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Defense expert casts doubt on Skakel confessions
VERNON — An expert on coerced confessions cast doubt Monday on testimony that Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel confessed to a 1975 murder, saying the alleged statements were made at a reform school where he was subject to beatings and humiliation.
Skakel's attorneys called Richard Ofshe to testify in Rockville Superior Court, where they are challenging Skakel's 2002 conviction on the grounds that he had ineffective legal representation during his trial. Skakel is serving 20 years to life for Martha Moxley's golf club bludgeoning when they were 15-year-old neighbors in Greenwich.
During the trial, two classmates testified that Skakel confessed at Elan School in Maine in the late 1970s, while former Elan students called by his defense testified that he never confessed despite being repeatedly beaten, spanked with a board and put in a makeshift boxing ring with a succession of students. They also said Skakel was forced to wear a sign that covered his body and urged students to confront him about the murder.
At Elan, the murder accusation was a way to "make his life a living hell," Ofshe said. If Skakel shifted from denying the crime to saying he had no memory of it, the public abuse would stop, Ofshe said.
"In my opinion, he now had signified deference to the community," he said.
Ofshe, a social psychologist who is professor emeritus at the University of California Berkeley, said one account, in which a student testified that Skakel gradually confessed, was unreliable. He said the other purported confession contained factual errors, such as a claim that Skakel returned to the crime scene two days later.
"It can turn out that a 'confession statement' under some circumstances actually given by a person in the course of confessing if properly understood should be classified as evidence of lack of knowledge of the crime," Ofshe said.
Had trial attorney Michael Sherman contacted him before the trial, Ofshe would have strongly urged him to challenge the testimony, he said.
"Wake up smell the smoke," Ofshe said, describing his response. "Mr. Sherman would have heard from me in no uncertain terms what I thought needed to be done."
Sherman said last week he believed he had destroyed the credibility of the testimony through cross-examinations. He said his strategy was to show the confessions did not occur, so there was no need to bring in an expert to make the case they were coerced.
Prosecutors have long argued that Skakel confessed in non-coerceive settings. Skakel's attorneys say the men who testified were abusive guards at the school.


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NEW YORK (AP) ? Oil prices are approaching last year's highs as tensions increase over Iran's nuclear program. The rise pushed gasoline prices on Friday to a national average of $3.65 per gallon, the highest ever for this time of year.
NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices are approaching last year's highs as tensions increase over Iran's nuclear program. The rise pushed gasoline prices on Friday to a national average of $3.65 per gallon, the highest ever for this time of year.
Western nations fear Iran is building a nuclear weapon and have been trying to force it to open its facilities to inspection. Iran has refused, turning away international inspectors this week for the second time this month. The United Nations said Friday that Iran has responded to the recent scrutiny by speeding up production of higher-grade enriched uranium, feeding concerns that it is developing a bomb.
As both sides dig in for a protracted standoff, investors are snapping up oil contracts in case fighting breaks out in the heart of one of the world's biggest oil-producing regions. "Everyone's pricing in the potential for war now," independent analyst Stephen Schork said. "Without a concrete resolution, nobody knows how high this can go."
Israel hasn't ruled out an attack on Iran, and Iran has said it is ready to strike pre-emptively, possibly targeting the Strait of Hormuz, if it is threatened. The Persian Gulf passageway is a potential choke point for oil supplies. One-fifth of the world's oil tankers pass through it every day.
On Friday benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude rose by $1.94 to end the week at $109.77 per barrel in New York. Brent crude rose by $1.85 to finish at $125.47 per barrel in London.
WTI peaked near $114 a barrel last May, while Brent rose above $126 per barrel.
The price of gasoline, which is made from crude oil, has soared with oil prices. The national average jumped by nearly 12 cents per gallon in a week, with state averages above $4 per gallon in California, Alaska and Hawaii.
It looks like they'll keep climbing.
Tom Kloza, publisher and chief oil analyst at Oil Price Information Service, said pump prices will add at least another 10 to 15 cents per gallon in coming days to reflect a recent jump in wholesale markets.
At $3.65 per gallon, gasoline is still below last year's high of $3.98 and the record $4.11 set in 2008. Kloza says pump prices are on pace to top both of those in coming months. He thinks gasoline will climb as high as $4.25 per gallon by late April.
The rise will weigh on the economy, pushing leisure and business travel costs higher. Every one-cent increase in the price of gasoline costs the economy $1.4 billon, analysts say.
Prices have been surging particularly on the West Coast where a BP refinery was shut down after a fire. That refinery in Blaine, Wash., is the third-largest on the West Coast with a production capacity of 230,000 barrels per day.
The closure comes at a tough time for the refining industry. Most refiners are already slowing production to get ready for a switch over from winter to more expensive summer fuel blends. The seasonal switch usually creates a temporary dip in supplies that pushes prices higher at this time of year. The loss of the BP refinery could make that dip even deeper.
Gasoline has become a major political issue this year as prices tick higher.
Some lawmakers have called on the Obama administration to release more oil from emergency stockpiles in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, but analysts say that would be ineffective. The government tried that last summer after the Libyan uprising shut down that country's oil fields. Prices dipped slightly but eventually rebounded.
Independent oil analyst Andrew Lipow pointed out that the U.S. has adequate oil supplies right now, and a release of reserves wouldn't make much sense. Traders are mostly concerned with how the Iran situation will affect supplies this summer. Nobody's sure what will happen, Lipow said, and that is pushing investors to buy more oil as an insurance policy against a major conflict.
"It's just unclear how this plays out," Lipow said. "The worry is that Iran will be forced into a position that they try to impact their neighbors in some way" and curtail oil production in the entire region.
In other energy trading, heating oil rose by 2 cents to finish at $3.32 per gallon, while gasoline futures rose by 4 cents to end at $3.15 per gallon. Natural gas prices fell by 7 cents to finish the week at $2.55 per 1,000 cubic feet.


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To coincide with the start of the 2012 holiday season, VIZ Media has just announced a special Neon Alley Cyber Monday promotion that offers a free digital manga volume (up to $8.99 value) to any new subscriber of the recently-launched 24/7 anime channel from the company's extensive digital library at VIZManga.com and through the VIZ Manga App. The offer runs for a limited time starting today through Monday, December 10th, and fans can choose their free manga volume from a selection of over 600 titles, including top-selling volumes of BAKUMAN。, BLACK BIRD, HUNTER X HUNTER, NANA, ONE PIECE, VAMPIRE KNIGHT, and more!
Neon Alley is VIZ Media's new 24-hour, subscription-based anime channel featuring the world's best titles (dubbed in English and uncut) and presented in HD (when available) for a low monthly subscription rate of $6.99. Neon Alley is the first platform designed to be studio agnostic, offering a diverse array of titles from many leading anime producers and distributors. Neon Alley's schedule includes a dynamic mix of action, adventure, sci-fi, supernatural, fantasy, and horror anime, including weekly exclusive episodes of BLUE EXORCIST, INUYASHA: THE FINAL ACT, NURA: RISE OF THE YOKAI CLAN, and TIGER & BUNNY, as well as blockbuster favorites DEATH NOTE, NARUTO SHIPPUDEN, ONE PIECE, VAMPIRE KNIGHT and more.
VIZ Media's digital manga platform allows users to access and read manga from the Apple iPad®, iPhone® and iPod® touch, and supported Android-powered smart phones and tablets (including the Kindle Fire), with VIZManga.com for desktop and laptop computers. Manga volumes are available for purchase and download in the U.S. and Canada within the application starting from $4.99 (U.S. / CAN) per volume. The free VIZ Manga App is the top application for reading manga and features a massive library of the most popular manga series in the world. The platform features a rapidly growing library of the most popular manga series, with over 1,000 volumes across 100 different series currently available, including blockbusters like NARUTO, BLEACH, BARRAGE and BLUE EXORCIST and the digital anthology WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ALPHA. New series and volumes added every Tuesday and readers can explore all titles with free Chapter 1 previews of every series.
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Demand high for orchard jobs in Grand Junction
The Daily Sentinel
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) – For years, Palisade peach grower John Cox barely got a response while advertising locally for temporary help to work his 30 acres.
In 2008, for example, three local people called inquiring about work. And, in the years before that, he probably received a single inquiry each year.
But all that changed last year when up to 35 local job seekers called in November in response to an ad.
"People are looking for work," Cox said. "A temporary job is better than no job."
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Fruit growers in the Palisade area hire some workers to prune trees in the winter months, but most seasonal workers are needed in the late spring and summer months to thin trees and pick fruit. For some of Mesa County's swaths of unemployed workers, jobs in the Grand Valley's orchards now apparently seem appealing.
One of the area's largest fruit growers, Talbott Farms, received 400 to 500 walk-in requests for employment this year, co-owner Bruce Talbott said. The company hires about 120 people a year.
"We got guys that came in here and say, 'I worked here 15 years ago. Do you have any work for me?"' he said. "They're roofers, concrete guys, landscapers, all kinds of people who have been laid off from the trade industry."
Grand Junction's unemployment rate was 8.9 percent in December, which equates to more than 7,200 job seekers.
At first glance it might seem growers would be happy to have a wide variety of workers to pick from.
But here's the rub. When local jobs were plentiful, it was impossible for large growers to find enough local help to harvest crops. So, growers started using the H-2A temporary agricultural worker program. The program allows workers from other countries to work in agricultural positions in the United States for a portion of the year in exchange for fair wages, housing and utilities.
That scenario has worked well for Talbott Farms for the past decade, and now those workers are "highly reliable," Talbott said. Local job seekers are usually unaccustomed to the hard work that farm work entails, he said. And local workers are much more likely to quit midseason, or often, after only a day.
However, according to the rules of the H-2A program, growers must first hire local workers over those with visas. Growers may find themselves in a bind, though, if visa workers are denied the right to work on local farms and local workers quit midseason.
H-2A workers have incentives to be here, do good work, stay out of trouble and make money to support their families in their home countries, Talbott said. They also know the farm well and "know the difference between putting in time and being an efficient employee," he said.
"My very best guys are in the H-2A program," Talbott said. "They don't want to commit to a vehicle. They know they're safe here, and there's a lot less stress than trying to run the border."
Owner Theresa High of High Country Orchards said she has received a number of calls from local job seekers. However, the callers rarely follow through by filling out an application or having any skills in the farming arena.
"I had a couple of callers who have no idea of what farming is," she said. "I just think most people don't want to work hard. Even now they still don't want these jobs. Believe it or not, farming is much more skilled than people think."
Workers toil through the chill of spring pruning trees and pick fruit carrying heavy packs in orchards when the temperatures get into the 90s to 100s. Others stand for long hours packing fruit.
High said she has had issues with local workers showing up on time if at all, picking green peaches and, in general, often having bad attitudes.
Growers also get workers on the local work-release programs. Talbott said he was forced to hire one man with three felony convictions, all of a violent nature, to work on his farm. Talbott said the man never actually started work on the farm after getting into an accident.
Two of Cox's local employees left suddenly last year, one to serve a prison term and the other to work in Alaska.
High said she is convinced the most qualified workers for the orchards and those with the most love of their work are those from the H-2A program.
"As much as I'd like these jobs to go to Americans, there aren't a lot of Americans that want to do it," she said.
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WJGreer necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 90 diseños de 21 diseñadores freelance.
Antero Consulting Partners
Antero Consulting Partners helps government and education organizations establish governance models and measurable success objectives for their analytics and business intelligence (BI) projects.
90% of the BI projects undertaken by our client group fail, largely because of the lack of proper planning, governance, and measurement of success. Our clients succeed.
Antero Consulting Partners is a group of highly experienced software and technology consulting professionals. We have built our careers on understanding the business problems our clients face, identifying intelligent solutions, and working side-by-side with our clients to translate our concepts into tangible business performance.
Antero Consulting Partners sells to high level appointed, and elected, officials within our government and education client group. Our projects typically involve technology, but our target client group is more concerned with the business outcome of the projects they choose to fund. They rely on provable, measurable success from their resource investments to maintain the confidence and voting integrity of their constituents.
Typical customer roles include:
- Chief Finance Officer or Associate Vice President of Finance
- Mayor, City Manager, or County Commissioner
- Superintendent or Vice President of Academic Operations
These are conservative, careful people who reluctantly part with their funds, especially for administrative projects.
Our company's identity, and logo in particular, should create these emotions:
- Confidence that our professionals are experienced and knowledgeable
- Excitement that we can provide new ideas that will improve the effectiveness of technology projects
- Understanding that, although our company is a new one, we have deep experience in our industry, know our clients' business, and are not a "risky" choice.
Mt. Antero is a 14,000 peak in central Colorado. We chose this name to parallel the image of a majestic peak with the objective of our services - to enable our clients to achieve the pinnacle of their performance potential. An image of a mountain peak may be an effective component of the logo design.
We would like a logo that is fairly simple in appearance, that suggests both innovation and stability, and that includes both an image and the name of the company. Perhaps a modern or design-focused font rather than block.
I might suggest that the name of the company shows the word "Antero" larger or more boldly than "Consulting Partners", but please do your own thing here.
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To finish the week with a nice little here's a tasty new coffee!
In the cup this coffee is a classic Kenyan, but not in the blackcurrant way. This has heaps of clean red wine notes with cherry, and coffee blossom with a chocolate like sweetness and finishes with jasmine notes.
If you're a weekly or fortnightly In My Mug subscriber then this is heading your way today if you're not, well...I hope you feel left out right now!


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Affordable Care Act
Stephen H. Gorin, Julie S. Darnell, and Heidi L. Allen
This entry describes the development and key provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), which instituted a major overhaul of the U.S. health system, much of which took effect in 2014. The key provisions of the ACA included an individual mandate to purchase insurance, an employer mandate to offer coverage to most workers, an expansion of Medicaid to all persons below 138 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL), minimum benefit standards, elimination of preexisting condition exclusions, and reforms to improve health-care quality and lower costs. This historic legislation has deep roots in U.S. history and represents the culmination of a century-long effort to expand health care and mental health coverage to all citizens.
Health Care Financing
Candyce S. Berger
The U.S. health care system is a pluralistic, market-based approach that incorporates various public and private payers and providers. Passage of Medicare and Medicaid, combined with rapid advances in technology and an aging population, has contributed to rising health care costs that typically increase faster than general inflation. This entry will review health care financing, exploring where the money is spent, who pays for health care, what the reimbursement mechanisms for providers are, and some issues central to the discussion of reform of health care financing. To effectively advocate health care reform, social workers must understand health care financing.
Health Care Reform
Stephen H. Gorin and Terry Mizrahi
This entry presents an overview of national health-care reform in the United States, from its introduction into the public policy agenda at the turn of the 20th century through policy debates and legislative proposals more than a century later. Specifically, it concentrates on the programs and strategies to obtain universal coverage for health and mental-health services for all Americans at the national level, with limited success. It ends with a discussion of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Special emphasis is laid on the roles of social workers and their professional organizations during this period.
Social Capital
Silvia Domínguez
In social work, social capital is linked to both the prevention and treatment of mental and physical health. This concept has also been incorporated in the development of empowering interventions with marginalized minorities. The capacity-based and the youth development models of intervention, both call on social service organizations to work interdependently around meeting the needs for the human and social capital growth of youth (Morrison, Alcorn, & Nelums 1997). Social capital is also a feature of empowering interventions in neighborhoods and community development, as is collective efficacy, which is a measure of working trust that exists among residents and has been popularized as a way to stop youth high-risk behavior.


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This cute Barbie Doll Birthday party Invitation! Add a matching Thank you card to complete the set. We design it - You print it!
This is for a 4" x 6" or 5" x 7" digital file of the design shown above.• Receive the invitation as a high resolution digital jpeg file• You print as many as you need• Personalized with your party info• File is sent to your via email within 48 hrs (Mon-Fri)• Sized to 4" x 6" or 5" x 7" HERE'S HOW IT WORKS:1. Choose your size card. Fill In all the information below ie: Birthday Child's Name, Age, Party Date,Time, Location, Address and RSVP Information. If you have any special requests, please add it to the additional comments section.2. We will start your custom design once we receive your information.3. Within 24-48 hours, you will receive a proof via e-mail. You can make as many revisions as needed until you are fully satisfied. 4. Once final proof is approved, you will receive a high resolution file. Upload your Invitation to any photo finisher such as Costco, Walmart, Target, Walgreens, Snapfish.com, Shutterfly.com, ArtsCow.com etc.5. When giving specifications to the photo finisher, please choose low luster and your size 4x6 or 5x7.6. Be sure to add our email address to your address book. This is VERY important so you don't miss any important information from us! info [at] happybirthdayboutique [dot] com7. We provide very easy to follow instructions with all our digital items.8. We understand many of our customers are new to "do it yourself" digital stationary printing. We provide our phone number so that if you have a question, we can guide you.
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Microsoft Outlook connector for Citadel
All of the groupware and collaboration functions of Microsoft Outlook are now available with Citadel as the server, using a versatile connector product from Bynari. With the Connector installed, Outlook users can make use of many of Citadel's collaboration features, including email, calendar with free/busy scheduling, address books, distribution lists, tasks, notes and more. Installation is easy and straightforward, and there is full interoperability between users of Outlook and users of other PIM clients (including web users logging in through WebCit).
This is not a half-baked "sync" product. Your Citadel server, via the Connector, becomes a true server-side transport provider and data store.
If you would like to deploy the Citadel system within your organization, but the only thing holding you back was Microsoft Outlook, you are no longer tied to Exchange. Simply purchase Connector licenses and you are free to take advantage of Citadel's innovative collaboration model while still allowing Outlook users to make use of server-side calendars, address books, and other features which they are accustomed to having.
Click here to go to Bynari's web site to learn more, to purchase the Connector product, or to obtain a free 30-day demo.


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Sideboards & Buffets
Folding and sliding door room dividers are styled to create a minimalist look and take up less space in smaller areas. Shoji kits and sliding doors with locks are part of our superb product offerings in this group. Not seeing what you are looking for? Instead, trying shopping by: Number of Panels or Screen Height.


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The countdown to the Goal 50 has begun and the debate is raging over which star performers from the season should be included in this year's list of football's most talentedSchool is out for much of the football world but the class of 2012-13 can still look forward to the annual prize-giving ceremony that is the Goal 50.
Our brilliant artist Omar Momani has drawn up his vision of the high achievers in contention for the list - which will be announced on July 29.
Bayern Munich trio Arjen Robben, Franck Ribery and Thomas Muller are sitting in the front row accompanied by Brazilian superstar Neymar.
Behind are La Liga legends Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo next to Robert Lewandowski, scorer of four goals for Borussia Dortmund against Real Madrid in last season's Champions League semi-final.
The Premier League may be flagging behind Germany and Spain, but Gareth Bale has stood out. The Tottenham totem sits with enigmatic Liverpool striker Luis Suarez and Mario Balotelli, who has lit up Serie A since joining AC Milan in January.
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Keeping it simple for tonight though with this Horror T-shirt and my River Island trousers. I don't know why I decided on this white blazer when I picked it from the Own the Runway store a few months ago as I had no idea what to wear with it. However I'm pleasantly surprised how it set's off such a monochrome outfit! I bought the little studded phone clutch thing at the weekend for when I go out and Im very happy with it. I like being able to have it all in one place so I don't have to worry about it going missing, I really like having the arm strap too.
It's been a frustrating but good weekend, but it's not all been so bad. I don't ever talk about my personal life on my blog but stuff happened, it sucked and but I'm okay. Cryptic much… My friend Kyle from back home came down for the weekend and we chilled, went to Bubbledogs (didn't rate it, and probably wouldn't go again!), shopped and then went out in East London. Spent most of yesterday with my pals in our onsies catching up on xfactor, eating foods and watching films (:


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Three Charleston restaurants can crow a little after being named to OpenTable's "Top 100 Hottest Restaurant Bars in the U.S."
O-Ku at 463 King St., Social Restaurant and Wine Bar at 188 East Bay St. and Stars Restaurant - Rooftop and Grill Room at 495 King St. made the cut based on 5 million reviews submitted by the online reservation service's diners for more than 15,000 restaurants across the nation between June 1, 2012, and May 31 of this year.
South Carolina posted three restaurant bars on the alphabetical list, and all of them are in downtown Charleston.
California had the most with 27 restaurant bars. Florida followed with 14, trailed by Massachusetts and New York, each with 10 and nine, respectively.
"The honorees have embraced the cocktail and craft beer movements to create the ideal places to bookend a dining experience," said Caroline Potter, OpenTable chief dining officer. "Whether it's kicking an evening off with a perfectly poured drink or winding down with a nightcap, fun is always on the bar menu at these winning restaurants."
Here's the complete list:
25 Lusk – San Francisco, California
333 Pacific-Steaks & Seafood – Oceanside, California
40/40 Club – New York, New York
A Restaurant – Newport Beach, California
Bathtub Gin – New York, New York
Bond Street Social – Baltimore, Maryland
The Brewer's Art – Baltimore, Maryland
Bungalow 44 – Mill Valley, California
Burlap – San Diego, California
Burritt Room & Tavern-Mystic Hotel – San Francisco, California
The Cedars Social – Dallas, Texas
Chambers Eat + Drink – San Francisco, California
Char Steakhouse – Red Bank, New Jersey
Chino Latino – Minneapolis, Minnesota
Cibo Wine Bar – Miami, Florida
City Tap House – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Club Cafe – Boston, Massachusetts
Clydz – New Brunswick, New Jersey
Comstock Saloon – San Francisco, California
The crow bar and kitchen – Corona Del Mar, California
Cuvee Bistro – Destin, Florida
dbar – Dorchester, Massachusetts
Del Frisco's Grille – Dallas, Texas
Del Frisco's Grille – Houston, Texas
Delta's – New Brunswick, New Jersey
Departure Restaurant and Lounge – Portland, Oregon
do Restaurant at the View – Atlanta, Georgia
Eddie V's – Tampa, Florida
El Vez – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Empire – Boston, Massachusetts
Fly Bar & Restaurant – Tampa, Florida
Geronimo – New Haven, Connecticut
Ginny's Supper Club – New York, New York
Hal's Bar & Grill – Venice, California
Henry's Tavern – Plano, Texas
Holland House Bar & Refuge – Nashville, Tennessee
Honu Kitchen and Cocktails – Huntington, New York
Jasper's Corner Tap and Kitchen – San Francisco, California
Jerry Remy's Sports Bar and Grill – Fall River, Massachusetts
Jimmy's, An American Restaurant & Bar – Aspen, Colorado
The Libertine Liquor Bar – Indianapolis, Indiana
Lost Society – Washington, D.C.
Macao Trading Company – New York, New York
Market Garden Brewery – Cleveland, Ohio
Mastro's Steakhouse – Palm Desert, California
Meat & Potatoes – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Merchant – Madison, Wisconsin
Meritage-Warwick – East Greenwich, Rhode Island
Monsoon Asian Kitchen & Lounge – Babylon, New York
MUA – Oakland, California
Mulberry Project – New York, New York
The Nest – Indian Wells, California
The New York Beer Company – New York, New York
Nic's – Beverly Hills, California
Nihon Whisky Lounge – San Francisco, California
O-Ku – Charleston, South Carolina
PARK Restaurant & Bar – Cambridge, Massachusetts
Park Tavern – Delray Beach, Florida
Patria Restaurant and Mixology Lounge – Rahway, New Jersey
The Pikey – Los Angeles, California
Prato – Winter Park, Florida
Red Lantern – Boston, Massachusetts
Rocco's Tacos & Tequila Bar – Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Rocco's Tacos & Tequila Bar – Orlando, Florida
Rocco's Tacos & Tequila Bar – Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Rocco's Tacos & Tequila Bar – West Palm Beach, Florida
Rooftop 120 – Glastonbury, Connecticut
Rush Street – Culver City, California
Saloon – Somerville, Massachusetts
SALT SEVEN – Delray Beach, Florida
SanTan Brewing Co. – Chandler, Arizona
Searsucker – San Diego, California
The Social Club – Petaluma, California
Social Restaurant and Wine Bar – Charleston, South Carolina
The Society Restaurant & Lounge – Silver Spring, Maryland
Sofrito-Midtown – New York, New York
Spoonbar-h2hotel – Healdsburg, California
Stars Restaurant-Rooftop & Grill Room – Charleston, South Carolina
Steel and Rye – Milton, Massachusetts
STK – Atlanta, Georgia
STK-The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas – Las Vegas, Nevada
Stoddard's – Boston, Massachusetts
Stout Barrel House and Galley – Chicago, Illinois
Sub Zero Vodka Bar – St. Louis, Missouri
Tantalum – Long Beach, California
Tao Restaurant and Night Club – Las Vegas, Nevada
Tavern Road – Boston, Massachusetts
The Thomas at Fagiani's – Napa, California
The Tipsy Pig – San Francisco, California
Todd English P.U.B. – Las Vegas, Nevada
Tomatoes – Margate, New Jersey
TQLA – Houston, Texas
Triumph Brewing Company – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Tropicale – Palm Springs, California
union: asian supper club – Delray Beach, California
UNION Kitchen & Tap – Encinitas, California
Untitled – Chicago, Illinois
Vines Grille and Wine Bar – Orlando, Florida
Wang's in the Desert – Palm Springs, California
YOLO – Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Reach Warren L. Wise at 937-5524 or twitter.com/warrenlancewise.


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DAYMMNN: Kesan From "G's To Gents" Punches E6! [Knockout]
E6 getting knocked out by Kesan. Basically E6 was rapping, talking smack about Kesan and boom. Shout out Killimannati for submitting this video
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So I'm down with the whole 'We're Tagless' thing. You know, tags make you chafe and it seems like everyone is steering away from them. It's awesome. It's awesome until you realize that they STILL have tags. Um, so what's the point people? The whole tagless thing doesn't work if you had tags!
I realized this after a recent run in my Lucy shorts that I love. I usually only wear them for about a 3-6 mile run because I opt for booty shorts for runs longer than that, but I wanted to wear them. I get about to mile 6 and I realize there is going to be an issue. It's that moment when you realize you are chafing and there is nothing you can do about it. It's awkward because you know it's happening and you're going to have to keep going. Chafing hurts like nothing else and it just keeps getting worse as you go. It's literally rubbing your skin off. Awesome tags. Awesome.
So then this is what I see when I got these shorts. Yay! Tagless shorts. Cool! I love shorts with no tags because then they don't rub and chafe.
Then this is what happened.
Tag hidden on the leg totally chafed me! I was really bummed about this and imagine my surprise when I realized that something was rubbing me the wrong way and then I looked to see what it was and it was a tag. Kind of annoying, especially since I think the whole tagless thing was so that there were no tags? I just maybe don't understand. We all know that now this is a giant scab on my leg too. Even better. Ugh, chafing is seriously the worst.
So I took a picture of the tagless cool tech printed tag and then the hidden leg tag. I guess I am going to have to double check things before I go out. Sometimes on longer runs thing that you've never had problems with before blow up in your face. Hence my saddness in the lucy shorts. Now the tag is ripped out I will have to give them a second try, but I wonder, why print the tag and then stick another on inside the short. I then went on the hunt for another 'tagless' option, which were my new Nike booty shorts. They have the printed tag and a tag as well. Weird, but at least this tag is right next to the other printed tag and I can just cut it out easily!
Love that it's the worst sewing job I've ever seen too. Awesome Nike. So I guess the moral of the story is to check your tags before taking off! Chafing sucks.
On a good note, I am right on track with my training and haven't missed a run. Yesterday on my hardest day of the week I got in a good 6 miler. My paces were those of a bell curves. 9:06 (I'm sooo tired why did I get up this early! I can't run fast in the mornings.) 8:46 (Starting to feel better. I can do this.) 8:14 (Weeee back in the groove) 7:46 (I am going too fast! I can't keep this up for the rest of the run!) 8:18 (Ahhh this is much better) 8:23 (Finally back home! Now give me some water!) So that was promising. I feel okay about that run. :) Tomorrow I've got another 'quicker' run and I am going to do it in the morning so it won't be so hot.


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There's no denying that all eyes are on the Sony PlayStation Vita at present. Most look on with eager anticipation, but some are more cynical.
While it managed to shift over 70 million units worldwide, there's a common, if not entirely founded belief that its forebear, the PSP, was a flop. Its proprietary game discs, UMDs, were as welcome as WMDs, and as soon as the smartphone became more widespread, offering cheaper and plentiful gaming alternatives, many labelled it an expensive also-ran.
Even the latest of Nintendo's portable devices, the 3DS, has been less spectacularly received both critically and publicly than its predecessors. And this has led many analysts and manufacturers to believe that dedicated handheld games consoles, in an age of 10-inch tablets and app stores with millions of games available from 69p, has had its day.
They are idiots. They haven't seen the PS Vita, clearly.
The problem with touchscreen tablets and smartphones is that they are exactly that: touchscreen. While they are great for casual gaming, offering a perfect control system to manipulate birds and cartoon catapults, they are next to useless with fast speed action games. Angry Birds and Cut The Rope? Fine. Virtua Tennis? You're having a laugh.
Playing any game that utilises a virtual D-pad is only possible for the first few minutes; after that, the tablet becomes sticky and the lack of tactile response often means you end up looking at your thumb placement as much as at the enemies on screen. You can buy a stick-on joypad, but even they can slip and fail to hit the right mark at times.
If only there was something that offered the best of both worlds? Hmmm... The PS Vita has two thumbsticks, a D-pad, and the standard PlayStation buttons - including top right and left bumpers - while still having an incredibly responsive 5-inch 16:9 touchscreen display. Indeed, it even throws a bonus into the mix with touch controls on the rear too.
In effect, this variety and flexibility allows for all manner of gaming experiences, casual and hardcore. We'd even go as far to say that, with a stack of functions, features and talents outside of merely playing videogames, such as web browsing, in-built front and rear-facing cameras, and media playing capabilities, Sony may well have turned the tables. Instead of smart devices taking on handheld games consoles, it seems to us that the Japanese company has devised a console that can take on the smartphones and tablets of this world at their own game.
Certainly the screen is as good as we've seen out there. It's OLED, offers a 960 x 544 (not quite HD) resolution, and has a viewing angle that's even better than the Samsung Galaxy Note's. Its colours and brightness are stunning, both on games and other tasks. And it's not too shiny either. The venue where Pocket-lint got to play (for some time) with the new console was spotted with numerous ceiling lights, yet they didn't seem to give off any distracting glare during play. The PS Vita's screen happily punched through any such ambience.
The other thing we noticed from the off was just how light it is. We're not quite sure, and didn't have one to hand during our testing session, but we reckon that it could even be lighter than the original PSP, even though, at 182 x 18.6 x 83.5mm, it's considerably bigger. It's certainly more comfortable to hold, and sits nicely in your hands even if you have meatier mitts than most. Its thumb sticks are probably smaller than you'd like, but you can't have everything.
The last of the initial "wow" moments comes with its general speed. The PS Vita's touchscreen is extremely responsive, allowing you to whizz through menu screens at a fair rate of knots, putting the device more on a par with the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 than most Android tablets or phones. There's a quad core ARM Cortex-A9 processor running the show, and you can tell.
Additionally, the SGX543MP4+ graphics chip is a beast. Although the resolution of the screen is shy of HD, the games being run look like PS3 equivalents. We're so used to seeing cut down versions of titles on former handheld machines - apart from the Sega Game Gear, with it's incredibly colourful screen, but God-awful battery life - that it comes as a real bonus to have genuine next generation gaming in the palms of your hands.
Uncharted: Golden Abyss is, quite simply, stunning. Flame effects in the game are equally as jaw-droppingly spectacular as in the recent Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception on PlayStation 3. And other titles we've played, such as Virtua Tennis 4 and F1 2011 look so close to their bigger brothers as to be indistinguishable.
They also move as quickly as us Linters at a free buffet. We've seen Wipeout 2048, one of the initial batch of games that will support cross-platform multiplayer, and it runs as quickly on the Vita as it does on the PS3. Indeed, it would need to in order to offer a fair experience. While other driving games, such as Ridge Racer and Mod Nation Racers, also offer great examples of smooth frame rates and exhilarating speeds.
It's hard to talk about some of the non-gaming features of the new console a present, as the units we've played with are pre-production models, with pre-production operating systems. The menu screens, therefore, are liable to change before hitting the shops, and glitches will, undoubtedly, be ironed out. That said, we can't see that the bubble icons will disappear from the Home screen, as that's what Sony has been touting since the console was first announced. It also promises a more app-like experience than afforded by the XrossMedia Bar of the PSP and PS3, with a stronger tie-in to PlayStation Store.
Some games will be available for download only, for example, and therefore sit on the Home screen, while others will come packaged on memory cards (slotted into the top of the Vita).
There's another screen we can't be sure will make it into the final build, although at this late stage (the PS Vita will be out in the UK on 22 February 2012) it'd be weird if it didn't. It essentially offers the handheld's internal features, such as media player, camera functions and the like, on a tabulated page with different coloured strips. It does seem at odds with the rest of the UI, so who knows?
The cameras themselves have interesting features, and purport to offer video recording functionality, although we couldn't access that through the demonstration units. What we did discover, however, was that you can take 2D stills in three different widths, all the way up to 16:9, and we'd be very surprised if video calling wasn't available.
In fact, the most interesting use of the cameras we experienced while testing the device was with the game Reality Fighters. We used the front camera to take a mugshot to paste onto a gaming avatar, while the rear provided an augmented reality venue in which to fight, with the Vita placing the combatants onto a real-world AR target. Clever stuff, and something you'll see in plenty of titles in future, we'd imagine.
If we had to find fault with the PlayStation Vita at this time it's that, from our couple of hours with the console, we never really got to grips with the rear touch controls. The entire back panel of the device is touch sensitive, and you can use swipes and motions in much the same way as on the front touchscreen. Some games use this as an extra control method and some, such as Michael Jackson Experience, offer it as an alternative. However, it's really fiddly and unnatural to wield, at least initially. That said, given time, we're sure it would become more intuitive and useful. There's a learning curve that needs more effort than we could give in the time we had available.
Even with that minor caveat, the PlayStation Vita is a mightly impressive piece of kit, especially from a limited testing session. Not only does it move like the wind, have an incredible 5-inch OLED touchscreen, multiple control systems, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi (and 3G, for the step-up model), GPS and six-axis motion sensing system for tilt action, but it is going to be supported by plenty of well-thought-out and realised launch titles.
The fact that it offers cross-platform multiplayer online support and - most likely - remote play functionality means that it could well beat Nintendo's Wii U to the punch, and the AR stuff we've already witnessed adds a freshness to mass market mobile gaming.
However, gimmicks aside, the most exciting aspect of the PS Vita, at least from our initial test of a pre-production model or two, lies in its promise to deliver a genuine console gaming experience for a genuine console gamer. We stand, therefore, on the cusp of the much welcome return of mobile gaming as it should be.
As long as the battery life holds up to scrutiny, of course.


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By Jim Spellman, CNN
BUFORD, Wyoming (CNN) — The population of the least populous town in the United States appeared to at least double Thursday when two mysterious businessmen from Vietnam won the tiny hamlet with a bid of $900,000 at auction.
About a dozen bidders gathered around the town's one business to bid on Buford, Wyoming, which consists of a gas station, a three-bedroom house and a few small outbuildings on 10 acres along Interstate 80.
The bidding began at $100,000 and quickly escalated. The winning bidders were immediately whisked away by auction officials, who would not let them speak to the media.
The town¹s only resident, Don Sammons, watched from the sidelines. He moved to Buford in 1980 his wife and son. His wife died in 1995, and his son moved away in 2007. He had bought the town in 1990.
He fought back tears as the auctioneer declared the town sold.
"I don¹t know when it will hit me. I¹ve lived here half my life. I'm an emotional person, and I hope I handle it in an adult manner." He said.
Tonjah Andrews, a real estate broker from Cheyenne who was hired to represent the men, said she would not disclose their names. She said the men flew in from Vietnam after learning about the auction from online news stories.
She would not comment on what the men plan to do with the town.
Sammons bought a house in Windsor, Colorado, to be closer to his son and plans on writing a book about his 32 years in Buford.
He said he¹ll miss his one-man town, but one thing he won't miss is the billboard with his face on it that has become a familiar site to drivers in I-80. Buford is about halfway between Laramie and Cheyenne and is the second oldest town in the state.
"I can always rent one somewhere if I need to see my face," he said with a laugh.


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This film Is an Experiment.A group of variously talented and interested people.
A film will be made using a democratic decision making process.A group of variously talented and interested people.
The only artificial constraints will be the licensing and the intended venue.A group of variously talented and interested people.
The licensing will be creative commons.A group of variously talented and interested people.
All music, Photography, sound and words will be created by the participants.
Film Credits
All participants will be credited equally.
Notes and Video released afterward may document individual contribution.
The Venue
an idealized arthouse theater
as one would find in a large cosmopolitan city.This film is an experiment
This will not be a film made by movie people or theater people.This film is an experiment
It may not be a film that lends itself to to any wide broadcast situation.This film is an experiment
Volunteers for this experiment
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-This is the most important requirement.
One must have hours every week to devote to the project.
Also there needs to be, especially at the beginning,
times where all participants can meet together.
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So compelling that they actually look forward to doing it.
Cool Things that could happen.
Without any stipulated requirement participants will be
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By excluding all forms currently broadcast
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Non-hierarchical structure removes all positions of power
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Oh, the sadness in Friday's New York Times. Hundreds if not thousands of Upper West Siders have been scooped, scooped! by one Doug MacCash, art critic at the Times-Picayune in balmy New Orleans. Doug, who's a charming and sensible guy, usually gets embroiled in what-price-graffiti tussles or wins team Pulitzers for rowing the newsroom skiff with his managing editor on the night Katrina visited. But this time, he was visiting New York with his family and must have hopped on the wrong subway, because he found himself on the Upper West Side -- … [Read more...]
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-- Jeanette Armstrong quoted by Derrick Jensen in A Language Older Than Words
What does it mean to call a plant an ally?
As a poet and a witch, I believe that words used with precision have great power to shape someone's experience of the world.
The word "ally" comes from the Old French, "alier," meaning "to join in marriage." Originally a verb, the word was first used as a noun in the 14th century, meaning "kin."
It speaks of intimacy, tenderness, and trust.
A deep knowing.
It begins with coming to know a plant on its own terms.
Getting down on the ground and sitting with the plant. Coming back to it again and again.
Coming to know the way the light shines on the plant at different times of day. The scent of the soil where it grows. The way the air tastes around the plant.
Coming to know the body of the plant the way you would come to know the body of a lover. Knowing the feeling of its leaves and petals against your skin. Coming to love the ways it curves toward the sun.
And getting quiet enough to notice what he plant stirs in you. The subtle sensations in your body. The memories, emotions, images, scents, and snatches of music that come to you. The ways your dreams change.
Like a lover or a dear friend, a plant will teach you things you didn't know about yourself, new ways of being in your own body, new ways of being in the world.
Don't make the mistake of thinking that what you are learning and experiencing is all in your head -- or of thinking that to think of a plant in the same terms you would use to describe a beloved is to lie and think and speak in metaphor. If you treat any of this as a metaphor you will miss out on the chance to experience this other being in all of its magnificence -- and to see your own beauty and power from the perspective of the plant.
But when coming to know a plant truly mirrors in every way the process of falling in love, everything changes.
The idea of the world as sacred and alive opens into the experience of a world in which another consciousness embodied in a wildly different form from your own can speak directly to your heart.
The utilitarian view of the plant falls away. The answer to the question "What is Skunk Cabbage good for?" shifts from "Skunk Cabbage is good for calming spasms and clearing fluid from the lungs" to "Skunk Cabbage is good for setting roots deep in the mud, and melting its way through the ice to blossom forth in a gorgeous purple flower." Or "Skunk Cabbage is good for being Skunk Cabbage."
And the quality of the medicine and magic you work with the plant changes as well -- the plant goes from being an inert substance chosen according to memorized sets of indications and properties and correspondences to being an active participant in a shared working. New ways of working with the plant will emerge from your relationship.
And the relationship will demand of you consistency and honor. You will find yourself compelled to keep commitments you've made to spending time with the plant. And your respect for the plant will grow from an intellectual belief in the importance of avoiding overharvesting to a deep personal investment in seeing the plant flourish and defending the places it calls home.
Its not a path for the faint of heart. Like any intimate relationship, a true alliance with a plant will make you look at aspects of your life, patterns of thought and feeling and action that you would rather ignore. And unbound by human etiquette, plants, like gods, will not change the subject or gloss things over with niceties and half truths.
To deeply met and be deeply met by a consciousness that exists so far outside the ideas and beliefs and stories and ideologies and hang-ups of our culture is to be seduced into wandering out through a gap in the crumbling wall around our civilization, into the borderlands where the lines carefully drawn and habitually held between humanness and wildness begin to dissolve.
It is these borderlands where the greatest healing, the strongest magic, the deepest transformation occur.
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L-Modified Petroleum Resin (C9) (L-110)
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L-Modified Petroleum Resin (C9) (L-110) is a light yellow transparent granular solid and low molecular weight thermoplastic aromatic resin produced from petroleum derived C9 fraction through a catalytic-polymerization technique. This product is used in marine paints and alkyd coatings to increase glossiness, adhesive power, hardness and resistance to acid and alkali. It can also increase bonding strength in adhesives and widen and brighten color in printing inks.
Shanghai Qilong Chemical Co., Ltd. is a manufacturer that specializes in petrochemicals used in the Paint and Coatings, Graphic Arts and Inks, and Adhesives and Sealants industries. This company works closely with universities to develop a wide range of C9 petroleum resins and C5/C9 copolymerization petroleum resins. These products are mainly used in hot melt adhesives, printing inks, and marine paints.
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STOCKTON - Manuel Lopez said when he was appointed to be interim San Joaquin County administrator in 2000, the county had a $750 million budget with a comparatively minuscule $5.5 million reserve fund.
STOCKTON - Manuel Lopez said when he was appointed to be interim San Joaquin County administrator in 2000, the county had a $750 million budget with a comparatively minuscule $5.5 million reserve fund.
On Tuesday, at the last Board of Supervisors meeting before he retires 12 1/2 years later, Lopez was lauded by supervisors for having the foresight to boost that reserve to more than $50 million. Along with building strong relationships with employee groups, Lopez's financial savvy saved the county during the Great Recession.
"I think his finest hour is getting us through this economic downturn," Supervisor Larry Ruhstaller said. "Somehow, he was able to restrain us when we wanted to give away the farm."
Lopez has served the county for 28 years, hired in 1985 as a deputy Public Works director. His route to the county's highest unelected position was perhaps out of the ordinary. Not many countys hire their top administrators out of the Public Works Department, he said. His bosses through the years, however, saw something in him that he didn't.
"The Board of Supervisors took bold steps. I was quite surprised. I was not expecting any of it," Lopez said.
Through hundreds, if not thousands, of public meetings, Lopez, who has led the county through billions of dollars in annual spending plans, the construction of the $115 million administration building on San Joaquin Street, and all other major projects during that time, has always been known as a steady hand and as someone who has flown under the radar.
Tuesday's meeting was only slightly different.
A short plaque presentation followed by comments from each of four supervisors - Chairman Ken Vogel was absent - and a short speech by Lopez marked his final public appearance as the county's top administrator. Other than that, it was business as usual.
Lopez said little during the session filled with reports about block grant funding to nonprofit groups and an update on the county's realignment program that supervises low-risk criminals outside of jail.
Supervisors had to make note that even if the public does not, they are aware of his leadership.
"We assure you, Manuel, we do not see you as someone in the background," Vice Chairman Bob Elliott said.
Supervisor Carlos Villapudua joked he wouldn't get too detailed Tuesday. He would hold out until Lopez's weekend retirement party to properly "roast" him.
Lopez said he will miss his interaction with the public.
"I'm going to miss this a lot," Lopez said. But he added that he likely won't be spotted sitting in the back row for nostalgia's sake. "I've told staff they have my number and they shouldn't hesitate to call."
Contact reporter Keith Reid at (209) 546-8257 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/lodiblog.


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Monday, October 17, 2011
Embossed Wildflowers
9 comments:
- Lynn said...
Anita, this is lovely! I am always afraid to stamp on dsp...need to do it more often as this is gorgeous! It coordinates with your blog header too!
- 17 October, 2011 18:49
- Virginia L. said...
Love your gorgeous card, Anita! Beautiful embossing and design! It's wonderful that Carter and you all had a great play date! I know how that must have felt when everyone is having fun!! About the Peanut Sauce, I would normally make from scratch, BUT the President's Choice Thai sauce is not bad for the quick short cut!!
- 17 October, 2011 19:31
- Barb said...
I love the paper you used, Anita! Looks beautiful!
- 17 October, 2011 20:19
- Brenda said...
I just love that pop of black against that beautiful turquoise patterned paper Anita! Such a beautiful card. Sorry, cannot help you with the peanut sauce, but you are making me hungry now!
- 17 October, 2011 20:40
- Nona said...
This is so pretty Anita! The blue patterned paper matches perfectly with the chestnut embossed wildflowers. I've been wanting to try colored embossing powders and will try getting some Zing powders with you beautiful yours turned out.
Have a wonderful week, Anita! :)
- 17 October, 2011 23:21
- Sanne said...
Love it Anita - simply beautiful!
- 18 October, 2011 00:06
- Dawn T said...
a very pretty card Anita. And it sounds as if you had a great day. What fun for both you and Carter.
- 18 October, 2011 03:20
- Tiffany Ervin said...
Oh, this is so very pretty, Anita!! I've been meaning to get this stamp set, wonderful inspiration!
- 18 October, 2011 15:07
- Alice said...
so simple and beautiful, Anita! love this!
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Robot Damashii Auge from Heavy Metal L-Gaim Updated
The Auge (not to be confused with the Original Auge) is a powerful Heavy Metal used by Elite 13 member and 80's fashion model, Nei Mo han as she relentlessly pursues rebel leader Daba Myroad. This upcoming Robot Damashii figure seeks to capture the shiny golden knight in a highly articulated package. Features opening leg panels for flight mode and it is compatible with the Bat Shu's Buster Launcher (not included). Set for release in August 2014 for 6,500 yen.
Bluefin Tamashii has given us information about the stateside release:
Introducing Heavy Metal Auge! With impressive golden coloring and faithfully accurate detail, Auge joins the impressive ranks of ROBOT SPIRITS. Utilizing the superior articulation, recreate Auge's fearsome battle scenes as seen in the Heavy Metal L-Gaim series. Don't stop there, crafted with a high attention to detail, Auge's many articulated joints allow for endless posing possibilities. Set comes with interchangeable hand parts (x4), sabers (x2), lancers (x2), hilt, and exchangeable abdominal piece. Coming September 2014 for $63.99.
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They've contemplated pretending they have kids in order to fill out surveys to persuade Build-A-Bear Workshop to carry their favorite magical creatures.
Once the line was in the works, they've closely followed updates about it, wondering what accessories will come with it and critiquing the manes (too skimpy, some say) they have glimpsed from pictures in advance of the release.
About a week ago, some salivated over a picture posted to Reddit of plastic bags full of deflated, yet-to-be-stuffed pink and blue animals in what appears to be a back storage room.
Now, as Build-A-Bear prepares finally to release a new licensed line of My Little Pony products featuring Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash, "Bronies" from Cincinnati to San Francisco are planning group outings to their nearest store. Some of them have joked they should alert mall security because they plan to come in costume.
In case it's not already obvious, "Bronies," a combination of "bro" and "ponies," aren't exactly Build-A-Bear's typical pre-teen girl. They are young men – and sometimes women – who have become superfans of the magical, colorful ponies.
The toys from the 1980s have gone through a bit of a renaissance in recent years since the launch in 2010 of an animated television series, "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic." The show is aimed at girls and follows the adventures of six ponies, each with her own unique personality.
The series has spawned a whole new species of fans, the Bronies, a somewhat puzzling phenomenon that is not easy to explain. Some Bronies, many of whom are college-aged fans, profess to be drawn in by the quality of the animation. Others say it's the story line and multi-dimensional characters. Whatever it is, the subculture that has developed around them takes careful note of every new product and development.
Nick Kuntz, the assistant manager of Star Clipper, the comics and graphic novel store in St. Louis that carries My Little Pony comics, is not a Brony and admits he doesn't exactly understand the appeal.
But he said that while the series is targeted at young girls, it obviously has enough to it to attract a wide fan base that includes high school kids and older women.
"I think maybe it's all of the different characters, which allows people to have their favorite one," he added.
My Little Pony has been one of the Hasbro's brighter spots of late. Company executives singled it out in their most recent earnings calls, saying that it posted double-digit growth last year, helping boost revenue in its girl category along with Furby.
In a news release announcing the arrival of the ponies in stores next week, Build-A-Bear's "chief executive bear" Maxine Clark didn't explicitly mention Bronies. But she said people of all generations love My Little Pony.
"Moms remember this brand from childhood – and now they can share the nostalgia, friendship and fun with their own kids," she said.
The Brony website, The Equestria Daily, has been all over the Build-A-Bear's newest product line. Last September, it noted a market research survey that included My Little Pony among possible options. That post, which garnered more than 200 comments, led to a crisis of conscience among some Bronies who noted the survey was for parents with kids below the age of 12.
"Confound these ponies," said one adult fan. "They drive me to lie about having children."
"Is uncle close enough?" another wondered. "I say it is."
Another exclaimed: "Exclude no age group, pony for all!"
In a post last month, the Equestria Daily posted an item remarking that Build-A-Bear had uploaded pictures of Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash to its online database. The ponies, it noted, had loose, brushable manes – as opposed to molded ones as found in some other My Little Pony toys.
"Build-a-Bear sure is in for a surprise when a bunch of Bronies are their biggest customers come April," promised one fan on the site.
The company is hosting special My Little Pony events in its stores next week, at which they will encourage customers and employees to dress up. In addition to making their own stuffed ponies, the retailer says customers will also be able to take a pony personality quiz, recite the "pony promise" and learn how to style their pony's hair with a "special hair care brochure."
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How many people eat the first meal of the day on the go? If ever-expanding options for portable breakfast are any indication, the answer is: a lot. A crew of taste testers recently sampled a few of the newer items and offered their opinions.
How many people eat the first meal of the day on the go?
If ever-expanding options for portable breakfast are any indication, the answer is: a lot.
The Peoria, Ill., Journal Star's crew of taste testers recently sampled a few of the newer items and offered their opinions:
Jennifer Davis, lifestyles editor: Jenni is not a breakfast person but has been brainwashed that it's the most important meal of the day. Her favorite breakfast is chocolate cake, hands down, but she usually eats Kashi oatmeal.
Danielle Hatch, Cue editor: Danielle has enjoyed one bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios and two cups of coffee with cream for 99.9 percent of the mornings of her life.
Ryan Ori, features reporter: Ryan will try just about anything for breakfast, as long as it's served with black coffee.
Steve Tarter, media columnist, business reporter: The strangest thing Steve has eaten for breakfast is kippered herring, a British thing. He admits really stinky fish on toast is probably not everyone's cup of tea.
Kraft Bagel-fuls
Product description: Bagels with Philadelphia cream cheese in the middle can be served cold or warmed in a microwave or wide-slot toaster. The panel tried them out of a toaster.
Available with original, strawberry, cinnamon or chive cream cheese, or with whole-grain bagels.
Original flavor contains 200 calories per bagel, including 5 grams fat, 31 grams carbohydrates, 4 grams sugar, 7 grams protein and 2 grams fiber.
Price: $3.29 for a box of four bagels.
Danielle: "The bread seems sweeter than a bagel." ... "I like the shiny texture." ... "I would definitely buy these." ... "It seems like if you cooked it in the microwave, it wouldn't be as good."
Jenni: "They're kind of doughy." ... "I like the fact that the cream cheese is still cool - that it's not hot and runny."
Ryan: "I could eat these while driving. With a regular bagel, the cream cheese would make a big mess."
Steve: "It seems like there's more and more of these portable breakfast items popping up." ... "This is commute-alicious. I like it."
Erin Baker's Original Breakfast Cookies (double chocolate chunk cherry)
Product description: One of several breakfast cookies to recently join grocery shelves, these oatmeal cookies are marketed toward athletes and other on-the-go people who need "sustained energy."
This flavor has 310 calories per 85-gram cookie, with 6 grams fat, 56 grams carbs and 20 grams sugar. But it has no cholesterol, 6 grams of dietary fiber and 6 grams of protein.
Package touts cookies' lack of trans fats, preservatives, high-fructose corn syrup and other artificial ingredients.
Price: $1.79 per individually wrapped cookie
Danielle: "Is there molasses? I can taste it." ... "It reminds me of a Clif bar. You have to chew a lot to get it down." ... "I like chocolate and cherry chunks in there. It doesn't seem like you get shorted."
Jenni: "This is interesting: There's chicory extract in these." ... "It is a little dry, but I like this. The taste is good." ... "This is substantial enough that you'd feel like you actually had a meal - a full breakfast." ... "I think my daughter would eat this. It looks like a cookie and even though it's high in calories and sugar, I would feel really good about giving her this because the ingredients are good." (I took leftovers home to see if my picky 5-year-old would like these. Her response: "This isn't a cookie. Can I have a real cookie?")
Ryan: "This seems filling. I don't know if I'd eat the entire cookie for breakfast. I'd probably have to eat half of it later as a snack. I do like the taste, though."
Steve: "It's kind of heavy going." ... "I don't know about breakfast, though. This just seems like a cookie. It seems better for a high-energy boost more than a breakfast thing." ... "I think there's a marketing question here: Can you sell a cookie for breakfast?"
Whole Grain Pop-Tarts (strawberry flavor)
Product description: A new twist on the old toaster favorite offers a surprising 5 grams of dietary fiber per 50-gram pastry.
But each Pop-Tart also includes 35 grams of carbs, 15 grams sugar, 5 grams fat and 2 grams of protein.
These were warmed in a toaster. Also available in brown sugar cinnamon flavor.
Price: $1.99 for box of eight
Danielle: "I would buy them in the place of regular Pop-Tarts because of the fiber, but I would probably try to get fiber from something else." ... "They should make an adult Pop-Tart that tastes less sweet."
Jenni: "I immediately noticed there's a lot less frosting than a regular Pop-Tart." ... "I don't know if you could get kids to switch from the full frosting to this." ... "I've had regular Pop-Tarts recently, and this does seem more like real food. Normally when I'm eating a Pop-Tart, I feel terrible about it." (At home that night, I tried to get my 5-year-old daughter to try these, but she wasn't interested.)
Ryan: "Five grams is a lot of whole grain, but if you look at the ingredients it doesn't seem to otherwise be all that healthy." ... "I think if you were trying really hard to add fiber to your diet and you still wanted to eat something junky, these would be good."
Steve: "It would be even better with coffee or tea. It's a little bit dry without some kind of liquid." ... "I still look at Pop-Tarts as kid stuff. It's something you buy for kids and end up eating one yourself - or a box yourself. But I don't think I'd go buy these for myself."
Jimmy Dean Pancakes and Sausage Minis (blueberry flavor)
Product description: Sausage links breaded with pancake batter can be heated in a microwave or conventional oven.
The tasters prepared them in a microwave.
Each serving (three pieces) includes 260 calories, 18 grams fat, 19 grams of carbohydrates, 8 grams sugar, 5 grams of protein and no dietary fiber.
Also available in original flavor.
Price: $2.99 for box of 10
Danielle: "The texture is horrible. It's spongy." ... "They're too greasy to try to eat in the car or while you're doing something else."
Jenni: "Those look incredibly unappealing. They look like little dog (droppings)." ... "This is not good. I don't know who would like these." ... "They look like they'd be bigger on the box. They're really small."
Ryan: "It might not be as slimy if you cooked these in the oven, but it takes about 20 minutes. That kind of eliminates the convenience factor." ... "These seem really gooey and greasy." ... "Maybe the original flavor would be less offensive, but it would still probably be mushy." ... "The ingredients are also the least healthy out of all of these items."
Steve: "Would they be better in the oven?" ... "I think this is at the bottom of our pecking order today." ... "Actually, it doesn't even look that appealing on the box. Maybe they could make them with a sausage inside a tater tot. That sounds better than this."
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The big tech news of the day might involve the new iPad, but Apple also made plenty of new announcements for its other products. Here's the best of the rest of Apple's media event.
New Apple TV
First up is an update to the Apple TV. In Apple fashion, the entire UI is more simplified, colorful and pushes video quality up to 1080p resolution; that's video resolution at 1920x1080 and not the more popular 1280x720 resolution. The home screen is now populated with rows of icons that bring up movies, TV shows, music, etc. It's kind of iOS-like.
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News from around the country and around the globe
New to the Apple TV is also photo streaming, iCloud movie storage and Genius recommendations. The new Apple TV will sell for the same $99 and be out next week. Who's buying?
Updated Apps
Apple's really proud of the Retina Display on the new iPad and to boast about how sharp graphics will be on it, the company demoed a few games like Infinity Blade Dungeons — a sequel to Infinity Blade 2, a game by Epic known for pushing graphics.
"This new device has more memory and higher screen resolution than an Xbox 360 or PS3," said Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide marketing.
Along with new game announcements, Apple is also rolling out new updates to iWork, Garage Band and iMovie. The latter app which can now do outlining and storyboarding directly in-app. This is going to be really great for young filmmakers.
Hot out of the oven is iPhoto for iPad. The app is one-stop-shop for all your photo needs: multitouch editing, effects, brushes, photo journals — you name it and it also lets you beam photos to other devices. How much? Five bucks.
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Majors: Creative Writing • Professional Writing and Journalism • Literature
Capital's English Department offers three majors — Literature, Creative Writing and Professional Writing/Journalism — that prepare students to use the English language effectively in a number of areas. Although different in focus, the majors have important common components through their grounding in language and literary studies. Many students have more than one major or a combination of a major and minor from the English department.
The creative writing major is designed for students who wish to pursue careers as writers of imaginative literature: fiction, poetry, the essay and drama. The major is also good preparation for students who want to teach creative writing, for those who seek careers as editors, or for students who simply strive to find creative solutions in any field.As all great writers are great readers first, creative writing majors take a wide variety of courses in literature. They also take introductory and advanced creative writing courses and may work on and submit their work to ReCap, Capital's student-edited literary magazine. In addition, there are opportunities throughout the year to take part in open readings of their work and to attend readings by distinguished writers.
The professional writing/journalism major combines the theory and practice of designing, critiquing, crafting and editing written documents. Students receive training in identifying communication needs of specific audiences and addressing such needs through effective communication of information. The journalism component of the major provides multiple opportunities for print, visual and digital media production through work on The Chimes, Capital's student-edited weekly newspaper. The program also offers courses in technical writing and editing, in writing new media and in research writing across disciplines and professions.
The literature major focuses on interpreting significant texts of American, British and global literature. This process involves careful reading, attention to contexts, thoughtful analysis and clear written explanation. Through this study, literature majors develop skills that are transferable to many contexts, and gain insights into themselves and their relationship to a changing world. As scholars have stated for centuries, literature offers insight and pleasure, and motivates personal and social change. It challenges us to see the world more fully and to interpret it more carefully.
Well-read creatives with excellent writing skills are always in demand in the marketplace. Whether they choose to enter the workforce right after graduation, or to pursue a graduate degree in virtually any discipline, our graduates are prepared for meaningful work and lives of positive impact. Here is a sampling of what some of them are doing now:
Our professors bring out the best in you. We won't lie. They can be tough. But they're also your counselors, your mentors, and your biggest advocates. Meet a few below, or view our department directory.
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Dr. Sergey Rybas has been
part of Capital University's professional writing program since 2008. His
research areas include power, subjectivity and identity issues in
computer-mediated communication; performances of online community; multimodal
teaching and learning; and epistemologies of the information age. He has also
been involved in projects exploring politics, practices and performances of
nationality and nationalism and has specifically focused on issues of national
identification and difference in Eastern Europe and the former USSR.
Seeing the application of
his research to a broad spectrum of disciplines in humanities and social
sciences, he advocates critical cultural literacy as a primary goal of an
interdisciplinary and intercultural dialogue on problems related to production,
dissemination and interpretation of knowledge.
New Media and WritingWriting in the ProfessionsTechnical Writing and EditingWriting for the WebSenior Seminar in EnglishCollege Reading and Writing
Ph.D. in Rhetoric and
Composition, Bowling Green State University
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Dr. Kevin Griffith is a professor of English at Capital University and professor of legal writing at Capital Law School. He is the author of three books of poetry: Someone Had to Live (1994), Paradise Refunded (1999), and Denmark, Kangaroo, Orange (2008). He is also the author of 101 Kinds of Irony (2012), a collection of fiction, and the editor of The Common Courage Reader: Essays for an Informed Democracy (2001). Dr. Griffith is also the creator of www.Brickjest.com, a website featuring a recreation of David Foster Wallace's novel Infinite Jest in Legos. Stories about the website have been featured in dozens of major newspapers and magazines throughout the world.
He has received four Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Awards in Poetry, the most recent one in 2017.
He has received the Praestantia Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Cotterman Award for Excellence in Advising, and most recently, the Faculty Scholarship Award.
Academic WritingBasic WritingCreative WritingCritical Writing for English MajorsFiction Writing First-Year SeminarHumanitiesLiterature in Art and SocietyPoetry WritingThe English LanguageSupplemental Writing (Law School)
Ph.D. in English,
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Dr. David Summers has been teaching the classics and literature to Capital University students since 1997. He has served as director of General Education and as assistant dean of the School of Humanities in the College. In 2007, he was honored with Capital's most prestigious faculty award — the Praestantia Award, for excellence in teaching. He also has led travel groups from Capital to England, Italy and Greece.
Dr. Summers is a Seattle native who spent his undergraduate years in Oregon and Corban University, and then trained at the University of Washington to he a high school social studies teacher. He later pursued graduate studies in medieval and Renaissance literature at the University of Washington, completing a master's degree and doctorate there. Before joining the Capital faculty, Dr. Summers held tenure-track positions at Whitworth College and Seattle Pacific University. He also is credited with passage of General Education curricular reform at Capital, and he participated in the Council of Independent Colleges Summer Seminar at the Hellenic Studies Center: Herodotus' Histories.
Humanities — Antiquity to the RenaissanceBritish Literature Survey: Anglo-Saxon to AugustanClassical MythologyShakespeareClassical LiteratureMedieval Literature — Dante and ChaucerRenaissance LiteratureEliot and AudenYeats and Joyce
Ph.D. in English Literature, University of Washington Master of Arts in English Literature, University of Washington Secondary Certificate in Social Studies (History), University of Washington Bachelor of Science in Humanities and Religious Studies, Corban University
"Eliot's Dantean Pilgrimage" in Dante, T. S. Eliot and the European Tradition, edited by Paul Douglass, Cambridge Scholars Press (forthcoming 2011)"The Unattended Moment: Selfhood and the Experience of the Transcendent in Four Quartets" in Ecstasy and Understanding: Religious Awareness in English Poetry, edited by Adrian Grafe and Andrew Harrison. Continuum Press: London, 2008.
Below are our majors for traditional undergraduate students.
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The cliché is often the first obstacle a writer must overcome. No matter how compelling the subject, a story told from the same lens each time starts to become as vapid as a piece of over-chewed gum. Capital University senior Stephanie Schwarten is a Professional Writing major who is also in the process of writing a novel which she hopes will offer a counter perspective to victims of sexual assault, a topic she has spent many hours researching....
The Freedom to Write
It's every writer's dream: to be freed from the daily worries of life with plenty of time to write. Abby Goodhart's dream came true when she was awarded an Undergraduate Research Summer Fellowship to spend the summer writing poetry. Gifts from Capital University alumni and fr...
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Ohio amusement park opens gates for charity event
Event raised more than $13,000 for charity
More than 300 people braved winds and cold temperatures for a children's charity event at the Cedar Point amusement park in northern Ohio.
Cedar Point gave participants a behind-the-scenes view of the park at the Winter Chill Out event on Saturday.
Officials at the park in Sandusky say the event raised more than $13,000 for Give Kids The World Village.
The 70-acre central Florida nonprofit resort provides cost-free, week-long vacations to children with life-threatening illnesses and their families from around the world.
Cedar Point will open to the public for the 2014 season on Saturday, May 10.
The park is owned by amusement park operator Cedar Fair Entertainment Co.
Cedar Fair owns more than a dozen amusement parks and water parks around the country, along with a handful of hotels.


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For the second straight year, Dynamo Trials finalists were evaluated by first-team coaches in a game against the Dynamo Academy, and for the second straight year, the Academy came out on top.
In the showcase game of Dynamo Trials 2009 Wednesday night at the Carl Lewis Track & Field Complex at the University of Houston, the Dynamo Academy breezed past the Dynamo Trials squad 5-0. In last year's game, the Academy won by a 3-1 margin.
Dynamo Director of Youth Development James Clarkson said he would confer with the first-team coaches and inform Trials players next week if any have been invited to train with the Dynamo.
The Dynamo Academy opened the scoring in the 24th minute when a long ball from right back Matt Boullt (Fort Bend Clements) found Josue Garcia (San Jacinto J.C.) in the box, and he was pulled down by his shirt. Pana Vasquez (SMU) easily converted the penalty kick with a low shot to the right side of the net.
The Trials team had a golden chance to tie the game in the 30th minute, when substitute Darwin Perez flashed a header on goal, but Academy goalkeeper Pat Wall (Strake Jesuit) dove to tip the shot over the bar. From there, it was all Academy, with midfielder Steven Salinas (Katy Mayde Creek) making it 2-0 in the 38th minute with a run down the left and a curling shot to the right side netting.
In the second half, the Academy's endurance and teamwork served to increase the gap between the clubs. Trials goalkeeper Lucas Simon (St. Thomas), a guest player, tipped over a free kick from the Academy's Mateo Jimenez (Spring Woods) in the 58th minute to keep it a 2-0 game, but the Academy made it 3-0 a minute later when Jimenez's corner kick found net off of a Trials defender.
The Academy wrapped up the game with goals from Carlos Recinos (Coastal Carolina) off an assist from Gambian guest player Boubacar Cisse in the 67th minute and a mazy run from Sebastean Bahos (Katy Seven Lakes) in the 83rd minute.
The Dynamo Academy is next in action with the Dynamo Elite Camp, a tryout for next year's U-18 and U-16 teams in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy, June 8-11, and games against FC Dallas June 13 and June 20. The Dynamo Trials are over for the 2009 season.
Dynamo Trials vs. Dynamo Academy
May 27, 2009 -- Carl Lewis Track & Field Complex
Scoring Summary:
ACAD -- Pana Vasquez (penalty kick) 24
ACAD -- Steven Salinas 38
ACAD -- Own goal 59
ACAD -- Carlos Recinos (Boubacar Cisse) 67
ACAD -- Sebastean Bahos 8
Dynamo Trials -- Lucas Simon, Jose Hernandez, Gilberto Iracheta, Kevin Martin, Javier Hernandez, Aldair Baruda, Marcos Armijo, Frank Bernal, Myron Davis, Sowande Buckmire, Emilio Martinez. Substitutes: Darwin Perez, Mohamed Sesay, Christopher Molina, Edward Mendoza.
Dynamo Academy -- Pat Wall, Matt Boullt, Reagan Haisler, C.J. Odenigwe, Amaury Ponce (Mateo Jimenez 50), Alan Cuevas (Boubacar Cisse 50), Jorge Escobar (Benji Saenz 59), Sebastien Ibeagha (Jade George 63), Steven Salinas (Sebastean Bahos 66), Pana Vasquez (Samir Pena 54), Josue Garcia (Carlos Recinos 50).


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