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It's time for a fun Friday countdown post.
Today, I'm counting down my personal favorite instances of prayer on TV and movies. We don't get a whole lot of the God talk from Hollywood. And I'm not counting things like Touched by and Angel, or any explicitly Christian shows, only because I don't watch them. I'm talking about five great, flawed, funny, and outright wrong ways God has been invoked on the silver screen.
Bart Simpson
When the show started, The Simpsons was pretty questionable for most parents. They were confused by a cartoon that did not seem to be appropriate for children. Bart's regular use of the phrase, "Eat my shorts," was rude and inflammatory to middle class families of the late 80s. But if children weren't supposed to watch the show, who was? Adults?
Then, early in the second season, the Simpsons are at the dinner table and Bart is asked to say grace. He responds with hands folded, saying:
"Dear God, we paid for all this stuff ourselves. So thanks for nothing."
Well that sealed the deal. Somehow, the fact that Homer and Marge also didn't approve of the prayer was lost on my parents. The Simpsons was off limits to my brother and I forever, or at least until junior high school. By then, we were all desensitized and watching the show was a family activity.
Could it be that Bart was just saying the prayer that a lot of people are living? Worst. Prayer. Ever.
Frank Abignale Jr.
I love Catch Me if You Can. Frank Abignale can literally fake being anything – a doctor, a lawyer, a pilot. The only thing he has a hard time faking is being a Lutheran. His cover is almost blown while having dinner with his fiance's parents, and they ask him to say grace. After a moment he bows his head and recites a parable his father always said about two mice struggling to stay afloat in a bucket of cream. Dad is bewildered, Mom is moved almost to tears. Well played.
My brother literally watched Forrest Gump 127 times while we were in high school. I don't know why. It's a good movie, I guess. It's kind of irritating after watching it 99 times. But I do like Jenny's childhood prayer that God would turn her into a bird so she can "fly far far away from here" and escape her alcoholic abusive Dad. What's great is God actually pulls through, not by turning Jenny into a bird (thankfully) but moving Jenny to her Grandma's.
Bart Simpson…again.
Times sure change quickly. When Bart prayed the first time on television, all of evangelical America, plus the President, hated him and his whole family. By the time Bart is praying in season seven, there are literally theology books being written, centered on The Simpsons.
Season seven is home to the classic episode where Bart sells his soul to Milhouse for five bucks. Milhouse then trades Bart's soul (in the form of a piece of paper that says "Bart's soul") to comic book guy for Alf pogs.
After a lot of pain and suffering trying to get his soul back, Bart gives a real, heartfelt prayer on his knees and everything. He admits that he doesn't pay attention in church, but he could sure use God's help now. And God actually answers Bart through his sister's actions.
What's amazing about The Simpsons is that religion is actually more prominent in Springfield than virtually any other TV universe. Everyone in town goes to church (the one church in town. How's that for Christian unity?) God actually intervenes in their lives, answers prayers and generally reveals himself on a regular basis. Plus, Springfield is the home of America's most famous evangelical, Ned Flanders. It turns out God apparently loves The Simpsons a whole lot more than The Waltons.
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Ben Stiller's table grace in Meet the Parents is by far the best awkward prayer ever acted. It begins with a simple, desperate invocation of "Oh…dear…God," and then moves into a prayer that sounds a lot he's praying to the indimidating Robert DeNiro, and ends…eventually, by quoting Godspell. Classically bad praying.
What's your favorite TV / movie prayer? How long did it take for The Simpsons to be acceptable in your home, if ever?


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By Carrie Schmelkin, TMCnet Web Editor
From the phrase "BYOD" to the surge of corporate issued smartphones, one message is resounding loud and clear in the marketplace – the mobile IT revolution is upon us.
And if you don't believe us then just take a second to stop and look around. Notice how everyone on your commuter train to work is finger tied with his/her smartphone, tablet, iPod, and Kindle? What about the fact that when you actually get to work more than half of your co-workers have two cell phones – one for business and one for personal use. And how about those people who go to restaurants, concerts, vacations, and even the drug store with their trusty cell phone seemingly glued to their palm? It seems like no one can get away from the mobile revolution that is unfolding rapidly.
But why should they? After all, the mobile IT revolution is successfully changing the course for the 21st century worker, helping enterprises grow rapidly. Moreover, the workforce is becoming more mobile which leads to reduced costs and increased productivity and apps are being unveiled virtually every day which enhance worker capabilities.
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Woman gives birth in front of Sultania Hospital
A middle aged woman gave birth in front of the gate of Sultania Hospital on Tuesday. People standing around saw the woman and rushed her inside the hospital with her newborn baby. The incident took place at 1.30pm.bhopal Updated: Dec 19, 2012 13:04 IST
A middle aged woman gave birth in front of the gate of Sultania Hospital on Tuesday. People standing around saw the woman and rushed her inside the hospital with her newborn baby. The incident took place at 1.30pm.
The woman was admitted in Sultania Hospital, while the newborn baby was referred to the pediatric surgery department of Hamidia Hospital.
Superintendent of Sultania Hospital, Dr Sudha Chourasiya said the condition of the mother and child was stable now. She said the newborn was suffering from a congenital anomaly due to which the child was referred to Hamidia Hospital.
Chourasiya said the woman was mentally unstable and unable to furnish any information about herself. She doesn't know her address or the names of her family members, she added.
"We have informed Tallaiya police to find the woman's family members. The woman doesn't even remember who brought her to Sultania Hospital," she added.
The woman is introducing herself as Kaushalya Ashok (32), resident of Khajuri. She said one of her relatives left her at a hospital in Bairagarh from where she was told to go to Sultania Hospital, so she came here.
Sajid Khan, an auto rickshaw driver who took the woman and her baby inside the hospital, said he saw the woman standing at the gate of Sultania Hospital. He asked her if she wanted to hire an auto but she refused. The woman moved to the side of the road and stood there. After a few minutes she delivered a baby on the road itself, he added.
"I was sitting inside my auto in front of Sultania Hospital when I saw the woman giving birth to a baby on the roadside. The baby was drenched in blood so I brought a piece of cloth from the hospital and wrapped the baby in it and rushed to the hospital. Other people standing around took the mother inside," he added.


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Over his long career, Jay Lake has published 10 novels and more than 300 stories. He was honored with the 2004 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.
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Our business awards are in good hands thanks to Jasper
From the House of Lords to the Belfast Telegraph Business Awards -- Banbridge artist Jasper McKinney is sculpting something special for tomorrow night's big winners.
The renowned artist was born in and lives in Banbridge.
A graduate of the University of Ulster and Slade School of Fine Art in London, the award winning painter and sculptor's work is held in many collections across the world including the House of Lords, the USA, Germany, Japan and Mexico as well as museums and galleries closer to home.
Mr McKinney currently works as Assistant Director of Student Services at the Southern Regional College and indeed was awarded an MBE in the New Year's Honours list for services to further education and student welfare in Northern Ireland.
And now each category winner at the Belfast Telegraph Business Awards will have their own McKinney original made in bronze and Kilkenny marble after his unique designs were selected to honour the recipients.
"My sculptural work uses abstracted forms and this piece is based on the typographical form of a B -- B for Business, for Belfast, for Best," he said.
"The whole process of making the award, from the thinking, the sketching, the developing of the idea into a 3D model, to the moulding and the shell casting in the foundry, can take from 8-12 weeks.
"I like to work in bronze and I think it is very important to use locally sourced materials," Mr McKinney said.
"I appreciate that the business awards and other companies and clients have chosen my work rather than just go to a catalogue and pick something generic and mass produced.
"The creative industries are very important to the Northern Ireland economy and it is important that we have a strong link between business, innovation, industry and the arts as such partnerships can enrich the whole economy."


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In an excerpt adapted from their 2012 book, Billionaires' Ball: Gluttony and Hubris in an Age of Epic Inequality, Linda McQuaig and Neil Brooks explore the real origins of the Tea Party's "grassroots" movement, and the secret world of the Koch brothers' conservative money machine fueling America's escalating inequality. Read more →


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Police have confirmed that 21-year-old Franklin Eaves has been arrested in connection with a double shooting in Pt. Pleasant Tuesday night.
Police said that Eaves is being charged with two counts of malicious wounding.
According to police, Eaves got into a fight and then shot Earl Bonecutter and Michael Stewart.
Bonecutter and Stewart were both shot in the stomach. Stewart has been released from the hospital. Bonecutter underwent surgery and is expected to okay.
Witnesses at the scene told 13News that a man became upset during an argument over a girl on Tuesday night. He left the Pleasant Valley Apartments in Pt. Pleasant and returned with a shotgun, according to witnesses.
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Blood Duster @ The Camden Underword, London, 25/06/05
On the 25th of June, 2005, controversial Australian grinders Blood Duster played their debut show in London, the meat in a sandwich of a bill filled by four European black metal bands (two panda painted bands before them, two clown faced Satan-obsessed shriekers after).
And due to a chain of Snafus and Fugazis, I arrived just in time to hear lead singer Tone Bone (looking surprising like Rob Halford) introduce DFF, the single off their last album, and the last song of their set.
'DAMMIT!' I screamed to no-one in particular, 'This isn't going to look good!'
So, I hear you ask, can anything memorable happen or any deep impression be made during the space of song? Judge for yourself:
Descending from the World's End pub to the staging area of The Underworld (a great name for a metal venue if ever there was) I was immediately assaulted by the rumbling bass, roaring vocals and swinging detuned guitar riffs. DFF is less in the mold of a grindcore song as it is a drunken hard rock anthem with growling vocals, huge drums and an even bigger chorus.
But the thing that really got my attention was the spectacle: Onstage was five sweaty Australians, all splattered with blight red fake blood and stripped to the waist. With the exception of bassist Jason PC. He wasn't stripped to the waist, oh no.
He was naked. Covering his modesty with his bass. His persplex bass. Which he lifted over his head at the the end of the song. Blood Duster are not noted for being shrinking violets. In fact, flowers really don't spring to mind at all.
The band swaggered the length and breadth of the stage like suburban thugs, energy and arrogance personified. Wild stage diving ensued. The front row wrested with with Tone Bone for the microphone to shout the chorus. The rest of the band shouted along anyway.
All to soon it was over (I know, I know, I should have got there on time). The powerchords faded out, the drum rolls ground to a halt and the band swaggered off stage.
The next two bands would play to a diminished crowd, their turgid black metal sounding thin and joyless (and believe me, I love black metal). Bored punters would wander back to the bar, some to the toilets to wash the fake blood off their faces.
In Australia the debate would still rage: Are Blood Duster postmodern pranksters or old school misogynists?
In London the only questions being asked were What the fuck was that? And why weren't they headlining?


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2013 Urban Leaders Summer Fellowship Opportunity for 1Ls & 2Ls
The Urban Leaders Summer Fellowship is a paid fellowship that recruits the best and brightest for an intensive, six-week experience in Denver, Colorado, or Memphis, Tennessee. Organizers strongly believe that empowering underserved communities requires feet planted in policy and practice. To that end, Fellows work half-time on high-level policy projects with an elected official and half-time alongside community partner organizations.
Seeking 1L and 2L Law Students and Graduate Students for 30-50 paid (stipend will be approx. $2000), six-week Urban Leader Fellowships in Denver, Memphis, and possibly other areas. Hiring projections are for 20-25 Fellows in Denver; 6-10 Fellows in Memphis; and possibility of 6-10 Fellows in additional regions. Fellows will work half-time on high-level policy projects with an elected official. They will also work half-time alongside community partner organizations. Denver fellowships are available in 6 areas: Education, Energy, School Finance, Health, Judiciary, and Transportation, and past community partner organizations have included Denver School of Science and Technology, Denver Public Schools, Colorado Department of Education, Prodigal Son Initiative (anti-gang violence non-profit), Education Reform Now, Teach for America, Stand for Children. Memphis Fellows work on a project-basis, typically in areas such as affordable housing, urban blight, and community engagement; past community partner organizations have included Stand for Children, Memphis Chamber of Commerce, Tennessee Department of Education, and Achievement School District. Fellows' assignments during community partner placement will vary, but all work will be substantive and meaningful for organization. Fellows working at a school site might run a summer school program or conduct data analysis of student outcomes, while Fellows at non-profit might draft strategic plans for a project or conduct a special research project. Candidates may indicate location preferences (if any) and issue area preferences during the application process.
Candidates whose interests and backgrounds fit with the goals and mission of the program are preferred. Specific educational backgrounds are not stated, although an interest in public policy is helpful.
By Friday, February 1, 2013, submit online application, which will be screened for leadership experience and other key indicators of entrepreneurial spirit. Those moving to the Stage 2 Written Exercise will be given a brief excerpt and asked to craft a policy proposal using principals in the excerpt. Exercises are reviewed for entrepreneurial spirit. During Stage 3, telephonic interviews will be conducted and role-playing techniques will be used to gauge mission fit, entrepreneurial spirit and personal responsibility. Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis, likely after the New Year and into March.
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While I love Diane in high-octane fashion shoots, I love her equally on the street. Here she is smiling and running errands dressed down in jeans, boots, and bags. But let's dig deeper. Black and white stripes deliver a yummy nautical flavor, a shrunken light denim jacket feels fully familiar, a touch of icy lavender feminizes, and Balmain's black studded boots still make me swoon. A heather gray headband and A.P.C.'s Beads Bag ($210) are cool, casual touches.
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Denise Richards - fondly remembered at MyDaily HQ for playing cousin Cathy in Friends that one time - was spotted out and about in New York City on Tuesday in a cute lime green bodycon and clashing pink heels.
While there's no doubt the 42-year-old had the best style intensions, we can't help thinking she looked a little like Malibu Barbie. Note to Denise, lay off the fake tan and hair extensions... And perhaps, you should leave those snake print neon shoes at home next time.
Recently Denise has fallen under scrutiny for her slender frame. Opening up to Extra last month she said, "I don't [know] why lately I've been getting so much flack for it.
"I have a very healthy lifestyle and I'm busy, I have a daughter who's almost two, that I carry all the time - she's just under 30 pounds."
In other Denise news, rumour has it she's been seeing more of her ex husband bad boy Charlie Sheen, who she married in 2002 and had two daughters, Sam and Lola, with.
According to reports the pair have mended their relationship since divorcing in 2005 despite a messy and public split. "He [Charlie] spends more time with Denise now than when they were married," an insider told Us Weekly magazine.


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Montreal may sound like Paris, but it tastes like poutines.
A mess of french fries, gravy and cheese curds, this signature dish of French-speaking Canada's largest city captures its engaging and independent culinary personality.
Originally inhabited by Native Americans, later populated by hunters, trappers and missionaries, and eventually battled over by the French and British, Montreal offers gutsy, creative and hearty fare that honors its diverse forbears.
"There is a tradition of English cooking and French cooking, but it's taken on that lusty explorer, wilderness, joie de vivre," says Catherine MacPherson, a food columnist for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio. "It's rib sticking, and it's got that independent spirit."
That wasn't always so. Until the early 1990s in Montreal, "good" cuisine meant "French" cuisine, and all the local stars had trained in France. That's also where they got their ingredients - lamb, lobster, artichokes, nearly everything.
Until a young chef named Normand Laprise returned from the Continent more impressed by the freshness of ingredients in France than by their Frenchness.
He began cultivating farmers and ranchers and launched a movement toward fresh, local ingredients that drew from Quebec's rich landscape. His restaurant, Toque!, opened in 1993, and remains the standard-bearer for upscale Quebequois cuisine.
"When you come in Montreal, you feel that the food is more about us, about Quebec philosophy and Quebec roots," he says. "It's our produce, our chefs."
Today, Montreal is "bigger and better," Laprise says, as the scene has filled with choice, from bistros to sandwich shops to corner grocers and cheese shops that offer fresh, delicious, local foods.
The city claims 6,000 restaurants spanning 80 cuisines for its scant 2 million people, making it a city of foodies, by foodies, for foodies. The food scene could take weeks to explore, but with just a few days - and a big appetite - a dedicated eater can make a thorough and delicious survey.
Start the tour at L'Express, a traditional bistro in the Plateau neighborhood where the floor is checkered, the ceilings are high and French is spoken all around.
The steak of steak-frites is juicy and fatty, crowned with herb butter. The frites are crispy and light. Pistachio-studded pate literally melts on the tongue leaving hints of thyme and cognac behind.
The chocolate tart is so glossy and thick with flavor that the otherwise stone-faced waiter is moved to speak, telling two diners that it is made with 76 percent cacao.
Montrealers have made L'Express their local hangout for nearly three decades, but recently it's gotten some company.
Around the corner, Au Pied de Cochon plumps up the bistro concept, making traditionally thrifty Quebecois cooking richer, fatter, heartier.
Chef Martin Picard offers pickled venison tongue; a salad of rich, bitter greens topped with crunchy bits of fried pig cartilage; and nearly everything stuffed with foie gras, from peasant food such as pig's foot to the famous poutines.
Picard's menu honors the region's sweet tooth not only with the famous tarte au sucre - literally, sugar pie - but even with a playful take on breakfast that features buckwheat pancakes, thick bacon, and yes, foie gras, all of it doused with maple syrup.
On the other side of town in the Petite-Bourgogne neighborhood, Restaurant Joe Beef redefines the British pub with a decidedly modern take on roasts, puddings and other delectables.
Named after a legendary tavern keeper known for scoring rations for his fellow British soldiers, the tiny restaurant's menu changes with the seasons and the whim of chef Fred Morin.
But Joe Beef traffics in items such as fresh lobster tossed with bacon, baby peas and pasta, and dishes for two, such as sliced rib steak with marrow bones, or a whole rack of Quebec lamb with mint sauce.
Tucked in the back, but at the establishment's heart, is the oyster bar, a half-dozen seats crowded around a dinged-up counter where three-time Canadian oyster-shucking champion John Bil recently popped dozens of briny bivalves mostly from the waters of Prince Edward Island.
No matter where or what a visitor eats in Montreal, it's likely to be decadent. Butter, sugar, lard: these ingredients do not scare Montrealers.
"There's never been a fear of indulgence or fats when it comes to their food," MacPherson says. "They see no reason for self-flagellation at the dinner table."
Which brings us back to poutines. Gravy-and-cheese slathered french fries, are, perhaps, a dish best understood when inebriated. Or when you're very, very cold.
"Imagine yourself being here in February, you're on a ski hill and it's minus 27," says Nathalie Cooke, a culinary historian at the city's McGill University. And she's talking Celsius. "You'd be amazed how good poutines can taste."
Au Pied's foie gras-laden poutines are revered by gourmets, but students and bloggers seem to favor the slapped down version at Patati Patata, a tiny corner joint near McGill whose name roughly translates as "blah blah blah."
But poutines aren't the city's only casual food. A flourishing culture of quick but delicious - and above all real - food can be found at patisseries, fromageries (cheese shops), and places that fall somewhere between bakery, sandwich shop and grocery store.
At Olive et Gourmando in the Vieux-Montreal neighborhood, flaky palmiers are delivered alongside dense Valrhona brownies and hot sandwiches dripping with caramelized onions and succulent pork.
"We're not interested in how many tables there are," Cooke says. "We're quite willing to go to a place that has two tables, or even to stand."
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1 stick (1/2 cup) butter
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
Pie dough for 4 shells (frozen or homemade)
3 large eggs
Preheat the oven to 375 F.
In a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, combine the maple syrup and cream, then bring to a boil. Add the butter and stir until melted, then stir in the flour. Set aside to cool a bit.
Meanwhile, roll out the pie dough and cut 4 rounds to line the bottoms of four 8-inch tart molds with removable bottoms. Bake the empty tart shells for 15 minutes, or until golden. Set aside. Reduce oven heat to 300 degrees.
In a small bowl, lightly beat the eggs, then add to the maple syrup mixture while it is still a bit warm. Arrange the tart shells on baking sheets, then divide the maple mixture between them.
Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until the filling has set at the center and there is a slight bubbling at the edge of the molds. Let cool completely, then lift the tart bottom out of the sides. Cut into slices to serve.
Makes four 8-inch tarts
For the glaze:
2 tablespoons butter, divided
1 medium yellow onion, thinly sliced
1 cup balsamic vinegar
1/2 cup venison, veal or beef stock
For the burger:
2 tablespoons butter, divided
1 large high-quality hamburger bun
1/2 cup thinly sliced wild or other mushrooms (a variety)
Two 3 1/2-ounce slices foie gras (each about an inch thick)
Two 1-ounce slices of aged cheddar
2 thick slices of tomato
1/2 cup mesclun salad greens
2 small pickles or cornichons
In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt 11/2 teaspoons of the butter. Refrigerate the remaining butter until needed. Add the onion and cook until tender and slightly caramelized, about 5 minutes.
Add the vinegar and stir with a wooden spoon to deglaze the pan. Bring to a simmer and cook until the volume has reduced by half.
Add the stock and cook until the volume is significantly reduced and the sauce is thick and syrupy enough to coat the back of a spoon. Season with salt. Stir in the remaining butter. Keep warm until needed.
Preheat oven to 450 F.
In a medium skillet over medium-high heat, melt 1 tablespoon of butter. Cut open the hamburger bun and add to the skillet, cut-side down, and toast until golden, pressing the halves gently with a spatula. Remove from the pan and set aside.
Return the skillet to the heat and add the remaining butter. When the butter has melted, add the mushrooms and saute until just lightly browned, about 4 to 5 minutes. Transfer the mushrooms to a bowl and set aside.
Return the skillet to stove and increase heat to high. Add the foie gras slices and sear on both sides until golden brown, about 2 to 3 minutes. Use a spatula to transfer the foie gras to a baking sheet and bake for 4 to 5 minutes. The foie gras should still be slightly pink at the center.
To assemble the burgers, place both foie gras slices on bottom half of the bun. Top with the cheese, then the tomato slices, mesclun greens, and finally the mushrooms. Drizzle with the balsamic glaze, then top with the other half of the bun.
To hold the burger together, pierce the pickles or cornichons with toothpicks, then press each down through one side of the burger. Slice the burger in half down the center and place each on a serving plate.
Makes 2 servings.
- Recipes adapted from Martin Picard's "The Album," a cookbook from his restaurant Au Pied de Cochon in Montreal
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Christie's Convention Role Still Not Confirmed
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he's still in the dark over how prominent a role he'll play at the upcoming Republican National Convention.
The governor says presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney has not asked him to speak at the party's nominating convention this month.
Christie was asked Monday to react to the Romney camp's rollout of seven convention speakers, a list that doesn't include Christie.
The first-term governor says he's planning to attend the convention as a delegate. And he says no headlining role has been offered so far.
He spent two days last week campaigning and fundraising for Romney out of state.
Christie has been reported to be the convention's keynote speaker. There's also been speculation he's being considered as Romney's running mate.
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MRAP -- (Senate - July 19, 2007)
Mr. BIDEN. Madam President, I want to explain an amendment I hope to get adopted when we return to the Defense authorization bill and that I have filed today.
Let me be very frank. This is a very expensive amendment. It is also, literally, priceless. It makes good on this commitment: So long as a single American soldier or marine remains in Iraq, we will provide him or her with the best protection this country can provide.
Let me start with the basics. There are two critical issues facing our soldiers and marines today: improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, and explosively formed penetrators, or EFPs. IEDs are planted in roads and on the side of roads to hit the bottom of vehicles with powerful explosives. EFPs are shaped charges that come into the side armor of vehicles at high speeds.
We know that IEDs now cause about 70 percent of all American fatalities. Since 2003, in any given month, IEDs have caused between 30 and 76 percent of American fatalities. For every death, there are usually 2 to 10 Americans wounded. Over the past year, we have also seen a growing threat from EFPs. They are not yet everywhere in Iraq, but they are spreading and they are very lethal.
The military has a strategy for dealing with both. First, they seek to disrupt the organizations that produce IEDs and EFPs. They go after the people and the supplies. Second, they attempt to use tactics and technology to prevent IEDs and EFPs from being activated when American personnel are close enough to be harmed. Third, they attempt to survive a direct hit. It is the third area where we could and should have done much more to make a difference years ago but where still today we can and must make a difference.
The military has tested, both at testing centers and in the field, the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle, also called an MRAP. The MRAP provides dramatically improved protection against IEDs. The military has said that it is four to five times as good as an up-armored HMMWV. More important, military commanders tell us that it will reduce deaths and casualties from IEDs by 67 to 80 percent. The Brookings Institution found that 1,400 Americans died in Iraq due to IEDs from March of 2003 through June of 2007. If we had had MRAPs in the field from the start--and we could and should have--938 to 1,120 Americans would be alive today.
And let me just clarify for my colleagues that this is not new technology. It has been used successfully in Africa, by nations much poorer than ours, since the 1970s. I don't want to get bogged down in history, but this is not rocket science. Every day we delay, another soldier or marine is killed or injured by an IED. If we just look at this year, IEDs killed 309 Americans; 207 to 247 would still be alive today if they had been in MRAPs. We need to make sure that for the second half of 2007, those MRAPs are there and those lives are saved.
What about the threat from these shaped charges that come in from the side, the EFP? The Army's Rapid Equipping Force and the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization started working on that last year. In conjunction with industry, they produced a vehicle nicknamed ``the Bull'' and officially called the Highly Survivable Urban Vehicle Ballistic Protection Experiment Program. This vehicle was tested and shown to defeat EFPs and also tested against the first level of MRAP requirements. That testing was completed in March of this year. For some reason, the military has not asked for another vehicle to do the MRAP level two tests. So we do not actually know how capable this vehicle might be for all threats, but we know it works against EFPs. Instead of trying to get ahead of the enemy and get this technology into the field, the military seems to be sitting on its hands while the EFP threat has increased. Why wouldn't you field something you know works?
The perfect vehicle would be a complete MRAP with EFP protection, but that appears to be many months away, although some MRAP producers tell me that their vehicles have survived EFP hits in the field. So again, we do not have the complete picture. We have also been told that Frag-Kit-6 armor can defeat EFPs, but it is too heavy for MRAPs. So vehicles must be redesigned and retested. This will take time. I understand that and support that effort, but Americans are dying today. Again, as with the MRAP, we have a technology that could keep them alive, and we should be using it while we work to perfect it.
I do not know if all of my colleagues saw the USA Today article that appeared on Monday detailing some of the history surrounding the MRAP. I will summarize a few points but will ask to have the entire article printed in the Record.
This article details efforts to get MRAPs going back to 2003. It also details the reasons for delay, and that is what I want to point out to my colleagues.
First, apparently, the leadership at the Pentagon did not expect this war to last this long. Well, that is no surprise. We all remember the ``Mission Accomplished'' speech and the promise of roses in the streets. We remember Vice President Cheney telling us that the insurgency was in its death throes. We remember Secretary Rumsfeld telling us that crime in Baghdad was not any worse than that in Washington, DC. I remember all of that. Sadly, none of those leaders remember the hearings that Senator Lugar and I held before the war began that predicted the need for a long-term American presence and engagement. They don't remember some of us, starting before the war, repeatedly urged the President to level with the American people about the likely duration, cost, and danger of this war. Perhaps even more tragically, this uncertainty about future force levels continues to limit the military commitment to fielding more MRAPs and EFP protected vehicles.
Second, these vehicles were seen as contrary to Secretary Rumsfeld's vision for the transformed military, a lighter, more agile force. While it depends on what armored humvee you are talking about, many believed that MRAPs were heavier and slower than humvees. The stifling effect Secretary Rumsfeld's views and management style had on military leaders is well known to everyone who follows military issues. In this instance, it meant that officers were predisposed against the heavier vehicle and didn't push the issue when our forces in the field asked for MRAP technology. Instead, they focused on the first two parts of the anti-IED strategy I talked about earlier.
Finally, and most disturbing to me, many believed that Congress would not support funding the MRAP while also fielding better armored humvees. I do not know of a single wartime funding request that Congress has denied. There have been some items added to the supplemental bills that were clearly not urgent or war related, but nothing directly linked to current operations was refused. Nonetheless, it appears that the military did not believe that our support for needed equipment was for real. Even today, I hear that leaders are concerned that they must cut multiple existing programs to pay for this growing MRAP requirement. There may be programs that we could all agree are not as vital for a wartime Army, but I do not want that debate and concern to slow lifesaving equipment.
I understand that this program will be the third largest procurement program in the Pentagon. As I said, it is very costly. We can work together in the future to find the lower priority programs that simply should not be funded if they are competing with lifesaving programs. We do not have any more time to delay spending the money needed to buy these vehicles, however, if we are going to save lives.
Leadership is about making hard choices, and I look forward to working with my colleagues and the administration to do whatever it takes. I am even willing to cut programs I support because saving lives and limbs under fire today must truly be our first priority. So, today, with this amendment I hope we can make it clear that we will provide whatever funding is needed, so that military leaders do not fear being honest about their needs.
In addition to the issues brought out in the article, I have also heard a regular concern that some in the military do not believe MRAPs will be needed in the future--that when we leave Iraq, we will leave most of these vehicles behind. I was happy to see the Secretary of the Army, Peter Geren, state clearly in his confirmation hearing that he believes MRAPs will be needed in future conflicts. It is clear to me that until we show America's enemies that we can handle IEDs, they will continue to use them throughout the world. We are already seeing an increased use of IEDs in Afghanistan.
It is also clear to me that those who worry about what the military will be driving in 5 years are missing the boat here. I understand that there are great advancements being developed for our future force. But we have a sacred trust to those on the front lines today, right now. Right now, we are saying to them: If you survive this war, we will get you really good protection for the next one. Give me a break. To paraphrase a former Secretary of Defense, you fight the war you are in, not the war you might be in down the road. Ideally, you do both, but your priority has to be protecting the men and women under fire now. End of story. Can anyone imagine Roosevelt saying, ``Listen, we may not need some of those boats after Normandy, so maybe we should not build so many?'' Of course not. War is inherently wasteful and this war is no exception. I am willing to waste money and equipment if it means we don't waste lives and limbs. The fact that we may not need all of the vehicles we buy today in 5 years, is no reason to shortchange the soldiers and marines who truly need the vehicles today.
I have given my colleagues some of this history so they will understand why we must stand up for our marines and soldiers on this issue. We must cut through the ``business as usual'' bureaucracy. I applaud Secretary Gates for making MRAPs the top priority of the military, but I am concerned that even now, some of the same problems continue. After all, Army commanders in Iraq concluded that they need 17,700 MRAPs. That is 15,200 more than currently being bought. We must act now to put money in the pipeline to order the additional vehicles and expand production capacity.
Instead, we find out that 2 months later, the Joint Requirements Oversight Council has yet to approve the Army request as a ``validated joint requirement.'' I don't get it.
The President tells us that the most important thing in this war is the judgment of our commanders in the field. Now, I may disagree with the policy being executed, but I would agree that when it comes to tactical decisions about the best way to implement our policies, this is the right approach. Apparently, others feel that the commanders should only be listened to selectively, when it does not cost too much money.
The commanders in the field have said that they need an additional 15,200 mine resistant vehicles for the Army. They have also said that they need thousands of vehicles with EFP protection. So, why the delay?
No one from the Pentagon has been able to explain it to me.
Last, some argue that the real problem is production capacity. I simply don't buy it. We are being told that American industry cannot handle this or does not care enough about our soldiers and marines to do it. I don't buy it. These are purely military vehicles. If the military does not place the orders, industry will not build them, and they certainly won't create new production capacity. They cannot sell the extras to your neighbor or mine. So we must put the money up front and challenge our companies to deliver quickly. We did that on the supplemental where Congress accepted my amendment adding $1.2 billion. Because that led to increased production capacity, Secretary Gates has reprogrammed another $1.2 billion for fiscal year 2007 to take advantage of that new capacity.
We made it to the Moon by putting money up front and challenging Americans to do their best to get there. MRAPs and EFP protected vehicles are basically modified trucks. America knows how to make trucks and how to make a lot of them. As I said before, this is not rocket science. If we buy it, they will build it.
What if they cannot? What if industry can only get 15,000 or 20,000 of the 23,000 we need built by the end of fiscal year 2008? Well, I tell my colleagues, than we will know that we gave them every chance to succeed. More important, we gave our soldiers and marines their best chance to survive this war.
And the downside is simply that all of the funds we provide cannot be spent in 1 year and all of the vehicles cannot be purchased. In that situation, all we have to do is authorize reprogramming the unspent funds for the next fiscal year. Compared to taking a chance on saving our kids, that is an easy downside to accept.
I opened by saying that this was a very expensive amendment, and it is. Let me be clear. It provides $23.6 billion for Army MRAPs, enough money to buy the 15,200 the commanders in the field are asking for. The amount is based on the last cost estimate I was given by the Pentagon on July 9. The amendment also provides an additional $1 billion that I have been told is needed for the purchase of 7,774 MRAPs currently planned for and funded in this bill. The increased funds are needed for airlift, training, and maintenance costs not originally included in the program budget.
In addition, the amendment provides $400 million for EFP protection. Half is to field 200 of the vehicles already tested and half is for the joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization to continue to work on and field better vehicles. The Bull may not be the perfect answer, but it gives us a chance to save American lives today. While we work on the perfect solution, an MRAP with EFP protection, we should still be giving our soldiers and marines the best we have today. The military needs to see if the Bull can provide full MRAP protection. They also need to look at other ideas for improving MRAPs, but while they do, we should take advantage of the proven technology we have at hand.
Last, this amendment asks Secretary Gates to report back to us within 30 days on any legal authorities he needs to produce and field these protective vehicles faster.
Let me also clarify what we are adding these funds to. The Armed Services Committee added $4.1 billion to the President's initial request for a mere $441 million for MRAPs in this bill. At the time, that was all that was thought to be needed to meet the 7,774 requirement and I applaud the committee for meeting that need. The situation has changed since the bill came out of committee. We now know that the Army commanders on the ground want far more. We cannot get such a large order produced if we continue to delay.
For me, this is very simple. I believe that when our sons and daughters are getting blown up and we have vehicles proven to dramatically improve their odds of survival, we must get the vehicles to them. This amendment allows us to do that. When the Senate returns to debate on the Defense Authorization Act, I hope all of my colleagues will support it.
Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to have the article to which I referred printed in the Record.
There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows:
[From USA Today, July 16, 2007]
Pentagon Balked at Pleas From Officers in Field for Safer Vehicles
(By Peter Eisler, Blake Morrison and Tom Vanden Brook)
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BOUNTIFUL – It was another wild, crazy game between Woods Cross and Viewmont on the basketball court last Thursday.
Both teams came to the tipoff following big wins.
When the action was over, Woods Cross took home the win with a 53-48 victory over the Vikings, who suffered their first loss of the season.
At Bingham High School, the Darts remained unblemished on the season after their hard-fought game ended with a 60-56 win over the Miners to move to a 5-0 region record. Bountiful also made a splash at the Great Western Shootout, going 2-1 during the weekend.
Woods Cross' and Viewmont's boys' basketball game last Thursday was an epic back-and-forth scoring battle, as the Wildcats' lead went from 10 points in the first quarter to only three points at the half following a six-point scoring effort by the Wildcats.
Viewmont's consistent play in the first half, however, took an offensive nosedive as they were outscored 13-4 in the third quarter, giving the Wildcats just enough of a cushion in the fourth quarter to come away with the win.
Brady Cowley walked out of the Viewmont gym with a game-high 16 points, and also had five rebounds, two steals and two assists in the win. Jarom Tye had a team-high 13 points and 11 rebounds for Viewmont in the loss, his second double-double of the season. McKay Johnson fell one rebound short of a double-double, scoring 12 points with nine rebounds.
Viewmont's loss was its first of the season, and followed a tough 48-38 victory over Clearfield last Wednesday night.
The Darts walked into Bingham High School Friday night hoping to remain unblemished on the season. At the same time, they were defending their No. 2 state ranking.
With a trio of players scoring in double figures, the Darts were able to get away from the Miners' gym with a 60-56 win to remain unbeaten.
Among the trio of top scorers for the Darts were Abel Porter, Braden Koelliker and Jesse Wade, who scored 19, 13, and 15 points, respectively. The team recorded nine 3-pointers in the contest. Koelliker was the top rebounder for Davis, pulling down seven in the win.
Bingham's Brandon Morley had the best overall effort for the Miners, scoring 17 points with 15 rebounds in the loss.
Bountiful's three games in three days started Thursday when it took part in the Great Western Shootout, held at Orem High School over the weekend. While the Braves did suffer a loss Thursday, they rebounded well by winning Friday's and Saturday's games over South Sevier and Basha, Ariz., respectively.
Zach Seljaas, Sam Merrill and Nate Pollard each had great individual performances during the weekend. Seljaas' best game occurred in the loss to Denver East, Colo., scoring 29 points in the losing effort.
Merrill and Pollard each scored at least 10 points in the team's win over Basha, Ariz. The Braves averaged more than 60 points per contest over the weekend.
The Vikings and Braves will battle it out Friday night at Bountiful High School, and Woods Cross will travel to Layton High to take on the Lancers.
Davis will not have another game until Thursday, Dec. 20 against Olympus at home.


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Jenna Tantillo, a Sonoma State global studies and Spanish major, spent her senior year studying abroad in Santiago, Chile, reinforcing her Spanish language skills and taking in the local culture.
"I knew that if I didn't go abroad I probably would be struggling with learning Spanish for my entire life and that's a goal I really wanted to accomplish," she said reflecting upon her time abroad.
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This article discusses jobs numbers as of April 2012:
Current reports and links can be found HERE.
This article discusses jobs numbers as of April 2012:
Current reports and links can be found HERE.
Four unemployment reports were published or will be published this week.
Additionally, the Institute for Supply Management released its April 2012 report today which contains an Employment Overview as well as its usual manufacturing report.
Highlights to date:
- The monthly BLS Employment Situation Report was released this morning. The economy added 115,000 jobs; March jobs numbers were revised upwards by 50,000, unemployment clicks down by .1%. Fewer people are unemployed due to permanent jobs loss than at any time since late 2008.
- The BLS Business Employment Dynamic report shows more robust employment activity in the third quarter of 2011, from July to September 2011, than previously reported. In fact, it reported the largest net job gain since the first quarter of 2006.
- The Institute of Supply Management's Employment Index registered 57.3 percent in April, which is 1.2 percentage points higher than the 56.1 percent reported in March. This is the 31st consecutive month of growth in the Employment Index.
- The ADP National Employment Report was disappointing, showing only 119,000 private sector jobs added according to its estimates. This report showed a contraction in manufacturing jobs, whereas the ISM report showed that manufacturing jobs probably increased in April.
- The Weekly Initial Claims Report shows a decrease of first time filings for unemployment compensation for the third week of April 2012. The number of claims had been up somewhat over the past three weeks, and the number has now decreased in line with the numbers for March. Don't miss my explanation and chart!
The four employment reports are:
- The big monthly Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs and unemployment report was released Friday morning, May 4th. Watch for updates and summaries HERE!
- The Business Employment Dynamics report for the 3rd Quarter 2011 was released this morning, May 1st. As it summarizes employment activity in 2011, it doesn't provide much new information, but it does confirm what we already knew: That job growth in the private sector was more robust during the third quarter 2011 than it seemed to be at the time. The monthly Employment Situation reports of July, August, and September 2011 released at the time reflected an increase in private job employment of a total of only 304,000. (Remember the nasty comments surrounding the "zero" job growth in August 2011.. which was later adjusted up to +85,000 new jobs?) The BLS "Establishment survey" has now changed that estimate to an increase of 443,000 private sector jobs in those same three months. This report, based on more complete employment numbers as reported to the federal government, shows an increase of 753,000 jobs during that quarter. (The monthly employment reports use estimates which are improved and finalized over a period of subsequent months; they use somewhat different populations than does the quarterly BED report.) Here's the Business Employment Dynamic summary:
From June to September 2011 gross job gains from opening and expanding private sector " establishments were 7.1 million, an increase of 166,000 jobs from the previous quarter, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over this period, gross job losses from closing and contracting private sector establishments were 6.3 million, a decrease of 9,000 jobs from the previous quarter. The difference between the number of gross job gains and gross job losses yielded a net employment change of 753,000 jobs in the private sector during the third quarter of 2011. This is the largest net job gain since the first quarter of 2006.
- The ADP monthly employment report is based on the payroll processor's monthly survey of private corporations. Though in any one month it may differ from the BLS report, over time, they parallel each other. ADP releases its monthly report the first Wednesday of the month, just a couple of days in advance of the BLS numbers. It is a well-regarded harbinger of the BLS report. The ADP Report, which was released Wednesday, May 2nd, estimates that 119,000 private sector jobs were added in April. The forecasters were hoping for 170,000 more jobs, so many are considering this report disappointing. This report shows a decrease of 5,000 jobs in manufacturing, whereas the Institute for Supply Management report released yesterday (see below) showed that manufacturing jobs probably grew quite a bit last month. Moral: Take all of these reports with a grain of salt. They really only make sense when one looks at trends over a period of months.
- The weekly unemployment claims report is released every Thursday. It tells us how many people are filing for and collecting unemployment benefits for the previous week and it updates the numbers of those claims for the two prior weeks. One week usually doesn't mean much as this report is much more volatile than the monthly report and is affected by weather and occasionally skewed seasonal adjustment factors. However, this report, followed over a period of weeks, is also considered a good harbinger of the unemployment and jobs pictures. As the first time claims, while continuing their downward trend, have been a bit weak over the past three weeks, this week's report will be important. Here's the summary (with a chart) of this report which was released Thursday morning, May 3rd.
ISM's Employment Index registered 57.3 percent in April, which is 1.2 percentage points higher than the 56.1 percent reported in March. This is the 31st consecutive month of growth in the Employment Index. An Employment Index above 50.5 percent, over time, is generally consistent with an increase in the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data on manufacturing employment.Of the 18 manufacturing industries, 13 reported growth in employment in April in the following order: Nonmetallic Mineral Products; Primary Metals; Plastics & Rubber Products; Machinery; Furniture & Related Products; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Transportation Equipment; Apparel, Leather & Allied Products; Paper Products; Fabricated Metal Products; Electrical Equipment, Appliances & Components; Food, Beverage & Tobacco Products; and Chemical Products. The three industries reporting a decrease in employment in April are: Computer & Electronic Products; Petroleum & Coal Products; and Printing & Related Support Activities.
Apr 2012 34 54 12 +22 57.3 Mar 2012 25 63 12 +13 56.1 Feb 2012 26 58 16 +10 53.2 Jan 2012 23 59 18 +5 54.3
Some Bureau of Labor Statistics reports, such as the JOLTS (Job Openings, Layoffs and Turnovers Survey), use Gross jobs numbers. That report will tell us how many job openings there are, how many people were laid off, how many people quit, how many were hired. The weekly initial unemployment claims report also uses Gross numbers. Those reports tell us exactly how many people filed for unemployment claims and how many were collecting unemployment benefits.
Now the monthly reports use Net jobs numbers.
The number of jobs that is discussed on the first Friday of each month is a NET number: You may hear that 80,000 jobs were created or added or 5,000 government jobs were lost. If 80,000 jobs were created, this means that the number of people that were added to payrolls during the month was greater than the number of people who left the payrolls during that month.
If you hear that 5,000 government jobs were lost, this means that the number of people dropped from government payrolls was greater than the number of people added to government payrolls during the month.
The monthly BLS report does not attempt to tell us how many individual jobs were added in gross numbers and how many individual jobs were subtracted in gross numbers; it gives us a total of either all gains after all losses have been subtracted or all losses after all gains have been added. The monthly jobs number is therefore a NET number.


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Episode 105: Thai-Lime Dipping Sauce
This signature dipping sauce of Ming Tsai's Blue Ginger restaurant energizes the flavor of any food it accompanies, and adds something extra to Crispy Calamari, Chicken Salad, and Scallop and Mango Ceviche. Ming also takes viewers down to Chinatown to shop for fish sauce, an essential ingredient in this mother sauce and in Thai cuisine. Guest chef Jasper White then joins Ming in the kitchen to make Seared Scallops with Thai Lime Dipping Sauce.


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Thanks, Oddio. It truly is. Lots and lots of space (Like Texas used to be)!
another example of why it''s called "big sky country"!
Beautiful, TexasStar.
You're most welcome, Ank. Thanks, Pkin, glad you both stopped by.
Beautiful set..... TS
Love this colors. Thanks Tex for an other beauty
Thank you, Morris, PLG, and my dear heart, my luciousness, my pumkin sweety cakes, my poopsie, my...sorry, Jacques, I'm getting tired and running out of sweet stuff! Anyway, thanks.
Uniquely beautiful! Thank you, TS!
thank you my sunshine, my flower, my lovely, my dear, my pretty, my sweety, my love of my live,,,,
Very pretty, tex.
Thanks, Katzmum, I just love these colors.
You're welcome, Gracie & CM.
Beautiful TS.
Beautiful Tex, thanks
Thanks, Chooks, Elina & Nana! I love Montana and the lovely sunsets/sunrises.
Very nice!
Prachtige zonsopgang. Dank je!
Beautiful! Thanks!


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Good Points
Looks good and feels good in your hands.
Bad Points
Why do you have to reinstall DATE-TIME etc. after replacing ACCUS Battaries?
General Comments
The Fuji Finepix S304 Camera has a good feel about it and looks great. It takes brilliant pictures but why can't they be on a counter system like SONY?
I have lost so many pictures because of this stupid software? Hate it this is the reason why I will sell my S304 not because of the quality but because of the stupidness of the SOFTWARE.....


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The Hamlyn Collection includes occasional tables, a casual dining set, and a 3-piece pub set, all of which feature marble laminate tops, metal bases, concave box stretchers, stylishly exaggerated cabriole legs, and unique inverse scalloping details. The occasional table collection includes end table, sofa table, and standard top cocktail table, all with rounded tops. Create a motif in your home by furnishing your living room with accent pieces from the same collection as your dining room furniture. The casual dining set includes a round top table made to seat four, beautiful diamond lattice back side chairs with upholstered seats, and a baker's rack with scroll detailing, three shelves, and a built-in wine storage rack.
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Dear Mary;
Thank you for the posting. At first look there may not be a connection since I don't know of any Lyons who went to Ohio.
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After beginning her career in Europe, Anjaz finished fourth in the
Orchid Handicap (G3) last March at Gulfstream in her first start for
Albertrani. She was second in the Sheepshead Bay Stakes (G2) at Belmont
in May and rallied for the runner-up spot in the Waya Stakes at Saratoga
on August 5.
"You talk about having bad luck. Every time she was supposed to run
something happened," Albertrani explained. "At Saratoga, the Glens Falls
(on September 2) came off the grass and we scratched her. She was
supposed to run at Belmont, but the week before she bruised her foot, so
we didn't get to run her in that race. And then she was supposed to run
in the La Prevoyante [at Calder in December] and they decided to not
even card the race. So between the weather and races that didn't go, she
hasn't run in a while."
The 5-year-old has been breezing steadily at Palm Meadows since
mid-November. Her dam, Playful Act, established a world record when she
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Albertrani is optimistic that Anjaz can live up to her pedigree in
"She's training really well and we are looking forward to getting her
back on track," Albertrani added. "She's run some really good races in
the past. We're trying to get a graded win for her, so hopefully she has
a good season ahead of her this year. We're going to target all of the
long races with her."
Anjaz will have Jose Lezcano in the irons when she breaks from post seven in The Very One.
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bay mare notched a win in a nine-furlong allowance over the Gulfstream
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Lofty Aspirations at a Notorious Greenpoint Building
New York Shitty's Miss Heather has been documenting the ups, downs and turnarounds at Greenpoint's 239 Banker Street—also sometimes known as the Sweater Factory Lofts—for a very long time, as it is a building that has seen multiple forced evacuations in part because it's not approved for residential use. Nevertheless, while its C-of-O status has not changed, real estate agents have kept trying to market the structure for residential habitation for many years, including on Craigslist as recently as last month. The latest news, then, is that the owners of the building have filed for protection under the loft law, as Miss Heather documents: "That's right folks! It would appear this month someone has filed for protection under the Loft Law! Given the amended law states three or more families must have lived independently from one another for 12 consecutive months from 1/1/08 through 12/21/09— and 239 Banker Street was vacated by the Department of Buildings on September 24, 2009." Will 239 finally go legit?
Coming to 239 Banker Street: The Loft Law? [NYS] GMAP P*Shark DOB
Image courtesy of New York Shitty, on display as of this morning


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4:32 boob bigger than other one
So fucking nice
c'est trop bien de baiser maitenant je sais baiser
Couldn't stop laughing ...^^
thats all that can be said
looks like a good time to me
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