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By Eric Roper and Richard Meryhew
Minneapolis political and business leaders gathered at the Guthrie Theater Monday night to witness the unveiling of designs for the new, $975 million Vikings stadium.
The Star Tribune is live streaming the event here.
At nearly a billion dollars, the new stadium will have giant pivoting glass doors that open to the downtown Minneapolis skyline and a roof that, while not retractable, will let in so much sunlight come Sunday afternoons, fans will feel as though they're sitting outdoors.
Seven stadium decks will wrap around a field of artificial turf and two giant high tech scoreboards will sit at each endzone.
At 1.6 million square feet, the stadium will be nearly twice the size of the outdated Dome. It'll seat 65,000 fans for NFL games but accommodate up to 73,000 for special events, such as the Super Bowl.
The skyline's newest addition will be asymmetrical and almost diamond-like in its shape, featuring sharp angles and a roof line that rises to a peak on the west end, which doubles as the building's grand entryway. From the side, the west end juts out, resembling the prow of a ship or a jagged iceberg.
Clear story windows will run around the the stadium walls just under the roof line, with the signature feature being a glass curtain wall on the stadium's west end. Five, 95-foot-tall pivoting glass doors that open at concourse level will allow fans to enter and exit and socialize on a plaza — more than two acres in size — just outside the stadium before, during and after games.
Conspicuous by its absence is a retractable roof, a key feature that the team and authority pursued and one that many fans, longing for a return to outdoor football, wanted to see.
To compensate, and give fans a feeling that they are outdoors, architects created openings for natural light.
Gov. Mark Dayton, speaking ahead of the unveiling, emphasized the jobs that it would create.
"I'm just so excited about tonight because it makes this stadium one step closer to reality," Dayton said. "And it's closer to the time then when they're going to dig into the ground and thousands of Minnesotans are going to go to work building that stadium. And then operating it after it's started...This is first and foremost an economic development project."
He also praised stadium supporters on the Minneapolis City Council in the room for their "heroic effort that you made in the face of some I thought pretty unreasonable opposition."
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak said the building would tie together different parts of the city.
"You've got one of the greatest downtowns in the world," Rybak said. "You have this amazing University. You have the riverfront. You have the riverfront, you have great neighborhoods. But they're all separated.
"It's like the Metrodome was a space ship that landed and everybody ran from the martians," he added. "So now we've got a space ship landing and everybody loves those wonderful martians from outer space."
Two hundred tickets to the event were made available on a first-come-first serve basis at the Metrodome on Monday.
Following the presentation, the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority voted to send the designs to the city of Minneapolis, which has four months to review and sign off on them.
In her introductions, Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority chair Michele Kelm-Helgen highlighted the non-NFL uses of the new stadium.
"What we're really building is a state of the art, indoor, statewide park of sorts that will be used by thousands of Minnesotans throughout the years," Kelm-Helgen said.
The Vikings posted a stadium fly-through just after Dayton's speech. Here are some screen grabs.


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San Diego -- After graduating high school six months early, Pfc. Isaac Cordova, Platoon 3210, Company I, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, found himself working as a janitor. He wasn't satisfied with what he was doing and couldn't see himself making a career of the job, so Cordova began to explore his options—the Marine Corps landed on the top of his list.
After growing up in a family with a strong military background, his desire to serve his country came naturally. Cordova found great inspiration through his two older brothers who are both Marines.
"I joined the Marine Corps because they're the best," said Cordova. "I also wanted to set a good example for others around me. Both of my brothers live by honor, courage and commitment, and they motivated me to want to strive to exemplify those traits."
While the decision to enlist was simple for Cordova, the same can't be said about his first few weeks of training aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. During recruit training, some recruits blend in with the crowd while others stand out. Cordova quickly made an impression on his drill instructors during the first hygiene inspection.
"A month before boot camp, my girlfriend painted my toenail pink and black," said Cordova. "I tried to get it off with nail polish remover, but it wouldn't come off, so I still had it on when I got to training."
While it didn't take long for his drill instructors to notice his painted toe, they also caught on to something else.
"When we first got him, he had an attitude problem and couldn't seem to keep up with learning the basics," said Staff Sgt. Jason Fair, senior drill instructor, Plt. 3210, Co. I, 3rd RTBn.
Cordova's drill instructors noticed him struggling and decided to challenge him more by making him a squad leader; that is when everything changed.
"As a squad leader I learned to change my selfish mindset," said Cordova. "I found a balance between taking care of myself and others. I've learned that in order to achieve mission accomplishment and troop welfare you have to put others before yourself."
Because of his hard work, Cordova was deemed most improved recruit of his platoon by his drill instructors.
"To see how far he's come and how much he's matured is great," said Fair. "When we first got him, he had a lot of problems and now he's one of our better, more dependable recruits. He's always getting tasks done first, helping out and taking care of others."
Through his determination and the help of his drill instructors, Cordova earned the title, "United States Marine."
"It feels great to have made it this far. It definitely took a lot to get here, I had a lot of bad times and good times," said Cordova, "I gave my best effort and the change between day one and now certainly shows. I see it every day when I look at myself in the mirror. I feel proud."

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Canidae Lamb & Rice
Date of last review
Mon April 6, 2009
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Feeding guideline:
A 50lb dog should be fed 2 cups
Calculated Caloric Content
ME (kcal/kg) 4022
ME (kcal/g) 4.03
ME (kcal/lb) 1828
ME (kcal/cup) 457
Lamb meal, brown rice, cracked pearled barley, rice bran, peas, millet, canola oil, lamb, tomato pomace, natural flavor, flaxseed meal, potassium chloride, choline chloride, sun cured alfalfa meal, inulin (from chicory root), lecithin, sage extract, cranberries, beta carotene, rosemary extract, sunflower oil, yucca schidigera extract, dried enterococcus faecium, dried lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product, dried aspergillus oryzae fermentation extract, dried bacillus subtilis fermentation extract, saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation solubles, vitamin E supplement, iron proteinate, zinc proteinate, copper proteinate, ferrous sulfate, zinc sulfate, copper sulfate, potassium iodide, thiamine mononitrate, manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, ascorbic acid, vitamin A supplement, biotin, calcium pantothenate, manganese sulfate, sodium selenite, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), vitamin B12 supplement, riboflavin, vitamin D supplement, folic acid, cobalt proteinate, organic selenium, papaya, pineapple.
Guaranteed Analysis
Crude Protein (min.) 21.00%
Crude Fat (min.) 12.50%
Crude Fiber (max.) 4.00%
Moisture (max.) 10.00%
Lenoleic Acid (Omega 6) (min.) 3.55%
Vitamin E (min.) 200.00 IU/kg
Calcium (min.) 1.40%
Phosphorus (min.) 1.00%
Zinc (min.) 200.00 mg/kg
Iron (min.) 300.00 mg/kg
Alpha Linolenic Acid (Omega 3)* (min.) 0.50%
Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C)* (min.) 50.00 mg/kg
Lactobacillus Acidophilus* (min.) 100 million CFU/lb.
Cellulase* (a) (min.) 100 CMCU/kg
* Not recognized as an essential nutrient by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles.
CANIDAE Lamb and Rice formula meets the AAFCO Dog Nutrient Profiles for all life stages.
Nutrient Analysis for CANIDAE Lamb & Rice dry formula As Fed
Moisture 8.5 %
Protein 21.7 %
Fat 12.5 %
Omega-6 Fatty Acids 3.8 %
Omega-3 Fatty Acids 0.5 %
Ash 8.0 %
Fiber 4.0 %
Carbohydrate 44.0 %
Arginine 1.25 %
Histidine 0.48 %
Isoleucine 0.78 %
Leucine 1.51 %
Lysine 1.03 %
Methionine Cystine 0.77 %
Phenylalanine-Tyrosine 1.43 %
Threonine 0.80 % s
Tryptophan 0.19 %
Valine 0.98 %
Calcium 2.00 %
Phosphorus 1.30 %
Magnesium 0.16 %
Sodium 0.17 %
Potassium 0.66 %
Chloride 0.45 %
Copper 11 mg/kg
Iron 300 mg/kg
Manganese 25 mg/kg
Zinc 200 mg/kg
Iodine 2.5 mg/kg
Selenium 0.20 mg/kg
Lycopene 15.00 mg/kg
Vitamin A 15,000 IU/kg
Vitamin C 50 mg/kg
Vitamin D 1,000 IU/kg
Vitamin E 200 IU/kg
Thiamine (B1) 40 mg/kg s
Riboflavin (B2) 8.0 mg/kg
Pyridoxine (B6) 13.0 mg/kg
B12 0.14 mg/kg
Beta Carotene 5.75 mg/kg
Folic Acid 2.0 mg/kg
Niacin 66 mg/kg
Pantothenic Acid 25.0 mg/kg
Biotin 0.33 mg/kg
Choline 3,000 mg/kg
Metabolizable Energy (ME) 4,022 kcal/kg (Based on Atwater Calculation)
ME 457 kcal/cup
Product Density 4.5 oz./cup
Digestibility 85.0 % 93 %
As Fed Digestibility (protein 84%, fat 95%, carbohydrates 91%)
PH Urine 7.0
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First ingredient is a named meat product, generally good quality ingredients
Minimum acceptable meat content
The first ingredient in this food is a named meat product in meal form. There is a further meat ingredient 8th on the ingredient list, but this is too far down to make any substantial contribution to the overall meat content of the food.
This is followed by four grains, suggesting that the product probably contains more grain than meat (users might consider supplementing this product with meat). This includes 3 forms of rice - such splitting of the rice ingredients is further suggestive that rice may in fact be the major ingredient in the food. Brown and white rice are decent quality grains, but rice bran is a grain fragment and we consider this filler.
Barley and millet are also good quality grains. Tomato pomace is filler, but a minor ingredient in the food. The food contains a small amount of fruit, and a good range of probiotics. The product uses canola oil rather than animal fat. This is generally a good thing, though not all agree that canola is good quality.
Overall, this product uses generally good quality ingredients. Meat content appears limited, however, and users might consider supplementing this food with real meat.
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Sometimes you just need something warm, greasy and familiar...and thus I went to Izzy's!
There are more than a half-dozen Izzy's locations in the tri-state area. This past week I headed to the one downtown at 6th & Main.
I love the pickles on the tables...they're spicy and crisp and just damn yummy. I devour half the container on every visit.
I love watching the kitchens - I think its the years of Top Chef and Hells Kitchen getting to me. It's a well-oiled machine most definitely. Which kitchen is more fun to watch - Izzy's or Skyline? I say - TOSS UP!
Izzy's Combo - Izzy's Famous Corned Beef and delicious Pastrami served on Rye Roll and topped with melted Imported Swiss Cheese.
My standard is the combo - I love corned beef and pastrami. The bread is so soft, the pancake so yummy, just perfection on a plate!
Also something to note - the staff - always very happy! There was some discussion about egg in the pancake (allergies) and they were quick to answer and double check even. Great staff!
If you live in Cincinnati and haven't been to Izzy's - you should check it out. The Reuben is always a great choice...but hey branch out and try other stuff. If you're a die-hard Izzy's fan - go again!


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Red Polka-Dot Dressage Saddle Pad $36.95
This beautiful heavy cotton polka-dot dressage saddle pad is made to last. A heavy weight cotton underside, foam center, quality top materials and heavy black webbing on billet loops, girth straps and binding. The billets have velcro closures. Made for dressage saddles up to 18". These pads are contoured with wither-relief and also fit on horses with regular withers. This standard pad measure 23" along the spine, 25" along the middle and and have a drop of 23" down the front and 21" down the middle. Made in the USA. Care Instructions: Machine wash cold, no bleach. Hang-dry.


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Oficina de Turismo de Segorbe
The Torre de la Cárcel tower dates from the 14th century, and together with the Torre del Verdugo tower, the aqueduct and the walls, comprises an artistic-historic site that has been designated a Property of Cultural Interest.
Oficina de Turismo de Segorbe
The La Esperanza spring supplies water to the city. Located in the Municipal Natural Area of La Esperanza
Oficina de Turismo de Segorbe
Fuente de los 50 Caños fountain. Segorbe, Castellón
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- Провинция / Остров: Castellón - Castelló
The village of Segorbe is immersed in a fertile plain, washed by the Palancia river. Its medieval layout conceals several architectural gems, like the cathedral, and the vestiges of the ancient wall. The remains of the medieval castle, located on the neighbouring hill of La Estrella, recall the regal origins of Segorbe. The square of Agua Limpia (clean water), so-named because of the plentiful springs found in the area, is the nerve centre of the town. There we have the City Hall, built in the 16th century, which was the former palace of the Duke of Medinaceli. The cathedral of Santa María was built in a Gothic style of architecture, and later remodelled following Neoclassical canons. Its interior has seven chapels and a beautiful cloister, and guards a precious codex down in the archives, as well as a collection of paintings in the chapter house. Several churches stand out in the medieval layout of the city: the churches of San Pedro, San Martín, San Joaquín and Santa Ana. From its defensive past, the village still preserves the circular tower of Botxí and the prison's tower, which used to be a part of the ancient wall along with the arch of Verónica. To end our journey around the city, we can visit the Cathedral Museum, the Archaeological Museum and the Ethnology Museum. The local holiday celebrations in Segorbe, declared to be of Tourist Interest, are held towards the end of August, and include a busy programme, filled with cultural, religious, and entertainment activities.


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Latin America countries have signed over 650 trade agreements. They have been the most targeted by investor-state disputes (ISDS). About 35% of all ICSID arbitration cases have involved a Latin American state.
Argentina itself has faced almost 60 ISDS disputes, about 9% of all cases, making it the most targeted state globally. Venezuela, Mexico and Ecuador have been among the ten most frequent respondents in the world.
Well-known cases such as Chevron vs. Ecuador or Pac Rim vs. El Salvador have originated in significant environmental damages caused by corporations. Philip Morris is currently suing Uruguay over its anti-tobacco law.
Besides, Chile, Mexico and Peru are party to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) with nine other Pacific Rim states. Its investment chapter has revealed the inclusion of ISDS provisions that would undermine public health, the environment and other public-interest 'safeguards'.
The most well-known cases include:
• Chevron (US) vs. Ecuador: in 2013, an arbitration court ordered Ecuador to pay Chevron US$106 for breach of contract (Ecuador-United States BIT invoked). Meanwhile in a separate case, Ecuador's highest court fined the oil giant US$9.5 billion for dumping billions of gallons of toxic waste into the rainforest. Both cases are unresolved.
• Occidental Petroleum Corporation "Oxy" (US) vs. Ecuador: in 2012 Ecuador was ordered to pay US$1.77 billion to the investor, an oil exploration and production company, for breach of contract. Sentence was reduced to US$1 billion in November 2015 (Ecuador-United States BIT invoked).
• National Grid PLC (United Kingdom) vs. Argentina: about US$50 million awarded in 2008 to the investor, a multinational electricity and gas utility company (Argentine-United Kingdom BIT invoked).
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by Pete Mazzaccaro
You would never know by talking to Morgan Hellebusch that she has a condition that will send her to the hospital five or six times a year from high blood sugar levels.
The 8-year-old Germantown Academy second-grader is an active lacrosse player, dancer and piano student and, like other 8-year-old girls, is concerned about her friends and how her hair looks when you take her picture for a newspaper photo.
But Morgan, a Wyndmoor resident, has a condition called hypoglycemia with ketoacidosis (which, by the way she can pronounce very well) that puts her at risk for high blood sugar if she is not able to eat enough. Generally, according to her mother Annamarie, Morgan is most at risk for hospitalization when her body is fighting off some other illness that might suppress her appetite like a cold or a flu.
"If I don't eat, my sugar goes, my stomach hurts and I don't feel good,"she said. " When that happens I have to go to CHOP and have an IV."
Often, she has to stay overnight at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Those trips, though, did not inspire her to feel sorry for herself. Instead, she asked her mother if there was a way she might raise money for other kids at CHOP who, she thinks, are sicker than she is.
"When I walk by [other rooms at CHOP], I see other kids who can't leave their room, and they look so sick and they don't feel good, even worse than me," she said.
That got Morgan thinking that she would really like to help those kids. To do so, she is hosting "Morgan's Art Cart Carnival" in the backyard of her home to raise money for the art carts in CHOP's Oncology Department that are brought to children whose illnesses prevent them from leaving their beds.
"I want to raise money to help kids who have cancer," she said.
Morgan's mother, Annemarie, helped come up with the name and found a number of corporate sponsors to pull off the event. She's very happy to help her daughter raise money for CHOP, which she said has been incredibly helpful to Morgan and her family.
"Morgan's diagnosis was very upsetting for [husband] Stroud and me, but the Endocrinolgy Team was very supportive and helped our family navigate the best way to take care of Morgan," she said.
The carnival will take place in the Helllebusch family's backyard on Saturday, May 4. It's an invitation-only affair – there's only so much room in the backyard – though the Hellebusches hope to expand it in the near future. So far, 50 guests had RSVPd.
What will guests do?
"Well, there's going to be three art stations – a magnet station, a coloring station for like little kids, and there's going to be spin art," Morgan said. "And we're not sure about the sand art. For games, we're going to have a couple basketballs, pin the tail on the donkey, we're going to have this golf game and skeeball."
In addition, hot dogs, cotton candy, snow cones and more will be served.
Annamarie said that Geppert Lumber, in Roslyn, is providing games and most of the art supplies for the carnival. She also credited a number of other companies with underwriting the carnival: Stroud Hellebusch-Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, Geppert Bros. Inc., Geppert Party & Tool Rental, Debra Bedrosian Vozzo Graphic Designer, John J. McGettigan Inc., Long & Foster, Cathy and Arnie Reusch, Fuzzy Slippers Marketing Strategies Inc., Barbara B's Jewels, Timm Carey Designs and Classico Corporation
Asked how many she hoped to have come to her carnival, Morgan said she hoped she'd have many more than the 50 who had RSVPd. After her mother suggested that maybe the final number would be 70, Morgan thought bigger.
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As usual, a concise summary of the current situation. Believe me, folks, the sky is not falling. In fact, it may be rising.
Are you scared yet? Because you should be scared. Something really bad is about to happen. It affects all of us.
Our livelihoods are at risk. The ability to support our families. It's just over the horizon. It could happen any minute. It's coming for all of us!
I've been around for long enough to know that authors can be a skittish bunch. Probably something to do with our over-active imaginations, with an assist from that old writers' favorite: the whiskey brunch.
More seriously, we are going through a period of unprecedented change so it's perfectly normal for people to be a little fearful. I think the disruption we are all experiencing is greater than that which has been faced by similar industries. In fact, I think the transition from print book to e-book is akin to going straight from vinyl to MP3, with all that…
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Bogotá, September 16, 2013--The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Colombian authorities to launch a full investigation into the murder of a radio host on Wednesday. Édison Alberto Molina, a lawyer and politician who hosted a radio program that he used to denounce government corruption, was shot and killed in the town of Puerto Berrío, according to news reports.
"Authorities must fully investigate the murder of Édison Alberto Molina, identify the motive, and bring those responsible to justice," said Carlos Lauría, CPJ's senior program coordinator for the Americas. "Clarifying and resolving this case would be an important step toward combating Colombia's dismal record of impunity in journalist murders."
Unidentified gunmen shot Molina four times in the face as he was headed home on his motorcycle from the radio station with his wife, according to news reports. His wife was slightly wounded, but Molina died at a local hospital, the reports said.
Molina, 40, hosted a Wednesday-night radio program, called "Consultorio Jurídico" (The Law Office), on community station Puerto Berrío Stereo. Orlando González, director of Puerto Berrío Stereo and Molina's co-host, told CPJ that Molina often used the call-in program to accuse the government of corruption. He said Molina had received several threats in recent months, including a plastic bag filled with black dirt and unidentified bones that arrived the week before he was killed.
Molina was also a former transportation and sports secretary for the town government and a prominent lawyer. He had filed 36 lawsuits against the town government alleging corruption, cost overruns, and mismanagement of public works, González said.
Benjamin Pelayo, a reporter in Puerto Berrío for Medellín's Teleantioquia TV station, told CPJ that Robinson Baena, a local mayor, used his own program on a community TV station to defend his administration from Molina's accusations and deny allegations of corruption. Baena did not return calls from CPJ seeking comment.
Capt. Juan Carlos Fuentes, chief of police in the district that includes Puerto Berrío, told CPJ that authorities had offered a 20 million peso reward (about US$10,500) for information leading to the capture of Molina's killers.
Colombia has seen a resurgence in violence and intimidation against journalists in the past year. On May 5, eight provincial reporters covering land restitution efforts by the government were threatened by a group that said they had 24 hours to abandon the northern city of Valledupar. Ricardo Calderón, who heads Semana magazine's investigative unit, barely escaped a May 1 assassination attempt. The presence of criminal gangs known in Spanish as bandas criminales or bacrim has made Antioquia one of the most dangerous regions of Colombia for journalists, according to CPJ research.
- For more data and analysis, visit CPJ's Colombia page.


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Mimmo La Bufala
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It's just as well portions are large here, as we enjoyed every last flavoursome bite of our meal. Mimmo La Bufala specialises in southern Italian food, with a bias towards mozzarella (of course) and fish. Daily specials might include classics such as osso buco. A starter of sautéed king prawns was deliciously fresh and juicy. Then followed a memorable pasta dish of orecchiette with fresh spinach, creamy ricotta and tangy sun-dried tomatoes – a perfect mix of complementary flavours.
The long pizza list includes all the classics as well as seasonal variations such as tomato-free 'biancis'. We opted for 'Mimmo's pizza', named after the ebullient proprietor. In true southern Italian style, its thin base was topped with juicy tomatoes, smoky provolone and melt-in-your-mouth buffalo mozzarella before being baked in a wood-fired oven. This oven links the restaurant's two dining areas: a small but airy front room in white with shopfront-style windows, mirrors and chandeliers; and a larger, cosier space at the back with less natural light and a grand piano for occasional entertainment.
Our main gripe is the lack of wines by the glass (only house red or white), but it's the food that is the draw.
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Amazing food amazing place 👍🏼
We have visited Mimmo few times already and we are delighted of having finally found a true Neapolitan spot in London!
Fantastic and authentic Italian Pizza & wonderful service and venue! Highly recommend if you are after a genuine Italian quality food experience in London.
Been there for a pizza! The best Pizza in London! Perfect location and very nice and kind staff!
Just had my Sunday Lunch today with couple of friends!Such an amazing Restaurant, Mimmo is absolutely an excellent host. The food just superb!!!After I have tried different Italian Restaurant this is definitely my top one!!!I felt like I was in Italy in a proper Italian restaurant with extraordinary food!Courtesy and politeness!Thank you for made my Sunday!!! Alessia
If you share my view that high quality food needs to be matched by a commensurate level of service, you won't go far wrong here. Mimmo is an amazing individual who showed us hospitality, care and attention to detail. He's supported by warm staff who really do care. The food is excellent.
WOW!!!! What an amazing restaurant!!! Had been before and we become addicted to this fabulous restaurant !!The quality of the food was out of this world!!! All the ingredients were true authentic Italian, the food itself was so fresh and the owner, Mimmo,who served us was beyond hospitable. My partner love so much the Italian food and and the amazing service with exceptional fresh food (which you can hardly find these days).Mimmo thank you for such a wonderful evening!!!!! We most certainly will be coming again.
Just wanted to say how much we enjoyed La Bufala's dining experience. A warm welcome, brilliant service with a smile and the food well presented, fresh and full of wonderful flavours. Will definitely be going back
Seriously the best pizza I have ever tasted! The staff were very friendly and accommodating! Great ambiance, excellent food and friendly service. You cannot miss this place!
The staff were really warm friendly and welcoming. The atmosphere was great it felt like I was on holiday! I asked the waiter for his recommendations and he recommended the seabass, it was absolutely delicious not to mention a very generous portion. I am not really a desert kind of girl, but I tried the tiramisu and it was to die for! This is the best Italian food outside of Italy for sure. I can't recommend this restaurant highly enough, it's a real hidden gem in Hampstead. I'm already booked to go back this weekend can't wait!
As a long-time immigrant accostumed to fixing a quick sandwitch over lunch pretty much everyday, I sometimes get a nostalgic craving for a real Italian pizza, a long sit-down meal in a place with a good atmoshpere, where food is conceived as a pleasure, rather than as a "must-do". These are the times I then go to Mimmo's, undoubtedly one of the most genuine Italian restaurants in London.
A first praise goes to the staff, always so welcoming and accomodating. The waiters are very polite, and the owner himself, a very friendly man with a charming savoir-faire, will often come along with a sunny smile to make sure that everything is ok. Having been there many times, I know the waiters by name and I feel treated more like a friend than like a customer.
The food: being a traditionalist, I have tried very little variety in my menu choice. I always go there to get a specific kind of pizza (Margaritana), and have never been disappointed with it. In fact, I am always very excited when I know I'm going there for dinner and have a Margaritana awaiting for me. It takes a specific palate to appreciate it fully: people who are accustomed to more "turistic" pizzas, to hard crusts and so on, will probably miss the delight of the creamy bufala mozzarella or the softness of the doe. But if you are looking for a proper Neapolitan pizza, you cannot go wrong at Mimmo's.
The atmosphere: as said, the place has a warm atmoshpere. While being a high-class restaurant, it has a homey feel to it. The staff will be polite and attend after you, chat with you, advise you and accomodate every requests. Yet they are not so invasive that every 2 minutes you have someone refilling your glass and asking if everything is ok (I hate when that happens. I can re-fill my glass myself and I like eating in peace).
Prices: I usually spend between 20-40£, depending on whether I'm simply having pizza and beer or whether I'm feeling fancy and indulge in larger meal with starter, dessert, liquor. I feel like overall this place is very good value for money (especially comparing the pizza to Dominos and the like!), but be warned that if you go there to enjoy a proper meal with pasta, meat and good wine, you will obviously go easily over £60. This is a higher class (though not posh) restaurant, so be ready for it.
If you want to truly enjoy the place, I would recommend trying to avoid going during peak time (e.g. Saturday evening and such). The place will be packed, the waiters very busy and pressured, and you may miss the relaxed atmosphere I have been praising so far. Aside from that, enjoy my favourite restaurant.
Authentic Italian in North London. Great food, great atmosphere!
The pizzas and pastas are great, but the Sea bass chargrilled is on another level.
This crazy restaurant never end to surprise me. I've always been there for the pizza, in my opinion the best of London, but last night I've decided to go for fish and I was really impressed. Mimmo has recently changed his wine list and my husband said the wines are really good and very well priced. I always have great time there. Thank you Mimmo. You're the best. Anna
Always great food - everything on the menu is amazing - in an unpretentious and attentive setting. The closest place to Naples in London!
Was there yesterday for dinner. Think this is the best Italian restaurants in London and the pizza there is definitely the best I've ever had. The atmosphere is great, the staff friendly and Mimmo is a great host.
I was taken by surprise when I tried the pizza; was I step back to south Italy. The tagliatelle with ragù where superb. I have to say that I was wrong thinking you can't have good Italian food in London. The atmosphere as done the rest to make me feel at home. So far the best Italian restaurant I've been in london
What a great restaurant! Without doubt the best place to eat in South End Green bar none. Course after course of excellently prepared Italian fare with twists of originality and a modern edge. House white was pretty good stuff. Staff could not have been more attentive, friendly and knowledgeable about the food
Warm welcome, excellent costumer service and Mimmo is amazing! The best pizza in London!
Sorry to say but it has over priced and under flavoured Will not be going back
One of the best pizzas in London: nice place, warm welcome, excellente customer service. Not a large drink selection (just small Peroni beer, overpriced wines), but the food is definitely a choice. Recommended.
Best pizzas in London! Real italian food :)
I was looking for a REAL italian pizza since I moved to London. after trying many pizzas, many places and many restaurant I had lost any hope. Until I went to Mimmo La Bufala's yesterday for my friend's birthday, I am italian, so you can imagine that I KNOW everything about pizza, and I am a real fan of real pizza. Mimmo's one is definitely the very best pizza you can ever try in London. Simple real italian authentic ingredients, delicious italian recipes and chefs, pizza perfectly cooked and served. It is what I really use to call PIZZA!! I had "La reale" pizza, with mozzarella di bufala added and I cannot describe how delicious awesome, yummy and amazing it was. I tried my friend's one, with provola. DELICIOUS, simply delicious. It is the best real ITALIAN pizza that you will find in London.. It is a MUST EAT, if you are a foreigner but especially if you are an italian missing italian food. The best place to be. Thanks Mimmo.!!!!
Simply best Italian in London. They always cheer me up by their food and their Italian passion. Mimmo is the main character of the restaurant. He welcomes me and my boy friend. and he notices everything we need. I recommend anyone to go there without misconception about Italian food. Simply enjoy it!
This was the first place we wanted to go to after the Christmas break. As always, the welcome was warm and the food was delicious. TimeOut's reviewer points out that the seasonal specials can be more expensive than the regular dishes on the menu. It's true, but they're worth it. - yesterday's seasonal dishes included scallops, truffle tagliolini, and seafood paccheri - all delicious.
Always a pleasant experience, pleased to return to the restaurant under new name Mimmo la Bufala. Mimmo the owner makes the atmosphere special, the menu has changed for the better, though the pizza choice stable and of the highest quality.last dish I had there was wonderful - lasagne al tartufo ( truffle lasagne) , my friend had Sea Bass fillets with courgette crosses, also delicious. For starters we shared the pizza 'Mimmo's pizza' with bufala mozzarella and smoked mozz, fresh tomato sauce..delectable. And we treated ourselves to a really good Amarone.. For real Italian cooking, it's top of my list.
Exceptionally warm welcome. Great service. Personal visit to our table from Mimmo. And wonderful food. Capellini with truffles was divine. The white pizza with ricotta and truffles made my heart sing. Much more than just a neighborhood pasta pizza place.
over priced and poor vegetarian options. Starters and main course came all at once. Risotto was somewhat bitter. Could have sworn there was anchovy in the vegetarian pasta. Most waiters looked in training. The Manager was very friendly and warm...made it difficult to throw up a fuss. But doesn't mean we had a good experience. Keep away.
Words can not express what a really good meal does for the sole amazing host supported by great chef and front of house team if you love food you must visit ask for the gnocchi with truffle it's addictive
Really enjoyed late dinner - service was fantastic with authentic italian manager and waiters who were very attentive. Food was very good , atmosphere ambience style food and the manager and staff make you feel your in a top Hampstead restaurant other restaurants take notice and learn how its done.
I had a fantastic night with my boyfriend this restaurant has got everything you want for a romantic dinner, the atmosphere, the music, not to mention the authentic Italian flavors.
As a family of 4 (2 adults and 2 teens) we have been to Mimmo many times, and have always had great food. For my 50th birthday we wanted a restaurant with good food, good variety, great ambiance and good service. We took our family for my 50th birthday there were 10 of us , everyone really enjoyed their food and wine and the service was excellent.. I cannot praise this restaurant enough we eat out every weekend and we have a good variety of restaurants in Hampstead but I have to say Fratelli is definately the best. I highly recommend it
Had a lovely time, staff every friendly they nev.er made a pest of themselves left you to eat at your own pace
Expensive, very poor service( had to ask twice for bill and drinks and wait 15 mins whereas the restaurant was not busy ) Waiters prefered to check his phone than serve the customer ! Food is ok
"Fantastic food an fantastic service" Being half Italian and being brought up on great italian food the food really excedded my expectations! Service was fab and the staff are so friendly. Its the only place i go in Hampstead to eat now...!!!!!
If you have ever been to Italy you will understand the concept of this restaurant - ok the service if you arrive at 8.30 is not always consistent but the atmosphere makes up for this and the food is definitely worth lingering over - take the family at lunch time and do what the italians do and share the food and let the children enjoy themselves. The food is genuine, especially the pizzas, the specials are exquisite and you never know what to choose. A really different experience.
We have been going to Mimmo's for months and he never let us down. Great Italian food, generous portions at a decent price and very friendly atmosphere and service, which is also very efficient, definitely the best pizza in London, I would reccommend it to anybody with a real passion for high-quality authentic Italian food.
Very bad , I have been there a couple a times, I remember 2 years ago the service and food was top class but now both are very bad bad. Not a place to spend a evening.
The best thing about this restuarant is the atmosphere, it was a lovely place to spend a few hours over a nice evening. The food was good, but overpriced, my pizza arrived a bit burnt and we waited for the bill for twenty minutes. The loo held a few nasty surprises too. Overall it's a beautiful restaurant but I would say if you're looking for a low spend for the same quality food, go elsewhere!
We have been going regularly to this restaurant since it opened a number of years ago. The food has been consistently good, from pizza to pasta (I always have spaghetti with clams, excellent!) to fish, meat and desserts, finishing with a good limoncello. During the initial period service was slow because of unexperienced personnel and survived only thanks to Suzy's exceptional efforts. In more recent times experienced waiters have greatly improved the service and Mimmo is always there to ensure everything goes well. I really do not understand some of the bad reviews on this site. This is our favorite local.
I'am ussuall customer to this restaurant,i really enjoied the food but most pleasent thing is the profesionall staff,very friendly,nice and educated.I dont now ,way other people said bad things,....i really like this place...
I am Italian and I go to Mimmo La Bufala (Fratelli La Bufala) once a week. Definitely the best italian restaurant in London. The food is better than in Naples and the athmosphere brings you to Italy especially when Mimmo, the founder and owner, is around. I highly reccommend it.
I live in the neighbourhood and I go there alot , The food is great and the service is excellent. Mimo, the owner, is always there checking whether I like the food and what else can be done. The ambiance is great and now I dont to any other italian place other than this one... for me its like walking into italy :) and I cant believe what i read in the other review about the owner being rude and all ... he s the most sweet person ever... we never had any problems like that... even if we have to wait, its worth waiting.
I've been a few times to Bufala as I live nearby and have been disapointed every time. Having been to Italy on several occasions the food really does leave much to be desired. It is over priced and frankly under seasoned - really quite average. The service is quite slow at the best of times and although the waiters are friendly, they are usually under-qualifed. Not a place I would recommend.
We revisited Bufala on Saturday, thinking that the bad review must be a one-off. It wasn't. Admittedly 8pm on Saturday is a busy time, but we had to wait ages even to order drinks. The staff are smart and pleasant , but we felt ignored. The food was very slow in coming : no-one around us seemed to be eating either. Starters of " grilled cheese sandwich" and crostini were OK, but the "focaccia" was more like soggy pizza base. There was another endless wait for mains, and then none were up to scratch: expensive grilled fish (tiny portion, over-done and oily at the same time); pizza (too much cheese, soggy base) and pasta (adequate , but for £13, overpriced for such an average and small portion). Only the (starter) aubergine parmigiana was really pleasant. They obviously consider themselves to be a posh Italian restaurant , with prices to match , but in our opinion, you'd get better food at Pizza Express. Its clearly a strong favourite with the "Hampstead set", and was certainly buzzing and full, but we thought it a poor deal overall.
Can't believe the other review. I go here about 1 a month and have done so for a year now. This is a great restaurant, VERY Italian with a very Italian decor, atmosphere and staff! I've had bad service once, which I think was a minor blip, about two months ago, because since then and before the service has always been exceptional - fast and very friendly. I've never had bad food so don't know what the other review is on about. The food really is typical Italian, try the steak with parmesan crust - incredible. Perhaps the reviewer doesn't like authentic Italian? It's certainly not to everyone's taste.
Average to bad food that could have been saved by good service, but unfortunately the service received was indifferent at best, and arrogant at worst. After experiencing an overpriced and miserable dinner, I have no idea how this restaurant has managed to get a good review from Time Out, especially in London's competitive Italian restaurant marketplace. Go somewhere else.


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Monday's Major Crimes finale will attempt to close the book on a major chapter of the show. As Capt. Sharon Raydor (Mary McDonnell) & Co. try to find the killer who attacked Rusty (Graham Patrick Martin) to prevent him from testifying against serial rapist Philip Stroh (Billy Burke), Rusty will have his day in court.Winter TV: Get scoop on your favorite returning shows
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2005. Italian men captured four of the 15 FIVB Challenger/Satellite
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Challenger/Satellite stops for Italy in 2005. Casablanca is a city in
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important strategic port during World War II and hosted the
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In a report released Monday, TD Economics calls pipeline expansion a "national priority."
"Canada's oil industry is facing a serious challenge to its long-term growth," says the report.
"Current oil production in Western Canada coupled with significant gains in U.S. domestic production have led the industry to bump up against capacity constraints in existing pipelines and refineries."
The report highlights four options to expand the market reach of Canadian crude: Asia via the West Coast, the U.S. Gulf Coast, Quebec and Atlantic Canada.
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BlackBerry has more third-party security certifications and more government mobile device management experience than any provider of mobile solutions.
BlackBerry® solutions have enabled secure government mobility for over a decade. An important component of this effort has been to continuously invest the time and resources required to achieve and maintain FIPS 140-2 certification.
Today we're excited to share the news of FIPS 140-2 certification for the upcoming BlackBerry® 10 platform. The certification will enable government agencies to deploy BlackBerry 10 smartphones and BlackBerry® Enterprise Service 10, RIM's new mobile enterprise management solution, from the day of launch.
What is FIPS 140-2?
FIPS, or "Federal Information Processing Standard" 140-2 is an industry standard developed jointly by the U.S. and Canadian Governments to provide a common certification for the security of encryption modules in technology products. In this blog post, I'll provide a general overview of FIPS 140-2 and demonstrate how FIPS 140-2 certification of encryption modules used in BlackBerry products is an important piece of the security and certification puzzle.
Two programs govern certification for FIPS 140-2: Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP), and the Cryptographic Algorithms Validation Program (CAVP). These programs can evaluate software, hardware, and firmware – or any combination of the three. With the passage of the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) of 2002, all U.S. federal organizations must use FIPS 140-2 certified encryption modules in their technology. Beyond federal organizations, FIPS 140-2 is often seen as a requirement for broader government and law enforcement use, and also provides peace of mind for enterprise customers.
"Achieving FIPS 140-2 certification means that BlackBerry 10 is ready to meet the strict security requirements of government agencies and enterprises at launch. What differentiates BlackBerry is that it is the only mobile solution that integrates end-to-end security, and includes certified encryption algorithms for data at rest and data in transit. No other mobile solution can claim this level of security today or in the near future."
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FIPS 140-2 ensures and verifies that encryption within a module is implemented correctly. Vendors can choose to register a particular module or multiple modules within the product for FIPS 140-2 certification. For BlackBerry smartphones running the BlackBerry operating system (OS) up to and including version 7.1, we have achieved FIPS certification for the BlackBerry Cryptographic Kernel module that resides in the OS. The BlackBerry 10 platform (as well as the current BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet) makes use of the FIPS-certified BlackBerry OS Cryptographic Library module. All of the encryption algorithms used in BlackBerry 10 meet CAVP requirements.
You might have noticed that we've so far discussed encryption within (often specific) modules and not an entire device or platform. In order to validate the security of the entire BlackBerry 10 platform, we augment our security assurance by performing other tests and gaining additional certifications. Many evaluation bodies, like Common Criteria (ISO 15408), use FIPS 140-2 certified encryption modules as a foundation for a broader product evaluation.
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At RIM, we not only incorporate FIPS 140-2 certified modules into all of our smartphones and tablets, but have also obtained FIPS 140-2 certification for the central BlackBerry Cryptographic Library. The BlackBerry Cryptographic Library is a pre-built DLL (Dynamic-Link Library), which offers cryptographic services for a variety of BlackBerry products including BlackBerry® Desktop Software, BlackBerry® Enterprise Server, BlackBerry® Mobile Fusion, and BlackBerry® Enterprise Service 10. These products are used along with the BlackBerry devices to connect to resources on the enterprise network. Using a model like this allows us to provide a secure end-to-end mobility solution, from the device straight to the enterprise network.
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Enterprises today are demanding more from their mobility solutions, including providing workers with access to sensitive enterprise data, behind-the-firewall mobile applications, and a variety of services accessed directly from a smartphone or tablet. With this increased level of access comes an increased level of risk. Our FIPS 140-2 certifications, in conjunction with the multitude of other security accreditations, provide IT managers with assurance that the risks surrounding data at rest and data in transit can be adequately managed using BlackBerry products. RIM introduced the first smartphone with a FIPS approved module to the mobile market, and since its inception, no other mobile solution has been awarded the same level and quantity of security accreditations granted to BlackBerry products.
As you can see, FIPS 140-2 provides security-conscious organizations with the peace of mind to continue forward with mobility and to realize the benefits of mobile solutions without having to worry about compromising the security of communications. FIPS 140-2 is an important certification for the BlackBerry solution, but it is only one piece of our certification portfolio. We have more third-party security certifications and more government mobile device management experience than any provider of mobile solutions. This is why the BlackBerry solution is considered the gold standard in the enterprise, small business, and government.
(As of February 2015, BlackBerry holds 70+ security certifications and approvals from governments.)
Security beyond mobile devices
While it's important that mobile devices in your work environment are certified as secure against wider standards, device certification is only one piece of the security puzzle for an organization. The solution used to manage these mobile devices and the communication, transfer of data, and access controls also need to be verified as secure. This is why we're developing the upcoming BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 as the next-generation secure enterprise mobility management platform. The BlackBerry Cryptographic Library and the BlackBerry Cryptographic Java Modules that are used in BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 have also achieved FIPS 140-2 certification. We firmly believe that BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 and the BlackBerry 10 platform represent the most secure and functionally holistic mobile solution for enterprise and government.
For more information about the security of corporate data on BlackBerry 10 devices, check out our article on BlackBerry® Balance™.
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With every new release of Windows, Microsoft has upgraded the search facility to allow users ever better ways to find the myriad of files, folders, images, videos and even e-mail on their computers. Windows 7 is no exception, though its advanced features are not very well known since Microsoft chose to hide them on the results page.
In any event, the first step in finding something on your computer, is to click on the Start menu, and then type in something you'd like to find:
Notice that as with Vista, you don't have to type the Enter key, as Windows displays results based on each key you type.
The results of your initial search, though likely very helpful, don't give you the full power of the search facility; to get that you need to click just above the search box, on See more results:
Just above the Save search option, under Tools, is Folder options…
Clicking on it brings up a popup window that allows you to modify the way your files and folders are presented; but one little gem among them is under the Search tab:
Which of course allows you to search the contents of every file on your hard drive for a certain string of text.
At the top right corner of the results page is another little search box; this one allows you to change the text you've typed:
It also allows you to further narrow down your search by Kind, Date modified, Type and Size.
Kind refers to the kind of document you are after (e.g. document, e-mail, folder, etc.). Type refers to which kind of file extension it has (e.g. .doc, .jpg, etc.).
And at the very bottom of the results page, after scrolling all the way down, you will find the following menu:
These icons allow you to search, respectively, your individual libraries, your home group, and your whole computer. And, of course it allows you to perform a custom search or to search the Internet using your default browser.
The reason Microsoft has chosen to give you so many options is because Windows doesn't always search everything during its default search; it only searches items it has indexed. Generally, this means files that are in your local libraries. The other options are there because sometimes a search returns too many hits so the option to search in a more locally defined way can reduce the clutter dramatically.
This is the case with the Libraries menu choice; clicking on it causes Search to look only in your local libraries.
Similarly, clicking on Homegroup causes Search to look only at stuff that is shared by others in your home group.
Clicking on Computer, on the other hand, widens your search options by forcing Search to look at every single thing on your computer; be forewarned, it can take awhile.
Choosing Custom brings up following pop-up:
Double-clicking on files or folders causes them to be added to the bottom window which allows you to search just those files or folders.
And. of course clicking on Internet causes your default web browser to launch with your default search engine with a predefined search using your text.
In summation, Microsoft has give users far more search options than ever before though you might have to work at it to figure out how to get those results.
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Leo DiCaprio looking a little worse for wear in London last night for dinner with
Leo DiCaprio looking a little worse for wear in London last night for dinner with
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Who is Maci Booker?
I like Nicole K, but that picture is wrong.
Aw, Miley looks Justin pouting!
Anna Kendrick and Aubrey Plaza all wet together? I'll be back shortly. I have to, uh, take care of something.
That is a scary photo of Nicole. Her face looks odd.
Miley posing as a strung out version of the Biebs.
Who is Maci Bookout and why is Enty trying to make her relevant?
LOL - Aubrey Plaza and Anna Kendrick together, I'm pretty sure Charlie's head exploded
@SevenofEleven...an almost jinx!
I want to be on that vacation. And it would definitely include drunken attempts to get them to make out with me.
I can relate to the hand holding a drink behind my back pose.
@Ginger, at least you spelled Maci's name right! :D
This calls for an Aubrey!
Maci was a teen mom on MTV and shes pretty much skank like Janelle.
Um, Nicole's face looks a little...Lohan-ish in that overly p-shopped photo...
Thanks @sandy..No wonder I have no idea who she is. I have never seen that show.
Anna and Aubrey would be a lot of fun to go on vacation wih ... or we could just stayat my place ...
Why is Jack Osbourne at a wedding with a Teen Mom?
Did someone give Miley a time-out? She looks vewwy angwy.
Aubrey and Anna all wet. Oh my. Uhhh, Lucas *knock,knock,knock* Hurry up dammit. No hogging the bathroom.
Yes, TTM, my head did explode and it's a mess.
Ladies, next time you go on vacay like that... call. I can be your cabana boy. I'll wear a white Ike jacket and be incredibly servile.I'm willing to be bossed around.
Me too @Cali Me too.
Give the guy a break! They are at a wedding! OF course he's drinking. There was a time period where you wouldn't have gotten a picture of me out and about without a drink and a smoke!
Good lord Enty, do you need to get laid?
What else would you do at a wedding?
That picture of Jonah Hill looks exactly like Patrick Starr from Spongebob Squarepants.
Lucas, I have to take care of something as well. Set my DVR to record Parks & Rec tonight. While it's still on the air.
You'll definitely be my first call if I ever take a vacay.
Jonah Hill looks like a male version of Honey Boo Boo's mom
Jonah Hill was amazing in Wolf of Wall Street - I think HE should have been nominated for one of the many Awards ceremonies about to occur.
I read elsewhere that the photo of Miley was taken by someone other than Marc Jacobs' regular photographer as the usual guy refused to shoot Miley!
I wonder what Naomi is up to ... didn't know she was the crafty type.
Those wedding photos with beer aren't a big deal at all. Pretty much ALL wedding reception photos look like this, it's a party. (Exception being when no alcohol is served.)
They're taken very quick, too: Photog walks up to them, says "get together! Smile! 1, 2, 3, *click* Thank you!" and is gone.
That is not a flattering pic of Miley. I just don't understand her hype. Back in my day, there were so many female singers who were talented and fierce (Joan Jett, Dale Bozzio, etc.).
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Again the "OVERWORKED and IMPROPERLY USED"Bullpen almost gives game back acfter strong start by Tak!
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Where's Carlos's mole?ReplyDelete
Umm..it was only Parnell's second appearance in a week. That's not overworked. He just had a bad day, it happensReplyDelete
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Hello. Without getting into the "why's" of it, American shooters are in the midst of an ammunition shortage. At the same time, dedicated defensive shooters understand that effective shooting is a "perishible skill", one that doesn't "care" if ammunition is readily available or not.
I wondered if a few drills might be worked out that could:
1. Be tailored to a specific number of shots, varying upon how "deep" one's "ammunition pockets" are?
2. Be easily remembered and open to some variation?
3. Provide at least some reasonable level of defensive competence with the snub?
First, I make no claims as a firearm instructor of any note. Though I still do a very little individual instructing, my days as a police firearm instructor are long ended. None of these "drills" bear my name, nor am I interested in them doing so. If you think that they might be of service, have at 'em. If not, don't. They are merely suggestions that might be of some use.
The Snub: For today's session I broke out an old backup, my S&W Model 042. It is essentially a "shiney" version of today's Model 442 but without the storage lock. (It is my understanding that these aluminum frames were to be used on Model 642's but the color wasn't matched closely enough to the stainless steel bbl and cylinder for S&W. Thus the "6" was stamped over with a "0" and they were used on the the black shiney anodized version of the snub.) It is also pre-MIM and is on the shorter J-frame used until S&W introduced some .357-chambered J's on the market. My revolver is not rated for +P use, but it has had a dose or ten over the years with no ill-effects.)
This revolver was a BUG to my visible duty sidearm for several years before retirement. It shows a little wear but was never abused, although it was carried almost every day...or night.
This snub is stock other than the inexpensive black nylon Precision "Hideout" stocks shown. (I textured their surface with an engraving pencil to "rough" them up a little and used a file to relieve the upper portion so that they would allow the use of an HKS speedloader and not just a speed strip.)
Shooting: All shots fired today were done at close range and w/o rest. Some was done two-hand with practice being done with both the strong and off hands as well. No shot fired today was over 7 yards.
Failure to Stop: This is the traditional "Mozambique Drill" that amounts to two quick shots to the upper torso, a brief assessment and a shot to the head if required. Usually a two-hand hold is used for all three shots. In this instance, I used two for the chest shots and then only my off (left) hand for the head shots. In real life, there is nothing that says that we might not receive an injured hand while delivering the first shot or two. Certainly, the drill can be done in the traditional two-hand manner all the way through or as I've done it here with but the weak hand for the final shot. One could also use only the strong hand for the final shot if desired.
Each run of the exercise required either three shots. I began from the low-ready position using a two-hand hold. I did time each run but my times are not relevant to other shooters. Your time might be faster or slower than mine, but so long as we are all seeking to improve (or at least not deteriorate), we can set our own "personal best" and bettering it whenever we can! If you are new to shooting lightweight snubs, go slow but be smooth. Have no wasted motion. In time and with proper practice, the speed will come. Speed w/o accuracy is useless in my opinion and could actually harm an innocent bystander, something none of us could stand.
Shooting Three Circles: The name given is just off the top of my head and is a fair descriptor of the drill. Draw three dotted-line circles small enough to require at least coarse accuracy when firing at speed. Start with only three rounds in the revolver so that you have to both eject the fired cases and reload such that the first pull of the trigger will fire the first shot. I think being able to get a partial reload up and running ASAP in a defense situation is desireable in the extreme!
"L" means "left" while "T" means "Two" and "R" stands for "Right". I did about half the runs today from left to right and then right to left but nothing says that one couldn't start with the two-hand hold and alternate to left or right or have a buddy call out which hand (or hands) to use. I fired a single round each time, but one could fire two, three and then one or a number called out by the shooter's friend when he calls out which hand to use. This is a speed exercise but should be done only as fast as the shooter can get hits within the desired circle. (The "flyer" was from the "R" target and my fault. The ammunition used in this exercise was some rotated-out-and-saved-for-range-use Remington 158-gr. LHP +P, my preferred "carry load.")
Loading only a partial cylinder-full and then lining it up so that the first shot goes with the first trigger-pull is good to practice in my view. Were we to fumble and drop a couple of shots in a deadly force scenario, it would be a good thing to be able to quickly and w/o thinking, rotate and close the cylinder so that a live round is ready to go. I also suggest practicing ejecting the fired hulls as quickly as possible just to reinforce how difficult it can be with the 1 7/8" bbl's short ejector rod.
Finally, I closed out the session doing standard slow-fire bullseye shooting.
Two five-shot groups were fired using a two-hand hold at but seven yards. This was not timed and was done simply to "remind" my brain not to jerk the trigger. After shooting "practical" type drills, I find myself jerking the trigger if I'm not careful. I know folks who also share this trait and some who do not. I do it because I think it is necessary for me not to lose any trigger control. If this problem doesn't affect you, it might not be necessary.
It is clear that depending upon how much ammunition one has, he or she can still get in some practice that:
1. At least touches on using both hands together and separately and,
2. Let's one keep one's "hand in" with the convenient-to-carry but sometimes difficult snub revolver carried by many but practiced with by too few (in my opinion) and,
3. Can be modified for more or less ammunition, depending upon how much the shooter has or by time-constraints.
None of this complicated whatsoever. Neither is it said to be the "best" idea or the "be all - end all" in training. It is merely a suggestion that might be of some use to some folks. It is one of the things I do on a frequent basis not only with the snub revolver but other sidearms as well.
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The Freesat platform is a satellite service broadcasting free to air stations. Television shopping channel company JML asked for slots on the platform for two of its channels and entered into a contract with Freesat for two slots on its EPG.
Platform operators must abide by a code of practice on the operation of EPGs produced by media regulator Ofcom and must publish their own policies on how they allocate EPG slots.
A low-numbered slot within a genre is highly prized by broadcasters who are aware that viewers often do not scroll far beyond the channels that are initially displayed.
JML was initially allocated slots that put it on the second page of listings in its genre. It took Freesat to court to argue that the decision was in breach of the Ofcom code and Freesat's own policy because it was based on some irrational judgements and involved criteria not listed in Freesat's policy.
The High Court last year rejected the arguments and said that Freesat was entitled to make the decision as it had. The Court of Appeal has just ruled in agreement with the High Court.
JML objected to the fact that Freesat based its decision on where to place its channels on the audience ratings for the various channels vying for positions in the EPG and on where channels were already listed on the Freeview TV platform.
Freesat's policy had said that it would allocate channels taking several things into account, including "viewer convenience and expectations". The Ofcom code said that broadcast platforms had to "publish and comply with an objectively justifiable method of allocating listings".
JML said that its use of TV ratings figures and the Freeview positioning violated both of these requirements because those considerations were not listed in Freesat's policy.
"In my view the first question for decision so far as the Code is concerned is whether a criterion framed in terms of 'viewer convenience and expectations' is expressed at too high a level of generality to satisfy its requirements," said Lord Justice Moore-Bick in his ruling. "I do not think it is, because the whole tenor of the [Ofcom] Code is such as to indicate that broad criteria will suffice, provided they comply with the requirement for an objectively justifiable method of allocating listings."
The judge said that this part of Freesat's policy was in line with the Ofcom code. "The criteria, taken individually or together, represent a rational and objective set of factors by reference to which allocations are to be made. The weight to be given to each factor is left to Freesat, which must make its own judgment," he said.
He rejected JML's argument that if Freesat was going to take ratings and Freeview positionings into account it should state that specifically in its policy.
"If the Code required a detailed description to be published of the method by which listings would be allocated or the factors that would be taken into account, it could easily have made that clear. Instead it simply calls for platforms to publish and comply with an objectively justifiable method of allocating listings," said the ruling.
JML also argued that when Freesat said it would consider a list of factors, including when it agreed a contract with various applicants, it was obliged to give at least some weight to each of them. Freesat had said that it had not considered the timing issue at all.
Partly this was because of negotiations with channel producers which delayed the signing of some contracts, and partly because Freesat had difficulty in establishing the dates of some of the agreements.
JML said that this was an irrational basis for a decision and that because the decision was based on one irrational factor it was, therefore, an irrational decision.
The Court of Appeal accepted that this was irrational but said that it did not have enough influence on the company's decision about which slots to allocate to JML to undermine that decision making process.
"I do not think that the [High Court trial] judge's findings go so far as to establish that [Freesat's] decision was significantly influenced by the perceived difficulty in identifying the dates of the EPG contracts," said Mr Justice Moore-Bick. "JML is therefore unable to establish a breach of contract because it has failed to show that the decision to place no weight on [the time issue] was affected by any irrational or arbitrary factor."


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