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|Bertrand Arthur William Russell [Third Earl Russell] (1872-1970)
British philosopher, mathematician, social critic, writer
It is clear that thought is not free if the profession of certain opinions make it impossible to earn a living.
My conclusion is that there is no reason to believe any of the dogmas of traditional theology and, further, that there is no reason to wish that they were true. Man, in so far as he is not subject to natural forces, is free to work out his own destiny. The responsibility is his, and so is the opportunity.
I mean by intellectual integrity the habit of deciding vexed questions in accordance with the evidence, or of leaving them undecided where the evidence is inconclusive. This virtue, though it is underestimated by almost all adherents of any system of dogma, is to my mind of the very greatest social importance and far more likely to benefit the world than Christianity or any other system of organized beliefs.
It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this.
Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.
So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence; and in this respect ministers of religion follow gospel authority more closely than in some others.
[Kant] was like many people: in intellectual matters he was skeptical, but in moral matters he believed imjplicitly in the maximx that he had imbibed at his mother's knee.
One is often told that it is a very wrong thing to attack religion, because religion makes men virtuous. So I am told; I have not noticed it.
The essence of the liberal outlook lies not in what opinions are held but in how they are held: instead of being held dogmatically, they are held tentatively, and with a consciousness that new evidence may at any moment lead to their abandonment. This is the way opinions are held in science, as opposed to the way in which they are held in theology.
The fundamental cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
Dogma demands authority, rather than intelligent thought, as the source of opinion; it requires persecution of heretics and hostility to unbelievers; it asks of its disciples that they should inhibit natural kindness in favor of systematic hatred.
Most of the greatest evils that man has inflicted upon man have come through people feeling quite certain about something which, in fact, was false.
The degree of one's emotion varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts -- the less you know the hotter you get.
[Regarding] the convention that clergymen are more virtuous than other men. Any average selection of mankind, set apart and told that it excels the rest in virtue, must tend to sink below the average.
Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines.
The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way. Persecution is used in theology, not in arithmetic.
Heretical views arise when the truth is uncertain, and it is only when the truth is uncertain that censorship is invoked.
The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists; indeed, the passion is the measure of the holder's lack of rational conviction.
It is permissible with certain precautions to speak in print of coitus, but it is not permissible to employ the monosyllabic synonym for this word.
William James used to preach "the will to believe".
For my part, I should wish to preach "the will to
doubt". What is wanted is not the will to believe, but
the wish to find out, which is the exact opposite.
Many orthodox people speak as though it were the business of sceptics to disprove received dogmas rather than of dogmatists to prove them. This is, of course, a mistake. If I were to suggest that between the Earth and Mars there is a china teapot revolving about the sun in an elliptical orbit, nobody would be able to disprove my assertion provided I were careful to add that the teapot is too small to be revealed even by our most powerful telescopes. But if I were to go on to say that, since my assertion cannot be disproved, it is intolerable presumption on the part of human reason to doubt it, I should rightly be thought to be talking nonsense. If, however, the existence of such a teapot were affirmed in ancient books, taught as the sacred truth every Sunday, and instilled into the minds of children at school, hesitation to believe in its existence
would become a mark of eccentricity and entitle the doubter to the attentions of the psychiatrist in an enlightened age or of the Inquisitor in an earlier time.
That is the idea -- that we should all be wicked if we did not hold to the Christian religion. It seems to me that the people who have held to it have been for the most part extremely wicked. You find this curious fact, that the more intense has been the religion of any period and the more profound has been the dogmatic belief, the greater has been the cruelty and the worse has been the state of affairs. In the so-called Ages of faith, when men really did believe the Christian religion in all its completeness, there was the Inquisition, with all its tortures; there were millions of unfortunate women burned as witches; and there was every kind of cruelty practiced upon all sorts of people in the name of religion.
The whole conception of a God is a conception derived from the ancient oriental despotisms. It is a conception quite unworthy of free men.... We ought to stand up and look the world frankly in the face. We ought to make the best we can of the world, and if it is not so good as we wish, after all it will still be better than what these others have made of it in all these ages.
My own view on religion is that of Lucretius. I regard it as a disease born of fear and as a source of untold misery to the human race. I cannot, however, deny that it has made some contributions to civilization. It helped in early days to fix the calendar, and it caused Egyptian priests to chronicle eclipses with such care that in time they became able to predict them. These two services I am prepared to acknowledge, but I do not know of any others.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cosy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor all their own.
I was told that the Chinese said they would bury me by the Western Lake and build a shrine to my memory. I have some slight regret that this did not happen, as I might have become a god, which would have been very chic for an atheist.
Fear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder if cruelty and religion have gone hand-in-hand. It is because fear is at the basis of those two things. In this world we can now begin a little to understand things, and a little to master them by the help of science, which has forced its way step by step against the Christian religion, against the churches, and against the opposition of all the old precepts. Science can help us to get over this craven fear in which mankind has lived for so many generations. Science can teach us, and I think our own hearts can teach us, no longer to look around for imaginary supports, no longer to invent allies in the sky, but rather to look to our own efforts here below to make this world a fit place to live in, instead of the sort of place that the churches in all these centuries have made it.
Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.... This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the chance were offered me.
My whole religion is this: do every duty, and expect no reward for it, either here or hereafter.
What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.
United with his fellow-men by the strongest of all ties, the tie of a common doom, the free man finds that a new vision is with him always, shedding over every daily task the light of love. The life of Man is a long march through the night, surrounded by invisible foes, tortured by weariness and pain, towards a goal that few can hope to reach, and where none may tarry long. One by one, as they march, our comrades vanish from our sight, seized by the silent orders of omnipotent Death. Very brief is the time in which we can help them, in which their happiness or misery is decided. Be it ours to shed sunshine on their path, to lighten their sorrows by the balm of sympathy, to give them the pure joy of a never-tiring affection, to strengthen failing courage, to instil faith in hours of despair. Let us not weigh in grudging scales their merits and demerits, but let us think only of their need -- of the sorrows, the difficulties, perhaps the blindnesses, that make
the misery of their lives; let us remember that they are fellow-sufferers in the same darkness, actors in the same tragedy as ourselves. And so, when their day is over, when their good and their evil have become eternal by the immortality of the past, be it ours to feel that, where they suffered, where they failed, no deed of ours was the cause; but wherever a spark of the divine fire kindled in their hearts, we were ready with encouragement, with sympathy, with brave words in which high courage glowed.
The forms of zest are innumerable. Sherlock Holmes, it may be remembered, picked up a hat which he happened to find lying in the street. After looking at it for a moment he remarked that its owner had come down in the world as the result of drink and that his wife was no longer so fond of him as she used to be. Life could never be boring to a man to whom casual objects offered such a wealth of interest. Think of the different things that may be noticed in the course of a country walk. One man may be interested in the birds, another in the vegetation, another in the geology, another in the agriculture, and so on. Any one of these things is interesting if it interests you, and, other things being equal, the man who is interested in any one of them is better adapted to the world than the man who is not interested.
Are you never afraid of God's judgment in denying him?
What makes a free thinker is not his beliefs, but the way in which he holds them. If he holds them because his elders told him they were true when he was young, or if he holds them because if he did not he would be unhappy, his thought is not free; but if he holds them because, after careful thought, he finds a balance in their favor, then his thought is free, however odd his conclusions may seem.
There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life without the help of comfortable myths. Almost inevitably some part of him is aware that they are myths and that he believes them only because they are comforting. But he dares not face this thought! Moreover, since he is aware, however dimly, that his opinions are not rational, he becomes furious when they are disputed.
It is no credit to the orthodox that they do not now believe all the absurdities that were believed 150 years ago. The gradual emasculation of the Christian doctrine has been effected in spite of the most vigorous resistance, and solely as the result of the onslaughts of freethinkers.
There is no excuse for deceiving children. And when, as must happen in conventional families, they find that their parents have lied, they lose confidence in them and feel justified in lying to them.
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence that it is not utterly absurd; indeed, in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.
If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it's still a foolish thing.
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.
There is no nonsense so arrant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate governmental action.
Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do.
Of course not. After all, I may be wrong.
A stupid man's report of what a clever man says is never accurate because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.
The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good you will be happy; I mean that if you are happy you will be good.
This, however, is a passing nightmare; in time the earth will become again incapable of supporting life, and peace will return.
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There is such a surfeit of indie rock and emo these days that even the most gluttonous ears in the two sibling genres can easily become sick of taking it in. The mediocre bands far outnumber the truly exceptional bands, and even with many of the latter it becomes a mud puddle of sound in which much of the music is all too familiar to what has already been done many times over. Because of the current state of the scene, ardent fans are forced to rummage through the excess of musical output for the more worthwhile pieces. And for those discerning fans, I encourage you to experience the ten new pieces of music on Henrietta's upcoming LP from Animal Style Records, The Trick Is Not Minding.
Orlando, Florida's Henrietta, having started in 2008 and steadily done their thing since, is one of those rare bands out there whose members have paid their dues, writing and recording quality songs and playing a lot of shows, and in doing so nurtured their sound to its present maturity. Their debut full-length, The Trick Is Not Minding, is the culmination of that hard work, and it suggests promise of good things to come for this band and their fans. Henrietta's current lineup is Manny Urdaneta (vocals and guitar), Matt Kopkin (bass), Colin Czerwiński (guitar), and John Chapman (drums). These artists, each giving his all to the whole of the endeavor, create what I can only refer to as symbiotic music; a chemistry that works, and works well. And that is clearly evident from the album's beautiful opener, "Give Up Kid," to its vast and powerful closer, "Orion." These songs can be as soft and subtle as a breeze on a night in late summer and as mighty as coastal storm weather, and emotive without being sappy and atmospheric without losing their footing. They are also songs of substance, not immediately forgettable; songs of haunting grace, in whose artful architecture of sound, the collective notes, chords, percussion and vocals, the listener can lose himself or herself without even meaning to.
Like many of the indie rock and emo bands I grew up with in the '90s, I have little doubt that we will be able to see the high water mark left by Henrietta long after they have ceased.
The Trick Is Not Minding by Henrietta is scheduled for an August 26th, 2014 release from Animal Style Records.
Recently I had the pleasure and opportunity to do a little interview with Henrietta. This is what they had to say.
How did Henrietta form?
Manny started Henrietta after high school with our friend Alex. After about a year I (Matt) joined on bass. We went through a few line-up changes before sticking with John and Colin.
What would your band's motto or mission statement be?
Our mission statement would be to put out music that we enjoy playing and tour as much as we can so we can show it to all of our friends, make more friends, and experience new places. Also, eating good food is important. But for the sake of a good one liner "Every day is a new day, I'm thankful for every breath I take."
Henrietta is preparing to release its brand new LP, The Trick Is Not Minding. How long were the songs on this album in the works? And what went into the songwriting, recording and releasing of it?
A few of the songs had been in the works for at least two years. The rest of them we worked out over the course of this past year and a half. Songwriting for us usually consists of someone bringing an idea to practice (Manny is the main culprit) and jamming it until we have a few rough ideas for parts. Then over time we shape it into a song and as we play it more and more each of us hone in on the individual nuances that we bring to our respective instruments.
Recording was pretty easy for us. Our friend Paul Hundeby of City Pro Recording tracked almost everything in our living room. The vocals were done at Paul's house. From there we sent it to Jay Maas of Getaway Recording (also in Defeater) to get mixed and mastered. As for the release, Colin sent it around to different labels and we were fortunate enough that it got all the way to Matt Medina of Animal Style Records in California. We've been super happy with how things are going.
How do you feel about this particular collection of songs next to your previously released EP and splits?
This LP is definitely the next step for us musically as well as a step up for the band in terms of success. The past releases have never been more than four songs and were all recorded fairly hastily. We really spent a lot of time demoing these songs out multiple times with a few different people. And as of right now, the album is getting a very positive response which is pretty incredible for us and is remarkably better than most of our other releases which hadn't been pushed or widely received at all.
How did you guys end up on Animal Style Records?
Like I said before, we were just lucky it got to the right person at the right time. One of Matt's friends showed it to him and really vouched for us and Matt reached out to us fairly soon after. He has been really cool with us so far and is helping us out a ton. Even though we've never met the guy. (Although we will finally get to hang out with him at Fest this year!)
What are some of the bands and singer-songwriters that have influenced and/or inspired you over the years?
There's too many to list, but some that I know have a shared influence on us are Thrice, David Bazan, and American Football. As much as our tastes overlap, we each kind of have our own niche in music tastes.
Henrietta will no doubt tour in support of the new album in the coming weeks. What will that consist of? And will it be mostly house shows, official venues, or a mixture of both?
We just got finished with our summer tour in August with Echo Base (check them out! amazing people making some great music out of Tallahassee). That tour was mostly house shows and DIY spaces with a couple of venues dotted in here and there. We will be touring as much as we can, which means at least a week in December and March/April and a few weeks next summer.
Lastly, is there anything you would like to convey to readers in the wrap-up of this interview?
I just want to thank anyone and everyone that likes the music and supports our band. It means the world to us. Also, thanks, James, for interviewing us!

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Annotation versus XML configuration: Which JPA option to choose?
By Lukas Stewart
Dependency injection of @Entity annotated POJOs has greatly simplified the configuration of applications that use an ORM framework like Hibernate or JPA, but that doesn't mean that using annotations is the answer to every problem. In fact, there are many cases when using annotations is a bad approach, and it is much preferable to use a basic, XML configuration file with individual classes being mapped explicitly to the ORM entity manager. Here are four scenarios where an enterprise architect might want to pass on annotations, and use an XML configuration file instead:
Annotations are not supported by your application
This is an obvious point, but there are still many legacy applications that have not moved to an environment that supports annotations. If you are looking at supporting older applications, you simply might not have the option to use annotations available to you, which means using an XML based configuration file all the way.
Important to externalize information from the application
The great thing about using XML for configuration is the fact that persistence information is externalized from your POJO. A great deal of effort is put into creating loosely coupled applications, yet developers are eager to put persistence specific annotations into model components that are supposed to be detached from the database. Using XML for configuration helps to improve the de-coupling of application layers.
Large number of entities in different packages
If the application in question contains a large number of entities, which happen to be in a variety of different packages, finding and editing POJOs when changes need to be made can be challenging. Having a single XML file that lists all of the entities makes editing ORM settings much easier, as opposed to having to sift through various folders and packages.
Potential for regular updates
If the JPA configuration is going to be updated frequently, doing this in one, single, XML file makes the process much easier and manageable. Performing simple find and replace type of operations are very easy in a single configuration file, but unwieldily when attempted on multiple Java files.
Annotations are minimally verbose and easily readable to developers, which is why developers love them. Furthermore, there is the fact that errors in annotations can be picked up at development time by the compiler, whereas similar errors in XML files will only be picked up at runtime, which often involves a time consuming deployment. Annotations are indeed becoming the most popular way to integrate ORM frameworks into new applications, but developers need to be aware of the fact that there are indeed circumstances where using an XML configuration file is the better option.
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When you boot up Linux for the first time and hit the first of many, many keystrokes, you may think that you're just typing bash commands, but what you're actually doing is learning!
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That's right. You're somehow learning about computer science topics such as processors, threading and concurrency while clumsily trying to figure out how to install Flash Player.
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So many hurtful things available to say.
? The halting problem.
! Nonexistent
? Parsing applications
! Well, in fact, Linux has two of these. You can use Bison/Yacc, which isn't too bad, of you can use ANTLR, which actually requires an understanding of the principles involved.
Needless to say, Linux programmers use neither. Hand-craft it! It's the Linux way! (Make sure you use gotos to speed it up.)
? Real time.
! Eventually these idiots will realise that you either have a dedicated real time OS (which costs) or you don't. There's no in-between. Linux does not address this market. QNX, VxWorks, and several others do.
? Robotics/AI
! I've seen RoboCop. I'm looking forwards to the real-time equivalent.
... Oh, and just to catch up on one of your original points, which might be considered relevant to early '80s CS:
? Threading
! Bwahahahaha! Last time I looked, there was a crippled version of Posix threads available via a third party.
It's hardly Computer Science, is it?
A nice story. When I was in Jamaica I asked the taxi driver, just for kicks, if he knew what a G-force is. The guy has been driving all his life.
Copy pasting bash script from google and dorking around with .conf files is not going to teach to you computer science any more than driving around tourists will teach you about jounce
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Review of Surpass Hosting
I started off with Surpass and had services with both Surpass and Surpass sister company Hostdime. A few months ago for efficiency sake I had all accounts moved from Surpass to Hostdime but I felt it was important to post this review here on the Surpass Forum as well. Surpass is a sister company of Hostdime so everything I say in this review regarding Hostdime equally applies to Surpass.
Where do I start with this review?! The truth is the past 18 months have been quite a journey in the life of our company. We are a small but growing hosting company based in the North of Ireland - and boy are we growing! We saw an 85% increase in turnover in the past 12 months alone. We focus on building personal relationships with our clients and we aim to be 'different'. Feel free to follow us bigwetfish on Twitter and talk to us.
We have journeyed (or partnered as they like to call it) with Surpass & Hostdime for 8 years now but 24 months ago I was at a business seminar and was talking to a number of business advisors from a local enterprise agency and it was suggested to me having all our 'Server eggs in one Basket' was perhaps not the best business model. At that time what they were saying seemed logical enough to me so it was at that time we started 'trying' other data centres and server providers. I am not going to name any such companies here as that would be unfair but here is a summary of our experiences compared to Surpass & Hostdime:
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I have to say the Surpass & Hostdime definition of Fully Managed and the other provider definition of fully managed are different! Surpass & Hostdime are much more comprehensive in what they do. 24 months ago we were a lot smaller and did not have as much technical support available to us as we now have and we did rely much more on the Surpass & Hostdime Fully Managed Option. The 'other' provider refused to do some things that I would suggest are pretty basic server management tasks that I know Surpass & Hostdime have always done. That server lasted 6 months and was cancelled and moved back to Surpass.
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In July 2011 the same provider had trouble keeping their London based Cloud platform up. Their Hypervisor servers were rebooting randomly for many many weeks and no resolution was found for many weeks. Our clients already reeling from the issues in April 2011 were leaving us in droves.
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We signed up for a server with yet another EU provider after taking advice from a friend who had used them. Things were relatively stable. There were three brief networking issues in late 2011. Then in January 2012 the server just died. The support response of this company was pathetic - and I mean pathetic. It took them 2 hours to enable console access for our tech to look into things. One response to a ticket was 'Hold on we're kinda busy' and that is a direct quote from their helpdesk. The RAID array was completely unrecoverable and all data was lost. We needed to start a complete server rebuild from our backups.
Whilst I know servers can fail with any provider the response of a company to such outages is what is important. Surpass/Hostdime support techs in their Data Centre are brilliant. They do whatever they can to help and nothing is too much. I know had we had the above outage with Surpass/Hostdime the issues would not have been as serious and would have been resolved much faster.
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We are back 'Home' with Surpass & Hostdime as our sole provider for services. We use their Orlando Data Centre and their Maidenhead UK facility for our equipment now. The ONLY clients who came through as unhappy on a recent survey were those clients who were placed on non Surpass / Hostdime / DIMEnoc hosted servers. Nearly all clients who were placed on Surpass & Hostdime servers came through in the survey as being 'Happy' or 'Very Happy' with their website uptime.
Surpass & Hostdime Integrations team helped us deploy an Onapp.com Private Cloud cluster in the UK and this setup has had 100% uptime since it was launched and a few initial gremlins were ironed out.
Surpass & Hostdime dedicated servers team recently helped us deploy a number of new and newly upgraded servers in both Orlando and UK.
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I am interested in the theory of reductive groups which is useful in the theory of automorphic forms. But the trouble boring me so long time is that I don't know the appropriate material for beginners or outsiders who wants to pave in this field and learn more about automorphic forms. So my question is that what kind of introduction materials, books or papers, fits me as an introduction and for further reading?
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Dec. 8, 2012
On Friday, the men's track and field team made their first appearance of the 2012-2013 season, as Lane Werley took part in the annual Hoosier Open in Indianapolis, IN. The sophomore Werley placed fifth in the 5,000m invitational race with a time of 14:01.58, 18 seconds off the winning pace of North Carolina State's Ryan Hill (13:43.52).
Werley was unable to hit the qualifying standard time of 13:44.60. Hill was the only competitor who was able to do so on Friday at the Gladstein Fieldhouse.
That meet was the first and only for the Bruins remaining for 2012. They will resume in January when they head up to Seattle on Jan. 25 for the Washington Invitational.


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Recipe by Chef Will Gilson of Garden at the Cellar
This recipe uses U.S. farm-raised barramundi. We also have recipes for lots of other ocean-friendly species.
You will need
- 4 barramundi fillets, skin on
- 12 medium-sized sunchokes
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 tbsp. chopped chives
- 4 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
- 2 cups fresh chanterelle mushrooms, sliced
- 1 small head cauliflower
- 2 cups cream
- 1/2 cup crème fraiche
- 1 tbsp. fresh thyme leaves, chopped
- 1 tsp. curry
- salt and pepper
Peel the sunchokes and grate them on a box grater into a bowl. Add the egg, chives and a teaspoon each of salt and pepper. Place a nonstick pan or skillet on medium heat. Add 1 tablespoon of the olive oil to the pan and divide the sunchoke mixture into 4 portions. Cook each rosti one at a time, 2 minutes per side, or until golden and crispy.
Heat 1 tablespoon of the olive oil in a pan or skillet over medium heat. Add the chanterelles and sauté for 5-10 minutes until the mushrooms start to release their juices. Season with salt and pepper.
Remove the leaves and tough stems from the cauliflower, leaving the florets. Dice the cauliflower into small pieces and place in a heavy-bottomed saucepan. Cover with the cream and cook over a medium heat until the cauliflower is soft, about 20 minutes. Drain, reserving cream and transfer cauliflower to a food processor. Add the cream little by little until the desired consistency of the puree is achieved. Season with salt and pepper.
Season the fish on both sides with salt and pepper. Heat a nonstick skillet over medium heat, add the remaining olive oil and cook the fillets (one at a time) skin-side down for 2 minutes per side. Weigh fillets down with another pan on top for the first minute of cooking to flatten and crisp the skin.
Place a few spoonfuls of cauliflower puree on each plate. Place one rosti next to the puree and top with the chanterelles and a fillet of the barramundi. Add the thyme and the curry to the crème fraiche, season with salt and pepper, and dollop over fish.
Serve immediately
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Peggy Jean McBee, 85, of Tyrone, Oklahoma passed away March 30, 2014 at Asbury Park Nursing Home in Newton, Kansas.
Peggy was born April 25, 1928 in Tyrone, Oklahoma, the daughter of Luther K. and Thelma McGuire Nelson. As a young girl the family moved frequently.
On April 25, 1943 in Liberal, Kansas she was united in marriage to Johnny G. McBee. He passed away August 23, 2002.
In 1955 they moved back to Tyrone to make their home.
She was a member of the Tyrone Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Johnny and one sister, Donna Ireland.
Survivors include her two sons, J.K. and Mickey McBee of Edmond, Oklahoma and Russell and Janet McBee of Tyrone, Oklahoma; one daughter, Joan and Steve Herrell of Marion Lake, Kansas; six grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren.
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First, I'll tell you about the almost hard-to-believe magic of the Read Without Glasses Method, and then I'll tell you about the 100-year-old science behind it...
I couldn't believe my eyes the first time I saw eye doctor Dr. Ray Gottlieb (the creator of the method) demonstrate it with a female patient. In virtually no time at all - just a couple of minutes, in fact - she was reading the tiniest print on the chart. Yet, before the session started she was telling Dr. Gottlieb how she thought she needed a stronger pair of reading glasses!
Needless to say, her attitude changed right along with her eyesight!
I was so impressed with what I saw that I worked with Dr. Gottlieb to streamline the method and make it available on DVD so that nearly anyone, anywhere, could use it - not just the patients in his office.
Once we had it on DVD, I taught classes on The Read Without Glasses Method in the United Sates and Europe. And what I saw in those classes was just as amazing: More than 4 out of 5 students were able to improve their close up vision - regardless of how old they were, how strong their reading glasses were, or if they were just noticing a problem for the first time. For some, the changes stuck. Others had to continue practicing the method after the class was over to get more permanent changes.
Everyone really enjoyed it, too - The Read Without Glasses Method is really fun and easy to do.
But the real beauty of the method is that it produces great results - IN AS LITTLE AS SIX MINUTES A DAY!
Will It Work For You?
In order to benefit from the method your brain and your eyes need to work together. (Remember, this method is for improving close up vision only. If you have trouble seeing in the distance (nearsightedness or myopia) click here for that program.)
Let's see if the method can work for you.
First, sit about 18 inches from your computer screen. Then, hold the thumb of your right hand 5-6 inches in front of your eyes, between you and the screen.
Now, as you focus directly on your thumb notice that - in the background - you see two images of the circle below.
Now, focus directly on the circle. Then you should see two images of your thumb in the foreground.
Most people easily get this illusion of double images - it's perfectly normal. In fact, seeing this illusion is the only thing that is necessary for the Read Without Glasses Method to work for you.
If you can't get the illusion of double images right away, just relax. Then try shifting your focus back and forth from your thumb to the circle 10 or 20 times. That may be all it takes. (If you still can't get the illusion, you may have a pre-existing visual imbalance that needs to be addressed first. Email and I'll see if we can help.)
Why This Eye Doctor Developed The Method . . .
About 25 years ago one of Dr. Gottlieb's patients, a 52-year-old man, asked him if there was a way to avoid reading glasses. Dr. Gottlieb was just about ready to respond in the negative - as his extensive medical training had taught him.
Instead, he said, "Let me think about it."
Dr. Gottlieb, who had been on the clinical faculty at the University of California-Berkeley Optometry School and a professor of optometry at the University of Houston College of Optometry, decided to investigate.
Confronted with his patient's question, Dr. Gottlieb wondered anew: Does it have to be inevitable to lose close-up vision? Could it be possible to stave it off or even reverse it?
After considerable research, study and thought, Dr. Gottlieb revisited a well-known, professionally accepted principle of vision that every eye doctor learned in medical school.
Perhaps, he thought, this principle about how the eyes function could be applied to the problem of presbyopia.
The Science Behind The Method . . .
The focusing lens of the eye and the fine muscles that surround the eye stiffen with age and lose their natural, youthful flexibility to focus easily and clearly at near.
That's how doctors explain the loss of near vision as we age.
But there is also another visual function that stimulates focusing at near.
It's called Accommodative Convergence/Accommodation.
Let me explain:
In order to see up close, first we have to turn - or converge - both eyes inward so that together they aim - or point - at what we want to see.
"Turning our eyes inward stimulates the eyes' ability to focus clearly at near," Dr. Gottlieb says.
The fact that converging the eyes stimulates near focusing has been known for over 100 years. It's a vision fact that's taught in every medical school, without question.
What was never before examined - until Dr. Gottlieb began looking at the issue - was whether this visual mechanism could successfully be applied to presbyopia.
Dr. Gottlieb found that it can.
"I've seen my patients improve their near vision, avoid reading glasses, get free of reading glasses or need weaker ones," says Dr. Gottlieb, who, for the last 20 years, has been Dean of the College of Syntonic Optometry.
Just about every other eye doctor will tell you that there is no remedy for presbyopia (the loss of near vision as we age) except surgery or corrective lenses.
But here's what they don't tell you...
There is absolutely NO scientific proof that near vision MUST deteriorate as a person ages! NONE.
Scientists studying aging eyes can report in great detail what those old eyes can't do anymore. But Dr. Gottlieb was one of the first to ask what aging eyes could do.
Secret's In the Eye Chart
The secret to this amazing method is in the powerful eye charts Dr. Gottlieb developed.
These charts aren't like any you've seen before: They don't test your vision; instead, they improve your vision. You'll be amazed when you discover that there's different ways to look at the charts. Learn them and you could be reading without glasses!
Dr. Gottlieb gave this new chart to
his 52-year-old patient and taught him a set of easy exercises
to practice with it at home.
Two weeks later his patient returned
with amazing results: Practicing just a few minutes daily,
his near vision had improved from 20/200 to 20/40 and he
could see clearly again without reading glasses.
So, Dr. Gottlieb began to give this new chart - the very same chart that you'll receive with your Read Without Glasses Method - to other
patients who wanted to challenge their aging eyes.
And, much more often than not, Dr.
Gottlieb saw the same kind of results.
Another patient, a 75-year-old optometrist
who had been wearing +2.50 Diopter add trifocals for years,
practiced the exercises four months before he could read
the tiny print on the chart without any glasses.
And the 52-year-old patient? Three
years later, his unaided acuities were even better!
Give YOUR Eyes A Chance...
Your eyes respond to exercise and relaxation, like any other part of your body. In just a few minutes a day you can keep your eyes healthy, keep them young and keep them seeing as seeing up close as well as they possibly can.
No more hassles of getting - or forgetting
- your glasses . . . No need to chain them around your
neck or fish for them in your purse . . . or break them
in your pocket . . .
Don't take my word for it. I want you to see for yourself. The Read Without Glasses Method will
show you how!
Martin Sussman
founder and president
Cambridge Institute for Better Vision
P.S. Use the Read Without Glasses Method risk-free for 90 days.
That's more than enough time for you to start seeing results. More likely than not, you'll be sending me your own amazing testimonial.
I look forward to it!


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7. Jason Bourne's (Matt Damon) rooftop chase/ Desh fight in The Bourne Ultimatum
Hard to pick one specific example for this list because there are bloody loads of them across the trilogy. But this one stands out largely because Jase not only manages to disable a highly trained operative, he does so after having a) been the very recent pursuee in a fairly extensive chase across the rooftops of a medina in Tangier b) having jumped through a window from quite a height to get to said operative. None of that sounds easy.
Also, it's pretty obvious that Bourne is indirectly responsible for the reincarnation of Bond as a total hardass so he deserves his place on this list.


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Ernie Konnyu, the former California Republican Congressman who represented Silicon Valley's 12th congressional district, and the California Assembly's 22nd District, has went silent and reportedly into hiding after an anti-gay Facebook rant he wrote got a lot of media attention, harming Ro Khanna's bid to unseat seven-time U.S. Congressman Mike Honda.
According to Zennie62.com, Mr. Konnyu so hated Mike Honda that he inserted himself into Ro Khanna's current 2014 congressional campaign for Honda's seat, and worked to get the California Tea Party involved in helping the rookie politico Khanna best the legendary Honda. This was all for the good (and Khanna never told him to back off) until Mr. Konnyu let homophobic tendencies get the best of him, and so, on Friday, August 8th, took to his Facebook account and for the purpose of blasting the San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce PAC. (The Facebook entry has since been deleted.)
The San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce PAC elected to throw its weight behind Campbell Mayor Evan Low in the California State Assembly race against former Saratoga mayor Chuck Page. That seemingly simple action made Konnyu see red, and he let his true feelings and colors be known in this epic Facebook meltdown:
"Sick that a business group endorses a liberal so left that he wants to change the law to allow blood donations by gays. This, even though the current law forbids it since such blood has a risk of transferring the deadly AIDS virus. Yes! Gay pride is worth more with Evan Low than our citizens' lives."
Since the blast hit the blogs, Ernie Konnyu has made no other statement, not even one of apology, and the Khanna campaign has kept its collective mouth closed. One would think Ro Khanna had enough concern for whether he would be seen as attached to that thought by issuing a statement separating himself from Mr. Konnyu, but he's not done that to the date of this writing.
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By George: Cardinal sins in child protection
Annabel Crabb There is never an excuse to ignore a child in peril.
Annabel Crabb The attention of the world has been focused for weeks on a vast expanse of the treacherous Indian Ocean, transfixed by the strange and discomfiting human tragedy of flight MH370.
Annabel Crabb
Art of the poisoned pen
Annabel Crabb Samuel Johnson, Charles Dickens, Matthew Parris and Matt Price added to the democratic tradition by lampooning elected representatives of the people.
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Mr 70 per cent has voters in the palm of his hand
Annabel Crabb SOMETHING funny happens to Kevin Rudd when a fresh opinion poll comes in, confirming that he's just north of chocolate eclairs in the popularity stakes.
3 hours' sleep is all he needs
Annabel Crabb The mystery of Kevin Rudd's impressive work rate has been solved — by his wife, Therese Rein, who reports that the Prime Minister can get by on as little as three hours' sleep a night.
Utegate email a fake
Phillip Coorey and Annabel Crabb The Australian Federal Police revealed this afternoon that the email that sparked the so-called Utegate controversy was faked.
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Axeman has to settle for a scalpel
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My regular paid search column at SearchEngineLand in case you missed it:
A quick poll:
How many marketers think sending the same email to the whole file will perform better than individually tailored emails based on each recipient's past behavior?
How many think sending non-personalized direct mail pieces will outperform personalized outreaches?
Anybody? Anybody? ... Bueller?
If no one thinks the monolithic approach would ever beat the segmentation approach, why is it that some PPC professionals advocate ditching the long tail KWs and letting broad match catch the tail?
The benefits of the long tail are exactly like the benefits of segmentation above.
- The more targeted ad is served having better ad copy which raises CTR and therefore Quality Score. This leads to more traffic from the same number of user searches.
- The more targeted user search necessitates a more targeted landing page. Not the "Fender Guitar" page, the "Fender 4 String Bass" page. That more targeted page will generate a higher conversion rate, hence more sales from the traffic generated.
- Folks looking for "Fender 4 String Bass" will have a much higher conversion rate than those searching for "Fender guitars". That fact coupled with #2 above means higher bids on the more targeted ads, putting the ads for the most targeted traffic higher on the page than the more general terms could be yielding more impressions and higher CTR.
- With more of the highly targeted traffic going to the tail KWs the less targeted, more general KW will be bid down to more accurately reflect the value of the traffic. As I mentioned in my post on syndication partners, better resource allocation leads to a bigger program at the same efficiency.
The advantages of a thoroughly developed KW list are obvious in principal, but what about in practice?
The answer is an emphatic "YES!"
In a recent empirical study, we took apart campaigns from a number of our clients ranging in size, product types, price points and more, to see the degree to which the "Long Tail" matters. We found that the importance of those targeted searches varied tremendously from a low of 8% of the total business to a high of an amazing 83% of the total. The median of the study group was 31%.
Obviously if the program is tiny, and the tail is only 30% of the game, it might not be worth the attention, but for large programs even 8% is worth chasing. In the case above that 8% represented over $200K in sales per month.
Nevertheless, some argue that those targeted searches would be captured by broad match anyway, so there's no real advantage gained by building out and maintaining a comprehensive KW list.
Not so.
As a test case, we took a client in the consumer electronics space who carries products from more than 1,000 different vendors. We then asked the question: what's the traffic value differential between the highest traffic KW for each vendor brand, and the rest of the KW in that brand? In other words, if we just ran the highest traffic term for each brand on broad match to what degree would we be blending together traffic of vastly different quality?
The answer came back: "We'd be mixing apples and oranges". In the test case and for vendor brands with enough traffic to have a tolerable signal to noise ratio the median variance in traffic quality (margin $ per click) between the brand-specific "head" and the brand-specific "tail" was 84%! And not always in the direction expected.
Throwing all the granular data into the head KW performance will very often result in significant overspending on one cohort of user searches and significant opportunity lost by underspending on the other cohort(s) of traffic.
So, there isn't much question that for a substantial program the tail matters, and treating the head KW the same as its tail leads to significant mishandling of the bids.
The other rationale for ignoring the tail relates to the cost of building and maintaining it. "The time is better spent elsewhere." Well, that could be true if either of the following is true: 1) it's a small program with an insignificant tail, not worth the management cost to go after; or 2) you lack the power tools and algorithms necessary to build and manage the tail comprehensively with cost-effective human effort.
There is no solution for the first issue. If the whole program isn't worth spending much time on, then certainly the tail isn't worth it.
The second issue however is simply a resource and know-how constraint, which for a professional paid search manager should not be there. Telling folks "we don't have the tools to manage your program effectively" is a hard message to deliver, but it's the right message if it's true. Telling clients: "The tail is unimportant," or "The tail is effectively handled by broad match" simply isn't honest for most sizable programs.


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Better than cutting ahead in line, Fandango lets you skip the line. The firm provides advance movie tickets and show time information via the Internet (at Fandango.com), phone (at 1-800-FANDANGO), and wireless mobile (mobile.fandango.com). Customers can use credit cards to guarantee tickets, which they pick up at the theater. Fandango also offers print-at-home tickets and is supported by more than 20 movie exhibitors, including


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Matt Vautour of the Daily Hampshire Gazette writes in today's edition on Wednesday's announcement by the Atlantic 10 that its men's basketball conference tournament will be played at the brand new Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The five-year deal will begin with the 2013 championship.
"It gives us the opportunity to come into a brand-new facility that has all the amenities that sports fans expect," Commissioner Bernadette McGlade said. "Bringing it into the New York market and into Brooklyn, with the density of population and the density of our Atlantic 10 alumni base, is certainly going to put everything in place to really catapult this championship to the next level."


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The Women in Public Service Project convened at Barnard for the first time in September, 2012.
In this roundtable discussion, panelists examine the ways in which digital media are changing traditional methods of research, collaboration, and publication, as well as the political and ethical impact of developing ideas in the public eye.
For Newsweek/The Daily Beast, Barnard's President writes about the challenges of "having it all"
On a particularly dreary day at the end of February, I was trying to get word about my younger son... When the phone rang, I leaped, positive that it was the emergency room calling with the final diagnosis. Instead, it was my office, informing me that President Obama wanted to give the commencement address at Barnard. What does one say? "Oh wow," I mumbled. "Sure. I have to get off the phone now."
Five Barnard feminists share their stories from the ever-evolving movement
When I was 6 years old, I remember defiantly stating that I wanted to grow up to be the first female president of the United States. By the time I graduated from Barnard, I was more inclined toward being the "next" Katie Couric. Today, I'm very happy as a writer, lecturer, and small-business owner.... but I'm wondering what these changed goals say about me and my generation?
Student responds to question about young women leaders on Forbes.com.
Spar responds to The Atlantic's cover story on trade-offs facing professional women.
In advance of Barnard's Commencement, President Spar notes the significance of President Obama speaking at a women's college.
Barnard's Fourth Annual Global Symposium draws together India's women leaders to share their culture and ideas and to inspire young women
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The least amount of rainfall occurs in September. The average in this month is 34 mm. With an average of 167 mm, the most precipitation falls in February.
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The Cats improved to 11-4 with the win, 5-2 in Pac-10 play. Washington State fell to 7-7 and 2-5.
DaLee posted 12 kills in 19 attempts without committing an error. Over her last three contests, DaLee is hitting .629 with 42 kills and just three errors.
Freshman outside hitter Lisa Rutledge hit .458 and led all players with 14 kills. Senior outside hitter Raelene Elam had a season-high 12 kills. The Cats followed up their .427 hitting percentage in Thursday's win over Washington with a .382 mark against WSU, their two best figures of the season.
Freshman outside hitter LaToya Harris led the Cougars with 11 kills, while senior left-side hitter Joy Sperry had eight kills and a match-best 13 digs.
Arizona returns to action next Friday, Oct. 15, when they travel to Palo Alto, Calif., to take on five-time defending Pac-10 champion Stanford.


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Another great segment from Total Rugby, peeling back the curtain to see what one coaching staff in England's top flight do to gain competitive advantage. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waIjF9JZZoc] With all the noise being made in Canada about the role of advanced … Continue reading
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You read about all of the day's Apple announcements and you probably just gave news of the iPhone 4S' 8MP camera (and its improved optics) a brief nod of acceptance. Well I'm here to tell you that brief nod was insulting, the new camera deserves at least a bow or a curtsey. A quick browse through this gallery of incredible photos shot with the iPhone 4S should explain why.
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Follow the craziness that comes with raising seven kids in a blended family. Lots of Cooking, Decorating, Gardening, Raising Chickens and Sarcasm. Mostly Sarcasm
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We are a large, blended family of nine. I have four children from a previous marriage, my boys are Nick and Ryan and my girls are Jenna and Mia Grace. My wonderful husband James came to me with two boys, Michael and Chris. And together, we have a little girl, Avery, who is totally spoiled by everyone. We have a loud, somewhat crazy house outside of Austin, where my husband works as a fireman. I am your typical suburban mom, trying to raise a family without losing my mind. Some days, I can pull off the illusion, some days not so much. We try to live a healthy, organic lifestyle. It isn't as hard or as expensive as people think. James and I think that it is about prioritizing what is important and setting aside the time and money for those things.
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Oscar Pistorius, the South African Olympic athlete charged with murder in the shooting death of his model girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, broke his five-month social media silence Sunday, tweeting four quotes about love, the meaning of life and suffering. The Twitter posts came just one day after Pistorius was involved in an altercation at a nightclub.
Pistorius' tweets set off a firestorm of social media interactions between supporters of the double amputee runner, and his detractors. This as his high-profile murder trial stands in recess, according to the Los Angeles Times on July 14.
Oscar Pistorius, known by the nickname the "Blade Runner," due to the special blade-like prosthesis he uses to compete with, hadn't taken to his Twitter account since February 14. That was the one-year Valentine's Day anniversary of his former girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp's death.
On Sunday, Pistorius first posted a quote from the Book of Psalms, "The Lord is close to the brokenhearted." He later removed that post. That was soon followed by another tweet that included an collage of images picturing himself with young amputees, and including the message that you have the ability to make a difference in someone's life.
His final message Sunday night included a picture of him pointing to a passage from the best-selling book "Man's Search for Meaning," written by Austrian psychiatrist Victor Frankl when he was a prisoner at the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp.
However, the murder suspect returned to the social media site Monday morning, tweeting, "Lord, today I ask that you bathe those who live in pain in the river of your healing. Amen." You can see the actual posts here on the Independent website.
Pistorius supporters see his posts as remorseful and as honest cries for help. His critics however, view the messages as blatant public relations attempts to turn public opinion in his favor.
Interestingly, Oscar broke his social media silence just one day after being involved in a widely reported altercation in a trendy South African nightclub Saturday night. Pistorius was at the VIP Room in Sandton with his cousin when another patron approached him and began interrogating him about the murder case.
Pistorius' media rep Anneliese Burgess confirmed that there was an altercation, but denied that it was in any way a bar brawl. Allegedly Oscar asked the belligerent man to leave him alone, and soon after left the establishment with his cousin.
The man who aggressively interrogated Pistorius on matters relating to the trial has been identified as a Mr. Mortimer, according to ABC News. "My client regrets the decision to go to a public space and thereby inviting unwelcome attention," Burgess said.
Pistorius is currently awaiting a verdict in his trial for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp, who was shot by Pistorius in the couple's home in Pretoria, South Africa. Steenkamp was in a bathroom cubicle when she was shot three times through the door by Pistorius.
Pistorius has pleaded not guilty, claiming he believed Steenkamp was an intruder. However the prosecution alleges that he shot Reeva out of anger after a heated fight, and knowing full well it was Steenkamp and not an intruder, hiding inside the bathroom.
The closing arguments of the case will take place on August 8 and 9 at Pretoria High Court before Judge Thokozile Masipa. There are no jury trials in South Africa, so it will come down to the judge's verdict as to whether Pistorius is guilty or innocent, which could take up to a month.
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Who founded the Separated and Divorced Ministry?
The late Father Jim Young is considered to be the founder of NACSDC, the international organization for separated and divorced Catholics. This is correct as he was certainly the advocate from the Church's clergy and it is proper to remember him as the founder. He was, however, not the founder of the Church's ministry to the separated and divorced.
In the early first century, a Samaritan divorcee was surprised to find a young Jewish Rabbi talking with her. To the Jews at that time, Samaritans and divorced women were two groups who were considered undesirable. But this man continued to talk and showed that he was well aware of her problems and was truly concerned for her well-being. The woman who was defensive at first was won over by his gentle and accepting manner. While we do not know whether she actually took his advice or not, she certainly accepted his ministry and her life was forever changed. And the rabbi, having given her the great gift of her dignity and self-worth, left her and walked on into history.
We don't know the woman's name and know her only as the "Woman at the Well", but the rabbi was Jeshua Bar Jonah or Jesus Christ as we know Him. Through that encounter, He demonstrated the manner in which all who were to follow Him were to treat and minister to the separated and divorced. He had not only talked to this woman but had reached out to her from the start. It is He who founded the ministry and He who still calls people to it like the late Fathers Jim Young, Vince O'Brien, and Mike Blackwell and currently like Pope Francis, Cardinal Wuerl, Monsignor Maury O'Connell and Father Rick Kramer as well as all others who are part of His ministry. So if anyone asks you how and when the Church got into the separated and divorced ministry, tell them that it's just "what Jesus did."


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Just over a week ago, Louis Zamperini died at the ripe old age of 97. It wasn't the first time he had been declared deceased, as the government claimed he had been killed in combat during WWII. The story of what really happened was chronicled in Laura Hillebrand's book, Unbroken, and is now the subject of Angelina Jolie's next directorial effort for which a new trailer has been released.
The latest trailer shows why Universal believe they have an Oscar contender on their hands and a rising star in Jack O'Connell. The young actor, most recently seen in 300: Rise of an Empire, plays Zamperini, a former Olympian who barely survived having his plane shot down during the war. But that was just the beginning as Zamperini and a few survivors were adrift on a raft for 47 days with little food and water until they were captured by the Japanese and sent to a brutal POW camp to endure more tortures.
Jolie impressed with her directorial debut, In the Land of Blood and Honey, and this one looks likes a serious upgrade from that, one which may see her spending more time behind the camera. It's a little sad that Zamperini won't be around when the film debuts but at least his story seems to be getting the treatment it deserves. Also starring Domhnall Gleeson, Jai Courtney, Garrett Hedlund, Miyavi, Alex Russell, Finn Witrock, and John Magaro, Unbroken opens on Christmas Day.
Academy Award® winner Angelina Jolie directs and produces Unbroken, an epic drama that follows the incredible life of Olympian and war hero Louis "Louie" Zamperini (Jack O'Connell) who, along with two other crewmen, survived in a raft for 47 days after a near-fatal plane crash in WWII—only to be caught by the Japanese Navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp. Adapted from Laura Hillenbrand's ("Seabiscuit: An American Legend") enormously popular book, Unbroken brings to the big screen Zamperini's unbelievable and inspiring true story about the resilient power of the human spirit.


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If red peppers could talk I think they would say something like "Don't hate me because I'm so beautiful and so good for you."
Red peppers really are the wowsa va va vavoom of vegetables.
They are easy, beautiful and can be used in more ways than we have time to sit here and talk about.
Here are some things they bring you besides just being delicious:
- Bell peppers are a source of over 30 different members of the carotenoid nutrient family (alpha-carotene /
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- Contain 300% of your daily vitamin C intake
- Help you absorb iron better
- Are high in B6 and Magnesium which in combination have shown to decrease anxiety
- Are a sassy super food packed with antioxidants & cancer fighters
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- Has vitamin A which promotes good night vision.
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even in a muddy pond, beautiful and strong."
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Two county teens have been charged with vandalizing St. John the Baptist Church in New London.
The vandalism occurred in the predawn hours of July 17 and was discovered by one of the church's deacons a few hours later. The vandals had taken some partially empty cans of paint from a storage shed behind the church and painted "666" and an upside down cross on the back of the church.
The swimming beach at Smith Mountain Lake State Park recorded its first drowning in its 19-year history, Thursday.
According to Officer A. R. Davis, a ranger at the park, the youth group of Sycamore Baptist Church, of Gretna, was having an outing at the beach when Marvin Strickland Jr., a 12-year-old, was reported missing, at 2:45. The youth group's director was told that Strickland had been missing for 15 minutes and another child reported that he had been last seen in the swim area.
The person found dead in a burned car off Ole Turnpike Road has been identified.
According to Bedford City Police, the victim was identified as Benita Donnella Woods, 37, of Lynchburg. Woods died of smoke inhalation after the vehicle caught fire, probably after the car's catalytic converter came in contact with brush where it came to rest after leaving the road.
The results of a toxicology report are still pending.
Appalachian Power is letting a little less water out of Smith Mountain lake due to dry weather.
Last month the owner of a BMW left the keys in that car ? unlocked. Two men walking along Blue Ridge Avenue spotted the car, the keys and the opportunity.
According to Bedford Police Chief Jim Day the men took advantage of the opportunity and stole the car, which eventually wound up in Lynchburg as the men got involved in other crimes in that community.
One of the men allegedly involved was Joel Cunningham, 21, of Forest who has been arrested and charged with stealing the vehicle. Warrants have also been issued on a second defendant.
Bedford County can't regulate where biosolids are spread, but the county can make it possible for residents to learn where it has been spread.
Sam Rasoul, a Democrat from Botetourt County, hopes to be the next person to represent the 6th Congressional District in the House of Representatives.
The seat is currently held by Congressman Bob Goodlatte. Rasoul was recently in Bedford for the grand opening of the Bedford City and County Democratic Committees' headquarters.
Last month, Little Town Players (LTP) gave 27 local youth a chance to learn about theater by doing.
Every summer LTP holds a theater camp. According to Mickey VanDerwerker, who along with Margie Skalka, runs the day camp, they can only take 20 campers. The problem is the camp is so popular that they hate turning youth away and often fudge that number. There are limits, however. VanDerwerker said that if they get too many youth, it diminishes the learning experience.
A group of children from Body camp Elementary School had an opportunity to learn about gardening and history this summer.
This is the second year the National D-Day Memorial has grown a victory garden. Each year, the garden is grown by local children.
Victory gardens were part of the homefront during World War II. The idea of the victory gardens was to put more land into cultivation by encouraging people to turn backyards into gardens, growing part of their own food supply.
A Hardy man will spend the next eight years in jail after being sentenced Friday for fracturing the skull of a 17-month-old child.
In sentencing Robert Lewis Evans, 24, for child abuse and malicious wounding, Bedford County Circuit Court Judge James Updike said the case was one of the most reprehensible he had seen while serving in the court, and sentenced Evans above the guidelines in the case.
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Piers Morgan Blasts Hugh Grant As 'Tedious Little Man'
Do not invite Piers Morgan and Hugh Grant to the same dinner party.
Morgan just slammed Grant on Twitter, and publicly banned him from his show, "Piers Morgan Tonight."
The CNN host tweeted, "Hugh Grant is now banned, in perpetuity, from @PiersTonight and Life Stories. And anything else I ever do. Tedious little man."
Morgan, a former editor of the British paper News of the World – which recently paid out Sienna Miller for allegedly hacking into her cell phone – was ticked off by an interview Grant did today with BBC Radio host Richard Bacon.
In the 10-minute long exchange with Bacon, Grant, who himself had his phone hacked, unleashed his distaste for England's tabloids.
The Love Actually star said, "The tabloid press is completely unnecessary… We don't need them, we don't want them, and the sooner they go out of business the better."
Morgan, who we're told has a longstanding feud with Grant, apparently took personal umbrage to the actor's statements, further tweeting, "Listening to Bishop Hugh Grant telling @richardpbacon he wants popular newspapers eradicated. I feel the same about his crap movies."
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TUCSON, Ariz.- Arizona junior Jordan Brown hit a two-out, two-run home run in the bottom of the 14th inning to lift the No. 10-ranked Arizona baseball team to 7-6 victory over No. 11-ranked rival Arizona State in non-conference action at Kindall Field in Tucson on Tuesday.
The blast was Brown's third of the season and kept the Wildcats unbeaten at 7-0 for the year. Arizona State dropped to 6-5 with the loss.
The home run capped off a dramatic inning that saw junior Trevor Crowe get caught stealing for the first time in his last 31 attempts on a close play at second for the second out in the frame.
Tied 5-5 after 13 full innings, ASU took a one-run lead in the top of the 14th on a bases loaded, four-pitch walk by Arizona reliever Mike Koons to Sun Devil second baseman Joe Persichina.
Crowe led off the bottom of the frame with a single through the right side, his third hit of the night. Classmate Brad Boyer failed to advance Crowe on two sacrifice bunt attempts and eventually went down on strikes for the first out in the inning.
Crowe, who went 26 for 26 in stolen bases to end the 2004 season and was 4 for 4 this year, took off for second on the first pitch to senior Jeff Van Houten and was called out as he slid into second to end his streak at 30-straight.
Van Houten, who finished the game 3 for 7 with a home run, two RBI and two runs scored, followed the bang-bang play on Crowe with a base hit up the middle to put the game in Brown's hands.
Arizona's home run leader in 2004 left little doubt as he drilled reliever Ty Marotz's 2-1 offering off the scoreboard in right center field for his 19th career homer and the first walk-off blast for Arizona in over year.
Trailing 5-2 after six innings, Van Houten's first homer of the year, a two-run shot off the batter's eye in center field, capped off a three-run seventh inning that tied the game at 5-5.
Reliever's Pat Bresnehan for ASU and Mark Melancon and Koons for UA battled over the next six innings to keep the game knotted until the dramatic 14th.
Brown's blast rewarded Koons (1-0) with his first career victory, while ASU's Martoz (0-1) was charged with the loss.
Individual standouts from the five hour game included ASU's Colin Curtis (4 for 6, RBI, run) and Bresnehan (5 1/3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 7 K) and UA's Crowe (3 for 5, 3B, 2 R, SB), Brown (2 for 7, 2 RBI, 2 R, HR), Van Houten and Melancon (4 1/3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K)
Arizona will head out on the road for the first time in 2005 with a trip to Edinburg, Texas, for a three-game series against UT Pan Am this Friday-Sunday.


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Next week, Ed Sheeran will join the ranks of Eminem and Lady Gaga when he takes the stage with Elton John at the Grammy Awards . And the nominee is "stoked" to be performing with the legendary British singer/songwriter.
"I can't wait to kind of just be involved in the whole thing. Just to be going is an honor, but to be nominated and performing is nuts," he told MTV News on Wednesday (January 30).
If music lovers are wondering how the British up-and-comer and the icon hooked up for the show, Sheeran explained that it was all John's idea. "He put it together," he said. "He rung me up one day and said, 'How would you feel about performing with me at the Grammys?' I was like, 'I'll check my schedule,' " he laughed.
"He's been in touch for the past kind of three years, but has mostly become very prominent when we started to break the States, 'cause he knows the States like the back of his hand," Sheeran added.See the full list of 2013 Grammy nominations!
With only a week and a half until the February 10 broadcast, Sheeran doesn't have much time to prepare. But he's hoping he can sneak in some quality rehearsal time with John. "I think we got a rehearsal a day before the Grammys, so it's kind of going to be last-minute, but it'll work out," he said. "The thing is, when I've done it in England, they are my peers, I know them … but I'm performing in front of people that have never even heard of me, so I've got to really make an impression. It's gonna be fun."
Back in 2001, Elton John filled in for Dido to perform "Stan" with Eminem. Then, nearly 10 years later, he appeared with Lady Gaga during her performance on the show where they mashed up "Speechless" and "Your Song."One Direction can helps Ed Sheeran go from shabby to chic!
Sheeran, who is nominated for Song of the Year for "The A Team," will join a number of other acts set to hit the stage next month. Justin Timberlake was just announced as a performer on Wednesday, plus the Lumineers, Carrie Underwood and Jack White will all hit the stage, and Dierks Bentley and Miranda Lambert are slated to perform together. Fun., fellow six-timers Mumford & Sons, five-time nominees the Black Keys and three-time nominees Rihanna and Taylor Swift have also been confirmed to perform. The show will air February 10 on CBS with LL Cool J hosting.


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The Royal Bombay Yacht Club is situated in the city of Mumbai (originally Bombay). The Club, the oldest and most majestic Yacht Club in Asia, was founded in 1846 as the Bombay Yacht Club when the then resident British community took to sailing as a sport. Over the span of years the Club witnessed the changing scenario – from the early Lateen sail to the more recent class of boats, assuming the title "Royal" and the historical change in the country from a British Dominion to an independent India. Today the Club stands in testimony of its grandeur past to its current status as the premier sailing club in the country.
Besides extensive sailing facilities the heritage residential rooms of the Chambers offers a magnificent view of the famous Gateway of India and overlook Bombay harbour and the numerous yachts anchored at the waterfront. There is a treasure trove of invaluable yachting memorabilia and a storied celebration under every awning of the Club's premises.
The Club has an elite membership registry with, inter alia, captains of industry, legal luminaries, medical specialists, professors of education, defence personnel and experts in the fields of accountancy, art, culture and heritage.


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Visitors coming to San Francisco who wish to savor the waterfront without the touristy crowds that cluster around Pier 39 can take a quick trek over to Jack London Square. This year-round hub located in nearby Oakland offers dining, retail, recreational and cultural activities that attract both Bay Area residents and tourists alike.
Those looking for an easy introduction to this area, book the Savor Oakland food tour. During this trek, foodies will be escorted to a range of offerings including Chicken and Waffles: One of Oakland's top ranked soul-food restaurant, Urban Legend Cellars: "Mom" and "pop" wine-makers with a knack for award winning wine, and Miette: Ranked one of the top pastry shops in the world for its dainty interior and mouth-watering delights. These 3.5 hour tours run from Friday through Sunday and depart at 10:30pm. The tour size is kept to 10 per tour so it feels more like a group of new friends seeking out an adventure than a touristy trek. The tours cost $49 and include enough food and drink samplings for a moderately satisfying lunch.
After taking this tour, one can now feel confident exploring Oakland on their own. A must stop restaurant for locals is Chop Bar, a casual dining restaurant and community hangout serving breakfast, weekend brunch, lunch and dinner. As part of their commitment to the local community, they serve locally sourced food offered by area vendors. In particular, be sure to check out their Chop Bar Burger and enjoy their selection of wines on tap.
Then head over to JC Cellars to continue an exploration of Oakland's urban winery scene. A number of these wineries are located within walking distance of Jack London Square.
Take a stroll along the waterfront. On Sundays be sure to stroll around the Farmer's Market. Don't forget to check out the USS Potomac, the "Floating White House" that served as Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Presidential Yacht until his death in 1945. Outdoor enthusiasts can rent a kayak with California Canoe & Kayak and play in the waterfront and then rent a bike courtesy of Bay Area Bikes and cycle along the waterfront.
Conclude the day at Haven, a waterfront restaurant open for happy hour, and dinner, as well as Sunday brunch. On April 26, 2014, they will be offering a Saturday brunch as well. Their inviting space creates a warm community feel replete with shareable plates. Enjoy a hand crafted cocktail while savoring their craveable, technique-driven food including whole animal and vegetable preparations.
For more information about booking a trip to Jack London Square, log on to Visit Oakland.


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