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Original URL: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/16/yahoo_announcements/
Yahoo! hooks self into Twitter
Tests 'local' ecoupons
Posted in Policy, 16th November 2010 17:15 GMT
Yahoo! has unveiled a wide range of new additions to its sweeping online portal, including a handful of search tools, hooks into the micro-blogging service known as Twitter, and games from the "social" gaming giant Zynga.
Today, during a press event alongside the Web 2.0 Summit in downtown San Francisco, the company also introduced a "local offers program", a way for local merchants to distribute online coupons to the company's 180 million unique monthly users on both PCs and mobile phones.
Yahoo! is partnering with 20 different merchants on the program, which echos Facebook's new Facebook Places–based "Deals" setup, and it is currently under test. The program might involve a new section of the Yahoo! home page that offers such local deals to users.
Speaking to a small group of reporters this morning, Yahoo! chief product officer Blake Irving said Yahoo! is beefing the company's Bing-backed search with a new search- assist tool, which suggests possible searches as you type, and with a desktop version of its iPhone "sketch-a-search" tool, which lets you search by virtually roping an area on an online map.
As part of its integration with Twitter and Zynga games, Yahoo! has rolled out a new beta version of its Yahoo! Messenger IM client, which lets you update Facebook, Pulse, and Flickr as well as tweet to Twitter, play Zynga games, and, yes, send IMs. ®


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text: Woodrow Silson Scott MacKay's favorite books of 2013 By Scott MacKay • Dec 19, 2013 In keeping with what has become an annual tradition, here are our 10 favorite books of 2013. In no particular order, of course. Good Prose by Tracy Kidder and Richard Todd: A wonderful book for the writer on your Christmas list. This inspiring and instructive work is about the partnership of a great narrative writer (Kidder) and his editor (Todd).


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Morris Hospital is offering $30 flu shots at its Braidwood, Channahon, Dwight, Gardner, Marseilles, Minooka and Newark Healthcare Centers.
Flu shots are available during office hours. No appointment is required.
A higher dose flu vaccine is available for $50 for individuals age 65 and older. Individuals in this age group are more susceptible to getting the flu.
Flu, or influenza, is a serious contagious disease that causes an average 36,000 deaths in the United States each year.
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), an annual flu vaccine is the best way to reduce the chances of getting the flu. The CDC recommends getting vaccinated as soon as the vaccine becomes available and preferably before December.
It takes about two weeks after getting the vaccination for antibodies that provide protection to develop in the body.
Since everyone is at risk for seasonal influenza, the CDC now recommends that everyone 6 months of age and older get vaccinated against influenza. It's especially important that the following groups get vaccinated because they are at high risk of having serious flu-related complications. This includes pregnant women; children younger than 5, but especially children younger than age 2; people 50 years of age and older, people of any age with certain chronic medical conditions; people who live in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities; people who live with or care for those at high risk for complications from flu, including healthcare workers, household contacts of persons at high risk for complications from the flu, and household contacts and out of home caregivers of children less than 6 months of age.
Certain people should not be vaccinated before talking to their doctor. This includes people who have a severe allergy to chicken eggs, people who have had a severe reaction to an influenza vaccination in the past, and people who developed Guillian-Barre syndrome within 6 weeks of getting an influenza vaccine previously.
The influenza vaccine is not approved for use in children younger than 6 months.
The Morris Hospital Healthcare Center office hours vary by location. For office hours, go to www.morrishospital.org/healthcarecenters.


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The enigmatic Frenchman spent five memorable years at Old Trafford during his playing days, etching his name into United folklore. Cantona concedes the opportunity to return to his former home would be difficult to turn down, but he does not see Ferguson, who has spent 26 years in the Red Devils hot-seat, going anywhere anytime soon.
"Alex Ferguson is young, has so much energy, so much love of the game, so many things to give, more and more and more," the 46-year-old, who currently holds a post as director of football at the New York Cosmos, told the Daily Mirror.
"And I love to watch them winning things and I want Ferguson to be manager forever.
"He's a winner, that's why he has won so many things. It's what is incredible with him, next game is like the first game of his career, and he gives you that - his passion, his love of the game, love of winning things." Asked if he would take the United post if offered it, Cantona added:
"I would say, 'United is special, so of course I would do it'.
"Today I'm with the New York Cosmos. But if one day there is an opportunity? Why not. Like diving from here to the sea, watching, speaking to the fish, octopus, crabs and journalists."
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An 18-year-old P1 licence holder from Arncliffe was caught travelling at 146km/h on the Hume Highway in Goulburn shortly before 11am yesterday.
In the second last day of Operation Safe Arrival, with the Holiday Road toll currently at 14, the driver was fined $2,154 and had his licence suspended for exceeding the 90km/h speed limit for P1 drivers by 56km/h.
The NSW holiday road toll has reached 14, following the death of a motorcyclist in the Hunter yesterday (Thursday 3 January 2013).
About 5.15pm, a motorcycle and four-wheel-drive collided on the Putty Road at Howes Valley, approximately 50km south of Singleton. As a result the male motorcyclist, aged in his sixties, died at the scene. He was the fourteenth person to be killed on NSW roads since the launch of 'Operation Safe Arrival', the NSW Police Force's annual Christmas/New Year traffic enforcement.
Operation Safe Arrival will conclude at 11.59pm today (Friday 4 January), however Superintendent Bob Ryan from the NSW Police Force's Traffic and Highway Patrol Command said motorists can expect to see an ongoing and highly visible police presence on the roads in the weeks ahead.
"For the remainder of the summer, we will continue to conduct numerous road safety operations, designed to catch dangerous drivers before they hurt or kill themselves or someone else," Superintendent Ryan said.
"Last January (2012), 32 people were killed on NSW roads.
"With thousands of families heading off to holiday locations throughout the state, major roads, highways and freeways will be busy, meaning police will be busy too.
"We've said it before and we will say it again – this time of year should be spent with friends and family, not in the back of an ambulance, an intensive care ward, a police cell or morgue.
"If you are taking to the roads over the coming weeks, do the right thing by yourself, your family, your friends and other road users –stick to the road rules, drive to the conditions and arrive at your destination safe and sound."
On Day 14 of Operation Safe Arrival, police conducted 24,700 breath tests, resulting in nine motorists being charged for drink driving.
Officers also caught 702 speeding motorists and booked a further 846 road-users for other traffic offences.
Superintendent Ryan said it was clear that far too many motorists don't appreciate the risks associated with breaking the road rules.
"If you are foolish enough to speed, drink drive, run a red light or use a handheld phone while in control of a vehicle, getting caught by police is a lucky break!
"The reality is the consequences of your behaviour could be far worse – you could kill a loved one, you could kill yourself, you could lose your ability to walk, or you could end up spending a number of guilt-ridden years behind bars," Superintendent Ryan said.
Some examples of irresponsible driving behaviour on Day 14 of Operation Safe Arrival
- An 18-year-old P1 licence holder from Arncliffe, was fined $2,154 and had his licence suspended after being caught travelling at 146km/h – 56km/h over the 90km/h speed limit for P1 drivers – on the Hume Highway in Goulburn shortly before 11am.
- About 7.10pm, a 41-year-old woman was arrested and charged with a number of offences after leading police on a high-speed pursuit through the streets of Deniliquin with an unrestrained five-year-old child seated in the rear of the Subaru Impreza she was driving.
- A 22-year-old P1 licence holder, stopped for an RBT on the Princes Highway in West Wollongong about 12.20am, was charged with mid-range drink driving after she returned a breath analysis reading of 0.143.


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Spring is here and top executives seem to be dropping like flies. Best Buy is investigating its recently resigned CEO Brian Dunn who may have acted inappropriately with a female underling. And over at General Services Administration (GSA), Jeffrey Neely is in the thick of it for approving a high six figure-budget for an employee event.
Is there a way to predict the types of companies that are ripe for these crash-and-burn episodes?
The answer is yes, and the crystal ball happens to work especially well when it looks into organizations with weak cultures. These are the companies with leaders who tout worthy values. But then, in the same breath, they put up roadblocks -- or temptations -- that prevent employees from wanting to live those values.
CEOs need to realize that highly desirable employee behaviour -- being team players, adhering to deadlines and budgets, and meeting goals -- can become distorted and even destructive in a company driven by leaders with ulterior motives.
The challenge is that the difference between "pushing the envelope" and "crossing the line" can be subtle. Leaders need to look for excess and extremes in behaviours that otherwise are normal and desirable. Here are seven seemingly benign behaviors which, if exaggerated, have "scandal alert" written all over them.
[Blind] loyalties
Loyalty, generally considered a very good employee attribute, has a dark side. It can create a culture where employees have confused allegiances: to the organization or to their boss. Jeff Neely's domain within the GSA was an upbeat backslapping culture, well known for rampantly rewarding everyone early, often, and extravagantly. Perhaps employees -- in the name of loyalty -- confused their desire to be team players with not rocking the boat and wrecking all those perks. And this degraded type of employee loyalty -- silence in the face of lavish spending by leaders with their own interests at heart -- may have been exactly what GSA, at its toxic core, wanted all along.
Commitment to deadlines [at all costs]
You'd think that a company that rewards employees for meeting deadlines would have an exceptionally productive and efficient work force. Not true. At Johnson & Johnson, the understood directive associated with getting product to market on tough deadlines created a culture of "Don't ask too many questions." This resulted in a series of dangerous drug recalls that damaged the company's reputation.
[Excessive] optimism
When a person is going through a tough physical or emotional time, optimism can buoy his spirits and help healing. However, when a company is unhealthy, "Everything is going to be okay" is not the panacea you want the CEO to be telling you. David Myers, former controller of WorldCom, has conceded that he saw the problems of the now-defunct company through rose-colored glasses. He simply kept believing -- and telling his frightened staff -- that the problems would resolve themselves eventually. By the time he came to his senses, he was under arrest for accounting fraud.
Focus on the [wrong] goals
Telling employees to keep their eye on the prize is not intrinsically a bad thing. But when the goal eclipses the underlying values of organization, you can wind up with a dysfunctional culture. In the 1990s, Sears gave its auto repair mechanics a mandatory sales goal of $147 per hour. Not long after this decree, it was discovered that customers were being overcharged or sold unnecessary repairs.
[Cutthroat] competition
Boeing is known for its highly competitive employees and work culture. That's a good thing, right? Not so in 1996, when the company lost billions in government contracts for ethics violations after an employee stole 25,000 pages of proprietary documents from Lockheed. Flash forward to 2005, when work teams were still so competitive that certain ones would keep useful information secret from other teams to ensure a competitive edge.
Cost cutting [at the expense of your values]
Cost-effectiveness can get ugly when financial performance becomes the only metric that upper management values. This seemed to be the basis, many believe, of the fatal mistake made on the BP oil platform in the Gulf. Two years ago, prior to the explosion caused by a shortcut tied to a safety issue, BP's Macondo project was more than $40 million over budget. You know the rest.
Rewarding achievement [without asking questions]
Managers typically love hardworking and high-performing employees. But sometimes workers will go off the rails just to get their superiors' approval. French trader Jérôme Kerviel, who worked at the Société Générale banking group, had a profound need to be liked. He engaged in elaborate computer manipulations, which led to $4.9 billion in massive financial fraud. Kerviel's explanation -- he is thought not to have profited personally from his crime -- is telling. He said he was just working to increase the bank's profits and make his bosses happy.


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When it comes to combining luxe design, high-performance formulas, and addictive results, you can't beat this velvety conditioner from SHU UEMURA. Not only does it infuse locks with a delicate camellia scent, but it also hydrates thirsty strands without feeling heavy. Use it every day to keep your locks enviably silky and shiny.
This conditioner has saved my hair! I live in Hawaii so my hair is constantly exposed to the sun and salty water. Also I keep my hair colored which can make it dry. My hair tends to be oily, so in the past I have shied away from moisturizing conditioners. This is the first one I've tried that added softness and shine without weighing my hair down and making it feel oily. Also, the price is high but I use 3 pumps per wash and the bottle lasts a long time! I would say the only negative for me is that this conditioner doesn't smell as nice as some of the other Shu conditioners, but it's a nice clean scent.5
This conditioner is the best, EVER!! After trying the sample from my BirchBox, I absolutely HAD to have it! I have super long hair and deal with tangles and bird nests. This Moisture Velvet line is a dream come true. WHERE has it been all my life? Now, I can't and won't live without it!! Yup, it's pricey, but worth every penny.5
I've used several high-end conditioners, and this one is the winner by a long shot. It energizes, repairs, smoothens, and strengthens your hair. Not to mention, it has the most amazing smell. Only downfall: it's soooo expensive! I really cannot afford this luxury, but I feel like I can't live without it!5
I consider my hair to be dry and I've tried many different conditioners to help heal the problem. After hearing a lot of raves about Shu Uemura I decided to bite the bullet. While the smell is amazing, it didn't really do that much for my hair. It's hard to justify paying so much since the results are not extraordinary. TBH my drug store brand conditioner does just as good a job for much less. If you are only going for something that smells good and you have the cash to burn go ahead, otherwise, save your money for a better product.2
I was excited about reading the reviews, but this conditioner did nothing for my dry, color treated hair. In fact it felt drier than with my drugstore conditioner. I definitely expected a lot more results for a product this pricey. It did smell nice though... That's all I got.1
I am still sick that I spent so much money on this product and I am so displeased with it. The shampoo is great - and worth the money, but this is totally not. You have to use a ton to even distribute it through your hair (I have medium-fine hair, a little longer than shoulder length) and I didn't really have good results, I've used drugstore conditioners better than this. Please, save your money when it comes to this...1


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Jenny McCarthy was a guest on The Huff Post were she talked about several topics and took part in a "dating game" to help hook her up. On the dating game, they showed pictures of eligible bachelors and McCarthy would have to tell them if she would date them or not.
They showed a picture of The Rock and McCarthy mentions that people have told her that she should date him. McCarthy explains that The Rock wouldn't work for her because she doesn't like guys that are "too big".
The host mentions that there is a thought that big guys have small penises, and McCarthy agreed.
The host then asks McCarthy if that was the reason why she wouldn't date The Rock, implying that The Rock's package was small. McCarthy responded with, "thats absolutely correct."


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Mike Trout and Albert Pujols have batted second and third, respectively, in every game this season for the Angels. The franchise cornerstones are not going anywhere, for better or worse. The two players were hitless against the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday until the bottom of the ninth inning, when Trout's three-run home run against Brad Boxberger lifted the Angels to a 6-5 win. Trout picked a good time for the first walk-off hit of his career. It was just the second home run in a miserable month for Trout, who is batting .157 since the end of April. With the Angels trailing 5-2 in the ninth inning, Collin Cowgill's RBI single off Rays closer Grant Balfour narrowed the gap to 5-3. Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon pulled Balfour and called for the Orange County native, Boxberger, to face Trout. Trout sent Boxberger's 1-1 pitch high over the fence in left field, setting off a raucous celebration among what remained of the announced crowd of 34,441 at Angel Stadium. Kevin Jepsen, Michael Morin and Fernando Salas (3-0) pitched one scoreless inning apiece for the Angels. Tampa Bay scored all its runs of Angels starter Tyler Skaggs. Their three-run sixth inning began when Angels third baseman Luis Jimenez dove to his left in pursuit of a hard-hit ground ball by the Rays' Will Myers. Shortstop Erick Aybar, standing a few feet behind Jimenez, had a much better chance of knocking down the ball. But the ball glanced off Jimenez's glove, past Aybar and into left field, allowing Logan Forsythe to score and Evan Longoria to take third base. Grant Green — not a natural left fielder — was a bit late to react and Myers slid into second base with a double. Two batters later, James Loney drove in Myers and Longoria to give Tampa Bay a 4-0 lead. Veteran left-hander Erik Bedard limited the Angels to four hits, one walk and two runs — neither was earned — in 5 2/3 innings. He got help when Rays center fielder Desmond Jennings robbed C.J. Cron of a potential home run at the top of the fence in the fourth inning, and again when Brandon Guyer tagged Skaggs for a solo home run in the seventh to give Tampa Bay a 5-2 lead. Skaggs surrendered eight hits and five runs, all earned, in six innings. He walked one and struck out five.
MLB Headlines
Mike Trout's walk-off homer lifts Angels over Tampa Bay
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Not sure if anyone else has seen or tasted a dish like this but i created it (at least i say i did as i had not seen it anywhere else before) one night when we did not have much to eat at home.
Hamburger meat (as much as you need to feed your family)
Pork n Beans
BBQ sauce
Brown sugar
Brown and crumble hamburger meat and drain grease.
Pour pork n beans over the meat, add chopped onion, BBQ sauce and brown sugar to taste.
Simmer til hot.
Serve over bread or just on the side
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Central Connecticut sophomore Josh Ingham was named the Northeast Conference baseball Player of the Week on Monday. Ingham and the Blue Devils went 3-2 last week, including three wins in an important NEC series win over Wagner at home.
The second-year Blue Devil delivered significant contributions from both second base and the pitcher's mound to help Central win three out of four games from the Seahawks and move into sole possession of the final NEC playoff spot.
Starting all five of Central's scheduled contests last week, including a non-league tilt with Stony Brook, at second base, Ingham put together a five-game hit streak. He moved from second base to the pitching rubber in both the series opener and finale, coming on in relief to win the former and save the latter while lowering his season ERA to 1.11 in the process.
Over the five-game sample, Ingham batted .333 (5-for-15) with three runs scored and three RBI. Throwing a total of 6.0 innings of relief, the Westchester County (NY) product allowed no runs on four hits and struck out seven batters.
He did it all in Central's series-opening, extra-inning victory over Wagner. Head coach Charlie Hickey handed him the ball to start the ninth inning of a 3-3 game and Ingham went on to spin 4.0 frames of one-hit ball. In the bottom of the 12th, the sophomore took it upon himself to put an end to the extended affair.
He singled with one out and no one on in and eventually scored the winning run of Mitch Wells' walk-off single. Ingham pitched the final 2.0 innings of the series finale, a 6-2 win for CCSU, to earn his seventh save. Before taking the mound, Ingham singled and came around to score during a three-run seventh inning that gave CCSU a 4-2 lead.


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To the editor:
What is wrong with us, the American people?. Remember back on 9/11/01 when the U.S.A. was attacked by terrorist, you couldn't find a flag on any store shelves.
They were flying in front of homes and stores, riding on cars, trucks, motorcycles and bikes, even people walking.
Just look at your T.V. or your newspaper, as these terrorist are attacking our embassies, killing and wounding Americans. They are ripping, tearing, stomping and burning our flag. We must show these terrorists we stand by our country and our colors.
Several homes in my neighborhood fly the flag 24/7. If you don't know yet we, I feel, are on the brink of war. We sit back and watch silently as our sitting Congress and Senate members recess so they can campaign for re-election. We sit back and watch our President rub elbows looking for campaign funding with millionaire Hollywood misfits while shunning our only ally in the middle east, Israel. This President should return to Washington and also order Congress to re-convene and prepare for the worst. Obama should also embrace the Prime Minister of Israel, not ignore him.
I also think it's time to demand term limits on Congress and Senate members. Let some of them join the un-employed on the soup kitchen lines. It's time to say goodbye to career politicians.
In closing, fly our countries colors, show support to our fighting forces fighting the terrorist on there soil, not ours.
Gary Bongers
Cape Coral


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Wearing socks that have been specifically designed for snowboarding can enhance a riders comfort tremendously. Wearing regular cotton street socks is not a good idea because though they may be warm at first if they get wet at all they will lose all of their insulating properties, and also they won't be as durable. Tube socks will tend to fall down which will create bunching in the boot and underneath the ankle strap of the binding and is going to be very uncomfortable.
A lot of snowboard socks are going to be synthetic. These materials are excellent for maintaining a good body temperature. When the body is too warm they will take heat away and when the body is cold it will hold heat in. Synthetics are a really good material that a lot of snowboard socks use, but there are also many other kinds of materials that they can be made out of.
Snowboard socks will also have a forward lean built into them. This will reduce bunching in key areas underneath the boot when riding, making the way the sock lies much more comfortable. Snowboard socks will also be made with extra padding in certain areas that generally have more pressure from the boots and bindings when riding.
A lot of people will double up their socks when going to ride thinking it will keep their feet warmer. This will actually make a riders feet colder. The extra layers will constrict circulation and movement in the toes and without that extra blood flow warmth will not be able to be brought out to those extremities.


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MIAMI, May 26, 2013--Aaron Vercruysee introduced Sundayâs âFirst Callâ program on HRTV with, âIn horse racing, when thereâs a holiday and itâs a Monday, weâve got a lot of great stakes action around the country.â
Not in South Florida. No stakes action was scheduled at Calder on Memorial Day, because no racing was scheduled at Calder on Memorial Day. As best I can recall from 50 years of following thoroughbred racing, this is the first time a track, whose season is in progress, went dark on the holiday that kicks off the summer season.
No racing is scheduled at Calder on the Fourth of July or Labor Day, either. These, too, are firsts, as best I know.This assumes there will be any racing at Calder by the time these holidays roll around.
Iâve worked at a couple of newspapers that shut down. The situation at Calder now reminds me of the run-up to those sad occasions. People leave and they are not replaced. Things break and they are not fixed. Knowing there is no future, everyone does as little as possible (see no racing on the summer holidays).
This describes the spring of 2013 at Calder. The Damocles Sword hanging over the Miami track is the possibility (likelihood?) that Churchill Downs, Inc., will sell out to Gulfstreamâs Frank Stronach in some form and racing, or at least racing as it has been at Calder, will cease to exist.
Calder presented the Memorial Handicap Saturday. The annual stakes had to have its title shortened to omit Day for obvious reasons. Journalists from both major area newspapers and, of course, the Daily Racing Form were there to cover the race. What wasnât there was anyone who worked for Calder.
Michelle Blanco, one of the finest publicists ever to come around a race track, resigned a couple of months ago. She wasnât replaced. Michael Costanzo, who was given many of Michelleâs duties, left for Gulfstream a few weeks ago. He hasnât been replaced, either.
Little things, like distributing charts or gathering quotes from riders and trainers, many of whom require translation because they speak little or no English, went undone. If you had a technical problem, you were on your own. If you have a question, there is no one to call. The offices are still there but there is no one in them.
This isnât a whine by a spoiled reporter. Iâve always gathered my own quotes, as have my colleagues. I know because we stand shoulder to shoulder in the winnerâs circle. We're managing well under the new normal, too.
It is to point out the absurdity of a major race track having no press department , which is as unprecedented as not racing on Memorial Day. This is symptomatic of what is happening at Calder.
Reportedly, top executives of CDI and the Stronach Group have a meeting scheduled for Tuesday in an attempt to reach a resolution to the threat of the tracks engaging in a scorched earth conflict that threatens Florida racing. The point that there are not enough horses or fans to go around cannot be reiterated enough.
Gulfstream is going to start racing year-round in July (actually there will be a head start for one day in late June). Any change to this plan will be a bigger upset than Oxbow winning the Preakness. Stronach has his mind set on doing it and nothing is going to dissuade him.
There are many reasons why this can be good for racing. Gulfstreamâs facility is more modern, including the backstretch. The shortage of seats facing the race track is not an issue during the non-prime months when crowds thin dramatically. Most fans prefer the comfort of air conditioning. Gulfstream is as well equipped as Calder to serve them.
Gulfstreamâs name also carries more cachet around the country and simulcasting is the biggest part of what this conflict is about. (Gulfstream, Calder and Tampa Bay all want to serve as a host track year-round, the next big skirmish). If more money is bet on Gulfstream out of town, it will translate into bigger purses for horsemen.
Both facilities have casinos. The significant difference is CDI has made it the priority at Calder. On both sides of the Calder grandstand facing the Florida Turnpike, which is heavily trafficked by tourists, there are huge illuminated signs âCalder Casino.â No mention of racing. Almost all advertising is geared toward the slots.
Gulfstream pushes its slots in ads, too, but when racing is being conducted, it also is heavily promoted. This figures to be stepped up when summer racing is presented for the first time.
So the ball is in CDIâs court. It can go to war, racing on weekends directly against Gulfstream. It can back off and race only on weekdays to satisfy the stateâs requirements to keep its casino license. Or it can sell the whole operation outright to Stronach. Supposedly, an offer was tendered a couple of months ago but the price wasnât considered right.
Each of these possibilities does not bode well for Calder, as we have come to know it, or people who make their livelihoods there. Thus, the air of melancholy around the track.
This is not meant to be a pro-Gulfstream, anti-Calder screed. There would be no summer racing without Calder. That should count for something. Anyone with a sense of fair play can see it is not right for any entity to just move in and tell another, weâre taking over.
Also, I might eventually be proven wrong but I believe racing at any track 12 months a year is not a good thing for the sport or that track.
Whatever is decided, letâs hope it happens quickly. No one is benefitting from the uncertainty. South Florida deserves to know its racing future ASAP.


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Some of you might have trouble finding out what kind of skin type you have, so here is a test you can do to figure out which type you have:
*Wash and dry your face and leave it unmoisturized for three hours. Press a single piece of blotting paper to your face and look at it. Keep in mind that skin types can change depending on the climate.
You have....
NORMAL SKIN: If no oil comes off on the paper and your face doesn't feel tight or flaky.
DRY SKIN: If your skin feels dry, tight or flaky and no oil appears on the paper.
OILY SKIN: If oil comes off of your nose, forehead and cheeks.
COMBINATION SKIN: If there's oil on your nose and forehead, but not on your cheeks.
SENSITIVE SKIN: If your skin tends to be tight and blotchy and reacts to new skin-care products by becoming red, inflamed or itchy.
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- elle said...
hi again Nessa,
i recently bought Physicians Formula Mineral Wear™ Talc-Free Mineral Makeup and Physicians Formula Powder Palette® Multi-Colored Face Powder (bronzer). so far they both seem to work well with my sensitive skin, looks great, not to mention Rite-Aid had a "buy one get one half off" sale. one bad news is that by end of the day my eye lid had some tiny bumps with itchy reaction to the eye shadows that i used. i mixed MAC, Revlon, and NYX so i'm not sure which one is not working well with my sensitive skin, i have a hunch it's Revlon. oh well...
- July 16, 2007 at 9:21 AM
- Mae said...
where do you buy blotting paper?? :)
- April 21, 2008 at 8:42 PM