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Posted by Anonymous on 04/05/2008
I had been wanting to try CAFE CORTADITO since I read the review in the NYMAG. Unfortunately it was the worst experience I have ever had with a restaurant in my life. We had a 9 pm reservation for 4 people - we were sat right away which was nice but then the trouble started. We tried to open a second bottle of wine halfway through our meal and we were told no because people were waiting for our table. This was at 945 - It is not as if we had dragged our meal out - we were only 45 mins in! In addition, we opted to order eight smaller plates to taste and share between all of us and we were told another reason we had to leave was that we didn't order enough. We were perusing dessert menus when the hostess/owner (?) came over to us and told us NO to dessert and it was time to go b/c they had people waiting. Everyone in the restaurant had been seated before us and no one else was being rushed through their meal. It was appalling to me that we were basically being told to leave a restaurant when we were contemplating ordering more food. Overall, we were treated in an extremely rude manner and although the food was good - I will never go back - The best way to treat a paying customer is to not throw them out the door 45 mins into their meal. Rude.
Posted by Pissed off Patron on 04/04/2008
I had been looking forward to trying Cafe Cortadito since I read the review in NYMAG. I have never been treated in such a rude manner in all of NYC. After we were rushed through our first couse, the hostess informed us that we were not allowed to open our second bottle of wine (with 4 people) to drink with dessert because there were people waiting for our table. We had a 9pm reservation and were basically being told we had to leave by 10pm - immediately folllowing our second course - Every single person in the entire restaurant had already been eating when we sat down and we were the first people asked to leave. While we were considering ordering dessert, the hostess came and took our dessert menus away and told us we were done. RUDE RUDE RUDE. and the food did nothing to make us overlook that. never going back - a real shame considering the atmosphere was fantastic with infinite potential!
Posted by R. Guzman-Easter on 03/27/2008
I have fallen in love with this little spot! The food is incredibly scrumptious. Everything was seasoned to perfection- nothing over or under-done. My husband had the churrascos (?) and I had the vaca frita. I was stuffed to capacity, yet couldn't stop eating. I had an intense compulsion to lick my plate! The service was nice, water was always refilled quickly and the atmostphere reminds you of a little cafe in the middle of Havana. Very cute and authentic. It is a small little place and the only downside is there is currently no wine list, but they do allow you to bring your own. My husband and I both agree - this is by far the absolute best cuban food we have ever had. I can't wait to go back.
Posted by Barbara on 01/04/2008
We went last night for dinner, we were 8 people, made a reservation the night before, and were accomodated with no problem. The place is tiny but you never have the feeling of waiters or other customers "brushing" on you, so the atmosphere is very comfortable. Warm colors and joyful but non intrusive music in the background make you want to stay. The service was attentive and very nice, they asked which bottle we wanted opened, recommended appetizers, answered questions about the menu, always refill the water glasses without having to be called. And now about the food, rarely in this town of restaurants I have had the feeling that I was tasting something not only flavorful and delicious, but also so authentic. We tasted all the appetizers on the menu and they were all very good my personal favorite being the Empanaditas de Carne. We shared a Cubanito sandwich that could have probably used a little more "kick" with some hot sauce. Then we had the Ropa Vieja, very tasty, the Churrasco that was cooked to perfection and very juicy, the Vaca Frita that was a crowd favorite, and the Chuleta de Puerco so flavorful my mouth is still watering thinking about it. As dessert we had the Tre Leches, great consistency, two different textures and levels of sweetness, in other words the perfect ending to such a spectacular meal. Overall, the experience has been so great that now we are spoiled and want to make this our regular hang out spot.
Posted by Neighbor on 12/27/2007
This restaurant has excellent Cuban food at a very reasonable price. Everything, from the ensaladas to the steak entrees to the bocaditos, is delicious. The atmosphere is cozy and charming and the servers never rush you, even when there's a wait for tables. Best of all, it's still BYOB...
Posted by gregarious on 12/27/2007
Went there only once for lunch. The food is very good and affordable, and the place is very nice. Will go back.


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Thank you, [President of the Naval War College, Rear] Admiral Rempt. Distinguished faculty, honored guests, members of the graduating class, families and friends.
What a wonderful day for a graduation! It's a shame that meteorology is not an exact science, or you could have taken this tent down and we could have enjoyed this beautiful Newport weather. But it's a great atmosphere inside here anyway.
Admiral, thank you for that warm welcome. President Johnson on one occasion received a particularly effusive introduction and he commented afterwards, saying he was just sorry that his late parents couldn't be there to hear it. He said, "My father would have been so proud. And my mother would have believed it!" [Laughter]
But today the honor is truly mine. It is a privilege to be able to join you this morning to recognize the Class of 2003 at America's oldest military graduate school.
I was also very pleased to learn that roughly half of your military officers here come from other branches of the U.S. military, which makes us I think a truly joint military graduate school. And that is particularly important in an era when we are taking jointness to unprecedented levels.
And in an era when coalition warfare is the order of the day, I was also pleased to learn that this class includes 70 international students from 58 countries around the world. I thank you because you bring an added dimension to the academic program and your attendance is a tribute to the quality of education here at the Naval War College.
It's customary in commencement speeches to say something about the dynamic world that graduates are about to enter and how that change is going to affect their lives. But that traditional message doesn't work on this occasion with this audience. You are graduating, but you are certainly not commencing. "To commence," after all, is "to begin." And when you return to your fleet or to your units you will not be beginning a brand new career. You will be going back to the noble profession to which you have chosen to dedicate your lives. But you will be going back enriched by what you've learned here and by what you will continue to learn with the tools that you've acquired here.
There have been dramatic changes in the world during your year at the Naval War College, particularly in the world of the military. You will be going back to operational assignments having had a chance to study those developments from a critical perspective. Your study here has prepared you to bring fresh ideas to the dynamic process of innovation that is underway in our military today.
One of the most significant elements that you observed was the battle of Iraq. I expect like many of the rest of the country you were glued to televisions for much of March and April. The battlefield -- or what we should more correctly call "the battle space" -- is the ultimate classroom for your profession and we are still learning the lessons from those crucial weeks.
But some of those lessons are already obvious, and they indicate lasting changes in the way the United States Armed Forces will operate in the future.
Some of those changes have been in the works for quite a long time. And I'm sure that many of you in this room and many here on the stage with me have contributed to those changes. But in the last year the whole world has had a chance to see what they are, and the effect has been dramatic. Thanks in part to yet another innovation, the concept of embedded reporters, the world has had a chance to see some remarkable changes in our military:
So the question is not whether you will adapt to these changes. I have no doubt that you will. You are professionals. The real question is whether the organizations that we work in will adapt as well.
But adapt they must. The world has changed, both technologically and politically. The Armed Forces that many of you joined were organized to fight an enemy that no longer exists, along boundaries that were fixed and identifiable. Our enemy today does not have those attributes. He is illusive and often invisible. He uses unconventional weapons against unconventional targets including the American heartland. The conflict is, in a word, asymmetric, and we must be able to respond in kind.
The battle in Iraq -- like the battle in Afghanistan before it -- is a dramatic victory in the war on terrorism. There have also been important silent victories in the last year achieved by extraordinary international cooperation among intelligence, law enforcement, and military authorities of dozens of countries. Efforts have killed and captured terrorists, among them the mastermind of the September 11th attacks, Khalid Shaykh Mohammad.
But these victories are just battles in the larger war on terrorism. As President Bush said in announcing the end of major combat operations in Iraq, "The battle of Iraq is one victory in a war on terror that began on September the 11th, 2001 -- and still goes on."
Our purpose is not to manage terrorism or simply to arrest and prosecute terrorists after they have attacked us. Our goal is to destroy and delegitimize it the way slavery and piracy were delegitimized in the 19th Century.
The global war on terrorism needs to be understood as a two-front war. The first and most obvious front is the effort to kill and capture terrorists and to dismantle terrorist networks. That is not just a military operation; it is an effort that requires all the instruments of national power including intelligence, law enforcement, and diplomacy. We are making important headway every single day. The enemy is on the run. We are destroying his bases of operation, his organization, his sources of funds, his ability to move and communicate, and his ability to strike. That is the first front in the war on terrorism. In the command and staff positions you will be assuming shortly, you will be on the front lines of that war. And let there be no doubt, we will win this war! [Applause]
As the President has said, "We do not know the day of final victory but we have seen the turning of the tide. No act of the terrorists will change our purpose, or weaken our resolve, or alter their fate," the President said. "Their cause is lost. Free nations will press on to victory."
And we will win in part because our military is the best equipped, best trained, best led fighting force on earth, and we have the support of dozens of other freedom-loving nations that are part of our coalition -- many of them represented here today. When we engage militarily, the outcome is certain.
But there's a second front in the global war on terror, the challenge to build what President Bush called "a just and peaceful world beyond the war on terror," particularly in the Muslim world. That means helping a liberated Iraq to become the free and democratic country that it can be. It means resolving the Arab-Israeli conflict. Winning the peace is an even greater challenge than winning the war.
But even though the war on terrorism will continue to consume our time and attention, it is vital that we also continue the transformation whose initial effects were demonstrated so dramatically in the battle in Iraq. We need to sustain that effort not only to win the war on terror, but to deter the wars of the future, or if necessary to fight them successfully.
The American military has an extraordinary history of innovation in time of war. Some might even say that we are more innovative under the stress of war than in the leisure of peace. We should use the urgency of the present war on terror to continue transforming our military not only to win this war but to be prepared to win, or (even better) to prevent, the next one.
Needless to say, transformation means profound change. And not only technological change. Not even primarily technological change. The changes enabled by new networking and information technology take the potential of joint operations to a dramatically new and unprecedented level.
And that is more than a mechanical change. It requires a change in the way we think and the way we organize. It is properly described as a cultural change. If we're going to depend on one another in wartime, then we must forge the bonds of trust in peacetime. And that means our training has to become increasingly joint as well.
With that thought in mind, we are developing a joint national training capability to create a distributed environment with a global reach in which individuals and units will receive training and experience in joint operations at the strategic, operational, and tactical levels. It should include a live training component, connecting live training exercises, and allowing best practices to circulate among the Services. It should also include a virtual capability to link Service training centers. We want to increase the amount of joint field training that our forces receive because we need to train like we fight, as a coherently integrated team.
All of that requires what Secretary Rumsfeld has called a culture of "innovation and intelligent risk-taking."
Someone once remarked on the huge number of failures that Thomas Alva Edison had suffered in his efforts to develop a new battery. "Some 50,000 failed experiments," this observer said, "with no results." "Results?" Edison replied. "Why, I've gotten a lot of results. I know 50,000 things that don't work." [Laughter]
I'm sure I don't need to tell this audience that for all of their outstanding attributes, military organizations are not always the most welcoming of change. That great American inventor, who is better known for his successful invention of the steamboat, Robert Fulton, was contracted by a foreign government to try to build a submarine. After an embarrassing trial of his new submarine, he was approached by an admiral from that foreign navy who snorted, "Thank God we still fight our battles above the waves and not beneath them."
Well, we have to be prepared for change. In the interest of jointness let me tell a story on the Army. Our Army. It's a story of an infantry officer who began to write about the future of armored warfare here in the United States in the 1930s. Instead of generating support, he was chastised by his commander who told him that, if he published anything that was contrary to what was called "solid infantry doctrine," he would be court-martialed.
It took the intervention of General Pershing's chief of staff to save that soldier's career. That soldier, so interested in the future of armored warfare, who was nearly retired as a colonel, was Dwight David Eisenhower. The rest, as they say, is history.
In one sense, of course, the successful organization is right to question too much innovation. There's an old proverb that says, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." And given the high stakes that attach to military decisions, there are good reasons to be conservative about risk-taking.
But there's another side to the same story. Professor Clayton Christensen of the Harvard Business School—in his book The Innovator's Dilemma—has pointed out that the most successful companies—the ones that seem to have done everything right—have been the most vulnerable when disruptive innovations come along. As he put it, I quote, "The very decision-making and resource-allocation processes that are key to the success of established companies are the very processes that reject disruptive technologies…."
Today one of our fundamental challenges is to encourage prospective Eisenhowers to inspire each of you to think about the war of the future.
During my present tour at the Pentagon, I have been privileged to know some remarkable innovators -- and I'm sure there are many in this audience today. The Commander of Central Command, General Tommy Franks, is a great example. In Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, for example, Special Forces on the ground took 19th century horse cavalry, combined it with 50-year-old B-52 bombers, and using modern satellite communications, produced a truly 21st century capability. When Secretary Rumsfeld was asked what he had in mind by reintroducing the horse cavalry into modern warfare he replied, with a big grin, "It's all part of our transformation plan." [Laughter]
As I'm sure you're all aware, the Naval War College has been one of the great generators of innovation for the U.S. military. During the period before World War II, naval officers here first thought about the concept of mass carrier operations. It was here that Plan ORANGE -- the prophetic concept for operations for a war against Japan -- was developed, long before Pearl Harbor. More recently, under the leadership of Admiral Art Cebrowski, this college developed the concept of network-centric warfare.
And at the same time this institution maintains a curriculum that is traditional in substance, with a focus on the Great Books and lots of history. Some of you probably say too much history, because you had to work at it. But that combination of innovative and classical thought has enabled the Naval War College to produce military leaders who harness an understanding of the past and the potential of technological progress to produce new ideas for the future.
So as you graduate you will take with you what is in effect a liberal education in the military art. The capacity for independent, critical thought and reflection and the ability to question assumptions and previous modes of warfare will give you an advantage over your adversaries in an age of great uncertainty and rapid change.
That classical education does several things:
In the summer of 2001 who would have dared to predict that by the end of the year Americans would be viciously attacked on our own shores by an enemy without any capital, without any conventional military force?
And who could have predicted that, within weeks of that attack, America would be at war in land-locked Afghanistan?
Or who would have dared to predict that by the time the last fires of the World Trade Center were extinguished, U.S. forces would already be in Kabul?
While technology confers many advantages, it cannot synthesize the value of interpersonal debate and discussion. There is simply no substitute for face-to-face learning and interaction between students and faculty and among students themselves.
Keep in touch with your classmates after you leave. You will cross paths again, and you can continue to learn from one another.
Education, as opposed to training, teaches us that clichés about war -- like the three-to-one rule for offense -- have fallen by the wayside. Unorthodox battle plans, such as those employed in Afghanistan or in Iraq, cannot be found in any textbook or manual. They were the product of military leaders who grasped the lessons of military history and applied them in entirely new circumstances.
Let me mention just one example: In preparing the urban offensive on Baghdad, one that many predicted would result in horrendous loss of life, General Franks and his staff developed a brilliant plan that was informed by the lessons of the Russian military experience in Grozny. But rather than simply taking away the superficial lesson that urban operations can be used to defeat advancing conventional armies and therefore should be avoided, their critical thought process allowed them to understand a fundamental difference about Baghdad -- a city with people awaiting liberation and blessed with wide boulevards. That was an important distinction from Grozny that could easily have been missed. No manual could tell you that. It proves that education is not the same thing as training.
We've entered a period in which discrepancies between militaries are far greater than any time in the recent past. The world of homogeneous armed forces that fought the same way with the same weapons is a recent development. And asymmetric warfare is not a new phenomenon. It is the story of our own national military history -- of Continental Army forces firing from the trees and wearing down a numerically superior, better-trained, and better-equipped British force.
Whatever conflicts lie ahead you can be sure they will be as different from Iraq as Iraq was from Afghanistan … as Afghanistan was from Kosovo … as Kosovo was from Desert Storm … as Desert Storm was from Just Cause…. Successfully meeting the challenges of the future will require continuous questioning of accepted truths, a constant pursuit of lessons from history, and lessons from technology that may have relevance to our contemporary situation.
Given the premium we place on innovation, we require a joint officer corps that has studied not only the technique of its profession but the very logic of war as an instrument of policy, a joint officer corps that is not afraid to ask questions and to come up with answers that seem to violate bureaucratic norms and conventional wisdom.
It is no accident that the commanders in Iraq include distinguished graduates of this institution. They include the commander of the Atlantic Fleet, Admiral Robert Natter, who won the college's Distinguished Graduate Leadership Award in 2000. They include the Vice Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral William Fallon … the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Vice Admiral Charles Moore … as well as the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Readiness and Logistics, Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn, who recently retired. It's a long list.
It's been said that this college made its greatest contribution to winning this war 10 or 15 years ago, when it educated the men and women who are now taking the fight to the enemy.
And you will be following in their footsteps. You have been preparing for what we expect will be senior leadership responsibilities. That is the sole purpose of this institution. In the 21st century we need leaders who can both think creatively and carry out orders.
Charles William Elliott had a distinguished career over 40 years as President of Harvard. When he was retiring in the early part of the last century, he was treated to a dinner by his faculty. The Harvard faculty, fell all over themselves to offer one praise after another for the retiring president. One finally said, "President Elliott, during your tenure here, Harvard has become a veritable storehouse of knowledge." And Elliott replied, "What you say is true, but I can claim little credit for it. It is simply that the freshmen bring so much and the seniors take so little away." [Laughter]
You have brought much to this institution, but I'm pretty certain you're also taking a great deal away. So I want to congratulate you, wish you best of luck as you continue your careers, and in closing leave you with the words of President Theodore Roosevelt, who walked these very grounds near the turn of the last century. A man of great vision and courage, Roosevelt said, "We see across the dangers of the great future, and we rejoice as a giant refreshed. The great victories are yet to be won, the greatest deeds yet to be done."
Thank you. May God bless all of our brave men and women in uniform, and may God bless America.


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By Rudi WilliamsAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 22, 2005 A $10,000 check is a wonderful reward for doing something you'd do anyway without even thinking about being paid for your efforts.
That's how much money "Operation Helping Hand" was granted on June 20 as the first-place winner in the 2005 Newman's Own Awards competition. To enter, volunteer organizations were asked to present an innovative plan to improve the quality of life for the military community and receive funding to carry out the plans.
Judges selected 11 of 177 entries for top honors in the annual competition that's sponsored by Newman's Own, Fisher House Foundation and Military Times Media Group.
"Operation Helping Hand" garnered the top prize for lifting many burdens off the shoulders of 150 families of severely injured and wounded combatants from Iraq and Afghanistan being treated at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Tampa, Fla. Sponsored by the Tampa Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America, the program ensures that families don't have to worry about food, car repairs, gasoline or other necessities of life so they can focus on their hospitalized loved one's recovery, according to Robert J. "Bob" Silah, president of the association's Tampa chapter. He accepted the award during Newman's Own ceremonies in the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes.
"Operation Helping Hand just got started less than a year ago," said Silah, a retired Navy captain. "The idea came from the James A. Haley Hospital in Tampa. We got a call one day asking if the Military Officers Association would be interested in helping families of the wounded. I'd never thought about it. I took the request to our board of directors, and surprisingly, they were unanimous in giving me the authority to do this."
The association's first move was to launch a solicitation campaign, sending out about 7,000 letters seeking donations to finance the project. The Tampa Chamber of Commerce liked the idea and sent out about 5,000 e-mails requesting assistance.
"We were blessed in that the money started coming in," Silah noted. "One of the biggest things I was worried about was that we made this promise and wouldn't have the backing. Thank God we had it and the money kept coming in and we kept helping the families.
"You can imagine that when the families start arriving to be with their loved ones, they don't get much help," Silah continued. "The government does help them with travel expenses and quarters, but that's it. When these families get there, they have very little help with food, local transportation, phone cards - you name it. There are so many requirements that we help with."
Family member stay at the Haley House, which is a series of rooms in the Holiday Inn near the VA hospital. A Fisher House is planned for the Tampa VA hospital grounds.
Silah noted that the VA hospital's spinal cord injury and comprehensive rehabilitation units treat some of the most severely injured servicemembers from the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan. Patients' treatment at the hospital range from three to 10 months. The patients returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are treated for brain and spinal cord injuries, blast injuries, blindness and amputations.
"Every request for help goes through the hospital, and if it isn't verified by the chaplain, we don't approve it," Silah said.
"Once a servicemember wounded or injured in Iraq or Afghanistan is sent here to the hospital, his family comes in to be with him and we help them with their requirements - transportation, food, lodging, anything," Silah noted.
Family members include wives, children, moms and dads, brothers and sisters and grandparents. Some of them suffer being uprooted from jobs, loss of pay, and arriving in a strange city with no car and little money. They're viewed as important members of the VA hospital's rehabilitation team, according to Silah.
"We've even helped when some ladies didn't have proper clothes to go to a Purple Heart ceremony," he said. "A lady's car broke down, so we had a mechanic go over and fix it. Fortunately, we have enough money to do these things."
Silah said the organization also provides air transportation so the wounded troops can go home once in a while. "So we not only help them with requirements when they're in Tampa, we help them get back home for whatever needs they have," Silah said. Operation Helping Hand asks the public and business community to help the military families with rental or leased cars, bus or taxi fare coupons, cell phones or phone cards, gasoline coupons, amusement par and movie tickets, restaurant or food market gift certificates and any comfort or recreation items that will make the families' stay in the Tampa area more enjoyable, he said.
Corporations and businesses, civic associations, churches and veterans groups in the greater Tampa Bay area provide cash and in-kind donations. There are also many individual donations, including a Canadian citizen and a servicemember serving in the Middle East. One donor sent in food coupons clipped from a Sunday newspaper. Several people invite military families to stay in their homes while they're in Tampa.
"It's gratifying to help them for what they and their loved ones did for us," Silah said.
Operation Helping Hand receives thank you cards from several grateful families, such as one from Michael and Rebekah J.: "Thank you for the wonderful gift bag. It is organizations like yours that help bring light to situations like ours. Michael was injured in Iraq and suffered a head injury and loss of both eyes. Again, thanks you for the added support and prayers."
A card from Carrie H. M., mother of Pfc. Eric J. reads: "I just wanted to thank you for your help, extra help you provided. Unfortunately at times like these, problems mount and so does the frustration of trying to take care of everything. I appreciate all of what you do for us. Your organization is wonderful and you should be proud of what you do. It's nice to know that there are loving people out there when help is needed. God bless you all."


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"Every day, I knew God was with me. He lifted the world off my shoulders." — Jill Winebrenner.
"Every day is a gift." — Jill's husband, Tony Winebrenner.
It has been more than four years since the accident that brought the life Jill Winebrenner lived to a halt.
Though she has suffered through seven surgeries to try to fix her broken pelvis, was told she would never get out of a wheelchair and still suffers constant pain, she says she wouldn't change a thing.
"It's not the best thing that happened to me, but it brought my life to reality," she said.
On Tuesday, March 6, 2007, Winebrenner was going to work at the Whitley County Abstract and Title Company on a typical day. She was walking across the street at Van Buren and Main, and for some reason, crossed at the crosswalk instead of just walking across where she had parked as was her norm.
Her head was filled with what she had to do that day — the closings she had, Rotary Club and a cooking class with Stan Horne.
As she crossed the street, a Ford 150 pickup truck hit her.
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The Weekly Blab 5.5
The Weekly Blab
Volume 5, Issue 5—September 20, 2010
Welcome to the fifth issue of the fifth volume of the Weekly Blab, where there's much to comment on and much to not comment on. Don't know what I mean? Read on…
The Week in Review
For those following the beautiful game, Chelsea is now 5-0, having beaten Blackpool 4-0 on Sunday. Thus far, Chelsea really hasn't had to play any tough teams. We'll see what happens when they do. If you want to see something crazy, check out these pictures of Stephen Ireland's house (he plays for Aston Villa), especially the last one of his daughter's room. Some soccer players are obviously being paid too much!
SPSU didn't fare quite as well as Chelsea, losing its first regular season game since 2008, 1-0 to Bryan College; and then losing again 3-2 against Mobile University in double overtime. Better luck next time.
We got news that graduate enrollment at SPSU this term has passed 700 for the first time. The programs in IT and Accounting are really growing quickly. Great job to Nicki and to the faculty and staff in those areas.
I got a copy of the textbook I'll be using next term when I teach Main Group Chemistry. I'm really looking forward to this, not having taught an advanced inorganic chemistry course since 1999. My previous college didn't have a chemistry department (we cobbled together an Environmental Chemistry degree while I was there), and the Chemistry program at SPSU is, of course, quite new and only offering these advanced courses for the first time. Back in the old days, I used to teach advanced inorganic every year, alternating main group chemistry and transition metal chemistry. I spent some time laying out a syllabus and some course outcomes for the class, and I've started reviewing the material. On Tuesday, I attended the first meeting this year of the Chemistry Club. About a dozen students turned out, and the ice cream was excellent. The club plans to do a chemistry event with the Girl Scouts next month. Stephanie McCartney is doing an excellent job advising the club, and they'll have lots of great activities.
On Wednesday, SPSU hosted Phillip Jennings, author of "The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Vietnam War", thanks to our own Prof. Roger Soiset (SIS). Jennings was a marine helicopter pilot in Vietnam and an Air America (CIA) pilot in the "secret war" in Laos. About 100 people, mostly students, attended the talk in H-203. It was an interesting talk that presented a conservative view of the Vietnam War. Jennings' view can be summarized as follows: President Johnson ignored the advice of his military leaders, and basically tried to fight a contained war. The United States won a major victory during the Tet Offensive in 1968, basically destroying the Viet-Cong's ability to fight further (the North Vietnamese carried the war from that point on). When Nixon became president, he put into action the same plan that the military had suggested to Johnson, namely, to bomb military targets in Hanoi and blockade Haiphong. This forced the communists to the negotiating table, where they basically surrendered to the US. The famous scene of US diplomats being evacuated by helicopter from the embassy came two years later, as a result of the US not fulfilling its treaty obligation to the South Vietnamese, who fought bravely, but lost. The media basically lied about the war after 1968, led by Walter Cronkite who became an 'expert' after a one-week visit, thereby turning middle-America against the war. A number of our Chinese exchange students were present at the talk. I'm curious to know what they make of this view, and what they were taught about the Vietnam War back in China. My own views? I won't comment other than to say that I think the situation was far more complex than the above outline suggests.
Speaking of not commenting on things (as it were), I trust most people have seen the article in the Thursday Atlanta Journal-Constitution about UGA submitting proposals for Engineering to the Board of Regents, and the subsequent Board of Regents meeting on Wednesday. The press was present at the meeting, and reported a lively debate. We'll see how things come out, and in the meanwhile, continue our quest for excellence within SPSU's seven engineering and six engineering technology programs.
Thursday, the Faculty Senate endorsed the Honor Policy statement adopted by our Student Government, and will consider the faculty's adopting this statement at its next meeting. It also voted to eliminate reading day for the fall and spring semester, since this year's calendar constrained us to only three days of finals if this wasn't done, and this led to lots of scheduling problems. Steve Hamrick has devised a new academic calendar (to start Fall 2011) that contains 15 full weeks of classes and five full days of finals by starting classes the Wednesday of what was kickoff week. This solves almost all scheduling problems, and also allows for a reading day. It will be taken up at the full Faculty meeting.
I also used some frames that Jeff Orr was kind enough to find to frame several record albums I got from the library. Jeff had already done this with several albums in his office, and the results looked so good I wanted some in mine. If you want to see some really great kitschy artwork from the early 60's (the albums are: the Four Freshmen "First Affair"; Ray Ellis and his Orchestra "Let's Get Away From It All"; Alvino Rey and his Guitar Orchestra "Popcorn"; and Jack Jones "This Love of Mine"), stop by for a visit.
Friday, the ad-hoc Academic Integrity Committee nearly finished its work of editing the policy document that they will present to the Deans Council and then to the Faculty Senate. All that remains is to finalize the reporting form to be used for incidents of academic misconduct.
Saturday night to Sunday night was Yom Kippur, a 24-hour fast. I'm not sure which is harder—the 24-hour straight Yom Kippur fast or the month-long sunrise to sunset Ramadan Fast. Yom Kippur is a time for personal introspection and prayer for a good year. You all have my wishes that the upcoming year will be a good one for you and your families, and for SPSU.
Treatment of Part-Time Faculty
Treatment of part-time faculty is something I've written about from time to time, most recently in this year's first Blab: "Nationwide, the percentage of faculty in tenure-track or tenured positions has declined, and depending on whom you believe, is currently as small as 33%. This trend has been accelerated by the recession, but has been going on for at least 20 years." Not surprisingly, the AAUP has noticed, and issued a report entitled Tenure and Teaching-Intensive Appointments where it argues that as American universities rely to a greater and greater extent on lecturers, full time temporary faculty, and part timers ("contingent faculty"), they need to move contingent faculty to the tenure track. The AAUP report further argues: "For faculty who wish to remain in the profession on a part-time basis over the long term, we recommend as best practice fractional positions, including fully proportional pay, that are eligible for tenure and benefits, with proportional expectations for service and professional development. [Italics theirs]"
While many contingent faculty would like to believe that the AAUP proposals have a chance of becoming reality, I'm afraid that the chance is quite small. A few universities—the Pennsylvania State System, St. John's, Santa Clara, Western Michigan, Colorado-Boulder, and Rutgers—have converted some selected contingent positions to tenure track. It's a pretty thin soup, since none have done a general conversion or laid out ongoing means by which further conversions will continue. Part-timers being paid at proportional rates to full-time faculty almost never occurs. Why? It's because most universities use contingent faculty in part because they cost less. If the cost were the same, what would be the point? The two categories would then become one.
Just when I was thinking that the report was a pointless polemic, it took a sudden turn and reported things that some universities are doing that make more sense. For example, the University of Colorado-Boulder has decided that instructors (what we call lecturers) can now be tenured (with no change in pay, rank, or expectations). Rider University allows adjuncts to get "preferred" status, and gives those who have it for three years annual contracts contingent on sufficient enrollments. Adjuncts also have ranks (adjunct instructor, adjunct assistant professor, etc.), which presumably have higher pay for higher ranks. In many cases, universities have given their part time faculty explicit academic freedom rights.
SPSU has submitted an innovation initiative to the USG (which has asked for such initiatives as projects for its Executive Leadership Institute) to investigate what other universities are doing to enhance the academic security of lecturers and part-time faculty that might be adopted within the USG, and to prepare a draft policy for consideration. We'll see if the initiative is chosen for adoption.
Last Week's Trivia Contest
Last week's contest generated several strong applicants, only one of which got them all right. Diane Mercure (Office of Sponsored Programs) wins the usual jazz CD. Here are the correct answers:
(1) What was the name of the smarmy kid that was Wally's best friend? Eddie Haskell
(2) In what town did the Cleavers live? Mayfield
(3) What was the Beaver's elementary school teacher's name? Miss Canfield or Miss Landers
(4) What was Lumpy's real name? Clarence Rutherford
(5) What was to be the first episode of the show was actually broadcast second, due to not being able to pass the CBS censor. What did the censor object to? It was the first TV program to show a toilet. There were several wrong answers submitted, most of which cannot be printed!
This Week's Trivia Contest
As usual, the most correct answers take the swag. This week, our questions are all about Superman.
1. What is Superman's dog's name?
2. What does red kryptonite do to Superman?
3. What studio produced the original (and excellent) Superman cartoons?
4. What 2006 movie was about the death of George Reeves, the actor who played Superman on TV?
5. What did Superman do in the first Superman movie (the one with Chris Reeves) that is expressly impossible by the "rules" of the comic books?


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Mr. and Mrs. Draper in Hawaii? The possibilities are endless! Imagine if Mad Men — just for a moment — shed its serious vibe and did a Gidget/Elvis/Brady Bunch-style romp. Well, probably not. Imagine if Jon Hamm had similar difficulty hiding his, er, gifts, as he had on the streets of New York and Boston. Er, no such luck. OK, how about Jessica Pare showing off her flawless skin and body in a super cute floral bikini while Jon gives us a good look at his chest in all its unwaxed glory? Success! Actually, these pics, from the first shoot of the show's season six premiere, are rather promising. Don and Megan look like they're trying to smooth out the difficulties their career-related fights caused at the end of last season, but we bet there will still be a considerable amount of tension between them too. Come up with your own theories on what will go down in the Aloha State when you look at these pics:
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Producer: Foxhole Productions
John McCain For President: "Freedom"
Running Time: 00:30
Debut Date: 10/31/2008
Ad Buy: "key states"
Cost: not available
Summary: Reflecting back upon his military service, McCain asserts he can lead the country and improve the economy.
Script of "Freedom" (TV)
JOHN MCCAIN [v/o]: I've served my country since I was 17 years old,.and spent five years longing for her shores. I came home dedicated to a cause greater than my own.
We can grow our economy. We will cut government waste. Don't hope for a stronger America. Vote for one. Join me.
ANNOUNCER [v/o]: McCain.
JOHN MCCAIN [v/o]: I'm John McCain, and I approve this message.


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Lewis Cellars Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2005
Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa Valley, California
Winemaker's Notes
Our 2005 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon is a broad-shouldered blend of 93% Cabernet and 7% Cabernet Franc, crafted from Pritchard Hill, Calistoga, Rutherford and Oak Knoll hillside vineyards. The nose is saturated with blackberry and sweet oak spice, tinged with toffee and chocolate. On entry the wine is brooding, tightly packed with fleshy fruit and sinewy texture that gathers richness and length on the palate with satisfying, fine-grained tannins.
Critical Acclaim
Connoisseurs' Guide - "As deep and defined and impressively structured as any wine in this issue, Lewis adds to its recent string of show-stopping Char-donnay successes with a Cabernet that stands with the best. A big, highly extracted wine whose concentration and sheer sense of scale are matched by few, it shows layer upon layer of cassis, creamy oak, cola, chocolate, coffee and loamy soil qualities that outdistance its ample young tannins and handily buffer its scant edge of heat. Downright enthralling, yet only a shadow of what it is bound to become, it deserves seeking out and needs to be cellared for ten or more years."
Wine Spectator - "Firm, rich and chewy, this is tight, concentrated and focused, with a layered, complex mix of loamy currant, cedary oak, sage and wild berry, gaining depth and length on the finish, where the flavors are deep and persistent. Best from 2009 through 2015. 2,200 cases made."
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It's hard not to think of Napa Valley when thinking of California wines. The region is, after all, the one that brought world recognition to California wine making. The area was settled by a few choice wine families in the 1960's who bet that the wines of the area would grow and flourish. They were right. The Napa wine industry really took off in the 1980's, when vineyard lands were scooped up and vines were planted throughout the county. A number of wineries emerged, from large conglomerates to small boutiques to cult classics. Cabernet Sauvignon is definitely the grape of choice here, with many winemakers also focusing on Bordeaux Blends. Whites are usually Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc.
Notable FactsWithin the Napa Valley lie smaller sub-AVAs that lend even more character specifics to the wines. Furthest south is Carneros, followed by Yountville, Oakville & Rutherford. Above those two is St.-Helena and finally, just grated an AVA, Calistoga. These areas are situated on the valley floor and are known for creating rich, smooth Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Chardonnay. There are a few mountain regions as well, nestled on the slopes overlooking the valley AVAs. Those include Howell Mountain, Stags Leap and Mount Veeder. Wines from the mountain regions are often more structured and firm, benefiting from more time in the bottle to evolve and soften.
About CaliforniaIt's not rare to see a wine's country of origin listed as "California." A country into itself in the wine world, California makes enough varieties and styles to match many European wine countries. It produces a diverse range of wines that span the quality spectrum.
The most famous of the California wine regions is Napa Valley, and these wines are certainly outstanding – but it's not as broad and diverse as its larger neighbor, Sonoma County. Down south, Santa Barbara's Santa Maria Valley is well-known for its Rhône blends, as well as cool-climate varieties like Pinot and Chardonnay. The Central Coast, the largest California AVA, has many different microclimates that lead to a wide range of wines with many sub-AVAs.
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Kmart Sues Rain Man for Slander Over "Kmart Sucks!" CommentChad Haskell • Jul 1st, 2009 • Section: Movies
Hoffman Estates, IL – In what is sure to become a very high profile case, Kmart, a subsidiary of the Sears Holding Corporation, has filed a lawsuit against Raymond "Rain Man" Babbitt.
The company claims that after "Rain Man", the 1988 documentary film about Babbit's life in which he uttered the words "Kmart sucks", their stock and sales headed into a downward spiral. They claim this spiral resulted in a loss of revenue, continually poor stock performance, the closure of many of its retail stores, and its eventual takeover by Sears Holding Corporation.
A Kmart employee, who wished to remain anonymous, said, "Our founder, Sebastian S. Kresge would have rolled over in his grave if he would have heard all the offensive things that window licker said about the company he [Kresge] worked so hard to build."
As stated in the lawsuit filed last Friday by the firm Bendini, Lambert and Locke, acting attorney Mitch McDeere said, "Raymond Babbitt slandered Kmart locally, nationally and worldwide when he uttered those now famous words and our company's performance has suffered ever since."
Protests outside the Walbrook Hospital where Babbitt resides remained relatively peaceful as laid-off former Kmart employees gathered carrying signs that read "Raymond is a Card Counter" and "Who's on first?". However, things escalated slightly when patients at the hospital started chanting "Hot water burn baby!" and hurling smoke detectors at the crowd of former employees.
Raymond Babbitt was not available for comment because he was out driving slow on the driveway. However, his representative, who wished only to be referred to as "Vern" had this prepared statement: "Raymond, who only heard about this frivolous lawsuit on 97X, BAM!! The Future of Rock and Roll, feels he definitely is not at fault for the substandard quality in Kmart's products over the years and plans to file a counter suit. Furthermore, Raymond would like to go on record and say that he only buys his size 32 Hanes boxer shorts from the Kmart located at 400 Oak St. in Cincinnati."
Vern also said that Mr. Babbitt will be recording this lawsuit in his red book as a "serious injury" and is looking forward to bringing his case before Wapner.


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- Publisher: Big Ant Studios
- Release Date: Jun 3, 2014
- Also On: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
- Summary: Features a comprehensive 20 year career mode which is providing machinations of cricket off the field.
- Developer: Big Ant Studios
- Genre(s): Cricket
- Cheats: On GameFAQs
- More Details and Credits »
Score distribution:
Positive: 3 out of 5
Mixed: 2 out of 5
Negative: 0 out of 5
Apr 14, 2014Easily the best cricket game of this console generation and possibly of any generation. Yes, this is very probably the finest cricket game ever made - though that's not really saying very much.
Apr 14, 2014While I fully acknowledge that Don Bradman Cricket 2014 isn't the finest sports game out there and isn't a patch on the production values of, say, FIFA, Madden or NHL games, it does generally play a good game of cricket, and this is the game that we fans of the sport have been waiting for, so with that in mind I'll reemphasise this; this is the greatest cricket game ever produced.
Apr 22, 2014It may not have any competitors, but it's one that is sure to impress fans. [May 2014, p.80]
Apr 14, 2014Big Ant should be commended for attempting to reinvent the cricket game experience and imbuing it with gameplay depth and fidelity unheard of in the genre to date, but there are just a few too many bugs and quirky design choices that hinder the overall experience.
Jun 3, 2014It is strong when it comes to emulating cricket, and gameplay mechanics are better than anything we've seen from cricket games over the last few years. However, the so-called "budget" feel that permeates the title detracts from an otherwise decent effort. [Issue#148, p.125]
Score distribution:
Positive: 18 out of 22
Mixed: 2 out of 22
Negative: 2 out of 22
Apr 15, 2014For overwhelming majority of us this is the best cricket game ever made, this game captures the intimate and most complex intricacies of theFor overwhelming majority of us this is the best cricket game ever made, this game captures the intimate and most complex intricacies of the great game of cricket. Whole hearted congratulations to BigAnt Studios for nailing the game-play sure this might not be your run of the mill fifa headed by EA in terms of polishing and graphics but given the market and relatively unknown studio they have done what even the most accomplished has not ever ventured into.As far as the game is concerned the negligible bugs and glitches would be ironed out in the first patch as early as end of this week. After most of the people would agree that this game would be a solid 10. Again not sounding like a broken record from the bottom of my heart Thank-you once again.… Expand
Apr 19, 2014One of the best cricket games to date, the game demands patience and rewards the players with its amazing game play experience. I know thereOne of the best cricket games to date, the game demands patience and rewards the players with its amazing game play experience. I know there are a few bugs but BigAnts dedication to listening to and improving the experience further is really creating a franchise on par with Big Budget multimillion dollar games with massive advertising budgets. DBC 14 - Game changer!!!… Expand
Jun 29, 2014This Game beats all.. DON BRADMAN CRICKET..
What a game to play..
The graphics and the player resemblance are not good.. But, OMG, thisThis Game beats all.. DON BRADMAN CRICKET..
What a game to play..
The graphics and the player resemblance are not good..
But, OMG, this have got absolute stunning dynamics and shot variations.
FIFA's, NBA and nothing stands to this games variation factors...
Career Mode.. That keeps you addicted... Its too hard to learn this game, but it gives you all the great excitements of Cricket...… Expand
Apr 16, 2014!!!! *Patch is through and now fielders have icon over head in outfield and other tweaks!!! Game is even more sensational now!!* !!! What a!!!! *Patch is through and now fielders have icon over head in outfield and other tweaks!!! Game is even more sensational now!!* !!! What a cracking title. A simulation rather than an arcade hit-out - and a really outstanding effort IMHO. Was stressed out when first started playing it, as I downloaded the 'best teams' and they were not at all good (especially the modern ones). Also the learning curve, especially in career mode, was pretty full-on (it sets you at pro level and lifts that level for international play)!
Had to do a bit of hunting online and discovered some forums / groups were voting on their mates 'creations' early on (boys will be boys! But this lass will not stand for it, haha) and they have been at the top from the start (from beta stage apparently) and they do not shift. The same dudes vote down other teams as they rise up (!!). I wish some of my fellow Gen Y'ers would stop embarrassing us with this kind of desperate behaviour, but it is hardly surprising.
I dug around, ignored the trolls talking up their own teams and sought out some neutral / objective information on teams / players. Than I struck gold....
Thanks to "Chunnster_Lives_" (user / creator dude) I have the meanest Black Caps team now (I need, as mentioned earlier, for my team and players to look like their real world counterparts, especially the Andersons, Taylors, Neeshams and McCullums and co)... and his other international sides, world elevens and IPL squads are mean az as well!! I can even play HRV Cup t20 competition now!! Come on Northern Districts!! 8-)
I have always been one of those gamers / girls that does not like no licences. I hate generic skin colour and fake gear and stat-less teams, so I was over the moon to find out facebook info on proper teams being made by an adult (chunnster_lives_)... skeptical for sure... but having seen the teams at the top of the table, i was honestly contemplating returning the game or selling (hard to return these days) due to the underwhelming top 50 (and beyond) teams.... they just had not been fully or even half finished (I even had multi-cloured bat handles when that takes two seconds to change)... and the likenesses were very lacking in detail and underwhelming, even at long range (playing).... But once I had the chunnster_lives_ teams downloaded with the player links and photographic quality Kyle Mills and Neesham and others... I was sold. Doubtless forum trolls and others will think I just am chunnster_lives_ so I implore you to just go check them out for yourself. Just choose what you like, but do not be a sheep and go for the eye-sores riding high. You will regret it.
Currently I am happy to declare this baby my GOTY.... certainly the best sports title of the year. If you dig cricket, you'd be crazy not to own it. Just do not cry and stress when see the teams high in the rankings... they are not the best teams.... but there are some wicked units uploaded and some real diamonds in the rough (and creators have done some good old teams from like the 40s and ***, but they do not interest me).... I do not know what is the reason for the ratings system not working, I have learned to ignore them (the stars)....
If you have made all the teams / players yourself (I could not be bothered, though tried, it takes days and days it seems to do one team) and have a cracking set of teams or players then you are good to go!! But otherwise, try and track down a good creator like 'chunnster_lives_' or you may find yourself unnecessarily disappointed. Basically I learned the obvious rule of reading information on forums that eluded me before that..... they are talking each other up and searching, inwardly, outwardly, for some form of recognition... lonely, propped up like deflated warriors over their keyboards and dreaming of human love, they forget that any sense of 'fame' for making teams is imagined and a tad sad... the community wants the best teams OVERALL / in the world and teams, no offence, by adults preferably... The ones done by those young forum guys were alright, considering their adolescence..... but as a follower of cricket (above gaming or anything else)... it was the teams by 'chunnster_lives_' (others too, but not 20-plus by the same creator, so it is easier to recommend him) that seemed authentic to me.... as if the teams had asked him to do them for them or something, ya know? The others were all very "oh, that'll do".. "close enough" kind of stuff.... As an informed gamer and cricket fan, I did not want the best of the worst by some kids, I wanted the best. Got them now. So, be informed / vigilant when you get your teams.... the top ain't the top peoples... that's all I can say. The game itself is just too fun.. grab yourself a copy and give it the old whackity-doo!!… Expand
Apr 13, 2014Good game , a new experience overall in cricket game...This game changes revolution of future cricket games...
Only some glitches in gameGood game , a new experience overall in cricket game...This game changes revolution of future cricket games...
Only some glitches in game made me to give 9/10,else it would be 10/10… Expand
Apr 13, 2014For the first time ever, we have a cricket game that you can tell was made by a team who truly understand cricket. Rather than premeditateFor the first time ever, we have a cricket game that you can tell was made by a team who truly understand cricket. Rather than premeditate shots based on a ball marker, you have to bat like a real batsman. Rather than press a couple of buttons to bowl the same ball over and over again, the wide range and combinations of input means you have to bowl like a real bowler. This feels like cricket like never before.
The game is not perfect, and being a lower budget game, at the time of writing you will notice glitches and flaws on a reasonably regular basis, some minor, and some frustrating. However, the developer is extremely well connected with the community, listens and responds to feedback on a daily basis, and has promised free patches as time goes on to resolve the problems the community want fixed the most. Having been involved with the community I have no doubt that this is true.
Even despite the current issues, many of which will no longer exist over the coming months, this is the best cricket game of all time.… Expand
Apr 16, 2014Game is full of bugs and glitches that have to be seen to be believed. Some things I look at and just wonder how can this have been releasedGame is full of bugs and glitches that have to be seen to be believed. Some things I look at and just wonder how can this have been released in this form, given all the release delays and shoddy games that have come before?
Career mode is broken despite it being the game's biggest drawcard. Brad Haddin bowls more overs than Doug Bollinger. Its also very boring and shallow. Teams never change over the course of 20 years, fixtures are broken, no injuries, play at tthe same boring and unlicensed stadiums over and over.
Fielding is cataclysmically botched. A complete abmoniation.
Customisation is good with the cricket academy - Ill give them that.
AI is broken - they can't bat to save themselves and the difficulty imbalance between batting and bowling means matches against the AI are non-competitive, frustrating, unrealistic and predictable. AI will always lose wickets in the middle order again and again. Skill points assigned to players make absolutely no difference to how they perform.
Head to head matches aren't any better unfortunetely. The shoddy cameras make it impossible to play.
The learning curve for batting is far too unreasonable. The polar opposite to bowling. To actually make runs you have to exploit the game's weakness and hit to the legside every ball. To not bowl out the AI for over 150 you actually have to try. AI is pathetic.
Online is completely broken and unplayable on PS3. Bugs online are on par with Ashes 13, with some really weird yet comical stuff happening. At least its good for a laugh but thats about it.
Graphics look dated - Ive seen games 5 years older look better. Only a handful of stadiums too - so not sure why they couldnt have made these things better.
A great disappointment - doesnt live up to the legendary name sadly. To pay this price for it is not value for money - there are many other sports games out there of higher quality going for a third of this price.
An overhyped, disgrace of a game.… Expand
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Pretty Little Liars Season 3, Episode 19 Sneak Peek: Spencer Is Really Losing It (VIDEO)
When Spencer Hastings (Troian Bellisario) voluntarily skips school, you know things are getting out of control.
In this sneak peek of Pretty Little Liars Season 3, Episode 19: "What Becomes of the Broken-Hearted" (February 12), the other Liars try to figure out what's going on with their friend — and how to snap her out of her funk.
Unfortunately, we have a feeling they won't be able to do much as long as they think Spencer's dealing with a regular grade broken heart, and not a super-sized betrayal.
Find more Pretty Little Liars spoilers here.
Catch the next episode of Pretty Little Liars on Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC Family.
Rebecca Martin is an editor at Wetpaint Entertainment. Follow her on Twitter @BeccaDMartin.


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They were first arrested in March of 2011 in separate incidents, each after being pulled over for traffic stops. Searches of their cars found over 25 pounds of meth total, in elaborate hidden compartments.
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Earlier in the season, the ability to create turnovers became the saving grace for a Ravens defense that was otherwise porous in terms of yards allowed.
Going into the playoffs having lost four of their last five games, the Ravens also have another streak they'd like to break: The defense hasn't come up with a turnover in the last three games.
After being as high as No. 2 in the NFL in giveaway-takeaway ratio, the Ravens ended the season plus-9 (tied 8th).
They couldn't force Peyton Manning or Eli Manning into mistakes, and failed to rattle Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton or his backup, Bruce Gradkowski, in Sunday's 23-17 loss.
In three games vs. the Ravens going into Sunday, Dalton had thrown just 1 touchdown and 4 interceptions.
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Economic development requires us to work closely with commercial property owners, business owners and developers to assure that all of our commercial districts are functioning at their highest and best use, contributing to the City's tax base and helping us achieve the community's vision and goals. We work to actively market our City, recruit new businesses and help existing businesses thrive. Our job is to match investors and business prospects with property owners to make sure that new developments meet our goals and that new businesses are a good match for community needs. We look for businesses that fill identified gaps in the tenant mix, complement existing businesses and generate traffic downtown. We also work to make sure that key buildings are occupied. We maintain current demographic information, analyze market forces and maintain a database of property owners and available properties. Having a solid plan and the necessary data to support business recruitment and commercial development allows us to take advantage of unanticipated opportunities.
The City's economic development goals include encouraging a healthy mix of commercial, retail, restaurant and residential uses within our commercial districts. Ideally every neighborhood in Decatur will have access to retail and restaurant opportunities within easy walking distance and commercial districts are developed to encourage more pedestrian activity and less dependency on automobiles. Private businesses should exist along with government services, non-profit organizations, institutional uses, retail and restaurant uses and downtown residential options. A well designed commercial district is one in which pedestrian connections are easily made and reliance on automobiles is minimized. In order to be truly self sustaining, Decatur needs to focus on recruiting more commercial tenants into its commercial districts and increase employment opportunities within the City. However, the City also has good access to downtown Atlanta, Midtown, Emory and the Clifton Corridor employment centers via MARTA and the CCTMA shuttle and these locations will continue to be important job centers for our residents.
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The City of Decatur is blessed with three distinct commercially zoned districts and several smaller pockets of properties that are zoned for neighborhood commercial use.
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The traditional, historic commercial center of the City of Decatur is known as the Downtown Decatur Business district. Centered around the historic DeKalb County courthouse and the courthouse lawn, the downtown business district includes over 15 blocks of fine retail and restaurant options. Located north of the railroad tracks, the downtown business district is anchored on the western edge by the Decatur Post Office and on the eastern edge by the Ice House Loft project. The downtown district includes a collection of small retail and restaurant districts featuring over 45 fine restaurant selections and over 40 distinctive retailers. From the historic square to the West Ponce de Leon Corridor to the Old Depot District to the East Howard Avenue area, these various smaller districts are linked by an outstanding network of tree-lined streets that make walking and window-shopping a pleasant option.
Oakhurst Business District
This small neighborhood retail district once served as the commercial center of the City of Oakhurst before it was annexed into the City of Decatur in the 1920s. The Oakhurst Village, as it is often called, serves as the heart of the Oakhurst residential neighborhood and includes a delightful collection of unique restaurants and retailers adjacent to the historic Scottish Rite Hospital building. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Historic Scottish Rite has been renovated to include both an art gallery and commercial office space. The Oakhurst Business district is centered around the intersection of East Lake Drive and Oakview Road and is easily accessible from the downtown business district via South McDonough Street. A very pleasant and walkable district, the Oakhurst business district is surrounded by some of the City of Decatur's most outstanding historic neighborhoods.
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Senior goalkeeper Katie Markesbery recorded eight saves against Toledo.
CINCINNATI - In the third of five road games to start the season, Xavier's women's soccer team fell to Toledo, 1-0, on Sunday afternoon. The Musketeers (0-3) stayed within striking distance of the Rockets (2-1-1) throughout the match thanks to a strong performance from senior goalkeeper Katie Markesbery and the Musketeer defense.
"It's frustrating to be in all three matches and come away with nothing to show for it," said Xavier head coach Woody Sherwood. "We struggled at times to create good chances in the first two games but we know we don't have to outshoot teams to beat them. Today we created the best two chances of the match but we failed to capitalize. We have a chance to bounce back quickly with a short turnaround for the match on Tuesday."
The Musketeers played Toledo to a scoreless draw through the first period. The Rockets broke the tie in the 65' mark when Isabella Echeverri scored on an assist from Geri Siudzinski to give Toledo the lead, 1-0.
The Musketeer offense increased its attack in the second half, taking four of Xavier's five shots in the final period. Sophomore forward Tori Doss led the offense with two shots, bringing her team-leading shot total to seven on the season. XU remained within striking distance with help from Markesbery's five second-period saves, but the Musketeers were unable to even the score.
Markesbery, a squad co-captain, totaled eight saves on the day, bringing her career total to 382. She currently sits in third place all-time for Xavier' career saves, 12 shy of second all-time.
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Photos from the 42nd Chaplin Award Gala Honoring Robert Redford
On Monday night, the Film Society of Lincoln Center honored Robert Redford at the 42nd Chaplin Award Gala. Check out photos from the star-studded event!
The Close-Up: Albert Maysles's 'Iris' and Kornél Mundruczó's 'White God'
For this week's edition of The Close-Up, the Film Society of Lincoln Center's podcast, we're featuring two films that are now in theaters: Iris by the late documentary master Albert Maysles and the Hungarian thriller White God, which was an official selection at this year's New Directors/New Films.
Trailers: The Seductive Cinema of Bertrand Bonello
The Film Society of Lincoln Center is celebrating French director Bertrand Bonello with a full retrospective, which starts today and runs through May 4. Watch trailers for seven of the films in the retrospective.
Films by Antonioni, Argento, Fellini, and More in Our Titanus Retrospective
The lineup has been announced for Titanus: A Family Chronicle of Italian Cinema, a retrospective celebrating the films of the Italian film studio Titanus that will take place May 22-31 in the Walter Reade Theater.
Robert Redford: Our Man from Sundance
The late Richard Corliss reflects on the career of our 42nd Chaplin Award Gala honoree. Corliss was the editor of Film Comment for 15 years and served on the New York Film Festival selection committee for 17. He will be greatly missed.
In 1972, The Birth of the Chaplin Award
The Chaplin Award Gala, our annual fundraiser supporting the Film Society and its programs, began with when founder Martin Segal brought Charlie Chaplin back to the United States. Here's how it all began.
Lineup Announced for Open Roads: New Italian Cinema
The popular annual festival takes place June 4 -11 at the Walter Reade Theater and will open with the North American premiere of Cristina Comencini's Latin Lover.
The Close-Up: Brett Morgen Demystifies with 'Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck'
Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck director Brett Morgen and editor Joe Beshenkovsky are featured in this week's edition of the Film Society's podcast, The Close-Up.
22nd New York African Film Festival Set for May
The New York African Film Festival, a joint effort of the Film Society of Lincoln Center and African Film Festival, Inc., is returning May 6-12. The 22nd edition will present 15 features and 13 short films from Africa and the Diaspora.
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Director Cecilia Dougherty's new film, Grapefruit, explores lesbian identity and pop culture. In her interview with Film Society of Lincoln Center she talks imagining a history with lesbians at the center.