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Hal's - Buckhead
- Address:
30 Old Ivy Road
Atlanta, GA 30342Neighborhood:
- Cuisine:
SteakPrice: $31 to $50
Hal's - Buckhead
- Dining Style: Casual Elegant
- Website: http://www.hals.net/
- Phone: 4042610025
- Hours of Operation:
Dinner: Monday - Saturday: 5:00pm - 11:00pm; Bar opens at 4:00pm
- Payment Options: AMEX,Diners Club,Discover,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: Steak, Seafood
- Executive Chef: Daniel Garcia
- Dress Code: Business Casual
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Banquet/Private Rooms, Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Entertainment, Full Bar, Happy Hour, Late Night, Non-Smoking Area, Personal wines welcome, Personal wines welcome (corkage fee applies), Private Room, Smoking Area, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine
- Private Party Facilities: Restaurant buy-outs are available. Please call for details.
- Private Party Contact: Sammy or MImmo 4042610025
- Entertainment: Piano Bar featuring a wide variety of music.
A word from Hal's - Buckhead
A restaurant that triumphs in taste over trend, Hal's is not the typical highbrow restaurant so often equated with food of this quality. It is a place of white table cloths, flowers, warm brick, & candlelight.Continued
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- Diners' Choice WinnerBest Food
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Hal's - Buckhead reviews from OpenTable diners
226 reviews since June 3, 2014
- Food4.7Service4.5
- Ambiance4Noise LevelEnergetic
special occasion (139)vibrant bar scene (104)neighborhood gem (100)notable wine list (87)fit for foodies (79)hot spot (77)romantic (72)good for groups (61)late-night find (28)scenic view (5)great for lunch (3)great for outdoor dining (3)great for brunch (2)kid-friendly (2)Show More
- ExcellentAlexDined on 9/27/2014Hal's never disappoints! Great meal and experience bringing my date for her first Hal's trip.Special Features:
- Best SteakOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 9/27/2014Took my girlfriend for her birthday and she ordered a NY Strip and I got Bonein Ribey. The best steak ever. Seasoned very well. Steak just melted in your mouth. Prices very reasonable, service was very good and a little magic show at the end. Very gud nightSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Never disappointsLoLoDined on 9/25/2014It's always packed and noisy during the week but the food and service are consistently amazing! Make a reservation to save yourself the wait or not getting in. Great neighborhood gem.Special Features:
- Best steaks in AtlantaJSF22VIPDined on 9/25/2014Forget the debate between devotees of the other two steak joints that always are talked about ... for food and cocktails, Hal's is much better. Bring your earplugs, though.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- SherVIPDined on 9/23/2014Food was tasty though somewhat limited options on the wine list. The baked oysters were outstanding. Service also quite good despite the busyness of the establishment.Special Features:
- The best steak in the cityJLinnDined on 9/20/2014I took my parents here while they were in town from Chicago and they loved the ambiance and the food. My step dad smokes cigars so we sat at the bar for about an hour before our reservation and just enjoyed the drinks. The bartenders were also very friendly.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Outstanding ServiceServiceSnobDined on 9/19/2014Visited Hal's one Friday for dinner with my wife. I sat at bar of 20 minutes as I waited for my wife to arrive. As a result, I had a moment to experience both the bar and dining experience. The bar experience was what you would expect at a busy bar. Bartender was attractive and served my glass of wine with expected delays. The initial glass tasted spoiled, but the bartender exchanged w/o hesitation. The sitdown experience was exceptional. My steak was wonderful! Initially, it was cooked more rare than requested, but our server "Roy" recognized it before I took my first bite. Roy, remainded attentive and accommodating throughout the experience. I could not ask for better service. Thank you, Hal's, for a great eat and pleasant experience!Special Features:
- Excellent as always!HH78Dined on 9/19/2014I had been looking forward to a Hal's steak all week..... didn't disappoint!Special Features:
- Classic steakhouseMVE1961VIPDined on 9/18/2014Hal's once again did not disappoint. Great bar scene followed by a great dinner - we ordered filet and bone-in ribeye. However, Hal's would benefit, like most, from lowering their margin on wine. 2-3x retail is annoying.Special Features:
- Too Noisy and DarkOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 9/17/2014Took a client here on a Wednesday night for a casual business dinner. I was shocked at the amount of people there on a Wednesday. Definitely good for business, but we could barely hear anything because of the loud groups and rowdy bar area. (Not what you expect when you got to a restaurant that is that pricey.) There was a "magician" there to provide entertainment, which I didn't understand because it was mainly adults in the restaurant. Isn't that more of a family restaurant thing? It was also very dark, which made it feel awkward. Food and service was fabulous, but not the best place to have a business dinner.Special Features:
- HalsVerysadDined on 9/13/2014Went to hals to celebrate a birthday and have a romantic evening and a quiet date night in the city without the kids...food was delicious and service was great but the fact that we couldn't hear anything said between us and the large table of gentlemen in shorts and tshirts sitting beside us yelling at the football game 20 ft away that was being show in the bar area killed the moment and made it seem cheap..not what I had in mind for this restaurant. The table was wobbly and they couldn't fix it which made it worse for our $250 bill. Very sad as I had such high expectations..Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Too loudLemonDined on 9/12/2014It was my first visit, and I didn't expect the noise level to be so high! It's a place for groups, not a romantic date. The filet Mignon was excellent, but the atmosphere was just too loud.Special Features:
- Great Place for BirthdayAmazedDined on 9/12/2014I took a very good friend of mine for his birthday dinner. I loved the filet and the white truffle macaroni and cheese. I let the restaurant know ahead of time and they brought out this amazing chocolate cake. The waiter was amazingly friendly and funny. Overall our dining experience was amazing.Special Features:
- The Best Steakhouse in AmericaMensaFoodReviewVIPDined on 9/11/2014There may not be a more quintessential steakhouse experience in America than Hal's on a Wednesday or Thursday night. Two levels of blue-blazered-old-southern-big-smile deal making in wood panels and brass fixtures where smoking is still allowed. It's a frat house all grown up, where the beer is replaced with a world class wine list and self grilled burgers have become the incomparable Hal's filets. Ladies are always invited to join in the festivities, but there are no illusions here as to which gender's imagination has conjured the intoxication of this Robber Baron's paradise. I had the Filet Au Poivre medium rare Pittsburgh style with the pappercorns pressed into the meat and the sauce on the side. Doesn't get any better.Special Features:
- Hal and staff do it wellBuckheadDawgDined on 9/11/2014Great spot, probably dine here once a month. Will be back soon.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- We love Hal's!OpenTable Diner Since 2013Dined on 9/6/2014Over and over we have found the steaks at Hal's to be the best in Atlanta. Our latest visit confirmed our opinion! Friendly staff, fun bar, great steaks and wonderful appetizers, salads and sides.Special Features:
- Excellent!CharlieDined on 9/2/2014Great spot for our business dinner. Excellent food, great service by attentive but not pushy staff. I'll be back.Special Features:
- Old school, in a good wayOpenTable Diner Since 2007Dined on 8/30/2014It's a bit like stepping back in time (this place is NOT trendy), but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Solid food and very attentive service.Special Features:
- Hal'sLscotchlasDined on 8/30/2014The food is best steak house in Atlanta another exceptional evening of great food and service!Special Features:
- Great DinnerOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 8/30/2014My husband's parents thought everything was awesome! We will be back!Special Features:
- Great ServerOpenTable Diner Since 2008Dined on 8/30/2014We had a great server who made a special occasion even more special.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Casual fine diningItaleedinerVIPDined on 8/30/2014Sat in the bar and ordered slowly. Amanda was a fantastic, knowledgeable server with personality, and the food was awesome.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great!GeoatlDined on 8/30/2014We've been a few times. Always terrific. My first try with snapper (artichoke and mushrooms), as i usually go with steak. Fish was really terrific. All around great experience (again). We'll be back. Enjoy.Special Features:
- Excellent as always-BobSaccamanoDined on 8/29/2014Our server, Ellis, was great. My wife and I both got bone-in filets, Pittsburgh style. Lobster lebeau appetizer is a must.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- GreatCork0116Dined on 8/29/2014Great food and service. My first time there and will returnSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Not sure if we'll go backAnonymousVIPDined on 8/29/2014The restaurant itself is quaint and romantic but the food was not on par with the prices. We ordered half dozen oysters on the half shell which were tiny and not so fresh, but it is off season for oysters. The duck was delicious but the steak was undercooked. It came out almost raw when we asked for medium rare. The server didn't come to check on us until more than 10 minutes after the food came to the table so we sat there trying to flag him down. We'll go to Bones or Chops next time.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- FoodladyFoodladyDined on 8/27/2014Hal's food and service never disappoints - however, the restaurant is soooo loud, it's really hard to have a conversation with anyone at your table.Special Features:
- Great Food. But overcrowdedOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 8/23/2014We arrived about 5 minutes early to our reservation knowing there would be a bit of a wait. We were not seated until 15 minutes after our reservation time. Also, the place is such a hot spot that they have tables everywhere. So we were kind of in a hallway that kept having a lot of people walk by. The food was amazing though. I can see why it takes two weeks to get a reservation.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Amazing food horrible serverOpenTable Diner Since 2010VIPDined on 8/22/2014I come to Hals many times through the year as I feel they have the best steak in Atlanta. I visited this particular evening with 4 other women and from the moment we sat down the we could tell the server didn't want to work with us. We waited over ten minutes before he spoke to the table. I had to wait so long for him to come back once I walked to the bar to buy another glass of wine. He probably assumed all women no tip?? I have no idea but this is the first time I have ever received bad service here. He may have been having a bad day but don't take it out on the customer. Just don't come to work. I will be back just hope I don't have that guy (marcel according to the receipt)
- Great rib eye!Cesar34LVDined on 8/21/2014Service was great, waiter was on top it! The steak was delicious but a little heavy on the salt but worth the experience!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Too popularfilouDined on 8/21/2014Best steacks service and wine list in town. But avoid on Thursday nights you could barely get into the bar area and the noise level was horrible. Such a shame when you spend over $100 per person wine included.Special Features:
- DinnerChristinaDined on 8/20/2014Had a reservation so got sat quickly. Large group of business people near us. Got noisier as night progressed. Bathroom issue weird. Almost in kitchen while you waited. Felt extremely rushed.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- One of Atlanta's Best SteakhousesMarkfromAtlDined on 8/18/2014Hal's is always consistent with high quality drinks, steaks, and seafood. Pay particular attention to the chefs specials as they are outstanding!!! I highly recommend Hal's for a business dinner or a place to do with your significant other. It has a great bar with piano player. Very vibrant place. I wouldn't suggest it for kids a night as it more an adult night spot.Special Features:
- Amazing food!sassyjackyDined on 8/18/2014By far one of the best Ribeye's. I would pass on adding Oscar next time, as the steak did not need any assistance. Seafood was fresh and excellent presentation. We will be back.Special Features:
- Maybe the best steak ever!HarryDined on 8/16/2014I've eaten at lot of great steak houses (across Atlanta and nationally) but the filet here was hard to beat. If I had to rank Atlanta's best steak restaurants best purely on the food, I'd have to say Hal's, Mckendricks, and Pampas are the best by far. I really enjoy going to Chops, Bones, and some of the other well know steak places, many of which are more epensive than the ones above, but Hals, McKendricks, and Pampas have the steak and sides. I'll go back to Hal's soon!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- ScrumptiousOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 8/16/2014Come here every time we are in Atlanta. Food is awesome. Very noisy but we just go with the flow. Can't deal with the smoke downstairs but upstairs is great!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- fabulouseeeeeDined on 8/16/2014oysters lebow for me ... gumbo for him .... steak oscar for me .... blackened steak for him .... strawberry cheese cake for dessert .... all grand ..... hal's absolutely lived up to its reputation .... great dinner!Special Features:
- My Favorite Restaurant in AtlantaHacSscDined on 8/15/2014Hals has been my favorite in Atlanta since my wife first took me there 9 years ago when we moved here. Food, service, ambiance all fantastic.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Never DissappointsGeorgiaTravelerDined on 8/12/2014As a former traveling business man I have eaten in some of the finest restaurants in the country on the company expense account. Now that I spend my own money the only place for a steak is Hal's. From the great looking staff that meets you at the door, to the super attentive bartenders and finally the professional waiters that serve you, there are few places that compare.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Off my listJilestalVIPDined on 8/9/2014This was my favorite steak restaurant but no more. The food was mediocre. The noise was overwhelming and the service didn't match up to the price point. The waiter forgot to bring out some of our food, but it was still on the bill. The table next to us was ridiculously loud, but so was the whole restaurant. Next time we want steak we will go to Little Alley's.


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The Emergence of Parallel Realities
Chris Seay weighs in on the meaning of Tuesday's LOST episode, "Happily Ever After"
Chris Seay, author of The Gospel According to Lost, chimes in on the developments in Tuesday's episode of LOST, "Happily Ever After." (SPOILERS AHEAD) He notes that it's beginning to become more apparent that the flash-sideways characters are becoming aware of their counterparts on the island, and wonders how it will "change things" when the characters "figure out that connection. Will the two narratives weave into one? How will they utilize their off-island activities to change things on the island?" Seay goes on to say that such knowledge will "ultimately be part of what allows them to defeat the forces of evil, the Man in Black." Seay's new vlog:
Actually...a nonviolent action show would be pretty awesome. LOST becomes goofy when all the characters suddenly go into shooter-mode like they did during last season's finale. Characters like Charlie and Echo were intriguing specifically because they rejected violence as a means to an end (from what I remember). And interestingly enough, those two were the most overtly religious.
Jacob originally came across as a nonviolent sacrificial character during his death scene, except he changed that quality a little bit when he beat the pulp out of Richard Alpert recently (albeit in self-defense).

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EAST CHICAGO | Morton drawing perennial power Munster in the sectional opener doesn't seem fair, does it?
That's like throwing an anvil in the water instead of a life preserver.
Munster showed up Tuesday night averaging 22 wins a season since 2008-09, while Morton had lost 16 straight games to the Mustangs dating back to 1996.
The defending champs are shooting for their 10th sectional title. Morton has only one -- that coming in 1976.
Guess what? None of it mattered.
The Mustangs led by as many as 23 points in the third quarter, watched Morton pull to within six late in the fourth, and hung on for a 71-57 win in the 4A East Chicago Sectional opener.
"We've had a tendency that every time we get out to a big comfortable lead, we relax, the other team hits some big shots and they're back in the game," coach Mike Hackett said.
"I'd like to have more of a killer mentality that when we get a team down, we bury them. But that's not our M.O. this season."
Munster (19-4) now has a few days to catch its breath before meeting Lowell (16-4) in Friday's semifinals.
"You play with fire long enough and you get burned," Hackett said of taking the foot off your opponent's neck. "I am proud that our guys didn't panic.
"We hit our free throws in the fourth quarter (15 of 16) and were 22 of 26. That's pretty good."
Drew Hackett's 26 points led Munster. Adam Ostoich chipped in 16, Nikola Mandic 11 and Pat McCarthy 10 to go with a game-high 12 rebounds.
"We take our foot off the gas when we're up by 20," Ostoich said. "The free throw line closed it for us tonight. We've got to listen to coach and play like it's 0-0 on every possession."
Senior guard Devon Mingo put on quite a show for Morton (8-14) fans with 29 points on 12-of-18 shooting and 4-of-6 from beyond the arc.
The Governors were 7 of 15 the second half, including five 3s in the third quarter, and during one stretch outscored Munster 33-16 to pull within 56-50.


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On April 18, 2012, the Second Circuit, joining several other circuits, decided that when calculating criminal restitution, substituting a defendant's gain for the victim's losses is inappropriate under the Mandatory Victim's Restitution Act ("MVRA"). The Second Circuit found that the express language of the MVRA limited restitution to "the full amount of each victim's loss." 18 U.S.C. § 3664(f)(1)(A). Therefore the restitution order must be tied to a victim's "actual, provable, loss" not a defendant's gain.
In U.S. v. Zangari, No. 10-4546, the defendant, a securities broker in the securities lending departments at Morgan Stanley and then Bank of America, received kickbacks in exchange for entering into stock-loan transactions. A stock-loan transaction is one where securities are temporarily transferred from the lender to a borrower. The borrower is obliged to return the securities at some future point. During the period of the securities loan, the lender is secured by collateral delivered by the borrower usually in the form of cash, government securities, or a letter of credit. The borrower's motivation is to either cover a short position, sell the borrowed securities in the hopes of purchasing it back in the future at a lower price, or gain a tax advantage from temporarily owning the borrowed security. The lender's motivation is to earn a return on the collateral, either from the fees paid by the borrower when the collateral is not cash, reinvesting the cash collateral, or loaning the cash collateral at a higher interest rate than that paid to the borrowers.
Because there is no direct correlation between the kickbacks paid to Zingari and to his employers' opportunity cost in lending the securities, the Second Circuit determined that ordering restitution equal to the kickbacks received by Zingari was inappropriate. In order to determine the amount of the victim's losses, the MVRA allows courts to: (1) require additional documentation or testimony; (2) allow additional time for final determination of the victim's losses, not to exceed 90 days after sentencing, and (3) refer the matter for a magistrate judge or special matter for a recommendation. Further, if the court determines that the complexity of determining the amount of the victim's losses would complicate or prolong sentencing and the need to provide restitution is outweighed by the burden on the sentencing process, the court may decline to order any restitution.
Although the court concluded that restitution order in Zangari was inappropriate, the court did not reverse the restitution order because the defendant failed to object to the restitution calculation before the District Court. Zangari is a good reminder that in cases where the victim's loss is difficult to determine, counsel should argue that no restitution should be imposed.


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The 2013 NBA Skills Challenges is set to tip off in a few hours, so me, Brad Rowland, Ben Beecken and Reece Hooker sat down to talk about it. We talk about the overall merits of this contest at All-Star Weekend, our predictions and how badly Tony Parker wants to avoid being stuck in this challenge ever again.
1. Who comes first?
Brad: I'm taking Jeff Teague. Reasoning should really go out the window with regard to picking the winner in this contest, but I'll at least entertain some analysis to begin with. Teague is one of the two fastest guys in the contest (along with Jrue Holiday) and I'll take the guy who is only there to participate in this one event over the guy who is playing in the game. I think he'll try really hard, and that's the key here. The real answer? Anyone but Tony Parker has a chance to win.
Seerat: I'm going with Damian Lillard. First of all, he's a rookie so he'll actually be excited to be in the contest. More importantly, he's quick. Not to mention, now that the Rising Stars Game is over, this'll be his last event.
2. How far will Tony Parker go to assure he won't win?
Brad: Parker may just sit down on the court during his 1st run. The defending champ likely wants no part of returning for a 3rd straight season, so he'll either go half-speed (the most likely option) or he'll tank some of the passing challenges in order to lose. Parker doesn't strike me as a guy who even cares enough to make it "look" close.
Seerat: Tony Parker hasn't wanted to play in this contest since 2009. I think that says it all. I have a feeling he might actually miss a dunk on purpose to ensure he won't come out ahead.
3. Does anyone even like this contest?
Brad: My question is: Does ANYONE like this contest? I guess I could see the appeal in creating it, as the league looks for a 3rd signature event to fill a 3-hour broadcast, but this isn't it. There is zero excitement in watching guys dribble throw cones or pass through hoops, and the effort level is usually pretty low from the participants. How about a trick shot contest? Or H-O-R-S-E involving specialty dribbling/moves? I don't know what the solution is, but watching Jeremy Lin fumble through a bounce pass isn't high on my priority list.
Seerat: The Skills Challenge can be considered "filler" on All-Star Saturday. And for filler, you could do a lot worse. The silver lining is that we'll occasionally see a very flashy dunk from one of the rookies. At the same time, the idea of watching Jeff Teague accurately throw a ball throw a tire-sized hole isn't exactly inspiring.
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Holiday hike around Union Square
Will and Leah ambled around Union Square the other day looking at store windows and wishing we could adopt a puppy for the office. Photos by Will, commentary (in her Datebook column) by Leah. [Read More]
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Just inside the chain link fence that runs along the Oak Street side of the San Francisco DMV, there's a scraggly row of plants. But nestled amid the ivy, hedges and occasional nasturtiums, there grows a single tomato plant, laden with cherry tomatoes at all stages of ripeness. This may be a gift from a […] [Read More]
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At Modern Appealing Clothing (MAC) on Grove Street, the exhibition of Henny Garfunkel's photos, "Sleeping in Public With Fabulous Old Ladies, Big Butts and Some Celebrities" will be on until the end of December. Garfunkel lives in New York, has taken many street photos over the years, and personally, marches to her own style drummer. […] [Read More]


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Hell, if it's just Planetside transposed into the grimdarkness of the 41st millennium, I will be totally fucking happy.
Games Workshop announces Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade
Behaviour Interactive and Games Workshop have announced the development of Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade, an MMORPG set in the grimdark 41st millennium.
Details are a bit thin on the ground right now, but here's what we know: it's described as "3rd-person persistent online action in the first MMORPG of the 41st millennium." It's also described as a "persistent war experience for PC, PS4 and Xbox One."
Players will be able to pick a race of their choice (and if the site is any indication it looks like the Imperium, Orks, Chaos, and Eldar are in) and fight, as one of those warriors, in a battle for territory. The war will apparently span an entire planet, so this currently sounds rather Planetside. You can currently sign up on the aforementioned site by handing over your name, email address, and phone number, but it's not clear whether that's for a mailing list or if it's something to do with a potential closed beta. I'd guess the former right now, but you never know.
More info when we get it. This announcement appears to be the first "phase" of nine for Eternal Crusade, with the final one presumably being launch. As that's currently teased for the "end of 2015," we guess we'll be getting periodic updates over the next 30 months.
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"so they may use system info and a combination of all of the above to generate unique keys for systems"
And once the hackers determine what the algorithm is to determine this information, all they need to do is insert code into their keyloggers to capture this from your computer along with your username/pwd. Since this hash is UNCHANGING, it will always be valid. Unlike the authenticator, which IS a continuously changing code.
Alternatively, they can just continue using man in the middle attacks, which instead of stealing your authenticator code, will steal the 'location id' that blizz has put in.
I don't pretend to know what's happening on Blizzard's side for the authentication, but then I'm not the party that's interested in finding ways around it. Trust me when I say that the gold farmers are already hard at work trying to determine how to get around Blizzard's code without needing the authenticator information, now that the possibility exists.


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What thoughts do TEDster's have regarding plausible reasons why the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is purchasing major firepower?
Here are two recent procurements made by Secretary Napolitano (my former governor) presumably to meet her department's strategic needs: 1.6-BILLION cartridges for .40 caliber and 9mm firearms; 2,717 MRAP's (Mine Resistant Armor Protected motorized vehicles) retrofitted for DOMESTIC (aka Homeland) use. Advances in taxpayer funded Technolgy and Design are meant to enhance our society, right?. . . right?
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18 possibilities mentioned by respondents:
For use in Syria (1). To protect and serve citizens (1). A pre-sequester spending spree (1). No problem at all (2). To stimulate the economy (1). To match forces with armed citizens (4). A conspiracy against citizens (1). Just good purchasing policy (2). Preparing for chaos after economic collapse (2). Marshall Law (2). To drive-up metals markets (1).
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Mar 11 2013: Just a random comment here. I used to work in law enforcement and want to mention something you may be forgetting. Every armed agent may use 1000+rounds/year between target practice and qualification. They carry guns that hold 16 rounds, plus 2 more 15 round magazines. They may have a backup gun with 16 more rounds, plus they may have a rifle w/mags totaling another 50+ rounds. I would say any armed DHS agent could account for well over 1000 rounds between training and what they carry. They also said they got a big price break by ordering more rounds at once.
I know the number of rounds purchased sounds big but I bet Walmart sells 10x that many rounds in a year. I know if I go shooting, I personally could go through several hundred rounds. The Us Army probably buys that quantity in a month.
So.... I say..... big deal...... I hope they got a good discount.
Mar 11 2013: I hope you're right, BUT, it really looks like more than thrifty purchasing procedures. At at the height of the Iraq war the DOD was going through 5.5 million rounds a month. http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/security/has176250.000/has176250_0.HTM At that astonishing rate of consumption Napolitano has enough ammo for 24 YEARS+ years of sustained all-out warfare against an agressive enemy! Barack Hussein Obama said in a Colorado campaign speech in 2008, "We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded." It does not seem far-fetched, or conspiratorial, to think he is assembling that KGB/SS/Brown Shirt-type force as we speak.
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Posted on Wednesday, January 16 2013.
Pune Biennale is a grass-roots movement that aims at promoting and showcasing creative talent from various disciplines of arts, design and architecture. The emphasis in Pune Biennale is on making art more public and accessible in various forms including painting, sculpture, design, film, architecture, photography, environmental activities, new media and performing arts. This event aspires to position the city on the map of art world.


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Good Soil Stories
Javier Returns Home to Mexico With Hope
Mexico—Javier came to the USA with a dream of finding a good job to provide for his wife and children in Mexico. But when he gets saved through studying The Story of Hope, he returns to Mexico to win his family to Jesus Christ.
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Good Soil Training for Students and Young Professionals in Asia
Large Asian City—Students and young professionals in a large Asian city are being trained to share their faith using the Good Soil seminar material and The Story of Hope. The original two classes of ten students have now grown to two more classes with others eagerly waiting to be trained.
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Using the ChronoBridge in a Togo Village
Togo--West Africa—Yesterday, I used the Chronological Bridge to Life (ChronoBridge), from the Good Soil Evangelism and Discipleship resources, to share the Gospel in a group setting. We were in a village in the bush here in Togo called Tagbolo-Kopé, an animist village where our small church is the only church.
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They Wept When They Heard the Big Story
Asia--Papua New Guinea—Charlie Tumbiago used The Story of Hope teaching visuals in an evangelistic ministry in a local market in their Southern Highlands province.
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We Can't Find Anyone to Teach Us the Bible.
Southeast Asia—"We can't find anyone to teach us the Bible," Naraa emailed her sister Saraa. Saraa was a Christian who helped translate the Mongolian Bible, and our friends, Entners, knew Saraa but had never met Naraa. Naraa never had time for Bible study in the capital city of Outer Mongolia, but now that they were 'alone' in Manila due to a job transfer, they wanted to take Saraa's advice to find someone to teach them the Bible, including someone to teach Bagaai, Naraa's husband, English.
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Evangelistic Bible Study in a Ukrainian Village
Ukraine—A car showed up at the clinic in New Kubanka from a village I had never heard of--Shamanovka. In Ukraine it is a big deal for villagers to travel between villages, having to hire a car. These people expressed such urgency in their request for me to go see some patients in their village who have no access to health care. They had heard about the free clinics from relatives.
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Now I Understand What "Born Again" Means!
Cameroon—Jeanne is a neighbor of mine who has a severely handicapped boy named David. She herself was also born with spina bifida. These conditions are difficult enough to deal with in the North American culture, but here in Africa these things are even more challenging.
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Costa Rican Police Officers
Costa Rica—In July of 2010 I embarked on a "police training agreement journey" with a group of 36 Costa Rican officers from five different police bases (Guadalupe, Moravia, Coronado, San Pedro and Curridabat). Every Tuesday we would meet for one hour to study The Story of Hope (TSOH), followed by three hours of tactical training.
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Venezuelan Educational Inspector
Venezuela—An inspector for the the Venezuelan Ministry of Education hears the gospel as presented by a Pemon Indian pastor using The Story of Hope.
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Lea Returns Home with The Story of Hope
Hong Kong - Philippines—Lea is a Filipino who lives in Hong Kong. In December of 2009, Lea returned to the Philippines to visit her family. She had gone to the Philippines in the summer, and tried to share the gospel with her family without any success. This time she did not go with the same plan to share the gospel, but she did bring her Story of Hope book that the church had been studying in Sunday School in Hong Kong.
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The Story of Hope Preaching Series
Colombia—As I was preaching through The Story of Hope events, on a recent Sunday event #37 (Jesus' Return for Believers) was presented. During the invitation one lady admitted that she was not ready if the rapture was to occur soon, and she trusted Christ as Savior that day.
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Marilene, Eva, and Paulo
Brazil—Laura and Lynell use The Story of Hope in their evangelism and discipleship ministries in Campo Grande, Brazil. Here are three "Good Soil" stories resulting from their ministries: Marilene, whom Lynell met in a mechanic's shop; Eva, who asked Laura to lead her through a Bible study; and Paulo, Eva's son (business man) who became convicted of his sins through a conversation with Laura in Eva's home.
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The Story of Hope in Family Evangelism
Brazil—Since taking the Good Soil training course in discipleship and evangelism at our church (New Life Baptist Community in Bauru, Brazil) in October, I had been praying that God would give me a chance to use what I had learned with people I meet.
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ChronoBridge Cards Come In Handy
South Africa—A couple of weeks ago, I participated in a Good Soil Evangelism and Discipleship training seminar. While I was there, I bought the ChronoBridge (Chronological Bridge to Life) cards for myself and my two daughters.
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Finding Hope in His Final Days
USA—About a month ago, I received a phone call from a friend in our neighborhood whose name is Dave. I had been trying to build a redemptive relationship with Dave since we moved into the neighborhood, 16 months earlier.
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Wanda Snyder is the excited Galena Park Branch Library winner of a $50 Amazon.com gift card, courtesy of the Harris County Friends Council. Wanda's name was pulled from a random drawing of all the adults who completed the 2010 Adult Summer Reading Program, ReaderNation, at the Galena Park Branch Library.
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About Us
We first opened the doors to our brick and mortar storefront located near beautiful downtown St. Louis in 1990. Since then we have grown into one of the regions largest knife retailers, stocking well over 100 name brands. Our massive inventory includes the newest industry releases and some of the hottest custom knives on the market today alongside several flashlight and outdoor related brands. Whether you are an avid outdoorsman or die hard collector, we have the knife you want. Being knife enthusiasts ourselves, our commitment to customer service remains our first and only priority. Should you have any questions, our knowledgeable customer service team is more than happy to help answer your technical questions or guide you towards the perfect product.
Brick and Mortar Storefront
Although our website is now our main source of business, it all started with our showroom. Conveniently located just 20 minutes from downtown St. Louis, our brick and mortar storefront houses everything you see online (And probably a few things which haven't made it to the site yet). We look at our showroom as your window into the cutlery world, showcasing many custom and one of a kind items alongside their production counterparts.
Our expansive inventory includes brands such as Benchmade, Boker, Kershaw, Spyderco, TOPS and much much more. Though we certainly have a huge display of knives, we also stock a wide variety of paracord, outdoor gear, firestarters, flashlights and more. Customers are encouraged to take a look at items, as we realize sometimes there is no substitute for putting the product in your hand.
Our storefront always has plenty of able staff (many of us family), ready to assist you and answer any questions you may have. Our regular store hours can be found below for those wanting to check us out in person (We recommend giving yourself ample time to view our inventory, as some underestimate just how much we have to look at).
Hours9AM - 5PM CST Tuesday-Saturday. Closed Sunday and Monday.
HolidaysClosed for all Federal holidays.
Our Philosophy
With over 20 years of experience in the knife industry we've learned that there are a few important factors that go into keeping our customers happy. We believe having a good selection of products, coupled with competitive pricing and customer service are the key ingredients to our success.
ProductsWe stock a huge selection of over 5000 products from over 100 name brands. Our "New Items" page is full of the latest industry releases, and hard to find custom pieces from the hottest makers in the knife world. We are also able to special order several products not represented on our site. As always, customer requests are also welcome, please email firstname.lastname@example.com with any products you think we should be stocking.
PricingWe firmly believe in competitive upfront pricing. Unlike our competitors we won't make you shop around for the best price elsewhere, our pricing is already some of the best in the business with real customer service to back it up.
ServiceService is our #1 priority. Our friendly, knowledgeable staff is available via email, phone or in person to help you find the product you're looking for and answer any questions you may have. We regularly handle special requests such as blade centering, clip removal and checking the knife over before shipping. Need to modify an order, expedite shipping or set up a return? Simply give us a call and we'll be happy to help.
Knife Shows
Recently we began attending a few knife shows to help increase our presence in the community and meet some of our loyal customers. Below is a list of shows we are currently exhibiting at, or attending this year. Please note, due to the time involved with show preparation we are unable to accomodate any special requests for items. We do our best to bring a fair selection consistent with the shows demands.
St. Louis Knife ShowA great local show for those in the St. Louis area. This show is held every year towards the end of January. We display a table or two for this show, with a variety of both custom and production goods.
BLADE ShowHeld annually every summer in late May or early June. If you have not been to BLADE it is a trip well worth your time. We will have a booth at this year's 2014 Blade show.
USN GatheringA much more intimate show than BLADE, this show is put on annually each Labor Day weekend for members of the USN community. We set up a table each year for this event.
We are proud to donate and support several local and nationwide charities and organizations. Below is a list of links for foundations we have supported either corporately or individually. We ask you to take a look and consider helping them as well.


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Broccoli With Hollandaise Sauce
Yield: 6 servings
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- 2 (1-pound) bunches fresh broccoli
- 6 egg yolks
- 3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened and divided
- 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Pimiento strips (optional)
- Trim off large leaves of broccoli. Remove stalks; separate into flowerets, and wash thoroughly. Cook flowerets, covered, in a small amount of boiling water 8 to 10 minutes or until tender. Drain well, and place in a serving bowl. Set aside.
- Combine egg yolks and one-third of butter in top of double boiler. Bring water to a boil (water in bottom of double boiler should not touch top pan). Reduce heat to low; cook, stirring constantly, until butter melts. Add second third of butter; stir constantly until butter begins to melt. Add the remaining butter, stirring constantly until melted.
- Remove pan from water, and stir rapidly for 2 minutes. Stir in lemon juice, 1 teaspoon at a time; add salt. Place on top of double boiler over low heat. Cook, stirring constantly, 2 to 3 minutes or until smooth and thickened. Immediately remove from heat. Spoon sauce over broccoli, and garnish with pimiento strips, if desired.
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- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Meatless
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An entire city, and beyond, is gearing up for orange-and-black dominance when our 2012 World Series Championship San Francisco Giants take on the dreaded Dodgers Monday in Los Angeles for spring's most stellar hour: Opening Day of Major League Baseball. But on Friday at the Hilton Hotel, super supporters and legions of Junior Giants were first […] [Read More]
St. Pat in S.F.: Going For the Green
Raising the Irish flag last week at City Hall, where Mayor Ed Lee heralded Irish American Friendship & Heritage Week in San Francisco, he attempted to welcome green-clad grandees in their native Irish. "But I realized the best I can say is, 'A hundred tousand welcomes'," he admitted, to great laughter. Co-hosted by United Irish […] [Read More]
Beacons of the Bay Lights
If it takes a village to raise a child, just imagine what it takes to install 25,000 LED lights along a 1.8-mile stretch of the historic Bay Bridge? Try 80 deep-pocketed donors who helped raise some $6 mil of the privately-funded $8 mil for this blazing public art project. So last week, artist Leo Villareal […] [Read More]


text: What do you think of when you hear "Generation Y"? Social Media comes to mind, technology, a slew of pop artists… however you look at it, Generation Y is associated with the New. In its 2013 Millennial Video Entertainment survey, however, TiVo found that regardless of how they are consuming video, Millennials' – the name given to the people born between the early 1980s to the early 2000s, or 'Generation Y' – preferred traditional TV series as their content of choice over full length movies,... more


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These Aziz Ansari Hip-Hop Album Covers Are Funky Fresh
Do you have a strong preference for hip hop? Do you love Photoshop and/or the Internet? Do you spend most of your time staring at pictures of actor and comedian Aziz Ansari? If you answered yes to all three of those questions, you must either be Aziz Ansari himself, or the creator of the fresher-than-fresh Tumblr, Emceez Ansari. Some glorious Ansari fan out there has taken the liberty of Photoshopping the Parks and Recreation star's face onto a dozen iconic hip-hop album covers.


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Geneva Brown from the Peninsula Association of Sickle Cell Anemia stopped by to tell us about the 24th Annual Afrikan American Festival.
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Police say a driver will likely be charged after a dump truck was cut off on Military Highway Thursday morning.
No one was hurt in a house fire in Suffolk Thursday morning.
It will still take motorists a bit longer to get by ferry between Hatteras and Ocracoke islands.
The Supreme Court limited the president's power to fill high-level vacancies with temporary appointments, ruling in favor of Republicans.
Portsmouth Police are investigating a robbery at a fast food restaurant Thursday morning.
The first two U.S. games at this World Cup kicked off at favorable times for watching on television back home.
An active shooter drill was held for Coast Guard Base Portsmouth Thursday morning.
The University of Virginia came within one swing of winning a national championship. Instead, the Cavaliers watched a Commodore celebration.
Even after two seasons playing in the NBA, Kyle O'Quinn still finds time to make it back to Hampton Roads.
A Suffolk man was charged with assaulting a police officer who responded to a public disturbance call Tuesday afternoon.
Virginia Beach police need the public's help identifying suspects in a robbery at the Dollar General story on Holland Road.
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OpenRelativity: free toolkit from MIT Game Lab lets Unity developers play with time and space
"The world described by Einstein's theory of special relativity is one not explored by many game designers," says Steven Schirra of MIT Game Lab. Which is a pretty strong opener for an email. Not only is it true, but Schirra's pointing us in the direction of OpenRelativity, MIT's solution to this alarming design void. It's a new open-source Unity toolkit, designed to let developers easily integrate time/space-bending madness into their games.


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The Georgia chapter of the NAACP has formally rescinded its endorsement of SB 529, a bill that would bar physicians from performing abortions in cases where the fetus has been targeted because of race or gender.
The measure, intended to challenge Roe v. Wade before the U.S. Supreme Court, could come up for a House floor vote on Tuesday. The statement from Edward DuBose, chapter president:
Earlier this month, the Georgia NAACP submitted a letter to support Senate Bill 529. We now fully understand the intention of this legislation and wish to retract our support for it.
At the time, we were of the understanding that this bill would work to benefit the women in our community. However, after many conversations with membership and constituents, we now realize that this is nothing more than using women's health as a political tool.
Women of color in Georgia need more than divisive messages and deserve better access to health care.
We look to the Georgia General Assembly to support initiatives that benefit the community including education and prevention services and working to reduce health care disparities. SB 529 does nothing to address these goals.
An endorsement of SB 529 by the Georgia chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference still stands.
Late last week, the Georgia State Retirees Association told members that it had picked up signs of a last-minute effort to permit public pension systems to take out "dead peasant" life insurance policies on participants.
The original bill was HB 1380. One possibility for attachment, the GSRA said, is HB 305.
"Dead peasant" insurance policies are taken out by the pension fund on those who contribute to pension systems. The beneficiary is the pension system itself – not the family of the dead peasant/worker.
Candidates qualifying for the state ballot in every kind of race are putting down their money for the contests in the state Capitol this morning.
Secretary of State Brian Kemp, himself a candidate in the July primary, has established a site to keep everyone apprised.
One thing not addressed in Sunday's column on the transportation funding bill was the overhaul of the MARTA board – a topic that has received very little attention.
HB 277 mandates that MARTA's 18-member board will be wiped clean as of Dec. 31, to be replaced by an entirely new 11-member board. This gives the heads of local governments – we're thinking Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed here — a chance to put their own stamp on the state's largest transit system.
The new board will be restricted to paying entities only. Clayton and Gwinnett counties will no longer have representatives. And state Department of Transportation Commissioner Vance Smith, heretofore an ex officio member, has been explicitly handed a seat and a vote on the board.
Three board members will be appointed by the mayor and City Council of Atlanta. Four members will be appointed by DeKalb, with at least one from north DeKalb and one from south DeKalb.
Fulton County gets three appointments. Two of those must come from north Fulton. We understand that this was a demand from House Speaker pro tem Jan Jones (R-Alpharetta). The extra north Fulton seat was added at the expense of the state – which otherwise would have had two.
The smaller MARTA board has been an idea pushed by state Rep. Kevin Levitas (D-Atlanta), whose father, former congressman Elliott Levitas, wrote the original MARTA legislation back in the '70s.
Said the younger Levitas:
"If you look nationally at some of the other transit boards, the number that we wound up with is much more in line with what most transit systems do.
"The idea was to reduce the board, to stream-line it, so that you have a core group that's participating, that you have a greater chance of consistent, effective decisions being made."
In other words, by making MARTA's board more exclusive, lawmakers also hope to make it less parochial.
One more thought: One reason that business leaders were so relieved that Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed brought Demcorats on board for last week's vote on HB 277 was the fact that in '12, a bipartisan push will be needed to sell the referendums on a sales tax for transportation.
In fact, if you're a Democrat, think about this: Assume that no Republicans with statewide ambitions will allow themselves to be seen close to anything that looks like a tax increase.
That could mean that Democrats will be asked to do the heavy lifting before the public – which means that, behind closed doors, they could exact a larger say in where the cash goes. Especially that $750 million a year that metro Atlanta could generate.
The decision by Don Balfour (R-Snellville) to remain in the state Senate has caused state Rep. David Casas (R-Lilburn) to revise his plans. He's announced the immediate suspension of his campaign to replace Balfour, and will seek to retain his seat in the House.
So far as we know, U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss was the only member of the Georgia delegation on the Sunday talk shows. Here's a clip:
On the matter of immigration, here's what Chambliss said about Arizona to CNN's Candy Crowley:
CHAMBLISS: Well, it's a very peculiar issue to Arizona that is not taking place in many other states. Border states have unique problems when it comes to immigration. We — we have an illegal alien problem here in Georgia, but it pales in comparison to what's going on out there. And we have this issue called state's rights. And this is one situation where the states of Arizona has decided to take matters into their own hands. And if that's what the people of Arizona want to do, then certainly they have that right. Now, we do have a…
CHAMBLISS: We have a national problem. It is a national issue that needs to be addressed. And I hope we can do it in a reasonable and cautious manner, not let the emotions of people run away with this. Because it is, just simply stated, a very, very serious issue.
CROWLEY: But you're on — you're on to go at it now rather than put climate change up on the docket?
CHAMBLISS: Well, I'm not sure how you can really justify bringing either one of them up at this point. I mean, we've got a budget to deal with. We normally get that done before the 15th of April. That has not been done. We have not done one single appropriation bill in the Senate. We have not done a defense authorization bill.
We've got a lot of work left on our plate between now and the end of the summer. And we're starting on financial regulatory reform, I assume, this week. That's going to consume an extensive period of time. I'm not sure where you find the time to deal with these other major issues.
On the same topic, the state Capitol's most fervent lobbyist on the immigration issue is D.A. King of Marietta. He's predicting a low-number piece of legislation to be introduced early next year to introduce into Georgia many of the provisions in Arizona's new law.
This year, ironically, King has been playing defense, battling the efforts of the Association County Commissioners of Georgia and the Georgia Municipal Association to limit the reach of an '06 state law intended to force local governments to use the E-verify system that determines citizenship of employees.
On his blog, King tells of an incident last week in which a weakening amendment was defeated in the House– only narrowly, on reconsideration.
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Why Saxby wants AMNESTY
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Saxby with his buddies on AMNESTY
April 26th, 2010
11:36 am
Just caught your little stir-up on Saxby. I'm on the same page with Saxby on this and a bunch of other things. While I think we need to beef up our borders and make sure everyone is here legally, I'm all for hiring Mexican help. You see, I'm in plumbing and I need help. You know, I can't get it from my lazy neighbors, so I go down near my Home Depot and find some of the world's best help. I'm even picking up some Spanish and guess what, these folks love God. I get a lot of heat for this, but I gotta do what I gotta do.
April 26th, 2010
11:45 am
Immigrants are what made this nation what it is and its acceptance of immigrants is what will continue to propel it through the 21st century, unless of course, fear and hate take over.
April 26th, 2010
12:28 pm
Bill Orvis White
April 26th, 2010
11:36 am
Why do you drive off without paying us if you like our work?
April 26th, 2010
12:47 pm
But yes a Democrat. Yes it is time for the Republicans to do something worthwhile for a change.The GA congress is involved in stuff they need to leave alone but immigration is not one of them. I am tried of seeing construction crews that are probably at least 50% illegal immigrants. It is time for a Change and the Republicans need to lead it. I don't agree with alot of Republican views but I want to see American workings on crew, in offices etc period. I don't care what you look like but you need to be legal period. I Democrat except on Illegal Immigration and taxes. I am pro choice but don't like abortion, and I want gun control but we have to start with the criminal first and then limit the rest of us.
April 26th, 2010
2:51 pm
Why doesn't the racist NAACP focus on blacks doing nothing but killing each other, robbing, and selling drugs?
April 26th, 2010
2:58 pm
Galloway, why even report on the NAACP? Just ignore them, stop giving them press, and they'll go away…BTW, you look like Milton from the movie Office Space
April 26th, 2010
3:04 pm
Shhh – if we keep talking about this, people might find out we did legalization in 1986 and it only produced more illegal immigration.
April 26th, 2010
3:09 pm
NAACP. I've always wondered what that stood for. Now I know.
National Association of Always Complaining People. There you have it in a nutshell.
April 26th, 2010
4:13 pm
Any abortion doctor perfecting his craft on black women should be "thanked" and given a "Crime Stopper Award"…BTW…Didn't the NAACP go bankrupt? What a F-ing joke!
April 26th, 2010
4:47 pm
Nick, does it physically hurt to be that stupid?
April 26th, 2010
4:47 pm
Mr Nobody and kt…..you both are ignorant jerks!
April 26th, 2010
4:51 pm
After what Obama and the Dems have done to us, Anything they are for, I am againist.
April 26th, 2010
5:01 pm
Who cares what the NAACP thinks…..they're nothing but a bunch of racist jerks
April 26th, 2010
5:06 pm
It is time that the African American wakes up and smells the coffee. Abortion is not your friend. Because of it and its excessive use by African American women (sometimes at the suggestion of family planning services) has the rate of population growth in the Black community. Do you not realize that you are no longer the majority minority in this country? What do you think that does to your influence as a voting block? All the while the finger has been pointed at the conservative community as the ones who have exploited you. In reality it is the liberal community which has aided you in a type of self inflicted genocide. For this reason the African American community needs to support the passing of this crucial law.
April 26th, 2010
5:08 pm
It is time that the African American wakes up and smells the coffee. Abortion is not your friend. Because of it and its excessive use by African American women (sometimes at the suggestion of family planning services) has diminished the rate of population growth in the Black community. Do you not realize that you are no longer the majority minority in this country? What do you think that does to your influence as a voting block? All the while the finger has been pointed at the conservative community as the ones who have exploited you. In reality it is the liberal community which has aided you in a type of self inflicted genocide. For this reason the African American community needs to support the passing of this crucial law.
(Sorry I left out a crucial word in my original post)
April 26th, 2010
8:56 pm
It's pathetic to see the NAACP always kowtowing to the Democrat party.
April 26th, 2010
9:47 pm
Sorry, butI have a real problem when a woman who is not employed, lives off of the entitlement system, and yet still manage to have ghetto talons, polyester hair, and a cell phone, while the poor children they bring into this world grow up in fatherless homes. The children deserve better.
It's not color, it's culture, that supports this behavior. Why can't these women be sterilized after the first child until they become employeable. When they can afford to have the procedure released, then they can have children.
April 27th, 2010
4:44 pm
[...] Georgia chapter of the NAACP has rescinded its endorsement of an anti-choice bill that would ban abortion based on race or gender, noting that they realized the goal of the bill is [...]
April 28th, 2010
1:10 am
I have hope that the democrat party will eventually abort themselves into extinction. The NAACP is a race baiting, rabble rousing organization just like Jim Galloway and Obama. Jim, you should be ashamed.


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Fernando Garnica's beating during an apparent robbery proved to be fatal, but some say it was his silence that killed him.
With his eyes swollen shut and blood dripping from an ear, Garnica told friends that his chest ached with each breath.
Fernando Garnica's beating during an apparent robbery proved to be fatal, but some say it was his silence that killed him.
With his eyes swollen shut and blood dripping from an ear, Garnica told friends that his chest ached with each breath.
Garnica remained in this wretched condition for five days as he laid quietly on a corner mattress inside of a filthy one-bedroom Pompano Beach apartment that he shared with four other guys.
"We kept telling him he needed to go to the hospital, but he didn't want to go," former roommate Jorge Padilla said at the apartment last week. "A man died because he didn't have papers."
Advocates and law enforcement officials say Garnica's death is an extreme illustration highlighting a dilemma many undocumented immigrants face after they are victimized: to call authorities for help or suffer in silence.
Garnica, 37, was by all accounts a roofer who arrived in the U.S. illegally about a year ago from Mexico. He worked six days a week and sent money to family back home in Pachuca-Hidalgo.
After the Jan. 20 robbery and beating, almost everyone at Garnica's small one-story apartment building said they knew he was afraid to seek medical attention, frightened to reach out to authorities for help because he was in the country illegally.
Some residents at Garnica's apartment building on Hammondville Road in Pompano Beach said they are undocumented immigrants also, and would likely be silent crime victims themselves.
"Every day you hear about someone getting their things stolen, or getting hurt," said Eva Renteria, the manager of the apartment complex and the nearby Starlight Nightclub. "When something really bad happens, they just try to move on and not cause any trouble."
Determining the number of undocumented victims is hard to quantify. The National Crime Victimization Survey does not account for illegal immigrants, and many of the crimes against them go unreported.
The crimes range from being cheated out of money by their bosses to rapes, domestic violence, burglaries, car thefts and robberies.
A report published in 2010 in the Southwest Journal of Criminal Justice found that about 60 percent of the 90 undocumented immigrants interviewed for the study reported being crime victims. Only 14 reported the crimes to police, according to the study. Only one of the victims reported the crime personally.
"Unfortunately, the problem is part of life for many who come here," said Andres Ruiz, spokesman for the Mexican Consulate-General in Miami. "In this case, unfortunately, a person died."
Ruiz said law enforcement agencies typically don't alert immigration officials about crime victims. But with no set rules, policies vary among agencies. Things are usually left to an investigator's discretion, he said.
Investigators with the Broward Sheriff's Office, who were alerted to Garnica's death through the Broward Examiner's Office, said the man's fear of calling authorities was groundless.
"We always try to stress that if you are a crime victim, or a witness to a crime, to contact 911. We are not concerned about your immigration status," BSO spokeswoman Dani Moschella said. "Had [Garnica] called 911, he might still be alive. His fear was unfounded."
Investigators have remained tight-lipped regarding the robbery that led to Garnica's death.
Days after Garnica died, the Sheriff's Office arrested 17-year-old Alfredo Mariano, of Pompano Beach, who now is facing a first-degree felony murder charge as an adult.
Garnica's roommates said he had been drinking Tecate beer all night at the Starlight and then accompanied Mariano and others to a second nightclub later that evening.
At the end of the night out, detectives said the teenager offered to give Garnica and his roommate a ride back to the apartment. Between 4:30 a.m. and 5:30 a.m., Mariano beat and robbed the men of their cash and took one of the victims' Jeep Cherokee, according to the Sheriff's Office.
Although friends saw at least two other men with Mariano that evening, detectives have declined to say if any further arrests are expected.
Padilla, the roommate who tried to care for Garnica, said his friend stood up on his own after five days of laying down and not eating. He collapsed before reaching the living room. Padilla called the building's manager, who then called 911.
"He looked like death was looking around for him," Renteria recalled.
Garnica was rushed to Broward Health North, where he died.
Officials said Garnica could have sought a special visa issued to crime victims called a U Visa. The special visa is issued to crime victims who are in the country illegally. It allows the victims to remain in the country for up to four years as long as they cooperate with authorities in prosecuting a crime.


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Apartment Therapy at the Unveiling of Dyson's Newest Invention
NYC - February 2013
Featuring new video today....
British inventor, James Dyson, has done it again. Embracing his trademark "there ought to be a better way" approach that spurred his most well-known high-end vacuum cleaners and blade-less fans, he has now revolutionized, or at the very least streamlined, the way we wash and dry our hands. We were lucky to get a recent sneak peek here in NYC of his latest creation, the Airblade Tap.
The sleek and minimalist Airblade Tap is essentially an all-in-one touch-free water faucet and hand dryer. Activated by infrared sensors, the water turns on when you place your hands underneath (no innovation here), but then as you raise your hands up and outwards a blast of cold air blowing at 430mph literally pushes, or as Dyson explained, "scrapes", the water off your hands. In about 14 seconds our hands were perfectly dry. And the internal HEPA filter claims to remove 99.9 percent of bacteria, further appealing to our innermost germaphobe.
Also featured were other singular hand dryers, the updated Airblade MK II, a wall mounted dryer where you immerse your hands into holes at the top of the dryer and the new Airblade V, both using powerful air pressure (rather than heat) to expel the water from your hands.
James Dyson proudly explained how all three hand dryers use much less energy and therefore have a smaller carbon footprint than weaker hand dryers and paper towels. But with the Airblade Tap priced at approximately $1500, unless we're in Jennifer Aniston's house (yes, a Dyson rep confirmed she has one in her bathroom), it seems we'll be visiting a cutting edge restroom to re-visit our Airblade Tap experience. Maybe by then Dyson will add a sensored soap dispenser--now that would be a trifecta in the art of public restroom hand washing!
For more info, check out: Dyson
(Images: Neila Deen)
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IKEA will have them soon enough.
For use, not for sale...
Does Ikea have airblades in their bathroom? I didn't think they did.
Whenever I used an airblade, I was afraid I would accidentally bump my hand into the machine, which I assumed had a lot of germs blown onto it -- there's my inner-germaphobe for you...
The Ikea in Plano, TX does have the Airblade. The MK, I think.
Using it to dry my hands is typically the highlight of the trip. It's all downhill after that.
does the air blow toward you, since you are already pulling your hands out? i know it's james dyson and surely he'd have thought of that, but i just can't figure it any other way from the description.
also: the commercial ones, mkii or whatever, are so loud! both my kids are terrified of them and i have tinnitus with a sensitivity to loud high pitched noises. when all hands are finally dry, i need a dose of tylenol for my headache. every single time. they are in all the hip or nice restaurants around here. it's awful.
How many people will stand still for a full 14 seconds to dry their hands (as opposed to using their jeans). And in that close up pic - the welds look pretty rough.
^ sorry to sound so crabby. I think I just hate that guy for bombarding us with his commercials for so many years. Plus, my super expensive Dyson vacuum cleaner fell apart after only a few years and, in fact, lost suction.
When the water is "scraped" from your hands, does it go flying across the room, or onto your person, or what?
I was at a restaurant in Carmel, CA a few weeks back and they had the hand dryers in the bathroom. I hate air dryers, but I have to say that I was quite impressed by this one.
I can see the integrated design being used in washrooms where there is just one person (i.e. no stalls) but I can't see this being really useful in a normal public washroom. There is efficiency in having the air dryer separate from the sink. If there are more than one person but only one sink, you would have to wait for the person in front of you to wash and dry their hands, where as with the separate units you can wash while they are drying.
The airblade is kinda cool, but I don't find them that much faster than a normal dryer. Also, I'm okay with my hands being a bit damp. They don't need to be completely dry for me to be happy...
It would keep the floor drier.
I like the Xlerator hand dryer better then Dyson's. Using Dyson's model that is out now, I always feel like I have to make sure not to touch the sides. With the Xlerator, I feel like I am getting a germ free experience. Plus, I can lose ideas in the Xlerator stream of air!
I used an Airblade Tap in the last couple of months (airport or restaurant, can't remember which), and it was better than the air dryers that have been around for the last 30 years, but you still can't beat the quickness and convenience of a towel at home, or paper towels out in public. People will not wait several minutes for one of the few air dryers to become available--grabbing a paper towel or two is much quicker, and enables a much faster flow of traffic.
I never manage to use that Dyson hand dryer without touching the sides. It's completely impractical! And there's no allowance for people of different heights or with (God forbid) really fat wrists, which at the moment is much of America.
That hand washer looks incredibly uncomfortable to use.
Well, this isn't exactly news...I've seen these in several places over the last couple of years. They do work rather quickly to dry your hands, but as gttim mentioned above, there is always the possibility of touching the sides of the dryer when putting them in, plus it is incredibly loud! I also prefer the Xlerator hand dryers too!
Such quirky designs from Dyson, good concepts that fail in application. Innovation doesn't require total redesign, especially design that dismisses how people interact with the built environment.
I also like the Xcelerator, and will dry my hands on my pants rather than accidentally touch the Dyson hand drier. Dyson products are over-designed and under-engineered.