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Malaga's European run continued into the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League after Manuel Pellegrini's men overcame a one goal first leg deficit to beat ten-man Porto at La Rosaleda 2-0, winning 2-1 on aggregate.
Isco's wonderful opener minutes before the break gave the home side the lead to cancel out Joao Moutinho's first leg goal before substitute Roque Santa Cruz scored just four minutes after coming on to seal a famous win. With a four-year European ban hanging over them, this year's competition is all the more important for the Spaniards, who ramped up the pressure after Steven Defour saw red four minutes into the second half.
After a slow start, Julio Baptista headed tamely over from an Isco free-kick in the 11th minute, as the home side made strides to make up their one-goal deficit from the first leg. The first 30 minutes were dominated by bookings with neither side holding back, putting in some strong challenges.
Porto's Nicolas Otamendi was the first to see yellow after 17 minutes, before Martin Demichelis, Defour, Alex Sandro and Jesus Gamez all joined him in the book. Porto were playing their own dangerous game, holding a high line against a pacy Malaga forward line.
They were lucky the linesman raised his flag in the 27th minute against Javier Saviola after he was sent clear by Defour. Joaquin shot over just after the half hour mark before Vitorino Antunes forced a decent save out of Porto stopper Helton, who acrobatically tipped his effort over the bar.
Saviola then had a goal ruled out by referee Nicola Rizzoli after Baptista was alleged to have fouled Helton, before he spilt the ball to the striker. However replays showed that the Brazilian was pushed into the keeper by Danilo. Malaga finally got their goal their pressure deserved three minutes before the break. And it was worth the wait.
With few options and nobody closing him down Isco curled a wonderful effort over Helton and into the top corner to put his side level on aggregate. James Rodriguez replaced Joao Moutinho at the break as the visitors sought to improve their attacking options.
However just four minutes into the second period they were in trouble after Defour received a second yellow for a petulant trip on Joaquin, whose skill and speed had see him glide past the Belgian. Vítor Pereira reacted by bringing on Maicon for winger Silvestre Varela and switching to three centre-backs, before Jeremy Toulalan was booked for a lunge on Lucho Gonzalez. Christian Atsu came on for Sandro with 20 minutes left before Santa Cruz replaced Baptista.
Jackson Martinez's flick almost swung the game the other direction, but his header drifted just wide. And just after coming on Santa Cruz put his side ahead after outjumping Otamendi from an Isco corner to plant his header past a diving Helton. Maicon thought he had put Porto back in front after heading home from a free-kick, however the goal was ruled out for offside as Malaga progressed.


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Washington – Don't fall for it. There's no "new tone" coming from the Republican-controlled House. It's just a remix of the same old song.
Anyone who watched President Obama's speech to a joint session of Congress last week could have guessed that the GOP reaction would be muted. You could scan the chamber and read the contrasting facial expressions: Democrats tended to have wide eyes and broad smiles, while many Republicans winced as if suffering indigestion.
It isn't just that Obama made a forceful and compelling case for his $447 billion American Jobs Act. It's also that while Republicans succeeded in damaging the president's political standing with their debt-ceiling brinkmanship, they did more violence to their own. According to Gallup, the approval rating for Congress is down to a pathetic 13 percent.
Moreover, worrisome new data have led even conservative economists to join the chorus for injecting some kind of new stimulus, and quickly, before we slump back into recession. The president didn't utter the word "stimulus" Thursday night — apparently it's unsuitable for polite company — but according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the first Obama stimulus saved or created up to 3.6 million jobs and may have shaved a full two percentage points off the unemployment rate.
So the initial reaction from Republicans sounded almost conciliatory. "We believe creating long-term, sustainable jobs must be the top priority for elected leaders of both parties, and it is our desire to work with you to find common ground," Speaker John Boehner and his House leadership team wrote in a letter to Obama. "While we have a different vision … we believe your ideas merit consideration by the Congress."
Sounds great. But from all evidence, not a word is true.
The Republican Party clearly has three priorities that outrank job creation: defeating President Obama, cutting taxes and reducing the size of government. The party's "desire … to find common ground" is nonexistent, as shown by its refusal, during the debt-ceiling fight, to accept a deal offering three dollars in spending cuts for every dollar of new revenue. GOP presidential candidates, who will be setting the party's political tone, have pledged to reject even an 10-to-1 deal.
Even the part about having a different vision is untrue, since the American Jobs Act consists mostly of GOP-friendly tax cuts. A more forthright response would have been: "Mr. President, we'll get back to you once we come up with some new ways to reject ideas that we've supported in the past."
It was encouraging to see Obama keep the pressure on by following his speech with a visit to the University of Richmond, which happens to be in the district represented by Majority Leader Eric Cantor, the president's most nettlesome antagonist in the House. And it was even more encouraging to hear Obama return to one phrase again and again: "Pass this bill."
He told the Richmond crowd, "If you want construction workers on the worksite, pass this bill. If you want teachers in the classroom, pass this bill. If you want small-business owners to hire new people, pass this bill." OK, there might be a smidge of hyperbole there, but the important thing is that he said "this" bill, not some other bill.
The GOP's next move is entirely predictable: chop the American Jobs Act into little pieces, revise the parts they like to make them more consistent with ultra-conservative values, pass those elements and reject the rest as not being "common ground." We've seen this movie before.
A senior White House official told me last week that this time is different. The official said Obama will continue to push for the whole enchilada — the tax cuts, the infrastructure bank, the targeted assistance for veteran and teachers, all of it. Such resolve, if Obama follows through, is music to the Democratic base and good news for the economy.
The president has vowed to take his case to the American people, following up his stop in Cantor's Virginia district with visits this week to Ohio — Boehner's home state — and North Carolina.
Might it be pure coincidence that there is an election in 14 months, or that Virginia, Ohio and North Carolina happen to be "purple" states Obama won in 2008 and hopes to capture again next year?
Of course not. After all, another way to describe a swing state is "common ground."
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General Motors (NYSE:GM) plans to sell its remaining 9.9% stake in Ally Financial, the automaker's former lending arm, in a private placement deal worth around $900 million, The Wall Street Journal reported.
The news comes as Hayman Capital, founded by J. Kyle Bass, released a presentation that suggests GM's stock holds plenty of upside once the government completes its exit. Bloomberg News said Hayman acquired a stake in GM, citing a person familiar with the matter.
GM declined to comment on the reports. Hayman didn't respond to an inquiry.
Shares were trading 2.4% higher at $39.08 early Wednesday afternoon. The stock is up more than 32% so far this year.
GM has been reshaping its relationship with Ally. About a year ago, the car manufacturer paid $4.2 billion to acquire Ally's operations in Europe, Latin America and China. GM then combined those operations with GM Financial, its new lending arm.
Ally said in October that it was nearing the completion of a sale process to divest a wider range of international businesses. Including the deal with GM, Ally had generated $8.3 billion in proceeds.
The auto lender, one of the nation's largest, recently repurchased $5.9 billion worth of shares from the U.S. Treasury Department. Ally has repaid more than two-thirds of its $17.2 billion bailout, although the government remains its majority owner.
Ally is also in the midst of legal woes tied to Residential Capital, the company's subprime mortgage subsidiary. ResCap filed for bankruptcy last year.
The Treasury said last month it is close to selling its remaining shares in GM. The sale should be completed by the end of this year.
The government took a 61% stake in the top U.S. automaker in 2009 but has steadily reduced its ownership over the years.
In its presentation on Wednesday, Hayman projected a 40% increase in the share price of GM over the next 12 to 18 months. The firm based its estimate on the government's official exit from GM this year and a dividend or stock buyback in 2014, a move Hayman believes is likely.
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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — Lawmakers were unable to agree on a solution to the southern border crisis at a Senate hearing Tuesday.
Still, lawmakers and immigration agencies agree there are serious problems at the border.
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan said his agency desperately needs emergency funding.
"In the past 40 days, 60,000 children have entered into DHS custody," he said.
McAleenan said 144,000 migrants crossed the border last month — setting a modern record — and most of them were families and children.
Republicans like Sen. Mike Lee said asylum seekers have learned the U.S. rarely deports children.
"Such a low removal rate tends to incentivize more migration and more illegal smuggling of the minors," Lee said.
The issue of how to deal with the influx of families has created a massive divide between Democratic and Republican lawmakers who support competing bills.
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham's bill would allow families to be held in government custody for up to 100 days. It would also force families and children to apply for asylum in their home countries.
Sen. Richard Durbin said there was until recently a program that allowed children to do just that.
"Was it shut down by the trump administration? Yes," Durbin said.
On the Democratic side, Sen. Dianne Feinstein's bill would ensure children are held in safe conditions for as short a time as possible. She pointed to recent inspections of immigration detention centers.
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One of our Foreign Correspondents has returned from her travels! Lency and her family traveled to Denmark this summer. We outfitted them with a suitcase full of Tea before they left, asking them to share their adventures with us upon their return. Below is part four of their adventure.
Different parenting styles have been big news in the past couple years, or maybe I've just started noticing since I've entered that chapter of my life. A couple years ago it was the Tiger Mom, this year it was French parenting. I thought it would be fun to reflect on some of the differences I've seen in how the Danes parent compared to American parenting, as viewed through my personal lens.
Danish kids nap outside. Rain, shine, sleet or hail, all Danish kids I have ever met nap outside in their giant, beautiful prams. When they start attending nursery school at around a year of age, the prams go with them and all the babies nap outside in a covered area with sound monitors. It is believed that napping outdoors strengthens the babies' lungs and gives them better health. While I have my personal doubts about whether that claim would bear out scientifically, I do like the idea of outdoor napping and have given it a half-hearted try with my two daughters (without much success, unfortunately). You can always find a parking lot of prams parked outside a restaurant or any public space.
The Danes are famous for their biking, and cargo bikes are an especially popular way to transport the groceries and kids in Copenhagen. Cars are subject to a 100% car tax in Denmark and gas is at least twice as expensive as it is in the U.S., so many Danes choose to get around by bike instead. Cyclists enjoy extremely safe and convenient biking conditions in Copenhagen, including bike paths that are separated from the cars and special traffic lights for bikes. On any given day of the week, you will see hoards of cyclists: men in suits, women in high heels, students going to school, adults with kid seats on the back, big and little, male and female, young and old. I should mention that my my mother-in-law, who raised three kids and lives in the countryside, has never had a driver's license and biked the 6 miles to and from work almost every day of the year until she retired last year. It's quite inspiring!
Our annual trip to Denmark to visit half our family and friends is always a reminder of a different pace of life. We observe and reflect on the more relaxed daily living and high quality of life. People work fewer hours, commute less, have at least six weeks of holiday a year. These are just a few of the many reasons they have claimed the top spot in United Nations' 2012 World Happiness Report. We find that our friends have an excellent balance between work and home life and while there are arguments against the system, Danes overall seem quite content.
We love being outside in the Danish summertime, even if the weather is not always summery. Our friends were eager to show us their sprouting gardens and walk along the newly minted bike path that replaced the old abandoned railroad. The kids were excited to jump on their ubiquitous trampolines and make use of the many play structures. Due to the intense weather during much of the rest of the year, Danes appreciate their summers with enthusiastic gusto. As soon as a ray of sunshine appears, the Danes immediately run outside to soak up the rays, even if it means being wrapped up in a blanket because it's still cold.


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While I don't disagree with your math, I think that you are comparing apples and oranges here. I would much rather get rear-ended than mugged, or worse. I have a wife and young child, I would rather they get side-swiped than attacked, or worse. A minor traffic accident doesn't typically scar a person for life. Often times these commutes in large cities are long...slow commutes so we can typically rule out high-speed incidents, so death or permanent damage isn't likely.
When living in Chicagoland (and I will be moving back very soon), I chose to drive over an hour to work so that my wife would feel safe and comfortable taking our child for a walk.
I will politely add that the contrasting nature of the dangers means your research and math was a waste of time. I think any rational person would rather be the victim of a traffic accident over a violent crime any day.


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By MATTHEW DALY, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SARASOTA, Fla. — Two weeks after the election, Vice President Joe Biden will turn 70, with 40 years in elective office. But win or lose, this may not be Biden's last campaign.
Just this week he jokingly told a voter in Florida that he should vote for Biden in four years after the man's health insurance rates drop because of Obamacare.
Biden's presidential aspirations are anything but a joke.
He ran for president in 1988 and again in 2008. If he ran for the White House in 2016, Biden would be 73, one of the oldest candidates for president in history, older by a few months than Ronald Reagan when he ran for re-election in 1984.
Biden aides say he will not make a decision until well after the election, when he sits down with family members and advisers for a heartfelt strategy session. It's the same process Biden used when he decided to run for president in 2008 – and when he passed up a bid four years earlier.
For now, Biden and his aides say he is focused exclusively on helping re-elect President Barack Obama. Biden maintains an active campaign schedule that has taken him to more than 120 campaign events this year, including eight states in the past two weeks.
Biden is so consumed by the election that he has little time – or inclination – to think about what comes next, said Ted Kaufman, a close Biden friend and former chief of staff who succeeded Biden in the Senate and has been involved in all of Biden's campaigns since 1972.
"In real life, you totally concentrate on one election at a time," Kaufman said.
Still, retirement is unlikely, Kaufman and other friends say. Biden is energized by the political game and shows no inclination to slow down. Biden frequently says a person is on the way up or the way down – and he does not want to head down.
While many former political luminaries such as Sens. Bob Dole, George Mitchell and others earned huge paydays at high-powered law firms, Biden is unlikely to follow suit.
As a former vice president, Biden could make big money on the speaking circuit or by writing a book – options he may pursue – but friends says he is not motivated by money. Biden and his wife, Jill, an English professor at Northern Virginia Community College, are financially secure, and Biden's three children are grown. Joe and Jill Biden reported adjusted gross income of $379,035 last year.
So what does a 70-year-old ex-vice president do?
Biden "could do anything," says former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, a close friend.
Biden could join a think tank or start his own initiative, focusing on foreign policy or family justice or labor, Strickland said.
"He's a person with considerable energy and a strong motivation to serve," Strickland said, noting Biden's Roman Catholic faith.
Strickland scoffs at the notion that Biden would cash in on his four-decade tenure in Washington, which includes four years as vice president and six terms in the U.S. Senate, where he chaired both the Judiciary and Foreign Relations committees.
"Anybody who knows Joe Biden knows he's motivated by a sense of responsibility that is almost religious in nature," said Strickland, who has traveled all over Ohio with Biden this year.
Biden, who commuted by train from Wilmington, Del., as a senator, likely would return to his home there, but probably would maintain a residence in Washington, where three of his five grandchildren live. The other two live in Delaware.
If he runs in four years, Biden has some obvious strengths.
He grew up in Scranton, Pa., and is seen as a champion of white, working- and middle-class voters. He also has strong support from unions and ethnic minorities as well as people in the gay community, who were encouraged by his early support of gay marriage.
Biden has been a regular presence in Ohio, a critical state on the electoral map, and has traveled often to Florida, Iowa and New Hampshire – key, early voting states for a possible 2016 run.
Biden has been "very successful at raising the enthusiasm level with our base," former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell said.
Even with those strengths, Biden's tendency to go off script – in Virginia he called Senate candidate Tim Kaine "Tom Kaine" – causes nervousness among the Obama campaign hierarchy. Transcripts of his remarks are not distributed to the press corps, in contrast to those of the president and first lady Michelle Obama.
Biden knows his fate is tied to Obama.
At an appearance at a campaign office in Iowa this week, he thanked volunteers and reminded them that Iowa was the state that put Obama "on the road" to the presidency in 2008.
"I may have been a little disappointed at the time," Biden said, "but we got the right order."
A supporter shouted, "You're our man in 2016!"
Biden glanced at the woman, but remained uncharacteristically silent.
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The Sad, Slow Death of America's Retail Workforce
Retail sales just notched their best month since 2012 and the industry has added almost one million jobs since 2010. But the rosy headline stats obscure a more complex and potentially troubling story in retail—particularly for its employees.
The business of selling stuff is becoming much more efficient. Sales-per-employee have gone from $12,00 to $25,000 in the last two decades. That means that even as consumers spend more, we need fewer workers to stock shelves and process orders.
One reason retail has become so efficient is that more of it is happening across Internet cables rather than across registers. E-commerce is gobbling up one percentage point of total sales every two-and-a-half years. Call it the Amazon Effect.
And then there's the Walmart Effect. As I've reported, one Walmart worker replaces about 1.4 local retail workers, so that a county sees about 150 fewer jobs in the years after a Walmart opens its doors. Combined with the Amazon effect, this has dramatically reduced our need for retail workers to sell things, and so retail's share of the labor force, which peaked in the late 1980s, has been declining ever since.
This isn't the end of retail. But it is the end of some retail.
According to data obtained by The Atlantic from EMSI, the retail industry gained about 49,000 jobs between 2001 and 2013, which means it grew by exactly 0.32 percent. Which means it didn't grow.
But the major action is at the bookends of this graph below, which shows employment growth in the largest retail subcategories. Department stores, like JCPenney, lost more than 200,000 jobs this century. But supercenters like Walmart, which operates in more than 3,200 domestic locations, added half a million (often lower-paying) jobs.
The death of the salesmen isn't a uniform trend. It's spiky. Supercenters nearly doubled their total employment this century. But music stores, photo stores, computer stores, and book stores have been crushed. These used to be services you needed a store to buy. Now they're apps. (Click this image to enlarge.)
Retail is already a famously low-income industry. According to the Fed, real hourly earnings for retail workers has actually decreased since 2007, the year the recession struck. The upshot is that we're seeing a large industry stricken by the rise of the Internet, which is growing fastest into supercenters like Walmart that pay regularly low, if not minimum, wages to its employees. For consumers, there's never been a better time to buy stuff. It's not such a happy story for the people on the shopping floor and behind the counters.
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Detroit and Its Unions Fight Over Work Rules
DETROIT– Labor relations here haven't been rosy since the last time local finances were in good shape. That's been quite a while. But now the Motor City, whose history is more deeply entwined with the modern labor movement than any other city in the country, appears to be headed toward an all-out war with its unions.
At issue is whether the consent agreement Detroit entered into with the state of Michigan in April allows for the legal imposition of new contracts on city unions. Many existing contracts expired June 30, and the city faces a July 16 deadline under its agreement with the state to either negotiate or impose new agreements. The unions are now receiving the contracts the city plans to impose.
The city employee unions are livid and plan to challenge the agreements in court and with the Michigan Employment Relations Commission. "The (city has) a duty to bargain," says Ed McNeil, negotiator for a coalition of 33 Detroit unions.
McNeil says the unions were betrayed by the mayor's office after it sought their help in fending off state involvement by negotiating deeper concessions. After the unions agreed to the cuts, the state said they didn't go far enough in reining in costs and the deal fell apart. In McNeil's view, the unions stepped up to compromise for the good of the city and were blindsided by a consent agreement that the city and state are now trying to use to privatize city services and strip unions of much of their power.
On June 29, after receiving the contract language the city plans to impose, McNeil sent a letter to Mayor Dave Bing that is full of raw emotion:
"It is unfortunate that there is no credibility in this administration. That is a shame, because people are supposed to have trust in your leadership. There is no faith or hope left for the citizens because this Administration had betrayed the citizens and the community as well. Betrayal of your own people is devastating. Living with yourself has got to be hard, when you look in the mirror every day to see what you have become."
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Most of the details of the new contracts are not yet public, but it is changes to union work rules rather than changes to compensation that are generating the most discussion. In interviews with city and state officials, work rules involving when and how employees can conduct the city's business were cited as a key obstacle to efficient, effective governance. "The work rules around here are absolutely bonkers," says Naomi Patton, press secretary for Mayor Bing.
The challenge of providing city services with a shrinking workforce to a population that has been shrinking even faster—but is spread across a sprawling 143 square miles–has exacerbated longstanding tensions around these requirements. The budget that went into effect July 1 cut more than 2,500 positions.
City Council President Charles Pugh comes from a union background and considers himself a strong supporter of collective bargaining rights. Still, he faults union work rules for preventing reforms that could save money and improve services across the city. "We've got 30 departments and 42 collective bargaining units," he says. "That's very difficult to manage through because you have so many people making sure that every work rule is adhered to or you'll be grieved."
One of the areas where work rules are most troubling to Pugh is the Detroit Police Department, where he believes collective bargaining agreements allow too many trained police officers to focus on tasks like mopping floors and maintaining vehicles that lower-paid civilians should be doing. "You're a 32-year-old, badge-and-gun, sworn-to-protect police officer and you're answering phones and getting coffee for your boss?" he says. "Get out of here. That has to change."
A 2010 report from the consulting firm McKinsey faulted the department for slow response times and found that less than a third of the city's 3,000 sworn police officers were on patrol. The report cited union resistance and current work rules as a key obstacle to moving more officers to the street.
23 Unions
The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department has to bargain with 23 different unions, sometimes leading to unwieldy processes and systems. When a water main breaks, currently crews of four people have to be sent out to operate the full suite of machinery. Someone from one union drives the truck and then waits around while someone from another union digs a hole and two other people then work on the repair. Then the hole-digger fills the hole in and the driver drives the crew back. A lot of unnecessary waiting around is involved.
Brad Kenoyer, one of the city's water commissioners, says the new contracts will allow the department to collapse job classifications and create a more flexible work environment. Each team will have three crew members instead of four, with a driver who is cross-trained to dig and fill in holes with a backhoe. Instead of using that reduction to lay people off, the department plans to use it to get more crews on the streets and improve service to customers.
Kenoyer says the traditional union atmosphere at the department hasn't encouraged employees to get training that will give them a broader scope. "That has been perceived as a threat to the union structure of preserving just the sheer number of jobs as opposed to high-quality jobs," he says.
Similar situations confront Brad Dick, director of the General Services Department, as he struggles to manage a department that has gone from 676 employees to just under 300 during the past three years. He often gets complaints from citizens who drive by and see three employees working at a park and one just sitting in a truck. That person is a higher-paid driver with a commercial license and according to work rules, isn't supposed to be doing anything other than driving. "To me that is one of the things in work rules that I wish we did not have, but it's been there, enshrined, for how many years I don't know," he says. "All my supervisors hate that rule because it's one less person that is physically working." A recent compromise now allows the driver to clean 10 feet around the truck.
Another perennial subject of work rule discussions in Detroit is whether firefighters and emergency medical services personnel can be cross-trained, as is now common in many cities. Fire Captain Steve Kirschner, a former union vice president and a 35-year veteran of the department, says the reason the change hasn't taken hold has less to do with the idea itself than with related fears about having the resources employees need to do their jobs well.
Kirschner doesn't have a lot of faith in training to take on new responsibilities because of his firehouse's experience with current responsibilities. He says the city has failed to provide firefighters with basic necessities, so they've had to pitch in their own money and raise funds through a soda machine for equipment like flashlights, cleaning solvent and a first-aid kit.
Kirschner is worried about what would happen if they weren't properly trained or prepared but were thrown into the medical emergency fray just to help improve the department's response times. "You have to train us to first responder level so that we know what we're doing when we respond to a scene," he says. "And you'll have to guarantee that we have the supplies and equipment to service the people when we get there. If you don't, and our people get there without the proper supplies and equipment, our people are going to be getting in fights because we can't service some person's mother who is dying because we don't have the equipment or the training to help her."
It the city were to guarantee proper and equipment and training, Kirschner says it wouldn't be a difficult sell. "You would see this fire department vote to do it," he says. "I'd almost guarantee you that."
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IHOP Takeout - Breakfast & Food To-Go at 1825 4th St
Take breakfast to go from your nearby IHOP. Our nearest cross streets are 4th St and Ida St. Give us a call to place your order or start an online order below.
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Try our Family Feasts including the Breakfast Family Feast, or the Buttermilk Crispy Chicken. Customize your order based on your cravings - pancakes, waffles, french toast & more! Add in your favorite drink with our beverage bundles. Order your meal for pick-up near you.
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Takeout at IHOP is a breeze. We'll pack up a mouthwatering breakfast, lunch, or dinner at this San Rafael IHOP so you can enjoy a delicious meal anywhere that calls to you.
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When you visit this IHOP location for takeout of our world-famous pancakes and delicious lunch and dinner specials, we know there's so much to take in. With nearby Montecito Plaza shopping, our restaurant sits in quite an unforgettable spot.
We're delighted to serve takeout of delicious pancakes, crepes, and coffee to guests visiting from worldwide destinations. When you're finished shopping at Northgate, head to IHOP and pick up your next satisfying meal!
We also salute those serving our local community, including the staff at San Rafael City Manager and San Rafael Fire Station 52, and the hard-working teams at County of Marin and San Rafael Police Department. We're thrilled to share this vibrant San Rafael neighborhood with you!
Ready to celebrate? This local community is host to popular annual events!
- San Rafael Food and Wine Festival
- Marin Music Festival
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Maybe you're heading home to feast on our delicious breakfast takeout specials. Great idea! And when you're looking for some fun outdoor spots to picnic, we've got you covered. Here are some nearby favorites nice and close to our restaurant:
- San Rafael Food and Wine Festival
Keep your eyes on our local weather. Average annual temperatures near this location live around 16°C/60.8°F, with summers close to 20°C/68°F and winters about 10.5°C/50.9°F. We see about 38.2 inches of precipitation each year.
Flying out of nearby AFA soon? We're wishing you clear skies for each adventure ahead!
Stop for IHOP takeout on your road trip! You'll find our location near these cities and waterways:
- Albany, CA
- San Francisco, CA
- Berkeley, CA
- Vallejo, CA
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Yay, open source! Anyone interested in the DROID X source code? If you are, the files are posted on Motorola's developer site. The code weighs in at a hefty 280 MB and was actually released several days ago on July 28th. If you're ready to get down and dirty with lines and lines of code, let the custom ROM creation begin!
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From next October, the new Grabber X3 for driving in tough terrain and the new Grabber AT3 for mixed on- and off-road use will be added to the brand's portfolio.
September 2016. Tire brand General Tire is continuing its product offensive with two new SUV tires for on- and off-road use. From next October, the new Grabber X3 for driving in tough terrain and the new Grabber AT3 for mixed on- and off-road use will be added to the brand's portfolio. Both models feature the robust characteristics and high grip that their intended applications demand. For the Grabber X3 the development engineers at General Tire give an on/off-road ratio of 20/80 percent, while for the Grabber AT3 the ratio is 50/50. With these two new tires, General Tire, the tradition-rich brand with its American heritage, offers new solutions in its core all-terrain segment for off-road driving enthusiasts, as well as for professionals in the construction, agricultural and forestry sectors who expect maximum mobility in even the toughest conditions. The Grabber X3 will be available in 19 sizes for rims from 15 to 19 inches, while the new Grabber AT3 will be manufactured in 64 sizes for rims from 15 to 20 inches. Both models will bear the M+S mark and the snowflake symbol, indicating their suitability for all-season use.
The new Grabber X3
With the new Grabber X3, the U.S. tire brand has developed an SUV/all-terrain model for both on- and off-road use. The emphasis, though, is clearly on off-road applications with an 80/20 off/on-road weighting. To help them meet a demanding set of specifications, General Tire's development engineers devised three new technologies: "Extreme Mud (X Mud)" for maximum traction in deep mud, "Extreme Dirt (X Dirt)" for driving on dirt and gravel, and "Extreme Rock (X Rock)" for tackling rocky terrain. All three rely on a tread pattern that features deep grooves, channels for mud evacuation and staggered edges. It's a design that makes for high levels of grip on sand, mud and gravel. Chamfered block edges, wider grooves in the tread and narrow grooves in the tread base help displace stones faster when traveling over gravel and prevent them notching or lodging in the tread. When driving over rocks, grip edges arranged at different angles in the robust tread deliver maximum grip in every direction. A series of deflection ribs protect the sidewalls against damage from stones or gravel, making for highly robust performance in tough terrain. In terms of construction, the development engineers at General Tire have opted for a three-ply structure that provides additional strength and puncture resistance. Compared to this tire's predecessor, its performance on sand and in loose gravel has been improved by five percent in each case, while performance over rocky terrain has been given a ten percent boost. In on-road use the new Grabber X3 is several percentage points better than its predecessor in terms of wet performance and noise, while on snow-covered ground this all-season off-road tire delivers a ten percent improvement. The Grabber X3 will be available from tire dealers from the coming fall and General Tire will be manufacturing 19 different sizes for 15- to 19-inch rims. All sizes of this off-road specialist are approved for speeds of up to 160 km/h.
The new Grabber AT3
For the new Grabber AT3 the engineers at General Tire have also developed no fewer than three new technologies that endow their latest arrival with high grip both on- and off-road, enhanced acoustic performance, and high mileage. "TracGen" technology, for example, includes an open shoulder design, traction ridges, what the developers call "traction pockets", and sipes arranged at different angles. This combination of design features boosts the self-cleaning properties of the tread, permits good interlocking with loose surfaces and provides a large number of edges to deliver grip in every direction. The second technology from the developers' bag of tricks is called "DuraGen" and its job is to boost mileage in rough terrain and under high torsion – i.e. when side loads are applied to part of the tread. This meant developing a new tire compound that provides excellent chip and cut resistance. In addition, stone bumpers protect the tread base, helping to ensure that stones don't get stuck in the tread and damage the tire. And extremely strong steel belts help the tire to deliver high mileage. The third technology, known as "ComfortBalance" demonstrates the developers' success in overcoming the conflicting interests of ride comfort on asphalt and good off-road grip. The balanced block geometry of the tread with low stiffness and the specially modified arrangement of the blocks in the center of the tread reduce vibration in the tire, which makes for good ride comfort on the road, while also providing an even footprint. On wet and dry asphalt, the new Grabber AT3 performs at the same high level as its predecessor, while traction on snow has been substantially improved. In off-road use, grip in mud and on wet grass has been improved, and the tire presents higher resistance to tread damage than its predecessor. In the coming fall, General Tire will initially be producing 44 metric sizes for rims between 15 and 20 inches, with an additional 20 LT and C sizes to follow in the spring of 2017. These tires are approved for speeds of up to 240 km/h. As an all-season tire, the Grabber AT3 bears the M+S mark and the snowflake symbol to document its safe handling characteristics on snow-covered roads.


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Bupropion Hydrochloride
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Bupropion Hydrochloride
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(byoo proe' pee on)For people taking bupropion (Wellbutrin) for depression: A small number of children, teenagers, and young adults (up to 24 years of age) who took antidepressants ('mood elevators') such as bupropion during clinical studies became suicidal (thinking about harming or killing oneself or planning or trying to do so). Children, teenagers, and young adults who take antidepressants to treat depression or other mental illnesses may be more likely to become suicidal than children, teenagers, and young adults who do not take antidepressants to treat these conditions. This risk should be considered and compared with the potential benefit in the treatment of depression, in deciding whether a child or teenager should take an antidepressant. Children younger than 18 years of age should not normally take bupropion, but in some cases, a doctor may decide that bupropion is the best medication to treat a child's condition. No matter what your age, before you take an antidepressant, you, your parent, or your caregiver should talk to your doctor about the risks and benefits of treating your condition with an antidepressant or with other treatments. You should also talk about the risks and benefits of not treating your condition. You should know that having depression or another mental illness greatly increases the risk that you will become suicidal, especially at the beginning of your treatment or any time that your dose is increased or decreased. This risk is higher if you or anyone in your family has or has ever had bipolar disorder or mania or has thought about or attempted suicide. Talk to your doctor about your condition, symptoms, and personal and family medical history. You and your doctor will decide what type of treatment is right for you. You should know that your mental health may change in unexpected ways when you take bupropion or other antidepressants even if you are an adult over age 24 or if you do not have a mental illness and you are taking bupropion to treat a different type of condition. You may become suicidal, especially at the beginning of your treatment and any time that your dose is increased or decreased. You, your family, or your caregiver should call your doctor right away if you experience any of the following symptoms: new or worsening depression; thinking about harming or killing yourself, or planning or trying to do so; extreme worry; agitation; panic attacks; difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep; aggressive behavior; irritability; acting without thinking; severe restlessness; and frenzied abnormal excitement. Be sure that your family or caregiver knows which symptoms may be serious so they can call the doctor if you are unable to seek treatment on your own. For all patients taking bupropion: Your health care provider will want to see you often while you are taking bupropion, especially at the beginning of your treatment. Be sure to keep all appointments or office visits with your doctor. Talk to your doctor about the risks and benefits of taking bupropion.
Before taking bupropion,
- tell your doctor and pharmacist if you are allergic to bupropion, any other medications, or any of the ingredients in bupropion tablets. Ask your pharmacist or check the Medication Guide for a list of the ingredients.
- tell your doctor if you are taking a monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitor such as isocarboxazid (Marplan), linezolid (Zyvox), methylene blue, phenelzine (Nardil), selegiline (Eldepryl, Emsam, Zelapar), and tranylcypromine (Parnate), or if you have stopped taking an MAO inhibitor within the past 14 days. Your doctor will probably tell you not to take bupropion.
- do not take more than one product containing bupropion at a time. You could receive too much medication and experience severe side effects.
- tell your doctor and pharmacist what other prescription and nonprescription medications, vitamins, nutritional supplements, and herbal products you are taking or plan to take. Be sure to mention any of the following: amantadine (Symmetrel); beta blockers such as atenolol (Tenormin), labetalol (Normodyne), metoprolol (Lopressor, Toprol XL), nadolol (Corgard), and propranolol (Inderal); cimetidine (Tagamet); clopidogrel (Plavix); cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan, Neosar); efavirenz (Sustiva, in Atripla); insulin or oral medications for diabetes; medications for irregular heartbeat such as flecainide (Tambocor) and propafenone (Rythmol); medications for mental illness such as haloperidol (Haldol), risperidone (Risperdal), and thioridazine (Mellaril); medications for seizures such as carbamazepine (Tegretol), phenobarbital (Luminal, Solfoton), and phenytoin (Dilantin); levodopa (Sinemet, Larodopa); lopinavir and ritonavir (Kaletra); nelfinavir (Viracept); nicotine patch; oral steroids such as dexamethasone (Decadron, Dexone), methylprednisolone (Medrol), and prednisone (Deltasone); orphenadrine (Norflex); other antidepressants such as citalopram (Celexa), desipramine (Norpramin), fluoxetine (Prozac, Sarafem, in Symbyax), fluvoxamine (Luvox), imipramine (Tofranil), nortriptyline (Aventyl, Pamelor), paroxetine (Paxil) and sertraline (Zoloft); ritonavir (Norvir); sedatives; sleeping pills; tamoxifen (Nolvadex, Soltamox); theophylline (Theobid, Theo-Dur, others); thiotepa; and ticlopidine (Ticlid). Your doctor may need to change the doses of your medications or monitor you carefully for side effects.
- tell your doctor if you have or have ever had seizures, anorexia nervosa (an eating disorder) or bulimia (an eating disorder). Also tell your doctor if you drink large amounts of alcohol but expect to suddenly stop drinking or you take sedatives but expect to suddenly stop taking them. Your doctor will probably tell you not to take bupropion.
- tell your doctor if you drink large amounts of alcohol, use street drugs, or overuse prescription medications and if you have ever had a heart attack; a head injury; a tumor in your brain or spine; high blood pressure; diabetes; or liver, kidney, or heart disease.
- tell your doctor if you are pregnant, plan to become pregnant, or are breast-feeding. If you become pregnant while taking bupropion, call your doctor.
- you should know that bupropion may make you drowsy. Do not drive a car or operate machinery until you know how this medication affects you.
- talk to your doctor about the safe use of alcoholic beverages while you are taking bupropion. Alcohol can make the side effects from bupropion worse.
- you should know that bupropion may cause an increase in your blood pressure. Your doctor may check your blood pressure before starting treatment and regularly while you are taking this medication, especially if you also are using nicotine replacement therapy.
- you should know that bupropion may cause angle-closure glaucoma (a condition where the fluid is suddenly blocked and unable to flow out of the eye causing a quick, severe increase in eye pressure which may lead to a loss of vision). Talk to your doctor about having an eye examination before you start taking this medication. If you have nausea, eye pain, changes in vision, such as seeing colored rings around lights, and swelling or redness in or around the eye, call your doctor or get emergency medical treatment right away.
- you should know that some people have reported symptoms such as changes in behavior, hostility, agitation, depressed mood, and suicidal thoughts (thinking about harming or killing oneself or planning or trying to do so) while taking bupropion to stop smoking. The role of bupropion in causing these mood changes is unclear since people who quit smoking with or without medication may experience changes in their mental health due to nicotine withdrawal. However, some of these symptoms occurred in people who were taking bupropion and continued to smoke. Some people had these symptoms when they began taking bupropion, and others developed them after several weeks of treatment or after stopping bupropion. These symptoms have occurred in people without a history of mental illness and have worsened in people who already had a mental illness. Tell your doctor if you have or have ever had depression, bipolar disorder (mood that changes from depressed to abnormally excited), schizophrenia (a mental illness that causes disturbed or unusual thinking, loss of interest in life, and strong or inappropriate emotions), or other mental illnesses. If you experience any of the following symptoms, stop taking bupropion (Zyban) and call your doctor immediately: suicidal thoughts or actions; new or worsening depression, anxiety, or panic attacks; agitation; restlessness; angry or violent behavior; acting dangerously; mania (frenzied, abnormally excited or irritated mood); abnormal thoughts or sensations; hallucinations (seeing things or hearing voices that do not exist); feeling that people are against you; feeling confused; or any other sudden or unusual changes in behavior. Be sure that your family or caregiver knows which symptoms may be serious so they can call the doctor if you are unable to seek treatment on your own. Your doctor will monitor you closely until your symptoms get better.
- drowsiness
- anxiety
- excitement
- difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep
- dry mouth
- dizziness
- headache
- nausea
- vomiting
- stomach pain
- uncontrollable shaking of a part of the body
- loss of appetite
- weight loss
- constipation
- excessive sweating
- ringing in the ears
- changes in your sense of taste
- frequent urination
- sore throat
- seizures
- confusion
- hallucinating (seeing things or hearing voices that do not exist)
- irrational fears
- muscle or joint pain
- rapid, pounding, or irregular heartbeat
- fever
- rash or blisters
- itching
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- swelling of the face, throat, tongue, lips, eyes, hands, feet, ankles, or lower legs
- hoarseness
- difficulty breathing or swallowing
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- The Legend of Zelda
- The Adventure of Link
- A Link to the Past
- Link's Awakening
- Ocarina of Time
- Link's Awakening DX
- Majora's Mask
- Oracle Series
- ALttP / Four Swords
- OoT Master Quest
- The Wind Waker
- Collector's Edition
- FS Adventures
- Classic Series
- The Minish Cap
- Twilight Princess
- Phantom Hourglass
- Spirit Tracks
- Skyward Sword
- Ocarina of Time 3DS
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Released in December of 1998, this game was the Game Boy Color re-release of the hit original. It featured colorized graphics, a new Camera Shop supporting the Game Boy Printer, and a brand new full-color dungeon (which would work only on the Game Boy Color).
"The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX" follows the storyline of the original, but adds fun elements to attract veterans of the old black and white game.


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Facebook lays claim to more than 900 million members across the globe and may have a massive initial public offering in the coming days, but a new poll says users have trust issues with the social networking site. More than half of those surveyed, 59 percent, said they had little to no trust that Facebook would keep their information private, according to an AP-CNBC poll. The study also found that 54 percent of the survey's 1,004 respondents would not "feel safe at all" purchasing goods and services through the world's largest social network.
The news that Facebook users do not trust the company to keep their information private is hardly surprising given the social network's shady past with privacy-related issues. Concerns over privacy changes involving new products such as Beacon, frictionless sharing, Instant Personalization, and Places always make headlines. And seemingly never-ending changes to Facebook's terms of service and privacy policy allow users to think twice about trusting Facebook.
Despite Facebook's privacy challenges, however, the social network keeps on growing, and users continue to share their most personal information with a company they reportedly don't trust. Facebook in July 2010 claimed 500 million users and in the less than two years since the social network has nearly doubled its user base. And despite Facebook's privacy woes, it is still one of the most popular sites for sharing photos with an average of more than 300 million images uploaded daily for the three months ending March 31, according to the company.
Despite Facebook's privacy trust problems, the finding that Facebook is not trusted when it comes to online purchases is a little surprising. To purchase items on Facebook you need to buy Facebook credits, which are only available through Facebook itself. Users can then use these credits to buy virtual items in popular games such as Zynga's Farmville, rent movies, and, perhaps coming soon, self-promote your own posts.
Facebook does have to contend with malicious software stealing user credentials and clickjacking scams, but the company is also pretty active when it comes to security (sometimes too much so). Facebook has also offered secure SSL encryption since 2011. Some users may be wary about Facebook now, but I wonder if that will change as more services start using Facebook credits.
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There have been a few units which attempted to ditch the laptop when DJing, but nothing has really managed to deliver the correct experience at the right price. Now, Stanton are having a go with their compact and affordable SCS.4DJ.
Whipping the unit from its box you immediately see that Stanton have compromised on the build quality to keep the price low. The SCS.4DJ isn't exactly flimsy, but it's slightly creaky and plastic feeling.
The good news is that it's light, portable and relatively compact, comparable to a regular DJ MIDI controller but benefits from both master phono outs and balanced quarter inch jacks. Similarly, the headphone port on the front comes in quarter-inch and 3.5, so no more adaptor nightmares.
There's also a simple quarter-inch mic input on the front with volume control. File formats supported include MP3, AAC, WAV, AIFF and even MP4.
The central 4.3-inch colour screen is where everything happens. Here you're able to browse you entire library, create playlists, sort by BPM, album or artist and more. The general layout is a familiar two-channel DJ mixer, with three band EQ, headphone cue buttons and faders.
It's strange that Stanton have chosen to leave off any sort of gain control, even if there's a certain amount of normalisation after analysis of the tracks. It means level matching has to be done on the faders and EQ - gain control would add that extra layer of controllability and familiarity.
Track analysis
How does the analysis work? Well, once you stick a USB key in, the software within the SCS.4DJ automatically starts scanning your collection. This is where my first hopes were slightly dashed as this process is very slow.
So jacking in 100+ songs and expecting BPM counts and Sync'd playback isn't going to happen very quickly and certainly shouldn't be done at a gig - preparation is key to getting the most out of the SCS.4DJ. Once you've scanned your collection, small additions could be more efficiently done on the fly.
Tracks that have been scanned conveniently turn white while scanning tracks remain red. Songs that are yet to be scanned tracks can be still played back, but no waveform display, looping or syncing is possible.
Navigating your way around the unit's browse and waveform display is simple, but sometimes feels a bit slow. Just like the track analysing, it's clear it's not the fastest CPU inside the Stanton, but for nearly half the price of a decent laptop, it's not so slow that I can really complain too much.
There's also talk of a fully-fledged library app, similar to Rekordbox by Pioneer, which will hopefully make pre-analysing your collection on your computer, then exporting it to a HDD possible.
While mixing tracks, a playlist is automatically created, which can then be saved to your USB device.
I found the sync function to be pretty reliable on most music except complex Hip Hop beats and really broken D'n'B, but not any better or worse than analysis on other machines. The play and cue functionality was quite frustrating as there was no fast way to skip through a record while cueing it up.
Scratching with the jogs is amazingly, pretty decent, but I doubt purists are going to be looking at a device like this for turntablism anyway. Even so, it's nice to know you can get a realistic wiki-wah out of the SCS.4DJ if you want it.
The effects are basic but work well enough with either a filter, flanger, slice or delay effect per deck, selectable one at a time. Effect sync is pretty ad-hoc with markers around the rotary controls but no notches so you have to make sure everything lines up, but in practice this wasn't a problem at all.
One of the other extremely cool features about the device is the simplicity of recording a set. Hit the record button with a USB device connected and you're done!
The unit even shows you the space left on connect devices and you can select the appropriate device to record to. Obviously, recording a WAV and scanning tracks from the same USB device could prove problematic.
Overall I found the SCS.4DJ very impressive and easily one of the best self-contained DJ systems there is. It might not be the most robust of builds, and it's not as fully-featured as a controller and laptop setup, but it's such good value and more importantly, so much fun to use that this isn't a problem.
The simplicity and sparse layout are also massive positives, making the unit extremely easy to use and get going with. For a beginner this is a great start to digital DJing, but even as a unit for house parties or mobile jocks, the auto DJ function and ability to carry so much music in a light, ready to go package is extremely appealing at this price.
As a DJ that is more at home on bulky CDJs and pro mixers, I still got excited by the idea of throwing this into a bag and being able to quickly DJ anywhere. The ability to record mixes at the push of a single button is very useful to capture everything you mix.
The only drawback of the unit as a whole is the lagging reaction speeds when moving between pages on screen and the ultra slow analysing of tracks. But as a single unit you can DJ with, nothing else comes close to beating it at this price.


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Friday, 30 September 2011
what the L?
There are various kinds of answer one can give.
1. The distinction between clear and dark l is not particularly important for EFL. And anyhow there are plenty of native speakers who do not make the distinction.
2. There are no pairs of words in English distinguished by the clear-dark distinction. Writing the clearer variant as lʲ (which exaggerates its palatalization somewhat), we can say that [lʲ] and [ɫ] are allophones of the same phoneme /l/. Their distribution is conditioned by the phonetic context: in RP and similar accents, lʲ is used before a vowel or j, ɫ is used elsewhere (including before a major boundary). As with other allophonic variation, we ignore it in dictionary transcription because it is more economical to state it once rather than mention it on every occasion. The learner needs to learn the general rule rather than memorize the appropriate variant for each word. Dictionary transcription, and EFL transcription in general, is phonemic (or, if you prefer, broad).
3. Every word or stem that ends in the lateral is sometimes pronounced with ɫ, sometimes with lʲ, depending on what follows. Although the citation form of kill is kɪɫ, and killed is always kɪɫd, in killing we have ˈkɪlʲɪŋ. While kill them is ˈkɪɫ ðəm, kill it is ˈkɪlʲ ɪt. And likewise for thousands of other items.
4. Even among NSs who follow the rule given, there is some disagreement in the precise definition of 'boundary'. Whereas mainstream RP of my generation has lʲ in phrases such as Isle of Man and Middle East, there are other NSs who use ɫ in these phrases. For stylize I say ˈstaɪlʲaɪz, just as in island ˈaɪlʲənd, but there are many others for whom the morpheme boundary triggers pre-l breaking and/or dark l, thus ˈstaɪəlʲaɪz, ˈstaɪ(ə)ɫaɪz.
Whereas my kind of speech applies the rule to syllabic l just as to non-syllabic, there are other speakers who claim to make all syllabic laterals dark. How this works out in cases of potential compression (positional loss of syllabicity), e.g. fiddling ˈfɪdl̩ɪŋ ~ ˈfɪdlɪŋ, I am not sure.
Abercrombie adduced a nice example. In I feel ill he (like me) would use a clear l at the end of feel: aɪ fiːlʲ ˈɪɫ. But in I may not look ill, but I do feel ill it switches to dark: aɪ ˈmeɪ nɒt ˈlʊk ɪɫ | bət aɪ ˈduː ˈfiːɫ ɪɫ. I'd do just the same in not the Far East, but the Midd[ɫ̩] East. Why?
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A rhetorical "Why?", I suppose.ReplyDelete
Now that I think about it, would you pronounce the [r] in "not the Far East, but..."? (You should NOT do it, in order to be consistent with the explanation I have made up for the dark "l" in Middle East.)ReplyDelete
And if you do pronounce that [r], I will not consider it a legitimate but an INTRUSIVE one.ReplyDelete
Beatrice Portinari wrote:ReplyDelete
"And if you do pronounce that [r], I will not consider it a legitimate but an INTRUSIVE one"
Then your explanation (which you haven't actually given us) must be wrong. I pronounce a perfectly normal linking r in Far East.ReplyDelete
Sidney, John:ReplyDelete
That particular "l" is dark because "Middle" is thought of by the speaker as an isolated word, contrasting with the equally isolated "Far". So, if you are not a rhotic speaker, the [r] you use (in this particular context, I must insist) cannot be, by definition, a "perfectly normal linking r".
I'd think a person who says 'not the Far East, but the Midd[ɫ̩] East' is treating 'Far East' as one word, with a perfectly normal linking r (if that person be non-rhotic, that is)and only afterwards, in the process of speaking, breaks it up in the 'Far' and the 'East' component, to contrast its designate with another thing, called 'Middle East', which name has the same second component. This decomposition has no effect on the (now past and bygone, even if just a nanosecond ago) pronunciation of 'Far East', but only on that (to happen in another nanosecond) of 'Middle East', turning it to 'Middł East'.ReplyDelete
That's what I'd think, as a layman. Of course, there are pedantic or let us say conscientious persons, who say:
... not in the Fa-r-East, uhm, sorry, I mean FAH East, --- with emphasis on 'far', are you getting me? --- but, much rather, in the MIDDLE (middł) East... (and possibly even in the NEEAH East)
but such persons are rather rare, methinketh.
So sorry, Beatrix, but I'd side with John on this point.
Contrastive meaning or emphasis is often expressed by inserting pauses before and/or after the word, at least in our minds. In the actual flow of speech these pauses may get omitted, but by the time we get to not pronounce the pause, we've already pronounced a dark l, and we can't go back to make it a clear l, so we end up having a vowel following a dark l.ReplyDelete
Far East is a bit different, because in isolation (i.e. before a pause), non-rhotic speakers don't have the [r] at the end of Far, but if the pause doesn't get realized, the [r] can easily appear between the two vowels. Phonetically there's no difference between a linking and an intrusive r.
Nice explanation, Wojciech; yes that sounds quite plausible. So let's forget about the "r" and concentrate on the "l" -I was right then!ReplyDelete
@ teardrop: You took the words out of my mouth.ReplyDelete
Thank you.
For me all these distinctions are as nothing, for I pronounce all dark /l/, all the time. As for fiddling, it is always [ˈfɪdɫ̩ɪŋ] and never [ˈfɪdɫɪŋ], which would be *fidling, rhyming with kidling.ReplyDelete
Might as well begin some (lateral?) topic drift:ReplyDelete
My /l/ is theoretically always-dark, like many Americans, but I had difficulty as a child with liquids /w, l, r/, and I'm still self-conscious about /l/ in particular. My production of can vary from near-vocalization* in the coda to a prevocalic dark-L with velarization (or pharyngealization?) so strong there can be a hint of a plosive (here's sort of an example). Is this otherwise attested?
*I'm not from Philly, so this is nonstandard—but it does give me a certain fondness for Polish and Brazilian Portuguese.
@ John Cowan: Hi, John!ReplyDelete
@ dirk: I'm afraid I can't understand the example.
@ everybody: I promise to be quiet for a while.
For what it's worth, my syllabic l at the end of middle, waddle etc is dark (but not vocalised as it is in mild, walled etc). It stays dark across word boundaries: middle of nowhere, waddle about. But it brightens across an internal morpheme boundary: middling, waddling.
On the other hand, non-rhotic, I always link r across a word boundary: far away, more ale etc. So I always link the r in Far East, whether or not there's an intended contrast.
In contrast to Sidney, in words with /dl/, like "middle", I don't always use dark L because I simply release the /d/ laterally, producing the normal palatalised /l/. This moves the syllable boundary back: "mi.dl". I would say I do this about 50% of the time when nothing follows the /dl/, more preceding a vowel, less preceding a consonant.ReplyDelete
dirck: Yeah, I've heard that kind of pronunciation (the kind in your example) from other Americans so it doesn't sound too weird to me. It kind of sounds like your dorsum is hitting your velum to me. I remember you mentioning that on here before.ReplyDelete
As for l-vocalization, do you really consider that to be non-standard outside of Philly?
"If milk is pronounced mɪɫk, why do we write it as mɪlk?"ReplyDelete
If this is the only issue, surely we can save time and simply guide students to the basic differences of phonetic and phonemic systems. But be that as it may, the interaction between the phonetic and phonemic level of a particular language can be endlessly nuanced and fascinating.
I use solely dark l's in English, like John reports above, so I hadn't been conscious of a dialectal "interlinking clear l" in Middle East. I learn something new.
(By the way, this discussion is of a more respectable quality than the homophobic comments witnessed beforehand. Thanks for getting back on track. Let's keep it that way.)
Ad Sidney WoodReplyDelete
'On the other hand, non-rhotic, I always link r across a word boundary: far away, more ale etc. So I always link the r in Far East, whether or not there's an intended contrast'
but suppose you would like to insert a pause between 'far' and 'east' --- to mark a really stark contrast between the Far East and some other east or easts --- would you then not say 'fah --- pause --- east' rather than 'fah -- linking r -- east'?
I do think we should give more importance to the phonetic transcription. MW Learner's dictionary does not bother with dark L (we can assume generalized dark L is okay in General American), but it does not bother with flapped T's either. Why should we indicate the flap T pronunciation while ignoring the dark L pronunciation?ReplyDelete
Couldn't agree more, especially when some dictionaries use d instead of the flapped t. Do they not realize that by giving that as "the AmE pronunciation" they are asserting that there is total suspension of distinctive function in these cases, with no allophone distinct from /d/?ReplyDelete
There are many speakers for whom the /d/-/t/ opposition is completely suspended. For evidence, try a Google search for "very suddle".
Indeed, I have not a flap but a /d/ followed by a syllabic /l/ (not even a /d/ with lateral plosion) in subtle, so suddle would be an excellent spelling for me: it rhymes precisely with muddle.ReplyDelete
Wojciech asked me about skipping linking r by inserting a pause in "Far East" for contrastive emphasis (2 Oct).ReplyDelete
I don't believe I do that. I know it's reported in the literature, and it's possibly a trick of rhetoric that some people might teach or learn. I suspect my usual way of contrasting, say, Far East with Middle East would be by intonation, shifting the prominence back to Far. That wouldn't affect the linking r.
Ad Sidney WoodReplyDelete
thank you for the answer to my question, Sidney.
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After University of Minnesota football fans enjoyed their first season of legal beer at TCF Bank Stadium, some legislators wonder whether it's time to open the taps for the U's hockey and basketball fans, too.
Since the Legislature legalized beer and wine sales at the stadium last year, football fans have downed almost a million dollars' worth of beer. Rep. Dan Schoen, DFL-St. Paul Park, figures that if sales at one venue are good, expanding beer sales beyond the suites and premium seats at Mariucci and Williams arenas could be even better.
"Beer for all worked pretty well at the Bank," he told fellow legislators on the House commerce committee on Tuesday night. "I think beer for all could work pretty well at the rest of the stadiums, too."
Not so fast, say university officials. "We do have a couple of concerns," said university lobbyist Todd Iverson. The university, he said, would like to wait to study how alcohol affects the games at the stadium before expanding to other venues. "This isn't saying we're opposed to the bill, but we have concerns about it being implemented this year."
The hockey and basketball arenas, Iverson said, present challenges. More games are played in Mariucci and Williams, and many are played at night, factors that might make the university more reluctant to bring alcohol into the postgame mix.
"It's also a very different fan experience at these two venues than there is at the football stadium," Iverson said. "At the arena, you're very close to the participants."
Beer sales have been brisk at the stadium, Iverson conceded, with an estimated $990,000 in sales in the first season alone. But only about $16,000 in profits ended up in the university's pocket, he said.
"We are happy that our fans had a pleasurable experience and enjoyed the opportunity," he said. "What we're asking for is that we do the two-year experiment on football at the stadium, we'll come back ... and talk to you about this. We just want a little time to think about this."
Despite the university's reluctance, Schoen said all that stadium beer is giving the economy a boost.
"That's almost a million dollars' worth of beer," Schoen said. "That beer had to be manufactured, that beer had to be delivered, that beer had to be sold at the stadium and those are all jobs."
He estimates that the state reaped about $80,000 in tax revenues from a single season of beer sales in a single university stadium.
"Am I going to fix the budget hole with this? Absolutely not," he said, "but it's still jobs, it's still tax revenue."
Schoen says he's confident the university can come up with a plan to allow beer for all at more of its venues, if the Legislature greenlights his bill.
The stadium beer bill was accepted for possible inclusion in this year's omnibus House liquor bill.


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Manufacturing Grew In September, Construction Gained In August
Neither reports signals a sharp turnaround for the sluggish economy, but:
-- The manufacturing sector "expanded in September for the 26th consecutive month," the Institute for Supply Management says. An index it calculates that measures such things as orders, production and employment stood at 51.6 in September vs. 50.6 in August. A reading above 50 is supposed to signal an expanding factory sector. The index has been at 50 or above for those 26 months.
-- Construction spending rose 1.4 percent in August from July, the Census Bureau reports, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $799.1 billion. Spending ws up 0.9 percent from August. 2010. Spending dropped 1.4 percent in July from June, meaning the August gain basically brought things back to where they were.
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Medical marijuana home growers have been ordered by the federal government to provide written notification by April 30 that they've halted production and destroyed any leftover pot.
Authorized personal grow-ops for approved medical marijuana users become illegal April 1 as their licences expire and the country switches instead to a system of regulated commercial production.
Health Canada said in a statement March 14 it will notify law enforcement of any users who fail to comply with the notification requirement, an apparent shift from past refusals to disclose locations to local authorities on privacy grounds.
The new Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulation allows licensed medical marijuana users – more than 16,000 of them are in B.C. – to buy dried pot only from approved commercial producers via mail order.
Many B.C. municipalities are keen to stamp out medical marijuana home grows, which they say often pose an electrical fire risk to neighbours and may leave mould and other safety hazards behind for future residents.
But most also don't want to take on the burden of fixing what they see as a problem created by the federal government.
Mission Mayor Ted Adlem doesn't support sending police in to enforce compliance with the new medical pot law, even in cases where Ottawa discloses users who have failed to send their notification.
"I'm not interested in throwing people in jail for growing marijuana," Adlem said. "Who's going to foot the bill to close these people down who have not notified and ceased to operate? I'm far more in favour of being able to have my fire inspector check the place out for electrical safety."
He predicts many other B.C. municipalities will also have little interest in making it a policing project.
"I think most mayors are concerned about the cost of doing this. Is it something we really want to be spending our policing budget on? I don't think so."
Mission already knows the locations of about 100 of an estimated 800 local licensed medical growers, he said.
Adlem noted soon-to-be-illegal growers may lie on the federal form and keep growing in defiance of the law.
He said Health Canada's handling of the issue has been "a joke" and the warning that law enforcement will be notified is vague.
Sensible BC campaign director Dana Larsen accused the government of reneging on promises of privacy for medical marijuana users.
"There are going to be some people who lie about it, absolutely," Larsen predicted.
"It puts patients in a difficult position where they have to lie to the government on an official form or defy the government and not send the form in."
He said it's unreasonable to force approved users to throw away "perfectly good medicine" under threat of prosecution and then buy more from new corporate dealers.
The order to destroy unused pot also applies to users who buy from other small growers designated to grow for them under the old system.
"It's putting a lot of fear into patients," Larsen said. "If they don't send this notice back or if it gets lost in the mail when they send it back, Health Canada is going to send cops to their door."
Larsen said a national protest is planned for April 1, when cannabis reform supporters will bombard Health Minister Rona Ambrose's office with phone calls and emails.
New commercial pot producers won't be allowed to supply medical marijuana dispensaries or compassion clubs.
That leaves Larsen, who operates a Vancouver dispensary, in the position of continuing to buy and sell illegally grown pot under the new rules.
"We're not really too worried about sourcing medicine for our patients," he said. "The City of Vancouver recently announced they intend to make dispensaries the lowest priority and not bother us."
Dana Larsen headed Sensible BC's marijuana reform petition last fall. It failed to get enough signatures to force a provincial referendum. Contributed photo.


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Sep 20th Horror Trivia Screening List
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Wow that looks pretty slick. Why is this the first time I am hearing about this on the internet?
Cool, and it's bloody too!
Saw it for the first time myself over the weekend, it was buried in the back of their vinyl. I'm a sucker for clear, color, dyed, or shaped vinyl...or a combination. :)
I get all sorts of cool stuff at Hot Topic. Mostly jewelry and other assorted crap. And I'm not shameful about it! I flaunt my Hot Topic love!
I dig through their clearance stuff (especially vinyl) and occasionally find something worthwhile. The rest of the store can go to hell.


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September 7, 2011
Offline Google Docs
When you're offline, Google Docs shows a simplified interface that only lists the documents and spreadsheets that are cached. You can only view them, so most of the features from Google Docs menus are disabled.
Just like the offline Gmail, Google Docs uses a different interface that can also be accessed when you're online if you go to: https://docs.google.com/offline/. "Offline access is available only for documents and spreadsheets. When you have Google Docs open and have an Internet connection, your most recently opened documents and spreadsheets will sync and become available offline. Presentations, drawings and other items are not currently available offline," explains Google.
Another downside is that you can't edit your documents and spreadsheets, a feature that was available in the Gears implementation.
Right now, offline Google Docs is very limited and can only be used to access some of your documents and spreadsheets. It's interesting to notice that the apps powered by Gears were a lot more powerful and worked in other browsers: Firefox, Safari, IE. Maybe Google shouldn't have deprecated Gears and disabled the features that used Gears until the HTML5 implementations were good enough.
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Don't see it yet here in the east, but very good news. This is an enormously complex undertaking, so I can understand the very slow and cautious implementations. Another couple of years before it's probably all ironed out. But you know, it's still free software.ReplyDelete
I am actually glad to see how slowly and carefully they seem to be re-implementing offline access. My experience with offline Gmail and Docs using Gears was just awful. Even when online, the component often made my web application completely hang. I probably could have sorted out the problems somehow, but after a few weeks of trying I just gave up on it. In contrast, offline Google apps on my Android phone have been flawless, right from the start. *That's* the experience I want on my desktop, and I'm happy to wait for it to be implemented.ReplyDelete
Thanks for your coverage of the progress - much appreciated!
This is indeed a very compelling feature.ReplyDelete
But I hope this time they're not going to disable this feature after everybody gets used to it, as they did last time!
- AnonymousSeptember 7, 2011 at 12:07 PM
Looks like I don't get the offline option on my Google Apps account but do on my Gmail account. That sounds about right.ReplyDelete
+Alex, I definitely hear your point about waiting to disable gears until the HTML5 option was ready. What do you think are the chances Google partly wanted to drive Chrome adoption?ReplyDelete
+Shannon, I enjoyed your insights and additional perspective -- thanks for sharing.
Interesting but not the best solution. It is probably easiest to set up local google doc synchronization using http://www.syncdocs.com/ and just edit your local copy. when you rejoin the net, things true up automatically.ReplyDelete
As I am sitting here unable to get at my DOCS with absolutely no response from docs.google.com I suppose this will be a must-have feature. But I really would prefer to be able to rely on the primary service.ReplyDelete
The irony of this release when Docs has gone down!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 7, 2011 at 3:27 PM
@"me" (Colin Lord) For Google Apps, the admin must enable the featureReplyDelete
Wow, awesome ... !!!ReplyDelete
frankly speaking i rarely use Google docs, maybe because the interface is not quit captivating enough..ReplyDelete
Google should make some improvement to match site like scribd , docstoc etc..
The gears version not only was supported by more browsers, but also provided a better functionality, but at least it's back.ReplyDelete