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Houston Museum of Natural Science doomsday exhibit to demystify Maya calendar
Detail of murals that were reconstructed by Yale University depicting images in the jungle monuments in Bonampak in the Mexican state of Chiapas. The Houston Museum of Natural Science, curators are launching a large exhibit designed to teach people about Maya culture and debunk the myth that these ancient people believed doomsday was Dec. 21, 2012. AP Photo/Bonampak Documentation Project.
By: Ramit Plushnick-Masti, Associated Press
Some might prepare for the end of the world by checking off items on their bucket list. But at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, curators are launching an exhibit designed to demystify the Maya and debunk the myth that the ancient culture predicted doomsday on Dec. 21, 2012.
Visitors will walk darkened halls lined with pottery, jade carvings and black-and-white rubbings of jungle monuments, all tied in some way to the sophisticated Maya calendar. They'll sit in replicas of large, mural-filled buildings that still grace the jungles of Mexico. And they should come away with at least one thought: The sun will rise on Dec. 22.
"The calendar is there, and it will continue, so nobody ought to be afraid of what Dec. 21 will bring because there will be a Dec. 22 and, yes, there will be a Christmas," said Dirk Van Tuerenhout, curator of the "Maya 2012 Prophecy Becomes History" exhibit opening Friday.
Nearly every item on display circles back to the Maya calendars: complex, cyclical countdowns that helped an ancient people who dwelled in the jungles, mountains and coastal regions of Central America track crucial events especially the rain and build large cities, some with as many as 90,000 people.
The exhibit takes visitors back nearly 3,500 years. Murals carefully reconstructed by Yale University depict images in the jungle monuments in Bonampak in the Mexican state of Chiapas such as the Maya celebrating the induction of a new heir to the throne all on a blood-red backdrop. Stone carvings and rubbings depict anniversaries and special events. Replicas of large pyramids explain how the Maya tracked the sun's progress in the sky, giving ancient astronomers the power to know when the rainy season would begin and when to plant the corn.
The exhibit explains the calendars through videos showing the wheels introduced by Europeans to wed the Maya count with their own, as well as Maya inscriptions and writings. It shows how the Maya calendars while advanced and complex largely focused on the daily needs of a society by counting what we call days, months and years.
"So you could have time to get your festivals organized and your king ready to bleed and your sacrifices, so the astronomer actually controlled the timekeeping of the Maya," said Carolyn Sumners, the museum's vice president for astronomy, who helped create a 3D movie to accompany the exhibit. "The power of that priest and the power of that king depended on feeding these people."
The Maya did this with several calendars, each with a different count. The "ritual" cycle was 260 days long, the time between the planting of the corn, or possibly, the time from human conception to birth, experts say. They also had a 365-day calendar, similar to our own, and the two met once every 52 years, which also matched the average life expectancy of a person living at that time, said Rebecca Storey, an anthropologist at the University of Houston.
The king, however, needed a "long count" to create a legacy, Sumners explained.
It is this count, which begins with Maya creation and ends three days before Christmas Eve, that is the focus of the end-of-the-world beliefs. This count is broken up into 13, 400-year segments, or baktuns. The last one ends on Dec. 21, 2012, and the ancient Maya believed that on Dec. 22 they would start counting again from zero, Storey said.
The date coincidentally lines up with a rare event. In 2012, the sun will pass through the center of the Milky Way during the winter solstice, when it is at its weakest an event that occurs every 26,000 years, Sumners said. This connection, experts believe, might be behind some of the doomsday scenarios; however, there is no evidence the Maya were aware this astronomical phenomenon fell on the same day as the end of their long count.
"Most of the Maya scholars think it comes from the Christian West where the whole idea of doomsday and apocalypse is an important part of Christianity," Storey said. "It's mostly outsiders that have made that link that somehow the end of a time cycle can be a time of destruction."
The Maya ended their long count at 13 because it is, for them, a sacred number, Storey said. They believe the end of a count is a time of renewal, and this will be the theme of many of the modern-day Maya celebrations to be held in Central American cities on Dec. 21, she added.
In reality, the Maya did suffer an "apocalypse," said Sumners, but it occurred around 900 A.D., when the classic Mayan civilization collapsed. It appears years of drought had stopped the rain.
"The reason it was such a catastrophe for them, such a collapse that they never really recovered from, it was that they overbuilt," Sumners said. "They did not create a sustainable culture if the rains didn't come, and that's what we face today."
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
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LOS ANGELES — On June 30, the brain trusts of all thirty National Hockey League teams will gather in Newark, New Jersey to help determine the future of the league at the 2013 NHL Draft, where hockey's best and brightest young prospects will be on the edge of their seats—along with their families—waiting for their name to be called.
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The council is taking up the issue as Douglasville-based Stoddard's Range and Guns looks to open an Atlanta location near Atlantic Station. That plan would involve converting a dilapidated plumbing supply company into a nearly 30,000-square-foot range and retail store.
Officials say some residents of Loring Heights have turned to the city council to halt the project.
Councilwoman Yolanda Adrean recently proposed requirements that shooting ranges to be at least 800 feet from residences, churches, schools, libraries and hospitals. That proposal gained steam Tuesday, with the unanimous approval of the council's public safety committee. It's expected to be taken up by the city council as early as next week.


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The fruits of Enterasys Networks' labor are starting to show a year after it made big bets on a converged networking-data center strategy and that solution providers would be more receptive than ever to alternative vendors with a good channel story to tell.
Enterasys has increased sales through partners by 25 percent, has won over industry analysts that were initially skeptical of another vendor with a so-called fabric strategy and has a fattening pipeline of business with partners in key verticals like education, healthcare and government.
Enterasys, a Siemens Enterprise Communications company, substantially retooled its partner program in early 2011 and, with its partners, focused heavily on data center, wireless networking, and security, among other areas. All of those markets are important to OneFabric, Enterasys' open, standards-based platform that can be deployed using a customer's existing infrastructure, gradually as a customer expands his usage needs and upgrades products, and offers a stem-to-stern management platform for everything from mobile devices to the core data center assets.
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"Customers want to solve problems using fewer resources and not have ongoing management headaches," Appalaraju said, in a recent interview with CRN at Enterasys' Andover, Mass., headquarters. "We understand the nuances that come from virtualization all the way to mobile devices, and we've made a network pertinent to them. The phased approach is the key. Businesses are able to foresee what needs to come next, and that makes their decisions strategic."
Charlie Van Pelt, director of North American channels, said Enterasys has spent less time in the past year recruiting "transactional" partners than targeting solution providers who can sell infrastructure and data center and tell more of the convergence story.
Enterasys has brought on about 400 new partners around the world since 2011, and about 90 percent of Enterasys' sales now go through the channel. But, the goal is quality partners and also encouragement of existing partners to offer the whole Enterasys portfolio.
"We're being more selective," Van Pelt said. "About 20 percent of our partners are fully able to sell that way now. We want to have much more presence in our partners, and we're getting that."
Some of its recent channel incentives have helped the effort. Enterasys spiffs partners who bring in new opportunities, for example, and also provides back-end rebates for successfully closed new business.
But, it's also continued to expand OneFabric, with such recent offerings as the Enterasys Mobile Identity and Access Manager (IAM) -- a piece of OneFabric's Security offering, available as a physical or virtually-deployed appliance for about $8 per monitored mobile device.
"This is tangible -- these are things they can make money with," Van Pelt said, describing the way Enterasys wants to build channel offers on the OneFabric concept. "Our customers don't have to replace everything, and we can manage it, very simply, whether wired or wireless."
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Factoid interesting perhaps only to me: For the first time this season the Dolphins and the Panthers will leave a game week with different results.
One team will win, the other will lose tonight and will be live blogging most of the way through.
But the previous nine games, both teams lost their first three games this year. Both teams won two straight. And each won lost, won, lost, won the past four games.
It is very mild here, temperatures in the 60s. There is a light haze in the air.
The biggest news tonight is that Nate Garner will start at left guard for the Dolphins but Justin Smiley is not inactive. He will be available to play.
Patrick Turner was working and he will be active for tonight's game. The inactives are Tyler Thigpen (3rd QB), Lydon Murtha, Paul Soliai, Erik Walden, Anthony Fasano, Andrew Gardner, Lionel Dotson and Nate Ness are inactive.
RB Kory Sheets is active for the first time this season.
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HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, UNITED KINGDOM -- (Marketwire) -- 11/09/12 --
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After October half term, Perran Sands park in Cornwall closed and the builders have moved in to start work on a brand new GBP 1.2m cafe bar which will be ready for guests in 2013.
But the big question on everyone's lips at Haven was "what shall we call it?" And who better to ask than their customers. An appeal was sent out in their e-newsletter, posted on Facebook and Twitter and there was even a video from June Donnery, General Manager of the park on You Tube. Guests, team members and owners were asked to post their suggestions on the Haven Facebook page. June was overwhelmed by the response as over 450 fans shared their ideas which included Dunes and Haven - a Bite and Sands.
June said: "we were really impressed with the creative ideas everyone came up with and it was a tough decision but we finally all agreed on 'Surf Bay' which was the idea of Boo Beddoe. We chose this as the park is so popular with surfers."
Diners at 'Surf Bay' will be rewarded with lovely views of the dunes and the seaside location will be reflected in the beach themed decor. Food will be sourced locally where possible and the menu will have a choice of local specialities and seasonal options. Perran Sands holds a coveted Gold Green Tourism Business Award so hardly surprising there will be some eco-friendly features in the new cafe bar include a Windcatcher that will be installed on the roof. This is a natural ventilation system which literally catches the wind and sends it into the building whilst at the same time taking the stale air out. So everyone can benefit from the cool fresh sea air inside without the need for mechanical intervention. In addition there will be solar panels to provide hot water.
This new cafe follows on from the investment this year of GBP 1.5million on a new touring facility. Camping and caravanning holidays are extremely popular especially in Cornwall. It's a fantastic way to get really close to nature and spend time outdoors. Just as the new cafe bar is being designed to fit with its location so were the new shower and washroom blocks. They really blend in with the sand dunes, their curved roofs are covered in grass and harvest rainwater to make them self-watering. Solar panels heat the showers and the building is clad in cedar. But it doesn't stop there, energy efficient under-floor heating, roof lights to make the most of the natural light and inside the interior has been themed with camper vans and beach huts.
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It's the Battle of South America in our final of football's greatest number 10 competition.
Diego Maradona and Zinedine Zidane were both seen off in the last four, with the former's compatriot Lionel Messi defeating his forefather while Brazilian Pele beat the latter.
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The National Weather Service has added three short-lived tornadoes in Virginia and Maryland to the two it had already confirmed during storms June 13 in Montgomery and St. Mary's counties.
All were rated EF-0 on the Enhanced Fujita scale, the weakest category of tornado, and lasted just a few minutes each.
One was in the Broomes Island area of Calvert County, uprooting two oak trees 1-2 feet in diameter, destroying the roof of a farm building and ripping off tree limbs. The tornado had maximum wind speeds of 70 mph and was on the ground for about 3 minutes.
It was the second confirmed tornado in Southern Maryland that day -- another was found to have moved along a 14-mile path from the Oakley area to California and the Patuxent River, dissipating about the same time the other tornado formed to its north.
Two other newly confirmed tornadoes passed through Northern Virginia, in the Thornburg area of Spotsylvania County and in rural King George County.
For full reports on each tornado, read the weather service's public information statement.
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By Farah Merchant, Business Wire
SEC Chair Mary Jo White recently issued a staff report to Congress on disclosure reform initiatives. The report, mandated by Congress in the 2012 Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, offers an overview of the SEC's Regulation S-K.
Regulation S-K pertains to disclosure, and first applies to companies upon IPO that register with the SEC using form S-1, and refers to ongoing reporting requirements in Forms 8-K and 10-K.
White's primary concern is the risk of information overload to investors, and she defined information overload as, "a phenomenon in which ever-increasing amounts of disclosure make it difficult for an investor to wade through the volume of information they receive to ferret out the information that is most relevant."
She believes the guidance needs to be updated as there is repetition in disclosure, where certain items appear in more than one section, i.e., information on legal proceedings that appears in its own section but also in the notes to financial statements, risk factors and MD&A.
White addressed the need for input from market participants for the following proposed recommendations:
- Recommending that companies file a "core document" or "company profile" with information that changes infrequently (needs to be reworded)
- Amending the filing process by streamlining and simplifying disclosure requirements to reduce administrative costs
- Researching ways to enhance the presentation and communication of information; and to use technology to address these issues
Click here for a copy of the full SEC report.
Is less disclosure more helpful or harmful to investors?
According to a recent Fortune article, the early opinion on the street is that although the disclosure requirements of the SEC may need an updated and possible streamlining, the information currently available is useful and helpful.
Although it may be true that not all investors read a filing in full, there are many that do, as the full filing provides insight on investment and voting decisions. By having more information available, investors feel that they can be more diligent in assessing risks. If nothing else, the recent financial crisis has taught investors a valuable lesson and that is to be more informed, more educated and to not discount risks.
So already we have a difference of opinion. On one hand you have the SEC looking to 'simplify' their disclosure process, with the possibility of reducing the amount of information necessary for companies to meet disclosure requirements. On the other hand, you have the street, which at first blush is more than happy with the amount of content and would be happy to receive even more granular details.
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One weak and ailing pelican was found in Narragansett, R. I., on Nov. 8. A couple of days later, a fishing boat returned to shore with another juvenile pelican.
A trio of local men helped fly a pair of Superstorm Sandy refugees into town and now their passengers – a pair of juvenile brown pelicans – are recuperating at Volusia County's Marine Science Center.
"It was quite an event," said Mel Dorr of Spruce Creek Fly-In in Port Orange. Dorr's company loaned out an airplane for the special flight from Rhode Island to Volusia County.
The pelicans' plight began in the days after Sandy swept up the Atlantic Coast, first as a hurricane, then morphing into a monster hybrid storm. The storm apparently swept several pelicans far off course from the usual northern limits of their range, along the North Carolina coast.
One weak and ailing pelican was found in Narragansett, R. I., on Nov. 8, said Jennifer Brooks, clinic director with the Wildlife Rehabilitators Association of Rhode Island. A couple of days later, a fishing boat returned to shore with another juvenile pelican that had landed on their vessel four days earlier about 120 miles offshore.
Brooks said the crew aboard the boat, which was catching fish for Sea World, probably saved the pelican's life by sharing part of their catch with the weakening bird.
A rehabilitator with the association, Judy McGuire, said they were touched when the second pelican was delivered to the clinic.
"The first pelican wrapped its wing right around the other one," she said. "It was like two people who hadn't seen each other in a while."
Brooks said both pelicans "were just kind of banged up."
"They had a lot of scuff marks," she said. "I think they got tossed around a lot."
Pelican sightings may not seem all that unusual to those used to seeing the gangly brown birds hanging out at fishing piers or flying low over the ocean, but they're very rare in Rhode Island.
The birds were only the 13th and 14th brown pelicans ever recorded in the state, said Michael Brothers, science center director. One of the pelicans has a silver band on its leg, indicating it was banded as a nestling. Staff at both rehabilitation clinics are waiting for information on where that banding occurred.
The pelicans were among untold numbers of birds affected by the storm and its winds and high tides.
"The storm has had tremendous effects all the way from Maine to Maryland," said Patrick Comins, a director of conservation for the National Audubon Society.
Some birds were blown off course, surprising bird watchers by showing up in unexpected locations. Others may have lost nesting areas or may find them drastically altered. Other birds were caught up in the wind and seas, with some eventually ending up at rehabilitation centers along the coast.
"We had some really remarkable occurrences," Comins said. For example, a sighting of an ocean-going bird called a herald petrel was reported in Pennsylvania.
"That's a darned good bird (to see) off the coast of North Carolina, never mind as far inland as Pennsylvania," Comins said.
Other reports were received of birds that may have sensed the storm was coming and taken flight to escape the worst of it.
Fortunately for the birds, Comins said, Sandy did not occur at a peak migration time.
Not all impacts were negative, Comins said. Certain species, such as the endangered piping plover and the least tern, need flat beaches with little vegetation for nesting. They rely on storms like Sandy to flatten the beaches and remove vegetation.
At first the Rhode Island clinic kept the rescued pelicans in its outdoor shelter, but when the weather turned cold they moved them into a tent indoors and began looking for a way to get the pelicans moved to a warmer climate.
Brooks said McGuire stepped in to choreograph the delivery. McGuire and her husband are friends with Dorr. He and his business partner, Bill O'Brien, also a Fly-In resident, agreed to loan their plane and arranged for a pilot to fly up to Rhode Island to pick up the birds and take them back to Volusia County. The men own a company that finances aircraft.
It wasn't the first time the pair have helped chauffeur ailing wildlife. Five years ago they carried five sea turtles from the New England Aquarium to an aquarium in Charleston, S.C., Dorr said.
Dorr said they were prepared to cover the whole cost, but were surprised to learn donors stepped forward to pay the pilot and fuel costs for the trip.
Pilot Howard Coombs, also of the Fly-In, flew up on Friday and flew the pelicans back on Saturday.
A small group from the center's Mary Keller Seabird Rehabilitation Sanctuary gathered to meet the plane at the Fly-in and collect the birds.
"It was really heartwarming, all the people who were willing to help get these birds and bring them back to Florida," Brothers said. "It was a wonderful effort by a lot of people."
Once at the center, the pelicans were checked for intestinal problems and received fluid therapy for about 24 hours, said the sanctuary's Rachelle LeBlanc.
Now they are eating on their own, she said, receiving a mix of small fish, including mackerel, finger mullet and thread herring. One is being treated with ointment for frostbite on its toes. Each pelican weighs about 7 pounds.
"They have been having a great time in the pool," LeBlanc said.
They'll be released once the center's medical staff determines they've recovered, Brothers said.
Meanwhile, the Association in Rhode Island has received another pelican and a fourth pelican may be rescued this week, Brooks said. She hopes those pelicans can also be delivered to Ponce Inlet.


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The incidents never happen because of distraction. As far as I can seen anyway. They always occur at a cross walk near the crest of a hill so I understand the sudden stops in that situation, but not the speeding up after I already started in the cross walk. The other incidents occur after some train tracks near my house. For some reason people feel the need to catch up for lost time after they have slowed down for the tracks.
I practice basic road safety and etiquette, I stop before entering the side walk, look both way, wait for cars that are going to pass even though legally they have to stop.
I usually raise my arms/shoulders, palms upraised, in a "What the heck?" kind of gesture... but I realize this is not etiquette-approved
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Keller's three hits in four trips to the plate raised his average to .394 on the season, second in the Ivy League, while his triple helped him boost his slugging percentage (seventh in the nation to start the week) 20 points to .778. He also had two RBIs, which briefly put him in a tie for the league lead until sophomore Nick Lombardi lofted a deep sacrifice fly to reclaim the lead with 33 this year.
The Big Green jumped on St. Anselm starter Ryan Cosmopulos (2-2) with three consecutive singles to start the first inning. Parisi reached on an infield hit before senior Ennis Coble sent him to third with a line single to right. A wild pitch allowed Coble to advance to second, then Keller ripped a two-run single back through the middle.
In the second, Dartmouth got a run without the aid of a hit as freshman Trent Goodrich was hit by a pitch, Piersma walked and Cosmopulos uncorked another wild pitch. A fly to right was not deep enough for Goodrich to score, but Parisi followed with a long fly to center that was as Goodrich trotted home for a 3-0 lead.
The Hawks brought in reliever Clayton Welch to pitch the third, and Keller greeted him with a blast to the gap in right-center for a leadoff triple. One out later, Lombardi sent a pitch to the track in left for a sacrifice fly, although the ball was dropped for a two-base error as well. A throwing error on a grounder to short allowed Lombardi to score from second to make it a 5-0 game.
Freshman Joe Purritano had a two-out, RBI single in the fourth to plate sophomore Bo Patterson, who started the inning with an infield single. Three walks in the fifth by reliever Matt Wojichowski helped the Big Green score three more runs in the fifth with Piersma delivering an RBI single, Patterson driving in a run with a grounder to short and Coble beating a relay to first on an attempted double play to score Piersma.
|Freshman Beau Sulser pitched two effective innings in relief.
On the mound, meanwhile, the Big Green hurlers were keeping the Hawk lineup in check. Sophomore starter Adam Frank (2-0) battled through some wildness in his scheduled three innings, allowing just one hit with three walks and a hit batter, but no runs. Junior Louis Concato came on for two perfect frames, fanning one, and freshman Beau Sulser followed by retiring six of the seven batters he faced.
St. Anselm touched freshman Duncan Robinson for its two runs in the eighth as Zach Hubbard doubled and Kyle Grumoli singled to put runners on the corners with one out. Robert Kelly's grounder to first allowed Hubbard to score the first Hawk run, then Mike Hayden hit a solid single to center to bring Grumoli around from second.
Dartmouth takes to the road this weekend for a four-game Ivy League series at Yale (8-22, 5-7 Ivy) with a three-game lead in the Rolfe Division standings over the Bulldogs and Harvard. The doubleheaders on Saturday and Sunday will both begin at noon.


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August 15, 2013 to October 19, 2013 – online Now that you've had a chance to read all the nominees, vote for your favorites! The ten books to receive the most votes will named the 2013 Teens' Top Ten! Voting starts August 15 and ends October 19. Organized by YALSA | Type: announcement
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Grant applications and guidelines are available by contacting one of the following RCHF board members: Lew Barnes, chair, 736-6931; Terry Eggleston, co-chair, 736-6125; and Mary Beth Chess, secretary, 736-6049.
Applications are also available at various locations throughout Ripley (including Meeder's Restaurant and the Ripley Library) and at nccfoundation.org. The application must be forwarded to the RCHF, c/o Lew Barnes 9764 E. Lake Road. Ripley, 14775 and be postmarked by Jan. 15.
The RCHF was formed in 2000 with a mission to enrich the lives of Ripley residents. To help the community, the RCHF administers a grant program specifically for volunteer organizations providing worthwhile services within the Ripley community.
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Chelsea and Manchester City are on a collision course over the signature of Atletico Madrid forward Radamel Falcao, with both teams willing to do all they can to land the in-form forward.
Falcao has marked himself out as one of the most dangerous strikers on the planet, and so far has eight goals in La Liga for Madrid.
The Colombian also bagged a hat-trick against Chelsea in the Super Cup last month to help down the Stamford Bridge club 4-1.
While Madrid insist they will not sell up in January, their hand may be forced if the release clause in Falcao's contract is activated by a suitor.
Both Chelsea and Manchester City have been heavily linked with Falcao in recent months, with Citizens boss Roberto Mancini in Madrid last weekend, reportedly casting an eye over the former Porto forward ahead of a January swoop.
Now, according to the Sunday Express, both Chelsea and Manchester City are willing to throw everything they have to land the striker, with both clubs willing to spark a bidding war to land their man.
The issue could be complicated somewhat by the interest of Paris Saint-Germain, who are more than capable of matching both Premier League clubs financially
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Have been a weekly takeout customer since Blockheads opened in this location, but they have changed the recipes recently, giving their black beans some type of unappealing smoked flavor, and the pinto beans are not much better. And adding cabbage and chi
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I decided to check out this place for dinner since my coworkers were always raving about how great their burritos were. PLEASE, for the love of gawd, DO NOT go here if you're looking to find burritos. I'll cut to the chase and list what was wrong with my
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I am aghast to read that someone thinks $9.95 - a $2 increase over a record breaking $7.95 for brunch, is unreasonable. Especially when they were throwing in unlimited drinks! Go with the times! You cannot drink anywhere in an unliminited fashion for $
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I don't usually write reviews, but felt compelled to write this. I tried blockheads for the first time this summer, and as a CA transplant was ecstatic that I finally found a decent burrito place in nyc. since that first time though, I have had two disapp
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For many years, Blockheads has, or I should say, had the one of the best free-drinks brunch on week ends. But they've just jacked up the price of brunch to $9.95 plus $2 per refill for a glass of champagne, sangria or margarita. Prior to this, people
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Blockheads is my favorite standby when I can't decide where to eat, and I prefer the Murray Hill location to that of Midtown (too small and cramped). It's always good, always cheap, and even though they don't take reservations, I've never waited more than
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The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has branded the cost of implementing EU insurance regulation Solvency II 'frankly indefensible', according to the Financial Times.
The paper reported that Andrew Bailey (pictured), head of the FSA prudential business unit, called the plans 'shocking' and said the costs, estimated to be over £3 billion to UK insurance companies alone, were 'frankly indefensible'.
Bailey also expressed scepticism at the new timetable for the already much delayed reforms, which are now unlikely to come into force before 2016, the FT reported.


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About an hour before Wednesday night's game vs. Memphis, Celtics general manager Danny Ainge shook hands with Avery Bradley as the guard left the court to prepare for his season debut. Ainge grinned and then returned to his cellphone conversation with the knowledge that, for the first time all season, his desired backcourt of Bradley and Rajon Rondo would be on the floor together in a game.
That backcourt failed to produce the desired result as the Celtics lost their fourth straight game, 93-83, to the stingy Grizzlies at TD Garden. The Celtics allowed Memphis to shoot 61 percent from the field in the first half on its way to a 9-point lead at the break. That lead ballooned to 18 points at the start of the fourth quarter. One game into his return, it's clear that Bradley's defensive prowess cannot keep a team down all by itself. Bradley had 4 points and one steal in 20 minutes against the Grizzlies.
"You have to play a while to get your feel back," Bradley said after the game. "It'll come. I'm not really worried about that."
The Celtics have been worried about their defense, which alternates between respectable (they rank 13th in defensive rating, which measures points allowed per 100 possessions) and porous (they gave up an average of 108 points in the last three games of their recent road trip). Bradley is supposed to help, but the Celtics actually played their best on defense without Bradley Wednesday night after getting down by 18. Courtney Lee began the fourth quarter at shooting guard, and with him in the game the Celtics trimmed the deficit to 13. Enter Jason Terry, who made the bulk of the starts in Bradley's absence. With Terry in, the Celtics cut the deficit to 5 with just under five minutes left in the quarter. Back-to-back 3-pointers from Terry got the Celtics back into it, while back-to-back shot clock violations on the other end highlighted a renewed commitment to defense. The Celtics kept Bradley off the floor for all but the end of the fourth quarter, choosing to ease him into his first game action.
"He's going to slowly work his way back and get his legs in game shape," said forward Paul Pierce.
The Celtics are hoping that Bradley's defensive energy eventually becomes contagious. Coach Doc Rivers called Bradley's defense on the ball Wednesday night "terrific," adding, "Avery's going to help us. You could see that."
There were glimpses against Memphis, but they were overshadowed by the final product. With 9:53 left in the third quarter Bradley side-stepped to the right spot and gave Grizzlies point guard Mike Conley nowhere to go, causing Conley to step on the sideline. Bradley let out an enthusiastic shout as he ran back down the court.
But at other times, Bradley failed to slow down Conley, and the point guard finished as the game's high scorer with 23 points, making 3 of 6 3-pointers.
"It's not guarding our guys," said Bradley. "We've all got to be on a string and helping each other out. Once we learn that we'll be fine. That's been our struggle, what we've been working on a lot in practice."
Center Kevin Garnett, who brought the defense-on-a-string mentality to the Celtics when he arrived in 2007, said Bradley would be a big part in the team getting back there.
"I thought he brought some good energy," said Garnett. "It's good to have him back. He's a big part of this scheme. We want to be better and he's a big part of that process."
For those questioning just how much of an impact one player can have on a team's defense, Rivers pointed to the locker room across the hall, where former Celtic Tony Allen has the Grizzlies ranked No. 1 in the NBA in defensive rating and opponents' points per game.
"You take one great defensive player and you put him on a team and that team's going to be a better defensive team," said Rivers. "And as important as bigs are, if it's a guard that applies pressure, that fuels energy. You see it. It's hard for you not to do it. You've got this guy doing it and what are you going to do, not do anything? It clearly helps."
It didn't help enough Wednesday night, though the third-year player remained positive.
"Every team has its ups and downs," said Bradley. "The best teams are the ones who can go through the adversity. I feel like we're going to overcome."Gary Dzen can be reached at email@example.com.


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WOBURN -- Middlesex Clerk of Courts Michael Sullivan uses the example of yellow crime-scene tape when explaining why he is running for Middlesex district attorney.
"I would be there after the yellow caution tape comes down and I'll do what it takes to work with schools, police and other agencies to prevent crime so the caution tape doesn't have to go up,'' Sullivan said.
Sitting in the comfortable library in the Clerk's Office in Middlesex Superior Court, surrounded by family photos, Sullivan admits he's got a great job. He was elected to Middlesex clerk of courts in 2007, following in the footsteps of his late uncle, Edward Sullivan, who held the post for 48 years.
Some would say the clerk's job, which pays him $122,000 per year, was Sullivan's destiny.
After an unsuccessful run for Middlesex district attorney in 1998, losing to now state Attorney General Martha Coakley, Sullivan, 54, of Cambridge, is ready to put destiny aside and throw his hat into the ring again.
"I didn't take this decision lightly,'' said Sullivan, who was urged to run by his wife, Denise, and two sons, Michael, 15, and Paul, 13.
"The reality is I can make a difference. I have the skill set to do the job and the voters deserve a choice.''
So far there is only one other candidate for the $149,000-per-year DA's post and that is fellow Democrat and current District Attorney Marian Ryan, who has worked in the office for more than three decades.
Sullivan says he sees himself as the underdog because he only announced his candidacy in December.
He says the Middlesex District Attorney's Office, with more than 120 employees and an approximate $15 million budget, is the "largest law firm in Middlesex County.'' Sullivan stresses the four "C's": communication, coordination, collaboration and cooperation.
Scott Harshbarger, Tom Reilly and Martha Coakley all transitioned from Middlesex district attorney to state attorney general, before Harshbarger and Reilly ran for governor, and Coakley took a shot at the U.S. Senate. Sullivan says the Middlesex DA's job won't be a stepping stone into a larger political office. He says he's been there, done that.
A "triple eagle,'' attending Boston College High School, Boston College and Boston College Law School with his twin brother, Walter, an attorney with the Boston firm of PretiFlaherty, Sullivan was the third generation in his family to be the mayor of Cambridge, running the city between 2002 and 2006, and following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather.
Sullivan stepped down from the Cambridge City Council in 2007 after the state Ethics Commission said it was "problematic'' for him to hold two offices as the clerk of courts and "special magistrate" as well as serving as city councilor, according to published reports.
While he admits his family is politically connected, Sullivan says that has often meant he had to work twice as hard to prove himself.
Sullivan worked as a Middlesex prosecutor in district courts in Newton, Marlboro, Framingham, Woburn and Lowell District from from 1986 to 1991, then as an assistant attorney general from 1991 to 1994, before working at the law firm of Bellotti & Barretto from 1997 to 2007.
Sullivan says he probably wouldn't have run if Leone had opted for re-election. He describes Ryan as a "great person'' with whom he has been friends since they were both in the Middlesex DA's office, but he says, "I bring a skill set someone who has been in the office for 31 years doesn't have.''
One of his concerns about the current state of the DA's office is staff departure, he said. With an average starting salary of about $34,000 per year, Sullivan admits prosecutors are the lowest-paid lawyers in the courtroom. Although he doesn't promise hefty raises, Sullivan's approach is to recognize the work people do and show them that they are valued.
"The office needs to be reinvigorated and retooled,'' he said.
Sullivan said he appreciates hard work because he puts in the hours himself, rising at 5 a.m. and not finishing his day until well into the evening.
"I've never had a 9-to-5 job,'' he said. "You put in the hours it takes to do the job. I've never known anything else.''
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The Commonwealth is not collaterally estopped from relitigating a suppression issue after the issue has been resolved against it in an earlier proceeding against a different defendant.
The defendant, Stephens, and a codefendant were charged with drug offenses as a result of evidence seized and statements made during a motor vehicle stop. The defendant, Stephens, was indicted as a subsequent offender for distributing cocaine, and his case proceeded to the Superior Court, while his codefendant's case remained in the District Court.
In the District Court, the codefendant moved to suppress the physical evidence and his statements as products of a warrantless search and seizure; his motion was allowed. The Commonwealth subsequently dismissed the charges against him for lack of evidence.
The defendant, Stephens, moved in the Superior Court to suppress the same evidence, as well as his statements made during the search. Several weeks after the codefendant's motion was allowed in the district court, the judge in the Superior Court denied Stephens's motion to suppress, concluding that the police officers had reasonable suspicion to stop Stephens and probable cause to search his vehicle.
Stephens subsequently learned of the result in the district court case and moved for reconsideration of the denial of his motion to suppress, claiming that the Commonwealth was collaterally estopped from relitigating the propriety of the search because the issue had been resolved against it in the District Court. The Superior Court judge denied his motion, concluding that "mutuality of the parties must exist in the criminal context" and there was no mutuality here because "the defendant himself" was not a party in the District Court case. Stephens was tried and convicted of distributing cocaine, and was convicted as a subsequent offender. He appealed, and the Supreme Judicial Court transferred the case on its own motion.
The doctrine of collateral estoppel provides that, "when an issue of ultimate fact has once been determined by a valid and final judgment, that issue cannot again be litigated between the same parties in any future lawsuit." Commonwealth v. Lopez, 383 Mass. 497, 499 (1981), quoting Ashe v. Swenson, 397 U.S. 436, 443 (1970).
The Supreme Judicial Court upheld the ruling of the Superior Court, noting that, "for the same reasons we have concluded that inconsistent verdicts, while "intellectually discomforting," must be tolerated to effectuate the societal interest "in securing just and accurate results in the criminal law," Commonwealth v. Cerveny, 387 Mass 280 (1982), there is no sound policy reason why the Commonwealth should be precluded from seeking to enforce the criminal laws against a defendant where, for whatever reason, a codefendant has prevailed on a motion to suppress.


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Miami Heat star LeBron James became only the fifth person in the history of the NBA to score ten or more points in 500 consecutive games last night.
The power forward bagged a seasonal best of 35 as the Heat romped to a 95-104 victory over the Toronto Raptors, and never looked a doubt to cross the 500 mark.
It's an incredible achievement for James, who is widely regarded as one of the best stars in the sport today, and places him amongst such company as Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone and Moses Malone.
Any sceptics hoping to see the Heat star fall at the final hurdle will have been left disappointed as the Heat were far too good for their opponents last night.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Dirty Dozen Brass Band trumpeter Efrem Towns is recovering at home in New Orleans from a vicious attack by a Rottweiler at an Atlanta motel.
He missed performances in Colorado and New Orleans after the attack on Nov. 18, and doesn't know if he'll make the band's next scheduled gig on Dec. 28, The Times-Picayune reported.
He and baritone sax player Roger Lewis said the dog surged from an open motel room door after Towns knocked on the door of Lewis' room.
"I didn't know if it was a dog, wolverine, bear, mongoose or what. I just knew something had me," Towns said.
He said the dog's owner came out of the next room, and they were able to subdue it.
At Atlanta's Grady Hospital, he received 30 stitches in his groin. Towns, who has health insurance through his wife, Tracie, said he will be seeing a urologist this week.
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band formed in 1977, and is credited with creating the contemporary, funk-infused brass band sound. It's been featured on albums with David Bowie, Elvis Costello and the Black Crowes.
Towns said he probably could practice while convalescing. "But I'm very uncomfortable right now," he said Friday evening. "I'm basically immobilized — it's hard getting around. I'm kind of miserable."
The experience hasn't soured Towns on dogs. He and his wife own three miniature schnauzers, a standard schnauzer and a mixed breed. On Friday, his daughter's dachshund was visiting.
"I'm a dog person," he said. "And even though I got bit, I hope they don't put that dog to sleep."


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Have you taken your companions for an adventure in Gateway's game, Sword Coast Adventures? Sword Coast Adventures is a press-your-luck, dice-matching game in which players send a party of 4 companions into a series of random, mysterious locations to earn rewards and gain companion experience.
To learn more about the development of Sword Coast Adventures, click here for the Dev Blog written by Rob Overmeyer, Executive Producer. If you would like any additional help on how to play Sword Coast Adventures, click on the "?" on the main Sword Coast Adventures map (upper right-hand corner) then select FAQ. Also, another helpful resource is available on the official Neverwinter Wiki article on Sword Coast Adventures.
As you embark on an adventure, you'll face a variety of challenges at each location on the Sword Coast Adventures map. You must ensure that you take on challenges appropriate for your companion rank. Also, you'll want to bring along a variety of companions with various power dice types to tackle the different challenges inside.
What are power dice?
Every companion owns a set of basic, 6-sided, dice, as well as up to 4 power dice that range in size from 4-side to 12-sided, with the 12-sided being the most powerful. As companions rank up, their power dice will grow in size as well as quantity. By checking the tooltips on your companions, you can see their strengths and weaknesses. And though different, each color of special die is equally powerful, so it's up to you how you configure your party. Each encounter will require you to select the right companion with the right combination of Dragonling Bones and Power Dice to ensure victory!
|Power Dice Types
|Companion Rank Up - Dice Size Chart
|Kossuth (Magic/Combat)
|Tempus (Perception/Combat)
|Lolth (Thievery/Combat)
|Tyr (Magic/Perception)
|Oghma (Magic/Thievery)
|Shar (Perception/Thievery)
12-Sided Power Dice
We hope this guide helps you plan out each monster encounter and guide you to victory. We'll see you on the Sword Coast!
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text: The 2012-13 regular season has been over for a little more than a week, but as far as this column is concerned, it can't officially end until we hand out a few awards. Let's begin: The Big Opportunity, Huge Disappointment Award – to Josh Smith. Acceptance Speech: With Joe Johnson gone, and in the last year of his contract, Smith had the right circumstances and the motivation to improve on his big stats from 2011-12 (18.8 ppg, 9.6 rpg, 3.9 apg, 1.4 spg and 1.7 spg). Instead, Smoove declined in points (17.5), boards (8.4) and steals (1.2) while shooting a career-worst 51.7 percent from the line. He did post 4.2 apg and 1.8 bpg – his best in those categories the last three years – and hit a career-best 0.8 3s per game, but it wasn't enough to salvage a frustrating season: Smith finished 92nd in Basketball Monster's 9-category rankings, largely because of that free throw percentage. Taking a step back, I realize that averaging around 18, eight and four with standout defensive stats is nothing to be too upset about. But given the expectations, it's fair to complain – and fair to be worried about Smith's decline. The free throw percentage has dropped nearly 21 points in two years (from 72.5 in 2010-11 to 51.7 this year), and he's not the dynamic shot-blocker he used to be. After posting 2.6 bpg his first four years in the league, he has averaged 1.8 the last five years (and this year, posted just 1.3 bpg from Feb. 1 onward). Yes, 1.8 is still pretty strong, but the decline in two major categories is significant for a player who turns 29 next December – and is visibly not as explosive as he used to be. As a Hawks fan I appreciate what Smoove has done despite all the maddening and perplexing moments, but I would not want to sign him to a max deal this offseason.Follow me on Twitter: @MattStroup The Nice Suit Award – to Kevin Love, Andrew Bynum and Derrick Rose. 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Like Beal, he turns 20 this summer. Jonas Valanciunas: Over the final month of the season (14 games), Valanciunas averaged 15.1 ppg, 7.3 rpg and 1.9 bpg, shooting 63.4 percent from the field and 85.4 percent from the line. For more on Valanciunas – and other players with breakout potential – check out Adam Levitan's write-up right here. If I Drafted for Next Year Today – My Top-10 1. LeBron James 2. Kevin Durant 3. Stephen Curry 4. Chris Paul 5. James Harden 6. Russell Westbrook 7. Kevin Love 8. Kyrie Irving 9. Paul George 10. Carmelo Anthony And, that officially does it. I'll try to check in with an offseason Stew or three before next season arrives. In the meantime, I'll be taking part in the futile endeavor of rooting for the Hawks. When they inevitably lose, I'll move on to: A) Rooting for the Warriors (that series with the Nuggets is by far my favorite of the first round); B) Hoping for a Thunder-Heat Finals rematch (somehow won by the Thunder); (Update: Russell Westbrook knee surgery. Ouch) C) Regretting the fact that I drafted Al Horford so early while attempting to stomp Dr. A and the rest of the Rotoworld crew in this fantasy hoops playoff league. Thanks for reading this year. See you around here sometime this summer.