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Saadi Gaddafi, the son of the martyred Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi, is requesting the lifting of an arbitrary travel ban. He is residing in the West African state of Niger., a photo by Pan-African News Wire File Photos on Flickr.
US-backed Libyan Rebels renew request for Niger to extradite Saadi Gaddafi
December 13, 2012 12:34 AM
NIAMEY--Libya Wednesday reiterated its call for the extradition of slain Libyan revolutionary leader Moammar Gadhafi's son Saadi from Niger, which has granted him asylum since September 2011 on "humanitarian" grounds."
The Libyan party has noted the threat posed by the presence in Niger of members of the former Libyan regime," said a government statement issued after a visit to Niamey by Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan.
Libya "renewed its request for the extradition of those wanted people ... and stressed that their trial in Libya would comply with international law."
The statement said Libyan rebels had insisted that the former government officials not be extradited to any third country.
"So far, we have not decided anything, consultations should continue, based on the terms of the Libyan request and existing provisions in international law," Niger's Foreign Minister Mohammad Bazoum told AFP.
Three of Gadhafi's sons were killed in the 2011 uprising that brought down Gadhafi's 42-year rule, including Motassim who was murdered by rebels on the same day as his father.
Several key members of the Gadhafi family have survived, however, including Gadhafi's erstwhile heir apparent Seif al-Islam, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court but detained by rebels in occupied Libya.
Former Libyan Olympic Committee chief Mohammad and Hannibal, are believed to be in Algeria, as is the martyred leader's daughter Aisha.
Saadi Gadhafi, who found shelter in neighboring Niger when his father's government was being bombed by the United States and NATO, was best known as the head of Libya's football federation and a player who played his way into Italy's top flight.
Interpol had issued a "Red Notice" for Saadi Gadhafi for "allegedly misappropriating properties through force and armed intimidation when he headed the Libyan Football Federation."


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The decision to postpone the Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show is affecting a lot of others who have nothing to do with the show.
An estimated 250,000 people come to Harrisburg every year for the show. Those visitors spend big bucks not just inside the show, but outside it as well.
"This is something the tourism industry has really counted on this time of the year to help their sales, keep people employed, and to make their numbers," said Harrisburg Regional Chamber president Dave Black.
The chamber estimates $80 million is spent during the course of the event, but Black calls that number conservative.
The hotel industry stands to take a huge hit, including the Staybridge Suites which is just feet away from the Farm Show Complex. Restaurants will also see a huge bite taken out of their sales.
"We always look forward to the orange and camo," said Artie Tafoya, director of operations at Appalachian Brewing Company. "You'd see them at every table."
The show brings some of the biggest crowds of the entire year to the Cameron Street restaurant.
"You know, we're just a mile down the road so people who plan on meeting meet here from time to time. We had a good plan in place for this year. We'll have to look at it and re-evaluate," said Tafoya.
While this is a significant hit, experts say the midstate can bounce back.
"It's not going to be a crushing blow or anything recessionary for the region," said Black, "It's just one of those blips that you have on the economic radar in a region like Harrisburg."
The Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show is such a big part of the local economy for two very important reasons. It's a lot longer than the other shows, and timing.
Winter is usually a slow period for these businesses. The show provides a real boost, which they now probably won't get.
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If you visit Contemporary Arts Museum Houston once and don't like what you see, don't worry. Come again. The exhibits are always changing.
Senior curator Valerie Cassel Oliver said the museum is writing history as it happens as a non-collecting museum.
"It means we don't have a collection. We don't purchase art work. We present art that artists are creating either presenting the first museum exhibition of young artists or featuring the work of more established artists," Oliver said.
In fact, Houston's art community draws visitors from all over the world. Johnnene Maddison came here with friends from Ontario, Canada.
"This is my very first time in Houston. I came just because I wanted to see the art. I tend to like to go to other cities just to look at art. I'm an artist myself, full-time, professional visiting artist. I like to go to other cities to see what they have to offer," Maddison said.
Located in the heart of Houston's museum district at the corner of Montrose and Bissonett, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston has been here since 1948.
And as the museum approaches its 65th anniversary, Oliver hopes to continue to spotlight Houston's brightest and best artists.
"Contemporary art is not always about being provocative or always being challenging. Oftentimes, it's a way for people to come to terms with the world around them," Oliver said.
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston is one of 19 organizations that make up Houston's Museum district, located just a mile and a half from Mecom Fountain.
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How does that saying go? Diamonds are a girls best friend? Well, of course they are. That why it was ingenious for Diamond Candles to put a diamond ring in each and every one of their soy candles.
Recently, I was able to try out Diamond Candles. Although I am sad to report I didn't score a $10,000 diamond, I am happy to say that I did score an amazing candle. Diamond Candles are 100% soy wax so they burn much cleaner than parafin candles. Parafin is a by product of drilling for petroleum. As soon as I found that out, I have been a fan of 100% soy candles ever since.
Diamond Candles are fragrant but not overpowering. My daughter has severe allergies, so we can't really have anything that is too perfume like in the house. These candles gave a nice subtle aroma to our home. It wasn't like it hit you in the face as soon as you walked in the door.
The candles are such a neat idea. Usually my 9 year old blows out my candles. Once I told my kids there was a diamond ring in there, they wouldn't let me put it out!
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I have been scratching my head regarding this win/loss record for about a month now. Maybe I pay too much atttention to numbers.
Here's a few numbers:
$42 Million in payroll on the DL.
$23 Million in deferred payments to players not on the team (Manny, Jones, Pierre, etc.).
That's $65 Million for players not even playing right now. I don't know how we are winning. So, I guess the baseball gods are making me throw out my stat sheets this season. GO BLUE!


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Michael Cuddyer has tied Dante Bichette's franchise record with a 23-game hitting streak, here's a look back on both of them.
Buckle your seat belts, folks, as we go into the final full week of Spring Training. With only 9 days left before Opening Night, is this squad going to be ready? Have our Spring wishes come true?
Dante Bichette is not just a bloated home run freak of baseball's past. He is an intelligent hitter with experience at Coors Field, which makes him uniquely suited to be the Rockies' hitting...
The Rockies are getting the band back together, bringing in Dante Bichette to join Walt Weiss in the 1995 Rockies Reunion Tour. Winning is good, nostalgia is better.
On April 26, 1988, Keith Hernandez hit two home runs and knocked in seven, the last of which was his 1,000th career RBI.
Ever thought the Rockies should do more to embrace their history? Help us out - tell them to Honor the Bombers.
Jeff Reese and I took a look at the Yankees system over at Bullpen Banter. Kind of a sideways year for the top guys in this system, but the depth is stronger than it was in the past. Update from Frank: I moved this to the top of the page because as Brandon pointed out in the comments, this is absolutely a must read for those interested in the minor league system.
Top Rockies All-Star Moment #6 - Blake Street Bombers yawn-worthy 1998 All-Star performance at Coors Field
When the 2011 MLB Draft comes rolling around on June 6-8, there will be three players who already have ties to the Colorado Rockies. The best-known one is Dante Bichette Jr., son of former Rockies...
Saturday Rockpile: Rockies to honor Bichette, Helton debuts tomorrow, more
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The Minnesota Twins was swept out of the playoffs today and have not won a game since October 5, 2004 and have not won a playoff series since they beat Oakland 3 games to 2 before meeting up with Adam Kennedy and the Angels in the 2002 ALCS.
The Dodgers did not lose 12 playoff games in a row but they had been swept out in the first two years of the Wild Card era (1995-96) and thus had not won a post-season game since Game 5 of the 1988 World Series. The 2004 trip did not start well either, losing Games 1 and 2 in St. Louis before coming home to play Game 3.
The starter for the third game for the Dodgers was a pitcher who had started the year in the bullpen and then made some spot starts until he was moved into the rotation in June. Jose Lima had been a 21 game winner and an All-Star in Houston but he had struggled for the last few seasons prior to 2004 and was certainly not expected to be a large contributor when he first joined the team.
Steve Finley's two run double and Shawn Green's two solo shots would provide the offense that night but the story was Jose Lima whose shut out remains the best post-season startDiamondbacks vs Dodgers recap by any Dodger starter since Orel shut out the A's in Game 2 of the 1988 World Series. A fan favorite in 2004, Lima captivated that crowd and for one night had Dodger Stadium in the palm of his hand. Lima shut down Larry Walker, Albert Pujols and Scott Rolen that night and was throwing strikes (74/109 pitches).
The crowd, by all reports, was in the game from the first pitch to the last, and for at least one night, Jose Lima joined legends like Koufax, Drysdale, Sutton, John, Valenzuela and Hershiser.
The Dodgers themselves would be out of the playoffs the next day and would not win another playoff game until James Loney hit a grand slam in Chicago in 2008.
But Lima Time will always a special place for those who were there and those who watched, he made being a Dodger fan fun during their quest to regain post-season glory.
A personal aside, I did not get the chance to watch this game though I heard a few innings of it on a MTA bus to the Hollywood Bowl with my girlfriend at that time. So any impressions of that game outside of the few innings I heard, were gained from reading the game stories and talking to fans who went to that game. This will probably be only game on this list that I don't have a lot of personal recollection of my immediate reaction but I thought it belonged there not only because of Lima's great performance but because it was the only post-season win during a span of 20 years of not winning a post-season series.


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Well, it's another busy day at work.
Looks like there have been a big crack down on drunk drivers in the past few weeks. We've seen a huge uptick in new clients. Of course this is good for business but everyone is working 12 hour days trying to get things ready for court dates, etc.
My boss, Steve, is a great guy though. He realizes that we're under a lot of stress and has taken out the entire law office for lunch each and every day. Aside from being one of the best criminal lawyers in Chicago (and probably Illinois), he is a genuinely good-hearted guy.
The paralegals new favorite lunch spot is an awesome little pizza place in Lincoln Park called Pequads. The pizza is TO. DIE. FOR. No joke, haha.
Okay, that was my update from the office. Time to get back to work so I don't end up here until 8:00pm like ever day last week. Wish me luck!


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Breaking news: Lou Doillon has just accepted an ambassadorship. The country? Bargain-istan. It's a French territory for those of you not up on your make-believe geography.
Former Target-eer Isaac Mizrahi unveils his first collection for Liz Claiborne. It looks pretty happy; he calls it more "grown-up." Just don't use that word around him.
Meanwhile, Mizrahi's former employers name their next Go International Designer: surfer-dude-who-happens- to-make-a-fantastic-dress Tracy Feith. You can hang ten on May 17.
Brad Pitt, always the gentleman, clears up any confusion on the timing of his relationship with Angie. It began while he and Jen were getting a divorce, not before. There's really no way she could have been upset about it, OK?
Dame Vivienne Westwood was a pretty vocal un-fan of Sex and the City: The Movie, so much so that she wants to step in and produce the next one. Please say yes, Hollywood. Please.
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Posted Nov 27, 2007 1:05 PM CDT
By Molly McDonough
Bar exam snafus aside, there's some good news for students at CUNY School of Law.
The Flushing school has posted the program's highest-ever first-try pass rate on the state bar: 83 percent, the New York Post reports.
Even though the pass rate trails the state average, it's far better than the "embarrassingly low 50 percent" in 2002, the Post notes.
The school credits improved pass rates to stronger admissions and retention standards plus financial support for graduates to enable them to study more for the exam.
The Post reports that a record 10,907 candidates took the July bar exam in New York.
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900-Pound Gator Video - Gator Caught by Massachusetts Woman in South Carolina
A 900 pound gator was caught this week by a Massachusetts woman fishing in South Carolina. Mary Ellen Mara-Christian caught and then killed a 13-foot long gator in Lake Moultrie this week. WLTC reports that the Massachusetts resident successfully got a permit through South Carolina's permit lottery system for the one month long alligator season. "He was right there at the edge of the bank swimming on the edges," Mara-Christian said. She hooked him with her fishing pole and battled for two hours to get him near the boat. In South Carolina, you have to secure the gator and get it to the boat before you're allowed to shoot it.
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Decreased Winter Wheat Acres
According to the most recent crop report from USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), winter wheat–seeded acreage for 2009 decreased by 9% from 2008, totaling 42.1 million acres. Other results included hard red winter wheat declining 4% to 30.2 million acres, soft red winter wheat declining 26% to 8.29 million acres and white winter wheat gaining 1% from 2008 for a total of 3.62 million acres. NASS connected the decreases to wet weather, falling prices and delayed row-crop harvest.
A report from World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates projected that the U.S. wheat ending stocks for 2008/09 would increase by 32 million bushels. The gain is mainly due to lower domestic use for feed, residuals and seed. The projected season-average farm price was reduced from $6.90 to $6.50.
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Field to Market, a coalition of grower and conservation organizations, agribusinesses and food companies, released a unique report that aims to create a framework for measuring agriculture sustainability. The past two decades of land, water and energy use, soil loss and climate impact were evaluated on a national scale in corn, soybean, cotton and wheat production. These crops encompassed about 70% of the 305 million acres of U.S. cropland in 2007.
Overall, the report shows a wheat yield increase of 19% per acre while wheat land usage decreased 24% during the past 20 years. The report also shows an 18% decrease in wheat's total energy use and an 11% decrease in total water use. Meanwhile, soil loss decreased 54% and average annual climate impact increased 5% throughout the course of the agriculture sustainability study.
Conducted by 17 experts, the report moves toward creating a comprehensive methodology to establish a standard for measuring agriculture sustainability while allowing growers to apply their own efficiency to their operation. Field to Market is also in the process of finalizing water-quality and biodiversity indicators; the assessment will be available in mid-2009.
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During the course of my search for precovery images of known comets on Jan. 27, 2010, I came across a cometary object in NEAT-Palomar images of Aug. 18, 2001. As one can see from the images below, the object showed a clear tail:
Animation of the NEAT triplet of Aug. 18, 2001
Stack of the NEAT triplet of Aug. 18, 2001
However, I did not panic, since I have come across such objects quite often and either they turned out not to be real or already known. So I did a check to see whether a known comet or asteroid was near this position at this time. When this search turned out negative I started to become a bit nervous... ;)
I calculated a Vaisälä orbit and was quite surprised to see possible NEAT candidate images close to the first one. And indeed, the next images, taken by NEAT-Haleakala of Aug. 22, showed this object, but only in two images with one of it involved with a star. But the single one also showed the tail:
Single NEAT image of Aug. 22, 2001The next steps were quite easy. With the new positions I improved the orbit and was able to find more and more images/positions. In the end the arc was extended until mid-December 2001! Missing NEAT images were later kindly provided by Dr Steven Pravdo of the NEAT project, which helped to complete the dataset.
After I had collected my data and was looking at the resulting orbit, I was finally sure that it was a comet. It had a Jupiter MOID of about 0.65 AU, and indeed it had an approach with Jupiter before its next perihelion in 2007, which caused the perihelion distance to increase by about 0.1 AU. However, this 2007 perihelion looked favourable and I tried to detect any matches in the MPC ONS file. However, nothing was found.
After I had sent in the data and Brian Marsden detected the single LONEOS observation of October 24, we wondered whether other surveys might have imaged the object without measuring it. However, again no success. Robert McNaught checked Siding Spring Survey images of July 2007, which covered the expected position of the comet, but nothing was seen. The comet was too faint, maybe due to the larger perihelion distance or maybe due to the fact that it was unusually active in 2001. Checks of LINEAR data also proved not successful, and a check by Andrea Boattini of Catalina and Mt. Lemmon images showed that these surveys missed the comet always by a few degrees.
The comet was finally reported in IAUC 9129, and MPEC 2010-F38.
So, why was the comet not discovered in 2001? I think the main reason is that it was automatically detected and measured and nobody really looked at the images. If this would have happened, it would have been identified as a comet and quickly followed up. The reason that the comet was not again automatically detected by NEAT is due to the fact that of the usual NEAT triplets often only two or even one were of good quality and thus did not qualify for reporting. Add to that the fact that after August the next detection was in October, quite a large gap to get a succesful automated linkage. If the object would have popped up at the NEOCP things would have looked different.
Below I give the orbits for 2001, 2007, 2014 and 2020. The 2014 apparition is extremely unfavourable and I really hope for a recovery in 2020, when things look much better.
P/2001 Q11 Perihelion 2001 Jun 22.351249 TT = 8:25:47 (JD 2452082.851249) Epoch 2001 Jun 22.0 TT = JDT 2452082.5 Earth MOID: 0.8585 Ju: 0.6466 M 359.94399 (2000.0) P Q n 0.15944594 Peri. 202.27309 0.96904880 0.15291484 a 3.36816791 Node 147.01234 -0.13601297 0.98586974 e 0.4502563 Incl. 20.85256 -0.20602155 0.06839511 P 6.18 M(T) 15.0 K 10.0 q 1.85162894 Q 4.88470688 From 21 observations 2001 Aug. 18-Dec. 13; RMS error 0.673 arcseconds P/2001 Q11 Perihelion 2007 Nov 24.214439 TT = 5:08:47 (JD 2454428.714439) Epoch 2007 Nov 24.0 TT = JDT 2454428.5 Earth MOID: 0.9619 Ju: 0.6482 M 359.96695 (2000.0) P Q n 0.15408966 Peri. 207.16753 0.97508896 0.10590201 a 3.44577595 Node 145.00061 -0.08372486 0.98939114 e 0.4342601 Incl. 19.86494 -0.20540605 0.09944810 P 6.40 M(T) 15.0 K 10.0 q 1.94941281 Q 4.94213909 From 21 observations 2001 Aug. 18-Dec. 13; RMS error 0.673 arcseconds P/2001 Q11 Perihelion 2014 Apr 23.096111 TT = 2:18:24 (JD 2456770.596111) Epoch 2014 Apr 23.0 TT = JDT 2456770.5 Earth MOID: 0.9671 Ju: 0.6491 M 359.98521 (2000.0) P Q n 0.15385281 Peri. 207.39513 0.97530987 0.10342799 a 3.44931149 Node 144.91931 -0.08108142 0.98954861 e 0.4334007 Incl. 19.84674 -0.20541772 0.10047976 P 6.41 M(T) 15.0 K 10.0 q 1.95437719 Q 4.94424579 From 21 observations 2001 Aug. 18-Dec. 13; RMS error 0.673 arcseconds P/2001 Q11 Perihelion 2020 Sep 25.925996 TT = 22:13:26 (JD 2459118.425996) Epoch 2020 Sep 25.0 TT = JDT 2459117.5 Earth MOID: 0.9960 Ju: 0.6419 M 359.85861 (2000.0) P Q n 0.15268940 Peri. 207.52465 0.97498949 0.10555878 a 3.46681058 Node 144.67154 -0.08278921 0.98917416 e 0.4279027 Incl. 19.76880 -0.20625576 0.10194020 P 6.45 M(T) 15.0 K 10.0 q 1.98335294 Q 4.95026822 From 21 observations 2001 Aug. 18-Dec. 13; RMS error 0.673 arcseconds© 2010, Maik Meyer


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'Charlie' pip KC
Red-hot Wolmer's crush DQ 6-0
SUBSTITUTE Patrick Sayles scored in the 89th minute to lead Charlie Smith High to a deserved 1-0 win over Group G rivals Kingston College (KC) in yesterday's ISSA/Gatorate/Digicel/ Manning Cup action at Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex.
Sayles, who entered the fray a mere two minutes earlier, tapped home from close range after the crafty wide player Lennox Russell sped past his marker on the right side and fed a pin-point cross into the box.
The victory put Charlie Smith atop the group with six points from their two outings so far this season, while KC remain on three points.
Charlie Smith's head coach Jerome Waite appeared a relieved man in the post-match interview after his team dominated large portions of the match but lacked the desired efficiency in the attacking third.
"It is good to know that we made use of our advantage at home. We missed some chances, but we won in the end. We left it late, but I'm glad for the win. We played a high-press and fast game while KC were more on the defensive end," said Waite.
KC's assistant coach Barry Brown virtually conceded that his unit was second best on the day, blaming the defeat on a lack of concentration in the defence.
"It was a tough game, physically and otherwise. Charlie played hard and KC played hard and it was a matter of one moment of lapse from KC and they scored a goal.
"We expected Charlie Smith to come at us, but I don't think our players are used to such vocal home supporters. Still, I think we showed heart, courage and a lot of character today," Brown told the Jamaica Observer.
In the early stages, Charlie Smith looked the more energised as they unleashed crunching tackles against a slow-starting KC bunch.
Russell sent early warnings with his pace and trickery down the right, but the KC defence generally held on stoutly.
The visitors from North Street were left to attempt several counter-attacking moves but were not able to break through a solid Charlie Smith defence, guided by Michael Webb, Roman Brown and Andrew Cuff.
Though Charlie Smith had the better of play, KC could have taken a surprise lead midway the first half when a long range effort from Allan Morgan was pushed unconvincingly around the post by 'Charlie' goalkeeper Kirk Morgan.
KC started the second half in a slightly more positive mode, but had to thank 'keeper Obrian Duncan, who bravely saved a viciously-struck, close range left-footer from substitute Raylon Paisley on the hour mark.
The hard-working Allan Morgan remained a threat for KC and flashed his header wide minutes later, and Russell got a chance to score at the other end within the last 15 minutes, but his effort in a one-on-one encounter with the advancing Duncan was deflected for a corner.
Only moments later, KC's substitute Chevaughn Blake saw his one-time effort easily saved by Morgan and he was left to rue that miss as Sayles pounced a minute before the end of normal time to hand Charlie full points.
In other Group G games, St Andrew Technical blanked Meadowbrook, 3-0, while Pembroke Hall and Ardenne ended 1-1.
In Group D, the 2006 winners Bridgeport won, 1-0, and Haile Selassie and visitors Calabar played to a 1-1 scoreline.
Wolmer's Boys', one of the pre-tournament favourites, crushed Donald Quarrie, 6-0, in a Group F encounter at their Heroes' Circle base. In another match in the group, Jose Marti Technical hammered Oberlin High, 7-0.
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Hercules and Love Affair
|Hercules and Love Affair
Hercules and Love Affair
|Background information
|New York City, USA
|Years active
|DFA, Moshi Moshi, Mute
|MySpace Page
|Andy Butler
DJ Whitney Fierce
Kim Ann Foxman
Mark Pistel
Aerea Negrot
Shaun Wright
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Hercules and Love Affair is a musical project from New York based DJ Andy Butler. Members include Butler, Kim Ann Foxman, Mark Pistel, Aérea Negrot, Shaun Wright and Nellyphant.[1] It is signed to DFA Records.[1] The single "Blind" featuring guest Antony Hegarty (lead vocalist in Antony & The Johnsons) was released on 3 March 2008, and the debut album (produced by Butler and Tim Goldsworthy) was released on 10 March.[2] Their self-titled album has been critically well received and charted in the top 40 in several countries.[3] The touring group in 2008 featured guest vocalist Nomi Ruiz. The new formation is Andy Butler, Mark Pistel and the two vocalists Gustaph and Rouge Mary.
The band's central figure, Andrew Butler, began his musical career at 15, DJing in a Denver leather bar run by a hostess called Chocolate Thunder Pussy.[4] He then moved to New York, in order to attend Sarah Lawrence College.[5] According to Butler: "I've been writing songs since childhood. I made music for dance performances in college (where he studied under Martin Goldray), like a remake of Gino Soccio's 'Runaway' done in the style of Kraftwerk."[6]
The band made its live debut on May 17, 2008, at the Studio B venue in Brooklyn, New York, before going on a European and North American tour.[7]
The first single "Blind", co-written by and featuring guest Antony Hegarty (lead vocalist in Antony & The Johnsons), was awarded Best Song of 2008 by Pitchfork Media and came in at sixth place in Resident Advisor's Top 30 tracks of that year. The follow-up "You Belong" featured the New York-based vocalist and musician Nomi Ruiz.
In early interviews, Butler stated his intent to release music with a rotating cast of performers and musicians.[8]
The band was captured at London's Lovebox festival by VOGUE TV discussing their sartorial choices.[9]
- Hercules and Love Affair (10 March 2008, DFA Records) Billboard 200 #191, UK Albums Chart #31
- Blue Songs[10] (31 January 2011,[11] Moshi Moshi)[12]
- The Feast of the Broken Heart (26 May 2014, Moshi Moshi)
DJ mixes[edit]
- Sidetracked (13 July 2009, Renaissance Recordings)
- DJ-Kicks (26 October 2012, !K7 Records)
- "Classique #2"/"Roar" (3 September 2007, DFA Records)
- "Blind" (3 March 2008, DFA Records) UK Singles Chart #40, Italy Singles Chart #12
- "You Belong" (7 July 2008, DFA Records)
- "My House" (24 January 2011, Moshi Moshi)
- "Painted Eyes" (18 April 2011, Moshi Moshi)
- "Falling" (4 August 2011, Moshi Moshi)
- "Do You Feel the Same?" (14 April 2014, Moshi Moshi)
- "I Try to Talk to You" (9 June 2014, Moshi Moshi)
- ^ a b c Robinson, Peter (23 February 2008). "Groove is in the art". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
- ^ Lester, Paul (2007-01-08). "New band of the day: No 251: Hercules and Love Affair". guardian.co.uk (London). Retrieved 2008-02-21.
- ^ Lindsay, Cam."Hercules and Love Affair's Disco Fever", Exclaim!, July 2008.
- ^ Petridis, Alexis (7 March 2008). "Hercules and Love Affair record review". London: The Guardian newspaper. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
- ^ Lawrence, Eddy. "Hercules And Love Affair: interview". Time out London.
- ^ McGillivray, Will. "Hercules and Love Affair". Fact Magazine.
- ^ "Hercules & Love Affair @ Studio B, NYC (pics) & Tour Dates". Brooklyn Vegan.
- ^ "Hercules and Love Affair's Andy Butler on His Sidetracked Mix and Hercules' New Record". Village Voice.
- ^ A Fashion And Music Lovebox – Exclusives – Vogue TV
- ^ Pitchfork: Hercules and Love Affair Title New Album, Cover the xx's "Shelter"
- ^ Kele Okereke features on new Hercules And Love Affair album | NME.COM
- ^ OMG, a Q&A with Hercules and Love Affair's Andy Butler
External links[edit]
- Hercules and Love Affair – official site
- Hercules and Love Affair discography at Discogs
- Hercules and Love Affair on Myspace
- Hercules and Love Affair at Last.fm
- Hercules and Love Affair interview at MusicOMH.com


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I am thinking about using wired internet connection. Is there really a difference (in the speed), and should i spend $30 on a LAN adapter?
I am thinking about using wired internet connection. Is there really a difference (in the speed), and should i spend $30 on a LAN adapter?

well if u have wireless go with that because u dont have to deal with all the wires going everywhere. at this point and time a wired connection has a 100 mbps speed between ur router and ur wii. wireless comes in 3 common flavors. the cheapest, 802.11b has a speed of 11 mbps from ur router and wii. 802.11g has a speed of 54 mbps. and 802.11n which is ridiculously expensive has 108 mbps. The speed of your ISP is also a factor, example, obviously cable is faster than most dsl connections. im running over 802.11b and it seems to be running fine with no lag. If u can connect ur wii through a ethernet cable go ahead and do so but i dont think you'll see that much of an increase in speed.
Wait a min. I thought the whole point of getting Wireless was because its also faster? Yet you're saying that the Wired Option is 2 times as fast as the G wireless router...
short answer, yes but it shouldnt matter too much because your ISP internet bandwith pipe isnt nearly as fast or as wide as ur local network
You have things backwards. Wired Connections are faster than a wireless connection.Wait a min. I thought the whole point of getting Wireless was because its also faster? Yet you're saying that the Wired Option is 2 times as fast as the G wireless router...
Actually the Wii only supports 802.11b and 802.11g, and as such, wired should have a faster throughput (54Mbps vs 100Mbps).
Plus, wired will offer lower latency (approx 2-3ms faster on average).
Does the speed difference matter? No, not at all.
As stated, your real care is likely its ability to go online with these speeds.
First off, in my experience, the virtual console and system update servers are so slow on their own it wouldn't help if you had an OC48 plugged in. News and weather use less data than it took for you to load this webpage. And no web page you could load with Opera will ever be degraded by 11Mbps throughput.
Playing games online, when they come out, will be an issue of latency and not throughput. But 2-3ms wouldn't be noticeable to you.
The average DSL/cable customer has 3Mbps of actual throughput available to them at any given moment. Any LAN based transfers (eg, Orb) would also sustain over 802.11b without issue.
To give you an idea, the Wii has 512MB of internal memory. At 11Mbps, you could download 512MB in in about 6 minutes 12 seconds. The Wii's RAM is also just 88MB, so think how fast that would fill up. I can't imagine anything on the horizon that would ever need that much throughput for the Wii.
I'd let convenience dictate your decision. If you have a wireless network already, use it. If you don't, but you have a wired network, get the LAN adapter. If you have neither, and your computer is either dialup or plugs directly into a modem, get the Nintendo wireless dongle for your computer.
Plus I'd leave the USB ports open for future use (screwing around with USB hubs is a nuisance).
Ummn okay I get that but what about actual Internet connection between computers and routers. Are you saying that the speed is faster when you have a Wired Router or is faster with a Wireless one? Because I thought that at the very least the internet would be faster using a wireless router so thats why I got it in addition to the fact that we could connect it to the Wii. However theres no point in using a wireless network if the speed itself is going to decrease overall is there?
your not quite getting it.. as ieatlint said, your bandwith from your ISP at any given time is at max maybe 3 mbps. even the slowest standard for wireless networking 802.11b at 11mbps will be more than enough for your internet bandwith from the ISP. the only place that you would see increase and decreases in speed would be within your local network. example: ftp from one computer to another will be faster with a wired connection than a wireless connection
Oh ic...I called our ISP and they said we're gettin 6mBps. So when I setup the Wireless on 802.11b at the very least I'll be getting 3x the speed I usually get from the ISP correct? And what exactly is the range when you have your router set to Mixed? Anywhere between 6-54 I'm guessing or is it more in the middle. Thanks for clearing that up for me. For a moment I was kinda scared I had wasted $50 bucks for nothing. But since its more for the internet than for actually computer networking I think that its a good investment right?
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Three weeks ago, I asked several hundred college students a question:
What is your biggest obstacle today to giving your whole life for God's global mission?
Before I share the response, let me be clear, as I was that day—I wasn't asking about dropping out of society, selling everything and moving to Turkmenistan (although that was fair game).
Rather, I explained that giving your whole life for God's global mission is being fully given over to God's purposes in the world, whether that meant staying, going, praying, giving, whatever. If you're following your calling, you can serve God just as well as a businessperson in the U.S. as a church planter in Sri Lanka.
Fear is the biggest obstacle to these followers of Jesus fully joining in his mission, whether here in the U.S. or anywhere in the world. How did this happen?
I had people text me their biggest obstacles to fully following Jesus (You can, too—608-352-3263). My phone rattled and buzzed for a couple minutes, as an avalanche came back at me from the audience.
Some were not very surprising: selfishness, busyness, lust, health issues, lack of self-discipline and materialism.
But one kind of answer stood out, named by a quarter of those responding as their biggest obstacle to giving their whole life to global mission. It was fear.
These students—and Christians, no less—were afraid of everything:
- Being alone
- Failing
- Being uncomfortable
- Not knowing where they're going or what they're doing
- Entering a new culture
- What their parents would say
- Not hearing God correctly
- Not being good enough
- Being unprepared spiritually
- Not speaking well
- Being too broken
I couldn't believe it. Fear is the biggest obstacle to these followers of Jesus fully joining in his mission, whether here in the U.S. or anywhere in the world. How did this happen?
Most of us know there are people around the world with seriously fearful surroundings—gnawing hunger, no education for their children, violent crime, unjust local officials, unhealthy water and spreading disease.
And most of us know, when we're logical about it, that a lot of our fears here in the West are wildly spun out of control. We find TV reports like, "The Hidden Dangers of Escalators." Really?
Having all those little fears plugged into us all the time adds up.
Media can make big bucks by using fear to snag in an audience. And lawyers can make big bucks by pointing out all the ways things will go wrong in your life and it won't be fair. Having all those little fears plugged into us all the time adds up.
And then there are big fears. At the end of it all, we are dead. And that scares us. So we run around trying to do whatever we can to preserve our lives—we cling to ourselves and our own safety and sanity. We each try to preserve our own self, whether through work, success, family, relationships, art or health. It makes sense to me that people who don't know Jesus would be afraid. We hear messages all day saying, "If you're not afraid of all these things, you're not normal."
But I thought that's exactly what Christians are supposed to be—not normal.
Think about what we read in the Bible:
- "The Lord is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid?" (Psalm 27:1).
- "Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell." (Matthew 10:28).
- "The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry,'Abba, Father.'" (Romans 8:15).
- "For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline" (2 Timothy 1:7).
- And perhaps most pointedly: "There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love" (1 John 4:18).
Admittedly, we are outliers on this one. We got married while we were still students at the University of Wisconsin. A year later, we boarded a plane for Nicaragua with a vague connection to a friend of a friend that we hoped would meet us when we arrived. We lived without power, water or transportation. We took our baby daughter to the most polluted city in the world, Lanzhou, China. We rode motorcycles across southern Africa.
That doesn't mean we didn't get scared. We got scared when Adam's amoebas wouldn't go away in Nicaragua and then his already weak body picked up malaria. Or when we blew black snot out of our noses in China. Or when we spent hours in public hospitals around the world. Or when our neighborhood had its third break-in within a month in South Africa, and then Chrissy found police dealing with a dead body down the street.
In South Africa, where you're 20 times more likely to get murdered by gunshot than in the U.S., we went to sleep every night knowing someone could come smashing through our bedroom window and prove just how unsafe our world was.
But do you think God didn't really mean that stuff about fear in the Bible? When you get scared, you have to do something about it. Naming it helps. Reading and claiming these biblical reminders can helps. Praying light-saber prayers that cut your fears to pieces can help.
As we wrestled with trying to follow Jesus here in the U.S., Chrissy wrote a chapter on fear in This Ordinary Adventure: Settling Down Without Settling. She said fear is like underwear. Everyone's putting it on every day and keeping it politely covered up.
So, here's your chance to bring it out into the light.
What are you so afraid of?
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Oh my goodness, I relate to all you've said. So maybe that makes both of us ridiculous?? :) Fear of failure is nasty, but it also means you're living out of your comfort zone and pushing on. Just keep hanging on to Jesus' hand ... And I love your hostel idea, what an amazing idea!
I'm terrified of failing and being vulnerable in front of others who would judge me. I'm also quite fearful of not understanding or discerning God's voice. Those are great Bible verses you shared and I'm trying to catch those fearful thoughts and replace them with God's Word. I like the verse from 2 Timothy that mentions self-discipline - sometimes we have to re-train our thinking patterns and spend more time with God; I'm trying to take my own advice.
Same. All of it. Especially the photographer part, that's completely me. I want to go full time with my photography but am so afraid of... cost, failure, self worth... well, everything you said. Thanks Mac. Just by sharing your fears you are encouraging me to get past mine.I'm going to "take the next step" - Bob Goff


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"Persuade me or prove to me that I am mistaken in thought or deed, and I will gladly change— for it is the truth I seek, and the truth never harmed anyone. Harm comes from persisting in error and clinging to ignorance." - Marcus Aurelius
Tuesday morning, I took my first cross-state bus ride from New York City to Providence, Rhode Island to visit a very dear friend. Although, I've traveled up the East Coast a few times before, I never made it past New York, mainly because something about those places seemed inaccessible to me. I spent the bus ride back awed of what I saw (mostly Connecticut and Upstate New York) and felt a familiar tinge of longing to travel across this huge country and not have it feel so foreign to me.
I felt excited and then that excitement was stifled by anxiety, and sadness. What if I'm not welcomed? What if some parts aren't safe? What if I make the wrong people uncomfortable? As a person of color, when I travel especially within the United States, I often feel: 1) anxious, 2) worried, and 3) scared because I am never sure if I will be met with kindness or contempt, curiosity or resentment, or worse violence. I grew up going on road trips with my family often. We drove from South Florida to Chicago on many occassions, along the east cost and throughout the near southern states and I've been very lucky, very blessed to make each and every return of those trips safely but there were always iffy moments.
Once, somewhere a ways into the Florida/Georgia border, we stopped in a small town for gas but ended up driving another 30 miles or so after being turned away. We got pulled over in Virginia, near Roanoke, for no real reason. My dad got ticketed, a warning perhaps. Ashley and I stopped traffic while walking to her apartment in Rhode Island a few days ago; I like to think it was my smashing scarf but I'm almost certain seeing two people of color walking the street at the same time is not a common occurrence in Kingston, RI.
It's for this same reason I often don't venture outside of Chicago's city limits into neighboring suburbs because I don't know. Trevyon Martin was murdered in a housing development in Sanford, Florida — or rather, I should say, a few blocks away from his home — much like the development my brother and I grew up in West Palm Beach, Florida. Granted, I am an anxious person and the slightest chance of anything going wrong or bad can ratchet up my fears but I thought about how my entire life I have always been scared of venturing too far out of my door, which is to say, too far out of a place I have come to know as tolerable of me.
If I had it my way, I would constantly be moving and exploring, but I feel — whether through experience, or myth (the news), or socialization over the years — stifled by my skin and how it is percieved in a country where I am told I am free, where this freedom can and often does work against me. I guess part of me understands I have traveled safely, despite ignorance and bigotry and my personal anxieties, but I am a few days away from my first road trip in many years and all I feel is scared and worried and frustrated.
Scared because lately, it seems, the media is reminding me and everyone else that I am still dangerous because I am darkly pigmented. I feel worried because I wonder how long I can keep out of harm's way before someone's misdirected fears target me. I feel frustrated because I want to be excited about this trip, and I am VERY excited, I just wish that excitement didn't have to be shared with any negative emotion.
I wish that I could feel okay enough, safe enough, to pick up and go where ever I want to, when ever I want to without fear of consequence.
And I wish, most of all, that those who are able — who are so lucky — to move as they please in this world with little thought to consequence, limitation, or safety would recognize that it doesn't work that way for everyone else —
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DNA Methylation of SLIT-2 as a New Marker for the Early Diagnosis and the Use of Soluble SLIT-2 as a New Therapeutic for Breast Cancer
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Minna J PDF0403266 DNA methylation of SLIT-2 as a new marker for the early diagnosis and the use of soluble SLIT-2 as a new therapeutic for breast cancer. Background: The candidate tumor suppressor gene (TSG) SLIT-2 (4p15.2) encodes the endogenous ligand SLIT-2 of the Robo1 receptor. The role of SLIT/Robo1 signaling has been extensively studied in the development of the nervous system-acting as a repulsion cue for axon guidance. SLIT-2 and Robo1 are also co-expressed in a number of different embryonic and adult tissues, suggesting function in these tissues also. Recently we have found that SLIT-2, undergoes promoter methylation in ~60% or primary breast cancers (Dallol et al.,2002). This methylation correlated with loss of expression of SLIT-2 mRNA while exogenous re-expression led to inhibition of breast cancer growth. Therefore SLIT-2 represents a novel candidate TSG for breast cancer. By contrast, Wang et al. have proposed that SLIT-2 is over expressed in human tumors and acts to stimulate tumor angiogenesis (Wang et al., 2003). It is important to identify the true role of SLIT-2 in breast cancer and either finding would provide a use of SLIT-2 as a diagnostic and potentially therapeutic target. Objective/Hypothesis: SLIT-2 is an important TSG involved in the pathogenesis of breast cancer. Its DNA methylation represents a key feature that could allow the early diagnosis of breast cancer. In addition, SLIT-2, a soluble, secreted protein, potenitally could be used as a new therapeutic. I am aware that an alternative Wang hypothesis exists and I propose to distinguish between these two opposing views and to test the role of SLIT-2 as a new diagnostic and therapeutic target. Specific Aims: 1. Determine the expression of SLIT-2 in primary breast cancers, normal breast epithelium, and breast cancer cell lines using quantitative real-time PCR (Q-PCR) and Western blotting. Develop a monoclonal antibody directed against SLIT-2. 2. Determine the frequency of methylation of SLIT-2 in paired samples of breast cancers, and non-involved breast as well as from women with differing breast cancer risk. 3. Test the effect of exogenous SLIT-2 on the in vitro growth of breast cancer cell lines, and determine if SLIT-2 induces apoptosis. 4. Determine the portion of SLIT-2 (140 kd N-terminus, 60 kd C-terminus or whole protein) required for growth inhibition; 5. Develop breast cancer xenograft SCID mouse models and test the effect of SLIT-2 treatment on breast cancer and immortalized normal mammary epithelial cell growth in vivo. Study design: SLIT-2 expression in primary breast cancers and breast cancer cell lines will be tested using Q-PCR and Western blotting. Primary tumor samples and normal breast cells from ipsi and contralateral breasts of women with defined breast cancer risk will be analyzed for SLIT-2 promoter methylation by methylation specific assays (MSP and COBRA) to determine the relationship of SLIT-2 methylation to breast cancer risk. SLIT-2 expression constructs will be transfected into a panel of breast cancer cell lines, and the effect on cell growth tested by colony formation in liquid and soft-agar media. Similarly the effect on breast cancer cell growth of soluble SLIT-2 will be tested. Tests for induction of apoptosis (TUNEL and caspase 3 induction) of treated breast cancer cells will be done. Expression constructs containing the entire SLIT-2 gene, or the 140 kd N terminus and 60 kd C-terminus (normally processed portions) will be tested for cell growth inhibition in vitro. SCID mice will be innoculated with breast cancer cells orthotopically (mammary fat pad) or intravenously to develop systemic metastatic disease, and the effect of SLIT-2 ascertained by testing breast cancer cells re-expressing SLIT-2 in xenograft growth, or the effect of co-injection of breast cancer with COS7/SLIT-2 transfected cells, or systemically administered semi-purified soluble SLIT-2 on tumor cell in vivo growth. RNAi mediated SLIT-2 "knockdown" experiments in immortalized normal mammary epithelial cells or conversely overexpression of SLIT-2 in these cells will be tested in SCID mice and seeing the effect on in vivo cell growth and angiogenesis. Relevance: The high frequency of SLIT-2 methylation in breast cancers makes its detection an excellent molecular marker for the early detection of breast cancer. Likewise, the dramatic growth inhibitory effect of SLIT-2 re-expression on breast cancer coupled with its soluble nature makes SLIT-2 a potential new systemic therapeutic. Finally, the expression studies and in vitro and in vivo growth studies will help decipher whether SLIT-2 is acting as a TSG (my hypothesis) or as a oncogene (Wang hypothesis).
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Minna J PDF0403266 DNA methylation of SLIT-2 as a new marker for the early diagnosis and the use of soluble SLIT-2 as a new therapeutic for breast cancer. A clearer understanding of the molecular basis of breast cancer is crucial in the development of new diagnostic tests and eventually therapeutic agents to enable us to more successfully treat this disease. The SLIT-2 gene represents an important new gene in the development of breast cancer. SLIT-2 encodes a secreted protein whose function has been well studied in the nervous system, along with that of its receptor Robo1. However both SLIT-2 and Robo1 are coexpressed in a variety of embryonic and adult tissues, suggesting that SLIT/Robo1 signaling may have a role to play in these tissues also. Recent studies involving my lab have shown that SLIT-2 expression is inactivated in 59% of primary breast cancers by promoter hypermethylation (Dallol et al 2002). This methylation appears to be highly tumor specific. This raises the hope that detection of methylated SLIT-2 DNA sequences in "normal" breast tissues would provide a new molecular marker for the very early diagnosis of breast cancer. Furthermore re-introduction of SLIT-2 into breast cancer cells lacking its expression (either by genetic transfection or application of soluble SLIT-2 protein) leads to inhibition of breast cancer cell growt in vitro. Since SLIT-2 has no effect on tissues already expressing SLIT-2 this protein has the potential to be developed as a therapeutic agent in the treatment of breast cancers lacking SLIT-2 expression. I have done a lot of preliminary work providing support for these two approaches (diagnostic and therapeutic). However, recently a new study has unexpectedly presented data that SLIT-2 in some human cancers could be operating in 180 degree different fashion; namely that tumors make SLIT-2 and this acts to stimulate tumor blood vessel formation (angiogenesis) (Wang et al 2003). While I think this is unlikely for breast cancer I will also study the possibility that SLIT-2 is over expressed in breast cancer. If this turns out to be the case, SLIT-2 protein detection could still be used as an early diagnostic marker, and now for a therapeutic approach one would want to develop ways to block rather than replace SLIT-2 function. In either event, SLIT-2 represents an important new target to study for the early detection and potential treatment of breast cancer. In this proposal, I intend to evaluate SLIT-2 as an early detection and prognostic marker for breast cancer by testing for its methylation in an extended panel of primary breast tumors, uninvolved breast tissues, for which important clinical data is known and tissues (fine needle aspirates) from women with different levels of breast cancer risk but who do not yet have breast cancer. Subsequently we will carry out statistical analysis to see how SLIT-2 promoter methylation correlates with clinical parameters. I also want to do preclinical studies aimed at developing SLIT-2 as a new therapeutic agent, by testing the growth inhibition effects of SLIT-2 in both in vitro (liquid and soft agar colony formation assays) and in vivo (xenograft mouse models of breast cancer and metastatic disease) studies. In addition to further developing SLIT-2 as a therapeutic and diagnostic agent, these studies should help clarify whether SLIT-2 functions as a tumor suppressor (my hypothesis) or an oncogene (competing hypothesis).
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