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People line up in hope to adopt a Chihuahua dog at a Manhattan ASPCA in New York, January 13, 2010. Over one hundred people lined up in hope to adopt 15 Chihuahuas which were flown from San Fransisco, after their owners left them in shelters in California. California shelters are overun with the handbag-size breed while the demand for Chihuahas in New York is very high. AFP PHOTO/Emmanuel Dunand (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)


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With "Iron Man 3" hitting theaters in just over a week, Marvel wants to reminds fans that another one of "The Avengers" will be back on the big screen in November. The studio has released the first trailer for "Thor: The Dark World," starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Kat Dennings, Christopher Eccleston, Idris Elba and Anthony Hopkins. With a new villain onscreen and "Game of Thrones" director Alan Taylor calling the shots behind the camera, what can we expect to see in the sequel?
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the photo guy wrote:Source of the post said that to spaceguy in the chat, he made a point that if youtuber played it, it would only gain attention for a short time. then people will wait tell the next update cause it got boring. (not that space engine is boring) but just like what Salvo said. there's no clear goal.
so if a famous youtuber played it, it would gain a lot of attention for only a decent amount of time. a lot of people will later stop using it with only some staying.
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Tasting Craft Beers at the First Williamsburg Cask Ale Festival
Beer lovers gathered last night for the first evening of the three-day Williamsburg Cask Ale Festival, coordinated by Alex Hall of The Gotham Imbiber with Ray Deter of d.b.a. It was a chance to taste some obscure beers on cask, including a few bizarre selections and beers from breweries you don't normally see in New York. There were twelve casks on Friday, with 10-oz samples costing $4 to $5 and larger pours also available. There is no entry fee.
What is cask ale, exactly? Essentially, Alex says, it's "beer as it was intended to be, before modern mainstream processing and serving methods took over." Cask beer is unpasteurized and served at cellar temperature—around 54-56 degrees—but not chilled. (Too cold, and you'll miss some of the complex flavors in this unfiltered beer.) Instead of a CO2- or nitrogen- dispensing tap, the beer is poured using only gravity or a hand pump, so any carbonation is the natural result of the yeast continuing to ferment the beer within the cask. All this makes for a smooth, creamy mouthfeel and rich-tasting beer.
What you should try—whether at the event, or elsewhere—and what you can skip, after the jump.
Our sampling got off to a slightly rocky start. We found the BrüRm @ BAR Aberdeen Ale just so-so—the bacony peat flavors were a bit overwhelming, though if you're a fan of earthy beers, you might enjoy it. The Shawnee Vienna Lager was also underwhelming—this reddish beer had a hint of apple flavor, though the taste reminded me a little of Band-aids.
The festival also included a never-before-seen-in-New-York cask of Reindeer Droppings, a winter seasonal pale ale from Ridgeway Brewery in England, and we enjoyed its creamy malt flavors and hints of lemon and hay. Even better and more unusual was the Ten Penny Ale from Olde Burnside in Connecticut. Rich and slightly sweet, this Scottish-style ale was very malty—it reminded us of toffee and caramel corn. This sort of beer is lovely on cask; the mellow carbonation and warm temperature emphasized its butterscotch flavors. We also recommend the Rossdorfer Urbräu from Sauer Rossdorf in Germany, a light yellow, grassy beer with a hint of toasted malt and a barely sweet finish.
The Dogfish Head 75-Minute IPA is available at a few places around the city, but it's worth trying if you haven't had it yet. Only served on cask, it's a blend of the brewery's 60- and 90- Minute IPAS with a little bit of maple syrup. It's well balanced and pleasantly sweet, like broiled grapefruit that finds its way onto the maple syrup on your breakfast plate. We also loved the Sublimely Self Righteous Ale from Stone Brewing Co. With enough malt to balance its considerable piney hops, this rich, dark IPA is both mellow and hoppy. The lack of added carbonation makes it beautifully smooth.
On the darker side, we weren't wild about the Honest Town Capall Dorche Stout or the oaky Bourbon Barrel-Aged Entire from Shawnee Craft Brewing, but we all loved the Chocolate Porter from BrüRm @ BAR. Just smelling this beer was wonderful—the toasty chocolate flavor in the nose was rich enough to bite into. The deep mocha flavors and creamy mouthfeel of this beer reminded some of our tasters of melted chocolate ice cream with a hint of bourbon. If you make it to the fest, be sure to taste this one.
The festival continues Saturday January 9th and Sunday the 10th, from 1pm until late daily. (Though we can't guarantee that the beer will last that long.)
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First of all, let me admit, again, that I am a couple of things. One – a former jazz-choir geek. Two – a Lea Michele apologist. So - does it make me biased if I say I have Rachel's blue dress that she wore in the last half of the episode? And I love it?
So Puck is falling in love with Lauren, and this is a revelation somehow? Because she's bigger? This makes me crazy, but they make up for it by letting Lauren be uninterested in Puck. The show is doing something really good here, by making Lauren not all that interested and making her body not the forefront of the story – but it keeps coming up. He likes her 'even though' she is so curvy.
Lauren tells us six times that she can take care of herself but after some five part harmony on "Fat Bottom Girls", which, Puck does kind of kill it, Lauren is all delighted that she's being sung to, but not that surprised. I really like how much they're making her not bowled over by him actually liking her, but this bravado routine? Maybe she's just not that into Puck, but where does any – ANY – 16 year old get this kind of moral fortitude?
Santana looks about sixteen years younger with her hair in a hairband, and admits she's 'sort of a bitch', and then it's somehow funny that Lauren appears and they talk in ghetto-speak, and then they fight. Santana gets the shizz kicked right the way out of her. Puck is reduced to begging. Basically in the end, Lauren tells Puck he's all about the physical and she's going to need to take it slow, and I would like and understand that a whole lot better if she didn't also say she was originally into him because she thought he was mixed-race. Glee! Lovin' stereotypes! But I do appreciate Lauren being hard to get – that's aspirational, in a way, and she sells it pretty well. Fair enough. But when he says things like "I'm embracing the way you look" and she says "I look the way America looks"? Can't we please make it about something else?
Meanwhile, Finn is getting girl attention from everyone including Becky (thanks for your thoughts on her – I'm continuing to form an opinion) and only wants Quinn. He takes it upon himself to be a charity kissing booth. Everyone says they don't want to kiss him, but Santana gets called out as the bitch of the group, and it's pretty entertaining when they all bitch at her, but the biggest insult is that she's going to be on a pole someday. Um, doesn't she hear that before breakfast?
Kissing booth. Becky asks for ten, gets one. Quinn busts him, she isn't going to kiss him. Sam sees her though…and bitches at Quinn to go kiss Finn already so he knows there's nothing wrong. This is the kind of hilarious plot that is going to take all the way to the fourth act to resolve…
Meanwhile, Finn condescends to Rachel, kisses her on the cheek, she folds like a deck chair and begs him to forgive her – and he gives her a Christmas present that he ordered before they broke up. He says he believes in her even though they're not together, and Rachel, girl, let me tell you, the reality is not going to hit you until tomorrow morning on the schoolbus, but that is a line. It is full on bullsh, and I like Finn, but there is a certain type of guy who thinks he can get away with anything as long as he says it in a soft voice, and leaves the door juuuust a crack open for her to wonder for the rest of her years together if there's going to be a change. ANYWAY.
Artie and Mike (sort of) sing "PYT". Apparently they have no relationship problems.
Sam supervises Finn's kiss with Quinn. Patriarchal and weird and insulting. They have fireworks and make plans to meet. Finn and Quinn go to the nurse because they have mono. She wants him to figure out what's going on with Rachel before they pick up again.
But at least one girl has some reasonable rationale here - Rachel pulls out of Finn that he saw fireworks when he kissed Quinn, and not when he kissed her, and she takes it as a reason to push forward and pursue herself. And then she sings "Fireworks". It's a great song for her, but it's a pity when it's one of those kinds of things where she's better at the song than Katy Perry. Is that awful? I can hear more of her actual voice than in Perry's super-produced one.
Since the whole first part of the episode is voiceover, the first line of dialogue comes as Kurt's in a kitschy valentine's store. Kurt hates it, Blaine loves it, and he also finally comes off as being 25 years old. And he's all in love with someone, and Kurt thinks it's him, and who's surprised?
Blaine wants the warblers to sing to the boy he loves, 'off campus'. Which makes them crazy. Apparently the 'not performing in public' thing is a real controversy? So there's a lot of shenanigans there, but as usual we're just blinded by the blazer, and the fact that all these guys, by virtue of not having a stereotype to fill, seem much more interesting. Oh also, Blaine likes some guy who isn't Kurt. You're welcome.
Sleepover party, pajamas, and Rachel and Mercedes helping Kurt. And Mercedes' pajamas have a sock monkey on them. She couldn't give a rats ass about not having a Valentine, and says they should put it into the music. "Sometimes you need to choose between love and talent."
In the Gap, Blaine is all a-worried and nervous about his guy, Jeremiah. They sing semi-flashmob style. The guy he's in love with basically ignores him, despite the fact that all the customers are all into the song, and they pretend like the Gap has a proper sunglass section, and the way this guy keeps walking away, "When I get you alone" starts to feel like a stalker song, and this is actually pretty heartbreaking, because Kurt can see it coming. Jeremiah says Blaine outed him, got him fired, and also, Blaine's underage (maybe not the best tactic, writers, since Darren Criss looks WAY older than this kid). Kurt decides now is a good idea to ask if they should be dating. Blaine's not good at romance, and doesn't want to screw up their friendship. Banter about When Harry Met Sally.
Finally, the Warblers sing (I guess they got over themselves, eh?) and it's an arrangement of "Silly love songs " that I've never heard. I like this show when they don't do every five-minutes-ago pop song.
Santana sits at a table for one.
And I'm realizing I'm liking this episode more because there's no damn Sue and no damn Schue.
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"Afghanistan was conquered by the Maurya Empire, which was led by Chandragupta Maurya from Magadha... [A]s he was going to war with the generals of Alexander, a wild elephant of great bulk presented itself before him of its own accord, and, as if tamed down to gentleness, took him on its back, and became his guide in the war, and conspicuous in fields of battle."
"Arab armies carrying the banner of Islam came out of the west to defeat the Sasanians in 642 CE and then they marched with confidence to the east. On the western periphery of the Afghan area the princes of Herat and Seistan gave way to rule by Arab governors but in the east, in the mountains, cities submitted only to rise in revolt and the hastily converted returned to their old beliefs once the armies passed."
"From the 16th century to the early 18th century, Afghanistan was divided in to three major areas.... The Kandahar region in the south served as a buffer zone between the powerful Mughals and Safavids, and the native Afghans often switched support from one side to the other."
"King Amanullah Khan moved to end his country's traditional isolation in the years following the Third Anglo-Afghan war. He established diplomatic relations with most major countries and, following a 1927 tour of Europe and Turkey (during which he noted the modernization and secularization advanced by Atatürk), introduced several reforms intended to modernize Afghanistan."
"Amid charges of corruption and malfeasance against the royal family and poor economic conditions created by the severe 1971–72 drought, former Prime Minister Mohammad Sardar Daoud Khan seized power in a non-violent coup on July 17, 1973, while Zahir Shah was receiving treatment for eye problems and therapy for lumbago in Italy."
"In response to the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, the Carter administration and Reagan administration in the U.S. began arming the Mujahideen.... The 10-year Soviet occupation resulted in the killings of between 600,000 and two million Afghans, mostly civilians."
"The Taliban started shelling Kabul in early 1995 but were defeated by forces of the Islamic State government under Ahmad Shah Massoud... [W]hile trying to consolidate control over northern and western Afghanistan, [the Taliban] committed systematic massacres against civilians.... Bin Laden's so-called 055 Brigade was responsible for mass-killings of Afghan civilians.... [E]yewitnesses in many villages describ[ed] Arab fighters carrying long knives used for slitting throats and skinning people.... Of roughly 45,000 Pakistani, Taliban and Al Qaeda soldiers fighting against the forces of Massoud only 14,000 were Afghans."
"In early 2001 Massoud addressed the European Parliament in Brussels asking the international community to provide humanitarian help to the people of Afghanistan. He stated that the Taliban and Al Qaeda had introduced 'a very wrong perception of Islam' and that without the support of Pakistan the Taliban would not be able to sustain their military campaign for up to a year. On this visit to Europe he also warned that his intelligence had gathered information about a large-scale attack on U.S. soil being imminent."
And so we continue to the 2d day of this 206 day project, reading the "History of..." Wikipedia page for the 206 countries of the world. Yesterday's country, like many of the countries we'll encounter (in alphabetical order), was Abkhazia, much more obscure to us than today's country, a place we've been hearing about continually for the past decade. And yet, how much do we really know about Afghanistan? I've extracted a handful of sentences, all from before this last decade, in an effort to create a faint sense how little we know.


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There's the debate, watched in real time, and the effect it has on people's minds. CNN did a poll about that:
Forty-eight percent of voters who watched the vice presidential debate think that Rep. Paul Ryan won the showdown, according to a CNN/ORC International nationwide poll conducted right after Thursday night's faceoff. Forty-four percent say that Vice President Joe Biden was victorious....Post-debate, we get people reacting to the reactions. (If everyone's saying X won, that makes some people feel like being for X, the winner.) And we get the quotes from the transcript, analyzed. (See my previous post.) And, perhaps most important, we get the video clips, with each side using what's usable. As Peggy Noonan writes in her column about the debate:
By a 50%-41% margin, debate watchers say that Ryan rather than Biden better expressed himself.
Seven in ten said Biden was seen as spending more time attacking his opponent, and that may be a contributing factor in Ryan's 53%-43% advantage on being more likable. Ryan also had a slight advantage on being more in touch with the problems of average Americans.
Because the debate was so rich in charge and countercharge, and because it covered so much ground, both parties will be able to mine the videotape for their purposes. On the attack in Benghazi, the question that opened the debate, Mr. Biden was on the defensive and full of spin. He pivoted quickly to talking points, a move that was at once too smooth and too clumsy. He was weak on requests for added security before the consulate was overrun and the ambassador killed. "We will get to the bottom of this." Oh. Good.I look forward to more mining of the videotape. But this first one, from the RNC, is powerful. It's obvious — didn't we all think of doing this? — but they did it quickly, gave us just what we said out loud in our living rooms somebody should do, and they did it well.


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Last week, LG unveiled 3 new smartphones – Optimus L3 II, Optimus L5 II and Optimus L7 II. After a couple of days, LG announced the powerful Optimus G Pro in its home country. Now, the South Korean mobile phone manufacturer went ahead and unveiled two smarphone under the new F series – the Optimus F5 and Optimus F7.
According to the manufacturer, the Optimus F Series is designed to bring a premium user experience and the speed of 4G LTE to a mass audience. Thankfully, both of these devices are packed with a powerful battery and pretty decent specs. LG Optimus F5 and Optimus F7 will be shipped with the Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) Operating System out of the box.
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Ah! I think my time this week has been sucked up by a big design blog catch up! Sorry for the lack of posts! However, here are a few of the things I've been checking out lately:
1) I found out I'm an eco-dummy by taking this How Eco-Saavy Are You Quiz over at Real Simple.
2) I've been reading about heroic chair restorations over at Manhattan Nest. Can you believe that this abandoned Eames chair:
Was rehabbed with lots of elbow grease, love, and a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser and turned into this?
3. Loving this story of a sofa transformation over at Wood and Faulk. He's my hero.
4. Catching up on a few eps of Secrets From a Stylist on HGTV.com. Emily has the best personality, and I really like her approach when she works with people.
5. Now I swear I don't watch any of those shows that are all about cakes, but I thoroughly enjoyed the Jealous Curator's collection of cake images over at sfgirlbybay:
- Images of Eames Chairs from Manhattan Nest.
- Cake Image seen on sfgirlbybay, artwork by Will Cotton


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This egg had its nutritional facts printed on its shell by an Eggbot (a machine that prints stuff on ping pong balls, eggs, and other ball-shaped objects) and holy moly there's 71% of your daily value of cholesterol in one egg? Anyway! This is genius. I'd approve of printed-on nutritional facts for everything. Fruits, eggs, vegetables, chicken skin, underside of my pizza, whatever, I don't want lame stickers anymore, I want to really eat my nutrition. [MakerBot via BoingBoing]
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Over the last couple of weeks we have seen some alarming stories about horse meat being found in a growing number of processed 'beef' products. Perhaps this bad press will encourage people to think about how they shop and what they eat. All over the country there is a growing number of farmers markets popping up where you can buy a huge range of locally produced items including fruit and vegetables, cheeses, breads and home baking through to a wide array of poultry and meats. Of course by buying direct from the producers, you will have no concerns over the provenance of the goods on sale.
Carmichael Estate Farm Meats attend many farmers markets across the country, including my own local market in Clarkston, providing a range of award winning meats from Scotland's oldest farming family business.
Here's their story;
How did you get started?
Our family has been farming the lands at Carmichael in Lanarkshire since 1292 hence we claim to be one of Scotland's oldest family farming businesses. We started deer farming in 1995 after seeing the successes and popularity of the venison industry in New Zealand. Almost immediately we made the move to put in a small on farm abattoir and butchery to sell meat straight from the farm gate. This avoided having to transport the animals to mass abattoirs hence reducing the stress caused to the animals during transit and improving the quality and traceability of our produce. We have always had farm shop on or near the farm selling Farm produce but when the Farmers' Market movement began the markets seemed liked the ideal place for our niche market venison produce. We have been doing Farmers' Markets for 12 years now and now attend 8-10 markets a month throughout the whole year. We also have a farm shop and tearoom on the A73 between Lanark and Biggar serving our top quality zero food miles meats and sell meats by mail order through our website.
What's the best piece of business advice you could give?
Consistency of product quality is key. Your products need to be great every time the customer comes into contact with them. Sticking to your business values and building relationships with your customers is also paramount.
Where would you like to see your business in 5 years time?
In 5 years time we would hope to have expanded our UK internet mail order meat business and be selling a wider range of meats wholesale to key UK customers. Eventually we would like to see Carmichael Estate Farm Meats on the menus of top restaurants and deli counters in every European city with an embassy. We would also like to see our brand further established as 'the single malt of meats' from Scotland's oldest family farming business.
If you could only have one of your own products, what would it be & why?
Venison Rashers for sure! They are unique, delicious, versatile and multi award winning!
You can invite one person (living or dead) to your last meal – Who would it be and why? …and what's on the menu?
It would have to be my wife Terri as she is the best dinner company I have found. The menu would be smoked venison with parmesan shavings, on a scallop and rocket salad for starter. The main would have to be our own 21 day matured Lanarkshire Limousin Beef fillet steak with homemade home grown potato wedges and freshly dug garden veg. If we got to desert then a cheese cake from Brenda at Stichell Jersey who comes to Edinburgh Farmers' Market would be ideal. This would all need to be washed down with a nice Rioja. That will do very nicely!
With a choice of venison, beef and lamb available to buy, in a choice of cuts, or delicious sausages and burgers, you'll be sure that they have a something that will put a smile on your face. The seasoned lamb burgers are my personal favourite, grilled on the barbecue and piled high with chunks of Feta before serving on toasted ciabatta to make the perfect burger.
Check out this link to see if Carmichael Estate Farm Meats are attending a farmers market near you. If they are, take time to pop by and say hello, you'll be glad that you did.
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I've been playing with FACETIME at the behest of a youngster related to me. Other than LUDDITE, no one I know uses it.
It presents some interesting challenges for parents and guardians.
It opens up a whole new attack surface for predators and peers. While it gives the FACETIME User the undivided attention of the person they call, it does create: (1) an uncontrolled access to the two people FACETIMEing. (2) Creates a level of intimacy that could be used to break down barriers and physical inhibitions when the two people meet. (I'm being intentionally vague so as not to give any one ideas. Adults, parent, and Guardians will know EXACTLY what I mean. (If you don't, ask.)
Its marginally better than a cell phone because, as far as know, there's no built-in capture or forwarding. I can think of ways to do it. Hopefully peers won't; predators will be rigged for it.
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For so many mixed martial arts struggling to make it to the big show, success boils down to getting the right break at the right time.
For former WEC light heavyweight champion Doug "The Rhino" Marshall (12-3), it was a poorly timed break that led to his disappearance from national consciousness.
That break, a right hand fracture suffered in his first career fight outside of the organization, came just as the WEC was re-organizing itself into its current form as home of the world's best lighter-weight fighters. Having just relinquished his title to current UFC contender Brian Stann, Marshall was left as the odd man out.
"I had a great run with the WEC," Marshall recently told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). "My first 10 fights were in the WEC. I fought at heavyweight, and then I dropped to 205 pounds, where I was the champion.
"In July 2008, I had a fight outside the WEC. I broke my hand against Phil 'The Pain' Collins. That put me back. I got back in the gym, and I re-fractured it in training."
Marshall says he was offered a fight with Tim McKenzie, another WEC veteran who ultimately moved on to the UFC, but his injuries prevented the fight from taking place.
"The WEC did schedule me another fight," Marshall said. "They asked me to fight Tim McKenzie in Sacramento, and I was looking forward to that for obvious reasons – to avenge a loss I had a few years earlier.
"They didn't just dump 'The Rhino.' They gave me a chance, and I couldn't make it."
Shortly after, the decision was made to eliminate the WEC's welterweight, middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions. Some of the organization's fighters were invited to test their skills in the UFC, while others were left to fend for themselves. With Marshall in the middle of a transition to middleweight, he was among those left out in the cold.
Marshall admits it was frustrating to be so close to the ultimate prize, but he's certainly not bitter. Instead, his brief taste of the limelight only fuels his drive to return to the top.
"When the weightclass was dissolved, I was already on my way to 185 pounds," Marshall said. "I guess they were looking at me at 205, but I wasn't there anymore. I was bummed to see guys that I fought on the same card with, guys that I fought in the WEC, to have them go over and me kind of be left behind. But I'm making my run at 185 right now.
"I'm 4-0 at 185 pounds. I want to see if I can get there at 185."
Indeed, a slimmed-down "Rhino" – a pygmy version of his former heavyweight self – is now on a five-fight win streak. He's still proud of his Visalia, Calif., roots and continues to teach Muay Thai at Elite Team Martial Arts in nearby Fresno, Calif. But he's also taken to training in Southern California at King's MMA with Rafael Cordeiro and Cleber Jiu-Jitsu with Cleber Luciano.
In fact, the heavy-handed knockout artist recently received his purple belt from Luciano ("I hang that purple belt right next to my big, gold WEC belt," Marshall says). Now, at 33 years old, Marshall is ready to finish what he began with his professional debut in 2003.
"I want to make it back to the big stage, wherever that is – whether that's in Japan, whether it's Strikeforce, UFC, whatever," Marshall said. "I just want to fight some really tough guys and get myself back on the radar.
"They can't hold me back forever. You knock out so many guys, they're like, 'Alright, let's get this guy in here. He is pretty exciting.'"
The next guy on Marshall's list is "The Ultimate Fighter 11" cast member Kyacey Uscola (18-15). The pair meet in the main event of Thursday night's "Tachi Palace Fights 6: High Stakes" fight card, which airs from Lemoore, Calif., on GoFightLive.tv.
Marshall said he fully expects Uscola to try and take him to the ground, and that's just fine with him.
"I think he's a tough guy," Marshall said. "His wrestling is solid. He's got power in the hands. He likes to stand up for a little while until he gets caught with a heater, and then he'll be looking to take me down, I think. He needs to check my profile though because everybody that's taken me down has been submitted or dispatched quickly."
Of course, fans of "The Rhino" don't tune in to see him expertly maneuver into a perfectly executed omo plata. Those that pay to watch Marshall fight want to see him move forward, guns blazing.
Marshall – who went 7-3 in his time with the WEC and claimed all seven victories by stoppage – says not to worry.
"I do like to stand and trade," Marshall said. "I do want to make it exciting. I'm tired of these fighters going out there and fighting not to lose. 'Oh, I'll just grind out the decision. I'll just take it to the judges.' When I step in there, I'm the judge and the jury.
"I don't need nobody scoring my fights. I'll make the score with the big K.D. – the 'knock dead' where they have to scrape somebody off the floor. The fans love to see that. Win or lose, you bring the fight, you bring the excitement, and you're going to have fans, and they're going to love you, and they're going to be loyal to you. I just love to put on a show."


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So why is anything Pat Robertson says worth listening to? He has been spouting hateful nonsense for years– reliably blaming the latest natural disaster on the gays, the feminists, the pagans. He makes wack predictions about who is on God's hit list, and the Lord continually fails to come through with tsunamis on the West Coast or nukes in Jerusalem. He has a worse track record than the Reverend Tillman Gandy Jr., who accurately predicted that we would all eventually die.
But unlike Rev.Gandy, who dressed to the nines as he exhorted on Westminster Mall in all seasons, Pat Robertson is a rich man and a political player. I regularly see his evil leprechaun face on the tube as I visit the elderly. His 700 Club mimics network news so closely that it is often indistinguishable from Fox– which is a paragon of journalistic excellence in comparison.
Robertson's international meddling would be called out for what it is– pulling an end run around US diplomacy and playing with fire– except for one thing. He delivers the votes. He has a following.
Life is hard, unfair and complicated. You can deal with it in one of two ways. You can accept that we are all in the same boat and invested in bailing– or look for someone to blame until the Heavenly Coast Guard appears to rescue the worthy and drop a nuke on the floating sinners Left Behind. From my vantage point, as a provider of services to the disabled and elderly, Robertson's simple narrative looks like a seductive con.
My clients and patients are those who are dealing with the very issues Robertson raised when he said that divorce would be an option for a man whose wife had Alzheimer's disease. And my clients have shown me why Robertson is wrong on two counts. 1. Dementia is not death. 2. Divorce is not the answer.
I once worked in a nursing home where I cared for a woman who was unable to pick up a spoon to feed herself. I noticed her clear complexion and unlined face, the look of top-shelf plastic surgery. Someone told me she had been a Rockette. If not for dementia she would have been beautiful.
Every day her husband came in to feed her lunch. One day I heard him ask, "Do you know who I am?"
She struggled to remember.
"The handsome guy.", she said.
Alzheimer's is nothing to snark about– there's no easy answers and we boomers are in the middle of this horrible epidemic. Some of us are seeing our parents fade away, others are suffering themselves, or watching their life partners lose their independence and abilities. William Saletan, at Slate.Com has a compassionate take on what Robertson really said, and meant, in his advice to the man whose wife was far advanced in dementia. I see Saletan's point, but I don't agree with Robertson's advice.
Robertson, quoted by Saletan, says this–
I know it sounds cruel, but if he's going to do something, he should divorce her and start all over again. But to make sure she has custodial care and somebody looking after her—
There's the catch. Unless you are on a level with Robertson and his high-rollers you do not reach retirement age with the resources to support long-term care for a disabled spouse while starting a new marriage. You and your spouse are tied legally and financially, this illness is a financial disaster. Good traditional wives who stayed at home with their families depend on their husband's Social Security and Medicare, or Medicaide if they are low-income. Divorce is not just cutting loose from a conjugal relationship, it's cutting off financial support.
Another catch is that Alzheimers is a cruel and unpredictable disease. While it may be true, as Robertson says, that the affected spouse has suffered a kind of death, they are very much alive. They can suffer. They can have moments of happiness. They can unexpectedly clear and be whole for a time. They are still human.
I have seen many spouses, partners, relatives and friends faithfully visit their loved ones in nursing homes and I want to say this–it really matters. Sick is not dead. Even if it seems the visit is forgotten in minutes it was the bright spot in a day of confusion and lostness. Love is never wasted.
If everyone who had a spouse with dementia took Pat Robertson's advice, it would be a lonelier world for people adrift in illness. It would also be a financial mess for our health care system. Who would pick up the slack if healthy people decided to separate their affairs from their disabled spouses? The government, of course. The couple are probably already on Medicare, but this would add to the burden on state Medicaide, and raise questions as to who would be the power of attorney for health decisions. The kids, if there are kids, will not take this well. They are trying to get their own children through young adulthood and are not looking to take responsibility for their sick Mom so that Dad can marry his girlfriend.
I have a reality-based alternative to Robertson's advice to seek a divorce and re-marriage.
Stay married. You vowed to stay faithful through sickness and in health. There's reasons for this and it's not about romance. It's about survival. As our gay friends have been trying to explain for the last few years, marriage is a legal contract that gives recognition and protection to the couple who take those vows. In the course of life, the best we can hope for is to survive our parents. Marriage is our way of making a family for the rest of our lives. For better or for worse, in sickness and in health. We need that commitment.
Secondly, a pagan word of advice. Commit adultery.
I have seen husbands and wives visit their spouse daily, sometimes several times a day, when the loved one was unable to converse, or to do anything except appreciate that they were in the presence of someone who cared about them. There was no hope of recovery, this was devotion in the long haul. The able partner faithfully gave what was needed.
I don't think a person in a nursing home with Alzheimer's needs their spouse to sit alone at night. They need them to visit during the day. That's no small thing.
Robertson's idea that it satisfies morality to cut loose from a disabled spouse so you can marry someone else doesn't match up with reality. A disabled person in the medical system needs an advocate and defender. They need someone who has the authority to speak up for their interests. Again, this is one of the reasons gay people want the right to full legal marriage. Children, friends and social workers might care, but no one else has the power that a marriage partner has. Keeping faith may not be about sex anymore, but that connection is a lifeline, sometimes literally.
I don't think that 'handsome guy', who was not young himself, was spending his evenings cruising for chicks. I hope he had old friends, family and companions to help him through the loss of his wife. It's cruel when the loss is by inches. He probably needed some care, himself.
The forecast is that a silver tsunami is approaching, and these troubles will get worse. Retirement expectations have diminished with this bad economy, maintaining one household is going to be a challenge, never mind two. It's a good idea to withhold judgement on how couples manage their changing relationships, and focus on the essentials. How they keep faith is an individual thing. But that they must keep faith is clear. There's no one else to pick up the slack.


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Carpenter garnering more important innings
ATLANTA -- After spending the first few months of the season working the late innings of games whose outcomes were already all but decided, reliever David Carpenter earned the Braves' trust that he could perform in tighter spots.
Of late, he has been the busiest member of the Atlanta bullpen, appearing in eight of the team's last 11 games going into Thursday night's series opener against the Reds. In 11 1/3 innings since June 29, Carpenter has posted a 1.59 ERA with 16 strikeouts against two walks and eight hits allowed.
On Monday night, he took the ball in the bottom of the 12th inning and put up two scoreless frames, earning his second win of the year after the Atlanta offense exploded for six runs in the top of the 14th.
"I'm just glad I'm getting an opportunity to go in and try to help us win, whether it's being behind a few runs, trying to hold the team where they're at and giving us a chance offensively to bust open, which you saw in the 14-inning game," Carpenter said. "This offense, it's definitely got that potential to have the huge inning, and you never know when it's going to come, but I'll tell you what, they go up there and they grind out at-bats."
Carpenter credited Tim Hudson with helping him hone his slider and splitter to complement his mid-90s fastball ever since he made his first appearance for the team on May 10 in San Francisco. After giving up two runs in that outing and struggling with his command over the rest of the month, Carpenter has walked just six batters and allowed four earned runs since the beginning of June.
"He throws that splitter, he throws a cutter-slider type thing, so getting the chance to go talk with somebody like that, it's always a blessing," Carpenter said. "It's great having a leader like that to go up to and ask him any type of question, because he's been through it. Whether it be a tough time trying to get a pitch to work, he can offer something that maybe somebody's not seeing."
Playing catch and talking shop with All-Star closer Craig Kimbrel every day doesn't hurt either. Between his teammates and his coaching staff, Carpenter believes he has gotten as much out of his increased role as he has contributed in recent weeks.
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Bristol Barman Rapes Drunk Lesbian, Gets 9 Years in Prison
A U.K. man was sentenced to nine years in prison for raping a lesbian in a Bristol bar where he worked. According to an article in Gay Star News, 30-year-old Charles Franklin claimed that he met the woman on the street and invited her into his bar to charge her phone when "one thing led to another."
The woman, who had left a wedding at 1 a.m., said she was drunk and did not remember leaving the wedding. She said that she woke up to find Franklin raping her on the floor of The Somerset House pub in Clifton.
The woman, whose name has not been released for legal reasons, told British newspaper the Daily Mail that she had three times the legal driving limit of alcohol in her system.
"The next thing I remember was being on the floor of this pub with a guy," she told the Daily Mail. "He stripped me. He was trying to force himself on me. I was struggling quite a lot. He told me if I kept struggling he would break my neck, so I let him do what he wanted."
The woman said that after the attack Franklin sat at the bar and watched TV while she lay naked on the floor. She said she then managed to find her coat and pretend to be sleeping. She said Franklin brought her upstairs and tried, but failed, to have sex with her again.
When he fell asleep, the woman put on his jeans and T-shirt before climbing out a window to escape. She borrowed a mobile phone from a kebab stand and called her mother, who came to pick her up.
Prosecutor Tara Wolfe said, "The attack had devastating consequences on the victim's life. She was forced to take medication after the attack and as a result she was unable to pursue her career for 12 weeks."
Mitigator Edward Burgess said that, "Mr. Franklin is a man of good character, as you heard from several witnesses in the trial."
Franklin pled not guilty, but Gay Star News reports that sentencing Judge Michael Roach sentenced him to nine years in prison, and that he must sign the Sex Offenders' Register, but also added that, "The sentence I am about to hand you should be in double figures, but your good character has reduced it to just under that."
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It's been another big year in television, and the Emmys is the time to honor all the best shows and performances. We can't wait to see our favorite stars looking glamorous on the red carpet and what Neil Patrick Harris has up his sleeve for hosting the big show. Will Homeland and Modern Family be the big winners again, or will newcomers like House of Cards be able to shake things up? We are excited to see who will be taking home the awards — and you can watch right along with us starting on the red carpet!
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1. Joseph Smith when humbly praying saw the Father and the Son,
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Give Them glory, give Them honor for the truths restored through prayer.
God above shall beam His light into your heart these truths to share.
2. Joseph then was called by God to bring to light His holy word;
In the Book of Mormon we will find God's precious truth restored.
Read it daily, seek and ponder, and lift up your soul in prayer.
God above shall beam His light into your heart its truth to share.
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BERLIN (AP) — Dying for a holiday, but can't fit one in? Not to worry — a new European court ruling says vacation benefits are still valid after death.
The European Court of Justice ruled Thursday in the case of a German man whose widow had claimed, as his heir, that she was due payment for 140.5 days of vacation he had not taken because he was on sick leave and for other reasons.
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It has hardly been a week since Mobile World Congress got over, but LG is not yet done announcing new handsets. The Korean company today unveiled a new LTE enabled smartphone for its home market, and the successor to the Optimus LTE and Optimus LTE II, the Optimus LTE III.
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Good to see. I really like Kenny, but I still think this is a game to take him out of the line of fire. Zaha is the most fouled player in the league for a reason, and we need a player with a little more experience in there.Kenny in the home games is a great option, but away from home he needs to be protected.
Benteke will try to peel off our CBs and target Kenny in the air, too.
PickfordKenny Jags Keane BainesBeniGueye Sigurdsson Lennon Niasse RooneySort of dont know what Im doing here. Want one sitting and two energetic fellas, and I want I guess Niasse on the pitch cause man scores goals so thats like a fluid top 3 that presses and ya rooney false 9 looking for Niasse and sig to get beyond him or Lennon on the break.I think that team gets beat and hopefully unsie has more of an idea than me!
Can't wait for these to go down.Horrible place to go.
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Knights Of Columbus Free Throw Competition Set For This Sunday
An annual rite of the Winter returns this Sunday afternoon at Corrigan Hall in Emmetsburg with the Knights of Columbus Annual Free Throw Competition.
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The competition entails each contestant shooting a set number of free throws, with the top shooter in both boys and girls divisions advancing to the district competition later this month.
There is no entry fee for participation in the event, which is sponsored by the Emmetsburg Knights of Columbus.


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Long before Dickens, Orwell, and Greene, there was literature from Germany – one of the true cradles of the written word in Europe. Even though Germany did not become a modern state until 1871, the first books originating from the Germanic culture appeared more than a thousand years ago and Johann Gutenberg, born in Mainz on the banks of the Rhine, changed the world with his invention of the mechanised printing press in the 15th century. Today's global literary culture owes a huge debt to our cousins in Deutschland and there is a host of rare and collectable German books to discover.
Let's start with Gutenberg's Bible – the most famous book of all. Also known as the 42-line Bible or Mazarin Bible, the book was printed in Mainz and 180 copies were produced – 45 on vellum and 135 on paper. It has 1,282 pages and is bound in two volumes – less than 50 copies are supposed to exist and they are dotted around the world's most famous libraries. A small number of copies have been broken up with the leaves sold individually….for a fortune! Unless you can walk into the British Library, Harvard, or Yale, and make an offer they cannot refuse then you will have to settle for a facsimile copy.
Douglas Martin's translation of Albert Kapr's biography, Johann Gutenberg, The Man and His Invention, is an excellent read if you want to put Gutenberg's achievements into perspective.
Talking about major events in the 15th century, the publication of Sebastian Brant's Das Narrenschiff in 1494 was a landmark in publishing. In an era when Germany was no more than a series of principalities and city states, the book became one of the first international bestsellers as authorised and pirated editions, including Alexander Barclay's Ship of Fools English translation, swept through Europe.
Das Narrenschiff is a satirical poem attacking the abuses of the Catholic Church. It opened the way for the ProtestantReformation and its influence cannot be underestimated. Illustrated by woodcuts, Das Narrenschiff also featured work by the famous Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer – a native of Nuremberg. Look for the 1911 copies of Das Neue Narrenschiff (New Ship of Fools) with the remarkable Josef Hoffmann-designed bindings.
In the 16th century, the Protestant reformers used the new printing technologies to publicise their ideas. Martin Luther translated the Bible into an accessible text and had a massive influence on the German culture and language. In the 18th and early 19th centuries, the Germanic domination of the arts continued with Mozart and Beethoven in their pomp. Countless scores, letters, books and ephemera are offered by AbeBooks' sellers relating to these legendary composers.
Jumping to the late 19th century and Germany, thanks to the efforts of Otto von Bismarck, had become a unified nation with writers and thinkers springing up everywhere. Friedrich Nietzsche was one of the century's dominant philosophers and his influence is still strong today in fields such as existentialism and post-modernism. His writing stretched from religion, culture, and morality to science. An excellent example of vintage Nietzsche criticism is Der Fall Wagner (The Case of Wagner). Nietzsche believed the composer Richard Wagner had become too heavily involved in anti-semitism and also argued Europe was affected by nihilism.
Nietzsche died in 1900 just as Thomas Mann was hitting his stride. In the turbulent early decades of the 20th century, Mann, born in Lübeck, was a tour de force in literature. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1929 and is famous for his novels, essays and short stories. He is best known for Buddenbrooks (1901) and Der Zauberberg (1924), which translates as The Magic Mountain. In 1930, Mann denounced Germany's growing National Socialism movement. His citizenship was eventually revoked by the Nazis and Mann fled to the United States before Europe was torn apart by war.
Bertolt Brecht was a prolific poet, playwright and theatre director who achieved international acclaim across the arts. In Germany, his plays are on equal footing with Shakespeare. One of the treasures on offer at AbeBooks is Der Totenpflug, a long-lost Brecht poem about a man and his relationship with nature. Another Brecht highlight would be a first edition printing of Trommeln in der Nacht – his famous 1922 play dealing with German soldiers and their return home after the Great War.
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