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Bentley's Hackpack is a cross-buy for PS3 and Vita
In addition to the launch of Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time for the PlayStation 3 and Vita (cross-buy for PS3), another franchise title is coming out today on the PSN: Bentley's Hackpack.
It's priced at $2.99, and will also be part of Sony's cross-buy promotion, so purchasing it will net you both the PS3 and Vita versions. For your cash, you'll get three types of minigames, 20 stages, 100 challenges, and leaderboards.
Why is this the first time most of you are hearing about this game? Because Sony completely threw out any chances at the game's success by completely ignoring it until they nonchalantly placed it in the last paragraph of a press release on release day, that's why. I really hope developer Sanzaru Games doesn't suffer the same fate as SuperBot.
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AllHailShadow wrote:this probably isn't the right thread for this kind of question but it's the only thread open to comments here... did it used to be possible for users to change their names? I'm fairly sure someone changed theirs for an April Fool's prank but I can't find the option to do so, so I'm not sure if it's a feature which was recently removed, or if users never had control over that and could only do it with an admin's help, or if it ever even existed at all
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How much should parents share on Facebook?
WASHINGTON -- The first time a story about explosive baby poop showed up in my Facebook news feed, I was alarmed.
The culprit was an old acquaintance I haven't spoken to in real life for years. I always thought of her as brilliant, practical and rather private -- which is why the status worried me. Were all of my brilliant, practical and private friends -- female and male -- about to morph, one by one, into tedious child-obsessed ninnies? Would photos of trips to Peru and homebrew be replaced with Instagram snapshots of drool and breast pumps?
In her new book, "STFU Parents: The Jaw-Dropping, Self-Indulgent, and Occasionally Rage-Inducing World of Parent Overshare," Blair Koenig documents this very phenomenon. Based on her popular blog by the same name, the quick-read book shows dozens of alarming Facebook posts submitted to Koenig by her readers. The offending parents detail everything from labor to potty training to tween girls starting their periods. They give strict instructions as to what Christmas presents are acceptable and guilt-trip friends about baby showers. They brag about their breast-feeding superiority, share their placenta art, and say that doctors don't know as much as a mommy with Google. ("I mean, c'mon, I have the internet, I am not a total idiot," says one mother who is unhappy with her pediatrician's advice about combating constipation. Given that she also writes that "he doesn't really care for my ideas on the vaccine schedule," I wouldn't be so quick to acquit her of the "total idiot" charge.) Some of my favorite STFU Parents blog posts -- like a gift-grubber and a woman with very, very specific post-delivery expectations for her friends -- don't even make the book.
When I first started reading STFU Parents a couple of years ago, I thought: If this is what parenthood today entails, I might want to stick with my cats. Certainly lots of commenters on the blog agree, posting remarks like, "This is why I am never, ever having kids!" Parents have come back complaining that since Koenig isn't a mother herself, she's the one who "should STFU," prompting the Daily Mail, where one can always get a balanced, nuanced look at social issues, to portray the blog as a battleground in the digital wars between the childless and the child proud. But I've come to think of the STFU blog and book as a public service to both people with kids and without, teaching both camps important lessons about how to be less offensive and clueless.
Koenig told the Atlantic Wire recently that the book is "a totally cohesive manual, an organized little etiquette guide and "a great baby shower gift." Reading it can be a great reality check for sleep-deprived, anxious and emotional parents: Before you hit submit on a Facebook post about an explosive diaper at 3 in the morning, ask yourself, "Would any of my friends submit this to STFU Parents? Would they be right if they did?" If so, then change the status to a message or email to a close friend who has been there or has a strong stomach. Save the bulk of the bragging for the kid's grandparents, and try to refrain from posting "Wait until you're a parent!" on every Facebook status in which someone complains about being tired. It can also serve as a corrective for parents who have gone over the obnoxious edge: Koenig once shared an email from a reader whose friend reformed after having read and absorbed the lessons of the blog.
But it's a two-way street. The blog and book don't just offer cautionary tales to parents in danger of falling into the baby hole. It can help childless folks like me understand just how hard parenting can be. Over the last several years, we've seen an explosion in warts-and-all blogs, books and articles about conceiving, pregnancy, childbirth, and childrearing, like "Confessions of a Scary Mommy" and "Bad Mother." But a well crafted book -- especially one written specifically for mothers -- can't quite capture the horrifying parenting moments the way a poorly thought-out Facebook status can. Though I mock them, I'm a little grateful for the parents who have hit "post" on a really disgusting diaper story, or the smug whine about people who don't smile at their baby. Not very grateful -- just a little. Because those unpolished slices of life can let someone considering a child in on the kinds of things people normally don't tell you.
Torie Bosch is the editor of Future Tense, a project from Slate, the New America Foundation and Arizona State that covers emerging technologies and their implications for society and policy.


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Father has gone to meet 10. o'clock train at Sk[egness] for Keith and Marian. To-day at the C.G. box they have been informed that they have the rank of A.B. seamen and are to be provided with uniforms. They will be on the pay-roll of H.M.S. President II. Some act of Parliament has been passed for this. That is how our government waste their time playing at war. What a farce! A.Bs in uniform and hardly any of them been on a ship in their lives, wonder if they are going to doll them up in blouses and bell-bottom trousers, while all the time the men on active service, at least some of them, are short of uniforms. Why don't they wake up and produce guns and tanks and arms of all kinds. They are arming the H.G. with pikestaffs now. Pikestaffs, against guns (By the way the A.Bs are part of H.M.s armed forces). 2 rifles amongst 6 of them and seldom one in the W.Bx let alone ammunition. It is time the men got to work and let women make the laws and rule, instead of men building nurseries for children so the mothers can work. It makes ones blood boil to think of all the daft schemes they have, playing at war while the enemy gains on nearly every side. Shades of Drake and Nelson! What would they think to such A.Bs. They can do their job as they are, what more is needed. They are authorised to stop persons and vehicles now and search them if they suspect them, also ships. Ships! Are they to walk across the waves and intercept them? Father does not know whether to be most amused or vexed. It is indeed not a laughing matter that all this tom-foolery is going on while the enemy clamours at our doors.
Hallg[arth] sent for Father before he was up this morning (he only came off at 2. a.m.) to go investigate a mine washing up towards Ingoldmells. It was one of our own covered with barnacles. The mine experts came and rendered it safe later in the day. They had been upset into a ditch in the car on the way. Thought Har[ry] Graves who was driving had a seizure or heart attack, as he all at once drove straight for the dyke. Father also examined a packing case that had washed up and with help got it to the ironwork defence. It is full of ping-pong balls. He suggested to Hallg. that they put it thro' to salvage author. and share the s. money equally among them all as the fairest way. H says do nothing of the sort! the others won't do it, so why should Father and him. The C.Gs can claim salvage if not on duty. So tomorrow H and Father are going in their off time to retrieve it. Let's hope it's still there. Then H will report it and they hope to get salvage. I am not speculating on how much it will be or counting it until if ever I count the actual money.
Father should soon be back now if train runs to time. It is Friday night and some of the soldiers have come singing to their billets, pay-day I expect. Have not heard from Ron since week-end, hope there is a letter tomorrow as it seems so long until Monday. Hope he will be home next Thursday. Roy home again this week. Mary will have all her boys at home together tonight. Ray[mond] came Wed. Gor[don] says he is learning music. Has had one lesson and thinks he has done very well so far. To-day much milder than of late. No bitter wind but only thawed slightly and was freezing very sharply by 5 o'clock again. Gravel path icy.
'AB Seaman' or 'Able Seaman' was a rank of the Royal Navy.
'HMS President II' was an accounting base (known as a 'stone frigate') for the Royal Navy.
Harry Graves, here, was almost certainly one of May's uncles, the husband of Florence Simpson (youngest sister of May's father) who had died in 1938. He owned a garage in Mablethorpe. He was NOT directly related to the other Graves mentioned in the Diaries.
The ironwork defence consisted of barbed wire rolls supported on metal posts, for protection against enemy invasion by sea.
Mary Hill, the wife of Will's brother Charles, was meant here. Their sons were Raymond, Keith, Laurence, Gordon and Colin (see 21 Dec. 1941).
Have you read an introduction to May Hill & family (includes photographs) and explored 'The Casualties Were Small'?


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Carrie Fisher's riotous one-woman live stage show "Wishful Drinking" makes its TV debut on HBO Dec. 12, where the actress best known for her role in the "Star Wars" trilogy (but let's not forget she was also in "Shampoo," "The Blues Brothers" and "When Harry Met Sally") amusingly lets loose on a variety of topics most celebrities wouldn't touch with a ten-foot lightsaber: her battles with mental illness, marriages to Paul Simon and (eventually) gay agent Bryan Lourd, life as a merchandized icon, her extended famous family as example of "Hollywood Inbreeding" and the time her closest friend died while they were sleeping in her bed.
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The quick-witted Fisher – who's enjoyed a second act as an accomplished novelist and screenwriter – tells PopcornBiz how liberating it is for a celebrity tabloid staple to turn their own rollercoaster ride through fame and scandal. "The stuff was already out there," she says. "Literally there was an article that said 'Carrie Fisher's Tragic Life' or some sh-- like that, and I thought 'Okay, well, that's their view. If it's going to be out there like that, then I'm going to have my version.'"
She gets a lot of mileage out of tweaking her "Star Wars" experience on stage, and is stunned at just how ubiquitous the phenomenon has been over three-plus decade. "It's more endless than I anticipated, so it's funny. It crops up in the stupidest places. Something, anything, in science reports!"
She also has to occasionally call up George Lucas to get approval to use her own image in the Danish-shaped braids or gold slave girl bikini. "He's very nice about it – and he also knows that at any point I could be called upon to give him an award or something and he has to be nice to me or I'll make fun of him again in the next row."
The second generation star – born to film star Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher not long before Fisher's affair with Elizabeth Taylor became the love triangle proto-scandal of its day – also has no pretentions about taking her stint as an actress seriously. "I was not an actor. I just wanted to be in 'Star Wars' because it was a genius script – and I would've rather played Han Solo because that was a better part! But I wasn't an actor ever, like 'Oh, have you seen my Ophelia?' I didn't go into show business. The bigger trick would've been to stay out. So I didn't stay out."
Talking through her colorful past and poking fun at her famously flawed family on stage was not an act of rebellion, she explains. "The opposite – The act of rebellion in my family is not doing a nightclub act. My mother didn't like me doing drugs, but it was much worse that I didn't do a nightclub act. So now I've finally become my mother."
"I'm very excited for Carrie," agrees her mother Debbie Reynolds, still a glamorous vision – with a still sassy tongue – at age 78. "It is funny. It is very intellectual and very hip. So the younger people really like it. It's not my kind of entertaining because she talks about drug use and a lot of things that I wouldn't talk about on stage myself, but I'm another generation – and she's hysterical."
However, the showbiz generation gap occasionally shows. "One joke which I never understood is where says that I'm 'a gay diva,'" says Reynolds. "I had to ask her what that meant. She said, 'Mother, it means all the gays love you.' I said, 'Oh, I thought that meant I was gay.' She said, 'No, it doesn't mean that, Mother! Grow up!'"
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The U.S. Naval Academy has announced a new commandant, who is responsible for the day-to-day conduct and training of midshipmen.
The academy said Thursday that Capt. Bill Byrne will be the 85th Commandant of Midshipmen.
Byrne is a graduate of the class of 1987.
The commandant is responsible for the military and professional development of more than 4,400 students. The post is similar to a dean of students at a civilian university.
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One Concert to RuleThem AllThis was my first U2 Concert. I moved from Brazil to Italy and it was my first opportunity to see U2 Live! Great concert, great band, unforgettable night.
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My First u2 concertThis was my first u2 concert. I was 13 at the time...I can't remember the whole concert, but definetly Miss Sarajevo was really good! Great fun in Rome on 23/7/05!
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bella romabellisima Roma!!!, said Bono when appeared in the concert!!! unforgettable. Miss Sarajevo was spectacular. Bono,s voice was perfect.one with the ligths open,all i want is you....and vertigo twice; this concert was great and ,I,will never forget it. Roma is abeautiful city.I traveled to roma with my wife and we were in the concert toguether....since that day, she loves U2 ...thanks u2.
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Awesome night in RomeWas there 4 years ago, concert n. 3 for me in Rome, after ZOO TV and POPMART. Great, great night - great show; Bono's voice was perfect. Back then, I thought that U2 would never be so great again. Well, I was so much wrong. U2360 is, for me, even better than the Vertigo tour. Why? The new material is great - better than any HTDAAB song in my opinion. And songs like TUF and UV are played, which is great. But don't misunderstand me: that night in Rome was a truly great night. Bono sang All I want is you at no more than 1 or 2 meters from where I was. A memorable experience!


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Forward Kyle Breitmeyer scored 7:18 into overtime, propelling the Liberty Flames past the Longwood Lancers, 2-1, Tuesday evening in a Big South Men's Soccer contest at Osborne Stadium.
After a long clearing pass up the left side to Blessing Tahuona, the midfielder sent a pass across the field to fellow midfielder Juan Nino. The senior moved the ball into the center of the field, beating a Lancer defender, and sending a pass into the 18-yard box near the right post. Breitmeyer took the ball in stride and pumped the game-winner into the left side of the net for his third goal of the season to give Liberty the victory. Liberty moves to 4-4 in Big South Conference play and 8-7 overall. The Flames won both of their contests this season, which have gone past regulation. Earlier this month, Liberty defeated Winthrop in a Big South match, 3-2, in the second overtime. Longwood drops to 5-2-1 in conference and 6-6-3 overall.
The host Flames jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead during the contest's eighth minute. After midfielder Jonatan Torres dropped a corner kick into the center of the box, Tahuona was able to push the ball towards the left post during a scramble in front. Midfielder Sachem Wilson pounced on the ball and scored his team-leading sixth goal of the year for a Liberty advantage.
The rest of the half saw solid defensive efforts by both sides. Neither team was able to get a shot on goal until the closing minute of the half. When a free kick by Flames' midfielder Tim Haribson bounced off a wall of Longwood defenders, midfielder Murphy Short picked up the rebound and lifted a shot, which Lancer goalkeeper Carlos Canas deflected away to keep the contest, 1-0, headed into halftime. Shots were even at four and corners at one each during the evenly played opening half. Liberty carried the possession in the early minutes of the second half. The Flames' pressure paid off in six unanswered shots. However, Liberty was not able to get a shot on goal, either pushing its attempts high or wide.
Longwood tied the match during the 63rd minute. Midfielder Jonathan Kukapa picked up a loose ball at the top of the 18-yard box and sent a pass out to fellow midfielder Phillip Berkom. The Lancer lifted a shot from 35 yards out for his third goal of the year, knotting the score at 1-1.
Liberty came close to taking an advantage for the second time in regulation during the 83rd minute. When a corner kick made it through the center of the box, defender Sam Duininck jumped on the loose ball and pushed a shot off the right post. Moments later, the Flames were called offside, relieving the pressure on the Lancer net.
Longwood took the first shot of the overtime period during the 93rd minute. Kukapa worked himself free for a shot near the top of the box, only to see it blocked down and cleared by the Liberty defense.
Liberty outshot Longwood, 14-7, in the contest, while corner kicks were even at 2-2.
Jeremy Lee played the entire 97:18 in the Flames goal without recording a save. Canas made one save for the Lancers.
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In betwixt and between all the impassioned outcrys both from within and without Iran regarding their most recent "election," I find that all the intensity and furor suddenly begs the question:
Why all of a sudden do we see such a fervor from the voting public in Iran?
More importantly, why are we HEARING about it, from within what has traditionally been a country with a very tight hold on not only its media, but its people?
My personal opinion is that this is the result of the very kind of "domino theory" that Iran and the other countries of the Middle East feared would result from a successful Iraq.
There was more at stake than meets the eye for Iran, Syria, Jordan, and yes, even our "ally" Saudi Arabia. There was a reason that a large (disproportionately so) number of the "insurgents' we were capturing or killing in Iraq were from these countries. They saw very clearly the threat posed in the Middle East by a stable, US-friendly democracy. And it wasn't because of the oil.
As Pres. Bush and his advisors correctly surmised, in the context of the "Long War" perhaps the best way to defeat the violence of militant Islamic extremists — despite the hardships we might face in the relative short term — was to establish a country where freedom, not fear, ruled the day. To show that the "Great Experiment" could even work within the context of Islam. (more…)


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The actual dose of vitamin D you get from a supplement can vary widely from the amount listed on the label, a new study finds.
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The amount of vitamin D found in pill tested in the study ranged from 9 to 146 percent of the amount listed on the label, the researchers said.
Inaccurate supplement labels pose the biggest worry for people who have low vitamin D levels, said study researcher Dr. Erin LeBlanc, an investigator with the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research in Portland, OR. "If they are consistently taking a supplement with little vitamin D in it, they could face health risks," LeBlanc said in a statement.
One bottle tested in the study was certified by the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention — an independent organization that sets standards for dietary supplements, and certifies supplements for companies that allow their products to be tested. The amount of vitamin D in USP-certified pills was generally very close to the amount stated on the label. According to the USP, pills should contain between 90 to 120 percent of the dose stated on the label.
"There are not many manufacturers that have the USP mark, but it may be worth the extra effort to look for it," LeBlanc said. Another company that certifies supplements is NSF International.
In the study, the researchers analyzed 12 bottles of vitamin D supplements (each made by a different manufacturer), bought at 5 different stores in Portland, Oregon, and tested five pills from each bottle. The labeled dose on the bottles ranged from 1000 international units (IUs) to 10,000 IUs.
All five pills met the USP standard in just 25 percent of the bottles.
When the researchers calculated the average amount of D in the five pills, this dose was generally closer to the labeled amount. Still one third of the bottles did not meet the USP standard, the researchers said.
Dr. Pieter Cohen, an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a general internist at Cambridge Health Alliance in Boston who was not involved in the study, has patients take D supplements to boost low vitamin D levels. But he worries about the accuracy of supplement dosages. "It leaves patients in the dark about how to replete their vitamin D," Cohen said. Last month, a study by Cohen and colleagues found that some dietary supplements contain high amounts of caffeine, even though caffeine is not listed on the label.
Supplements are not inspected before they come to market to make sure they contain accurate amounts of nutrients. But current laws state that the dosages in supplements should match the amount listed on the label. The Food and Drug Administration can reprimand companies if their products do not meet this requirement. The new study suggests that "even the minimal laws that do exist aren't being followed or enforced," Cohen, said.
Cohen suspects that over-the-counter medications, which are regulated by the FDA, would be much less variable in their doses. "If you looked at 12 bottles of aspirin, I suspect that every single one would be accurately labeled," Cohen said.
The new study is published today (Feb. 11) in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine.
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Activating logging of C API calls
- Find the file VimbaC.xml (search for: %VIMBA_HOME%VimbaC\Bin\Win32)
- In the XML file, uncomment <!-- <LogFileName>VimbaC.log</LogFileName> -->
- Save the xml file to the folder of your VimbaC.dll, e.g., %VIMBA_HOME%Tools\Viewer\Win32
As soon as you use Vimba Viewer, the file VimbaC.log is available in the Vimba Viewer folder.
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Especially if you load saved camera settings to a different camera model, the log files are useful to find out which features were loaded successfully.
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An Imperialistic Church?
|Brad Bromling, D.Min.
The ecumenical goal of uniting humanity sounds honorable. Surely all who profess faith in Jesus Christ want to see the unity for which He prayed realized on Earth (see John 17). So, how is that unity attained? Not upon a common faith in Christ, according to Letty Russell, a professor of theology at Yale. She has written:
When we universalize the Christian story of God in Jesus Christ as the only message of salvation for all people, we deny the power of God to work through all the poor and through all creation. To universalize our very concrete and particular faith is a form of imperialism over people of other faiths and ideologies (1993, p. 130).
To Russell, the Christian message is fine for Christians, but it is not the only way to approach God (1993, p. 129). This view is not uncommon. Society says: "Don't judge!" And we cringe. We remember that it was our Master who spoke those words; so we feel ashamed when we are accused of judging. However, before we allow ourselves to be shamed into abandoning our faith in the Christian system, let us do some serious reflection.
Jesus taught that trees are known by their fruit, and that "righteous judgment" is a Christian responsibility (Matthew 7:15-20; John 7:24). He also said: "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6). Lines must be drawn. Judgments must be made. Is Christianity, then, imperialism? In a sense it is. As envoys of King Jesus, Christians are calling people out of "the power of darkness" into the "kingdom" of God's Son (Colossians 1:13). Unity attained by alliances that overlook the kingdom is spiritual treason.
Russell, Letty M. (1993), The Church in the Round (Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox Press).


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Oh wait…is speed dating not what you mean by "dating fast"? 🙂
Hi Mary!
I was wondering if you could address dating fasts to grow in your
relationship with God and prepare for future relationships. I have a
few friends who are on them and recently God has put it on my heart to
go one, but there are not many resources out there that talk about
dating fasts. (when I googled it, it brought me to online dating
websites- not helpful lol).
Thanks, and I love your blog!
Thank you for this question! It's a good one, and I think it's very relevant to a lot of young Catholics today.
To be completely honest, this whole idea of a "dating fast" has always sort of rubbed me the wrong way. It could be that I don't fully grasp the reason for these "fasts"—but then again, that may be precisely why this trend in dating (er—I mean, not dating) amongst young Catholics bothers me so much: I'm not sure that the majority of people embarking on these "fasts" fully understand what or why they are doing what they are doing in the first place. Usually, the terms are not clearly defined. What exactly is meant by, "dating" here? And at what point are you "breaking the fast"?
To be clear, there is nothing wrong with not dating. God most certainly wants to draw us to Himself, and often times dating makes it hard for us to let Him do that. And if what you're trying to avoid by beginning a "dating fast" is dating for sport, dating simply to pass the time, or dating to make yourself feel better about yourself, then absolutely. God is calling all of us to be rid of that sort of dating—forever.
But often times, I don't think a "dating fast" gets to the real heart of the problem.
Dating is not the same thing as eating, and I'm positive it shouldn't be treated as such. I find it somewhat odd to place spending time getting to know a fellow human being on the same level as eating a Double-Double at In-n-Out. And I think that perhaps placing the two on the same level is what has led so many young people to feel they need to "fast" from dating in the first place.
Unfortunately, what most of us didn't realize until it was too late is that dating is not supposed to be a given (whereas eating, is). The purpose of dating is supposed to be marriage (as we learned after the first two or three breakups). So it would make the most sense if you didn't date at all until you were at least somewhat close to being ready to get married. In actuality, most of us started dating in high school—or before! You can see how, with this background, dating became exactly what we don't want it to be: a game, something to pass the time, or simply something to make us feel better about ourselves. So now we feel the need to "fast" from what, like that Double-Double (as good as it may have been), has failed to lead us to lasting happiness.
However, unlike that Double-Double, dating does have the potential to lead many of us to happiness, because dating often leads to our vocation! (for those of us called to marriage, of course) Denying yourself the passing pleasure of a meal is an act of piety that can strengthen your prayer and devotion to God. Denying yourself true happiness (i.e. your vocation)? That's not piety; it's insanity.
So how do we solve the problem? I think the answer is that we return to viewing dating how we should have from the beginning. For many of us, that may mean we have to break bad habits, and thus some sort of a "break" (or "fast") from dating may be in order, so that God can teach us how to do date as He intends for us to date (if He intends for us to date).
What we want to be careful we do not do is to treat dating as if it is something that unequivocally leads us away from God. It's true that it can do this if we are not using it for its rightful purpose, or if in our dating relationships we are acting contrary to God's law—but this is not always the case. In fact, if carried out to its rightful end, dating is meant to lead us ultimately to God, through the vocation of marriage.
That being said, in marriage, God calls us to a specific person—not the abstract idea of the vocation of marriage. So if you haven't met anyone yet, then of course you're still discerning, and should use this time to grow closer to God. I just personally do not feel that declaring an all-out fast is necessary when it comes to dating. My thoughts: date when and who you feel God is calling you to date, and not a moment before, and you'll be fine. No "Catholic guilt" for having a good time at dinner with a good guy who treats you right just because you said you were "fasting" from dating.
That's my two cents, anyway. I'm sure there are many reasons to disagree. Feel free to [charitably] leave them in the comment box.
Now, fasting from meals as an act of prayer every so often as a way to discern/prepare for your vocation? I think that is a great idea! 🙂


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NBC's Mark Murray discusses President Obama's first press conference since his re-election. Plus, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and incoming Maine Senator Angus King make important announcements.
*** Previewing the president's presser: At 1:30 pm ET from the White House, President Obama will hold a news conference. This will be his first press conference since winning re-election last week. It also will be his first public statements about the Petraeus-Allen-Broadwell-Kelley story. (About the only good news for the White House today on this story -- we don't have a new "name" to add to a hyphen!) Here is something to chew on: Had Obama held this press conference immediately after his victory last week, he wouldn't have had to answer questions about Petraeus or Allen. Now? We bet questions about this sex scandal make up about half the news conference. But your First Read team will be paying more attention to what the president has to say about the upcoming fiscal cliff negotiations. How willing is he to let all the Bush tax cuts expire if there isn't a deal? Is he willing to bargain on entitlements? And what lessons did he learn from the debt-ceiling standoff a year ago?
*** Obama's two promises to the left: We can report that Obama made two promises to the labor and progressive leaders he met with yesterday. One, his starting position is extracting $1.6 trillion in additional revenue, and the Wall Street Journal picks up on that figure today. This is a clear sign to the left that Obama has stopped beginning his negotiations from the middle -- something Democrats have often complained about. (Obviously, the White House knows it won't get $1.6 trillion but they would like $1 trillion or $1.2 trillion to be an option, and isn't it interesting how $1.2 trillion is exactly halfway between Boehner's July 2011 $800 billion offer and the president's $1.6 trillion?) Two, Obama said it was his goal to decouple the Bush tax cuts: keep the lower rates for those making less than $250,000 but eliminate them for those making more than that and get that into law for 2013 while the larger tax reform legislation is negotiated. Notably, it appears that the left is willing to give Obama some space when it comes to entitlement reforms on Medicare and Social Security, if the president sticks to his guns on the Bush tax rates. At 2:45 pm ET today, after the news conference, Obama and Vice President Biden meet with business leaders to discuss the upcoming fiscal cliff negotiations.
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President Barack Obama makes Veterans Day remarks at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Nov. 11, 2012.
*** The GOP's red line: Meanwhile, in speaking with Republicans, the GOP's red line is this: They're willing to give up additional REVENUES; they just don't want to see tax RATES go up. The two sides actually aren't that far apart. The question is whether they can agree on a revenue target for tax reform. That's Step 1; Step 2 is how the temporary agreement is forged regarding the tax rates for 2013, sequestration, payroll tax, etc. The White House's view: If you let the Bush tax rates expire for the Top 2%, it makes negotiating the issues surrounding sequestration (even the farm bill!) a lot easier. But the hurdle is big: getting the votes in the House. No Republican wants to vote for a tax RATE hike; it's likely a primary suicide mission. And while one could argue the big picture for the GOP that says, "Let Obama own the tax rate hike," that doesn't mean individual GOP House members won't have to walk the plank to get to 218 votes. Ironically, the GOP may end up giving the president and Democrats MORE cover on taxes by agreeing to a revenue goal within tax reform, essentially, covering up tax hikes while the politicians can claim they've lowered tax RATES. Ah, the politics of the now vs. the politics of the long term. It's the GOP's challenge in managing its own base right now.
*** Decision Day on Capitol Hill: Also on this Wednesday, we'll find out decisions to three separate stories on Capitol Hill. First, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said she would be holding a 10:00 am ET news conference, apparently to answer questions about her political future. (Will she stay on as leader? Will she run for re-election in 2014?) In addition, Sen.-elect Angus King (I-ME) is expected to decide as soon as today which party he'll caucus with. (It will be a HUGE surprise if it isn't the Democrats, especially given all the outside GOP money spent against him in Maine, and King hasn't had a one-on-one meeting with either McConnell or Cornyn to discuss joining the GOP side.) And finally, per the New York Times, House Republicans will choose between Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Tom Price (R-GA) to be chair of the House Republican Conference, the No. 3 position in House GOP leadership. Conservatives like Paul Ryan, outgoing Conference Chair Jeb Hensarling, and Gov.-elect Mike Pence are backing Price, the Times says, while Fred Upton, Peter King, and Darrell Issa are supporting McMorris Rodgers.
In the latest turn in the scandal involving two top US generals, the FBI said they have uncovered "flirtatious" emails between General John Allen and socialite Jill Kelley but have found no wrongdoing.
*** West isn't giving up: Meanwhile, NBC's Frank Thorp reports that Rep. Allen West (R-FL) is continuing the fight to hold onto his Florida congressional seat, even though his opponent has already declared victory (and spoke at his first Capitol Hill press conference yesterday). West, who is trailing Democrat Patrick Murphy by .58 percent of the vote, has not conceded, even though the race is not tight enough to require an automatic recount (.50 or less needed). "We have to maintain the honor and integrity of the electoral process," West told NBC News, "You cannot sit up and say to the voters in Congressional District 18, to the American people, that when there are issues that are there, an incredible 4,400 vote swing in a 30-35 minute period at one o'clock in the morning, and no one is explaining that to them." West has filed a complaint in Florida state court asking for a recount of the early ballots, which he says could bring him within the threshold to trigger an automatic recount. "No one is explaining to me how you can go from being up by 1,800 to being down by 2,400 in a 30-to-35 minute period," West said, "The people deserve better."
*** Getting the message on immigration: How losing Latinos by more than 40 points will suddenly change a party's tune… "Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), three key Republican players on immigration, told The Hill they're ready to start working on broad-based reforms next year that could include a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented immigrants currently in the United States. All three are expected to be key players on any immigration-reform negotiations, which are expected to move first in the Senate." A path to citizenship is supported by a 57-39% majority, a Washington Post/ABC poll finds.
*** Autopsy 2012: The marriage gap: In the latest installment of our look at the presidential exit poll, we examine the marriage gap. Yes, there was a significant gender gap -- Obama won women by 11 points (55%-44%), while Romney won men by 7 points (52%-45%). But an even wider gap existed when it came to marriage. Sixty percent of the electorate identified themselves as being married, and Romney won that segment by 14 points, 56%-42%. But Obama won the 40% who aren't married by nearly 30 points, 62%-35%. In fact, Obama won non-married women by a whopping 36 points, 67%-31%. What's more, Romney won people married with children by 9 points, 54%-45%. To quote Beyonce, "All the single ladies, now put your hands up."
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The owners of the Mets scored a major legal victory — one that might well preserve their control of the team — when the trustee for the victims of Bernard L. Madoff's vast fraud agreed to abandon hundreds of millions of dollars in claims against them.
In a settlement reached Friday and announced Monday morning just before their federal trial was to begin, the owners agreed to pay the trustee $162 million, but that figure is likely to be reduced or wiped out altogether as the complex bankruptcy litigation involving Mr. Madoff's investment operation plays out.
The trustee, Irving H. Picard, had initially sought $1 billion, declaring that the owners had enriched themselves over many years of profitable investing with Mr. Madoff while ignoring repeated warnings that he might have been a fraud.
The owners, Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz, had angrily decried the charges as an attempt to extort them into paying a giant settlement, one that might have forced them to sell the Mets, one of baseball's most valuable franchises. In an effort to stabilize the team's finances, the Mets appear to have sold 12 minority stakes in the club for $20 million each.
The settlement — under which the owners may not have to pay the trustee anything out of their pockets — makes clear that it was the trustee who blinked at the 11th hour. A federal trial, one that would have explored whether Mr. Wilpon and Mr. Katz had been "willfully blind" to evidence of Mr. Madoff's fraud, was set to start Monday morning with jury selection.
"I can't wait to get back to our businesses, which I love, and the first order of business, the first priority, is getting down to Florida tomorrow, getting to that spring training camp and bringing the Mets back to the prominence our fans deserve," a clearly relieved Mr. Wilpon said outside federal court in Manhattan.
Mr. Picard was appointed by a bankruptcy judge in 2008 to recover money for Mr. Madoff's victims. To date, he has secured some $9 billion — or about half his goal — much of it from Madoff investors he has asserted were unjust beneficiaries of "too good to be true" returns.
In his lawsuit against Mr. Wilpon and Mr. Katz, Mr. Picard asserted that the men were sophisticated investors who were among those illegitimate beneficiaries. But Mr. Picard suffered a number of setbacks. The lawsuit was removed from bankruptcy court, and Jed S. Rakoff of the United States District Court, who took over the case, both reduced Mr. Picard's financial claims and raised the legal bar he would have to clear in order to collect.
Still, if Mr. Picard had prevailed at trial, he could have recouped as much as $303 million, in addition to the $83 million the Mets' owners were already ordered to pay.
His decision to settle for much less was regarded by a number of experts as a kind of surrender on the explosive assertions that were central to the case. Legal experts said the settlement would most likely embolden other defendants who are fighting accusations brought by the trustee. Mr. Picard has filed several large suits that have accused defendants of misconduct, including actions against some of Mr. Madoff's relatives and one of his primary banks, JPMorgan Chase. The cases make similar bad-faith claims to the one brought against the Mets' owners.
"I certainly consider this a capitulation by the trustee," said Bradley D. Simon, a former federal prosecutor who focuses on white-collar civil litigation for Simon & Partners. "It seems quite one-sided."
The Mets, as a baseball operation, still face significant financial trouble. The club has lost some $120 million over the past two years, has had to slash its payroll as attendance has fallen at Citi Field, and has had to put a portion of the team up for sale.
But the resolution of the suit, and on such favorable terms, ends an enormous financial threat.
"That decision removed the defendants from the sword of Damocles hanging over their lives," Mario M. Cuomo, the former New York governor who was appointed as the mediator in the case in early 2011, said outside the courtroom. "And it will enable them to return to their work, their family and normalcy."
Mr. Cuomo, who has been mediating high-profile disputes for decades, had not appeared to make much progress as the lawsuit, complete with acrimonious filings, ground on.
But with the case headed for trial, Mr. Cuomo evidently finally made headway.
About two weeks ago, he reached out to both sides, inviting Mr. Wilpon and Mr. Katz to his offices at the law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher. He suggested to Mr. Wilpon and Mr. Katz that a trial could be both embarrassing and damaging to their reputations, and in a separate conversations he lobbied the trustee to come to a settlement.
"What you do in mediation is recite the realities," Mr. Cuomo said later in the day during an interview, speaking of his role. "You don't have to be brilliant. It's called common sense."
The settlement itself underscores how complicated the Madoff bankruptcy has proved to be.
Mr. Wilpon and Mr. Katz, as well as their business partners and family members, had hundreds of accounts with Mr. Madoff's firm when he was arrested in December 2008.
The trustee had identified many of those account as "net winners" — asserting that the owners of those accounts had over the years withdrawn more money from them than they had put in. He argued that, in fact, those profits were "other people's money," and had to be returned.
Mr. Wilpon and Mr. Katz contended that they also had scores of accounts that were "net losers," and they had applied to the very same trustee who was suing them to be reimbursed for those losses.
The settlement announced Monday amounts to a swap: Mr. Picard dropped the claims that the men had ignored warnings about Mr. Madoff; Mr. Wilpon and Mr. Katz agreed that they were obligated to pay back $162 million in so-called fictitious profits they had reaped from the net winner accounts from 2002 to '08. That figure includes the $83 million that Judge Rakoff had earlier ordered them to pay.
How much of that $162 million the men will ultimately have to pay depends, oddly, on how successful Mr. Picard is in his efforts to recover money for Madoff victims. The Mets' owners had applied to Mr. Picard to be reimbursed $178 million from their net loser accounts. If Mr. Picard's recoveries do not yield $162 million after three years, Mr. Wilpon and Mr. Katz have guaranteed to pay as much as $29 million.
What was clear was that Mr. Wilpon and Mr. Katz used the settlement as vindication of their character. "We acted in good faith and we're very pleased that this settlement bears that out," Mr. Wilpon said.
For the trustee, the settlement appeared to be a business calculation: even if he could win a judgment that Mr. Wilpon and Mr. Katz were willfully blind to Mr. Madoff's fraud — and have the verdict upheld on appeals that might take two or three years — he might not have received the $303 million he was seeking.
"It isn't whether we win or lose," David J. Sheehan, chief counsel to the trustee, said. "It's whether we enhance the fund and help the victims. That's what we did today, and that's why we did it."
Mr. Sheehan's remarks Monday conflicted with much tougher ones made 13 months ago, when he said, "What we're looking for is a billion dollars, and unless we settle for less than that, which we're not inclined to do, where they get the money is of no moment to us."
Mr. Picard might also have had second thoughts about the strength of his case. Judge Rakoff had been skeptical that Mr. Picard could successfully rebut Mr. Wilpon and Mr. Katz's claims that they acted in good faith in their investing with Mr. Madoff.
Still, however strong Sheehan and Picard felt their case was, they could not be certain of victory.
"Any lawyer who walks into court knows that you can win, you can lose, and you can have the strongest case possible but you don't know how the evidence will come in or how the jury will perceive the credibility of the witnesses," said Annemarie McAvoy, a former federal prosecutor who is an adjunct professor at Fordham Law School. She said Mr. Picard "did away with the risk of walking away with nothing at the end of the trial."
As he read aloud the terms of the settlement between two parties who had battled each other bitterly for more than a year, Judge Rakoff said, "All I say is love is wonderful."


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Houston, TX – Justin Maxwell hit a two-run homer and the Houston Astros blanked the Philadelphia Phillies, 5-0, in the third test of a four-game set.
Dallas Keuchel (2-7) scattered five hits and walked four over 5 1/3 scoreless frames for Houston, which has won two of the first three games of the series.
"I got too wrapped up in results, trying to get good results," Keuchel said. "That's now how it's supposed to be. I'm headed in the right direction."
The red-hot Kyle Kendrick (9-11), who came into the contest 5-1 with a minuscule 1.49 ERA over his last six starts, surrendered four runs on seven hits in five innings for the Phillies, who sit three games behind the St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers for the National League's second wild- card spot.
"We really can't afford to lose games," Kendrick said.
Philadelphia, which came into the set with a seven-game winning streak, was 0- for-10 with runners in scoring position and stranded the bases loaded in the first and fourth frames.
The Astros plated two in the first, and one in each of the third, fifth and sixth innings.
Jose Altuve led off the first with a single to left field and with two outs, Maxwell lined a hanging changeup into the Crawford Boxes in left field.
Three-straight singles by Matt Dominguez, Jason Castro and J.D. Martinez loaded the bases with no outs in the third.
Keuchel chopped a grounder to first and Ryan Howard came home with the throw for the force out, but Altuve's grounder to first brought Castro home for a 3-0 advantage.
Keuchel led off the fifth with a single to center field and moved to second on Altuve's sacrifice bunt. After Fernando Martinez fouled out, Brett Wallace plated Keuchel with a ground-rule double.
Martinez's RBI single in the sixth made it 5-0.
Game Notes
The Phillies were shut out for the sixth time this year and second since the All-Star break ... The Phillies left 12 men on base ... Houston was 4-for-13 with runners in scoring position.


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Westfield Group announced Monday it has agreed to sell Belden Village and six other malls to Starwood Capital Group for $1.64 billion.
Westfield Group announced Monday it will sell Belden Village and six other malls to an affiliate of Starwood Capital Group for $1.64 billion.
The transactions are expected to close in the fourth quarter.
Westfield called the seven shopping centers, including Great Northern in North Olmstead and Franklin Park in Toledo, "non-core assets."
With 826,000 square feet of retail space, Westfield Belden Village was the second smallest property in the group. The mall has 107 retailers, 5 million customer visits a year and annual specialty retail sales of $108 million, according to the company website.
In the announcement, Westfield Group Co-CEO Peter Lowy said the sale is part of a strategic plan to generate greater value for shareholders by selling non-core assets and finding joint-venture partners.
Headquartered in Sydney, Westfield operates shopping centers in Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom and New Zealand. After the sale, Westfield will own and operate 40 centers in the U.S.
The sale price of the seven properties is in line with their June 30 book value, but is $120 million below their value at the end of last year, according to Westfield.
Greenwich, Conn.-based Starwood will own and manage the majority interest in the shopping centers, while Westfield retains a 10 percent common equity interest.
Starwood is a global investment firm that specializes in real estate.
The company might be best known for owning hotels — 2,250 of them according to Starwood's website; it also claims to hold 25 million square feet of retail space, 40 million square feet of office space and 11 million square feet of industrial space. There also are 70,000 multi-family and condominium units
Formed in 1991 by Barry Sternlicht, Starwood Capital states it has raised more than $20 billion of equity capital. The company's website lists seven business units, including three listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and 23 operating companies.
Westfield properties sold to Starwood Capital
• Belden Village, Jackson Township
• Capital, Olympia, Wash.
• Franklin Park, Toledo
• Great Northern, North Olmstead
• Parkway, El Cajon, Calif.
• Southlake, Merrillville, Ind.
• West Covina, West Covina, Calif.


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Farmingdale, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State women's basketball team will face St. Vincent College this afternoon at 4:00 p.m. in the Hampton Inn Tip-Off Classic hosted by Messiah College. The Rams will play Messiah College or John Jay on Saturday, November 19th at a time to be determined.
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An Assessment of Population Structure in Eight Breeds of Cattle Using a Whole Genome SNP PanelDownload
Schnabel, R. D., Wang, Z., Taylor, J. F., Gill, C. A., Van Tassell, C. P., Gao, C., Aerts, J., Williams, J. L., Neto, E. D., Murdoch, B. M., Matukumalli, L. K., Coppieters, W., McKay, S. D., Mannenl, H., Crews, D., Moore, S. S.
Background Analyses of population structure and breed diversity have provided insight into the origin and evolution of cattle. Previously, these studies have used a low density of microsatellite markers, however, with the large number of single nucleotide polymorphism markers that are now...
Schnabel, R. D., Wang, Z., Mannenl, H., Gill, C. A., Van Tassell, C. P., Gao, C., Aerts, J., Williams, J. L., Neto, E. D., Moore, S. S., Matukumalli, L. K., Coppieters, W., McKay, S. D., Taylor, J. F., Crews, D., Murdoch, B. M.
Background Bovine whole genome linkage disequilibrium maps were constructed for eight breeds of cattle. These data provide fundamental information concerning bovine genome organization which will allow the design of studies to associate genetic variation with economically important traits and...


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Cali to Allow Therapeutic Marijuana Use
Today, the California State Athletic Commission voted to approve an amendment allowing therapeutic use exemptions (TUE) for fighters that are in need of the controversial testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) as well as medicinal marijuana for other reasons.
"People say that marijuana is going to hurt my career. On the contrary, my fight career is getting in the way of my marijuana smoking."
— Nick Diaz, Strikeforce Welterweight Champion
The amendment still has not been approved, and could take some months or years to happen.
The state of Nevada has given a TUE to fighters in the past such as Dan Henderson when he fought Shogun at UFC 139; Henderson was determined to be in need of testosterone.
George Dodd, the CSAC executive officer has said that that particular case will be somewhat of a blueprint for California's testing. The fighters would be required to check their testosterone levels multiple times prior to fights, and will need to provide extensive medical history in order to be approved for a TUE. Only after the amendment is passed by the Department of Consumer Affairs and the state's Office of Administrative Law will it officially be passed.
Nick Diaz "Temporarily Suspended" by Nevada Boxing Comission – Medical Marijuana?
For the second time in his illustrious career as a fighter, Nick Diaz has been suspended for testing positive for marijuana.
The first time was following his fight with legendary Japanese martial artist Takanori Gomi at Pride 33 in 2007. Nick received a six month suspension and fined His of his fight purse. Ouch! His win over Gomi also was overturned and ruled a no contest. Double Ouch.
But times they are a changing.
The current "temporary suspension" for Nick Diaz issued by the Nevada Deputy Attorney General and state boxing commission is pending a follow up disciplinary meeting where Nick Diaz will be able to defend his usage of marijuana. And, the case for Nick Diaz is unique because he is prescribed marijuana by a California state approved doctor to help him with his ADHD. If Nick requests the exception for medicinal marijuana, the case would set a new precedent by being the first time that a fighter requested legal marijuana exemption.
Nick could go big and also point out that now is a great time for the commission to consider issuing a reversal of the "No Contest" that he got smacked with after the bout with Gomi.
Nick Diaz has a lot riding on the line with this temporary suspension. Up to a 1 year suspension from fighting, a considerable financial penalty on his fight purse and bonuses from UFC 143, and in the now he's a top contender for the UFC Welterweight Belt.
What do you think? Should Nick get the OK to get back in the cage and fight with a medical marijuana clearance?
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Diego "The Dream" Sanchez vs. Jake Ellenberger (VIDEO) UFC on FuelTV
Here's the full HD Video from last night's big fight. Always a tough competitor and a fighter's fighter, Diego "The Dream" Sanchez takes on Jake Ellenberger in the Main Event @ UFC on FUEL TV in Omaha, Nebraska on February 15th, 2012.
Diego "The Dream" Sanchez vs. Jake Ellenberger - UFC on FuelTV
After Nick Diaz's recent decision loss to Carlos Condit, and GSP out for another 9-10 months… this fight has HUGE implications in the Welterweight division.
The winner of this fight is likely facing Carlos Condit where he will defend his interim Middleweight belt. The winner of that moving ahead to face GSP.
The loser of this fight is likely to be facing a pissed of Nick Diaz.
MMA FACT OF THE DAY: Jake Ellenberger's UFC Debut was against Carlos Condit. Ellenberger took the fight for an injured Chris Lytle. In a controversial split decision, the fight went to Condit by judges decision.
In the age of the overproduction of sports and of stage-managed "moments," rarely does a connection between an athlete and his fans feel authentic. Sure, fans "know" their favorite athletes: what their mansions look like, which starlets they date, what they say on Twitter. But these sort of athlete-fan interactions seem tested before focus groups, directed by teams of public-relations consultants rather than inspired by authenticity.
UFC on FUEL TV:
Ellenberger vs. Sanchez
That was not the case Wednesday night at the main event of UFC on FUEL TV 1, when local boy Jake Ellenberger came out from the bowels of the aging Omaha Civic Auditorium. As his walkout song played — "Coming Home," of course, by Diddy-Dirty Money — the adoring Cornhuskers who packed this venue erupted. This was the city where Ellenberger grew up, the place he returned to in 2005 as a US Marine Corps veteran, and the place where he now was an assistant wrestling coach for University of Nebraska-Omaha, which had won three straight Division II national titles before the program was dropped.
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Rumors and news of an immediate Nick Diaz, Carlos Condit rematch started to break late last night with some buzz on twitter. Today it's really getting some momentum and the deal seems to be done.
TODAY - Dana White - The rumor is true. Carlos did accept the fight today and Carlos is coming on Friday.
12:20 AM EST - "Well, the powers to be just called.
@CarlosCondit and myself will be in vegas and hope to have an announcement on fri… "
10:30 AM EST – I don't get it. First you guys want the rematch, we make it happen, now I'm getting the "wtf, don't do it, nick doesn't deserve it?" Smh
10:30 AM EST – "Lol, bottom line thank you to everyone who has supported us and helped make this happen."
12:30 PM EST - "Wow? Really? RT
@CagedInsider: GSP says he would vacate title for Nick Diaz fight"
1:30 PM EST – "Can't wait for the rematch RT
@That_Hal: @malkikawa did you see even @joerogan now thinks @DiazBrothers209 won the fight?!"
- Malki Kawa (Carlos Condit's Manager)
Via CAGEDINSIDER – GSP Says he would vacate the title belt for a opportunity to finally fight Diaz. That's some very interesting news to add to the situation.
Looks like it's gonna happen. Get Nick to Glendale for some more judo!
In reply to Manny Gamburyan
- Karyn Bryant (Host of MMA HEAT, MMA Journalist)
We'd definitely like to have a Diaz vs Condit rematch. Those were the first words out of my mouth after the decision.


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WATCH ABOVE as Toronto Sun's Editor-in-Chief Adrienne Batra and political pundit and employment legal eagle Sunira Chaudhri dissect the future of NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and whether or not he needs to be thrown a lifeline.
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Montserrath Otegui Compania De Danza
Founded in 2006, under the direction of Montserrath Otegui.
While the company has its foundation in ballet technique, it seeks its own identity. Without losing the precepts of classical technique, the search is moving towards a more contemporary sense.
Thus, the principal purpose is the message given through the works created and presented, always aiming at unifying a letter through dance, music and speech; cornerstone to better communicate idea that is developed, allowing the public to approach dance from elsewhere, because it is included in the work.
Also, the topics chosen for the works are moving towards better disclosure of social, psychological and personal issues that concern us all as members of a society.
Dance is not separated from life, so this company is seeking, through its expression, bringing the public a more human dance, we connect with the beauty, the most natural and most purifying. Beyond the technical language that is used as fundamental, the topics covered to clearly show where the energy is directed to, which created a ballet. Socially art is a tool that can educate, you can teach and transmit values that make us better as we are sentient beings. The dance can make you feel, you can think and is a great tool to educate us in the search for a common good.
In turn, the dance is not detached from social life and society displays its values through art, whatever its manifestation.
That's what this company says, to return humankind to the dance and therefore to educate through it, as we work to build a better society, where everyone is included.
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Angelo Corsaro is CTO at PrismTech. Angelo also leads strategic standardization at the Object Management Group (OMG), where he co-chairs the Data Distribution Service (DDS) Special Interest Group.
The Data Distribution Service for Real-Time Systems: Part 1
The Data Distribution Service for Real-Time Systems: Part 2
This is the second installment of a series covering the Object Management Group (OMG) Data Distribution Service for Real-Time Systems (DDS). In Part 1, I introduced the basics of DDS and walked you through the steps required to write a simple pub/sub application. In Part 2, I begin examining DDS in depth, starting with data management.
DDS Topics Inside-out
A "topic" represents the unit for information that can produced or consumed by a DDS application. Topics are defined by a name, a type, and a set of QoS policies. Leaving out the QoS, for the time being, let's explore what is so special about them.
DDS is a programming language and OS independent publish/subscribe technology. To ensure independence from a specific programming language and OS, while guaranteeing portability and interoperability, it uses a subset of IDL as the formalism for describing topic types and CDR for encoding them. IDL is a standard syntax for expressing various kind of types while retaining independence from a specific programming language. CDR is a binary serial encoding providing a good trade-off between space and time efficiency.
Since CDR is used under the hood by DDS and not visible to the user, I focus next on the subset of IDL that can be legally used to define a topic type. A topic type is made by an IDL struct plus a key. The struct can contain as many fields as you want and each field can be a primitive type (Table 1), a template type (Table 2), or a constructed type (Table 3).
In Table 1, primitive types are essentially what you'd expect, with just one exception -- the int type is not there! This should not worry you since the IDL integral types short, long, and long long are equivalent to the C99 int16_t, int32_t, and int64_t, thus you have all you need.
Table 2 shows IDL templates types. The string and wstring can be parametrized only with respect to their maximum length; the sequence type with respect to its length and contained type; the fixed type with respect to the total number of digits and the scale. The sequence type abstracts homogeneous random access container, pretty much like the std::vector in C++ or java.util.Vector in Java. Finally, it is important to point out that when the maximum length is not provided the type is assumed as having an unbounded length, meaning that the middleware will allocate as much memory as necessary to store the values the application provides.
Table 3 shows that DDS supports three different kinds of IDL constructed types: enum, struct, and union. Putting it all together, you should now realize that a Topic type is a struct that can contain as fields nested structures, unions, enumerations, template types as well as primitive types. In addition to this, you can define multi-dimensional arrays of any DDS-supported or userdefined type.
This is all nice, but you might wonder how this it ties-in with programming languages such as C++, Java, and C#. The answer is not really surprising, essentially there is a language-specific mapping from the IDL-types described above to mainstream programming languages.


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Last month, just after gay activist Jon Winkleman interrupted a lunch meeting between prospective Senate candidate Harold Ford Jr. and scores of the borough's elected leaders—an antic for which the activist was promptly thrown out—Mr. Winkleman promised reporters they would see him again.
"We're going to be bird-dogging Harold Ford everywhere we can," said Mr. Winkleman.
Today, a group called The Power—which posted a video of Mr. Winkleman's sabotage on its blog—announced its plan to protest a February 24 speech by Mr. Ford to the Stonewall Democratic Club in Manhattan, who extended an invitation to the potential candidate.
"Harold Ford, get this message through your head: 'Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me,'" wrote The Power on its website, urging members to "crash" the speech. The group claims Mr. Ford promised the national Stonewall Democrats not to support the Federal Marriage Amendment—which he eventually voted for—when he was seeking the group's endorsement as a Tennessee congressman. (A spokesperson for the national organization has yet to return a phone call or an email.)
Through his spokesperson, Tammy Sun, Mr. Ford dismissed the notion that he had made such a promise. "Harold Ford looks forward to going before the Stonewall Democrats to talk about his commitment to marriage equality. He's hoping that the spirit of the invitation to speak will be matched by the willingness of the audience to listen," said Ms. Sun.
Mr. Ford has tried to bat down the notion he doesn't support gay rights, and has pledged his support for same-sex marriage. He has also compared his evolution to that of Senator Chuck Schumer–although critics of Mr. Ford have noted that Mr. Schumer never voted for a constitutional amendment prohibiting marriage.
The Power said Mr. Ford's potential opponent, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, "has established herself as one of the most outspoken advocates of LGBT equality in the Senate"—a common refrain among gay rights groups, who Ms. Gillibrand pledged to support upon her appointment last year. (Ms. Sun, the spokesperson for Mr. Ford, said Ms. Gillibrand had made an "overnight conversion to marriage equality.")
"We have an opportunity here to send a message," said Jeff Campagna, one of the group's organizers. "The LGBT community needs to hold politicians accountable and not be shy about confronting politicians between elections, during the campaign cycle, while they're in office. If we wait until it's an election, then we are staking our entire future on one day."
As of this writing, The Power's Facebook invite has 91 confirmed guests and 165 who are "Maybe Attending." Asked whether the group has plans for other events, Mr. Campagna would only say: "We have been discussing plans."


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September 2018
Recent Releases
Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding: A Royal Spyness Mystery
Rhys Bowen
penniless Georgiana "Georgie" Rannoch, who was 35th in line for the British throne before she withdrew from her position to marry Darcy O'Mara, an Irishman with a secretive government job.
What happens:
Georgie plans her summer 1935 wedding (the king and queen are attending) and takes over the running of her godfather's country house...only to find that the servants might be trying to kill her.
Series alert:
This is the charming 12th in the Royal Spyness mysteries, but newcomers can start here.
Sweet Little Lies
Caz Frear
Cat Kinsella, a too-empathetic (according to her boss) 26
-year-old London detective constable estranged from her family.
What happens:
A cold case from Cat's childhood is related to a new murder investigation -- and her pub-owner dad may have connections to both.
Who it's for:
compelling British police procedural debut has fascinating characters (especially Cat) and a twisty plot that will appeal to fans of
Tana French, Ann Cleeves, and Susie Steiner
City of Ink: A Mystery
Elsa Hart
What it's about:
In this evocative historical mystery set in 1711 Beijing, formerly exiled librarian Li Du, now working as Chief Inspector Sun's assistant, is drawn into a murder case that may not be the crime of passion it seems and also tries
to clear his dead mentor's name
For fans of:
If you like Eliot Pattison's Shan Tao Yun mysteries and don't
mind leaving modern Tibet and China behind, you'll
appreciate the graceful writing, complex characters, and intricate plots found here.
Series alert:
This is the 3rd in the acclaimed Li Du series; the 1st is
Jade Dragon Mountain.
The Ruin
Dervla McTiernan
police detective Cormac Reilly, who's back in Galway to be near his girlfriend after being part of an elite Dublin squad for years.
What happens:
Reilly's given a cold case that he worked as a rookie -- the OD death of a single mom that left 15-year-old Maude and five-year-old Jack orphans. At 25, Jack has apparently died by suicide...but his pregnant doctor girlfriend and troubled sister think it was murder.
Who it's for:
Benjamin Black and Tana French fans may like th
is slow-burn debut's realistic characters and evocative Irish setting
A Tale of Two Murders: A Dickens of a Crime
Heather Redmond
What happens:
n Epiphany i
n January 1835, young London journalist Charles Dickens falls for Kate Hogarth, the daughter of his editor; the two investigate the poisoning of Kate's 17-year-old neighbor, a death that's similar to another young lady's demise exactly one year earlier.
Is it for you?
With a complex plot unfurled in an unhurried manner, this 1st in a series will be fun for Charles Dickens fans as well as those who enjoy lighthearted historical mysteries with a hint of romance.
Book 'em, detective!
The Silkworm
Robert Galbraith
What it's about:
P.I. Cormoran Strike, a veteran and amputee, and his young assistant Robin investigate the brutal murder of a writer whose latest novel exposed other people's secrets;
Robin also plans her wedding, but her fiancé disapproves of both her work and her boss.
Series alert:
This is the cleverly plotted 2nd in a series by J.K. Rowling writing as Robert Galbraith (the 4th,
Lethal White
, just came out).
Media buzz:
These compelling books have been adapted for TV; in the U.K., the show's title is
, and in the U.S., it's
C.B. Strike
The Silence of the Library
Miranda James
middle-aged Mississippi librarian Charlie Harris and Diesel, his 36-pound Maine Coon cat, who goes with him almost everywhere.
What happens:
Electra Barnes Cartwright, the nearly 100-year-old author of a Nancy Drew-esque series, agrees to attend a special exhibit at the Athena Public Library...and the result is excitement and then murder.
Don't miss:
This 5th entry in a fun cozy series features excerpts of one of
vintage teen detective novels.
Plaid and Plagiarism
Molly MacRae
What happens:
Four women -- American librarian Janet; her Scottish friend Christine; Janet's 38-year-old daughter, Tallie; and Tallie's reporter friend, Summer -- buy a bookshop in Scotland. But before they can settle in, a body is found at Janet's vandalized home; now, while preparing for the town's literary festival, the ladies also investigate a murder.
Read it for:
the cozy small-town setting and the eccentric characters.
Series alert
: This is the 1st in the Highland Bookshop Mystery series; the 2nd,
Scones and Scoundrels
, came out earlier this year.
The Last Dickens
Matthew Pearl
What happen
After his clerk is murdered while picking up a
copy of Charles Dickens' final novel,
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
American publisher James Osgood and the dead man's sister leave
Boston for London in search of the manuscript and a killer.
Read this next:
Pick up Dan Simmons'
, which is spooky, critically acclaimed, and covers Dickens' troubled last years (mystery writer Wilkie Collins, who's jealous of Dickens, is the narrator); or to see what all of the fuss is about,
pick up
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
and read Dickens' own words.
Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore
Matthew Sullivan
Lydia Smith, a Denver bookstore clerk who, as a child, was the only survivor of a still-unsolved triple murder.
What happens:
Lydia investigates when one of her regular customers hangs himself at the store (with a picture of ten-year-old Lydia in his pocket)...and leaves her his meager belongings, including books that contain coded clues.
Reviewers say:
This debut is "an intriguingly dark, twisty story" (
Kirkus Reviews
), and it "will have particular appeal for puzzle solvers and booklovers" (
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