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SWANSEA, Mass. - State and local police are investigating an apparent homicide, which they say happened early Saturday morning.
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LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN (WXOW)—Mayor Matt Harter vetoed the city council's decision to eliminate the Committee of the Whole for the first three months of 2013.
The mayor says he vetoed the resolution because it would limit the public's ability to be heard on city issues.
The measure initially passed the full council by a vote of 12 to 5. Supporters say the Committee of the Whole is unnecessary and repetitive of the process of the full council. Those supporters also say the full council can hold public hearings. However Harter says the committee of the whole makes the process more efficient.
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The council could override the mayor's veto and would succeed if the 12 to 5 vote holds.
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WHEN Margie Holden was told she'd be honoured as one of Walcha's oldest citizens, she was shocked.
Mrs Holden and fellow Apsley Riverview Hostel resident Poppy McLaren, were recognised with the prestigious Australia Day award during this year's celebrations in McHattan Park.
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Among the many fascinating photos from my folks' trip, this is one of my favorites.
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1. My mother asked, "How can they tell?" But can't bears tell? If they're really that worried about it, could they maybe get a trained bear, not to, you know, attack, but to respectfully and privately indicate which visitors are riding the crimson tide.
2. Why? What does this obviously natural physical thing have to do with religion. If they don't want chicks inside, that would be nothing new to me. Hey, I get it. There's no sanctity about a bunch of broads complaining and gossipping and being bad drivers. But what about JUST menstruating takes away from the sanctity? I don't get it.
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Hi fellow Rockets fans! Henry here posting for the first time. Here it goes...So the Suns have lost to the Lakers after 6 games. I thought I would be feeling sad right now because I was cheering for the Suns all the way. I don't like the Lakers (hint, hint the title above), but their victory over the Suns got me thinking about the Rockets' epic series with the purple and gold last year. We came into the series down a star player in... wait, who was that guy again?..... oh yeah, TMac. Then the Rox even lost Yao midway through the series. But of course, we played our hearts out and rallied to have some pretty awesome double-digit, might i say DOMINATING victories at Toyota Center. Ahh, before I conclude let me relish in the great moments in last year's battle: Brooks alley oop from HALFCOURT, Carl's POSTER of Odom. Crazy Fisher """"accidentally""" elbowing Luis (I wish Luis had given Fisher an """accidental""" elbow, but Luis and the Rockets are better than that).We have class.
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CHICAGO (CBS) -- A Chicago domestic violence incident this past weekend featured insults, punches, and...baked goods.
In the dispute on the city's Southwest Side, a woman pelted her husband with cupcakes before police arrived to arrest her, authorities said, according to the Chicago Tribune. The crumb-covered spouse isn't talking.
The evidence of the crime was visible on the husband's head and shirt Saturday night when officers responded to the home. On Sunday morning, Cook County Circuit Judge Adam D. Bourgeois Jr. ordered electronic monitoring for the woman and a $10,000 bond. She is charged with a misdemeanor count of domestic battery, the newspaper reported.
The fight started with a verbal quarrel Saturday evening, according to a police report, but escalated until the woman started hitting her husband over the head.
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The San Antonio Spurs began their run in the NBA Playoffs with a ten-game winning streak. That seems like a long time ago now, however, considering that the Oklahoma City Thunder just defeated them for a third consecutive time in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals.
The loss, resulting in the first three-game losing streak the Spurs have had to endure all season, would be pretty difficult to put on the Spurs. Instead, it seems like the Thunder have finally reached their potential -- as SB Nation colleague Andrew Sharp notes -- while the Spurs can only see their primes in the rearview mirror.
All isn't lost in San Antonio quite yet, though, because this is the same Spurs team that strung together 20 wins in a row earlier this year. Heck, this is the same team that some thought might sweep the Thunder once they took a 2-0 advantage earlier in the series.
In fact, this might be exactly what the Spurs needed. The vulnerability might even help the Spurs get on track, according to Pounding the Rock's Matthew Tynan.
Popovich entered the locker room - which he never does following a game amidst the media scrum - and walked right up to the 20-year-old rookie who is less than a third his age. He put his hand on Kawhi Leonard's broad shoulder and said something that led the rookie to nod in acknowledgement. Whatever it was he said, and whatever the reason for the brief heart-to-heart, Pop showed he's not the rigid old man most see him as. He knows this was only Game 5, and more importantly he knows he needs his youngest player if this series is to continue.
For the first time all season this team looked human. Suddenly, this machine not only seemed mortal, it appeared wounded. But if there's one thing you hope vulnerability invokes, it's a higher sense of pride - perhaps the most important human emotion in sports. There's no shortage of that with this team, especially in certain corners.
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By Christian Jennings - bio | email CUTHBERT, GA (WALB) - The fired Randolph County School Superintendent is still showing up for work. Now, the school board's attorney has asked a judge to remove Bobby Jenkins from office.
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Who's Minding the Kids? Child Care Arrangements and Payments, Lynda Laughlin, U.S. Census Bureau
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When Herb and Bummy Yantis celebrate their birthdays Saturday, they'll risk being upstaged by a four-legged farm animal.
Herb, who turns 90 on Dec. 31, and Bummy, who turned 85 on Nov. 12, have decided to include their 50-year-old mule, Ted, in the festivities.
Ted won't attend the birthday celebration at the Newaukum Grange, but Bummy plans to have a carrot cake in his honor. A large poster composed of pictures of the mule will also be on display.
"We've just enjoyed him so much," Bummy said Wednesday while providing Ted his morning feast of chopped-up carrots, bananas and apples.
The diced meal is more practical than doting.
As he has aged, Ted has lost many of his teeth. Twice, an apple has become lodged in his throat, requiring the services of a veterinarian to dislodge it.
"From then on, we grind it up," Bummy said.
He's also blind in one eye, though he is an otherwise healthy beast of burden, Herb and Bummy said.
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Ted outlived his companion, a fellow mule named Jack whom Bummy and Herb bought after they already had Ted. The two became accomplices and friends, sometimes escaping their enclosure and wandering around the Frogner Road neighborhood where the Yantis family has lived for four decades.
Jack, who was younger than Ted, died about eight years ago.
"This mule went crazy," Bummy said, pointing to Ted. "He ran and ran the field. He would just stand where Jack died."
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When Herb is walking the property, Ted enjoys following him.
"Oh, we've had some times," Herb said as he stroked the mule's graying muzzle.
Herb gives Ted cough drops to snack on, a treat that seemed to excite Ted as he pressed his nose against Herb's leg.
Bummy says the secret to Ted's longevity is simple.
"We have spoiled him," she said.
With the exceptions of a few times when Herb would harness the two mules and use them to move logs around his property, Ted has never been required to do labor.
Ted always has been a pet, first and foremost, Bummy says.
The idea to celebrate his birthday came as the couple accepted that Ted won't be around forever.
"We just don't know how long we're going to have him," Bummy said.
It's been a good run, though, Bummy and Herb admit. The brown mule acts as a reminder of the past 40 years and all the couple has experienced in that time.
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Children of Obese Moms May Die Sooner From Cardiovascular Disease
The warning signs of a potential epidemic in heart disease are becoming more evident, new research showing that moms who are very heavy during pregnancy may be saddling their children with more than just a few extra pounds.
Leading Doctor Recommends Obese Children Be Taken From Their Parents
A doctor has proposed putting severely obese children in temporary foster homes.
Dr. David Ludwig, an obesity specialist at Harvard-affiliated Children's Hospital Boston, made this recommendation Wednesday in highly respected 'Journal of the American Medical Association.'
Let Kids Eat Candy So They'll Lose Weight? Not As Crazy As It Sounds
Well, here's a twist in the battle to curb childhood obesity.
A new study has found that kids who eat candy tend to weigh less than children who don't.
Teen Arrested for Fighting With Mom Over Starbucks Coffee
We all get a little cranky before our morning coffee fix, but a teen in South Florida went off the deep end after his mom drank his Starbuck's iced coffee without asking permission first.
Third Grader Brings Gun to School, Sells It for Three Dollars
This week, a third grader sauntered home with a loaded Taurus 9mm gun in his backpack and showed it off to his mom.
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A Conover mother is still reeling after an elementary school put her two sons on a school bus instead of a daycare van.
Tiffany Robinson says the mistake resulted in her 5-year old and 7-year old going home to a locked house because no one was there.
Jalil and Jalen Robinson usually go to the family's daycare, Word of Life Academy, when school dismisses. But on February 15th, the driver of the day care van went to the wrong pick up location at Shuford Elementary.
Students going to daycare facilities after school wait in an area not far from school buses. The driver of the daycare van, instead, joined the line picking up students who go home by car.
When the day care driver didn't show up at the designated spot, a teacher put the Robinson brothers on the school bus they take in the mornings.
The school bus driver dropped off the two boys at the bus stop near their house. They walked to their house - but couldn't get in because no one was home. They left.
When the driver of the day care van notified the Tiffany Robinson her sons went home on the school bus, Robinson says she was frantic.
"I was scared because I knew my parents weren't home" she says.
School officials realized what happened and two staff members went out to search. Family members and police also combed the area for the two kids.
School officials say their workers found the Jalil and Jalen at a house down the street. The children were not hurt.
Still, their mother says she's upset.
"I filled out a paper that says afternoon Word of Life Academy. They're not bus riders so teachers shouldn't have put them on the bus" says Robinson. "I really don't want to say it was a mistake but the teacher knew they don't ride the bus in the afternoons. She should have been more responsible and sent them back in."
"Anytime we have a child in a place they shouldn't be or they are not assigned, we're concerned" says Sylvia White of the Newton Conover City Schools. "Safety of our children is our number one priority. Making sure we have their safety in mind is the most important we do."
White says because of the incident, they made some changes.
Daycare vans no longer have a designated spot. Drivers of daycare vans now pick up students in the same area as kids going home in cars.
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Flash fiction horror – limited to 33 words or less…
The rules: – Write a horror story in 33 words. Do not use any images. If a picture paints a thousand words – my flash fiction will total 1,033 words!
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Rachel Maddow Can't Decide Whether She Loves or Hates Democracy
Rachel Maddow reveres democracy. Except when it might not go her way.
An example of this was evident on her MSNBC show Friday night when she spent yet another segment bad-mouthing Michigan's emergency manager law. (video after page break)
Once again, Maddow declined to invite a guest to defend the law since doing so risked resembling journalism.
An amended version of the law signed by GOP Gov. Rick Snyder in March 2011 allows Synder to appoint emergency managers in municipalities or school districts facing insolvency. The managers are authorized to override decisions of local officials, nullify contracts with public-sector unions, sell public assets and even dissolve municipalities if necessary.
Here's Maddow criticizing the law as an assault on democracy, followed quickly by Maddow appearing to harbor doubts about whether democracy is the way to go --
Pontiac and Detroit and a lot of other places in Michigan have trouble, major financial trouble. But why is the solution to those problems to get rid of democracy, to get rid of elected officials, to get rid of the quaint American idea that we vote for elected officials to represent us to make decisions about what is best for our towns? Why is unilateral authority by one person better? Is democracy a problem in America now? Is it a bad system of government? Is it too risky when the going gets rough? Does it only work in rich places? Is Pontiac better off for having its fate in the hands of the guy who made this deal (referring to sale of Silverdome stadium for $583,000 in 2009) instead of the city council that wouldn't have done it this way?
Earlier this year these Michiganders turned in enough signatures in a petition drive to put Republican Gov. Rick Snyder's radically expanded emergency manager law up for a citizens' repeal. Then last month, the Republicans on a state elections board threw those hundreds of thousands of signatures out. They said they could not be sure that the type was large enough. They could not be sure that the font size on one part of the petition might be big enough. And so, with worrying about that they decided to throw out all those signatures, doesn't matter that they got enough.
The group trying to overturn the new, radically expanded emergency manager law in Michigan is going to get a hearing on their appeal on the signatures issue next week, before a panel of (points finger for emphasis) elected judges. The case, people in Michigan tell us, will almost surely end up in the state supreme court, where the judges are elected (pumps arm in false enthusiasm) and they come with party ties.
That's odd, a minute ago she was positively swooning about democracy.
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I totally despise democracy, as it is basically mob rule
Submitted by Dave. on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 10:53pm.
It even sucks more than comrade Maddow's favorite form of government, because at least under communism, you know what you are going to get.
Vote for the American in November
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Maybe he can't decide on democracy ..
Submitted by almostacowboy on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 11:04pm.
but he knows he likes women!
OBTW- you mistakenly referred to Rick as "she".
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I'll ask it again: she has a doctorate in political science?
Submitted by drsamherman on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 11:16pm.
And the terminally gender-confused numbskull doesn't understand the concept that cities are political subunits of states?
Her doctoral degree isn't worth toilet paper. That would be an upgrade.
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Why doesn't she tell the
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 11:34pm.
Why doesn't she tell the truth, Detroit is run by poorly educated, corrupt blacks who are the products of a liberal public education system.
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So Maddow can't decide if she
Submitted by Kenny Bunkport on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 11:37pm.
So Maddow can't decide if she loves or hates Democracy. I'd be willing to bet that if Democracy was embodied in a person, it would despise Maddow.
Is it just me, or do people like Maddow seem to have a lot of love/hate issues? Especially with their own gender identification.
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If she was facing a mob
Submitted by lrgon on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 12:05am.
and the mob had a vote to take away her TV show via "majority rule" she would scream to high heaven about her rights as a journalist to be heard and to appeal the mob's majority vote.
As it is one has to wonder why a show like hers with such low ratings is still on the air.
On that "democracy" thing. She is either ignorant of the fact we are not a pure democracy, or, she isn't that dumb and is aware that we are far from being a nation of people that just gather and vote according to how the media tells them to vote.
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Winston Churchill on Democracy
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 8:34am.
"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter". - Winston Churchill
I just read this yesterday. I hadn't known of it before.
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A little help Rachel
Submitted by TempusFugit on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 11:45pm.
"Then last month, the Republicans on a state elections board threw those hundreds of thousands of signatures out. They said they could not be sure that the type was large enough. They could not be sure that the font size on one part of the petition might be big enough."
And they couldn't be sure the people who signed them were still alive. And they couldn't be sure the signatures were from legal US residents
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It depends. Is it a "straight" Democracy or a "Gay"...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 1:29pm.
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Submitted by DontFeedTheTrolls on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 6:38am.
I guess she just hates Obama and his Tsars and Executive Orders.
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I don't shave my chest hair,...
Submitted by BBallleaper on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 6:59am.
but she definitely should! That '...stache' could use a trim also!
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She just doesn't like the outcome, not the process.
Submitted by c5then on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 7:41am.
She has no problem with "democracy" when it is liberal ideas being forced on everybody. What she objects to is when the liberal ideas might be eliminated.
Here is the way the world works ( even if you don't want to admit it)... the entity who is footing the lions share of the cost for something has a say in how that something is run or even if it exists.
I actually agree with her that the Emergancy Management Law is a gross over-stepping of authority. However it applies to the "Governor" not to the specific person currently occupying the position. One wonders whether she would be all that upset if the Governor were a democrat?
Madison and Jefferson and Franklin built a Republic - Roberts killed it!
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The Emergency Management Law
Submitted by MichiganMan on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 8:50am.
The Emergency Management Law works is why it should be kept. While it seems to be a groos over-stepping of authority, sometimes tough love is what a town needs, just like children (which is how the officials in towns with EML act when the EM comes to town).
There was a town, Three Oaks Michigan, which went under the Emergency Management Law and now the small village is in the black and has a plan to manage the village. They had some problems with the people running the town and the EM came in an fixed the problems and turned it back over the citizens of the town. Benton Harbor, approximately 15 miles from Three Oaks, is another town under the EML. If you recall, Benton Harbor has had several riots over the years. They also have a government which has been run into the ground by the Democratic leadership over the years. The people who were running the town are upset because they no longer get all the perks and kickbacks which they received over the years because now someone is actually watching the money with no political agenda. That is what he is there to fix (the EM). The problem with Benton Harbor is that the same folks who were running the show will be back in charge when the EM leaves, if he ever does because BH is in such poor financial condition.
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As a high energy hedonist and
Submitted by celator on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 8:15am.
As a high energy hedonist and libertine, Maddow would want complete freedom to act and express herself in any way she feels like at any given moment. For the rest of normal society (us) she has serious misgivings about the idea of freedom.
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Won a
Submitted by bobsmom on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 8:39am.
prize on a sports talk show here in MI the other day (tickets to a ball game), they were asking for the best one word answer to describe Detroit...........mine was "parasite". The same old knuckleheads want to keep running the show in Pontiac/Detroit/Flint and expecting the rest of the state to ante up. There aren't enough of us working up here any more to continue to pay host.
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Interesting how the libtards of late
Submitted by Boudin on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 8:43am.
Have come out against Democracy, and in favor of tyranny. I suppose it's all those whips and chains they play with in the bedroom that makes em that way.
Does Rachel really think she would have any influence? These creeps are tremendously stupid!
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No kidding
Submitted by jon_torlin on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 9:23am.
What's funny about Madcow's statement is that democracy leads to tyranny so for her to have trouble deciding means she's either outright lying or she really doesn't know what the hell she's talking about.
But as a Rhodes scholar(snarf) or whatever the hell kind of intellect she claims to be, she should LOVE democracy because socialists love it, dictators love it, anything un-American loves it because it's the American idea that we are a Republic, not a democracy. Like the Pledge of Allegiance says "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands," not "and to the democracy for which it stands."
Of course, they try to do away with the pledge anyway, which is another form of democracy in action because a democracy is the opposite of a republic.
She may or may not have influence, but she's trying to do her masters' bidding of the WH.
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Democracy is only for the mature
Submitted by dscott on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 11:13am.
Like in Michigan, Democracy as a process only works when mature selfless people take their representative responsibilities seriously. When local school boards refuse to act responsibly, the budget goes bust and reality sets in. This is what happens when representatives decide that being liked is better than responsibility, they are unable to set priorities in their proper order. Being liked is a function of popularity, when elections become popularity contests instead of what they are supposed to be: representation of the majority, then inevitably the "I"s have it.
Obama is a good example of this "I" mentality, it's all about him not responsibility. His malfunction/priority is being POTUS is all about him, instead of it being all about us/country.
So if you are serious about Democracy being a fair means of selection for the purposes of governance, then it seems those running for office must be scrutinized for maturity amongst other things. Clearly, the MSM will not do this job in any reliable fashion. Which leaves psychological testing to vet candidates to disqualify those whom are prone to weak character, low self worth, selfishness and narcissism, and that will never happen. Those in power will always seek to prevent any threat to holding that power. This is why a meritocracy as the liberals want is also unacceptable as it always leads to tyranny.
I propose an end to these popularity contests (pseudo elections), randomly select a citizen over 18 or 21 of sound mind with no abridged rights to fill any public office, with the proviso that any conflicts of interest must be a disqualification for office. This eliminates political parties, their expenses and their corruption. Under democracy, representation is a random occurrence given the popularity contest of an election. Representation is a given when you randomly select amongst a population, just like in a jury pool. If we accept the judgment of our peers in a jury trial which determines guilt and a prison sentence or innocence and freedom, then is it so far fetched to accept their judgment in governance?
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Illogical argument.
Submitted by CobraMan on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 3:03pm.
Maddow's argument is totally illogical. She's ignoring the fact that the person in question, the one that is supposedly eroding democracy, is, himself, democratically elected.
Democratically elected people often appoint others to positions of authority, even authority over other democratically elected people. That's because we democratically elected them to do just that. For example. we democratically elect Senators who approve the federal Judges who appointed by yet another democratically elected person, the President. Those Judges, although never democratically elected, have authority of both the Senators themselves and the President. It's part of the checks and balances that are inherent in any democracy.
Of course, Maddow doesn't seem to have a problem with, say, a non-elected federal Judge appointing "bankruptcy" managers who have authority over the ELECTED Board members of a corporation, especially in financial manners. Or the federally appointed "mediators" who have authority over the corporate Boards in matters of, say, "labor disputes" and "collective bargaining rights." Isn't that an totalitarian attack on the democracy of an elected board? Where's her complaints about that? They seem to be missing.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
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Maddow's confusion over being democratically elected has a basis
Submitted by dscott on Wed, 05/16/2012 - 8:56am.
Noam Chomsky tells us why:
Imagine that, a raving liberal at times can candidly tell the truth! Connect the dots between Maddow who is of the MSM performing a PR service for Obama and liberal ideas in general with Chomsky's moment of lucidness.
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Sunday, October 19, 2008
Because of the overtime game between the Oakland Raiders and the New York Jets, tonight's
The Amazing Race
will be delayed by about forty-five minutes. Frankly, I would have rather watched Andy Rooney ramble on about the new flavors of Ensure for half an hour than that putrid NFL game. Those are two very mediocre teams, and Brett Favre will not be in the playoffs this year. Anyway, we'll be here the moment
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Andy Rooney Watch: He talks about the presidential election. The main point - he is suspicious of the two candidates. Also, he's a sexist. Oh, and he has met eight of the last nine presidents. Congrats? He likes Bill Clinton. He also doesn't know who he's going to vote for - he likes both candidates. Thanks for the insight, ya old bag.
Finally, The Amazing Race begins. The Christy-Starr feud may continue, as CBS is mentioning it in the "Previously On..." section. Christy taking a spill was hilarious.
The teams depart from La Paz, Bolivia. But first - Kelly and Christy confronted Starr. Things are not good between the teams. Ken and Tina depart first, to Auckland, New Zealand. Once there, they drive to a harbor and must untie a knot to get their next clue.
The airport is closed when they get there early in the morning, but the internet is open.
Aja and Ty are starting to get on each other's nerves. Contrarily, Nick and Starr are really good at staying on the same page - they don't take anything seriously.
Kelly and Christy hate Nick and Starr and seem very petty by saying so. Terence and Sarah borrow a laptop from a local in the airport. Pretty much everyone is at the airport at the same time. Team Superbad have bonded with Marisa and Brooke, for obvious, obvious reasons. Everyone seems to think that the earliest flight arrival into New Zealand gets there at 4am. Aja and Ty keep on bickering. They won't even sit next to each other. Aja gets an attitude sometimes, and Ty just calls her on it. They make up, though. The airport turned into a complete bottleneck – everyone is on the same flight. Once they touch down, everyone heads to marked cars.
Terence and Sarah find their car first, and start heading to Gulf Harbor, Ken and Tina are right behind. Terence and Sarah aren't being as annoying as they have been. I'm disappointed.
Nick and Starr go the wrong way. Toni and Dallas also go the wrong way, as do Aja and Ty. And Marisa and Brooke. Ken and Tina go the correct way, after Terence and Sarah go the wrong way. Aja and Ty get a flat tire. Ty doesn't know how to fix it, they try to flag some cars down, but it doesn't work.
Aja and Ty finally get some help from a guy who can hep with a flat tire.
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Meanwhile, Aja and Ty manage to get to the knot before Marisa and Brooke.
Once at the summit of Mount Eden, they encounter a group of Maori Tribesmen. It's a Road Block - one team member is given a tribal tattoo pattern and they have to find the matching one on one of the tribesman. Terence and Sarah arrive first, and get their next clue.
Kelly and Christy take the long walk up the summit, unnecessarily. Toni and Dallas get their first, and are the second to finish. Terence and Sarah arrive at their next clue on a Auckland skyscraper. They go high up in the skyscraper and have to use binoculars to find a Travelocity gnome doing an extreme New Zealand activity. Marisa and Brooke are still looking for their knot. They have no chance at winning.
Marisa and Brooke finally find the knot. Kelly and Christy look like idiots climbing the summit instead of driving it. Ken and Tina finally reach the top of the tower and grab the gnome. Superbad and Christy face-off at the Maori road block. Christy finishes first. Nick and Starr are still driving to Eden, as are Marisa and Brooke. Terence and Sarah find a gnome on the top of a building. Toni and Dallas also find a gnome, in a condo. Ken and Tina, after finishing the fast forward, get to take a helicopter ride to Te Puke, the pit stop on the leg.
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Nick and Starr jump into fifth place. However, Kelly and Christy keep looking for their damn gnome. They are frustrated. Marisa and Brooke finally finish the Road Block. Ken and Tina take their helicopter trip, and arrive at the pit stop. Phil's dad joins them. They are team number one, and they have won a week-long trip to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Terence and Sarah reach the Detour – Matter of Time or Matter of Skill. In Matter of Time, teams smash Kiwis with their feet until they fill 12 quarts. In Matter of Skill, teams have to ride Wind-Kart thingies. They are quite confusing. Terence/Sarah and Toni/Dallas decide to crush Kiwis. Andrew and Dan do as well.
Kiwi 360 Degrees is the name of the place where the Detour takes place. Marisa and Brooke finally find their gnome.
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Andrew and Dan, and Nick and Starr decide to do Matter of Skill, as does Toni and Dallas. Kelly and CHristy stick with smashing the Kiwis. Teams have to complete three laps on the windkart course. Kelly and CHristy make everyone else look dumb, and they finish the Kiwi challenge. Starr has issues with the kart. SHe crashes.
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Uh-oh. Man, Starr. She says she's OK. She continues with her laps even though she's hurt.
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Nick and Starr are team number five. Aja and Ty arrive late to the windkart. Andrew and Dan are team number seven. Dan hugs Phil's dad. Marisa and Brooke are basically tied with Aja and Ty on the Detour. The blondies try their best with the Kiwi smashing. The CBS editors make it seem like the two teams finish their respective tasks at the same time.
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30% Women and Politics in Sierra Leone | dir. Anna Cady (UK, Sierra Leone)
Before the title bleeds into the film's opening shots, the sound of traffic bubbles up and I expect the familiar filler-shots of bustling urban Africa to follow. Instead a languid oil-painted animation comes into view, and establishes the film's contemplative rhythm. There's something lovely about the pace of 30%, which presents the narratives of three Sierra Leonean women — including Bernadette Lahai — in politics. It doesn't really feel like director Anna Cady has a point to drive home, rather that the film is a vehicle for Lahai and her peers to talk frankly about their experiences as women politicians. Unfortunately, 30% lacks contemporary political context instead encouraging the viewer to understand events with reference to the civil war which although decade-long (1991 – 2002), also ended ten years ago. That said, the film is keen to highlight that while Sierra Leone's women were prominent in the peace process they have since been excluded from politics-as-usual and explores why this might be. The film was developed through funding from Pathways for Women's Empowerment and Screen South and you can watch it on The Guardian website in its entirety.


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I got these shots of Dragonfly Nymph on Friday extraordinarily as far as I am concerned in a neighbours garden pond, only, six foot long. They emerged up the lily stems But the Dragonfly's have not emerged in the cool, wet weather we have had over the weekend, I fear the worse.
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My photographic trials and tribulations on walks and visits to birding sites near to home in Yorkshire and further afield.
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Hi Mike,
What a fantastic photography blog! Some great shots of the dragonfly crawling uo the stem to starts its emergence! Love the Spot Fly from an earlier posting, one of my favourite birds!
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Thanks very much John and thanks for following, will look forwrd to following your blog.
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Dr. Phillip Belfiore has been named vice president of academic affairs at Mercyhurst College, a role he has filled on an interim basis since the retirement of Dr. Barbara Behan last spring.
Concurrent to his appointment as VPAA, Belfiore retains his position as Dean of Graduate Studies and Director of the Applied Behavior Analysis Graduate Certificate Program. Prior to his appointment as VPAA, he had served as director of the Graduate Program in Special Education from 1995 to 2008. Belfiore began teaching at Mercyhurst in 1995, and is now a tenured full professor in the Hafenmaier School of Education and Behavioral Sciences.
He added, "Importantly, Phil is a fine teacher and scholar who values and respects those qualities in others. I am pleased that he has agreed to stay in the role."
Belfiore received his bachelor of science degree in special education at Duquesne University, a master of education degree in special education from Kent State University, and his doctorate in special education from Lehigh University. Belfiore has served as principal author and co-author of more than 50 scholarly research articles, published in peer-reviewed journals in the fields of applied behavior analysis, urban education, and special education. He has also authored numerous book chapters, and presents regularly at national and international conferences. He has served as editor for the Journal of Behavioral Education (2000-2006), and continues to serve on the editorial boards of scholarly journals within the fields of behavioral education and special education.


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Neuzeller Kloster-Bräu Schwarzer Abt (Black Abbot) - Klosterbrauerei Neuzelle GmbH
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2.03/5 rDev -21.6%
Definetly a dark, even black beer. Not much head after pour and a little foam for most of the drink. The aroma is of light brown sugar, toffee and cheap caramel syrup. The taste has hints of roasted malt syrup with some Bullseye candy in the middle with some pecan torty flavors. All of these sweet flavors are heavily diluted with water. But still very cloying. This is beer feels like steeped grains with straight cain sugar added to the brew. Won't buy this beer again.
11-14-2006 05:38:21 | More by scruffwhor
3.63/5 rDev +40.2%
The brewers aren't kidding around when they call this a black beer; no light penetrates through my mug. This lager foams up real good and and leaves a nice little ring of foam. The aroma is quite wonderful, suggesting cocoa and bits of charcoal. This is ever so silky smooth schwarzbier is quite sweet, with a lot of cola-like sweetness from the start to the finish. This beer loses its carbonation quickly and ends up tasting a bit like a flat RC cola. There's actually a bit of jager-like spicines and flavor to this beer. Perhaps the addition of a small amount of licorice? Still, this beer may be a bit too sweet for my taste.
Overall, a very interesting schwarz for sure and one that may scare some people (especially hopheads) away, but is worth trying.
09-30-2006 01:07:51 | More by marcobrau
2.33/5 rDev -10%
Pours an opaque ebony, with a one and half finger head of biege cream. Good retention that leaves sticky sheets of lace. Roasted barley nose with faint dextrins and coffee notes, and a bourbon or oak-aged aroma. The taste is very sweet upfront, like under-attentuated. Roasted and coffee flavors, with an overall artificial sweetener taste. Drying aftertaste with a charred flavor and faint herbal hops. Nearly flat carbonation and full body give a creamy mouthfeel, but allow the unbalanced sweetness to become cloying. Final swig is very residual despite the herbal hops pulling through. This starts out nice, but I can't say it was easy to finish.
06-13-2006 04:10:22 | More by PBRstreetgang
1.75/5 rDev -32.4%
Poured a vitrually black color with moderate tannish head. Smell is enjoyable with nice dark fruit, rich chocolate and black coffee dlending together nicely. Slight molasses smell also present. Taste is absolutely horrible. One of the most disgusting tastes of any beer I have ever. It's akin to amixture of coke syrup, expresso, molasses and pure sugar. I am having trouble getting the taste out of my mouth. Horrible. Three sips is enough.
03-12-2006 00:32:25 | More by tgbljb
1.65/5 rDev -36.3%
16.9oz bottle via Christmas gift. Thanks for the opportunity, Kris.
Poured into an imperial pint glass, formed a 1/4" brown head above the opaque dark brown/black brew. Head quickly fades down to an uneven layer of bubbles, with sticky light brown lacing. Aroma is sweet dark malts. Taste is the sweetest brew I have had in forever. Like dropping a sugarcube into a shot of schwartzbier and drinking that. Yuck. Mouthfeel and drinkability suffer the same fate. Will not be revisiting this, ever. I'd rather drink tasteless swill.
03-03-2006 20:56:03 | More by ppoitras
New Jersey
2.35/5 rDev -9.3%
1 pint .9 ounce bottle. Black Abbot pours out a nearly black color with almost no head. The aroma is chocolatey and overly sweet smelling. Even the sweet smell didn't prepare me for the flavor. It tastes like a cup of sugar was dumped in this beer. Sweet and chocolatey with little carbonation. There's a little bit or roasted malty flavor, but it is dominated by the sugary flavor. The finish is the worst part - it leaves a taste in your mouth like you ate a spoonful of sugar. This is a real disappointment. I'm surprised, since their other Schwarzbier (Badebier) is pretty good.
02-13-2006 00:38:59 | More by beveragecaptain
2.08/5 rDev -19.7%
Utterly unilluminated umber, other than a thin rim of reddish gold where schwarzbier meets glass. The compact, two finger head is the color of malted milk, with an active, bubble-packed surface. The best part of an already attractive appearance is lace that looks like paint daubed on with a sponge.
The nose is much closer to the caramel-butterscotch-vanilla family than the chocolate-coffee family. Come to think of it, this beer smells exactly like the flavored coffees that some of my co-workers drink; the ones that don't smell or taste like coffee, but like the flavorings themselves. While it isn't really to style, it's a pretty good nose nevertheless.
Black Abbot is ghastly, sickeningly sweet beer. It tastes like sugar and watery molasses were added to a poor quality dark lager. It also tastes as artificially flavored as any beer in recent memory. Was any barley malt used? I can't appreciate it in the flavor or the mouthfeel.
Is this really beer? Seriously, it tastes like something that should be sold to flavor coffee. My first few sips contained a metallic tang on the finish that, thankfully, with time and warming, has faded. What's left is a thin, horrendously sweet, virtually carbonation-free stream of beer-like liquid. Gack.
I've had a few very good schwarzbiers in the past several months, so I was interested to see how this one stacks up. Without going into any further detail, my feelings should be obvious by now. The label states " ...the taste of paradise", but I beg to differ. More like the 7th Circle of Beer Hell.
10-09-2005 16:04:53 | More by BuckeyeNation
2.5/5 rDev -3.5%
Picked up a single at Woodman's East here in Madison. Their Bathbeer was decent, thought I'd give this one a go.
Pour was pretty good looking, dark black with a finger of khaki head and some spotty lacing. Smell is pungent, sweet chocolate and coffee malts, with some mustiness. Taste is where this one gets lost, real lost. As some have aptly stated before, flavors of flat diet soda and old coffee with afterficial sweetener dominate here, very cloying. I actually shuddered with the first few sips. I don't know if I'll be able to finish this one, put the rest in the freezer as it was getting worse as it warmed and I'm not one to waste a brew, no matter how bad. A real disappointment here as I've come to appreciate a good schwarzbier. Sad. Anyway, I'd say if you're into day-old diet pepsi off-flavors in your beer, this is right up your alley. Otherwise steer clear, towards something like Sprecher's Black Bavarian, a black diamond in the rough.
09-15-2005 04:39:30 | More by Golden2wenty1
2.65/5 rDev +2.3%
Some good reviews below; I agree with most of them.
I bought thisone for the "New Beer Sunday" posts for a fair 2.99.
It poured ok, very dark, black as the name implies. The tan head was small but stable as it formed a thin film accross the top. Carbonation was moderate for this seemed to be a fair bodied beer. I thought by its appearance that it would be thick and heavy. I thought the mouthfeel had alittle water to it.
The aroma was of bakers chocolate and licorice. The taste was and mouthfeel go hand in hand, found it hard to take it all in. Very syrup like. Bakers chocolate, licorice, malasses, candied sugar and yes root-beer soda syrup. I don't think even my dentist would like me drinking this beer everyday. Far to sweet, but not raw sugar, in a bakers kind of way.
I had trouble taking in the whole bottle. It didn't get any better as it warmed. I used the last third as I was cooking Sunday dinner. I forget what we had, but in the pot it went. cheers.
Two weeks from taste to type.
09-04-2005 13:03:02 | More by chilidog
2.55/5 rDev -1.5%
Ink black with a dark brown coating. Very small yet firmly set off-brownish cap sits on top quickly disappearing to nothing but a very tiny collaring. Lacing is thin and close to minimal amounts with some broken blobs and sporatic dotting.
Aroma is darkly sweet of flat root beer and old molasses. Very sweet waftyness about it. Sugary chocolate cream pie filling makes an appearance quickly after it sits.
Wow. This is way too sweet. For a schwarzbier this is all wrong in my book. Awefully sweet with flat root beer soda sugar mixing with flat, old molasses, black licorice candy without its spice, silky chocolate milk, and Hostess cup cake toppings. Slightly tangy under its sweetness along with a sliver of roast. But all towering sweet, no doubt about it. Yuk.
Feel is syrupy and a bit heavy with a slick easy texture that seems more like very flat soda. Not sure where to begin or where to end with all the things wrong with this beer. I'm wondering if there's some off bottleing or old bottles or what?
08-05-2005 02:26:59 | More by tavernjef
New York
4.72/5 rDev +82.2%
The beer pours a deep dark black color with a thick frothy tan head that slowly fades to lacing. The aroma is awesome. It has a rich malty scent that boasts of crystal and roasted malts. It's sweet with a fruity yeast aroma. It's creamy with a chocolate feel. The taste is perfect. It is smooth and rich with a sweet burnt toffee flavor. It goes down very easy and finishes creamy with a fruity yeast character. The mouthfeel is great. It is a medium/full bodied beer with adequate carbonation. This is an exceptional beer. It is by far the best I've ever had tried of this style. I love everything about it; a good drinker. It's 7% abv., but you would never know it.
08-02-2005 02:04:47 | More by WesWes
2.3/5 rDev -11.2%
Presentation: A distinctive looking black, gold and cream colored label sits affront the ubiquitous standard looking Teutonic 500ml brown glass bottle. A cream colored middle section has a dark blue triangle that has an image of a jovial looking Monk fondling a large golden stein. Brewed by Neuzeller Kloster-Bräu and listed as Black Abbot Lager and listed as a Rare Black Beer from Germanys Monastery Brewery Founded 1589 the taste of paradise. Dated 14.07.04, which I presume (hope!) is the actual bottling date as this was advertised as a new brew at the store where I bought it.
Appearance: Very dark black body which had a murky look to it. Quickly after the pour the tan colored head relaxes to a thin covering, creamy looking but thin.
Nose: Sweet molasses and sweeter chocolate malts punctuate the aromas. Horribly sickly, I didnt spend too long sniffing this one.
Taste: Light milk chocolate drenched in a sickly black treacle sweet middle. I struggled to get beyond this part of the Black Abbot to be honest and lost interest in even trying to explain this, but if I could sum it up quickly it would be something like tastes like a Fizzy Sweet Supermarket brand Cola meets a Cold Cup of Coffee and 10 spoonfuls of Sugar. Far too unbalanced & extremely heavy on the sweetness. Not good.
Mouthfeel: Nice enough but by now the Mouthfeel was the least of my concerns. The conditioning supports the brew nicely though but the sickly nature means that I couldnt care less if it did because its like one of the sugary cheap and nasty Sodas which I love to hate.
Drinkability: I didnt actually finish the whole bottle; I had some hot food calling my name from the Oven so I left the last third of the bottle, good job I guess as I really didnt take to this one.
Overall: As with the other Neuzeller Kloster-Bräu brews, this cost me only $2.99 for yet another rarely seen Germanic offering from Hollingshead Delicatessen in Orange during a recent visit.
The Black Abbot is simply far too sweet for me, disappointing.
07-31-2005 03:28:27 | More by TheLongBeachBum
3.93/5 rDev +51.7%
Found this one thru Beergeek.com @ $3.29 for the 500ml. Pleasant find, quite a nice pour, with a black body topped with a brunette frothy head. Biggest disappointment was the aroma just some subtle hints of chocolate malts. Taste improved dramatically; earthy, leathery, malty with a touch of anise. Medium bodied & rich throughout. Fairly sweet finish, it hides the 7% well. Very tasty makes a good summer drink or for dessert.
Hey, the back bottle label notes: During a fast, nothing will sustain you like Black Abbot. Well, there ya go!
07-13-2005 12:51:17 | More by Vancer
New Jersey
2.83/5 rDev +9.3%
May the schwarz be with you? Maybe not this particular schwarz.
It's black, yes, with a one finger fine, creamy latte-like foamy head, but it's gone pretty quick. Nice shreds of lace cling.
The nose is turkish coffee, cocoa, a little soy and chocolate covered cherries. Kinda nice so far.
The taste is a surprise. Big hit of sweet light chocolate at first, and a mineral, almost watery raspberry tinge. There's an element of roasted malt which surfaces after the sweetness. A mildly bitter herbal aftertaste is the only indication that there may be some hops present.
Decent carbonation combined with the mineral chocolatiness produces the impression of a chocolate egg cream. The back label says "rich, roasty and very full-bodied". Actually seems rather not so very full-bodied. Has the body of a soda pop, maybe a bit syrupy - a fountain coke.
An odd juxtaposition of flavors. the cloying sweetness overpowers the malt and the whisper of hops. Not a good balance.
Tried to like it, but it ain't workin'.
06-02-2005 03:08:17 | More by horndecker
4.65/5 rDev +79.5%
I brought this one back with me from a trip to Tennessee, but they now carry it in my area. Oh well. Pours a very dark color with a small head that doesn't hang around too long, but leaves a little lacing on the glass. The aroma is comprised of a lot of silky chocolate and roasted malts, slightly sweet. As kmpitz2 said, the flavor is very much like milk chocolate. Silky smooth and the body is right on. Drinkability is great. I'll be having this one again.
02-24-2005 19:41:13 | More by clvand0
4.6/5 rDev +77.6%
Thanks to clvand0 for sharing this. Its hard to believe that I'm the first review. It pours a nice black color with a finger of head that falls to coat the beer. The nose is divine, with big roasties, chocolate and a slight coffee hint. I'm excited to taste it. The flavor is almost like milk chocolate. Wow. Sweet and chocolatey and so easy drinking. This is a treat. The feel is moderate to thick, with a very light carb. I could sit and drink this beer all night. Very easily.
02-22-2005 01:26:14 | More by kmpitz2
Neuzeller Kloster-Bräu Schwarzer Abt (Black Abbot) from Klosterbrauerei Neuzelle GmbH
66 out of 100 based on 41 ratings.