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Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians
Hagberg, Garry
Hagberg, Garry, guitarist, educator, author; b. Medford, OR, 22 December 1952. Raised in Grants Pass and Myrtle Creek Oregon by his father (Louis Hagberg) and mother (Marilynn Hagberg, born Sherlock), playing with his brother (Terry Hagberg) in a frequently-performing dance band and other ensembles during his early teenage years and then in the Jazz Band of South Umpqua High School, where his early musical studies in both jazz and classical guitar were encouraged by music educator Wendell Ellefson and guitar teacher Tommy Thompson.
He began studies at the University of Oregon in 1971, majoring in both classical and jazz in the School of Music, while playing regularly in an improvising jazz-rock band called "American Frog", which performed in clubs, concerts, and some stadium and festival dates (and, nervously, the occasional motorcycle-gang party) in the Pacific Northwest.
By 1972 he had turned much of his attention to jazz guitar, while continuing classical lessons with the prominent Northwest guitarist John Jarvie and continuing classical study in the School of Music, and played in the big bands as well of both the University of Oregon and nearby Lane Community College (led by well-known jazz educator, conductor, and bassist Gene Aiken before his departure to the University of Northern Colorado to develop its well-known jazz program), along with many other small ensembles from duos to septets playing in various venues including clubs and concerts (and on at least one visit the Oregon State Penitentiary, bringing jazz to a truly captive audience).
In 1973 he went to Boston to study jazz improvisation, harmony, analysis, history, and guitar performance (with William Bresnahan) at the Berklee College of Music, performing in various ensembles there, followed by a return to the University of Oregon to complete the B.A. with a triple major in music, philosophy, and psychology a few years later. He spent the academic year 1974-75 studying music, the history of the arts, and cultural history in Stuttgart, Germany, playing in a number of classical recitals (with Lauren Newton, among others, and meeting jazz guitarist and close friend Thomas Horstmann, with whom he was to record and perform twenty-five years later), returning to Oregon to pursue graduate degrees in philosophy in the subsequent years. During this time, in addition to studying philosophy and particularly aesthetics, he taught jazz guitar extensively, and also courses on Jazz Analysis and Improvisation, Twentieth-Century Music and Aesthetics, and the History of Musical Aesthetics in the School of Music and in the Honors College of the University of Oregon, holding various appointments from 1978 to 1985.
In these years he played with numerous ensembles in Eugene, Portland, Seattle (with pianist Dave Peck among others), San Francisco, and many other locales throughout the Northwest, was the subject of a profile article by author and trombonist Mike Heffley in the Eugene Observer, and played numerous radio broadcast sessions, appeared as a guest on radio programs examining the work of jazz guitarists (e.g. Jim Hall), and worked in various recording studios. Ensembles during this time included the Garry Hagberg Trio, Quartet, and Quintet; the Hagberg/Bergeron Quartet; the Dowd/Kammerer Quintet; Carl Woideck's Le Jazz Hot; the Steve Wolf Quintet (with varying membership including vocalist Nancy King and bassist David Friesen); the Barton/Hagberg Guitar Duo (with small tours of Germany in 1980 and 1982 with live recordings for broadcasts by the South German Radio); and the Dan Siegel Group (comprising at that time pianist Siegel, Hagberg, drummer Gary Hobbs, and bassist/violinist Rob Thomas), with which he recorded three albums (one as featured artist; another with guest guitarist Lee Ritenour on board), one of which he first heard in completed form (having departed for study in Cambridge and Oxford the morning after finishing his tracks) on the jazz channel of the airplane coming home a year later.
In 1985 Hagberg moved to the East Coast, holding teaching appointments at colleges and universities in Pennsylvania and New York, and his post-doctoral work has been supported by The National Endowment for the Humanities (in philosophy and aesthetics at Cambridge University, the British Library London, and the Institute for the Theory and Criticism of the Visual Arts, in both music and literature at Dartmouth), and by the Folger Institute of Renaissance and Eighteenth-Century Studies in Washington, D.C. among many others. In 2002 he was named the James H. Ottaway Professor of Philosophy and Aesthetics at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, where he has taught since 1990, and in 2000 he introduced the interdisciplinary course "The Art of Jazz" into the curriculum, combining jazz history, criticism, analysis, ear training, and aesthetics. He has written fairly extensively in aesthetics, including two volumes relating the philosophical writings of Ludwig Wittgenstein to music, the arts and aesthetics (Cornell University Press, 1994 and 1995), along with numerous articles in professional journals and collections. Howard Roberts, from early on, was by far, and remains, the biggest influence on Hagberg as a guitarist.
Since 2000, Hagberg has been performing and recording with the German-based "Atlantic Jazz Trio", with guitarist Thomas Horstmann and bassist Peter Schoenfeld (atlanticjazztrio.net;), and is also presently working on CD projects with the Hagberg/Bergeron Quartet among others. He guest-edited a special issue of The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism on "Improvisation in the Arts" in 2000, and has written on jazz and improvisation for a number of reference works, conference symposia, and journals. In addition to relations between philosophy and music, he has a long-standing interest in the connection between philosophy and the literary arts, and in 2002 became Editor, with Denis Dutton, of the journal Philosophy and Literature. Hagberg has a daughter, Eva May Hagberg, now 20, and he was married to Julia Rosenbaum, an art historian, in August 2003.
Dan Siegel: Night Ride (1980), The Hot Shot (1981), Reflections (1983); The Kammerer/Dowd Jazz Quintet: Reunion (1984); The Atlantic Jazz Trio: First Meeting (2001), Some Other Time (2002); The Hagberg/Bergeron Quartet: Jobim Now (2003), In the Moment (2004)
Bibliography (selected):
The Guitar Compendium: Technique, Improvisation, Musicianship, Theory, Volumes I-III, with Howard Roberts (Germany: Advance Music, 1989, 2nd ptg. 1993, 3rd ptg. 1996, 4th ptg. 2000); reviewed Guitar Player Magazine, 1990; IAJE Journal (International Association of Jazz Educators), 1991, and others.
"On Representing Jazz: An Artform in Need of Understanding", Philosophy and Literature Vol. 26, No.1: 188-198 (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002); delivered at meetings of the American Society for Aesthetics, 2001.
"The Aesthetics of Jazz Improvisation", Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, ed. Michael Kelly (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998, pp. 479-82; delivered at meetings of the American Society for Aesthetics, 1998.
"Music and Imagination", Philosophy, Vol. 61, No. 238: 513-17 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986); delivered at the International Association for Aesthetics, 1984.
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No, Tech Isn't the Only Part of the Economy That's Growing
Do I really have to spell this out?
Making fun of Silicon Valley executives for expressing half-baked ideas at tech conferences isn't all that interesting, since tech conferences (and, really, "thought leader" confabs in general) are kind of the world's biggest fish/barrel situations. But I can't let this quote from Sam Altman, the president of Silicon Valley start-up accelerator Y Combinator, slide by unnoticed, because it's a good example of the ways in which tech leaders talk about their own economic contributions vis à vis the rest of the country.
"All the growth in the economy right now is in tech, and the only thing that is working is tech," Altman said from the stage of TechCrunch's Disrupt conference today.
I wasn't in the room for Altman's talk, but there's simply no way that statement is true.
Here, for example, is what's happened to manufacturing jobs in America in the last four years:
Here are jobs in mining, logging, and oil and gas exploration:
Here's "food services and drinking places":
And on and on. The point is: Yes, Silicon Valley is a high-growth industry. But there are lots of high-growth industries in America today — and not all of their gains are attributable to tech.
I spoke to Altman this afternoon, to give him some chance to clarify his remarks. He said that he "[takes] a pretty big view of tech," and that since some of the growth in old-line industries is attributable to new innovations — like, say, the invention of fracking, which opened up more natural gas reserves — it's fair to say that those gains are from tech, too. But even defining "tech" as broadly as possible can't fully account for what's happening in low-tech sectors such as food service. Those gains are a product of dozens of other factors — some policy-based, some purely economic — and tech is only a minor contributor.
I'm sure Altman is a nice guy who means well, even if I don't agree with many of his ideas about fiscal and economic policy. And from where he sits — at the center of the most famous start-up accelerator in Silicon Valley — it probably does look like tech is the only part of the economy where growth is happening.
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According to MTA Chairman Tom Prendergast, who is going to Capitol Hill in Washington to ascertain the intentions of members of Congress, lawmakers have three options available to them: 1) Extend the deadline for settling the agreement, 2) Allow the strike to occur and passing a resolution that curtails the strike after a period of time, or 3) Taking no action whatsoever. However, according to Anthony Simon of the United Transportation Union, Pendergast's trip is not necessary because MTA workers are not looking to Congress to solve its problems. Simon stated:
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Governor Andrew Cuomo (D,Ny) issued a statement on Tuesday to the effect that he is refusing to intervene in the dispute because it is federal matter since railroads come under federal jurisdiction. Cuomo said that more than likely the transit worker issue needs to be solved by Congress. Christopher Natale, an LIRR union representative, stated that Cuomo's statement has left him less than optimistic about the chances of resolving the dispute. Natale stated:
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Considering the pernicious stalemate that has loomed between Congress and the White House for the past two years, it is doubtful that Boehner will intervene. The stalemate is likely to continue indefinitely as morale among workers disintegrates. Consequently, the possibility of a strike is appearing more and more likely.


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About the Authors
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Chapter 1. Introduction to Global Politics
John Baylis, Steve Smith, Anthony McGrew, David Armstrong, Michael Cox, Len Scott, Steven L. Lamy, and John Masker
International Relations and Global Politics
Global Actors
Global Issues
The Origins of Globalization
Historical Trends: Politics
Historical Trends: Economics
Historical Trends: Religion and Society
How We Study Global Politics: Levels of Analysis
Theories of Global Politics
International Relations Theories and Globalization
Dimensions of Globalization
Case Study: Global Production and the iPod
Theory in Practice: Perception, Continuity, and Change After January 20, 2009
Thinking about Global Politics: Why Should I Care?
Chapter 2. The History of Global Politics
David Armstrong, Len Scott, Michael Cox, Steven L. Lamy, and John Masker
World Wars: Modern and Total
Legacies and Consequences of European Colonialism
Cold War
Onset of the Cold War
Conflict, Confrontation, and Compromise
The Rise and Fall of Détente
From Détente to A Second Cold War
From the Cold War to the War on Terror
Globalization: Challenging the International Order?
From Superpower to Hyperpower--US Primacy
Europe in the New World System
Russia: From Yeltsin to Putin
East Asia: Primed for Rivalry?
The War on Terror: From 9/11 to Iraq
Theory in Practice: The Origins of the Iraq War
Case Study: Russia and Realism
Thinking About Global Politics: Understanding and Resolving International Conflicts
Chapter 3. Theories of Global Politics
Steve Smith, Stephen Hobden, Richard Wyn Jones, Steven L. Lamy, and John Masker
What Is Realism?
The Essential Realism: Statism; Survival; Self Help
One Realism, or Many?: Classical Realism; Structural Realism; or Neorealism
What Is Liberalism?
Defining Liberalism
The Essential Liberalism
Liberalism in Practice: Globalization
Alternative Theories
The Essential Marxism
World-System Theory
Feminist Theory
Case Study: The Melian Dialogue--Realism and the Preparation for War
Case Study: The Power of Ideas: Politics and Neoliberalism
Theory in Practice: Re-Imaging War
Thinking About Global Politics: A Summit on Global Problems
Chapter 4. States and Foreign Policy
Steven L. Lamy and John Masker
States and Nationalism
What Is Foreign Policy?
What Do We Expect from Foreign Policy?
Foreign Policy Strategies and Tools
Individual, or the Human Dimension
The Foreign Policy Process
Middle-Power Foreign Policy
Small-State Foreign Policy
Case Study: Refugees
Theory in Practice: China, the United States, and Korea: When Great Powers' Interests Collide
Thinking About Global Politics: Designing A New World Order
Chapter 5. International Law, Regional Organizations, and Global Actors
Paul Taylor, Devon Curtis, Christian Reus-Smit, Steven L. Lamy, and John Masker
Introduction to International Law
International Order and Institutions
Criticisms of International Law
From International to Supranational Law?
The United Nations
A Brief History of the United Nations and Its Principal Organs: The Security Council; The General Assembly; The Secretariat; The Economic and Social Council; The Trusteeship Council;
The International Court of Justice
Maintenance of International Peace and Security
Increased Attention to Conditions Within States
Intervention Within States
Economic and Social Questions
The Reform Process of the United Nations
Country Level
Headquarters Level
Regionalism and The European Union Model
The Process of European Integration
Transnational Actors: NGOs, Transnational Corporations, and Criminal Networks: International or Global Nongovernmental Actors; Global Civil Society, NGOs, TANs, and TSMOs
Theory in Practice: Why Some Realists Have Concerns About the UN
Case Study: The Baby Milk Advocacy Network
Thinking About Global Politics: Who Could Help Tomorrow? Twenty Global Problems and Global Issues Networks
Chapter 6. Global Security, Military Power, and Terrorism
John Baylis, Darryl Howlett, James D. Kiras, Steven L. Lamy, and John Masker
What Is "Security"?
Changing Character of War
The Nature of War
Evolutions in Warfare
New Wars
Nuclear Proliferation and Nonproliferation
Proliferation Optimism and Pessimism
Nuclear Weapons Effects
The Global Zero Movement
Nuclear Deterrence
Nuclear Motivations
Nuclear Capabilities and Intentions
Defining Terrorism
Terrorism: From Domestic to Global Phenomena
Terrorism: The Impact of Globalization
Cultural Explanations
Economic Explanations
Religion and "New" Terrorism
Globalization, Technology, and Terrorism
Combating Terrorism
Counterterrorism Activities
Case Study: Asymteric Conflict: The US and Iraq, 2003-2010
Theory in Practice: The Realist-Theory Perspective and the War on Terror
Thinking About Global Politics: Perspectives on the Arms Race
Chapter 7. Human Rights and Human Security
Chris Brown, Amitav Acharya, Alex J. Bellamy, Nicholas J. Wheeler, Steven L. Lamy, and John Masker
What Are Human Rights?
Human Rights and State Sovereignty
What Is Human Security?
History of Humanitarian Challenges
1948 and the Modern Agenda
The 1990s: A Golden Era of Humanitarian Activism?
Universalism Challenged
Humanitarian Dimensions
Political and Economic Rights
Conflict, Human Rights, and Human Security
Feminism, Women, and Human Security
The Role of the International Community
Case Study: Human Insecurity in Southeast Asia
Theory in Practice: Gendered Perspective on Human Rights
Thinking About Global Politics: What Should Be Done? National Interests versus Human Interests
Chapter 8. Global Economics and Trade
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The Postwar World Economy
Approaches to IPE: Political Economy: The Application of Rational Choice to Groups Within the State; Institutionalism: The Application of Rational Choice to States
International Institutions in the Globalizing World Economy
Global Trade
Transborder Production
Transborder Products
The Globalization Debate in IPE
Case Study: NAFTA and Mexico
Theory in Practice: What Course to Follow Out of the 2008 Global Recession?
Thinking About Global Politics: The Possibilities of Cooperation: The Global Commons Challenge
Chapter 9. Poverty, Development, and Hunger
Caroline Thomas, Steven L. Lamy, and John Masker
Post-1945 International Economic Liberalism and the Orthodox Development Model
The Post-1945 International Economic Order: Results
Economic Development: Orthodox and Alternative Evaluations: A Critical Alternative View of Development; Democracy, Empowerment, and Development; The Orthodoxy Incorporates Criticisms; An Appraisal of the Responses of the Orthodox Approach to Its Critics
The Orthodox, Nature-Focused Explanation of Hunger\
The Entitlement, Society-Focused Explanation of Hunger
Globalization and Hunger
Theory in Practice: The Terms of Development
Case Study: Life in Zimbabwe: Poverty, Hunger, Development, and Politics
Thinking About Global Politics: Development Assistance as Foreign Policy Statecraft
Chapter 10. Environmental Issues
John Vogler, Steven L. Lamy, and John Masker
Introduction to Environmental Issues
Environmental Issues on the International Agenda: A Brief History
The Environment and International Relations Theory
The Functions of International Environmental Cooperation
Transboundary Trade and Pollution Control
Environmental Regimes
Climate Change
Theory in Practice: Regime Theory and the Montreal Protocol
Case Study: The "Doomsday" Seed Vault
Thinking About Global Politics: The Environment And Beliefs About The Future


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Ohio files drug charges against liquor permits
COLUMBUS, Ohio - State investigators filed more than 200 drug-related administrative charges against liquor permits in Ohio last year.
The Ohio Investigative Unit says its agents filed 267 administrative charges against liquor permits for drug use, possession, sales and sales or possession of drug paraphernalia in 2013.
The state agency enforces Ohio's liquor laws and says allowing or even participating in illegal drug activity violates liquor permits.
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Star Junction
Where the bright lights of Capitalism blink 24 hours a day. A great place to go if you like advertising.
-- Grand Theft Auto IV manual description
Star Junction is a district in the borough of Algonquin in Liberty City. It appears in Grand Theft Auto IV, The Lost and Damned Ballad of Gay Tony and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars. Its real-life archetype is Times Square, New York City. Star Junction is bordered by Middle Park to the north by Nickel Street and The Triangle to the south by Kunzite Street. The Meat Quarter, Westminster and Purgatory are on its western borders by Frankfort Avenue, while Hatton Gardens, Lancet and Easton sit on its eastern borders by Columbus Avenue. Along with the Middle Park, and The Triangle it is one of the main neighborhoods in Algonquin and Liberty City. It is also the heart of Base Jumping found in The Ballad of Gay Tony
The entire district is designed with the commercial intersection at the center that features a diagonally placed road, Burlesque, that run from the northwest at Manganese Street to the southeast at Garnet Street in neighboring Triangle, cutting across Denver-Exeter Avenue and Kunzite Street and making up one of Algonquin's main attractions. While seemingly depicted as one, the cityscape is in fact located in both Star Junction and neighboring Triangle, which takes up the southern end of the area.
Star Junction is intended to mimic the functions of New York City's Times Square as both a cultural and corporate center of the city. Star Junction's urban design is characterized by heavily ad-laden buildings and entertainment establishments in the center surrounded by less "decorated" apartments, hotels and officer towers to the north, east and west. Its intended function also results in the presence of "Broadway" theaters and other entertainment establishments (including the Split Sides) which show different performances. The northern edge of Star Junction that borders Middle Park is designed to mimic a more homely skyline of older hotels lined along real-life Central Park South, implying Nickel Street is the in-game equivalent of 59th Street.
Places of interest
While most districts in Liberty City are generally not strictly adherent to the design of their real life counterpart, Star Junction's is more accurate in layout as Times Square, placing in-game renditions of Time Square's landmarks as accurately as possible. Landmarks based on those in the southern end of Times Square are in fact located in neighboring Triangle.
Star Junction borrows elements from the following buildings and structures:
- 1 Times Square. The building is situated in Triangle.
- 2 Times Square/704-720 7th Avenue (Ramada Renaissance Times Square), depicted in game as one of two Libertine Hotels in the city, the other located in Lancaster. The Star Junction hotel is implied by its five stars to be a five star hotel.
- 7 Times Square (Times Square Tower) [1]. While forming part of the Star Junction skyline, the building is situated in Triangle.
- Duffy Square, specifically the Father Francis D. Duffy Monument.
- A LCPD sub-station located right in the middle of Star Junction is similar in design to the Times Square Police Station. The building is situated in Triangle.
- Just north of the LCPD sub-station is an LC Services Recruiting Center, the game's equivalent of Time Square's United States armed forces recruiting station. As oppose to the real-life rendition's association with the military (including the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines), the in-game rendition is linked to civic services (including the "LCPD", "LCFD", "DOA" and "COLP").
- 1605 Broadway (Crowne Plaza Hotel), depicted in game as The Star Plaza Hotel.
- 1585 Broadway (Morgan Stanley Building). The in-game rendition features a corner street level signage bearing "Cooper Jackson" naming, similar to the Morgan Stanley name, as well as the manner in which the name is rendered on the real-life building's sign. Like its real-life counterpart, the in-game depiction features several rolling stock tickers. The building's design and textures are partially reused for another similar building to the north.
- 1567-1569 Broadway (W Times Square), depicted in game as the Celtica Hotel.
- 1535 Broadway (Marriott Marquis Hotel), depicted in game as Hotel Uberbrucker.[1]
- 1501 Broadway (Paramount Building) [2]. The in-game rendition houses Canyon Entertainment, a Superstar Café and an unspecified Superstar venue advertising a Love Fist gig; the building also sports a functional rooftop clock. While forming part of the Star Junction skyline, the building is in fact situated in Triangle.
- 1568 Broadway (Doubletree Guest Suites/Embassy Suites Times Square), depicted in game as the Banner Hotel & Spa. The game's renditions appears to integrate some of the tower's feature but opts for a more simple symmetrical design. In addition, the orientation of the building relative to the streets differs to that in real life. The Seagull Theater is also integrated into the building, adopting more traditional street-level brick facades of the real-life building.
- 1540 Broadway (Bertelsmann Building). The in-game rendition houses a "Thespian Theaters", which entrance is used as a venue for Pathos.
- 1500 Broadway (Times Square Studios) [3], prominently featuring a curvy FlyUS LCD display, tickers, and housing a Cluckin' Bell restaurant. While forming part of the Star Junction skyline, the building is in fact situated in Triangle.
- 1 Astor Plaza, which, in real-life, is occupied by MTV Studios on the second floor. The in-game replication of the building houses a similar establishment for MeTV, a play of MTV, as well as a "MeTV Theater", and a spinning turntable prop on the side of the building. The building has a helipad on the top, which occasionally spawns a Maverick, accessible via a window cleaner lift at its western face. One of the 200 flying rats can also be found there.
- The Condé Nast Building. Its in-game rendition at Kunzite Street houses BAWSAQ's main office on the lowest floors in the same way the real-life rendition houses NASDAQ. This tower is the third tallest building in the Liberty City Metropolitan Area being only slightly smaller than the Zirconium Building
- Rockefeller Center [4]: The in-game rendition features replicas of four Rockefeller Center buildings, including 30 Rockefeller Plaza (GE Building), 630 Fifth Avenue (International Building), 1260 & 1270 Avenue of the Americas (Radio City Music Hall, depicted in game as the Live Central Music Venue, and the American Metal Climax (AMAX) Building/former RKO Building, respectively), and a low-rise building based on either 610 Fifth Avenue (La Maison Francaise) or 620 Fifth Avenue (British Empire Building). The building complex is centered around a sunken plaza, similar to the Rockefeller Center's grand plaza, with only a fountain and flagpoles as decors.
- 300 West 57 Street (Hearst Tower)
- 209 West 42nd Street (New Victory Theater), depicted in game as the Liberteen.
- 226 West 46th Street (Richard Rodgers Theatre), depicted in game as the Magic Curtain Theater. The game rendition is longer than the real life counterpart, having five arches along its facade instead of three.
- AMC Empire 25 [5] [6], depicted in game as the Amdram Theater. Whereas AMC Empire 25 has been modernized and expanded with only the front of the AMC Empire 25's original frontal facade still standing, the Amdram Theater is depicted as an independent building.
- 220 42nd Street and 221 41st Street [7] (Candler Building). The in-game rendition houses a Wigwam Burger outlet at the lowest floor, mirroring the McDonald's outlet in the same building.
- The Plaza Hotel, depicted in game as The Emissary, which rooftop sign is lined by five stars below, implying it is a five star hotel. Its size has been reduced.
- 50 Central Park South (Ritz-Carlton New York, Central Park/former St. Moritz Hotel) [8], depicted in game as the Majestic Hotel (the structure is slightly smaller) and located at the same block as The Emissary. It also is located on the same block as a building based on 35 Central Park South, the Helmsley Park Lane. The block is a simplification of the block all three buildings exist on in real-life.
Other landmarks in the area include:
- Liberty City's comedy club, the Split Sides, hosts comedy acts with Ricky Gervais and Katt Williams.
- Restaurants and bars
- Burger Shot
- Cluckin' Bell (technically located in Triangle)
- Superstar Café (technically located in Triangle)
The nearby subway stations are Frankfort Station and Easton Station on all major lines. Buses often spawn by the side curbs around Star Junction and The Triangle or various times can be seen driving around these areas.
- ↑ www.peepthatshit.com/hotels.html (In game website.)
See also
- Bedford Point, a similarly designed district in the preceding rendition of Liberty City.


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College Hockey:Badgers 'Win' Third-Place Game At Showdown
Kabotoff Stops 56 For UW; CC's Sejna Nets Tying Goal
MILWAUKEE — Once Wisconsin and Colorado College settled things with a tie in the third- place game of the Bank One Badger Hockey Showdown at the Bradley Center on Friday, they could get down to really settling things.
Peter Sejna tied the game on a deflection with 4 minutes, 11 seconds to go, pulling CC into a 3-3 tie with the Badgers.
The game goes in the books as a tie, but with an extremely entertaining footnote. Rene Bourque scored in the second extra round of a shootout to break a 1-1 tie, and Wisconsin took third place with the extra-session victory.
Wisconsin goaltender Scott Kabotoff made a career-high 56 saves, taking deep breaths in the final moments of regulation and overtime to stay in the game. He then made six more stops in the shootout.
"It's no big deal for me," Kabotoff said. "In a shootout, all you have to do is make one save. That's a lot easier than three or four in a row. It took the weight off my shoulders."
Said Kabotoff's counterpart, CC goaltender Curtis McElhinney, of the shootout: "It's a nice way to end the game, but it's a tough way to end the game, too."
CC outshot the Badgers 59-30, making it 100 shots in the tournament for the Tigers. With five goals in two games (they lost to New Hampshire 6-2 on Thursday), that figures to 5 percent in shooting efficiency.
The hard part for CC (9-7-2) is that such a rough scoring weekend hasn't been uncommon. It's not that the shots aren't there; they just aren't finding the open spots.
On this night, the Tigers were fighting not only Kabotoff and the Badgers, but the posts as well. They hit the iron three times through 65 minutes, and one of Noah Clarke's two shootout attempts hit the left post and went out.
"I don't know if it was a curse or something, but we just kept hitting those posts," said Sejna, who scored the equalizer on CC's 51st shot of the game.
Matt Hussey scored a pair of goals in the first period to stake the Badgers (8-8-2) to a 2-0 lead. The first one may have caught McElhinney off guard. Just 33 seconds into the game, Hussey flipped in a one-timer off a pass from behind the net.
CC's Richard Petiot scored 1:12 into the second period to cut into the lead, but the Tigers toiled away the rest of the period without much success. They outshot UW 21-8 in the middle period but didn't get anything where it counted.
CC coach Scott Owens decided in the second intermission to shuffle lines, replacing Clarke with Sejna on the top line. It paid off twice, with Cullen scoring 11 seconds in to tie the game at 2, then with Sejna's equalizer late.
"The success we've had this year has been when we've adapted and adjusted to what we need to get done," Owens said. "That line hasn't done much in 3 1/2 games, even though they play well. We just thought it might give them a little bit of a boost."
Said Cullen: "Change is good sometimes. Peter's a great player, and it just happened that we got some chances and Peter made a great tip on that goal."
A scuffle in the overtime session resulted in Petiot and UW's Kent Davyduke receiving five-minute majors and game disqualifications. The penalties were originally announced as fighting majors for both, which would have been Davyduke's second of the season.
That would result in a three-game suspension. The call was changed, however, after Wisconsin coach Jeff Sauer appealed to WCHA supervisor of officials Greg Shepherd, who was in attendance. Davyduke's penalty was amended to a roughing major.
He and Petiot will still have to sit out one game.
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To start you off, they place toasted garlic bread with two different sides; black olives and a tangy- vinaigrette with diced vegetables. By placing the diced vegetable vinaigrette on top of the bread you get a salty, tangy, and crispy appetizer to start you off. This is complementary, but they have other choices on the menu as well.
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Reassessing the Fleeting Potential for U.S.-China Cooperation in Central Asia
Matthew Oresman
Four years ago, I wrote in the pages of this Journal how the United States and China share vital interests in Central Asia and should cooperate in achieving those interests. While that analysis remains unchanged, I also had warned that the window for cooperation was shrinking and that China's incentives for cooperating with the United States would diminish over time. Unfortunately, the United States failed to seize the opportunity to engage China, instead choosing to take a "wait and see" approach to China's re-emergence in Central Asia (...)
Criminalization of the Kyrgyz State Before and After the Tulip Revolution
Erica Marat
Kyrgyzstan, a country hosting U.S. and Russian military bases, is increasingly becoming a criminal state with high-ranking political leaders staging major financial and criminal machinations. Since gaining independence in 1991, Kyrgyzstan's criminal groups and their leaders exercised different degrees of political control in the country. During the reign of former president Askar Akayev, criminal leaders had the relative freedom to maneuver, cooperating or conflicting with state actors whenever their interests matched or diverged (...)
Rethinking Central Asian Security
Stephen Blank
Since becoming independent in 1991 Central Asian states have posed a challenge for contemporary security analysis. Security remains a contested term but more and more analysts, especially those studying this region, have come to define it in response to broad and often interlinked domestic and foreign threats or challenges to these states. Indeed, the linkages between state failure and domestic pathologies and foreign intervention or diminution of sovereignty are palpable and visible in the policies of local governments and among the rival great powers. Yet despite widespread condemnation of the supposedly pathological or weak and ineffective domestic structures, only one of these regimes has been toppled by revolution (Kyrgyzstan) and even that did not lead to a major restructuring (...)
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Martha Brill Olcott
During its seventeen years of independence, Kazakhstan has gradually strengthened its sovereignty, achieved important economic reforms, and widened its room for foreign policy maneuver. Kazakhstan is today considered a "middle income" country by the World Bank, investments are pouring into the economy, while its recently acquired chairmanship of the OSCE in 2010 stands out as only one in a row of major foreign policy successes. Is this the peak of possible achievements or will Kazakhstan even join the ranks of the "BRIC" countries (Brazil, Russia, India, and China)? (...)
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Following the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Beijing moved swiftly to redefine its long suspended foreign policy and strategic agenda in Central Asia and to resume its relations with its newly independent republics. Opening the borders reflected Beijing's bold decision to give priority to economic development while risking instability in the Xinjiang-Uyghur Autonomous Region. Officially, China initiated the Shanghai Five and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to target separatism, terrorism, religious extremism (and implicitly U.S. hegemonism as well). Unofficially Beijing has tried to acquire political influence, security guarantees, economic benefits and accessibility to energy resources. In a retrospective view, China's achievements are a mixed blessing at best and only partly successful (...)
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South Florida Medicare Fraud Prosecutors and Agents Receive 2009 Excellence in Public Awareness Award
Honorable Mention to All-Med Prosecution Team
|U.S. Attorney's Office November 18, 2009
Jeffrey H. Sloman, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, John V. Gillies, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, and Christopher B. Dennis, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG), Miami Regional Office, announced that a team of Southern District of Florida Assistant U.S. Attorneys and agents from the FBI and HHS-OIG, have received the 2009 Excellence in Public Awareness Award, presented by the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association (NHCAA) Institute for Health Care Fraud Prevention. The NHCAA, founded in 1985 by private health insurers and federal and state government officials, includes more than 100 private health insurers and law enforcement and regulatory agencies having jurisdiction over health care fraud crimes committed against both private insurers and public programs.
The award will be presented at a ceremony at the NHCCA's Annual Conference on November 18, 2009, in Orlando, Florida. The prosecutors and agents receiving the award will be recognized for their outstanding efforts in the investigation and prosecution of health care fraud in South Florida, and for helping to bring the full scope of the Medicare fraud problem to the forefront of domestic policy and public awareness. Since 2005, these prosecutors and agents have devoted their attention and resources to combat health care fraud, and results have followed. ndeed, since 2005, 880 defendants have been charged in the Southern District of Florida with submitting more than $2.5 billion in false claims to the Medicare program.
Acting U.S. Attorney Jeffrey H. Sloman stated, "These dedicated prosecutors and agents have helped focus national attention on the magnitude of the health care fraud epidemic. Their hard work has brought hundreds of fraudsters to justice and led to the recovery of millions of stolen Medicare dollars. They are to be commended."
FBI Special Agent in Charge John V. Gillies stated, "The agents and prosecutors working health care fraud are most deserving of this award and we thank the National Health Care Anti-fraud Association for this honor. Working side by side with HHS-OIG and the U.S. Attorney's Office, we will continue our efforts to address the health care fraud problem here in South Florida."
"These special agents and prosecutors—working through the Medicare Strike Force—have shined a bright, national spotlight on the plague of Medicare fraud in South Florida," said Christopher Dennis, Special Agent in Charge of the Miami Regional Office for the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General. "The challenges are daunting, but by combining efforts with our law enforcement partners we continue to fight on behalf of taxpayers and our country's health care system."
Those being honored today include:
- From the United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of Florida, Economic and Environmental Crimes Section, Miami Office: Eric I. Bustillo, Chief and Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA); Luis M. Pérez, Deputy Chief; Daniel J. Bernstein, AUSA; Christopher Clark, AUSA; Oliver Benton Curtis, III, AUSA; H. Ron Davidson, AUSA; Christopher J. Hunter, AUSA; William Parente, SAUSA; Alicia E. Shick, AUSA; Ryan K. Stumphauzer, AUSA; and Cori L. Weiss, Health Care Fraud Paralegal Specialist.
- From the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Miami Field Division: Timothy P. Donovan, Assistant Special Agent in Charge; Randall C. Culp, Supervisory Special Agent; Christopher A. McRae, Special Agent (SA); Brian L. Waterman, SA; Jacob R. Guffey, SA; Bradford Karns, SA; Ivonne Alduende, SA; Nasson Walker, SA; Catherine H. Nazworth, SA; Liz S. Santamaria, SA; Julia A. Crenshaw, SA; Robert F. Cessario, SA; Bryan D. Piper, SA; Ian A. Purify; SA; Scott P. Neville, SA; Charles W. Thumann, SA; Jacob McGinty, SA; Susan E. Shimpeno, SA; Mark E. McCormick, SA; Melanie A. Jimenez, SA; Joel E. Cox, III, SA; Nicholas H. Potito, SA; Clint E. Warren, SA; Scott A. Houser, SA; and Lynnette Alvarez-Karnes, SA.
- From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, Miami Regional Office: Elton E. Malone, Assistant Special Agent in Charge; Bernardo Rodriguez, Assistant Special Agent in Charge; Special Agents Julie Rivera; Robyn W. Ziemer; Rodolfo Martinez; Omar Perez; Edye E. Palma; John A., Mejia; Jesus Barranco; and Jose Braniella.
In addition, in a separate category, Assistant U.S. Attorneys and Special Agents involved in the sweeping All-Med Billing Corp. investigation and prosecution were awarded Honorable Mention in the 2009 Investigation of the Year Category. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Marc Osborne and Christopher Clark; FBI Special Agents Rolf Gjertsen and Cesar Facio; HHS-OIG Special Agents Jose Braniella and Jesus Barranco; Benefit Integrity Manager for TrustSolutions, LLC Kimberly Coffey; Data Infomatics Manager John Fehlhaber; and Data Analyst Tim Fickle, were recognized for their work in the investigation and prosecutions related to All-Med Billing Corporation, the largest health care fraud investigation in the Southern District and the first instance in which a billing company was held criminally responsible for the widespread submission of fraudulent claims by its customers.
A copy of this press release may be found on the website of the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida at www.usdoj.gov/usao/fls. Related court documents and information may be found on the website of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida at www.flsd.uscourts.gov or http://pacer.flsd.uscourts.gov.


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Ron Shillingford has been a journalist since 1982 and has worked in print, TV and radio, mostly in London where he was born. His favourite sport is boxing and exclusive interviews have included Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard. His assignments have taken him to America, the Caribbean, Europe and Africa. He is also the author of three books, one of which, a martial arts handbook, has been translated into Polish, Russian and Japanese.
Canada's legendary hospitality extended to my train journey to the
airport on Monday. Got chatting with Bill Charlton who claimed to be a distant
relative of the footballing Charlton brothers Jack and Bobby. The fact that he
referred to Bobby as "Robbie" and claimed to be a former player with the
Vancouver Whitecaps made me laugh because when I started looking his details up
on my BlackBerry, he claimed he had only been in the reserves. Injuries
blighted his football career, conveniently and now the 50-something grandad is
a commercial fisherman. Vancouver, as far as Bill is concerned, is the greatest
place on earth. That's why he has never set foot outside of British Columbia,
much less for the rest of Canada. But what about the rest of the world? Surely,
he's missing something? Vegas, New York, London, Rio, Beijing… No, insists
Bill, everybody comes from all parts of Canada to live in Vancouver, so it must
be the best.
So despite winning gold against the US, the Canada women's hockey team
are 'under investigation' merely for smoking cigars and quaffing champers in
their uniforms on the ice half an hour after virtually everybody had gone home.
The whistleblower was an over-attentive Associated Press reporter. That person
should be investigated for being such a sneak. The players deserved to unwind
after such a high pressure tournament and win against their biggest foes. The
International Olympic Committee should have immediately dismissed the incident
as just some players enjoying the moment and deservedly unwinding after months
of intense training. They are humans after all, aren't they?
So it
all went to script with an extra twist to heighten the excitement. Canada
really did Own the Podium after securing hockey gold against arch-rivals USA.
In overtime, no less. What an epic finale.
Pity I
couldn't see it live. Got to the entrance and was turned away for having the
wrong ticket, even though the International Olympic Committee official who gave
it to me insisted it was valid despite my queries. Ah well, that was one of few
personal mishaps in an otherwise brilliant Winter Olympics in Vancouver and
The giant slalom Dow Travers competed in had several other skiers from
exotic backgrounds who attracted a lot of media attention. Just like Dow did on
behalf of the Cayman Islands, they too raised the profile of their countries.
Top of the bunch was Mexico's Hubertus Von Hohenlohe who at 51 was the oldest
competitor at the Winter Games. It was his fifth and last Winter Olympics, he
claimed, but the eccentric pop star/photographer who is actually a German
prince who happened to be born in Mexico, may still return.
He may have been a proverbial mile from a medal but Dow Travers must have
felt like a podium member all the same. He started as 101st, with
only two skiers classified as slower yet finished 69th. Considering
he is a part-time athlete, having to spend more time earning a degree than on
the slopes, that was a commendable achievement. All Caymanians should feel
proud and hail the youngster who beat competitors from much bigger countries
that actually have mountains and snow. He's a champ in my books.
We're barely past the half way mark yet the drug testing agencies at the
Vancouver Winter Olympics are already congratulating themselves on not
producing a major drug cheat. (A Russian athlete has been reprimanded for using
a light stimulant but he just had his wrists slapped.)
My feeling is that they should wait unti well after the Games to start
beating their chests because that's when a drugs scandal usually unfolds. The
impact of having an embarrassing major positive test during the Games always
knocks the shine off so organisers try to keep it under wraps.
I never thought I would start talking like my kids, but it's happening.
Their trans-Atlantic style of using words like "awesome", "totally", "sick"and
the classic "whatever" derive from youth culture TV.
Anyone visiting Vancouver looking for an exceptional Indian restaurant
should try Maurya. I had a superb lunch there with Anna, a former Caymanian
Compass colleague who recently relocated there. Then it was back to covering
the Winter Olympics.
As a kid I used to marvel at the ski jumpers on TV. It looked like the
most dangerous thing and nearest to flying that man could achieve. The courage,
skill and technique needed was unfathomable. So it was nice to get to the
Olympic Park and see it first-hand. No disappointment either. Switzerland's
Simon Ammann won with two incredible jumps. Unbelievable excitement. Great
photos and atmosphere.
As it was up in the moutains I assumed it would be freezing. Quite the
opposite. Twelve degrees C was almost sauna like. Ended up carrying more than I
wore. Many were in t-shirts and three teenage Canadian girls were even happy to
pose in bikinis for pics.
Tiger Woods making his dramatic re-entry into the real world was the
first thing that distracted me from being totally focused on the Winter
Olympics this week. Not even the malarkey going on at Stamford Bridge with top
Chelsea players trying to emulate Tiger's extra-curricular activities were of much
interest. When it comes to footballers, it's same old, same old.
Went with Dow Travers, his American coach, Gene Bridgewater and Chef de
Mission David Carmichael to the Signal Hill primary school to visit a class of
seven-year-olds and tell them all about Cayman. Their knowledge of Caymanand genuine interest was impressive.
Dow and Carmichael loved the interaction with the little 'uns and there was
definitely no sign of Carmichael living up to his nickname of 'Grumpy'.
I bumped into an old journalist
friend Ian Chadband today. At least five years since we last met. This was at
the skeleton competition at the Whistler Sliding Centre, a million miles from
urban London. Chadders is an exceptionally talented writer but it was no
surprise to hear him talk of being made redundant and thankful of getting a gig
at the Daily Telegraph. He thought he had a job for life at the Evening
Standard. Sign of the times.
I'm really getting into the Winter Olympics spirit. Spent the whole day
chugging from one event to another and found it all interesting. Got to the
women's downhill in time to see Lindsey Vonn win in dramatic fashion. She
crashed in training last week and badly injured a shin meaning it was touch and
go whether she would start much less take gold. Well the Sports Illustrated
swimsuit model didn't disappoint. Pity she didn't do it in a bikini.
The ski slopes at Blackcomb are world renowned. That's where Cayman's Dow
Travers trains when the snow is thick enough. Travelling up Blackcomb on two
ski lifts was an adventure in itself. You feel so exposed and it's definitely
not for anyone who fears heights. It was well worth the trip; stunning vistas
and interesting conversations along the way. One was with Shane Hunter, a
snowboard instructor, who was fascinated that Shaun White...
Olympic tournaments always evoke a mixture of emotions, whether it's
sadness for the luger who died in training or elation for a local athlete who
triumphs over adversity. The most heart warming story for me so far was seeing
Maelle Ricker win the women's snowboarding. She could barely express herself as
the relief and joy kicked in. Yet four years ago at the Turin Winter Olympics
Ricker couldn't have finished on a lower note. A terrible crash needed a
helicopter to literally scrape her up and take her away for months of
rehabilitation. Had Ricker never competed again, no one would condemn her, yet
she not only found the spirit to overcome horrendous injuries, became an
Olympic champion at the next attempt. Wonderful story. Books and a film are
inevitable and fully deserved
I'm finally
getting the hang of the transport system and familiarising myself with Whistler
town centre. The local map must have been drawn by an artist who never uses a
supermarket, bank, electronics shop, drugs store, phone shop… because none of
these essential places are marked, only the hotels and main venues. Most of the
time it's pointless asking the 'guides' because even if they are Canadians,
only a few are locals, so they don't have a clue either.
The fact
that I feel like a celebrity in my Cayman Islands gear outweighs the negatives.
One woman with her husband was really pleased to see me because hubby had scuba
dived there a few times. She really made my day by asking which event I was
competing in! Being old enough to be Dow's dad is irrelevant. Now I'm going to whoosh down the slopes and
compete beside him by the next Games.
Snow at last! Well it does help when you're staging a Winter Olympics.
Cayman's Dow Travers finally got on the
practice slopes, a week after arriving in Whistler amidst a wave of publicity.
Being a media babe is weighing heavily on his young shoulders and not having a
chance to train because of slushy snow compounds the frustration.
Dow is upbeat about his chances though but hopes expectations from Cayman
supporters are not too high. These Olympics are really just a learner. Medal
ambitions should be curtailed until 2014.
It's Valentine's Day, my birthday,
but I feel weird because there's no one to share it with. Wifey is in UK and
the Cayman Olympic committee aren't aware that I'm almost a pensioner. Being in
snow and ice only a few days after enjoying Cayman's tropical glow takes a bit
of getting used to as well, but at least Whistler, where most Winter Olympics
events are being held, is experiencing record high temperatures. The snow is
slushy and melting, training and events have to be postponed. Not good for the
world's premiere winter sports tournament but I don't mind. The perishing
temperatures were my biggest fear beforehand. Ironic too that the United States
is getting more snow than it can comfortably handle yet the nearby Winter
Olympics is suffering from lack of it!
Dow Travers, the Cayman giant slalom
competitor, is a big media topic because he comes from a tiny Caribbean island.
I'm getting quite a lot of attention too. A black man with an English accent
wearing Cayman Islands Olympic gear, is quite a curiosity. The pin collectors make
a bee line. Ian, the supermarket cashier, is wearing a top emblazoned with
dozens of pins and he desperately wants a Cayman one. He'll have to come up
with a selection of pins for my one, otherwise it's no deal.


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New Bedford, Massachusetts | Finding Spring in the Whaling City
The calendar said April, but it felt a lot more like March as my wife and I gazed out at yet another gray morning in Keene, New Hampshire. With a full Saturday ahead and no plans of any kind, we decided a road trip south was in order. Seconds later, we established two criteria for our destination—it had to be close to the ocean and close enough to home so we could be there and back within eight hours. After briefly considering several coastal options, we decided to go someplace neither of us had ever been—New Bedford, Massachusetts.
Rustic brick and stone warehouses reminded me of Portland, Maine. I saw Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in the clapboard single-family homes, galleries, and cafes. The beautiful Victorian homes along County Street brought back memories of Providence, Rhode Island. Finally, as we rolled to a stop on Johnny Cake Hill next to the Whaling Museum, I felt like I could have been at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts.
I parked directly behind the two-hour parking sign, which seemed like a perfect situation given our compressed schedule. We crossed the street and made our way through the glass doors of the New Bedford Whaling Museum where we were greeted by Kobo and Quasimodo, the skeletons of a 66-foot blue whale and a 37-foot humpback whale. (See a photo of the duo here.)
Despite the fact that Kobo and Quasimodo have been hanging out in the museum since 1998 and 1936 respectively, they don't exactly smell that way. While not overpowering, there is a definite aroma not unlike cod liver oil. As I marveled at the sheer size of Kobo and Quasimodo, I became less concerned with how they smelled and happily handed over the two $14 adult admission fees.
The New Bedford Whaling Museum is packed with artifacts, interactive displays, and models that bridge the delicate gap between present day conservation and respect for whales, and the savage pursuit of baleen and oil that define New Bedford's past. One of the first rooms we entered featured a scale model of the tiny boats whalers used to approach their prey. Admiration for the whalers' courage and toughness turned to uneasiness as we entered the room lined with examples of whaling tools and technology through the centuries. I'm not squeamish, but I freely admit that I found the jagged harpoon tips and menacing cutting tools tough to look at after contemplating how they were used. Fortunately, this display is in the same room as the half-scale model of the 89-foot Lagoda whaling ship that was built onsite from 1915-16 within the elegant confines of the Bourne building. Getting an up close look at the craftsmanship and attention to detail of this model is worth the price of admission.
The second floor of the Whaling Museum features an observation deck with a sweeping view of the waterfront. Feeling the brilliant sunshine and warm air on our faces made our next decision an easy one—it was time for lunch, preferably someplace with an outdoor patio.
As we roamed New Bedford on foot, the signs of spring were everywhere and I'm not just talking about the bright green buds on the trees. Like daffodils in the many public gardens and green spaces, orange construction barrels signal the economic renewal happening throughout The Whaling City.
A perfect example of New Bedford's ongoing transformation is Cork Wine and Tapas. What was once a warehouse for nautical equipment located at 90 Front Street is now a hip and stylish restaurant that would be right at home on Boston's Newbury Street.
The beautifully designed menu presented an array of options for almost every taste and budget. We opted to share the pulled pork empanadas and seared tuna appetizers along with a lunch-sized entree of pan seared scallops over jasmine rice with macadamia sauce. Everything was magnificent including the view from the outdoor patio, where we enjoyed imagining what life was like when the rugged warehouse was originally built in 1836.
After paying our reasonable bill for the exceptional food, we crossed the JFK Memorial Highway to explore the waterfront. Instead of thinking back on what life was like in Melville's time, I found my winter-weary mind looking a few weeks into the future and the frenzy of activity that lies ahead when the fishing and tourist seasons shift into high gear.
When we finally checked the time, we realized we'd exceeded our two-hour free parking window by thirty minutes. While I was pleasantly surprised not to find a ticket on the car, I wouldn't expect the same good fortune in the summertime as we experienced on this lazy day in early May. With another hour to spare before we had to head home, we decided to take a ride away from downtown to check out historic Fort Taber~Fort Rodman.
We were not alone at this local treasure on a day tailor-made for wedding and high school formal photos, beach combing, and little girls riding big girl bikes with pink training wheels. After so many months of wearing layers and sliding on ice, the simple act of walking on unfrozen grass in jeans and a t-shirt was a revelation. We strolled to the Merchant Mariner Memorial Walk Way, which is littered with the broken shells of clams and mussels dropped there by enterprising seagulls that use the concrete surface as a gravity-powered shucking tool.
The end of the walkway provided us with an unobstructed view of the Butler Flats Lighthouse, a fixture of New Bedford's nautical history since 1898 that also offers visitors a potential glimpse into future. As you look upon this stout structure, you can't miss the windmills in neighboring Fairhaven, MA. According to the New Bedford Economic Development Council, offshore renewable energy is one of the "emerging sectors" that they are hoping to bring to the region as a way of "embracing the challenges of thriving in a new economy."
Will future New Bedford residents see offshore wind farms on the horizon the way past residents saw the masts of whaling ships? Only time will tell, but as I watched the windmills turning, I couldn't help wondering if I was looking at a new definition of a "working waterfront."
Whatever lies ahead for The Whaling City, I'm grateful for a much-needed day of warm weather, great food, ocean views, and historic charm. We came to New Bedford seeking signs of spring. We left with full bellies, rejuvenated spirits, and a greater appreciation for a city that has a lot more going on than we ever realized.
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I know I've seen this discussed many times here.
You can't sit in the bar area.
You CAN sit in the restaurant area.
If the establishment is primarily a bar, stay out.
This is a discussion on No-gos in Florida within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; I'm planning a spring break to Florida and need some translation and insight to current practices. Originally Posted by Handgunlaw.us, Florida no-gos section any portion ...
I'm planning a spring break to Florida and need some translation and insight to current practices.What is this saying? Is it saying that the bar portion of a restaurant is off-limits? Or is the entire establishment off-limits?Originally Posted by Handgunlaw.us, Florida no-gos section
I'd appreciate some feedback from Florida residents and travelers that can tell how you practice observation of this.
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I know I've seen this discussed many times here.
You can't sit in the bar area.
You CAN sit in the restaurant area.
If the establishment is primarily a bar, stay out.
To get around Florida anti smoking law, some restaurants, have a separate bar area that is not connected to the restaurant. That bar would be off limits for CCL, but not the rest of the restaurant.
We just stayed 10 days in the Keys over Christmas and New Years. And the best I can tell, the only place you can not CCL would be the very few bars that dont serve food. You can tell those because they allow smoking indoors.
Even Sloppy Joes and Hogs Breath are licensed as restaurants, not bars, so CCL is legal, and I carried my P3AT 380 everywhere.
Hope it helps
He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. - Jim Elliott
The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
Albert Einstein
It means any place that makes more then 50% of their money (sales) from Beer and alcoholic beverages is a big NO-NO.
In Florida, the law states that a licensee under 790.06 may not carry a weapon into "any portion of an establishment licensed to dispense alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises, which portion of the establishment is primarily devoted to such purpose;"
So a bar is a no-go.
But a restaurant that serves alcohol is fine. Even if it has a bar, so long as you do not enter into the bar area at any time.
Some states expect their CCW holders to be accountants, checking out the books of the places they visit to make sure they don't derive 50.001% of their income from alcohol.
Florida, fortunately, just says "stay out of the bar area".
For examination of this issue (and any other question about weapons in Florida), I highly recommend Florida Firearms - Law, Use & Ownership by Jon Gutmacher.
Battle Plan (n) - a list of things that aren't going to happen if you are attacked.
Blame it on Sixto - now that is a viable plan.
Ch. 790.06.12......" No license issued pursuant to this section shall authorize any person to carry a concealed weapon or firearm into any portion of an establishment licensed to dispense alcoholic beverages for consumption on premises, which portion of the establishment is primarily devoted to such purpose."
Restuarants......no problemo. Bars that also serve food....be very, very careful. FWIW, that's the exact answer I got fr Jon Gutmacher when I had the opportunity to talk to him awhile back.
To be safe, there should be a clear delineation between the bar area and the rest of the establishment.
A low wall, or some other clear separation.
Battle Plan (n) - a list of things that aren't going to happen if you are attacked.
Blame it on Sixto - now that is a viable plan.
"It does not do to leave a dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him."
J. R. R. Tolkien
Dave Ill say I have to disagree
There is not a single place in ether Sloppy Joes or Hogs Breath that when you sit down they dont hand you a menu. And they are licensed as restaurants that also have an alcohol license. Not a bar Note the no smoking indoors part, and for me, that makes it easy. I dont go to anyplace that allows indoor smoking.
Regardless, if I was going there to consume alcoholic beverages, I would leave my sidearm back in the room, but, if Im stopping in for a cheese burger in paradise, then I fail to see a problem.
But, then again, I dont carry a full size sidearm that may cause attention, in shorts and T-shirt; I normally just carry a P3AT 380.
And the only way anyone is ever going to know Im armed is if I have to use it. Then where I got the gun is going to be the investigating officers last question.
Are there any current Florida LEOs on this forum that care to share an opinion regarding what constitutes a bar vs restaurant.
Just passing along the opinion that I was given by Jon Gutmacher himself.
Something to note with respect to the "no smoking" policy as a guide though. In order to allow smoking, an establishment must derive less than 10% of it's revenue from food sales.
The CCW statute indicates that you may not carry in that part of an establishment that is primarily devoted to the dispensing and consumption of alcohol. That means that a bar could derive 90% of it's revenue from alcohol, not allow smoking, but still be, by just about anyone's definition, primarily devoted to dispensing alcohol.
Everyone has a different tolerance for certain risks. My own tolerance for the risk of losing my CC permit is pretty low......if ya know what I mean!


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Chih-Lin Chi began work in the University of Iowa's graduate program in informatics in 2004 without a project to pursue. Chi, a native of Taiwan, quickly learned that wasn't a problem. The program's interdisciplinary nature lends itself to providing countless research possibilities for students. "The informatics program gives a lot of flexibility. You train yourself as a flexible entity," Chi said. "You can grab knowledge from all disciplines. You can choose the professor you want. There is a diverse faculty at the school. You can find experts in management sciences and also engineering. From there, you can form your own project."
Chi selected Nick Street, director of the health informatics program, as his advisor, and his research interests soon came into clear focus. "(Street) influenced me a lot," Chi said. "When he was my advisor, I didn't know what project to pursue. He gave me direction until I found my own interests. Then he was a supportive faculty member as I pursued my own idea."
Chi's research at the UI culminated in his dissertation titled, "Machine learning-based decision support systems for personalized medical care." His dissertation describes three new algorithms for constructing machine learning-based decision support systems. These new methods are applied to:
"He walks in and starts inventing stuff. He's very creative," said Street, associate professor and director of graduate studies in the department of management sciences. "This guy is out there thinking of new ideas. He found his own projects and collaborators, and then found novel solutions."
Chi earned his Ph.D. in health informatics in 2009 and currently is a research associate in the Laboratory of Personalized Medicine at the Harvard Medical School.


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