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Morgana, a beautiful golden retriever with starry brown eyes and a recklessly wagging tail, belongs to a psychic healer. Maybe she's wondering, as she bites herself obsessively, why her owner won't heal these damn fleas right off her. This night, when she isn't whipping her head around to attack the nefarious bugs gnawing at her hindquarters, she's looking lovingly at the Rev. Edward "Red" Duke.
"Get your butt out of here!" he shouts, shooing her away. Tail and tongue flopping and flapping, Morgana heads over to one of Duke's guests. "Aw, go ahead and pet her now," Duke says.
Inside the dimly lighted Florida room of his rustic home off Davie Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale, the Rev. Red Duke is holding one of his Sunday-night sessions. For almost 30 years, Duke has been hosting gatherings at the Haven for Spiritual Travelers, his home transformed into a metaphysical meeting point marked by twin beacon-bulbs mounted on 30-foot poles. Nowadays, his 77-year-old frame is wracked with pain, he's going deaf in one ear, and his forays into psychic phenomena, he reports, often leave him drained.
During his once-a-week readings, patrons deposit a donation ("Five or ten dollars, the cost of a movie") in an envelope and write their names and a question on the front.
Duke opens the tackle box, takes out one of these envelopes, and starts.
"OK, so the first one we come to is Michelle." Michelle is a pretty, young black woman with wide-set eyes and long straight hair.
"I'm gonna ask you a question," Duke continues. "Would there be a James around you? James or Jane? Could be either one."
"No," Michelle answers.
"Not yet," Duke corrects. "Write it down. 'Cause everything we say is gonna happen within three months, OK? Ninety days."
He closes his eyes for several long seconds. "I'm getting a vibration from the west coast of Florida -- I don't know why. But I feel some kind of connection over in that area. West Coast?" he asks Michelle. "OK?"
She shakes her head.
Duke again shuts his eyes.
"You asked something about school. Right now, we don't see anything happening at school. It may come later. But the second thing, the financial? We see that increasing, if you understand what I'm saying. OK? But at this moment, the school doesn't have a vibration. It can change."
Michelle nods.
"You're going on a trip shortly too -- did you know that?"
"No," says Michelle, confident.
"Well, you're gonna find out!" Duke says with a hearty knee-slap. "So don't worry about school, at least not this time. That's all I can say, alrighty?"
If the Rev. Duke is floundering more than usual today, no one lets on. The ancient tricks of his trade (isn't everybody going on a trip or going to meet somebody named James or Jane in the next three months?) evoke no discernible skepticism. In three decades as a psychic and soothsayer, Duke has honed a homey, easygoing style that makes up in familial warmth what it lacks in visionary precision. An evening of riding spiritual waves seems more of a social activity than anything to do with mysterious forces and predictions of the future.
Still, when challenged, Duke concedes nothing in the psychic-powers department. He has stories to tell. He's a psychic of the old school, a kind of Jeane Dixon for the local crowd, employing all the staples of his often-maligned profession. He tells tales of sightings of "ectoplasm" (the alleged substance of spirits and ghosts), of channeling people from beyond the grave, and of moving solid objects with mind waves.
Duke, who has led an exceedingly eventful life, has even had his moments of stunning triumph -- notably when he correctly predicted, in the presence of a Sun-Sentinel columnist, the choice of a very dark horse Dan Quayle to be George Bush Sr.'s running mate in 1992. But witnesses to true miracles are few and far between, and Duke is careful not to make too many claims he can't back up.
Asked if he can demonstrate his powers using only psychic energy to move a piece of furniture or push a coffee cup off a table, Duke shakes his head impatiently.
"We stopped doing parlor tricks a long time ago," he says scornfully.
Over the course of several weeks, this New Times writer detected no cracks in the hillbilly nobleman's façade of assurance in the face of invisible forces; Duke is an engaging performer. Even so, a once-loyal flock of believers and acolytes has largely scattered, leaving the reverend questioning whether he'll remain in business at the Haven for long. How long can an old séance-leading sharpie like Duke hold out in the face of mass-marketed spiritualists like Tony Robbins and of excoriating skepticism on demand from the Internet?
For now, Duke is perched atop a stool wearing a checked shirt and a Kokopelli pendant, drawing an envelope from the tackle box. The wrinkles in his face crinkle and crease as he squints to make out the name.
"Jay?" he asks a stocky, goateed young man of about 25.
"I like what you have here," says Duke, reading the card. "I see you reconstructing yourself and rebuilding yourself. That's in your vibration. They say there's something here -- be yourself; you don't have to make yourself something other than what you are, OK?'
With Jay's permission, Duke reads his question: "He'd like to know, 'How are my spiritual awakening and enlightenment going by way of the Holy Spirit?'"
He turns to Jay. "Let's get away from that, from the Holy Spirit."
Jay scowls slightly.
"No," Duke continues, "the Holy Spirit has nothing to do with you, do you understand that? So we can use all kinds of words and terms; it may make us better, but now we know a lot of people who think like that but they've got shiny seats from sitting!"
Jay has another question. "Do I have any Native American guides at this point?" he asks.
"Well, I'll tell you something," Duke begins. "Every one of us has one, and that's usually the messenger -- the one who tells us what's gonna happen before it does. Pay attention to your messenger. She's going to appear as a little girl."
"A girl?" asks Jay, who wears denim overalls and a silver pentagram ring on one finger. He's fascinated by the Bermuda Triangle and Edgar Cayce.
"Yeah, all the Indian messengers are girls," Duke says. "If you ever have an out-of-body experience, these little girls know wherever you're going."
That seems to bring Jay some comfort.
"OK, well!" Duke barks. "I hope we helped with that!"
No jaw-dropping revelations tonight. No one seems concerned, let alone skeptical.
A high point of the evening is channeling. After a break for some popcorn and brownies laid out on a ceramic plate, it's time to talk to spirits. "Are you ready, babe?" Duke asks the Rev. Lori "Loretta" Rohr, who has been an associate of the Haven since 2000.
Duke tells the group, "Go ahead, sit down and she'll channel for you."
After a nervous cough and a hard swallow, Rohr's eyes close. She seems to suffer a short spasm, and little high-pitched moans escape her throat. The moans lower in pitch, and her eyes flutter. She becomes catatonic, head pivoting on her wobbly neck as if she's drunk. When she opens her eyes briefly, she looks queasy. Her eyes shut again, roll back in her head, and wobble, lolling around behind her closed lids like marbles on a pillow.
"You ready to go?" Duke asks. "We're gonna energize a little bit so she can get started."
He stares at her as if he's trying to set her on fire with his eyes. Five more minutes pass as Rohr twitches and groans. Finally, she opens her eyes.
"Good evening, everyone," she says in a stilted British accent.
"How are you?" Duke inquires.
"I... am... fine," she says, haltingly. "How... is... everyone?"
"You're not quite complete, hon," Duke says gently, like a man telling his wife her bra strap is showing. "Take your time."
"Hmm, yes," Rohr agrees. She rolls her head some more, and her eyes open and shut.
"Good evening again," Rohr begins with her stiff upper lip. "I am so glad you are here this evening. I welcome you to this haven of serenity. And what have you all been doing lately that has brought you to this place of peace?"
It's a familiar personage for Duke and his regulars -- Blanche, a long-dead Englishwoman with a puckish sense of humor and a tendency to make pronouncements about the state of the contemporary world.
Linda raises her hand. It's the big question: "I would like to know, how do you view our world?"
"There are some evil elements in the world," "Blanche" says through Rohr. "That needs to be corrected. Our atmosphere has... poison gases in it that are not good. We need to take care of the Earth. Help each other to understand that we must cleanse the Earth with a positive vibration; otherwise, y'all aren't going to be here after a while."
Whether the appearance of y'all is a slip of Rohr's tongue or a character lapse, the rapt gathering takes no notice.
"I would like to know if ET is going to intervene on man's behalf before the planet is destroyed," a man named Jody says.
"Uh, mmm, well," says Rohr, fading in and out. She closes her eyes, then opens them. "Oh, they're already here!"
Rohr smiles beatifically. "Thank you. It's time for me to fly away. You make me feel so -- I feel wonderful!"
"Goodbye, Blanche," Linda says. "Thank you for coming!"
Rohr's eyes shut, and she twitches back to normal. Several minutes pass. Rohr opens her eyes and looks around as if she's awakened from a nap, confused and disoriented. Laughter all around the room.
"Everyone's looking at me!" Rohr complains.
"Welcome back," Jay says.
Rohr, a short, timid woman with long brown hair, tells newcomers to the group that she started channeling a year after she first came to the Haven.
"It took that long to find out who you are," Duke remarks.
A skeptic at first, Rohr was blown away after attending a service. "I didn't know anything about spiritualism," she says, "but when I went home, I couldn't sleep. The next thing you know, I'm volunteering to do stuff around here, clean the refrigerator, whatever."
Duke encouraged her in her spiritual forays. "I didn't know what I was talking about," Rohr says, "but he told me to continue. From that point on, I was kind of like a guinea pig."
Duke says that different spirits inhabit him, switching personalities like surfing through television programs. He himself has ten channels, and he claims to have no control over which entity transmits through him or when.
"We give 'em permission to use mind, body, and spirit as long as they don't embarrass us," he says. "You ever put on a nice, warm sock? That's how the spirit feels when it enters the body, nice and comfortable. And when the spirit's inside, it's in charge." A big yawn usually signifies that Duke is changing channels. His voice lowers by an octave, and he says, "just focusing on a different frequency vibration now."
When that happens, "Even if the house was on fire, I couldn't raise my voice," Duke explains.
Professional debunkers, naturally, have a field day with Duke and others who claim intimate knowledge of the spirit world. After taking a glance at the reverend's web page, James Randi -- whose James Randi Educational Foundation office is about a mile east of the Haven on Davie Boulevard -- invites Duke to participate in his "James Randi Paranormal Challenge." It offers a chance to win "a one-million-dollar prize to anyone who can show, under proper observing conditions, evidence of any paranormal, supernatural, or occult power."
He peruses the reverend's literature. "The Amazing Randi," who has used scientific methods to discount paranormal claims for more than 40 years, pronounces himself unafraid of losing his money. There's nothing new with Duke. "If this miracle worker wants to earn a million dollars to spend in Las Vegas, buy replacement chakras for old folks, or donate to the Home for the Terminally Gullible, all he has to do is apply for the JREF prize -- and win it," he says. "That, he can easily do -- if any of his claims are legitimate. I won't sit by the phone waiting for his call, though."
As a young boy, Duke became quickly aware just how different he was. Born November 28, 1927, Edward Duke was the oldest son of a Scots-Irishman and his Cherokee Indian wife. "All my life, I saw weird shadows and heard weird voices," he says. "I thought it was normal." By the time he learned he could move objects with his mind and so forth, he was already thought of as an odd duck.
Over soup and sandwiches served atop a wobbly table in a corner booth of an old diner on State Road 7 in Plantation, Duke still stands out as odd -- teeteringly tall and no-butt skinny, with jeans, sneakers, flannel shirt, and oversized shades making him look like a retired crop-dusting pilot. His once-brick-red, shoulder-length mane is dulling to gray, but the waitresses flock to him. They darken his iced tea with refills, and he supplies good-natured taunts.
"I was the weird one, considered different," he recounts. "My father mistreated me so badly and loved my younger brother so much, 'cause they were alike. I took after my mother."
The family lived in Fort Myers, on poverty-stricken streets in the black neighborhoods where his dad -- a part-time barber and full-time alcoholic -- would beat his mom. When he went to school, while other kids would spend lunchtime eating and socializing, Duke would slink off to sit alone among the carcasses of cars in the junkyard of a nearby Chevy dealership.
"I didn't have no food, and I didn't want no one to know it," he drawls. At some point, this asceticism pointed to a spiritual awakening: "I loved religions, but I didn't know what I was," he says with a smile.
And what he saw was curious enough. Tables and chairs that moved of their own accord. Once, he says, as a boy he was walking back home from a day in the orchards and farms outside Fort Myers. Spotting a single coal car on a railroad track, he wished -- or willed -- it to move. "And it did!" Duke says, with a shocked expression that sends his bushy eyebrows northward. "It scared me so much, I run like the devil to get away from there." (Such powers are unveiled rarely these days, since it saps his energy, Duke says. In fact, this morning, he took a nasty spill in his backyard, scraping his arm and cutting his hand.)
By the time he was a young teenager, Duke wanted to join the armed forces. The Navy seemed the most obvious choice. "I could swim by the time I was old enough to walk," he says. "All my life, I'd been on the water."
Underage but tall and big enough to look the part, he still got turned down the first time he applied. "No hair under my arms," he laughs, blaming his mother's Native American ancestry. Duke was finally accepted as a Navy seaman at the height of World War II. In place of his father's domestic cruelty, Duke got the firm discipline of military training. In July 1946, his fleet ended up in the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific, where a secret series of atomic bomb tests -- "Operation Crossroads" -- centered on tiny Bikini atoll.
"I had no idea what we were gettin' into," he says. "They needed volunteers, and I was standin' around looking ugly, so they picked me."
Aboard his sturdy ship -- one of 16 LCTs (the military abbreviation for "Landing Craft, Tank") -- scientists and observers gathered to witness the explosion.
"We anchored up just beyond the horizon," Duke recalls, with the atoll used as ground zero about 20 miles away, barely out of sight. The bomb missed its target by about 800 yards, spreading radiation over most of the fleet.
"I could feel the pressure and the heat," Duke remembers.
The fireball and mushroom cloud was mixed with seawater, debris from the atoll, and ship debris that turned to steam and vapor as it was drawn upward by the explosion. Down below, the blast wave expanded horizontally, coursing through the anchored fleet at the bottom of the cloud, engulfing it in a wave of radioactive steam.
The cap of the mushroom cloud hovered above the ships and islands of the atoll until the wind sheared it apart.
Two-hundred sixty-four people were accidentally exposed to radiation because the explosion and fallout had been more than twice the size expected, according to Navy information. Along with the rest of those witnesses, Duke absorbed a huge dose of roentgens courtesy of Uncle Sam, including a nasty burn on his shin that left a scar. Eventually, the target ships moved away from the blast zone and were decontaminated. But, Duke says, the exposure he received that day has plagued him ever since.
"By 1948, I'd lost all my teeth," he says, showing off his slightly skewed smile. "They just got loose and dropped out. I ended up losing a kidney. Three discs in my back deteriorated. And I'm sterile."
He remembers being issued a film-badge radiation meter that registered the dose he'd been hit with and a ship physician telling his crewmates, "Hope you married guys already had children." When he sought recompense for his injuries from the Navy, he notes, more injustice followed.
"We were guinea pigs," he says of his shipmates. "Then they use you, abuse you, and lose you." He says he's appealed to three Navy medical boards who have heard his case again and again only to decide his symptoms aren't related to radiation exposure.
On October 13, 1947, documents show, the sailor left the Navy. "My father was never home, and I had younger brothers and sisters, so I got a hard-luck discharge to get out and help take care of 'em," he explains. He returned to Fort Myers that year and later to Hallandale. In 1952, he married Betty Jo Smith and, since they couldn't have children of their own, adopted a pair of twins. "Preemies," Duke calls them. "The doctors said they would never live, but they're in their 40s today."
Duke found solace and good wages aboard shrimp boats that worked the Gulf of Mexico. A spiritual maturation followed, and a lot of his anger toward his abusive father dissipated. He taught himself plumbing, electrical, and mechanical skills, eventually becoming a licensed finish carpenter. His wife rarely joined him at sea. "It was just too hard for a woman on a shrimp boat," he says. Duke spent almost ten years shrimping, occasionally returning to his family.
When he moved to Hallandale a few years later, he made a living in construction. He found work at the new airport south of Fort Lauderdale and moved his family into a small Quonset hut near the airport's under-construction site. One summer day in 1968, he and another airport carpenter, a Seminole Indian named Harry Oster, were cleaning out an old building. Duke was removing a rotten door jamb when, he recalls, his hammer suddenly flew out of his hands, landed on the floor, and skittered away from him.
"And when I reached it for it, it moved away from my hand," Duke says. "That kind of bothered me."
Then all the metal tools and the nails on his belt did the same. Astonished, he walked to the front door.
"There was a metal trellis with honeysuckle on it," he says, "and it fell off against me like it wanted to cling to me. I walked across in front of the yard, and the plants in the yard seemed magnetized to me."
Back inside, he asked Oster, "What's going on, Harry?"
Oster, sitting on a sawhorse, said he didn't know what was going on. That's when Duke says he saw Oster's shirt open and his chest open up. "I saw a -- I didn't know what it was called at the time, but it turns out it was a hiatal hernia," Duke says. "And it just closed up as I looked at it."
Oster looked shocked, took a look at Duke, and exclaimed, "Red, what's that white stuff coming from your chest!?"
"It was ectoplasm," Duke says, slicing his liverwurst sandwich with a grizzly bear's grace. "And that was the beginning of hell and high water for over a year."
Duke's tales are hard to verify. He says he has no idea if Oster is even alive. "I never worried about documenting anything, 'cause I always figured there was a reason it was happening," he says. "There's nothing I would ever say or do in this field that would ever be a falsehood. I know it all sounds far-fetched, but on my mother's memory, what I'm telling you is truth."
Convinced he now had a spiritual gift to hone and perfect, Duke began working by healing ailments in people he knew, eventually aligning himself with the Universal Church of the Master, which ordained him as a minister on Easter Sunday 1970.
"I don't want the title, don't need the title," he says outside his home in west Fort Lauderdale one cool evening in late February. "But at least it was before diploma mills. You can't get what you want by paying for it."
This is the home, flanked by huge old pine trees, that he bought for $12,000 in 1974. He started holding gatherings once a week back at the airport, but his marriage was quickly crumbling. One of his girls was born retarded, one autistic, and his wife's mother put pressure on them to institutionalize the twins. His wife began to concur. "And so eventually, it separated us," Duke says sadly.
The house that now holds his Sunday-night sessions was built in 1940, part of a forgotten Fort Lauderdale tract just west of I-95 and the Tri-Rail tracks. By 1977, he'd incorporated his little enterprise as the Haven for Spiritual Travelers, a refuge for locals interesting in readings, channelings, healings, UFO discussions, and spiritual counseling.
Just inside the front door, in the cluttered foyer, is a large photograph dated April 18, 2000. It shows Duke administering a healing laying-of-hands upon a young man. Some effect has been captured that looks as if some amorphous substance from Duke's hands has traveled upward to the man's throat. (A photography expert explains that something as simple as slow shutter speed could account for the appearance on the negative.)
A caption reads: "Red Duke channeling spiritual energy. This picture was taken with an ordinary camera flash with no additional lighting, during Full Moon Meditation at Red's Medicine Wheel in his backyard." The strange material, Duke contends, is ectoplasm.
The ectoplasm he and Harry Oster saw that day at the Fort Lauderdale airport was the byproduct of the healing of Oster's esophageal hernia, Duke says. By the time Duke began his Sunday-night workshops at the Haven, he'd transformed into a self-styled psychic guru.
"If you can picture a kid going along with training wheels on his tricycle and then all of a sudden you're on a big Harley hog getting onto the turnpike at 90 mph, that's how big the change was," he says today. "I learned everything."
Duke has seen some shrinkage in his own congregation in the past decade due to the rise in reiki, a Japanese energy-healing technique that offers a formalized, ritualized Zen quality that may have appealed to those unaccustomed to the funkiness of the Haven. Swank centers like Fort Lauderdale's Oasis Reiki Institute make Duke's gatherings look unpolished.
The Haven, with its front porch cluttered with crawling vines and unkempt plants, is dark and warm by day. Open windows let a breeze scatter dog hair across the worn wood floors. At night, the lights in the Florida room -- sharing space with a loose, dwindling collection of ceiling tiles -- are notoriously temperamental.
While Duke was turning the two-bedroom bungalow into a welcoming refuge suitable for gatherings of 30 or more, he held his initial Haven gatherings every Sunday night in a room he rented at the Fort Lauderdale Women's Club, downtown at Broward Boulevard and Andrews Avenue. In the 1980s, when economics laid waste the city's core, the intersection wasn't stockings and Starbucks -- it was skid row.
"There was always a lot of crime down there," Duke scowls. "The bums and the hangers-on ruined it for us. People would come down and sit on people's cars, ask for money, or insult the ladies."
So after some sprucing up, the Haven was permanently moved back to Duke's stucco-and-tile-roof abode. The rest of the decade, he reports, he had the biggest, most consistent "congregation" of sorts. On Sunday nights, folks would park their cars at the fruit-and-vegetable stand on the corner and walk, singing and holding hands, down the street.
"They don't do that anymore," he acknowledges glumly.
In 1988, Sun-Sentinel columnist Gary Stein interviewed Duke about potential vice-presidential picks, and Duke stated, "I have a strong feeling for Quayle." When the prediction later came true, Stein wrote, "I'm starting to wonder if Duke knows anything about lottery numbers."
Duke has a book full of cards and letters -- testimonials from those who visited and have experienced healing or revelation. There's a collection of recent e-mails and handwritten notes dating back to the '80s, thanking Duke repeatedly for "healing," "understanding," "helping," "love," and "light."
In 1999, a St. Augustine man, Thomas A. Taylor, says he witnessed three incidents in which Duke actually performed healings. "Red is not only an excellent healer, he is an excellent psychic," he claimed in a written and notarized testimonial dated September 24, 2002.
Today, Taylor adds, "Red's got a tremendous gift, and he's helped a lot of people. I have been there to witness it, and I'm incredibly careful about who I endorse, because I'm a psychic and medium as well. Red has my backing 150 percent."
Now that area property values are up and trouble is down, Sunday nights at Duke's house continue modestly. Tonight, a dozen people make the Florida room feel crowded. The group usually represents a decent cross-strata of black/white, straight/gay, male/female, young/old.
Coming to sessions at the Haven for the past 17 years, Linda says she's experienced great healing at Duke's hands, especially the time when just a look from him knocked her across the room.
"I adore him. I think of him as my father," she says, eyes twinkling, huge eyelashes fluttering. "He is my spiritual father."
Duke makes light of her devotion. "Linda's been hanging out since '88, so that shows you she can't be very smart!" he jokes.
She giggles. Duke informs the crowd, "If we channel tonight, you'll know it. And if we don't, you'll know that also," he says, slowly easing his tall, bony frame atop a stool like a country singer about to lay down a love ballad.
Is any of this real? If proof is in the eye of the beholder, Duke can walk on water for this crowd.
Duke's done his share of healing but says it taxes him physically -- he points to widely fluctuating readings on a blood pressure gauge as proof -- and the stories are plentiful.
"I can tell you some things that have happened that you would not believe," he says sternly. "No use in going into that. Either I'm a liar or the truth is stranger than fiction."
"I have a sinus infection," announces Therese.
"So?" says Duke, teasing.
"Can you work on that for me?" she laughs. "Thank you."
Duke stands over her and stares, boring his gray-blue eyes into her like he's trying to burn through her. Therese seems unimpressed.
Jay has driven from South Miami after finding the reverend's web page several months ago while searching for his lost Native American spirit guide.
"For me, it's worth it," he says. "There's a lot of truth; there's nothing hidden."
After ringing a cowbell, Duke starts reading the billets -- envelopes with a cash donation inside and a question written on the front. Jay's is among the first he picks.
Duke reads it over, closes his eyes, scowls for a minute. Then he looks right at Jay and asks him, "May I read this? Because it's really beautiful."
Jay nods, and Duke begins.
"Am I avoiding facing something about myself, and is there someone I must forgive including myself?"
Duke thinks for a second and says, "Your spirit will be forgiven automatically. You don't have to get on your knees; just accept who you are. You've got it made in the shade and you don't know it. How's that feel to you?"
Jay smiles. "It feels great."
Next up is Margaret.
"There's someone who cares deeply for you," Duke tells her, "and you might not even be aware of it."
"I'm not aware of it," confirms Margaret.
"Well, someone's being sneaky then," Duke jokes. His smile fades, and a quick, localized storm of emotions plays out on his face. "We'll go to your question now," he announces, pressing the envelope to his head and closing his eyes. Suddenly, he opens them.
"Have you been to Disney World or the Orlando area?" he asks Margaret. "Ever ridden on the steamboat in the Magic Kingdom?"
She shakes her head.
"Well, it's a lot of fun!"
He changes course.
"Do you know someone called Louise?"
"I used to know someone called Louise," Margaret says.
"Well, she's here," Duke claims. "Do you know someone, last name... Hubbard?" he asks. "Or Howard?"
Margaret does, in fact. "I know a Howard."
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At last, pay dirt.
Triumphant, Duke goes for broke. "Do you know a Julia?"
"No," Margaret answers.
"Well, guess what?" Duke smiles. "You sure will."


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Apparently the Rugby League game for the Wii, deson't work on modded Wii's if you buy it or burn it.
Some of the older Wii's with chips like the Wasabi doesn't work with this game.
Rugby League 3 Retail not working on modded Wii
From the looks of on the games official forum, the game Rugby League 3″ contains a new type of protection that disables the retail game to work on a modified Wii. A game that is bought, if tried to play on a modified Wii, it will not work.
Apparently, newer chips, and softmods are working fine, which the wasabi chip and some others have been reported to not work.
On the back if the games cover it clearly states that Unauthorized technical modifications to your Wii console may render this game unplayable.
Clearly, a small game developing company has created a protection system, that big Nintendo themselves could not develop.

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Oglethorpe County's Kasey Phillips struck out 11 and allowed only three hits in an 8-2 home win against Monticello on Wednesday.
Phillips (4-0) didn't allow an earned run and went 2-for-3 with a double for the Patriots (4-8).
Devin Graham went 3-for-3, Jenna Grizzell went 2-for-2 and Lauren Roberts went 2-for-4 to lead the Patriots' 12-hit attack. Oglethorpe County enters Region 8-AA play at 6 p.m. on Tuesday at Washington-Wilkes.
MONSIGNOR DONOVAN 2, FURTAH PREP 2: Evan Impeduglia and Craig Durden each scored goals for the Rams, but the game ended when play was halted because of lightning.
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Monsignor Donovan's cross country teams competed in Macon. Scott Glassman turned in the Rams' best time, 20 minutes, 48 seconds. Ben Waldron followed with a 23:19, Steven Shepherd ran a 23:57, John Felt ran a 24:00 and Will Means ran a 25:07.
Hannah Chapman (31:33) and Savannah Williamson (32:16) ran in the girls' competition.
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Skyline Solar hopes to achieve grid parity within the next 18 months. According to research by Clean Edge, solar power and conventional electricity sources will reach a "crossover" point by 2015. In other words, electricity from the sun will be cheaper than electricity from fossil fuels.
Today's peak solar price of 15-32 cents/kWh is expected to decline to 8-12 cents/kWh by the year 2015.* (The current national average is 9.8 cents/kWh. Check your state here.) Achieving this "grid parity" – a price at which renewable and conventional sources are comparable – has been a primary goal of solar since its inception.
One company, Skyline Solar, doesn't want to wait until 2015. Management hopes to achieve grid parity within the next 18 months with its patented High Gain Solar (HGS) system.
The HGS system combines multiple proven solar technologies into one unit. Tracking hardware rotates to follow the sun, a reflective rack focuses a large area of light onto a small solar array, and high gain solar panels convert sunlight to electricity using proven silicon-based PV cells. (It slices! It dices! It makes julienne fries!)
Imagine using a magnifying glass to concentrate the sun's rays on one point to start a fire. That's exactly how the HGS works to boost its efficiency. According to Tim Keating, Skyline's VP of Marketing, the HGS system "delivers ten times more energy per gram of silicon" than traditional flat panel solar systems. As a result, the entire system can produce more watts for a lower price.
Mr. Keating also explains some of the other environmental benefits of the HGS. "It can squeeze 1,000 MW of electricity out of 100 MW worth of conventional solar panels, 98% of its components are recyclable, and it is built using a modular design." That final point is especially noteworthy – as solar panels become more efficient in the future, the panels alone can be upgraded on the HGS without replacing the entire system.
Skyline also appears poised to create jobs for those displaced by the recession. Mr. Keating noted that HGS systems resemble car bodies and utilize a similar manufacturing process – therefore, displaced auto workers and defunct auto manufacturing sites could be used to mass-produce Skyline's HGS systems.
This option for retooling existing facilities has caught the attention of the DOE which just provided $3 million in development funding so Skyline could increase its manufacturing output as part of the Solar America initiative. And, even as the economy started going sour last fall, Skyline Solar was able to close a $24.6 million Series A Venture round.
Now, Skyline is preparing to increase its manufacturing capabilities and compete in the marketplace. According to the company's website, "Skyline's HGS architecture is ideally suited for systems ranging from 50-100 kilowatts up through many megawatts. There's no fundamental limit on how large the plants can be."
Interested in purchasing a HGS system for your home or company? You won't have to wait long. The HGS system has already been subjected to a year of real-world testing at the company's Mountain View headquarters, and its 27-kilowatt pilot plant at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority has also been a huge success.
Skyline plans to release further financing information – including HGS purchase prices and costs/kWh – later this year.


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Hammering it home : Local Habitat makes plans for a home a year
Christmas is going to be a great time for the Alfred and Lily Barnett family.
On Dec. 17, Habitat for Humanity is dedicating its fifth home in Detroit Lakes, the Barnett home, located on the corner of Union Street and Roosevelt Avenue.
"We hope to have them in for Christmas dinner," Habitat President Barb Thomsen said.
Besides helping another family find a permanent residence, Habitat has some exciting news of its own. The organization has decided to begin building a house for a family every year. It had previously been every other year.
Habitat executive director Brian Smith said Habitat has had its struggles in the past, but its come a long way over the last eight years.
"This is a really exciting time for us," he said.
While Habitat has committed to building a house in 2007, board members are hopeful for a grant to help with those costs. They have applied for a grant through Thrivent Builds.
The grant is given to 30 towns in Minnesota. Thrivent plans to give $100 million in four years to Habitat homes.
Detroit Lakes' Habitat will find out in mid-November if it has secured the grant.
Whether it gets the grant or not though, Habitat has decided to build a house a year.
Habitat requires several things for qualifying families. The board decides if the applicants are in great enough need for a new home. If chosen, each adult in the household is required to work 250 hours on building their new home. The family also has to have the ability to pay back the money for the home.
Habitat has been selling the homes for an average of $68,000.
"This is a hand up, not a hand out," Smith said,
In the Barnett's case, Thomsen said, "Al's been there a tremendous amount of hours. Anything you ask them to do, they are willing."
The cost of the house comes from materials and skilled workers that have to be hired, i.e. plumbers, electricians, etc. Once the home is in place and the family begins making payments, those payments fund the next house to be built.
"We are in the best financial position we've been, because the homes we have been paying on and the support of the community," Smith said.
Besides volunteering to build, some of the community's support comes from attending the annual fund-raisers for Habitat -- the spring picnic, Chef's gala, surplus auction and golf scramble.
"They (the events) are really helping us get the word out," Thomsen said. "People have been stepping forward to help."
The board's vice president, Brian Hanson, is in charge of construction. Smith and Thomsen said Hanson is always looking for volunteer groups to help on Saturdays.
Habitat hopes to lane a Thrivent grant to pay for 70 percent of the house and lot, and then the local chapter of Thrivent will fund another 10 percent.
One of the requirements for the grant was for Habitat to prove it is moving forward, hence the houses being built every year now.
"It's no longer once the home starts, fund-raising comes to a halt," Smith said. "We can work on both phases at once."
The Habitat board is accepting applications for the 2007 house. (They are available at www.habitatofdl.org, Solutions, area churches, Mahube Community Council or the Food Pantry.)
"The board has realized we could do more than we are," Thomsen said. "To do more, we need more volunteers."
Smith said the group also wanted to step up and build a house every year for consistency.
"When we get done (with a house), now what do I do?" he said.
"There isn't any reason why we can't do a home a year," Thomsen added.
And looking into the future with even bigger plans, Smith said, "I look forward to two homes a year. It's like growing up -- one day, I want to be like that."
With the growth of the Habitat group and its building projects, there is the possibility of a paid staff person in the future, as well.
Anyone willing to donate materials, time or property can contact Habitat online or at 844-5397.
"I don't know how much better it can get that that," Thomsen said of providing homes.


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We loved having Quilt Market in our home town.  It made us want to put on our best show for Salt Lake City and let everyone know what Riley Blake Designs is all about. Here is the front of our booth featuringHoo's in the Forest by Doohikey Designs set to be released in June.
Jina had the idea to create a tree with our Riley Blake fabric after seeing a fabric tree in a magazine. We have been plotting, planning and waiting for Quilt market to come to Salt Lake City to create a fabric tree, complete with fabric leaves, a fabric birds nest and hanging lights. Â There was no way to ship this beast to any other market.
How to make it? There is an actual tree under the fabric. While I was driving around town, I was lucky to find the perfect cherry tree that had been cut down.  It took us a few days to wrap the tree in fabric and about the same amount of time to create the leaves. I used an Accuquilt machine to cut out the leaves, which saved us so much time. I am so glad to say that this tree has a new home in a store that will be opening up soon in Logan Utah, it is called "My girlfriends quilt shop". I was thrilled to give it away to someone who wanted to display it…it was too much work not to have it displayed somewhere.
We showed off the beach cruiser bike that we will be giving away in less than a month to an apparel item…be sure to enter our contest before the end of May.
Have you noticed how much we like pink at RBD. Â My husband always complains that he is surrounded by girly designs so I designed a booth just for him, his own Man Cave.
We did display two of our new lines Play ball and Back Country in the booth. What really surprised me is how much this space got used by men sitting down to watch one of our Manly videos, enjoying a bag of chips and a bottled water.
One such gentleman came up and shook my hand for providing him a booth to relax in. Notice our guest with a mustach in the back that was dressed up in a local NBA jersey, the Utah Jazz. His name is "Stellar" and is a cousin to Lila Tueller's "Stella" that was in her booth a few years back.
This is our Sew Cherry display, Lori Holts debut line.  It was a huge hit at market.
Pirates the movie is being released on Friday good timing for Emily taylor's new fabric which is also called Pirates. Â Watch for it in stores in June.
Here is the long awaited much anticipated Farm Fresh by October Afternoon, set to arrive Early July.
We also showed off our new display for stores for "Sew Together" items.
And so receiving a First place ribbon for our booth made us all feel very proud of our booth and what we have accomplished the last 2 plus years. Thanks to everyone who supports Riley Blake Designs!
I will post more pictures of quilt market tomorrow.


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Vicki Thorn, a Wisconsin-based mother of six and recently appointed member of the Pontifical Academy for Life, says that the Church must defend the sanctity of life and bring healing to those who have experienced the trauma of an abortion.
"Millions of men and women have experienced abortion loss across the world," she said. "When they are ready to heal the wound, the Church needs to be there."
The faith community, she said in a May 25 interview with CNA, needs to be a "prophetic voice" heralding the sanctity of life, as well as a source of comfort for those effected by the trauma of abortion.
Thorn has reached international recognition for founding Project Rachel from her hometown of Milwaukee in 1984. Project Rachel specializes in post-abortion ministry for men and women and is now available in 140 dioceses across the U.S.
An author and researcher, she's delivered speeches around the world and been decorated with numerous awards, including one from the Vatican.
But despite her impressive resume, Thorn views her family as her greatest accomplishment.
"My husband and I will be married 40 years on July 3," she said. "We have six children, ranging in age from 34 to 23," some of whom are educators, writers, military officers and parents themselves. Thorn's husband William is a professor at Marquette University and has taught at the Gregorian University and the Pontifical Salesian University in Rome.
Thorn said as she surveyed the challenges confronting the Church that she hopes it will "continue to be a prophetic voice, proclaiming the sanctity of all life: unborn, handicapped or uniquely challenged, those facing life-threatening health issues, those who are in the end stages of life, that they will be treated with dignity and supported in their last days."
She also stressed the importance of the Church continuing to address "the very serious bioethical issues that are presenting themselves" such as genetic testing, stem cell research, reproductive technologies such as in vitro fertilization and surrogacy, as well as the environmental impact of chemical contraceptives.
"The question of man and science playing God looms larger and larger," she said. "It is my hope that the Church will be able to use the incredible advances that are being made in science to speak to the issues facing the world."
Thorn said another pressing issue is the need for the Church to continue to provide "practical pastoral care" to heal women, men and families after abortion.
She observed that as a culture, "we do not speak of men and abortion much," yet from "the beginning of Project Rachel in 1984, men have sought help."
"The myth is that men are unaffected by pregnancy and so why would he be bothered by an abortion," she said, but "the reality is that the father of the child is also biologically changed by the pregnancy if he is with the mother."
Thorn explained that shortly before the baby is born, a father undergoes hormonal changes that help him to bond with and protect the mother and child.
"When his hormones return to normal, his testosterone never goes as high as it was before becoming a father. He is forever changed by becoming a father," she said.
Thorn cited multiple writings from both Bl. Pope John Paul and Pope Benedict to say that the "Catholic Church has been the leader in identifying this problem and offering compassionate care from the beginning.
"Clearly, this movement of mercy is part of the Church's critical message."
"Those who are healed after abortion become eloquent defenders and builders of the Culture of Life," she said. "It is they who know the lived truth of abortion and it is that truth that will set us all free."
Thorn also said that in her experience "the encounter with God's mercy in post-abortion healing changes lives in ways beyond description and is indeed, a powerful tool of evangelization."
"When we speak about the horrors of abortion, I believe we have a moral obligation to also tell people about the healing ministry of the Church in the same sentence."
Thorn said that the abortion debate "is so emotionally charged, not because it is a moral and philosophical debate, but because it is a heart experience. I believe that everyone knows someone who has had an abortion."
"We must always speak with gentleness and not condemnation, because it is our charge, as laid out by Pope Benedict XVI to bring the wounded to the Church for healing."


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Sneaker News first previewed these two brand-spankin' new Nike Air Max Penny 1 colorways in early April; the Wolf Grey and Black/Dark Grey colorways served as polar opposites in colorways (like the Nike SB Dunk Low 'Lunar' series) so it's a mere matter of preference – light or dark – that'll assist you in your decision. The Black/Dark Grey-White version is quite similar to the original colorway, but just short of a Varsity Royal splash, while the Wolf Grey version draws resemblance to the Neutral Grey/White colorway that dropped back in 2005. Both are available now at Nikestore so check your local Nike Sportswear retailer soon for a stock and let us know which of the two you like better.
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Mike Tirico remembers growing up in Queens watching the Knicks win NBA titles. That was 40 years ago, and it only feels like it has been that long since they have had a chance to win another.
After making it to the finals in 1994 and 1999, the Knicks are again being taken seriously as as a title threat. With the season past the midway point, they remain neck-and-neck with the Heat for the top seed in the East.
"We are running out of time for it to be ridiculous," Tirico said when asked about the Knicks' chances of sticking with the Heat for 82 games, and perhaps snatching home-court advantage from the defending champs.
"I thought it would be [ridiculous] to be honest. Even with — and I don't want to call it fool's gold — the first 20-point win [over Miami] was an eye opener and the second 20-point win was like, 'OK maybe they are serious about this.' "
Tirico will call the Knicks' game Sunday against the Clippers before hopping on the subway to do play-by-play for the Nets-Spurs game that evening in Brooklyn. While remaining close to the Heat in the standings, the Knicks have put a little distance between themselves and their local division rivals.
"I think with the way Carmelo [Anthony] has played, the Knicks have someone down the stretch that is such a tough scorer," Tirico said when asked about the difference between the Knicks and Nets.
"That mix of Anthony, [Tyson] Chandler, [Jason] Kidd and I'll add J.R. Smith because he has no fear, that mix of players at the end of the game is something I really like. I think that helps you win close games. I think that's one place where, to a certain extent, the Nets are still finding their way. I'd love to see Deron Williams playing at the level he did in Utah during the playoffs."
It's a player that's not starting who could be the most significant reason for the Knicks' recent run of success. Amar'e Stoudemire has thrived coming off the bench since returning from a left knee injury on Jan. 1. Stoudemire's willingness to bench his ego has added a needed scoring threat to the Knicks' second unit.
"Amar'e's ability to come off the bench and succeed I think has helped everybody on this group find their place," Tirico said. "You have Melo and Amar'e, who we gave a lot of the blame to last year, that deserve a lot of the credit for making it work this year."
It has the Knicks in position to win their first Atlantic Division crown since 1994.
"With seeding and stuff, we don't pay a lot of attention to that, but I think it's huge for the Knicks," Tirico said. "They haven't won the division in so long, and it would make the road to a potential East final against the Heat as easy as possible."


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Save lives and money by expanding Medicare to all
With media attention focused on the debt-ceiling drama in Washington, and with so many Americans rightly preoccupied with the frightening level of joblessness and bleak state of the economy, it might seem strange to urge a national celebration of Medicare's 46th anniversary this Saturday, July 30. After all, if we're
Not-for-Profit Hospitals unfairly receiving Tax Exemptions
In this era of tight public funds afflicting virtually every state in the nation, there is one revenue source that has been all but neglected in the public debate: the subsidy of "not for profit" private hospitals by exemption from sales and property taxes being the typical form. This has been reexamined by the remarkable Illinois supreme court decision in the Provena Covenant case: the Court ruled that the Provena hospital group failed to meet the charitable health care provision required to enjoy the property ands sales tax freedom they had enjoyed.
Dr. Quentin Young's Reply to Robert Gibbs
When I first read your interview, my reaction was incredulity. The quotes you offered reflected the worst Tea Party disinformation. I and many others strongly believe these intemperate and mendacious attacks on progressives dissatisfied with some of the administration's incredible concessions to the militant right-wing Republicans are extremely destructive.


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did not end during the overnight selloff on September 26.
In the chart below I have marked with blue arrows the last several yearly cycle lows. As you can see they tend to occur in January or February. The timing band for the next cycle low should occur sometime in early to mid January. That should mark the bottom of this D-Wave decline with the slight possibility that there could be one more short daily cycle down, bottoming in early February. This will almost certainly be dependent on whether the dollar cycle has one or two more daily cycles higher before rolling over into an intermediate decline. Current sentiment levels on the dollar index are suggesting only one daily cycle higher, which should signal a final bottom in the gold market sometime in the next 2-3 weeks.
If gold can make it back to the 50% retracement in the next couple of weeks I would probably be inclined to call a yearly cycle low at that point. If however gold holds above $1500 at the next daily cycle low due in early to mid-January then I would be wary of one more daily cycle down to test the 2010 consolidation zone and 50% retracement ($1400) sometime in early February.
The combination of the dollar rally out of its three year cycle low, gold's yearly cycle low, and a D-Wave decline are going to produce a very sharp correction in the gold bull market. Before this is over most analysts will declare the gold bull dead. On the contrary, sometime early next year you are going to get the single best buying opportunity we will ever have to reenter the secular gold bull in preparation for the bubble phase that should top in late 2014 or early 2015.
As a matter of fact, now that we have confirmed that this is an ongoing D-Wave decline, once its bottom has formed it will generate a violent A-wave advance that should test the 1800 the $1900 level rather quickly later this spring.
Serious money will be made during the A-wave advance. One just needs the patience to wait for the D-Wave to bottom before jumping back into the pool.
Related: SPDR Gold ETF (NYSEARCA:GLD), iShares Silver ETF (NYSEARCA:SLV), Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDX), Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDXJ), Goldcorp Inc. (NYSE:GG), Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE:ABX), Deutsche Bank AG DB Gold Double (NYSEARCA:DZZ).
Written By Toby Connor From Gold Scents
Toby Connor is the author of Gold Scents, a financial blog with a special emphasis on the gold secular bull market. Mr. Connor's analysis skill of the markets is largely self-taught, though he admits to being an avid reader of Richard Russell and Jim Rogers, among several others.


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WEALTHY families are deserting the public education system, with poorer students making up double the number of wealthy children at Australia's government schools.
This privilege exodus is most pronounced in high school, with more than 75 per cent of the highest earning families enrolled in independent and Catholic schools, according to analysis of 2011 census data.
The research shows a dramatic social shift during the past 25 years, with low and high income families equally represented at state schools in 1986.
''In contrast, a quarter century later in 2011, the differences are very marked: the government sector has almost twice the proportion of students from low income families relative to the proportion from high income families,'' said report author Barbara Preston.
In some states (Tasmania and South Australia) the proportion of students from low income backgrounds in government education is as much as four times higher than that of wealthy families.
Separate analysis of data from the My School website shows that not only do private school students attract 25 per cent more income than their public counterparts, they enjoy a higher rate of increase in government funding.
Private schools also outperform the other sectors and enjoy smaller class sizes than government schools, which have seen an increase in the student to teacher ratio.
The research also confirms the middle ground held by the Catholic education system, which has more wealthy than poor students, but mainly caters for children from medium income families.
Education experts agree higher concentrations of disadvantaged children hurt student performance, with a ''drag down'' effect felt across the school.
The report comes during intense focus on school funding, with the Federal Government struggling to push through its Gonski reform package at next week's COAG meeting.
''These findings highlight the importance of delivering funding reform to the address disadvantage and deliver money to where its needed most,'' said Angelo Gavrielatos, president of the Australian Education Union, which commissioned the report.
There are also stark differences across Australia, with wealthier states far more likely to enjoy a better social mix in their schools.
Tasmania and South Australia have the lowest family incomes and the widest social disparity, with Tasmanian school students more than two and a half times as likely to have low family incomes as high family incomes.
Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory have the highest overall family incomes and the least social disparity.
New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland sit near the average, with around twice as many poor students than wealthy kids at public secondary schools.
The report also states access to high speed broadband is a significant advantage for students, and enjoyed by 94 per cent of students from high income families compared with just 68 per cent of lower income government primary school students.
To be released publicly today by the Australian Education Union, the research analysed census data from more than a million students whose families provided information about schooling and income in the 2011 census.
Family income was defined as low (less than $1249 a week), medium (between $1250 and $2499), high (more than $2500) and very high (more than $5000).


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The Master Assh*le
I'm not sure what The Master Assh*le is so pissed about, but he's taking it out on everybody. Check out this dude messing with random strangers.
This video is pretty funny, but it might be staged. It's some sort of foreign too, but funny none the less.


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Monday, July 27, 2009
Dunkin' Donuts Coffee - Nectar of the Gods
Dunkin' Donuts is God's coffee. I want to pour this stuff on my body every morning and wear it like liquid spandex. I want to bare it in battle like armor crafted in fire by Hephaistos.
If Dunkin' Donuts coffee were a rotund woman in the eighties, I'd wear her skin Bullfalo Bill style while dancing to techno in front of a full length mirror. It puts the lotion on its skin.
If it were a guy in a club, he'd be wearing a blue striped shirt unbuttoned below his hairless chest.
If it were a Democrat, it would have the poise of President Obama, sex appeal of Barney Frank and brawn of Hillary Clinton.
If it were a guitar amp, it would be the love-child of the Marshall and Mesa Boogie.
If it were a modern actress, it would be Natalie Portman in the movie Closer - damn those camera angles when she's giving Clive Owen the private dance.
If it were Law & Order, it would be an SVU episode during which Mariska Hargitay beds me for being on the wrong side of the law.
If it were a blog, it would be wwtdd.com.
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Friday, July 24, 2009
You know what pisses me off? Cops. Roaming the streets and getting in my business. Issuing warnings to women who cry during traffic stops, but arresting me for rolling that last stop sign or getting caught with that same hooker from second street.
See, I have this incredibly high ideal for those in law enforcement. Policemen and women should be the cream of the crop. Their pay should be surpassed only by teachers, whose pay should be surpassed by none. Physically and mentally, the profession should trump all others. Our best athletes should aspire to law enforcement, instead of playing in the NFL or (barf) the NBA. Our most gifted minds should perceive law enforcement as an equally attractive alternative to medicine and various forms of capitalism.
But alas, cops are underpaid and underappreciated, causing hesitancy for many to enter the respectable field. There are those who enter law enforcement for "pure" reasons (e.g. familial tradition, the desire to serve and protect), comp and personal danger be damned. Then there are those who enter for what I fear is the most typical reason: they are attracted to power. The former category represents the best of our great nation, individuals whose legs I'm not worthy to hump. But the latter category? They make my blood boil. To me, "power" jobs (like politics) attract the power-hungry, who happen to be the last people on Earth who should be put into powerful positions. In fact, I think it's plausible that a great many of our law enforcers are ill-equipped for the job because of this dynamic.
So let's just say that I'm not typically the one coming out of the woodwork to take sides with law enforcement. Not that I'm being judgmental or have a "greater than thou" attitude. The Bible mentions the whole "plank in your own eye" bit, so let me say this: it would be an enormous mistake to put me in "blues" and issue me a gun and badge. In fact, I am nursing a chub right now thinking of a hot chick in 'cuffs sitting in the back seat of a patrol car with me at the wheel. I'm not worthy to bare that burden. But I digress.
And so I want to crap every time I read another story about the Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. getting arrested by the white officer from the Cambridge Police Department.
This Gates fella is super smart, definitely smarter than I by leaps and bounds. And I don't say that because he's a Harvard guy. My only experience with Harvard, aside from Natalie Portman being on my "list," is a year living with my first roommate out of college – a Harvard graduate. This guy would drink beer after beer in our apartment wearing his "beer mask," a cardboard beer box with a mouth and two eyes holes cut out. Quite the assclown with a heart of gold, this guy would drool on himself in pictures just to make you laugh. So I won't assume a person is smart just because he or she is associated with Harvard. However, he is good friends with the President and he's also the head of an entire Department at Harvard. So I yield that the guy's intellectually capable, methinks.
But super smart people who feel entitled to receive respect are probably even more likely than the rest of us to flip shit when a police officer makes them mad. So I totally get why Mr. Gates would go nuts if a cop showed up on his doorstep, buzzed around the Master of the Universe's ears, and bugged the crap out of him. I understand why he would ask for that cop's badge number, if more out of frustration than anything else. Remember, at that point the officer hadn't even arrested Mr. Gates; he was still just investigating the reported break-in. And if I were important, respected and intellectually arrogant, I would probably even throw in a "you don't know who you're messing with" like Mr Gates did. Most Americans would, I'm thinking.
However, the race card is a big thing to throw out. Let's just say I'm not a black man, so I cannot possibly understand the struggles they face with regard to the past. If there is deep seeded, subconscious racism in non African Americans, then I guess I wouldn't know how racist I am since it's SUBCONSCIOUS. Though I'd have to say that I believe the "subconscious" argument is pretty flimsy. I mean, how can two people have a substantive debate if the basis for one side is something completely intangible and undetectable in any way to the other? Reminds me of another typical conversation:
"I believe in God and so should you."
"I need proof to believe in God."
"But I'm telling you to believe in God."
"But I need proof."
I do, however, believe strongly in statistics. And they all seem to point to some level of bias in our largely Caucasian law enforcement toward arresting African Americans. And this is unacceptable in every way. But still, I say this: if you throw out insults to a police officer, in your own home or in public, guilty or innocent, you should be cuffed on the spot. Man, if that officer had done to me what he did to Gates, they would've carried me off in a straight jacket or at least tasered me to near death. Nothing can stop the tank, baby!!!
So my point is this: just because a white police officer arrests an African American who happens to be a professor at Harvard and who happens to be friends with the President, it doesn't mean that officer should automatically be accused of racism. I'm betting there are instances RIGHT NOW somewhere in the country where an African American is suffering from racism at the hands of police. Don't make an example out of a bad situation such as this, because it only diverts attention from instances that actually would highlight the problem of the racism in law enforcement toward African Americans .
And this instance with Mr Gates is not an example of that.
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Rick Moranis is Taken Down a Peg
It was my first day of work, not too many years ago. I had moved to Charlotte, NC, where I knew nobody (except a cousin), not even my roommates, but was thrilled that my first business card showed I was a bona fide "investment banking analyst."
My analyst class was comprised of thirty or so 22 year olds, most of whom came from schools like Harvard, Yale, Georgetown, Columbia, and Vanderbilt; with a small handful from the more prestigious state schools on the east coast. Charlotte certainly was not New York City, to where most of the class ended up migrating over the following several years, but it was a fun and rich city that was dominated by the banking industry. Lots of bars and single Southern girls from schools like Chapel Hill and Georgia, all looking for alternatives to the douchiness they had encountered from Southern "gentlemen" during college.
Having attended a state university in middle America - and with a public school education that included a nearly equal distribution of teachers who believed I was either particularly gifted or learning disabled - I wasn't quite sure I belonged in that "highest tier" of finance, as investment bankers like to peg their own industry. My standardized test scores were only moderately above average and I felt that my ability to bull shit was one of my more useful skills - not my ability to do math in my head "real quick like."
So the day after our two month long analyst training ended, we reported to our respective groups. My group was led by two individuals, one of whom was a doppleganger for Rick Moranis, except he wore wire-rimmed glasses, had slicked back hair and talked with a nasty smirk.
Early morning my boss stopped by and said he'd like to discuss a few things with me that afternoon. I was (and still am) a nervous person, and this made me particularly nervous. I remember thinking he might say, "Sorry but you're not smart enough to be in this group. No hard feelings." Or, "We've decided we'd rather have nobody than you. Good luck running payables at some crappy company." And, in hindsight, that wasn't all too far from what his intentions were.
I did pretty much nothing that morning, and nobody really talked to me which I took as a bad sign. That afternoon, he led me into an office and we sat down at a small circular desk in the corner. He leaned back in his chair and put his hands behind his head, awesome-guy style. The following is my best recollection of the conversation:
"You majored in finance, and so I expect that you have a strong understanding of fixed income mathematics. Is that right?"
"Yes sir." Lies. I had taken only one bond math class and had hated it. Nothing made sense to me and certainly it had not interested me in the least, possibly because it was my senior year and I attended several classes still drunk from the night before.
"Well, I'd like to have you go through some scenarios on the dry erase board. Just a few easy things to make sure you get it. You're going to be doing quite a lot of complicated analyses over the next few years, and we need to make sure you know what you're doing."
I looked behind me and there was a dry erase board. Fuck. I wondered what would happen if I ran out of the office. Or faked an aneurysm. Or just shit my pants. What could I do to get out of this room, where I was preparing to get humiliated and exposed?
"Go up there and bootstrap a yield curve for the following zero coupon bonds."
He spat a stream of numbers and I wrote on the board as fast as I could. Being a highly visual person, I replicated a chart I remembered from the pages of my bond finance textbook from college. A few arrows and lines here; a few equations there – but that's as close as I could get. I drew connecting lines between equations that I literally made up as I went. I pretended I was calculating things, showing facial strain as the "calculations" baked inside my brain. My armpits poured with sweat.
Running out of things to write, I stopped and looked behind me as he leaned on the back two legs of his chair, a shitty smile across his face. And then, divine intervention.
Faintly, from behind me, I heard a slight squeak and turned around in just enough time to make eye contact with my boss as he lost balance on his chair and reached his arms forward, like a child wanting to be held by a parent. Sheer horror crossed his face as his chair teetered on its back legs. I stood motionless over several seconds that stretched into minutes and hours it seemed.
Faintly, from behind me, I heard a slight squeak and turned around in just enough time to make eye contact with my boss as he lost balance on his chair and reached his arms forward, like a child wanting to be held by a parent. Sheer horror crossed his face as his chair teetered on its back legs. I stood motionless over several seconds that stretched into minutes and hours it seemed.
Over the following moments, I saw three things: First, my boss violently falling backwards, as if pulled from behind by an invisible string. Second, asses and elbows as his knees launched over his head and behind him while his chair plummeted toward the ground. Third, his body crashing into a wooden bookcase upon which sat countless Lucite bricks, each several pounds. (These are referred to as "Deal Toys" in banking since they each commemorate a deal done in his past.)
Deal Toys fell from the shelves, showering him. One of his feet, inside those expensive, leather toe capped shoes, is momentarily lodged between the bottom and second shelves. A series of squeaks poured from his mouth as he swung his free leg to and fro across his body, trying to dislodge himself from the awkward position. And there I stood with my dry erase marker, still uncapped and pointed outward at chest level, staring like a pedestrian driving by a nasty car wreck.
And then it was over.
My boss stood up and smiled. He pat me on the shoulder, laughed sheepishly and said I could go. And when he was fired several months later after 9/11, he told me we would stay in touch and that he envisioned that one day I would become a Managing Director – a bold statement to make to an analyst barely six months into his first year.
And of course, he was full of shit.
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Notarized parnetal permission letter for underage child?
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We went on the Imagination in Jan. 2003 and my daughter took a friend with her : age 13. We did this a couple of years ago and took 2 extra friends for my sons and they were 17 years old. The parents of the children wrote a letter like this:
(parents name) give permission for our daughter, (childs name), to travel out of the country with (our names) on the following dates: Jan 1, 2003 through Jan 7, 2003 (they put in 2 extra days just in case). In the event she needs medical treatment we give (our names) the permission to them to seek treatment in her behalf.
Both parents signed this letter and had it notarized.
Carnival never asked to see this letter but I had it in case they did. I had heard before we went on the cruise that carnival would ask for the letter but they never did and I wanted to make sure I had her birth certificate and letter to make sure there was no problem. When we ordered our plane tickets since her last name was different from ours hers(the friend) had to get a paper ticket and my family had electronic tickets. That was the only thing we had to do different by taking a friend.
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Open Source in Cloud Computing
Cloud computing is emerging as the latest BUZZ word in Information Technology. There is going to be a great shift from traditional network computing to cloud computing. The features of Cloud computing - Pay as you go and Virtualization has made it a long run in advance technologies. This paper is a brief survey based of readings on "Cloud computing" and the role of open source in cloud computing. The paper will also review about the flexible bandwidth of the cloud applications and its tools. The point of discussion in Information Technology sector is that the mainstream adoption of cloud computing creates hindrance for many user.
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Prince William Turns 30 as World Offers Birthday Wishes
The world is wishing England's Prince William a happy 30th birthday today through Twitter, photo montages, and interesting factoids, while his wife, Kate Middleton, has planned a small, casual dinner for occasion.
Fans across the globe have been taking to Twitter to wish the Duke of Cambridge a happy day.
"We would like to wish Prince William a very Happy 30th Birthday today from all our @hounourourforces," tweeted the Honour Our Forces organization, a group dedicated to spreading Forces Awareness for veterans.
"Happy birthday Prince William!" tweeted InStyle Magazine, a fashion publication.
"Happy birthday Prince William. Big thanks to all the partners of all our volunteers, who let their loved ones inspire our young people," tweeted the U.K. Scout Association.
Several websites have also released slideshows documenting the prince throughout the years (the Daily Mail and Time magazine), including pictures of him camping with his father, Prince Charles, and mourning his mother's death, the famed Princess Diana, at her funeral.
Other publications have also released lists of not-so-well-known facts about Prince William, who married Middleton last year.
For example, Prince William's full name is William Arthur Philip Louis Windsor, according to British publication The Telegraph.
Other facts include:
- Prince William was accidentally hit with a gold club on the head as a child, leaving him with a "Harry Potter" style scar on his forehead.
- Prince William and his wife, Kate Middleton, only informed his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, and the Prince of Wales of their engagement two hours before the announcement went public.
- The royal couple's favorite song is "I Like the Way You Move" by the Bodyrockers.
- Reports indicate that Prince William will receive a $15.5 million inheritance from his late mother's estate.
While Kate Middleton is reportedly hosting a small, casual dinner for her husband on Thursday evening, Prince William has been keeping up with his duties as a Royal Air Force Search and Rescue pilot.


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I waited 43 days for my items to actually be shipped. It has been a very bad bad experience.
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I ordred Canon Lens on April 28 and I checked that the lens is on their stock and I found out later that they haven't shipped it yet because they don't have it in their stock.
I wanted to cancel that order and they told me to call back! Can you believe it?
I haven't had this problem until today. (Maybe I'm lucky?)
Anyway. Never order anything from this guys and look for the pattern. These kind of faux retailer asks you to call them and force you to buy may accessories. Never trust them!"
"I purchased a Cannon camera on 4/11. On 4/21 I decided to inquire on the cameras whereabouts. No response. On 4/26 I inquired again. No response. On 4/30 I canceled the order; once again, no response.
Shipping delays don't bother me; Not responding in a timely fashion does.
Just now I decided to re-read the negative reviews and the companies responses, it's obvious there is a pattern here.
I would stay away just to be safe. Spend an extra ten minutes searching and an extra ten bucks and get your products elsewhere."
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"I was in the market for a Panasonic TC-L32X1, one of the best LCDs for gaming due to its low input lag numbers. Unfortunately, this model is out of production and the supply is dwindling even among online retailers. I had a bad experience with another store who claimed it was in stock, yet a week later admitted they did not have one and could not get another. This made me wary, and 5 stores later I realized just how short on stock everyone was. I saw it at 1stopcamera.com, with a great price to boot, but I was still cautious and called to confirm it was in stock. I was greeted pleasantly and informed that it was, and was even offered to process the order over the phone so it could be reserved for me. I declined and ordered online, and the next day received shipping info. The TV is here now, exactly as advertised, and I couldn't be happier. The reviews here may be a mixed bag but my experience was stellar."
"I ordered a Panasonic camera from 1stop and they promptly acknowledged the order and then nothing! I called them and quickly realized they would not process the order until they had a chance to try to sell me all kinds of accessories. I kept declining indicating I only wanted the camera. They said ok finally. Still no indication that they were actually going to sell me the camera. I kept checking back on the order status to find they listed its status as: "As soon as it is received at the warehouse it will be shipped out". I emailed them back asking for an estimated time when they would ship it and received nothing in return. I waited a couple more days and then cancelled the order telling them I would get it from someone actually willing to sell it to me."
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"I was looking on the Internet for certain dishwasher model to match my existing stove and fridge and was amazed to see the low price 1 Stop Camera had for this item and even more amazed that the price INCLUDED SHIPPING! I am very happy with the purchase and would recommend 1 Stop Camera to any one looking for a great price."
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GE Alliance Awarded Contract to Design New Plant-Based Manufacturing Facility in Brazil
GE Healthcare and iBio, Inc., today announced GE Healthcare has signed a contract to design a new plant-based multipurpose manufacturing facility for Bio-Manguinhos/Fiocruz in Brazil. The design project is the first contract for the global alliance between GE Healthcare and iBio, announced in 2012. The alliance combines iBio's innovative plant-based manufacturing platform, iBioLaunchTM, with GE Healthcare's capabilities in process design and start-to-finish biopharmaceutical and vaccine manufacturing technologies.
Bio-Manguinhos/Fiocruz is recognized internationally as a manufacturer of immunobiologicals for public health needs, primarily to support Brazilian Ministry of Health programs. It has invested in the development of bioprocess technologies such as iBioLaunch, through a co-development agreement with iBio and its research and development collaborator Fraunhofer USA Center for Molecular Biotechnology (FCMB), which will continue to play a key role in advancing iBioLaunch.
Olivier Loeillot, General Manager of Enterprise Solutions at GE Healthcare said: "Vaccines are vital in the fight against global disease and we're pleased to be working with Bio-Manguinhos/Fiocruz on this important project. GE Healthcare's global capabilities and industry-leading expertise in biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies, coupled with iBio's innovative technology and experience in plant-based protein expression, provide a solid foundation for this design project. By working closely with the team at Bio-Manguinhos/Fiocruz we will together design a state-of-the-art, technologically-advanced facility that's ready to meet the vaccine needs of tomorrow." Artur Couto, Director of Bio-Manguinhos/Fiocruz said: "In order to accomplish our mission and to meet the Brazilian Ministry of Health's demands, we are constantly investing in innovative technologies. The agreement with GE Healthcare is important because it will allow us to build a new facility based on a very innovative platform and address an important need of the Brazilian Ministry of Health."


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Denon has just launched a new family of wireless home speakers, called HEOS. The company, looking to go up against Sonos, will release the selection of wireless speakers that can tap into both local and cloud-hosted media collections. Music buffs will not only be able to listen to a synchronized experience through each speaker, it's also possible to have speakers play something entirely different with iOS and Android support to boot.
If you own a Windows Phone (or don't have a home Wi-Fi network) there's an optional HEOS Extender which will act as a bridge and work the magic. The company states leading cloud services will be supported for sourcing content, but we're not entirely sure which services will be included. The family of speakers come in three flavours – the HEOS 3, 5 and 7. Starting with the highest option, HEOS 7 sports five class D amplifiers, two custom tweeters and mid-woofers, one sub-woofer and two radiators. It's serious kit.
There are also USB and aux-in ports available for wiring up both ancient and up-to-date hardware. The HEOS 5 is the middle-range option with four class D amplifiers, mid-woofers and a passive radiator, sharing identical inputs as its more expensive sibling. Finally, the HEOS 3 is the smallest of the three speaker setups with a 2-channel digital amplifier, dual full-range woofers and the same input selection.
The main question now is cost. Just how much will the HEOS range set consumers back? Priced between $299 and $599, depending on which model is selected, the speakers are available in black or solver-white and can be found in stores from later this month. Those who may be looking to add an existing stereo, Denon has teased pre-amp and amplifier units.
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This is the way speakers are going and most high end companies will be introducing a line in the near future. I think at some point there will be lower end wi-fi speakers available as the demand grows. I love my Sonos speakers and whenever I have people over and show them what they can do and how they sound, there is always a comment about having to get this. Start with one and grow from there.
It is amazing to see what Sonos realized and developed years ago. They have been aiming high all these years and are still pushing the limit. They provide quality and usability that is unparalleled. And I cross my fingers that all these copycats won't get too much share in this market. A little bit of competition is good for the market though and will hopefully keep the price reasonable on Sonos' side...
Just what a one horse race needed, finally some competition.
The more competition there is the better the products become, the more affordable they become. This can only be a good thing for the consumer. I love the idea of this kind of system but I wouldn't pay that kind of money for that kind of speaker I'm afraid.
I'd much rather put it towards a dedicated stereo system like naim.
A tad expensive, but they are really gorgeous...


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The 7 bedrooms luxury hostel (2,000 sf) is designed to make your stay comfortable in an attractive area (walk up 3rd floor). It is about 15-20 mins of walking distance to Kek Lok Si Temple.
Room 1 -
triple room with 1 queen bed, 1 single bed, attached shower room with bathtub
Room 2 -
1 twin room with 2 single beds & attached shower room
Room 3,4,5,6 -
double rooms with 1 queen bed & attached shower room
Room 6 -
6 bedded room with 3 custom made wooded double decker beds & attached toilet with bathtub
Total Accommodate 19persons
* Please prepare own towels
* Body shampoo provided
- All rooms have air-conds, water heater, hair dryer, kettle jug, TV, DVD player & Astro Njoi
- Free use of Wifi, body shampoo & PC
- Kitchen with microwave oven, refrigerator, kettle jug & rice cooker
- Washing machine & dryer (chargeable)
- Basic cooking by microwave oven
- Iron & ironing board
- Utensils
* Cars available for rent
* Big car park just in front of the hostel
1 to 5 mins walking distance to:
- Sunday Night Market
- 24-hour nasi kandar, Ayer Itam Laksa, Ah Ma's Curry Mee, Paya Terubong Hok Kien Mee, koay chiap, char koay teow & nasi lemak
- Local delicacies at Paya Terubong's largest food courts
- 24-hour convenience shop, clinic, tyre shop, hair saloon, Guardian pharmacy, Chinese pharmacy, gym, swimming pool & tennis court
- The largest 'God of Fortune' in Northern region
Famous tourist attractions:
- Penang Hill (5 mins)
- Kek Lok Si Temple & Air Itam Dam (5 mins)
- Georgetown, Penang Bridge & Gurney Plaza (20 mins)
- Sungai Nibong Bus Terminal (20 mins)
- University Science Malaysia (20 mins)
- Queensbay Mall & Free Trade Zone (20 mins)
- Penang International Sports Arena (20 mins)
- Penang International Airport (25 mins)
- Butterfly Farm (35 mins)
Check in: From 2 pm to 10 pm
Check out: Before 12 pm
* Midnight check in services is not available
Check in time from 2pm
Check in counter closed at 10pm
Hostel room walk up 3rd floor.
* Check-in: after 2.00 pm and after (no late check in after 10 pm) surcharge may apply if late chk in 10pm-12am
* Check-out: before 12.00 pm
RM200 Key deposit will collect during check in (refund during check out)
How to get the key and return key:
- After you confirm and pay the rental, you will see my contact and I will send you direction note and contact number to arrange for key collection.
- Smoking in rooms are STRICTLY PROHIBITED. Please use outdoor area provided for you to smoke.
- Please turn off all electricity appliances, air-conditioning, whenever you are away or check-out. RM50 will surcharge per day if air-conditioning keep on without anyone in house.
- Please keep house clean, no cooking.
- Deposit will be returned during check out and after key collection subject to follow house rules & daily renting policy.
Note: Max capacity is 19 Adults & 5 kids below aged 10.
Allow to add 1 mattress on each room to accommodate max 27 Adults (RM15 each mattress per night) Subject to request at least 1 day before arrival.
NOT allow for excess head counts.
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* This is non smoking.
* No pets allowed..