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Ten lone beer drinkers have saddled up to ride into battle against mighty InBev:
Nevertheless, I say Godspeed, men! (Hat tip: John.)
The group filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday claiming Belgium-based InBev's $52 billion purchase of Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. would violate U.S. antitrust law if completed as planned in the coming months.A doomed venture, but as someone who regularly signs on for doomed ventures, this beguiles.
The suit, filed in Anheuser-Busch's hometown of St. Louis, does not seek financical damages but asks a judge to block the deal. The Department of Justice often reviews large acquisitions to determine if they are legal under U.S. law. But attorneys behind the lawsuit said they want to halt the deal regardless of the verdict in Washington.
The suit filed Tuesday challenges the deal's legality on different grounds. It says the merged brewery, to be called Anheuser-Busch InBev, would have a monopoly over beer production in the United States. The lawsuit argues that combining two of the world's biggest breweries will reduce competition.They're doing it as Bud drinkers, but their point is relevant to the rest of us, too. This does look pretty monopolistic. A-B has half the market, and now you add one of the major players in imports and it does seem likely to unbalance things. Not that will matter a whit to regulators, who have approved mergers of companies with far greater stakes in their industries. (That there are 1,500 US brewers also deflates the argument somewhat.)
"If InBev is allowed to purchase Anheuser-Busch, there no longer would be any significant major potential competitor to influence pricing and marketing practices in the United States." the suit says.
Nevertheless, I say Godspeed, men! (Hat tip: John.)

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Ai Weiwei, 'Straight' (2008-12), made up of 38 tons of rebar recovered from Sichuan, China, after the 2008 earthquake. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden/Cathy Carver
October 9, 2012
The Artist is Absent
by James Panero
a review of "Ai Weiwei: According to What?" at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Through Feb. 24
Ai Weiwei will probably be regarded as the most important artist of the past decade. He is certainly its most newsworthy and arguably its most inspiring. Over the repressions of Chinese authorities, he has used a wide range of resources to broadcast a message of freedom.
Through his art, he has spoken with a voice that also includes those who have been silenced. A dissident under a capricious regime, he has endured trials that have captivated world attention while galvanizing an underground culture at home.
The arrival this week of Mr. Ai's first North American retrospective, "Ai Weiwei: According to What?"—which begins at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington and travels to three other cities, concluding at the Brooklyn Museum in 2014—is itself newsworthy. That this exhibition largely fails to inspire not only speaks to Mr. Ai's own limitations but also to the challenges and missteps in exhibiting this increasingly multifaceted artist.
It bears remembering that following his youth in a Chinese labor camp and his punk bohemian immersion in 1980s New York, for several years Mr. Ai, now 55, was a member of Beijing's cultural elite. A sly thinker and adept designer, he emerged in the late 1990s along with the booming market for contemporary Chinese art to become a sanctioned and profitable ambassador of the modernized socialist state. In 2008, he even served as the artistic consultant on National Stadium, the "Bird's Nest" centerpiece of the Beijing summer Olympics.
It was the Sichuan earthquake in May of that year that turned Mr. Ai from cultural purveyor to iconoclast. He rightly believed that the tragedy of this event, a thousand miles from Beijing in the heart of rural China, was magnified by the state's refusal to investigate its particularly tragic circumstances: the death of more than 5,000 children due to shoddy school construction.
In the years that followed, Mr. Ai put this belief into action. He visited the devastation, documenting the sites in photos and videos, and organized what he called a "citizens' investigation" to identify and memorialize each child killed in this disaster.
As he pursued this project, Mr. Ai increasingly faced off with the Communist state. He came under surveillance and sustained a beating at the hands of local police, a life-threatening brain injury, the destruction of his studio in Shanghai, 81 days of imprisonment and psychological torture, a state-driven campaign of intimidation, multimillion-dollar charges and fines, and the stripping of his freedom to leave the country—including his plans to attend this North American retrospective.
The Hirshhorn show is an update of the one at Tokyo's Mori Art Museum in 2009, which was organized largely before Mr. Ai's dissident chapter. While the current exhibition brings in some important new pieces, it still feels weighted toward the state-sanctioned years. Even the recent selection largely follows the earlier formula.
Much of this work falls under what I call the Salon style of contemporary Chinese art: Oriental idioms, passed through Pop-art sensibilities, processed into large works with a factorylike finish. Mr. Ai can be particularly taken with Western art's historical references. Several examples here are minimalist-inspired sculptures with flourishes of Chinoiserie. "Cube in Ebony" (2009), carved with a traditional rusticated surface, recalls Tony Smith's "Die." "Moon Chest" (2008), created through traditional cabinet-making techniques, riffs off Donald Judd's "specific objects." "Cube Light" (2008), which is a recent acquisition by the Hirshhorn and also the most oversized, underwhelming piece in the show, is minimalism transformed into a kitschy chandelier.
Too much real estate gets taken up by these large works. The Mori's Mami Kataoka, who also curated this show, calls the art a "warm" minimalism for existing "between formalist and contextual methodologies"—in other words, Western work with an Eastern twist.
It is true that Mr. Ai includes personal, social and political references in his sculptures. At times they can seem like the coded messages of a prisoner tapping on his cell wall. "Surveillance Camera" (2010), a marble sculpture that turns an object of oppression into a work of art, is ominous and poignant. But often the sculpture, outsourced to inexpensive Chinese artisans, is a lot of effort for not much return. Sculptures that require lengthy explanations—that one was inspired by a small wooden box left by the artist's dissident poet father, Ai Qing, or that one was inspired by the shaking of the chandelier in Sergei Eisenstein's 1928 film "October"—are not so much "warm" as warmed over. One exception is "Straight" (2008-2012), a new floor installation made up of 38 tons of rebar recovered from Sichuan after the earthquake that is a rough and powerful work regardless of what else we know about it.
Mr. Ai has always been a conceptual artist. The challenge of a conventional museum exhibition is that his output has become more and more immaterial. It could be that Mr. Ai is now best reflected in other ways—for example in Alison Klayman's inspiring documentary "Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry." Blogging, Twitter and the Internet itself, to which Mr. Ai devotes eight hours a day, have become his genuine new media and his most consequential work. Unfortunately, this traditionally mounted show tells us little about that. Walls of photographs—with both wonderful snapshots from his New York years and thousands of digital images from his Internet feed—could offer extra context, but they are so poorly labeled and hung so high that they serve as little more than decoration.
For a retrospective, there is also regrettably little about his involvement in the Beijing avant-garde of the late 1970s—he was part of the "Stars" group during a brief thaw known as the "Beijing Spring." Nor are there examples of his underground books published in the mid-1990s.
A deep humanity runs through Mr. Ai's best work. "I've experienced dramatic changes in my living and working conditions over the past few years," he says in an interview with Hirshhorn curator Kerry Brougher reproduced in the exhibition catalog. But he resists being taken in by his own politics. "Maybe I'm just an undercover artist in the disguise of a dissident," he says. Believing in "freedom of speech, free expression, the value of life, and individual rights," he tempers his politics with empathy.
That's why his work on the "citizens' investigation" is so affecting and stands apart from the more ornamental aspects of this show. Alongside a wall-size spreadsheet listing all the child victims of the Sichuan quake, including their birthdays and schools, he presents a recording that reads off their names. In this stripped-down piece, we sense the full extent of the loss, a tragedy that is magnified for the victims' parents by China's one-child policy: "These people have cried a lifetime's worth of tears," says Mr. Ai. "In their hearts, they know that the precious lives they gave everything to protect are no longer." Beyond politics, the work strikes at the heart of death and remembrance. It also shows us how present this artist can be even in his absence—and just what is missing in so much else of this exhibition.
A version of this article appeared October 9, 2012, on page D5 in the U.S. edition of The Wall Street Journal, with the headline: The Artist Is Absent.


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If Ghost exist how come nobody can prove it?
Posted 28 January 2010 - 10:43 PM
Posted 22 March 2010 - 11:48 AM
There is a huge difference between skeptic and scoftic. Yes, a credible investigator is usually skeptic, but true skeptics are open minded enough to not scoff, to accept when a known explanation cannot resolve a photo, recording, experience or other piece of evidence.
A scoftic will dismiss everything and if they don't accuse someone of outright fraud, they generally disparage the person's mental state and WILL deny any piece of evidence as what it is no matter what. (evidence being that which after much honest review and investigation cannot yet be given a known, natural explanation.)
There seems to be a contradiction here. If no known explanation can be thought of for what is seen in a photo or heard in a recording, how can that be evidence of anything? To say 'we can't explain it from any known causes, so it must be supernatural' is faulty reasoning. If it can't be explained all you can say is that it's inexplicable. If you want to link the new observation to, for instance, ghostly activity, you'll need evidence to support that link; you cannot support it with lack of evidence. How do you know that the bright spot in your picture is NOT a speck of dust?
I must add that I am often surprised by the casual ease with which paranormal investigators conclude that a certain observation cannot be explained from natural causes -as if they are instantly aware of all possible natural causes, universal experts, apparently, in the fields of photography, meteorology, sound technics, physics, psychology and what not.
In the end, the question is not if evidence will stand up in a court of law; the question is if evidence meets scientific standards. I must agree with Reality101 on this: I've never seen any evidence of the paranormal for which this holds true. I've seen high-flying claims made about paranormal evidence, oh yes, and bold statements about the 'irrefutable proof' that is around, but I've never seen it, anywhere. I've read books about hauntings purporting to be definitive, yet in the end containing no more than lots of hearsay and some inconclusive imagery with wild interpretations attached.
The best way to shut up scoffers (am I being one...? ) is by producing solid evidence before making far reaching statements about a supposed reality that is not underpinned by any systematic empirical data at all (which is a pretty good definition, I think, of the realm of fantasy).
Posted 22 March 2010 - 01:06 PM
The first thing Murray said was, "Imagine that! people are now talking about Quarks as if they actually exist".
A Nobel in Physics for "something that isnt real"..................................
Many things in Physics are NOT proven.
A useful model is far more important than proof. We dont need proof of ghosts, only useful models. I am trying to construct such models, with the help of (3) Physicists.
Posted 22 March 2010 - 02:14 PM
My friend, Professor Richard Blade, was with Murray Gel-Mann when he was told he had won the Nobel for Quark Theory.
The first thing Murray said was, "Imagine that! people are now talking about Quarks as if they actually exist".
A Nobel in Physics for "something that isnt real"..................................
Many things in Physics are NOT proven.
A useful model is far more important than proof. We dont need proof of ghosts, only useful models. I am trying to construct such models, with the help of (3) Physicists.
That quarks are real was proven as early as 1968.
Of course there are things that are unproven in physics or in any science; without unproven theories sciences would be dead. But ideas about such things are based on solid theorizing and rational thinking, and will eventually be discarded if evidence remains elusive or if a better theory comes along. Moreover, these theories fill in gaps to explain observations that the accepted theory can't explain.
It would be a good thing if the paranormal world came up with a few well-reasoned, consistent theories about truly inexplicable things. To find the latter might prove more difficult than it seems. Paranormal lore as I see it is very much an elaborate answer to non-existing mysteries. But I wish you and your physicists every luck!
Posted 23 March 2010 - 06:06 AM
Posted 11 April 2010 - 10:36 AM
Easy. Because there is no proof.
If Ghost exist how come nobody can prove it?
Millions of people believe ghost exist but nobody can prove it.
There is not even enough evidence to win n a court of law.
However; there is ample proof that bio-electrical organisms, such as ourselves, are susceptible to influence from any number of bio-electrical influences. IMHO - That's where the focus should be.
Posted 21 April 2010 - 02:27 PM
Posted 22 April 2010 - 06:05 AM
In fact Parapsychology research (not to be confused with ghost hunting or paranormal anything) has demonstrated many anecdotal claimes in controlled laboratory conditions. This includes anomalous information reception, the basis of mediumship and psychic functioning, as well as micro-PK and macro-PK, the latter of which is far more interesting since it evidences quantifiable proof that objects can be moved beyond any explanation from classical mechanics. This work is detailed in the Journal of Parapsychology, Journal of Consciousness Studies, Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, European Journal of Parapsychology among others, all peer-reviewed journals. The work is summarized in more modern publications by various Parapsychologists including Conscious Universe by Dean Radin, PhD.
Agreed,"for the most part". I am currently corresponding with SSE members,Academics, who believe these PSI mechanisms, generated by "certain people with abilities" ARE in fact the "Ghosts". I am trying to fully understand their hypothesis before I comment. I think I would currently say these people may be the catalysts for "Ghosts"
Long explanation short, The best Ghost Hunters may be unconciously "creating" their own "Ghosts",hence their success at "Ghost Hunting"
Posted 22 April 2010 - 08:08 AM
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Posted 22 April 2010 - 08:35 AM
Such as the Phillip Experiment? (which was a fascinating experiment and showed me that there is far more to the human brain than we know, hence the import of studies such as the one on ESP and the one for NDE)
There are many being discussed between the two Professors, both Professors were involved in some of these experiments, here are some quotes:
"Serios/Eisenbud, specifically an experiment where the most profound experiment was done at the Denver University EE labs. A camera was placed in a light-tight box with a photocell replacing the film, and the photocell hooked to an oscilloscope. The oscilloscope indicated Ted was able to "remove the light" a little at a time down to zero, but then he claimed to be able to "bring the curtain down even more" (beyond zero indicated light level). He did! I have no idea if that was ever published. I think it was very late in the period of experimenting on Ted, though.
In regards to Randi, he attended the national physics meeting in NYC that I attended where Schmitt presented his findings on human ability to control radioactive decay. Randi said he couldn't find any flaw in it, but he also never offered Schmitt the reward. I don't know if Randi ever did studies on remote viewing, but I would certainly like to see if he could reproduce that."
There is also reference to Cal-Tech's early 1970's involvement with the C.I.A. remote viewing experiments, Richard had direct involvement in this.
I am fortunate to correspond to these two Professors, I am personally trying to get up to speed on all this data, so I can make up my own mind on PSI influence on, or creation of Paranormal Phenomenon................
There is a Society of Science Exploration meeting in Boulder that Richard and I will try to attend. They will be discussing such things, from a formal Scientific/Academic perspective:
Posted 22 April 2010 - 08:52 AM
Posted 25 April 2010 - 07:49 AM
And once again, please don't just tell us about the research, give us a link or a reference or better still the article itself. Becasue I've never found anything warranting the conclusions stated in previous posts, and if it's there, I'd love to see it!
Edited by stevenedel, 25 April 2010 - 07:50 AM.
Posted 26 April 2010 - 05:25 AM
There seems to be an awful lot of argument by authority here. I don't want to shock anyone, but professors can be remarkably stupid or at least gullible in some cases, just like other people. If they have good research and solid data, they should submit it to a well-established peer-reviewed periodical, rather than to one of those hobbyist, DIY paranormal journals (I have read them, so don't tell me I don't know what I'm talking about...).
And once again, please don't just tell us about the research, give us a link or a reference or better still the article itself. Becasue I've never found anything warranting the conclusions stated in previous posts, and if it's there, I'd love to see it!
Links were posted, right above your post, but here we go again:
A quote from the above page " We publish a peer-reviewed journal, host annual meetings, and engage in public outreach. While our Full members are professional or experienced scientists and scholars"
These are "Real" Scientists, Physicists, and Professors from many disciplines. In this case you obviously dont seem to know what you are talking about.
I have spent many many hours researching this group, Physicist Richard Blade and I will attend their June meeting. Richard has experience with many of the topics found here:
Richard and I are currently discussing many of these topics with the SSE's Editor, Professor Stepen Braude.
So far this is the ONLY group I have found that meets the criteria you are talking about................
Edited by Robot, 26 April 2010 - 05:29 AM.
Posted 28 April 2010 - 10:38 PM
If Ghost exist how come nobody can prove it?
Millions of people believe ghost exist but nobody can prove it.
There is not even enough evidence to win n a court of law.
The answer to this that spirits dwell in areas with negative energy and require this kind of energy to manifest. If a photo was going to have 100% verifiable proof of a haunting almost everyone on earth would see the photo.
Long story short the basic positive nature of humanity prevents 100% verifiable evidence of ghosts to exist.
If your question is 'how does people looking at a photo alter it when it was taken some time back'. You need to read and understand the theory of relativity. Time is relative.
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NORFOLK, VA--The Old Dominion University Monarchs (8-3) rolled to their seventh straight win with a 80-50 victory over Winston-Salem State (3-8) Saturday night at the Ted Constant Convocation Center. All 11 Monarchs who played scored led by Gerald Lee's 18 points while Jonathan Adams hauled down a game high nine rebounds tonight.
The Rams led 4-3 after a free throw by Jamal Durham, then Darius James and Ben Finney connected for two straight treys and ODU was off to the races. The Monarchs led 20-4 with 13:57 left in the first half and by as much as 22, 35-13 with 5:28 left. ODU took a 40-25 halftime as Ben Finney led with nine points, Lee had eight and Kent Bazemore hauled down six rebounds.
The Monarch shot .500 (16-32) from the floor to WSSU's .242 (8-33). ODU would outscored the Rams, 40-25 in the second half. For the game, three Monarchs scored in double figures. Besides Lee's 18, Ben Finney added 13 points along with seven rebounds and Darius James scored 11 points with six assists.
Following Adams' nine boards,Ben Finney and Kent Bazemore each hauled down seven. ODU finished the night shooting .491 (28-57) from the field, while Winston-Salem was .354 (16-63). ODU hauled down a season high 51 rebounds and dished out a season high 23 assists.
Freshman Marquel De Lancey scored a career high five points off the bench and freshman forward Chris Cooper came off the bench to score a career high four points and haul down A career high five rebounds. The Monarchs blocked seven shots on the night led Frank Hassell with three.
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When I was about ten, I would sometimes spend the night at Granny's on a weekend night, just because. When I think of Granny's house, I think of going to bed in the "Pink Room" (vs. the blue room, that was for boys...) smelling like Dove soap, putting on one of her silk night gowns and using a silk pillow case. She always used a silk pillow case because she said it kept her hair looking nice. When we got up in the morning, she would make homemade biscuit donuts that we drizzled in glaze or roll in cinnamon and sugar.
I am not sure why this is the memory that I go back to when I think of her. Maybe because it is one of those times that it was just the two of us at her house. Most of my time there was spent with my brother, sister or our cousins - we always had fun at Granny's. I can hardly ever remember her getting mad, I don't remember many rules. There were always plenty of cookies in the cookie tins, push-pops in the freezer and boxes of macaroni and cheese in the pantry. We loved playing dress-up with her trunk that was filled with my Mom's and Aunt's old dresses. At Christmas time she would let us put up the tree a few weeks before it was necessary (which was very exiting) and decorate it however we liked, so long as her collection of strawberry ornaments were on display.
I think my appreciation for the changing seasons stemmed from Granny. She loved seeing the vibrant leaves of fall, or the first blooming magnolia trees in the spring. When she drove us around town she would always point out a favorite burning bush that was in full flame on Franklin Street or a cherry tree covered in blossoms... that she couldn't wait to get her hands on when it was full of fruit. She loved the changing of the seasons.
As most anyone can tell you, Granny loved no other season more than "Mushroom Season." For those of us in the know, "Mushroom Season" refers to Morel Mushroom Season. For a few prime weeks just as Spring begins to slightly warm (usually around April) and after a really good rain, mushroom hunters go in search of the prized Morel that grows wild. Granny was a Morel fanatic, to say the least. She had a pair of fabulous cowboy boots and a special stick that she deemed her hunting gear. Every spring you could be certain that she'd be out checking her secret spots. She had a keen trained eye for hunting them.
After a long battle, our Granny passed away last week. Though we are sad she's no longer going to be with us, we are all relieved that she is no longer spending her days in pain. In honor of Granny, I made this Cream of Morel Soup to share with my family this weekend as we celebrated her life.
Though it is exactly the opposite of "Mushroom Season" right now, but I was able to find dehydrated morels at the Brookside Market. They were a little pricey, but a little goes a long way in this creamy soup.
Cream of Morel Mushroom Soup
serves 4, 2 cup servings
1 cup of dehydrated morel mushrooms
4 tablespoons of butter
1/2 of a small white onions, minced diced
2 cups of baby portobello mushrooms, minced
1/4 cup of flour
6 cups of half and half
sea salt
cracked pepper
1 tablespoon of fresh thyme
good olive oil
In a small bowl, rehydrate morel mushrooms by soaking them in warm water for 30 minutes.
In a sauce pan, cook onion in butter on medium for 4-5 minutes. Add minced portobellos and cook for 4-5 minutes until they begin to soften.
Drain morels from water and slice in half lengthwise. Add them to the portobello and onion, cooking on medium for 1-2 minutes. Add flour and cook for 1-2 minutes until it is hot and bubbly. Add half-and-half. Stir until smooth. Bring to a simmer. Add fresh thyme and season with salt and pepper to taste.
Serve drizzled with really good olive oil.
Another thing Granny was known for... she would say, "You know me, I love anything lemon."
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Unless you live in Florida, in which case you've got your own problems. The map you see above is Saturday's wind chill forecasts for the entire country via AccuWeather. Much of the Northern and Midwestern parts of the country will be experiencing temperatures that feel like they are between -20 and -40 degrees. The National Weather Service is calling the temperatures "life-threatening."
It won't be much better on the East Coast, where New York, Boston, and Philadelphia will be hovering around the zero degree mark. Even Southern California — normally still a baked hellscape even in the winter — will see the wind chill dip towards freezing.
So you probably shouldn't go out tonight. The Proposal is on FX!


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Access and Control Newsletter. No 007, April 2011
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The Access and Control Newsletter is sent by the World Health Organization, Department of Essential Medicines and Pharmaceutical Policies, Medicine Access and Rational Use Unit.
The Newsletter provides you with the latest news from WHO on access to medicines controlled under the international drug treaties, both with regards to evaluation of substances for their dependence producing properties, and to improving access for medical use to medicines made from these substances. Contents: WHO Policy Guidelines on Controlled substances; Adequate Opioid Analgesic Consumption Levels; WHO Attends Government Conference on New Indian Drug Policies; ATOME Lawyers Training


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Puddle jumpers
From left, 7-year-old Liam Marshall of Highlandtown laughs as he does some puddle stomping Friday; 8-year-old John Tindell of Salem and his sisters, 3-year-old Sydney and 5-year-old Isabelle, didn't let a little rain stop them from having fun at the fair. In fact, it gave them one more thing to do, puddle stomping; rain or shine there's always a line for hard-dipped ice cream and milkshakes at the Columbiana County Dairy Boosters booth. Sara Fraser of Beloit just couldn't resist doing a little puddle dancing while waiting in line. Morning Journal/Patti Schaeffer


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Ahead of the anticipated launch of a Kindle Fire smartphone, Amazon says its Appstore for Android is growing like gangbusters. On Monday, Amazon announced that over the past year the Appstore has tripled in size and now has more than 240,000 apps available for Android smartphone and tablet users in nearly 200 countries.
Originally rolled out in March 2011, Amazon's Appstore for Android was expected to be the prelude to a phone release--especially since the Appstore launched specifically with smartphones in mind.
More than three years later, however, Amazon still hasn't produced a phone. What happened instead is that the Appstore expanded to include tablet apps after Amazon introduced its Kindle Fire slates in the fall of 2011.
But our long wait for an Amazon "Kindle-Fire-Whatever" Phone may finally be over. The online retailer recently announced it would host a launch event for a new device on Wednesday, June 18.
The device in question is widely expected to be a smartphone with a 3D display. As with other Amazon devices, the rumored phone would also have deep integration with Amazon's online storefronts and cloud services.
Smaller selection, same great features
Over the past three years, Amazon has grown the Appstore to include all the bells and whistles expected of a mobile marketplace, such as push notifications, mobile advertising, game leader boards, and in-app purchases. Amazon also has the added attraction of offering a paid app for free every day.
With more than 240,000 apps, Amazon's curated catalog is pretty hefty--albeit a sliver of the more than a million apps in Apple's App Store and Google Play. Nevertheless, Amazon does have a respectable roster of titles.
Read: Amazon launches Prime Music, a free song streaming service for Prime subscribers
Many, but not all, of the top apps you see in Apple's App Store and Google Play are in Amazon's storefront. Mobile staples such as Facebook, Netflix, Skype, Twitter, and Waze, as well as games like Angry Birds Epic, Candy Crush, and Subway Surfers are on Amazon's virtual shelves.
But a few of the hotter apps--Clash of Clans, Instagram and Snapchat come to mind--are missing.
The Appstore may have something of a visibility problem with developers who look to Google Play and iTunes first, with the Appstore something of an afterthought.
Case in point: The World Cup is in full swing in Brazil. Yet the Appstore lacks critical apps for sports fans such as FIFA's official Android app and ESPN FC Soccer & World Cup. Soccer fans do, however, have access to EA's FIFA 14.
But if Amazon indeed releases a smartphone in the coming weeks, its visibility problem may somewhat clear up--especially if the device proves especially compelling. Be sure to tune in Wednesday; TechHive will be on the ground in Seattle to bring you the news about Amazon's smartphone (or whatever is announced) as it happens.


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Every morning, after the first few moments of blinking awake, I feel the weight of the same three questions: "Why?", "How could he?" and "Could I have done more?"
Bewilderment. Anger. Guilt. A toxic combination, united by overwhelming sadness.
Sometimes my wife, Debs, will detect my discomfort and ask gently: "Are you thinking about Tim?"
The truth is I am always thinking about my best friend of 21 years. Or more specifically why he – such a brilliant, witty, warm, popular person – committed suicide in February last year.
I was a 24-year-old Fleet Street journalist when I met Tim Martin, then 27, on travels in the Caribbean in December 1990.
I was sitting with my then girlfriend on a deserted beach when he strolled towards us, tanned and brimming with confidence.
''Pleasant day," he said.
''Seen worse,'' I smiled. Tim was a ''business guy and artist'' on holiday from Chicago. With his infectious enthusiasm, he told us about the art and architecture of his home town, the blues bars, the politics, the parks.
''Come and stay with me any time,'' he said.
I ended my trip with a detour to Tim's home. I'd begun to suspect my girlfriend was cheating on me (we were young and the relationship wasn't that serious). I decided to flee, and remembered his invitation.
Looking back, it was an outlandish decision, but one that cemented one of the most important friendships of my life. Tim was the best host, taking me around the city pointing out all the grand buildings. Later, we'd go out for a few beers. We shared a raffish sense of humour and could talk for hours. He was a strong person who naturally wanted to help other people. Very quickly he slipped into an older brother role.
I left after a week; it was to be my first and last trip to his home (I had started to develop a profound fear of flying after an engine failed on a flight to the Caribbean).
The following year Tim visited me in London and I took him to the Tate Gallery, and to many a bar in Soho. From then on, he would fly out to see me at least once a year, sometimes every three or four months. In between we wrote long, excitable letters to each other and spent hours on the phone. These were replaced by emails, Facebook messages and Skype calls. Ever spontaneous, Tim would contact me and say: "I've found some cheap flights… see you tomorrow!" I'd meet him at the same coffee shop in Heathrow and away we'd go.
There was many a riotous night out, including six New Year's Eves, the most memorable of which was the eve of 2003.
That's when I first introduced Tim to Debs, whom I'd met in a local pub in Kingston-upon-Thames. Tim had known many of my girlfriends but Debs was the first he raved about; he knew me so well and quickly worked out she was ''the one''.
As is often the case among close friends with shared values and interests, our lives began to mirror each other – though Tim was a self-assured American who happened to be gay; and I was none of the above.
He adopted a son, Andrew, who was then 10. I'll never forget his ebullience on the phone that day: ''I have a son! I have a son!''
A couple of years later Tim settled with a long-term boyfriend, and in 2005 I went on to marry Debs. Then came our two beautiful sons, Daniel, now four, and Darley, two.
Both Tim and I decided to move to the country: he settled in Sonoma County, California, and we chose west Devon – in each case 20 miles from the sea.
Tim last visited in December 2006, not long before we left London. We took Tim and his nephew Kevin – with whom he often travelled – to Dorset, and we saw in the New Year with typical energy.
If I'd known our parting hug would be the last, I would never have let Tim go. I cling to the memory of his stubble scraping my cheek, his stocky arms squeezing me reassuringly tight, his familiar aftershave…
I felt aghast when, after his death, I worked out we hadn't seen each other for six years. I'd always thought it was only about two or three. But the fact was that time had marched on, and life had got in the way. Not to mention my fear of flying and the fact Tim's partner feared planes as well.
Thankfully, the thing about a soulmate like Tim is that friendship isn't diminished by absence. We were in weekly, often daily, contact and he was planning to visit our rural idyll just before depression took hold.
There had never been any hint of the black dog before, although friends commented that, in his startling wit and incisiveness, Tim was an American version of Stephen Fry, who spoke of his own desire to kill himself earlier this year.
When Tim first started emailing dark thoughts, I didn't take it seriously; I just figured it would pass and he'd pull himself together. If I reveal the contents of these messages, you'll understand the clouds of guilt. You may even question my judgment – God knows, I have done.
It was 10 days before Christmas in 2011 when he sent me one chilling line: "I might just kill myself."
I replied: "Don't. Do you want to chat?"
I might have sounded flippant but that's how the two of us conversed, downplaying drama.
His partner had left him for someone else, his son had recently flown the nest to start adult life, his business wasn't going too well and he had diabetes with high blood pressure. At 48, I think he felt washed up and lonely.
For two months we emailed and chatted on Skype. Tim's mood fluctuated wildly. One minute he was telling me he didn't "want to live anymore"; the next, he seemed to be turning a corner, planning his next visit.
Whenever I discussed it with Debs, we agreed he would never do anything silly. This was Tim after all: unassailable and worldly-wise.
I sent him old photos to remind him of the good old days, messages from my two boys – whom he was yet to meet. I told him I loved him many times.
A week before he died, Tim wrote: "Please remember I had a very full life with lots of amazing places, events and people. Of all of them you are the highlight." How I wish I'd told him he was one of my highlights too. Instead I thanked him, and promised to Skype soon.
Our last messages were exchanged days later, on February 23, 2012. I was asking to Skype and he replied: "It's midnight, I need to sleep." I replied: "Have sweet dreams" – an eerily pertinent response.
Four days later I was browsing Facebook when I strayed on to Tim's page. I can't remember how I reacted, whether I went tense or started to crumble, but Debs was alerted to my shock.
''Oh my God, he's done it,'' I said.
It felt as if the blood had drained from me. Debs took hold of me and we just stared in silence at the screen. On Tim's profile, his son and his ex had posted messages about having ''loved'' him and that they would always miss him. I emailed Tim's nephew Kevin and he confirmed my fears – Tim had hanged himself in the early hours of the morning.
At first I just felt numbness – nothing. Then came disbelief: checking Facebook to see if I'd imagined it. Soon after there was incredulity mixed with frustration: ''But it's nearly spring, then there'll be summer… why did he want to miss out on all that?''
The darker emotions were to follow. The anger at what many people told me was a ''selfish act'' (I have since accepted that while the act itself might be selfish, Tim the man was not), the agonising guilt.I should have got on a plane to see him in his hour of need. He would have done that for me.
It goes without saying there were copious tears. After a few days, on the advice of a wise, older friend, I wrote a three-page letter to Tim, an outpouring of these complex emotions. I walked up the muddy lane by our house to the sublime views of Dartmoor on one side and Bodmin Moor on the other.
There, I read the letter aloud, my voice shaking, my eyes stinging and my heart thudding. When I finished, I set it alight, dropped it on the ground and watched it blacken as the fire took hold, eating the words and the feelings in those words.
As I watched the smoke drift up into the clouds, I wondered if Tim could somehow see or sense me. It was a form of release.
Last June, I found myself starting a book about our friendship. It, too, was a cathartic process, which I hope might help others in a similar predicament. I called it Relentlessly Me, which is something Tim tweeted about always being and that summed up perfectly how he lived his life. I now realise we should all strive for that – to be relentlessly ourselves.
A loss like this colours your whole life. I am so very grateful for my patient wife. I've usually been a calm person but the other day she admitted I had changed since Tim's death.
When I pressed her, she said I was quicker to react to situations, that I didn't tolerate nonsense or poor behaviour by someone as much as I previously had. This is perhaps understandable: at times I ache so much I feel as if I'll implode.
Yet life must go on: I have a busy job as a writer and need to stay strong for my family.
Of course the boys are far too young to understand, but the other day Daniel caught me looking at a photo of Tim and asked: "Who's that?" It triggered our first ever chat about life and death. His brow crinkled as I told him Tim was now "asleep in the clouds".
There is some solace. I have made contact with Tim's friends and relatives including his mother and his son, people I'd never met whom I now consider friends. I've been able to be there for his son.
Then there's the strange life-affirming nature of loss, which both delights and feels jagged. It goes something like this: I'm so lucky to be alive, to delight in these wondrous rolling hills, all the amazing people around… If only Tim were here to see it with me.
And of course there's the fact you naturally hug your wife and children that bit tighter, appreciate them even more, if that's possible.
Of course, there is no positive aspect to suicide. But Tim was a joyous person, full of life and love and laughter and he'd hate for me to suggest otherwise, or indeed to be otherwise.
It's about celebrating the things we shared. I have such wonderful memories: how I wish with all my heart we could just make some more of them.
'Relentlessly Me' by David Hurst is available as an ebook from Amazon.co.uk


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Work on Pilsen road won't delay other projects
News editor
Unplanned expenses to prepare Remington Road for the Father Kapaun pilgrimage to Pilsen earlier this summer won't delay other projects this year.
Road and Bridge Department had budgeted to have funds carry over to the 2014 budget, but if 10 miles of road are chip sealed as planned, that carry-over would be depleted, Road and Bridge Superintendent Randy Crawford said.
The commission decided it was more important to chip seal Quail Creek Road between 290th and 360th roads near Ramona and double chip seal three miles of 30th Road south of Peabody than to have the funds carry over to 2014. The cost of road oil for those projects will be $194,000.
"You don't drive on carry-over. It just looks nice for the accountant," commissioner Dan Holub said.
Chairman Randy Dallke said that if the prices for double chip seal and asphalt overlays get any closer, the county should consider doing more overlays.
Crawford said department secretaries have received some phone calls from county residents spewing obscenities about road grading.
Services seek funding
Jessie Kaye, CEO of Prairie View, requested the county keep its funding of the mental health service provider steady at $62,000 for 2014.
Kaye summarized some cases Prairie View intervened in during what she called a short time. Nearly all involved people who had attempted or were contemplating self-harm or hurting others.
Ty Wheeler of Kansas Legal Services made his 2014 budget request for $4,000. He had asked for that amount but was funded for $3,000 for 2013.
Emergency manager
The commission appointed 911 supervisor Linda Klenda as interim emergency manager.
Commissioners decided to consult with fire chiefs and other emergency response agencies in the county before deciding whether to hire an emergency manager on a part-time or full-time basis.
Holub and editorial
Holub criticized a paragraph in a June 19 editorial.
Holub said a mention of tax revenue wasn't accurate because the county could raise the mill levy to generate however much tax revenue was needed, but the commission doesn't because it prioritizes keeping taxes low.
Holub also said that the county buys very few new vehicles. The editorial was referring to purchase of a new Ford Expedition for the EMS department.
He also criticized the editorial's characterization of aerial photography the commission approved spending $119,000 on as "surveillance" because it isn't constant.
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Cooling Trends: How Zoo Animals Beat the Heat
Cooling Trends: How Zoo Animals Beat the Heat
In the wild, animals have adapted to the weather patterns of their natural habitats, from sweltering Summers to bone-chilling Winters. But for zoo animals, it's not as easy as relying on their genetic makeup. So what's a polar bear to do under that thick arctic coat when the Summer heat cranks up to maximum? Zoos and animals around the world have come up with a tactic or two to help their residents stay cool as a cucumber when the temperatures are hot as a jalapeño!


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Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert praised side's fighting spirit against Reading
Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert hailed his side's display after they fought back to beat Reading at the Madejski Stadium.
Last Updated: 10/03/13 11:28am
An own goal from Nathan Baker had given the Royals a valuable lead and looked set to plunge Lambert's side deeper into relegation trouble.
But Christian Benteke continued his excellent season by instantly levelling for the visitors before Gabriel Agbonlahor grabbed a vital goal just before half-time.
And the Scot insists his team don't look a side that are 'fighting for their lives'.
He told Sky Sports: "The lads were fantastic today. I thought we deserved to win and some of the play was absolutely brilliant. The second goal was fantastic.
"The confidence was always there and if you look at it today, it's not as if they're a team that look as though they're fighting for their lives.
"We've got a lot of confidence about us at the minute and a lot of enthusiasm for the game. They're young and they've got a great hunger to go and succeed.
"Every game is massive. If you look at the table now, there are a lot of teams that will be looking over their shoulder now."


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NVHR: Administration's 2012 Budget Proposal Represents 'Sea Change' in National Response to Viral Hepatitis Epidemic
Feb 14, 2011, 05:59 ET
Budget Proposal Calls for $5 Million Increase For State-based Surveillance, Screening & Treatment Programs
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Administration's 2012 budget proposal to increase federal funding for expanded state- and locally-based viral hepatitis surveillance, screening, and treatment by more than $5 million heralds a sea change in our nation's national strategy to respond to the viral hepatitis epidemic, the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR) said today.
"On behalf of more than 6 million Americans afflicted with viral hepatitis B and C, NVHR would like to say, 'Thank you, Mr. President,'" said NVHR Director Martha Saly. "With this budget proposal of $25 million, the Administration has recognized that early intervention and prevention are the cornerstones of an effective national viral hepatitis strategy. In the coming months, NVHR looks forward to working closely with the Administration and Members of Congress from both sides of the aisle to make this proposal reality."
More than 6 million Americans are estimated to be afflicted with viral hepatitis and three-quarters of them don't know it. Most infected individuals only become aware of their disease after it has progressed to liver failure, cirrhosis, or liver cancer. With the vast majority of liver cancers caused by unchecked viral hepatitis, the Administration's increased funding proposal for early intervention and treatment promises to help reduce the incidence of liver cancer as well.
The Administration's budget proposal on viral hepatitis specifically states:
"CDC's FY 2012 request of $25,000,000 for VH reflects an increase of $5,222,000 above the FY 2010 level. With this increase, CDC will expand and strengthen surveillance capacity in 10 high burden state and local health departments to detect VH transmission, monitor health disparities and implementation and impact of recommended prevention services; develop and execute VH awareness and training programs for public health and clinical care professionals to implement and scale-up VH screening and care referral; and enhance work with global partners to implement VH surveillance and prevention programs in high burden countries."
The Administration's budget proposal is the first of many new expected developments on viral hepatitis in 2011. Next month, the US Department of Health & Human Services is expected to unveil a national strategy for the prevention of viral hepatitis and liver cancer. On Capitol Hill, bipartisan legislation that garnered support from over 70 House Members in the 111th Congress is expected to be introduced again. And this summer, two new drug therapies are expected to receive final approval from the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) that will great enhance hepatitis C treatment.
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Friday, 11 January 2013
Interviewed at Devoxx
Yolande Poirier from OTN interviewed me at Devoxx about my new job at 10gen, Women in IT (bet that surprises you), how to be a role model, and Agile. Enjoy.
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Wrap up of 2012
Fortunately for me, the guys at JAXenter chased me for a summary of 2012 and my predictions for 2013 - I say "fortunately" because otherwise I never would have got around to doing it, and that would be another year slipping away silently into the abyss.
Here it is in all its glory.
Here it is in all its glory.
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From Herman Cain's cowboy hat to Stephen Colbert's super-PAC fun pack to binders, Big Bird and bayonets, objects became the visual sound bites of the 2012 election. Perhaps because there was a dearth of ideas, politics watchers and Internet mememakers seemed to focus more on things than in any previous campaign. So we thought it only appropriate to create our version of the BBC–British Museum series A History of the World in 100 Objects to tell the story of the election. The pages that follow show the real thing: actual pieces of history, often given to us by the candidates themselves. Rick Perry lent us his Stars-and-Stripes cowboy boots, Jon Huntsman his beat-up briefcase, Rick Santorum his dog-eared pocket Constitution. Michele Bachmann sent the suit she wore on the day she won the Iowa straw poll. Saturday Night Live lent us the dentures Jason Sudeikis wears to flash Joe Biden's smile. The president of an Ohio charity sent us a soup pot that Paul Ryan cleaned—or recleaned—during an impromptu drop-by. Congressman Darrell Issa lent us the gavel he used during the congressional hearing about security in Libya. And the Republican National Committee let us photograph the empty chair that famously shared the stage with Clint Eastwood.
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For Dexter's child in the books, see Lily Anne Morgan.
Harrison Morgan is a Main Character in DEXTER. He is the biological son of Dexter and Rita Morgan, as well as the half-brother to Cody Bennett and Astor Bennett. Harrison was born shortly after the wedding of his parents, coming into the world at The Miami Central Hospital. He is named after his grandfather, Harrison "Harry" Morgan.
When Harrison is first introduced, he's a 3 month old baby that his father has been taking care of, alongside his job and "nightly activities". He experiences a regular lifestyle with his loving mother, Rita, and caring siblings, only to lose his mother to The Trinity Killer before he truly got to know her. Due to Rita's passing, Dexter had to hire a nanny to watch over his son so that he could both work and go out at late hours to kill people. At first, he hires a woman named Sonya, then moving on to a more permanent nanny in Jamie Batista; Angel's younger sister, whom Harrison becomes emotionally attached to.
Throughout his aging, Harrison has known two of Dexter's girlfriends, following his mother's death. Firstly, he met Lumen Pierce, who nervously cared for him while with his father and finally Hannah McKay, whom he began to view as his own mother. After Dexter falls deeply in love with Hannah, Harrison too develops a strong bond with her and the three of them attempt to move to Argentina together, only for Dexter to not join them (due to having to fake his death). Currently, Harrison is living his life under Hannah's care.
When first revealed in the first episode of Season 4, Harrison can be seen as a rather chunky child with a chubby face and light, partial hair on top of his head. His eyes are a deep blue at this age and he is portrayed by at least one child.
As of the second episode in Season 5, Harrison has changed drastically (even played by a different child) and shows a bright, smiling face with several teeth already in place. His hair has grown longer, but still hasn't grown out at this point. He sometimes has the facial expression that his own father, Dexter, has made popular...being that of a stern, non-smiling face when something is taken away from him (such an example being after he removes the head from a doll and Dexter puts the head back on, he kind of "glares" at Dexter for doing so). Since he is still just a child, he wears practically anything from a onesie to little shorts and shirts and of course, a diaper.
While Dexter envisions his future with Hannah McKay and continuing his ways as a Serial Killer, he sees himself growing older with grey hair and his son having grown into an athletic young man with short blonde hair. This Harrison appears to be in his Junior or Senior year at high school, with a license to drive and an interest in basketball. Due to his attire (a pair of gym shorts, light hoodie and shirt) he appears to be part of his high school's basketball team and living a normal life. This is likely what Harrison would end up looking like, despite it only being a figment of Dexter's imagination.
Since Harrison, or "Dexter's Son", is only still a child, much of his personality consists of the typical behavior attributed to children - crying, sleeping, smiling, giggling, and fits of rage. Aside from these traits, he is just a baby whose presence is more important than his ability to demonstrate personality. However, during a therapy session (which may have been for comical relief), the therapist talks to Dexter about how Rita's death couldn't possibly have any negative effects to a child of his age...at which point Harrison pulls a head directly off a doll which kind of surprises both of them, especially Dexter (since he was "born" in his mother's blood as well). Dexter quickly goes over to reattach the head and as the therapist dismisses it as normal, Harrison gives a cold stare (similar to his father's on his targets) to Dexter as he returns to his seat, obviously not wanting him to mess with his "toy.
As the season progresses, more and more of Harrison's personality is being shown and starting to worry Dexter. In the start of Episode 5, during a "Mommy and Me Class" with a bunch of other young children and their parents, Harrison cuts another young boy with his fingers in exactly the same spot that Dexter cuts his victims for the blood slides. And much to Dexter's surprise, Harrison has already wiped clean (most likely licked clean) the evidence of blood...though this may just be for comic relief at the moment, this may run-on through the season with more and more of Harrison's similarities to possibly becoming just like Dexter showing up quite clearly.
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Near the start of the season, Rita informs Dexter that she is pregnant...which somewhat comes off as a shock to Dexter but at the same time, it hardly has time to affect him. Gradually they find out that the child will be a boy and Dexter starts to become attached to the child, wanting to pass on his "positive intentions" to the baby. The child plays a very symbolic role in this season, especially in the last episode as he indirectly helps Dexter (with the assistance with Harry) break free of his captor, kill him and escape to take care of his child...to live on and be there for his family.
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Unlike most series which at least show the birth of a child, Harrison kind of pops up on you without much warning. At the very start of the episode when Dexter does his usual opening of "tonight's the night", the scene pans away to then show Harrison in his car-seat...having been driven around for a late night stroll. Harrison has apparently caused a lot of sleep disorder for Dexter, as a comical parody on the opening to the series is later shown the next morning.For most of the season, Harrison is a background character that is more symbolic than actually being out there. He has the least screen time of the three children and is mainly used as a plot device to either return Dexter home during a hunt or provide a sense of humanity to his character. Eventually, however, the last episode starts off a trend that his father knows all too well...
Harrison is found sitting in a pool of blood after Dexter returns home from killing Trinity, crying loudly as his mother has been murdered (apparently by Trinity) and Dexter rushes down to him, instantly remembring images of his own past where his mother was killed and her blood drenched him. As Dexter closes Rita's eyes and carries Harrison out, many flashbacks occur simulating the similarities between both events.
Season 5Modifica
The start of Season 5 picks up directly after the last episode of Season 4, in fact the same child is even used for this episode at relatively the same age which suggests that it was possibly filmed within close proximity of the previous episode (but released at a later time). Harrison is still in tears over his mother's death, though he probably doesn't understand exactly what's going on so that is what gets at him the most. As Dexter sits on the lawn, still in shock at what happened...a cop rudely tries to take the child from him until Dexter's sister, Debra Morgan, arrives and prevents
Harrison is more prominent in this season, thus far having more screen time than even his two older siblings (who decided to live with their grandparents after the death of their mother, being too much to bare trying to live with Dexter...at least, that is what Astor felt). He has become heavily important to Dexter, who searched constantly (at least through 30 people) for a nanny to watch over him so that Dexter can somehow squeeze in time to kill a murderer or two. Eventually he finds a nanny that Harrison warms up to instantly, having no desire to stay with any of the previous candidates...she's the one.
During a therapy session regarding young Harrison's mental state and health, the therapist discloses to Dexter than at this age it is most likely impossible that it has affected him in any negative way...which is responded to with Harrison pulling the head off a doll. Dexter quickly reattaches it but Harrison glares at him for doing so, possibly suggesting that Harrison may be on a negative path...or at least creating somewhat of a comical situation. Later on when Dexter is busy hunting down Boyd Fowler, the nanny seems to disappear with Harrison after he returns home and assumes the worst...until she returns with Harrison in good health and eventually asks to quit. Of course...Dexter is persistent and eventually gets her back, as she cannot resist taking care of little Harrison. By the end of the season, Harrison shows signs of having personality traits similar to his father indicating he might indeed be on a similar path like his father was. By the end of season 5, Harrison celebrates his 1st birthday with Dexter along with his family and friends.
Season 6ModificaHarrison goes to a Catholic Preschool for an interview in order to attend. Dexter butchers the interview by stating he believes in nothing. Later on Dexter convinces the Sister to take Harrison in saying Dexter wants him to have a normal childhood. At the end of episode one Dexter drops Harrison off at the preschool. Harrison then develops a stomach condition, and upon arrival at the hospital, it is determined that he has a ruptured appendix, and goes into surgery immediately. While waiting for news on the surgery Dexter asks for God's help and a sign that Harrison would be ok. Harrison survives the operation.
Harrison is later kidnapped by The Doomsday Killer, to be sacrificed as the final tableau. Luckily, Dexter intervenes and prevents Harrison from being killed by pretending to sacrifice himself instead.
Season 7Modifica
Harrison makes few appearances in this season.
Season 8Modifica
At the start of the season, Harrison has been aged a little bit. He now plays on a soccer team, takes swimming lessons, and talks a lot more. In the first episode of the season, Dexter takes Harrison along in his search for Deb. He briefly loses Harrison.
One night, Dexter woke up to Harrison crying out 'Daddy.' He follows a trail of red, only to find Harrison on the cold tile floor, having consumed an entire box of red popsicles because he "loved them." Following the plot point of the episode, in which Dexter consumes everyone he loves, as does his son. Dexter then starts to feel guilty for bringing his son into his messed up life.
Harrison has shown an ability of lying easily when he was accused by Jamie of stealing the TV remote, to which he denies, but the remote was later found under his bed. In the series finale, Harrison is utterly abandoned by his father, who thought it necessary to move on in life (since he didn't want himself to affect Harrison) and so becomes a lumberjack in an unknown location, while entrusting Hannah with Harrison.
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In the novels, Harrison Morgan is replaced by Lily Anne Morgan.
- Harrison was born at The Miami Central Hospital.


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Kosher Labeling and Food Allergies
Introduction by Rabbi Yitzchok Lerman
The first time we noticed that our daughter was allergic to milk was when she was six weeks old. My wife was heading back to work, and we added some milk-based formula that we received from the hospital to a bottle of breast milk. Within a half-hour, our daughter had hives all over her chest.
Now four years later, my daughter and her sister are allergic to a combined six foods: eggs, milk, peanuts, tree nuts, fish and sesame.
Food allergies are a big struggle for religious Jews, because most of our culture and religious practices are structured around food. We have large meals with family and friends on Saturday (Shabbat), holidays, and at almost all special ceremonies there is food served. We were recently at a baby naming ceremony, and there was a large spread of cakes containing milk and various nuts! Of course my children wanted it, and it's not always easy to bring our own cookies from home that can compete with the fancy cakes and cookies that are being served.
Before we go to an event, we sit our older daughter down (she's three years old) and tell her that before she eats anything she should ask us, because nuts and milk give her a big boo boo. We are constantly on alert, and my wife and I each take one child that we will keep an eye on. As I'm sure many of you have experienced, and can imagine, it can be a bit difficult to socialize and enjoy yourself.
We ALWAYS carry an epinephrine auto-injector and anti-histamine with us wherever we go, because even the minutest cross-contact can cause a reaction (as we have unfortunately experienced).
As Orthodox Jews we keep a special diet called "kosher." My wife and I were surprised to realize that our kosher diet actually HELPS us keep our daughters safe. But you don't have to be Jewish to enjoy these benefits. Knowing how kosher certification works can change the way you shop for food.
FARE, in consultation with the International Kosher Council, has compiled some tips for how to decipher kosher labels:
While kosher labeling can be a helpful first indicator that a food may contain your allergens, it is important to note that kosher regulations are different than the labeling regulations enforced by the FDA and USDA. By kosher standards, if a product contains less than 1/60th of the ingredient that is not kosher, it still meets the criteria for the kosher label. Kosher labeling was created as a way for people of the Jewish faith to stick to a kosher diet, not for those with food allergies. So, while kosher products must adhere to strict standards, it is always important to read every label thoroughly and call manufacturers to ask questions if you are unsure whether a product is safe for you.
In the early 1920s, the Orthodox Union of Jewish Congregations in America formed an organization that would monitor products to ensure that they were kosher and this organization is now the largest certifying agent for kosher products. Ever wonder what that "U" in a circle symbol is on your products? It is the organization's primary kosher symbol (pictured above).
There are hundreds of kosher certifying organizations and symbols, the vast majority are reliable and operate on the same standards. The way these organizations work is that they have access to a list of all the ingredients used to ensure that they are Kosher. Then throughout the year they have thousands of supervisors who make unannounced checks at many companies and factories around the world to ensure that the kosher standards are upheld.
One of the many laws of keeping kosher is that it is forbidden to eat milk and meat products together. They cannot be manufactured together, cooked together, served together or eaten together. Kosher symbols are designed to help consumers find products that abide by this law, and can be helpful to understand if you have a milk or meat allergy.
The OU symbols work as follows:
- If there is only a "U" inside of a circle ("OU"), then the product meets kosher standards for being considered milk free and meat free. By kosher standards, you must have a 24 hour wait-period as well as adhere to certain cleaning protocols before you can be certified as being milk-free and meat-free and earn this certification. In kosher language, products labeled "OU" are called "Pareve" or "Parve."
- An important note on "OU" labeling is that in order for equipment to be considered "contaminated" with milk or meat, the product needs to have been heated to a certain temperature. This can lead to products being labeled "OU" even if they have been produced on equipment that was previously used with milk or meat ingredients, if they were produced at a cold temperature. For example, if warm chocolate that contains milk was poured into a mold but did not get heated to a high enough temperature, then a product with no milk could be used afterward in the same mold and still be given the "OU" label. For this reason, it is important to always check the advisory label and call the manufacturer with any questions.
- If a product has a "OUD," label that means that it contains milk ingredients or is processed on equipment with milk, and is also kosher. This classification can be confusing, since this symbol can be found on products that one would assume are free of milk. For example, soy milk may be processed on the same lines as a product containing milk after the lines are thoroughly cleaned. While the soy milk may be safe for those with milk allergies to drink, unless the manufacturer waits for 24 hours before producing the soy milk, they cannot use the OU symbol and must use OUD instead.
- The "OUM" symbol means that it contains meat ingredients or is processed on equipment with meat, but it is also kosher. Although allergies to meat are rare, this symbol may help those who are meat allergic identify which products to avoid.
- For those with fish allergies, the "OUF" symbol indicates that the product has fish ingredients. However, just because the product is labeled "OU" does not mean that it is completely free of fish. As mentioned above, as long as the product contains less than 1/60th of fish, it may be labeled as "OU".
- For those with shellfish allergies, Kosher products may not contain any shellfish. So any product that has a kosher label on it is most likely safe.
Now that we have a better understanding of kosher labels, where do food allergies come in? Well, think of it this way; if a product is meat, or if you walk into a kosher meat restaurant, you can be fairly confident that the products are free of milk. If a "kosher meal" is offered it is very unlikely that there are traces of milk in your meat dinner (and vice versa). However, you should always do your due diligence to ensure that your meal or a product you are consuming is free of milk by checking with the restaurant or manufacturer.
Today, one-third to one-half of the foods for sale in the typical American supermarket are kosher. I'm sure if you look into your pantry, you will find that at least 60% of your products at home are kosher certified. So next time you go shopping or traveling, keep an eye out for those kosher symbols to help you quickly identify products that may be safe for you or your family.
Rabbi Yitzchok Lerman is a Rabbi and Dayan, and currently teaches at YTTL High school in Queens, NY. Rabbi Lerman lives in Brooklyn, NY with his wife Bina and their two daughters. This information was published under the consultation of the International Kosher Council.


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BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Led by freshman Erik Klein with eight goals, the Birmingham-Southern men's lacrosse team defeated Piedmont College, 25-3, Wednesday evening in Panther Stadium.
BSC moves to 4-2 with the win, while the Lions fall to 2-3.
The Panthers scored the first four goals and led 4-0 after the first quarter. Piedmont scored the first goal of the second quarter, but BSC answered with seven straight to end the half with an 11-1 lead.
BSC scored four more to open the third quarter and go up 15-1 before Piedmont put its second goal on the board. The Panthers scored five straight to end the third quarter and then four more to open the fourth quarter, extending their lead to 24-2. The Lions scored their third goal with about seven minutes left, and BSC added one more with 3:39 left in the game.
Klein led with eight goals on 12 shots (nine on-goal). Junior Brennan Ott posted four goals, and senior Jacob McPherson had three. Junior Nicco DeRosa recorded three assists. Ott also led with nine ground balls, followed by senior Chris Clarke with eight and freshman Reed Butler with seven.
Junior goalkeeper Andrew Huffman played all 60 minutes and recorded one save, facing only four shots.
BSC out-shot Piedmont 63-11 and picked up 54 ground balls, 30 more than the Lions. The Panthers also won 27 of the 31 face-offs, led by freshman John Sommerall who was 12-of-12.
The Panthers are back in action at home this Sunday, March 11, facing Massachusetts-Boston at 2:30 p.m. in Panther Stadium.


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