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As much as it pained me, I all but gave up on finding great Southern cooking in Columbia earlier this year. From stuck-to-the-pan mac-and-cheese to banana-less banana pudding, it seemed impossible to find good local southern cooking in the capital city. A disappointing pan of peach cobbler all but closed the door on my search. Two months later, I finally mustered up the courage to try again, this time at Little Pigs.
Located a long ways down Percival Road, this off-the-beaten path Southern buffet could easily be dismissed by those that pass by day-to-day.
Jumping right into the heavy-hitters, Little Pig's offered just about everything that could possibly be thrown out on a buffet line, including not one, but three, types of barbecue. The tomato-based bbq was easily the loser of the bunch with its weaker flavor compared to its sisters. The vinegar based was just that. If you like it you won't go wrong here, but for those looking for something more subtle, the mustard-based - my favorite of the bunch - will fit the bill. More flavorful then the tomato-based, and less overpowering then the vinegar-based, the mustard hits all the right notes. Outside of the barbecue were mixed results though: the fried chicken was just okay, and the heaving pork shoulder came out a bit too dry. Little Pigs also featured a host of other entrees, some of which looked great, some less so.
I've long heard about Southerner's love of collard greens and had tried it at many places since moving to Columbia, but after tasting Little Pig's I've come to the realization that I've never really had collards. Sweet, meaty, and so tantalizing that I literally filled up half of my second plate with them, the collards were everything that I could have asked for in a side dish. In fact, I'd go as far as saying they were the best thing that Little Pigs offered, and something that I would be more then happy to grab to-go. Often. So good!
Not to be outdone (well sorta, the collards are so good!), the sides at Little Pig's all turned out to be solid and substantial. The potato salad was nice and cold as every potato salad should be, and hearty enough to satisfy. Little Pigs also offered hash, a South Carolinian specialty that is quite hard to find in this neck of the woods. It was my first time trying it in fact, but - like the collards - it won't be the last. I was drinking cup-fulls of the hash like water after my first sip.
Desert was simple, a toss-up between banana pudding and a chocolate-marshmallow mish-mash. The banana pudding was okay, a little on the sweet side, but pretty average all-around. The chocolate um, thing, was cool and comforting, a light finish to the meal.
No Reservations, The Shakedown on Little Pig's
Atmosphere: Country kitchen. Picnic tables as
far as the eye can see filled with locals.
Cost: You won't regret it. $8 during day, $9 in the evening.
Try: Everything. A total southern experience at your doorstep.
Plan: To not be doing much of anything after. Even the mightiest
will want to crumble against the weight of this eatery.
Atmosphere: Country kitchen. Picnic tables as
far as the eye can see filled with locals.
Cost: You won't regret it. $8 during day, $9 in the evening.
Try: Everything. A total southern experience at your doorstep.
Plan: To not be doing much of anything after. Even the mightiest
will want to crumble against the weight of this eatery.
The Final Verdict
It may be five years too late for me, but it was great finding some delicious, authentic Southern cooking in the Columbia area. The collards and hash are more then worth the visit, but the mustard barbecue is definitely another worthy reason. Is it the best in South Carolina? Probably not, but for the Columbia area I doubt you will find better. Eat in, take out, do what you gotta do, just make sure you try it out if you're in the Forest Acres/Sandhill area and are hungering for some great Southern cooking.

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Saturday, October 09, 2010
The Daley Dozen: Saturday
1. Gates of Vienna has some disturbing evidence of electoral fraud.
2. Antony Little has a brilliant analysis on the good and bad things about the Tory conference.
3. Tory Totty is back online.
4. Next Left on how Charlie Whelan is refusing to gloat. At all. Never let it be said.
5. Paul Linford on which political leader faces the toughest task.
6. Jerry Hayes on the deprivation of the Balls family.
7. Skipper on the ten tasks facing Ed Miliband.
8. Paul Waugh reviews Tony Blair's memoirs for Critical Reaction.
9. Michael Heaver doesn't know whether he's Arthur or Martha on AV.
10. Nick Robinson on why Alan Johnson is Shadow Chancellor.
11. Ben the Prisoner on Ken Clarke's ideas for working prisoners.
12. Tom Harris says to IPSA: "Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough".
17 comments:
- Michael Heaver said...
Nice one Iain, ta muchly. The missus won't be happy with you giving me a bunch of other stuff to read!
- October 09, 2010 9:46 pm
- The business world from somebody in it said...
Hia Iain,
Tell me, how popular does my blog have to be to get it in the top 10 :)
Advice is most welcome
- October 09, 2010 10:12 pm
- Malcolm Redfellow said...
Mr Dale:
Have you read through the contents of your first choice, above?
If you have, please justify its inclusion and your recommendation of such preposterous filth as:
... the local postman, Mr Abdul Aziz, knows very well where he should deliver the extra 200 postal votes designated for the non-people within the non-houses.
[And, for family consumption, that's one of the safer bits!]
Do you really approve and applaud a site, run out of the Great State of Virginia, explictly predicated to the assertion that At the siege of Vienna in 1683 Islam seemed poised to overrun Christian Europe. We are in a new phase of a very old war?
Note particularly, in the context of the whole inflammatory piece, that bit in the last paragraph as the native EDL square up to foreign Islam and their Communist allies.
- October 09, 2010 10:17 pm
- Jimmy said...
"Gates of Vienna has some disturbing evidence of electoral fraud."
You'll no doubt let us know when they publish it.
- October 09, 2010 10:54 pm
Only 10 tasks?
- October 09, 2010 10:59 pm
- dazhat said...
when i visit Totty Tory I get this message: Warning: Visiting this site may harm your computer!
The website at www.torytottyonline.com contains elements from the site rpc.blogrolling.com, which appears to host malware – software that can hurt your computer or otherwise operate without your consent. Just visiting a site that contains malware can infect your computer.
- October 09, 2010 11:28 pm
Opinions will differ on the Gates of Vienna site, but there has been enough other evidence of electoral fraud.
Iain, do you think it should be Coalition policy to abolish postal voting for everyone except those who are too disabled to get to the polling station, and members of the forces who are serving away from home? I do.
(Being on holiday should no longer count as a reason for having a postal vote, now that we have fixed-term Parliaments. Anyone who wants to ensure that he or she votes, can choose holiday dates accordingly. And when polling booths are open from 7 am to 10 pm, very few shift workers would be unable to vote in person.)
- October 09, 2010 11:40 pm
- wild said...
It is OK Jimmy, you are a Labour Party apologist, and so nobody was expecting you to be concerned about electoral fraud.
- October 10, 2010 11:46 am
- lance said...
Linking to the Gates of Vienna website? Really?
- October 10, 2010 2:00 pm
- Malcolm Redfellow said...
wild @ 11:46 AM
Of course all democrats, of any political persusasion, should be aware of the dangers of electoral fraud. I'm astounded it is necessary to endorse such a truism.
For the record, I am aware of just two current legal actions. Neither has any connection to Baroness Warsi's claims.
That is not the point here.
Rather, it is whether Mr Dale was ill-advised to give his imprimatur to this particular piece on that particular site, a site which shows considerable enthusiasm for the EDL mob.
The author of the diatribe recommended by Mr Dale was the UKIP candidate for the Cities of London and Westminster (664 votes). He predicts racial Civil War and the "ethnic cleansing of the English". His views are so extreme that his admirers have seen them as anticipating a UKIP-BNP merger.
Perhaps Mr Dale will explain his choice and prioritising of this fact-less nonsense, which he said contained disturbing evidence of electoral fraud
- October 10, 2010 2:42 pm
- Iain Dale said...
Malcolm, as a regular reader you will know that I link to all sorts of blogposts, including ones I disagree with and slag me off.
It seemed to me that this blogpost raised issues which ought to be discussed.
The EDL is not a proscribed organisation as far as I know. I may not agree with what they do but that shouldn't prevent me linking to a site which links to them.
By linking to a site does not mean I endorse it. I've even linked to extreme left sites before now.
- October 10, 2010 3:13 pm
- Malcolm Redfellow said...
Iain Dale @ 3:13 PM:
I thank you for your acknowledgement. I accept all of what you say there.
My objection was made, not because such hysterics need "discussed", but because you specifically saw "disturbing evidence" in what I see as evidence of disturbance.
So, my initial interjection was made in horror. The views in the post you listed would hardly shock on too many right/centre sites. They do here, precisely because your Diary is wide-ranging and typifies decent and (smallest "l") liberal attitudes — which is why I come around for my regular dose of execration and ridicule.
- October 10, 2010 4:05 pm
- wild said...
Malcolm Redfellow, it is evident that you struggle to comprehend the concept of freedom of speech, so here is a clue. In a free society people have the freedom to say things with which Malcolm Redfellow diasgrees.
As far as I am aware, Baroness Warsi told the New Statesman that she believed that the Conservatives lost three seats at the General Election because of electoral fraud, and that these problems seemed to be predominantly associated with the Asian community, with Labour the beneficiary.
The suggestion that her claims have no connection with current police investigations is baseless speculation on your part, since she did not mention any specific constituency.
As for electoral fraud not being the point, I think you will find that accusations of electoral fraud is the point. That is why Iain linked to the article.
Now Iain may or may not agree with every single point uttered in every article to which he links, but what is clear is that you show a typical Leftist desire to close down any debate which contains opinions with with which you disagree.
Let us hope that the concerns about electoral fraud turn out to be incorrect.
As for arguments about the success or otherwise of people from one religious tradition integrating into a community dominated by another religious tradition, I am sure the history of Ireland can give us many instructive examples, but that is another debate.
- October 10, 2010 5:23 pm
- Jimmy said...
"As far as I am aware, Baroness Warsi told the New Statesman that she believed that the Conservatives lost three seats at the General Election because of electoral fraud,"
She stated it as fact, not merely that she believed it. She's been rowing back furiously ever since. She is truly the gift that keeps on giving.
You may want not follow Malcolm's excellent link, although I would warn you it does contain facts. You may not be used to this approach.
Iain I think the problem is not that you merely linked to the site, but you appended the implicit endorsement that they had evidence to support their racist gibberish. Anyone reading the screed will see they have no such thing
- October 10, 2010 7:34 pm
- Malcolm Redfellow said...
These trolls really bug me, man.
I rise to the bait purely on matters of fact.
wild @ 5:23 PM gives a fair account of the doings of the noble Baroness Warsi. He obviously failed to link to my reference: type in haste, repent at leisure. We've all done it.
The active cases of which I have heard are both private actions:
* The Lib Dem candidate in Oldham East and Saddleworth, Elwyn Watkins, is pursuing Phil Woolas over alleged false statements. This action is under Section 106 of the 1983 Representation of the People Act; and has nothing to do with fraudulent voting.
* Rodney Connor, the "independent" Unionist (with DUP and UCUNF support), has lodged an election petition to overturn Michelle Gildernew's majority of 4. This is in Fermanagh and South Tyrone. Among the dreary steeples such court action is considered an essential part of the electoral timetable.
As I said, neither bears any possible resemblance to Baroness Warsi's statements, nor to the remarkably-similar piece that (for one example) the Observer published as long ago as 2nd May 2010.
For the third time, my objection to Mr Dale giving the piece in question his premier recommendation is that he claimed it to be disturbing evidence of electoral fraud. I read the piece. It contains absolutely no evidence. I therefore invoked the Trades Descriptions Act. I have learned to expect better of Mr Dale.
- October 10, 2010 8:16 pm
- wild said...
You condemn Baroness Warsi for asserting that electoral fraud has taken place. Well whatever her evidence we can be sure of one thing, your rejection of her claims is based on no evidence whatsoever. If you condemn her on those grounds, then you equally condemn yourself. Neither you nor Baroness Warsi however will be the ones who decide if there is a case to answer. It will be decided by the police and the courts. It is an issue however that will concern anybody with the slightest moral integrity.
Malcolm Redfellow,
I think that Iain said that he may or not agree with the articles that he links to, but that he links to articles which raises issues which merit discussion. It seems that you fail to understand this concept. Whether or not you yourself would have linked to the article is irrelevant. Got it yet?
- October 10, 2010 9:35 pm
- Jimmy said...
"Well whatever her evidence we can be sure of one thing, your rejection of her claims is based on no evidence whatsoever. If you condemn her on those grounds, then you equally condemn yourself."
You really are quite special you know.
- October 10, 2010 10:51 pm


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KAUA'I, HAWAII — I didn't expect the feral chickens. They were everywhere on Kaua'i: rust-coloured hens followed by lines of bobbing chicks, glaring roosters with iridescent black sickle-feathers. Most memorably, feral chickens were hanging about the Hanalei Taro & Juice Co. stand— where I had my first taste of chicken laulau, a traditional meal of meat (usually pork) cooked in taro leaves. I was off-guard long enough for a hen to leap on the picnic table and peck a hole in my square of taro mochi cake. But I wasn't giving up that easily; I'd come too far to throw it away. I cut off the beak-hole and ate the rest. It was delicious.
Last April, my wife and I travelled to Kaua'i, the most remote of the Hawaiian islands, for a different kind of getaway: a quest to eat local in paradise. Among other things it took us to a local taro farm, to the tasting room of an artisan rum distillery, and a luau. We ate miso-dusted ali'i mushrooms at Josselin's and local vanilla bean custard at Hukilau Lanai— and sampled a very local (and Canadian-influenced) cocktail called the Aloha Mary.
Where the chicken population came from — you see them strutting across the rental car parking lot the moment after you arrive, wandering the roadside shoulder, and pecking the grass even at swank hotels like the St. Regis — is uncertain. Local lore has it that successive hurricanes have torn up coops for decades, allowing imported chickens to escape and breed with the moa, or descendants of "canoe fowl" that were brought to the island (along with pigs) by Polynesians 1,500 years ago. We didn't see the feral pigs, but Kaua'i's jungles are apparently overrun with them, black-haired and sharp-tusked—like the chickens, descendants of Polynesian pigs that bred with escaped European imports. The pigs trample and devour native vegetation, so that even genteel conservation groups encourage hunting (eating them is optional) as a habitat recovery measure.
One thing is certain about roadside chickens and wild jungle pigs: they don't often turn up on local-fare restaurant menus. If you want to eat Kaua'i-raised pork without hunting it yourself, the place to go is the Garden Luau at Smith's Tropical Paradise. The idea of a luau might reek of kitsch, but Smith's is run by a local Hawaiian family, and they do it right: their luau pigs are sourced from a local grower, Kaneshiro Farms. They prepare pit-roasted "kalua" pork in the traditional manner. Butchered pigs are rubbed with locally harvested salt and wrapped in the long leaves of the native ti plant (a giant member of the asparagus family), then roasted all day in covered, lava-rock pits called imu.
We arrived at Smith's Tropical Paradise around 5 p.m. and spent an hour wandering the grounds. The luau takes place on a 30-acre botanical garden located within Wailua Marina State Park, roamed by camera-ready peacocks. After taking too many pictures of plumeria and hibiscus, we joined the crowd circling the imu pit. Walter "Freckles" Smith, the patriarch of the family, is a big man who wears blinding Aloha shirts and has a laid-back sense of humour. "Thanks for taking a chance on a Hawaiian luau called Smith," he boomed to his guests. "Enjoy yourselves, eat and drink all you want, but watch out for the rum. It'll put you flat on your okole."
Eating local meat in Hawaii is not only an eco-traveller's nod to regional sustainability: for the pleasure-seeking tourist it's also a self-serving gesture. As Kaua'i food blogger Marta Lane points out, meat from the mainland has to be shipped at least 4,000 km, and often, like most grocery-store pork, the meat is "pumped" with a sodium phosphate solution. Pumping increases water weight (and price per kilo), and can make the meat slimy and less flavourful. "We like to use Kaneshiro's pork because of the quality, and they're a local family business like ours," says the general manager of Smith's, Kamika Smith. "And they do all the gutting and dirty work for us."
The lesson also holds for fruit. Mango season runs from late April to September, for instance, and at other times of year in Kaua'i you're most likely eating Mexican or Filipino mangoes, which is like going to France and eating Wisconsin cheddar. (For when to find fruits in season, check out Lane's blog; see sidebar.)
After two young men wearing sarongs and palm fronds blew conch shells — they sound like slightly out-of-tune French horns — we watched them dig the roasted pigs out of the sand-covered pits. "This is Hawaii's answer to the microwave," said Freckles. This is luau: all spectacle. Smith's also includes a dance revue complete with fire-dancing, hula and a miniature exploding volcano.
The head-on pigs themselves looked alarming when they were pulled out, but this is part of the point of eating local: looking your food in the face. A few minutes later we were unleashed on the massive buffet along with three hundred other people. The adobo chicken and ono fish were tasty, and the hula dancers a pleasure to watch, but the highlight of the evening was our first few bites of shredded, smoky, salty-juicy kalua pork.
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Taro Tour and Hanalei Taro and Juice Co. Stand
Lyndsey Haraguchi-Nakayama and her family have farmed taro — the source of poi and other traditional fare — in the stunning Hanalei Valley for six generations, defying hurricanes, flash floods, taro blight and invasive apple snails. Haraguchi-Nakayama leads tourists on a harrowing and enlightening tour of the realities of wetland taro farming, as well as a very, very detailed visit to the family's antique rice mill. Stay to the end for the hand-pounded taro balls dusted with coconut—or to sample her wares without the tour, seek out the Hanalei Taro and Juice Co. Lunch stand in Hanalei for laulau, taro smoothies, mochi cake and other deeply local treats.
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The signature cocktail at the St. Regis Princeville hotel is not a mai tai but a twist on the Bloody Mary. The "Aloha Mary" is made with Ocean brand organic Hawaiian vodka, the world's only sugarcane based vodka — and given added local cred with guava-wood smoked sea salt and sea asparagus. The Canuck-influenced bartenders use Clamato instead of straight tomato juice, so it's more of an Aloha Caesar. If you love it, they'll give you the recipe.
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Work off the local calories with a hike along the breathless cliffs of the Na Pali coast: a sweaty and rewarding way to see part of the 90 per cent of Kaua'i that is inaccessible by road. Hikes run to Hanakapi'ai beach (two to four hours return) and to the waterfall beyond (six to eight hours return).
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This may be the best restaurant on the island. Once named "Best Chef of the Northwest" by the James Beard Foundation, Jean-Marie Josselin works closely with local farmers— his restaurant is tucked into a shopping complex, but views are beside the point here. We were treated to Makaweli Ranch short ribs, organic beet ravioli, and smoky, slow-cooked butterfish — all washed down with great wines and lychee sangria.
Kaua'i Grill and Makana Terrace, Princeville
At the Kaua'i Grill at the St. Regis Princeville hotel, Chef Garrison Price serves up local tastes like local shrimp with watermelon radish and lime yogurt, and grilled black-pepper octopus with tarragon pesto. Skip the underwhelming Wagyu filet mignon in favour of the local Kipu Ranch short ribs — and if available, don't miss the basil ice cream. If you're staying at the hotel, have breakfast on the Makana Terrace, with its sweeping view of Hanalei Bay surrounded by the cloud-wisped jungle peaks of the Halelea Forest Reserve.
Takes pains to emphasize local — their online menus use RealTimeFarms.com show the direct source of ingredients — and offers an early-bird five-course tasting menu with wine pairing for only $40. We tried both the gluten-free menu and the regular menu and were blown away, in particular by the locally caught, coffee-spiced ahi with chipotle coconut sauce, paired with Portuguese vinho verde.
This is a taste of old Hawaii, on the west side of the island where the locals stay. The Waimea River makes for turbid and branch-strewn waters, but the spacious grounds and historic cottages — former living quarters for sugar plantation employees in the early 1900s — are charming, affordable and perfect for families. Rates start at $179 for one-bedroom cottage; three-bedroom oceanfront cottage for $470.
Centrally located in Kapa'a, the Outrigger has new, well-appointed condo units with air-conditioning, a rarity on the island. There's also a two-acre, heated river pool that snakes around the property, with waterslides and three sand-bottom hot tubs. Rates start at $235/night for a one-bedroom, $285 for two-bedroom.
The St. Regis Princeville
The St. Regis is a beautiful resort from bow to stern, and the level of service may spoil you for any other hotel. Located on Hanalei Bay with swimming and snorkelling right off the resort beach. Rates start at $460 for "mountain garden view" room to $660 for premium ocean view; suites run from $775 to $4,500.
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What's New In Greenville 9/16/2011
Friday, September 16, 2011
Greenville, NC and East Carolina are growing! Let's take a look at a few new businesses and restaurants.
The Facts:
- Tastyville Pizza –Pizza Buffet just opened a couple weeks ago. - 1605 E Firetower Rd, Greenville, NC 27858 - (252) 364-8704- http://www.tastyvillepizza.com/
- Mazatlan Mexican Restaurant will be opening a new location in the Arlington Village Shopping Center on the corner of Red Banks and Arlington Blvd - Greenville, NC – (252) 551-3190 - http://mazatlannc.com/
- The Carolina Ale House is opening this weekend in front of the Greenville Mall, off of Greenville, Blvd. It looks very nice! - 704 SE Greenville Blvd, Greenville, NC 27858 - Phone 252-317-0005 - http://www.carolinaalehouse.com/greenville-nc
- Pete's Wicked BBQ on Red Banks is now open. (note: The Winterville location is temporarily closed.) 610 A Red Banks Rd, Greenville - 252-353-5353 - http://www.peteswyckedgrill.com/
- AT&T Wireless is building a new location at the intersection of Arlington and Greenville Blvd, with-in the Big Lots Shopping Center - http://www.att.com/
- BoneFish Grill Restaurant has plans to open a location in the Greenville Square Shopping Center. (aka K-Mart Shopping Center) - http://www.bonefishgrill.com/
- Mellow Mushroom is coming. It is suppose to be near the the intersection of Arlington and Greenville Blvd. Apparently plan's have been submitted to the City of Greenville for approval. - http://www.mellowfranchise.com
- Chick-fil-A is currently building a new Winterville, NC location across the street from Sam's Club off of Hwy 11. Due to open Oct 27, 2011 - 4253 Winterville Pkwy, Winterville - http://www.chick-fil-a.com/
- O'Reilly Auto Parts is about to open a new location near Winterville off of Fire Tower Rd. - 1908 E Fire Tower Rd, Greenville, NC 27858 - (252) 215-0837 - http://www.oreillyauto.com
Planning Stages & Rumors
- Dairy Queen is possibly going to build near the Sheetz gas station, across from Pitt Community College on Hwy 11. - http://www.dairyqueen.com
- Sonic is looking at land for a 4th location in Greenville... - http://www.sonicdrivein.com
- Ayden, NC is due to get a Wal-Mart Express. There has been a lot of utility work and land prep seen behind Food Lion and Kerr Drug where the the Wal-Mart would be located. - http://www.walmart.com/
- Greenville also has a second Wal-Mart location in the works off of Portertown Rd and Hwy 33. - http://www.walmart.com/
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NRA focuses on winning 'long game' for gun rights
The funerals in Newtown, Conn., were barely over before the talk turned to guns. And what followed as the months dragged on was a ritualistic Washington dance that started with a presidential exhortation to do something and an anticlimactic vote to do nothing.
The arguments have been voiced a hundred times over, the lines in the sand drawn and drawn again. Supposedly the national mood has changed, or so say those who would curb access to certain weapons or require more scrutiny of the people who buy them. Perhaps. But the mood of the big dog in the corner is still what matters most.
When push comes to shove, the National Rifle Association typically gets its way, often in front-page fashion. Politicians dutifully fall in line, as with the recent vote against background checks. Gun control advocates insist the fight is not over — brave talk that does not faze an organization that has kept major changes in gun laws at bay for decades.
The 142nd NRA Annual Meetings and Exhibits opens Friday at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. Some 550 exhibitors and thousands of visitors are expected.
"We are masters of the long game," NRA spokesman Andrew Arulanandam said. "We keep a very long view of things that need to be done and ought to be done."
When that is knocking down a proposal to expand background checks or ban assault weapons, the whole world sees it. But sometimes its effort is focused on matters far from the spotlight and much less sexy, such as the work of scientific researchers or the way data about gun purchases is shared. That can mean just as much to the gun lobby, which knows that good things come wrapped in obscure packages.
In 1996, the gun lobby prodded Congress into restricting the research that could be done by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, a division of the Centers for Disease Control.
The NRA complained that study after study had largely proved to be fodder for anti-gun propaganda. Its solution was to add a law to the books that said no money could be spent on CDC research that could be used to promote gun control.
In theory, research on gun violence still could be done. But trouble lay ahead if any study lent support for altering gun laws in any way. The result was a turn to the path of least resistance, as federal health bureaucrats found it easier to kill off most of the $2.6 million spent annually on research than jeopardize CDC's budget.
"Since the 1990s, the Washington gun lobby has led an aggressive effort to limit what we know about firearms — and it has largely succeeded," concluded a report on information access prepared by gun control group Mayors Against Illegal Guns. "Despite this epidemic (of gun violence), the federal government conducts almost no scientific research on how criminals get and misuse guns, or what policies are effective in stopping them."
The NRA may have had a point in its initial ire. Some criminologists complained that touted studies were shabby, shallow and unscientific.
"Our conclusion was that CDC and other medical school articles were lamentably biased — to the point of deliberate lying to reach their uniformly anti-gun conclusions," said Don Kates, who along with three doctors from Harvard and Columbia medical schools reviewed the research. Kates said he had been sympathetic to gun control efforts until he looked at more exhaustive research.
Whether Kates and those in his camp were correct or simply responding to their eventual skepticism that gun control made sense, the undeniable result was that much less research was done. About 95 percent less. And for the NRA, that was the point.
In January, in the wake of the Newtown killings, President Obama issued a memorandum calling on the CDC to resume research on gun violence.
Opponents will fight him, and their refrain is familiar: Legal gun ownership does not need to be studied, and while gun violence may be a problem, it is not an illness.
"At its bare basics, what the president is proposing is to reinstate the authority of the federal government, under the guise of research, to try to paint a constitutional right as a disease," the NRA's Arulanandam said.
Few can doubt, however, that the current political environment involving guns is different. Sensing momentum for looking anew at the causes of gun violence and for up-to-date basic information, a group of more than 100 scientists from major American universities has called on the government to restore research funding and for an end to "politically motivated constraints."


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All We Ever Wanted Was Everything
by Janelle Brown
"Brown's first novel rates as one the most difficult-to-put-down books of the year. It is the quintessential summer read, except that description downplays Brown's quirky, sharp-as-tacks characters, unbelievably real dialog, and helluva plot." —Library Journal (*Starred Review)
Set amidst the country club gossip and rampant affluenza of California's Silicon Valley's nouveau riche, All We Ever Wanted Was Everything is a smart, acerbic comedy chronicling one eventful summer when the lives of the Miller family are turned upside-down.
When Paul Miller's pharmaceutical company goes public, making his family IPO millionaires, his wife, Janice, is sure this is the windfall she's been waiting years for — until she learns, via messengered letter, that her husband is divorcing her (for her tennis partner!) and cutting her out of the new fortune. Meanwhile, four hundred miles south in Los Angeles, the Millers' older daughter, Margaret, has been dumped by her newly famous actor boyfriend and left in the lurch by an investor who promised to revive her fledgling post-feminist magazine. Sliding toward bankruptcy and dogged by creditors, she flees for home where her younger sister Lizzie, 14, is struggling with problems of her own.
The three Miller women retreat behind the walls of their Georgian colonial to wage battle with divorce lawyers, debt collectors, drug-dealing pool boys, mean girls, country club ladies, evangelical neighbors, their own demons, and each other, and in the process they become sympathetic characters we can't help but root for, even as the world they live in epitomizes everything wrong with the American Dream. Exhilarating and addictive, All We Ever Wanted Was Everything crackles with energy, intelligence and wit.
For On the Same Page, the Library has purchased the 2009 Spiegel & Grau trade paperback edition. It is also available at the Library in a large print format and as an unabridged audio book in CD format.
Meet Janelle Brown when she reads from All We Ever Wanted Was Everything and signs copies at SFPL!
Thursday, July 9, 2009, 6:30-7:30pm
Latino/Hispanic Community Room, Main Library,
100 Larkin Street (at Grove)
Book sales by Book Bay
About the Author
Janelle Brown is the author of All We Ever Wanted Was Everything, published in May 2008 by Spiegel & Grau, as well as in a dozen other countries across the world. An essayist and journalist, her writing appears regularly in Vogue, The New York Times, Elle, Wired, Self, The Los Angeles Times, and numerous other publications. Previously, she spent five years as a senior writer at Salon, covering a diverse range of subjects -- from Internet culture to the war on drugs, pop culture to style, public policy issues and the digital music movement-- and began her career as a staff writer at Wired, working on seminal Web sites like HotWired and Wired News during the heyday of the dotcom boom. In the 1990's, she was also the editor and co-founder of Maxi, an irreverent (and now, long-gone) women's pop culture magazine. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, filmmaker Greg Harrison, and their very spoiled dog, Guster.
"Executed with nerve and wit... Brown's comic scenes and devastating details make her postmillenial consumer universe surprisingly entertaining."
—New York Times Book Review
"A killer summer read."
—Daily Candy
"Brown — a respected journalist whose work has appeared in Salon, Vogue, and The New York Times — possesses a witty style that makes the book a quick but substantive read. Sex and the City may be this summer's guilty pleasure, but All We Ever Wanted is all the fun without the saccharine hangover."
—SF Weekly
"Brown's novel reminded us of a soapier, more summery version of Jonathan Franzen's biting social commentary. All We Ever Wanted critiques a certain Silicon Valley lifestyle in which 5,200-square-foot Colonials are average and blowout IPOs catapult regular tech guys to zillionaire status overnight. Against this backdrop, her tale of one family's implosion is a deliciously fun satire that manages to raise interesting questions about the American Dream"
—Boston Magazine
"Swift-paced and very readable"
—San Francisco Chronicle
"The author grew up in Atherton, Calif., covered the tech boom as a writer for Wired magazine and Salon.com, and even edited a neo-feminist magazine, called Maxi. She knows this landscape well. It could be a minefield of cliches and tropes. But mostly— through humor, some deft plot twists, her eye for absurd detail and her ability to reveal the inner lives of her characters—she manages to steer clear of them, as well as temper sharp irony with a dose of mercy for the Millers."
"One more terrific novel to throw in the beach bag-maybe I like this one so much because the unlikely heroine is a magazine editor...although one who lives in L.A. and who has completely maxed out her credit card. Having been recently dumped by her famous actor boyfriend and struggling to keep up with her more successful movie-industry friends, Margaret has to make a change that will bring her-and her family-back from the brink. This is one for the book club."
"If you're nostalgic for boom times, pick up Janelle Brown's satirical first novel. It'll set you straight on the absurd expectations of our very own gilded age"
—San Jose Mercury News


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Meditation can lead to positive changes in our behaviour. This group doesn't impose doctrines or dogmas about meditation. Instead, it tries to support what you want out of your own meditation.
The participants have diverse motivations, practices and rationales. All are acceptable. We avoid imposing rules. As a free-thinking community, we respect the right of individuals to seek truth as they see it. We discourage fanciful talk about meditation. And we discourage seeking agreement or imposing views on others.
In our weekly meeting, we meditate together. We find this experience fulfilling, supportive and reaffirming. Many also find that it enhances their meditation practice outside the meeting.
Doors open at 7pm. We turn off our mobile phones and settle down. At 7:15, we start our first 20-minute meditation. We then have a silent 5-minute break, followed by another 20-minute meditation.
At 8pm, we start our discussion. First, we go round the room: everyone gives their name and - without being interrupted - says as much or as little as they want about their meditation. Afterwards, we have an interactive discussion of our meditation experience.
On the first Tuesday of the month, one of us (or a guest) gives a short presentation on some aspect of meditation.
Enter at the red side door on Church Walk.
Cost: £2 per session.


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Jake Sorofman works for rPath, a provider of automated application deployment tools. You can contact Jake at [email protected]
Recently, I had a conversation with a well-known industry analyst -- a very creative guy drawn to big ideas. He got me thinking about a big idea that has been rattling around in my brain to some degree of distraction. In my estimation, the idea is nothing short of transformational to the economics of enterprise computing.
It's a story about taking back control of IT and truly rationalizing costs. The story has two parts:
- Part 1: Returning control and flexibility to IT by making system workloads autonomous, self-healing and portable across deployment environments.
- Part 2: Allowing IT leadership to make dynamic decisions about where workloads should run based on optimizations for price and service levels. Think of this as the logical evolution of IT financial management.
In combination, these two concepts have the potential to change everything.
IT has long been beholden to outsourced service providers for managing systems. In some cases, the comparative cost of outsourcing system management is lower due to scale economies and other built-in efficiencies. But, more often than not, it's the predictability of a contract relationship that IT leadership covets: fixed bid contracts are easily forecast and service level agreements allow IT to share some risk.
But the cost of admission is exceptionally high. For a very large company a contract may exceed $40 or $50 million -- a year.
Why have CIOs been willing to spend this much?
- Efficiency. Traditionally, it has been more efficient to throw systems "over the wall" due to service providers' comparative cost advantage through specialization.
- Switching costs. Once your systems are deployed, it has been too expensive to move them to a new provider; you're locked in -- and so is your price.
- Liquidity -- or the absence thereof. Traditional pricing models have forced enterprises to engage in onerous, long-term commitments, removing the liquidity that drives market-efficient pricing.
But this is changing -- and fast:
- Efficiency. Emerging approaches to automation make system scale and complexity far less prohibitive and intimidating for enterprise IT organizations to handle in house.
- Switching costs. Deep automation also allows you to regenerate systems that are ready to deploy to new environments, setting workloads free to run anywhere.
- Liquidity. At the same time, elastic computing models allow you to pay as you go. Systems can be moved and capacity can be consumed on demand.
IT efficiency increases, switching costs decrease, liquidity emerges, and a true market is born. Then, introduce decision support for driving price and SLA optimizations and CIOs can dramatically improve the efficiency of IT spending.
As context for what is possible, consider the achievements we've seen in modern manufacturing. Supply and capacity are dynamically shifted to the highest-yield demand. Capacity is allocated based on contract values, delivery commitments, and the on-hand availability of raw materials. Raw materials are procured based on competitive bids. Production runs are scheduled against available capacity.
The entire manufacturing process is automated and dynamically optimized. Why shouldn't this be the inspiration for the future of enterprise IT?


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Developing Effective Questions for JiTT Exercises
The key to achieving success with JiTT is developing effective JiTT questions. Good JiTT questions are typically open-ended and leave room for multiple explanations and interpretations; often, they ask students to apply new concepts or ideas in ways that cannot simply be looked up in a textbook. From a pragmatic standpoint, JiTT questions should focus on key ideas to be discussed in the upcoming class and align with student learning goals for the course.
Some Practical Considerations
- Before you write your questions, ask yourself: "What do I want my students to know, understand, apply, analyze, synthesize, or evaluate prior to class?" In answering this question, it is useful to work backwards from the in-class activity you plan to use. In other words, what do your students need to have thought about or done in order to be fully prepared for that activity?
- JiTT questions should be relatively brief and take students only 15-30 minutes to answer.
- The more involved the problems, the fewer questions should be given to the students. Three to four questions is a typical number, and sometimes they include both multiple choice and short response questions.
- It is useful to include a question asking what was most important, interesting, or confusing about the reading. Responses to these questions help to target in-class teaching and can jump-start engaging classroom discussions.
Linking JiTT Questions to Course Learning ObjectivesStarting with the question "At the end of this course, what do I want my students to know and be able to do?" focuses student and instructor attention on the most important concepts, ideas, and skills in the course, reinforcing course and program goals. For example, do you want to use JiTT exercises to:
- develop and extend students' critical and analytical thinking skills?
- improve students' quantitative reasoning skills?
- increase students' facility using multiple representations (verbal, graphical, quantitative, and/or analytical) of models?
- scaffold disciplinary thinking processes – e.g. the use of evidence in making causal claims?
- enhance students' problem-solving skills?
Linking JiTT Questions to Bloom's Taxonomy
How can JiTT exercises be used to move students from one level of Bloom's taxonomy to higher levels?
Before you write your questions, ask yourself: "What do I want my students to know, understand, apply, analyze, synthesize, or evaluate prior to class?" You may very well want to work backwards from the in-class activity you plan to use. In other words, what do your students need to have thought about or done in order to be fully prepared for that activity?
- Knowledge and ComprehensionThe most fundamental learning goals fall into the categories of knowledge and understanding. If you want to focus students' pre-class preparation on content knowledge and the ability to explain important terms and concepts, your JiTT questions can target these cognitive levels. For example:
- What are some of the biological effects of dam removal (good and bad)?
- What are the three leading ideas for the cause of the Permian mass extinction? What is the evidence for and against each?
- Describe Darwin's garden experiment and the significance of it.
- Application and AnalysisWhen students have mastered knowledge and understanding, you can ask them to apply their knowledge or to analyze relevant information. If your in-class exercise requires application or analysis, you may want to give your students time to practice those skills prior to class. For example:
- Let's say I told you that I thought marine mammals evolved independently of land mammals (meaning, both originated on their own in separate environments with no linkages). What evidence would you use to argue that my viewpoint is incorrect?
- Can human population growth impact biodiversity? Explain your viewpoint.
- List the animals that have been uncovered in the La Brea Tar Pits that you didn't know were native to North America. Why do you think these animals are now extinct?
- Synthesis and EvaluationThe highest cognitive level requires students to synthesize information from multiple sources or to evaluate a situation. If you will be asking your students to think at this level during class, it's best to prepare them by asking them to complete similar tasks prior to class. For example:
- What do you think it means for a fossil resource to be "abused"?
- Describe at least two different solutions that have been proposed to combat the problem of the rising water table damaging Egypt's archaeological monuments. Which do you think is the better solution, and why?
- There were many "costs" involved with constructing the Aswan High Dam. Identify some of these costs. Have the short-term and long-term impacts of the dam construction been worth it? Explain.
- After reading both articles... SO WHAT if we find life on the Moon and Mars? What's the big deal? What will that mean to scientists and society if we find life currently alive on both the Moon and Mars?
Making use of Learning Sciences ResearchLearning sciences research suggests the importance of helping students uncover (and confront) pre/misconceptions, develop expert-like thinking processes, transfer knowledge to new, unfamiliar situations, and build metacognitive skills. Intentionally linking JiTT questions to the principles summarized in How People Learn (2000) and Angelo and Cross (1993) increases the impact of JiTT pedagogy on student learning outcomes.
- Making visible student pre/misconceptions about important course concepts and topicsStudents bring their own mental models of the world with them into our classes. As a result, what we think we are teaching them is not necessarily what they are learning. To address student pre/misconceptions, we first need to uncover them. JiTT questions like the following can help:
- Explain what causes the seasons of the year.
- Explain how prices are determined in a competitive market economy.
- Is the Earth really warming? Who should we believe? What should we do?
- Developing expert-like thinking processesExperts are able to quickly assimilate new information into structured frameworks, creating new knowledge. JiTT questions that help students organize new ideas or link new information to prior knowledge (either from their lives or earlier in the course) help to develop expert-like thinking. For example:
- What are Neanderthals? Compare and contrast the characteristics of Neanderthals with those of modern humans. How do they differ and how are they alike?
- What are the differences between deterministic and stochastic models for population growth? Which model best describes population growth over the last decade? Over the last century? Over the last millennium?
- For each of the following human senses, list the organ involved, its location on the body, the sense's function, and why the sense is important for survival: (1) olfaction, (2) gustation, (3) hearing, (4) vision.
- Improving transfer of knowledge from one learning environment to anotherJiTT exercises provide opportunities for students to apply concepts in new ways, helping to build a deeper and more durable understanding of concepts. For example:
- Use an example from your own life to illustrate the concept of cause and effect. If you were graphing your example on a two-dimensional graph, what would be on the axes? What would the graph look like?
- What is wrong with the thinking that if we were ever to clone a person like Einstein, a brilliant physicist, we would end up with another brilliant physicist?
- A professor overheard a bar conversation between two Texans (true story). One claimed that the 1990 Formula 350 Firebird had a bigger engine than the 1995 5.7 L Trans Am Firebird because "back then" they didn't have to worry about fuel economy. The other argued that Pontiac increased the size from 350 cubic inches to 5.7 L in response to high sales of the 5.0 L Ford Mustang. Who is right? How do you know?
- Promoting self-regulated, reflective learningJiTT can be used to build students' metacognitive skills, critical for life-long learning. Include questions like the following with each JiTT exercise.
- After completing this exercise, what concepts or ideas are still unclear to you? Please provide a brief explanation.
- Please use the space below to share your thoughts about today's assignment (what seemed impossible, what reading didn't make sense, what we should spend class time on, what was "cool", etc.).
- In addition to determining the answer to the question, please explain the steps you used to arrive at your answer.
Using Questions Developed by Others
ConcepTests are conceptual multiple-choice questions that are used for in-class formative assessment, often incorporating classroom response systems and used in conjunction with Peer Instruction (references). ConcepTests often make good questions for JiTT exercises.
ConcepTests are conceptual multiple-choice questions that are used for in-class formative assessment, often incorporating classroom response systems and used in conjunction with Peer Instruction (references). ConcepTests often make good questions for JiTT exercises.


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NICEVILLE — The convict who breaks his parole in the quest for redemption and a new life; the self-sacrificing mother who devotes her life to ensuring the welfare of her daughter; the harsh police inspector whose relentless pursuit of "justice" consumes him – all are part of the epic story of "Les Misérables," perhaps the world's most famous musical.
A full-scale production of "Les Miserables" will appear for an unprecedented seven-night run, July 17-20 and July 25-27 at 7:30 p.m. in the mainstage theater of the Mattie Kelly Arts Center at Northwest Florida State College.
Featuring a cast of talented regional actors, Michael Dye, choral director at Niceville High School, will appear in the lead role of Jean Valjean, the former prisoner whose life on the run is central to the college's production.
NWFSC theater professor Clint Mahle of DeFuniak Springs will portray inspector Javert in the sing-through pop opera, which features a massive custom-made set and more than 40 cast and crew.
The college's production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg's musical "Les Misérables" is based on the novel by Victor Hugo and was an original London Production by Cameron Mackintosh and the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Set in early 19th-century France, "Les Misérables" is told almost entirely through song – just as it appeared in the smash hit on Broadway and in a recent major motion picture. It will be the final production directed by Dr. Cliff Herron, long-time dean of the college's renowned arts programs, who will retire in August.
Tickets are $25 for adults and $20 for youth ages 18 and younger and may be purchased in-person, by phone or online from the box office at 850-729-6000 or mattiekellyartscenter.org. Current NWFSC students may receive one free ticket per student ID, space permitting, in-person from the box office by showing a valid student ID.
There is a $2 per ticket box office processing fee.
"Les Misérables" is licensed by Music Theatre International by arrangement with CAMERON MACKINTOSH LTD.


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The Setup
Chris Butler wanted to be a media celebrity and a badass, until he made what turned out to be a big mistake. He asked Diablo to write about him.
(page 1 of 8)
You may have heard the name Christopher Butler in the news lately but certainly not for reasons that the 49-year-old Concord resident would want you to know about. I've been following Butler's mysterious story since last August, when he invited me to write a Diablo feature about his business. It unexpectedly turned out to be the most interesting—and frightening—story in my 14 years of being a journalist.
It's probably best to start at the beginning.
[ chapter one ]
Have We Got a Story for You
It all started on August 24, 2010, when I received a call from a Los Angeles–based publicist representing Butler and Associates Private Investigations, Inc. The pitch went like this: Butler's business was a great story for Diablo. Not only did his firm hire moms to run surveillance on cheating husbands, but it had recently been featured in People magazine and on the Today Show and Dr. Phil—and Butler had just signed a deal for a new reality show on Lifetime Television.
Later that day, I got a call from Chris Butler, who filled me in on his backstory. A former Antioch police officer, Butler acquired his Concord-based private investigation firm sometime around Y2K. He told me he discovered, through trial and error, that moms and gumshoes shared a lot of the same skills.
"At first, I hired former and off-duty law enforcement officers, all men, to work on assignments. They were too often competitive, impatient, and difficult to deal with," said Butler. "Then, I hired a mom, and she was the best investigator I had worked with. She was patient and a good team player, and she could multitask."
Butler invited me to come on a ride-along on one of his cases to watch his P.I. Moms in action. He described an upcoming case, in which he and the P.I. Moms would "sting" a philandering husband by sending a young, attractive decoy to flirt with him—maybe at a fitness club or via a dating website—and then try to make a date. If the husband bit, his wife had the goods on him and would be able call the shots in a divorce settlement.
"I'm not crazy about that angle," I said. "I'd feel better about the ride-along if you were following a guy who was already cheating, not some guy you baited with a hottie."
The next day, Butler offered to show me precisely what I asked for—the investigation of an active philanderer. Butler had been hired by a wealthy woman, he said, who was suspicious of her much younger fiancé's activities. The next time that the fiancé was expected to have an opportunity to cheat was September 11, and I was welcome to observe the P.I. Moms' surveillance techniques. If they saw the guy having an affair, I could even interview The Client afterward, as long as I did not reveal her identity or the identity of her fiancé.
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Previews of Coming Attractions
On September 9, I sat down with Chris Butler and several P.I. Moms at the offices of Butler and Associates. The offices were located in a warehouse building on Detroit Avenue in Concord, and the first things I noticed upon entering were the framed 8-by-10 photos of detective shows from the 1970s and '80s, including Charlie's Angels, Moonlighting, and Magnum, P.I.
To my surprise, The Client, a woman in her early fifties, showed up at the meeting a few minutes after I arrived. She told me she had been in a relationship with The Subject for three years and that she needed to address her suspicions of his infidelity if she was going to spend the rest of her life with him.
"I just want to be sure, to know one way or the other, if something is going on," said The Client, tearing up. One of the P.I. Moms, Charmagne Peters, jumped up with a box of tissues, and another, Denise Antoon, gave The Client a hug.
"That's what we're here for," Chris Butler told The Client, in a cool, confident tone. "We're here to observe his behavior and provide you with information. So if there is something going on, you'll have all your ducks in a row."
"I just need to be sure," repeated The Client, crying into the tissue. She turned to me. "I'm just so glad they're moms," she said. "They understand what I'm dealing with. They really get it."


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Porto looks forward to hosting Beach Volleyball U19 World Championships in 2014
Porto, Portugal, January 14, 2014 – Portugal's city of Porto will once again host the FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World Championships this year. The Championships, scheduled to run from July 30 to August 3, will be jointly organised by the Fédèration Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the Portuguese Volleyball Federation (FPV) and Porto City Hall.
The matches will be held at the Transparente Building beach for the second consecutive year, and for the third time since 2010.
In 2013, Moritz Reichert and Clemens Wickler from Germany took the top spot in the boys' FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World Championship while Brazil's Eduarda Santos Lisboa and Taina Silva Bigi claimed the gold medal in the girls' competition.
Moritz Reichert and Clemens Wickler claimed the third gold medal for Germany in the 12-year history of the boys' Championship, when the 18-year olds beat Norway's Bjarne Nikolai Huus and Christian Sandlie Sorum 2-0 (21-16 21-17) in the final.
Brazil's Eduarda Santos Lisboa and Taina Silva Bigi took gold in the girls' competition with a clean 2-0 (21-12 21-16) win over Russia's Anna Gorbunova and Nadezda Makroguzova. It was the first medal for Brazil since 2005, when Carolina Aragao and Barbara Seixas claimed the gold. The 14-year old Eduarda had also won silver with Thais Rodrigues Ferreira a few weeks earlier at the U23 in her debut year.
Local beach volleyball players Bernardo Martins/Francisco Pombeiro and Tomás Silva/Diogo Maia finished the boys' tournament in ninth position.
Although Tomás Silva and Diogo Maia were eliminated early on in the tournament, they were the only team to take a set away from the gold medallists Reichert/Wickler 2-1 (21-15, 20-22, 15-10) in their almost perfect run. Their fellow Portuguese Jorge Graça/Artur Rezende placed seventeenth overall in the competition.
The girl' home teams of Vanessa Paquete/Gabriela Coelho, Inês Pereira/Maria Tinoco ended in 17th place with the feeling that things could have worked out better for them.
Last year's tournaments also featured a number of Portuguese referees including Sandra Deveza, Rui Carvalho and Cesário Rama.
Portugal has a long history of hosting FIVB international beach volleyball events with 13 men's tournaments and nine women's having been held in Espinho, two for each gender on the island of Porto Santo in addition to the FIVB U19 World Championships in Porto in 2010 and 2013.
Porto is Portugal's second largest city and the capital of the Norte region. It is located in the estuary of the Douro River in the northern part of the European country and has a population of over 1.7million in the greater metropolitan area.


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$53.30 / day
Perodua Axia
$47.40 / day
Proton Persona
$59.21 / day
9 seater
Nissan Urvan
$91.67 / day
Nissan Xterra
$118.24 / day
Toyota Fortuner
$177.27 / day
7 seater
Toyota Innova
$121.19 / day
Toyota Hiace
$121.19 / day
Toyota Camry
$147.76 / day
Information about ECONOMY car rental class in Labuan - Airport (LBU), Malaysia
The economy car rental class can also be referred to as 'superminis' in Europe or 'subcompact' in North America. Economy cars are usually more lightweight and small than standard, but offer more room and comfort than minis.
This car rental class is a great combination of lower rent price and great fuel efficiency due to its moderate size. Such cars usually allow up to 4 passengers to travel comfortably with additional room for luggage and personal possessions.
Historically the economy class is one of the most popular as it is a cheap solution for travelling with friends or family and handling personal errands.
ECONOMY LBU Airport car rental
ECONOMY car rental class in Labuan - Airport is presented by the following car rental models: Proton Saga, or similar ECONOMY rental vehicles.
FAQ - ECONOMY rent a car in Labuan - Airport
How to book ECONOMY car rental in in Labuan - Airport?
Start typing the necessary pickup location and return address in the search form and select the most suitable one from the drop-down list. Choose the required date and time of your rental. On the search results page, you will be able to filter and sort all car rental deals based on your preferred car rental class.
What is the cheapest ECONOMY car rental in LBU Airport?
The cheapest ECONOMY car in Labuan - Airport is Proton Saga from kong teck. The current relevant price is $53.30 per day.
How much will I spend on fuel for ECONOMY car in Labuan - Airport?
The gasoline prices near LBU Airport varies from $3.65 to $4.32 per gallon.
So, you will spend about 5.35 $ to drive ECONOMY car for 100 km. A 100 US mile drive in ECONOMY vehicle will cost you approximately 8.65 $.
What do I need to have when picking up ECONOMY rental car in Labuan - Airport Airport?
Generally, it is enough to present:
- A full driving license. UK licence holders also need to provide the photocard. If your Driving licence is not in the Roman alphabet (i.e. in Arabic, Greek, Cyrillic, or Chinese), you are required to bring an International Driving Permit along with your domestic licence.
- A valid photo ID (passport or national ID).
- A valid credit card in the name of the main driver. It is needed to pre-authorise a car rental deposit at the rental desk.
How old do I have to be to rent ECONOMY vehicle in Labuan - Airport Airport?
You usually have to be between 25 and 70 years of age to rent ECONOMY car in Labuan - Airport. Age restrictions of car rental companies in Labuan - Airport differ dramatically.
If you fall outside these age limitations, you always can find car rental suppliers who will allow you to rent a vehicle on condition that you pay an additional young driver surcharge or senior driver fee or purchase additional insurance.
Is it possible to rent ECONOMY car one way?
Yes, some vendors provide one way ECONOMY car rentals in Labuan - Airport. Be attentive when selecting a provider. If you are looking for one way rentals, be prepared that some restrictions and additional payments may apply. Don't forget to contact the company to make sure of actual availability and cost of one way rentals.


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Our service has three main sections: Gathering: which includes praise and confession, which sensitized us to our need for God's love and help. In the second section we hear the Word through Scripture, and a sermon. The third section is where we respond to the Word by sharing our joys, concerns, prayers for the world and those around us and offering our gifts to God. Hymns are sung at the opening of the service, after the sermons and at the closing of the service. Music is organ and occasionally piano. Our choir sings an Anthem that ties into the theme of the day.
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The Shark Week absurdities reached new heights Friday night at Nationals Park, as the Sharknado returned to wreak its own brand of havoc on the Washington Nationals presidents race.
Sharknado popped out of the home bullpen and took out front-running William Howard Taft, then spun its way along the warning track toward the rest of the oncoming presidents.
But Abe Lincoln raced from behind dressed in a Batman costume, and the Caped Emancipator collided with Sharknado, clearing the way for Thomas Jefferson to take the victory.
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"My Own Love Song," among the official selections at this year's Tribeca Film Festival, has a soundtrack loaded with songs by the great Bob Dylan.
Earlier this week, a trailer and two clips for the new film (see below), starring Renee Zellweger as a paraplegic ex-country singer and Forest Whitaker as her best friend, hit the tubes.
Now comes word that the soundtrack, in addition to three songs sung by Zellweger, contains 16 from Bob Dylan.
"Dylan put together so much material for the film that a chunk of it ended up forming the bulk of his 2009 album "Together Through Life" (which earned him a Grammy Award)," reported The Playlist.
The film's IMDB page describes the film thusly: A wheelchair-bound singer and her best friend embark on a road trip to Memphis.
It sounds positively dreadful, but Zellweger and Whitaker have both done good work in the past. But what really gives this project hope is that it comes from writer-director Olivier Dahan, the man behind "La Vie En Rose," which made Marion Cotillard a star and won her an Oscar.


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2012 drought surprises and reminds people of past, says ag historian
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The 2012 drought and its timing during the Great Recession surprised people, while reminding others of the "Dirty Thirties" and other significant U.S. droughts, says a Purdue University agricultural historian.
"The seriousness of this drought caught people off guard, and people have forgotten how bad it can be," says R. Douglas Hurt, a professor and head of the Department of History who specializes in American agricultural history, especially in the West and Midwest. "This is a reminder that droughts are cyclical - just think about the 1930s, '50s, '80s and now today. It is going to happen again, and with climate change playing a role, it is important for farmers, policymakers, and social and physical scientists to take a page from history and have contingency plans to meet national needs."
For example, the 1950s drought, which covered a larger area, was not as severe as the 1930s because after that decade's Dust Bowl, American farmers implemented soil conservation practices. The devastation in the 1930s also inspired government programs that served as a safety net in the 1950s, says Hurt, author of "The Dust Bowl: An Agricultural and Social History."
Improved farming practices continue today with drought-resistant crops and better soil conservation techniques, but the current drought is a reminder of the damage that can be done, Hurt says.
"People frequently ask if the Dust Bowl can happen again, and while the answer is yes, it should not happen again given the advances in agricultural science and technology," he says. "But we must not forget what we've learned from the past."
Hurt also is the author of "The Big Empty: The Great Plains in the Twentieth Century," "Problems of Plenty: The American Farmer in the Twentieth Century," "American Agriculture: A Brief History," "American Farms: Exploring Their History," "American Farm Tools from Hand-Power to Steam-Power," "Agriculture Technology in the Twentieth Century" and "The Great Plains during World War II."
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Every actress has a dream to act opposite superstar. Chitrangada Singh is not different than others. She also wants to act opposite any big star and gets huge popularity. Recently, she said that he wants to work with perfectionist Aamir Khan.
She said that if she was asked to choose any actor with whom she wanted to work then she would tell Aamir Khan's name. She also said that if Sudhir Mishra made a film with Aamir then she would expect to get a chance to act opposite him.
Chitrangada told her desire when she was in the city to promote her upcoming Hindi movie, 'Yeh Saali Zindagi'.
There is no dispute about the popularity of Aamir Khan. He is one of the most popular actors in India. Even he is a well known actress outside the India also. Getting chance to act opposite a superstar like him is obviously a big advantage for any struggling actress to be more popular.
''Yeh Saali Zindagi' will be released on 4 February 2011. The movie is about love, danger and relationship. It stars Irrfan Khan, Chitrangadha, and Arunoday Singh for lead roles. It is expected to get good response from Indian audience.
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Always like it when the market catches its breath. I like it when it discerns stories: American International Group (AIG) better than expected, Texas Instruments (TXN) good dividend boost and buyback, Caterpillar (CAT) OK, not good enough to withstand the upgrade, but Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) cheap enough to stay strong. Boeing (BA) still rallying. Wal-Mart (WMT) enduring second-thought profit-taking.
When you see individual stories transcend the broader market, that means that people aren't reacting to "the big call," the sense that "everything's about to go kerflooey," the Gartner boom call, where he says to sell everything after he says he has been incredibly bullish.
The sweeping call is tough to make when the data aren't sweeping. The "buy on pullbacks" call that so many made was, and is, again met by "we need a bigger pullback." I like that, too.
I just want to point out that it is early. That the people who were scared out of their wits and don't want to give up the year's meager gains are scared out of their wits and don't want to give up meager gains.
So no victory dance yet. Instead, I would say you have an appreciably better moment to be able to sell than when you got the Gartner blast, so perhaps you should trim the mixed stuff and not buy yet.


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How important are top ratings from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS, www.iihs.org), an insurance industry supported safety organization? According to sources within GM, it is a differentiator that is quickly becoming a requirement in the eyes of the general public. As a result, GM is undertaking a plan that reportedly will update those vehicles that score below the organization's "acceptable" rating, and institute a program whereby all new vehicles are designed so that they will receive the top rating of "good" when tested.
In the short term, this will require some structural changes be made to current vehicles, and the addition of technologies like electronic stability control (ESC). That's because for its 2007 ratings IIHS requires that ESC must be offered for a vehicle to get this rating. Except for the midsize Saab 93, there are no 2007 GM vehicles listed as a "Top Safety Pick" on the IIHS's web site. According to a GM engineer familiar with the program this omission has "really angered our top executives, especially considering how important these ratings have become to buyers as they sift through web sites looking for items that will either keep a vehicle in contention or remove it from their shopping list."
Since GM, like other automakers, is already working to increase frontal impact performance to match the IIHS's 40-mph offset test with its new vehicles, most modifications will have to be made in other areas. These include side impacts and rear crash protection/head restraint performance. Supplier sources indicate GM recently expressed increased interest in active head restraint systems. This is noteworthy given that it's possible to meet the standards with a headrest that sits immediately behind the occupant's head, but forces passengers to tilt their head slightly forward. "It's an option we don't recommend," says the source, "because it can make the driver and passengers very uncomfortable. An active head restraint, on the other hand, allows them to sit normally, and springs forward to meet the back of their head in an accident."
GM sources say the company hopes to complete this update program in time for the 2011 model year, and will use mid-term freshenings to accomplish most of the work.—CAS
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Taking A Break
Yes, I do get days off every now and then. This weekend is one of those cases. One of my good friends from college is getting married and asked me to stand up in the ceremony. So I guess that means showing up would be a good idea. So I will not be in Baltimore for the next series. I will be back in Toronto on Sunday night.
Just because I won't be around doesn't mean you can't keep the comments flowing on the blog. I see the Jays discussion boards getting all kinds of play. Let's keep carrying that over onto this site, too. I've enjoyed reading the conversations in these posts.
Just a few notes from tonight:
The Blue Jays were absolutely thrilled that Scott Kazmir only lasted five innings. He was absolutely shutting Toronto down. The first seven outs he recorded were strikeouts and it didn't look like the Jays were going to get much going against him. They didn't, either — not until he was pulled from the game.
It was good to see Gregg Zaun finally get a nice, solid hit. His two-run homer added some nice insurance and it marked his first RBIs since July 14. Lately, he's described his performance at the plate as a "drought." He says a drought is when a player is feeling good mechanically, is making good swings, but still isn't finding the hits. A "slump" is when things are all out of whack. Tonight Zaun hit the homer on a breaking ball, which he said he doesn't normally do. Hopefully for him and the Jays, that's a sign that he's busting out of this "drought."
Watching Bengie Molina run around the bags, legging out a triple was quite a sight. It was even more enjoyable to see him enjoy the moment. Molina knows he ain't the fastest guy in the world — I'm going easy on him there — but he also doesn't need anyone pointing it out to him. When he slid safely into third base, the Jays were all laughing in the dugout and Molina pointed to all of them and smiled when he picked up the three-bagger. Too bad he fell a double short of the cycle.
Things to look out for in Baltimore:
Well, as I predicted a couple posts ago, Toronto optioned RHP Francisco Rosario to Triple-A on Thursday. The club didn't announce who would fill the other half of that move, which meant Toronto was playing with 24 guys against the Devil Rays. I guess that's one team you can risk doing that against. On Friday, the Jays will reveal the added player. Could Russ Adams be back again? Jason Phillips? Perhaps an outfielder now that Eric Hinske is gone.
Earlier this week, manager John Gibbons said Justin Speier was likely going to be joining the team on the road. He's been back in Toronto receiving treatment on his forearm. He might be back with the club in Baltimore and might be close to throwing again soon.
John Hattig — Guam's first Major Leaguer — might have some tired fans at Camden Yards. Tired because he has four uncles and his dad planning on possibly making the 20-odd hour trip from the island nation to Baltimore. Hattig had some great quotes about becoming the first player from the U.S. territory to make it to the big leagues. "Shoot, they might rename the island," for example. Classic.
Don't forget: Gustavo Chacin's all-important fifth rehab assignment happens Saturday with Triple-A Syracuse. It seems unlikely that a sixth rehab is in the plans. Then again, the original plan called for just three.
That should be enough tidbits to tie all you Jays fans over. Until I post again, have a good weekend and keep watching those Jays.
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I would personally like them to call up Adam Lind. I know he has only had a short stop at AAA but so far he has showed he can hit at every level. Why not try him out at the big leauges if he falters a bit send him back before his confidence breaks. But he could come up here and add a boost they didnt expect this year.
It's been a day since we traded someone. I think we need to deal Ace to the Orioles for cash considerations or a mascot to be named later.
Yeah thats true. Word is Baltimore is also looking for a dance team with major league experience. Maybe Riccardi will try and free up a little more salary and include the J-Force too?


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You can purchase a MP4 video just like you would any other product on our store. Because they are downloaded to your computer/device, there are no shipping charges involved. Once you have navigated the checkout process and payment has been successful, then you will receive an additional email which contains a download link to each eBook that you purchased. This link will also be available from your Digital Purchases and Subscriptions page (via My Account) but only if you purchased from your store account (anyone can create a store account at any time).
We recommend that you create a store account the first time that you shop with us as this will enable you to re-download any digital products purchased at any time, even months and years after your purchase. If you purchase as a "guest" (no store account) then you'll need to phone us in order to have a download email resent to you.
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The Subversion open source community has announced the general availability of version 1.5 of the Subversion software configuration management (SCM) tool. Among other key features, Subversion 1.5 includes:
- Merge tracking for more automated and efficient branch management.
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Merge tracking and its related functions mark a significant change in the way developers use Subversion for distributed development. Interactive conflict resolution lets users proactively resolve issues during the merge process. Merge history and annotated logs provide additional information not available in previous Subversion releases, allowing users to query for available changes on different lines of development, and making it easier to back out changes. Subversion 1.5 offers both command-line and API access to these operations.
"Measuring by new features alone, Subversion 1.5 is our biggest release since version 1.0 became available in February 2004," said Karl Fogel, president of the non-profit Subversion Corporation. "In Subversion 1.5, we made a conscious effort to integrate ideas from both individual and corporate users. That process worked quite well, and we will probably continue to use it for future development."