamy broccoli rabe was too tough to be eaten. They did bring us french fries (not much better) when we returned the other food as inedible. They add a 20% gratuity and some other percentage (city tax/sales tax). This explains why we could get a last minute reservation.Special Features:
- V mansion experienceSalsaking1Dined on 7/27/2014There's no point dinning inside or you miss the view. Our waitress explained our food which shows why it's that expensive. A surreal dining experience depending on the history point of view. Staff were attentive and polite and not stuffy. I would go again.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- SuperLucyDined on 7/26/2014Excellent food and very nice restaurant beautiful musicSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- WonderfulrebeccaVIPDined on 7/25/2014It was a very special experience. Would highly recommend the wagyu beef tartare and the fruti del mar. Excellent!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Il SoleCLEtoMIADined on 7/24/2014Wow. This place is breathtaking. We dined inside of Versace's former main dining room and followed that with a tour of the grounds. The steak was cooked just right, the waiter kept our wine glasses filled and the tour of Versace's house was the perfect ending to the perfect dinner.Special Features:
- Amazing service.sobe14Dined on 7/24/2014The hosts were literally on their toes. Before my water glass could even get empty it was filled, very knowledgeable about the menu.Amazing food & drinks as well. Loved it!!!!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Disappointing DisasterTabsDined on 7/12/2014Told to wait outside for the hostess to show us to bar. 10 minutes of hanging around outside & we found our own way to the bar. Drinks order was incorrect and ended up confusing & embarrassing. Finally seated outside by the pool which was a lovely setting. Service very slow. One of our meals was completely forgotten so my husband had to share his meal with our friend, or wait to have his meal cooked. When it began to rain, the ceiling leaked all over us so we had to move the table. Drinks service so bad that a man on an adjacent table started pouring our wine for us! Refused to pay $80 tip & reduced it to $40 - the manager argued with me all the way to the door. Then friend's credit card blocked for extra $300! Would never go back.Special Features:
- Must Try!!!!EricaDined on 7/6/2014All I can say is AMAZING! My bf took me for my birthday and from the moment we walking in to the moment we left, it was the best experience I have ever had at a restaurant.Special Features:
- GillybeanDined on 7/5/2014Superb dining experience, fantastic environment and excellent food! Unfortunately there was a few favourite items not available on the menu and this would have been helpful to know prior to order, however we managed to reorganise ourselves and the overall experience was out of this world!!! Worth the money and the visit I promise!!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Wedding night dinnerChasNAmyDined on 7/2/2014We chose this restaurant as the locale for our wedding night. From start to finish, it was everything I expected in service, presentation, and taste. We were the only ones dining inside, and as such, our dining experience was very personalized. I will definitely return when in South BeachSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Watch the billOpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 6/26/2014Watch the bill, prices in menu versus final bill are different They were trying to overchrge 20%!!!
- Food and Ambience UnderwhelmingBonVivantDined on 6/26/2014Husband and I went here for a special occasion. Slight air of desperation and a lack of true elegance in the service. Very obviously trying to maximize revenue. We didn't want a bottle of wine, so ordered Mojitos. The charged us - get this - $25 per Mojito. I live in NYC and this joint managed to give me liquor sticker shock..ha! The food is sub-par, on it's own, and especially for the price. We went here more for the ambiance, and did not have high expectations of the food. Let's just say we were disappointed - the villa is pretty, but dinner guests are restricted to a small terrace, which overlooks the famous mosaic and pool. A rope keeps you at a safe distance, since really experiencing their beauty is reserved for hotel guests.
- RitzDined on 6/24/2014We loved the grilled octopus appetizer the best - it was truly exceptional. The Whole Dover Sole served in a pan was delicious and a very big portion with perfect vegetables - whole carrots, asparagus and three types of baby potatoes. The service was attentive and impeccable. An extraordinary setting. We chose it for our first wedding anniversary celebration and it was a perfect choice.Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2010VIPDined on 6/22/2014The place is excellent, but the service is so slow. The food was not of the standard expected, the sashimi was hot and the fish took more than 30 minutes was cold.Special Features:
- Anniversary dinnerDinerDined on 6/19/2014The food was amazing. Phenomenal wine. The mansion is the most beautiful home.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Il Sole is magnificentlovinglifeDined on 6/18/2014My wife and I celebrated our 20 anniversary dinner at Il Sole and it was a most memorable evening. The old Versace Mansion in South Beach is home to Il Sole and it is wonderful in every way. We were escorted though the main entrance to a quaint little bar off the center courtyard for a glass of wine. We were then taken to a small, lovely out door patio overlooking the stunning pool and deck area. As the light of daylight dimmed the setting became magical. We not only savored this wonderful setting, but also the equally incredible food and attentive service. If you want to impress a date or have a very romantic evening with your lover, Il Sole is the place.Special Features:
- Wonderful eveningRmlackDined on 6/10/2014My husband and I went for dinner and couldn't have asked for a better meal. The service was wonderful, the food was excellent, and the ambiance unmatched. Truly a fantastic dinner.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Nostalgia vs Food and ServiceTheRobinsonsDined on 5/27/2014... They forgot my main so I ate 30 mins after everyone else, and alone. They brought the wrong sides twice. We served our own wine all night and waited 45 mins for a new bottle.... But what a view on the outside terrace of Medusa's Head and the stunning pool !! The staff seemed flustered and struggled to serve three tables only. We won't be going back...Special Features:
- recommendedcoupleDined on 5/22/2014very nice environment, friendly staff and good food, A little pricy but the environment pays for it. For summer time the tables at the terrace or by the pool are great, A tour at the rooms and the Vercace bedroom would be nice and interestingSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- WowOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 5/20/2014Excemllent food and very good service,w attention to detail.The surroundings are gorgeous and the place is a refuge from the hubbub of South Beach.It was my birthday and we enjoyed a complimentary tray of chocs.Would recommend Il Sole to anybody seeking great food and ambience.Special Features:
- Versace's mansion!JoannaFoodieDined on 5/18/2014What a historic and amazing gem. We ate in the beautiful dining room. Most people were eating outside in the courtyard overlooking the 24 karat gold swimming pool. Both are scenic and worth experiencing. The seafood tower is one of the best that I've eaten. The crab legs were huge! Everything was prepared perfectly. Honestly, do not bring children or babies here.Special Features:
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- Very accommodatingJennVIPDined on 5/3/2014The bouncer at the chain couldn't have been any more welcoming- he was very friendly and showed us to the hostess stand. The food was excellent- the service was second to none. Bar tenders very friendly and helpful. I highly recommend going here just to experience the mansion. It was a special treat that was just perfect.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Anniversary Dinnerzasn01VIPDined on 5/3/2014Loved dinner, great level of service, food was good. I loved it my meal and my wife enjoyed hers.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Dinner at the Versace MansionOpenTable Diner Since 2010Dined on 4/27/2014We chose Il Sole because it is located in the Versace Mansion for our 30th wedding anniversary dinner. The decor is elegant, sumptuous. We were able to sit outside, simply great. Initial drinks took forever to arrive, we ordered an expensive bottle of wine so it would have time to breathe. No such luck it shows up with dinner. Very limited menue, if you do not like Kale, kitchen cannot even make a simple Ceasar salad. The Sirloin was not chewable.I guess we expected more from Barton GSpecial Features:
- Location, location, locationalpinepassDined on 4/25/2014Il Sole is blessed with an idyllic location a peaceful spot amongst all the noise and bustle of Ocean Drive. The fact of being the former home of Versace adds to the ambiance which is already romantic and special. The food is good, prices on the expensive side but given the location it is quite a bargain really. The staff obviously enjoy their surroundings and are rightly proud of the set-up.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great Experience!!!pilar913Dined on 4/25/2014Food was excellent. Loved the artichoke ravioli. Had a an overall great experience.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Beautiful and RomanticvolleydancerDined on 4/21/2014My boyfriend and I chose this place to eat our last night there. We always wanted to see inside the Versace Mansion, and that was our shot. The food was fantastic and the experience was wonderful! I do think however that the wait staff could have been a little more attentive based on the level of the restaurant. The food came out very slow, and there was a lot of waiting, even for the drinks. The bartender was great and fast... but while at the table the drinks came out slow. They were also behind on the reservation. We had to wait about 20 min. at the bar until our table was ready. Our reservation was at 9pm... we didn't get to eat dinner until about 11pm - took way to long. But the experience was worth it for one time!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 4/20/2014Not only the decor is somptuous but the food was excellent even by European standardsSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 4/20/2014The ambiance as expected was excellent; however, as a well known restaurant, I found the food to be below par. Basically it was tasteless, both appetizer and main course, (Octopus & snapper). As a foodie, I am more interested in quality of food than I am the presentation. The tables were spread out and not many of them which was nice; however, the level of attendance to our table for the amount of tables was also lacking. We waited almost 20 min to order a drink, then once we had the check, again 20 min for the waitress to take the credit Card. The mansion is worth seeing, if you don't mind paying a lot of money to see it and are not a foodie.Special Features:
- Great placeYariv87Dined on 4/15/2014Great beautiful place very fancy prices not as bad as people might think, food was amazing, will be back next time I'm in miamiSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.


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by Daphne Eviatar Human Rights 1st, Tue Aug 17, 2010 at 04:03:27 PM EDT
Today's report that the CIA possesses videotapes of interrogations of alleged 9/11 plotter Ramzi Binalshibh in a secret prison in Morocco is renewing attention to the government's abusive interrogations practiced in secret prisons around the world as part of its "war on terror." But U.S.officials are already saying that the tapes, which have not been publicly released, don't actually show any abuse.
"The tapes record a guy sitting in a room just answering questions," a U.S. official told the Associated Press, which broke the story.
That may be true. But even if the two videos and one audiotape of Bin al shibh's interrogation inMorocco show largely benign interrogations, that shouldn't distract attention from the fact that we know that many of the videotapes that the CIA did successfully destroy in 2005 documented serious abuse. Those destroyed tapes include 92 interrogation videos of two other alleged al Qaeda operatives, Abu Zubaydah and Abd al-Nashiri, both of whom were subjected by CIA operatives to a form of torture known as waterboarding - a controlled drowning intended as a death threat. Abu Zubaydah, we know from Justice Department memos and the diligent blogger Marcy Wheeler, was waterboarded at least 83 times in August 2002 alone.
And as Wheeler aptly points out today, we don't know what parts of those interrogations were not videotaped in that Moroccan prison, or elsewhere. (The AP has a helpful timeline of BinalShibh's custody in various CIA "black sites" here.) The former British captive Binyam Mohamed, Wheeler notes, has claimed that he was brutally tortured for months in that same Moroccan prison around the same time.
The latest set of tapes was accidentally discovered in 2007, tucked under a desk in the CIA'sCounterterrorism Center, the AP reported today. The U.S. government twice told a federal judge that they did not exist.
Justice Department prosecutor John Durham is already investigating whether destroying the Zubaydah and al-Nashiri tapes was illegal. He's now also probing why the Binalshibh interrogation tapes were never disclosed. Durham is also tasked with a preliminary investigation into whether CIA interrogators broke the law by torturing, threatening and otherwise abusing terror suspects under their control. He has yet to release any of his findings.
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Louisville Bats @ Gwinnett Braves - Postponed due to Rain
The teams will play a doubleheader on Monday with both games being seven innings contests.
Jacksonville Suns 3, Mississippi Braves 9
- Philip Gosselin LF - 2-5 RBI(14), .266 Avg
- Tommy La Stella 2B - 2-5 K, .327 Avg
- Christian Marrero 1B -2-5 2B(13), RBI(14), .254 Avg
- Edward Salcedo 3B - 2-2 HR(4), RBI(16), .283 Avg
- Jose Martinez RF - 2-4 2B(6), .309 Avg
- Jaime Pedroza SS - 3-4 .274 Avg
- Braeden Schlehuber C - 3-3 2 HR(4), 4 RBI(11), .254 Avg
- Alex Wood 6 IP 6H 3R 2BB 5K 1.26 ERA
The M-Braves offense exploded tonight lead by Braeden Schlehuber's two home runs in consecutive innings. Alex Wood gave up three earned runs, which is just one less than he has allowed all season. Edward Salcedo also hit his fourth long ball of the season and second in the last five games. After posting a .684 OPS in April he has put up an .888 mark in May this far.
Carolina Mudcats 6, Lynchburg Hillcats 2
- William Beckwith 1B - 1-4 2B(7), K, .260 Avg
- Kyle Kubitza 3B - 1-2 2 BB, K, .246 Avg
- Shawn McGill C - 2-4 2B(1), RBI(1), K, .625 Avg
The Hillcats were shut out for the first eight innings of this one before touching up Ryan Woolley for two runs in the bottom of the ninth. Journeyman catcher Shawn McGill picked up two more hits tonight and is hitting .436 between Mississippi and Lynchburg. He split time between three levels with the Braves last season and hit .178/.234/.277. He has just 40 at bats so far, but they have been pretty good ones.
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Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO
Set 1: Curtain WithThe Curtain With, Wombat, KDFKill Devil Falls, Bouncin'Bouncing Around the Room, Poor Heart, ASIHTOSA Song I Heard the Ocean Sing, Lawn Boy, Wolfman'sWolfman's Brother, Waiting All Night, Winterqueen, Funky Bitch, Tube > Possum
Set 2: CDTChalk Dust Torture[1] > Twist > WedgeThe Wedge > Tweezer -> Sand[1] -> Piper -> Joy, Mike'sMike's Song > Sneakin' SallySneakin' Sally Through the Alley > WeekapaugWeekapaug Groove
Encore: Loving Cup > TweepriseTweezer Reprise
[1] Unfinished
· Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) tease in Piper
· Tweezer tease in Sand
Notes: This show was webcast via LivePhish. Sand contained a Tweezer tease, and Piper contained a Norwegian Wood tease, by Trey.
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Saturday, 08/30/2014
Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO
Soundcheck: Wombat
Set 1: Free, MomaThe Moma Dance, Halley'sHalley's Comet, STFTFPStealing Time From the Faulty Plan, 555, Rift, SampleSample in a Jar, Devotion To a Dream, Yarmouth Road > Sparkle, Wingsuit, BowieDavid Bowie, Cavern
Set 2: DwDDown with Disease[1] -> WTU?What's the Use?, Carini > Light > Fuego > SlaveSlave to the Traffic Light, Meatstick > Bold As Love
Encore: HorseThe Horse, SilentSilent in the Morning, Fluffhead
[1] Unfinished
· Call to the Post tease
· What's the Use? tease in Down with Disease
· Dave's Energy Guide tease in Fluffhead
Notes: This show was webcast via LivePhish. The second set was preceded by Call to the Post teases. Down with Disease contiained What's the Use? teases and was unfinished. Page played the guitar part of The Horse on piano while Trey sang. Following The Horse, the band acted as if the show was over before starting to play Silent in the Morning. Trey then explained that by pretending to not play Silent and end the show, they were making a joke, given their not playing The Horse to precede Silent in recent versions. Having to explain this "joke" prompted Trey to tell the story of performing In A Hole back in the 1980's. Fish suggested they play In A Hole, but Trey said he could not remember it. He agreed to sing the chorus, however, and sang part of it briefly (emphasizing the pun on the "a hole" lyric) while Fish and Page played a small part of the music of the song's chorus. "It's just as funny as it was 30 years ago," Page noted. "Thank you for laughing." Fluffhead contained a Dave's Energy Guide tease.
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Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO
Soundcheck: Jam, Devotion to a Dream, Waiting All Night, Winterqueen, Sing Monica
Set 1: Llama, Undermind, Stash, Halfway to the Moon, IDKI Didn't Know, Nellie Kane, Guyute, The Line, Ocelot > No Quarter, Ha Ha Ha, SuzySuzy Greenberg[1]
Set 2: 46 Days > BOTTBack on the Train > Simple > Ghost > BDTNLBackwards Down the Number Line > HoodHarry Hood > Velvet SeaWading in the Velvet Sea > AntelopeRun Like an Antelope
Encore: Character Zero
[1] with Jennifer Hartswick on trumpet and Natalie Cressman on trombone
· Magilla and San-Ho-Zay teases in Simple
Notes: This show was webcast via LivePhish. The initial letter of the first ten songs spelled Lushington, which had won a 2014 online poll to determine the best Phish song by Rolling Stone magazine. However, the eleventh song was Ha Ha Ha, after which Trey announced "You asked, we delivered. Simple as that." Suzy Greenberg featured Jennifer Hartswick on trumpet and Natalie Cressman on trombone. Simple contained a Magilla tease from Page and a San-Ho-Zay tease from Trey.
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Electric cable explodes at Sutton station - travel chaos on Southern and Thameslink rail network
Updated 4:11pm Tuesday 25th February 2014 in News By Omar Oakes
No trains ran through Sutton Station this morning after an electrical cable explosion - causing severe travel disruption across the rail network in south-west London.
Southern Railway and First Capital Connect services ground to a halt after the fire was reported on platform two just after 7am.
Sutton Station reopened at 11.30am but there are still severe delays.
UPDATE (4pm) Passengers have been warned of evening rush hour delays and Sutton station is operating on a train by train basis - click here for more details.
A train also broke down at West Sutton station after experiencing power troubles and passengers were stuck on carriages between Carshalton and Sutton for three hours.
The closure has caused severe delays to routes to and from West Croydon, Mitcham, Epsom, Wimbledon, Tooting, Streatham and Dorking.
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Sutton station was closed after the evacuation
Sutton station shortly after it was evacuated. Picture: Angelo Perra
A huge queue has built at Mitcham Junction following the cancellations
Passengers have been warned to experience delays of about an hour and short-notice cancellations.
A First Capital Connect spokesman confirmed its services from Luton are being terminated in London and no trains are travelling to Sutton station.
Transport for London is accepting tickets on London buses, the Tramlink and the Underground.
Queues were reported at stations across the region as thousands seek to find alternative routes to work.
A spokesperson for Network Rail, which owns Sutton Station, said: "This morning there was what we call an electrical supply problem which created a spark or a small bang at the station.
"We have got Network Rail engineers on site assessing the situation and investigating it.
"Trains are not stopping at the station at this time.
"It is not possible to get a time when services will stop there. I'd say to check back after lunchtime.
"I can't say if it's going to have an effect on services – we are waiting to find out.
"I'd advise passengers to check with the train companies they are travelling with or check Network Rail's enquiry website."
They were unable to say whether it was linked to a triple explosion last year outside Sutton station.
Chaos at Sutton station as firefighters and police take charge
Passengers stuck on train for THREE HOURS
Passengers travelling on a Southern train to Sutton from Clapham Junction were stuck for more than two hours after it was due to arrive at Sutton at 7.38am.
The train stopped between Carshalton and Sutton at 7.30am and passengers remained there until about 10.40am, when the train was taken to Sutton and passengers were escorted off the platform.
Franck Merveaux, travelling to Sutton to get a connection to Wimbledon for work, said: "We pay a lot for our season tickets and stuff and then you get things like this.
"A couple of weeks ago it was floods, before that it was the wind.
"It will be snowing soon and there will be more delays.
"We pay so much for such an unreliable service. It's not on - I'll definitely be looking for a refund."
Naomi West, a shop assistant travelling from Balham to get to work, said "I'm annoyyed but you just have to deal with it. There's no point getting angry about things you can't control.
"But my phone's low on battery so I may not be so good natured in half an hour!"
An aerial view of Sutton station as workmen inspect the damage at platforms 2 and 3
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8:22am Tue 25 Feb 14
annon123 says...
.... so is the station open / closed.... are there any trains running.............
....... if not, do the have any update as to when they will be running............
8:28am Tue 25 Feb 14
annon123 says...
Electrical supply problems at Sutton are causing disruption and the following changes will apply:
•Trains are unable to call at Sutton
•Journey times may be extended by up to 60 minutes
Alternative travel options
Southern and First Capital Connect passengers may use each others services and also London Buses, London Underground and London Tramlink via any reasonable routes.
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As for me, need to go to Cheam, easy, 470, there in about 18 minutes once I get on the bus which will undoubtedly be full of whinging commuters. Have a nice day all, thank god I'm going the opposite way.
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So now we have a bunch sat here. We've all picked our lengths and now we're gonna give 2 a week away till the season's end to you guys. All you need to do is watch the video, answer the question below, and have a bit of luck with the RNG. We'll notify the winners by email, figure out which length they want and ship the bad boys out.


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Lawrence Belodeau, 57, of Gordon Avenue in Pelham was a passenger in a car rear-ended by a pickup truck, according to Massachusetts State Police Trooper Eric Benson.
The car, a 2008 Honda Civic, was driven by a co-worker, Mark Neskey, 33, of Bush Hill Road in Pelham. Neskey suffered minor injuries. He was treated at Lawrence General Hospital and released.
Belodeau was taken by ambulance to Lawrence General Hospital and was pronounced dead. Funeral arrangements are incomplete, according to Dolan Funeral Home in Chelmsford, Mass. The funeral home said no information about the family was available.
The accident, which is under investigation, sent two other people to the hospital with minor injuries.
The truck's driver, Stephen Hollins, 42, of Franklin was driving north in the right lane when the crash occurred about 7:25 a.m., said Trooper Daniel O'Brien.
Hollins was unable to stop when traffic came to a halt, police said. His truck crashed into the back of Neskey's car, which also was in the right lane. The impact pushed the Honda across the highway until it came to a stop in the median, police said.
Meanwhile, the truck continued in the right lane and struck the rear of a second car, a 2006 Saturn Vue, driven by Angela Klein of Nashua. Klein and Hollins also were treated at Lawrence General Hospital and released.
Benson said a state police collision analysis and reconstruction team has examined roadside debris from the accident and tire tracks and will reconstruct the crash.
State police crime scene investigators took photographs and interviewed witnesses. Benson said a report will follow.
Belodeau leaves his wife, Mary. No spokesman for the family was available to comment last night.
"He was enjoying life," said neighbor Theresa Tenczar, rubbing her arm nervously as she shed tears. "It's sad."
Belodeau also has two adult daughters and a grandchild, Tenczar said.
Tenczar said she did not know Belodeau's background, but knew him for more than 20 years as a neighbor.
"He used to come and sit with me and my husband on the front steps when we first met," she said.
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Teddy will give an illustrated talk about his book at 7.00pm on Tuesday 5 August 2014 at the Suda Thai Restaurant, 23 Slingsby Place, St Martin's, London,WC2E 9AB. (Tel: 0207 240 8010). Doors will open at 6.30 pm. The talk and discussion will last one hour and will be followed by a 3 course Thai dinner. A complimentary glass of wine will be provided courtesy of Monsoon Wines.
Spha Palasathira is a man of many parts : after an education in the UK and Europe, a stint in the Thai diplomatic service, a career in advertising, appointments as Professor of Global Marketing Communications at the Missouri School of Journalism and an honorary Barrister- at- Law at Middle Temple, London, Teddy is now into his fourth career as a writer. After producing two books on advertising, he recently wrote "Addresses", memoirs of his childhood in wartime England.
Teddy's latest book is "The Last Siamese", an anthology of stories about 11 Thais – So Sethabutra, Kamsring Srinawk, Dr. Samarn Muntharbhorn, Colonel Vicha Dhitavat, Captain Pravas Choomsai, Prince Bira, Field Marshal Plaek Pibulsonggram, Nai Lert, Prince Subha Svasti, Chamkat Balungara, Boonpong Sirrivejjapan – and a Briton, Captain Hercules Dennis.
Taken together, they are The Last Siamese, exceptional characters, some who changed the course of history, many who were highly controversial, and others, brave, unsung heroes, who did their best.


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Texting while driving is very dangerous and as a result, many states have passed laws making this practice illegal. If you'd like to make sure your teen driver doesn't indulge their texting habit while they're behind the wheel, or you don't trust yourself to keep your fingers to yourself, try one of these apps that try to prevent texting and driving.
Price: $29.99
Downloads: 50+
This app uses the phone's GPS to detect when you are traveling at more than 10 miles-per-hour and disables texting. If you're a passenger, your administrator (parent) can text "allow" to the phone running Textecution to override the block. To make sure a smart kid doesn't outsmart this app, the administrator can password protect Textecution during installation, and an alert text is sent to the administrator if anyone tries to uninstall the app. Textectution can also disable emails, web access and instant messaging.
Drawback: Only suitable for teenagers unless you want to select a designated administrator to control your usage.
Price: Free, $13.95 for the pro version
Downloads: 250,000+
DriveSafe.ly reads your texts and emails to you while you drive. The free version can be configured to send a default message that lets the other party know you're driving and will get back to them later. For $13.95, you can upgrade to the pro version that includes a voice-to-text service for hands-free responses to inbound messages.
Drawback: While hands-free use is a step up from texting while driving, listening to your messages and feeling the urge to respond can be a big distraction.
Price: $24.99 to get started, $9.99 per month after the first month
Downloads: 500+
This app restricts texting as well as cell phone use in a number of ways including by location, by time and by speed of movement. It also allows the user to set safe numbers, like a home phone number or 911, that can be called even when a restriction is in place. Many parents like this app because it allows them to control a child's cell phone usage when they're in class in addition to when they're driving.
Drawback: Compared to other apps, this one is very expensive. Each consumer should decide if the features are worth the price.
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Price: Free for Lite, $1.99 for full version
Downloads: 50,000+
The free version of this app can be set to auto-respond to incoming texts with a pre-configured message. If you have a few friends who don't understand that you're busy, they'll only get the response once during each five-minute interval to reduce overhead. This is a great app to use when you can't respond whether you're driving, working or enjoying a movie.
Drawback: This app has to be turned on by the user. Your teen driver might "forget" to use it.
According to Distraction.gov, drivers under 20 are more likely to engage in distracted driving than any other group, and any type of cell phone use behind the wheel delays reaction times as much as having a .08 BAC, legally intoxicated in most states. Using one of these apps to restrict texting while driving could save your teen's life while still allowing him or her to make a call in the event of a true emergency.
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Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton on Wednesday urged the Department of Human Services to suspend any petitions for the provisional release of civilly-committed sex offenders until the State Legislature and courts can review the laws.
MORE: Read the full letter from Dayton
Wednesday's announcement is a change of course for Dayton, who previously supported the DHS recommendation to release clients from the Minnesota Sex Offender Program.
In the letter, Dayton admitted his personal preference is that no civilly committed sex offender would be released; however, he said he has a duty to follow the law as governor.
The state has committed 698 sex offenders who have served their criminal sentences. All are currently considered patients of the Minnesota Sex Offender Program and are held in locked facilities in St. Peter and Moose Lake.
"If they're treating people, they have to be released," said Hennepin County prosecutor George Widseth.
That's what the federal courts say, too, but Attorney General Lori Swanson is seeking to block the release of Thomas Duvall, who would be just the second person released from the Minnesota Sex Offender Program in more than 20 years.
Two psychologists who reviewed Duvall's case last year said found was highly likely to re-offend, that he had a "homicidal rage towards women," and that he may actually have anywhere from 60 to 200 victims. Yet, he also meets all the criteria for release.
Former House Speaker Kurt Zellers opposed Duvall's release in a letter to the court that said he's concerned the release may be imminent and a done deal.
A three-judge panel set aside the second week in April to have a hearing on whether Duvall is still a threat to the public. Three psychologists will examine Duvall and testify about his risk level.
Letter from Gov. Mark Dayton to DHS Commissioner Lucinda Jesson
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