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I got a call from my friend in Brooklyn complaining about my column last week, wherein I took a few jabs at the New York accent. Perhaps I shouldn't have named him when I cited those examples. He told me he was offended by my remarks and contended the column was inaccurate and rife with exaggeration.
"I don't talk like dat," Stan insisted. "Now da whole woild tinks I don't got no cultcha. Tanks for nuttin!"
I apologized to Stan and told him I would never want to do anything to upset him and certainly would never challenge his cultural acuity, especially after he told me he spent a day "lookin at dem dere pitchas at da art museum."
"I especially like dat pitcha dey call Da Goil wit a Poil Earrin," he told me.
Although Stan is my poster boy for articulating the classic New York accent, Aunt Carmela from Brooklyn offers a whole new slant on the language. She's been our guest this past week, and I've been trying discreetly to offer a few suggestions.
In her case, it's not so much the accent as it is her unique employment of certain expressions. It's the sole reason I've asked her not to pick up the phone suggesting the answering device effectively records any messages. Nonetheless, she insists on answering all calls.
As she did last week when I was taking a shower and unable to get to the phone. It was a call from my accountant getting back to me about a tax question I had.
"Is Irv available?" he inquired of Aunt Carmela.
"No," she answered. "He's in the toilet."
Perhaps it's unfair to single out Aunt Carmela for using that term as it happens to be the universal expression employed by all my in-laws for what is more commonly referred to as the bathroom.
Some people call it a powder room, or a rest room, a lavatory or a half-dozen other terms. My relatives happen to call it "the toilet." I've tried to explain the difference pointing out that a toilet is actually a fixture, an object, a piece of apparatus, whereas a bathroom is a chamber, an area separated by walls, an actual location.
But my appeal always seems to fall on deaf ears. They insist on calling the bathroom the toilet, regardless of any attempt at clarification. In truth, they don't actually say toilet. They pronounce it "tirlet." It's that New York accent surfacing again.
"Aunt Carmela," I said politely, for the sake of modesty and discretion, I would have much preferred you simply told the caller I was taking a shower."
"I did," she replied. "I told him Irv can't come to the phone right now because he's in the tirlet taking a shower."
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A MENTAL health carer who was jailed for stealing more than £31,000 from a vulnerable woman has been ordered to pay back just £1.
Denise Kiff, who worked for charity Mencap, stole money from Maureen Baker, who she was supposed to be looking after, over the course of four years.
Kiff, 41, admitted 19 counts of fraud and was jailed at Oxford Crown Court in December for 16 months.
A new hearing on Thursday was told she was now bankrupt.
Last night Mencap condemned Kiff's "cynical exploitation" and said it was looking at ways to ensure Miss Baker does not suffer financial loss.
A spokeswoman for the organisation, Elly Button, said: "Mencap wholly condemns Ms Kiff's cynical exploitation of Miss Baker, a person with a learning disability who was in her care.
"We are pleased that she has been brought to justice following our contacting police about her behaviour. While we are not able to comment on Kiff's financial situation, or the judge's decision, Mencap is exploring how best to ensure that Miss Baker does not suffer financial loss."
The carer, of St Leonards Close in Banbury, was told to pay a nominal confiscation order of £1 at the court on Thursday due to her bankruptcy. The order, imposed by Judge Mary Jane Mowat, is meant to prevent defendants from benefiting from the proceeds of their crime and is determined on their available assets.
Kiff took £31,217.71 from Miss Baker, who is in her 60s but with the mental function of a five-year-old and living in sheltered accommodation.
The carer used the woman's debit card to withdraw hundreds of pounds, which she used to buy Chinese takeaways and clothes.She also took out a £5,000 bank loan from Santander Bank in Miss Baker's name.
The court was told in December that Kiff had worked as Miss Baker's sole support worker for many years and had been employed by Mencap since 1998, when the charity took over the company she worked for.
Wendy Hewitt, prosecuting, told the court Kiff had been using Miss Baker's debit cards from April 2007 until March 2011, when she ceased working with her.
Jane Brady, defending, said Kiff regretted her actions and had taken the money because she was in financial difficulties and wanted to help her recently widowed father.
Judge Ian Pringle told Kiff she had breached Miss Baker's trust.

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"It's the law of the land."
This is rapidly becoming the preferred shorthand argument for why criticism of Obamacare is just so, so wrong. It also serves as the lead sentence of a larger claim that all attempts to overturn the Affordable Care Act are really symptoms of a kind of extremist right-wing lunacy.
Where to begin? For starters, I know a great many self-described members of the tea party, and I've yet to meet one who would not acknowledge — admittedly with dismay — that Obamacare is the law. Nor have I met one unwilling to concede that the Supreme Court ruled that Obamacare is constitutional.
Nearly the whole story of American liberalism is a story of dedicated ideologues seeking to overturn what they consider to be bad laws and replace them with good ones. Sometimes those efforts were laudable, as when they fought to overturn the doctrine of "separate but equal" (despite fierce opposition from Democrats). And sometimes they were lamentable, as when they routinely labor to overturn or deny school choice laws, consigning underprivileged children to horrible schools just to placate teachers unions.
But when conservatives try to do the exact same thing, they can't simply be wrong, according to liberals. They must be demented extremists, anarchists and — another favorite epithet these days — nihilists.
The hypocrisy goes deeper, though. Yes, Obamacare is the law of the land. But it is President Barack Obama — who is legally and constitutionally required to faithfully execute the law — and not Republicans, who has openly defied it. He has unilaterally and often with no statutory authority opted to waive and delay the parts of the Affordable Care Act that are politically inconvenient to him (or that his administration has been too incompetent to implement).
Obama has declared that in states setting up their own exchanges, no one will have to prove his or her income in order to sign up for subsidies. He is so desperate to get the subsidies rolling — and hence, he hopes, buy support for the unpopular law — that he's willing to let people skip the part in the law where it says they have to prove they qualify for the goodies. He delayed the requirement for large businesses to comply with the law, because the initial turmoil of having millions kicked off their insurance plans was more than he could bear politically.
While this is closer to anarchy than anything the tea partiers have pushed for, anarchy still isn't the right word for it. Because Obama still believes people should obey the law of the land — when it pleases him, that is.
Jonah Goldberg is a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and editor-at-large of National Review Online. He may be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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It's football season, which means it's time for lots and lots of finger foods! I don't usually mess too much with the classic dippers like wings and nachos (Nate's a purist, you know), but last week I whipped up these fried broccoli pieces and they were a HUGE hit.
Crunchy parmesan melds together with classic Italian flavors like garlic, onion and red peppers in this zingy recipe that's surprisingly addictive. I can pretty much guarantee this is the only time you'll be seeing fans munching on broccoli during a football game (and begging for seconds!).
Fried Broccoli for the Win
- 1 head broccoli cut into small florets
- 1/3 cup Wish-Bone® House Italian Dressing
- 2 eggs beaten
- 1 cup flour I use Bob's gluten-free
- 3 Tbsp Parmesan cheese
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- Palm shortening for frying
- Heat palm shortening in a large pain over medium-high heat.
- Beat together eggs and Wish-Bone® House Italian Dressing. Toss with broccoli florets until the vegetables are evenly wet and shiny.
- Mix together flour, Parmesan cheese, baking powder and salt. Toss with broccoli florets to coat.
- Fry broccoli florets in palm shortening for about 2-3 minutes until deep brown, turning each floret approximately every 30 seconds.
- Remove broccoli with a slotted spoon and let drain on paper towels before serving with Wish-Bone® classic Italian, Ranch or Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing.
Make sure to cut up your florets nice and small. For fried broccoli, you want the vegetables to get nice and crunchy!
We pick up Wish-Bone® House Italian dressing at Walmart. It's my secret weapon in a lot of recipes because it packs a real flavor punch with just a few squeezes. I love that I don't have to pull out all the little jars of spices separately. It's a quick shortcut for making recipes fast and easy.
The trick to getting fried broccoli really fluffy – especially if you're using gluten-free flour – is baking powder. The parmesan adds flavor and crunches up to help form a nice shell and keep the coating sticking to the fried broccoli.
You could use a deep fryer for your broccoli pieces, but I take issue with wasting that much shortening unless I'm cooking a HUGE batch. A shallow layer of shortening or oil will do the trick, and I just keep turning the pieces until they're evenly browned.
Dip these little fried broccoli bad boys in Wish-Bone®'s classic Italian, Ranch or Chunky Blue Cheese.
I serve them with a trio of dipping bowls – you can NEVER have too much dressing!
This post was sponsored by Wish-Bone® and I was compensated to write it. Regardless, what I have written is my own opinion and experience, and I hope you find it of use.


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VILLANOVA Ś Jay Wright never saw the spiral coming at Villanova.
Wright never imagined the Wildcats would squander a 20-point lead to Notre Dame and an 18-point lead in losses to Marquette and Connecticut. He didnĺt think heĺd experience those sleepless nights when three straight losses turned into seven of eight, and then, the avalanche that led to 19 overall.
He always expected the best out of his Wildcats last season.
ôWhatĺs the best we can be?ö he said. ôYouĺre not thinking about, whatĺs the worst we can be?ö
Wright had his final answer when the Wildcats were mercifully put out of business for the season with a loss to South Florida in the Big East tournament. That stuck the Wildcats at 13-19 and out of the postseason, easily the worst season in Wrightĺs 11 seasons, and snuffing their run of NCAA tournament appearances at seven straight. The 19 losses were a season-worst for a program that started playing in 1920.
Only three years earlier, Wright was one of the hottest college coaches in hoops. He rebuilt the wreckage he inherited by mining the fertile Northeast for talent and taking the Wildcats to the Final Four in 2009. He had All-America talent. They won 30 games. The Philadelphia 76ers came calling.
Good times were rolling for the hottest team in Philly and there was no end in sight.
Fast forward to 2012. Drexel and Saint Josephĺs are the only area teams earning votes in The Associated Pressĺ preseason Top 25. Temple has become the team to beat and emulate in Philadelphia Ś and the Owls are ready to storm Villanovaĺs Big East turf in 2013 and pluck from the same recruiting pool.
Meanwhile, the Wildcats were picked to finish 12th in the Big East. They went 5-13 in the conference last season.
The days of the ESPN ôGameDayö crew hitting campus and Larry Brown sitting courtside are over for now on the Main Line.
ôWe made some mistakes,ö Wright said. ôSome of the older guys didnĺt develop as well as we liked. It put the young guys in a tough position.ö
Even the offseason was a mess when assistant coach Doug Martin resigned days after he was hired because of inaccuracies on his resume. Maalik Wayns decided to forgo his final season of eligibility and enter the NBA draft. After going undrafted, heĺs now a reserve with the Sixers.
So itĺs time to regroup. Itĺs up to Wright to figure out how the Wildcats get their mojo back and return to their place as one of the sportĺs most prominent teams. That might not happen this season, but Wright believes talented pieces are in place to stick the Wildcats back on course.
Wright says he doesnĺt feel heĺs on the hot seat, even as Villanovaĺs win total has decreased three straight seasons.
ôNot from anybody at Villanova, no,ö Wright said. ôItĺs more the media. The Villanova people have been awesome. Thatĺs the beauty of Villanova. They have a great perspective. They love their team, they appreciate you being here.
ôBut a few more years like this? They might not like it.ö
Though first-weekend exits in the NCAA tournaments the previous two season served as a sneak preview of what was ahead, Wright is convinced last season was more a one-year hiccup than the start of a run into oblivion in a deep Big East. Wright said the Wildcats strayed from what he calls, ôVillanova basketball,ö a simple method of attacking the boards, driving to the basket, getting to the foul line. Playing basketball the right way.
ôWe didnĺt do what we do well,ö Wright said. ôWe werenĺt a good team. Thatĺs what happens. You can have good people and not have a good team. Thatĺs what we were last year, we were not a good team.ö
Full of optimism before the first ball is tipped, Wright sees the makings of a good one this season, especially when he looks at the backcourt. Freshman guard Ryan Arcidiacono, junior James Bell and Wake Forest transfer Tony Chennault could form a reliable backcourt. Unlike their guard-oriented heyday, Villanovaĺs go-to scorers are in the frontcourt, sophomore forward JayVaughn Pinkston and center Mouphtaou Yarou.
The Wildcats open the season by hosting the first two rounds of the 2K Sports Classic on Nov. 9 against District of Columbia and Nov. 11 against Marshall. They open the Big East season on Jan. 2 against St. Johnĺs. Villanova plays no preseason Top 25 teams in the conference portion of the schedule.
If Yarou and Pinkston develop into double-double threats inside, and Arcidiacono quickly blossoms into a reliable point guard who can hit his big guys in the post, then a second- or third-tier postseason tournament is within Villanovaĺs reach.
If not, Wright may be dabbling again in TV work in March.
ôI hear people that arenĺt Villanova fans say, `Hey, you better get it going,öĺ Wright said. ôItĺs not wrong. Itĺs not like we donĺt want to get it going. I donĺt have any problem with it.ö


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Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.
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Greetings from the road in Texas. The exigencies of touring preclude a detailed column this week, but I wanted to check in and share at least one thing I've found here in the Lone Star State (besides the fabulous barbeque of Central Texas, which I'm keeping all for myself).
Last weekend I was in Fort Worth for two concerts produced by upstart organization Other Arts, at the Van Cliburn Recital Hall in the downtown area. How delicious to perform in a place named after the city's local classical hero, and present some decidedly non-Rachmaninoffian (nor Saint-Saënsean) pieces.
As is my custom, rather than sit in what is almost always a depressing green room while waiting to go onstage, I took a walk around the block before the first concert to clear my head. Upon opening the stage door onto the street, I immediately stumbled upon some amazing sounds being emitted by a large colony of birds, all roosting in four trees that dotted a parking lot across the street. Without exaggerating, there must have been many hundreds of them.
I suppose anytime you scale a flock of birds to that size you are going to have interesting sounds, even if they only have one call. These birds, however, seemed to have twenty or thirty, all of them different, and many profoundly electronic sounding. I felt as if I had stumbled into a massive ornithological rendition of a David Tudor Rainforest installation. In Tokyo the crows have aggressively pushed out most of the other birds, and while I don't mind their cawing, these birds in Texas had them well beat in terms of sheer variety.
I regretted that I didn't have my trusty Zoom H2, currently my favorite portable recorder, handy. But then I remembered that my small digital camera has a video recording function that includes stereo sound, so I dug it out and "rolled movie" for a few minutes. It was too dark to capture any images, and the sound of the birds competed with the city's traffic, but I could still get something worthwhile.
Later I found out the birds I heard where the infamous Great-Tailed Grackles, the variants that colonize and roost in Texas, mostly to the dismay of its citizens who regard them as utter pests. I guess some people see the glass as half-full and some see it half-empty. Some see an aggressive agricultural scourge which eats every seed in sight and whose acidic droppings tend to damage whatever they fall upon. I see—and hear—a gregarious and lively group of birds which produced some of my most enjoyable sonic moments in a long while.
Have a listen for yourself. This recording is by no means optimal. There is the traffic noise I mentioned, not to mention wind sound, camera handling, and other flaws, but still plenty of beauty to be found. At least by this birdbrain.
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- Released: May 17, 2011
- Sound: 9
- Lyrics: 9
- Overall Impression: 9
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Sound — 9
"The man who changed my musical life was Rory Gallagher, I picked up a guitar because of him." Those words were delivered by none other than Smiths/Modest Mouse/The Cribs guitarist Johnny Marr, and a bevy of others have long been influenced by the Irish musician who has not always gotten his due since his passing in 1995. Gallagher's impeccable guitar work was both technically inspiring and emotionally captivating, qualities that are immediately apparent on "Notes From San Francisco". The 2-CD release features a never-before reissued studio album recorded back in 1978, as well as an unreleased 1979 concert from San Francisco. These unheard gems are classic Gallagher fare, with even familiar tracks like "Overnight Bag" taking on new life thanks to the guitarists' constantly transforming style and creative fills. A few decades back, Gallagher had opted to shelve the studio album that you'll now hear on disk one. Apparently Gallagher wasn't pleased with the overall mixing process, one of the many issues that eventually caused the break-up of his band. Thankfully the recordings were recovered by Rory's brother and manager, Dnal, who allowed his son Daniel to recover/restore the archived album. It paid off, with the 12 tracks (which included 3 bonus tracks) from that original record rarely delivering a dull moment. There are certainly bluesy overtones to the vast majority of the tracks, whether the opener "Rue The Day" the slide-rich "Mississippi Sheiks", or the gritty rocker "B Girl". The band's chemistry is undeniable, with particularly engaging moments coming from pianist/keyboardist Lou Martin and saxophonist Martin Fiero. But in the end it's Gallagher who never ceases to amaze with the amount of seemingly off-the-cuff licks he comes up with throughout the course of one song. It may seem overkill to some, but it's hard not to listen in awe as he peppers each track with ever-changing licks ("Persuasion" and the big finale "Out On The Tiles" are prime examples). With the concert heard on disk two, you get a rawness that might not have been quite as apparent in the studio setting. Classics like "Bullfrog Blues", "Calling Card", and "Do You Read Me" are among the 12 songs on that playlist, and Gallagher's energy never seems to ebb. The live CD comes across very much like a best-off offering, but once again, Gallagher has a way of shaping familiar songs into new entities via his keen sense of improvisation.
Lyrics — 9
The liner notes included within "Notes From San Francisco" feature content that Gallagher fans should truly appreciate: handwritten lyrics by the legendary guitarist himself. Arrows, boxes, and written guidelines like "repeat first verse" scattered on the pages provide some insight into how Gallagher crafted his songs, which range from the introspective "Wheels Within Wheels" ("If you keep your heart closed; You'll live out in the cold; And you'll go on searching; It's such a lonesome road") to the courtship-drive "Persuasion" ("Perfection, you seem to me; This connection, we ought to seal; My emotions, I can't conceal; Your heart I'll steal away"). Most of the tracks do have an emotional quality to them, making it a suitable match for the blues genre.
Overall Impression — 9
"Notes From San Francisco" could easily be considered an album catered to guitarists, but the songs are so infectious and well-written that it should appeal to a wide audience. Gallagher seems to deliver nonstop licks and/or riffage, which although may be much for someone with simpler musical tastes, reinforce precisely why Jimi Hendrix referred to Gallagher as the best guitarist in the world at one time. Although Gallagher passed away at the age of 47 in 1995, it's releases like "Notes From San Francisco" that will ensure a whole new generation of guitarists and music lovers in general give proper credit to the Irish rocker.


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BACK IN TIME: Mitchell man overseas
Pictured are some of the enlisted men in the ground crew in front of two of the DH-4 planes in the 50th Aero Squadron in World War 1. The picture was taken at the Clermont-en-Argonne Airdrome in France in 1918. Nelson Logan (1896-1977), who built Mitchell's Roxy Theatre in 1933, is in the front row, fourth from the left in front of the plane on the right. Logan, father of Luxury 5 Cinemas owner Jeff Logan, was a sergeant and served as an aerial gunnery instructor and armorer with the squadron.
The DH-4 was the only American-made plane to fly in combat in WW1. It was based on a British design, but the Americans fitted it with the powerful new V-12 Liberty engine. With the Liberty engine, the two-seated American DH-4 was fast as or faster than any single seat fighter of the time. Because of the placement of the gas tank between the two crew members, the plane was nicknamed the "flying coffin," although it suffered no more fires or accidents than any other plane of the time.
The 50th Aero Squadron is credited with making the first aerial re-supply drop in history and with finding the correct location of the "Lost Battalion" of the 77th Division. Lts. Geottler and Bleckley were posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for diving low into a valley under heavy enemy fire to find the surrounded 77th. They received two of only four Medals of Honor awarded to the Air Service in WW1.
The Dutch Cleanser girl emblem painted on the side of the planes was the 50th's emblem. The 50th said it was "cleaning up the Dutch."


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Ari Fleischer to Leave White House Post
Monday 19 May 2003
WASHINGTON (AP) --White House press secretary Ari Fleischer, the public face of the Bush administration through two wars and a terrorist attack, said Monday he will resign in July to enter the private sector. His replacement will likely be deputy press secretary Scott McClellan.
"I've decided my time has come to leave the White House," Fleischer said in a telephone interview.
The spokesman said he wanted to leave the hard-driving job before President Bush's re-election campaign geared up.
Fleischer clashed at times with the White House press corps and had an uneasy relationship with some senior Bush aides, but he said the departure was his idea. He notified Bush of his decision Friday. The president ended the conversation "by kissing me on the head," the spokesman said.
Fleischer, 42, got married six months ago. He said that after 21 years in government he wanted to go on the speaking circuit and maybe do some writing. With Bush beginning his re-election campaign, Fleischer said this is the time to leave the White House "or sign on for the full four years."
"I've just been thinking about what I want to do, when I want to do it," he said. "I believe deeply in this president, his policies and the man. But there comes a time in public service when you have to decide when it's time to go."
Bush has not decided who will replace Fleischer, two senior White House officials said. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Texas native McClellan is the likely replacement but there are other candidates.
Republican strategist Ed Gillespie and Pentagon spokesman Victoria Clarke are potential prospects.
Hothouse fumbles
A cautious and calibrating press secretary, Fleischer has been the public voice of the presidency through the September 11, 2001, attacks, the war in Afghanistan and the Iraq war, loyally putting the best spin on events. He frustrated reporters by constantly dodging the toughest questions and sometimes irked his White House colleagues by pushing for access behind the scenes.
His meatless pronouncements on Bush policy are generally in keeping with a White House that keeps a tight lid on information. He often professes ignorance about details.
Fleischer has had his share of fumbles and dodges in the hothouse atmosphere of the White House briefing room.
He acknowledged shooting himself in the foot when he snapped that "one bullet" in Saddam Hussein's head would be cheaper than a war.
In the run-up to war with Iraq, Fleischer denied reports that Bush was meeting with Prime Minister Tony Blair abroad. The trip was announced the next day.
He once fumbled on the whereabouts of the vice president. Asked why Dick Cheney did not attend a September 11 anniversary event, Fleischer said the vice president was at a meeting of Bush's top aides.
When it was pointed out to him that Bush's top aides were at the anniversary event, Fleischer stammered.
It turned out Cheney had been spirited away to a secret location because of the same potential threats to the country that prompted the government to heighten the public terrorist alert soon after.
Blame game
Over the months, a pattern of finger-pointing has emerged with every miscue: Fleischer would privately accuse superiors of passing on bad information to the press office while the senior staff would quietly point the finger back to Fleischer. Still, senior White House officials said Monday that Fleischer left on his own, and that Bush wanted him to stay through the re-election.
Goofs sometimes gave way to goofy -- such as when Fleischer joked about potatoes attacking America.
This year, Fleischer defended Bush's plan to deny normal collective bargaining and other employee rights to workers at the proposed Homeland Security Department by noting that presidents have long had the authority to suspend such rights in a national emergency.
Senate opponents would stop Bush from using powers he already has in other departments, he contended.
"If he declared that there was an emergency, he could stop collective bargaining at the Department of Agriculture," Fleischer said. "So under what the Senate is proposing, the president will have more authority to help protect the homeland if potatoes attacked America in the Department of Agriculture than he would if terrorists did."
President Bush Cavalier With Media Traditions, Public Access to Data
By David Hunter
The Knoxville News Sentinel
Monday 19 May 2003
In 1799, Thomas Jefferson wrote the following to friend and former student, Archibald Stuart: "Our citizens may be deceived for awhile, and have been deceived; but as long as the presses can be protected, we may trust to them for light."
At the time when Jefferson wrote these words, the citizens of this country were totally dependent upon ink and paper for news. With the advent of radio and then television, things began to change.
If Jefferson could somehow see the size, scope and power of what we call the news media today, he would be probably be stunned - and perhaps frightened for the nation he helped found. Why? Because it may be that the news has never been so well managed as it is in this country today.
A free press toppled Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon and caused Bill Clinton to be impeached. Reporters did so by mercilessly and unrelentingly reporting the truth - as opponents of the powers that be, not as apologists for politicians.
The television networks today - especially those that serve up round-the-clock news - are in an unending contest to produce the next scoop. The same stale bits of information are chewed over and spat out repeatedly until a fresh scrap of rumor or innuendo comes to light.
In fact, I think it was Jon Stewart of the satirical "Daily Show" who said that the electronic media was so desperate at times for fresh material to air during the most recent invasion of Iraq, it showed reruns from the first War Gulf War.
Some praised the embedded reporters of the Iraq war as a magnanimous gift from the Bush administration. I think that remains to be seen. The most honest of reporters embedded with a military unit cannot help but be aware that they are present only through the good graces of the government - nor can they be expected to stay remotely objective while living with soldiers on a daily basis.
Have no doubt that the press can be managed, played like a harmonica, in fact. Since taking office, George W. Bush has held only eight press conferences - that is to say, press conferences where he formally faced the press and took all questions without a foreign leader or other public figure beside him. By comparison, during the same length of time in office, Lyndon Johnson had held 52, Nixon 16, Ford 37, Carter 45, Reagan 16, the elder Bush 58 and Clinton 30.
In terms of public appearances, George W. Bush may well be the most visible president in history, but scripted speeches are considerably safer than press conferences where a president can be asked tough questions for which there are no written slogans. Of course, the potentially embarrassing questions can be largely eliminated with a little intimidation. Just ask Helen Thomas.
Thomas is 82 years old and has covered every president since Kennedy. She has had a place on the front row of White House press conferences, first as a reporter and now as a columnist, for as long as most of her fellow White House journalists can remember. There was a long-standing tradition of Thomas closing presidential press conferences, with a "Thank you, Mr. President."
At Bush's March 7, 2003, press conference, however, following a period during which Thomas had dragged Ari Fleischer, Bush's press secretary, over the coals - the president's people apparently moved to protect their boss from dangerous elderly journalists. Thomas found herself sitting in the third row, and the president didn't call on her at all.
The president's friends in the news media immediately jumped to his defense on the grounds that Thomas had said nasty things about Bush and was not an unbiased reporter. Well, duh. She is a columnist, and columnists are paid to write opinions. And the last time I read the United States Constitution, it was perfectly legal to criticize the president or anyone else.
You can't blame Bush, I suppose. It's been said that Thomas has more testosterone than any other White House journalist. Besides, it's not like it's any of our business what the president is doing. After all, he did receive a mandate of nearly 50 percent of the people who voted in the last election - and it is his country. Just ask him.


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U.S. Stock Market, 1800-2007
In a previous CD post "Economic Growth," I had a graph of world GDP per capita from 1 - 2003 A.D., and commented that "sustained economic growth of even 1% per year was not a reality until the 19th century, and sustained economic growth of 2-3% was not a reality until the last 50 years," and only in advanced economies like the U.S.
That post generated a lot of interest, and it was linked to several other blogs. That made me think about historical stock market performance, which should follow the same historical pattern as economic growth, since they are linked so closely together. Without positive economic growth, you won't have positive stock market growth.
Sure enough, sustained positive growth in the U.S. stock market was not a reality until 1950, see the graph above of the S&P 500 Index from 1800-2007. The S&P 500 Index stock series back to 1800 is from Global Financial Data.
From 1800 to 1950, the average annual nominal stock market return was 1.35%, inflation averaged 2.4%, resulting in a negative, real annual stock market return of -1.05%.
From 1950 to 1975, the average annual return on the S&P 500 was 6.1%, inflation averaged 3.24%, resulting in a real return of 2.9%.
From 1975 to 2007, the average stock market return was 9.1%, inflation averaged 4.3%, generating a real return of 4.8%.
Bottom Line: It's only been in the last 50 years that positive, real stock returns were a reality, and it's been in the last 25 years that real, annual stock returns have approached 5%.


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text: Bigben Interactive in Association with Marvel Entertainment has today announced Marvel Superheroes 3D: Grandmaster's Challenge, a new adventure set in the Marvel universe and due to appear exclusively on the Nintendo Wii. Marvel fans will be glad to know that they don't have long to wait, as the game is actually scheduled for release on November 26, 2010. The game's storyline revolves around supervillain Grandmaster imprisoning five Marvel heroes – Spider-Man, Captain America, Thor, Iron Man and Wolverine – as part of a deadly game that he is playing simply for kicks. In this game, the heroes are forced to play along and complete a variety of challenges designed to test their abilities to their limits, as the Grandmaster manipulates them like pawns in his own private chess game. Sounds a bit like a Marvel version of Saw without the gore and ickyness! As far as multiplayer gameplay goes, up to four players can participate to compete against the Grandmaster and his band of villainous henchmen, all the while joining forces to break the dome and win their freedom. As if that doesn't sound cool enough, Marvel Superheroes 3D: Grandmaster's Challenge will be bundled with a selection of five superhero masks, one for each of the lead characters. Each mask is embedded with relief 3D glasses in the optical outlets, allowing players to experience the game in 3D. The 3D mode can be switched on and off at will from an in-game menu and can be experienced on any display with no additional technology.


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It's all about the Benjamins
Monday, December 20, 2010
It takes no time at all for "Million Dollar Money Drop," Fox's new game show premiering Monday night, to relocate for us that lurching, anxious feeling that is game-show gold. That's been a feature of television since the early quiz shows - when has it not been fun to watch other people reach for, and then lose, more money than they could ever hope to see again?
"Million Dollar Money Drop" comes just enough years after the runaway successes of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" and "Deal or No Deal" to feel like an early bid at aughties nostalgia, but this time it's the money that's changed. Where recent hit game shows could content themselves with symbolizing the money at stake (with amounts written on signs contained in briefcases; or as current totals posted on glitzy, high-def scoreboards), "Million Dollar Money Drop" removes the abstraction by making $1 million in cash the star of the show.
They say a million dollars isn't what it used to be.
They say that because it's not right there, stacked up in front of them.
Sorted into $20,000 bundles, the million here feels more real: "Can we touch it?" asks 23-year-old Brittany, who, with her boyfriend, Gabe, is the premiere's first contestant.
Not only are they allowed to touch it, the whole point is to get attached to it. Egged on by host Kevin Pollak (a 53-year-old actor and comedian with a very long list of bit parts on his resume and who makes virtually no impression here), Gabe and Brittany must answer seven multiple-choice trivia questions to keep as much of the pile as possible. They have 60 seconds to physically place their money on what they believe to be the right answer.
Gabe and Brittany have been dating for a year and are now engaged. They would like to put their winnings toward a wedding. (A million dollars for a wedding? Is that all?) On their first question - which is supposed to be the easy one - they are given a choice of categories: Rock stars or "Sex and the City"?
"I never saw 'Sex and the City'!" Brittany cries. And when the answer to the rock star question turns out to involve knowing that Bono is the lead singer of U2 (and the ability to pick the right phone-pad keys that would spell out Bono), the look on Gabe's face provides an unintentional but telling commentary about a seldom-addressed racial divide in American popular culture: Gabe and Brittany are black, but there is no chance whatsoever that "Million Dollar Money Drop's" first questions would offer a choice between, say, "Waiting to Exhale" and hip-hop legends who have been famous almost as long as Bono has.
Nevertheless, Gabe and Brittany bet most of their cash on the answer "2666" as a way to spell "Bono" on a phone pad. Easy enough, but they hedge their bets by placing $80,000 on two other answers.
Now comes the moment. Trap doors open under each incorrect answer, and whatever stacks that the contestants have placed there fall away. There's something so simple and enthralling about it - there's a big boom as the doors open and the money plummets. Gabe and Brittany clutch one another and wince and quiver. A couple of questions later, he collapses on the floor when the bulk of their fortune is spared once more.
Wisely, Fox cut off the critics' preview reel while the couple still had $800,000 and a few questions to go, convinced that we cannot be trusted to keep the outcome a secret. (And they're right.)
No matter. Just a dose of the show leads to sweaty palms and heightened anticipation - always a good sign. It's funny how little it takes: Everything about the way "Million Dollar Money Drop" is built relies on one modern game-show trope after another, from the Lucite platforms, to the seizure-inducing laser light show, to the manufactured responses (the audience's; the contestants'), to the ladies who hurry onstage to help rearrange the bundles of cash for the next round.
What would make "Million Dollar Money Drop" more attuned to the times would be an epilogue at the end of the show, when people like Gabe and Brittany are forced to watch a significant portion of whatever they do win plummet down a hole labeled "federal and state taxes."
And then, how about we follow them as they spend what's left? That would be a different sort of show, and admittedly not as fun, but it would help balance out our never-ending dream of easy money.
Million Dollar Money Drop (one hour) premieres Monday at 8 p.m. on Fox.


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YEREVAN, Armenia, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan Monday appeared to have won a second five-year term in office, exit polls indicated.
Euronews reported exit polls showed Sarksyan with 58 percent of the votes cast. Raffi Hovannisian was a distant second with 32 percent.
Election officials said Monday's polling was free of fraud overall, though Hovannisian alleged otherwise, ArmeniaLiberty.org reported.
Tigran Mukuchian, chairman of the Central Election Commission, said before the polls closed there had been only "isolated cases" of irregularities reported by media and opposition candidates.
"Those alerts that are now being investigated relate to isolated cases observed on Election Day," he told RFE/RL's Armenian service.
Hovannisian alleged "numerous" violations such as vote buying, multiple voting and voter intimidation.
"I don't remember seeing violations of this scale and type before," Hovsep Khurshudian, his campaign spokesman, said at a news conference.
Unlike 2008 when 10 people died in Election Day clashes, there were no immediate reports of violence Monday, Euronews said. Minor party candidate Paruyr Hayrikyan, 63, was shot in the shoulder last month.
Another challenger, political commentator Andreas Ghukasian, was on a hunger strike demanding Sargsyan be removed from the ballot.
The New York Times noted the 58-year-old Sargsyan, who has guided Armenia to modest economic improvements in recent years, had been the predicted winner for months.


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Silencing Dissent in America
By Stephen Lendman, Contributor
August 19, 2012
Freedom in America is endangered. Bipartisan complicity plans destroying it altogether.
America is on a fast track toward tyranny and ruin. Police state laws threaten everyone.
Increasingly dissent is marginalized. It's not tolerated. Resistance is called dangerous to national security.
Federal authorities target activists. So do militarized local police. No holds barred tactics are employed.
In October 2010, the Center for Constitutional Rights said:
"The growing threat to the right to dissent has been demonstrated in the U.S. government's efforts to silence speech, and criminalize and target peaceful movements."
"These efforts are becoming more aggressive, emboldened further by the Supreme Court's increasingly conservative decisions, for instance regarding material support in the form of humanitarian aid to so-called terrorist organizations."
Howard Zinn called dissent "the highest form of patriotism." Michael Ratner and Margaret Ratner Kunstler's book "Hell No: Your Right to Dissent in Twenty First Century America" discusses what everyone needs to know.
It explores how activism and dissent are targeted. Demonstrations are attacked and disrupted. Protesters are called terrorists. They're arrested and jailed for expressing constitutionally guaranteed First Amendment and other rights.
Authorities claim they give "material support" to perceived enemies. "Hell No" provides advice on dealing with a menu of police state practices.
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Just think. Each time he toured one of the 296 Waterstone's stores, there was a reminder, winking from the shelves: Roald Dahl's Fantastic Mr Fox, a bargain at just £4.99.
Here was the story of another cash-strapped vulpine leader. But one with a plan. And one executed with bushy-tailed bravado to keep all his stakeholders (aka Mrs Fox and cubs) in chickens, ducks and cider. OK, this particular fox's modus operandi was a bit close to stealing to be a blueprint for a quoted company. But it worked.
You wonder if, a year on, you'll say the same about Foxy's HMV plan, which at first glance looks like flogging the least bad bit of the group and hoping for the best.
Fox has found a Russian billionaire, one Alexander Mamut, to cart off the Roald Dahls – and the rest of Waterstone's with them – for £53m cash. The price pipped analysts' expectations but was nothing to write home about given that Mamut not only left the book chain's pension liabilities with HMV but deferred £13m of the payment until October 31.
No prizes for guessing why he's a billionaire.
Of course, Fox had a lousy negotiating hand because he needs the Russian's cash to convince HMV's banks to refinance the now stand-alone music chain. He may manage that, just. But, even then, his strategy hardly convinces.
The most alarming disclosure Friday was that group debt has rocketed to £170m – £40m more than some analysts were expecting. The first explanation was the shocking performance of HMV's UK music chain, where like-for-like sales fell 15.1pc in the last 17 weeks, even worse than the 14.8pc drop over the full year.
The second was the group's soaring working capital – the result of jumpy suppliers demanding far quicker payment in case HMV went bust.
Fox is probably right that a refinancing would alleviate those fears. But what about the sales?
He says raising the amount of shop space reserved for technology – such as iPods and game consoles – from 8pc to 25pc has delivered "spectacular" sales growth in six trial stores. But other retailers already specialise in that. And while the concert wing, HMV Live, grew like-for-like sales by 15.7pc last year, it's a small part of the business.
Neither initiative seems radical enough for a company Fox has led since July 2006 when the shares stood at about 160p. Today they are 11p – testimony not only to the tough business of music retailing but Fox's inability to make HMV sing in the digital age. Many adjectives spring to mind. Sadly, so far, "fantastic" isn't one.
SIP runs up outside in the Tote stakes
Photo! You've got to hand it to the organisers of the world's longest-ever horse race – the Tote "Will It Ever End" Steeplechase.
Fourteen years of false starts, unseated Government ministers and general mayhem and, guess what? They've laid on a photo finish.
Unless you're lucky enough to have the Exacta (first and second in either order), this is a nerve-jangling time for the backers of the two nags still standing – Betfred, ridden by bookie Fred Done, and Sports Investment Partners, with British Airways chairman Sir Martin Broughton in the saddle.
It's also a headache for students of form – as one bid's a straight acquisition by another bookmaker, the other Broughton's Tote float. But, if the Government sticks to the race rules, there should only be one winner.
Bidders were told to meet four criteria, in this order of importance: certainty of exit; value to the taxpayer; the deal for racing; and job security at the Tote's Wigan HQ. Done was ahead, with his financing in place for a near £200m offer, but Broughton's late charge looks to have matched that.
He's added underwriting from Oakley Capital to go with claims that his float is oversubscribed.
He's ahead on the next two, too. Betfred's headline price looks higher – at about £114m, after deducting debt and pension liabilities – but that gets split between the taxpayer and the racing industry.
Broughton can offer the taxpayer about £75m – because he's not funding a cash payment to racing. The industry prefers his gift of a 10pc stake and guarantee of £11m a year to Betfred's £57m cash, with possible strings attached.
Add in safeguards for jobs in Wigan, plus two board seats, and Broughton should win – at least for now. Done could always bid for the quoted company.


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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's Christmas Eve journey to Iraq drew a friendly reception from U.S. troops, but the trip might do little to quiet critics who believe that he...
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's Christmas Eve journey to Iraq drew a friendly reception from U.S. troops, but the trip might do little to quiet critics who believe that he has understaffed and underequipped the war.
In visits to troops in hotspots Mosul, Fallujah and Baghdad, as well as Tikrit, Rumsfeld displayed his empathetic side after weeks of criticism of his war planning and his brusque style.
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"I am very grateful and privileged to look in your eyes and have the chance to say thank you," he said, sounding a theme he repeated at each stop. Before posing with dozens of soldiers at one stop, he said loudly, "I am proud to stand in the middle of that crowd."
Rumsfeld, who took a small pool of reporters with him on his surprise 12-hour trip to Iraq's hotspots, spent most of his time mingling with individual soldiers. He ate breakfast, lunch and dinner with the troops.
"He already was fairly popular with the troops in Iraq. His main problem is in the Washington Beltway, and that's going to be harder to solve," said Loren Thompson, a military analyst at the Lexington Institute, an Arlington, Va.-based public-policy group.
Republican Sens. John McCain of Arizona, Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, Susan Collins of Maine and Trent Lott of Mississippi have joined several Democrats in a fusillade of complaints. McCain went so far as to say last week he had "no confidence" in Rumsfeld.
The senatorial barrage came after Rumsfeld told a soldier preparing to enter Iraq, "You go to war with the Army you have. They're not the Army you might want or wish to have." Rumsfeld was responding to a question from the soldier who told a tale of scavenging for scrap metal to protect vehicles because real armor wasn't available. The question was suggested to the soldier by a newspaper reporter.
Although a Pentagon spokesman said Rumsfeld's trip had been planned "for some time," and holiday visits to troops in conflict zones are customary, one Capitol Hill aide, who asked to be unnamed, said that Rumsfeld seemed to regard the visit as "image rehab 101." He noted that Rumsfeld also went to Iraq after the Abu Ghraib prisoner-abuse scandal broke in May.
President Bush went to Iraq on Thanksgiving a year ago, but yesterday he remained at Camp David, Md., and made telephone calls to 10 troops, six of them stationed in Iraq.
To the troops yesterday, Rumsfeld carried the message of perseverance.
"The battlefields of the global war on terror are everywhere one looks," Rumsfeld told soldiers on the steps of a grandiose palace in Tikrit, deposed President Saddam Hussein's hometown. "Our task, it seems to me, is to recognize this is something that will take time."
In Tikrit, Rumsfeld became slightly emotional when wishing the troops a merry Christmas, pausing briefly before ending his speech. "There will be here an Iraqi solution, not an American solution or a coalition solution, but an Iraqi solution," he said.
Later, in response to a soldier's question, he continued the thought: "Our task is not to do it for them; they have to do it themselves. We don't want to create a dependency on their part, being dependent on us; we want to create an independency on their part, a strength and an ability to go forward."
Rumsfeld maintained an upbeat tone, though he appeared to acknowledge that the battle for Iraq could be far from over.
"Our armed forces are capable of defeating other armed forces," he said. In Iraq, "the test and the task is more a test of wills, a test of staying power."
"We are going to be faced from the shadows, from the side streets and with people who are using every conceivable time, test, way and tactic to make you suffer," Rumsfeld said.
Material from The Associated Press and Knight Ridder Newspapers is included in this report.


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A Jacksonville, Florida, man who allegedly bolstered his promises of easy credit for consumers by claiming that he had an "excellent record" with the "National Bureau of Consumer Affairs," is out of the advance fee credit business forever, under an agreement he has signed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges against him. It turns out that the National Bureau of Consumer Affairs was one of the names under which Johnny Ray Dunn conducted his South Carolina-based fraudulent credit services business, the FTC charged. The settlement negotiated by the FTC also requires Dunn to pay $3,500 in consumer redress, bars him from violating the Telemarketing Sales Rules' provisions against deceptive or abusive telemarketing practices, and imposes a broad ban on material misrepresentations in connection with any product or service he sells in the future.
The FTC filed charges against Dunn and four other businesses in June as part of a nationwide crackdown on telemarketers that promise loans or credit, charge advance fees ranging from $25 to several hundred dollars, but then never deliver. The Attorneys General of 15 states also participated in the crackdown, dubbed "Project Loan Shark," bringing another eight cases. The FTC's new Telemarketing Sales Rule makes it illegal for any telemarketer who promises consumers a loan or other credit to ask for money up front, and many of the cases brought by the FTC and the states alleged violations of this rule. In announcing the crackdown, the FTC cautioned consumers, when a telemarketer promises a loan or credit but asks you to pay in advance, to just say no. First, it's against the law and second, legitimate lenders never guarantee a loan before you apply, especially if you have bad credit, no credit or a bankruptcy.
This and other advice is contained in a free FTC brochure for consumers titled "Easy Credit? Not So Fast."
The FTC complaint in the Dunn case states that he advertised VISA cards and loans with "no credit check" on the Internet and in numerous publications, including Income Opportunities and the National Enquirer, and charged an advance fee of $49. What consumers actually got for their money was a list of companies offering loans (for which consumers had to qualify), along with various self-help credit-related materials. Dunn also represented that the National Bureau of Consumer Affairs was an independent consumer protection agency, when it was simply one of the names under which he did business, the FTC charged. Dunn has done business under numerous other names as well, the complaint states, including National Bureau of Credit, Inc.; Carolina Firstate Bankcard & Loan Program Services; Carolina Firstate Financial; NBC Services; and Fidelity National Financial Services.
The consent judgment to settle these charges bans Dunn forever from engaging in any way in the marketing or sale of credit services for advance fees, and prohibits him from misrepresenting that any business he controls is an independent consumer protection agency and from making any other material misrepresentation in connection with marketing any product or service. The settlement also bars violations of the FTC's Telemarketing Sales Rule. And it requires Dunn to pay the $3,500 for redress within 15 days. The FTC attempts to use such funds to provide refunds to consumers where practical; otherwise, they are deposited in the U.S. Treasury.
Finally, the consent judgment contains various recordkeeping and recording requirements designed to assist the FTC in monitoring Dunn's compliance.
The Commission vote to approve this consent judgment for filing in court was 5-0. It was filed in U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, Charleston Division, on Aug. 8 and approved by the court the same day.
NOTE: This consent judgment is for settlement purposes only and does not constitute an admission by the defendant of a law violation. Consent judgments have the force of law when signed by the judge.
Copies of the FTC brochure and the consent judgment in this case are available from the FTC's Public Reference Branch, Room 130, 6th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580; 202-326-2222; TTY for the hearing impaired 1-866-653-4261. To find out the latest news as it is announced, call the FTC NewsPhone recording at 202- 326-2710. FTC news releases, consumer materials and other documents also are available on the Internet at the FTC's World Wide Web site at: http://www.ftc.gov
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Actor George Takei was a guest on The Daily Show and Jon Stewart wisely decided not to make it a yuk-fest with Star Trek jokes but instead spent the time allowing Takei to describe the time during World War II when his family were herded into barbed-wire enclosed internment camps for the entire duration of the war purely because of their Japanese ethnicity or, as we say now, racial profiling.
Takei also said something was new to me and that was that liberal icon Earl Warren, who later became Chief Justice of a US Supreme Court that issued landmark decisions on civil rights and other fundamental freedoms, was one of the worst advocates of the policy, whipping up anti-Japanese sentiment to win elections as state attorney general and later as governor.
It is a poignant interview and Stewart is to be commended for picking the topic and then letting Takei speak at length on it.
(This clip aired on July 23, 2014. To get suggestions on how to view clips of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report outside the US, please see this earlier post. If the videos autoplay, please see here for a diagnosis and possible solutions.)


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- Growing Instructions: Sow three seeds to a 15cm pot in mid-April and keep well watered and warm until germination. Keep seedlings in a frost-free greenhouse or on a windowsill, potting them on as they grow, and once all threat of frost has passed harden off gradually before planting out. Protect young plants from slugs and support with hazel wigwams or trellis. Pick French beans very regularly to keep the harvest coming: if beans are left on the plant to mature it will stop producing new ones.
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I thought Hubie hit number 61 in the final game of the year. Guess I was wrong.
Thought of an interesting situation: What if the Mets had brought up Hubie, Mookie, Wally, and Ed Lynch in July when they were competing as opposed to September? Obviously, a pennant would have been unlikely, but I think if those guys were there, then the Phillies don't sweep them in that five-game set in August. Plus, I think they would have been in the 73-win range. I think they were more ready for the bigs than what was originally thought.
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KAUPULEHU-KONA, Hawaii, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- James Mason owned a one-shot lead in the MasterCard Championship Friday when the first round of the tournament was halted by darkness.
Heavy rains forced a suspension of play during the opening day of the Champions Tour season.
Twelve players were unable to complete the first round and will complete it early Saturday.
Mason shot a 7-under 65 at the Hualalai Golf Club, one shot better than Stewart Ginn, Dave Eichelberger, Jay Sigel and Jim Thorpe. Doug Tewell was at 6-under with five holes to play.
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The superhero blokes over at Capesite's got a new 30-second TV spot for NBC's upcoming superhero show "The Cape", which is currently my default superhero show now that ABC's "No Ordinary Family" has proven to be a dud. Sorry, but a bickering family with superpowers got old, well, about 10 minutes into the pilot.
"The Cape", which stars David Lyons and Summer Glau as the world's most unrealistic "blogger" (really? a blogger that looks like that? Only in Hollywood) premieres sometime in January of 2011, or thereabouts. Lyons plays an honest cop who gets framed and then "killed" by the bad guys; using the powers of a funky cape and some circus tricks, our man becomes The Cape superhero to fight corruption and other assorted bad dudes. Glau helps out as a crusading blogger, cause, well, it's 2011, and crusading blogger is way cooler than a crusading journalist.
Mena Suvari was recently announced as joining the cast, though for some reaosn the makers of TV spot failed to include Summer Glau in the action. I mean, WTF, guys? Anyone thinking over there? As in, at all?
Updated: TVAddict has "The Cape" premiereing with a two-hour episode on Sunday, January 9, 2011, before moving to its regular time slot on Mondays starting January 17, 2010.


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SALT LAKE CITY — Four Utah companies were featured as some of "America's Most Promising Companies" by Forbes Magazine on Wednesday, using software that measures a company's health.
CampusBookRentals.com, Packsize, Domo Technologies and Aquatherm were among the 100 companies ranked in the Forbes list. The companies were ranked based on compelling business models, strong management teams, investment capital and strategic partners.
"Sizing up younger, privately held companies is hard: Their fortunes can change very quickly and there's a dearth of public data," said Forbes executive editor Brett Nelson. "We took a more comprehensive approach to evaluate their health and potential."
CampusBookRentals.com, an Ogden-based textbook rental site, was the highest ranked company in Utah, sitting at 31st out of 100 companies.
The company, which started in co-founder Ken Martin's basement in Syracuse, rents textbooks at about half the price of a new purchase.
"We've been fortunate to build a good business model," Alan Martin, the company's chief executive officer and co-founder, said in an interview with Deseret News. "The whole thing has been serendipitous and we've been fortunate to grow as quick as we have."
Prices are set based on online demand, professor requirements and publisher data, according to the report.
The textbook cost saver received $20 million in Series A funding on Aug. 2 and brings in $8.8 million in annual revenue.
Packsize makes machines that create form-fitting shipping containers to reduce packaging volume by about 40 percent. The machines have brought in clients including Overstock.com, Ikea and Ethan Allen.
The Salt Lake City-based company employs 102 people and brings in $42.6 million a year in revenue. Packsize falls in at No. 60.
Business intelligence company Domo Technologies ranked No. 73 on the Forbes list.
The Lindon-based company has a $43 million backing from Benchmark capital and angel investors like John Thompson, chairman of Symantec.
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Formerly based in Germany, Aquatherm's headquarters is now in Lindon. The company makes environmentally friendly pipes made of polypropylene, which it imports from Germany. Its customers include Wal-Mart and Marriott.
Aquatherm is ranked no. 76.
Forbes based its judgments on complex data mining software developed by CB Insights, a Manhattan-based data firm that monitors investments in private, high-growth companies.
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For the fourth consecutive year, Jeffrey Le Benger, MD, FACS, Chairman and CEO of Summit Medical Group and Summit Health Management, has been named to the NJBiz Health Care Power 50 list.
Ranked in the top 10 on the NJBiz Health Care Power 50 list, Dr. LeBenger (#7) is among the leaders of well-known New Jersey healthcare organizations including Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, Hackensack University Health Network, Barnabas Health, Cooper University Health Care, as well as notable state policymakers and legislators.
According to NJ Biz, Dr. Le Benger "has been smart about his growth" and "sees the future of healthcare."
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Playing yet another top-10 opponent, the Ridgefield High boys hockey team fell to Xavier, 3-2, on Saturday night in Middletown.
Xavier entered the game ranked third in the latest New Haven Register state poll while Ridgefield was ranked fifth.
Trailing 1-0, Ridgefield evened the game on defenseman Henry Gough's power-play goal late in the first period. Fellow defenseman Jamie Kelly assisted on the goal.
The Tigers (3-3) then went ahead 2-1 when Vinny Rella got a power-play goal early in the second period on assists from Chris Morrow and Kelly.
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All private schools and English-language centres in Panjgur district of Balochistan have been closed for an indefinite period following an ultimatum by a militant outfit opposed to co-education and Western-style learning.
Threatening with dire consequences, the armed group, Tanzeem-ul-Islam-ul-Furqan (TIF), had warned all private schools imparting co-education and Western education to immediately shut down. The schools were closed on May 13 for an indefinite period.
The little-known TIF has become a source of terror for the people of Panjgur. On May 13, the outfit made a blatant show of power as four of its armed men intercepted the van of Major Hussain Ali, the head of a private school in Panjgur.
"They forced the female students to get off the van and set it on fire. They said: 'You are spreading obscenity by promoting the culture of co-education'," Major Hussain told The Express Tribune.
"Earlier, we had taken their threats lightly. However, after seeing the confidence of these armed men roaming the road with impunity, I realised they can do anything and even kill me or my daughters," he said.
In Panjgur, there are around 23 private institutions, including schools and English language centres, which had been receiving threats since April 25. In the letters, the outfit cited the names of some of the leading educationists of the area.
After frequent attacks on private schools by masked men armed with Kalashnikovs and pistols, the private schools and English-language centres were first closed on April 30.
After remaining closed for three days, the schools were reopened on May 3. However, following the incident of May 13, the heads of all educational institutions decided to shut down for an indefinite period.
The heads of private schools also held a meeting with the district police officer, deputy commissioner and local clerics. "The clerics said they never opposed co-education or learning of English language," said Major Hussain, who attended the meeting.
The Panjgur police have lodged an FIR against unknown armed men under the Anti-Terrorism Act after the noisy protest held by teachers, political parties and students in front of the DC Panjgur office. They gave the cell-phone number to the police from which the threatening messages were sent.
According to the Panjgur police, the culprits involved in threatening the teachers will soon be behind bars. "We have reached very close to the group and will soon arrest them," said Muhammad Murad, SHO Panjgur police station.
"The government and law enforcing agencies are doing nothing to arrest the culprits, who stayed an hour on the main intersection and threatened schoolteachers," Hussain said.
The Baloch Students Organisation (BSO) also condemned the attacks and said it is an attempt to radicalise the society.
The Balochistan government has also taken notice of the issue and directed the authority concerned to submit a report. "The government is very serious about this issue and has asked senior officials to investigate the incident," Balochistan government spokesperson Jan Buledi told The Express Tribune.
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TAX Australia with BAS is designed to assist individuals, sole traders and small businesses determine tax obligations. A single click will generate an instant Business Activity Statement (BAS) and calculate PAYG. Unlimited income streams and expenses can be stored and tracked. Up to four optional user defined fields. Incorporates monthly balances,BAS/PAYG, profit/loss and tax reports. Used to its full potential this program will aid with budgets and eliminate nasty end of year tax surprises. Similar tax packages retail in the hundreds of dollars. Save yourself time and money with Tax Australia. It is fully customizable, has a user friendly interface and is simple to master. Optimized for phones and tablets (7 & 10). This application has no annoying ads and is sponsor free!
-Automatic tax calculation based on income and expenses.
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-Setup for Individual, Sole trader / Contractor or Company / Business.
-Auto generate BAS & calculate PAYG.
-Determine G1,G10,G11,W1,W2,W5,1A,4,8A,1B,8B,9.
-PAYG (actual or theoretical) based on records.
-Specify any BAS period: monthly, quarterly etc.
-Record unlimited income items & expenses.
-Items stored with user defined attributes.
-Record tax payments and calculate amount owing.
-Reports: profit/loss & tax statement.
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-Reports: BAS/PAYG monthly, quarterly or annual.
-Four independent user defined fields (e.g. account, distributor, supplier, etc.)
-Determine levies and expected contributions.
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-Group identical items and sum totals.
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-Inbuilt checks to ensure dates within financial periods.
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-Display compatibility with multiple screen sizes (phones & tablets).
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Note: There is no provision for HECS & Low Income Offset.
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Yesterday, the University of Minnesota's School of Nursing celebrated the opening of a new, state-of-the art education center for nursing and other health professional students. KSTP-TV came out to cover the opening.
The new Bentson Healthy Communities Innovation Center will provide students with opportunities to engage in complex simulated health scenarios in interprofessional teams, use sophisticated telehealth technology and learn emerging health records technology.
The center is named to honor the lead gift made by the Bentson Foundation, which contributed $3.7 million to the $7.8 million dollar project. A $1 million gift from the United Health Foundation and other generous donations enabled rapid construction, which began in May 2012.
As you can see by the photos, the new space looks great.
Compare these photos to the one taken nearly a year ago, while the space was still under construction… What a difference!
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Michael Motocrossa; Learn German numbers, "How much?" + "I'll take it!" - Song about numbers, and counting numbers and more cool Shit
Michael Motocrossa says about "Learn German numbers, "How much?" + "I'll take it!":
"The Song is about the circus of counting numbers featuring the pope going to the North Korea nuclear bomb of racism in my ass, energy gangstas in my ass, asteroids, quakes, meteor blasts, US radioactivity, vatican intrigues in my ass, and counting numbers. Great Fun."
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The Wellness Workshop online is a resource to help you on your personal journey to Mental health Wellness. The workshop is for everyone and is designed to give you tools to both improve your mental wellness and to maintain your wellness. Based on the highly successful Wellness programme developed by SOS, this resource is made available to you by SOS as part of our continuing efforts to improve everyone's Mental Wellness.
SOS is a charity aimed at breaking down the stigma of mental health issues.
As a charity we rely on your donations to continue our work. There is no obligation, but if your find this Wellness Workshop helps you, do consider donating to allow us continue our work.
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Massive bodycheck in Junior A game by Carleton Place Canadians' Elias Ghantous (VIDEO)
If there has been a better old-time booming bodycheck lately than this one that Elias Ghantous delivered in a Central Canada Hockey League game last Friday, well, it has not made YouTube.
During a CCHL contest, Gloucester Rangers forward Keegan Rowe tried to spark his team by leading a rush and trying to squeeze through the space between Carleton Place Canadians' Ghantous and the boards. The 18-year-old Ghantous, as you can see, was not having it, as he knocked Rowe off his feet with a huge open-ice check — which led to his team quickly transitioning for a 3-on-1 rush and a goal. Now that's some end-to-end action that you don't see every day.
Elbow tight to the side, no head contact, feet stayed on the ice. Looks like a massive, clean check is still possible. That would have made any of the great defencemen to come out of Eastern Ontario proud, from Larry Robinson and Denis Potvin all the way back to Leo Boivin in the Original Six era.
The 6-foot, 214-pound Ghantous, who's committed to play for Robert Morris University in 2014-15, does not get on the score sheet much (two goals in 119 Junior A games over three seasons). But it takes all kinds to make a winning team. He's helped the Canadians give Carleton Place (pop. 9,500) a thrill by climbing to first place in their division. He's actually from Gloucester, Ont., so he might have had some extra family and friends see him lower the boom.
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Brion Carnes is one of the top quarterback prospects from the Tampa Bay area. Carnes, 6-0 and181 pounds, is from Bradenton Manatee High School. He's been a long time commitment to USF. Despite his pledge to the Bulls Carnes took in a Georgia camp this past weekend, as he headed to Athens for Dawg Night.
"Man, I think I did good and all went good," Carnes said. "I mean I really enjoyed myself and had fun out there. I got a chance to spend some time with coach (Mike) Bobo. He's a fun guy and he really helped me out a lot, especially with my fundamentals."
Carnes travelled to UGA with two of his teammates, one bring wide receiver Ace Sanders. Sanders is quickly becoming a hot prospect.
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"Ace was unstoppable there. I mean no one could guard him and there was a lot of talent there."
Was Carnes impressed enough with the University of Georgia to open up his recruitment?
"I am still committed to USF. Right now I just am focusing on senior year. I will worry about all of that stuff after the season. I want to win a state championship.
"But I will say this; Athens, Georgia is a beautiful place. I love the atmosphere, the stadium, and the coaching staff. I had a great experience. If I take some visits this fall, Georgia will be one of them."
Carnes is a three-star quarterback prospect. Last season as a junior he threw for 1,200 yards and 12 scores and rushed for over 500 yards and five touchdowns. Carnes has an above average arm, good accuracy and can make all the throws. When things break down he has enough mobility to extend a play. Overall, this is one of the better quarterback prospects from the Sunshine State.
Manatee opens up their season with a big game at Tampa Plant High School.