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Update: Lots of people are finding this post through Google searches for "the 5 W's." If you're interested in something on the 5 W's of journalism, you might try my post, The 5 W's (and How) of writing for the Web.
Jay Rosen wrote a thoughtful blog post, What I think I know about journalism, that summarized succinctly many things Jay has been writing and saying about journalism into four clear principles. He inspired me to do the same with my thoughts about the news business. So this is what I think I know about the business of journalism.
Every journalist learned quickly in our first journalism class or newsroom lesson about the "5 W's": Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? (How gets lumped in with the 5 W's like Penn State in the Big Ten, a joke I'll have to modify or abandon soon.) We have to answer those questions (some of them multiple times) in every story, or the story is somehow inadequate. The same questions are essential to survival and prosperity in the business of journalism:
Who? You need to understand your community – your users and your potential users – to succeed as a news organization. Know their demographics, their interests, their life circumstances. The better you know who they are, the better you can deliver value for them and the better you can serve businesses that want to connect with your users.
What? What makes you different? To people who might be interested in your content, or to businesses interested in connecting with your audience, you need to stand out from the crowd of alternatives. The more you seem like just another news source or just another advertising vehicle, the less time, attention and money you will command.
When? Timeliness has economic value in digital journalism. A news organization that is reliably first and reliably accurate will build an audience that will be valuable to business customers. I worry when I hear and read journalists saying they would rather be last with the news and get it right than be first and wrong. If you use that to emphasize the importance of accuracy, we agree. But if you use that to excuse being slow, I believe you are heading for failure. When news happens matters, and when people learn about the news matters. The news organization that can get the news right and get it first is on its way to success. Similarly, when provides excellent opportunities in digital commerce. A news organization that gets frequent attention as a timely source of news can deliver time-sensitive ads, coupons, deals and other commercial opportunities that will be valuable for consumers and businesses.
Where? Location is going to be increasingly important: What news (or background or coupon) is helpful to me right where I am this moment? Your mobile device knows where you are, and the companies that deliver news, information and commercial opportunities relevant to your location in a welcome and useful way will prosper.
Why? You need to understand (and be able to explain) why someone would use your product or service and why a business would pay for any services you offer. You have to understand what Clayton Christensen calls the job that you are doing for a business or a user.
How? How you deliver the news matters. In their days, newspapers and television were critical ways of delivering news and advertising. But today digital platforms – especially and increasingly mobile – have leapt past legacy media in people's daily lives. Consider the contrast between these two reports I read yesterday: Rick Edmonds' gloomy assessment of first-quarter performance by newspaper companies and Danny Sullivan's report on a Google survey about how people use mobile devices (summarized in the video below; this post continues below the video).
The 5 W's are often regarded and cited as the fundamental questions of journalism. I like to add three expanded fundamental questions for journalists: "how much?" and "so what?" to give perspective and deeper meaning and "how do you know that?" to underscore the importance of skepticism and verification. Those questions also get to the heart of the business of journalism:
How much? The business of digital journalism will succeed when you can deliver measurable results for business customers. Page views can be boosted by use of photo galleries that may not deliver meaningful attention to ads and by search-engine optimization that attracts distant eyeballs of no value to local businesses. Unique visitors reflect hit-and-run visitors attracted by viral content, a one-time link from a prominent website or a random search. Prosperity lies in developing ways to actually help businesses sell their products and connect with customers in meaningful ways, and to show businesses how much we are helping them.
So what? The best journalism helps people understand the importance and impact of the news, what it means to them. The successful news business will use those measurable results to answer "so what?" for business customers. You need to show businesses the importance and impact – and value – of reaching customers when and where they are learning news that affects their lives and their communities. If you can demonstrate the value of your users to businesses, you have the foundation for a prosperous and growing journalism business.
How do you know that? A journalist verifies facts by asking tough questions and getting to first-hand sources. News companies are spending too much energy and money pursuing wishful thinking about what people should pay for or pushing old models on a new market that has rejected them. The successful journalism venture will develop a business model that is based on first-hand experience and measurable results of how businesses and consumers will spend their time, attention and money and what they will share with and recommend to their friends, neighbors, family and customers.

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Researchers have uncovered a single espionage malware attack that is capable of infecting multiple platforms, including computers running the Windows and Mac OS X operating systems, Windows-powered mobile devices, and VMware virtual machines.
When Ars first chronicled the trojan backdoor known as Morcut last month, we reported that it turned Macs into remote spying devices that were capable of intercepting e-mail and instant-message communications and using internal microphones and cameras to spy on people in the vicinity of the machine. Since then, researchers have developed a more comprehensive view of the malware, which is known by the name "Crisis." A JAR, or Java archive, file that masquerades as a legitimate Adobe Flash installer allows attacks to infect a much wider variety of platforms, including virtual machines, which many people use to protect themselves from infection when performing online banking or while researching malicious websites.
"This may be the first malware that attempts to spread onto a virtual machine," Takashi Katsuki, a researcher with antivirus provider Symantec, wrote in a blog post published on Monday. "Many threats will terminate themselves when they find a virtual machine monitoring application, such as VMware, to avoid being analyzed, so this may be the next leap forward for malware authors."
When encountering a Windows-based PC, Crisis actively searches for VMware virtual machine images. When they're found, the malware copies itself onto an image using VMware Player, a tool that makes it easy to run multiple operating systems at the same time on the host machine.
"It does not use a vulnerability in the VMware software itself," Katsuki wrote. "It takes advantage of an attribute of all virtualization software: namely that the virtual machine is simply a file or series of files on the disk of the host machine. These files can usually be directly manipulated or mounted, even when the virtual machines is not running."
As illustrated in the image above, the JAR file first determines whether it's present in a Mac or Windows environment. When loaded onto an OS X machine, Crisis accesses a Mach-O file that's capable of running on Macs. When loaded into a Windows environment, the malware uses a standard Windows executable file to infect PCs, the VMware Player attack to infiltrate virtual machines, and a module that targets Windows Mobile devices when they're connected to a compromised Windows computer.
So far, Crisis has been detected on fewer than 50 machines worldwide, according to data from Symantec. But given its ability to infect Macs and Windows PCs with a backdoor that taps communications sent by Skype, Adium, MSN Messenger and other apps, Crisis was already considered to be important. It's even more noteworthy now that its virtual-machine capabilities have been uncovered.


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In the course of two weeks, this troglodyte has virtually usurped the entertainment world spotlight right out from under the Kardashians. He dominated the Grammy's with not one, but two "live" performances AND walked away from the spectacle hoisting a shiny phonograph statue of his own – for best R&B Album.
He then brazenly used this apparent validating moment to opine via twitter, "HATE ALL U WANT BECUZ I GOT A GRAMMY Now! That's the ultimate F**** OFF!"
Sure, he later backtracked, deleting the above communiqué and replacing it with this gem, "IM BACK SO WATCH MY BaCK as I walk away from all this negativity #teambreezygrammy."
The thing is, it is difficult to "watch someone's BaCK" when they are being forced down your throat at every turn.
Cut to last night's NBA All Star Game Halftime show, and who joined Miami hip hop native Pit Bull on the main stage? Sure enough, it was that thorn in the side of battered women everywhere – Christopher Brown.
I have no problem with redemption and giving people second chances. But I do have a serious problem with this sudden reemergence of Brown…on many levels:
A) Some ridiculous "women" (read: infantile ignorant girls) got so caught up in the hoopla surrounding Brown that they literally begged to be beaten by the pop-star via twitter! (I really wish I made this up…but click here to be VERY disturbed);
B) Chris Brown served no real time for his crime. Community service and probation are hardly paying his debt to society like people such as Michael Vick (super-douche doggie Hitler) and Plaxico Burress (and Ja Rule, Lil Wayne and DMX in the hip hop profession) have done;
C) The theory that Rihanna has apparently forgiven her accoster, so perhaps society as a whole should too. Seriously? First of all, there are millions of documented cases of battered women who "forgive," "love" and "protect" the men who abuse and beat them repeatedly, many times within inches of their lives, and as a result, allow the cycle of abuse to continue and fester for far longer than it ever should. Rihanna may or may not fall into this enabler category, but who says she doesn't?
D) Whatever Rihanna's motivations to forgive and forge a new relationship with the man who bloodied and humiliated her and threatened her life, be they spiritual, sexual, love or business related, they are misguided and appalling. I am horrified at the message this sends to battered and abused women worldwide. Even if this is purely a business play, and it may be – god knows this reconciliation has garnered plenty of attention – it is akin to a family who loses a child due to cancer caused by a company that polluted their neighborhood (think Erin Brockovich type stuff), that then forges a business relationship with that same company for mutual financial gain…sickening;
E) More to the point above, for the most part, celebrities are role models, whether they want to be or not. Sure, celebrities, for better or worse, must deal with brutal life events in the public eye, and I realize this is difficult and I even sympathize with many celebrities at times (like with instances of domestic violence, funerals and difficult situations arising with their children).
But I absolutely shudder to think of the reaction among impressionable children and present and future women abusers worldwide who are using this sudden rebirth and proliferation of all things Chris Brown as validation and vindication for their own actions and thoughts. To any ignorant or naïve male, and judging by the state of our world right now, there are billions of those, it would seem that what Chris Brown did to Rihanna is no big deal (see A) above);
F) I will even concede that while the masses hurl slings at Brown and Rihanna for their behavior and criticize the Grammy's and NBA for showcasing an awful man, our attention and concern would be far better spent focused on raising awareness, money, protection and help for the millions of non-celebrity women who are battered and abused every day. So true!
That said, this is a travesty. People like Brown and Rihanna make millions because of star-worship in our culture. And both of their actions in this nauseating relationship are reprehensible and are being watched and scrutinized by millions of impressionable people;
G) Apparent ambivalence by our populace and community at large regarding domestic violence and the horrific abuse, assault and battery of women that leads to more than THREE DEATHS DAILY in the USA alone is reflected by an even more terrifying phenomenon – A LARGE FACTION OF OUR GOVERNMENT IS NOW FIGHTING TO ABOLISH THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT, a bill first introduced in 1994 to end violence and abuse against women and to protect all victims that face this senseless and barbaric plight.
Senator Leahy (D-V T), who is from Vermont and obviously supports the VAMA and who is leading a bill to increase the act's reach, says the act's opposition, primarily Republicans (go figure), argue that the bill aims to "protect too many victims." Are you friggin' kidding me? For more on this disturbing story, please click this link;
H) Roman Polanski sexually abused and raped a teenage girl thirty five years ago, was arrested and convicted, and subsequently fled to Europe to avoid sentencing. He is no longer welcome in his own country, forced to live a life in exile. Sure he was awarded an Oscar for making The Pianist, a wonderful movie. And that is fine. Talent is talent, whether wielded by good or bad men or women. But Polanski isn't thrust into my living room three times in two weeks on two of the bigger stages in the world, and he never will be; and,
I) Chris Brown's music, by and large, sucks (My own definition of talent is pretty simple…Is our world a better place with Chris' music in it?).
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October 20th, 2010
Parents Television Council finds GQ 'Glee' shoot 'disturbing'
The Parents Television Council is disturbed by the GQ photo shoot featuring three of the show's stars.
In a statement released on Wednesday, the PTC "denounced the makers of the TV show 'Glee' for a hyper-sexualized GQ photo shoot that will be featured in the November issue."
President of the PTC Tim Winter found it "disturbing that GQ, which is explicitly written for adult men, is sexualizing the actresses who play high school-aged characters on 'Glee' in this way," and thought "[i]t borders on pedophilia."
Winter went on to say that the same audience that loved "High School Musical" is also enjoying "Glee," and "are now being treated to seductive, in-your-face poses of the underwear-clad female characters posing in front of school lockers, one of them opting for a full-frontal crotch shot."
By giving the okay for the shoot, "the creators of the program have established their intentions on the show's direction. And it isn't good for families."
Fox, the network that airs the hit musical comedy, declined to comment, and GQ's Editor-in-Chief, Jim Nelson, thinks perhaps the PTC just doesn't know the difference between the actors and who they portray on TV.
"The Parents Television Council must not be watching much TV these days and should learn to divide reality from fantasy," Nelson said in a statement. "As often happens in Hollywood, these 'kids' are in their twenties. Cory Monteith's almost 30! I think they're old enough to do what they want."
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Some school advocates within B.C. are cautiously optimistic following a $2 billion federal government funding announcement for school safety for the coming year.
B.C. will receive $242.36 million as part of the newly created Safe Return to Class fund, an amount in proportion to the provincial population of students, said Dean McGee of the Surrey District Parents Advisory Council, which represents the interest of Surrey parents in the public education system.
"We're happy to see that it's split by population, and now we want to see it split by district. We feel (our district) is always left behind."
In his announcement this morning, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the money can be used for anything from hand sanitizer to remote leaning options. McGee hopes some of the funds can be used for options such as paying for cleaning staff.
He said he's heard from their district's superintendent they have already "spent more than $5 million on just cleaners."
A hybrid model of in-person and remote teaching is also a pressing need, along with larger classrooms with fewer students.
For those students who will attend in-person teaching, he believes more infrastructure such as hand sanitizer and plastic barriers are needed, particularly as many schools within the district use portables.
"There are 8,000 kids in portables – that's a size of a medium school district in the rest of the province. When those kids go outside, they touch the doorknob to go to the bathroom, hopefully, there's enough soap or sanitizer there, and then they touch the doorknob to go back in. We want to make sure all of that is up to scratch."
While the federal funds could go towards more PPE within the classroom, Gord Lau, chair of the Vancouver School District Parent Advisory Council explained it would be better used for developing innovative solutions.
"The instructions from the (Ministry of Education) is that within a classroom, we don't want kids touching, but you don't have to practise social distancing. If we have more funding, that's okay but the messaging (around COVID regulations) is 'this isn't required.' The messaging around ventilation is 'open a window.' I don't think that's satisfactory."
Lau added flexibility in the provincial mandate combined with the funding is what is required – particularly for elementary students so that a hybrid solution can be implemented.
"I think that would make parents happier than more funding for PPE."
For Tracy Humphreys, chair of the BCEdAccess Society which serves students with disabilities and complex learners throughout the province, the funds could help with the flexibility of choice for students and parents alike.
In a recent survey done by the organization, 649 respondents out of 1,102 noted they are considering a different option from public, in-person school.
"I feel the loss of so many students with disabilities is a loss of great diversity and strength in the public education system," said Humphreys. "The biggest finding we had is that students and parents and caregivers want to stay connected to the community school. Flexibility is key and we feel it is so important."
In a statement on social media, the BC Teachers' Federation noted the funds can be used for smaller classes, reduced density, better cleaning and ventilation. They added the province should also provide remote options for students that need them in order to reduce density and support medically complex children and youth.
Black Press Media has reached out to the BCTF for further comment.
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Red Wings beat Avs 4-2 as Roy loses 1st game
DENVER -- Jonas Gustavsson stopped just about everything, including the Colorado Avalanche's six-game winning streak.
The backup goalie turned in a 38-save performance and Johan Franzen broke a third-period tie with his second goal of the game as the Detroit Red Wings beat the Avalanche 4-2 on Thursday night to hand Patrick Roy his first loss as a coach.
"He had a heck of a game for them," Matt Duchene said of Gustavsson.
Had a little motivation, too. This rivalry -- pretty much dormant of late -- just got a little more heated.
The Red Wings played inspired hockey after a hard hit knocked defenseman Niklas Kronwall out of the game early in the first period. Seeing him carried off on a stretcher shook up his teammates.
"Looked bad," Franzen said.
Once they learned he was all right -- a cut on the ear and a concussion -- they went back to dispatching the Avalanche.
The Red Wings later announced on their Twitter account that Kronwall "has a concussion; cuts to the ear but he's moving all extremities, being treating in locker room."
Cody McLeod received a 5-minute penalty for boarding and a game misconduct.
Pavel Datsyuk also had two goals and Daniel Alfredsson added three assists for the Red Wings.
But the chatter after the game centered around the hit delivered by McLeod.
"I don't know how much time he had to actually slow down there, but he's got to be able to at least lower his point of impact," Franzen said. "He's got to find a way to not hit (Kronwall) in the head."
Kronwall was momentarily knocked out.
"It was really scary. He was out. He didn't really know what happened there," fellow defenseman Jonathan Ericsson said. "We found out pretty early he was fine and he was going to recover fine."
Roy is withholding his judgment of the play, preferring to see what NHL vice president of player safety Brendan Shanahan has to say.
"To be honest with you, I didn't look at it because I didn't want to look at it," Roy said. "I didn't want to make a comment on it. From the bench, I thought Kronwall turned his back at the last minute.
"Does that make it dirty? I guess Shanahan has to make a decision. From the bench I saw a defenseman turn his back at the last second. For anyone who knows the game it's hard for a player to stop."
Erik Johnson and Gabriel Landeskog scored for the Avalanche as they finished a win short of matching the franchise record for best start (7-0) set by the 1985-86 Quebec Nordiques.
Still, it's been quite a beginning to the Roy era on the bench.
"We're 6-1. We still have the best or second-best record in the league," Duchene said. "It's unfortunate we couldn't have kept it going against these guys, but we played hard and played really well."
The Avalanche simply ran into a hot goaltender as Gustavsson bottled up Colorado's potent offense most of the game.
Even when the Avalanche pulled Semyon Varlamov for an extra skater with more than 1 minute remaining, they couldn't sneak anything past Gustavsson.
"That was a tough one," Paul Stastny said.
Franzen's game-winner came on a power play when he took a pass from Justin Abdelkader and lined a shot over Varlamov's shoulder. Franzen also scored in the first period -- his first two goals of the season.
Datsyuk sealed the game when he scored off his own rebound 13:35 into the final period.
Varlamov had a rough night against the rival Red Wings, allowing four goals. He had allowed just six in five starts entering the game.
Landeskog and Johnson scored in the second period to tie the game at 2. Johnson took the puck from behind his net, skated up the ice with little interference and lined a shot over Gustavsson's right shoulder. It was Johnson's first goal since Feb. 17, 2012.
The opening period was dominated by a fired-up Detroit team following that hit on Kronwall along the boards. The hit sent his helmet flying as he crashed to the ice.
This rivalry may just be heating back up. It used to be a bitter and bloody one during Roy's playing days, but it's tapered off a bit, in large part due to the slide of the Avalanche, who have missed the playoffs the past three seasons.
Can this rivalry get heated again?
After all, the two teams meet just twice this season as the Red Wings switched over to the Eastern Conference.
"We're a long way before we're getting to where the Red Wings are," Roy said. "It's amazing what they've been doing over the years. They've been there (playoffs) every year."
Game notes
Gustavsson made his third straight start with Jimmy Howard bothered by a sore hand. ... Varlamov had an assist on Johnson's goal. ... The announced attendance was 18,101, which topped the season opener (18,007). A good portion rooted for the Red Wings.
Regular Season Series
DET leads 1-0
Game Information
- Referees:
- Tim Peel
- Graham Skilliter
- Linesmen:
- Bryan Pancich
- John Grandt


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Subway to roll out garlic bread option
- Garlic bread is a way for Subway to stand out
- It%27s a limited-time offer%2C but could become permanent
- Subway plans more limited-time bread options on a regular basis
Subway's done a lot of stuff with its sandwich bread, but its newest offering could be both an industry head-turner and customer nose-sniffer: garlic bread.
No, not a side order of garlic bread sold separately, but subs sold on sandwiches made with garlic bread — at no extra cost. In a nation whose collective taste buds go gaga over the mixing and matching of flavors, garlic bread as a sandwich option could give the nation's largest sandwich chain a serious competitive edge.
Although the move is scheduled to be announced on Monday, garlic bread at Subway will not be rolled out nationally until Sept. 1. But in the rollicking world of bread mania within the fast-food industry, Subway has company aplenty. The bread wars come at a tough time when fast-food rivals are concocting all kinds of outside-the-box bread options to steal business from each other.
Burgers on pretzel rolls have been a huge hit a Wendy's, which also recently rolled out chicken sandwiches made with flatbread. McDonald's is selling burgers in baguettes in parts of Europe. Smashburger offers several artisan buns, including multigrain and spicy chipotle. Panera sells gobs of artisan and specialty breads. And flatbread is a signature item at Cosi.
Sometimes the exterior of the sandwich does get a bit batty. Like Taco Bell's new Waffle Taco. Or the Glazed Donut Sandwich at Dunkin' Donuts. And Sonic just began to steam college football logos on buns at some regional locations.
"This is the summer of quality carbohydrates," says Christopher Muller, a professor at Boston University's School of Hospitality Administration.
What's more, bread of all kinds has become fast-food's "power app," says Gary Stibel, CEO at New England Consulting Group.
For Subway, which already offers five breads on its permanent menu at its more than 26,000 U.S. locations, it's all about widening the options for consumers to attract business. While garlic bread will roll out as a limited-time offer, if it's a huge hit, it could be added to the permanent menu, says Tricia Hetherington, director of R&D at Subway.
The garlic bread was recently tested in seven cities, Hetherington says, "and it tested higher than some of our best products."
The garlic bread — made fresh daily in the stores — will be sold both hot or cold. The familiar aroma of the garlic bread baking — and being toasted into sandwiches — is expected to elicit consumer interest.
Subway says it plans to regularly introduce limited-time bread options — and see what rises to the top.
Meanwhile, others are almost certain to follow, says Muller, because in the fast-food industry, "It is innovation by mimicry. Others will have to match it — or look stale."


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Why pay more for a variable annuity rider?
- Variable annuities are complex and expensive
- Some riders can provide a guaranteed lifetime withdrawal but add fees
- Variable annuities depend on the financial health of the insurance company
Money Watch, a personal finance column that runs every Saturday, features a financial planner from the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors answering reader questions about saving, protecting and growing your money. To submit a question, e-mail USA TODAY personal finance reporter Christine Dugas at: email@example.com.
Q: I have a variable annuity that offers a rider that it says would allow a monthly income that is constant without losing control of the principal even if the principal is depleted. What's the catch and are they a good idea?
A: There is normally a catch with annuities, and variable annuities in particular.
I am not a fan of variable annuities for several reasons, including complexity, high expenses, and limited investment choices. The distributions are taxed at ordinary income tax rates. And a variable annuity has no step-up in cost basis for your heirs, which means that if you invest $100,000 in a variable annuity, and it doubles to $200,000, upon your death, your heirs will have to pay taxes, at their ordinary income tax rate, on the $100,000 gain.
The expenses include mortality and expense fees, which are intended to pay for different kinds of risks assumed by insurance providers under the contract. Those charges can be over 1%. Surrender charges, depending on when the annuity was purchased, can range from 1% to 7% or more. And management fees on the subaccounts can be 1% or more, depending on the underlying investment funds.
When you add up these expenses, they can eat up a hefty percentage of your investment dollars.
Before you look at riders, take a look at the cost of the annuity you have. If the costs are high when compared with a no-load annuity such as those offered by Vanguard, Schwab or Fidelity, consider making a change. And make sure your current contract is past the surrender period, to avoid costly penalties.
The rider you refer to is offered by many companies and is called a guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit (GLWB). It does allow you to receive lifetime income while still being able to manage the annuity's investment subaccounts, which, like mutual funds, range from conservative to aggressive investments for the premium payment. The income is guaranteed to continue even if the investment subaccount dollars are depleted.
How much income you receive can be a fixed percentage of the benefit or income base, determined by the dollars you are investing, your age, and a specified period of time you will receive the income.Typical percentages, depending on age, are 3% to 6%.
Riders, such as the GLWB, cost extra — up to 1% depending on the company offering it and the specific type of rider. The total costs for this product overall are pretty high, at an estimated 3% or more, in comparison with the guaranteed benefit of 3% to 6%.
The reason people purchase these riders is that they are afraid that we will experience another investment year like 2008 and want to make sure their income stream will continue. This product will guarantee that income stream but it does not guarantee the value of the investment subaccounts.
You retain control of your principal but if your circumstances change and you need to take additional dollars out of the annuity, the withdrawals will not only reduce your guaranteed income amount but could eliminate the guarantee you have paid for over the years.
A better alternative may be to annuitize, which is when you convert your annuity into regular payments. Once it is annuitized, it cannot be reversed. Also, withdrawal of the funds within the annuity is no longer possible. The amount of the income stream depends on things like life expectancy and interest rates, as well as payment options.
And don't forget that the guarantees are subject to the financial health and claim-paying ability of the issuing insurance company.
The bottom line is the details of this type of product are complex and the costs are very high. Read the information provided and make sure you understand what happens when. And if the person who is selling you the product can't explain it in a way that makes perfect sense to you, walk away.
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Food for Thought: Can you master your family's food bill?
The Dish On …
"Family Feasts for $75 a Week" by Mary Ostyn
Staying within a budget these days is a hard act to stick with, especially if you have a family of four or more. If you can master your spending in just one area -- your food bill -- you will greatly expand your spending options for other, more rewarding areas of your life.
Learning how to compile grocery lists, compose weekly menu plans, and shop less will not only save money at the register, it will also save you time in the store and in the kitchen.
Written by blogger mom and penny-pincher extraordinaire Mary Ostyn, who prepares three meals a day for her family of 12 for $800 to $900 a month, this book is stuffed to the gills with expert, in-the-trenches tips on savvy food shopping, plus 200 delicious recipes for homecooked meals that make the most of economical ingredients.
Easy recipe: Chopped Liver
1 pound chicken livers
1 large onion, diced
2 cloves garlic
3 tablespoons chicken fat
3 eggs, hard-boiled, diced
Melt the fat (or Crisco) in a large frying pan. Sauté the onions and garlic until tender. Add the livers and cook until done (no longer pink inside). Serve with toothpicks and the eggs in a bowl on the side or grind (minus the egg) in a food processor for a paté.
-- Canton Repository
Tip of the Week: Prevent kitchen fires
The leading cause of fires in the kitchen is unattended cooking, according to the U.S. Fire Administration. Here are some tips from the agency to prevent fires:
- Stay in the kitchen when you are frying, grilling or broiling food. If you leave the kitchen for even a short period of time, turn off the stove.
- If you are simmering, baking, roasting or boiling food, check it regularly, remain in the home while food is cooking, and use a timer to remind you that you're cooking.
- Stay alert. To prevent cooking fires, you have to be alert. You won't be if you are sleepy, have been drinking alcohol, or have taken medicine that makes you drowsy.
Did You Know?
A Worchester, Mass., man was sentenced to 18 months in prison for threatening a man in a city park and then stealing and eating his hot dog.
Critics' Cupboard: Slender Wines
Big news, wine lovers — Slender Wines are here!
This new product from Chateau Thomas Winery in Indiana is meant for "figure-conscious people and diabetics to consume because it uses a natural sweetener that contains no sugar, no carbohydrates, no fats, and 0 glycemic index."
The active ingredient is erythritol, the winery says, a naturally occurring sweetener.
You would think a product that is all about being "slenderizing" would promote the calorie info on the bottle. Nope. Nor is it listed in the literature or on the Web site. And company spokespeople did not return my request for calorie information.
That aside, how does it taste? Sweet as sugar water.
-- Jennifer Mastroianni, Canton Repository
Food Quiz
Which of the following vegetables has a licorice flavor?
A. Belgian endive
B. Fennel
C. Chicory
D. Radiccio
Answer is at bottom of column
Wise to the Word: Hibachi
Hibachi (hih-BAH-chee) is Japanese for "fire bowl." The device is a small, cast-iron container that holds charcoal. A grill sits on top, ready to cook a variety of foods.
Hibachis come in many sizes and shapes. They became popular in the United States in the 1960s for their portability. They run from about $10 to more than $100 depending on size.
-- Canton Repository
Number to Know: 25.9
Grams of protein in one cooked Alaskan king crab leg – calorielab.com
From the Beer Nut's Blog: Finding a bargain
Recently I made a bargain-basement find: Allagash Curieux for $7.99 for a 750 ml bottle. This is a great price. Usually the Curieux runs more than $15 a bottle.
If you've never had the Curieux, it's a great beer. It's Allagash's tripel, aged in Jim Beam barrels for eight weeks. It's a mighty tasty and complex brew.
Have you ever found a similar bargain? I usually take a look at discounted beers at liquor stores. Managers will put aside beer that has been on the shelves for a while. If you're lucky, you'll find a beer that is perfect for aging, so the age won't bother you and you can get a great beer at a decent price.
To read more from the Beer Nut, visit http://blogs.townonline.com/beernut/
Food Quiz Answer
B. Fennel
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by Anna Maria Hoffman | February 8, 2013 4:46 am
by: Liz Thatcher[1]
Jezebel may have outdone themselves this time. In a Feb. 6 blog titled "What's the Best Age to Have an Abortion[2]" blogger Erin Gloria Ryan pontificates the pros and cons of getting an: abortion: at different ages. Her conclusion on the best age? "Taking into account access, ability to keep life plans intact, affordability, and likely relationship status, it's 25."
Oh, well that's great to know!
In the discussion of pros and cons of teenagers under 18 getting abortions, Ms. Ryan stated that it could be hard because "kids still living under their religious parents' roof may have some Bachmannian hang ups about when life begins and how totally damned they'd be if they ended their pregnancies." Ironically enough, Salon.com, another liberal rag, published an article on the 40th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade titled "So What if Abortion Ends Life?[3]" In this article, Mary Elizabeth Williams argued that feminists can't continue to pretend that pregnancy isn't a life if it was unplanned or you don't desire a child. "Fetuses aren't selective like that. They don't qualify as human life only if they're intended to be born."
Apparently Jezebel missed this [equally atrocious, yet honest] article.
Don't worry, it gets worse.
The only con listed for the age range of 18-23 is simply the "cost, access, you can't use your parents'insurance: because they'll know." Never mind the fact that you are taking the life of a child … oh wait, silly me. Jezebel is full of feminists that deny the science of life at conception. But it's totes cool to lie or hide the fact that you got an abortion from your parents … even though it is a: risky: medical procedure. How irresponsible can these women get?
In the 27-30 age range, a pro of getting an abortion was "if you saved up a little, you could probably afford a designer abortion. A Marc Jacobs abortion, in teal." Feminists always know how to keep it classy!
If you'll recall, Jezebel was the site that had the: freak out session[4]: on the 40th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade because they feared that states were shutting down women's rights to have abortions whenever the heck they felt like it, and attacked Norma McCorvey, the infamous Jane Roe and plaintiff in their sacred court case.
With garbage like this, is it any wonder that pro-choicers are losing ground?
This article was originally published[5] on: Counter Cultured's: "Lady's Nook": column.
Source URL: https://rightwingnews.com/blogosphere/only-two-more-years-until-my-optimum-abortion-time/
Copyright ©2023 John Hawkins' Right Wing News unless otherwise noted.


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The Zombies: Then, Now, and Forever
Though the term "British Invasion" now seems quaintly historic—it was, after, a musical event that took place on these shores in the early '60s—its relevance remains well into the 21st Century.
Prime evidence? Most certainly the Zombies, the sophisticated, surprisingly advanced group whose earliest hits—1964's "She's Not There" and "Tell Her No"—were only the prelude to a glorious career that culminated with 1968's classic album Odessey And Oracle, which bore not only the timeless hit "Time Of The Season" but an accompanying suite of songs that are among the very best ever in the pop era. The album is on more than a few critics' lists as one of the best pop albums of all time.
Though that hit came well after the Zombies had disbanded, and keyboardist vocalist Rod Argent had already formed the similarly stellar rock group that bore his last name—and Zombie vocalist Colin Blunstone was working his way to his own successful solo career—the Zombies' legacy only grew with time.
Fortunately, popular demand and fortunate circumstances have paired Argent and Blunstone once again all these years later. Drawing considerable acclaim for a series of live performances during the last few years, the reconstituted Zombies released 2004's As Far As I Can See, and, most recently Breathe Out, Breathe In, a superb new album just released in the States a few weeks ago. An admirable set that respectably carries on the band's very solid legacy, the album is a remarkable testament to the fact that pure unadulterated talent—whatever decade it might be displayed—will always rise to the top.
Y! Music was thrilled to host the Zombies this March at Austin's South By Southwest conference, during a Saturday night performance that was one of the festival's very best—and one which displayed a band still at the peak of their powers. We were likewise thrilled by an uplifting chat with band mainstays Argent and Blunstone, who gave us their very long-term perspective on all things Zombie all these years later, which we think you'll enjoy very much. Between that and the accompanying live performance, also lensed at this years SXSW fest, you'll have a great indication of what's made this band one of the most acclaimed in the history of rock 'n' roll. And that's no lie.


text: FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Mark Sanchez knows he won't be the New York Jets' starting quarterback this week. Beyond that, the one-time face of the franchise won't say whether he thinks he'll be back with the team next season. "I really haven't even thought about it," Sanchez said Friday. "Honestly, I'm a Jet. That's all I've known." Sanchez struggled mightily Monday night in a 14-10 loss at Tennessee, throwing four interceptions and losing the football on New York's final offensive play as the Jets were eliminated from playoff contention. Coach Rex Ryan decided Tuesday to give Greg McElroy the start Sunday against San Diego at MetLife Stadium. Whether Sanchez has played his final snap for the Jets remains to be seen. A person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Thursday that the Jets will consider all of their options regarding Sanchez and backup Tim Tebow. Trades in the offseason cannot be ruled out, but the person, who requested anonymity because the team's personnel plans are private, told the AP that the Jets have not made any determinations involving Sanchez or Tebow. "I'm focused on this game and the game next week," Sanchez said, declining to address any trade rumors. "We'll assess all that stuff at a later date." Ryan also would not comment on the futures of the quarterbacks, and wouldn't announce who McElroy's backup will be against the Chargers. "Quite honestly, it's going to be a coach's decision and I'll go ahead and make that decision later," Ryan said. "I've said there's a possibility all three guys will be up and there's a possibility two will be up. I'm not going to make that decision just yet." Ryan added that it's possible that "maybe" he has decided already and just won't say. Either way, Sanchez will not be under center at the start of the game for only the second time in his career, and first for something other than an injury. McElroy took the majority of the snaps with the first-team offense throughout the week, making for a somewhat strange scene as both Sanchez and Tebow watched. "I wouldn't say it's been normal," Sanchez said. "In that way, it's different, but at the same time, you have to be a pro, do the right thing, help Greg and prepare him like I always do." The Jets will likely be hard-pressed to trade or cut Sanchez, who is due $8.25 million in guarantees next season after having his contract extended last offseason. He would cost the Jets a $17.1 million salary cap hit next season if he is cut, but New York could spread that amount over the next two seasons if he is released after June 1. The salary cap hit would still be a costly $8.9 million if the Jets do find a willing trading partner. That could be further complicated by the fact Sanchez has turned the ball over an NFL-leading 50 times since the start of last season. Tebow, who will be traded or cut before the NFL's free agency period begins in March, has two years remaining on his contract. But it would cost the Jets only a little more than $1 million against the salary cap if they cut him. Meanwhile, McElroy will be making his first NFL start on Sunday after he made his first appearance three weeks ago against Arizona and helped New York to a 7-6 win after coming in for a benched Sanchez. The former Alabama star said friends asked him if he was excited the world didn't end, as the Mayan calendar predicted for Friday, before he got out there against the Chargers. "Yeah, I'm glad that we're still around," a smiling McElroy said. "I'm glad that everything's OK. I wasn't really worried about it." McElroy, who was 5 of 7 for 29 yards and the game's only touchdown against Arizona, hasn't felt any awkwardness among his fellow quarterbacks, considering he's starting for the former fifth overall draft pick in 2009 and leapfrogged Tebow on the depth chart. "They've been extremely helpful and I'm very grateful for that," McElroy said. "I'm just thankful to have such great guys in the (quarterbacks) room with me." The biggest change during the week, McElroy said, was the number of interviews he had to do once Ryan named him the starter. "I'm probably getting sunburnt from the lights," the fair-skinned and freckle-faced McElroy said, laughing. "That's about it." NOTES: TE Dustin Keller (sprained ankle) and DB Aaron Berry (hamstring) are doubtful and unlikely to play Sunday. … Defensive coordinator Mike Pettine, a close friend of Ryan, turned down a contract extension during the season, according to the Daily News. That means he could opt to leave for a similar position or head coaching job elsewhere. Ryan wouldn't comment, but said he thinks there isn't "any doubt" Pettine could be an NFL head coach. … Antonio Cromartie, who has filled in admirably for the injured Darrelle Revis as the team's top cornerback, was selected by teammates as the Jets' MVP. Online:


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Thursday, 25 October 2012 06:19 AM EDT
What gender gap?
Less than two weeks out from Election Day, Republican Mitt Romney has erased President Barack Obama's 16-point advantage among women, a new Associated Press-GfK poll shows. And the president, in turn, has largely eliminated Romney's edge among men.
Those churning gender dynamics leave the presidential race still a virtual dead heat, with Romney favored by 47 percent of likely voters and Obama by 45 percent, a result within the poll's margin of sampling error, the survey shows.
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After a commanding first debate performance and a generally good month, Romney has gained ground with Americans on a number of important fronts, including their confidence in how he would handle the economy and their impressions of his ability to understand their problems.
At the same time, expectations that Obama will be re-elected have slipped: Half of voters now expect the president to win a second term, down from 55 percent a month earlier.
For all of the good news for Republicans, however, what matters most in the election endgame is Romney's standing in the handful of states whose electoral votes still are up for grabs. And polls in a number of those battleground states still appear to favor Obama.
As the election nears, Romney has been playing down social issues and trying to project a more moderate stance on matters such as abortion in an effort to court female voters. The AP-GfK poll, taken Friday through Tuesday, shows Romney pulling even with Obama among women at 47-47 after lagging by 16 points a month earlier.
But now his campaign is grappling with the fallout from a comment by a Romney-endorsed Senate candidate in Indiana, who said that when a woman becomes pregnant during a rape "that's something God intended."
Romney quickly distanced himself from the remark by Republican Richard Mourdock. But Obama campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the incident was "a reminder that a Republican Congress working with a Republican President Mitt Romney would feel that women should not be able to make choices about their own health care."
A renewed focus on social issues would be an unwelcome development for Romney: Among female likely voters, 55 percent say Obama would make the right decisions on women's issues, compared with 41 percent who think Romney would.
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Romney's pitch to women has been focused squarely on the economy, making the case that what women want most is to ensure their families and their country are on a solid financial footing. The poll shows that message appears to be taking root.
A month ago, women favored Obama over Romney on the economy 56 percent to 40 percent. Now, the split has shifted to 49 percent for Romney and 45 percent for Obama.
Similarly, Obama's lead among women as the candidate who better understands the people's problems has narrowed considerably, from a 58-36 Obama advantage last month to a 50-43 Obama edge now.
Monica Jensen, a 55-year-old independent from Mobile, Ala., says she voted for Obama in 2008 but will shift her vote to Romney this time, largely because of the economy.
"I'm ready for a change," she said. "I want to see the economy go in a different direction."
Ginny Lewis, a Democrat and 72-year-old retired district attorney from Princeton, Ky., says she'll vote for Romney because "I'm tired of the Republicans blaming all the debt on Democrats, so let them take over and see what they do."
Not that she's optimistic about how that will turn out, though. "I think things will get worse before they get better," she said.
Lindsey Hornbaker, a 25-year-old graduate student and nanny, hasn't been swayed by Romney's charm offensive.
Hornbaker, interviewed Wednesday in Davenport, Iowa, where she was attending an Obama rally, said Romney can tweak his tone but not what she sees as a record focused far more on top income earners and out of touch with most working families.
"I heard him go out of his way to sound so moderate during the debate," she said. "And I thought: 'Who is this? Where did this come from?' He may sound like he's focused on the middle class. But where's the record?"
Obama, meanwhile, has been working to shore up his support among men, who tend to be more Republican than women. In the 2008 election, men broke 49 percent for Obama to 48 percent for John McCain, even though Obama got 53 percent of the vote overall. The president's job approval ratings among men have tended to fall below his ratings among women throughout his first term.
A month ago, Romney's advantage among men was 13 percentage points. Now, it's down to 5 points, with most of the shift toward Obama coming among unmarried men.
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Obama's election chances hinge on turning out voters like Jon Gerton, a disabled construction worker from Jonesboro, Ark. Gerton's a staunch Obama supporter — but he didn't vote in 2008.
"It takes longer than four years to get things to the point where things are going better," Gerton said. "Four years, it's not very long."
There has been a gender gap in every presidential election since 1980. In 2008, women were 7 percentage points more likely than men to vote for Obama.
Overall, people are significantly more optimistic about the economy and unemployment in the coming year than they have been at any point in AP-GfK polling going back to March 2011, when the poll first started asking those questions. And likely voters are even more optimistic than other adults.
Nearly six in 10 likely voters think the economy will improve in the next year, up from 46 percent last month. And 42 percent think the number of unemployed Americans will drop in the next year, up from 32 percent in September.
Count Chrysta Walker, of Cedar Lake, Ind., among the voters who are sticking with Obama because they think he's got the right solutions for the fragile economy.
"He's got the middle class at heart," says the 58-year-old Walker. On the economy, she says, Obama "did as well as could be expected because he didn't get a lot of cooperation."
David Bierwirth, who owns an autograph sales business in Las Vegas, turned out at a Romney rally in Henderson this week to show his support for the GOP nominee. To Bierwirth, his vote for Romney is all about the economy.
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"I want people back to work," he says, "because then they will buy my products."
The Associated Press-GfK poll was conducted Oct. 19-23 by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Corporate Communications. It involved landline and cellphone interviews with 1,186 adults nationwide, including 839 likely voters. Results for the full sample have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points; for likely voters it is 4.2 points.
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Brian Tolstyka stood at the edge of a giant American flag spread across several tables in the Veterans Affairs hospital gym. Wearing a leather vest with a flag patch and a hat with a flag pin, Tolstyka was about to stitch his place in history.
Gently clasping a threaded needle between thumb and forefinger, Tolstyka, 43, slipped it into the fabric of a red stripe. The 300 people in the West Virginia gym clapped. The Gulf War veteran felt a lump in his throat.
The 30-foot flag flew from a half-destroyed building across from ground zero in New York in those dark days after Sept. 11 — its stripes torn and tattered by debris from the fallen World Trade Center. In 2008, it was mended by 58 tornado survivors in Kansas with remnants of flags from their communities. Dubbed the National 9/11 Flag, it's been traveling the country ever since — a journey for the country's most recognizable symbol that has brought most Americans along, uniting more people in a post-9/11 world than it has divided in other times.
Within hours of the attacks, flags seemed to be everywhere: car windows, T-shirts, front porches. Wal-Mart sold 5 million by the spring of 2002.
Tolstyka, who served in the Army and organizes memorial motorcycle rides for veterans, went out and bought a flag for his car antenna a few days after Sept. 11. "It was a symbol," he says, "of support."
It was also a show of defiance against the terrorists, a rallying cry of unity and a soothing security blanket for a wounded nation.
"Every time there's some kind of national emergency, we put up flags," says Carolyn Marvin, a professor of communication at the University of Pennsylvania. "The flag represents the life of the country."
The Stars and Stripes hasn't always been as feel-good a symbol, depending on the decade and the politics. Defaced by Vietnam War protesters in the 1960s, invoked by politicians on both sides of debates about war and American values and burned by anti-American protesters overseas, it's been alternately reviled and revered.
Few Americans flew the flag outside of homes or businesses in the first few decades of its existence, says Marc Leepson, who wrote a book called "Flag: An American Biography."
But on April 12, 1861, when Confederates fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston, "flags started appearing almost overnight," he says. Women wore them in hats, men put them in wagons."
Leepson discovered an advertisement in a copy of a New York newspaper that was published just after the Fort Sumter attack. It mentioned a paint shop that advertised red, white and blue paints, and touted: "These colors are warranted not to run."
After Sept. 11, 2001, the flag took on a larger-than-life symbolism and brought that unity to a grieving country. Bumper stickers with images of the flag and phrases like "these colors don't run" became commonplace in parts of the U.S.
A New Jersey photographer snapped a photo of three city firefighters raising a flag on the ruined trade center site in an image that instantly was compared to the 1945 photo of U.S. Marines raising the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima. Flags spearheaded a patriotic buying boom, appearing outside homes, on office buildings, mugs and pins.
Country Singer Toby Keith wrote "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue" one week after Sept. 11. The song led with Americans saluting the flag and described wreaking vengeance upon the country's enemies:
"When you hear Mother Freedom start ringing her bell/And it'll feel like the whole wide world is raining down on you/Ah, brought to you, courtesy of the red, white and blue."
In December of 2001, Congress designated Sept. 11 as "Patriot Day" to honor those lost during the attacks — and mandated that all flags should be flown at half-staff each year on that day.
Nearly a decade later, flags aren't hanging from every front porch anymore, but they fill many American blocks, and thousands follow the touring flags to touch something that connects them to Sept. 11.
For West Virginia's Tolstyka, the national flag in Martinsburg — a small city straddling three states in West Virginia's lush green panhandle — directly to ground zero in New York and the attack that tore it shreds.
"It's a once in a lifetime opportunity," he says, grinning through his long, salt-and-pepper goatee.
For Bob McKee of Van Buren, Ohio, the flag symbolizes how much the U.S. has grown and changed over the years, while remaining strong. The 60-year-old flies four U.S. flags outside of his home, a few miles from Findlay, Ohio — a northwest Ohio community that's been known as Flag City since the 1970s.
"People from both political parties, from the left to the right, the one thing they have in common is the love for their country and what represents that is the US flag," he said.
After Sept. 11, McKee draped the flag in black crepe.
The attacks did more than usher a renaissance for the U.S. flag; they have also spawned a cottage industry of entirely new flag designs, mostly sold to raise money for various 9/11 charities.
There's the "Flag of Heroes," which lists the names of all emergency workers who died on Sept. 11. The "Flag of Honor" lists the names of everyone who died in the attacks that day.
There are two flags dedicated to the 40 who died aboard Flight 93 in a Shanksville, Pa., field: It declares, "OUR NATION WILL ETERNALLY HONOR THE HEROES OF FLIGHT 93" at the top three white stripes.
A retired Catholic priest created the "Thunder Flag," comprised of a blue stripe on top, white in the middle, and red on the bottom. On the top blue stripe are four white stars, representing the four planes on 9/11. The other colors represent heaven, courage and American soil.
There's a "9/11 National Remembrance Flag" that is loosely modeled on the POW-MIA flag.
There's a traditional American flag with the New York City skyline, including the twin towers, superimposed on the field of stars.
There's the "9/11 Patriot Flag," created by a Sept. 11 survivor, which depicts the Pentagon, two trident steel columns from the World Trade Center and four stars, one for each hijacked jet that crashed on Sept. 11.
That flag shouldn't be confused with the other "Patriot Flag" — a 75-pound, traditional U.S. flag that's also touring the country to honor the victims. It will be in New England on July 4.
Marvin, the Penn professor, says it's common, especially after such a ground-shifting event like Sept. 11, for flags to take on the status of a "sacred icon."
Or a national quilt. In West Virginia — the 32nd state to host the national flag's tour — folks lowered their voices to describe their feelings about having contact with something that once was near New York's twin towers. Yet when pressed to explain, they fell back on simple phrases about America and pride.
Samuel Boynton, who served in WWII, Korea and Vietnam and used a walker to approach the flag, says simply: "It means number one to me. There's no other flag better than the American flag."
A New York construction worker retrieved the flag and stored it at his home in a plastic bag for seven years — then brought it to Kansas when a nonprofit group, the New York Says Thank You Foundation, went to help people there recover from a tornado strike. State by state, Americans are stitching the banner back together, using pieces of fabric from American flags scheduled for retirement.
The flag is in Southport, N.C., this weekend; at the end of its tour, it will be displayed at the National Sept. 11 Memorial & Museum in New York.
Denny Deters, the president of the New York Says Thank You Foundation, his wife and their tiny Yorkie dog travel with the flag around the country, mostly in the couple's RV — although they occasionally fly. As he did in Martinsburg, Deters often emcee's each stop and introduces the people who lay the first stitches.
But the greying, faded flag that once flew across from ground zero might be most remembered for what it offers: a chance for ordinary Americans to weave a bit of their own history into the fabric.
Mending it, Deters said, "shows that the American people have the resiliency to come back."
In Martinsburg, Dawn Johns, 41, waited patiently in line. She had been there since the beginning, to mend a tiny piece of national history. She said that she could feel the patriotism, the emotion, as she looked at the flag.
"It represents everyone coming together and helping one another after a tragedy," she said.
Two hours later, it was Johns' turn to stitch, She had tears in her eyes as she took the needle in her hand.
EDITOR'S NOTE — Tamara Lush is traveling the country writing about the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Follow her on Twitter at http://twitter.com/tamaralush.


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Modules and Lmod
Last update: November 19, 2020
Controlling your Computing Environment
TACC resources, like all UNIX systems, set up a default environment with the ability to execute additional commands to alter the environment. The default setup is controlled by system and user files that your shell executes before you see the shell prompt.
On all TACC computers, your environment is controlled with the open source Modules utility. At login, "
module" commands set up a basic environment for the default compilers, tools, and libraries. For example: the
$LD_LIBRARY_PATH variables and directory locations (
$HOME) etc. These environment variables are automatically kept up-to-date when system and application software is upgraded.
Users that require 3rd party applications, special libraries, and tools for their projects can quickly tailor their environment with only the applications and tools they need. Using Modules to define a specific application environment allows you to keep your environment free from the clutter of all the application environments you don't need.
Each of the major TACC applications has a modulefile that sets, unsets, appends to, or prepends to environment variables such as
$INCLUDE_PATH, and
$MANPATH for the specific application. Each modulefile also sets application-specific functions and aliases. The general format of the module command is:
login1$ module load modulename
modulename designates the software package to load. Most package directories are in the system's "
/opt/apps" directory and each package directory contains subdirectories for specific versions of the package. Once the module is loaded, there are typically three environment variables defined corresponding to the package's root directory, the include path and the library path respectively.
As an example, let us consider the
fftw3 package. The FFTW3 library requires several environment variables for its installation directory, libraries, include files, and documentation. These environment variables can all be set by typing:
login1$ module load fftw3
The environment variables
$TACC_FFTW3_INC, and
$TACC_FFTW3_LIB are now set in your environment, and you can use these variables in Makefiles when compiling other software:
Sample Makefile line: icc -o myfftprogram myfftcode.c -I${TACC_FFTW3_INC} -L${TACC_FFTW3_LIB} -lfftw3
To see a list of available modules, a synopsis of a particular modulefile's operations (in this case, fftw3), or a list of currently loaded modules, respectively, execute the following commands:
login1$ module avail login1$ module help fftw3 login1$ module list
By default, TACC systems load the "
TACC" module, which loads default compiler (pgi) and the default mpi stack (Mvapich) modules, among others. You are free to change the default compiler and MPI stack either at login via your shell's startup files or through interactive commands.
Module System
The software environment on TACC resources are powerful but complex. In most cases, we support two main compiler suites (PGI and Intel), and three MPI stacks (Mvapich, Mvapich2, OpenMPI). Since each MPI stack must be built against each of the supported compilers, the result is a 2x3 matrix of compiler/MPI combinations, and a minimum of six different builds of any given higher-level software package (e.g. PETSc) which depends on both the compiler and MPI stack.
A great deal of this complexity is effectively hidden by the module system. Since you can only have one compiler and one MPI module active at any given time, typing "
module avail" will only show you the subset of all the available software builds that is actually relevant to your particular compiler/MPI stack combination.
On October 20, 2009, a new module software package, called Lmod, was installed on all TACC systems. Lmod has been under development and testing on TACC systems since 2009, and is now the default for all users. Users should notice very little change from the previous module command. The main advantage the new module system provides is automatic reloading of an entire module hierarchy when a single module anywhere in the hierarchy is changed.
For example, you can now switch from the Intel compiler to the PGI compiler, and any dependent modules, such as the MPI stack, will be automatically reloaded. Under the old module system, to change compilers you had to unload any MPI-dependent libraries such as FFTW2 or PETSc, then unload the MPI library, then unload the compiler, then finally load the new compiler, MPI, and MPI-dependent libraries. This was a time-consuming and error-prone process. Suppose you have just logged in and you have the default compiler (PGI) and MPI stack (Mvapich) loaded. Your program uses the FFT library FFTW2:
login1$ module load fftw2
Now, suppose that you wish to try the Intel compiler and use the same MPI stack and FFTW2, so you do:
login1$ module swap pgi intel Due to MODULEPATH changes the follow modules have been reloaded: 1) mvapich 2) fftw2
Lmod automatically unloads the pgi versions of Mvapich and fftw2 and loads their intel versions. Not all software combinations exist. For example, there is no version of fftw2 installed for the Intel/Mvapich2 pairing. If you type:
login1$ module swap mvapich mvapich2 Inactive Modules: 1) fftw2
This command's output reveals that there is no
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ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers will debate rules Thursday that could allow more mentally ill people to carry firearms, though hasty changes may blunt some of the impact.
The issue arose as House Republicans make a last-minute push on legislation permitting school districts to arm their employees and allowing those licensed to carry a gun to take their weapons into bars, churches and college campuses. That bill and a host of others must be approved by at least one chamber in the General Assembly by Thursday or risk failing for the year.
A lesser-noticed provision in the firearms bill would change rules on whether people who have recently suffered from mental illness or substance abuse can get a permit to carry a gun.
Probate court judges now have discretion over whether to give a license to a person who has been hospitalized as an inpatient at a mental hospital or an alcohol or drug treatment center within five years. Judges can require that applicants sign waivers allowing treatment facilities to disclose whether applicants have been hospitalized and allowing health care providers to give their recommendations to the judge.
The new bill would apply similar restrictions only to people who are involuntarily hospitalized, not those who voluntarily request help.
"... This bill strengthens and clarifies the mental health inquiry process for those seeking a Georgia Firearms License because it is targeted at the dangerous, not a person who recognizes they have an issue and voluntarily submits to treatment," Jasperse said in a statement. "Simply being hospitalized doesn't make a person a criminal or a threat."
His plan would make it easier for judges to get information about involuntary hospitalizations. Court officials would be required to report involuntarily hospitalizations to a state database that judges could consult before issuing a permit to carry a weapon. However, the latest legislation would not authorize judges to get information on voluntary inpatient treatment for mental health or substance abuse problems.
In a significant change, Jasperse's bill would require that judges check every applicant for involuntary hospitalizations. Right now, judges can make those inquiries, but they are not mandatory.
The bill is backed by GeorgiaCarry.org, which wants gun owners to have greater freedom to carry their weapons in public. John Monroe, an attorney for the group, said he did not believe the proposal would change how most judges operate. If judges check at all, they typically ask for information from a state-run network of hospitals.
Monroe said it would be difficult, if not impossible, for judges to send waivers to every possible private treatment provider before issuing a license.
"There's no way for a probate court judge to check these things," he said.
Changes to the bill Wednesday would specifically prohibit judges from giving licenses to sex offenders, those deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial and those found not guilty of a crime by reason of insanity. Another restriction would prevent judges from issuing a license to anyone whom a law enforcement officer heard make a threat against another person. Reports documenting those threats would be available to judges through the state-run database.


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Monthly winners will have their photos posted here!
anyone up for it??
Since the Photo Challenges have died I think we will hold a spring/summer challenge. If we get enough photos in a short period of time, we will hold...
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A young princess is the subject of a tug-of-war among witches, as each struggles to find the suitable antidote to a death sentence inculcated by an evil sister.
French provocateur Catherine Breillat (Fat Girl, Bluebeard) continues her deconstruction of classic fairytales with her latest, The Sleeping Beauty. Cursed at birth by an evil fairy, Anastasia is destined to prick her finger and die at the age of sixteen. When three feckless fairy sisters discover this they hatch a plan to alter the curse: rather than die, Anastasia will sleep for 100 years. While in slumber, Anastasia comes of age through a series of vivid dreams, filled with charming princes, dwarves, gypsies and magical creatures. When she reawakens a fully-formed adolescent, she finds that in real life, happy endings are more elusive than in our fantasies. Beautifully designed by Francois-Renaud Labarthe and photographed by the great Denis Lenoir (Carlos), this constantly surprising, thought-provoking investigation of the female psyche reaffirms Breillat as one of the most inventive and risk-taking of contemporary French auteurs.


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Seniors news
ROCHESTER — Don't want to cook supper? Area residents, aged 50 and older, are invited to join the Good Ole Sports at Spaulding High School cafeteria on Tuesday evenings for dinner. The cost for meals will be $7.00 per person this year. This is a very active social group. There are no dues to pay, but there will be dinner, cribbage and dancing to both records and a DJ. Also available are door prize raffles and a 50/50 "pot-o-gold" raffle.
For more information and to make a reservation or to cancel a reservation, call (603) 948-1883, answering machine 24/7, and leave a clear message before 7:30 pm on Monday with your name, telephone number and how many will attend dinner. In case the school is closed on the scheduled Tuesday, there will be no meeting of the Good Ole Sports.
PORTSMOUTH — The senior luncheons held at the Community Campus each month will now be held the second Tuesday and fourth Thursday each month, from noon to 1:30.
The luncheons, which are organized and partially funded by Families First Health and Support Center, include soup, sandwiches, salad and dessert, for $4. The Community Campus, home to several social service agencies, is located at 100 Campus Drive in Portsmouth.
Portsmouth residents call 431-8677 by noon on the same day that lunch-reservations are due.
DOVER — Dover Community Senior Center news, 61 Locust Street: Current and new players are always welcome to join any of our ongoing games and activities: Cribbage, Bridge, Poker, Pay Me, Whist, Bingo, Chess, Mahjongg & Scrabble. Pick up our newsletter to learn more about the games or our other groups & classes including our Mystery Lunch group, Spanish classes, bowling or walking! Book club also meets once a month! We offer a wide range of classes specifically geared towards Seniors including Chair Yoga, Zumba Gold, Cardio and a Muscle Strength Range of Motion class. Pick up our newsletter or call (603)516-6436 for information on classes, times and cost for these programs. We are located in the McConnell Center at 61 Locust Street – enter Door # 1 to visit the Center!
Travel Update: All trips leave from the Dover Ice Arena "Park and Ride" lot unless noted
November 7-8, 2013: Casino Escape! $163/pp double.
November 20, 2013: Thanksgiving Feast & Show featuring Ziggy Molar at White's of Wesport! $74.
December 7, 2013: Christmas Spectacular with the Reagle Players! $81.
ROCHESTER — Our membership luncheon meeting is held on the fourth Wednesday of each month starting at noon. The cost is still only $7.00. Reservations must be made Monday before the luncheon.
Our monthly Wellness Clinic is also on the fourth Wednesday of each month, from 11:00 a.m. to noon. Nurse Sandy from the Cornerstone VNA will be at the center.
Foot Clinic: Nurse Sandy will be at the Senior Center for the foot clinic on first Thursday of each month starting at 11AM. Please bring your own basin, towel and lotion. Cost is only $25. The foot clinic is by appointment only. Call Nurse Sandy at 332-1133, ext. 126 to make an appointment.
Our quilting group meets every Monday and Thursday at 11:00AM. Experienced and new quilters are always welcomed.
Bingo for members only is held every Tuesday starting at 1PM. We have lots of fun.
Various crafts take place on Mondays and Thursdays. We also have a variety of books, movies and puzzles that members can borrow.
Our Board of Directors meets on the first Wednesday of each month starting at noon. All members are welcome to attend this meeting, you do not have to be a board member to attend.
The Tea Party is held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month starting at 1:00PM. Join us for tea, coffee, goodies, cards and board games. Bring a friend or two, and your favorite food item to share with others. There is no charge or reservation required. The Senior Center office is open Monday through Thursday from 11:00AM to 2:00PM. Call us at (603)332-7845. We are located in the Rochester Community Center building at 150 Wakefield Street, suite 10. (Look for the red rails.) Drop in to pick up a free copy of our news letter, "The Senior Scanner". It includes a calendar listing all our activities. Membership is open to all who are 50 years old plus. You do not have to live in Rochester to be a member. Dues is only $1 per month, $12 for the entire year.
SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — Senior Center upcoming events:
Line dancing classes are held on Fridays from 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.Cost is $2 per class.
Don't forget Thursday lunch is a la carte. No reservations are required.
Join us for line dancing, a walking class, Cribbage, Bingo, Bridge, Whist, Board Games weekly. The senior center is located at the South Berwick Community Center on Norton Street.Stop by and pick up a Monthly Newsletter or call 384-3310 for more information.
WAKEFIELD — The Greater Wakefield Resource Center offers Bingo on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday at 10 a.m., doors open at 9 a.m. A hot meal is served immediately following Bingo at noon. Attendees do not have to live in the area to participate. Donation requested of $2.75 for each meal. For a menu, visit http://www.greaterwakefieldresourcecenter.net. A monthly Blood Pressure clinic is held the second Thursday of each month at 9 a.m. The resource center is open Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
For more information please call (603)473-8324.
NEWMARKET — Newmarket Senior Citizens Group News: Meetings are the first Wednesday of every month at 10 a.m. at 6 Beech St. Ext.


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I was bullied pretty badly when I was a kid, the worst period falling between the ages of 10 and 14, I think. People tell me to get over it, and that I am an adult now, privileged and famous and constantly applauded not only in my primary field, stand-up comedy, but also in practically every endeavor I have chosen to devote myself to, from acting to burlesque bump-and-grind to songwriting. I am told I have no right to complain, and that may be true to some extent, the good in my life flowing in from all directions, satisfaction pulsing through me every second of the day, but I will never stop complaining until I am dead in the ground or even afterward, probably, if I can find a way back out of the light to complain about the afterlife. I will never stop complaining. It's kind of fun to me now, and looking back, I was treated so terribly that I don't feel I have the capacity to forgive. F*ck forgiveness and all that. I think that even Jesus would say, "Yeah I guess you do have a point..."
I was hurt because I was different, and so sharing my experience of being beaten and hated and called ugly and fat and queer and foreign and perverse and gluttonous and lazy and filthy and dishonest and yet all the while remaining invisible heals me, and heals others when they hear it -- those who are suffering right now. If you are going through this kind of sh*t today, try to remember that I lived through it and now thrive. I f*cking thrive.
My former bullies pay extra to come backstage and meet me after shows, and I pretend not to know them in front of their friends. It is the most divine pleasure to exact the revenge of the brutalized child that resides within. Don't consider suicide. Consider revenge. Consider what I get to do now. Know that this could be your life, too. Grow up and let anyone try to contend with the adult you. The grown-up you will be fearsome and tremendous, not only for all the pain you have endured but also because you have survived it. I cannot wait to meet you, tall and mighty in your grown glory. Stay here so we can eventually come together and be friends. Stay so you can tell me your story. I need to hear it.
I love the It Gets Better campaign, and I want to tell you that it not only gets better; it gets amazing, and don't leave before you can witness it firsthand. Stick around for awhile. The best stuff comes later in life. It just does. You'll see. You just have to trust me on this one, but you will be glad that you did.
There were a few things that saved me, like the young gay men my father employed at his bookstore, who would ride me on the back of their café racers, motorbikes that were butch yet classy as hell, built for speed first and beauty next. They'd tell my father that if I got tattoos, maybe then I would have friends, and this is true today, as if they had been telling me my fortune. I have tattoos, and I have many, many friends.
Music was like a hot bath I could escape into, steamy and warming me to the bone. I still am comforted greatly by sounds. Chord progressions and lyrics were my cliques and confidants. Songs sustained me more than I can say here, more than I can explain in words.
Comedy was the key to everything. I grew up fast and controlled my future by bringing it on faster than it naturally unfolded. I cheated myself out of a childhood but then got a running headstart into adulthood that no one else could keep up with.
All these things help me still, revive me when I feel weak, and remind me how far I have come and where I am going.
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Date and Time Parameters
This task is only useful for result sets that contain date information. You should also want to do some kind of sorting based on date or time results.
The formula described here will provide a date picker in a report parameter, allowing report users to view data constrained by the specified date and time.
- Open an existing report or create a new report and establish a data source and query, then drag your data-driven fields onto the canvas.
- Add a new parameter by clicking the Master Report Parameter button at the top of the Data pane. The Add Parameter... dialogue will appear.
- Type in an appropriate parameter name and friendly name for the parameter.
- In the Value Type field, select or type in Date.
- Create a formula for the Default Value Formula. If you want the current date and time to be the default, you can use =NOW() as your formula, or for a slightly more specific output, try =DATEVALUE(DATE(YEAR(NOW());MONTH(NOW());DAY(NOW())-WEEKDAY(Now()))).
Alternatively, to define a time-related value use the Time Value Type and select the appropriate option under Timezone.
- In the Display Type field, select Date Picker, then click OK to create the parameter.
- Click Preview and verify that the parameter displays and functions correctly. You may have to adjust your query if it does not produce a testable result set.
Your report's date-based result set can now be manually adjusted by report users.


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Schiele, Egon
Schiele, Egon ā´gôn shē´lə [key], 1890–1918, Austrian expressionist painter and draftsman, studied Vietta Academy of Fine Arts. Influenced by the French impressionists, then by Gustav Klimt, Schiele developed a taut, linear style, emphasizing attenuated anatomical structure in drawings and paintings that often have strong sexual subject matter. Best known for his gaunt self-portraits and erotic figure studies, he also painted haunting portraits of his contemporaries and dark, brooding landscapes. With Kokoschka, he was in the forefront of the Austrian expressionist movement (see expressionism) until his sudden death at 28 of influenza. The Neue Galerie, New York City, has the largest collection of works by Schiele in the United States.
See biographies by F. Whitford (1985), S. Wilson (1987), and J. Kallir (2003); E. Mitsch, The Art of Egon Schiele (tr., 2d ed. 1988); M. Dabrowski, Egon Schiele: The Leopold Collection (1998); R. Price, ed., Egon Schiele: The Ronald S. Lauder and Serge Sabarsky Collections (2005).
The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2023, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Bits and pieces on the bottom of the module dependency tree. Also import the required constants, so we know what we're using.
In the interests of cross-compilation, we want to free ourselves from the autoconf generated modules like main/Constants
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wordLength :: Int Source
spillAreaLength :: DynFlags -> Int Source
We need 8 bytes because our largest registers are 64 bit.
extraStackArgsHere :: Int Source
We (allegedly) put the first six C-call arguments in registers; where do we start putting the rest of them?
fits13Bits :: Integral a => a -> Bool Source
Check whether an offset is representable with 13 bits.
is32BitInteger :: Integer -> Bool Source
Check whether an integer will fit in 32 bits. A CmmInt is intended to be truncated to the appropriate number of bits, so here we truncate it to Int64. This is important because e.g. -1 as a CmmInt might be either -1 or 18446744073709551615.
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Microsoft Debuts Xbox One, Will Go On Sale 'Later This Year'
REDMOND, Wash. – Microsoft introduced XBOX One on Tuesday as its next-generation entertainment console that promises to deliver an interactive television experience unlike any other later this year.
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"What if a single device could provide all of your entertainment?" Senior Vice President Yusuf Mehdi said to the throng of reporters Tuesday.
Microsoft thinks it has the one. The console promises to be the one system households will need for games, television, movies and other entertainment. It will go on sale later this year.
Don Mattrick, Microsoft's president of interactive entertainment business, said the company has spent the past four years working on the "all-in-one home entertainment system."
The console was demonstrated Tuesday at Microsoft's Redmond, Wash., headquarters using voice control to seamlessly switch back and forth between watching live TV, listening to music, watching a movie, browsing the Internet, as well as simultaneously running apps.
Microsoft executives touted the Xbox One as a replacement for the set-top box from your cable provider. It has its own guide and you can change channels by voice command.
Senior Vice President Yusuf Mehdi demonstrated how the console switched quickly between channels after saying show names like "Mary and Martha" or "Watch MTV." His voice command of "What's on HBO?" brought up the channel guide for HBO.
"No more memorizing channels or hunting for the remote control," Mehdi said.
The interface for the TV goes well beyond the functionality in Nintendo's Wii U, which still requires users to press buttons to change the input source on the TV.
"You can switch to your game like it's a TV channel flip," said Marc Whitten, Microsoft's chief production officer of interactive entertainment business. He called it a "lag-free instant experience."
Microsoft also unveiled a new version of its camera-based Kinect system with better motion and voice detection. It showed how users can watch live sports on TV while getting updates on fantasy leagues on a split screen. In an effort to stay ahead of rivals, Microsoft said new content for the popular "Call of Duty" game can be downloaded on the Xbox One before any other system.
Microsoft says more games will be shown at next month's E3 video game conference in Los Angeles.
It's been eight years since the launch of the Xbox 360. The original Xbox debuted in 2001, and its high-definition successor premiered in 2005.
For the past two years, Microsoft has led the gaming industry sales with its popular console.
Xbox has been the exclusive home to such popular gaming franchises as sci-fi first-person shooter "Halo," racing simulator "Forza" and alien shoot-'em-up "Gears of War." In recent years, Microsoft expanded the scope of the Xbox 360 beyond just games, adding streaming media apps and the camera-based Kinect system.
Nintendo kicked off the next generation of gaming in November with the launch of the Wii U, the successor to the popular Wii system. The Wii U features an innovative tablet-like controller, though its graphics is on par with the previous-generation Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo said the console sold just 3.45 million units by the end of March, well below expectations.
Sony was next, teasing plans for its upcoming PlayStation 4 — without showing the actual box — at a February event in New York. The reaction to that console, which featured richer graphics and more social features, was mixed.
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Have you ever made reference to The Godfather quotes without realizing it? Of course you , have, this movie contains some of the most epic lines in cinematic history. "The Godfather" is one of the best movies that has ever graced cinema screens. The story follows the Corleone family, and its rapidly multypling problems. Marlon Brando plays the role of Don Corleone, the Mafia boss who is on his way out and wants his war-hero son, Michael (played by Al Pacino) to take over. "The Godfather" is rightly considered one of the best movie series made, and it has some memorable quotes to go along with it It is no surprise that the movie received part 2 and 3, considering what a strong impact it had on the audience. Let's take a look at the best The Godfather Quotes that appear in the movie.
1. "I'm Gonna Make Him an Offer he Can't Refuse." – Mario Puzo
This is undoutebly, the most famous The Godfather quote that many people reference to. It was said by Mario Puzo.
2. "A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man." – Don Corleone
3. "You talk about vengeance. Is vengeance going to bring your son back to you or my boy to me?" – Don Corleone
4. "Barzini is dead. So is Philip Tattaglia. Moe Greene. Stracci. Cuneo. Today I settled all family business so don't tell me that you're innocent. Admit what you did. Get him a drink. Don't be afraid, Carlo. Come on, you think I'd make my sister a widow? I'm Godfather to your son… Go ahead. Drink. Drink. No, you're out of the family business, that's your punishment. You're finished. I'm putting you on a plane to Vegas (…) I want you to stay there, you understand? Only don't tell me that you're innocent. Because it insults my intelligence and it makes me very angry. Now, who approached you first?
This is a part of the conversation between Michael and Carlo. At this point, the tension in the movie is very high. This is without a doubt one of the best quotes from the Godfather.
5. "Fredo, you are my older brother and I love you. But don't take sides with anyone against the Family again. Ever."
Michael tries to clear up things with his brother, Fredo Corleone (John Cazale) after he takes sides with a friend (Alex Rocco, who is not a friend of the Family). In this the godfather quote you can clearly see the love and respect that Michael has for his family.
6. "For justice, we must go to Don Corleone."
Bonasera (Salvatore Corsitto) mentions this to his bit of conversation as he talks to Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando). This famous the Godfather quote appears in the movie after the judge suspends sentences for two boys involved in his daughter's attack.
7. "It's not personal, Sonny. It's strictly business."
Number 7 on our list of the Godfather famous quotes is the line from Michael Corleone. This short sentence pretty much sums up the entire philosophy of the Family and their perspective on things. This sentence has also been referenced in the movie "You've Got Mail".
8. "Friendship is everything. Friendship is more than talent. It is more than the government. It is almost the equal of family."
This is one of the Godfather quotes that will stay with us forever. Even in a world as corrupt as this, the protagonists still cherish values like family and friendship."
9. "Revenge is a dish that tastes best when served cold." – Mario Puzo
Number 9 on our list of quotes from the Godfather is a line that has made history. It came from the mouth of Mario Puzo
10. "Great men are not born great, they grow great…" – Mario Puzo
Another great line comes from Mario Puzo. This The Godfather Quote demonstrates that it is only through one's own power that one can become great.
"Never hate your enemies, it affects your judgement." – Mario Puzo
This sums up our list of best The Godfather quotes of all time. We hope you liked them, and if you have more famous the Godfather quotes that you would like to share, we would love to add them to the list.