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Just two days before the general election, President Barack Obama made his case to 13,500 people packed into the University of Cincinnati's Fifth Third Arena and 2,000 in an overflow room.
Obama cast the race in comparisons to the previous two presidents, comparing his policies with those of Bill Clinton and equating Republican challenger Mitt Romney's plans with those of George W. Bush.
"So stay with me then," Obama said. "We've got ideas that work, and we've got ideas that don't work, so the choice should be pretty clear."
With less than 48 hours before polls open on Election Day, a Reuters/Ipsos daily tracking poll had Obama and his Republican challenger locked in a statistical dead heat. However the same poll showed Obama with a slight edge in Ohio, up 48 percent to Romney's 44 percent.
Obama touted his first-term accomplishments, including ending the war in Iraq; ending Don't Ask Don't Tell, the policy preventing homosexuals from serving openly in the military; and overhauling the country's health care system.
"It's not just about policy, it's about trust. Who do you trust?" the president asked, flanked by a sea of supporters waving blue "Forward" signs.
"Look, Ohio, you know me by now. You may not agree with every decision I've made, Michelle doesn't always agree with me. You may be frustrated with the pace of change … but I say what I mean and I mean what I say."
Nonpartisan political fact-checker PolitiFact on Nov. 3 took a look at Obama's record on keeping his campaign promises from 2008. The group rated 38 percent as Kept, 16 percent Compromised and 17 percent Broken.
Twice during his speech the president was interrupted by audience members shouting from the stands.
The first was a man on the balcony level of the arena interrupted, shouting anti-abortion slogans and waving a sign showing mutilated fetuses before being dragged out by about five law enforcement officers. Both were drowned out by supporters.
Music legend Stevie Wonder opened the rally for Obama, playing a number of his hits, opening up "Superstition" with a refrain of "on the right track, can't go back."
Wonder discussed abortion policy between songs and urged Ohioans who had not already voted to do so either early on Monday or Election Day.
So far, 28 percent of Ohio voters have already cast their ballots. CNN reports that those votes favor Obama 63/35, according to public polling.
Meanwhile on Sunday, Romney campaigned before an estimated crowd of 25,000 in Pennsylvania, according to the Secret Service.
Political rallies always draw a number of the loyal opposition, and this late-evening appearance was no different. Only five people protested near the line to the arena, but what they lacked in number they attempted to make up for in message.
One large sign read "Obama: 666" and another "Obama is the Beast," alluding to a character in the Christian Biblical book of Revelation.
A man who only identified himself as Brooks carried a large anti-abortion sign that showed pieces of a dismembered fetus.
"I'm here to stand up for the innocent blood that has been shed in this land to the tune of 56 million," Brooks said. He said he was opposed to the politics of both major party presidential candidates.
"I pray for Barack Obama because his beliefs are of the Antichrist, just like Romney," Brooks said.
Brooks said his message for those in line was for them to vote for Jesus — not on the ballot, but through their actions and through candidates that espoused Christian beliefs.
"Obama is not going to change things, Romney is not going to change things," Brooks said. "In the last days there are many Christs, but not the Christ of the Bible. The Christ of the Bible is not for killing children, is not for homosexual marriage."
"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist." — President Dwight Eisenhower, Farewell Address (1961)
Just a day before the approval of Ohio's new district maps, Tom Whatman, a Boehner staffer, sent an email to Adam Kincaid, a staffer for the National Republican Congressional Committee, and others in charge of redistricting. In the back-and-forth, Whatman asks for a "small carve out" to include a manufacturing business in the congressional district for Rep. Jim Renacci, a Republican who has received support from the business in the past. Before 13 minutes had passed, Kincaid replied to Whatman, securing the change with no questions asked.
"Thanks guys," Whatman replied. "Very important to someone important to us all."
The Voters First graph, which mocks the 13-minute exchange with the title "Jim Renacci: The 13 Minute Man," can be found here. The full emails, which were released by the Ohio Campaign for Accountable Redistricting in a Dec. 2011 report, can be seen online here.Jim Slagle, who served as manager for the Ohio Campaign for Accountable Redistricting, says the emails are indicative of a redistricting process that is controlled entirely by "political insiders." Slagle says the interests of the people come second to politics under the current system.
If Issue 2 is approved by voters this November, the redistricting process will be placed in the hands of an independent citizens commission. Under the current system, the state government is tasked with redrawing district boundaries every 10 years. Republicans have controlled the process four out of six times since 1967, which is when the process was first enacted into law. The political party in charge typically redraws districts in a politically favorable manner in a process known as "gerrymandering."
On Saturday, Rep. Steve Chabot, who represents Cincinnati in the U.S. House of Representatives, told supporters to vote against Issue 2. Chabot is enormously benefiting off the current redistricting process. Cincinnati's district was redrawn to include Warren County, which has more rural voters that typically vote Republican, and less of Cincinnati, which has more urban voters that typically vote Democrat. The shift to less urban voters is emphasized in this graph by MapGrapher:
As widely predicted during the past week, Greg Harris was formally selected today to take the seat on Cincinnati City Council that was vacated when John Cranley resigned.
It's kind of like peeling an onion. Once you begin twisting, more and more layers are revealed.
Ever since CityBeat cited a letter last week written by a Hamilton County Probation Department employee listing the work she's done for the local Republican Party as a reason she should get a promotion, other county workers have weighed in via telephone calls and posts on local blogs about how common the practice is and what exactly is permitted under the law.
Violence begets violence; it certainly doesn't have the effect of bringing about effective communication that ultimately leads people to understand and embrace positive actions. So why would Ohio schools – institutions of learning and thought – allow hitting kids as punishment?
The Occupy Wall Street movement plans to occupy Sawyer Point this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., one of several protests planned in other cities since the protest over corporate money in politics began more than three weeks ago in New York. (UPDATE: The protest has been moved to Lytle Park due to an already scheduled event at Sawyer Point.)
The Cincinnati Enquirer did its usual muckraking on the subject, determining that the movement's "goals are vague" and then linking to a story quoting a member of the movement describing its goals quite succinctly:
The partnership will aid small businesses and startups through crowd funding, which connects multiple potential lenders so no single investor, including the city government, is carrying the a bulk of the burden. Since crowd funding gets more investors involved, it can also raise more money for promising startups and small businesses.
Businesses will be picked through SoMoLend's typical application process, which emphasizes startups and small businesses. Successful applicants usually have 15 or fewer employees, meet a few standards regarding business and personal finances and prove they actually need a commercial loan. In the past, businesses have raised as much as $1 million in loans with SoMoLend.
Applicants will also have to go through the city's application process. The city government will look at how many jobs are created, what's the capital investment involved, how much the city will give relative to private lenders and other similar metrics.
Even as the economy recovers, small businesses and startups are having a tough time getting loans in comparison to bigger businesses. So the focus on small businesses and startups is in part to bring beneficial fairness to the system, says Meg Olberding, city spokesperson. "Access to capital at all levels has to happen. And the city government feels like small businesses are key to growth in our local economy."
The partnership's focus on startups is economically sound. Governments and politicians love to herald small businesses as the drivers of economic growth, but studies suggest startups are more deserving of the praise. A paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research found that young small businesses, or startups, are the key drivers to economic and job growth.
As for why SoMoLend was picked over other platforms, Olberding says location and history played a role: "It's a local small business, so it's … demonstrating what we're talking about. It's also a demonstrated success in terms of bringing viable businesses to the market."
The partnership is part of an ongoing effort to spur small businesses and startups in Cincinnati. SBAC was created in 2012 to pave a clearer, better path that encourages such businesses in the city. SBAC reviewed, gave feedback and approved the new partnership earlier today.
Councilwoman Yvette Simpson, head of SBAC, praised the partnership in a statement: "I am excited that the SBAC approved the city's new partnership with SoMoLend today. By making city lending more efficient and expanding the network of small businesses receiving city assistance, this new partnership fits well into the SBAC's goal of making Cincinnati a better place for small business."
The Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center (IJPC) along with many other abolitionist groups say it does. Over time the public in Ohio has voted to eliminate one round of death penalty case appeals and the inadequate funding of defense in these cases has been eating away at the "super" due-process required by the U.S. Supreme Court. The intent was to put safeguard in place to make sure a fallible system implemented by fallible people wouldn't result in the death of innocent people. But those same fallible people are destroying that system little-by-little.


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Both are trying to stress that the drone is only a tool, not an autonomous robot.
All the overdone, exploitative, insincere, and decontextualized violence is now an autonomous statement about the world.
Abolishing the job means the intelligence agencies would revert back to the autonomous state they were in before 2001.
A spokesman for the autonomous region of Himaam, where Cadaado is located, welcomed the rescue operation.
Can art—creative art, where the spirit would seem most autonomous—itself determine reality?
What does "the autonomous development of small nations" mean to them?
To be strictly accurate, the significance of the -ness is not quite as inherently determined, as autonomous, as it might be.
But the autonomous activity was revived by the action of light on the pulvinule.
The autonomous activity of growth is ultimately derived from energy supplied by the environment.
1800, from Greek autonomos "having one's own laws," of animals, "feeding or ranging at will," from autos "self" (see auto-) + nomos "law" (see numismatics). Cf. privilege. Used mostly in metaphysics and politics; see autonomic.

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Rockstar Games says its most popular title, "Grand Theft Auto," will make its long-awaited return in September instead of this spring.
The publisher confirmed "Grand Theft Auto V" will launch Sept. 17 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
The game was originally scheduled to make its debut this spring, but was pushed back to allow for more development time, Rockstar says in a statement.
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The game is based in Los Santos, a fictional version of Los Angeles, Calif., last featured in the 2004 title "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas." "GTA V" will follow the journey of three characters: former street gangster Franklin, longtime ex-con Michael and "violent maniac" Trevor.


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But the tide was turning on this issue, an email from another constituent made clear.
But throughout 2012, signs have emerged that housing is turning around.
turning dramatically to the camera, he said, "President Obama."
He is, however, obedient about not turning on the stove burner without permission.
I heard steps behind me, and turning round I fired again for luck.
Things as trifling as the turning of a shell may restore you to your rights.
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late Old English turnian "to rotate, revolve," in part also from Old French torner "to turn," both from Latin tornare "turn on a lathe," from tornus "lathe," from Greek tornos "lathe, tool for drawing circles," from PIE root *tere- "to rub, rub by turning, turn, twist" (see throw (v.)). Expression to turn (something) into (something else) probably retains the classical sense of "to shape on a lathe" (attested in English from c.1300). Related: Turned; turning.
To turn up "arrive" is recorded from 1755. Turn-off "something that dampens one's spirits" recorded by 1971 (said to have been in use since 1968); to turn (someone) on "excite, stimulate, arouse" is recorded from 1903. Someone should revive turn-sick "dizzy," which is attested from mid-15c. To turn (something) loose "set free" is recorded from 1590s. Turn down (v.) "reject" first recorded 1891, American English. Turn in "go to bed" is attested from 1690s, originally nautical. To turn the stomach "nauseate" is recorded from 1620s. To turn up one's nose as an expression of contempt is attested from 1779. Turning point is attested by 1836 in a figurative sense; literal sense from 1856.
mid-13c., "action of rotation," from Anglo-French tourn (Old French tour), from Latin tornus "turning lathe;" also partly a noun of action from turn (v.). Meaning "an act of turning, a single revolution or part of a revolution" is attested from late 15c. Sense of "place of bending" (in a road, river, etc.) is recorded from early 15c. Meaning "beginning of a period of time" is attested from 1853 (e.g. turn-of-the-century, from 1921 as an adjectival phrase).
Sense of "act of good will" is recorded from c.1300. Meaning "spell of work" is from late 14c.; that of "an individual's time for action, when these go around in succession" is recorded from late 14c. Turn about "by turns, alternately" is recorded from 1640s. Phrase done to a turn (1780) suggests meat roasted on a spit. The turn of the screw (1796) is the additional twist to tighten its hold, sometimes with reference to torture by thumbscrews.


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I would now like to turn the call over to Mr. Dean Schorno, Vice President of Finance. Sir, you may begin your conference.
Dean Schorno
Thank you. Good afternoon everyone and welcome to Genomic Health's first quarter 2009 financial results conference call.
Before we begin, I would like to remind you that various remarks that we make on this call that are not historical, including those about our future financial and operating results, future plans and prospects, the success of our business strategy, the impact of clinical data on demand for our tests, economic benefits and value to payers of our tests, growth opportunities, future products, product enhancements and our product pipeline, demand for our tests and drivers of demand, payer coverage and progress in patient access, our investment in our product pipeline and commercial organization, clinical outcomes and timing of clinical studies, our growth potential, our plans for international expansion, the impact of the economy on our business, and our expectations regarding our ability to comply with potential FDA regulation, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act.
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Thanks, Dan. And good afternoon everyone, and welcome. Also with us today are Randy Scott, our Executive Chairman: Brad Cole, our Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, Steve Shak, our Chief Medical Officer and Joffre Baker, our Chief Scientific Officer.
I will begin today with highlights and accomplishments from our first quarter. Brad will them discuss our commercial progress and review our 2009 financial results. Finally, I will conclude the comments about our pipeline and upcoming date of presentation, including the recently announced positive results on the QUASAR colon validation study.
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Host Stephen Baker, author of "Man v. Machine," discusses Watson's performance on Jeopardy!, and the possible real-world applications of this technology with a panel of experts. The panel includes: IBM Watson Principal Investigator Dr. David Ferrucci, IBM Fellow and CTO of IBM's SOA Center for Excellence Kerrie Holley and Columbia University Professor of Clinical Medicine Dr. Herbert Chase.
I highly recommend taking the 33 minutes and watching this panel discussion. Some amazing bits of information about Watson's early beginnings, challenges, and what the future may hold. Exciting stuff!
And how about some other links about IBM's Watson while we're at it... lots of great info here:
As you digest all the information from the links above, I'll leave you with this: Jim Powers, a Worldwide Technical Enablement Lead for IBM Software Group, Sales, gave us some fun and interesting insights after Wednesday night's final Jeopardy! game.
Jim notes:
"I had the privilege of attending the Littleton lab event last night to watch Watson kick some (very smart) human butt with 300+ of my colleagues and their families. I was both impressed and proud (as was the rest of the audience), as we watched a machine about the size of several refrigerators make television history.
Some great food for thought there, Jim...
This week has truly been ground breaking for our understanding of what natural language processing can accomplish. I can't wait to see where this technology takes us in the future, both from the machine perspective personified by Watson, but also from the social-learning and social business perspective as Jim outlined. Exciting times!
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Iris Donnelly curated the photo exhibit of Cuba
On one wall of the Marika van Vessem Gallery, images of Fidel Castro and other socialist photographs are captured.
But beyond that wall and dotting the other walls of the gallery are images of a Cuba that few Americans ever see or are aware of — the real Cuba, according to proponents of the Witness for Peace. There are pictures of antique cars, gardens, graffiti art, architecture and other images of a nation that takes pride in music and art.
The Van Vessem art gallery at 63 Muse Way in Tiverton is currently hosting In Cuba With Witness for Peace, curated by Iris Donnelly.
"Cuba is a living, breathing country with beautiful people," van Vessem said recently.
She pointed out that the exhibit complements the mission of Witness for Peace, which, according to literature, supports "peace, justice and sustainable economies of the Americas by changing U.S. policies and corporate practices that contribute to poverty and oppression in Latin America and the Caribbean."
Literature submitted by van Vessem points out that this country's economic policies has led to poverty in Cuba.
Van Vessem pointed out a wall of photographs featuring graffiti art, a popular art form in Cuba, given the nation's poverty.
One handout states that the United States holds Cuba in the same light as some of the terrorist nations in the Middle East.
Some of the images depicted a country that is a far cry from the nation regarded as an enemy to the U.S.
Van Vessem takes special pride in the black-and-white section of the exhibit. One shows an elderly man, donning a cowboy hat, with a coy grin on his face. The photo just below it depicts a bicyclist at a cemetery, introspectively peering into the distance; that image is a symbol of Cuba's respect for the dead.
Another wall features festive dancers. Van Vessem noted that some of the girls appeared too young to be decked out in "dancers'" outfits. But another photo ironically depicted an older woman carrying something more designed for young girls — a doll.
Van Vessem said turnout for the gallery has been a bit slow, but participants are always pleasantly surprised when they walk in.
"People are quite surprised. Many go to concerts nearby and come in and are exposed to something that they were not actively participating in," she said.
The gallery has the perfect curator in Donnelly, who has worked with other misunderstood groups of people.
A Rhode Islander, Donnelly has done extensive work in Central America and for 10 years has been the photographer of the Chappaquiddick Tribe of the Wampanoag Indian Nation.
The exhibit also features work by award-winning Arizona photographer Michael Hyatt and New York City documentary photographer Eliud Martinez, whose work examines golbal diversity.
Page 2 of 2 - The exhibit runs through Nov. 23. Regular gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Wednesdays, 4 to 8 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 2 to 5 p.m. Saturdays, and by appointment. For more information about this or other exhibits, contact van Vessem at 401-835-6639.
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Inaugural EA SPORTS P.O.Y. Tracker
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Torrance, Calif. -- Although many previous EA SPORTS National Player of the Year selections have gone on to success at the higher levels of the game, the award truly rewards high school performance among the nation's top basketball players.
A player's position in respected recruiting rankings have little bearing on the selection each season. In most years, our national player of the year selection going back to 1955 has indeed been a consensus top five recruit, but the eventual pick usually played for a winning program with the statistical resume and championships to back up his POY candidacy.
In 2004, Lincoln of Brookyln standout Sebastian Telfair was the choice over eventual No. 1 NBA Draft pick Dwight Howard of Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy. Sure, Howard was the better pro prospect and has proven to be a more productive NBA player, but Telfair's Railspitters team beat Howard's SACA club and the Coney Island native scored 30 points, including the game-winning three-pointer. Telfair finished his prep career with three state PSAL titles, a state federation title and scored 2,785 career points. That scoring mark broke the New York state record of 1989 national player of the year choice Kenny Anderson. Those championships, records and the win over Howard's club was the difference.
In 2005, the pick was shooting guard Monta Ellis from Lanier of Jackson, Mississippi and though he was taken lower in the NBA Draft than he would have liked, there are some NBA GM's that are now shaking their heads wishing they would have picked the Mississippi scoring phenom a little higher. It didn't take a rocket scientist to pick Greg Oden of Lawrence North of Indianapolis in 2006 and last year it was basically a two-horse race between O.J. Mayo of Huntington, West Virginia and Kevin Love of Lake Oswego, Oregon. Whereas Love's team lost during the state tournament, Mayo led the Highlanders to an unprecedented third consecutive state Class AAA title. Individually, the USC freshman standout won all-state honors in three different states and three state crowns with two different teams.
There is some debate in basketball circles as to whom is the top player in the country this season. As a whole, the class isn't considered as strong as last year's bumper crop and that is reflected in player rankings, team rankings and the inaugural EA SPORTS National Player of the Year Tracker for this season. No less than 22 different players received some recognition as a top national player of the year candidate by a panel of ten respected basketball talent evaluators and journalists.
The top positions in the Rivals.com FAB 50 National Rankings figure to have some shuffling among the top teams as the season progresses and the same is true for the EA SPORTS POY Tracker. While nothing is certain in this year's topsy-turvy prep basketball season, one thing that will definitely not happen is the selection of last year's EA SPORTS National Junior Player of the Year, Delvon Roe, winning the top individual honor among players in all classes this season. Roe is likely out for the season after reportedly suffering a torn meniscus during the first quarter of St. Edward's (Lakewood, Ohio) overtime win over Campbell Hall (North Hollywood, Calif.) that was televised nationally by ESPN2 in December.
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Monroe, on two ballots last week, was hoping to impress his fans and our ten panelists, but the Georgetown recruit was limited to eight points. Al-Farouq Aminu, who was listed on one ballot, made a positive impression by breaking his team's 12-0 deficit with a bucket over Monroe and finished with a game-high 29 points.
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Just finished the season...overall it was just an "alright" for me in some spots I felt it really dragged and I came out thinking it could have been so much better.
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scpanther22 posted a topic in Nerdvanalooking forward to it..can even see a quick shot of black panther in there. I imagine there is gonna have to be some adjustments from the comics becasue Marvel doesn't have all the film rights to certain characters.
Makes me wish we didn't have to wait so long for Luke Cage.
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Apparently the 2010s are not the most disgusting period in Washington politics-in the antebellum period acrimonious politics combined with chewing tobacco to make the Capitol a disgusting place
Not as brutal as I thought it might be. Ironically, Mark Twain is much rougher on Americans than Dickens was in this book. Perhaps because Twain was picking on his own ... perhaps because Twain spoke the truth.
I both read and listened to the LibriVox and Gutenberg versions, retreating to Gutenberg when the fake Enlgish accent of one reader grated on my nerves. I kept comparing this to Domestic Manners of the Americans, wherein Fanny Trollope worked herself into a state about the dreadfulness of America, and thought how much more thoroughly enjoyable it was to read Dickens on America. He loved some things, didn't plenty others, but the prose was so enjoyable and the contrasting wit and seriousness made for a far better impression than Mrs. Trollope's diatribe. I was very much taken with his in depth visits and descriptions of American prisons, which I didn't expect. The depth of feeling against the solitary confinement prison was powerfully expressed. Overall, very very enjoyable.
Fascinating narrative of Dickens' trip to America. This travel book gives all the delicious historical details usually missing from similar works and from novels. You get all the spit, filth, and tortuous travel details (the story of the canal travel is particularly entertaining) as well as his impressions of various American Institutions. This is both an interesting tale in and of itself as well as a treasure trove of historical information.
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Charles Dickens was the most famous of many travelers of his time who journeyed to America, curious about the revolutionary new civilization that had captured the English imagination. His frank, often humorous descriptions in his 1842 account cover everything from his uncomfortable sea voyage to an ecstatic narrative of his visit to Niagara Falls. Yet Dickens is also critical of American society, its preoccupation with money, and reliance on slavery, as well as the rude, unsavory manners of Americans and their corrupt press. Above all, American Notes is a lively chronicle of what was for Dickens an illuminating encounter with the New World.
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I get the feeling the Cubs are going to regret not giving Sandberg the job.
Not at all. If you look at Sandberg's track record as a minor-league manager, he loves bunts. Not just bunts to move runners over, bunts in general. In essence, he loves giving up outs, which is the antithesis of the philosophy espoused by Epstein and Hoyer, who remember that you only get 27 of them, and each one is precious. Sandberg simply didn't fit with the organizational philosophy.
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You're right about Sveum being a stopgap manager. I never was that impressed with him, but I guess at least he's treading water however barely. You've valid points about Sandberg not being what Epstein wants, though my main source of hand wringing is hey... if we're going to have a guy in there losing, it may as well be somebody the fans like. If nothing else, the guy deserves a chance, and it's not a big gamble since the club isn't competing anyways.
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Pie 314 Everyday EateryJune 19, 2014Pizza • Lewisville, United States
Sean Conner: The Worst Bartender You've Ever Heard Of, But You Have Heard Of Him.
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Sean Conner: The Worst Bartender You've Ever Heard Of, But You Have Heard Of Him.
In general the Service in Turkey wasn't that good, but here, they elevate Shitty Service to an entirely different level. Eat somewhere else!
Eat, and then walk next door and watch the Women's' Exercise Class.
Go somewhere else! I've been here twice this year and it sucks beyond belief.
Chances are Barry Schulte will be here. He's a True Caniac; visit #518 on Nov 8th, 2013.
I thought my food was good but concerned that the cashier had little knowledge of what was in your meals.
There's nothing fast about this Starbucks!
It's always fun onboard the Mr. Cocktail!
Don't use this Avis Location! The Customer Service here is the absolute worst!
Disappointing Place; Not Need to Add to your List of Options in The Colony.
Don't plan on grabbing a bite here before you're Flight. The choices are very limited and the Lunch Ladies are not very accommodating. Must be Government Subsidized.
This is one of the Restaurants that you go to once a year to remind yourself that it's not worth your time and money.
I got a good tip from Local Law Enforcement; Hotel NYLO. It's right down the street, way cooler and, you won't have your Car burglarized.
People are breaking into cars at night and ransacking them. I got robbed on 7/31 and checked out. Apparently it happens a lot.
STL is reason #1 NOT to do business in St. Louis. The City/Airport Authority needs to get their act together; it's a First and Last Impression.
If it wasn't for the fact that there's no availability at other nearby Hotels, I would never stay here.


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text: 1 of 11 10 Amazing Apple Recipes for Fall View All < > An apple a day? Totally doable when you these inventive, healthy, and delicious new ways to eat the fruit. From salads to soups to dessert, these rockstar recipes are ideal for autumn and beyond. < > Apples and Cinnamon Breakfast Quinoa SkinnyTaste.com Start again? You may also like recipe gallery 4 Healthy Recipes from Celebrity Chefs This Recipe Skill Level: Beginner Serves: 4 Start to Finish: Less than 30 minutes Prep: Cook: Nutrition Facts Amount per serving: Total Calories: 301 36mg Sodium50g Carbs6g Fiber8g Fat1g Saturated Fat Sugars9g Protein118mg Calcium Iron Shape recipes on Foodily 30136mg50g6g8g9g1g Quintessential fall flavors turn a bowl of quinoa into a warm and comforting morning meal that will keep you satisfied until lunch. Ingredients: 1 cup dry quinoa, rinsed well1 1/2 cups water1 teaspoon cinnamon, plus more for sprinkling2 teaspoons vanilla extract1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce1/4 cup golden raisins1 cup warmed fat-free milk (or non-dairy milk)1 gala apple, peeled and diced1/4 cup pecans, chopped Directions: 1. Combine quinoa, water, cinnamon, and vanilla in a small saucepan over high heat and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer, cover, and let cook for 15 minutes until quinoa can be fluffed with a fork.2. Divide cooked quinoa between four bowls. Stir in applesauce and raisins, and pour in milk. Top with apples, pecans, and more cinnamon.Recipe provided by SkinnyTaste.com Shape recipes on Foodily You can use your keyboard to see the next slide ( ← previous, → next) By Locke Hughes Follow @LockeVictoria Topics: healthy fallfall recipesfall foodsbreakfast recipeslunch recipesdinner recipeshealthy desserts


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Google Q3 2014 Earnings hit and a miss
This afternoon Google announced their financial Q3 2014 earnings, this just a short while after Apple held their 2014 iPad event. Generally Apple's events squash every other kind of technology news released during the day, but Google's earnings - especially ones that turn their stock into a rock - should be strong enough to break on through. What we're seeing today is Google's CFO Patrick Pichette announce that they're excited about the growth in our advertising and emerging businesses."


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April 25, 2013
On Tuesday, April 16, Casey Stashenko, 14, and Joey Mendrick, 12, advocated for lawmakers at the Capitol to pass a bill requiring mandatory CPR training for high school students.
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Wednesday, April 29, 2015
#Random : Hobby!
I'm kind of person who play the same favorite song over and over again all day long.
I'm currently in love with Ed Sheeran and his music, really calming.
Ed Sheeran
But, still, my most favorite music is the sound of the rain fall on the roof. Well, who doesn't?
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Wednesday, March 11, 2015
#Random - Living The Life
Living the life
. Hidup dalam hidup itu sendiri atau menjalani hidup atau menghidupi hidup. Yang mana saja!
Semua orang yang bernafas pasti '
living the life
' tanpa ditanya dulu mau atau tidak.
Tidak ada satu pun orang yang minta dilahirkan kedunia -- well, teori ini bisa jadi salah sih, karena tidak ada yang pernah benar-benar berfokus pada kehidupan SEBELUM kehidupan itu sendiri. Yang sering kita dengar pastilah kehidupan SETELAH kehidupan ini.
Dari fase bayi, anak-anak, remaja, hingga dewasa tak ada yang benar-benar siap. Setiap anak kecil didorong memasuki ranah remaja--oleh masyarakat, oleh umur. Setiap remaja diseret masuk dunia orang dewasa--sekali lagi oleh masyarakat, oleh umur. Dengan embel-embel "ketika saya seumuran dia saya rasa saya lebih rajin, lebih baik, lebih dewasa. Kenapa manusia jaman sekarang begini? Begitu?" Bukti bahwa sebagian besar orang tua sekarang JUGA diseret masuk ke dunia orang dewasa.
Sebagian orang menghabiskan hidupnya mengikuti jalan yang dia pilih sendiri. Kesusahan atau kesulitan, pasti setiap orang punya. Tapi mau menghadapi atau menghindari adalah pilihan. Atau menghadapi dengan bersusah payah, menghadapi seadanya, menghadapi dengan pasrah, juga pilihan.
Berapa banyak anak kecil yang pernah kita temui berbicara layaknya orang dewasa? Tentang hidup, tentang Tuhan, tentang pemikiran-pemikiran relatif yang kita semua harap benar adanya. Pemikiran seperti"orang baik pasti selalu menang di akhir." Seperti dalam plot-plot
Hanya saja kadang kehidupan punya alurnya sendiri. Ia malas dicap
. Jadilah ia dengan plotnya yang anti-
. Supaya apa? Supaya dunia banyak warnanya? Kalau banyak warnanya memangnya kenapa juga? Dengan satu-dua warna bukankah hidup tetap hidup?
Kembali lagi ke anak kecil dengan pemikiran dewasa. Bukan anak kecil yang sok dewas-dewasaan dengan make up, tagar OOTD di akun-akun liar. Tapi anak kecil dengan prinsip. Dengan kesadaran sekaligus penyesalan diri akan hidupnya yang jauh berbeda dengan hidup anak-anak seusianya. Yang mencoba menganalisis kenapa dia jadi berbeda. Mungkin karena orang tuanya. Mungkin karena Tuhan. Tapi tidak cukup berani menyalahkan siapa-siapa. Kita pasti berdecak kagum seandainya pernah bertemu. Anak kecil yang bilang, "Kenapa sih mereka ini kekanak-kanakan sekali?" padahal dia juga anak-anak. Dan ketika diseret ke dunia dewasa sesungguhnya dia sudah terlalu lelah. Cahaya mataharinya sudah redup karena bersinar terlalu lama. Tapi sekali lagi hidup punya plotnya sendiri. Sering kali orang baik harus mati di akhir cerita. Supaya apa? Mungkin supaya penonton sadar bahwa orang yang benar-benar baik tidak pernah mengharap
atas kebaikannya. Atau karena akal-akalan hidup saja supaya dia jadi yang paling terkenal di antara kematian, nasib, perasaan, dunia.
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Sunday, February 1, 2015
The Imitation Game : Love or "Love"?
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We all so proud of our love. For so many times. Love towards our boy/girlfriend, our parents, our best friends or even our self.
This movie successively made me questioning about the love I'm so proud of this whole time. Does it still allowed to call it love when your heart decided to give it to random person? because people said you can't choose to whom you fall in love. It happened to Alan Turing. His heart chose Christopher like we all have to our loved one. Homosexual had been a sensitive issue this day. But this movie brings some questions to me personally. How can a love called love? Should it be in the right place as always or we all actually can not choose at all?
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Friday, November 21, 2014
A Letter Before Christmas
As you well know, we are getting closer to my birthday. Every year there is a celebration in my honor and I think that this year the celebration will be repeated.
During this time there are many people shopping for gifts, there are many radio announcements, TV commercials, and in every part of the world everyone is talking that my birthday is getting closer and closer. It is really very nice to know, that at least once a year, some people think of me. As you know, the celebration of my birthday began many years ago. At first people seemed to understand and be thankful of all that I did for them, but in these times, no one seems to know the reason for the celebration. Family and friends get together and have a lot of fun, but they don't know the meaning of the celebration. I remember that last year there was a great feast in my honor. The dinner table was full of delicious foods, pastries, fruits, assorted nuts and chocolates. The decorations were exquisite and there were many, many beautifully wrapped gifts.
But, do you want to know something? I wasn't invited.
I was the guest of honor and they didn't remember to send me an invitation. The party was for me, but when that great day came, I was left outside, they closed the door in my face .. and I wanted to be with them and share their table. In truth, that didn't surprise me because in the last few years all close their doors to me. Since I wasn't invited, I decided to enter the party without making any noise. I went in and stood in a corner. They were all drinking; there were some who were drunk and telling jokes and laughing at everything. They were having a grand time.
To top it all, this big fat man all dressed in red wearing a long white beard entered the room yelling Ho-Ho-Ho! He seemed drunk. He sat on the sofa and all the children ran to him, saying: "Santa Claus, Santa Claus"as if the party were in his honor!
At midnight all the people began to hug each other; I extended my arms waiting for someone to hug me and do you know no-one hugged me. Suddenly they all began to share gifts. They opened them one by one with great expectation. When all had been opened, I looked to see if, maybe, there was one for me. What would you feel if on your birthday everybody shared gifts and you did not get one?
I then understood that I was unwanted at that party and quietly left. Every year it gets worse. People only remember the gifts, the parties, to eat and drink, and nobody remembers me. I would like this Christmas that you allow me to enter into your life. I would like that you recognize the fact that almost two thousand years ago I came to this world to give my life for you, on the cross, to save you.
Today, I only want that you believe this with all your heart. I want to share something with you. As many didn't invite me to their party, I will have my own celebration, a grandiose party that no one has ever imagined, a spectacular party. I'm still making the final arrangements..
Today I am sending out many invitations and there is an invitation for you. I want to know if you wish to attend and I will make a reservation for you and write your name with golden letters in my great guest book. Only those on the guest list will be invited to the party. Those who don't answer the invite, will be left outside. Be prepared because when all is ready you will be part of my great party.
See you soon. I Love you!
Share this message with your loved ones, before Christmas
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When will you get married?
"When will you get married?" So many people ask me that question like each time they see my face. It's not a big deal for me at all, but it just make me think that; do they really think I'm ready enough to be a wife? A mother? Because I'm only 22 years old for your information Madam, Sir. I'm too young and not ready at all – this now on. I agree that maturity is not about age, it's inside your mind. However, you can't get rid of how age can define someone's maturity. I don't think marriage in a very young age—20 – 23 yo – is a good choice. I live in a eastern society and people used to marriage in young age. It even become a disaster when a girl not married yet in age of 25 yo! How come? I just don't get it. I don't avoid married in young age. I just hope that people get married because they want to, they're ready for it. Not due to the society.
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Once upon a time a budding artist and crafter decided to teach some sunny little art courses to other people also interested in creating stuff. After a few happy months of playing with ideas, ...
Once upon a time a budding artist and crafter decided to teach some sunny little art courses to other people also interested in creating stuff. After a few happy months of playing with ideas, creating works, crafting, studying, printmaking and generally making a good old mess, in 2003, Magenta Sky was born, and that budding artist was Susan Yeates.
You've heard of blue sky thinking? Well, here we believe in 'Magenta Sky Thinking.' Think creatively, always look to learn new things and make, make make!
We just love making 'stuff' and have expanded from teaching just art and printmaking to other techniques such as sewing, crochet and other creative projects! Sharing our knowledge, ideas and motivating others to be creative is what we are all about!
We gain inspiration from a huge variety of sources… the world at large, fabric shops, exhibitions, car boot sales, photographs, other artists, magazines, books, people and places. Sometimes even a word or phrase will provide inspiration for a sewing project to make, a print to produce or even a workshop to teach!
We have loads of creative stuff available on our website www.magenta-sky.com. This includes a blog, free downloads, video tutorials, images, courses, patterns and much much more!
Love crochet? Love this crochet pattern! These classy cotton cushions are a fabulous addition to any home.
Based upon the traditional granny square, these two crochet cushions play with the basic design to create some soft, yet colourful cushions. One cushion is made from 9 separate blocks and the other is one giant square that builds from the centre outwards...
The cushions have been designed in mainly red and white cotton DK yarn but of course you can change the colours to suit your room or tastes.
Enjoy crocheting!