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Real Madrid move top of UEFA coefficient rankings
Tuesday 24 June 2014
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Real Madrid CF's UEFA Champions League triumph helped them to top spot in the UEFA club coefficient rankings, with Paris-Saint Germain and Juventus other big climbers.
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Real Madrid CF have climbed to the top of the UEFA club coefficient rankings thanks to their victorious UEFA Champions League campaign in 2013/14 – helping Spain remain comfortably clear at the head of the country table.
Latest UEFA coefficient rankings
Madrid, who defeated neighbours Club Atlético de Madrid in the UEFA Champions League final in Lisbon on 24 May, began the season third in the rankings. Achieving 'La Décima' helped the Merengues onto a total of 161.542 and moved them above FC Barcelona and 2013 European champions FC Bayern München, whom they beat in the semi-finals.
Atlético, meanwhile, have reached 119.542, jumping four places to seventh in the standings, with Chelsea FC staying in fourth. UEFA Europa League finalists SL Benfica (fifth) and Manchester United FC (sixth) have swapped positions.
Other notable climbers in the top 20 are Paris Saint-Germain – up ten to 17th – and Juventus, whose 16th place is also a hike of ten from their 2013/14 ranking. Manchester City FC's reward for getting to the UEFA Champions League knockout rounds for the first time is a leap of eight places to 22nd, while UEFA Europa League finalists Sevilla FC (up 16 to 26th) and Olympiacos FC (up ten to 27th) are also on the rise.
On the country front, the success of Madrid, Barcelona and Atlético, plus Valencia CF – up one to eighth – ensures Spain remain comfortably top with 97.713 points; second-placed England, who boast four teams in the top 20 of the club rankings, have 84.748.
Germany have three representatives in the upper echelons of the club standings – Bayern plus FC Schalke 04 (14th) and Borussia Dortmund (15th) – and are thus third in the country table, with Italy fourth and Portugal fifth.


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By: Jack Moore
Each week we'll be providing you with insight into the best (and worst) baseball players to play in your fantasy baseball league.
1. Josh Rutledge, SS/2B, COL: Players at premium positions (C, 2B, SS, 3B) in Colorado should always be watched; mediocre talent can become fantastic fantasy numbers, and great talent leads to such forces as Troy Tulowitzki. Rutledge is no Tulowitzki, but he's doing his best impression to begin his career, hitting .329/.348/.659 in 21 games. Patience is an issue (3.4%) and it's tough to imagine him carrying a 15.7% strikeout rate long-term when he couldn't do that at Double-A (18.2%). Still, decent contact and moderate power can mean big things in Colorado, making him a valuable option at shortstop even in standard leagues.
2. Cody Ross, OF, BOS: Although Ross hasn't been quite as hot as he started the year since coming off the disabled list, Ross has remained a solid source of power, clubbing eight homers with 24 RBI and 24 R in 41 games. Such a performance puts him on a 32-homer, 95-RBI pace – certainly numbers that shouldn't be available for free in 60% of Yahoo leagues and 40% of ESPN leagues.
3. Michael Brantley, OF, CLE: The key to maintaining a high batting average is simply making contact in the first place. The best hitters for average typically strike out in fewer than 15% of their plate appearance. Brantley has whiffed in just 9.4% of his plate appearances this year, the driving force behind his .293 average as well as his solid counting stats (44 R, 48 RBI, 11 SB). Look for that excellent contact-making ability to sustain his average through the rest of the season.
4. Jonathon Niese, SP, NYM: Niese has had a solid season overall, with an ERA of 3.72 and over 100 strikeouts to go with eight wins, but he's been particularly nasty lately. Since June, Niese has just a 3.11 ERA with 61 strikeouts to 10 walks in 75 innings, good for a fantastic WHIP of 1.065. He has relatively wide availability – taken just 53% of the time in the Yahoo game – and can give top-150 numbers for the rest of the season, if not better.
5. Ross Detwiler, SP, WAS: It wasn't entirely clear why the Nationals lifted Detwiler from the rotation for the shell that was once Chien-Ming Wang. The mistake has been undone, however, and Detwiler has responded, posting a .255 ERA with a 24:9 K:BB in 42.1 innings. He keeps runners off the bases and therefore keeps runs off the board. His inability to go deeper in games – averaging just over six innings per start despite the success – has him receiving just two wins in seven starts, but he can be a rate buzzsaw down the stretch.
1. Ryan Dempster, SP, TEX: There are plenty of reasons not to like Dempster's move to Texas. It's a hitters' park. It's in the hitters' league. His opponents will be tougher. Even his defense isn't significantly better. And here's another one to ponder: his success was influenced by dominating opposing pitchers at the plate. Senior circuit starters own a .335 OPS at the plate. Dempster allowed just a .175 mark. He won't have the luxury of facing those hitters twice a game in the American League.
2. Michael Young, INF, TEX: Young has been bad the entire season and it keeps getting worse. His .644 OPS has only been lower eight days this season, five of them within the week. He's hitting just .258/.287/.316 since June started without a home run or a stolen base. He does not provide value in standard leagues and should be traded if anybody values his name over his poor production. Mike Olt's promotion may eat into his playing time to boot.
3. Hunter Pence, OF, SFG: Pence is hitting just .198/.247/.267 over the last 30 days. This is not the real Hunter Pence, but it is the nail in the coffin in the idea that Pence could reproduce the tremendous season we saw out of him last season. His BABIP is back in the .300-.310 range, where it has resided for four out of his six seasons. Now, a move to the Giants also threatens his power production – San Francisco is a definite pitchers' park and takes away nearly any possibility of opposite field home runs, of which Pence has five this season.
4. Kelly Johnson, 2B, TOR: Johnson has been brutal since June, hitting just .212/.292/.316. The power is gone, with just three home runs in what amounts to nearly a third of a season. The strikeouts are plentiful, with 54 in just 221 plate appearances. His only category of value has been steals, in which he has five; in no other category has Johnson mustered fantasy-relevant totals since the season's second month. Second base value is out there this season, and chances are you can do better than Johnson on the waiver wire in standard leagues.
5. Gio Gonzalez, SP, WAS: Gonzalez's ERA is 4.48 since the beginning of June, and it's because those pesky walks are back. Early in the season, as Gonzalez breezed to a sub-2.00 ERA, there was talk that the NL was elevating his excellent stuff to top-tier starter levels. However, as he has found out since, such stuff does not matter when it isn't in the strike zone. Gonzalez has walked 3.5 batters per nine innings since June and 3.8 since July. Combine those baserunners with a typical home run rate – five in 70.1 innings – and the results aren't pretty.
Jack Moore is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison with degrees in Mathematics and Economics. His work can also be found at FanGraphs.com, DisciplesOfUecker.com, RotoWire.com, AdvancedNFLStats.com and ESPN. Follow him on twitter at @jh_moore.

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NAR Awards Grants to Promote, Expand Affordable Housing
November 22, 2011
The Housing Opportunity Program Grants, a National Association of REALTORS® grant program, has presented $62,500 to 19 local and state REALTOR® associations. Those associations will use the funds to promote and expand affordable housing opportunities in their communities.
"REALTORS® work hard to help raise awareness and identify and promote solutions that address affordable housing opportunities," said NAR President Moe Veissi, broker-owner of Veissi & Associates Inc., in Miami. "Without affordable housing opportunities, communities across the country suffer. The REALTOR® associations awarded these grants recognize that and are making a tremendous effort to educate both REALTORS® and consumers on the importance of affordable housing."
NAR's Housing Opportunity Program Grants program was established in 2006. Individual grants of up to $5,000 are awarded twice per year, in April and October. Since the program's inception, more than 170 grants totaling over $600,000 have been awarded.
The grants support a wide range of housing initiatives, including housing symposia; home buyer education or housing fairs; counseling and financial literacy efforts; down payment or closing cost financial assistance programs; public opinion surveys; and REALTORS® affordable housing education. To be considered, programs should support the Housing Opportunity Program's mission of positioning REALTORS® as leaders in creating housing opportunities.
The following REALTOR® associations received Housing Opportunity Program Grants in this round:
Charlotte Regional REALTORS® Association (Charlotte, N.C.): $5,000 to support the development of a formalized Housing Advisory Council to promote affordable workforce housing advocacy and education.
Contra Costa Association of REALTORS® (Walnut Creek, Calif.): $3,000 toward a community outreach event that will provide resources on topics such as purchasing real estate-owned properties, completing short sales, relocating, moving-up/down and more.
Eastern Connecticut Association of REALTORS® (North Franklin, Conn.): $2,000 to help create "how-to" videos for home buyers, which will be placed on the association's website.
Gulf Coast Association of REALTORS® (Gulfport, Miss.): $3,000 toward an awareness campaign to inform REALTORS® of a retrofit program that provides grants to homeowners to strengthen their property against natural disasters.
Hawaii Association of REALTORS® (Honolulu, Hawaii): $3,000 for a public event that will include workshops on various home buying topics taught by REALTORS® and industry partners.
Lawrence Board of REALTORS® (Lawrence, Kan.): $5,000 to support a local public awareness campaign specific to housing opportunities in two counties served by the association.
Maryland Association of REALTORS® (Annapolis, Md.): $3,000 to conduct a training and networking event for key stakeholders to present the issues, benefits, and concerns about establishing employer-assisted housing programs.
Metro Tex Association of REALTORS® (Dallas, Texas): $3,000 to hold a workshop for REALTORS®, public officials, and affordable housing organizations to examine negative attitudes surrounding affordable housing and develop strategies to combat those attitudes.
Nevada Association of REALTORS® (Reno, Nev.): $5,000 to support an employer-assisted housing forum to bring together REALTORS®, business owners, community leaders and others to identify ways to use EAH to strengthen the housing sector.
Northwest Montana Association of REALTORS® (Kalispell, Mont.): $4,000 for multiple activities to educate the public and promote homeownership, including printed materials for consumers, participation in a home and garden show, workshops, and more.
Pinellas REALTORS® Organization(Clearwater, Fla.): $2,500 to support a program in partnership with other organizations to match vacant apartments with families in need and to provide the families with financial assistance for security and utility deposits.
Portage County Association of REALTORS® (Ravenna, Ohio): $2,500 toward a collaborative effort to restore a fire-damaged, abandoned home to provide housing for homeless, female veterans.
REALTOR® Association of Greater Fort Lauderdale(Fort Lauderdale, Fla.): $2,500 to hold a housing symposium to educate REALTORS® and prospective home buyers about affordable housing programs and opportunities.
Richmond Association of REALTORS® (Richmond, Va.): $2,500 to conduct a workshop, "Revitalization, Reinvention and Return on Investment," which will explore the local region's current revitalization efforts and plans.
Rogue Valley Association of REALTORS® (Medford, Ore.): $2,500 to support participation in a community event to benefit the Oregon Association of REALTORS® HOME Foundation.
San Diego Association of REALTORS® (San Diego, Calif.): $3,000 to support involvement in a free, mobile workshop designed to assist distressed homeowners; and $2,000 to conduct home buyer education seminars throughout the city.
Staten Island Board of REALTORS® (Staten Island, N.Y.): $2,000 to help sponsor a housing fair for first-time buyers to educate them on issues related to the purchase of their first home.
Tacoma-Pierce County Association of REALTORS® (Tacoma, Wash.): $2,000 toward a foreclosure prevention workshop that will be open to the public, providing access to local housing counselors.
The Greater Waterbury Board of REALTORS® (Waterbury, Conn.): $5,000 to form a politically neutral initiative to review the demographics of the city and study the issues of blight, tax liens, and brownfields to find ways to redevelop the properties into affordable housing units.
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Indonesians appease volcano gods with sacrifices
MOUNT BROMO, Indonesia – Indonesian legend has it that six centuries ago, a princess hurled her youngest child into a fiery volcano to appease mountain gods who had granted her fertility.
Today thousands of pilgrims flock to Mount Bromo on East Java each year to offer the spirits food, live animals and money and ask for prosperity and health. Bromo, a 7,641-foot volcano, is one of Java's most popular tourist attractions.
The poor arrive days ahead of the ceremony, carrying fishing nets to catch money and anything edible. They camp under tarps in the crater atop the mountain's chilly slopes.
The alternative to this would be to discourage delusional beliefs in an assortment of magic sky and earth fairies and instead to encourage the donation of this wasted money, food, and livestock to the poor people desperate for anything they can get to aid in their survival. I'm undecided as whether to call this bottom-up economics or just not-being-fucking-stupid.
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The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) is honoured to receive prestigious award from international nursing organization
TORONTO, Nov. 2, 2009 – Canadian nursing, education and health-care organizations are being recognized today for their contribution to nursing excellence at the Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) biennial conference in Indianapolis. The inaugural award recognizes the significance and value of collaborative efforts between nursing practice and academia to improve the health of people internationally.
The Practice Academe Innovation Collaboration award was presented to representatives of the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO), the joint RNAO/University of Ottawa (UO) Nursing Best Practice Research Unit (NBPRU) and 21 health-care organizations known as Best Practice Spotlight Organizations (BPSOs).
This exciting collaboration started 10 years ago when RNAO began leading the development, dissemination and evaluation of best practice guidelines to improve patient care. "What was once a dream is now a fully fledged program serving nurses, their patients and health-care organizations," said Doris Grinspun, RNAO's executive director adding, "The association is thrilled to be recognized with such a prestigious award by STTI." According to Grinspun, substantive improvements in nursing practice and patient outcomes are evident with the use of these guidelines such as drastic decreases in pressure ulcers and falls.
Research and evaluation is integral to the program and the research unit was established by the RNAO and the University of Ottawa to assess the impact of these guidelines on nursing practice, as well as clinical and organizational outcomes. What is exciting, according to Professor Barbara Davies of the University of Ottawa, "is that research previously found in academic journals scattered all over the world is now summarized in the guidelines and directly accessible to nurses for their day to day practice. To be acknowledged for this work is truly inspiring".
Irmajean Bajnok, RNAO director of the International Affairs and Best Practice Guidelines Program, emphasized the importance of the spotlight organizations as they are "critical partners of this collaboration. It is nurses and health-care organizations that bring these guidelines to life for patients locally, nationally and internationally."
To date this partnership has resulted in the development of 42 guidelines (clinical and healthy work environment), and others currently in development. They are available at no cost on the RNAO website. Many of the guidelines have been translated to French and other languages. Other implementation strategies include a network of over 3,500 nurses from over 600 health-care organizations who champion best practice guidelines. The website also contains numerous toolkits, e-learning modules and PDA versions of the guidelines which are accessible and available to nurses around the world.
The 21 Best Practices Spotlight Organizations are located in Ontario and Quebec and include, Cambridge Memorial Hospital, Chatham-Kent Health Alliance, Community Care Access Centre HNHB, Extendicare York, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hôpital Charles LeMoyne, Hôpital régional de Sudbury Regional Hospital, Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre , McGill University Health Centre, Niagara Health System, Niagara Region Public Health Department, Royal Victoria Hospital (Barrie), Saint Elizabeth Health Care, St. Joseph's Health Care (Hamilton), St. Joseph's Health Care (London), The Hospitial for Sick Children, The Ottawa Hospital , University Health Network, VON Canada and West Park Healthcare Centre. These BPSO's continue as active members of the RNAO/BPSO/ UofOttawa collaborative.
The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) is the professional association representing registered nurses in Ontario. Since 1925, RNAO has advocated for healthy public policy, promoted excellence in nursing practice, increased nurses' contribution to shaping the health-care system, and influenced decisions that affect nurses and the public they serve.
RNAO's ambitious Best Practice Guidelines Program, funded by Ontario's Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, was launched in 1999 to provide the best available evidence for patient care across a wide spectrum of health-care areas. The 40 guidelines developed to date are a substantive contribution towards building excellence in Ontario's health-care system. They are available to nurses, other health care professionals and organizations across Canada and abroad. To learn more about RNAO's Nursing Best Guidelines Program or to view these resources, please visit https://rnao.ca/bpg.
The NBPRU is a unique collaboration between researchers and educators at the University of Ottawa and the RNAO. The Unit strives to bring the best knowledge to nursing and health care to enhance practice and improve health and system outcomes. The University of Ottawa is one of the largest nursing schools in Canada with 1500 students currently registered in several programs in English and French (BScN, Post-RN, Nurse-Practitioner, MScN, PhD). The School of Nursing has a vibrant PhD field entitled Evidence Informed Decision Making in Nursing and Health Care composed of faculty, graduate students and post-doctoral fellows working together on best practice-related research. The NBPRU contributes to the scholarship development in all programs and helps distinguish the University of Ottawa as a leading bilingual center in nursing research in Canada.
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I haven't made much time for baking lately. Creating pies, fun cakes, cookies and other sweet deliciousness has taken a backseat to, well… just about everything else.
Well, some baking time was long overdue and I was ready to get my hands in some dough. I invited a few friends to join me in making two of my favorite cookies – Oatmeal Cranberry White Chocolate Chunk Cookies and Chocolate White Chip Cookies. I also wanted to put together some new little treats, so I rallied the troops – Ben and Noah – to help. In three easy steps we made these festive Rolo Turtles, inspired by Aunt Annie and helped along by Pinterest.
Step One – Lay out pretzels in a single layer on a baking sheet. We used square Snaps.
Step Two – Place an unwrapped Rolo in each pretzel middle and bake in a 250* oven for 3-5 minutes or until shiny.
Step Three – Place a pecan half on top of each soft Rolo topped pretzel and press down gently. Ben didn't like the idea of a pecan being on his gooey chocolatey pretzel, so he placed a Peanut M&M on some.
These little nuggets of yummy goodness were incredibly easy to make, the boys loved improvising with their favorite candy topping, and they'll make a fabulous gift for teachers and neighbors.
In spite of tired babies, using more vanilla than needed in the chocolate cookie dough and burning more cookies than we ate, we managed to package up some scrumptious goodies for some very lucky recipients. I'd say our baking day was quite a delicious success!


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Why Chris Pratt & Anna Faris Must Live Within 5 Miles Of Each Other
By Paris Close
November 8, 2018
Although Chris Pratt and Anna Faris are freshly divorced, they're still going to be living in close proximity of each other. According to the terms of their divorce settlement, the ex-couple have agreed to live no more than five miles apart possibly for the next five years.
TMZ exclusively broke the details of Pratt and Faris' living arrangements on Thursday (November 8). Per docs obtained by the site, the precept requires both parties to reside within a 5-mile radius until their son, Jack, finishes the sixth grade. Given Jack is only six years old, the rule will likely remain in place for roughly another five years.
Even more, either parent must provide written notice to the other three months in advance should Faris or Pratt need to move further away. Similar regulations have been drawn out for any travels abroad they wish to take with Jack, which requires a 30-day notice and a "reasonable" notice for out-of-state trips as well.
The movie stars finalized their divorce with a private judge back in late-October, just a year after dissolving their nine-year marriage. They first tied the know in July 2009.
Even so, the former couple been working well at mending a friendship and with co-parenting. Last week, the actors went trick-or-treating with Jack and their significant others — Katherine Schwarzenegger and Michael Barrett — on Halloween. (Images here!)
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San Miguel de Allende's colorful, low-key vibe charms visitors
It seems I'm always defending San Miguel de Allende these days. The colonial city in the Sierra Madre northeast of Mexico City may be a UNESCO World Heritage site, but its detractors refer to it as a Mexican Disneyland. Until recently, I shared those sentiments, holding on to memories of a youthful visit in the 1980s. Recent buzz made it sound far too pretentious, like a backdrop for photo spreads in Architectural Digest, Gourmet and AARP. I was prepared for disappointment when I returned in 2010 to visit a friend, but a funny thing happened. I had such a good time I went back the following year. As San Miguel resident Jane Onstott, an Ohio/Anaheim native who's lived in Spain, Honduras and the Galapagos says, "Life is just so easy here."
The air shimmers clear blue and the climate is mild nearly year round. Ornate pink canterra spires on the Gothic Parroquía de San Miguel Arcangel dominate a cityscape of ochre, rose and gold colonial mansions and houses lining narrow cobblestone streets. The pace is so slow bent-over ladies in blue housedresses stay in step with fashionistas in Madonna-worthy boots. Drivers are so courteous there's no need for semaforos (traffic lights). No wonder more than 10,000 foreigners have taken up residence here. Wealthy Mexicans and expats have hired famed architects to create nouveau haciendas in hills above the city, and companies like Rosewood have opened handsome hotels and residential enclaves. Artfully dressed couples browse and graze, sipping cappuccinos at sidewalk cafes.
Chic amenities aren't the only attraction, however. San Miguel's faithfully restored colonial-era churches, convents and mansions are among Mexico's most beautiful and its festivals among the country's most lavish. Church bells chime incessantly, costumed groups from throughout the country join daylong parades and fireworks blast off at midnight. San Miguel de Allende's combination of architecture, culture, traditions and classy hotels, restaurants and shops make it a popular weekend getaway from Mexico City and second home for expats. "The fact is it's beautiful, it's easy to get around and it's charming," says Onstott, who chose the city for her base while traveling around the country for her website, www.mexicoguru.com. "It's close to Mexico City and not too far from the beaches. It's ridiculously easy to get hooked on this city."
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American art students first started arriving by the hundreds to San Miguel de Allende in the 1940s, when World War II veterans studied art at the Instituto Allende and the Centro Culturál Ignacio Ramírez "El Nigromante" under the GI Bill. San Miguel became so popular with vets Life Magazine published an article about this "GI Paradise" in 1948 and more foreigners arrived. Both institutions still educate a steady influx of national and international students. Photo and art workshops are held frequently throughout the city, and the literary community supports an annual writers conference.
Given San Miguel's vibrant arts scene, shopping is a main attraction. The centro is filled with galleries and shops displaying fine paintings, sculptures, jewelry and the San Miguel shoe, designed to withstand uneven sidewalks and cobblestones. Beyond the centro's offerings, 50 shops, galleries and studios are clustered in the Fabrica La Aurora, a former textile factory in the outskirts of downtown. There are plenty of treasures that don't boast hefty price tags as well. At the centro's busy Mercado de Artesanías, vendors display pottery created throughout San Miguel's home state of Guanajuato along with tin-framed mirrors, hand-embroidered tablecloths and silky woven shawls. The selection changes constantly—these days, flowered oilcloth bags and placemats are all the rage. If you're a folk art fiend, be sure to visit the Galería Atotonilco about five miles north of San Miguel, where collectors Mayer Shacter and Susan Page have filled a 3,000 square foot exhibition space with an amazing array of pottery, textiles, masks, jewelry and just about any Mexican craft you can imagine. Some items, including gorgeous embroidered huipiles from Chiapas and Guatemala, are for sale.
Sophisticated Pleasures
Some of the city's finest homes now hold stylish hotels and B&Bs, offering a wide range of possibilities. Casa de Sierra Nevada set high standards for San Miguel lodgings when it opened in a house built in 1580 for the archbishop. Rooms now fill six immaculately restored mansions near the jardín, along with the town's first cooking school, Sazón. The neighboring Casa Misha is a study in gracious living, with seven rooms in two immaculately reconstructed houses and several terraces where silver-service breakfasts are served with a backdrop of church domes. Both hotels are costly, but plenty of moderate accommodations have won loyal followings. Among the best is the inexpensive Posada Corazón set amid gardens just steps from the Parroquia. Non-guests are welcome to stop in for an organic breakfast in the hotel's cozy library.
Two new hotels have raised the bar for service, style and sophistication. Stylish Mexicans bored with colonial digs now flock to the new ultra-modern Hotel Matilda. Sleek white buildings filled with contemporary art, including photographer Spencer Tunick's shot of thousands of nude people gathered in Mexico City's Zócalo, frame an infinity pool and sun deck, and the restaurant and bar draw chic locals along with guests. The new Rosewood San Miguel de Allende reflects the city's traditional setting with massive rose-hued limestone colonial-style buildings, stone columns, arched porticos, splashing fountains and gleaming hardwood floors. The 67-room hotel is at the heart of Rosewood's residential compound of 29 luxurious private homes in one of San Miguel's wealthiest enclaves. The main draw for outsiders is the Luna Rooftop Tapas Bar commanding outstanding views of sparkling lights illuminating church domes and steeples and mansions scattered along high hillsides.
Such highfalutin accommodations seem pretentious and off-putting for travelers who favor more ethnic destinations like Chiapas and Oaxaca. But there are plenty of Mexico fans who have traveled all over the country and find themselves returning again and again to San Miguel de Allende. "Yes, I read that one guidebook called downtown Miguel de Allende Disneyland," said Onstott, who lives in a downscale neighborhood at the edge of the centro and has mixed feelings about the city's popularity with tourists and expats. "Sometimes I wish they would all go away, but then I realize I'm just as much of a gate crasher as they are. And I'm not going anywhere soon."
Maribeth Mellin has received Mexico's prestigious Pluma de Plata for her book Traveler's Mexico Companion.
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Roasted Shallot Thyme Butter
When roasted, shallots become soft and slightly sweet. In this recipe, the shallots, fresh herbs and Dijon mustard are blended into butter, creating a compound butter than can be stored in the refrigerator for several days - or frozen for several weeks.
When cool enough to handle, slice the tip (the end opposite the root end) off each shallot, and discard. Gently squeeze out the pulp, and coarsely chop.
In an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter with the cooled, chopped, roasted shallots; add the Dijon, parsley, thyme, salt and pepper, and continue beating until completely combined.
Transfer to a sheet of parchment paper or plastic wrap, shape into a log and refrigerate until ready to use.
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Variation: Substitute roasted garlic for the roasted shallots.
Makes about 1/2 cup
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Monday, August 16, 2010
True Blood: Everything Is Broken, Even The Vamps
Great line They fall in love with us, and they hunger for the culture we produce. It's a sad, sad sack of an unlife and every one of them can bite our crank.
Before it all went poopy, there was that magical first season of Heroes where we all watched enthralled as the fate of the world was decided by a handful of superhumans against one monstrously powerful threat. And we do so now on True Blood.
Vampire politics and Eric's (Alexander Skarsgaard) quest for vengeance against the three-millennium-old king of Mississippi and now Louisiana, Russell Edgington (Denis O'Hare) has resulted in an all-out war on the movement for vampires to be accepted as full citizens of the United States. Believing that the American Vampire League sponsored Eric's murder of Edgington's lover of seven hundred years, Edgington storms a newscast and murders an anchorman live on the air in order to derail the mainstream movement and begin his ultimate quest for subjugation of humanity.
Gothtopia has two points to make.
One, that Alan Ball has made it clear in this season that a lot of vampires are at least bisexual. A lot. Especially the old and powerful ones.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Whenever Anthony Chan hops in his car for a drive, he makes sure to mount his dash camera and record video of everything he encounters on the road.
"The reason why I did it," Chan said, "is Florida drivers -- they're crazy!"
The UCF student is just one of a growing number of Central Florida drivers arming themselves with dash cams. Chan captures plenty of dangerous driving, including someone who ran a red light at University Boulevard and 417.
"The light turns yellow very quickly and I had barely stopped," Chan said, while showing Local 6 the video of an SUV driving across the intersection well after the light turned red.
Sgt. Kim Montes with the Florida Highway Patrol said she's seeing citizens' video used in crash investigations more and more, especially with mobile cameras like the GoPro.
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"With the price of them not being out of reach for a lot people financially, we expect to see more of those being utilized, and therefore we do expect this technology to be in more places," Montes said. "And for law enforcement to be able to use this in their investigations, it's just a benefit, it's an added benefit for the investigations."
FHP also sees video from drivers who may be forced to install dash cash cams in their car by their employers, ranging from private companies to city governments.
Recently, FHP used dash cam video installed in a semi truck to investigate the semi crash. The driver lost control on Interstate 95 in Volusia County and the video showed him run off the road and even bounce as he crashed.
The footage can not only be used by cops conducting investigations, but by insurance agents determining fault, or in civil court to help prove who's to blame for a crash.
And for Chan, he says the expense of installing the dash camera is worth it to have piece of mind.
"You can get started doing this for $100," Chan said, downplaying concerns people might have about spending $100 to set up a dash cam in the bad economy. "What I say is, do you value $100 over having vital evidence to prove inside civil court or insurance claim?"
Chan suggests searching Amazon.com for dash cameras and mounts, and recommends this setup for beginners:
Buy a used Sony Cybershot DSCW50, averaging about $30, along with a Ram Mount, going for about $33.
Click here for links to videos Chan captured on Central Florida roads.


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Length overall: 21 inches (54 cm).
Notes: Ranking among the best of the quality toymakers of the day, CIJ produced these child's toys between 1924 to around 1935, starting with the coveted first series, distinctive by its un-treaded rubber 'Balloon' tyres. Originally produced as a celebration of the hugely successful Alfa-Romeo Grand Prix car evolved by the gifted Vittorio Jano in 1924, the original colours of the first series were intended to be representative of the racing countries - red for Italy, green for Great Britain, white for Germany and blue for France, amongst others. The second series of the toy was released in 1930, this time with treaded Pneu Michelin tyres.
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Google was sued in 2005 by the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers for violating copyright laws. The case is The Authors Guild et al v. Google, Inc, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 05-08136. A copy of the Court docket can be found at Justia.com. The opinion is 48 pages long and is not really a judgment in the case but a rejection of a settlement in the class action lawsuit referred to in the ruling as the Amended Settlement Agreement or "ASA." The Judge states:
While the digitization of books and the creation of a universal digital library would benefit many, the ASA would simply go too far. It would permit this class action -- which was brought against defendant Google Inc. ("Google") to challenge its scanning of books and display of "snippets" for on-line searching - - to implement a forward-looking business arrangement that would grant Google significant rights to exploit entire books, without permission of the copyright owners. Indeed, the ASA would give Google a significant advantage over competitors, rewarding it for engaging in wholesale copying of copyrighted works without permission, while releasing claims well beyond those presented in the case.The Ruling notes that since 2004, when Google entered into the ASA, it has scanned more than 12 million books. However, news reports indicate that Google has scanned more than 15 million books and those
The controversy pertains primarily to those books that are out-of-print but still under copyright. It has no effect on the millions of out-of-copyright books Google continues to scan. Neither does it apply to any books for which Google has obtained permission to scan. The ASA is a long and complex document. At 166 pages, it is open to criticism from competitors who essentially want a piece of the action. In part of his opinion, the Judge indicates that a solution to the problem is more suited to Congress than the Court. The Judge also expressed anti-trust concerns, privacy concerns, international law concerns and procedural concerns. The Judge specifically allowed the parties to negotiate a revised settlement agreement.
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So it's a bittersweet month for Say Anything. We've had a lot of exciting stuff happening in our camp, and in my life in particular with my baby being on the way, a ton of new music in the works, and our rarities record coming a month or so.
However, one major change has occurred that we feel obliged to share with Say Anything fans before our next tour. As of a couple weeks ago, Coby and I made the mutual decision to retire his role as the permanent drummer of Say Anything. This choice was made for a multitude of reasons, many involving where both Coby and I are at personally in our lives versus our roles in this band. I cannot stress enough how b.s. free of a decision this was or how close talking about it brought Coby and me. It is and was an utterly amicable split that we both agree is the best thing to to do.
Coby has had an unusual but integral role in shaping my life as a person and especially a musician. He is the most talented drummer I've ever known and has one of the kindest hearts as well. However, as Coby's life developed in certain directions and mine in others, both musically and personally, we've found it hard to reconcile his particular role in SA with the way we interact as buddies and certain elements of the band's dynamic. Coby having a strong personality and being such a spectacular musician and yet being tied down to such a encompassing musical identity such as mine is a hard thing to pull off, and though he did so with class and love for many years, it seems it's time to try something else for both of us. We decided it would be better to make this change and remain as one of each other's best friends than to let things get to a really bad place.
Say Anything will continue on without Coby but we will not be seeking a replacement drummer to play on the records we put out, as Coby and his style of drumming is, in many senses, irreplaceable; rather we plan on having a multitude of drummers play on our material. Say Anything on record will now be identified in the same way Nine Inch Nails is, in that it's pretty much me and whoever I choose to play with at the time. Live shows will continue to have their own identity including Jake, Jeff, Parker, Adam, and whoever plays drums for us live. The band couldn't be further from breaking up, and as I've said recently, we plan on releasing music as Say Anything forever, and already have a lot in the works.
I plan on scheduling a interview or podcast where I can really explain SA'S plans for the near future, including discussing how this change will really work in the band's dynamic, but I'd really like to focus more on celebrating the amazing, life altering and mind-blowing experience I've had with Coby for the past thirteen or fourteen years. From Summer Camp, to my wedding, to our first tour, first time recording, and much more, Coby has been there for all of it and I am honored to have been able to have him be a part of this project. He will always be like a brother to me.
As all of you know, he is an utterly amazing drummer and will be missed, but nobody doubts you'll be hearing a lot from Coby, whether that sis as a advocate of health and fitness, or as a drummer in a different context.
The past 14 years as a part of Say Anything have been UNREAL! Max and I have had an amazing ride as band mates together and we will continue to always be friends. I can say with 100% confidence that we are both at the best place in our personal lives than ever before, which is why this split is very un-nasty.
Playing music with Max always came easy. For those of you that don't know, it would take me like 2 minutes to learn one of his songs because we were so locked in to each other. And his songs are all over the place!!! I have always been his biggest fan and I will continue to support him and the band with my heart and my thoughts and wish them all nothing but the best.
To everyone reading this: You all have had a huge part in shaping me into this person I am today, which I never thought I would be and am in complete shock everyday I wake up. What an amazing journey and only amazing things lie ahead for Say Anything, Max and I.
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We appreciate all the support and attention our fans have given the band over the years and we know there are probably a lot you guys wondering about how things will work now and what the next year holds in store for the band, etc. so Max sat down with ALTPRESS to do an extremely in-depth interview about what's going on. It will be up on Monday and we'll link the story here. Thanks so much guys.


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Much to the dismay of its most loyal (and vocal) advocates, the esteemed Lovely Hula Hands on North Mississippi closed its doors late last year. Now, just a few weeks later, owners Sarah and Jane Minnick are back in business next door at Lovely's Fifty-Fifty, their wood-fired pizzeria and mini ice cream parlor. Promising to stick with their longstanding belief in buying exclusively from local farmers and keeping the menu on a seasonal rotation, the Minnicks have opened a stylish, modern pizzeria that is, if the crowd Thursday night was any indication, already popular with the locals and culinary bloodhounds.
After a few pleasant starters (a lightly toasted Brussels sprouts plate and a beet & blood orange salad) and some bottled beers (their taps will be ready soon), our three pies hit the table steaming hot and smelling strongly of freshly baked bread. Though I had been hoping to try their hot soppressata pie, it had been removed from the menu prior to our arrival. Disappointing, yes, but I'm sure they had a valid reason for it, and I have a feeling it will make its return again soon. No matter. In its place we ordered the Margherita, the Fennel Sausage & Rapini, and the Bacon, New Potato, & Rosemary pizzas.
The Margherita ($12), sports an alternately puffy and flat cornicione with delicious char all around and on the upskirt. The crust is so puffy in places that it reminded me of the enormous corniciones on the pies at Mario Batali and Nancy Silverton's Mozza in Los Angeles. The dough has a slight sweetness to it, more so than any other crust I've had in Portland. Perhaps there's a bit of sugar or honey in there? Regardless, the crust was excellent, with a crisp crunch on the outside giving way to a chewy, mildly dense interior. The sauce, like all great red sauces, was bright with the flavors of fresh tomatoes, and well seasoned.
The cheese situation on the Margherita is a bit of a conundrum. While the requisite mozzarella is very much present, the pie arrived at the table with a very visible layer of yellow grease covering the cheese, which indicated to me the presence of something oilier, probably cheddar (or the greasiest aged mozz I've ever seen). One bite and the cheddar flavor hits you full-force. The cheese layer is thick with the ricotta-like texture of the melted cheddar (or whatever it is), and overpowers both the sauce and the crust, resulting in major tip sag. I don't know for sure what cheese is accompanying the mozzarella on this pie, but the Margherita is a classic for a reason. If there's room for experimentation, this isn't the pie for it.
(Ed. -- ExtraMSG (Nick Zukin) of Portlandfood.org visited Lovely's a couple days after I did and was served a vastly different Margherita. See his post on the Portlandfood.org forums for pics and a description of what I mean.)
Update 1/25/10 -- Lovely's Fifty-Fifty chef Jimmy Albee contacted me to let me know that they have started making their own mozzarella, which would explain the disparity between the Margherita I had and the one ExtraMSG was served. Albee informs me that the previous curd they were using melted into a pool in the intense flames of the wood-burning oven (as evidenced by the photograph above), but that they are much happier with their homemade mozz now. Thanks for the heads-up, Jimmy!
For all that, though...it still tastes pretty good.
Moving on, the Bacon, New Potato, & Rosemary pie ($14) is exactly what I mean by successfully experimenting with flavor combinations (and again, a comparison to a very similar pie at Mozza must be made here). Sans red sauce, this pizza gets much of its distinctive flavor from the smokiness of the strips of bacon arranged sparingly on the cheesy bed and the abundance (perhaps overabundance) of freshly chopped rosemary sprinkled everywhere like green snowflakes. It's good that these two ingredients were so potent, because the potatoes were flavorless, and almost totally absent from the pie -- a few slices lacked them completely. If the pizzaiolo were to cut back a bit on the rosemary and up the seasoning on the potatoes, this pie would go from good to great.
Finally, the favorite pie of the evening was almost unanimously the Fennel Sausage & Rapini pizza ($15). The superb red sauce makes a triumphant return here, aided by the mouth-watering hunks of sweet-and-salty fennel sausage. The presence of the rapini, however, wasn't a big hit with everyone, myself included. The bitterness of the broccoli doesn't meld successfully with the sausage, and while it was hardly a dealbreaker, this pie would be better served without it. Still, by all means a very fine pizza.
We finished the meal with a sampling of four of the six house-made ice cream flavors, including salted caramel, bourbon vanilla, chocolate, and mint stracciatella. All were satisfying, but I must make special mention of the salted caramel as the standout of the bunch. Its sweet/salty contrast reminded me somewhat of an icier version of the sea-salted butterscotch budino at, yes, Mozza in Los Angeles. By this point of the meal I was positive the chefs had drawn considerable inspiration for their menu from LA's finest pizzeria, and I have no problem with that. And if it's a coincidence, well, it's a pleasant one.
As stated earlier, Lovely's Fifty Fifty is only in its second week of business. They have lots of little kinks to work out on the menu, but I have no doubt they will, and thankfully all of the minor disappointments were just that: minor. The pizzas coming out of the oven here are very good, and I have a feeling they're only going to get better and better. Yet another reason to love this stretch of the mighty Mississippi.
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Update 3/11/10 -- Went back (finally) to try the Margherita again with the new mozzarella, and was pleasantly surprised. The mozz is placed in six large dollops around the pie, one for each slice. It looks like it'd be thick and rubbery, but one bite revealed otherwise. This is soft, creamy mozzarella, and it didn't firm up by the time I got around to the last slice, either. Bravo, guys!
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West Vancouver resident Blair Calkins was prawn fishing on the weekend during an excursion to Bowen Island when he came across an unexpected creature in one of his traps: A large Atlantic female lobster, stuffed with eggs.
Not knowing whether he should release the alien species back into the Pacific, Blair said he called the Department of Fisheries and Oceans on Saturday for direction, but by Tuesday was still waiting for someone to return his call.
The lobster is sitting in a tank, and Blair said he will likely release it back on the south end of Bowen Island within the next couple of days, in hopes that it will survive.
"The eggs look pretty ripe," he said. "We were all shocked. We had a couple of people who work in the fish industry on our boat and they were shocked too."
UBC marine biologist and professor of zoology Christopher Harley said occasionally someone will find an Atlantic lobster in the Pacific, but the sightings are rare, and whether there are established populations here remains a mystery.
"Since there are no native lobsters here, they must have been released by somebody," he said. "When you have a combination of live seafood markets and members of the public who feel that it's not fair to the animals, then you have people buying them to set them free."
After studying the photo sent by Blair, Harley said it was very interesting and rare to see an Atlantic lobster full of eggs, although he noted the eggs would have to survive a complicated larval development to establish a new generation of lobsters.
"This species from the Atlantic doesn't have a problem with temperature," he said. "But there are a lot of native species that could act to stop that invasion. Maybe these lobsters can survive the temperature, but all of their babies get eaten by Dungeness crab, or something like that."
He said that throwing lobsters into the sea may seem like a good idea, but there are always risks that an invading species could damage the ecosystem.
"It makes me nervous when people start letting these things go, because you never know what will happen. I don't imagine it's legal to release them in an attempt to establish a fishery on this coast."
A spokeswoman for the DFO said she would look into the claim.
Several thousand Atlantic lobsters were dumped into B.C. waters during at least half a dozen experimental transplants by either private industry or the federal government during a 70-year period ending in the mid-1960s.
But Calkins said it is unlikely there would be any lobsters left from those experiments. It is more likely they are being dumped by animal rights activists, a common occurrence in other cities on the Pacific coast such as Seattle and San Francisco.
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As we walk in, the audience bursts into applause. Our pristine white coats—symbols of the profession we are about to enter—are slung over our left arms. After a long week of orientation and lectures, we first-year medical students are ceremoniously welcomed to the world of medicine.
There are 169 of us, each with a different path that led to this moment. "You come from 21 states and 17 different countries of birth," says Dean Hawgood in his welcoming remarks. "You have served in the Marine Corps, Americorps, and the Peace Corps. You have worked as lifeguards, yoga teachers, and ranch hands."
Over the past few weeks, I'd gotten to know some of my classmates and their diverse stories and background. Now I couldn't feel prouder standing with them, excited to take our first formal step together into learning medicine and eventually caring for patients.
One by one, we are called on stage. Helping us put on our white coats are Dr. David Wofsy, the Associate Dean for Admissions, and our advisory college mentors—UCSF physicians chosen to guide students academically and personally through our four-plus years of medical school.
At first, the idea that we adults need someone to help us put on our white coats seems a bit silly. But I watch and see students struggle to get these jackets on. When my name is called, a beaming Dr. Wofsy holds my coat. My left arm goes in easily, but it takes a fair bit of stretching and maneuvering to get my right arm in.
"It's funny how much harder it is putting on a white coat compared to a normal jacket," comments Dr. Elisabeth Wilson, director of the Program in Medical Education for the Urban Underserved (PRIME-US), in her keynote address. "After all, on the surface, it's just a jacket of blended cotton and polyester designed to hold way too much stuff."
Now it makes sense that my classmates and I needed help putting on our coats. Learning medicine will not be a solely self-directed effort. It will take many people—faculty, staff, administrators, students, and patients—for us to learn what being doctors really means.
Dr. Wilson goes on to discuss how, to her, white coats represent compassion, commitment, and humility. She challenges us to find our own three words. "Start noticing those words in yourself, and remember the meaning behind the white coat and why you chose to walk down this path."
Then we are invited to join Dr. Sue Carlisle, the other faculty and the physicians among our families and friends in reciting the Oath of Louis Lasagna, the modern version of the Hippocratic Oath.
"It was like being welcomed into a sacred union of those sworn to help others," remarks Daniel Copeland, a fellow first-year, after the ceremony.
At the reception that follows, we celebrate with our families and friends, the people who have cheered us on during our journeys to UCSF, cheered for us at the ceremony, and will continue to support us through our lives in medicine.
In just four days, I will put on my white coat and enter the hospital. I have a long way to go and much to learn before I'll be a doctor (as the remarkably short length of our coats might suggest). But I know without a doubt that I will be learning with a diverse group of the most talented people I've ever met. "The incoming students have demonstrated their commitment to the best values of the school and the profession," said Dr. Wofsy, "and they will go on to have a very positive impact on their communities and on the world."
Or, as my classmate Gaelen Stanford-Moore tells me, "I am so excited to see where everyone takes their own white coat!" I couldn't agree more.


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Delphi, a General Motors company, is one of the world's largest automotive parts manufacturers. When the government bailed out GM, 20,000 Delphi workers lost nearly their entire pensions. But Delphi employees who were members of the United Auto Workers union saw their pensions topped off and made whole.
The White House and Treasury Department have consistently maintained that the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) independently made the decision to terminate the 20,000 non-union Delphi workers' pension plan. The PBGC is a federal government agency that handles private-sector pension benefits issues. Its charter calls for independent representation of pension beneficiaries' interests.
But now, the Daily Caller has obtained emails showing that the U.S. Treasury Department, led by Timothy Geithner, was the driving force behind terminating the pensions of the 20,000 salaried Delphi retirees. According to the Daily Caller, the emails contradict testimony given to Congress by Former Treasury official Matthew Feldman and former White House auto czar Ron Bloom, both key members of the Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry during the GM bailout.
The emails show that representativesof the PBGC were "uninvited" from meetings at which the Treasury Department considered what to do about the Delphi pensions. This, says the Daily Caller, is likely a violation of federal law (29 U.S.C. §1342).
Other emails show that the PBGC believed it needed to clear decisions and action plans through senior administration officials. This view seems to have been justified. One email describes how the Treasury Department's Feldman reported that he "has made progress discussing [a] proposal with a number of key folks in Treasury and at [the] White House, but he has not yet wrapped up his coordination." Feldman "indicated that there is an 8am call tomorrow that he'll use to close the communication-loop, and he's confident he'll have a fully-vetted Treasury view after that call."
And so on.
Perhaps the Romney campaign can produce an ad in which a former Delphi employee whose pension benefits disappeared complains that the Obama administration took his benefits, but not those of union workers, and then told Congress, under oath, that it had no involvement in the decision. That, of course, is the kind of ad Team Obama has used so effectively against Mitt Romney based on decisions by companies controlled by Bain Capital. The analogy seems pretty close.


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'Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.' – Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness, 1930.


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Lies, Lies, Lies
In an election year, it should be no surprise that we US Americans are being bombarded with a barrage of twisty little lies. Whether it's the Obama camp's magical math making unemployment numbers "plummet" or Rick Santorum and his imaginary friend pretending that the whole American Revolution and subsequent Constitution thingy isn't really what it seems, we cannot escape the onslaught of fibbery.
But such fibbery is expected from the political lot. It is when such vitriol enters the baseball universe that I get extremely pissy.
For example…
"We were able to get through this because I am innocent and the truth is on our side."
— Ryan Braun
Um… no. You were able to get through this 'cuz you're a multi-millionaire with legit counsel and a Mark Fuhrman wannabe handling your bodily fluids under the direction of King Bud. Exoneration in this case does not equal innocence, Mr. Braun. It merely suggests there is reasonable doubt. You still got more testosterone in you than Kim Kardashian at the NBA All-Star Game. And it seems just as… icky.
"My loyalty is here (Texas). This is where I've been, this is where my family has been. I would love to be here."
— Josh Hamilton
Now I don't want to go picking on Josh Hamilton because he's not very bright, but I do want to pick on him for spittin' the same stupid lie as every other potential free agent baseballer lookin' to get paid: ENOUGH ALREADY. "My loyalty is here"… pshh. PLEASE. Your loyalty is wherever they pay you the most. That's how it works and we all know it. Your family is not going to have too much of a problem moving to a different city to chase that pay-puh. Determine who will give you the most money with the most years and that's where you'll go. To say anything different is a slap in the face of cold, hard fact. I'm an adult. I can handle the truth. Maybe.
"The guy (Alfonso Soriano) works his butt off all the time."
— Dale Sveum, Cubs Manager
Okay, Dale. I'm gonna help you out with this one. YOU NEED SOME NEW GLASSES, BRO. See, I've been following Sori's career since he was a young pup. And from New York to Texas to D.C. to the Chi, Alfonso Soriano is THE LAST PERSON ON THE PLANET I would say "works his butt off all the time." ESPECIALLY while in Chicago. In fact, there is an entire faction of Cubs fans who want him crucified! They wouldn't flinch an inch if Sori ceased manning left field tomorrow. Forever. For good. Why, Mr. Sveum? Because Alfonso Soriano is the absolute KING of lollygagging. His defense is atrocious and he is NOTORIOUS for gazing at might-be homeruns that are actually doubles that drop in for long singles because he doesn't hustle out of the box.
If you're here to fix the Cubs, Mr. Sveum, you might want to know what they've been used to the last 103 years: PAIN. SUFFERING. AGONIZING PAIN AND SUFFFFFFFFEEEEERRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING.
And goats.
Hate me. Fine. Just don't hate me 'cuz I'm right.


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Exoplanets may have been teeming with alien microbial life just 15 million years after the Big Bang, according to a Harvard scientist.
Exoplanets that orbit far beyond the habitable zone may have been able to support life in the distant past, warmed by the relic radiation left over from the Big Bang that created the universe 13.8 billion years ago, said astrophysicist Abraham Loeb from the Harvard University.
This suggests that Earthlings may be extreme latecomers to a universe full of life. The earliest evidence of life on Earth dates from 3.8 billion years ago, about 700 million years after our planet formed, 'LiveScience' reported.
The universe was a much hotter place just after the Big Bang. It was filled with sizzling plasma – superheated gas – that gradually cooled.
The first light produced by this plasma is the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB) that we observe today, which dates from about 389,000 years after the Big Bang.
Now, the CMB is freezing cold – around minus 270 degrees Celsius. It cooled down gradually with the expansion of the cosmos, and at some point during the cooling process, for a brief period of seven million years or so, the temperature was just right for life to form.
The CMB's heat that would have allowed water to remain liquid on ancient exoplanets, Loeb said.
"When the universe was 15 million years old, the cosmic microwave background had a temperature of a warm summer day on Earth," he said.
"If rocky planets existed at that epoch, then the CMB could have kept their surface warm even if they did not reside in the habitable zone around their parent star," he added.
According to the standard cosmological model, the very first stars started to form out of hydrogen and helium tens of millions of years after the Big Bang. No heavy elements, which are necessary for planet formation, were around yet.
However, Loeb said that rare "islands" packed with denser matter may have existed in the early universe, and massive, short-lived stars could have formed in them earlier than expected.
Explosions of these stars could have seeded the universe with heavy elements, and the very first rocky planets would have been born.
These first planets would have been bathed in the warm CMB radiation, and thus, Loeb said, it would have been possible for them to have liquid water on their surface for several million years.
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Schlotzsky's new "Lotz 4 Me" loyalty app – the first system-wide loyalty program in the brand's history – had a strong launch in June, with 60,000 downloads in the first three and a half weeks.
More than 11,000 people downloaded the app on the first day alone, driving "Lotz 4 Me" as high as fourth on the restaurant charts in the Apple Store.
"We are a relatively small brand, and to be number four in the app store in the restaurant category is pretty amazing," said Schlotzsky's President Kelly Roddy. Especially considering many of the other high-ranking brands have thousands of units, compared to Schlotzsky's 350 locations, he added. "We were expecting a slow build. We figured we'd get several thousand downloads, and maybe add some more through the sharing features."
The goal of the app, which was developed on the Punchh management platform, was to drive occasional customers to visit stores more frequently and encourage them to advocate for the brand on social media, said Roddy. While data is not available yet, he reports that he has observed an increase in social media traffic.
The app offers customers who make seven visits $7 off their next purchase. Customers can earn rewards for sharing the app with their friends via social media and getting them to download the app, too. Customers who download the app before July 31 will also get a free Original sandwich.
Customers can also find Schlotzsky's locations and menu information in the app, keep up with company news and claim special offers.
Some customers are already redeeming rewards, according to Roddy, and those customers are spending an average of 20 percent more than they typically do because they are getting something for free.
The increased check size has been welcomed by franchisees, who have wanted to see a loyalty program.
While the focus of the first iteration of the app is on loyalty, future versions may also include mobile ordering, said Roddy.
Reaching out to Millennials
The app is central to Schlotzsky's goal of attracting Millenials and their $1.3 trillion spending power. The app, coupled with a revamp of Schlotzsky's restaurants and expanded menu options, is part of the brand's bid to reconnect with its core audience: young people.
"We've always had a young audience. Most of our early stores were close to universities," said Roddy. That proximity, paired with the brand's fun, quirky appeal and fresh, made-from-scratch menu offerings, helped reach young customers, he said.
"But we see a change in Millennials, in what they want and what they expect," said Roddy. "They are more tech dependent, more social, more culinary-savvy than in the past. We wanted to be able to communicate with that audience in the way they want to communicate: through their mobile device. We want to keep and grow that audience and serve them the way they want to be served."
Along with the app, Schlotzsky's updated its restaurants with vibrant colors, new seating and the brand's "Lotz" messaging in an effort to appeal to Millennials. Many restaurants are also co-branded with Cinnabon bakeries. Schlotzsky's has also added new items to the menu, including Artisan Flatbreads, Gourmet Pizzas and seasonal salads, including the Very Berry Salad.
Schlotzsky's plans to add 20 new locations this year.
"We're excited to be where we are," said Roddy. "We're staying on the bleeding edge of where our customers want us to be."
Source: Fast Casual
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By Jeffrey Chen, MS1
In 1981, the world's first inpatient AIDS unit opened at San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH). At the time, Ward 86 was infamously a place where emaciated, young gay men would go to die. Nobody knew what caused this mysterious new disease, let alone how to treat it.
Fast-forward to December 2, 2013. Commemorating World AIDS Day, HIV experts and educators gathered at the San Francisco LGBT Community Center to give an update on the fight against the once-menacing virus. The theme of the forum, "Getting to Zero in San Francisco", illustrated just how far the picture had shifted.
"We're moving towards the end of the HIV epidemic," said Diane Havlir, MD, chief of the HIV/AIDS division and Positive Health Program at San Francisco General Hospital, in her opening remarks. "Ending AIDS is a bold aspiration, but we can be the first community that gets to zero."
The forum gave community members a chance to learn from UC San Francisco (UCSF) physicians and from representatives from the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, Project Inform, and the Department of Public Health, about the history of the epidemic in the city and current initiatives aimed at stopping it.
Today, nearly 16,000 San Franciscans are living with HIV, and public health officials still count over 400 new cases each year. However, with the numerous testing centers and clinics the government has set up throughout the city, the disease is consistently detected at earlier stages here than in the rest of the country, which makes it more treatable.
San Francisco leads the country in treatment and prevention of AIDS and HIV. Up until four years ago, physicians waited for weeks, sometimes months after detecting the virus before starting a patient on drugs. Anti-HIV medications had significant side effects, so doctors would only start treatment if the patient's immune system had deteriorated to a certain point. Nowadays, thanks to studies done at UCSF, physicians are realizing the benefits of starting treatment as soon as possible.
Vivek Jain, MD and Hiroyu Hatano, MD, MHS, both faculty in UCSF's Positive Health program, consider this "test and treat" paradigm key to curbing the HIV epidemic. As part of a new initiative, they carry around pagers that light up when somebody tests positive for HIV at one of the many testing centers throughout the city.
Previously, patients would have to wait days and contact their primary care providers—if they even had one—before starting treatment. "Now, when we're on call, we can get a patient history, run some basic labs, and then hand them a cup of water and a few pills all on the same day as the positive test," explained Hatano.
Such early treatment has been proven to avoid complications that can result from infection. How well it will prevent the spread of HIV and curb the epidemic in San Francisco remains to be seen.
What is clear is that these efforts, combined with continued community-building, advocacy, and stigma reduction, will maintain UCSF's and SFGH's central role in leading the national and international fight against AIDS. Working with the community and with government organizations, we can help move the city, which in the 1980's was the epicenter of the HIV epidemic, closer and closer to zero.


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Agreement of Surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia. Original document signed at Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia on April 10, 1865, General John Gibbon Papers, MS 1284, MdHS.
How to Find Manuscripts
The Maryland Historical Society has more than 5 million manuscripts, organized into more than 3,000 processed collections. Following the standard practice of most historical repositories, the MdHS catalog and finding aids do not list every sheet of paper separately for most collections. Instead, access is provided at the collection, box, or folder level.
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To find information about the manuscript collections:
- Use the online catalog: Each processed manuscript collection has an entry in the online catalog including some description of the collection. Manuscripts normally have an MS number or will be noted as being in the "Vertical File" or VF with a location of "Special Collections."
- Check the finding aid: For about 500 of the manuscript collections, we also have finding aids, a more detailed listing of what is in the specific collection, usually including a listing by box and folder. To access finding aids:
- Link through the catalog if there is an online finding aid for a collection, there will be a link from the catalog which will appear both in the title list and in the catalog entry. Click on the link, to get the finding aid. The catalog searches only the catalog entries, not linked documents.
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- Paper copies of the finding aids are filed by collection number in black binders in special collections.
- Check Subject Finding Aids: There are approximately 50 small guides to manuscript collections organized by subject. These are available in special collections.
- Check MdHS publications: The library has two guides to its manuscript collections, one published in 1968 (known as Pedley) and the other in 1981 (known as Cox and Sullivan). They contain brief descriptions, titles, span dates, and sizes for collections MS. 1-2450. They are indexed and available in both the special collections and the Main reading room. A combined online version is available. Please keep in mind that neither the print nor the online versions include manuscript collections processed after 1983.
Once you've identified collections you want to see, you may request them in Special Collections. You will need the collection name and MS number and, if applicable, the box number or date range. If what you want is in the Vertical File in Special Collections, please include the author, title, and date.
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If you know exactly what you want to use, you may ask ahead of time to have the boxes pulled. E-mail your request, specifying collection and box numbers, to [email protected] ; also let us know when you expect to arrive. Please give us at least 24 hours' notice. We will try to have the items ready for use.
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Condoms are cheap, easy to get and pretty good at their jobs. So, they're a practical choice for people who want to have sex without making babies or passing around sexually transmitted infections – as long as they do it right. Male latex condoms, used consistently and correctly, are up to 94 percent effective at preventing the transmission of HIV and other STIs [source: WHO] And as long as they're used consistently and correctly, they're also up to 98 percent effective at preventing pregnancy [source: CDC]. Not too shabby for a simple piece of latex.
Notice that I've already said "consistently and correctly" twice. Fail at either (or both) of those, and condoms are less effective. Case in point: "Up to 98 percent effective" for preventing pregnancy drops to more like 82 percent with imperfect use. And 94 percent drops to 80 percent for STI prevention [source: WHO].
"Consistent" is easy – it means using a condom every time, any time a penis is going into another person's body. (And it's not just for penises: Shared toys need condoms, too.) As for "correct": Condoms seem so straightforward they ought to be foolproof. Like I said, they're just a simple piece of latex. Yet people have found a plethora of ways to do it wrong.
Some of these 10 wrongs could apply to female condoms, dental dams or nonlatex condoms, but I'm sticking with male latex condoms for the sake of simplicity. And I'm going to assume that we're talking about actual condoms here – not jury-rigged substitutes thrown together from things around the house. There are zero right ways to use those.
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If you are going north the A865 is the way to go but the minor roads are well worth exploring.
There aren't many Gaelic words that have made made it into English but machair is one. It means land behind the beach. There are lots of beaches. Quiet stretches of sand deposited by countless Atlantic rollers. The fertility of the machair is due to a mixture of peat and windblown sand, peat is normally infertile due to poor drainage. In summer you will notice many wild flowers. The scenery in the Outer Hebrides is amongst the most beautiful in the world - the sea is very clear. On a sunny day when it covers the white sands of the west coast it has more colours of blue and green than you can imagine. The white colour of the sand is due to its high shell content (over 80%). The marine life includes dolphins, seals, sharks and whales. The Minch (between the Skye and the Outer Hebrides) is one of the best areas in Britain for whale watching. Seals are particularly common and will be seen sunning themselves all round the islands. Not surprisingly the Outer Hebrides are also famous for shellfish which thrive in the unpolluted waters.
The Outer Hebrides are also noteable for numerous lochs. Some of these are brackish and others are dark and acidic, water lillies are quite common and many have populations of trout and charr. Birds include dunlin, redshank, plover, lapwing and the islands are the last stronghold of the corncrake. Nearly every beach seems to have a population of sandpipers. The islands are formed on the oldest exposed rock in the world, Lewisian Gneiss. This is grey coloured with bands of white and dark minerals contorted by the pressure of the earth. These were formed over 3000 million years ago, similar rocks are found today in Canada to which this part of Scotland was once joined.
Harris Tweed is cloth that has been handwoven by the islanders of Lewis, Harris, Uist and Barra in their homes, using pure virgin wool that has been dyed and spun in the Outer Hebrides. This is the definition of Harris Tweed contained in the Harris Tweed Act of 1993 and it ensures that all cloth certified with the Harris Tweed Orb symbol complies with this definition and is genuine Harris Tweed, the world's only commercially produced handwoven tweed. For centuries the islanders of Lewis, Harris, Uist and Barra have woven the cloth: Clo Mhor in the original Gaelic- 'The big cloth'. As the Industrial Revolution reached Scotland, the mainland turned to mechanisation but the Outer Islands retained their traditional processes. Lewis and Harris had long been known for the excellence of the weaving done there, but up to the middle of the nineteenth century, the cloth was produced mainly for home use or for a local market. Nowadays of course it is exported all over the world. More of the cloth is in fact produced in Lewis but you can still see Harris tweed being woven in Harris on the west coast at Luskentyre - take the dead end road off to Luskentyre beach to get to them: Luskentyre Harris Tweed Co. tel: 01859 550261.
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Causeways join South Uist, Benbecula and North Uist. The car ferry terminal for South Uist is at Lochboisdale, though you might miss this out if you are cycling north from Barra. There is a food shop and a hotel providing bar food at the junction at Daliburgh (Dalabrog). South Uist is the hilliest of the Uists and the road has a few easy hills as it works north. There are possible diversions west on lovely little back roads and you might like to include these loops in your route if you can manage a few extra miles.
It's worth noting that there are regular bus services on the islands and that the drivers are usually quite obliging and will take bikes. This could be useful if there is a strong headwind or it comes on rain! There is a small hostel/bunkhouse at Howmore, you need a sleeping bag, the nearest shop is a mile away. In May you would not find too much problem finding a B&B but booking in advance would be advisable during the school holidays. I've generally found that most B&B owners, even if full up, will be able to suggest that Mrs so and so, further up the road might have a space - they might even phone for you!


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Island Lake Recreation Area
Island Lake Recreation Area is a 4,000-acre park in Livingston County that offers an "up north" experience without leaving southeast Michigan. The terrain is a mixture of open brush land to mature hardwood forest, with some pockets of open meadows mixed in. Island Lake is the only balloon port in the state park system. Balloons usually take off in the early morning or late evening, depending on the wind and weather.
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