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Classic Mojito
Mixing up the original Bacardi Carta Blanca rum and the perfect blend of Persian limes, mint and sugar.
Purple Rain
Smirnoff vodka, Archers peach schnapps, Blue Curaçao, grenadine and lemonade.
Kentucky Double Oaked Iced Tea
Jim Beam Double Oak, Bacardi, Smirnoff vodka, Cointreau and Pepsi Max.
Jim Beam, Disaronno amaretto and Pepsi Max.
Lynchburg Lemonade
Jack Daniels, Cointreau and lemonade mixed to make a long cool refreshing drink.
Jerry Loves Ginger
Sailor Jerry spiced rum and ginger beer served long over ice. Oh and Jerry loves a tattoo so look out for yours!!
Raspberry Collins
A fruity twist on a British Classic! Gordon's Gin, Chambord Raspberry liqueur, squeezed lemon juice and topped with soda.
Bloody Mary
Smirnoff Vodka and Big Tom Spiced Tomato Mix with its secret mix of spices, lemon juice and Worcester sauce, served long over ice.
Woo Woo
Smirnoff vodka, Archers peach schnapps and cranberry juice.
Malibu, Archers peach schnapps and cranberry juice.
Looking for some GIN-Spiration!
Gordon's Pink Gin (50ml) & Britvic Tonic
Pinkster (50ml) & Fever-Tree Mediterranean Tonic
Hendricks (50ml) & Britvic Tonic
Warner Edwards Elderflower (50ml) & Fever-Tree Tonic
Tanqueray 10 (50ml) & Fever-Tree Elderflower Tonic
Whitley Neill Rhubarb & Ginger (50ml) & Fever-Tree Mediterranean Tonic
Georges Prohibition Blends and Spritz
Tropical Blend (325ml)
Orange and pineapple, with a dash of grenadine.
Passion Blend (325ml)
Orange and apple juices blended with passionfruit.
Elderflower Spritz (185ml)
Elderflower and tonic.
Orchard Spritz (185ml)
Apple, elderflower and soda.
Signature Cocktails
Hollywood Martini
The stuff of movie legend… Absolut vodka, Chambord Raspberry liqueur and pineapple juice shaken to give an elegant twist to a French Martini.
Passionfruit Martini
Shaken, not stirred! Absolut Vanilla vodka, Passoa passionfruit liqueur and pineapple juice served in an elegant martini glass.
Turquoise Daiquiri
Bacardi Carta Blanca rum, Blue Curaçao and pineapple juice perfectly shaken to create this striking twist on the classic daiquiri.
Classic Cosmo
Straight outta Manhattan! Absolut Citron vodka, Cointreau and cranberry juice.
Vanilla Espresso Martini
Absolut Vanilla vodka, Tia Maria and a shot of espresso.
Disaronno Sour
Disaronno amaretto and Funkin Sour Mix.
Cherry Sour
Jim Beam Red Stag, Disaronno amaretto and Funkin Sour Mix.
Kentucky Sour
Jim Beam Double Oak, Disaronno amaretto and Funkin Sour Mix.
Jäger Bomb
Jägermeister and Red Bull
Skittle Bomb
Cointreau and Red Bull
Disaronno Bomb
Disaronno and Red Bull
Olmeca Tequila
Luxardo Sambuca
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Becks 4.8%, 275ml
Sol 4.5%, 330ml
Desperados 5.9%, 330ml
Budweiser 4.5%, 330ml
Peroni 5.1%, 330ml
Becks Blue 0.0%, 275ml
Heineken 5.0%, 330ml
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Shipyard IPA 5.0%, 500ml
Shipyard Rye 4.3.%, 500ml
Hop House 13 5.0%, 330ml
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White Wines
Dry, Citrus Fruits
Canaletto, Pinot Grigio, Italy
One of our most popular wines, and perfect for every occasion. This one is dry, crisp, aromatic and fresh.
Niki Tiki, Sauvignon Blanc, New Zealand
A classic Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc, wonderfully zingy and refreshing with citrus aromas, lime and tropical fruit flavours and a lasting finish.
Dry, Ripe Fruits
Hardys 202 Main Road, Chardonnay, Australia
Everything you could want from a Chardonnay, with fresh citrus aromas and a soft rounded palate with stone fruit flavours.
Franschhoek Cellars, Chenin Blanc, South Africa
Delicious apricot and peach flavours combined with floral aromas give this medium dry wine a fresh crisp elegance.
Fruity, Sweeter
Black Tower Fruity White, Germany
A popular favourite, this deliciously smooth fruity white wine is full of fresh pineapple and ripe mango fruit flavours.
Rosé Wines
Vibrant, Off Dry
Casillero Del Diablo, Shiraz Rosé, Chile
Vibrant in colour with deliciously zingy flavours of wild raspberry, strawberry and cherry. Not too dry, not too sweet - just perfect!
Dry, Ripe Fruits
Hardys 202 Main Road Rosé, Australia
A medium, light bodied rosé with soft, sweet berry fruit flavours dominated by blackcurrant.
Fruity, Sweeter
Sutter Home, White Zinfandel, USA
A sweeter more juicy style of rosé with aromas of strawberries and watermelon. Perfect with spicy food!
Easy Drinking
Canaletto Pinot Grigio Rosé, France
For rosé lovers who like crisp, refreshing and dry soft summer fruit flavours.
Red Wines
Easy Drinking
Marqués De La Concordia Crianza Rioja, Spain
Ripe berry fruit with toasty new oak, great concentration.
Lighter, Fruity
Hardys 202 Main Road, Shiraz, Australia
A classic Australian wine with rich flavours of cherry and spicy dark fruits and a lingering finish.
Soft, Plum Flavours
Santa Helena, Merlot, Chile
A classic juicy Merlot with plum, red fruit and spice aromas. Medium bodied with blackberry and spice on the palate.
Spicy, Peppery
El Cipres, Malbec, Argentina
Intense red fruit aromas with touches of vanilla and hints of spice. This is the perfect accompaniment to steak.
Lighter Complex
Oyster Bay Marlborough Pinot Noir, New Zealand
Aromatic cherry, bright red berries and juicy black plum with a smooth and seductive texture.
A Flute and a Half!
Every Day is a Prosecco Day so why not have a Mini Bottle of Di Maria Prosecco all to yourself?
OR why not share a Bottle with Friends?
Prosecco, Canaletto, Italy
This easy drinking Prosecco has a rich scent of apples, lemon and grapefruit, with a pleasant fresh flavour.
Champagne, Moet & Chandon NV Brut, France
This iconic champagne, with rich green apple and citrus aromas, is the perfect way to celebrate in style. The flavours of sumptuous fruits with a hint of biscuit are enhanced by the millions of fine bubbles in every glass!
***Celebrate with Moet & Chandon - the world's most loved champagne***
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If you have an allergy or intolerance, please speak to a member of staff before you order your food and drinks. Please ask a member of staff if you would like to know the ABV of a particular wine. The table below will enable you to calculate the alcohol units in your drink. T&Cs: *Single spirit = 25ml measure. Double up = 50ml measure. Pepsi Max, Tango or R White's lemonade mixer = 4oz dash. Alcohol is only served to those aged 18 and over. Products shown are subject to availability. ABVs may vary so please ask a team member. Photography is for representative purposes only. Prices include VAT at the current rate.


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ATI Technologies has announced that shipments of its new ALL-IN-WONDER X600 PRO PCI Express computer platform will begin in Europe next month, and soon after in North America.
ALL-IN-WONDER X600 PRO is powered by the RADEON X600 graphics chip and PCI Express throughput capabilities to deliver a complete system for gaming, video editing, and personal video recorder capabilities. According to ATI, the new video card allows data to be sent and received concurrently at twice the speed of existing AGP 8X solutions, with full, native 16-lane bus interconnect between the VPU and CPU in both directions simultaneously.
The ALL-IN-WONDER X600 PRO includes integrated DVD burning capabilities for media creation at faster than real time, a 400MHz engine and 256MB 600MHz memory for image enhancement, and "domino-style" connector dongles for VGA plus DVI-I monitor output connectivity.
The North American versions includes Serious Magic Visual Communicator video production software that integrates real-time video with real-time 3D graphics, muvee autoProducer DVD Edition automatic video production software, and Pinnacle Studio 9 (ATI Version) digital video editing with additional ATI-based features.

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Marcel's Linux App of the Month: KDissert
Unix Review takes a look at KDissert. "Somewhere in my head, there's a jumble of fleeting thoughts, ideas, and concepts, running every which way with no map for me to follow other than some casual mental digging here and there. If you find yourself in the same kind of cerebral jungle, what you and I really need is a mind map. Thomas Nagy's KDissert is an application referred to as a mind mapping tool. Its purpose is to help you create complex documents such as a thesis, or a dissertation, or a presentation."
"OpenOffice Writer document"??
As a KOffice hacker, I am somewhat affronted when I see things like that. OpenDocument is a file format that is intended to ensure total vendor interoperability - it's NOT only the OpenOffice file format. I couldn't find anywhere to comment on the article, so please help me stamp out misconceptions like this, everybody.
By Inge Wallin at Mon, 2006/03/27 - 6:00am
Re: "OpenOffice Writer document"??
You have already told Marcel this. I am sure that he will either adjust for the future or will perhaps write an adendum for you.
By a.c. at Mon, 2006/03/27 - 6:00am
Re: "OpenOffice Writer document"??
Well Marcel was using the same terminology as KDissert.
By Ian Monroe at Mon, 2006/03/27 - 6:00am
Re: "OpenOffice Writer document"??
You forgot "GNU/Linux App of the Month". Nitpicker :)
By Anonymous at Mon, 2006/03/27 - 6:00am
klik link
By Anonymous at Mon, 2006/03/27 - 6:00am
integrate it in Koffice
It would be great, if kdissert would be integrated in Koffice
By Mark at Mon, 2006/03/27 - 6:00am
Missing collapse
I like KDissert, but what I really miss is the possibility to collapse your diagrams like Freemind [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/] can (btw: project of the month 02/2006 on sf.net).
By Dani at Tue, 2006/03/28 - 6:00am
Mind map
I wish there was a mind map mode in KDissert. Isn't this what it already does, you might ask, but no. KDissert is designed to allow only strict tree structure in the graph, allowing it to eventually output the text as a linear document.
I wish there was, in addition to the tree branches, the possibility to add "soft" edges, connecting nodes in any combination. There could be edges in different colours; directed and undirected edges and edges with labels. This would not break the previous functionality, but allow KDissert to be used also for other purposes than document production.
I have looked at other tools that do this, but found none to be satisfactory.
By Martin at Tue, 2006/03/28 - 6:00am
Re: Mind map
Hold the control key pressed while linking objects (in link mode). This will add references.
By ita at Tue, 2006/03/28 - 6:00am
Re: Mind map
holy hidden features batman!
this really needs to be exposed much better. keep the control key shortcut, but for the love of god[dess], add another button to the toolbar! i've also discovered that it's a little obtuse to new kdissert users how to begin adding items ...
now all we need is to make the drawing of the connectoins prettier (arthur's improved support for things like AA and alpha will go a long way here) and make customizing connections nicer (e.g. allowing one to give them custom colors, tag them, etc).
kdissert is a very promising app (i use it regularly myself these days). a good ui review could do it handsomely at this point.
By Aaron J. Seigo at Wed, 2006/03/29 - 6:00am
Re: Mind map
Can you expand a bit? What exactly are references? And how are they reflected if I output the document to html or to opendocument format?
By Gonzalo at Thu, 2006/03/30 - 6:00am
Re: Mind map
The references are converted in footnotes, for latex book and article at least. They are ignored by other document generators.
The chapter about references is missing from the documentation.
By ita at Thu, 2006/03/30 - 6:00am
Personally I like BasKet ( http://basket.kde.org/ ). Not quite the same, but in the same general realm of application. The betas of 0.6.x are stable and way way more impressive than 0.5.x. If you haven't used it, play with it a bit... it features unobtrusive fancy effects that really seem integrated. If all apps worked like it in KDE 4, I'd be happy.
By Evan "JabberWok... at Tue, 2006/03/28 - 6:00am
Re: BasKet
I typed "really seem integrated" when I meant to say "really seem intuitive". Fancy but not flashy effect that give subtle cues as to how you can manipulate the material.
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East Pilbara Dollars Project
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The major towns of the East Pilbara comprise of Newman, Marble Bar and Nullgine.
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East Pilbara Tourism
Visiting our coastal reserve Cape Keraudren? Wanting to know where to stay, what to do and how to get around? Then this is the page for you.
East Pilbara Arts Centre
This amazing facility is home to Martumili Art Gallery and provides a functional space for any event large or small. To find out more....
Photo gallery
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Thank you very much for your hospitality.
We had a wonderful time at Sun Peaks. I already knew the hotel would be excellent because this was the second time I've stayed there. My wife agreed!
The room was perfect and the staff were very friendly and helpful. We also had two lovely meals at the steakhouse.
So Keep up the good work and maybe we will see you in the future.
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SKF inch roller bearing units must be mounted properly using the appropriate tools and state of the art mechanical mounting methods. All the associated components must also meet certain basic requirements (Specifications for shafts and housing support surfaces). Mounting instructions are provided with each unit.
The mounting collar on SKF ConCentra roller bearing units is equipped with M6 set (grub) screws, the number of which depends on the size of the bearing unit. SKF recommends using a torque wrench to tighten these set (grub) screws. The tightening torque is 66 in-lbf. A specially designed hexagonal key 3L, in accordance with ISO 2936:2014, with a torque indicator is supplied with each bearing unit.
Do not tighten the set (grub) screws until the bearing unit is positioned on the shaft. If the screws are tightened prematurely, the stepped sleeve may deform.
The locking collar of collar-mount units is equipped with two set (grub) screws, the size of which depends on the bearing unit size. SKF recommends using a torque wrench to tighten these set (grub) screws. Recommended tightening torque values are provided in table 1.


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Friday the 13th Was Good Luck For The Phillies
Friday the 13th turned out to be a reversal of fortune for the Phillies, on a day that is traditionally known for bad luck. It was also a day where some very young, unproven pitchers were tossed into the fire and emerged unscathed.
Cole Hamels was to start the game, but before he took the mound, Ryan Howard blasted a three-run homer to give him a nice lead to work with. And although Hamels gave a run back to the Braves in the first inning, it looked like he was on cruise control after that, at least until the fifth inning.
A single and two straight doubles by the Braves in the fifth tied the game at 3-3. In the sixth, Hamels uncorked a wild pitch with a runner on third to give the Braves a 4-3 lead. After six innings, Hamels had allowed four runs on eight hits while both Hamels and Placido Polanco committed errors in the game.
It was starting to look like a real Friday the 13th nightmare until Shane Victorino hit an RBI-single in the seventh to tie the game again. But as quickly as things began to look up, they went downhill again fast.
Relief pitcher J.C. Romero started the bottom of the seventh and got into big trouble quickly. Martin Prado doubled; it seemed like he could not fail to get on base after doing so four straight times in this game. After a sac bunt that moved Prado to third, Romero walked the next two batters to load the bases.
With one out and the bases juiced, the rookie Michael Stutes took over, looking like fresh meat tossed into a pack of wolves. Stutes was not rattled and he struck out Dan Uggla, making it look easy. Antonio Bastardo was up next and before you could blink, the count was a scary 3-0. But the young lefty refocused and came back to strike out a very frustrated Freddie Freeman, who began slamming equipment to the ground.
The Phillies were able to retake the lead in the eighth after Howard doubled and Raul Ibanez singled to score him. With a very slim 5-4 lead, another rookie would be called upon to hold the Braves down. Vance Worley took the mound and on one pitch, gave up a single. Still not shaken, Worley got the next three outs, including Prado, who failed to reach base for the first time all night.
Ryan Madson closed out the game and is now 6-for-6 in save attempts. But the best news of the night was seeing a very young group of bullpen pitchers pass the biggest test of their budding careers. Stutes, Bastardo and Worley were outstanding and there can be no question now that they all have what it takes to pitch in the majors.
Game two with the Braves is at 1:10pm Saturday and Joe Blanton will pitch.
Photos by Jenn Zambri Photography
*Read more about the Phillies at my other home page, Phightin' Phils Phorum in the MTR Media network*


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A passenger on Delta Flight #1404 from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City told us a first class passenger, described as "swarthy," was yanked off the plane at landing by security after "erratic behavior" during the flight. UPDATE BELOW.
Two Chevy Tahoe police cars drove up to the flight after it taxied to a stop, officers entered the plane and led the passenger away in handcuffs.
UPDATE: From Salt Lake City airport:
"There was no arrest, and no handcuffs, there were some complaints from co-passengers about this gentleman's behavior on the aircraft, police officers met him and let him know he had to have more of a public attitude on the airplane and he was allowed to reboard and travel to Chicago."


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Employee believed to have ordered large amount of weaponry
At 8:01 a.m. on Wednesday, agents from the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Department of Justice executed search warrants on The Free Press building at 2103 N. Queen Street.
�Based on information obtained from confiscated Associated Press phone records, we saw fit to kick in the front door of The Free Press offices and have a look around,� said U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. �Also, the writer with the funny hair keeps inferring that I�m actually Oprah�s boyfriend Stedman Graham, which has caused me all kinds of trouble back at the house.�
When asked why the door was kicked in even though it was unlocked for business hours, Holder declined to comment.
�I held the door open for them,� said Free Press Chief Photographer Janet Carter. �They asked me to shut the door so they could knock it down. I told him to tell Gayle �hey� for me.�
The explanation for the �Kickdown heard �round Queen Street� was simple.
�Our team was there because The Free Press had previously published an article about local Tea Party activity that presented the facts and was unbiased,� said IRS Commissioner Steven T. Miller. �That�s a definite red flag.�
He continued, �Also, the income these reporters listed on their tax returns seemed ludicrously low. As it turns out they were telling the truth about that, too; my bust.�
Connie R. Hill, spokesperson for Independent Voters of America, says this level of corruption is rampant on both sides of the aisle.
�The previous administration was lambasted for doing this kind of thing,� said Hill, who recently completed a six-week stay at the Betty Ford Center for caffeine and run-on sentence addiction. �Now, the current administration who lambasted the previous administration is doing it while the remnants of the previous administration that also did it are shocked and appalled that the current administration is doing the same shady stuff they themselves did.�
Holder � who has ironically never been seen in the same room with Oprah�s boo Stedman � said information obtained from a phone tap gave them plenty of reason to execute a search of the premises.
�One Free Press employee � Paulette Burroughs, 39, of La Grange � was overheard ordering knives, hand grenades, swords, anti-aircraft missiles, crossbows, ear daggers, Gatling guns and Kenny Chesney albums on more than one occasion from her desk phone,� Stedman, err, Holder said. �That makes this a matter of national security and questionable taste in music.�
When asked why she ordered so much weaponry, Burroughs response was succinct.
�I was out,� she said.
When contacted by the Associated Press, former President George W. Bush declined to comment because he thought Stedman might be eavesdropping on the call. Vice President Joe Biden eluded reporter�s questions by throwing an imaginary ball and running away to fetch it.
While the Obama administration is now being criticized for doing the same sort of things the Bush Administration did � such as outing CIA agent Valerie Plame and filling Kanye West�s tour bus with owl guano � former Vice President Dick Cheney doesn�t believe the comparisons are fair.
�Neither President Bush nor I ever had any knowledge of inappropriate � oh man,� Cheney said, as he busted out laughing. �I used to be able to say that with a straight face (laughing while clutching chest). I have been out of the game too long (wiping tears from his eyes). But seriously, do you have any triple-A batteries? One of my pacemakers is about to blow and I�ve got an appointment to blast a guy in the face with bird shot in a few hours.�
President Obama scoffed at the notion that he was as seedy as George W. Bush.
�They�ll warn that tyranny is always lurking just around the corner,� President Obama said. �You should reject those voices. But, if something unconstitutional does occur � like targeting the tax records of a political group or confiscating the phone records of a news-gathering organization, just remember this: gay basketball star Jason Collins is a brave American and that should be our sole focus for the foreseeable future.�
Late Wednesday afternoon, the DOJ announced they will be pre-opening everyone�s Christmas presents this year. Operation No Child�s Toy Left Behind is set to commence Dec. 20.
Jon Dawson�s columns appear every Tuesday and Thursday in The Free Press. Contact Jon and possibly a DOJ agent at 252-559-1092 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Purchase books, music and subscriptions to O Magazine at jondawson.com.


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Attorneys seek separate trials for Cipriano baseball bat beating suspects
Tucker Cipriano charged with killing father, severely injuring mother, brother in April attack at Farmington Hills home
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – The Farmington Hills man charged with killing his father and severely injuring his mother and brother in a violent baseball bat beating attack is due in court today for a forensic examination.
Tucker Cipriano, 19, is charged with murdering Bob Cipriano on April 16 in his Farmington Hills home. The teen's mother, Rose, and 17-year-old brother, Sal, spent weeks in the hospital recovering.
Tucker kept a steady gaze downward during his pretrial hearing. Psychiatrists have already interviewed him three times to see if he is competent to stand trial. That report is expected in a few weeks. A separate issue is Tucker's mental state during the beating of his father and the near-fatal beatings of his mother and brother.
Tucker Cipriano's friend, Mitchell Young, is also charged in the attack. Young says he was hit by Tucker the night of the attack. Both defense lawyers are asking for separate trials.
A hearing Tuesday will determine if he is competent to stand trial.
COMPLETE COVERAGE: Attack on Farmington Hills family
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February 18, 1861 is generally remembered as the day Jefferson Davis took his oath as Provisional President of the Confederacy (read Adam Goodheart's fascinating analysis of Davis' inaugural speech in Disunion). But also on that day a brief story appeared in the New York Times, with the headline "Decision in the case of the Fugitive Slave Anderson.; THE PRISONER SET AT LIBERTY." The story read:
HAMILTON, C.W., Saturday, Feb. 16.
The final decision in the case of ANDERSON, the fugitive slave, was given to-day. The Court sustained the decision of the Court of Queen's Bench on the question of law, and was unanimous in discharging the prisoner on a technicality in the commitment. ANDERSON is, therefore, set at liberty. Great joy is manifested, especially among the colored population.
It would have been easy for a Times reader to pass by the story. It was two sentences long, from Canada, and involved a black man. A pity, since the underlying case was both fascinating and significant. Anderson's story is well summarized in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. Robert C. Reinders writes:
Jack Burton was a slave of Moses Burton of Fayette, Mo. Jack's father escaped from slavery shortly after Jack was born and his mother was sold to a slave trader when he was seven. On 25 Dec. 1850 he married Marie Tomlin, a slave who lived near the Burton property. Marie had two children from a previous marriage, and she and Jack were to have at least one child. In 1853 Jack Burton was sold to a farmer in Glasgow, Mo. Soon after, he illegally visited his wife; discovered and pursued by a local farmer, Seneca T. P. Diggs, Burton slew Diggs and escaped. With the aid of abolitionists, Burton made his way to Canada West and settled at Windsor in the home of the mother of Henry Bibb in about September 1853. At this time he took the name John Anderson. He later worked as a plasterer and labourer in Hamilton and Caledonia.
In 1854 the United States government requested Anderson's extradition but the governor general of British North America, Lord Elgin [Bruce], refused to issue the warrant; however, in April 1860 William Mathews, a Brantford magistrate, jailed Anderson on a charge of murder. Samuel B. Freeman, a Hamilton attorney, secured Anderson's freedom. Formal charges were then made by James A. Gunning, a Detroit detective, and affidavits were received from witnesses in Missouri which led to Anderson's reimprisonment in October 1860 on a warrant issued by a three-man magistrate's court in Brantford charging that he did "wilfully, maliciously and feloniously stab and kill" the Missouri farmer. Freeman, supported by Canadian abolitionists, secured a writ of habeas corpus on 20 Nov. 1860 from the Court of Queen's Bench in Toronto presided over by John Beverley Robinson. On 15 December the court ruled by two to one that Anderson had committed murder by Missouri law, and that he could be extradited under terms of the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842. Anderson was, however, momentarily protected by a statement by the court that it would offer no opposition to an appeal to the Court of Error and Appeal.
Canadian and British opinion was almost universally hostile toward the decision of 15 December. Thomas Henning, secretary of the Anti-Slavery Society of Canada, appealed to the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society in London and it applied to the Court of Queen's Bench at Westminster in January 1861 for a writ of habeas corpus. The court granted this after accepting the applicant's argument that the court's writ could, on the basis of precedents, be made to extend to Canada. In Canada news of the writ was denounced by most elements of public opinion as interference in the constitutional powers of Canadian courts. Before the British writ could be served in Canada, however, Anderson's attorneys appealed directly to the Court of Common Pleas in Toronto; in his decision on 16 Feb. 1861 Chief Justice William Henry Draper discharged Anderson principally on the grounds that the warrant from the Brantford magistrate's court did not actually accuse Anderson of murder.
The story of John Anderson is significant on several levels. For escaped slaves in the antebellum United States, Canada was the closest reliable refuge beyond the reach of the Fugitive Slave Act. While hardly devoid of racism, Canadian society offered African Americans the hope of a normal life in the years before the Civil War. And since slavery had ended in the British Empire in 1833, by 1861 many Canadians looked on slavery's continuation in the United States with antipathy. While white Missourians believed Anderson was a murderous brute, Canadians tended to see his killing of Diggs as legitimate self-defense and were reluctant to extradite him to almost certain death back home. While Missouri's demand for Anderson was probably legally valid under the Webster-Ashburton Treaty, simple justice no doubt explains Chief Justice Draper's dismissal of Anderson's extradition on a technicality. It also demonstrates that slavery was increasingly isolating the United States internationally in the mid-19th century, not just in Canada, but in many other Western countries. This fact would have considerable importance for the outcome of the Civil War even as it freed one man from the burden of his past.
For a more in-depth analysis of the John Anderson case, see Paul Finkleman, "International Extradition and Fugitive Slaves – The John Anderson Case" Brooklyn Journal of International Law, Vol. 18, No. 765, 1992. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1120306.


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Apple is on top of the world. It has enjoyed phenomenal success since the iPhone's debut in 2007. Each iteration sells better than the last — just look at the iPhone 5's 2 million in first-day pre-order sales. The company is all but printing money. And the iPhone is largely responsible.
Despite the incredible success of its mobile products, Apple insists upon entangling itself in a seemingly endless campaign of litigation, ruthlessly fighting to push patent-infringing products off store shelves and shake down competitors for licensing fees. Apple is back in court today to resume its fight with Samsung as the two sides meet in a San Jose courtroom for the first time since jurors told the Korean company to pay Apple $1.05 billion for essentially ripping off its design and user interface.
Apple certainly doesn't need the dough, but this was never about the money. And this is a war it must wage.
Apple is embroiled in dozens of patent suits with Android handset makers around the globe. Here in the United States, the company has declared war on Samsung. It has two cases against the Korean electronics giant, both claiming Samsung is infringing on multiple facets of Apple's intellectual property. To put it plainly, Apple says Samsung has blatantly copied the look and feel of the iPhone and iPad, its UI and multitouch technologies. A federal jury in San Jose ruled that 21 Samsung products infringed on Apple patents and told Samsung to pay up. The two sides will be in court today to discuss the verdict, a possible ban on Samsung products and whether the whole mess should be retried.
But wait. There's more. Apple has been bickering with Motorola Mobility, which Google purchased in May, since 2010 (one of the five suits was thrown out in November). And an ongoing IP battle with HTC also finally reached a conclusion through a confidential licensing agreement last month.
Come on. Is all this really necessary?
Yes. It is, even if the intellectual property back-and-forth sometimes seems pointless and is starting to make Apple look like a bully – or worse, a monopolistic corporate Darth Vader akin to Microsoft in the late 1990s. To combat this, Apple must stick to fighting other major players (picking on someone its own size); being reasonable, and not vindictive, in its demands; and, most importantly, continuing to develop innovative products. That's key, because, ultimately, these lawsuits are all about innovation.
"A lot of people in the software world think patents are bad. Well, the reality is that in our country, if we don't have the ability to protect our innovations, the future of America looks pretty grim," Christopher Marlett, CEO of intellectual property investment bank MDB Capital, said. "The last thing we have is our ability to innovate."
That was the entire point of Apple's opening statement in the epic Apple v. Samsung trial: It's easier to copy than innovate, and Samsung cannot be allowed to copy Apple's designs and inventions. Our patent system, however flawed, is supposed to protect and incentivize creative thought. If an individual, or company, can create a truly unique and useful product and someone else can simply copy it, thereby taking the inventor's heard-earned profits and recognition, there's no longer any point in innovating. That is why Apple has no choice but to sue.
"It would be a very, very bad idea for Apple not pursue legal action against competitors," Springs and Struts lead engineer and designer Colin Barrett said.
It would be difficult to overstate the scale of what's at stake here. IDC estimates 717.5 million smartphones will have shipped this year alone, and Gartner says we'll see 1.2 billion mobile device (smartphone and tablet) sold in 2013. Controlling the dominant platform has implications beyond the smartphone, which is becoming increasingly vital in today's society.
"So much of what we do in our life is done on a smartphone," Marlett said. "Whoever controls those eyeballs controls money. Longer term, these companies will want to be the dominant smartphone platform because it ripples through their business models – in the case of Apple, it's part of an ecosystem of laptops, tablets, and home entertainment."
The smartphone space is, unlike the software space, dominated by giants. When larger companies go after enterprising startups, it definitely comes across as predatory, like an NFL linebacker sacking a middle school quarterback. If it's just the big guys attacking one another, well, at least everyone's on fairly equal footing.
Companies like Apple, Samsung, and HTC have the boatloads of cash to finance aggressive litigation and aggressive R&D.
"Apple has enough money to fund both legal efforts and R&D, and I sincerely doubt there's any relationship between Apple's legal efforts and the quality of their products," Gartner analyst Charles Golvin told Wired.
Those legions of lawyers are indeed expensive. Each of those companies is spending tens, if not hundreds, of millions to keep competitors from incorporating even minor details into their products. Stanford University researchers estimate around $20 billion has been spent on IP litigation in the United States during the past two years. During the Apple v. Samsung trial alone, each side is estimated to have spent between $10 and $20 million.
So Apple might need to litigate to protect its software and hardware innovations, and it has the money to do that and continue developing novel products. All of this, however, overlooks one of its most valuable assets: its brand image. If the Apple continue charging down the path of litigation, it could tarnish its name in a big, big way.
"Twenty years ago, Microsoft was lambasted as the dark knight of PC world," Rob Frankel, branding expert and author of The Revenge of Brand X: How to Build a Big Time Brand on the Web or Anywhere Else, said. "Now because of Apple's austerity, it's as if the brands are trading places in terms of brand perception. Apple becoming increasing domineering."
The company's image as a fortified walled garden isn't helping. Frankel thinks the Apple brand has been diminishing for two or three years, and the courtroom shenanigans aren't helping. "The lawsuits are just one more link in the chain," he said. "Apple's brand equity as the underdog is long, long gone."
At the least, it appears Apple is ease its litigious nature by reaching licensing agreements with Android handset makers. "I believe Apple is willing to settle — witness HTC — provided it believes that settlement reflects the value of their intellectual property," Golvin said. This is the way the patent system should function, after all.
What Apple really needs to do is demonstrate serious innovation, and soon. The iOS platform, compared to newcomers like Windows Phone, is growing stale. It is familiar, and elegant, but the navigation, its stagnant array of 5-year-old icons, and the look in general could use a major overhaul. The recent executive shakeup at Apple could indicate such a change is in the works.
Apple may have more money than many countries, and products even the pope would kill for. But with a few years of serious smartphone litigation under its belt and not all that much new to show for it, it's time to start resolving these lawsuits and move forward with what we all want: Better products.


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Prof. Joseph Heithaus Publishes Poison Sonnets
February 15, 2012
Poison Sonnets, a collection of poems by Joseph Heithaus, University Professor and professor of English at DePauw University, has been published by David Robert Books. (book cover: Lynda Lowe; photo of Joe Heithaus: Jessica Tampas)
After encouraging a student to write a series of sonnets, Heithaus turned the assignment on himself and began to write sonnets inspired by illustrations of poison plants in an old Webster's Dictionary. He began publishing some of these sonnets in magazines such as Poetry and the American Poetry Journal and then Heithaus won the prestigious 2007 Discovery/The Nation Prize for a group of ten "Poison Sonnets." Those sonnets are now the central thread of the book, a weave of fifty-four sonnets exploring the nature of poison and celebrating the complexities of language.
According to David Wojahn, a 2007 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, "There is something of Roethke in Joseph Heithaus' edgy and muscular sonnets: as with the work of that great master, the poems approach the natural world through a conflation of awe and terror. And -- again like Roethke -- for Heithaus the natural world and the familial one are helplessly and invariably conjoined. I admire the effortless formal invention of these poems, but it is their steady and concentrated elegiac gaze which gives these poems their authority. Poison Sonnets is a exceptionally noteworthy debut."
Adds Maurice Manning, finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer in Poetry and former DePauw professor, "Botany and poetic form make good companions -- each is intricate, mysterious, and often in league with beauty. But there is a difference: a lowly weed arrives at random and raggedly, whereas a sonnet is alleged to be the result of refinement and design. Joseph Heithaus has placed human life in the middle of this spectrum, and found at the center of his fine book a dark and quiet question. Are we merely evolved, the result of a sum of instincts, or are we more carefully composed? It is an impossible question, the kind we expect poetry to ask."
Learn more, and order the book, at Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble.com. You're also invited to visit the professor's website.
Heithaus will read from Poison Sonnets on February 23 at 7 p.m. at the Putnam Country Public Library.
The poems of Joe Heithaus have appeared in Poetry, North American Review, the Southern Review, Prairie Schooner and Indiana Review. The professor is one of five "Airpoets," whose poems have been integrated into stained-glass window murals in the new Indianapolis International Airport and are featured in two books, Rivers, Rails and Runways and Airmail.
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Harvey Weinstein knows he can be temperamental, and he knows he's not above a good publicity stunt, but he said Thursday his complaints over an R rating for his company's upcoming trans teen family story 3 Generations are worth the effort on behalf of prospective young trans viewers.
Starring Elle Fanning as a girl who wants to transition, the Motion Picture Association of America assigned the restrictive R based on strong language, including some sexual references. The film, which opens with a limited release in Los Angeles and New York on May 5, also stars Naomi Watts and Susan Sarandon.
The dust up is similar to Weinstein's ratings complaint for Bully in 2012. The Weinstein Company successfully challenged that film's R rating and the MPAA knocked it down to PG-13.
"I am not complaining about it when we do a horror movie, you know, when we do It Follows, We understand we live by the rules," Weinstein said. "When the movie has something of social importance to say, I think it's important that we stand up. I admit that I'm temperamental but nevertheless I try to fight for good. This is insane."
The MPAA released a statement Thursday saying the rating system is designed to give parents consistent information about the content in a film and that it does update the system as attitudes change.
"None of the ratings indicate whether a film is good, bad, or otherwise, nor is (its) purpose to prescribe social policy," the statement said. "This system has withstood the test of time because, as American parents' sensitivities change, so too does the rating system."
Weinstein has been accused of publicity-seeking through ratings complaints in the past. In this case, he said, an R rating would mean trans youth under 17 without adult accompaniment could not see the story of a New York family struggling with the transition of Fanning's character, Ray.
"Honestly, this is not a publicity attempt," Weinstein said. "If it was I'd just say so because I don't care. I find nothing wrong with seeking publicity. This is issue oriented."
Sarah Kate Ellis, president of the LGBTQ advocacy group GLAAD, sent a letter earlier this week to MPAA officials urging reconsideration of the R rating.
"All that differentiates the film from other PG-13 films is a few instances of strong language," she said in the letter. "The film does not include graphic violence, drug use, or nudity — it merely portrays a modern family."


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The inaugural Big Turn Music Festival is coming to Red Wing on Feb. 16-17, 2018. This two-day event will feature more than 100 bands playing at 18 venues across downtown. Big Turn is led by Red Wing native and Midwest Music Fest founder Sam Brown and organized by a dedicated team of local music enthusiasts: Brooke Herling, Adam Brown, Christopher Warrington, Hans Hovelson and Elly Williams.
Single-day pass: $25
Two-day pass: $40
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Ticket prices will go up by $10 on Feb. 16.
Performers will include: Porcupine, Caroline Smith, Ben Weaver, Dave Simonett, Rogue Valley, Toki Wright, Lott, Jillian Rae, Lydia Liza, Rogue the Wolf, Early Eyes, Universal Music Center students and more.
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Washington, DC – February 11, 2014 –
The following statement was released today by WCS President and CEO Cristián Samper, who also serves as a member of the United States Advisory Council to the Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking:
"The United States government committed today its full power behind efforts to end the crime of wildlife trafficking. Wildlife criminals, beware.
"Today's release by the Obama Administration of the National Strategy for Combating Wildlife Trafficking and the issuance of a ban on trade in elephant ivory are an unprecedented and historic step by any government to commit all aspects of its operations behind addressing this crisis. The United States is fully committing to take on this transnational organized crime from all angles by marshaling resources across all executive branch agencies and by taking steps to make our domestic laws tougher on wildlife criminals.
"The inclusion of a ban on commercial ivory trade is a game-changing element which shows how intent the administration is on pursuing real solutions. The announcement of this ban comes as more than 111 partners and more than 100,000 people have sent letters to the administration asking for moratoria on ivory sales through the
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"The poaching crisis facing elephants, tigers, rhinos, sharks and other wildlife demands this type of meaningful action, if we are to keep these species thriving into the next century and beyond.
"I am encouraged to see a unified, cross-cutting plan, including an emphasis on site-based conservation action, which will better equip the United States to take on all facets of this crisis – stopping the killing, stopping the trafficking, and stopping the demand.
"The new strategy places a focus on strengthening enforcement, domestically and globally; by building international cooperation, commitment and public-private partnerships (including using trade agreements and international agreements and arrangements, like CITES); and reducing demand -- through awareness activities -- for ivory and other wildlife products from endangered and threatened species.
"The Wildlife Conservation Society is a committed partner with the U.S. government and many other partners around the globe addressing the urgent issue of wildlife trafficking. We applaud this announcement from the White House today, which emphasizes collaboration, and we look forward to working with the administration, governments, communities and other NGOs on implementation.
"As governments and NGOs meet in London this week to address wildlife trafficking, the United States is sending a clear sign that it intends to lead by example on this issue. I am honored to be a member of the advisory council which helped to inform today's recommendations and we applaud President Obama's leadership."
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The Scottish singing sensation will promote her debut album, "I Dreamed A Dream" on the shopping channel on November 4, OK! magazine reported.
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October is Learning Disabilities Awareness Month
Throughout October the Learning Disabilities Associations of York Region will be celebrating LD Awareness month. LDA-YR will be raising awareness and reducing stigma to allow individuals to get the supports they need to reach their potential.
"People too often define the life of someone living with Learning Disabilities by the areas where they need support such as math, reading, writing or organizational skills. Too often other negative labels follow Dumb, Lazy or Disruptive. Nothing could be further from the truth" says: Lawrence Barns President and CEO of LDA-Ontario "The goal of this campaign is for people to see the areas of strength and abilities which often get overlooked."


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An eyewitness tells us in a comment that some of the people at Lev Tahor have fled.
I live less than a kilometre from this group's houses (I can see them from my backyard across the cornfield) and in the country news travels fast… My neighbour called this afternoon to say that seven cop cars were blocking the entrance to the housing units.
It seems these persecuted families are on the move again…. The Chatham Daily News is now reporting that the 13 children who were due to be taken into protective care today and their parents have now fled to the Caribbean to frustrate justice AGAIN.
Before I saw that comment I saw an email from a reader with a link to the CBC reporting the same thing, along with the news that it looks as if the attempt to frustrate justice will fail. It looks as if they will be sent back to Toronto.
Some members of Lev Tahor, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect from Quebec that fled to a town near Windsor, Ont., last November, have apparently flown the coop again, this time to Trinidad and Tobago, where their journey has been halted.
Immigration authorities said the sect members were in transit to Guatemala, but officials in Trinidad and Tobago have prevented the members from flying to Central America after the authorities allegedly found some inconsistencies in their responses.
Well done, officials in Trinidad and Tobago.
Members of Lev Tahor arrived at Piarco International Airport Monday and have refused to leave, an immigration officer at the airport told CBC News.
The members are not being detained as fugitives.
A spokeswoman with Trinidad and Tobago's Ministry of National Security said the group was offered hotel accommodations, but the sect members refused.
She said sect spokesman Avraham Dinkel has continued to negotiate with local authorities to travel on to Guatemala and not return to Canada.
A statement released Wednesday by Trinidad's Ministry of National Security said, "the Immigration Services have been advised to pursue the decision of having the group return to their port of origin," which is Toronto.
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The flight south comes as two families were scheduled to appear in a Chatham-Kent, Ont., court today to learn the result of their appeal of an earlier court judgment that demanded the children be returned to Quebec and placed in foster care.
Stephen Doig of Chatham-Kent Children's Services said his agency has alerted sister agencies with offices along the Canada-U.S. border after the families in southern Ontario could not be found at their homes.
So that will be the seven cop cars our commenter's neighbor saw.
Last month, an Ontario judge upheld a Quebec ruling ordering 13 children in the Lev Tahor sect to be surrendered to child welfare authorities. After being denied an appeal by a Quebec court, the group issued a request for appeal to an Ontario court.
This came after the Quebec and Ontario provincial police forces raided the Lev Tahor homes in Chatham.
Quebec's Youth Protection Services alleged in court that children living in the sect were medicated with melatonin to control their behaviour, couldn't do basic math and were married off as young as 14.
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SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Junior M.J. Rhett put forth one of his best efforts on both sides of the ball Saturday finishing with his second double-double of the year in a 73-64 loss to USC Upstate.
Back in his home state Rhett posted a team high in rebounds (11) for the Tigers combined with 11 points. It was the junior's first double-double since the team's opening game against Hawai'I on Nov. 8.
Freshman Jamonte Graham notched career highs in points (9), rebounds (2), assists and steals (2) in the effort. Patrick Miller's 20 points marked the junior's 21st game in double-figures going all the way back to Jan. 24 against EKU.
After falling behind USC Upstate (5-3) 4-0 to start the contest, a Patrick Miller steal combined with a Kennedy Eubanks layup on the other end got the Tennessee State (0-8) offense on the board at 17:46. The Spartans continued on their run after the Tigers broke their drought taking a 9-4 lead into the first media timeout.
USC Upstate continued to lead throughout the first half. Gritty playsby junior Jay Harris kept the Tigers within seven at 20-13, with 7:34 remaining in the opening frame.
A knifing Miller layup drew a foul in the lane and he converted the and one opportunity to cut the once 12-point deficit down to nine, 27-18, at the 4:51 mark.
An Upstate run pushed the home team's lead back to 11, at 29-18, with 4:06 left on the first half clock. Tennessee State ended the first half on a tear closing the lead to just three points as the teams headed to the locker rooms.
The 12-4 run was orchestrated by the play of Miller and freshman Jamonte Graham the duo combined for nine of the Tigers 12 points in the span, including a deep three from Graham with 21 seconds left on the 1st half clock. Senior Chaed Wellian also added a 3-pointer in the run.
In the first half TSU shot 40.7 percent from the field (11-27) and 18.7 percent from distance (2-11). Miller had a game high eight points in the first stanza, with a team high four rebounds and two assists.
Tennessee State started the second half with a 3:37 scoring drought, ended by an M.J. Rhett layup to close the Spartans lead to six, 38-32.
USC Upstate pushed its lead back to eight, 40-32, Tennessee State connected on four quick points bringing the lead back down to four, 40-36, capped by an M.J. Rhett free-throw.
The lead increased back to double-digits at 12:38 with a Criag Torrey jumper to make the score 48-38. TSU's senior leader Miller answered back for Big Blue with four consecutive points bringing coach Travis Williams' team within six, 48-42. Four straight free-throws by Tennessee State cut the Spartans lead down to four with 8:02 left in the game.
The home team answered back to extend the lead back to 10, 48-38, with the help of a 6-0 run.
Tennessee State closed as close as seven in the closing moments of the second half, with the latest at the 1:30 mark (65-58) but the Spartans charged back each time.
USC Upstate went on to close the game out 73-64 after the Tigers rally fell short.


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Notes & Quotes
Ruben Amaro and Scott Proefrock are attending the annual GM meetings this week in Palm Springs, CA . . . Marti Wolever, who heads the Phillies scouting department, is meeting this week with his scouting coordinators and regional supervisors to make plans for 2013 and also follow the Arizona Fall League . . . Gene Schall has been named the Northeast Regional supervisor and Eric Valent, the Southeast Regional supervisor . . . Phillies Gold Glover leaders: Mike Schmidt (10), Garry Maddox (8), Jimmy Rollins (4).
Johnny Callison will be inducted posthumously into the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame on Thursday night. Phillies PR announcer, Dan Baker, will receive the Legacy of Excellence Award.
Alumni Birthdays
Sunday: SS Dick Groat (82), OF Tito Francona (79) . . . Monday, INF Putsy Caballero (85) . . . Wednesday, LHP Jim Kaat (74) . . . Thursday, RHP John Denny (60), OF Wally Westlake (92) . . . Saturday, RHP Gene Conley (82).
Groat, Conley and RHP Ron Reed are three Phillies Alumni who also played pro basketball in the NBA.
They Said It
"We've got the connection with (hitting coach) Johnny Narron but we don't have the connection with U.S. Bank," Brewers GM Doug Melvin on rumors Milwaukee will be attempt to sign free agent CF Josh Hamilton.
"I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers down," comedian Steven Wright.
MLB Record Holder
LHP Rogers McKee won his only game in 1943 and years later learned he was the youngest pitcher in modern MLB history to record a win. Read all about Rogers in Where Are They Now, www.phillies.com/alumni.


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A senior B.J.P spokesperson recently called his rival political opponent as being worse than a prostitute as she sells her party tickets to anyone who gives more money amongst existing prospective ticket seekers.If someone gives Rs 100/-,she sells the ticket to him,if someone offers Rs 200/-,she snatches away that ticket from the previous candidate and sells it to the new one who offered that Rs 200/- and so on and so forth he alleged.
According to British,the Indians instead of being grateful towards them for their more or less democratic rule which gave them a time of peace as compared to the previous eras of open warfare across the sub-continent, sought independence which would necessarily benefit them much more. Now independent India established industries of its own across the country,yet in Telangana,the semi-slave status of 'nee baanchan kalmoktha dora'(I am your slave,I bow down to your feet my lord) did not go away until N.T.Rama Rao came to power. Now recently people wanted even more in Telangana, hence they agitated and got a separate state.
When the formation of the state was briefly deferred,I have overheard the agitators of Telangaana say that their food and the food of their offspring is snatched away from their mouths.
manfred wrote: I have respect for a prostitute who does what she does to feed her children, for example. If I met one I would try to help, not blame.
So I believe Manfred has no problem with what they did.Ohmyrus also said that in democracies,the majority low class people want to snatch away more and more money from the rich and that is not correct just as rape would still be something wrong even if the majority were pitching for it.
So are the majority of the people of democracies analogous to prostitutes or rapists and does democracy abet these situations of prostitution and/or rape?


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To get a sense of how well Linux will run on the many-core processors of the future, a group of MIT researchers -- Silas Boyd-Wickizer, Austin T. Clements, Yandong Mao, Aleksey Pesterev, M. Frans Kaashoek, Robert Morris, and Nickolai Zeldovich -- has built a system in which eight six-core chips simulated the performance of a 48-core chip. Then, as they describe in their paper entitled An Analysis of Linux Scalability to Many Cores, they tested a battery of applications that placed heavy demands on the operating system, activating the 48 cores one by one and observing the consequences.
At some point, the addition of extra cores began slowing the system down rather than speeding it up. But that performance drag had a surprisingly simple explanation. In a multicore system, multiple cores often perform calculations that involve the same chunk of data. As long as the data is still required by some core, it shouldn't be deleted from memory. So when a core begins to work on the data, it ratchets up a counter stored at a central location, and when it finishes its task, it ratchets the counter down. The counter thus keeps a running tally of the total number of cores using the data. When the tally gets to zero, the operating system knows that it can erase the data, freeing up memory for other procedures.
As the number of cores increases, however, tasks that depend on the same data get split up into smaller and smaller chunks. The team found that the separate cores were spending so much time ratcheting the counter up and down that they weren't getting nearly enough work done. Slightly rewriting the Linux code so that each core kept a local count, which was only occasionally synchronized with those of the other cores, greatly improved the system's overall performance.
"That basically tells you how scalable things already are," says Frans Kaashoek, one of three computer-science professors who, along with four students, conducted the research. "The fact that that is the major scalability problem suggests that a lot of things already have been fixed. You could imagine much more important things to be problems, and they're not. You're down to simple reference counts. Our claim is not that our fixes are the ones that are going to make Linux more scalable," Kaashoek says. "The Linux community is completely capable of solving these problems, and they will solve them. That's our hypothesis. In fact, we don't have to do the work. They'll do it."
Kaashoek does say, however, that while the problem with the reference counter was easy to repair, it was not easy to identify. "There's a bunch of interesting research to be done on building better tools to help programmers pinpoint where the problem is," he says. "We have written a lot of little tools to help us figure out what's going on, but we'd like to make that process much more automated."
"The big question in the community is, as the number of cores on a processor goes up, will we have to completely rethink how we build operating systems," says Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau, a professor of computer science at the University of Wisconsin. "This paper is one of the first to systematically address that question."
Someday, Arpaci-Dusseau says, if the number of cores on a chip gets "significantly beyond 48," new architectures and operating systems may become necessary. But "for the next five, eight years," he says, "I think this paper answers pretty definitively that we probably don't have to completely rethink things, which is great, because it really helps direct resources and research toward more relevant problems."
Arpaci-Dusseau points out, too, that the MIT researchers "showed that finding the problems is the hard part. What that hints at for the rest of the community is that building techniques -- whether they're software techniques or hardware techniques or both -- that help to identify these problems is going to be a rich new area as we go off into this multicore world."


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/ Saturday, March 13, 2010 / 11 Comments / Meats , Miscellaneous
Stout-Braised Short Ribs
These hearty Irish Stout-Braised Short Ribs are filled with the rich flavors from the famous dark bittersweet beer. They can be cooked in a slow cooker or in an oven. So, I opted to use the oven method. I also added some beef stock to enhance the taste of the sauce. Anyway, do try making these great tasting ribs and the Colcannon, which I posted earlier. It's a great tasting combination!
Recipe adapted from Williams-Sonoma Kitchen
Stout-Braised Short Ribs
(Printable Recipe)
4 lbs Beef Short Ribs
Sea Salt and Freshly Ground Pepper, to taste
3 Tbsp Canola Oil
2 Yellow Onions, diced
3 Carrots, peeled and diced
2 Celery Stalks, diced
6 Garlic Cloves, sliced
2 Cups Stout
8 Fresh Flat-Leaf Parsley Sprigs (optional)
Season the short ribs generously on all sides with salt and pepper. In a large fry pan over medium-high heat, warm the oil until almost smoking. Working in batches (do not overcrowd), brown the ribs on all sides, 5 to 5 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate.
In the same pan over medium heat, add the onions, carrots, celery and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes. Season the mixture with salt and pepper.
Slow Cooker Method: Transfer the short ribs and vegetables to a slow cooker and add the stout. Cover and cook according to the manufacturer's instructions until the meat is very tender, about 6 hours.
Oven Method: Preheat the oven to 300˚F. Transfer the short ribs and vegetables to a Dutch oven and add stout. Cover the pot with aluminum foil and place the lid on top. Transfer to the oven and bake until the meat is very tender, about 4 hours.
Transfer the ribs to a large bowl and cover with aluminum foil. Skim the fat of the sauce. Using an immersion blender, puree the sauce until smooth.
Transfer the ribs to individual bowls. Spoon the sauce on top and garnish each serving with a parsley sprig. Serve immediately.
Serves 8.
11 comments:
This sounds and looks great. I did a recipe on my site for a lager braised short ribs awhile back, using either Blue Point or Brooklyn Lager. WHat kind of stout did you use?ReplyDelete
@SashaInTheKitchen: Thanks. I used Guinness stout.ReplyDelete
The ribs look absolutely yummy Angie. Love eating with fingers and a napkin around my neck for dishes like this. To think of it, the rib are only flavoured with stout and the natural juicy goodness from the diced mirepoix and garlic. Yummy...ReplyDelete
I'm in the process of looking for recipes for a week long trip to the coast. Especially ones that I don't have to babysit. This is perfect and perfect timing! ~LeslisMicheleReplyDelete
These short ribs look delicious. Love the combination of ribs and stout.ReplyDelete
Sounds and looks delicious =]ReplyDelete
That looks so good. I have yet to try cooking with beer but I hear it adds wonders to the food, especially for meats slowly braised in a crock potReplyDelete
Short ribs in beer is one of my favorite courses. Another one is Swedish meatballs. Please check out my online cooking show Swedish Home Cooking where I'm making...Swedish meatballs!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous! I made some colcannon last night (inspired by you, thanks)ReplyDelete
Hey, I just wanted to let you know that I made this and it turned out really well! Instead of either the oven or slow cooker method, I put mine on the stove over low heat for about 2.5 hours and then the meat fell right off the bones. So you could even add that as a third option for cooking it. I served it with your colcannon recipe too.ReplyDelete
Your short ribs look really good. I plan on making it later this week. Friday is our beef dish night. Thats the only way we can discipline ourselves to not eat more then we should.ReplyDelete


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Cool pictures of the scenery
Due to popular demand, here are some pictures from my backpacking trip so far. Sorry, no pictures of me. I love traveling alone but it has the downside that I never get to be in any of my pictures. Also no pictures of guildies, I was forbidden from posting any compromising shots and, um, all pictures I take of people are compromising.
Click on any picture to make it bigger.
Some views from the Nanaimo-Horseshoe Bay Ferry:
Random cute sailboat.
Horseshoe Bay.
Vancouver Pictures:
Vancouver: they have furry trees here.
View of North Vancouver
Cute picture of the city.
I'm heading back to Vancouver next week, so I'll probably get some more exciting pictures then… When I was there last weekend, I came across the best views on my last morning there, when I wasn't carrying my camera around.
My little corner of the Penticton hostel.
View of the wineries from the road.
Red Rooster Winery. So much delicious wine!
View from above of the town of Naramata.
I *believe* this is the Hillcrest Winery. The food was overpriced, but amazingly good. One of the best meals I've had on this trip so far.
There's a town there, BUT I CANT FIGURE OUT HOW TO REACH IT! Picture of Penticton. I got lost on the way back to the hostel. So close to town but yet, so far away.
I still have another week of traveling left, so I should have some more pictures I can use to brag about my trip soon!Explore posts in the same categories: Beyond WoW
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12 Comments on "Cool pictures of the scenery"
April 30, 2010 at 3:42 am
Welcome to Vancouver. Hope you're enjoying it! 🙂
April 30, 2010 at 3:49 am
Ah, Nanaimo. My family and I went there (among other places) on a bicycle tour. They have a bungee jumping place.
(That's about what I remember from so long ago, haha. Besides how pretty it is.)
April 30, 2010 at 5:08 am
Looks like awesome fun, I'm very jealous 🙂 Stuck over here in the technological backwater of high-ping Australia where nothing cool ever happens 😦
What do you like about travelling alone? I backpacked alone around Europe for 2 months (20-something girl) and found it part fun, part loneliness, part oh-my-god-why-is-every-traveller-either-18-and-getting-smashed-and-sleeping-with-random-boys-or-45-and-married-and-travelling-in-a-couple. The cool part was getting to do whatever I wanted I guess 🙂 It's cool that you're travelling with your laptop too – what do you do with it during the day? Carry it with you or lock it in a locker? Mine kills my back if I try to carry it around, but I'm petrified of it being stolen from hostels and stuff so I generally leave it behind.
Have fun 🙂
April 30, 2010 at 10:59 am
Wow, how pretty! I need to take my wife there! I dare not show your pics, though, for fear she'll want visit sooner than we can afford. Add it to the list. Hope you're having a lovely time!
April 30, 2010 at 11:58 am
Wow, Vancouver is beautiful! Although didn't seem like you have very good weather.
April 30, 2010 at 2:32 pm
If you like shitty cloudy rainy wheather
but not really hope an earthquake takes it into the sea
April 30, 2010 at 4:10 pm
Gorgeous pictures. I've never been out west, it looks so nice.
April 30, 2010 at 6:34 pm
Compromising pictures!? All that does is make me want to see them all the more. ;P


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Over the course of IFA, the trade show that starts in Berlin on 31 August, or even at the Samsung Mobile Unpacked event to be held in the German capital tonight, Samsung will be announcing a new 10.1-inch tablet to fit in with its new ATIV range.
Not content with two 10.1-inch Android tablets, the Galaxy Tab 2 and Galaxy Note 10.1, Samsung is throwing its weight behind both Windows Phone 8 (initially with the Samsung ATIV S smartphone, also expected to be unveiled this evening) and Windows 8. The ATIV Tab will sport the latter of these Microsoft operating systems - in its RT form - and The Verge reports that its sources also cite a waistline of just 8.9mm and weight of 570g as further standout features.
As for the resolution of the display, and according to PocketNow we're looking at 1366 x 768 pixels. Other specs the site is revealing include the option of 32 or 64GB of storage, 2GB RAM, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and onboard GPS. Powered by a 8,200mAh, the Samsung Ativ Tab, like the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 also looks set to house two front-facing speakers.
The Verge also states that the ATIV Tab will feature 1.5GHz dual-core processor, like its ATIV S phone counterpart, while the rear camera will be of the 5-megapixel variety. A 1.9-megapixel front camera is also believed to be included.
As it is a Windows 8 RT device, Office Home and Student 2013 will be packaged as part of its software line-up, and connectivity comes in the form of USB and uHDMI slots.
We should find out more either tonight or over the next day or two. Watch this space...


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"Great LezBritian" is a fortnightly stroll through the very best of British lesbo-centric entertainment and culture. Plus there will be some jolly good interviews with the top ladies who are waving the flag for gay UK.
So here we are again ladies, all 600,000 of us it seems. The opening titles are different; they've been sexed up with a lip nibble and some thigh rubbing.
Lee: Do you think they'll change them every week?
The episode opens with dawn breaking and orgasmic groans from Lou Foster writhing in bed. Tess is under the sheets doing something rather satisfying to her.
Lou looks really good at first light. She still has a face full of perfect make-up, while Tess looks a bit dishevelled with mascara snot in her eyes. We soon realise this is because Lou Foster is a "receiver" and when Tess tries to guide her hands under the duvet, Lou looks at her watch and makes out she's in a bit of a rush to get to the studio. Poor Tess has just realised that the New Radicals were full of s–t and you don't necessarily get what you give.
There is a naked Roxanne McKee bottom shot as she gets up for a shower. We have nothing else to say about this – it speaks for itself. They have a brief discussion about the lame activities an out of work actress like Tess can do to fill her day. Tess then has a brainwave about becoming a runner for "In the Afternoon with Lou & Tom." Lou is clearly not overly keen on this idea, but perhaps because Tess is so adorable, she agrees to put a word in, with a caveat:
Tess is such a brilliant secret girlfriend.
Sarah: What a rubbish state of affairs – pleasuring yourself straight after sex with your girlfriend.
Frankie is dressing for Dead Aunt Carol's funeral. She stares at herself in the mirror and realises that if she wears Shane's wedding suit to the funeral, those pesky comparisons won't go away. Thankfully, she rips it off.


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Research is a capricious mistress. You should be totally devoted to it, and you should be thinking about it all the time. Otherwise, it won't divulge its secrets to you.
Research has this nonlinear return on investment (ROI) function. It awards persistence and dedication by folds and punishes apathy and laziness severely.
If you give research your 100%, you will get at least 200% ROI back. Eventually, that is. It will first test you to see if you are worthy, if you really mean it, if you really have it in you. You will get several setbacks, false alarms. Yet, if you persist and overcome the failures, it will start giving back to you by folds.
If you give research your 50% you will get 20% back. You won't make the cut, and you will be operating a business with deficiency. Usually someone else (the university that employs you) pays the tab.
So what does giving 100% mean? It doesn't mean working overtime (sometimes that will be needed, and you will be doing it though). The productive focused working time (i.e., deep thinking time) is limited to 4 hours a day more or less. There seems to be a bound after which your brain refuses to make progress; it is as if your brain needs to wait to adjust for and catch up to what it had produced. It won't go further even if you push more. I liken this to climbing a mountain; you have to rest daily to let your metabolism adjust. (This 4 hour bound has been anectodally mentioned by many researchers, but I don't know of any detailed analysis of this. For example, I don't know if it is possible to fit in 8 concentrated hours as 4+4 on two different projects. I haven't been able to succeed so far.)
Let's stick with that 4 hours daily. Are you giving that focused 4 hours to your research? Only a small fraction of researchers can answer this affirmatively. How can you cultivate this deep thought? It is hard work. Be persistent and try different things until you find what works best for you. Here are some necessary conditions to get you started. First, turn all distractions off. Don't check your email, twitter, browser in those precious hours. Go offline if possible. Secondly, you should be writing and taking notes. You need to be writing to be able to think in a concentrated manner. If you work with pen and paper (or a whiteboard), you can get more visual, you can doodle, you can link concepts. If you use a good word editor (I swear by Emacs orgmode) and keep typing as you work, the bonus is that this often will be your zeroth draft for your research paper, and you won't get stuck in thinking how/where to start writing.
After paying your dues to your research in those 4 hours, you are still not off the hook. What you should do is you should think about your research in that remaining time. This is the digestion and cudding process. At the background of your brain, you should revisit your research at different times of the day. You do this to see 1) if what you produced holds water, and 2) if by approaching from different angles you can make more progress. You come back to your research again and again during the day (while driving, in the shower) to see if you can catch your research off-guard and get more secrets out. But, you should not let this thinking/reconsidering turn to worrying. Worrying is unproductive and harmful.
If you make some progress regularly and persistently, you will get to see the many folds return on your investment.


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VILLA PARK – There's a teacher named Martin Sirvatka who works at Glenbrook South High School in Glenview, and Anthony Palmisano, the new superintendent of School District 45, said it's because of Sirvatka that he's here today.
When Palmisano, now 43, was a student at East Leyden High School in Franklin Park, it was Sirvatka who reached out to him, who built a relationship with him and pushed him to attend college. Years later, Palmisano said he still considers Sirvatka one of his closest friends.
"He inspired me and built a relationship with me," Palmisano said. "I always wanted to pay it forward, to make a difference. I really owe it to him the fact that I'm sitting here right now. I owe that to a teacher."
On July 1, Palmisano, a 20-year veteran of District 45, began his new role as superintendent of the district, which serves schools in Lombard and Villa Park. So far, he's spent his tenure with the district at Jackson Middle School, first as a teacher, then assistant principal and most recently as principal. He held that position for 12 years.
As a teacher, and later as an administrator, he said he tried to model Sirvatka's teaching method by building strong relationships with students and learning about them as individuals. In his classroom, Palmisano said he tried to apply what students were learning to real-world problems, making the lessons applicable outside the classroom.
"I so loved being a language arts teacher," he said. "I wanted to make reading and language arts come alive, and when we started writing, the kids got their voices. That's when I really got to know them."
It's this philosophy that Palmisano said he wants to cultivate districtwide as superintendent.
He's developed a superintendent's entry plan for himself, which outlines the things he wants to accomplish within his first 100 days or so in the position. Essentially, it's a three-step plan, he said, to listen and learn, build relationships and build a district focus.
"Get to know the parents, teachers and students from across the district," he said, "zero in on priorities and build a platform."
He decided to step into a leadership role, first at Jackson and later as superintendent because he wanted to support other teachers, listen to their education plans and find a way to help them.
District 45 has eight schools and during the upcoming months, Palmisano said he wants to build one, cohesive network where teachers from different schools share ideas, strategies and experiences with each other.
"We all matter and together we matter more and students will achieve more when we're working together," he said. "The final result will be student achievement."
As he prepares for his first school year as superintendent, Palmisano said he's faced with the challenge of learning more about the district schools, understanding their unique cultures and responding to their needs.
Monday marks the first day of school for District 45 students, and Palmisano said he plans to spend the first few days traveling to all of the schools and greeting students.
"The excitement of school, and watching them get off the bus on that first day, there's nothing like it," he said.