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Wilson Bickford: Oil Painting Lessons (Playlist)
Artist and author Wilson Bickford guides you through a series of short tutorials to allow you to gather your confidence in the world of oil painting. He has been a professional artist for many many years now so his teaching style has developed accordingly during this time. In this series you will learn the brush techniques , mediums and color correlations necessary to fulfil the painting of a selection of different items and themes. These include a leafy tree, waterfall, fir trees, sun rays, birch trees and dew drops. All have very different styles and detailing but Bickford has the acumen required to help artists of all levels through the path to success in oil painting. Have fun.


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Many ask if coffee, or caffeine, good for your heart and otherwise. This question can be answered in many different ways, and you will see it as such on various message boards and health articles online.
The truth of the matter is that it can be both good and bad for you. If you are under a lot of stress, putting the extra stress of caffeine into your system can cause heart problems. Over 80% of all major medical problems happy when we are under great stress. This is another good reason not to exercise right after drinking some caffeine. Exercise can put extra stress on your body on top of the caffeine.
Now, there is such a thing as not enough stress in your life. Our body does need some stress to keep us going, and coffee can give us the caffeine needed to get us up, alert, and ready for the day. Some people are even reported to have a cup of coffee before bed as part of their routine. Stress can also be relaxing for some people.
When you are deciding just how much coffee to have in the morning, it is important to keep in mind your stress level. If you don't keep it in mind, you can find your way to the emergency room quickly.

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One of the most complete ballplayers ever, ROBERTO CLEMENTE earned four batting titles while compiling twelve straight Gold Glove awards. The 12-time All-Star turned in a phenomenal performance in the 1971 World Series -- hitting .414 and being named World Series MVP following Pittsbugh's seven-game triumph over Baltimore. Clemente smashed a double off the wall in left-center on the final day of the 1972 season for the 3000th hit of his big league career. Pittsburgh's favorite son was a tremendous humanitarian as well, and not only organized relief supplies for an eathquake-ravaged Nicaragua later that year, but chose to accompany the air shipment to insure the much-needed items got to the people in need. Baseball suffered one of its most tragic losses when the plane crashed just off the Puerto Rican coast on December 31st, 1972. Clemente was voted into the Hall of Fame months later in 1973. Major League Baseball has (every year since 1971) given an annual award to the player who combines outstanding skills on the field with devoted work in the community. In 1973, the award was named in honor of Clemente, a lasting tribute to his selflessness and sacrifice.
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Welcome to EzekielWatch! This website provides a comprehensive guide to one of the most relevant, incredible Biblical prophecies (Ezekiel 38-39) that is on our very-near horizon, and will probably be literally fulfilled within our lifetimes.
The Ezekiel 38-39 prophecy details a massive attack (frequently termed the "Magog Invasion") on Israel by Russia, Iran, and the other Islamic nations of the Middle East and God's intervention on Israel's behalf. From the details of the text, this prophecy seems to be moving into place to occur any day, and it appears to involve the use of tactical nuclear weapons.
From the Ezekiel 36-39 passage in Bible, the reason God allows and then intervenes in the attack is to destroy Israel's enemies and to make Himself once again known to His people. It is clearly written in the Torah and the Prophets that Israel would be punished for hundreds of years by exile from their land and massive persecution by all the nations of the world, and then God would restore them as a nation to their ancient land.
It's also clear that Israel's time of punishment by God has been completed since the time the nation was restored in 1948. However, many of the Jewish people today are atheists, secular humanists, or of other belief systems, and do not know the God of the Bible apart from their traditions and rituals.
But God is faithful to keep all the promises of blessing and protection He made to Israel long ago. And His incredible, undeniable intervention on Israel's behalf will cause most of the Jewish people to turn back to the God of the Bible and worship Him once again. And once they turn back to Him, they will seek in earnest to rebuild their Temple that was destroyed over 1940 years ago.
EzekielWatch features an extensive commentary on the passage, free study resources, the latest newsfeeds from all the nations involved, interactive satellite maps, world trends, and free preparation guides and resources for preparing you and your family.


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Third Shelby Mustang to be released by year's end
Ford is keeping the 83-year-old Caroll Shelby very busy according to The Detroit News, which is reporting that a third Shelby Mustang following the GT500 and GT-H will be released later this year. Ford announced the news to its dealers at a meeting in Vegas this week, but very few details are known. The official announcement will come in the next documentary webisode released on FordBoldMoves.com. Despite the lack of details, The Detroit News is guessing the new Shelby Mustang will be similar to the GT-H in terms of power and more affordable than the GT500. It's possible the newest Shelby is being produced as a response to enthusiasts who have been begging Ford to sell the rental-only GT-H to the public. We'll keep an eye on FordBoldMoves.com and let you know when the newest webisode hits the net.
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The energy giant agrees to settle claims over the deadly 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil rig explosion and subsequent spill.
16:57, UK, Tuesday 02 September 2014
Halliburton has agreed to pay $1.1bn (£665m) to settle a majority of plaintiff claims stemming from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
The settlement, subject to court approval, will be paid in three instalments over the next two years.
The payments will be placed in a trust until all appeals are resolved, the energy services giant said in a statement.
Halliburton was BP's cement contractor on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig that exploded in April 2010, killing 11 workers and triggering the largest offshore oil spill in US history.
Millions of gallons of oil spewed into the Gulf while BP scrambled for weeks to seal the well.
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Faculty honored for service
Three professors were recognized for 10 years of service to the College on Wednesday, August 8 at the annual Kick Off Banquet. Terri Gaeddert, Merrillyn Kloefkorn and Dr. Henry Lederle have served Sterling College since 2002.
Terri Gaeddert is currently an associate professor of education, the director of the Sterling Teacher Education Program and chair of the education department.
"Everything Terri does, she does whole-heartedly," said Dr. Gregory Kerr, vice president of academic affairs. "She is committed to excellence, professionalism, and the Lord. She places high demands on her students, and they love it and her. She continues to model servant leadership in her classes and as a leader on campus."
Gaeddert has earned a B.S. in Education from Chadron State College with endorsements in mathematics, computer science and coaching. Her M.A. in Teaching is from Friends University, and she is currently working on her Ph.D. in Educational Leadership.
Merrillyn Kloefkorn has been a consistent Sterling College adjunct for more than 10 years, training students in reading instruction and language arts for the Sterling Teacher Education Program. She also organized the Sante Fe Trail Children's Literature Festival that was hosted on Sterling College's campus for nine years. By fundraising, selecting authors and speakers, and organizing the event, she served the children and teachers from area schools.
"Merrillyn is a wonderful adjunct instructor for the education department," said Gaeddert. "We are blessed to have her as part of our program. Teacher candidates benefit from her exceptional knowledge and vast experience in the areas of reading and language arts."
She has a B.S. in Elementary Education from Emporia State University and an M.A. in Psychology from the University of Northern Colorado.
Dr. Henry Lederle has worked for Sterling College as a professor, dean of chapel, department chair of theology and ministry and the director of Global Missions. While working at the College he has written several books, including "Theology With Spirit," which was sold at the Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany.
Kerr said, "Dr. Lederle has had a huge influence on campus. His work with students is transformational; whether it is mentoring them, training them to lead worship, or engaging them in international missions, he does it all with grace."
Lederle earned a B.A. in Greek and Hebrew, a B.A. in Philosophy and an M.A. in Philosophy from the University of the Orange Free State. He went on to earn a B.Th., the equivalent of a Master of Divinity, and a Lic.Th. in Systematic Theology from the University of Stellenbosch. His second doctoral degree is from the University of South Africa, where he earned a Th.D. in Pneumatology with minors in Old and New Testament theology.
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Waltert, Fabian; Schlaepfer, Felix (2007). The role of landscape amenities in regional development: a survey of migration, regional economic and hedonic pricing studies. Working paper series / Socioeconomic Institute No. 710, University of Zurich.
Quality of life factors continue to gain importance in residential location decisions as well as location decisions of firms. One such factor is an attractive local landscape. The aim of this paper is to provide a survey of the empirical literature on the role of landscape amenities in local economic change. Following common amenity definitions, we define landscape amenities as landscape features that are location-specific, latent non-market input goods that directly enter residents' utility functions. Using this definition we identify thirty-nine relevant studies that use either migration or regional economic models or hedonic pricing techniques. One result from the analysis of migration and regional economic studies is that intra-country migrants were attracted by amenities about as frequently as by a low tax burden. Effects of amenities on employment and income are less well established. However, many of these studies used rather limited amenity variables. The results from hedonic studies show that a wide variety of local amenity attributes are partly capitalized in housing prices and that studies on a larger geographic scale are more likely to identify a significant a role of amenities. Newly available land cover datasets and spatial analysis tools have the potential to overcome important data limitations of many earlier studies. Future research may thus contribute to a better understanding of the role of landscape amenities in economic change and to a better coordination of regional and environmental policies.
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Let $P(X)$ denote the power set of $X$ (the set of all subsets of $X$) with a partial order given by inclusion.
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Midsumma Carnival moves toBirrarung Marr
Mon 12th Jul, 2010 in Local News
Change is in the air as the Midsumma Festival announced that their 2011 Carnival, the opening event for the festival will move from it's former location at Melbourne's Alexandra Gardens to a new nearby site, Birrarung Marr.
Birrarung Marr is set on the north bank of the Yarra River, just next to federation square and is closer to the city center than the previous location of the festival's biggest community event, which attracts tens of thousands of queer and queer friendly revelers each year.
Check out this cool video round up of this year's Midsumma Carnival
Join cabaret stars Dolly Diamond and Luke Gallagher for this fun video tour of the 2010 Midsumma Carnival.
According to Midsumma organisers the carnival has outgrown the Alexandra Gardens. Being crown / government owned land also added legal complications when charging the T-Dance admission, which is essential to help subsidise the cost of the carnival event."In 2010, we saw a 65% rise in stalls at Carnival and had to make more space as a result. It got to a point where we just couldn't fit anything else into the old site. We had out-grown Alexandria Gardens, and Birrarung Marr is the perfect site for us to move to – it is purpose built for events like Carnival and T Dance," explained Midsumma Associate Producer Simon Patterson.
"The move to Birrarung Marr also allows for additional opportunities for the community and sponsors to contribute to the festival, and encourage those interested to contact Midsumma. We can also ensure Carnival will remain a free event and T Dance will maintain its affordability in 2011."
Birrarung Marr is divided into three distinct terrace areas; An Upper, Middle and Lower terrace. The Upper terrace, nearest to Federation Square will feature the Carnival main stage and the Greyhound Bar. Just down from that, the Middle terrace will host the T-Dance and Market Bar. The community stage and stall holders will be situated along the Lower terrace along the scenic bank of the Yarra River.
"The new space gives us the opportunity for future growth of the event without taking anything of the heart of the day away," said Midsumma General Manager Adam Lowe.
"We're bringing all the things we love about Carnival and T Dance to Birrarung Marr. Our supporting partners, the Market Bar and the Greyhound Bar, are excited and showing their support by coming with us."
The Midsumma festival was recently earned the ALSO Award for Most Outstanding Community Event against strong competition of the Equal Love Rallies, Minus 18's Same Sex Formal, and Pride March.
Midsumma is currently calling for Visual Arts submissions from artists, working groups and curators. Stallholder applications are now open for Midsumma's Carnival, available online at the Midsumma Website.Midsumma Carnival and T-Dance will be held on Sunday 16 January 2011 at Birrarung Marr. The 2011 Midsumma Festival runs from 16th January till 6th February 2011.


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British TV regulators will not punish the producers of a TV show that featured an attractive woman getting a boar to ejaculate on camera.
Regulators received 37 complaints and one animal anti-cruelty group called the episode abusive.
"The task occurs regularly on farms," said one regulator. "It was supervised by qualified veterinary surgeons and carried out for a genuine purpose."
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As election day approaches, many voters across the nation remain uninformed about the candidates, their positions, and their accomplishments. Through all the propaganda and political advertisements, it is important to remember what Obama has actually done during his term as president. Though it is essentially impossible to list every reform or new policy passed in the last four years, here are the biggest bills and policies for which Obama has been responsible while in office.
Healthcare Reform (Obamacare)
- Fought for and passed health care reform that provides coverage to 32 million people who were previously unable to afford/qualify for coverage
- Created subsidized coverage for people denied coverage because of pre-existing conditions
- Expanded medicaid to cover lower income individuals
- Cut medicaid prescription costs by up to 50%
- Put subsidies in place for lower income families
- Added legislation that capped insurance premiums based on income
- Put in place a safety net for those who lose their job, allowing them to automatically switch to a government program
- Overturned the ban on government funding to family planning organizations based on if they offer or give information on abortions
Economic Reform
- Repealed Bush administration restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research
- Introduced and implemented a stimulus plan, which includes $18 billion for non-defense scientific research and development
- Made it easier for minoritys to access capital
- Implemented tax cuts for about 3.5 million small businesses to help pay for health care for employees
- Signed a law requiring lenders to verify applicants' credit history, income, and employment status
- Signed a law autherizing a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to look out for the people's interests
- More private sector jobs were created in 2010 (while Obama was in office) than during all the Bush years put together
Foreign Policy
- Allowed Cuban Americans unrestricted rights to visit family and send remittances to the island
- Established a nuclear arms reduction pact with Russia (new START Treaty)
- Helped low-income students pay for college by considerably expanding Pell grants
- Eliminated subsidies to private lender middlemen of student loans and protect student borrowe
- Established $12.2 Billion in funding for Individuals With Disabilities Education Act
- Became the first president to support same-sex marriage
- Appointed the first Latina woman as a Supreme Court justice (Sonia Sotomayor)
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – After wins on day three of the 2013 USTA Players' Choice Open Sunday, Mississippi State men's tennis senior Malte Stropp and sophomore Jordan Angus have advanced to the final round of qualifying play.
Stropp faced off against Carl Abalos on Sunday, picking up a 6-3, 6-2 victory to move to the final round, where he will face David O'Leary of Memphis for a chance to advance to main draw play. Angus picked up a 6-2, 6-2 win against Adam Zaorski to pull within a win of the main draw. Angus will face fellow MSU Bulldog Zach White, who is taking the fall semester off and rejoining the team in the spring, in the qualifying finals.
Should Angus and Stropp pick up victories Monday and advance to the main draw, play will begin Tuesday, Oct. 22.
For more information on Mississippi State men's tennis and updates throughout the USTA Players' Choice Open, fans can follow the Bulldogs on Twitter (@HailStateMT), Facebook (HailStateMT) and Instagram (HailStateMT). Mississippi State Athletics can also be found on FanCred by going to http://www.fancred.com/go/hailstate/.
MSU Results At The 2013 USTA Players' Choice Open
October 20, 2013 – Birmingham, Ala.
Singles – Qualifying
Third Round – Malte Stropp (MSU) def. Carl Abalos 6-3, 6-2; Jordan Angus def. Adam Zaorski 6-2, 6-2
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Rick Noland
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It was called "The Decision," but most Cavaliers fans probably think "The Betrayal" would have been more accurate.
Two-time reigning league MVP and Akron native LeBron James announced Thursday night on ESPN that he was joining the Miami Heat, leaving the Cavaliers and their fans heartbroken, bewildered and angry.
"I never wanted to leave Cleveland," James said during the live telecast from Greenwich, Conn. "My heart will always be around that area. But I also felt this was the greatest challenge for me — to move on."
In joining Miami, which previously agreed to contract terms with free agent stars Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, James not only decided to leave a Cleveland team that won an NBA-best 127 games over the past two regular seasons, but also to play more than 1,000 miles from his hometown.
"I feel awful that I'm leaving," he said. "I feel even worse I wasn't able to bring a championship to that city, because I know they've been waiting a long time."
Once so beloved in Northeast Ohio, James will now be seen by many as a pariah who abandoned his home – and an organization that often catered to his every need – to join two other stars in pursuit of an NBA title.
"This is tough," James said. "It's very tough. You feel like you've let a lot of people down."
Asked if it would be as sweet to win a title in Miami as it would have been in Cleveland, the small forward said, "Championships are championships. You can't look at it like if I had done it somewhere else, it would be sweeter."
As for returning to Cleveland in a Heat uniform next season, James said, "We're going to have to go back there twice a year. Hopefully the fans will be respectful, but at the same time I don't expect them to be."
Clad in a red and white striped shirt, James said he made the decision after talking to his mother, Gloria, who told him to do what was best for him.
"It was the relief I was looking for throughout this whole process," he said.
That didn't stop Cleveland fans from burning James' No. 23 Cavaliers jersey – he'll switch to No. 6 next season if Miami's Mario Chalmers relinquishes it – shortly after he announced his decision.
"I can't get involved in that," James said. "One thing I didn't want to do was make an emotional decision. I wanted to do what was best for LeBron James."
James said final details of his contract with Miami still have to be worked out, but confirmed he – and Wade and Bosh – will get less than the maximum NBA salary.
"It's going to give me the best opportunity to win and win for multiple years," he said. "Not only to win in the regular season and win five games in a row or three games in a row. I want to be able to win championships. I feel like I can win down there."
The live event raised $2.5 million for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, but it did nothing for the Cavaliers, who now find themselves without their franchise player.
Perhaps even worse, James' decision broke the hearts of long-suffering Cleveland pro sports fans who thought the 25-year-old was their savior.
"This is a very emotional time for me," James said. "I know it's emotional for the fans and the area. If it was a perfect world, I would have loved to stay. … But I feel like it's time to change."
James spent the first seven years of his NBA career with the Cavaliers, leading them to unprecedented success but falling short of his goal to bring Cleveland its first major pro sports championship since 1964.
"It's heartfelt," James said of how hard it was to leave. "It's hard to explain, but at the same time, my heart and the seven years I gave to that franchise and that city, it was everything."
The Cavaliers overachieved and reached the NBA Finals in 2007, but were swept by the vastly superior San Antonio Spurs.
They lost to eventual NBA champion Boston in the Eastern Conference semifinals in '08, but the real disappointment came in the next two postseasons.
In 2008-09, the Cavaliers won a franchise-record 66 games in the regular season, but lost to Orlando in the conference finals.
In 2009-10, the Cavaliers won an NBA-best 61 games in the regular season, but fell to Boston in the conference semifinals.
"I'm going to miss all of them," James said of his Cleveland teammates. "We had something that was very special and that, at the end of the day, you can't substitute out."
The results were mixed, but the Cavaliers did numerous things to try to help James bring them a title, starting with the 2005 signings of Larry Hughes, Donyell Marshall and Damon Jones.
When that didn't work, former general manager Danny Ferry swung a trade-deadline deal in
February 2008 for Delonte West, Wally Szczerbiak, Delonte West and Joe Smith.
The Cavaliers added Mo Williams in the summer of '08, Shaquille O'Neal in the summer of '09 and traded for Antawn Jamison this February, but all those moves ended up being a day late, a dollar short or both.
Cleveland appeared to have a chance to get O'Neal in February of '09, but a deal with Phoenix never came to fruition and Orlando ended up eliminating the Cavaliers from the playoffs.
Having added O'Neal after that, the Cavaliers explored trading for the Suns' Amar'e Stoudemire in February 2010, but acquired Jamison instead and ended up losing to Boston in the playoffs.
"I respect that franchise and everything they've done for my friends and my family and me as an individual," James said. "I tried to give it back to them every night."
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VMware Fusion v3.0.1
One vm for Windows XP, converted and recently expanded the disk size.
Mac OS X 10.5.8, 2 x 3 GHz dual-core intel xeon machine.
Immediately after booting, and before VMware Fusion is launched, the Activity Monitor shows eight processes associated with "vm". What caught my eye is the duplicates: netifup and dhcpd.
I noticed this while trying to re-establish network connectivity after the upgrade to 3.0.1. I am not sure when the network connection was clobbered, so I cannot say it happend during the upgrade.
Is eight processes typcial? I expect about six, as listed in other notes and documents on the web site.
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8 Thomas Street, Manchester, Tel: 0161 833 3197, OPEN: Sunday to Wednesday, 10am to 12pm; Thursday 10am to 1am; Friday and Saturday 10am to 3am.
Food served daily 10am to 10pm
THERE'S something distinctive about Trof.
It's almost as if you have walked out of the rain-soaked streets of Manchester and into a restaurant in the sultry New Orleans' French Quarter — fun, vibrant and lively.
There is no stuffiness that can be found in some restaurants, and definitely no need to keep conversation to just above a whisper in this Northern Quarter haunt.
Having visited Trof in Fallowfield — great food, welcoming atmosphere — I wondered if this one also captured that muchneeded holiday feeling.
And it did, pervading the restaurant on the corner of Thomas Street in the heart of the Northern Quarter, although this Trof is much bigger, doubling into, from what I could see, a threestorey bar.
It is perfect to liven you up after a busy day in the office — instantly energy levels are restored, and that's before you have even taken a mouthful of food.
It really is straight from dinner to drinks, as the menu describes it, quite aptly, as the "eating and drinking place".
Trof boasts fresh, seasonal, local, free-range and Fairtrade ingredients in its fabulous array of dishes, ranging from falafel to burgers. Lacking, however, is the choice of starters — potato wedges and warm pita bread. My friend opted for hand cut chips to complement the dish. I, as usual, could not resist the hamburger, although in my defence I have not had a restaurant burger, for a good few weeks.
The special recipe was made with dry aged chunk mince and fresh herbs and spices, costing a very reasonable £6.95. The third person in the party ordered the veggie burger (£6.95) — essentially a falafel burger — one of the many vegetarian options, on this fantastic eclectic menu. Both burgers were served with chips.
Service was simple and with a smile, anything more would have seemed out of place.
It is understandable why Trof boasts about the source of its ingredients, for it really does make a difference to the food. Fabulous succulent burger, with the herbs and spices taking it from pub food to that worthy of a restaurant.
You can never beat hand-cut chips.
The measure of a good meal, especially when having a burger, is not feeling stodgy and tired afterwards.
This meal certainly didn't sit on the stomach, and, in fact, there was even a little room for the dessert.
We all chose the chocolate cheese cake (£2.95), the richness of which indicated that this was homemade. Unfortunately, I was unable to finish mine, as much as I would have liked too — definitely one to share.
Although I didn't have one this time, the smoothies at this place are simply divine.
Trof is a great place to go for informal and fun dining, a welcome change from some of the restaurants which make-up Manchester today.


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Yoko Ono – the Japanese widow of John Lennon – on Monday wrote a letter to dolphin fishermen of Japan to stop their hunt.
Ono published an open letter on her "Imagine Peace" website on January 20, 2014 and addressed it to "the Japanese fishermen of Taiji." Not only did she include her signature in the published letter, but she also cc'd "Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe."
The plan for the hunt is to corral scores of animals into a cove, select the "prettiest" to sell to aquariums and then butcher the rest for meat.
It "will give an excuse for big countries and their children in China, India and Russia to speak ill of Japan," she wrote.
Ono's intervention came just days after US ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy tweeted her disapproval.
"Deeply concerned by inhumaneness of drive hunt dolphin killing. USG (US Government) opposes drive hunt fisheries," wrote Kennedy.
Her comments were welcomed on Monday by fugitive eco-activist Paul Watson, who said he hoped it would help convince Tokyo to put a halt to the practice.
"Hopefully this would put additional pressure to convince the Japanese government that this really has no place in the 21st century," he said.
According to the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (an organization founded by Watson), around 250 dolphins have been corralled in the cove so far, and that some have been removed, but it is not clear how many have been killed.
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In the real world, do we ever need to worry about convergence and what not? I am not talking about whether recursive functions and such terminate, but convergence in analysis. It seems like the finitude of the universe makes questions like that meaningless. I ask because it often seems like physicists and statisticians are very lax about convergence. I know physicists might seem to care about it every once and a while (wave functions must be in normalizable i.e. in $L^2$) but it doesn't appear to be truly important.
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Baseball Sweeps Temple, 4-2 And 6-1
May 8, 2004
AMHERST, Mass. - Behind two complete game efforts by senior Eric Chown (Fall River, Mass.) and sophomore Matt Torra (Pittsfield, Mass.), the University of Massachusetts baseball team (16-21, 8-9 Atlantic 10) swept a doubleheader from Temple University (18-22, 6-11), 4-2 and 6-1, this afternoon at Earl Lorden Field. In game two, Torra had a no-hitter through 6.1 innings before giving up a solo home run.
The Minutemen broke into the scoring column first in game one with an unearned run. Senior Mike Athas (Holyoke, Mass.) reached on an error, stole second and then moved to third on a wild pitch. He scored on a ground out by sophomore Frank Curreri (Weymouth, Mass.). The Owls scored twice in the top of the second, but Massachusetts plated a pair of runs in the bottom of the third to take the lead for good. Freshman Anthony Santos (Chelmsford, Mass.) started the rally by reaching on an error. Two batters later, he moved to second on a single by senior Cullan Maumus (New Orleans, La.). Curreri then doubled to right field to score Santos and tie the game at two. Two batters later, junior Curt Szado (Monson, Mass.) reached on an infield single and Maumus was able to score the eventual winning run.
Massachusetts added an insurance run when Maumus led off the fifth inning with a home run to left. Chown settled down to retire 15 of the final 17 batters for his fifth (5-4) win of the season. He allowed four hits ad no walks while fanning seven. Tim Foulkrod took the loss for Temple. He gave up four runs (three unearned) on seven hits and a walk. He struck out four.
In game two, UMass scored four runs in the first inning and that was more than enough for Torra. He took a no-hitter into the final inning, but gave up a one-out solo home run to Pete Colon. That would be the only hit he would allow. Torra walked just one batter and struck out eight as he improved to 5-3 on the season.
Maumus got the first inning rally started with a double down the right-field line. After Curreri walked, senior Matt Reynolds (South Boston, Mass.) reached on an error to load the bases. Szado then singled to right field to drive home the game's first run. After a RBI ground out by junior Jason Twomley (Fitchburg, Mass.), freshman Michael Weiner (Easton, Conn.) broke the game open with a two-RBI double into the left-center field gap.
After allowing a runner to reach on base via an error in each of the first two innings, Torra retired 11 batters in a row and 14 out of 15 until the home run. Curreri gave the Minutemen some insurance in the fourth with a two-run home to left field.
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Author of SchilliX in Prague (CZOSUG)
By psum on Jan 11, 2006
Yesterday there was just another Czech OpenSolaris user's group meeting (CZOSUG). It was fourth such a meeting and this time we had a special guest - Jörg Schilling, the author of SchilliX and cdrtools.
There were two presentations. First was done by Jörg Schilling and it was about background of the first OpenSolaris distribution - SchilliX. He explained how he could come with this distribution so soon after sources of OpensSolaris were published, problems to which he had to face (and how long it took him to solve them). He also mentioned cooperation between people around SchilliX and Blastwave. He plans made Blastwave packages to run with SchilliX as soon as X Server and Solaris package database will be incorporated. Schilling also mentioned PowerPC port of Operating System Solaris (also known as Polaris). He expects first version of SchilliX for PowerPC this summer.
Interesting was also later discussion where Jörg explained his attitude towards some GNU tools and explained why he introduced some of his tools: strar, smake, sfind (note that ssh is not abbreviation for Schilliy's shell and it has nothing to do with Schilling ;-). But overall I got very nice feeling about Jörg and I think it's great we have such a people in OpenSolaris community.
After small break Frank Hofmann talked about Operating System Virtualisation. He has got nice overview of the topic but some of us were missing some practical examples on live system (BrandZ). But anyway it's great to have Frank coming to Prague regularly.
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Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) planted 6 May 1975 in Washington Square, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This was the first official Moon Tree planted to celebrate the nation's bicentennial. Sadly, the tree died circa 2008. As of 2011 there was still the base of the tree standing (above).
There was a plan to plant a clone grown from a cutting of the tree in this spot. A planting ceremony was scheduled for 24 September 2011 (National Public Lands Day). For more information, see the CBS News story
Seen above is the Moon Tree when it was healthy, circa 2000.
Located at Walnut Street & Independence Mall West.
39 deg 56.853 min N, 75 deg 9.090 min W
Moon Tree planting announcement (courtesy Jane Alling, McLean Library)
Newspaper clippings of the original planting. The first image shows Stuart Roosa and Woodsie the Owl at the Moon Tree planting on May 6, 1975. The caption under the second image reads, "Cub Scout David Burnett, 8, of West Chester, studies the plaque marking the site of the first "moon tree" (background) planted during the national Bicentennial. In ceremonies yesterday at Washington Square, astronaut Stuart Roosa, who carried the seed for this and other trees on a trip to the moon, assisted in planting the tree to mark the contributions forests have made to our way of life. During the Bicentennial year, each state will have its own "moon tree" planted in similar ceremonies."
(Reprinted by permission from The Philadelphia Daily News, May 7, 1975)
A first-hand description of the Philadelphia Moon Tree Ceremony written by Howard Burnett
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Bufo viridis under a rock
It's been almost 10 months since I mentioned in this post that I was going to write about this particular toad. Well, it's better late than never.
I found this Bufo viridis (also known as Epidalea viridis or the European Green Toad) last May in southwestern Turkey. It was under a large rock that I had lifted up while searching for snails. I didn't measure it, but wrote in my notebook that it was about 7-8 cm long.
We were on a mountain at an altitude of about 1800 mm. That area gets a lot of snow in the winter. In fact, when we were there in the beginning of May, there were still patches of snow on the higher slopes. In the picture below, you can see yours truly standing next to one such patch of snow that had by then turned into a sheet of ice. And yes, it was warm enough to wear a T-shirt.
As for the toad, it survives the harsh winter thanks to the abundant rocks that cover the surface. Its hypolithic hiding spot protects it from the snow, the ice, the cold winds and the sun. The underside of the rock must also be safe haven from its predators. We can say that the generations of B. viridis that live there have adapted themselves to the terrain.


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On the 13th of January 2009 the developers introduced in HT one of the most controversial tactics: LONG SHOTS (LS).There were opinions that this tactic should be removed because it was inefficient and also there were many who would not recommend it as a good tactical solution.Does the Long Shots tactic deserve a chance?Let's have a closer look at that and see what it means.
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BURBANK, California — When last we saw the Pirates of the Caribbean, things weren't looking too good. Captain Jack Sparrow had been swallowed whole by a giant sea monster, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann's romance was on the rocks, and the evil Captain Barbossa had once again risen from the dead.
But judging from a stunning visit to the set of the third movie, "At World's End," things are about to start looking much, much better (see "Keira Knightley Could Tell You About 'Pirates 3,' But She'd Have To Kill You" ). "I think you'll notice right away that we're not in the Caribbean any longer," Rick Heinrichs, the production designer for all three movies, beamed last year from the set, which doubled for Singapore. "We're on the other side of the world."
"Welcome to Singapore!" chimed in visual-effects supervisor John Knoll, looking over the small fishing town of cobblestone roads, precarious bridges and wares-selling huts. "This is a set that we spent two-and-a-half months building."
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"It was a lot of fun for us to research and come up with a new way of telling the story of pirates and what a pirate looks like in 1720s Singapore," Heinrichs said. "There's not much documentation about it. It's different shrubberies, Chinese and southeast Asian architecture, and so we came up with this Chinese/Malaysian mélange."
"Although we didn't have a direct reference from Singapore in the early part of the 18th century, we did have other stuff from the 19th century, the early 1800s, photographic-type research," Knoll added. "Singapore, anyway, is kind of at a crossroads in Southeast Asia, with many different cultural references. So we have Indonesian, Malaysian and Chinese — it's a melting pot."
But when most people think pirates, they imagine peg legs, parrots and pointy hats — not rainforests, roundhouse kicks and sticky rice. It goes without saying, then, that the new locale will result in a decidedly different pirate tale.
"This set is designed for an action scene right here, when all heck breaks loose," Knoll grinned like a proud papa, looking at the 3-foot-deep water and the narrow bridges hanging over it. "The Chinese pirates, our pirates, and the East India Trading Company troops all converge and fight, and people fall in the water and things get blown up."
Looking over at a small shanty, he added: "That's a fireworks hut right there, so I don't even need to tell you what happens to that."
The set was reinforced more than any of Knoll and Heinrichs' previous "Pirates" structures, in order to contain the quasi-kung-fu fighting that breaks out when all these enemies engage in their 17th-century Mexican standoff.
"We're not doing the Hong Kong high-wire stuff," Heinrichs cautioned. "There's no 'Crouching Tiger,' but we have a lot of Chinese influence in there … that dictated how the sets were built. … Our sets were built to withstand quite a bit of violence."
Once the sets were constructed, the stars came to play. On the afternoon we visited, director's chairs could be seen for all the major stars except Depp; Keira Knightley and Chow-Yun Fat shot scenes in a closed-off "bathhouse" just a few feet away. But, according to Heinrichs, even the on-set A-listers had stars in their eyes when a rock legend showed up to film his cameo.
"Everybody wanted to meet Keith Richards," he remembered. "But there was a policy thing. It would have been a big distraction. Still, everybody was trying to walk past his trailer, and I actually got to shake his hand — the guy is such an icon."
Heinrichs didn't get to speak with the Rolling Stones guitarist, but he said that's just as well — because he wouldn't know how to begin the conversation. "I wouldn't really know what to say to him," he shrugged. "When you actually meet a hero, it's a little difficult to just say, 'How's it going there, Keith?' "
The production designer was thrilled to create several "period" guitars for Richards to play (including one with a sea turtle's shell) and said that the crew was in awe while watching Johnny Depp and his "dad" play pirates.
"They're very talented, these pirates," Heinrichs grinned.
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Getting Real for Desktop Software
Alan Smith <alanrogersmith@...>
Hello everyone, Yesterday I finished reading 'Getting Real,' the book by 37Signals. For those of you who haven't read it, I highly recommend it, to buy a copy or read the free online version go to http://getreal.37signals.com/ In 'Getting Real' there is major emphasis on keeping a web app simple and clean. One example was 37Signals did not add text coloring to their multi-person chat app (Campfire) because it wasn't necessary. That got me thinking, that's fine for a web app where there is a monthly fee instead of a one-time registration fee and so you don't have to add features to get people to buy it but, what about desktop apps? If you don't add little things like that how are you going to keep people interested in it? How do all of you write apps? I want to keep my apps sleek and thin but I don't want them to become stagnant. Is there a book like 'Getting Real' for desktop apps? If there is that would be fantastic, I'd love to read it. Cheers. Alan -- -- My blog: cocoalatte.info // Things I've said ------------------------- "Maturity resides in the mind." "Silence is the Universe's greatest gift." "When the World realizes that personal beliefs are not something to argue or fight over, it shall evolve."


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It's Saturday morning and I can't wait to pen this story. This week has seen a flurry of behind the scenes activity after a Dutchess County Judge issued rulings not once but twice that seem to turn New York State's banking law on its ear, and clear the way for a wild west mentality among private hard money lenders. Indeed, the decision seems to declare open season on anyone who has borrowed private money from a lender bent on circumventing the law in Dutchess County.
One upstate Judge has confounded the New York State Banking Department, in a decision where it appears that she refused to apply the law as it applies to mortgage loan servicers.
Judge Christine Sproat, sits on the bench in the Dutchess County Supreme Court and according to Banking Department Officials seems to have completely ignored the fact that the lender in this case is acting as a servicer and that NY CLS Bank § 590 (b-1) is clear.
While the private lender in this case carefully conducts its business so that it can sidestep any requirement to register with the NYS Banking Department, the law anticipates this and provides that any exempt person or entity must notify the Banking Department superintendent that it is acting as a mortgage loan servicer in this state and complies with any regulation applicable to mortgage loan servicers, promulgated by the superintendent.
The judge's decision has puzzled the mortgagor, her attorney and raised eyebrows at the New York State Banking Department.
The Banking Department is now investigating the matter; in ongoing conversations this week a confidential source at the Banking Department stated "it is clear that the Judge in this case gave little regard to the language of the law."
The identity of the parties involved in this case has been reserved until such time as the investigation is complete.
In New York State there is an underbelly of 'hard money' lenders who lend money at higher than normal rates to people who for one reason or another can't borrow through traditional channels. In recent years banks have tightened lending standards and getting a mortgage is almost impossible for anyone who has a blemish on their credit report thereby giving rise to an increase in hard money lending.
Occasionally these hard money lenders step over the line and violate the laws that apply to them. The case mentioned in this article is one where the lender initiated a foreclosure without complying with New York State notice requirements, and boldly declares that they are not subject to the law. The family that owns the corporation in this case makes mortgage loans over a period of decades under a number of corporate identities in what appears to be a purposeful attempt to skirt the law that would require them to register with the Banking Department.
If this activity goes unchecked, as it has thus far in this Dutchess County Courtroom under the eyes of a New York State Judge, it will become a how to lesson for those who seek to rob equity from homeowners by lending money to those who can ill afford to do so, only to steal the home from the borrower later in foreclosure. Surprisingly, the Judge in this case rejected the defense request for discovery and ignored the fact that this particular lender made a 2nd loan to the homeowner while she was in default on the 1st mortgage in what can only be described as a sure fire path to the homeowners equity at a discount.
A source who asked to remain anonymous said "Dutchess County has put out the welcome mat for hard money lenders looking for an expedited path to foreclosure" and "It seems that local businessmen have an 'in' when they want to skirt the law".
This reporter will keep an eye on the case and report back with updates.
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Texas Senator Ted Cruz, in conjunction with Senator Rand Paul and Senator Mike Lee, issued a letter to the Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid yesterday, stating opposition to further firearm legislation. The letter stated the Senators' strong opposition to anything prohibiting the Second Amendment rights for American citizens.
"The Second Amendment to the Constitution protects citizens' right to self-defense."
Cruz stated on his website, "I am prepared to use any procedural means necessary to ensure that Congress does not pass any laws infringing on the Second Amendment, and look forward to working alongside Sens. Lee and Paul, and hopefully others, to protect our constitutional rights."
The firearm legislation debate is still important, despite a critical loss for the anti-gun party last week with the dismissal of the assault weapons ban from the main legislation. While many democrats are trying to pass more "minor" legislation in an effort to get something into federal law, many republicans are continuing the support for their constituents. Many cities and counties have spoken up in regards to their right for self-defense, not only from crime but also from an authoritative government.
The gun legislation being proposed would only the beginning of further firearm restriction, possibly creating a national gun registry. Many are arguing that this is not the way to solve the problem of gun violence. As Cruz stated, "this raises serious constitutional issues, and would divert resources from prosecuting felons and fugitives who try to illegally purchase guns."
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On tonight's Spike episode of "Bar Rescue," creator Jon Taffer visited Pat's Cocktails in Los Angeles, on this episode titled, "When Life Doesn't Hand You Lemons."
Twenty years ago, millionaire businessman, Ray bought Pat's Cocktails. He quintupled the business in the first few years. After a while, he stepped out of the business and pursued his passion; big-game hunting.
In his absence, Ray handed the reins over to his friend Jimmy, to manage the place. Two years ago, Jimmy fell for the love of his life, Monique. They quickly got married, and Jimmy no longer cared about the bar. With an absent owner and a distracted manager have caused the bar to slip into a state of neglect.
Ray is only interested in hunting, fishing and traveling; the bar is an afterthought. With Pat's losing about $4,000 a month, Vivian and Danielle, the bartenders, have persuaded Ray to call in Jon Taffer to help the failing bar get back to where it should be. With an affluent population and younger demographic, Pat's Cocktails should be booming, but it is too run down and has not been updated, and becoming a dump.
As Jon sat in his car with Russell Davis, his mixologist, they saw how deteriorated the bar was. They saw Jimmy and his wife playing grab-ass at the bar while drinking. It was embarrassing to watch them act like horny teenagers. As Jon's three women spies went in to do recon, Jon called Vivian to ask her to pour free drinks for the patrons, and see if Jimmy notices. Jimmy was so engrossed in his wife, that he never noticed. Jon agreed to pay for the drinks, and when she gave away over seventy drinks, and the entire group saluted Jimmy; he did not even know that they were drinking for free, and saluted them back. When she went around with a large bottle, refilling everyone's drinks, he still did not notice.
Jon came in and read Jimmy the riot act, but he was oblivious to what had happened, and just annoyed that Jon yelled at him and called him a moron. Jon told him to be there the next day with the owner when he returned. Jimmy then hugged his wife who was crying because her baby boy was yelled at.
When Jon came in the next day, Ray, Jimmy and the bartenders were there. The staff complained that it was much too hot inside the bar, and customers left because of it. They also ran out of products to serve and sometimes purchased items themselves. They have not had lemons in the bar for six months. Jimmy blamed Ray for not allowing them to upgrade the place. It was Ray who would not spring for lemons, while driving around in a $90,000 car.
Jimmy finally had his say, after Jon related his sting to Ray, that the bar was served for free right under Jimmy's nose. Then Jimmy exploded with how he felt towards Jon. However, Jon held higher cards and called his bluff, making him agree with his every word. Jon also determined that his wife, Monique could be an asset to the restoration of the bar. Then Jon introduced his helpers, Russell to aid the bartenders and Kevin Bludso, the barbeque expert to ramp up the joint next door that serves food through a window in the bar.
For the stress test, Jon invited the younger demographic to the bar. The food orders were coming fast and furious, but Jimmy was falling behind. The credit card machine went down, and Jimmy was at a loss. Fortunately, his wife knew how to reset it. Vivian was so disgusted; she ran out crying. Jon went after her to tell her how great she was, and how she was needed. He is such a motivator. Jimmy was worthless as a manager, but promised to do better going forward.
When Jon met with his crew, they agreed to turn the bar around. The next morning, Ray was there with a peace offering, a large jar of lemons, and he agreed to give Jimmy control of the bar, and they also noticed something different; the air conditioning was working properly. Ray had done his part, now the entire day was devoted to training.
As the group met outside, they awaited the revamped exterior. When Jon told them to turn around, they saw a new sign, no longer dated, but a new sign reading; Pat's Cocktails, a Mixology Bar. The interior was amazing, and the metamorphosis was unbelievable. The entire group was in awe of the changes Jon made.
The relaunch was a booming success; Jimmy stepped up, and the bartenders were on point. Now with two wells, they were no longer running into each other.
Six weeks, after the relaunch, Vivian and Danielle's tips are up 35%. Ray continues to stock the bar with resources, especially lemons thanks to Jon and his staff at "Bar Rescue."
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After Trayvon, Congress Takes Up Racial Profiling
Senate leader Dick Durbin held a Judiciary panel hearing on "Ending Racial Profiling in America." The panelists included lawmakers, cops and civil liberties groups. Victims of racial profiling held a news conference after the hearing.
From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Audie Cornish.
And I'm Melissa Block. For the first time in more than a decade, Congress had a hearing today to consider how to end racial profiling. The practice of targeting people because of their race or religion is at the center of two recent controversies - the killing of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager in Florida, and disclosures that New York police have been surveilling Muslims in schools.
NPR's Carrie Johnson has our story.
CARRIE JOHNSON, BYLINE: It only takes one tragedy to ignite a community. This year, it was the image of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, shot dead by a neighborhood watchman.
SENATOR RICHARD DURBIN: The senseless death of this innocent young man has been a wake-up call to America.
JOHNSON: Illinois Senator Richard Durbin held the gavel at today's judiciary panel hearing. He pointed out that court papers in the Martin case say the watchman accused of second degree murder...
DURBIN: ...profiled Trayvon Martin and, quote, "assumed Martin was a criminal."
JOHNSON: Lawmakers from both political parties support legislation that would end racial profiling once and for all. The bill would make it clear that police cannot use race, religion or national origin as the basis for making a traffic stop or frisking a suspect. The bill would force police to do training and collect data on those interactions or else lose federal grant money. Florida Congresswoman Frederica Wilson says profiling is widespread and damaging.
REPRESENTATIVE FREDERICA WILSON: There's a real tension between black boys and the police. If you walk into any inner-city school and ask the students, have you ever been racially profiled, everyone will raise their hands.
JOHNSON: Chief Ronald Davis leads the police force in East Palo Alto, California. Davis is black and, despite 27 years in law enforcement, he says...
RONALD DAVIS: I am still subject to increased scrutiny from the community, from my own profession and from my country because of the color of my skin.
JOHNSON: To use race to describe a person who's running from a crime scene makes sense, police say, but not singling out a person for suspicion only because of their skin color. David Harris studies racial profiling at the University of Pittsburgh Law School.
DAVID HARRIS: The data on this question is unequivocal. It comes from all over the country. When police use race or ethnic appearance or religious appearance this way, they do not become more accurate.
JOHNSON: In fact, Harris says, they become less accurate because they stop focusing on behavior patterns that help lead police to real criminals.
FRANK GALE: It's wrong to think a person a criminal because of the color of their skin, but it's equally wrong to think that a person is a racist because they wear a uniform and a badge.
JOHNSON: That's Frank Gale of the Denver County Sheriff's Department. He says the nation's biggest police group opposes legislation to fix a problem that he says does not belong in Congress or the courts. But conversations about race are touchy, as Roger Clegg of the conservative-leaning Center for Equal Opportunity found out.
ROGER CLEGG: It's going to be tempting for the police and individuals to profile so long as a disproportionate amount of street crime is committed by African-Americans. And there will be a disproportionate amount of street crime committed by African-Americans so long...
JOHNSON: So many spectators gasped and shook their heads that Senator Durbin had to call the room to order. Outside the hearing room, Bonita Rhodesburg(ph) talked about being stopped by drug agents when she got off a red-eye flight in Minnesota. They searched her bag, but she says only found a Bible and pajamas.
BONITA RHODESBURG: On the way home, I started crying. I was so mad. I knew that they had stopped me because I was an African-American and I knew that I had been racially profiled.
JOHNSON: She says she sued and won a settlement, but flying, she says, has never been the same. Carrie Johnson, NPR News, Washington.
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"Beak to Tail" Dinner in Greenpoint; Chef John Schaeffer Leaves Irving Mill
Restaurants may soon be fined for wasting A/C output by leaving their windows open, and get your lima beans, in today's neighborhood food news.
Clinton Hill: Il Porto at at 37 Washington Avenue opens today, and the restaurant has menus up on its Website. [Clinton Hill Blog]
Greenpoint: Paloma restaurant will be hosting a "Beak to Tail" game bird dinner at tomorrow at 8 pm. It's $100, including wine, and there are still seats left. [Grub Street]
Midtown East: Frank Bruni calls the desserts at Adour "a highlight of any meal there" to kick off his Q&A; with pastry chef Sandro Micheli. [Diner's Journal/NYT]
Long Island City: "In terms of cleanliness, size and snack options," Gantry Plaza Park is "the best picnic spot" between Astoria and the Manhattan Bridge, but if you want to stick to Brooklyn, this list details lots of other squatting options. [Brooklyn Based]
Nolita: The City Council may start fining venues that blow energy by blasting their A/C's in order to leave their doors and windows open in summer. Delicatessen, you've been warned. [Eater]
Union Square: Executive chef John Schaeffer has left Irving Mill, and the restaurant has yet to find a replacement. [NYS]
Lima beans are now available at the Greenmarket, and "they are a seasonal delight that's not to be missed." [NYT]


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The only similarities between actors Samuel L. Jackson and Laurence Fishburne is that they are both considered top Hollywood actors and they are both black. KTLA news anchor Sam Rubin apparently had a tough time telling the two apart. According to the Hollywood Reporter on Feb. 10, Jackson had to remind the reporter that he was not Fishburne during an interview promoting his latest film, the remake of "RoboCop".
During the interview, Rubin asked Jackson about his recent Super Bowl commercial which sent the actor into a state of confusion just a moment before he ripped into the anchor, comparing him to people on Twitter.
"You're as crazy as the people on Twitter! I am NOT Laurence Fishburne!"
Samuel L. Jackson then criticized the reporter for not knowing the difference between him and Fishburne, who the anchor was referring to. He then went on a rift about other famous black guys doing commercials.
"There's more than one black guy doing commercials. I'm the 'What's in your wallet?' black guy. He's the car black guy. Morgan Freeman is the other credit card black guy. You only hear his voice, though, so you probably won't confuse him with Laurence Fishburne."
Although Jackson and Fishburne clearly don't look alike, people other than Rubin have confused the two with one another, which is a reason for Jackson's frustration. But the actor didn't stop short of turning the mistake into a racial misconception.
"I've actually never done a McDonald's or Kentucky Fried Chicken commercial. I know that's surprising."
Rubin did apologize and felt embarrassed about the mistake and claimed he was trying to ask Jackson about the "Captain America" ad during the Super Bowl, but completely under stood the "Pulp Fiction" star's dismay and felt he was deserving of Samuel L. Jackson's verbal beat down.


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There are few romantic movies that can match "Casablanca" for its intensity. It's the story of Rick, the owner of a night club who finds himself once more embroiled with the woman he had loved and lost. The movie has historic performances by Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid and includes the Oscar nominated musical score with such well known tunes as "It Had to be You", "Perfidia" and "As Time Goes By".
On Friday, February 14, 2014 at 8:00 p.m., the Cleveland Orchestra will be presenting "Casablanca" on the giant screen at Severance Hall. During the film the Orchestra will be performing the original film score with William Eddins conducting. Mr. Eddins' previous engagement with the Cleveland Orchestra was conducting the musical score for Charles Chaplin's films City Lights and Modern Times.
"Casablanca" at Severance Hall with the Cleveland Orchestra is the ultimate romantic Valentine's Day experience, pairing a classic film with unforgettable acting and music as well as a story that still stands up even in today's times. Here's looking at you, Kid.
Ticket and parking information
The movie and concert will take place at Severance Hall, located at 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. Tickets start at $35.00. To purchase tickets you may stop by the Severance Hall ticket office, call the Cleveland Orchestra Ticket Services at (216) 231-1111 (or (880) 686-1141 or go online at www.clevelandorchestra.com
The Severance Hall Ticket Office is located on street level in the Smith Lobby and you may park for free for fifteen minutes in the enjoining garage (located off of East Boulevard) as you go in to purchase your tickets.
Severance Hall Ticket Office hours are Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and, from September through May, on Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (closed Sundays and holidays except for those days with performances, when the Ticket Office will be open three hours prior to each performance).
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Students majoring in sociology work with faculty in the department to select the appropriate sequence of courses in areas of special interest such as family, gender, and human relationships, or social control and social deviance. In addition, for students with a strong interest in psychology or social work, there is an opportunity to develop a double major program of study.
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The Etymology of 'Kindle' by Mark Forsyth
She seeks to kindle with continuous kissing…
Said Shakespeare in his poem Venus and Adonis, but for some reason the marketing chaps at Kindle haven't used the line yet.
Etymologically, 'kindle' is in one of my favourite groups of words: the forgotten frequentative. It's a subject that I wrote a whole chapter about in my book, The Etymologicon. It's a group that contains bustle, waddle and that old favourite disgruntle. When you did something frequently in Old English the Old Englishmen would just add an –le to the end of the word.
Most of the time it's obvious where this has happened. If you frequently spark, you sparkle. If you keep cracking you crackle.
Some are a little less obvious, but much more romantic. Knights in shining armour used bump into each other on purpose and they called it jousting. Jousting has rather disappeared as a pastime, but when people keep bumping into you, you still say that you're being jostled.
The same idea goes for nuzzle (rubbing someone with your nose) and gobble (stuffing food into your… mouth).
But sometimes a verb has disappeared, while the frequentative remains. There is no longer a verb to snug or to fond. But there was once and if you are fond of somebody often enough you may end up fondling them.
And some words have gone completely. Unless you are a time-travelling Viking who's just stopped off to read this blog post, you're very unlikely to have heard of the Old Norse word kynd. It existed once, though, and the word came into English with the Viking invasions, got its frequentative suffix, and is still sitting in your hand today.
Originally 'kindle' just meant setting fire to things, but according to the OED 'kindle' has had the extra meaning of to inflame, excite, rouse, inspire (a passion or feeling) since at least the 14th century.
That's presumably the meaning that marketing men at Amazon had in mind when they picked the name.
I could be wrong though. The dictionary says that 'kindle' can also mean a baby hare. I'll have to get in touch with Amazon and check. I'll also try and sort out a deal whereby every Kindle copy of The Etymologicon comes with free continuous kissing.
--Mark Forsyth
Mark Forsyth is a writer, journalist and blogger. Every job he's ever had, whether as a ghost-writer or proof-reader or copy-writer, has been to do with words. The Etymologicon springs from his Inky Fool blog on the strange connections between words.


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This is a short post to announce that ThinkCode.TV has finally gone live. Well, technically the Italian site has been live for months and is a favorite of many Italian programmers. Today however, is the first day in the life of the English version of ThinkCode.TV.
The initial line-up includes a freebie about solving ASCII mazes in Python (previously released), a screencast about jQuery, another about MacRuby and HotCocoa, and three courses that are in progress on Python Programming, Test-Driven Development, and open source document management. Further interesting screencasts will be released soon.
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Stock Upgrades: Future Looks Bright for Pacific Sunwear
Justin Sharon
Wall Street ratings agencies set the tone for today's stock market.
Who needs Paris when you've got, er, Pittsburgh? On Valentine's Day, investors fell further in love with Steel City, fresh from it being
anointed the unlikeliest of romantic capitals
. Two of its icons bucked an otherwise desultory trading session, with condiment king
H.J. Heinz
(HNZ) surging 19.87% and
(AA) easily besting all
Blue Chips
(^DJI) by advancing 2.09%.
Elsewhere the timeless seduction adage of "candy is dandy but liquor is quicker" proved decent investment advice as confectionery company
(PINK:NSRGY) tumbled 2.09% even as winemaker
Constellation Brands
(STZ) jumped 37.23%.
For those not in a committed relationship, an evening of friends with benefits saw alcohol outfit
(BUD) rise 5.10% so Paul Simon was right when he said there are indeed 50 ways to lose your liver. And electric utility
(ETR), which did so much to boost the business of candlelit dinners with
its blackout at the Super Bowl
, tumbled 2.92% to a fresh 52-week trough on a
ratings reduction
It's a fairly busy Friday ahead of the long weekend, with stock markets closed on Monday for Presidents' Day. This morning in economics, we get the University of Michigan's preliminary consumer confidence figure for February at 9:55 a.m. Eastern. In earnings action,
Anglo American
Campbell Soup
ENI SpA
Forum Energy Technology
IPG Photonics
Kraft Foods
TRW Automotive
(TRW), and
V.F. Corporation
(VFC) are all due to report results.
: (PINK:AHONY): Cantor Fitzgerald raises its recommendation on the Dutch grocery giant to Buy from Hold.
HJ Heinz
(HNZ): The ketchup king, now in Warren Buffett's pantry after yesterday being bought for $28 billion or $72.50 a share in cash, is increased to Neutral from Sell at Goldman Sachs.
inContact Inc.
(SAAS): Pointing to the firm's better than expected earnings and forward guidance, Roth Capital raises its recommendation to Buy from Neutral with a $7.50 price target.
Kinross Gold
(KGC) Credit Suisse hoists the commodity company to Outperform from Neutral with an $11.50 price objective. Its valuation is seen as compelling at current levels. Shares are up before the bell as a result.
(NTGR): Shares get a Buy-from-Neutral boost at Sterne Agee.
(NOK): Nordea boosts the Scandinavian telecom titan to Strong Buy from Buy.
Pacific Sunwear of California
(NASDAQ:PSUN): The stock is now Buy from Neutral at DA Davidson, which notes an improved merchandising mix and potential acceleration in same-store-sales. Its target is also taken up to $3.50 from $2.20.
Precision Drilling
(PDS): Raymond James juices its rating to Outperform from Market Perform after a strong earnings announcement.
(VAL): VAL is upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at First Analysis.
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Tom Brokaw Saved MSNBC From Itself
According to the former NBC News anchor, it was his idea to tone down Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews, and also he who saved the network's relationship with the McCain campaign.
If you are a regular viewer of Meet the Press, you've probably become comfortable with Tom Brokaw already. The former NBC News anchor took over after Tim Russert's death, and although he is a little soporific and less dogged in pursuit of answers, you get the sense that interview subjects really take him seriously — which wouldn't necessarily be the case if David Gregory or Chris Matthews had taken over. In effect, he's kept the program in good ratings and high esteem.
And today the Times tells us he hasn't only performed this magic on MTP, but he also did it for NBC News in general. Turns out it was Brokaw who "advocated" taking the squabbling, liberal-leaning Matthews and Keith Olbermann out of the anchor chairs after major political events and shifting them into analyst modes. "The mistake was to think [Olbermann] could fill both roles," Brokaw told the paper. "The other mistake was to think he wouldn't be tempted to use the anchor position to engage in commentary. That's who he is."
While most of Jacques Steinberg's Times article about the former anchor's new influence relies on quotes from Brokaw himself, we don't have trouble believing this part:
"One of the things I was told by [a senior McCain aide] was that they were so irritated, they said, 'If it's an NBC moderator, for any of these debates, we won't go,'" Mr. Brokaw said. "My name came up, and they said, 'Oh, hell, we have to do it, because it's going to be Brokaw.'"
A little self-promoting? Sure. But there was no way the McCain camp was going to go to a debate moderated by Rachel Maddow, Olbermann, or Matthews — and Chuck Todd and David Gregory probably wouldn't have the gravitas to handle it. Brian Williams, NBC's current anchor, has been notably passed over for coveted interviews with Sarah Palin. Brokaw represents a previous era of more nonpartisan news-reading on the part of the NBC news organizations. Plus, old coots love him, and the McCain campaign loves old coots like a fox loves slow chickens.
We wouldn't be surprised if Palin eventually does sit down for Meet the Press before she does it for NBC Nightly News. McCain's strategists have surely learned to keep Palin away from hard-hitting evening anchors eager to score points for themselves and for ratings. A low-pressure interview with the sleepy Brokaw might be the only chance at recovery Palin is going to get before November 4.
With Brokaw As Elder Statesman, NBC Plans Future of 'Meet the Press' [NYT]
Earlier: NBC Tells Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews to Go to Their Rooms and Think About What They've Done


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