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The first table I ever waited on would comprise two serious chefs, Richard Czack and CIA prez Ferdinand Metz, and the parents of a seminal American chef. It was in the St. Andrew's restaurant at the Culinary Institute of America and it is forever linked in my mind with two similar drinks, the Sea Breeze and the Madras. The following is from the book that forever altered my course: Chef Czack did not look like a chef—balding, glasses, slight of frame; I didn't know his age but he seemed elderly. His voice was nasal, fussy. He looked and sounded more like an accountant's clerk. But Chef Czack was in fact a certified master chef and I was excited to be serving him and his guests, Mr. and Mrs. Forgione, parents of celebrity chef Larry, and Read On »
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What else with the fried chicken for a graduation lunch? Any special beverages for graduation? "Kathy likes Cosmos," our soon-to-graduate daughter offered. We considered. But this was lunch, so we decided to keep it to wine and beer, and a champagne toast for the three graduates we were to celebrate (gosh, they are so much more responsible than I was, praise the Lord). But that Cosmo idea. It stuck. Because Kathy Mustee, wife and mom of four including newly graduated twins, is a pleasure to be with, smart, and, significantly, she is not to be trifled with. Even my daughter fears the Wrath of Kathy, the only person I know her openly to fear (I'd have paid Kathy for lessons had I known). And she likes Cosmos. Clearly, the Cosmopolitan, a pink vodka-based drink needed Read On »
A couple weeks ago, inspired by my BFF Blake Bailey's latest bio, Farther and Wilder (boffo WSJ review here), I offered a Tom Collins, gin-lemon-soda. But on retrospect it was only OK—it would be the perfect libation on a hot summer evening, but it was March. Also, I could hardly taste the gin, and what's the point of that unless you're drinking the cheap shit? Just to check, I ordered one last weekend at a restaurant and it was so bad I didn't even finish it (which is not like me, that's how bad it was—how do you screw up something as simple as that?). But I loved the idea of the heavy lemon. I loved the idea of, every now and then, not being aware of the alcohol in my drink. What does this lead to? Read On »
Having recently delighted in Skyfall with son James, and with a fresh bottle of Lillet on hand, and having never tried this preposterous sounding cocktail with the beguiling name, well, I had to give the Vesper a go. Checking my resources I noticed that one, the very elegant and excellent ratio-oriented book, See Mix Drink, includes a twist of orange rather than the customary lemon twist. I contacted the author, Brian D. Murphy, who explained his rationale via email: "Alessandro, the bartender at the Dukes Hotel in London (where the cocktail originated), replaces the lemon with an orange peel. When I visited there and asked why, he said it pairs much better with the hint of orange in the Lillet Blanc—so well, in fact, that he believes the lemon peel in the original was a mistake. After tasting Read On »
Out of nowhere My Girl Friday shouted, "You should do a post on goose!" with her customary joie de vivre. So when I was ordering a couple of chickens from Cara at Tea Hill Farms, I asked if she had a goose. No, but her neighbor did. A few days later my dear pal Lester shouted, "We should cook goose!" I said, "I just bought one!" My equally dear pal (all of us since high school) Dave Loomis said, "I want in!" So for what is now about year 15 of an annual dinner, I determined to cook my own goose. I had cooked goose, exactly once, nearly two decades ago (I remember being astonished at the quantity of fat it released, staggering). I'd watched a goose cooked late in the late fall of 2001 (when Read On »


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The College of Saint Elizabeth is inviting potential students of all ages to explore its academic offerings during two upcoming open house events.
Specific events are planned for:
April 9, 2013 – 6 to 8 p.m. in the Annunciation Center, open house for male and female adult students seeking to complete their undergraduate degree, enroll in a master's, doctoral or certificate program. The College has more than 35 programs for our adult learners, including a new doctorate in counseling psychology, Psy.D. Other programs range from health care management to education, justice administration, management, nursing, nutrition and psychology.
April 14, 2013 – 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Annunciation Center, open house for traditional aged women's college students seeking to enter college for the first time, or to transfer into daytime programs. CSE, the only women's college in New Jersey, offers majors in fields such as allied health, biology, business administration, chemistry, foods and nutrition, justice studies, psychology, teacher education, theology and more. The day will begin with an introduction to the CSE experience and offer the opportunity to interact with CSE students and alumnae, meet faculty and coaches, as well as learn about academic and extracurricular activities, financial aid opportunities and the admissions process. The morning will conclude with a tour of the campus to visit classrooms, residence halls, and other facilities.
To register, visit www.cse.edu/visit or call 1-800-210-7900.

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23 Festive Ideas for Thanksgiving Decorations
Set an unexpectedly fresh fall scene with cool crafts and fetching finds that bring a welcome twist to your Thanksgiving traditions.
Crabapple Arrangement
The best thing about this sort of arrangement? There's absolutely no arranging involved. Liza Lubell of Brooklyn's Peartree Flowers simply stripped the leaves from each limb before putting it in a vase. "This treatment highlights the prettiest feature of the plant—its fruit," she explains. Group several different-size vases for even greater visual payoff. You can also try figs or chestnuts.
RELATED: 19 Ways to Dress Your Mantel for Fall
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LifeExtension- Nutritional Supplements, Antiaging, Health and NutritionCat Mix 100 grams
Animals have unique physiological structures, and therefore they need specific food and nutrients to remain in optimal health. No longer considered just animals, household pets are family members who require special attention. Filling the need, the pet food industry has grown tremendously over the years.
Cats have been domesticated since early times, essentially to catch rats and mice. Today, they are mainly household pets that, like dogs, require special attention when it comes to their nutrition and care. Cats are carnivorous. But unlike dogs that can eat some plant-based foods, cats need animal protein to survive. Amino acids like taurine and arginine are important to a cat's health, and without them cats could die. Taurine, for one, is a must for heart, kidney, and eye health.Arginine detoxifies ammonia in cats' kidneys and is also important for heart and pancreatic function and keeping the gut healthy.The essential fatty acid, arachidonic acid, is another must for cats; it is used in every cell in the body. And, just like humans, they need B vitamins to support their cardiovascular system.Cats also have problems metabolizing certain amino acids from other nutrients, like the conversion of niacin to tryptophan, or vitamin A from beta carotene. For that reason cats have more stringent nutritional requirements than omnivores such as dogs and humans.
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Vitamin C | 25 mg |
Vitamin E (succinate) | 5 IU |
Green Tea Extract [std. for 20% polyphenols (200 mcg)] | 1 mg |
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Labiatae Extract (from rosemary, thyme and sage) | 10 mg |
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B1 (thiamin HCl) | 2 mg |
B-2 (riboflavin) | 1 mg |
B-3 (niacin) | 2.5 mg |
B-5 (pantothenic acid) | 2 mg |
B-6 (pyridoxine HCl) | 2 mg |
B-12 (methylcobalamin) | 2 mcg |
Folic acid | 500 mcg |
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L-Taurine | 150 mg |
L-Arginine | 75 mg |
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Arachidonic Acid (from freeze-dried egg yolk) | 25 mg |
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Betaine (TMG) (from sugar beets) | 25 mg |
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Biomate®2 LS-20 probiotic concentrate | 75 mcg |
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Betatene®1 (Beta Carotene, Alpha Carotene Lutein, Zeaxanthin) | 1 mg |
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Sustainable Pike County is part of a growing CASE Network--Central Appalachia Sustainable Economies Network--that is working to encourage healthy living by providing new economic opportunities for businesses, creating a strong workforce with competitive skills sets, growing local food systems to encourage healthy living, and increasing the quality of life for our community, all through a spirit of cooperation and unity.
We are working with Sustainable Williamson with a stated goal to create a replicable model of market-based sustainability for the economically distressed communities throughout Central Appalachia. We believe it is time to redefine the economic landscape of coal country, and together, our vision is to spark a Collaboration Across the Nation for applied sustainable development to create a better world.
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8/26/2013 | 4:00 pm | Sycamore Community Garden Site Dedication |
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So far, I'm less than impressed with the Beta version for BlackBerry.
I can only view 10 new posts at a time, I can't search and it routinely crashes for no reason.
I have a better forum experience using the web browser; it's a little slower, but it has a lot more options.
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I've been using it for a few months with my Droid on another forum...in fact, that's how I found this forum originally...
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Check out Make It Rain (Freestyle), the latest from Meek Mill which features a guest appearance from Blk Denero on the. The track was released on Friday, January 7th, 2011.
Stream Make It Rain (Freestyle), the newest drop from Meek Mill which features Blk Denero. The cut was released on Friday, January 7th, 2011. Meek Mill continues to impress with each new leak, and Make It Rain (Freestyle) is no exception. It's strengthens Meek Mill's already impressive body of work, which has seen positive change over the years. We're most definitely anticipating Meek Mill's next offering.
Have you heard Meek Mill's Talkin Bout, featuring Bryyce? If you're down, make sure to visit Meek Mill's profile page for the newest info, news, songs, and mixtapes.
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Adrian Tomine Focuses on More "Optic Nerve"
Acclaimed cartoonist and illustrator Adrian Tomine talks with CBR about the new issue of "Optic Nerve," why he continues to tell short stories, how he thinks about illustration and more.
Comics A.M. - Angoulême Announces Official Selections
Official selections announced for 40th Angoulême International Comics Festival! Bluewater Productions, by the numbers! Robert Kirkman talks success and "The Walking Dead"! Mort Walker, Charles Burns, Adrian Tomine, and much more!
Comics A.M. - Comics Sales Dip in September, Graphic Novel Sales Rise
Direct-market comics sales slip in September but graphic novels rise 14.4%! Editorial cartoonists remain optimistic! The weirdest panels and events of New York Comic Con! Interviews with Adrian Tomine, Hope Larson and much more!
Ware, Clowes Bring Crowds To SPX 2012
Exhibitors and attendees alike characterized Small Press Expo 2012 as one of the best in the show's recent memory with a diverse guest list and many publishers selling out of key books.
Pop! - 11/29/2011
In this month's Pop! Jorge sits down with cartoonist Adrian Tomine to discuss the latest issue of his long-running anthology series and pushing himself as an artist and storyteller.
APE: Clowes & Tomine Speak Out
"Ghost World" creator Dan Clowes and "Optic Nerve" creator Adrian Tomine held a wide-ranging discussion on everything from how important settings are in their work, 9/11 and how Clowes writes teenage girls so well.
PRESS RELEASE: APE Swings into San Francisco this Weekend
REVIEW: "Optic Nerve" #12
CBR's Kelly Thompson gives 5 stars to "Optic Nerve" #12 by Adrian Tomine, praising the single-issue series and calling it "exactly the kind of book the comics medium needs."
PRESS RELEASE: Alternative Press Expo Announces Guests for 2011
MoCCA Hits Manhattan
The indie comics show sets up shop in a new venue, and CBR News takes you inside the MoCCA festival from the big names and buzz books to sweltering summer heat.
PRESS RELEASE: Adrian Tomine signing 9/14 at the Brooklyn Book Festival
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When the crisis had passed, Mother Alfred Moes approached her friend, Dr. W.W. Mayo, to consider establishing a hospital. Initially, he did not think the project was feasible.
Dr. Mayo was about 44 years old when he settled his family in Rochester in 1864. Prior to that move, he had gathered experience as a pharmacist, a tailor, a census taker, a farmer, a newspaper publisher, a veterinarian, and a ferryboat operator. He also acquired two medical diplomas and the conviction that physicians have a special calling filled with opportunities to help further the progress of their profession and communities.
He also knew how to establish a successful medical and surgical practice, having even mortgaged his home in the 1870s to purchase a microscope. After his sons graduated from medical school in the 1880s, they joined him in practice. Certainly Dr. Mayo understood the considerable sacrifice it would take to establish a hospital.
Mother Alfred persisted and Dr. Mayo agreed, provided the funds could be obtained. Some four years of hard work, frugal living, and saving followed, and the Sisters finally were able to purchase nine acres of land for the new facility in 1887 at a cost of $2,200. The acreage was located west of the city limits. After assembling plans and suggestions from the Mayos, Mother Alfred initiated contracts for the new project in August 1888. Her ability to collaborate was an attribute Mother Alfred became known for in her career; it would become an integral part of the evolution of Mayo Clinic.


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Our books through June.
January 14, 2011 by Terry
Filed under Events, NBM Blog, New Releases
A quick note to say that we've now got our planned books through June up on the site in Coming Up, laid out month by month for you to take a sneak preview of!
We've just added April through June of what we've got planned which includes an irresistible new nefarious strip Kinky & Cosy we'll be previewing regularly on our home page soon and with Rick Geary's next book in his Murder Series, a fascinating take on Sacco & Vanzetti, we'll be starting up a whole new way of publishing that will mix E-book same date release and a very limited direct-only collector's edition… More about that later…


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I've recently become obsessed with Whole Foods. I've gone there before but on Friday I decided to stock my room with groceries from there and have made a pact that I'll only eat healthy foods forever! I'm assuming this is just a phase that'll last two days but in the mean time, I'll be under my own delusion!
After Spanish class on Friday I went to Whole Foods and picked up some fresh fruit, healthy drinks, cookies, chips, cookies, and popcorn. Needless to say I'll be going back again this upcoming weekend to get more! I'm basically aiming to be the next Dr. Oz. I've eaten most of the food I purchased already (whoops!) so I'll make sure I get enough that'll last me a while when I go next time!


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Five Broward Burgers to Eat for National Hamburger Month
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Sonny's Famous Steak Hogies: Sonny's is best-known for its Philadelphia-style steak hogies (not "hoagies"), cut from rib-eye beef and wedged into a housemade roll. But it also serves one mean hamburger. The restaurant calls it a hogie burger: an oblong, griddle-cooked patty of freshly ground beef that fits nicely on one of Sonny's famous hogie rolls. And it's nearly perfect. The burger is immensely beefy and charred on an age-old griddle. When you bite into it, the thing drips with a slurry of rendered fat, most of which gets soaked up by the luscious, cornmeal-studded roll. A six-ounce burger will set you back only $3.75, and it's a meal on its own. Slather it with sweet, pickled peppers provided at every table, or add cheese for just 50 cents.
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Big City Dogs: Big City's burger is no joke. It's damned big. Because this burger is more than an inch thick of all-beef chuck fresh ground in-house daily, you'll find it hard to wrap your mouth around this loaded beast. It's grilled perfectly to temperature -- order it medium and you get a hot, pink center -- and set on a kaiser roll large and sturdy enough to handle its largess. For the top: cheese, if you like it, plus lettuce, tomato, and quality, hand-cut pickles sliced the long way to achieve maximum coverage. Underneath the patty: a mound of caramelized onions. Sound great? Well, yes, it is. You could do no wrong ordering this juicy, delicious burger, which comes with fries and a drink for under $10 and is a relatively close lunch trip from downtown Fort Lauderdale. Thanks to a new store in Davie, folks out west can enjoy life in the Big City too.
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Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice
The Criminal Justice major provides students with an interdisciplinary perspective that balances both theoretical knowledge and practical application. The major prepares students for the criminal justice/human service professions and provides a solid foundation for graduate and continuing studies. Faculty grounded in the balance of theory and practice deliver a curriculum intended to develop a sense of global awareness and a commitment to social justice and responsibility while promoting respect for the dignity of all persons involved in the criminal justice system.
Students take nine core criminal justice and cognate courses in the first and second years. In the third and fourth years, students, in consultation with their academic advisor, develop a plan of study which furthers the student's intellectual interests and professional goals through the choice of six elective courses. A minimum of four upper division electives must be taken in criminal justice. The remaining two may be from criminal justice or related fields such as sociology, anthropology, psychology, social work, legal studies, public policy, and political science. The Capstone Seminar in the Senior year allows for application of knowledge to the professional setting.
Learning Outcomes for the Criminal Justice Undergraduate Program Elective Coursework includes:
View the Core Courses for the Criminal Justice Major
View Elective Coursework for the Criminal Justice Major
Minors and Minor/Certificate Programs
Students in any major may minor in Criminal Justice. In addition to three upper-level criminal justice electives, required courses include:
Criminal Law
Constitutional Law
The growth of forensic sciences in the last decade has lead to a diversity of specialties that provide expertise to the criminal justice system. A minor in forensic studies can provide students with an introduction and preparation in several specialties within the field and thereby educate them in these disciplines. This minor will better prepare criminal justice undergraduates for the highly specialized work force or to pursue further graduate studies.
Minor Requirements
Six courses, 18 credits
CRJ 340 Cybercrime
CRJ 480/BIO 341 Forensic Anthropology (4 credits)
CRJ 407 Forensic Psychology
CRJ 341 Cybercrime II: Internet Vulnerabilities and Criminal Investigation
CRJ 342 Computer Forensics I: Data Storage and Recovery
CRJ 343 Computer Forensics II: Linux/Macintosh and Lab-based Acquisitions
CRJ 362 Victimology
CRJ 440 Criminal Profiling I
CRJ 441 Criminal Profiling II
Minor/Certificate in Victimology
The recognition of victims' issues has taken on great importance in this day and age. Victims of all types require advocates and service providers that can assist them in understanding their rights and guiding them through the various processes and resources available to them. In response, Anna Maria College has developed an interdisciplinary minor/certificate program in Victimology and Victim Studies. The curriculum draws on coursework in Criminal Justice, Human Development, Nursing, Psychology and Social Work. The interdisciplinary nature of the program seeks to explore and analyze the history and evolution of victimology; the causes and consequences of trauma and crime on victims and survivors including who is impacted and the systems response; and the developing field of victim advocacy including the history and nature of the victims' rights movement, basic victims' rights, communication and service provision, cultural and spiritual skills, and ethical issues.
Minor/Certificate Requirements
Students enrolled in a bachelor's degree program in any field or concentration may earn a minor in Victimology and Victim Studies though the completion of four required courses and two electives. Students who currently, or who seek to work in law enforcement, the courts, corrections and professional settings involving work with victims of crime, families of crime victims, victims of disaster and the community at large may pursue a certificate program in Victimology and Victim Studies through the completion of four required courses and four electives
CRJ 362 Victimology
CRJ 370 Legal Issues in Victims' Services*
PSY 342 Counseling for Victims and Families*
SWK 242 Introduction to Social Welfare
*Can alternate CRJ 380 Victim Advocacy for either CRJ 370 or PSY 342
Two upper division electives in the area of victim studies as approved.
Note: With both the Minor and the Certificate, no more than two courses may double count towards the student's area of concentration.
Minor/Certificate in Private Security
The security program is inter-disciplinary and draws upon courses from Criminal Justice, Business, Paralegal Studies, and Fire Science. This minor is designed to offer more options for career decisions of students. Security is a rapidly growing field and the private security field is out-numbering the public sector security field. The program is designed to provide students with an understanding of the historical foundation and emergence of private security; the principles of risk analysis and risk management and their implications for planning; the application of crisis management and emergency planning in order to safeguard personnel and a company's assets; and the impact of issues related to crime prevention, both from criminological and criminal justice perspective at both the individual and community level.
Minor/Certificate Requirements
CRJ275 Introduction to Security
CRJ370 Physical Security and Asset Protection
CRJ372 Principles of Security Investigation
CRJ340 Cybercrime I: Legal Issues and Investigative Procedures2 Upper Division Electives in the area of Private Security as approved.
Note: With both the Minor and the Certificate, no more than two courses may double count towards the student's area of concentration.
Minor/Certificate in Computer Forensics and Investigation
This minor/certificate is designed to provide students with the basic understanding of the hardware and software applications that are utilized in computer forensics; the procedures for investigating computer crimes; the methodology of forensic data collection, evidence preservation and documentation; and the potential of the Internet as a tool for gathering data for computer and non-computer crimes.
Minor/Certificate Requirements
CRJ 340 Cybercrime I: Legal Issues and Investigative Procedures
CRJ 341 Cybercrime II: Internet Vulnerabilities and Criminal Investigation
CRJ 342 Computer Forensics I: Data Storage and Recovery
CRJ 343 Computer Forensics II: Linux/Macintosh and Lab-based Acquisitions
Two electives in the areas of computer forensics and law.
Students may pursue a certificate in Computer Forensics and Investigation. In addition to the four required courses, students need to complete four electives in the areas of computer forensics and law.
Note: With both the Minor and the Certificate, no more than two courses may double count towards the student's area of concentration.
Please contact Patricia Gavin, Associate Professor & Criminal Justice Program Director at (508) 849-3377 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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City Bowl Market on Hope is becoming the place where Cape foodies meet.
Relax at our market every Thursday evening and Saturday morning. Enjoy live music, good company and delicious food from around the world.
Housed in an exquisite old building in Gardens with a fascinating history, the City Bowl Market on Hope is the place to meet friends and feed the family. We cater for the whole family with a playful kids zone for the children, draft beer for the dads and lots and lots of irresistible goodies to make you come running back for more!
We have spent months scouring the Cape for the most exciting traders and products such as yummy cupcakes, summery salads, freshly baked breads, hot curries, sweet pancakes and much more!
Don't forget the Fashion Market we host once a month on a Saturday morning. It's a spender alright!!
The market is populated by a community of remarkable individuals, all of whom care deeply about the food and drink on offer. Our mission is to be a viable and sustainable, independent, quality food market, rooted in the local community.


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OVERLAND, Mo. (KMOV) – Police have arrested a woman after she hit an oncoming vehicle while driving in the wrong direction on Interstate 170 early Wednesday morning.
Police say the female suspect was driving northbound in the southbound lanes of Interstate 170 near Page Avenue, when she clipped a vehicle just before 1 a.m. Three people were taken to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries due to the impact.
According to reports, the suspect did not stop after striking the first vehicle, continuing to drive the wrong way. She was later stopped and taken into custody by St. Johns police.
The details of the arrest were not immediately available.
Police said fog may have been a big cause in the suspect intially losing control of the vehicle.
Authorities have not released any information about the female suspect. Charges could be filed later Wednesday.
No other vehicles were involved in the wreck.
Investigators are working to determine the cause behind the incident. Stay with News 4 and KMOV.com as we continue to gather more information.


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What will cause a neon bulb to begin flickering and go dark if the surrounding ambient light is removed? The bulb will glow if a flashlight is shined on it in the dark. Voltage is applied to the bulb at all times. The circuit is simply a source, series resistor and bulb. I am stumped(and so are my colleagues). Can you offer an explanation?
Hi James
Neon lamps light when the gas inside ionizes and creates a conducting path. The start of ionization can be caused by several factors. A high enough supply voltage is usually what is employed. However, if the supply voltage is not sufficiently high to cause the bulb to light (called the striking voltage), external influences may come into play that will dislodge some electrons and start the ionization cascade. These may be cosmic rays, the natural or embedded radioactivity within the lamp, or photoemission through ambient light (the photoelectric effect). You are seeing the latter.
Hope this helps.
Bob Froehlich
Old age or marginally insuficient voltage. Neon bulbs have been known to be photosensitive for over 50 years now. Of course, in the last 30 or so we have stopped paying attention to the effect.
They are most sensitive when they are not yet glowing, and the voltage is just short of ignition. In that situation, as little as one absorbed photon sucessfully ejecting a photoelectron from the metal electrode can start the lamp. In neon bulbs the extinction (on-->off) voltage is always lower than the ignition (off-->on) voltage, so there's about 5-10v of working margin.
Add to that, older bulbs will be degrading and requiring gradually more voltage until naturally they operate intermittently (flicker).
- losing Neon to sputter-implantation
- eroding easy-emitting metal coating on the electrodes
- maybe leaking in air, which rasies the voltage required
"Comments on little neon bulbs and tubes..."
(There is probably cesium in the electrode surface for easy ingiting, and vacuum phototubes use that too for the photocathode surface.)
"Neon indicator tubes as quantitative detectors in photometry"
The average start-up time can be inversely proportional to the photon flux. So you get an intensity-to-frequency converter!
"Spectral sensitivity of Neon discharge tubes":
Red is weak, bluer is better.
I wonder what is a "flicker photometer"? in a title on page 3 of
Remember that neon bulbs turn off then on again 120 times a second when driven from AC voltage...
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I tried staying up for the Lunar Eclipse but couldn't. I heard it turned red at 3:00 am and some of my friends stayed up to see it-they said it was beautiful and quite a sight to see.
Swedish Moonballs
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Seen in a composite picture taken from Sweden on Saturday, the moon emerges from the last total lunar eclipse for three years.
In North America, early-rising sky-watchers in the U.S. West witnessed the start of the three-and-a-half-hour moon show, beginning at 4:45 a.m. Pacific time. For most of the rest of the country, the eclipse was a nonstarter, as it occurred during daylight hours.The entire lunar eclipse was visible from East Asia, Australia, and the far western part of North America that includes Alaska and Canada's Yukon and Northwest Territories.
In Sweden and the rest of northern Europe, the full moon emerged from Earth's shadow as the natural satellite rose on Saturday night.
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The full moon glows crimson in the purple predawn during Saturday's total lunar eclipse over Newport Beach, California.
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Cloaked in gray just before the color burst of totality, a partially eclipsed full moon sets behind Colorado's Longs Peak, the northernmost Rocky Mountain "fourteener"—a peak taller than 14,000 feet (4,300 meters).
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Seemingly caught in the steel web of Australia's Sydney Harbour Bridge, the moon is partially eclipsed by Earth's shadow Sunday morning, local time. (See your Australia pictures.)
The earth's shadow falls on the moon as it undergoes a total lunar eclipse viewed through the arch supports of the Sydney Harbour Bridge December 11, 2011. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne (AUSTRALIA - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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A blushing moon—in the full throes of totality—shines on Iran during the weekend's total lunar eclipse.
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Published December 12, 2011
Up, Up, and Awash in Shadow
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Arcing toward totality, the full moon seems to catapult into darkness over Iran's Zagros Mountains in a composite picture taken during this weekend's total lunar eclipse.
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The following image is from the sitcom Cheers title sequence.
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The following image is from the sitcom Cheers title sequence. Can anyone tell me where this image is from and why it is used in Cheers. |
There are many similar question all around the internet but there is no answer provided by the TV show owners. |
The "We Win" photo is from the September 29, 1948 late afternoon edition of the Boston newspaper. It refers to the Boston Braves clinching their only pennant with a victory that afternoon in Brooklyn coupled with the Cardinals losing to the Pirates. (The line score shown below the headline is from the game in Brooklyn.) |
The half-hour comedy sitcom was (mostly) about a Boston bar/pub, and the regulars who were there. It was supposedly a bar situated near to Boston's baseball stadium. Sam Malone was an ex-professional baseball player, and the character of Coach was his coach earlier in life. So the initial photo-montage was all related to Boston, baseball and specifically Boston baseball. This is similar to the photo-montage used in the titles of Southland, a one-hour drama concerning South Los Angeles police precinct and its officers. The photos used there were all related to well known events detected and discovered by the real officers of "Southland." |


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text: Henry Cavill Interview for Man of Steel The Sexiest Supes Yet! June 17, 2013 Interview by: Dan firstname.lastname@example.com Written by: Rocco firstname.lastname@example.com Superman is the first comic book superhero, as well as the first superhero to be made into a Hollywood film during the modern era, making a star out of the late Christopher Reeve, who played the character in the original franchise. Brandon Routh later took over the role in 2006 in the retcon sequel Superman Returns. But in the wake of the success of the Batman Dark Knight trilogy, a similar hope for a fresher take on Superman begins with Man Of Steel, with English actor Henry Cavill now donning the titular role. The 30 year-old is best known for his roles in the films The Count of Monte Cristo, Stardust, and Immortals, and on the Showtime TV series The Tudors. He talks about how he found his way into playing such an iconic character and if he felt some sense of responsibility was involved. "First, I don't think it's about finding my way into an icon," Cavill says, "Playing an icon, you don't try to be an icon because that defeats the purpose. The responsibility attached is enormous and the realization that it actually really, really, matters meant that I wanted to put the most amount of work into representing the character properly." "That specially applied when I was working out in the gym, when you feel you can't push any harder and you can't lift anymore weight," he adds, "You think, hold on a second, you got to look like Superman, there's a whole lot of people out there who are relying on me to be that super hero. So it really helped to push those extra few reps and just become that character. Cavill talks about how Clark Kent, Superman's human alter-ego, is being told he couldn't fight, yet manages to somehow break through that when he's forced into a situation. 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Roger Cohen's Continuing Nonsense — Is he Making Barack Obama's Iran Policy?
On this website, Michael Ledeen has given us his wise assessment of President Obama's recent letter to Iran, as well as Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's response to it. It would have been nice had Obama drafted TNR assistant editor Jamie Kirchick to write his message, rather than write the one he actually did. Kirchick said what Obama failed to do. He spoke to the Iranian people and not to the regime. Indeed, Kirchick tells Iran that the mullahs are the ones to apologize to the United States, for its terrorism and its attempt to build a nuclear weapon with which they threaten to obliterate Israel. Kirchick also demands the immediate release of the many political prisoners held in jail from what he accurately calls a "criminal regime."
There is one commentator, however, who is pleased with Obama's letter. It is- you guessed- the inimitable Roger Cohen, who is so taken with himself that he evidently believes, as he puts it, that "Obama has now taken all the steps I called for." In his column run on the New York Times website on March 22nd- but strangely absent from the op-ed pages in the paper's print edition in the "Week In Review,"(which perhaps means that even that paper's editors are tired of Cohen's glowing view of the regime of the mullahs) Cohen likes Obama's letter and reads into it things that others are not so sure Obama means.
First, Cohen says that Obama has "abandoned regime change as an American goal" and has "shelved the so-called military option." As Ledeen notes, Obama has increased sanctions, and his spokesmen have many times emphasized nothing is off the table should Iran not make positive responses to the United States. But nevertheless, Cohen believes the Obama letter means a reversal of US policy towards Iran, one that is based on "mutual respect."
Really, does Cohen actually believe we should show respect to a nation that suppresses homosexuals, practices hangings of dissenters and throws them into jails where they are tortured and have no rights? Does he welcome the growing repression of women and journalists and other actions of the regime in the last few months, that have not let up despite President Obama's election? Is this something for which the United States should now ignore in the name of realism?
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1. David Thomson
"Cohen likes Obama's letter and reads into it things that others are not so sure Obama means."
My bets are on Roger Cohen. And what are the odds that he is wrong? Barack Obama is a non-violent radical socialist. The evidence is quite conclusive. Bill Ayers hosted Obama's first political fund raising event! He attended a racist and anti-Semitic church for twenty years. Obama is something of a follower of Saul Alinsky. Need I say more? I am amazed on how many people still go to absurd lengths to avoid reality.
March 23, 2009 - 4:58 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
2. David Thomson
The first comment quotes me directly. I guess I should take that as a compliment. Thank you.
March 24, 2009 - 2:34 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
3. Pat J
I read this today. Iran now wants to introduce the death penalty for bloggers who write about and promote illegal activities.
What a country.
March 25, 2009 - 8:28 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
4. deguello
Roger Cohen is a post-modern reincarnation of Walter Duranty,who stubbornly whitewashed Stalin's holocausts. With delusional clowns like this, it's no wonder that the times continues to lose credibility,and readers.Speaking of delusional clowns,Obama must love Cohen.
March 25, 2009 - 10:20 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
5. lgkick
Mr. Radosh, you wrote:
"Really, does Cohen actually believe we should show respect to a nation that suppresses homosexuals, practices hangings of dissenters and throws them into jails where they are tortured and have no rights?"
If you can respect the Saudis and Egyptians for doing much worse, then yes you can respect the mullas too. But you are also pragmatic in supporting the dictators around the world and supporting Israel even though they have killed and destroyed innocent lives in Gaza. So please step down from your moral high grounds, we know who you are and what you stand for. You stand for Israel and when defining what is right and what is wrong, that is your mind reference. You do not have the US interests in mind when you condemn Obama for his reasonable and peaceful gesture toward the mullahs. But let me break the news for you: you are also harming the existence of Israel and her ever being a normal country with normal people when you ask for more wars and more sanctions and more destruction.
March 25, 2009 - 11:48 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
6. Lefroy
Don't forget other examples of sophisticated Iranian jurisprudence like public stonings to death, and what about those great cellphone videos of public hangings of dumpy old ladies, using a truck and a telescoping crane!! The legs flying about under the sack!
Imagine if a US state reintroduced public hangings or stonings (!). Would Cohen be saying that the US should be treated with "respect"? What bizarre mental space do people like Cohen lurk in?
March 25, 2009 - 12:44 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
7. iconoclast
It really is simple. Cohen's attraction to Iran is because both he, Obama, and the Ayatollahs have a common enemy: the USA.
Which also explains why radical "feminists" condemn the USA much more strongly than any Muslim regime, despite the outright misogyny, homophobia, and pedophilia common in these dark age cult worshippers. The USA is much more of an enemy to these "feminists" than Iran. Iran, when defying the USA and killing our soldiers, is helping them in the goal to recreate America into their own little brown-shirt image.
Nothing new about that. Maybe if conservatives and Republicans ever recognized that fact and treated all of these people as the implacable and irretrievable enemies they are, we might recover our nation and its heritage.
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8. Dave D
Unfortunately the threat of military action just isn't on the table. As it is we are too stretched with iraq and afghanistan, fighting a two-front war; we simply can't back up any pressure we can put on it.
Also, russia and china for two can now actively challenge us and break the effect of sanctions.
Its kind of lose-lose.
March 25, 2009 - 3:26 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
9. James
Yeah right. As if you all care about the human rights conditions under the mullahs.
Whatever to justify throwing a couple of bombs over there, right?
March 25, 2009 - 4:20 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
10. Lech
"Whatever to justify throwing a couple of bombs over there, right?"
James, how about taking the Iranian regime seriously? Perhaps they really are sincere in their intention to develop nuclear weapons. Perhaps they are sincere in their desire to eliminate Israel (not irrational, in their belief system). If so, when they "throw a couple of bombs" over Israel (and perhaps even before), then Israel will be throwing a heck of a lot more bombs back.
Sure, maybe those who are greatly concerned about the current Iranian regime and do not believe a "detente" will work might be wrong. But those who take the opposite view, that we need not concern ourselves overmuch about Iran's nuclear program, are running a grave risk: nuclear war in the Middle East. This would result in the destruction of Israel and Iran (at the very least; we'll have to see just how much Israel would want to take down with it), and (by the way) the effect on oil supply and the world economy can be easily surmised.
The downsides of any action regarding Iran are obvious; let's not ignore the incomparably worse downsides of a frankly Pollyannish view.
(But wait! Worst case: we get rid of all of those Jews along with many of them Muslims, we eliminate a major source of that evil poisonous oil, AND all those nuclear explosions will help counter global warming! Win win win win!)
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11. Jerry
The real question to be answered here by those who support Cohen and those who oppose his "tolerance" is whether the United States of American will live comfortably with Iran when it is armed with nuclear weapons. The Iranian human rights issues, oh so real, are quite not a part of the President Obama's calculations, given that he looks on quizzically as events unwind in Darfur, Afghanistan (Swat Valley), China (Tibet), etc.
It appears to me that President Obama has decided
1) to permit Iran to develop nuclear weapons,
2) to swallow nuclear weapons falling into the hands of radicals in Pakistan, if that is the way the cookie crumbles
3) to actively discourage Israel from taking action against Iran in spite of its threat to wipe Israel off the map
4) to throw human rights issues under the bus all over the world
5) to reduce military funding to the point where it would be difficult to mount a campaign anywhere in the world, no matter what the level of potential threat
This single-minded policy will have the effect of isolating America from its European counterparts, since they have been under the illusion that America would protect them from all adversaries. In addition, it would strengthen triuphalist Islam and bring America to the point of being unable to oppose its advances both in the continental United States and the rest of the world.
In addition, Russia and China will feel more threatened and less positively inclined to the United States, since they too will feel compelled to be more proactive against the encroachment of Islam and more adventuresome in seeking their own advantage.
Should the Chinese lose enough confidence in the United States, they will bring us to ruination simply by withdrawing their financial support. All they have to do is try to recoupe some of their investment capital, a not unnatural act in the business world. We will be dead in the water.
In summary, President Obama's withdrawal from the world stage and from its conflicts will leave a deep vaccuum that will be filled willy-nilly by other "realists." Worst of all, President Obama is completely and utterly aware of the "change" he is initiating and could not care less. It is an unassailable principle, not a calculated strategy, that he is implementing. "Change" is seen by him to be about "us" and not about "them" whoever "them" is. "Them" have their own revolution to take care of. "Them" is none of our concern as a matter of principle, no matter what level of threat "them" seems to present. Threat, according to President Obama, is only a matter of "our" perception. We need to deal with "our" perception of threat, not "their" threat. That is the new realism.March 25, 2009 - 11:01 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
12. Perry
Cohen, Silverstein, Rosenberg. All Jews. The degree of their patheticness is beyond my semantic abilities to express.
They are treasonous to their history, treasonous to their religion, and treasonous to America.
March 26, 2009 - 4:03 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
Left ideologues have always been drawn to 'strong man' dictators. It's a form of masochistic perversion. They long to be castrated and submit to a powerful tyrant. That's why, despite the fact that regimes like Iran's stand for everything the left claims to detest, the Roger Cohens (like Walter Duranty before him) are ready to defend them. It's a form of deranged love, beyond the reach of reason.
March 26, 2009 - 4:58 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
14. Joe Bison
Guys like Cohen feel that by showing respect
the other side will reciprocate. They never
think why should I show respect to someone
who does not merit it.The other side sees this as wavering resolve
and an admission of wrongness on the part
of the US. How many on their side anywhere
believe the US or Israel have any valid
points?They believe they are 100% right in
everything they do reinforced by the fact
that many on our side agree with them.
And make no mistake that although Cohen
is playing dhimmi to them he is still
on the other side and is a kaffir.March 26, 2009 - 8:25 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
15. Still Bill
#12 Perry: Well spoken! As a Christian I believe that we Christians in the United States support Israel more than Jews do, at least that's the way it seems. Jews in this country seem to be more worried about any signs of Christianity during Christmas season, than they do about a nuclear armed Iran with lunatics in charge of that government. Stop feeling guilty Jews, you have nothing to feel guilty about. If black people in this country can't make it in the greatest country in the world, that's their problem, not yours.
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16. deguello
I have beeb saying it for a while on PJM and elsewhere: Scratch a liberal,find a Stalinist!The average progressive journalist, is a courtier,a pseudointellectual lickspittle for any Tyrant trying to receate the world through terror, in accordance with the lib's fantasies.
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17. Pat J
Do I detect a little professional jealousy from this pasty white guy? I mean Cohen has a column in a national paper. Ron Radosh? Not so much.
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18. Still Bill
#19 Pat J: The fact that the butt kisser Cohen has a column in a national rag only tells me one thing: He's a leftist ass-kisser of the first order. Obama is the Manchurian candidate the communists have always been trying, and now have succeeded, in installing for the public school educated morons in the USA. Obama is a communist clown. Deal with it chump, dupe. I'm ready for the revolution if you know what I mean?
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19. Pat J
20. Still Bill:
Dude. You've been listening or watching way too much Glenn Beck. Or maybe too much Bob Basso videos. Whatever. If Obama is a Manchurian candidate, what was Bush other than a sock puppet for Dick Cheney?March 26, 2009 - 7:20 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
20. Still Bill
Pat J: "Dude" is a term used only by feminized punks. Obama is a clown, with or without a teleprompter. Deal with it girly boy.
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21. MiamaMan
Mr. Cohen is the perfect example explained in Jamie Glasov's new book "United in Hate".
He is not alone. He belongs to the same Jewish tribe as America-Number-One-Hater Noam Chomsky, and Castro-Friend Steven Spielberg. They are many more in between.
Learn this to be a mental malady, in the strictest sense of the word. They must hate the hand that feeds them, so as to mask self-loathing and self-contempt, and a deep feeling of frustration. Justification is soon brought in, for how can you explain hating what nurtures you, allows your freedom to blossom, but by a perverted sense of justifying the opposite.
Recent typical example. Yesterday in the O'Reilly factor, Fox contributor and left loony Dr. Hill, in a discussion about the drug war in Mexico, totally placed the blame on the US for "exploiting" the masses and the poor in Mexico that then do not have any other choice than to lash out with drug trafficking. Talk about perverted logic.
Yes, there must be blame for the US consuming the drugs, even for arms going south, but to ascribe blame for something obviously the result of Mexican's societal choices is to force yourself to find a scapegoat.
Likewise, Obama et al, believes the grievance of the Arabs is because they were also "exploited" by capitalists (white capitalists of course) trumping what even Obama Bin Laden tells us in every video, that this fight is not one caused by exploitation of any sort, but simply by Quoranic guidance against the Kafir.
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22. Pat J
At least I'm man enough not to resort to name calling.
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23. Mike_K
"Dude" is not a name ? My gosh !
The willing tools who support the Cohen side of the argument, would do well to read Tony Cordesman's analysis of an Iran-Israel nuclear exchange.
The short version?
This would mean, Cordesman suggests, some 16 million to 28 million Iranians dead within 21 days, and between 200,000 and 800,000 Israelis dead within the same time frame. The total of deaths beyond 21 days could rise very much higher, depending on civil defense and public health facilities, where Israel has a major advantage.
It is theoretically possible that the Israeli state, economy and organized society might just survive such an almost-mortal blow. Iran would not survive as an organized society. "Iranian recovery is not possible in the normal sense of the term," Cordesman notes.
The difference in the death tolls is largely because Israel is believed to have more nuclear weapons of very much higher yield (some of 1 megaton), and Israel is deploying the Arrow advanced anti-missile system in addition to its Patriot batteries. Fewer Iranian weapons would get through.
The difference in yield matters. The biggest bomb that Iran is expected to have is 100 kilotons, which can inflict third-degree burns on exposed flesh at 8 miles; Israel's 1-megaton bombs can inflict third-degree burns at 24 miles. Moreover, the radiation fallout from an airburst of such a 1-megaton bomb can kill unsheltered people at up to 80 miles within 18 hours as the radiation plume drifts. (Jordan, by the way, would suffer severe radiation damage from an Iranian strike on Tel Aviv.)
Cordesman assumes that Iran, with less than 30 nuclear warheads in the period after 2010, would aim for the main population centers of Tel Aviv and Haifa, while Israel would have more than 200 warheads and far better delivery systems, including cruise missiles launched from its 3 Dolphin-class submarines.
The very short version ?
Cordesman spells out that the real stakes in the crisis that is building over Iran's nuclear ambitions would certainly include the end of Persian civilization, quite probably the end of Egyptian civilization, and the end of the Oil Age. This would also mean the end of globalization and the extraordinary accretions in world trade and growth and prosperity that are hauling hundreds of millions of Chinese and Indians and others out of poverty.
The rest is foolish posturing.
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MiamaMan, you read "United in Hate?" Somewhere on this site, we aught to have a BOOK REVIEW section to get through all those conservative titles… Anne Coulter's Guilty is halarious and worth reading for the humourous annecdotes alone… I heard Glasov on the radio, and am tempted to pick up the book, but would really love to know how people like it…
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Pat J: Did you refer to someone as "this pasty white guy?" Is that "name calling" sissy boy? You're still a punk.
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Yes, I read "United in Hate" by Jamie Glazov. Verily this book should be studied more than simply read, it's crucial to the understanding of today's far-left liberal, and liberal in general, mind, in relation to the Islamic threat to our civilization.
Expect something very different from Ann Coulter. Although, as I conservative, I like and admire Ms. Coulter, hers is not my style, and sincerely I only tried once one of her books and found it desultory and not well written, did not finish it, and donated it to Goodwill. I prefer to hear her talk.
But Glazov is a brainy guy, a genius perhaps, and his book brings new light to the baffling subject in question: that liberal that hates and works against his own great country that nurtures and provides him with the stage for his own success (Ward Churchill, Reverend Wright, Noam Chomsky, Jane Fonda, Sean Penn, and on, and on, and on).
"United in Hate" draws heavily from a famous classic, which I also ordered and am finishing now, one great book that was recommended by the late President Eisenhower, "The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movement" by Eric Hoffer. Glazov even uses the "true believer" term throughout his new book.
http://www.amazon.com/True-Believer-Thoughts-Movements-Perennial/dp/0060505915/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1238204910&sr=1-1March 27, 2009 - 6:50 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
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Cohen reminds me of us kids back in the late fourties and fifties: sure the nazis were evil but they had the coolist uniforms.
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Actually I was referring to your immaturity in calling me a punk.March 28, 2009 - 8:00 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
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Pat J: I lost my immaturity many years ago in boot camp, Fort Knox, Kentucky. Sgt. Spillers kicked my ass many, many times, and the maturation process readily followed. I hated him then. I remember once in front of the whole platoon he told me if he ever had me in a combat unit, I would be the first one he shot. I answered right back, "no you won't because I'll shoot you first". I think that's the only time I saw him crack a smile in basic training. Later when I made it through basic, Sgt Spillers and several of my buddies wound up in a Louisville bar together. We all got pretty drunk.
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After moving to Ireland for work, some Poles are weighing a move back home.
DUBLIN — There are so many Poles in Ireland that the Irish police have begun taking basic lessons in Polish. At least now they will not make the mistake of recording the name of errant Polish drivers as "Prawo Jazdy." Some 50 summonses in that name were issued for driving offenses before it dawned on them that the words were Polish for "driving license."
Irish people have become used to the fact that the mechanic at the local car repair shop or the assistant in the coffee shop speaks with a Polish accent. During the boom years of the Celtic Tiger, up to half a million immigrants arrived in Ireland to find a better life, and they now make up one in 10 of the population born outside the country. The largest single group consists of Polish nationals, whose westward trek to Ireland in the last two decades has been a phenomenon of post-Cold War Europe.
Now, with the Irish economy shrinking at an unprecedented rate, many Poles are trickling back home on the cut-price airlines that brought them here, and the rate of new arrivals has slowed dramatically.
The 2006 census recorded 63,000 resident Poles in Ireland, but that number has more than doubled in some estimates since then. Up to 250,000 Poles registered for work in Ireland during the last four years alone, according to Nikola Sekowska of the Polish embassy in Dublin, though many of these have come and gone.
Those who remain face a dilemma, particularly the skilled workers who found jobs in the construction industry, which has collapsed. Unemployment has soared to 10 percent and is predicted to reach 16 percent by the end of this year. The near impossibility of finding new work was underlined on Monday when 4,000 applicants, including many Poles, queued for hours at Ballymun Civic Centre in Dublin to apply for 280 positions at a new Ikea furniture store that will open in July.
The Poles must decide whether to stay in their adopted country or return to Poland, where jobs are also scarce. "Not all are still here, but most are opting to stay," according to Alicja Bobek of the Trinity Immigration Initiative at Trinity College Dublin, who is tracking the experience of Polish nationals in Ireland.
"The assumption that migrants will return home when times are tough is misplaced," she says. "They get involved in social networks, make friends, and they also have the option of social welfare."


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I do have one negative thing to say about this moisturizer - I think it is misnamed. It's not a "matte" moisturizer as it does impart a slight glow to the skin. This might be the reason for the low reviews as people trying this moisturizer are looking for something that gives a matte finish. But if you are looking for a moisturizer for oily skin, this works!
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I find this cream makes my face look younger. It seems to shrink my pores and mattify my skin. Love it very much!
Wow. Yes, a let-down, as per all previous reviews.
If I was still in my oily teens or twenties I would've tossed this. With mid-thirties greasy skin this is just passable. It is not usable as any sort of make-up base, and it certainly does not 'mattify.'
The price and product claims turn this from mere 'so-so sunscreen' into 'ridiculous disappointment.' It reminded me of Coppertone's oil-free SPF 30. I wasn't at all let down by the Coppertone, which was cheap and did not make any claims about being matte. It was too greasy to be useful for anything but high-test SPF to sit out in my yard with, but worked just fine for that. For the $$ and claims of the Kamins I was expecting some mattifying and a nice feel. No luck.
On the plus side: barely any scent.
I bought this product thinking it'd be perfect for my oily skin. It's oil free and claims to mattify, with a SPF 15. However it did just the opposite. Left my skin looking very greasy and took a long time to sink into my skin. Definitely not worth the $56 CAD, would not buy again.
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I dont' mind this product! I'd probably buy it again, it's expensive though! Feels nice on the skin, hasn't made me break out yet, I have t-zone oily skin and I can say that it hasn't left my skin with a "matte" look yet. But, i've yet to see a moisturizurer that actually CAN do that...
This product clogs my pores and cause small pimples around my nose. This moisturizer has SPF 15 and I find I breakout from moisturizers with sunblock. Also, it is matte a few minutes after I apply it, but my skin is very shiny two hours later. I do not think this product is at all worth the price (around $50). Overall, I'm very disappointed. I've been using it for about 8 weeks and I'll probably use it up, since I hate wasting cosmetics.
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Michigan Bank Fails; 2012 Tally at 16
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- State regulators on Friday closed Fidelity Bank of Dearborn, Mich., bringing this year's total number of bank failures to 16.
The failed bank was previously included in TheStreet's fourth-quarter Bank Watch List of undercapitalized institutions, based on regulatory data provided by HighlineFI.
Fidelity Bank had $818.2 million in total assets and $747.6 million in deposits when it was closed by the Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. as receiver.
The FDIC sold the failed bank to The Huntington National Bank, of Columbus, Ohio, which is the main subsidiary of Huntington Bancshares (HBAN - Get Report).
The failed bank's 15 offices were set to reopen Saturday as branches of The Huntington National Bank. The FDIC estimated the cost of Fidelity Bank's failure to the deposit insurance fund would be $92.8 million. Huntington Bancshares said in a statement that the purchase of the failed bank would result in "an acquisition asset discount of approximately $150 million," and that the acquisition of Fidelity Bank was "expected to be over 2% accretive to earnings per share, less than 1% accretive to tangible book value, and very modestly dilutive to Huntington's capital ratios."Thorough Bank Failure Coverage
Fidelity Bank was the first Michigan institution to fail this year. All 429 previous bank and thrift closures since the beginning of 2008 are detailed in TheStreet's interactive bank failure map:-- Written by Philip van Doorn in Jupiter, Fla. To contact the writer, click here: Philip van Doorn. To follow the writer on Twitter, go to http://twitter.com/PhilipvanDoorn.
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About Greyston Bakery
A storied social enterprise, Greyston Bakery has been baking gourmet brownies, cookies, and good will just north of New York City since 1982. The $10 million for-profit bakery is most famous for its long-standing status as Ben & Jerry's brownie supplier and for having an open-hiring policy that provides the people of Yonkers, NY with employment opportunity regardless of work history. Committed to a Triple Bottom Line, Greyston Bakery continues to be a pioneer in the world of social enterprise.
We became a B Corp to engage in the discussion about values-led business and to formally join the movement for a new way of doing business.
Through their Open Hiring policy, Greyston Bakery hires men and women who have little or no credentialed work experience, many of whom have histories of homelessness, incarceration, substance abuse, welfare dependence, domestic violence or illiteracy. All of its profits go to the Greyston Foundation, which operates several intensive self-sufficiency programs in Yonkers, NY, including affordable housing and support services for the formerly homeless, low-income working families; children and youth services including childcare; a technology learning center; health and social services including housing for individuals living with HIV/AIDS; and a community gardens project. Greyston's 130 staff serves almost 5,000 individuals annually.
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Greyston Bakery is based on a Triple Bottom Line with the dual objectives of job creation & personal development for local residents, financial support for the Greyston Foundation, and mitigation of environmental impact.
Greyston Bakery is the nationally leading "Brownie Company". They have had a partnership with Ben & Jerry's for over 25 years and produce treats for Whole Foods markets nationwide. A percentage of profits from the Bakery's cookies go to the Whole Planet Foundation.
Greyston Bakery is a leading model for social enterprise building a coalition with employees, community and shareholders. We properly compensate our employees: fair/living wage, health benefits, and direct participation in the profitability of the company. We train, promote from within, and mentor our employees, who we source from the local community.
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Irrational Games are now going to ship BioShock: Infinite with a reversible cover, a reaction you would think to the mixed reaction that the original pack shot has received in the last week to ten days.
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Concern about whether China can truly achieve a soft landing coupled with continuing angst in the European markets overshadowed a couple of good economic reports for the US yesterday. Despite good news on the service sector and factory orders, the Dow gave up .1 percent and the S&P .4 percent.
Global markets have become a primary influencer for US markets. Even for investors with smaller assets who may have avoided international investments, their portfolios may be impacted. China is a significant element in the US trade deficit which, in turn, impacts US economic performance. This on the heels of a still hoped for recovery from the 2008 crisis is enough to compel advisors to stay abreast of global market developments in the management of client portfolios.
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text: Eat Mor Chikin: Chick-fil-A's stance on same-sex marriage faces testBy Ben Brumfield, CNNUpdated 2034 GMT (0334 HKT) August 1, 2012Just WatchedSupporters turn out for Chick-fil-A dayreplayMore Videos ...Supporters turn out for Chick-fil-A day 01:57Story highlightsDroves expected to eat at Chick-fil-A in support of biblical marriage viewsSame-sex couples will flock to the fast-food chain Friday for a kissThe protests are in reaction to comments made by Chick-fil-A's presidentThe fast-food chain wishes to stay out of the same-sex marriage discussion in the futureThe row over same-sex marriage could see thousands of Christians flocking to Chick-fil-A on Wednesday, while same-sex couples will turn up at the fast-food chain Friday for public displays of affection.Both events are intended as mass shows of support by people on both sides of the marriage issue and mark the latest round in a longstanding beef that gay and lesbian rights groups have with Chick-fil-A's leadership, which has openly espoused biblical values, not only in its operating principles but in its conservative definition of family as well.The controversy came to a boil after an interview with the fast food restaurant chain's president and COO Dan Cathy appeared in The Baptist Press on July 16 and he weighed in with his views on family."We are very much supportive of the family -- the biblical definition of the family unit," Cathy said. "We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives. We give God thanks for that."Proponents of same-sex marriage spread Cathy's comments, eventually creating a firestorm of criticism on social media, including assertions that his comments and position were bigoted and hateful.Just WatchedChick-fil-A's hidden billionairesreplayMore Videos ...Chick-fil-A's hidden billionaires 03:02PLAY VIDEOJust WatchedChick-fil-A faces gay marriage backlashreplayMore Videos ...Chick-fil-A faces gay marriage backlash 02:16PLAY VIDEOJust WatchedChick-fil-A gets the bootreplayMore Videos ...Chick-fil-A gets the boot 02:22PLAY VIDEOJust WatchedMayor: Chick-fil-A not 'Chicago' values replayMore Videos ...Mayor: Chick-fil-A not 'Chicago' values 00:50PLAY VIDEOA handful of politicians joined in denouncing or backing Cathy's remarks.Opinion: Religious liberty under threatFormer GOP presidential candidates Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum encouraged people to show their support for Chick-fil-A by buying food there Wednesday. Huckabee dubbed the day "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day" and touted in his TV and radio shows and online. Over 550,000 visitors to Huckabee's event page on Facebook have responded that they will participate. The action enjoys the support of the Rev. Billy Graham.Proponents of same-sex marriage have organized a simple counterprotest for Wednesday, asking people to donate the approximate cost of a Chick-fil-A meal, about $6.50, to gay and lesbian rights groups, according to the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD).Friday's protest promises to be the more visible, as GLAAD is backing a "National Same-Sex Kiss Day" to be held at Chick-fil-A restaurants nationwide and encourages participants to take and post photos to the Internet.The organization says on Facebook that this particular protest is not a response to Huckabee's call to demonstration and that it was announced July 19 -- three days after the interview with Chick-fil-A's president .GLAAD encourages supporters not to go in groups and to keep the kisses on the conservative side.Currently, same-sex marriage is legal in six states: Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont, New Hampshire and New York, along with the District of Columbia. Washington and Maryland voted this year to allow same-sex marriages, but the laws have not taken effect.Another five states -- Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, New Jersey and Rhode Island -- allow civil unions, providing state-level spousal rights to same-sex couples.Opinion: The right way and the wrong way to protest Chick-fil-APresident Barack Obama, who previously opposed same-sex marriage, said in June he now supports it. At least four Democratic officials in three major northern U.S. cities spoke against Cathy's views, some essentially telling the Atlanta-based restaurant chain not to try to expand in their cities.Boston Mayor Thomas Menino told the Boston Herald last week he doesn't want Chick-fil-A in his city. The company is considering opening a location there."Chick-fil-A doesn't belong in Boston. You can't have a business in the city of Boston that discriminates against a population," he said.Menino also wrote to the company, urging Chick-fil-A officials to "back out of your plans to locate in Boston."Philadelphia City Councilman James Kenney sent a letter to Cathy, telling him to "take a hike and take your intolerance with you" and vowing to introduce a resolution at the next council meeting condemning the company.And Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said "Chick-fil-A's values are not Chicago values."This drew perturbed reactions from conservatives."I have been incensed at the vitriolic assaults on the Chick Fil-A company because the CEO, Dan Cathy, made comments recently in which he affirmed his view that the Biblical view of marriage should be upheld," Huckabee writes on the Facebook page calling for the protest to support the sandwich company.Opinion: Chick-fil-A and free speechHe went on to accuse "the left" of too often taking a stand on "same sex marriage, abortion, or profanity" and of labeling Christians as "homophobic, fundamentalists, hate-mongers, and intolerant," if they "affirm traditional values."Although Chick-fil-A's business stands to both benefit and suffer this week, the company has announced the appreciation day was not its idea. 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The project set to redefine Hays' future development was unveiled Tuesday at the Hays Area Planning Commission's meeting.
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The project set to redefine Hays' future development was unveiled Tuesday at the Hays Area Planning Commission's meeting.
Matt Bucchin, senior associate of Kendig Keast Collaborative, presented the scope and timeline of the undertaking. The consultant group will spend a year crafting new subdivision and zoning rules for approval.
The consultant said the process would stir "controversy."
The rewrite is different from the city's 2012 comprehensive plan because it has a direct effect on residents' lives.
The possible sweeping changes might affect zoning districts, land use, lighting and other aspects of the city.
"When you apply it to your livelihood and business, your ability to put up signage, the amount of landscaping and parking spaces that are required for new buildings, that translates to direct feedback with people's pocketbooks. So the conversation changes," Bucchin said.
The group will return to Hays throughout the project to confer with commissioners and solicit public input. The endeavor aims to update the rules set in 1973, fix inconsistencies and close loopholes.
Sessions took place throughout Tuesday at the Hays Welcome Center for community groups to share their opinions. Neighborhood associations, developers, realtors, lenders, local agencies, architects and contractors attended the meetings.
Paul Wildeman, representing Hays Neighbors, said housing is a key issue. He predicted affordable housing would spur economic development.
"If we had smaller lots, more affordable to develop, more affordable housing -- which all ties together -- we would end up selling more homes to the entry-level people that would get more entry-level income type people in town, which would attract more business," Wildeman said.
Kelly Koenke, representing Homes by Cornerstone, said the city's water restrictions have discouraged homebuyers from choosing large corner lots and pursuing expensive landscaping.
The consultants will return July 28.