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Title: Construction in FEU while classes are ongoing
I. Group Members Leader : Vanessa Bianca Mejino
Asst. Leader & Technical Person : Jasmine Celestial
Secretary : Joann Margarita Tayag Treasurer : Zhang Yun Yun
Members : Jerome Samson
Jadd Andrew Maquiñana
Erickson Lopez
II. Background Construction that takes place in or near the school building while the school is in session is the most difficult kind of construction to manage. Schools are required to provide a helpful, safe learning environment. Construction and renovation projects conducted while school is in session severely test this responsibility an often present unnecessary risks to students and staff. Success largely depends upon the preparation, competence, and goodwill of the school district's facility staff, the project architect/engineer, the contractor, and local school officials ― and the way they all work together.
Therefore, school must follow some rules and regulations during renovation and construction to protect children and adults from hazards. Parents or others who care about the health and safety of children must be informed about the law and vigilant about its implementation. Far Eastern University is currently constructing the Scenic Elevator in the Arts building. The group wanted to conduct a research on how Far Eastern University manage to allowed school construction while the classes are on going. We would also want to know on how FEU consider the safety and security of the people inside the campus.
III. Problems Statement
( To the Construction Agency)
A.Why is it allowed to construct inside the campus while classes are ongoing?
B. How do you manage to construct (e.g. elevator, building) even though a lot of students are walking nearby?
C. Why do you choose to construct during schooldays? Why not during summer vacation? Semestral break? or Christmas break?
D. In what way do you consider the safety and security of the people near the construction site?
E. Do you get any complaints regarding constructions while classes are ongoing? If you do, what are those?
(To the Students)
A. What are your reactions with regards to the construction going on during school days?
B. How are you being affected?
IV. Recommendation and Benefits
Every student has the right to an environmentally and healthy learning environment that is clean and in good repair. In response to that, Far Eastern University should serve as a role model for environmentally responsible behavior.
We recommend Far Eastern University school officials and appropriate public agencies to be held accountable for environmentally safe and healthy school facilities.
Students may really have a hard time listening to discussions when machines are busy making LOUD noises. Management should avoid construction while classes are going on. They are the one who should bare with students.
We also recommend the FEU school officials and construction agency to work together to ensure that resources are used effectively and efficiently to address environmental health and safety conditions.
Every student, parent, and school employee has a "right to know" about environmental health issues and hazards in their school environment, therefore, we recommend FEU and the construction agency to provide information signs and barricade regarding the safety measures the student must follow to minimize accidents and to provide a safe learning environment that will be beneficial to all.
This study "Construction in FEU while classes are ongoing"is beneficial to the following:
1. All FEU students
2. FEU administration, faculties and Staff
3. Construction Agency
4. Guest/s
V. Implementation Plan
A. Activity
* Gathering, researching and acquiring of secondary information.
* Taking pictures
* Conduct interviews with the construction agency, administration and students.
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* Compiling of all the information gathered
* Interpretation of the interviews B. Unit/ Person responsible
* Construction Agency
* Administration
* Officials of the institute where the construction is going on (e.g. in Arts Building, Institute of Arts and Sciences)
* Students
C. Target Date
D. Estimated Budget
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Title : Construction in FEU while classes are ongoing
I. Group Members
Leader : Vanessa Bianca Mejino
Asst. Leader : Jasmine Celestial
Secretary : Joann Margarita Tayag
Treasurer : Zhang Yun Yun
Members : Jerome Samson
Jadd Andrew Maquiñana
Erickson Lopez
II. Background
III. Problems Statement
IV. Recommendation and Benefits
V. Implementation Plan
Understanding Safety
The current trend in construction-related injuries is decreasing. This trend is most likely due to increased awareness of the potential risks surrounding construction jobsites. The concrete industry boasts one of the lower jobsite-injury rates, but it is not necessarily the concrete that presents the greatest risk. An understanding of the potential risks of concrete construction and proper training is necessary for limiting the number of concrete construction-related injuries.
It is often said that everyone is a safety official—any person can call a halt to operations if conditions look unsafe. In fact, the ultimate safety of a construction project is the responsibility of everyone associated with the project. Owners are tasked with implementing a safety program and providing safety equipment; managers are responsible for conducting safety training, planning jobs according to the safety program, and ensuring employees are adhering to safety standards; superintendents and foremen must enforce the safety regulations and be prepared to halt unsafe actions; and the workers themselves utilize safety training by recognizing hazards, wearing and using safety equipment, policing fellow workers, and reporting unsafe conditions.
Recognizing health and safety hazards is the most important element in preventing injury and death. The second element is the precaution implemented to prevent or reduce the hazard.
Health and Safety Hazards
Construction jobsites are full of hazards, and concrete construction jobsites are no exception. These hazards can be dissected into categories for better reference as they pertain to various projects.
Material Hazards
Cement comprises 7-15% of total concrete volume. As an alkaline material, wet cement is caustic, and can cause severe chemical burns to exposed skin and eyes. Thus, working with fresh concrete presents an obvious risk. That's why it's so important to always wear water-proof gloves, a long-sleeved shirt, full-length trousers, and proper eye protection. If you have to stand in wet concrete, use water-proof boots that are high enough to keep concrete from flowing into them. Wash wet concrete, mortar, cement, or cement mixtures from your skin immediately. Flush eyes with clean water immediately after contact. Indirect contact through clothing can be as serious as direct contact, so promptly rinse out wet concrete, mortar, cement or cement mixtures from clothing. And always seek immediate medical attention if you have persistent or severe discomfort.
In addition to the caustic nature of cement, 95% of cement particles are smaller than 45 µm.—compared to tobacco smoke of approximately 3 µm—suggesting that the danger of inhalation is possible. Workers opening bags or sacks of cement and cement products should always wear a dust mask in addition to their regular safety attire.
Rotating machinery is always a source of potential injury on a jobsite. Early-entry saws, concrete/masonry saws, cut-off saws, and power trowels pose a threat to appendages when used improperly. In addition, any sustained or sudden noise above 85 decibels emanating from machinery can be damaging to the ear.
Hydraulic jacks used in shoring, compressed air and hydraulic concrete pumps, belt conveyors, welding equipment, post-tensioning jacks, demolition devices, and other equipment also create potential hazards on a concrete construction site.
Besides the mechanized saws and power trowels listed above, sharp-edged trowels, hammers, chisels, utility knives, etc. can be dangerous if used carelessly or incorrectly. Long-handled bullfloats, when used near utility wires, can even be dangerous.
The number-one leading cause of construction-related injuries and fatalities is attributed to falls from height. Sources of height associated with concrete construction include but are not limited to scaffolding, ladders, bucket-trucks, catwalks, elevated or wall forms, and elevated floors. Owners, managers, contractors, and laborers should be aware of specific height sources on a project as they are virtually unavoidable in construction.
Construction Practices
As a practice, concrete placement and finishing is one of the most benign forms of construction. However, certain practices associated with concrete construction contribute to risks. The use of cranes for lifting and placing concrete buckets, for tilt-up concrete panels, and for lifting precast members present hazards to the finishers and erectors. Concrete pumping, hydro-demolition, or shotcreteing operations where high pressures are generated in hoses prompt safety concerns for the nozzlemen. Reinforcement construction can demand heavy materials, protruding steel, oxyacetylene torches or welding equipment, and height sources, each of which introduces a safety hazard either singularly or in any combination. Post-tensioning operations impart stresses nearly equal to the yield strength of prestressing tendons – which can be 250,000 psi. Such forces are dangerous to jack-operators or on-looking personnel. Precast plants with heavy table forms, consolidation equipment, and curing rooms must follow safety procedures.
Jobsite Conditions
The general condition of the jobsite can also be hazardous. Cramped, confined projects or sections of a project affect operations and safety. Locations exposed to traffic, utility wires, excavations, or hazardous materials can produce unsafe conditions. Even weather (ie: snow, ice, rain, standing water, heat) can result directly in injury or combine with another risk to inflict injury to workers.
To students :
Leader : Vanessa Bianca Mejino
Asst. Leader & Technical person: Jasmine Celestial
Secretary : Joann Margarita Tayag
Treasurer : Zhang Yun Yun
Members : Jerome Samson
Jadd Andrew Maquiñana
Erickson Lopez
Why are we tolerating this? Construction while classes are on-going. Its very annoying. Classes are being interrupted because of the noise caused by the drillers and stuff. :| All sounds like hell. We can't absorb what we are suppose to learn! We can't walk around freely with all the off limits area around the campus. These practices should be done during vacation where there are no students present.
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Drive Image 3.0 allows users to create image files of entire hard drives or individual partitions of their drives. Images can be stored on a removable drive, secondary hard drive or a different partition until needed for data restoration or migration to a new drive. The software is also used to perform full system backups for disaster recovery.
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Greetings Seattle Hounds,
I am so excited to be visiting your beautiful city in 2 weeks for a total of 3 days/ 3 nights. I haven't been to Seattle in 4 years since my brother's graduation from UW when our family dined at Ray's Boathouse, Dahlia Lounge, Cafe Juanita, Salumi, Tilth, Red Mill Burgers, Shiro's, and the late Restaurant Zoe...
Since then I've found a love for espresso and drip coffee thanks to the Blue Bottles and Four Barrels here in San Francisco...so that is a huge mission for sampling this trip to Seattle too. Also this time we're staying in Ballard.
My idea for the 3 days is sort of a lunch, dinner, and special pastry or ice cream snacks here and there, and pretend as if we'll do one cocktail or bar and one brewery tasting each day...we'll keep the trip flexible. We are seeing a daytime Mariners game too, so let me know of any dining at Safeco Field advice! I enjoyed the IchiRoll last time...
Thanks to your all of your wonderful recommendations on other threads with helpful suggestions, these are the ideas I've come up with:
Dinners (3): Walrus and Carpenter, Poppy, Staple & Fancy
Contenders: Anchovies & Olives, How to Cook a Wolf, Delancey, Bisato, Spinasse, Madison Park Conservatory, Joule, Quinn's, Spur, Serious Pie
Lunch (3): Safeco Field, Revel, Sitka & Spruce on a weekday
Snacks/Breakfast if we feel like it: Molly Moon's, Cafe Besalu, Honoré, Le Rêve
Breweries: Hale's Ales, Georgetown Brewing Co.,Three Skulls (unique blend of old and new, small and bigger is the goal)
Contenders: Big Al, Fremont, Maritime's Jolly Roger, Schooner Exact, Naked City
Cocktails: Zig Zag, Rob Roy, Needle & Thread
Contenders: Ba Bar, Grim (or any Laura Olson bar), Canon, Quoin
Coffee: Vitrola, Vita, Vivace, Starbucks original (never been...so I have to go and stand in line once)
Please let me know your thoughts, I'm sure the list will be a little trimmed once we arrive, but it just shows how exciting it is to visit and dine and drink in Seattle! Thank you so much!!!
As I've said elsewhere, I'd recommend Full Tilt over Molly Moon's for ice cream. There's a location in Ballard. Though I'll also say, I just had a sundae at MM's that's chocolate ice cream with bergamot olive oil, sea salt and whipped cream that's pretty darned good (tho' honestly, the ice cream is the weakest link -- the chocolate-ness could stand to be more intense).
Plain croissants at Besalu are fantastic. Don't skip them just because they're "plain." It's the best thing they make, I think.
I think the best meal I've eaten in Seattle so far has been at Walrus & Carpenter. I wish I could afford to repeat the experience more often. Be ready to wait a long time for a table and spend some $, but I think it's worth it. Everything we had there was very fresh, quality ingredients and clean flavors. A lovely experience even with all the bustle.
Poppy is controversial but I've enjoyed my experiences there. I like having lots of things to taste; it's sort of like opening presents on Christmas -- "oooh, what's THIS one?"
I haven't been to the Needle & Thread part of Tavern Law, but have been plenty happy with my experience in the downstairs main bar.
Starbucks "original" -- eh, whatever. It's not like it feels particularly historic or anything, it's pretty much just a "to say we did it" experience. Some of the best Pike Place buskers are usually outside, tho', so it's got that going for it.
re: GreenYoshi
MM's maple bacon ice cream was really good -- alas, a seasonal flavor, not a regular one. Other than that, the other flavors I've tried are just ok. But I agree -- good sundaes. And points for creative ice cream/sorbet flavors (last night I noticed they had a strawberry pink peppercorn I wish I'd tasted, but my boyfriend ordered my sundae so quickly I didn't get a chance!). I don't think MM's is BAD or deserves, as you say, "hating on" but I do think there are better options.
Restaurant Zoe is not "late", it just moved to Capitol Hill, reopened in February.
I had a great dinner at Walrus & Carpenter a few weeks ago, maybe got lucky but didn't have to wait at all (but this was a Sunday, FWIW).
Poppy....the problem with having 10 dishes on a plate is they are not all going to be the most amazing thing you've ever eaten. Mostly I just wish more of the dishes were warm/hot. It is a little bit different and fun, but not super exotic or even very Indian.
Besalu and Honore are both great bakeries, and not too far apart, so you can visit both and gorge. If Honore has cannele, get some.
Nothing wrong with food or drinks at Ba Bar, but you could get a much longer menu with a full bar and lower prices a few blocks south at Tamarind Tree, if you are looking for Vietnamese food.
Looks like you're into pizza, so consider via Tribunali for neapolitan style. There are a handful around town.
For coffee, starting in Ballard, you'll want to hit Ballard Coffee Works, the new outlet of Seattle Coffee Works. If you can get up to Greenwood, you'll also want to hit Neptune. Those are the closest to the Blue Bottle/Four Barrels models that we've found.
I love the restaurants on Capitol Hill, but if you're staying in Ballard, I'd recommend not making the trek all the way over. There are plenty of good places in Ballard, Queen Anne, Fremont, and Downtown to make it worth your while for 3 days.
Also, if you do decide to come to Capitol Hill, I'd pass on Poppy. Restaurant Zoe, Cascina Spinasse, or Sitka and Spruce, or Quinns are all better options, IMO.
I'd also consider swapping out Staple & Fancy for Golden Beetle, Tilth, Book Bindery, Revel, or somewhere else. It's literally in the same building as Walrus and Carpenter and it will just remind you of how much better Walrus and Carpenter was.
If you're going to be by Safeco on a weekday, I'd stop into Salumi for lunch. Much better than anything you'll get at the game and fairly close by.
For cocktails, I'd skip Ba Bar, but +1 Canon and Needle & Thread if you're going to be in Capitol Hill.
And for coffee, I'd make sure to put Stumptown on the list for coffee, Vivace on for Espresso, and Victrola for either.
Hope that helps.
re: BuffaloBandit
I'd agre with the substitution of any of the Capitol Hill restaurants mentioned by BuffaloBandit for Poppy; I consider Sitka and Spruce the closest to the quintessential "seattle" restaurant these days. I'd look at the respective menus and decide if lunch would be representative of what it offers.
You have also listed 3 or more Ethan Stowell restaurants as contenders and I would avoid duplicating among those. While I have not tried Staple & Fancy, I consider Tilth, Joule and Book Bindery--and each of the capitol hill places mentioned above--all more interesting than Anchovies and Olives. Also agree with Canon for cocktails for sure.
Coffee--there is definitely a distinction to be drawn between the "third wave"/origin joints like Stumptown, Seattle Coffee Works, etc. and the older school espresso places like Vivace that have only 1 or 2 choices of beans. My personal favorite is Empire in Columbia City but that may be out of your way; Victrola embraces both styles.
Breweries--Georgetown is great but it is just a place to taste and pick up, no food or tables there. Schooner Exact makes possibly better beer and is more hospitable.
BaBar is a great price point and a unique combination of Vietnamese and well-made cocktails (drinks at Tamarind Tree are not on the same level), but I concur with the point that if you want that flavor perhaps a visit to a place more focused on serving ethnic Viet customers would be in order (e.g. Huong Binh, The Lemongrass, Hoang Lan) but no alcohol may be available.
I do not like Molly Moon. All of these are way better:
Peaks Frozen Custard
Old School Frozen Custard
Mora (Winslow on Bainbridge Island)
Full Tilt
D'Ambrosia gelato
Bottega Italiana
31 Flavors
Bluebird (which isn't as good as 31 Flavors)
Here is a new article with some 'best of' for the Stadium...
That's a good list that you put together.
I like both Walrus and Carpenter and Staple & Fancy but they are in the same building and there's even a window between them so I'd probably not go to both, just so you can get a feel for different locations.
For snacks, as others have said, skip Molly Moon's. There's a chance that Crumble and Flake will be open by the time you are here. If so, you'll absolutely want to go there. http://www.crumbleandflake.com/
For cocktails, since you've only got three nights - your list is perfect but each of those places is quite different from each other. I'd sub Canon for Zig Zag these days.
re: Lauren
Do you think Zig Zag has gone down hill because of the GQ ranking as the "best cocktails" in the country? I've seen Crumble and Flake will open in "late April," here's hoping they open by my trip in the first wee of May! Chef Robertson sounds outstanding!
re: pats38sox
I don't think Zig Zag has gone down hill, I just think Canon is firing on all cylinders (hahaha). Murray is there now, they have a great collection of antique barware, the cocktails are fantastic and their collection of liquor is greater than others in town.
Chef Robertson is fantastic. If C & F is open when you are here, be sure to try is kouign amann and canalés.
Thank you so, so much Seattle for your excellent analysis and insight! If only I had more time in the city to dine (and kayak, shop, sightsee, see more baseball...Seattle is overwhelming and I'll be going to Portland for 5 days for business/pleasure after my purely fun trip to Seattle).
I had no idea Staple/Fancy and Walrus/Carpenter were in the same building. Based on that and your thoughts, Walrus is in and Staple is out. I was really into an Ethan Stowell place because 5-6 years ago I had a great dinner when he just opened Union and thought he was a revelation.
Also, been to Molly Moon's actually right after it opened and the line was an hour long. I loved...the cone, but the salted caramel was as you keep saying, only fair. Soo...let's try Full Tilt in Ballard?
Sorry about calling Restaurant Zoe "late," I had seen that it was replaced by Coterie Room and didn't know it had just moved.
Here's where I am now, thinking one night sort of Ballard, one Capitol Hill, one Downtown-Belltownish and for days, one is with Mariners/Safeco, one is Captol Hill, one is Ballard/Fremont/catching the 2:20 Tuesday train to Portland:
Dinner (3): Walrus & Carpenter, Poppy (still stuck on this, I really wanted to try Jerry's cooking at Herbfarm way back when), Spinasse (very tough call since I love the looks of Ethan Stowell's other places, Madison Park Conservatory, and being a reader of Orangette, Delancey)
Lunch (3): Safeco Field (I'll do pastries in Ballard pre-game), Revel, Sitka & Spruce (need to eat here and it's one of the few places on my list with lunch and dinner...the menu doesn't seem too different for lunch except no large wood oven roasted main plates at lunch, is there a specialty there only at dinner?) I'm still considering one of the Vietnamese places Equinoise mentioned since I'm very interested by them.
Bakeries/ Snacks: Full Tilt (maybe Molly Moon's to compare?), Besalu (croissants!), Honoré, and if open, Crumble & Flake
Cocktails/Bars: Rob Roy with Zig Zag and Canon with Needle & Thread location-wise (any Laura Olson bar worth trying?)
Breweries: Hale's Ales for sure in Ballard, 2-3 others up in the air. Fremont paired with Revel? Maritime Jolly Roger? Schooner Exact with Safeco? Three Skulls to try bacon beer?
Coffee: Ballard Coffee Works and Neptune, Victrola, Vita and Vivace, Original Starbucks if I decide to try it
Thank you so much for the help! I'm so excited for the trip! Hopefully the weather is good for baseball and kayaking...
re: pats38sox
Ethan Stowell's burgers @Safeco Field are very good; make sure they give you a hot one. The tortas are only so-so, to my mind. Especially if you've had a real Mexican one in the past. However, their guacamole and chips are very good. Rice 'n' Roll sushi is premade and just average. There's supposed to be a new sushi vendor @Safeco Field in addition to Rice 'n' Roll but I don't know where he is yet.
re: pats38sox
this may find you late. and west seattle may be too far out of your itinerary, but any pastry talk should include Bakery Nouveau's twice-baked Almond croissant.
good luck with your trip to Seattle!
I've looked at Sitka and Spruce's lunch vs dinner menus and they seem pretty similar...a little lighter, shorter at lunch. Since it's one of the few places I'm thinking of (vs an Ethan Stowell or Delancey or Spinasse or Madison Park Conserv), should I go here for lunch and one of the others for dinners? Any "specialty" at Sitka? I'm thinking Revel too is better for lunch instead of dinner since it's actually open for lunch.
Larsen's - Danish pastry that tastes almost as good as being in Denmark.
The menus at Sitka & Spruce seem pretty similar lunch and dinner...is there a signature dish that I'd be missing if I went at lunch? http://www.sitkaandspruce.com/MENU-ma...
re: pats38sox
I don't think they really have signature dishes there, the menu is always changing.
Sitka & Spruce looks terrific for lunch and dinner menus..so like with Revel, I think I'll try a lunch just because they're open for lunch. Spinasse and Walrus & Carpenter seem set for dinner and Revel, Safeco Field, and Sitka Spruce for lunches. But what to decide about Poppy? It looks so unique...yet could be very so so...
Any thoughts for 1 or 2 micro breweries or really good pubs? We've got 4 good cocktails places and Hale's Ales. Georgetown Brewery doesn't sound worth a trip?...somehow I must try Manny's Pale Ale.
re: pats38sox
Manny's is widely available in SEA, including at Safeco Field. You'll find it. Schooner Exact's brewery is not far from the Field. Pubs with a lot of taps that I like include Hop Vine, the Dray, Brouwer's Cafe, Stumbling Monk. I think Poppy is just skippable given your time constraints. I've had ups and downs there. Sometimes we drop in later just to get the dessert thali--my wife loves the nutter-butter simulacrum and I dig the passion fruit bite. Maybe that would be an option if you are bent on it.
re: pats38sox
You'll find Mack and Jack's and Manny's at most places around Seattle, so if you just want to try a lot of local beers, you can do that without actually visiting the breweries. Some of my favorite tasting rooms in the Seattle area are: Fremont Brewing, Hales Ales, Maritime Pacific Brewing Company, and Elysian.
re: pats38sox
If you're headed to Revel for lunch you could drop into Brouwer's, they have 64 beers on tap, many of which are local, along with a lot of belgians and imports. You also won't be too far from the Maritime Pacific Brewery, along with Hilliard's Beer in Ballard.
There's an Elysian outpost right by Safeco field, and I've always been a fan of their beers, so you could pre- or post-game stop there.
re: pats38sox
I would pass on Hales - just not the best Seattle has to offer. While in Ballard, you have access to a few of the better places for beer in the city: The Dray and the The Noble Fir. Both feature around about 15 taps with a range of local, west coast, occasional east coast, and often international beers. Selections are amazing and fresh. The Noble Fir is on Ballard Ave and probably 3 blocks from the Walrus.
Don't miss Besalu - try the cardamom pretzel.
re: BallardFoodie
Love the Noble Fir! Great selection. The Dray is good as well but it's a little out of the way of a good walkable neighborhood. I usually go there when I'm waiting for my dryers at the laundrymat.
And I agree with you on Hales. I don't like the malt they use, and the hop balance on their beers isn't to my taste.
Brouwer's and Fremont Brewing sound like great stops when going to Revel, along with Schooner Exact when down by Safeco. Is anyone a big fan of Baron Brewing?...just curious about bacon beer since I've had just about bacon everything else it seems with it everywhere on menus.
Looking at Poppy's menu, do people usually order appetizers or just thalis? The desserts do look quite special and worth a trip alone if we choose to have dinner elsewhere (Delancey over Poppy for our last spot?).
re: pats38sox
I really like poppy. To me its about trying many different favors in one sitting and most of the time the dishes are very successful. I usually order a starter with a full thali but a full thali is more than enough food for one. The desserts thali is a must order.
re: pats38sox
The best thing I ate poppy was eggplant fries with honey.
We leave in 2 days for Seattle, so excited! Later tonight I'll piece together an "itinerary" that we'll leave home with.
Quick question about Staple/Fancy and Walrus & Carpenter-- just to be able to say we tried both and since desserts don't look too amazing at Walrus, what would you say to oysters and small plates at Walrus then desserts at Staple & Fancy?
re: pats38sox
I honestly know nothing about the deserts at Staple & Fancy. I think it's really up to you. It sounds like you're determined to eat at Staple & Fancy, but if it were up to me, I'd just eat more at Walrus & Carpenter. Finishing with one of their cheeses is a nice way to round things out in my book.
re: BuffaloBandit
The oysters were great at Walrus and Carpenter but we were actually pretty disappointed with the rest. Staple and Fancy is fun but probably best with the "fancy" menu for 4 people.
re: FoodDee
The fancy menu can be done with any number of people--I'd even recommend it for one. I think it depends on your food preferences. While the S&F desserts are lovely, you would be eating them solely to say you ate there, which is not fair to them. I'd decide if you are more interested in light bites and oysters or a full meal. Or at the least, order some pastas from Staple and Fancy.
re: pats38sox
Did "fancy" at S&F several weeks ago, and dessert was the definite low. That night it was a really bland gummy ricotta cheesecake with a thick, soggy, mushy crust. Not worth eating. Didn't try dessert @ W&C.
For coffee, the places to go for the best of the best are Neptune, in Greenwood, and Milstead, in Fremont.
O.K. lots of things I'm sure will change, but heading to the airport tomorrow, this is what we'll have arriving in Seattle. For sure I know that when I get off the light rail (haven't been to Seattle since this was built!) I will be taking the bus to Fremont and then later dinner at Poppy...I just couldn't resist trying Poppy since there's nothing like it in SF and my friend in Seattle really wants to try it. So we'll see in 24 hours the verdict...
Let me know of any glaring mistakes or recommendations on what to get at specific places! I have no clue how to choose especially at Revel...
Arrive-- Fremont Brewing Co. (they have weird hours so this was the only time it would fit)
Dinner: Poppy- reserved (eggplant fries, dessert thali, any other favorite items?)
Post: trying for Needle & Thread. If not, Tavern Law
run to Neptune for espresso
Besalu- cardamom pretzel and croissant
Honoré- cannellé (can't wait for this!)
Ballard Coffee Works- espresso or drip better?
Mariners at Safeco Field- will seek out Ethan Stowell's stands or the new sushi in the Hit it Here Cafe, along with Mac and Jack Amber and Manny's Pale Ale
Zig Zag when it opens around 5
Dinner: Walrus & Carpenter, we'll be willing to wait (back ups are Delancey and Staple & Fancy)
Ice cream at Full tilt
If time before closing at 10, Hale's Ales
Monday- Capitol Hill/Belltown/Capitol Hill
Volunteer Park, Asian Art Museum
espresso at Victrola
lunch Sitka and Spruce (not sure what to order)
if open...CRUMBLE & FLAKE (their twitter says they open Sunday?)
Possibly, ice cream at Molly Moon's
Visit Central Library
Visit waterfront, market
Meet friend for drinks at Rob Roy...potential tasting at Elysian if we're early
Dinner: Spinasse- reserved (tajarin ragu, anything else?)
Tuesday- Fremont
Milstead & Co
lunch at Revel- how to choose what to order? Everything looks so great.
Brouwer for a last Washington beer
Train to Portland
No time for kayaking sadly or porchetta at Salumi...but lots of excitement ahead. No rain in the forecast until my last day in over a week in Portland! The roof should be open at Safeco...hopefully I can help end the Mariners losing streak.
re: pats38sox
Looks like a solid line-up!
As for Spinasse, I think everything there is phenomenal. If you bring your appetite, you can taste everything on the menu, but if you're not quite that hungry, you can do a sample of all of the appetizers. Either way, since you're skipping Salumi, I'd recommend the Pio Tosino. It's a huge plate of fine prosciutto and works well as a starter.
re: pats38sox
Crumble & Flake did open this weekend but they are not open on Mondays.
re: Lauren
Thanks for the heads up Lauren! I was about to go to Crumble & Flake...instead just straight to Sitka & Spruce.
So far so good on the trip! Walrus & Carpenter and Poppy both were good with some exceptional dishes, but also some just o.k. ones. Service was a little awkward at both too. We have Spinasse tonight and Revel tomorrow.
Zig Zag was good, but Needle & Thread miles ahead both in bartenders and drinks. Trying Victrola and Vivace for the first time today...the recommendations for Neptune and Honoré was oustanding! Love those 2.
Sadly Besalu was closed yesterday when I arrived from Honoré because the owners just had a baby...bad timing on my part! I should've got a croissant in the end at Honoré also...
I'll of course give a full report after the trip!
Seattle chowhounds! Sorry it has taken me so long to report-- I had a wonderful trip to both Seattle and then a few days in Portland before returning home. The real winners were Fremont Brewing, Neptune/Victrola/Milstead & Co for espresso, beer at Safeco Field, Revel, and Sitka & Spruce.
For full reports, check out my site-- http://trevsbistro.wordpress.com/
You may have to dig a bit for some of the reviews...
But here's my quick synopsis:
Arrived mid afternoon, took the light rail/bus directly to Fremont Brewing- outstanding tastes, especially the Interurban IPA, Universale Pale Ale, and the Oatmeal Stout. The Peach- mint cask ale was only fair. Great advice from you for the tip to sample here!
Dinner- Poppy. Eggplant fries were soggy and bites either too salty or too sweet from honey. The halibut with the thali was plain but the rest was terrific, cocktails only o.k. Loved beyond words the dessert thali!
Drinks at Needle & Thread, reserved earlier in the day. Excellent choice, they made a killer ginger-amaro cocktail for me.
Ran to Neptune from apartment in Ballard (longer than I predicted but very worth it!) Such a great barista- made me additional espresso shots for sampling purposes and he gave me the card for his terrific national guide to champion baristas at tchcoffee.com
Then to Honoré, picked up cannelé and coconut salted caramel macaron-- long 30 min wait but worth it. Should've got the fresh baked croissants too because...
Besalu- ran next to Besalu for croissants but learned that it was closed for the weekend because of the birth of the owners' baby. Disappointing...but congratulations!
Instead, strolled through the wonderful Ballard Farmer's Market. The caramels from Jonboy are magnificent...
Then off to Safeco Field for the Mariners game. Had the Ethan Stowell turkey crêpe which was fine. It was too cold by the time I ate it to fully enjoy. Very good crêpe batter. Also enjoyed the Mac and Jack African Amber Ale immensely and Skagit River Sculler IPA. The Manny's Pale Ale was fair at best...drinkable but not special.
Afterwards, went to Pike Place and had a decent (for Starbucks) espresso at the original while waiting for friends. Then went to Zig Zag. My banana-rum-ginger cocktail was too banana heavy. The bartender I'm mixed on- he was very affable but almost seemed a bit too proud boasting of his talents. I certainly walked by Zig Zag five teams looking for it on the steps.
Then dinner at Walrus & Carpenter, preceded by drinks while waiting at Staple and Fancy. Loved the bartender at Staple. Walrus- service was very terse and unwelcoming, even after a 45 minute wait. Grilled sardines, gnocchi with lamb ragu were the hits. The oysters and steak tartare surprisingly left a lot to be desired. It wasn't a disappointment...but next time I'd choose Staple & Fancy probably for a dinner.
Coffee at Victrola, then lunch at Sitka & Spruce. Loved Victrola, top 5 espresso of my life. I loved the whole Melrose Market, a mini Ferry Building. We were the only people having lunch at Sitka, the day Matt Dillon won the James Beard award. Everything was terrific- beets with amazing bread crumbs, simple marinated anchovies, dynamite smoked sturgeon over lentils with sauce grebiche...and a very intriguing sweet savory yogurt with toasted quinoa, poached rhubarb, and oranges. Lots of fresh, pure creativity here. Very S.F. feeling, yet distinctly Seattle if that makes sense...
Then espresso at Vivace at Brix.
After lots of walking, some sightseeing, met up with more friends at Rob Roy-- La Flama happy hour cocktail had a bizarre, somewhat off tasting mix of mezcal, ginger, and pimento dram. Then drinks at Canon-- the Canon Cocktail was 1/2 outstanding whiskey sour, 1/2 useless cointreau foam. Service was very disinterested for our booth. Excellent atmosphere though, especially the bar itself.
Dinner at Spinasse-- all 3 pastas were terrific, but interestingly, the tajarin with lamb ragu was the least inspired. The gnoccheti with green chickpeas and lamb caramelle (tootsie rolls) were great examples of their talent. Enjoyed the roasted and chilled asparagus with prosciutto, not a fan of the banal poached oysters in nondescript geoduck sauce.
Started walking from Ballard to Fremont...then realized how far it is. So took a taxi to Phinney and 45th, not realizing I should've said 35th...that was quite the hill. Great espresso at the very serene, friendly Milstead & Co. Then a top notch, thrilling lunch at Revel-- wow the vivid purple potatoes and salmon roe with lemongrass gravlax in a celery fennel salad, and that Dungeness crab-thai red curry dish with seaweed flecked noodles. They even gave a great impromptu beer tasting with Fremont's IPA, Maritime's lager, the terrific Two Beers Brown Ale, and the equally terrific Profanity Hill Porter from Schooner Exact after I realized we didn't have time to go next door to Brouwer's because our bus was coming soon.
Somehow we managed 10 more minutes to try the weakest espresso of the trip at Fremont Coffee Co. A very lovely cottage, but the espresso was below the mark.
All in all, a most wonderful trip. I already have my list for whenever next time is-- Brouwer's, Book Bindery, sample at Elysian, Staple & Fancy...return to Sitka & Spruce and Revel...the list goes on!
Thank you so much for your very thoughtful advice, I really, really appreciate it!!! I hope to visit Seattle again very soon!
Best regards,
re: pats38sox
Great report! Headed to Seattle in July and your food itinerary sounds similar to ours so far.


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meaning homie gangsta
wassup ma homie g!!!
de babygangstaluva445 29 juin 2003
a close friend or pal. a person you can hang with who won't embarass you, and a person you feel cool with. usually used with black people.
get over here my homie g
hold up my homie g is comin'
hold up my homie g is comin'
de 2010 be pimpin' in style 6 juin 2006
Homie g means Homie gangster or even homeboy gangster. Homie means A friend or someone you grew up with basically it means your very close. Gangster means either a wanna be thug or real ones that are people behind crimes. A thug is someone who treats people in a violent way.
Yo homie g you wanna go rob the grocery store with me tomorrow night????
de Super chick! 24 février 2010
A "homie G" is your friend,buddy,pal,homedog or any other members in your tribe of friends.
Person 1: "Hey homie G hows it playin?"
Person 2: "It's going great yo!"
Person 2: "It's going great yo!"
de sexualgranolabars 4 février 2009
your friend one of your closest friends
My homieG is kristen she is always there for me.
de Ashlely DiPietro 7 avril 2008


text: The Current Cinema March 18, 2013 Issue Kids' Stuff "Oz the Great and Powerful" and "Jack the Giant Slayer." By David Denby Table of Contents The new movie from Sam Raimi is a prequel to M-G-M's 1939 Oz classic. Illustration By Sachin Teng. Wicked witches and yellow bricks and the Munchkins are all back, but do we really need them? Isn't blessed memory ever enough? The 3-D movie "Oz the Great and Powerful" is yet another attempt to refresh, redo, alter, or simply pillage the material of L. Frank Baum's children's series, the first book of which, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," was published in 1900 and adapted into the M-G-M classic "The Wizard of Oz," in 1939. That movie remains an ineffaceable offering of childhood terrors and pleasures—almost an awakening of the imagination itself—and a splendid introduction to film musicals, too. The new movie, written by Mitchell Kapner and David Lindsay-Abaire, produced by Joe Roth, and directed by Sam Raimi, is a prequel. But it's a prequel with an uneasy, parasitic relation to the famous movie that it is supposed to lead up to. Like the earlier film, it begins in Kansas, in black-and-white, and the screen size is the old ratio of 4:3—now a diminutive space on a big screen. James Franco, with a thin mustache and a nervous grin, plays Oscar Diggs, a hustling carnival magician who styles himself the great Oz. When he lands in trouble at a show, he escapes in a hot-air balloon, and, like Dorothy in the old movie, gets swept up in a tornado and is dropped down in the kingdom of Oz. Just as in the 1939 film, brilliant color takes over. This time, the picture widens, too, and the third dimension, only suggested in the Kansas sequence, extends the action deep into the picture plane. Mysteriously, Diggs is greeted in Oz as a wizardly savior who will free the land from the tyranny of a bad witch, Evanora (Rachel Weisz). Is it just a coincidence that his stage name is the same as the kingdom's? He is baffled; so are we. The good witch Theodora (Mila Kunis), Evanora's sister, comes on to Diggs and apparently nestles with him through the night among dazzling digital flowers. But Diggs is no savior and no mate—he's a carny hack and a cad. He casually abandons Theodora, who then turns into a bad witch, too—a green one, with a pointed nose, like Margaret Hamilton seventy-four years ago. (I must admit I never imagined that sexual frustration was among the miseries of the Wicked Witch of the West.) Diggs falls into the hands of yet another witch, Glinda the Good (Michelle Williams), who knows he's a fake but wants him to believe in himself, so that he can rescue the people of Oz. For about half an hour, they wander through a candy-colored landscape of rock formations and dales, stepping on and off a yellow brick road, accompanied by a flying monkey and an eighteen-inch talking china doll. To speak to her, Diggs and Glinda awkwardly bend over or pick her up and carry her in their arms. She is, unfortunately, less interesting than Toto. After the Kansas scenes, the movie, in this long stretch, becomes profoundly boring. The narrative moves at a stately pace through redundant plot points and features such idiosyncratic lines as "If you can make them believe, that's wizard enough" and "You're here. There must be a reason." (We know the reason: the worldwide box-office gross of Tim Burton's similarly stupefying family entertainment "Alice in Wonderland," also produced by Joe Roth, was more than a billion dollars.) I was amazed that Raimi, who directed three "Spider-Man" movies, allowed the momentum of the film to collapse in this way. There are some 3-D astonishments—killer plants with fangs and bulging eyes, which spring out and attack Diggs and Glinda, and a pretty sequence in which the two fly through the air, each in a transparent bubble. Franco, in his magician's long coat and top hat, scrambles and slides, attempting to stand upright in his floating globe, and the movie briefly attains the kind of enchantment that it needs. But through most of the picture Raimi seems paralyzed by an unworkable combination of piety and digital opportunism. He wants to send soothing signals to the millions who know the old "Oz," but he has to be careful not to cling too closely to the original, so many of the references are tentative or fragmentary: the flying monkeys have become flying baboons; a lion and some men made of straw are seen in only a couple of shots. Even the Munchkins, now a correct, multiethnic group, get just a halfhearted gag. People from Diggs's Kansas life appear in different guises in Oz, but without the creepy suggestiveness that the same strategy produced in "The Wizard of Oz"—the implication that they had lodged in Dorothy's unconscious—and without any equivalent of the superlative musical-comedy performers who played them in the original film: Bert Lahr, Ray Bolger, and Jack Haley, singing Harold Arlen's heavenly music. In place of such pleasurable human triumphs as singing and dancing, we get the familiar sparkle and slam of digital spectacle, including an endless Donnybrook at the movie's conclusion, in which Diggs pulls himself together and matches his prestidigitational skills against those of both wicked witches. And, at the center of the movie, in place of the ardent, emotionally pulverizing Judy Garland, there is James Franco. He was effective in "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" and in "127 Hours," in which he redeemed, with self-mockery, the absurd situation of a mountaineer trapped at the bottom of a slot canyon. But here, as he smirks and winks, his reflexive self-deprecation comes off as a gutless kind of cool, and it sinks this odd, fretful, uncertain movie like a boulder. After an opening-weekend gross of "only" twenty-eight million dollars, "Jack the Giant Slayer," which cost nearly two hundred million dollars to make, has been deemed a flop by the movie press. It shouldn't be. "Jack" lists, among its credits, a "data wrangler," which conjures up an image of a rangy guy in jeans lassoing clouds of digits from the back of a spotted Appaloosa. Yet, in this surprisingly sturdy children's entertainment, while the data have been trained, their spirit hasn't been broken. The writers Darren Lemke, Christopher McQuarrie, and Dan Studney have combined the old English legends "Jack and the Beanstalk" and "Jack the Giant Killer," and the director Bryan Singer ("The Usual Suspects" and several of the "X-Men" films) has produced a square but vigorous 3-D show that combines digital fantasia with something like the Hollywood medievalism of "Ivanhoe," complete with busy court life, rowdy townspeople, and vats of boiling oil. In a mythical England of the twelfth century, or thereabouts, the good-looking commoner Jack (Nicholas Hoult) sells his horse for some magic beans, then protects the rebellious Princess Isabelle (Eleanor Tomlinson), who has ventured into a public theatre, from some plebeian drunks. She then visits him in his hovel, where the beans are stored in the cellar. The beans get wet, swell, and burst, and, at that point, the third dimension takes over. Twin stalks, sinewy, twisted, and as thick as elms, break through the roof and keep climbing, taking the princess with them, way up above, to the land of the giants. For the rest of the movie, Jack and a brave knight (Ewan McGregor), climbing high, try to restore Isabelle to her castle without allowing the giants, who enjoy eating human flesh, to descend. They don't quite succeed. The movie begins and ends with children being read the story that we are actually seeing, and so, from the start, "Jack" is something told, something fabulous meant to appeal to wonder and fear. Singer honors a child's desire not only for adventure but for noble deeds, for loyalty and friendship. The movie has staunch heroes and a sniffy blackguard, the court schemer Roderick, played by a highly amused Stanley Tucci, in a shoulder-length black wig. The giants above have a court of their own, a foul one, led by the elongated General Fallon (Bill Nighy), who is outfitted with a second, smaller head, sprouting from his shoulder—a querulous noggin that is often at odds with its grander mate. There's intricate design and considerable wit in the movie's two worlds. Singer also honors a child's desire for forts. (What tot hasn't built one out of the living-room cushions?) Some of the most stirring passages in "Jack" are devoted to the defense of Isabelle's walled city, Cloister (several scenes were shot in Gothic cathedrals in England), which is presided over by a saturnine king (Ian McShane). The giants attack, and, as an epic battle unfolds, Singer demonstrates a feeling for continuity in action—a rarity now that explosive shots are commonly laid one atop another, without much connection in space. And he brings drama to the third dimension: this is a movie, after all, about scale and motion, comparative heights and thrusting masses. When a beanstalk comes crashing down, Singer keeps us out on the stalk, at the edge of danger, and we gladly submit, like children willing to be fooled one more time. ♦ David Denby has been a staff writer and film critic at The New Yorker since 1998. Bio All work & You Might Like Jigsaw Puzzle Strongbox Submissions Goings On App About Us Caption Contest The New Yorker Festival ✕ The New Yorker Strongbox Strongbox is a new way for you to share information, messages, and files with our writers and editors and is designed to provide you with a greater degree of anonymity and security than afforded by conventional e-mail. To help protect your anonymity, Strongbox is only accessible using the Tor network (https://www.torproject.org). When using Strongbox, The New Yorker will not record your I.P. address or information about your browser, computer, or operating system, nor will we embed third-party content or deliver cookies to your browser. You can read our full privacy promise here. 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With one in three U.S. Hispanics lacking health insurance, it's little wonder recent nationwide surveys show that the Hispanic population considers healthcare reform to be the No. 1 issue of the day surpassing even immigration reform and the economic downturn. Now, with a historic effort underway on Capitol Hill to merge two recently approved health bills the House's in November and the Senate in late December the implications for Hispanics are monumental.
Both bills seek to significantly boost the rate of insured Americans, currently at 83 percent. The Senate plan would expand that coverage rate to 94 percent; the House plan, 96 percent. Put another way, the bills would reduce the number of uninsured people in the United States now standing around 46 million by between 31 million and 36 million. "I think it's a phenomenal step forward," Dr. Elena Rios, president and CEO of the National Hispanic Medical Association, told HispanicBusiness Magazine. "It's really a big opportunity for this country to start decreasing the cost of healthcare."
But Hispanic advocates are far from sanguine. As lawmakers in Washington D.C. gear up for a grueling effort to reconcile the gargantuan bills, major concerns still loom for Hispanic groups. Their worries are numerous, but in general, Hispanic groups tend to be less enthusiastic about the Senate bill. Take the politically thorny issue of illegal immigration. Currently, the Senate bill prohibits illegal immigrants from purchasing with their own money (and no government subsidies) health plans on a proposed national insurance exchange. An insurance exchange is a large pool of people that contracts with insurers to lower risk and therefore reduce the premiums of the customers.
"Individuals who have the money ought to be able to purchase any product they need," said David Ferreira, vice president for government affairs at the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
"In our country, you don't prohibit somebody from buying bread based on immigration status." Health insurance, he added, should be no different. In contrast to the Senate's ban which also applies to legal residents of the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico the House version allows illegal immigrants and citizens of Puerto Rico to participate in the exchange. Both bills, however, include language prohibiting those groups from receiving federal subsidies.
And then, of course, there is the political hot button of the public option. As is, the Senate bill includes no government-run health plan, while the House bill does. "I think the public option would be a very viable mechanism," said Castulo de la Rocha, CEO of AltaMed Health Services, a network of community health centers for the poor in Southern California. "I'm always interested in assuring there are multiple options that people have choice."
Also troubling to many Hispanic organizations is how neither bill deletes the current five-year ban on newly documented immigrants from enrolling in Medicare or Medicaid.
Meanwhile, for all the noise in the media about sweeping issues, such as illegal immigrants and the public option, in many cases it is the lesser-known potential changes that offer a more concrete illustration of what a post-reform world would look like.
Both bills, for instance, would not only drastically reduce the number of uninsured Hispanics, but also dedicate loads of money to preventative care a key issue for Hispanic advocacy groups. They also would expand the safety net for the poor and take measures to increase the woefully low numbers of Hispanic doctors and nurses.
To address a culture gap that tends to separate physicians from Hispanic patients, the House bill would require interning doctors to log a certain amount of hours in clinics. As is, they need only train at hospitals.
"Training at the UCLA hospital is very different than being in a community clinic in East L.A.," Ms. Rios said. "The idea is to train doctors to be more responsive and to be more culturally competent."
The bills would also nearly double the budgets of federally funded community health centers serving the poor. These centers are typically located in urban areas and isolated rural areas, and cater to the uninsured and under-insured. Oft en, they treat illegal immigrants.
The proposal is to add at least $2 billion a year for half a decade to the current $2.5 billion annual allotment for the nation's community health centers.
If approved, the extra money would come in especially handy for struggling states like cash-starved California, which last year alone was forced to slash its budget for primary care for the working poor by a staggering 30 percent.
"The truth is, the last year and a half to two years have been extremely challenging," said Mr. De la Rocha of AltaMed, the network of community health centers in Southern California.
"We're talking double-digit unemployment rates. In some places where we are working, it's in the 20th percentile."
The task of melding the bills could occur with surprising speed. In early January, Democratic lawmakers discussed the possibility of forgoing a formal conference committee process in favor of a short-cut in which the leaders of the two chambers negotiated changes, then sent the proposed bill for approval to the House and Senate.
Also paying close attention to the wrangling on Capitol Hill is the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, which represents 200 regional Hispanic chamber organizations across the nation.
The chamber's main aim is to help Congress find a way to curtail costs to small businesses.
While the systemic costs of healthcare are skyrocketing at roughly 7 percent a year, premiums are soaring at an even faster 9 percent annually, said the chamber's Mr. Ferreira.
"It is not unheard of that a business has to pay nearly double what they paid just a year before to provide health insurance for their workers," he told HispanicBusiness magazine. "Bad stories abound about how small businesses are being drained of their resources."
The solution, Mr. Ferreira said, is to create exchanges in which small businesses can participate. On this measure, he is thus far satisfied with both the approved House and proposed Senate bills.
However, those exchanges, if approved, wouldn't be put in place until at least 2015. In the meantime, if a new law passes soon, small businesses offering health benefits to their workers will immediately qualify for tax credits, Mr. Ferreira said.
On the other hand, the penalties for failing to provide coverage would be severe.
Under the Senate version, businesses with more than 50 employees that opt not to provide coverage would pay a fee of $750 for each employee. Under the House bill, non-small businesses that fail to provide coverage would pay a fee of 8 percent of their payroll.
All told, while few Hispanic groups view the House and Senate bills as ideal, advocates say both versions represent a major milestone in American history.
"The truth of it is, when I first started working at what used to be called the East L.A. Barrio Free Clinic, there was a huge line of people waiting to receive care," Mr. de la Rocha said. "I've been working for 32 years to shorten that line. I think we finally have a way that the line will be dramatically impacted."
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With one in three U.S. Hispanics lacking health insurance, it's little wonder recent nationwide surveys show that the Hispanic population considers healthcare reform to be the No. 1 issue of the day surpassing even immigration reform and the economic downturn. Now, with a historic effort underway on Capitol Hill to merge two recently approved health bills the House's in November and the Senate in late December the implications for Hispanics are monumental.
Source: HispanicBusiness.com (c) 2010. All rights reserved.


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Ask me which two position groups need to step up most for the Lions to take another step forward in 2012 and I would tell you the secondary and offensive line. It is extremely early in the process but there are positive reports coming out of Detroit Lions OTAs for both.
Cornerback Aaron Berry is specifically called out in Anwar Richardson's report on mlive.com as a guy that is turning heads. It's been widely assumed that he is the front-runner to start opposite Chris Houston but that was largely based on the fact that he's seen the most playing time out of all the candidates. The group of corners has felt like more of a play on quantity than quality but Berry could change that while the crop of rookies wait their time and develop. It would be great news for the Lions if Berry can continue to impress to the point that he leaves little doubt about his spot as a starter.
The other player that is getting a lot of pub out of OTAs is rookie offensive lineman Riley Reiff. From Richardson's report:
Coaches are really high on Riley Reiff. He may not have a lot of first-team reps, but Lions offensive coordinator Scott Linenan said he is very happy with Reiff's progress. Time will tell if Reiff can steal playing time from Jeff Backus or Gosder Cherilus, but he will be in the mix.
Whether or not Reiff actually unseats one of the incumbents is almost irrelevant in year one based on the "iron sharpens iron" analogy. It's too early to tell if Reiff will make an impact for the Lions in 2012 but there is no reason to doubt that he will turn in to exactly what they expect him to be.


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While the horse is a hard worker and an excellent businessman, has to be a little selfish and always seek personal gain , so much so that always wants more in a business, it has to annoy some people and sometimes you can lose good projects not to budge , this year will be better than try to realize that sometimes lose a little to win a lot more in the long run .
At work: This year 2014 the horse will continue its habit of being the best in everything he does , no doubt will be deserving of a promotion or a raise, but be careful with their greed because sometimes you may want more than you have.
In business : This is a very important point because in order to progress in business , you must learn to share , especially with partners who are like the backbone of your business.
In investments : You must be careful with their impulsiveness because it can make you lose a lot of money , if you can handle in a neutral to changes in their investments 'd better get professional .
In general 2014 will be a very important year for the horse when it comes to money, because if you can change in some aspects then have more opportunities in new businesses that could be in very good income.