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|Family Deductible
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|If a covered injury or illness requires continuing treatment after the Period of Coverage expires, the twelve-month Benefit Period may offer continued coverage for that injury or illness. When the Certificate expires, the Company will review the date of initial treatment for the covered injury or illness. If treatment began less than twelve months before the Period of Coverage expired, benefits for the covered injury or illness continues. This is subject to the Maximum Limit and the other terms of the plan until there have been twelve months of continuous coverage for the covered injury or illness.
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|Premium coverage available for in-patient and out-patient medical expenses
|International Emergency Care
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|Usual, reasonable and customary charges, subject to deductible and coinsurance when applicable
|Hospital Room and Board
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|Intensive Care
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|Medical Expenses
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|Out-patient Medical Expenses
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|Local Ambulance
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|Emergency Room Illness with In-patient Admission
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|Emergency Room Illness without In-patient Admission
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|As described below
|Injury due to an accident: Each Patriot Platinum plan covers the cost of emergency dental treatment and dental surgical procedures necessary to restore or replace sound natural teeth lost or damaged in an accident up to the Maximum Limit.
Sudden dental emergency: Each plan will pay up to $250 for the necessary treatment of sudden, unexpected pain to sound natural teeth.
|Hospital Daily Indemnity
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|Supplemental Accident
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|(when coordinated through the Plan Administrator)
|Emergency Evacuation
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|ThePatriot Platinum plans offer coverage for Emergency Medical Evacuation to the nearest qualified medical facility; expenses for reasonable transportation resulting from the evacuation; and the cost of returning to either the home country or the country where the evacuation occurred, up to the Maximum Limit.
|Emergency Reunion
|Up to $100,000
|Each Patriot Platinum plan also offers Emergency Reunion coverage, up to $100,000 for a maximum of 15 days, for the reasonable travel and lodging expenses of a relative or friend during an Emergency Medical Evacuation: either the cost of accompanying the insured during the evacuation or traveling from the home country to be reunited with the insured.
|Return of Mortal Remains
|Up to $100,000 for Return of Mortal Remains, or $5,000 for Cremation/Burial
|If a covered illness/injury results in death, expenses for Repatriation of bodily remains or ashes to the home country will be covered up to a maximum of $100,000; or up to $5,000 for the preparation, local burial or cremation of your mortal remains at the place of death.
|Return of Minor Children
|Up to $100,000
|If a covered illness/injury results in a hospitalization and/or death and the insured person is traveling alone with child(ren) 19 or under that otherwise would be left unattended, the Patriot Platinum plans will pay up to $100,000 for one way economy fare to their home country, including a chaperone, if necessary, for the safety of the child(ren).
|Political Evacuation
|Up to $100,000
If the United States Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs, or similar government organization of the insured person's home country, orders the evacuation of all non-emergency government personnel from the host country, due to political unrest, that becomes effective on or after the insured person's date of arrival in the host country, the Company pays up to a $100,000 lifetime maximum for transportation to the nearest place of safety or for repatriation to the insured person's home country or country of residence provided that:
In no event will the Company pay for a political evacuation if there is a travel warning in effect on or within six (6) months prior to the insured person's date of arrival in the host country.
To be eligible for the Evacuation, Reunion and Return benefits, these must be recommended by the attending physician in critical medical situations, and approved in advance and coordinated by IMG.
|Natural Disaster
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|This benefit is available in the event an insured person is required to depart his/her destination due to an evacuation order issued prevailing authorities in connection with a Natural Disaster. Natural Disaster is defined as widespread disruption of human lives disasters such as flood, drought, tidal wave, fire, hurricane, earthquake, windstorm, or other storm, landslide, or other natural catastrophe event resulting in migration of the population for its safety.
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$20,000 lifetime maximum
|In the event of a diagnosis of a critical medical condition which is not necessarily immediately life-threatening, but severe enough to result in death or a permanent disability if not treated right away, Remote Transportation will provide for eligible charges arising out of the transportation of an insured person to a qualified facility for further treatment (if the current facility is unable to provide such treatment).
To be eligible for the Transportation, Evacuation, Reunion and Return benefits, these must be recommended by the attending physician in critical medical situations, and approved in advance and coordinated by IMG.
|Identity Theft Assistance
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|If an imposter obtains key personal information such as a Social Security or Driver's License number, or other method of identifying an insured person in order to impersonate or obtain credit, merchandise or services in the insured person's name, the Patriot Platinum plans provide coverage for up to $500 for the reasonable, customary and necessary costs incurred by the insured for: re-filing a loan or other credit application that is rejected solely as a result of the stolen identity event; notarization of legal documents, long-distance telephone calls, and postage that has resulted solely as a result of reporting, amending and/or rectifying records as a result of the stolen identity event; up to three credit reports obtained within one year of the insured person's knowledge of the stolen identity event; and stop payment orders placed on missing or unauthorized checks as a result of the stolen identity event.
The identity theft event must occur during the Period of Coverage.
|Lost / Theft
(luggage, valuables, personal papers)
|Up to $500
|A benefit of up to $500 is payable in the event that damage to, loss of, or theft of your checked or stored baggage or personal items by a common carrier or while stored with your hotel and the replacement costs of travel documents.
|Felonious Assault
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|If you are injured as a result of a Felonious Assault while traveling outside of your home country, each plan pays up to $10,000. This benefit is in addition to any other benefit available under Patriot Platinum.
|Up to the Maximum Limit
Each Patriot Platinum plan plan provides coverage for injuries and illness incurred as a result of an act of Terrorism, limited in amount and by circumstances. If an insured person is injured as a result of an act of Terrorism, and the insured person has no direct or indirect participation in the act, the plan reimburses eligible medical claims up to the maximum limit. Terrorism includes criminal acts, including against civilians, committed with the intent to cause death or serious bodily injury, or taking of hostages, with the purpose to provide a state of terror in the general public or in a group of persons or particular persons, intimidate a population, or compel a government of international organization to do or to abstain from doing an act. However, this benefit does not cover an act of Terrorism in any country or location where the United States government has issued a travel advisory that has been in effect within the six months prior to the insured person's date of arrival. However, claims incurred as a result of radiological, nuclear, chemical or biological weapons or events are not covered.
This benefit also does not cover an act of Terrorism in the event that an advisory to leave a certain country or location is issued by the United States government after the insured person's arrival date, and the insured person unreasonably fails or refuses to heed such warning or depart the country or location.
|Sports & Leisure Activities
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Each Patriot Platinum plan covers injuries incurred during athletic activities which are non-organized, non-contact and engaged in by the insured person solely for leisure, recreation, entertainment or fitness purposes. Some of these sports and activities include, but are not limited to, motor cycle/motorscooter riding, recreational downhill and/or cross country snow skiing, horseback riding, sub-aquatic activities (to 10m), wakeboarding, and water skiing. However, activities not covered include amateur or professional sports or other athletic activity which is organized and/orsanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (and/or any other collegiate sanctioning or government body), or the International Olympic Committee, and or Adventure Sports.
Please note this is only a summary of sports and activities and exclusions. For additional information, please refer to the Certificate of Insurance.
|Sudden and Unexpected Recurrence of a Pre-existing Condition - Medical (for U.S. citizens only)
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(U.S. citizens only) For those up to age 65 with a primary health plan, Patriot Platinum International will pay the Usual, Reasonable and Customary charges of a sudden and unexpected recurrence of a Pre-existing Condition (defined on the Exclusions page) up to the plan maximum. For those without a primary health plan, Patriot Platinum International will pay up to a $20,000 lifetime maximum. For those age 65 and older, with or without a primary health plan, Patriot Platinum International will pay up to a $2,500 lifetime maximum. The primary health plan must have existed prior to the effective date and during coverage of the Patriot Platinum plan, and the Pre-existing Condition must be covered under the primary health plan
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(Non-U.S. citizens only) For those under age 65, Patriot Platinum America will pay up to a $50,000 lifetime maximum for eligible medical expenses. For those age 65 and older, Patriot Platinum America will pay up to $2,500 lifetime maximum.
|Sudden and Unexpected Recurrence of a Pre-existing Condition - Emergency Medical Evacuation
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In addition, up to $25,000 will be paid to U.S. and non-U.S. citizens for the for the eligible costs and expenses of an Emergency Medical Evacuation arising or resulting from a sudden and unexpected recurrence of a Pre-existing Condition.
|Incidental Home Country Coverage
|Up to a cumulative two weeks
|During the Period of Coverage an insured person may return to their home country for incidental visits up to a cumulative two weeks total, subject to: a. The insured person must have left their home country, b. The total Period of Coverage must be for a minimum of 30 days, and c. The return to the home country may not be taken to receive treatment for an illness or injury incurred while traveling.
|End of Trip Home Country Coverage
|One month for every four months of travel coverage, up to a maximum of three months
|For every four months of continuous coverage you purchase, you can purchase one additional month of home country coverage as an accommodation and supplemental travel benefit, up to a maximum of three months. To purchase this special home country extension coverage, please check the appropriate box on the Application Form, and calculate your premium to include the additional month(s).
|Trip Interruption
|Up to $10,000
|If, during a covered trip, there is an unexpected death of an immediate family member (spouse, child, parent or sibling), a break-in at the insured's principle residence, or the substantial destruction of the insured's principal residence due to a fire or natural disaster, each Patriot Platinum plan pays to return the insured to the area of principal residence. The plan pays for a one way air or ground transportation ticket of the same class as the unused travel ticket, less the value of the unused return ticket.
|Common Carrier Accidental Death
|$100,000 per adult, $25,000 per child, maximum of $250,000 per family
|If accidental death should occur while traveling on a commercial Common Carrier, $100,000 per adult and $25,000 per child is payable to the designated beneficiary, to a maximum of $250,000 per family.
|Accidental Death & Dismemberment
|$50,000 principle sum
|Each Patriot Platinum plan offers a $50,000 principal sum benefit for Accidental Death and Dismemberment occurring during the Period of coverage:
|Small Pet Common Air Carrier Accidental Death
|Up to $500
|A benefit of up to $500 will be paid in the event of loss of life to a small pet while traveling with a covered insured on a common air carrier. This covers the pet while on the insured's originating flight from his/her home country, and returning flight to the insured's home country only. A small pet is a cat or dog up to 30 pounds in weight.
* This Web page contains only a consolidated and summary description of all current benefits, conditions, limitations and exclusions. A certificate containing the complete Certificate Wording with all terms, conditions and exclusions will be included in the fulfillment kit. IMG reserves the right to issue the most current Certificate Wording for this insurance plan in the event this Web page, application, and/or brochure has expired, is modified, or is replaced with a newer version. Current Certificate Wordings are available upon request.

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HM5E2 - 2 Bedroom Suite / 2.5 Bath, Sleeps 4
Bedding: 2 Beds (K, Q)
BEDDING GUIDE: K = King, SK - Split King, Q - Queen, T - Twin, QSS - Queen Sleeper Sofa, BB - Bunk Beds, F - Full, FSS - Full Sleeper Sofa, TR - Trundle
Facing the Zirkel wilderness area, this two bedroom suite is a cozy 1,500 square foot residence. The views from this unit are expansive. You can enjoy the sun rising over the ski area in the morning with a locally brewed cup of coffee and then after the day's activities, relax to the gorgeous sunsets off to the west on the private deck. This beautifully decorated space offers a main living area with a large flat screen TV and surround sound, flat screen TV's in each bedroom, a gas fireplace, gourmet kitchen as well as a washer and dryer. An iPod docking station feeds your personal music into the central audio system which can also be streamed into the bedrooms. With double-ovens and a large round dining table that will seat up to 8, it's ideal for home cooked, family style or catered meals. The master bedroom suite offers the comfort of a king bed with luxury linens, plush bedding and private access to the balcony. The master bath features a Jacuzzi tub and walk-in shower. The second bedroom offers a queen bed, also with luxury linens, plush bedding and private bath. Enjoy the glorious Yampa Valley sunsets from the west-facing back bedroom view. This residence has recently been updated with new carpet throughout, ceiling fans in each room, "Nest" technology thermostats, and paint throughout.
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Martin Sheen is an award-winning actor, director, and producer. Currently, he has a starring role in the Emmy Award-winning NBC television drama, "The West Wing," in which he portrays President Josiah Bartlet. Mr. Sheen's social consciousness is evident in the acting roles he chooses, where he consistently portrays characters whose principles make a difference. Among these are his film roles as Peter Maurin, who with Dorothy Day founded the Catholic Worker Movement, and as Mitch Snyder, a Vietnam veteran who fought for America's homeless by staging hunger strikes and demonstrations against government bureaucracy. Mr. Sheen's work has been recognized by his colleagues with an Emmy Award and with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from the Imagen Foundation, an organization that honors positive portrayals of Latinos in film, television, and advertising.
In addition to his excellence in film and television, Mr. Sheen is a tireless champion of social justice in our world, and his work as a humanitarian and social activist is noteworthy. He promotes justice as a parish volunteer in soup kitchens and youth programs, as a nonviolent demonstrator protesting nuclear testing and the School of the Americas, and as a spokesperson for the United Farm Workers and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Marquette preserves the archives of Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker Movement, and these documents are now housed in the new John P. Raynor, S.J., Library. When Mr. Sheen was starting out as a young actor in New York in 1959, working in the Living Theater and earning wages of $5 per week, he began visiting the Catholic Worker House of Hospitality in the evenings for dinner. One day he asked if he could help out in return for the meals he was given, and he began folding and preparing the Catholic Worker newspapers for mailing. Serving as a Catholic Worker volunteer had a profound impact on Mr. Sheen. Motivated both by his own childhood in poverty and by these visits to the House of Hospitality, he became a generous supporter of the Catholic Worker Movement and he continues that support today.
Marquette University is proud to welcome Mr. Sheen to Marquette and to acknowledge his many contributions both as an artist and as a social activist. For more than forty years Mr. Sheen has demonstrated care and concern for the poor and less fortunate of our society. Through his creative work and through the causes he champions, he has assumed a significant place in American consciousness as a strong advocate for justice and peace. In that way, his work is directly tied to Marquette's mission statement, a portion of which reads, "Marquette strives to develop men and women who will dedicate their lives to the service of others, actively entering into the struggle for a more just society."
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A couple of weeks ago, I had the honor of hosting on of Dear MYRTLE's "Monday's with Myrt" webinar series. You know how sometimes timing is everything? That webinar was one of those times. In preparation for that webinar, DearMYRTLE has an "Across My Desk" segment so I had been looking for articles to include. In this case, if found me. A Blog Post by Laura Cosgrove Lorenzana, of The Last Leaf on This Branch. The specific blog post was Technology Tuesday – Pulling Evidence from Thin Paper
She talked about Evidentia, a relatively new software program that may be of use for genealogists. Laura did a great job of explaining how the program worked and why it might be a program to have in our Genealogy Toolbox.
As it would happen, I had a technical problem recording the Webinar. Based on the discussion and feedback, Dear MYRTLE will be hosting a two part Webinar on Evidentia.
So, what IS Evidentia
- Not a database management system for families / people
- Had heard of "evidenced based" research
- Start with a CLAIM
- Names, Dates, Relationships, etc
- Each Claim has SUBJECT(s)
- Quality of Evidence
I had heard some time ago about the need to have an Evidence based genealogy program. Or, rather then entering names and dates into a genealogy database program, you start with a document or record or "evidence". I wasn't sure what that meant until I saw were "evidence" in such a source CLAIMS something to be "true". A census record claims that a person (named) was so many years old at the time that the census was taken. If further CLAIMS that this person was born in a certain state.
So far, we have three (3) claims: name, age, and state of birth.
Here is where Evidentia comes in. You enter the Source of the Claim, there are built in Templates for an appropriate Citation, and you enter the Claims that this source suggests. You are further asked to enter more information about the Quality of the Evidence, and each of the steps that the Genealogical Proof Standard suggests. I am not an expert in this area, but the program has the right questions for me to answer, and provides where to answer them. Its all still a learning curve for me. But it does help move me in the right direction for recording the Evidence that I gather for a specific person.
Here is a link to the Evidentia website: http://evidentia.ed4becky.net/
There are videos to help learn about and how to use the program.
So, I downloaded the free trial version of the program as I have a project that needs something like this.
At Christmas, I was visiting family and one of my nephews "brought" an old "book" that he wanted to show me. It was handed down from his great great great grandmother (I think). So, he allowed me to borrow it.
It's old, about 9" x 13', and it's a page numbers "log book". Mostly Names and dates. The inside cover has writing about the "author", the best that I can tell, and newspaper clippings.
The first number of pages are information that might be found on Family Group Sheets. The names, birth dates, death dates, you can visually see relationships. Of course, none of it has any citations. The newspaper clipping that are scattered throughout this 300 page book have the date of the newspaper, nor newspaper name. Pretty useless, one might say.
Knowing many of the surnames throughout this book, clearly the people named in this "log book" lived is Chester County, Pennsylvania. But, there are some great pieces of data. I would NOT want to enter any of this into my genealogy database. BUT there might be hints that I haven't seen before.
I have started to entering the Claims that this Source has to offer, and I am citing that this claim came from this log book. I have no clue IF any of this data will end up in my genealogy database, but I suspect it will. For example, the young man's great great grandfather is listed.
There are about 40 pages of family listings, then for the next 150 pages are names and dates. Toward the end of the book are 5 interesting entries:
- Weather
- Cyclones
- Earthquakes
- Explosions
- Fires
Page 286 has an entry "Earthquake Oct. 9, 9:30am, 1871
Page 287 A Darlington's House burnt – Dec 25, 1888
Hey, that's one of mine.
Page 78 – William L Howard, Newtown, May 4, 1881 – Kicked by a horse Age 50
Page 72 – Pres.
William (James) A Garfield, Wash, aged 50, Sept 19 1881 (shot by Chas Julius Guitan. C Guitan hung June 30, 1882 at Wash at 12:35 pm
What about this newspaper clipping: Malvern Man Killed in Own Garage By Carbon Monoxide; William H Hicks, 37, is victim of fatal fumes, inhaled while placing new tags on car – Body is found in kneeling position by his wife. (hand written note: Jan 9 1931), but it's between pages 92 and 93. The placement of this article, in this logbook doesn't make any sense, but that's where I found it and will leave it there.
Because of all of the potential data in this book, knowing that it will be returned, I want the data captured somewhere. I want to evaluate the data BEFORE any of it is placed into my database.
This log book, to me, is like a compiled genealogy. You know the books without Citations or Source information?
I will then look at my database and see who might the logbook entry be referring to in my database. IF I have a match, after evaluating the evidence (claims) I'll enter the information into my database.
I have several family Bibles what are in the same condition, where I don't want to handle them, but want to capture the Claims that are included to data entry later IF it applies.


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My name is Melissa Jaramillo-Fleming, and I am the Vice President for Student and University Relations and the Dean of Students. I welcome this opportunity to introduce myself and my administrative assistant, Myrna Bustamante.
The primary purpose of the Dean of Students is to create opportunities for student success, and as part of that commitment, we serve as student advocates. Our office provides information on a variety of issues and student services and is a central point of contact for students who need to resolve issues, need further explanation of New Mexico Tech's policies and procedures, or are trying to identify campus resources.
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Citrus Cunningham , Bengaluru
Near the city's popular attractions, Citrus Hotels welcomes you to a perfect property full of liveliness. This capacious hotel is an ideal choice for any weary traveller. After a hectic business meet or after a daylong shopping, the refreshing ambience and cherry greetings at Citrus Cunningham is sure to revive you from the stressful day. Feel the awesomeness of the luxury and sophisticated interiors that are designed to suit the needs of every business executives. From the conference halls to the personalized rooms with comfy beds and state-of-art technology; from the 24hours café, where you could choose to dine indoor or in the garden setting to the roof top restaurant; from the revitalizing spa to the well-equipped gymnasium; the Citrus Cunningham houses all that is required to make your trip complete and comfortable.
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A 24 hours coffee shop paired with multi-cuisine restaurant serves authentic Mediterranean cuisine along with the local South Indian. You could either dine indoor or soak up the sun by dining with the al fresco seating in the outdoor garden environment.
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Russ von Koch has some simple words about outdoor safety.
"You don't get lost if you always know where you are," said the Bureau of Land Management recreation branch chief.
While that might sound extremely obvious, he knows from 27 years on the job about its importance. Even global positioning systems aren't enough, he said. People need to have maps, not to mention a basic understanding of where they are. Better yet, he recommended having some sort of a guide.
"A lot of issues come back to people going into an area that they're not familiar with," he said.
Thanks to the invention of GPS and efforts to create better trail markings, he's seen the instance of lost hikers going down in recent years, a statistic that the local search and rescue group noted as well. Still, it never hurts to plan, especially in terrain as dry, unpredictable and unforgiving as the landscape in southeastern Utah.
People should have a firm plan and try to stick with it, he said. They should let friends know where they're going and when they'll be back. If they're in a big group, they should stick together and never assume someone is coming right up or has gone ahead. All the while, of course, people should take note of where they are, orienting themselves with their map.
Von Koch knows that people make mistakes in this desert every year. Even so, he doesn't think they have to have grave consequences.
"If you do get lost, usually stay put, not just wander around," he said. "If you stay with your equipment and make yourself visible, you're going to be found."
Anyone who becomes lost should conserve energy and fluids, von Koch said. If need be, they should make a low-impact fire. And whenever possible, he suggested all visitors to the backcountry should carry the "Ten Essentials," a list of items agreed upon by hiking authorities. The list has changed a bit since it was drafted in the 1930s.
The items are:
1. Map
2. Compass/GPS
3. Flashlight/Headlamp
4. Extra food and water (at least one gallon per person per day)
5. Extra clothes
6. Sunglasses
7. First aid kit
8. Pocket knife
9. Waterproof matches
10. Firestarter
While this might look like overkill to the casual hiker, von Koch doesn't think so – and with good reason. With around 100 calls every year, the Grand County Search and Rescue team is one of the busiest in the state of Utah.
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What was Clayton Kershaw to do Monday with Dodger great Sandy Koufax in attendance on Opening Day at Dodger Stadium?
How about throw one of the games of his life in complete-game 4-0 win over the San Francisco Giants?
And hit a solo home run in the eighth inning to break open a scoreless tie?
That's what he did, dialing up a dominant game by allowing just four hits while striking out seven in just 94 pitches.
Can you say Koufax-like?
Well, with the greatest Dodgers left-hander of them all on hand, a revved up, sellout crowd at Chavez Ravine cheering him on a the expectations of a new season riding on the performance, Kershaw was simply brilliant.
It sets a great tone for the Dodgers, and kicks Kershaw off to a terrific start to his season.
Clayton Kershaw: What more can you say about the game-winning pitcher, another than brilliant?
Carl Crawford: The new Dodgers left fielder got on base twice and scored key run in the eighth inning to give the Dodgers breathing room.
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Reconista necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 90 diseños de 29 diseñadores freelance.
Reconista - http://www.reconista.com
Reconista software is used to break into websites. Our clients want to know what would happen if a bad guy were to target their networks and computer systems. We create powerful, yet simple to use software and services that give the client that view without having to understand the very technical nature of the work. Our software works, it's reliable, it's powerful, it's simple.
The name Reconista is built from "recon" (reconnaissance) and "vista".
Our clients care about security, dependability and integrity. We serve banks, credit unions, electric companies, hospitals and other companies that have valuable information. While we "play" badguy, we actually build trust with our clients and help protect them from those who are bad.
The logo should be able to represent Reconista without using the actual name. It is OK to combine the name and logo, as long as the logo can stand by itself and retain it's meaning. It should be symbolic of security, reconnaissance and view. The logo will be used in our digital collateral such as websites and blogs. We will also use it in the 'favicon.ico' (the little icon you see at the left of the address bar in your browser), and other areas where we need a simple icon to represent us. The logo will be used extensively throughout our software and printed media such as business cards, newsletters and reports.
The deliverables should look good as PNG however we will need the final Adobe Illustrator files, with layers intact. If you use a special font, we will need that as well.
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Many lobbyists will now be able to participate in federal government advisory boards and commissions, the Obama administration announced Wednesday.
The Office of Management and Budget issued the revised guidance to largely roll back an executive action President Obama took in 2010. That memorandum prohibited all agency heads from appointing or reappointing any federally registered lobbyist to "advisory committees and other boards and commissions."
The alteration loosened the restriction, stating the ban only applies to lobbyists appointed to a board or commission in an "individual capacity," or people "appointed to committees to exercise their own individual best judgment on behalf of the government," according to the guidance. Lobbyists representing the interests of a labor groups, industry sectors, environmental groups or other nongovernmental entities, as well those representing state or local governments, can now serve on the commissions.
OMB said the Office of Government Ethics already has guidance on how to determine if a lobbyist is serving in an individual or representative capacity.
Then Sen. Obama campaigned heavily on the need to close the so-called "revolving door" between private-sector lobbying and government employment, and signed an executive order his first day in office to prohibit lobbyists from serving in his administration. In January, however, a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. declined to strike down a lawsuit by a group of lobbyists who said the advisory board ban was unconstitutional.
The six lobbyists argued the prohibition was in violation of their First Amendment rights. The suit was initially dismissed by a district judge, but the appeals court called the decision premature and remanded the case back to the original judge.
Good government advocates were disappointed with the reversal.
"It's unfortunate," said Scott Amey, general counsel for the Project on Government Oversight. "President Obama came in with the philosophy that he wanted to take a lot of the special interests out of government and really make a government of the people." He added re-allowing lobbyists to sit on advisory boards is "giving those special interests a voice."
Craig Holman, a government affairs lobbyist for Public Citizen, called the rule "disheartening," and said Obama decided to "surrender to K Street."
The reversal "gives lobbyists the opportunity to tout their access and raise their lobbying fees," Holman said. He added the original ban prevented "hired guns" with no real expertise on the issue they were lobbying on to have a voice on major policies.
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Vote Tuesday! Make Sure the HIV/AIDS Community Is Heard!
By Paul A. Kawata
November 1, 2012
This article was provided by the National Minority AIDS Council; Paul Kawata is the organization's executive director.
First, let me say that the thoughts and prayers of everyone here at NMAC are with those affected by Hurricane Sandy. Our own offices suffered some fairly significant water damage from the storm, but we were extremely lucky that our area was not more heavily impacted. We wish everyone a safe and speedy recovery.
While the Northeast works to repair the damage caused by Sandy, however, the rest of the nation continues to prepare for next week's election, when Americans will once again cast their ballots for president of the United States. They will also decide the makeup of the House and Senate. The stakes of this election cannot be overstated. The outcome will determine the future of health care reform, as well as programs like Medicare and Medicaid. With four sitting Supreme Court justices over the age of 70, the next president could decide the makeup of our nation's highest court for decades to come. And as sequestration threatens more than $650 million in funding for HIV/AIDS programs, the outcome of this election could influence any deal Congress works out to avoid these disastrous cuts. Tuesday's vote will also decide the future of critical social policies like LGBT equality, funding for women's health programs, including Planned Parenthood, and hot button issues like federal funding for abstinence-only-until-marriage education and syringe services programs.
The National Minority AIDS Council cannot and does not support any candidate for public office. But we do think that it is critically important that the voices of those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS are heard. The most fundamental way that we do this is by VOTING! As the grandson of immigrants, voting has always meant a great deal to me. As a gay man, that right became even more critical. As an HIV/AIDS advocate, it is indispensable!
I know that I am preaching to the choir, you're going to vote. But are you going to get out the vote? Please consider sending an email to your agency's clients, donors and friends asking them to vote. As a 501(c)3 organization, its illegal to ask people to vote for a specific candidate, but that does not mean you can't ask people to vote generally. If you really want to make a difference, consider arranging transportation to get your clients to polling locations. They may want to vote, but may not have the resources to get to the polls.
Unfortunately, many states have made it increasingly difficult to cast your vote. Courts across the country are considering a number of controversial voter ID laws, as well as early voting rules, that effectively suppress minority and disabled voting. Given our constituency, I'm extremely troubled by these trends. To help ensure that all our constituents have the information they need to exercise their constitutional right to vote, I wanted to share some great resources with you.
It's hard to believe that after more than a year of nonstop campaigning, the election is finally here. Now it's our time to be heard. I am casting my ballot early so I don't miss this important opportunity. I hope you will join me. Please vote.
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RRB Bhubaneswar Group D Recruitment 2019
RRB Bhubaneswar Group D Recruitment Notification has released to invite application form to various vacant post of Group D Position. Lot of job hunter those are awaited or dreaming to Indian Railway Bhubaneswar Zone Group D Vacancy Now have good news. The process to make application form start on Feb 2019 and eligible candidates can register application form till Last date. Besides the Education qualification candidates also have need to conform their Age limitation to help RRB Bhubaneswar Group D Bharti 2019 Notification. Whenever the process to Apply Application form completed, candidates will call to written examination. More information RRB Group D Vacancy 2019 is available at below.
भारतीय रेल मंत्री "पीयूष गोयल" की घोषणा के अनुसार, जिन उम्मीदवारों के पास 10 वीं पास प्रमाणपत्र हैं, वे स्तर 1 परीक्षा के लिए आवेदन पत्र आवेदन कर सकते हैं।
खुशखबरी RRB Bhubaneswar Group D Recruitment 2019 ऑनलाइन आवेदन की अंतिम तिथि बड़ा गयी है। सभी अभ्यर्थी अपना आवेदन अब 31 मार्च तक भर सकते है।
RRB Bhubaneswar Group D Recruitment 2019 Notification
Railway Recruitment Board Bhubaneswar Vacancy 2019, 1532 Posts
Interview Date: 31 March 2018
|RRB Bhubaneswar Zone Group D Vacancy 2019 Detail
Posts Name: Group D
Total No. Of Posts: Various Posts
Application Process: Online
Selection Process: Written, PET & PST
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Bhubaneswar Railway Group D Vacancy 2019 Education Qualification
Job hunter those complete 10th class school education from a recognized central or state board can apply application form. Future detail candidates read official advertisement.
RRB Bhubaneswar Group D Jobs 2019 Age Limit
Applicant Lower Age Limit: – 18 Year
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The important Part of RRB Bhubaneswar Vacancy 2019 is to be select eligible candidates to vacant posts. The selection process will be done through Written Test and Skill Test. To get eligibility skill test candidates clear written examination.
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To Successfully registration online application form candidates must complete all steps of application form like as Registration, Apply Online, Pay Application Fee, Upload Photo and Signature. If the online portal accepts candidates application form they take print out to future reference of it.
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Application Fee for UR & OBC: – 500 / – Rs
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Application Form Starting Date: – 10 Feb 2018
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What's your favorite sports underdog?
2001 Patriots
What's your favorite subject to write about?
Anything where people show that they care about the event. Covering any sporting event is all about the atmosphere, and it's a fun thing to do when you can tell everyone is invested in the outcome.
If you could trade places with anyone in Rhode Island, who would it be?
James Woods
If someone made a movie of your life, who would you want to play you?
Charlie Sheen
What do you do on your days off?
Go golfing and watch more TV than any healthy person should.


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NEW ORLEANS -- Patrick Willis remembers when the San Francisco 49ers turned the corner.
It was Week 4 of the 2011 season. The Niners went into the half against the Philadelphia Eagles trailing 20-3.
In Willis' first three seasons as a pro, this was about the time the Niners would accept their fate. Tempers would flare, fingers would be pointed. But with Jim Harbaugh and his staff in charge, the attitude in the locker room was different. All was not lost.
"Coach Harbaugh was like, 'You know what? They said it was going to be easy, but we don't like it easy,' " Willis recalled during the Niners' first media availability for Super Bowl week on Sunday night. "'We got ourselves down, we gotta fight out of it.'
"I remember sitting back and watching it and going, 'Wow.' Whether we would have lost that game or won that game, just to have that, was amazing."
The 49ers came back to beat the Eagles, 24-23.
Willis joined the 49ers as a first-round pick in 2007, instantly making a name for himself as a very good linebacker on some not-so-good teams. They went 26-38 in Willis' first four seasons before Harbaugh came to town and changed the culture in an instant.
"There were times in my first four years there was no question in my mind, this is the year, we're going to make these playoffs, we're going to make a run," Willis said. "I always thought if we could just get in these playoffs we have a team that could make a run, we just couldn't get over that hump."
Harbaugh said on Sunday night that Willis is part of the "fabric" and "character" of the 49ers' defense. He calls the linebacker a humble, "get-the-job-done" guy.
Willis won't get near the same attention as the other No. 52 in town this week, but he'll likely savor this hard-earned moment just the same.
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Doctoral student awarded grant by International Society of Blood Transfusion
Bernard Appiah, M.S., doctoral student at the Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health, was awarded a Harold Gunson Fellowship grant by the International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT).
This fellowship provides medical professionals and scientists from developing countries the opportunity to attend ISBT regional meetings worldwide. Individuals selected to attend these congresses will be able to network with other experts to discuss emerging issues in the field of blood transfusion.
Appiah will attend the 23rd Regional Congress of the ISBT in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 2-5, 2013.
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As you can imagine, I walk through many homes in my business. I check out potential properties with top tier CEO's, as well as newly married 1st time home buyers and help them decide what would be a wise investment. So I hear a lot of chatter about what they feel is a worthwhile investment and their ideas on what will give them a large return on their remodeling and design investment.
So today I am listing my top 5 Real estate tips for new home buyers in any market. These are the items I would recommend investing in your home, as they have been proven to double in value!!
1. Lighting – Many people (especially in southern California) purchase homes that were built in the mid 30's, 40's and 50's. Typically these homes have not been upgraded with today's standard of lighting. I have literally been in homes where the only available light option is to plug in a lamp and have that lamp controlled by one switch near the door. Yay…that's affective! Well, not really. Especially with today's tech savvy and energy conscious consumer! Making an initial investment in adding recessed lighting along with dimmer switches is one of the first items I would recommend! There are so many benefits to doing this, even beyond your return on investment. It's more energy efficient, its boosts the value of your home and it can make or break the overall look of a space by actually making it appear bigger or smaller! Not to mention the fact that it will save the longevity of your eyesight!!
2. Cabinets – We have all heard that the KITCHEN is the most important room in the house, and that is still by far the most looked at space by potential home buyers. Why is this? Well not only is it the place that everyone ends up when entertaining, but also because it usually the largest area of a home that you will invest your money on improving! And what is the largest item in the kitchen? Well, most likely it is your cabinets, followed closely by the countertops and then flooring. Investing in good cabinets, or for that matter even refinishing your existing cabinets so they don't look like they date back to WWI, is one of the smartest places to put your cash. I have run the full gauntlet from refinishing old cabinets, installing IKEA cabinets and also building complete custom kitchens and no matter what your budget, any of those options will almost always double your investment.
3. Paint – Paint and color is something that affects all of us when we walk into a room whether you realize it or not. It can turn something that looks dingy and dated into fresh and clean. Taking the time to give your new interior and exterior paint a clean new coat with updated colors is one of the simplest ways to freshen up any property, without a lot of out of pocket expense.
4. Air conditioning and heating – Many times I see home owners get so excited and overwhelms about their new home that they don't even check to see if their A/C or heating are working properly or if they are making some weird smell or noise. Gross! The reason this is so important is that it can take a big chunk of your budget to repair or install a new system. After all it doesn't help if you have a beautiful home but you are too cold that you can't even sleep there, right!
5. Plumbing fixtures – We are talking faucets, toilets and shower heads here people. These items, if not working properly can throw your money down the drain!! (sorry couldn't help myself) If you see that your sinks are cracked, faucets are leaking, and toilets are not flushing properly, it's a wise choice to switch them out before you even move in! These leaks and problems can only cause more trouble in the future. I've also heard crazy stories about furious home owners going through foreclosure taking their rage out by dumping concrete into the toilets as a form of revenge towards the bank. Basically if they can't keep the house, then they don't want anyone else to enjoy it either. Crazy right!! So to avoid these problems, I recommend running the water, flushing toilets several times, and check your sewer lines before close of escrow.
Now I did leave some items off the list like flooring and landscaping because usually these are not make-it or break-it items for a home (obviously each case is different). Don't get me wrong, they are very important for the overall value of a property, but usually these items are relatively low priority improvements that can be done at any time.
So, take these items into consideration if you are planning to remodel or purchase anytime soon. At least you will feel more confident that you will see a return on your investment with these top 5 tips.


text: I'm imaging this system as a computer, and the headaches of it's operator (the guy who scripted the worm, maybe) whose million nodes are infested by a million hostile users (the refeverse of a users desktop infested by a worm, is a worm's virutual supercomputer infested by users). Some of them are running virus removal tools, but the rest are shutting down their systems in frustration because they are getting 0% CPU usage for their games and web browsing. So this pirate-Operator is getting excremely low productivity from his Supercomputer. Also there is the technical problem of one node accessing RAM in that petabyte range, from some other desktop with some other OS in some other state, who's owner is unplugging it in anger. So besides preferring to call it a "Virtual Special-purpose (mail-bombing) Supercomputer" instead of a "(General purpose) Supercomputer" I'd also be skeptical of all performance metrics. If you can't measure the number of nodes within an order of magnitude then other metrics are perforce dubious. And I'm pretty sure that Deep Blue could beat it at chess, if someone managed to MPI a chess program on Storm Bot. But I"m sure I can't prove it. Peter On 8/31/07, Mark Hahn <hahn at mcmaster.ca> wrote: > > > 10 million CPUs (depending on whose estimates you believe), the Storm > botnet > > easily outperforms the currently top-ranked system, BlueGene/L, with a > mere > > cool. why is my immediate question: what grid middleware do they use, > and what can it do for us? ;) > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://www.beowulf.org/pipermail/beowulf/attachments/20070831/75150ad5/attachment.html>


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CHICAGO (AP) — Jurors shrugged off Jennifer Hudson's star status and insisted it played no role in their decision to convict her former brother-in-law for slaying the Oscar winner's mother, brother and nephew — a verdict that means the 31-year-old Chicago man will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars.
"This wasn't about her," juror Jacinta Gholston told reporters Friday evening. "It was a case about William Balfour."
Balfour, a former gang member, was convicted on three counts of first-degree murder. He faces a mandatory life prison sentence. Illinois no longer has a death penalty.
Just an hour before their verdict, the jury of 12 sent a note to the judge saying three panelists still weren't convinced of Balfour's guilt. Prosecutors said Balfour shot dead Hudson's family members in an act of spite after his estranged wife at the time, Hudson's sister, Julia Hudson, refused to reconcile.
As the verdict was read, Jennifer Hudson, sitting on a fourth-row bench, bit her lip, tears streaming down her cheeks. A minute later, she looked over at her sister and smiled.
The Hudson sisters released a statement late Friday extending a prayer to the Balfour family, saying "we have all suffered terrible loss in this tragedy."
"It is our prayer that the Lord will forgive Mr. Balfour of these heinous acts and bring his heart into repentance someday," they said. They also thanked prosecutors for their "dedication and tireless work" and praised police and trial witnesses.
It was overwhelming circumstantial evidence, especially cellphone records that placed Balfour in the vicinity of the killings, despite his adamant denials, that convinced the jury in the end, jurors said.
Jury foreman Robert Smith said he "was certain from the very beginning," though several others initially expressed doubts.
Going into the trial last month, some legal observers said Hudson's aura of celebrity couldn't help but affect its outcome. But asked if any of them were even fans of the singer and actress, 10 jurors who spoke to the media at joint news conference looked at each other and shook their heads.
Jennifer Hudson was the first of 83 witnesses prosecutors called. Several times she broke down from the witness stand, including when she spoke of Balfour with undisguised disgust.
But jurors said Hudson's words on the stand, while touching, provided no actual evidence.
"We did ignore it," Gholston, a 35-year-old chocolate company employee, said about the deliberations. "There was no discussion of Jennifer Hudson."
The focus, others explained, was ensuring they were right that Balfour was, in fact, the killer. Several jurors they had sympathy for Balfour, knowing his life as he knew it hung in the balance.
"Some of us tried to make him innocent," said Tracie Austin, one of the three jurors who wasn't fully convinced of his guilt as of early Friday afternoon. "We couldn't."
Still, some experts say Hudson's celebrity may have had an effect — even if jurors sincerely believed it didn't.
"She is certainly quite beloved . . . so there is likely to have been very positive feelings toward her," said Edward Schwartz, a New England-based jury consultant. When a case is based almost wholly on circumstantial evidence, "likeability" factors can play an even greater role, he added.
Balfour showed no emotion when the verdict was announced. A few of his relatives looked upset, one muttering that the verdict was unfair. As she had during the trial, Hudson looked back at Balfour's supporters, then whispered something to her sister.
With no surviving witnesses to the 2008 slayings, prosecutors built a convincing circumstantial case. Hudson's sister described how Balfour repeatedly threatened her, citing him as saying ominously, "'If you ever leave me, I'm going to kill you. But I'm going to kill your family first.'"
Balfour's attorneys suggested someone else in the crime-ridden neighborhood on Chicago's South Side targeted the family because of alleged crack-cocaine dealing by Jennifer Hudson's brother.
Public defender Amy Thompson said Friday she would appeal the verdict.
Hudson, 30, rose to prominence as a 2004 "American Idol" finalist. She became a bona fide star after winning the 2007 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in the movie "Dreamgirls."
She attended every day of testimony, sobbing when photos of her relatives' bloodied, bullet-ridden bodies were displayed to jurors during closing arguments. Several jurors, too, said they would never forget the images.
Balfour had lived in the Hudsons' three-story Englewood home after marrying Julia Hudson in 2006. He moved out in early 2008 after their falling out.
The killings occurred the morning of Oct. 24, 2008. Prosecutors said Balfour became enraged when he stopped by the Hudson family home and saw a gift of balloons from Julia's new boyfriend.
After she left for work, prosecutors said Balfour went back inside the home with a .45-caliber handgun and shot Hudson's mother, Darnell Donerson, 57, in the back; he then shot Jason Hudson, 29, twice in the head as he lay in bed.
Prosecutors said Balfour then drove off in an SUV with 7-year-old Julian King and shot him in the head as he lay behind a front seat. His body was found in the abandoned vehicle after a three-day search.
Smith, the jury foreman, said he hoped the verdict would bring Hudson closure.
"I hope she can put this thing behind her and get on with the rest of her life," he said.


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But, you only had to look or listen for a moment to tell the difference between these two events. One of them was a serious commercial gathering, packed with people eager to taste and buy top class wine, while the other was… the London Wine Trade Fair. In the British capital, the talk was still of the recent hefty increase in duty rates that was threatening retailers' ability to offer three bottles of wine for £10 and seemed set to halt the growth in UK wine consumption. In Hong Kong, the chatter was about the total removal of excise duty and import licences, and the revelation by the Chief Secretary Henry Tang at the opening ceremony that, even before the abolition of duty, the volume of wine imports into Hong Kong had risen by 120% percent, while the value had gone up by 200% since 2007.
At least one British visitor sniffed disdainfully at the US$100,000 Acker Merrill had spent on hospitality before its first-ever Asian auction, and the red and gold hardback catalogue. But it was the New York firm that laughed all the way to the bank - where they deposited the $8.2 million raised by the sale; 10% over estimate, and conveniently a figure that includes the two luckiest numbers – 8 and 2 - in Chinese culture. Just as happy, presumably, were the great and good of Bordeaux whose Union des Grands Crus tasting of 2005s proved so popular that stocks of many of the wines ran out a full three hours early, allowing them to head off for lunch.
Many of those chateau owners had less than fond memories of Vinexpo 1998. Hong Kong's Peregrine Investment Bank had just collapsed, creating a panic in the local stock market, the Hong Kong Dollar had to be propped up against attacks from speculators, and Japan was officially declared to be in a recession. Unsurprisingly, attendance that year was sparse and exhibitors spent much of their time complaining to each other that most of the people who did attend were local – very local – expatriates. That gweilo – western foreign devil - focus was just as evident at the dinner to launch the first Watsons Wine Cellars shop where I only recall seeing one Chinese face.
Ten years on, Vinexpo 2008 was packed, with over 8,000 professional visitors, of whom over a quarter came from the mainland; gweilos were firmly in the minority. Watsons Wine Cellars now has a dozen stores whose customers – mostly Chinese – choose from a brilliant range of 2,000 wines. Today, thanks to these stores a wine lover in even the more obscure parts of Hong Kong has far easier access to good bottles than his counterpart in London. But much the same can be said of Seoul, Osaka and Taipei… For an outsider – even one like myself who spends over a month a year in Asia – the most striking development is the speed at which the market is evolving, and the way that evolution is affecting areas that you might not have expected. When talking to a wine importer with a focus on Cambodia and Laos, I used what I thought of as a bit of my local knowledge in saying that I presumed that the main market in Cambodia would consist of the recently-built international hotels around the temples of Angkor Wat. "Not exactly", came the response. "we're actually selling rather a lot of good wine in Phnom, Penh. Aurelio Montes from Chile can tell a similar story about Vietnam, where he's selling several containers of wine every year. Canny producers are increasingly studying their maps of the region, knowing that planning a trip to China that only takes in Beijing and Shanghai is like aiming all your US sales efforts at New York and Washington DC. My next excursion, for example, includes hosting a Leoville-Barton dinner in Guangzhou…
As Robert Parker who had spent two weeks of "the most exciting trip of a lifetime" hosting that kind of event across the region wrote it in his blog, "Asia Rules....and then some".


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Mark Chinen is a Professor of Law at the Seattle University School of Law and a Fellow of the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality. He was educated at Pomona College and Yale Divinity School before receiving his law degree from Harvard Law School. Before he began law teaching, Professor Chinen practiced in the areas of international trade, banking and corporate and securities law in Washington D.C. with the firm, Covington & Burling. Professor Chinen teaches contracts and courses in international law and writes on various aspects of international law, particularly international governance, theology and international law, and the relationship between domestic and international law. He was the inaugural William C. Oltman Professor of Teaching Excellence from 2007 to 2010.
Crumbs from the Table: The Syrophoenician Woman and International Law, 27 J. L. & Relig. 1 (2011-2012).
Governing Complexity, in Globalization and Governance 43 (Laurence Boulle ed. 2011).
Teaching as a Form of Love, 9 Seattle J. Soc. Just. 221 (2010).
Matters of Preference: Tracing the Line between Citizens, Democratic States, and International Law (with Lana Ellis), 19 Transnat'l L. & Contemp. Probs. 419 (2010).
Secrecy and Democratic Decisions, 27 Quinnipiac L. Rev. 1 (2009).
On Lawyers and Good Samaritans: A Reflection, 4 Seattle J. Soc. Just. 497 (2006).
Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan and the Use of Procedural and Substantive Heuristics for Consensus, 27 Mich. J. Int'l L. 55 (2005).
Game Theory and Customary International Law: A Response to Professors Goldsmith and Posner, 23 Mich. J. of Int'l L. 143 (2001).
Presidential Certifications in U.S. Foreign Policy Legislation, 31 N.Y.U. J. Int'l L. & Pol. 217 (1999).
Case Note: Bank of Hawaii v. Balos, 701 F. Supp. 744 (1988), 83 Am. J. Int'l L. 583 (1989).
Jurisdiction: Foreign Plaintiffs, Forum Non Conveniens, and Litigation Against Multinational Corporations, 28 Harv. Int'l L.J. 202 (1987).


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Yesterday, I wrote that the "Arab Spring" is coming to Iraq. Perhaps I should have said that it has already arrived. As Reuters reports:
Over the past two weeks, tens of thousands of Sunnis have staged demonstrations, and in Anbar province they have blocked a highway to Syria in a show of anger against Maliki, whom they accuse of marginalizing their community and monopolizing power.
The discontent is real, but the protests are driven by Sunni Islamist parties bent on carving out an autonomous region akin to the Kurdish one in the north, Kurdish and Sunni sources say.
Who are these "Sunni Islamist parties"?
Senior Sunni sources say the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP), part of the Muslim Brotherhood, is the prime mover in a campaign to create an autonomous Sunni fiefdom, by force if need be.
So it's largely one party — the same one that has taken control in Egypt and is likely to do so in Syria. But al Qaeda is also in the picture:
Militants linked to al Qaeda appear to be regrouping in the caves and valleys of Anbar.
Is any of this a matter of concern to President Obama? I doubt it. He has supported the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, pressuring the military not to oppose the Brotherhood and enhancing its prestige by making President Morsi appear to be a hero in ending the Gaza conflict on favorable terms for Hamas. There is no reason to believe that he views the Brotherhood incarnations in Syria and Iraq any differently.
At best, Obama appears indifferent to the success of the Muslim Brotherhood. More likely, he sees it as a favorable development, deeming the Brotherhood a liberation movement with which the U.S. can deal.
In the short-term, the U.S. may be able deal, at least to a limited extent, with the Brotherhood-led government in Egypt due to its dependency on American assistance. But Syria and Anbar province are different matters. And Israel will have to cope with revved up existential enemies on two of its borders.
The good news, though, is that Iran must also cope with the rise of the Brotherhood. It also faces the demise of its ally in Syria and the possible partition of its would-be client state next store. Sunni-Shia tension isn't necessarily a bad thing for the U.S., now that we are no longer standing in the middle of it.