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Serves 12 to 14
(Adapted from Chez Panisse Desserts (Random House, 1985) by Lindsey R. Shere).
This simple but sumptuous chocolate cake will burnish your reputation as a dessert maker.
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Special Equipment
Preheat oven to 375 F.
Butter the sides and bottom of the pan. Line the bottom with parchment or waxed paper and flour the pan.
Melt the butter in a double boiler. Chop the chocolate into coarse pieces and add to the butter. Stir frequently until the chocolate is melted and smooth. It should not get much hotter than 115 degrees F. Set aside.
Separate the eggs and beat the sugars into the egg yolks until just mixed. While the chocolate is still warm, whisk the egg mixture into it, and then stir in the flour and the almonds. If the combined mixture has cooled, set it back over the bottom of the double boiler over low heat, stirring constantly, until it is barely warm.
Warm the egg whites slightly by swirling them in a bowl above a gas flame or over hot water (the whites will beat to a greater volume when warmed). Add the cream of tartar to the egg whites and beat until they look creamy and form rounded peaks. Spread the egg whites over the chocolate mixture and fold them together quickly without deflating the whites.
Pour into the prepared pan and bake for 30 to 40 minutes, or until the cake is completely set around the sides, but still has a soft and creamy circle, about 6 inches across, in the center. The cake will rise and crack around the edge and separate from the softer center. The center should wiggle just slightly when you shake the pan gently.
Set the pan on a rack to cool completely before unmolding.
To serve the cake, turn it out of the pan, peel the paper off the bottom, and drizzle with chocolate glaze or sprinkle lightly with powdered sugar. The cake keeps very well, if not iced, for three or four days. Just cover the pan with foil and keep at room temperature until ready to use.


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Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Review: Diamine Brilliant Red Fountain Pen Ink
Diamine Brilliant Red ink tested in an extra fine nibbed Lamy Safari in an off-white ruled Paperblanks journal.
Brilliant Red is a light pinkish red with good flow and shading.
I really prefer a darker more saturated red and so far, Diamine's Poppy Red still is my number one go-to red ink.
Buy Diamine Inks in the UK at The Writing Desk or directly from Diamine and in the US from The Pear Tree Pen Company Ink is sold in 80ml glass bottles, 30 ml plastic bottles, and selected colors are available in cartridge form.
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In the early iChatAV days...Steve Jobs called me "fuckchop"
Inspiration comes from so many places. On the eve of the Apple WWDC a legendary developer surfaces to announce:
"In the early iChatAV days, one of the many things Steve Jobs called me was a "fuckchop". When I got to iPod, I thought it would make a nice title." - Andy Grignon [posted today on Geeklist]
In building Geeklist we believed it would become the greatest place for developers the world would never know to get credit where credit is due. A place for developers to share things that made their career, their lives, their achievements special. (Andy posted the full story on his Facebook Page)
We are learning it is also becoming a place for true inspiration, not from the corporate bodies we work for, but for the developers who REALLY did the heavy lifting (and sometimes took the words of brilliant madmen like Jobs at face value, scoffed at it and continued to build great products)
Andy Grignon got into our private beta yesterday after Robert Scoble invited his users (here is a link to his invite so you're in too: Invite via Scobleizer to Geeklist) He went on to post true inspiration in an Achievement:
Then he let us know he started webOS with co-worker Chris McKillop:
Then came one of the funnier Achievements we have gotten…
On the eve of Apple WWDC we are reminded of the passing of the great Steve Jobs… we are even more reminded of the great developers who made Jobs famous, the REAL builders. On Geeklist we showcase and you find the real builder every day and every day builders who may not have built iPhone, but build great technologies that make our lives better. So Geeklist is there to make their lives a little better too. Thank you Andy for sharing and a very special thanks to Robert Scoble for being a great connector, finder and interviewer of people that build cool shit.
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No Trace Of Hurt
Or Bitterness
Terry Peck
From: "The Peck's" adam parfrey boyd rice
To: "Positive Atheism" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: PA-via_Positive_Atheism_Index
Date: Monday, October 23, 2000 9:37 PM
Thank you for showing the world just how all men should be in this picture.
I don't see a trace of hurt, bitterness or lack of compassion in this incredible pic. It is very positive atheism. I wish everyone looked like this. The church has nothing on this.
From: "Positive Atheism Magazine" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
To: "The Peck's"
Subject: Re: PA-via_Positive_Atheism_Index
Date: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 9:48 AM
Hey! He's a remote friend of mine, and two very famous post-punk industrial musicians used his photo for their album cover. He's real happy about that and has a copy of the album on his wall. "God" kinda botched is brain somewhat, but he still survives as a baker and looks forward to the Special Olympics each year.
If you don't like it, tell your "God" to stop making people retarded.
If you don't like my bitterness, tell your "God" to stop making people retarded, because that's why my only brother is no more; that's why my only brother never lived long enough to learn how to talk.
Cliff Walker
"Positive Atheism" Magazine
Five years of service to
people with no reason to believe
From: "The Peck's"
To: "Positive Atheism Magazine" <email@example.com>
Subject: Re: PA-via_Positive_Atheism_Index
Date: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 3:27 PM
I wondered if someone or something deeply hurt you. I see it in your letters. Your brother should have had an opportunity to live.
"If you don't like it, tell your "God" to stop making people retarded."
I never said I didn't like it. "God" doesn't make retarded people. People tend to blame what they don't understand on God.
If you don't like my bitterness, ...
I never said you were bitter. One can see it in your letters though.
... tell your "God" to stop making people retarded, because that's why my only brother is no more;
I thought that in your world there was no "God." Had there been no God then he couldn't have been the reason that your brother is "no more." I don't know what happened to your brother. For whatever reason, it shouldn't have happened and I have the deepest sorrow for you and your family.
that's why my only brother never lived long enough to learn how to talk.
You love your brother very much. I know. I lost my brother and I had wanted him to live a good life. He was murdered. It wasn't fair, he was a good kid.
Terry Peck
P.S. I used to be the Director of Case Management for a CDDO (Community Development Disability Organization). I worked with many men and women of various ages. I am glad to see your friend in the workplace. My goal was to get everyone of them (that wanted to) in a regular workforce without labels of "retarded" and "crippled." They are human beings that want to enjoy life. Good for your friend.
From: "Positive Atheism Magazine" <email@example.com>
To: "The Peck's"
Subject: Re: PA-via_Positive_Atheism_Index
Date: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 3:30 PM
I apologize for returning low-class sarcasm with more of the same. This letter, of all letters, I should have simply ignored.
I wondered if someone or something deeply hurt you. I see it in your letters. Your brother should have had an opportunity to live.
Oh yeah, that's it! That explains it! It's his brother!
And he fits the stereotype of the spiteful, vindictive atheist.
Never mind the thousands of hours he's spent studying both sides of the argument, his decision is an emotional one, after all.
I hope that's not what you're trying to say, here.
No. People receive my vitriol only when they earn it through boorishness or the like, and for no other reason. Please read through the many letters from atheists, Buddhists, Wiccans, and polite Christians. (Polite Christians not only exist, they are the majority -- but very few polite Christians would not bother an atheist, so they do not get much representation on our Forum.) Any bitterness I show is heartfelt if I have encountered attitudes such as indignity, hypocrisy, bigotry, and exploitation.
Meanwhile, my brother got what he got and there's no "should" about it because that's what happened and we cannot change it now and we couldn't have changed it back then.
The only opportunity we even get for living results from how DNA works, with the natural selection of random mutations. If there were no mutations either way, there would never have been any advancements. But there are mutations; we aren't still the original self-replicating molecule (which molecule could never survive in the atmosphere and at the temperatures that exist today). Most mutations are destructive, as what happened to my brother; some of them actually cause advantage and those are assimilated into the gene pool. This is part of doing business with DNA: you cannot have any advancements without mutations, and most mutations turn out to be destructive. DNA or some similar method for natural selection of random mutations of a self-replicating molecule, I think, is the only basis for any life or consciousness to form. I can conceive of no other way for natural processes to eventually result in beings who are self-aware to the point of having dialogues such as this one here. I think self-awareness can only be had through a nervous system, and I think a nervous system can develop only through natural selection. Nicolas Humphrey, in his piece called "On the Wings of a Dove," goes so far as to say, "We can be the optimist who brightly says, 'This is the best of all possible worlds,' or the pessimist who gloomily nods his head and says, 'How true.'"
So, all we can do is, in our dreams, wish it could have been different for my brother. Apart from that we are powerless to do anything except appreciate what we do have and make the most of what little we get. We cannot say "should" because what happened to my brother is the price we pay just to have an opportunity to live. And the death that is the common fate of us all is the price we all pay for the chance to live at all, because death is crucial to the processes natural selection -- and natural selection is how we even came to exist as we do. I would think that an intelligent creator (and particularly a benevolent one ) would surely have side-stepped much if not all of the suffering that we observe on Earth, which suffering makes perfect sense in light of natural selection being the only way we can even advance to the life forms we see and are.
My brother's experience showed me, early on, that the tales describing a benevolent god micromanaging our affairs here on earth don't hold much water with me. Between the experiences of my brother and my grandfather, this likelihood was made clear to my whole family, all the way back to the grandparents. Nobody in my immediate family (that I know of) is religious from either grandparent on down -- Spinoza's-god Unitarians and Spinoza's-god Masons at most, going back to all those great-grandparents who were described to me by their offspring. Only the second-cousins (grandma's sister's kids) are in any sense religious at all, and most of them are pretty liberal.
We just don't see it. Religion does such a poor job at explaining situations such as I have described above, while natural selection makes perfect sense in light of our observations. Religion, for the most part, advocates an extremely flawed sense of morality. And, it lends itself so easily into the hands of the exploiters, to the point where even if I did have many reasons to believe I'd still have a hard time associating myself with such a crowd.
I thought that in your world there was no "God."
I have no reason to believe that a god exists, but when speaking to a theist, I am capable of entering that person's world view for the sake of discussion, or in order to make a point. This is easy because for three years, during the late 1970s and early 1980s, I tried to be a Christian. I had become so disoriented that I felt I had to do something drastic, so I sincerely tried to believe. I immersed myself in Christian apologetics and worked full-time toward learning it well enough to be able to teach it (my technique for learning anything has always been to learn it well enough to be able to explain it to someone else). So, I know what that's like because I have, myself, "told God" to stop making people retarded and to stop allowing people such as my grandfather to suffer the way he did).
I can also feel I am being truthful when I declare that God did not make my brother the way he was.
After this experience, this brief fling with theism (which is not the "faith of my fathers," as they say), the two cases against the existence of a God have become, for me, nonbelief and evil. I came to the argument from nonbelief after pondering just how few people qualify for the Christian Heaven and just how many will go to the Christian Hell by default -- just to satisfy the "justice" of the Christian god. I think that if a benevolent god exists who wants us to know about Him, more of us would be in agreement over whether He exists and who He is. My discovery of the argument from evil is easy to see from our exchanges, and also works itself into the argument from nonbelief: if a God exists and wants us to know about Him (much less honor Him), then I would think He would have made it so there was much less suffering and premature death than there is. I am not asking that sons never bury their mothers, but any god who would make
a situation where mothers routinely bury their sons cannot be called good. I go further and suggest that no such god exists, and that natural selection better explains what I have observed (what we all observe) than does any scheme of religion I have studied.
Had there been no God then he couldn't have been the reason that your brother is "no more."
True. I never blamed God for what happened to my brother, because I didn't start believing until at least twelve years after I last saw him (a brief fling with religion in high school, followed by a much longer one later).
You love your brother very much. I know.
I never even got to know my brother as a person; he wasn't around for long enough and I was too young. So I can't say that I love him as an individual, but I do feel an overwhelming sense of compassion knowing that this was his chance at living, knowing that his very conception was against all odds, and that even this stroke of luck didn't do him much good.
I do get a very powerful feeling, though, whenever I am around friends or relatives who have brothers who grew up with them. (I have a sister who is much younger than me, and we never really got very close -- perhaps because I didn't want to risk again the loss I endured when my brother got sick and was taken away by the State.) So, I'd say that not only did I never get to know him as a person, I never got to grow up with him in what would now be my longest lived companionship (we were almost two years apart). This is not the same as though he had never existed: I have a brother but he is dead. His life was cut short before I got to know him. Also, he never developed any cognizance to get to know me during the two years he was around. So, I live with the sense that this long-lived companionship which others enjoy was taken from me. It's not the same as if I'd never had a brother. I live with the fact that had we grown up together and both survived, we would have a kinship that I currently have with nobody -- the likes of which I have watched other people even take for granted.
And I have no real companions today, certainly nobody that goes back very far. I've known a few of my current friends as long as three years. I do have two friends living in other states, one whom I've known for twelve years and the other whom I've known casually for twenty-five, he's been my best friend to for seventeen years but I haven't seen him since 1986. My difficulty in finding friends is not because I shun theists or because I see theists as inferior -- quite the contrary. Theists have something that I could only dream of having: the ability to see something that I don't see. (Whether or not theism is real, one can point to theism's benefits -- especially considering the current environment that so viciously stigmatizes atheists.)
Four years ago, I was hoping to marry a very devout Christian woman. I loved her with a special love that I've felt for nobody before or since, and when she would try to convince me of her position, I'd just sit there and enjoy the music and rhythm of her voice. Although I found her views quite disturbing, it did not disturb me that she held these views; her viewpoint did not in any way tarnish my love for her. The only qualm I had was a vague and remote suspicion that part her motive for paying so close attention to me was to see my eventual "salvation." Part of me sometimes wonders if this suspicion on my part may have destroyed the friendship, but I don't think that's what happened.
Earlier this year, I had plans to marry a woman who can best be described as a theistic agnostic ("God is, and I can see Him and feel his presence, and He inspires me toward ethical behavior, but I cannot say any more than this about God"). The only person I would currently consider a companion had not thought about religion through her entire adulthood until she met me. I would now consider her an atheist (though I think she's probably been that all along, she just couldn't describe her views until she's watched me struggle with mine for several years). My uniform experience on the dating boards and at bars seems to be that the moment I divulge my religious viewpoint it's cold shoulder time. So, I satisfy myself with casual companionships that are based primarily on my two hobbies (singing karaoke and casual drinking) and spend the rest of my energy working on Positive Atheism.
The main reason why most of my attempts at friendships fail, I think, is because I refuse to be silent about my atheism: I refuse to pretend even to believe in astrology. I would never try to talk someone into becoming an atheist. (I cannot see anybody wanting to subject themselves to the indignity and bigotry we atheists endure. I'd never wish this on even an enemy!) But I will not be silent about my views. Whenever I'm asked or whenever the subject comes up, I will explain that I have yet to encounter a convincing argument for the existence of God and the supernatural. All the arguments I've heard so far sound like rubbish to me. At the same time, I make it clear that I respect the fact that people believe. I readily acknowledge that most believers have what they think are perfectly valid reasons for believing. The only time anybody will hear from me is when they try to convert me (or when they ask out of curiosity -- or visit this website which has,
as its target audience, not theists but atheists).
My goal was to get everyone of them (that wanted to) in a regular workforce without labels of "retarded" and "crippled."
I am a permanently disabled man who has realized that I am better off taking the pension and returning that favor through volunteer work. This way, my ability to produce (or lack thereof) does not impact my survival because my income comes from one source and my work goes somewhere else: it is not a direct exchange, the one depending upon the other. I qualify for several perks, including half-price fare on the bus (but I must always show my ID because my disability is not obvious to the casual observer). Thus, I have no qualms about being seen as disabled.
My disability is not primarily physical but results from a combination of depressive disorder and attention span problems. I also have since developed curvature of the spine that is so painful that I can now lift about 20 pounds tops. I cannot tell you which is more of a challenge when it comes to seeking feminine companionship: being emotionally "difficult" or being physically weakened.
The stigma against being disabled is intense, but it is unjustified (just as the stigma against atheists is intense but unjustified). Some think I am getting something for nothing, but I do more work and give more to my community than most workers give for their wages. Some think I am playing the "wooden leg" game, but I think thirteen years of being unable to hold a job for more than a few months, while always being the most skilled at what I did in any situation, speaks volumes. I am not a doctor, so this is all I can say about it. I am an intense personality -- the look in my eyes, my large skeleton, my ample vocabulary and careful style of speech, my ability to instantly process almost any topic and respond to it. This makes it hard enough for me to get to know people. I am also extremely shy, and this shyness gets in the way my dealing with anybody who has not known me for a while.
But this does work out for the best, as far as I can see, and based upon my personal values. If someone wants to stigmatize me for being disabled or for being an atheist (or whatever), they are simply informing me that they are not they type of person with whom I would want to spend any of my time. Now, if I were a genuine exploiter or a bigot or boorish or haughty anything along those lines, any stigma against me would be just. But I can honestly tell you that I work very carefully to keep a lid on these and other tendencies. I even keep my weight down, tend to my hygiene, and try to dress nicely. What's left over are things that I cannot control. So, if someone wants to avoid me or shun me for these things which I cannot change, that's their prerogative. However, I would not and do not find myself enjoying the company of people who would do this to anybody. So, you might say that I am blessed in this sense.
It's not unlike Thomas Edison who was grateful for his hearing loss because he knew that most of the casual conversation he missed concerned topics that he'd just as soon avoid anyway. I don't miss the company of people who would reject me (or anyone) as a potential friend because of things that are not valid reasons to reject prospective friends. This came to light in 1984 when, after meeting a wonderful young lady with whom I'd hoped to grow old, we went out to meet several of my friends. She commented that each one of my friends was a wonderful person. I replied that those are the only kind of people who could handle someone like me. She became vehement that I would denigrate myself in this manner, but I was serious: at that moment I saw (and could explain in English) what I have just described to you above.
Yeah, sometimes I walk by a church building and see all the people (under the steeple) and sometimes I feel like walking up and saying that I'd like to join the organization because I need an organized social outlet and could use some help in that area. But then I realize that such organizations rally around a common ideology, and that in order to fit in (even in the most superficial way), I'd need to confess to the ideology. I am not one who can lie about such things; to do this is beyond my abilities: I cannot even imagine people doing this to themselves or others. Not only could I never hide my viewpoints, I could never hide myself. So, I continue to present myself as an individual -- like it or not -- and refuse to let ideology be a factor determining whether I will hang with someone.
In any event, I appreciate your thoughts and thank you for clarifying your earlier sentiments.
Cliff Walker
"Positive Atheism" Magazine
Five years of service to
people with no reason to believe
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Apps that claim to be able to help with depression and other mental health issues aren't uncommon, but it's difficult to know whether they're actually providing effective treatment. Now, researchers have looked to gain some concrete information as to how helpful an app can be for patients tackling anxiety and/or depression. The results of the study were positive, but they aren't necessarily indicative of mental health apps as a whole, where a lack of regulation has made it extremely difficult to pick out software that can be trusted.Read More
Hydrogen may hold promise as an alternative to fossil fuels, but there's still a huge petrol-producing infrastructure in place, and not many service stations offer hydrogen refills yet. That's why some scientists are exploring a bridging technology known as the integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) process, for converting fossil fuels into hydrogen. Along with hydrogen, though, carbon dioxide is also a byproduct of the IGCC process, which must be dealt with. Fortunately, scientists from the University of Liverpool have developed a polymer that soaks up that CO2 for use in other applications. Read More
Tofu has long been touted as a good way to clean out your insides, but now a researcher at the University of Liverpool says an ingredient in tofu could also be used to clean up solar cells. The hope is that the naturally occurring substance could replace a key ingredient in thin film solar cells that is highly toxic and expensive to produce. Read More
Last September, at the World Human Powered Speed Challenge at Battle Mountain in Nevada, a Dutch team made up of students from TU Delft and VU Amsterdam set the current world speed record of 83.13 mph (133.78 km/h) for an unpaced cyclist on flat ground in the VeloX3. The University of Liverpool Velocipede Team (ULVT) has now announced its intentions to take the title with the Arion1 Velocipede, a bicycle resembling an oversized medicine capsule that has been left out in the sun too long.Read More
We all know to look out for viruses that can be spread over the internet, or by sharing files between computers. Now, however, scientists at the University of Liverpool have shown for the first time that special viruses could move between wireless access points using existing Wi-Fi networks – as efficiently as the common cold virus spreads between people through the air. Read More
A new, non-invasive type of test could spell the beginning of a new age in bladder cancer diagnosis. Researchers at the University of Liverpool and University of the West of England in Bristol have created a device that can analyze the odors in urine to catch early signs of this type of cancer. The researchers claim the device has generated an accuracy rate of 100 percent in tests with 98 urine samples.Read More
You know, I'm pretty sure I remember a Far Side cartoon or something, where someone was selling powdered water – "Just add water!" Well, dry water isn't quite the same thing. It's 95 percent liquid water, but that water takes the form of tiny droplets each encased in a tiny globe of silica. The resultant substance is dry and granular. It first came to light in 1968, and was used in cosmetics. More recently, a University of Liverpool research team has been looking into other potential uses for the substance. They have found several, but most interesting is its ability to store gases such as carbon dioxide. Read More
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, there are 500,000 detectable earthquakes every year, of which 100,000 will be felt and about 100 will cause damage. Engineers now use seismic vibration control technology - and base isolation in particular – to make buildings more earthquake-proof. But what about existing structures? Researchers from the University of Liverpool have now developed a means of effectively making buildings "invisible" to the destructive path of a quake.Read More
Rainmaking has advanced since the days when a ritual dance was believed to invoke the wet stuff, but while modern day cloud seeding has been shown to change the structure and size of clouds, it's still debatable whether the practice actually has any effect on rainfall. After all, even if precipitation does occur after cloud seeding there's no way of knowing whether it would have rained anyway. This uncertainty hasn't stopped widespread use of cloud seeding in countries around the world including the US, Russia, Australia and China, which boasts the largest cloud seeding system in the world. Now a breakthrough by an international team of scientists could help in the development of new materials which could be used to enhance the process.Read More
May 4, 2007 A computer model designed by a mathematician at the University of Liverpool has shown that it is possible to make objects, such as aeroplanes and submarines, appear invisible at close range. Scientists have already created an 'invisibility cloak' made out of 'metamaterial' which can bend electromagnetic radiation – such as visible light, radar or microwaves – around a spherical space, making an object within this region appear invisible. Until now, scientists could only make objects appear invisible from far away. Liverpool mathematician Dr Sebastien Guenneau, together with Dr Frederic Zolla and Professors Andre Nicolet from the University of Marseille, have proven - using a computer model called GETDP - that objects can also be made to appear invisible from close range when light travels in waves rather than beams. Scientists predict that metamaterials could be of use in military technology, such as in the construction of fighter jets and submarines, but it will be some years before invisibility cloaks can be developed for human beings.Read More
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It's time for us to invest in a great fall and winter bag, and we're strongly considering this Tweed Wool Boston Bag ($94) by Tago Design. It looks large, sturdy, and completely girly with the grey, blue, and pink tweed topped off with a leather flower corsage. And though we've seen plenty of carpet bags, this is the first "doctor style" purse we've come across. We'll just hope no one mistakes us for women of medicine. We're not exactly the type to react in a calm and cool manner if someone passes out in the subway.
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When Fun. are joined by Janelle Monáe on the stage at the 2012 MTV Movie Awards tonight to perform their inescapable hit song "We Are Young," fans will be treated to a set that has lots of red.
While no one really knows what that means until show day, the look seems reminiscent of another inescapable pop-culture phenomenon "Fifty Shades of Grey." So when MTV News caught up with the guys at rehearsals for tonight's show, we wanted to know if the erotic book trilogy had any influence over the look of the performance.
"Let's just say 'yes,' " lead singer Nate Ruess laughed, even though the books clearly had nothing to do with their performance.
Guitarist Jack Antonoff added that there was another pop-culture influence. "That and the Billy Joel song 'Shades of Grey,' " he teased. "Those two things together."
Multi-instrumentalist Andrew Dost kept the joke going: "It's inspired by 'The Shining,' " he said. "Red room, red room."
All joking aside, the guys are ready to introduce their live theatrics to an audience that largely knows them from their radio mega-hit "We Are Young." "Anyone who just heard it on the radio and hasn't seen us play it, that's the only goal is to just physically perform it the way it's meant to be interpreted," Antonoff said. "Which is pretty dramatic."
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I'm So Sick Of You, Brendan Harris
Well, the Twins were able to right the ship this weekend in Oakland (taking two of three from the A's) after a rough week in Seattle. Despite some shakiness of late and a rash of injuries/sickness, we're still managing to win enough ballgames to not feel much heat from the Tigers.
I would like to touch on a subject that really got under my skin yesterday:
In the eighth inning of yesterday's game, the Twins finally were rallying to try and make things interesting. Delmon Young whalloped a two-run dinger to get the Twins within one, then Jim Thome doubled to put the tying run in scoring position. Up to the plate came Brendan Harris, who proceeded to quickly strike out, taking a called third strike right down broadway and proceeding to berate the ump for the easiest call he made all night:
Right now, I don't think I could be more sick of Harris. A little history:
After the 2007 season, the Twins traded for Harris (along with Young) in the swap that netted the Rays Matt Garza and Jason Bartlett.
It was thought that Harris would be our everyday second baseman in 2008, but that experiment failed miserably, as Harris could not field the position. Thus, in 2008-2010, he has bounced around between third base and shortstop, never being able to land a starting gig for any prolonged period of time. Were he even just a decently consistent hitter, he could easily see more playing time over the likes of Nick Punto and Matt Tolbert, but (although his bat sometimes has a little pop in it) he is prone to streaks where he is about as automatic an out as is human possible.
This season, Harris' average has hovered around .150, but it is his attitude that really bothers me. When Justin Morneau or Michael Cuddyer strike out looking (and know it), they might show some frustration, but only at themselves. Harris, on the other hand, is: A. So lost at the plate that he apparently doesn't know what a strike is or isn't anymore; and B. Ready, willing, and able to place the blame squarely on the shoulders of anyone else, preferably the umpires.
I usually don't like singling players out like this, but in this case I've just had it with Harris' antics.
Junior's Circuit, No More
The other day, upon hearing that Ken Griffey Jr. had announced his retirement from Major League Baseball, I wanted to take a moment here to reflect on one of my favorite baseball players of all-time:
Though I grew up a Minnesota Twins fan in the mid 1990s, those Twins teams didn't exactly have the type of superstars that can captivate the imagination of a youngster (sorry Ron Coomer, Terry Steinbach, and Butch Huskey). Thus, I naturally gravitated towards the best (with respect to Barry Bonds, a phrase I never thought I would write) player in baseball at the time: Ken Griffey Jr.
Junior could do it all: Hit for decent average (career .284 hitter), tremendous power (630 career dingers, back-to-back seasons of 56 jacks), steal some bases (particularly early in his career; 184 career), and track down balls in center field like Torii Hunter would later do for my favorite club.
In fact, when the big power/steroid boom of the late 1990s occurred, it was the Griffey/McGwire show before Sosa juiced up and changed everything in '98. Fortunately, Griffey has never seen the smear of performance-enhancing drugs touch his name. He also has none of the tell-tale signs (huge musculature, sudden growth, etc.).
Sadly, the career of KGJ took a down-turn after he signed with the Cincinnati Reds in 2000. Though he was the darling of Seattle with the Mariners, I couldn't blame him for wanting to play for his hometown Reds. However, the Reds never challenged for any sort of title during the "Griffey Years", and Griffey himself endured so many injuries it would have made Mickey Mantle flinch. At one point, he was projected to "easily" surpass Hank Aaron's home run record, and may very well of done it had not the injury bug bitten hard.
After a brief stint with the Chicago White Sox (that, despite good performance, never quite seemed right)…
…it was nice to see Junior in an M's uniform once again in the end:
Perhaps the fondest memory I will take away from Ken Griffey Jr. the baseball player, though, is how as a child I sent him a letter asking for an autograph. Some time later, I received a glossy 8X10 of Junior that had me nearly bouncing off the walls in excitement. A first-ballot Hall of Famer in every sense of the word:
King Felix Indeed
Well, there is a reason why I take this guy every year in my fantasy baseball league. When Felix Hernandez is on, his ball has such incredible movement that it is almost impossible to hit solidly (if at all). That was the case tonight.
The other two reasons the Twins lost:
The Mariners exposed a Carl Pavano weakness and turned the basepaths into a track meet. This is becoming a serious problem when Carlos pitches against teams with speedsters.
Then, Jose Lopez really got ahold of one and you could just feel the air come out of our sails, what with King Felix holding court.
Preview (31-23, 1st, 2.5 GA DET): Scott Baker (5-4, 4.48) vs. Dallas Braden (4-5, 3.60). In the span of three days, the Twins will have stared down last year's postseason hero (Cliff Lee), one of the top hurlers in the AL (Felix), and a guy (in Braden) who has pitched a perfect game this season. Ouch.
Men In Blue Are A Little Black
To set the scene: Earlier in the day, with Armando Galarraga of the Detroit Tigers just one out away from pitching a perfect game against the Cleveland Indians, umpire Jim Joyce blew a call at first base that broke everything up (the runner was clearly out, as indicated by the instant replay). As of this time, Commissioner Bud Selig is refusing to overturn the call and give Galarraga his perfecto, despite an admission of guilt from Joyce.
Then, the Twins-Mariners game last night transpires as follows:
Kevin Slowey and Cliff Lee lock up in a magnificent pitching duel, with the score tied at 1-1 heading into the bottom of the tenth inning. With runners on first and second and two outs, Ichiro Suzuki hits a slow roller up the middle that Matt Tolbert adeptly smothers and flips to JJ Hardy for what looks to be the final out of the inning. However, despite the fact that replays show the ball beat the runner to the bag, the runner was called safe and, by that time, the lead baserunner had already wheeled around third and scored easily:
Two blown calls that cost their respective players/teams potentially dearly. In Galarraga's case, he will likely never approach a perfect game if he pitches for 20 more seasons. The Twins, on the other hand, know first-hand the importance of a single game (we've played in two consecutive 163-game seasons) on the standings. I can see the kind of tough position this puts Bud Selig in, and thus can understand why he is hesitant to overturn the Tigers call (as wouldn't that be valuing individual achievement over team victories?).
Let's just hope that this sort of fiasco leads to the introduction of instant replay into MLB as early as next season (or even this postseason in full-fledged form). Football purists (if such a group exists) argued against instant replay for the same reasons that baseball purists (a much larger group) argue against it today (undermines umps, slows down the game, etc.). However, replay has now become an established part of the NFL, and the league is (at least in my opinion) much better off for it, as getting the call on the field correct is the ultimate goal. It should be the same in baseball as well.
Preview (31-22, 1st, 3.0 GA DET): Carl Pavano (5-5, 3.99) vs. Felix Hernandez (2-4, 3.50)


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Your private tropical paradise is located in the most residential avenue of Bani only 5 minutes from the beach and 5 minutes to the center of the town.
Bani is not yet discovered by the tourists and has kept its authentic relaxed atmosphere. At the end of your avenue arrive every morning the fisher boats and for a couple of pesos you choose your fresh dorado. Only 10 minutes walk from your villa you discover the local daily market and enjoy an excellent meal in one of the typical restaurants for less than $5.
Bani is the gateway to the virgin and unspoiled South-West coast of enchantingly beauty. The Cordillera Central with mountains of more than 10000 feet is only one hour drive from your villa. In a short time you will escape from the tropical heat and have the impression that you are in the Swiss Alps, after having crossed coffee,cacao and tobacco plantations. Protected by this mountain chain Bani benefits from the most sunny and dry climate of whole the Dominican Republic.The capital Santo Domingo is only 30 minutes drive from your villa and you will be captivated by the old colonial area founded in 1496 by the youngest brother of Christopher Columbus.
The villa has been recently completely renovated and very elegantly decorated. Everything is new and functional.
The 4 main bedrooms are equiped with full airconditioning,big ceiling fans and anti-mosquito screens before the windows.Bedroom nr. 5 is situated in a seperate cute cottage in front of the tennis court.This cottage has a large covered terrace with view over the tennis and the tropical garden, a dining area and kitchen and showerroom with toilet.Ideal if you travel with friends who like their independency.
The shallow pool is ideal and safe for children while adults will enjoy the second large pool.The private tennis court is lighted so you can play in the fresh tropical evenings. If you rather like the sea than tennis, our private skipper can bring you with his typical fisher boat in 20 minutes to unspoiled beaches with crystal clear water where you will meet no tourists but some local fishermen and pelicans.
Your Dominican neighbors will not take a long time to invite you for a coffee or a drink. Quite a contrast with the usual tourist resorts and gated communities where you have no contact with the real Dominican life and their legendary hospitality and kindness.
The villa is provided with a very friendly good trained Dominican staff who can take care of everything including preparing you delicious Dominican specialties. A night watch will take care of your security or open the gate when you come home late from one of the numerous Latin dancings in town...
The Dominican Republic enjoys a worldwide reputation for the friendliness of it's people and the diversity of it's culture.
Dominicans are regarded as the most festive and congenial in all of Latin America, and their unique brand of hospitality will always give you plenty reasons to smile.
The culture of the island is an alluring blend of the historic and the contemporary.Santo Domingo is home to the oldest cathedral in the hemisphere, as well as Zona Colonial, the oldest city in the Americas.The city's architecture reflects that rich traditions, as well as the country's very modern way of life.
The restaurants of Santo Domingo feature an enticing array of top-tier dining, comparable to the finest metropolitan in the world.The city also boasts a lively nightlife, with Clubs showcasing the country's native merengue and the latest in popular music.Santo Domingo's business district is filled with a variety of specialty boutiques that appeal to the most discerning of tastes.
There is always something new-and something old-to discover in the fascinating country known as the Dominican Republic.
Thanks to the central location of BANI, only 40 miles from the capital Santo Domingo and at the same time the gateway to the unspoiled gorgeous South-West Coast and the CORDILLERA CENTRAL with mountains of more than 10,000 feet, your activities and discovery possibilities are virtually unlimited!
Your airport of arrival is LAS AMERICAS situated 15 miles east of the Capital Santo Domingo. BANI is situated 40 miles west of SANTO DOMINGO and easy to reach by a new 4 lane motorway. From the airport Las Americas it will take you about 45 minutes to arrive at your villa.You can take a taxi, cost around $90. We can provide a limousine service for 4 guests per car for only $75 per car or a minibus for 8 guests for $130.
At the airport all international car renters like Hertz and Avis are represented. Car rental per day depending type of car and duration from about $55 per day.
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Take a look on www.happyplanetindex.org and discover why the Dominicans enjoy a long happy life in spite of their apparent " lack of material wealth".The Happy Planet Index (HPI) provides a new compass by measuring what truly matters to us - our well being in terms of long happy and meaningful lives - and what matters to the planet - our rate of resource consumption.
With 32% of the country covered by National Parks and Reserves, the highest proportion in the Americas,is one of the explanations of this remarkable top ranking of the Dominican Republic.
In 1492 the Genovese explorer Christopher Columbus reached the island and named it Hispaniola.
In 1863 the war of restoration led by Gregorio Luperon re-established the country's independence.
In 1966 the actual democratic system was established with the celebration of presidential elections every 4 years.The current President until 2012 is Dr.Leonel Fernandez Reina.
The economy of the Dominican Republic is based on four essential sources: agriculture, mining,tourism and duty free industrial zones.The country has become the number one tourist destination in the Caribbean with 4 million tourists every year.
Main exports are sugar, coffee,tobacco, cocoa, cigarettes, nickel and bananas. The tropical climate allows to export fruits and vegetables.
Located in the heart of the Caribbean between Cuba and Puerto Rico the Dominican Republic has a surface almost equal to Switzerland.It has a population of 9 million people from which 16% white,11% black and 73% mixed.3 million people are living in the Capital Santo Domingo.
The Dominican Republic has the highest mountains of the Caribbean with the Pic Duarte of more than 3000m.This explains the unbelievable variety of nature,landscape and micro-climates. Tropical rain forests, mountains, lakes, rivers, white sand beaches with coconut trees, dry steppes, deserts, sand dunes etc. More than 20% of the country has been declared National Park and no construction is allowed at all. The bay of SAMANA, situated in the North-East of the country is UNESCO protected because from January 15th to March 15th every year, it is visited by up to 2000 humpback whales which come to the region especially to give birth to their young.They remain in the bay's calm waters where they nurture the cubs until they can survive in the open seas.
The balmy climate with its ever-present trade winds and the warm temperature of the tropical Caribbean Sea combine to provide this part of the island with year-round, delightful weather with only a few degrees difference between winter and summer.
Last but not least BANI benefits of the most dry and sunny climate of whole the Dominican Republic!!!
- Distance to Beach: 10 min, Bani Beach
- Distance to Town: 5 min, Bani
- Distance to Airport: 60 min, Santo Domingo
- Golf: Yes - 60 minutes - Various Courses
Bedding: 1 King size Bed, 1 Queen size Bed, 2 Sofabeds, 3 double Beds,1 single Bed | Maid Service: Yes | Staff: 4 Housekeeper, Cook, Waiter, Security
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- Distance to Town: 5 min, Bani
- Distance to Airport: 60 min, Santo Domingo
- Golf: Yes - 60 minutes - Various Courses
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not on the nightstand, but 3 ft. from me, in the safe, an AR 15 with mounted light ,12 ga. and a .40 cal. pistol.
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not on the nightstand, but 3 ft. from me, in the safe, an AR 15 with mounted light ,12 ga. and a .40 cal. pistol.
One of my 1911's in the nightstand and a Rem 870 in the closet. All my other guns are locked up.
My carry gun is a H&K 9mm comp. My nightstand/home gun is a H&K .45cal, along with his friends; Mr. Bushmaster AR-15 & Ms. Winchester 1300 12 ga. :biggrin:
I keep the GL 27 in the nightstand, and the GL 22 on top of the refrigerator, just in case for those "late night raids". :essen2:
Another for carry piece. My 226ST with night sights and CT's, comes of last thing - but not on to nightstand. I put it down on floor, pointing ''downrange'' and ready so that an arm dangled down side finds it instantly. More discrete I feel if anyone watching.
Wife's house gun is nearby but not as rapidly accessible.
i own two pistols, a 686 6" 357 and glock 17. Because i live in a thin walled apartment, i use the glock (loaded with 147 gr hydra shoks) for my house gun. The night sights are a big plus too. While its tempting to use the 357 ( i like bigger holes :para: ), the muzzle flash on that sucker is impressive to say the least. Also, the recoil makes quick follow up shots a lot harder compared to my glock. In case of a serious SHTF, i have a loaded 30 rnd mag for my ak-47 that i could slap in if time permitted.
Is the safe door open while you're home? If not, you're gonna look a little silly asking the BG to hang on a sec until you get the door to your GUN SAFE open.....Quote:
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I live in the country and don't have to worry about neighbors; so the Glock 20, 10mm with night sights. if there is something going on (jail escapee etc) I'll bring "Boomer" (Rem 100, extended mag, pistol grip stock, unrifled slug barrel loaded with 5 000 and 2 slugs) in for the night. Then I can always rely on the dog for protection, 16 year old half blind and deaf, arthritic miniature poodle, yea right :rolleyes:
I have a 3" 625-7 chambered in
45 colt.I keep it loaded with
glaser silver safety slugs.At
night it stays in a nylon
holster i mounted to the side
of my night stand.
I keep a 18" Rem 870 with unchambered 4x6 Turkey loads on my side, and my better half has a Smith Model 18 on hers. Also nearby is a Ruger mini14 with folding stock. An intruder in the house has all the advantages, and hopefully, the sound of chambering a shotgun shell will get the message across. If not, it would be very hard to miss.
GLOCK 19, 12ga pump & Surefire e1e. I also have a AR-15 within arms reach, but I dont see it as a necessary home defense tool.
XD40 with a light.
Night Stand gun is my Sig P220ST with LazerMax Guide Rod Laser. The gun has Meprolight Night Sights and I keep a SureFire flashlight attached to the rail on the Sig for ultra illumination when needed.
Backup is my Para Ordnance Carry 12 within arms length of the bed. I am planning on attaching a holster to the back of my headboard and keep my Kimber Custom TLE II there if needed.
Last but not least the Winchester Pump in the closet loaded with 00Buck.
Wifey keeps her Ruger Stainless SP-101 in the dresser drawer within arms reach loaded with Federal 180gr. gut busters.....I would hate to be ther recipient of one of those.
You have just described my very next acquisition complete with Meprolights, SureFire X200 and CT Lasergrips instead of your LaserMax. But essentially the same gun. I have already acquired four spare P220 8rd mags which also fit my P245 Sig.Quote:
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February 2014 is already here!
I have lost 2.7 pounds this month! LoL, but seriously it is still in the right direction, so I am going to focus on that! I am still struggling against the need to hibernate in these frigid temperatures.
I worked at the office last night until past midnight, but I told my boss I had to go work out first. I left the office a little early, around 4:30, but was back by 6:00 to get back to work. Glad I got in my routine at Planet Fitness. It was just 31 minutes, but that is better than no minutes!!!
That is one of my new strategies - I joined Planet Fitness. At only $10.93 (with tax) per month, even I can afford it. So far, I am concentrating on 3 things while I am there. I do the treadmill, the elliptical, and the recumbent bike. However, I saw a young man do something that I may try. He was lying on a bench, and he held onto the end of it above his head (I think it was a metal end piece). He lifted his legs toward his upper body. You see with my "trick" neck and back I can't do traditional sit-ups or crunches. I have to keep my upper body as stationary as possible. But what I saw him doing by holding on to the end above his head is exactly what I have to do. At home, I usually hold on the underside of a chair or couch. I may try what he did, although I won't look nearly as elegant as this young man did. He was slightly built with enough youth and muscle to make it look easy and smooth.
I am hoping to suddenly drop another 4 pounds this week. It could happen!!
To reiterate what I said last month . . .
I have lost a lot of weight since 2009, so the 37 more pounds that I want to lose is a cinch, and I fully believe that it is going to happen this year!
(Yes, I changed the goal from 34 to 37 pounds, in case, anyone was paying attention to the last entry - had to get honest)
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For the many millions who have watched the radical transformation of the Vatican over the past few months, the Pope seems to be the real thing - a reformer with a heart and soul that lies firmly with the people, writes Anne Gallagher.
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I recently had the chance to observe this up close. The Pope had instructed his bishops to come up with a plan for him to engage on the issue of human trafficking. The statistics are frightening. At least 27 million people are trapped in modern forms of slavery in factories and brothels, on farms and fishing boats, even in private homes.
Every country is implicated; we all benefit from the market distortions that supply cheap goods and services produced by people who are forced to work for little or no pay under terrible conditions. The recent factory fire in Bangladesh that claimed more than 1000 lives lifted a small edge of the veil that protects us from knowing too much about the real cost of what we eat, wear and use.
In modern times, the transfer of power from one pope to the next has rarely resulted in sudden or dramatic changes. The Vatican is steeped in traditions that date back 15 centuries. Since the day he stepped up as leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics, Francis has proved to be a rule-bender.
Long-serving cardinals have been dismissed, Vatican finances are under forensic scrutiny, even travel entitlements have been revised on the basis of the Pope's reasoning that 'you cannot know Jesus in first class.'
When the migrant smuggling tragedy occurred in Lampedusa, he went straight to the recovery site, organised the blessing of the bodies of children, women and men as they were brought to shore, expressed 'shame' and spoke passionately against 'the globalisation of indifference.'
Through words and actions he has taken on the cause of the poor, the persecuted, the abandoned, the sick and the marginalised with an energy that has surprised everyone.
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If you're like me, pizza is regularly rotated into your menu planning. I like to make it at home because I like to experiment with toppings and sometime with the crust. I'm always on the hunt for the perfect round crust, and prefer a square crust that can hold up to extra heavy toppings and the cast iron pan. This Brooklyn-style pizza recipe is a great go-to for New York-style pizza that oozes with cheese and sauce.
Makes 1 medium-thin 12-inch pizza
For the dough:
2/3 cup warm water (110° to 115°F)
1 teaspoon sugar or honey
1/2 (1/4-ounce) package rapid-rise or active dry yeast
1‑3/4 cups double 00 pizza flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
For the pizza:
one pizza dough (recipe included)
3 cups tomato sauce
2 cups shredded mozzarella
Combine water and sugar in small bowl; stir to dissolve sugar. Sprinkle yeast on top; stir to combine. Let stand 5 to 10 minutes or until foamy.
Combine flour and salt in medium bowl. Stir in yeast mixture. Mix until mixture forms soft dough. Remove dough to lightly floured surface. Knead 5 minutes or until dough is smooth and elastic, adding additional flour, 1 tablespoon at a time, as needed. Place dough in medium bowl coated with nonstick cooking spray. Turn dough in bowl so top is coated with cooking spray; cover with towel or plastic wrap. Let rise in warm place 30 minutes or until doubled in bulk.
Punch dough down; place on lightly floured surface and knead about 2 minutes or until smooth. Pat dough into flat disc about 7 inches in diameter. Let rest 2 to 3 minutes. Pat and gently stretch dough from edges until dough seems to not stretch anymore. Let rest 2 to 3 minutes. Continue patting and stretching until dough is 12 to 14 inches in diameter.
Preheat oven to 500 degrees.
Spray 12- to 14-inch pizza pan with nonstick spray. Press dough into pan. Spread a thick layer of sauce onto the dough. Add 1 cup of mozzarella. Add a second layer of sauce and a second layer of cheese. Bake pizza on bottom rack of oven for 12-15 minutes or until cheese is bubbly and crust is evenly browned.


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After four years of intense negotiation and ongoing pressure from civil society, country members of the World International Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) moved to set a diplomatic conference in June 2013 to sign a treaty that will standardize cross-border rights for the blind and people with visual disabilities.
Treaty for the Blind: A Watered Down Agreement Moves Forward at the World Intellectual Property Organization
Last Friday, the World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) 185 country-members concluded another round of negotiations on exceptions and limitations for the blind and persons with printing disabilities. However, they did not reach a consensus on many of its most contentious issues, such as allowing exports of adapted works across borders and circumventing technological protection measures to enable accessibility. People with hearing disabilities were also written out of the draft. In addition, US negotiators were able to block exceptions and limitations for audiovisual works, under the pressure of MPAA. Who loses? All of us, but especially the 285 million visually impaired people in the world.
This week, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is hosting the 25th Session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR/25). The agenda is focused, as it should be, on finalizing a longstanding discussion: the need for an international instrument to protect the rights of visually impaired persons and persons with print disabilities. Copyright protections create barriers for people with disabilities, yet big publishers continue to block efforts to create exceptions to remedy the problem even as hundreds of millions of people would stand to benefit worldwide.
As we noted last June, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Broadcast Treaty—which is a restrictive copyright treaty that aims to create and extend rights to signals of broadcasters and webcasters, and possibly creating serious problems for freedom of expression —is back. Although it has been revamped, it still incorporates the two most controversial proposals from the original treaty text. As concluded by an analysis comissioned by UNESCO back in 2006:
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Thanks to the undercover work of Operation Rescue, with which Priests for Life collaborates closely, nine abortion practitioners in Texas are on the ropes for misconduct or upcoming investigations into whether their abortion practice is violating various laws and patient rights.
The allegations range from mishandling private patient medical records and information, violating informed consent laws, disregarding the 24 hour waiting period, improper disposal of biohazardous medical waste, including human tissue, instructing minors to cross state lines to avoid Texas parental notification laws, and mishandling of drugs and prescription forms.
As I always say, you can't practice vice virtuously. If someone kills babies, he or she doesn't care much about how medical records are handled. The pro-life movement needs to continue to uncover the shady activities of these abortion mills, and prosecute the wrongdoing that occurs.


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Whether you're just throwing on a few burgers for a small family get-together or you're cooking a five-course gourmet meal, you'll find that there's virtually nothing you can't do on a Sikes Cooker. Our unique design allows for a variety of different cooking methods and techniques; grill, roast, sear, steam, fry, boil, bake and everything in between. Our patented new grilling process allows our users to get the absolute most out of their outdoor cooking experience.
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TRYPPS 1-7 Screening / Filmmaker Ben Russell in Attendance
Chicago based filmmaker Ben Russell brings his acclaimed TRYPPS series of seven films to Ann Arbor for one night only. There will be a suggested donation of $5 at the door with all donations going back to the AAFF.
Trypps 1-7: Seven Films by Ben Russell
Black and White Trypps Number One (6:30, 16mm, b/w, silent, 2005)
Black and White Trypps Number Two (9:00, 16mm, b/w, silent, 2006)
Black and White Trypps Number Three (12:00, 35mm, color, SR, 2007)
Black and White Trypps Number Four (11:00, 16mm, b/w, sound, 2008)
Trypps #5 (Dubai) (3:00, 16mm, color, silent, 2008)
Trypps#6 (Malobi) (12:00, 16mm, color, sound, 2009)
Trypps#7 (Badlands) (10:00, Super 16mm on HD, color, sound, 2010)
TOTAL RUNNING TIME 65:00 minutes
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The mission of the Liberty Island Media Group is to locate the very best fiction written by conservative, libertarian, and contrarian authors, and then to present it to a mass audience through an online magazine. Liberty Island is currently open for business, featuring dozens of fantastic short stories in genres ranging from mystery to SciFi to humor.
Now, reading that first paragraph, you may very well ask, "What is this conservative fiction?" The most obvious answer is: anything that upsets the dainty, the easily offended, and the politically correct is something you'll find on Liberty Island. If the perpetually aggrieved feminist points her finger and tells them to "check our privilege" that just means they're doing their job.
However, most important to the folks over at the Liberty Island Media Group is that they publish great stories which almost anyone can enjoy. That the stories have compelling characters, cool settings, biting humor, and they insist that the stories celebrate the value and dignity of the individual conscience over the supposed glory of the collective. If you agree with the former First Lady that it "takes a village to raise a child," then you simply won't like Liberty Island.
Since Liberty Island launched in March 2014, they've been overwhelmed by the response. They have gotten great write-ups in major conservative media, launched a very cool partnership with PJ Lifestyle where they exchange commentary on pop culture topics, and have seen tens of thousands of visitors come to their website and hundreds of others contribute short stories, novels, and illustrations. They've proven the audience, and demonstrated that their contributors are remarkably talented and commercially viable.
Liberty Island is already in business as an online magazine, but they need to raise additional cash to fund their foray into book publishing. Just how far they can go is based on your support. Here's a list of some of their goals for this campaign, and what different funding levels will help them to accomplish. With each milestone below, they'll offer new rewards to our supporters — contributors won't need to increase their pledge, but they will simply get more goodies added to their previous reward package. As such, Liberty Island is a home and launching pad for the rising right-of-center counterculture. It combines a curated magazine, an open range self-publishing platform, and a commercial book and media division.
Liberty Island's founders are conservatives but it is by no means a partisan enterprise. Nor do they apply a litmus test to members. Liberty Island's community is made up of self-described conservative, libertarian, or independent writers and artists. Their views range widely from hardcore libertarian to religious conservative, and everything in between. Seek not here for any kind of ideological conformity. There are plenty of other sites for true believers.
Why the name "Liberty Island" you may ask, well, Liberty Island is the home of the Statue of Liberty, a cherished symbol of American freedom since 1886 and a welcoming beacon to the rest of the world. For the folks at Liberty Island Media Group, Liberty Island is more a state of mind than a physical place: a creative colony where kindred spirits can join and build a new community. An island of freedom in a sea of conformity. A place where the imagination can run free.
This project will only be funded if at least $5,000 is pledged by Wed, Jul 16 2014.
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The weekly UMass Sports Luncheon will begin at 10:30 AM this Wednesday in conjunction with the women's basketball game against La Salle that will tip-off at 11:45 AM. The game will be the annual Field Trip Day where local school children get to attend the game thanks to the morning start.
Fans who attend the UMass Sports Luncheon will receive free tickets to the basketball game and there will be free parking in the Mullins Center Back Lot. Speakers for Wednesday's Luncheon will be hockey head coach John Micheletto along with women's basketball Director of Operations May Kotsopoulos. Additionally, this week's co-athletes of the week Becky Stoyle (women's track) and Michael Cyphers (men's track) will be honored.


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Permanent URL to this publication: http://dx.doi.org/10.5167/uzh-48466
Vandenreydt, Sarah (2011). "Bouddhisme" entre "philosophie" et "religion". Discours savants et dynamiques sociales en Angleterre (1875–1900). Asiatische Studien / Études Asiatiques, 65(1):241-264.
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This article is concerned with the analysis of representations and classifications of "Buddhism" as "philosophy" and/or "religion" in 19th century Britain. Still current in contemporary discourse on Buddhism, the distinction at the time gained prominence when new scientific discoveries and social change led to considerable religious and epistemological turmoil and challenged religious institutions and authority. In this context, conceptual frameworks including "religion", "philosophy", and "science" and their respective place in the taxonomy of knowledge were questioned and hotly debated. Elites of various backgrounds construed their discourse upon dichotomic pairs such as "religion" vs. "philosophy", or "religion" vs. "science", while others in contrast suggested novel conjunctions of these terms. Both philologists and historians of religion, who defined a newly circumscribed entity called "Buddhism" in roughly that period, and protagonists of the theosophic movement had their share in the more general taxonomic debate.
The then nascent concept of "Buddhism" may thus be considered a diagnostic marker of the taxonomic debates involving both academic elites and religious leaders representing established institutions and nascent movements alike. After an introduction on context and authors, this article will concentrate on a discourse analysis of major programmatic texts authored between 1883 and 1891 by three prominent voices: the book Esoteric Buddhism (1883) written by Alfred Percy Sinnett, the Bampton Lecture held by Bishop Frederic Temple in 1884 and the Gifford Lecture held by Friedrich Max Müller in 1891.
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Building a Boulder Bikeotopia December 6th
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Date: Dec. 6
Location: ULI Colorado Boulder Salon # 2
Time: 5 to 6:30 p.m. doors open at 4:45 p.m.
Place: Shine, 2017 13th Street, community room
Join the Boulder chapter of the Urban Land Institute Colorado as they welcome Bikes Belong Green Lanes Project director (and Community Cycles member) Martha Roskowski as she speaks on Bikeotopia: dramatically increasing Boulder's Bike mode share. Martha will share examples from around the country leading into a community discussion. This will be standing room only so come early. $5 admission with food and drink available for purchase. Co-sponsored by Community Cycles More info? Contact email@example.com


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NCDOT to shift traffic on I-85 Business Loop for new bridge
Published: Friday, May 10, 2013 at 10:16 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, May 10, 2013 at 10:16 a.m.
The N.C. Department of Transportation will take the next step forward Monday morning in a project to replace the bridge that carries I-85 Business Loop North over Rich Fork Creek near Lexington.
Crews will temporarily shift northbound traffic onto the I-85 Business Loop South bridge. The move will allow them to demolish the existing northbound bridge and build a new one in its place.
The traffic shift is expected to be complete by Monday afternoon, but depending on weather, it could take until Tuesday morning to finalize. Traffic will remain in this pattern until the new bridge opens in March 2014.
Once the traffic shift is complete, the I-85 Business Loop South bridge will carry one lane of northbound traffic and one lane of southbound traffic. Motorists traveling north on I-85 Business Loop will follow a temporary lane paved in the median to the I-85 Business Loop South bridge. After crossing the southbound bridge, they will follow a temporary lane paved in the median back onto I-85 Business Loop North. I-85 Business Loop South traffic will not be affected.
While the temporary traffic pattern is in place, NCDOT will reduce the speed limit on the highway to 45 miles per hour through the work zone. Drivers caught exceeding the speed limit will face a $250 fine. In addition, vehicles more than 15 feet wide will be prohibited from crossing the bridge. They must follow the signed detour route.
Motorists can avoid the area by taking I-85.
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The African Forum for Utility Regulators (AFUR) focuses on issues related to the regulation of energy, telecommunications, transport, and water & sanitation industries, with a particular emphasis on issues that are common across sectors (but not necessarily limited to the primary focus sectors)
AFUR is regarded as a key building block in the efforts of the African Union and its socio-economic programme, the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) in the integration and rebirth of Africa. AFUR's vision and objectives are derived from Clause 110 of the NEPAD Framework Document, which recognises the establishment of the African Forum for Utility Regulation and regional regulatory associations.
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Ivy Poole
Published: Thursday, October 31, 2013 at 3:02 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, October 31, 2013 at 3:02 p.m.
Ivy Carter Poole, 55, of Early Miller Road, died Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013, at Hinkle Hospice House.
A memorial service will be at 4 p.m. Saturday at Center Hill Baptist Church by the Rev. Brian Alexander.
Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Davidson Funeral Home and other times at the home.
Mrs. Poole was born Feb. 7, 1958, in Guilford County to Clyde Carter and Elizabeth Lucas Carter. She was a supervisor at PPG and attended Center Hill Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her father.
Surviving are her loving husband of 10 years, Clyde Kenneth Poole of the home; her mother of Greensboro; sons James Thomas Self and Paul Douglas Self and wife Crystal, all of Greensboro; grandchildren Skylar Self, Matthew Self, Jacob Derushia, Logan Disque and Felecia McArthur; brother Robert Carter and wife Margaret of Greensboro; and sisters Teresa Slater and husband Niels of Jacksonville, Kathy Hall and husband Gordon of McLeansville and Tammy Apple and husband Buddy of Summerfield.
Memorials may be made to Salvation Army Angel Tree project, P.O. Box 770, Lexington, NC 27293.
Online condolences may be made at www.davidsonfuneralhome.net.
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The second grade corollary to Asperger's Syndrome. A terrible affliction affecting elementary school teachers with unusually wide posteriors. See also Sophomoric.
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my teacher must have had a severe case!
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My ex-wife has suffered with it for life--no one can get past her in the largest aisle.
Says John on March 9, 2008
the disease that is caused by eating too many burgers so you end up with a big Huge ass like my x wife
Says frank on March 9, 2008
hey i have a huge ass maybe i have it let me check .....yes i do omg i have to talk to my doctor
Says Amanda Wilson from redsmith on April 15, 2008
i have ass syndrome
Says sexy azz on April 18, 2008
docter i have a crack in my bum
Says hi on April 18, 2008
I may also have this ass disease ....but I have always been told I had lead in my ass.
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hahahaha SHUT UP ASS BURGER BOY!!! XD
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Its sounds like "Ass burgers," which are tasty nonetheless, depending on the owner.
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ive got aspurgus. wooohooo
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