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Media mogul Rupert Murdoch takes to Twitter
LONDON (AP) -- Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has begun the new year by setting up in a new field of communications -- he's started tweeting.
Spokeswoman Daisy Dunlop at News International confirmed Monday that Murdoch -- recovering from perhaps his most difficult year in the business -- is posting on Twitter under the handle rupertmurdoch.
The account was opened over the New Year's holiday, but many doubted its authenticity because Murdoch, 80, has generally tried to stay out of the spotlight as his media empire comes under increased scrutiny because of widespread phone hacking at his UK newspapers.
Murdoch faced harsh questioning in Parliament last summer and may face additional questions from the wide-ranging Leveson Inquiry into media practices later this year, but he makes no mention of these troubles in his tweets, which include the News Corp. chief's New Year's resolutions.
"My resolutions, try to maintain humility and always curiosity," he tweets. "And of course diet!"
Murdoch had attracted more than 46,000 followers by Monday morning, just two days after he started tweeting.
Murdoch's entry into the world of Twitter was met with some bemusement and some hostility by its denizens.
John Prescott, former U.K. deputy prime minister, came up with one of the wittier responses to Murdoch's unexpected surfacing at the very public, very popular micro-blogging site.
"Welcome to Twitter," he writes to the mogul, whose reporters were skilled at hacking into telephone messaging systems. "I've left you a Happy New Year message on my voicemail!"
Others express fears that the wealthy Murdoch will buy the Twitter site.
At times in his tweets Murdoch sounds bored with his New Year's holiday. He complains that there are "too many people" on the island of St. Bart's, an exclusive Caribbean hideaway.
"Back to work tomorrow," he says. "Enough idling!"
Murdoch also tweets that some of his friends are "frightened" by what he might say.
He also praises Mike Bloomberg, the Republican mayor of New York City, and Rick Santorum, a Republican presidential candidate.
Murdoch tweeted his wishes for a happy new year and said it would probably exceed expectations.
"Happy 2012," he says. "May it be better than all experts predict. Has to be! Must must change everything to create jobs for all, especially young."
Murdoch was forced to close the News of the World last year because of widespread phone hacking at the tabloid. The victims included celebrities, sports stars, and a murdered teenager whose voicemails had been hacked.
The scandal has damaged Murdoch's financial holdings and raised doubts about whether his family can retain control of the company, which has substantial interests in newspapers, magazines, movies, television and book publishing.
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Entertainment and Media
Get answers to questions about the standards of the Church. Choose a topic above to see more.
I like watching a particular TV show, but people tell me I shouldn't. Is there really anything wrong with it?
We have been specifically counseled, "Do not attend, view, or participate in anything that is vulgar, immoral, violent, or pornographic in any way. Do not participate in anything that presents immorality or violence as acceptable. Have the courage to walk out of a movie, change your music, or turn off a computer, television, or mobile device if what you see or hear drives away the Spirit" (For the Strength of Youth, 11). If the show you are watching does not meet this guideline, do not watch it.Close
Is it OK to seek entertainment on the Internet?
"The Internet can be used to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ and can just as easily be used to market the filth and sleaze of pornography. Computer applications like iTunes can be used to download uplifting and stirring music or the worst kind of antisocial lyrics full of profanity. Social networks on the Web can be used to expand healthy friendships as easily as they can be used by predators trying to trap the unwary. That is no different from how people choose to use television or movies or even a library. Satan is always quick to exploit the negative power of new inventions, to spoil and degrade, and to neutralize any effect for good. Make sure that the choices you make in the use of new media are choices that expand your mind, increase your opportunities, and feed your soul" (M. Russell Ballard, "Sharing the Gospel Using the Internet," Ensign, July 2008, 60).
"We need to use Internet filters . . . to prevent . . . 'chancing upon' things [we] should not see. We need to have . . . computers in a much-used common room in the home, not in a bedroom or a private place" (M. Russell Ballard, "Let Our Voices Be Heard," October 2003 general conference).Close
What should I do if I have a pornography problem?
"If you are caught in the trap of pornography, stop immediately and seek help. Through repentance, you can receive forgiveness and find hope in the gospel. Go to your bishop or branch president for counsel on how to overcome your problem, and seek healing through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Ask the Lord to give you the strength to overcome this terrible addiction" (True to the Faith, 118).
Learn how to overcome the effects of pornography through the Atonement of Jesus Christ.Close
What can I do to make sure my use of media is uplifting?
"Have the courage to walk out of a movie, change your music, or turn off a computer, television, or mobile device if what you see or hear drives away the Spirit. …
"Take care that your use of media does not dull your sensitivity to the Spirit or interfere with your personal relationships with others. Spending long periods of time using the Internet or a mobile device, playing video games, or watching television or other media can keep you from valuable interactions with other people. Be careful that your use of social media does not replace spending time with your family and friends" (For the Strength of Youth, 11–13).Close
What's so wrong about staying out really late?
"When I was a teenager, my curfew was 10:00 p.m. Today, that is the time some go out in order to have fun. Yet we know that it is at night that some of the worst things happen. It is during the dark hours that some youth go to places with inappropriate environments, where music and lyrics do not allow them to have the companionship of the Holy Ghost. Then, under these circumstances, they become easy prey to sin" (Jairo Mazzagardi, "Avoiding the Trap of Sin," October 2010 general conference).Close
What kinds of entertainment should I avoid?
"Do not attend, view, or participate in anything that is vulgar, immoral, violent, or pornographic in any way. Do not participate in anything that presents immorality or violence as acceptable" (For the Strength of Youth, 11).Close
What is so bad about pornography?
"Pornography is tragically addictive. Like other addictions, it leads people to experiment and to seek more powerful stimulations. If you experiment with it and allow yourself to remain caught in its trap, it will destroy you, degrading your mind, heart, and spirit. It will rob you of self-respect and of your sense of the beauties of life. It will tear you down and lead you to evil thoughts and possibly evil actions. It will cause terrible damage to your family relationships" (True to the Faith, 118).
Learn how to overcome the effects of pornography through the Atonement of Jesus Christ.Close
Why do my entertainment choices matter?
"You live in a day of marvelous technologies that give you easy access to a wide variety of media, including the Internet, mobile devices, video games, television, movies, music, books, and magazines. The information and entertainment provided through these media can increase your ability to learn, communicate, and become a force for good in the world. However, some information and entertainment can lead you away from righteous living. Choose wisely when using media, because whatever you read, listen to, or look at has an effect on you. Select only media that uplifts you" (For the Strength of Youth, 11).Close
What is pornography?
"Pornography is any material depicting or describing the human body or sexual conduct in a way that arouses sexual feelings" (True to the Faith, 117).
Learn how to overcome the effects of pornography through the Atonement of Jesus Christ.Close
Why am I counseled not to spend much time playing video games as a form of entertainment?
Elder David A. Bednar has warned that devoting "an inordinate amount of time to playing video games . . . allow[s] the digital to dominate things as they really are. Initially the investment of time may seem relatively harmless, rationalized as a few minutes of needed relief from the demands of a hectic daily schedule. But important opportunities are missed for developing and improving interpersonal skills. . . . Progressively, seemingly innocent entertainment can become a form of pernicious enslavement" ("Things as They Really Are," Ensign, June 2010, 21).
Elder M. Russell Ballard has counseled: "[Limit] the amount of time spent playing computer games. How many kills you can make in a minute with a computer game will have zero effect on your capacity to be a good missionary" ("The Greatest Generation of Missionaries," October 2002 general conference).Close

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On Monday the City of Bellingham is hosting a public forum on the idea of designating Bellingham as a GI Sanctuary City. That is, they are asking that the COB pass an ordinance instructing Bellingham Police not to act on federal warrants for AWOL/Deserter members of our military. The first question that comes to mind is, should we as members of a participatory nation pick and choose which national rules we follow which we don't? When and when not to participate? I don't think we get to call ourselves part of this nation without a commitment to follow the rules set forth by the people of this nation. But I've asked these question of myself and the Bellingham City Council in the past and the COB still passed the Troops Home and No War with Iran resolutions. So asking the Bellingham City Council whether something is fundamentally wrong with the sanctuary city idea is kind of irrelevant; they don't roll that way.
A quick parallel tangent; a few years ago Rep. Tancredo from Colorado convinced the House to amend Department of Homeland Security funding bill to withhold federal emergency services funding from cities that designate themselves as "sanctuary cities" for illegal aliens. Should we be asked to give up some of the rights and privileges of living in this nation when we refuse to acknowledge our responsibilities?
So right or wrong should definitely be part of the discussion, but in reality it seems to be irrelevant to the Bellingham City Council which leaves just with the question of whether or not they will eventually designate Bellingham as a sanctuary city for AWOL/deserters.
In early May, Sam Taylor ran a blog post about this upcoming news item. In his post he called the movement on their claim that the City Council was not going to address the sanctuary city issue because of budget issues.
That's really not the only reason, not at all. In fact, I think only one City Council member, Jack Weiss, has said that about the issue. Other council members – a majority – have said they simply don't support the idea of a Sanctuary City and they think it'd be going too far to not actively help out state and federal officials.
Terry Bornemann said he was supportive of the concept, but he – the main council supporter between the Troops Home! and Anti-Iran-War resolutions brought to him by the Whatcom Peace & Justice Center – won't sponsor this one.
So it sounds like they don't really have the support and the whole thing will just die… right?
Well no, it won't. It won't because the passionate supporters at Whatcom Peace and Justice Center won't let it and in Mr. Bornemann, they have a tool on the council. I feel his "supportive of the concept" and "won't sponsor this one" are disingenuous to say the least. Only a week later he was a bit more frank with the Western Front.
He said he agrees with the ordinance and that it should not be the responsibility of the local police.
"I don't know if it's something we need to spend our resources on," Bornemann said
Is there a difference between supporting a concept and agreeing with a specific ordinance put forth? You betcha there is. The difference is a plan, a plan on how to fold a concept into the reality that you agree with. But I'm sure there isn't a plan in play as Councilman Bornemann seems to have been pretty clear that he won't sponsor this one and we don't need to spend our resources on this. He even repeated it again only a few days ago.
City Councilman Terry Bornemann, who was the main sponsor for previous anti-war resolutions, said he has no intention of offering up a resolution for a council vote.
Bornemann said that the council has a role in facilitating discussions on issues, and that the sanctuary city idea, along with debate about the Iraq War, has been "volatile" in the community. Herald article, 6/4/09
See it again?
"no intention of offering up a resolution for a council vote."
Gosh, no matter how many times he states this, I just can't seem to believe it to be the truth. Perhaps I'm just a distrusting person, or perhaps it just doesn't make sense to hold a public forum on an issue that has no support on the council, not even from Mr. Bornemann who agrees with the whole idea. So what's with the whole public forum thing? To answer that you have only to look at these two bits of information
First bit:
Council member Terry Bornemann, sponsor of the troops home resolution and co-sponsor of the no war on Iran resolution, said he is willing to support the sanctuary ordinance, but the campaign needs to secure three other votes before it is brought before the council.
"I feel that if there is significant support then I will bring it forward to the council," Bornemann said. "But the council needs to be convinced from the sanctuary movement, not just from me." Western Front, 2/10/09
Second bit:
Terry Bornemann reported that he met with members of the GI Sanctuary City Movement and asked the Council how they felt about sponsoring a public meeting to discuss the issues. Barbara Ryan agreed with the idea of holding a public meeting but did felt that Council members should not lead the meeting or consider passing an ordinance at this meeting. COB minutes 5/18/09
The people of Bellingham are being worked. We are having this public forum because Terry Bornemann is executing a plan to change a concept he agrees with into a reality that the people of Bellingham have to live with. We aren't having the discussion to enlighten the community, we are having it so that Mr. Bornmann and Nick Spring of GI Sanctuary City can flip a vote on the council.
Spring said the proposal has support from council members Jack Weiss, Terry Bornemann, and Barbara Ryan; Gene Knutson, Barry Buchanan and Louise Bjornson are considering it; and Stan Snapp is the only council member who has spoken against it. Western Front, 2/10/09
This discussion is not intended to enlighten the community, it is intended to get either Gene Knutson, Barry Buchanan or Louise Bjornson off the considering fence and onto the side of support. Again, the people of Bellingham are being worked and I for one am glad that people such as the Whatcom GOP led by Luanne Van Werven are presenting a reality check for the City of Bellingham.
A local peace activist organization is being allowed the venue of city property on Monday, June 8, to persuade Bellingham City Council members to pass an ordinance that would turn Bellingham into a haven for military deserters. If such an ordinance were passed, it would require law enforcement personnel to ignore federal warrants for extraditing deserters back to the military branch from which they are hiding.
Luanne Van Werven, Chair of Whatcom Republicans spoke against a sanctuary city ordinance, "It is disgraceful for Bellingham City Council members to consider providing special protection to those who have violated the military code of conduct. Supporting "sanctuary city" status would be an affront our current troops and past veterans." Luanne Van Werven, WhatcomGOP
** Also look for Luanne to be debating the issue on Fox and Friends at 5:45 AM on Monday morning and as a guest on 97.3 KIRO's Dori Monson radio talk show on Monday at 1:00 PM. **
I was at that GOP meeting when their resolution was passed and this issue is not one that local Republicans are on the fence about. And from reading the numerous comments on the Herald article, I'd have to say that the GOP is not going it alone on this one. The repulsiveness of the sanctuary city concept crosses all party lines. I'm sure Monday's public forum will be a sight for sure. According the Bellingham Herald story the meeting is 7 p.m. Monday, June 8, at the Municipal Court building, 2014 C St.
Will public opposition and outcry at that meeting and in the news be enough to stop Terry Borneman, GI Sanctuary City and the Whatcom Peace and Justice Center from turning a part of Whatcom County into a safe haven for deserters? For sure there is going to be a more vocal push back for this issue than there was for the ill conceived Troops Home Resolution. Perhaps that will be enough.
Perhaps a yet unspoken wild card will have to call suit and change the face of the game.
Has anyone besides myself noticed a curious jumbling of the words ordinance and resolution? Like when TB said both that he had "no intention of offering up a resolution for a council vote" yet another time said he is "willing to support the sanctuary ordinance." And did anyone notice that Barbara Ryan, noted as a supporter by Nick Spring and who seconded the idea for the meeting, said that "Council members should not lead the meeting or consider passing an ordinance at this meeting." I liked the subtle differences in how they are presented to the reader, and I especially liked the way Barbara Ryan included "at this meeting" in her comment. Makes you wonder if they already have the other meeting scheduled, you know the meeting where they do pass the ordinance.
… Oh, yes the wild card… Dan Pike, mayor of Bellingham. He is the wild card because a city ordinance is quite different from a city council resolution. The Bellingham City Council can pass resolutions day in and day out, about countless meaningless things. There is no actionable item in a resolution. We resolve to not like the president! We resolve to appreciate ugly art! We resolve to not like potholes! However to get a city employee to either repair or not repair a pothole, you need an ordinance. The GI Santuary City Petition clearly reads that they are seeking an ordinance. And because an ordinance directs city resources the mayor gets to take a swing.
Every ordinance which passes the Council in order to become valid must be presented to the Mayor; if the Mayor approves it, the Mayor shall sign it and the ordinance shall become valid; but if not, the Mayor shall return it with written objections to the Council, and the Council shall cause the objections to be entered at large upon the journal and proceed to a reconsideration thereof.
If upon reconsideration, a majority plus one of the whole membership, voting upon a call of ayes and nays, favor its passage, the ordinance shall become valid notwithstanding the Mayor's veto. If the Mayor fails for 10 days to either sign or veto an ordinance, it shall become valid notwithstanding the Mayor's veto. The Mayor's veto with respect to budget measures shall extend to specific items only, and not to the whole budget.
It will be quite interesting to hear where Mayor Pike stands on designating his city a safe haven for deserters. If he is against an ordinance then Mr. Bornemann will have his work cut out for him corralling a majority plus one on his embarrassing side of the fence. On the other hand, if Mayor Pike is for an ordinance then an ordinance is what they will have. However, he will also most probably loose so much public support that I don't think he will risk coming out in support of an ordinance, even if that is the way he feels. I don't even believe that him settling on a wishy washy no teeth resolution will save him on the public support issue.
Here's my bottom line.
I stand in opposition to either an ordinance or a resolution because I have respect and gratitude for the people who have served as well as those who still are serving our nation. I stand in opposition to either an ordinance or a resolution because I feel it weakens the very heart of our nation when people (and cities) quit participating in our great nation, but rather opt out when a particular law doesn't suit them. That's where I stand.
If you have a stand on this issue then let it be known to the Bellingham City Council and the Mayor. And show up at the meeting, 7 p.m. Monday, June 8, at the Municipal Court building, 2014 C St.
And would someone ask the Mayor what his thoughts are on designating his city a safe haven for deserters?


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Former BYU G Harrison cleared to play at Clemson
BY foxsports • September 27, 2012
Former BYU guard Damarcus Harrison was granted an NCAA waiver to play basketball at Clemson this fall.
The school said it was told of the NCAA's decision Wednesday night. Without the waiver, Harrison would've had to sit out this year before playing for Clemson.
Harrison is from Greenwood and played one season at BYU. He chose to transfer after learning his planned Mormon mission had been delayed and the Cougars didn't have a scholarship for him to play there this season.
The 6-foot-4 Harrison averaged 3.2 points as a freshman for BYU. Clemson coach Brad Brownell said he was happy with the NCAA's decision and Harrison will provide depth in the Tigers backcourt.
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Yes, Maybe's all well and good (and for the most part, it is — it's very well-suited to describe a large class of problems). But, as a dyed-in-the-wool logic programmer, Haskell has a bit of a nagging problem capturing the concept of logic variables ... that is, a thing that either may be grounded to a particular value (which Maybe already has when the instance is Just
x) or may be free (which Maybe does not have). In short, the problem is with Nothing. And what is the problem? Values resolving to Nothing in a monadic computation, because they represent
mzero, or failure, propagate throughout the entire (possibly chained) computation, forcing it to abort. Now, under the Maybe protocol, this is the desired result, but, when doing logic programming, it is often desirable to proceed with the computation until the value is grounded.
Now, deferred computation in Haskell is not a novel concept. In fact, there are several approaches to deferred, or nondeterministic, assignment, including my own unification recipe as well as the credit card transformation (which the author immediately disavows). The problem with these approaches is that they require resolution within that expression. What we need is a data type that captures succinctly this decided or undecided state. This we do with the Whatever data type:
data Whatever x = Only x | Anything
Just like Mabye, Whatever can be monadic:
instance Functor Whatever where
fmap f (Only x) = Only (f x)
fmap f Anything = Anything
instance Monad Whatever where
return x = Only x
Only x >>= f = f x
Anything >>= f = Anything
You'll note that the monadic definition of Whatever is the same as Maybe, with the exception that Maybe defines
fail on Nothing, whereas Whatever has no such semantics.
Even though Whatever is monadic, the interesting properties of this data type come to the fore in its more ordinary usage ...
instance Eq x ⇒ Eq (Whatever x) where
Only x ≡ Only y = x ≡ y
Anything ≡ _ = True
_ ≡ Anything = True
... and with that definition, simple logic puzzles, such as the following, can be constructed:
In a certain bank the positions of cashier, manager, and teller are held by Brown, Jones and Smith, though not necessarily respectively.
The teller, who was an only child, earns the least.
Smith, who married Brown's sister, earns more than the manager.
What position does each man fill?1
An easy enough puzzle solution to construct in Prolog, I suppose, and now given the Whatever data type, easy enough in Haskell, too! Starting from the universe of pairs that contain the solution ...
data Man = Smith | Jones | Brown deriving (Eq, Show)
data Position = Cashier | Manager | Teller deriving (Eq, Show)
type Sibling = Bool
type Ans = (Position, Man)
universe :: [Ans]
universe = [(pos, man) | pos ← [Cashier, Manager, Teller],
man ← [Smith, Jones, Brown]]
... we restrict that universe under the constraint of the first rule ("The teller, who was an only child...") by applying "only child"ness to both the Teller and to the Man holding that Position (as obtained from the fact: "... Brown's sister ..."), but, importantly, abstaining from defining a sibling restriction on the other Positions ...
-- first rule definition: The teller must be an only child
sibling :: Position → Whatever Sibling
sibling Teller = Only False
sibling _ = Anything
-- fact: Brown has a sibling
hasSibling :: Man → Whatever Sibling
hasSibling Brown = Only True
hasSibling _ = Anything
-- seed: the universe constrained by the sibling relation
seed :: [Ans]
seed = filter (λ(pos, man).sibling pos ≡ hasSibling man) universe
And, given that, we need define the rest of the rules. The first implied rule, that each Position is occupied by a different Man is straightforward when implemented by the
choose monadic operator defined elsewhere, the other rule concerns the pecking order when it comes to earnings: "The teller ... earns the least" (earnings rule 1) and "Smith, ..., earns more than the manager." (earnings rule 2). This "earnings" predicate we implement monadically, to fit in the domain of
choose ...
-- the earnings predicate, a suped-up guard
makesLessThan :: Ans → Ans → StateT [Ans] [] ()
-- earning rule 1: the teller makes less than the others
(Teller, _) `makesLessThan` _ = StateT $ λans. [((), ans)]
_ `makesLessThan` (Teller, _) = StateT $ λ_. []
-- and the general ordering of earnings, allowed as long as it's
-- different people and positions
(pos1, man1) `makesLessThan` (pos2, man2) = StateT $ λans.
if pos1 ≡ pos2 ∨ man1 ≡ man2 then []
else [((), ans)]
... we then complete the earnings predicate in the solution definition:
rules :: StateT [Ans] [] [Ans]
rules = do teller@(Teller, man1) ← choose
mgr@(Manager, man2) ← choose
guard $ man1 ≠ man2
cashier@(Cashier, man3) ← choose
guard (man1 ≠ man3 ∧ man2 ≠ man3)
-- we've extracted an unique person for each position,
-- now we define earnings rule 2:
-- "Smith makes more than the manager"
-- using my good-enough unification2 to find Smith
let k = const3
let smith = (second $ k Smith)∈[teller,mgr,cashier]
mgr `makesLessThan` smith
return [teller, mgr, cashier]
... and then to obtain the solution, we simply evaluate the
rules over the
evalStateT rules seed
The pivotal rôle that the Whatever data type is in the sibling relation (defined by the involuted darts
sibling and
hasSibling). We can abduce the derived fact that Brown is not an only child, which, with this fact reduces the
universe, removing the possibility that Brown may be a Teller ...
universe \\ seed ≡ [(Teller,Brown)]
... but what about the other participants? For Jones, when we are doing the
hasSibling involution, we don't know his familial status (we eventually follow a chain of reasoning that leads us to the knowledge that he is an only child) and, at that point in the reasoning we don't care. For Smith, we never have enough information derived from the problem to determine if he has siblings, and here again, we don't care. That is the power that the Whatever data type gives us,4 we may not have enough information reachable from the expression to compute the exact value in question, but we may proceed with the computation anyway. Unlike Maybe's resolution to one of the members of a type (Just
x) or to no solution (Nothing), the Whatever data type allows the resolution (Only
x), but it also allows the value to remain unresolved within the type constraint (Anything).5 So, I present to you, for your logic problem-solving pleasure, the Whatever data type.
|Problem 1 from 101 Puzzles in Thought and Logic, by C. R. Wylie, Jr. Dover Publications, Inc. New York, NY, 1957.
f ∈ list = head [x|x ← list, f x ≡ x] When
x is atomic, of course
f ≡ id, but when
x is a compound term, then there are many definitions for
f for each data type of
x that satisfy the equality
f x ≡ x and that do not equate to id. We see one such example in the code above.
|I really must define a library of combinators for Haskell, à la Smullyan's To Mock a Mockingbird, as I've done for Prolog.
|This semantic is syntactically implement in Prolog as anonymous logic variables.
|I find it ironic that Maybe says everything about the resolution of a value, but Whatever allows you to say Nothing about that value's resolution.


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What Are You Drinking, Cam O'Connor?
Checking in with drinks industry folks—booze-writers, distillers, brewers, bartenders, and winemakers—about what drinks they're excited about now.
We're always curious about how people got involved in the drinks industry—and we always wonder what the pros drink at home. Today, we chat with Cam O'Connor, the brewmaster at Deschutes Brewery in Bend, Oregon.
What are you drinking these days, Cam O'Connor? Deschutes River Ale and Twilight Ale are nice on a hot summer day.
What beers (not from Deschutes) do you love and admire?
Belgian sour ales: I love the complex aromas, flavors, and tartness of these beers.
German Wheat beers: I really enjoy the banana and clove you get out of a traditional German Hefeweizen. I also like the bigger malty German wheat beers like Aventinus Weizenbock or Eisbock.
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale: To me this is a classic American Pale Ale. I love the Cascade hop aroma and flavor. I also love the fact that every time I buy one of these it is going to be the same high quality and consistent product.
Tank 7 Saison from Boulevard Brewing: This beer is just outstanding. I has a great aroma of citrus, fruit, and a little bit of clove. The flavor is full and beer finishes smooth. It is also a great beer to pair with food!
When did you know you wanted to be a brewer? After graduating from college with a bachelor's degree in biology and a minor in chemistry, I was living with a friend who had just started to home brew. Watching him, I was instantly intrigued. I started home brewing and was hooked. Also, I think part of what got me hooked was that living in Oregon allowed me to try all these commercially made craft beers that were outstanding. Home brewing and trying to make beer like the craft brewers was exciting and challenging. My homebrews at that time never made it to those standards. I moved around a little bit working seasonal jobs for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. I liked working the ODFW jobs, but didn't really see it as a career path I wanted to go down. Around this time I found the Master Brewers Program at UC Davis in California. I had the pre-requisites for the program. so I applied and was accepted. After the program I was hired by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company as a cellar operator.
How did you get to Deschutes? Growing up in Oregon I knew about Deschutes Brewing. I worked at Sierra Nevada Brewing for 3 years as a cellar operator and brewer. One summer my sister, who lived in Bend at the time, sent me a help wanted newspaper clipping that Deschutes was looking for a brewer. I really wanted to come back to Oregon and thought this would be a great opportunity. So I applied, and was offered the position in the summer of 2004.
What's going on in the Oregon brewing scene? There are a lot of new breweries opening up all the time. Breweries are still growing so I think craft beer is still sustainable in Oregon. I think many brewers in Oregon are starting to get into barrel aging beers. This is great to see—brewers are creating complex, flavorful, and delicious products using different barrels.
What can we look forward to from Deschutes? Any cool new projects coming up? We will always be pushing the envelope with our Reserve Series beers. We have a couple of new ones coming out next year. Mirror Mirror Barleywine (last released in 2009) will be released in the 1st quarter of 2014. We increased the used wine barrel aged portion of this beer from ~30% to 50%. It should be very interesting! Not The Stoic is a Belgian Dark Strong Ale that we are aging in used wine and used rye whiskey barrels. That will be released in the 2nd quarter of 2014. Also, we are developing a couple of new IPAs at each pub that you could see in 2014! We are really expanding our barrel aging program. We are up to approximately 1800 oak barrels in our inventory. We are working on releasing our yearly sour beer, The Dissident, in 2014. We are also working on another sour beer project that will release in 2015.
What's next in craft beer, in general, do you think? The sky is the limit for now. There are breweries opening up all across the country and craft still has a very small share of the overall beer market. It truly is going to be fun to see what happens going forward.
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Fourth in a series of popular, intellectually challenging mysteries from acclaimed Israeli author Batya Gur, Murder Duet features once again the smart, charming, and lonely police officer Michael Ohayon. After his cellist friend's father and brother--who are also well-known musicians--are brutally murdered, Ohayon, a classical music afficionado, sets out to solve the crime. From the opening pages, where the detective plays a compact disc of Brahm's First Symphony, to the newly discovered music for an unknown Vivaldi requiem that provides a rock-solid motive for the crime, lovers of crime novels, as well as music, will thrill to every dulcet note.


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I'm trying to use the Rom Manager to partition my SD card (so I can increase the storage size for my apps, since it natively installs to the first available partition which is known as "internal" and the rest of the sd card is "sd"), however, it asks me to install the ClockworkMod Recovery first. If I choose to install, will this install to the emmc or the sd card? I remember reading somewhere that installing ClockworkMod will void the Nook's warranty.


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www.bigfishgames.com is that they have games for PCs, Macs, iPhones/iPads, Android systems, and to play online. I really wanted a game that I could play on my Android phone, so I clicked on that category. Big Fish Games has a really cool feature where they allow you to play any game FREE for an hour. That helps you determine if you want to buy a game permanently. This really worked well for me because the first game I selected just wasn't quite what I was looking for. But the next game I played, Jewel Legends: Tree of Life, was exactly what I wanted! Many games also have a video so you can quickly learn more about the game. And my game was so easy to download. Just a few clicks, and it was magically on my phone. Since then, I have been playing this game ALL the time. I love it! In fact, I love it so much that I also got Jewel Legends: Atlantis to play on my PC.
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Slash in corporate investment creating long-term problems
A deep and lingering credit crisis is throttling investment in moneymaking projects that could help jump-start a U.S. economy mired in its worst downturn in decades, a new survey of corporate executives shows.
University of Illinois and Duke University researchers found that nearly 60 percent of 569 U.S. firms surveyed are financially strapped by the credit crunch, netting layoffs and other cost-cutting moves that weaken an already hobbled economy.
The survey also shows that tight lending is forcing nearly 90 percent of those credit-constrained firms to pass up potentially lucrative projects that could boost earnings, employment and the overall economy.
"We see what firms are doing in the aftermath of the credit crisis, but we don't see what they're not doing," said U. of I. finance professor Murillo Campello. "And what this research shows is that what they're not doing is pursuing projects that could help build and sustain the U.S. economy for the next 10 years."
As part of a survey project conducted jointly with CFO magazine, chief financial officers of 1,050 companies in the U.S., Europe and Asia were polled in December, asking whether their firms have been pinched by an ongoing credit crisis and how tight lending is affecting operations.
The study, co-written by finance professors John Graham and Campbell Harvey of Duke's Fuqua School of Business, found stark contrasts between U.S. firms constrained by the financial crisis compared with those with easier access to credit.
Among the findings:
• Just a few months into the crisis, constrained firms had burned through an average 20 percent of their cash holdings to pay suppliers, salaries and other operating expenses. Companies with access to credit had not touched cash reserves, keeping those firms on more solid financial footing
• Nearly 17 percent of constrained firms have drawn on lines of credit - stockpiling cash out of fear that access could be limited in the future - compared with just 5 percent of unconstrained companies.
"This is a frightening trend," Harvey said. "Yes, credit is limited, but firms that hoard funds right now, instead of using them for investments and operations, are directly contributing to the downward cycle of the economy."
• Constrained firms plan cuts in operating costs this year that are roughly twice as deep as unconstrained firms. That includes slashing employment by 11 percent, research and development by 22 percent, marketing by 33 percent and dividends by 14 percent. Campello says the forecasts are likely conservative.
"Typically, CFOs are confident, they have a positive bias," he said. "So if they say the cut will be 10 percent, it's probably more like 20 percent."
• A whopping 86 percent of constrained firms say they bypass attractive value-building investments because of the credit crisis, compared with about half that many among unconstrained firms. The study also found that 56 percent of constrained firms reported they would cancel investment projects if external financing were unavailable, compared with 31 percent of unconstrained firms.
"In the scramble for short-term cash flow, firms are sacrificing long-term value," the researchers wrote. "This implies lower future growth opportunities and lower future employment growth."
• Financially constrained firms in Europe and Asia are making many of the same cost-cutting moves as their U.S. counterparts, according to the survey.
Campello says the findings signal that the recession might linger longer than once thought, perhaps stretching into 2010.
"What this reveals is that the damage the credit crisis is causing to the corporate sector is perhaps much bigger than just the latest unemployment figures or stock-market prices would tell you," he said.
Researchers say the study is likely the first to directly assess the impact of credit limitations through self-reports from CFOs. Typically, affects are gauged through a retrospective review of financial statements.
"Having this information helps us learn more about how companies make investment and financing decisions, and in this case revealed some startling details about the way corporations are responding to the crisis," Graham said.
Campello says the unique survey could help guide the government's efforts to ease the flow of credit.
"A one-size-fits-all solution that treats constrained and unconstrained firms the same might prolong the crisis," he said. "Targeted solutions may be more effective, helping banks identify sectors most in need of money, the sectors that are throwing away good projects by the dozens."
Source: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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The roses are blooming with gay abandon. I adore roses and have planted many in our homes in the last decade. They're really getting into their stride now. Here in London, they seem to like the clay soil, and our home is filled with posies with their delicious scent. One of the better things I've done, is to plant a David Austin Gertrude Jekyll on the front of the cottage. This is a fabulous rose, I have one here at home, too. Very easy to care for, it flowers from the base and has a lovely fragrance and the quintessential pink many-petalled blooms. This one is planted in the tiniest little pocket of broken earth where the front path meets the cottage wall. It certainly doesn't seem to mind.
We spent last weekend in the West Country. We went to a vintage fair at Killerton House in Devon, mixed thoughts on that one. We managed to dodge the torrential downpours, at least. On Sunday, we popped via the heritage railway at Midsomer Norton and I was entranced by the 1948 bus in the yard. Sadly, we didn't have time for a ride.
We did manage a ride on the train. Proper cardboard tickets were in evidence. Marvellous!
On the way home through the meandering country lanes, I had my eyes peeled for treasure. A cry of "there's some" saw me veering into a lay-by and pushing out Mr HenHouse to get harvesting!
For 'tis the season for elderflower, don't you know, and we are rather partial to a spot of cordial. I use a recipe from the WI book of preserving; it's a simple matter of leaving the flowers to steep in a sugar and water solution, along with some lemon zest and juice.
The Mr has been doing a little harvesting of his own out in the garden. We never get a lot of strawberries as they take more watering and weeding than we can manage. The few we do get, we are very thrilled with and they taste amazing.
Now that the English strawberries are plentiful and relatively cheap in the shops, it was time to get jamming. I am an avid jam maker, I love cooking up a brew, like a witch with a big cauldron! But in the main, the fact is that no other jam will taste anything like homemade. Strawberry is tricky to set as the fruit lacks pectin. Rather than boil it for ages, which leads to loss of colour and flavour, I prefer to use jam sugar which has pectin added naturally from apples, and leads to a perfect set in under ten minutes.
Whilst all that boiling was going on, I couldn't resist nipping through the kitchen's French windows and into the garden. The patio is looking really pretty but I must confess to a touch of melancholy that we haven't really had the weather to be sitting out on it enjoying these precious long evenings.
Those roses were begging to be cut and brought indoors, still plenty left on the bushes.
Meanwhile, we women are used to multi-tasking aren't we? The elderflower cordial was ready for straining through it's muslin jelly bag. It's a sticky business!
It's been troubling me recently that I haven't been managing much on the crafting front. There are only so many hours in the day, I suppose. One thing I struggle with is balance. I find that when I start a larger project like a quilt, which is really my true love, I get quite obsessed with it. I like to have long stretches of time to work on such a project, I don't just want to do an odd hour here or there. This does rather mean I feel guilty about other things I feel I should be doing, though, and as such, it's been too long since I've done any quilt making. I need to be more moderate, reader! Any tips?
I have been crafting though, how could I not. I've squirrelled away a few more pretty vintage fabrics recently and have now got into the habit of straight away cutting a hexagon from each before I put them away in my stash (because then I forget which I've already cut and which I haven't). So I now have a pretty stack ready for a rainy day.
At crafty Wednesday at Stag and Bow, I've been naughtily working on my hand pieced star blocks. This, you may recall, is usually my holiday project, but now that it is growing, I am enjoying adding to it in my spare time. I'm rather constrained by having the right types of fabric for fussy cutting and those spots and stripes I favour for the edges. Constrained by not having enough fabric? Surely not!
By the way, should you fancy learning the lovely hand sewing craft that is English Paper Piecing, I will be teaching a Saturday morning workshop on the very same at the delightful Stag and Bow on 6th July. Do pop along to their website for details, a jolly time is ensured; much craft, chat and cake.
Anyway, in the background, the jam (strawberry and elderflower) has been bottled, and the scones, (light and fluffy thanks to Paul Hollywood's recipe), have been baked.
Do you know, I think these are the best I've ever made! The proof, of course, is in the eating...
P.S. Don't forget that Google Reader shall be no more as of Monday. In my right hand sidebar, you'll find a button which links to Bloglovin' which is the new reader I and many others seem to be using. It's a very simple matter of importing your existing reader list, while it's still there, into the new format. Don't lose your lovely blog list, it will be such a hassle to rebuild a new one after Monday!
P.P.S. Because a lot of the comments which appear in my in box belong to "no reply bloggers" (ie. those without an email address attached) and so to who I can't reply, I have decided to try replying to comments here on my blog in the comments section. At the risk of re-opening "comment gate", I am unsure about this to be honest, as I appreciate it means people having to come back here to read yet again. However, one of my commenters suggested doing this so I'm going to try! Thoughts?


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With logjam at first/DH, Dunn to get time in outfield
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- In rookie Jose Abreu, Paul Konerko and Adam Dunn, the White Sox have three power-hitting talents for two everyday first base and designated hitter slots.
That crowded picture won't alter or affect preparation for Dunn, who could find himself part of a platoon in his 14th big league season and fourth with the White Sox in the finale of a four-year deal.
"No one's told me it's going to be a three-man dance, so I'm not looking at it like it's going to be like a rotation deal," said Dunn at Camelback Ranch on Thursday, when position players reported and the White Sox held their first full-squad workout. "I'm not stupid. I see you have a lot of guys that can play at this level. There's only two or three spots they can play in. Competition's good.
"I still feel the same way I did from Day 1 when I stepped on the field [with the White Sox]. I'm going to do everything I can to get ready for Opening Day, have a good year."
Manager Robin Ventura spoke Thursday about using Dunn in left field at some point during Cactus League action. That move gets Dunn a chance for extra at-bats and gives Ventura that in-season option with a little preparation behind it. Dunn has played 10 games in the outfield during his three years with the White Sox.
With 1,870 career regular-season games played and no postseason appearances, it's understandable how Dunn puts his highest and really only premium on reaching the playoffs. But much like Konerko, Dunn also would like to help mentor the White Sox youth movement by drawing on his own time as a young player.
"Everything happened so fast when [I was young]," Dunn said. "The only thing I take from that is how the older guys treated me coming up.
"Especially Abreu. Not speaking English, I can only imagine coming over to a new team and all those expectations, as comfortable as I can make him, and as comfortable as Paul can make him, we'll make sure he realizes he fits in and don't try to do too much."


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I understand that the OPC's position regarding ruling elders is that of "lifetime eldership," as opposed to "term eldership." If this is true, what is the formal status of a ruling elder who currently is not serving on a Session? Is he still considered an official ruling elder? Please clarify.
Thank you for your question.
The Form of Government of the OPC, Chapter XXV ("Electing, Ordaining, and Installing Ruling Elders and Deacons"), section 2 states (emphasis added):
2. Each congregation shall determine, by vote of communicant members in good and regular standing, to choose elders or deacons for either lifetime service or limited terms of service on the session or board of deacons. In a congregation that has determined to choose ruling elders or deacons for limited terms of service a full term shall be three years. When there are three or more ruling elders or three or more deacons the session or board of deacons shall consist of three classes, one of which shall be elected each year. A person may be elected for a full term or partial term. Ruling elders, once ordained, when they are not reelected to a term of service, shall not thereby be divested of the office, but may be commissioned to higher judicatories by the session or the presbytery, and may perform other functions of the office when so appointed by an appropriate judicatory. Similarly deacons, when not elected to a term of service in the congregation, may be commissioned by an appropriate judicatory to perform specific diaconal functions.
This section appears to answer your questions.
1) The official position of the OPC is to allow for both lifetime and term ruling eldership.
2) The material italicized toward the end of the section specifies the status and prerogatives of a ruling elder not actively serving on a session. Additionally, when a ruling elder relocates, for whatever legitimate reasons, from the congregation where he has been serving on the session to another congregation, he does not automatically become a member of the session of that congregation but, according to the provisions of the Form of Government, must be duly elected by the congregation to serve and be installed (not reordained) as a member of that session.
I hope these comments will be of some help.
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In order to get the wonderful range of physical expressiveness we see in each episode of Archer, the animation team took thousands of photos of real people who would serve as models for the two-dimensional characters. And there are some interesting stories about the faces behind the faces—and why the production team chose these models in lieu of the voice actors.
Vulture has a full slideshow comparing the Archer characters to their models, as well as a bit of background behind the choices. Certainly the balding, bearded H. Jon Benjamin would make a poor choice for the handsome superspy he plays, so the animators cast former model Jason Fitzgerald (up top) as Sterling Archer's model. (Apparently, his casting serves as a great pickup line in bars.) The producers didn't want to subject Jessica Walter, who voices Malory Archer, to the hundreds of modeling photos they needed, and decided instead to cast Atlanta actress Kathleen Cohen, who looks a bit like Walter, but with harder features.
There is one Archer voice actor who actually served as a model, and surprisingly, it's not Chris Parnell. (The real model for Cyril Figgis is, according to Archer executive producer Matt Thompson, as well endowed as his counterpart.) Lucky Yates, who voices Dr. Krieger, is himself the model for field agent Ray Gillette.
Check out Vulture for all of the photos and amusing details. And yes, they show the model for Lana wearing a thigh-high Lana dress.
See the Real Models for the Archer Characters [Vulture via Rahzzah]


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Confront Sauron
Build your legend
Become Talion, a valiant ranger slain by the evil army of Sauron. Resurrected by the Spirit of Vengeance as a Wraith, you are bestowed with dark and powerful magic.
Embark on a new tale set between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings and venture into Mordor, seeking revenge on those who wronged you.
Exploit your enemies with your Wraith powers to turn them against each other, and grow in power as you discover the origins of the Ring of Power and become the most feared warrior in Mordor.


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Moscow Domodedovo International Airport is located 42km (26 miles) south of central Moscow.
Domodedovskiy rayon
Moskovskaya oblast
Moscow, Russia
Dialling code: +7
Telephone: (495) 933 6666.
Lufthansa at the airport
Lufthansa Lounges
You can relax, take forty winks or get down to some work before your next flight in the Lufthansa and Star Alliance partner lounges at all major international airports.
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How to get there
Driving Directions
The main road leading to the airport from Moscow is the Kashirskoye highway. Take this road southwards and merge onto Domodedovo Airport Road &ndash, which leads to the terminals.
Paveletsky Station is connected to Moscow Domodedovo International Airport via the high-speed, non-stop Aeroexpress train (tel: 800 700 33 77; www.aeroexpress.ru/en). This takes around 40-50 minutes and costs руб340. Some airlines provide passengers with free tickets for the Aeroexpress.
Commuter trains (tel: (499) 262 1628; eng.rzd.ru), which are cheaper but slower (around 1 hour 10 minutes) also link the airport withy the city centre.
Autoline (tel: (495) 786 2323; autoline.ru/en) offers an express bus service (bus 308) between Moscow Domodedovo International Airport and the Domodedovskaya underground station on the southern edge of the city (journey time: 25-30 minutes). Tickets can be purchased at a counter near the domestic arrivals area of the airport.
There is a 24-hour minibus shuttle service between the Domodedovskaya underground station and the airport (journey time: 25-30 minutes; руб100). Payment should be made to the driver when boarding the minibus.
Special Taxi desks are located in the domestic arrivals hall (desk 231 and 232), in the international arrivals hall (desk 1 and 2) and in the public area of the airport terminal (desk 185). The journey time into central Moscow is about 90 minutes, and fares are prepaid at the taxi desks within Arrivals – use of unofficial taxis is strongly advised against. Fares vary according to traffic conditions. For more information, contact the taxi enquiry hotline (tel: (495) 967 8363).
Car Parking
There is parking space for more than 5,000 cars at the airport. Short-term parking is available adjacent to the terminals, while long-stay spaces are situated at the railway station and next to Domodedovo Airhotel. Limited short-term VIP parking can be found at the international terminal.