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5 Things to Watch for Thursday at the Olympics
(CNN) — Gymnastics once again takes center — or is it centre? — stage Thursday when the women compete in the individual all-around. Here's what to look for in that and other top events:
1) Gymnastics: A new queen
With world champion Jordyn Wieber excluded from the women's individual all-around competition because she finished fourth, but third among Americans, in a qualifying system that allows only two people per nation, the United States still has the favorite for gold. Gabby Douglas led the Americans to the team title when she finished second in the vault, third on the floor, fourth on the balance beam and sixth on the uneven bars. Viktoria Komova of Russia was the top scorer in the qualifying round. They will be matched against each other in first rotation along with Aly Raisman of the United States and Aliya Mustafina of Russia.
The individual all-around starts at 11:30 a.m. London time (6:30 a.m. ET)
2) Swimming: The second big showdown
Michael Phelps, the most famous U.S. swimmer ever, will be in Lane 3. Ryan Lochte, who was supposed to be one of the big winners in these Games, will be in Lane 4. It's the Showdown, part II. On Saturday, Lochte won the first head-to-head meeting between the two stars, though Phelps didn't even medal in the 400-meter individual medley. But Lochte also swims in the 200-meter backstroke final just a half hour before the 200-meter individual medley. Should Phelps win the event, he would be first male swimmer to accomplish the feat in three consecutive Olympics.
The 200-meter individual medley final starts at 8:19 p.m. London time (3:19 p.m. ET)
3) Equestrian: Ann Romney's horse set to take part in the Games
Ann Romney, wife of the soon-to-be Republican nominee, will be on hand to see her horse Rafalca compete in dressage. Mitt Romney will be traveling from Boston to Colorado for campaign events. Commentators seem to think the Republican candidate has a better chance in his race than Rafalca, ridden by Jan Ebeling, has in her event.
The individual dressage competition starts at 11 a.m. London time (6 a.m. ET) while Ebeling is scheduled to ride Rafalca about an hour later.
4) Volleyball: Battle of unbeatens
Men's world No.1 Brazil will face the United States in a rematch of the Beijing Games final, which the U.S. won in a thrilling four sets. Each side has won its first two matches without losing a set.
The match takes place at 8 p.m. London time (3 p.m. ET)
5) Table Tennis: They don't play to lose
While controversy may have hit the badminton courts, table tennis has rolled on. But world champ Zhang Jike has not been without his own controversy in the past. In 2004 he was bumped from the Chinese national team for violating team rules. He came back with a new attitude and now has a chance to become the fourth male grand slam winner. He plays Dimitrij Ovtcharov of Germany in one semifinal while countryman Wang Hao plays Chuang Chih-Yuan of Taiwan. The winners meet later in the day for the gold medal.
Table tennis semifinals begin at 10 a.m. London time (5 a.m. ET).
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NEW YORK (AP) — Accounting firm KPMG has resigned as the auditor for nutrition company Herbalife and shoe retailer Skechers after a rogue partner allegedly leaked information about the companies to someone who used it to trade stocks.
KPMG said it has fired the partner and has no reason to believe there were any problems with the financial reports of Herbalife or Skechers.
Skechers said KPMG told it that the ex-partner provided the inside information in exchange for money and is under federal investigation. An SEC spokesman declined to comment. A message left for the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles was not immediately returned.
KPMG confirmed media reports that the fired partner was Scott London, the executive in charge of the firm's audit practice in Southern California. It wasn't clear who he allegedly leaked information to. There was no answer at a home phone number listed for London.
The development is a headache for both Herbalife and Skechers. KPMG withdrew its recent audit reports of both companies, because it felt its own independence had been compromised.
David Weinberg, chief operating officer and chief financial officer of Skechers, was spending Tuesday looking for a new auditor. He learned the news Monday afternoon, when two KPMG employees came to tell him in person.
"I don't think it's catastrophic because we have the greatest confidence in the financial statements that were released and that he (the KPMG partner) acted alone," Weinberg said.
Still, he called the news "an unfortunate development" as the company prepares to report first-quarter earnings, and said he was shocked when he learned it. He didn't think there was anything he could do differently as he looks for a new auditor: "I don't know that it's up to me to give them a polygraph test," he said.
KPMG initially announced late Monday that it had fired a partner who had leaked private information about clients. It said then that it was resigning as auditor for two of its clients, but didn't identify them.
Herbalife and Skechers made their own announcements on Tuesday confirming that they were they companies involved.
KPMG sought to distance itself from the partner. In its statement, the firm said: "This individual violated the firm's rigorous policies and protections, betrayed the trust of clients as well as colleagues, and acted with deliberate disregard for KPMG's longstanding culture of professionalism and integrity."
Investors knew something was wrong when Herbalife shares failed to open along with the rest of the stock market Tuesday morning. Skechers did open as normal, but it was halted later in the morning.
Both stocks resumed trading later Tuesday, but with disparate results. Herbalife fell $1.44, or nearly 4 percent, to $36.95. Skechers rose 40 cents, or nearly 2 percent, to $21.91.
The development comes at an especially awkward time for Herbalife. Activist investor Bill Ackman has publicly attacked Herbalife, saying it distorts the financial information it gives to investors. His rival Carl Icahn has vehemently disagreed and has increased his stake in the company. In February, the dogfight boiled over into the public arena as Ackman and Icahn got in a shouting match on live television.
Herbalife has gone on the defensive against Ackman, disputing his characterization of the company and saying that Ackman wants to push the stock down for his own benefit.
Timothy Ramey, an analyst at D.A. Davidson & Co., downgraded Herbalife to neutral from buy. He noted that Tuesday's development was not Herbalife's fault, and said the fundamentals of the business were unchanged. Still, he said, the KPMG development could cause "heightened risk and volatility near-term."
"We assume the process of hiring a new auditor will go quickly - maybe days or weeks," Ramey wrote. "However, the new auditor will have to perform its own audit and re-establish its own review of financial controls. We estimate this process could take as long as a year - we guess HLF would be lucky to file their 2013 10-K on time."
Late Tuesday, Herbalife issued a statement saying it believes it is in compliance with New York Stock Exchange listing requirements and that it does not expect the exchange to take any actions toward delisting the company. It said it contacted the NYSE about its plans for replacing KPMG.
Los Angeles-based Herbalife sells energy drinks and stress management pills and recruits people to work as independent sales staffers. On its website, it promises to "change people's lives" either by the chance to sell Herbalife products, or the chance to take them.
Skechers, which is based outside of Los Angeles, is a well-known shoe seller.
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Opened in March 1919 as Keeney's Theatre. It was taken over by new owners in 1927 and renamed Keystone Theatre. A Marr & Colton organ was installed in the Keystone Theatre in 1928. By the early-1940's the Keystone Theatre was operated by Paramount Pictures Inc. through their subsidiary Frank Walker. The State Theatre was part of ABC Theaters of Pennsylvania, a Scranton-based chain, in the early-1970's.
It was demolished in 1978.
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If this is the CARLTON THEATRE, demoslished…I used to tap dance there. 1948-1950!!!!!!!!
The State Theatre was on the site of the Lycoming Opera House, a 1600-seat theater built in 1892 and destroyed by fire on May 31, 1915. Here is a pre-fire photo of the Lycoming Opera House, and here is a post-fire photo along with a picture of the stage before the fire.
It's possible that parts of the opera house auditorium were incorporated into the new theater on the site, which probably opened within a year or two of the fire. Boxoffice of June 6, 1977, ran a brief article about the State Theatre, saying it had closed on March 22 after operating for 85 years (which would be 1892, the year the opera house opened.) The 1975 photo from American Classic Images shows that the State had an entirely different entrance building than the old opera house, but the old photos don't show enough of the back of the building to determine whether or not any of the auditorium's original walls survived the fire.
The March, 1917, issue of club journal The Rotarian had an item about the opening that January of a theater in Williamsport called the Majestic. Given the timing, I wonder if this could have been the house that later became the State? However, it could also have been one of the other Williamsport houses, such as the Rialto or the Park, both of which look as though they could have been built around 1917.
The Keystone Theatre was updated in 1959. The June 22 issue of Boxoffice said the seats had been reupholstered and re-spaced, new lighting had been installed, and projection equipment had been upgraded to complement the new 36x50-foot screen. The renovated house would switch to a first-run policy, according to manager Bernard Cross. Though the Boxoffice item says nothing about a name change for the house, the State marquee in the ACM photo looks like it would date from about this time, so the Keystone might have been renamed the State at the time of the 1959 remodeling.
I just noticed kerfr1's comment of November 15, 2009, saying that the State had once been the Carlton Theatre. I've found many references in The Billboard about a Karlton Theatre in Williamsport during the 1930s and 1940s. It appears to have been primarily a legitimate house, with some live music events.
This recent article from the Sun-Gazette indicates that the Karlton was the former Majestic Theatre, and was at the southwest corner of Pine and West Church Streets, so kerfl1 must have conflated the Karlton with the State.
This extract from a book about Lycoming County says that the Majestic/Carlton was built in 1907 as the Family Theatre, became the Majestic in 1917, the Karlton in the 1930s, and was demolished in 1952, but I've found some conflicting information I'll have to check out. The house might have shown some movies in its early years, though.
The same book says that the State Theatre was demolished in 1978.
The State Theatre opened in March, 1919, as Keeney's Theatre. The announcement in the March 28 issue of The Film Daily said that the new theater occupied the site of the Lycoming Opera House.
Keeney's was taken over by new operators in late 1926, and renamed the Keystone Theatre prior to July 15, 1927.
Speaking of the Karlton Theatre in Williamsport, I went to see many movies there in the 1940's Also saw a touring production of "Oklahoma" there I believe in May of 1947.
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This is the home of Petaluma Pie Company, makers of sweet and savory pies made from wholesome, local and organic ingredients. Petaluma is one of California's oldest cities located in Sonoma County, just one hour north of San Francisco.
Whether you want Classic Apple and a comforting Organic Chicken Pot Pie or Curried Cauliflower with Chickpeas and a Banana Cream Pie, Petaluma Pie Company probably has the pie for you!
Petaluma was once known for it's chickens, having been called the "Egg Capital of the World" and "The World's Egg Basket". We serve pies for lunch, pies for dessert and pies to take home for dinner. Our menu changes seasonally and is updated online. Our blog also announces when new items are available. Stop in for lunch or order a box lunch for your office or meeting.
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CANNES, France (AP) — Jean-Luc Godard is back.
And the 83-year-old godfather of the French "new wave" showed he hasn't lost any of his ability to provoke — socking Cannes with an opaque, intellectual tirade against the superficialities of modern culture and the impossibility of communication in the 3-D film, "Goodbye to Language." That, and a dog called Roxy.
Some audience members on Wednesday shrugged in confusion, others whooped and cheered as the 70-minute film collage spat out jarring images, disturbing audio, and near-unfathomable references to Hitler, the French Revolution and the Russian dissident intellectual, Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
An often naked couple in the film can't communicate properly with each other because the man keeps visiting the toilet and loudly defecating. In the credits, it's the French deconstructionist Jacques Derrida who figures instead of, say, a regular producer or director of photography.
If this all sounds too much, at times it was.
But this, his 39th feature, pulled it together through humor. Godard had the audience in fits of laughter — playing with 3-D technology by blurring up two different images in the same shot, forcing viewers to take off their glasses in frustration.
Godard also dished out light relief courtesy of the main protagonist: the confused, long-snouted Roxy who rolls around in the snow — played by his real-life dog, Mieville. Roxy doesn't seem to understand the human world, and neither does the filmmaker.
Has the man who gave the world Brigitte Bardot's "Contempt" mellowed a little in his old age?
Godard didn't attend the red carpet premiere of his own film.
But this seemed strangely appropriate, like all was right in the universe. After all, this is the man who's been shunning consumerist culture for the past seven decades.
Instead, he recorded a video message: "Thank you for inviting me to climb your 24 majestic steps ... But you know I am no longer, and have no longer been for a long time, part of distribution."
"This is not a film, although it's my best one ... And I am no longer where you think I am. In fact, I am following other paths," the message continued.
With Mieville as well as the filmmaker missing from the event, perhaps the path to which he referred was simply one in a park where the world's most famous auteur was just walking his dog.
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Review: Panamonte Reserva XXV
Posted by Arctic Wolf on March 1, 2012
The Panamonte Reserva XXV is a new well aged Panamanian rum from PANAMONTE BRANDS. This is a molasses based rum produced from sugar cane grown and distilled in Las Cabras de Pese. The rum is very special, as every drop of the Panamonte Reserva XXV rum has been aged for a minimum of 25 years in used bourbon casks. It was handcrafted by Master Blender, Francisco "Don Pancho" Fernandez Perez. In case you are not familiar with Don Pancho, I should mention that he has built up quite an impressive track record of late, helping to bring to the market two of my more favoured rums, Panama Red 108 and Zafra Master Reserve.
I received my sample bottle of the Panamonte Reserva directly from Panamonte Brands shortly after the New Year. I immediately placed the bottle on my review shelf, and now I have completed the review.
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"… As the glass sits, the impact of the oak gains momentum and stains all of the scents with its presence. The orange peel moves to marmalade; the brown sugars move to dark rich toffee; and the pungent spices move to smells of deep dark tobacco… "
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More Mayo 1-and-Done Nonsense…Posted by rtmsf on May 14th, 2008
We keep reading all of these arguments in light of the OJ Mayo controversy about how the 1-and-done rule is a joke, about how it punishes the athletes, about how it makes unwitting (or is it witting?) accomplices of the schools in the whole charade, about how peace and prosperity and all things good and holy are tied into the elimination of this silly rule… and we stop and wonder. Why the uproar? Actually, what we meant to say is, why the uproar now?
If all of these pundits maligning the 1-and-done rule haven't noticed, OJ Mayo isn't the first kid who was being handled by an agent throughout his college career, and guess what, he won't be the last. We already know that Rodney Guillory was handling Jeff Trepagnier and Tito Maddox in the early 2000s, well before the 1-and-done rule was implemented. We know that Reggie Bush played at USC for three collegiate years and the agents still got their hooks into him. If writers such as this guy, or this guy, or this guy, really believe that by letting the Lebrons and KGs and Odens go pro straight out of HS eliminates the problem with agents and runners contacting and influencing college players, then LOLOLOLOL on them.
Their complaints aren't flat wrong, but they're misattributed. Why? Because there are players right now on nearly every major D1 school across the country who have been contacted by and have talked to agents. Guaranteed. Some of them have probably taken a few gifts here and there. Does eliminating the handful of 1-and-dones from college campuses each year solve that problem? Not at all. The agents will then just focus on the next tier of college players – the Chris Douglas-Robertses, the Deron Wiliamses, the Jordan Farmars. The problem isn't solved, it's merely shifted.
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Look, here's our point. The 1-and-done rule is stupid for certain, but it's not stupid because of the OJ Mayo problem. It's stupid because it places all of the risk on the players and colleges for the benefit of the NBA evaluation process. Nevertheless, it's not going anywhere until 2011, and early indications are that Comandante Stern wants to tack another year onto the age minimum and the NBAPA is unlikely to battle that point. So then we'll have 2-and-dones, which isn't all that dissimilar from the NFL rule currently in existence (3 yrs). But whether there's a 1-year rule, 2-year rule, 3-year rule or 4-year rule, the problem begins with the corrupt and criminal AAU basketball system in this country and the agents that feed off of it. These folks will not remove their grimy hands from the pockets of college basketball until there are no longer players on which they think they can ride to fortune. In other words, never. While there have been dozens of players drafted in the first round in the preps-to-pros era (the current 1-and-dones), there were far more early-entry sophomores and juniors over that same period. It won't go away, no matter what these people are saying (well, at least one commentator gets it).


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Canon EOS C300 Mark II Full Day Workshop for Production Professionals
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As space is limited, please only sign up for one of the workshop's days, and if you are no longer able to make it please notify us as soon as possible so your seat can be filled by another participant.
The Canon Hollywood Professional Technology and Support Center invites you to attend an exclusive one-day intensive workshop with the new EOS C300 Mark II digital cinema camera. Designed for industry professionals and taught by renowned tech guru and cinematographer, Suny Behar, this session is designed to get you up to speed quickly on the EOS C300 Mark II by providing you with the necessary and vital information for using one on your next production.
From unboxing to post, Suny Behar will demonstrate the strengths of the EOS C300 Mark II, as well as give an unbiased and straightforward look at the complete Cinema EOS system. Suny Behar's experience and working knowledge with a wide range of cameras gives him the unique perspective to place the EOS C300 Mark II in its optimal place on any production.
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HasbroToyShop has these in stock again for anyone looking for more. Use the Comic2006 coupon to make the price a little easier to swallow.
Same here with me Diddly, I've not found a single ENdor Figure yet... Sucks but whatcha gonna do? Our area is getting repacks with red holos, and the Epic Battles Wave... THat's it for the most part. Endor only hit sporatically and I saw most of what the area got at the last local Toy Show. Oh joy.I'm still looking for DSG's though. That figure looks pretty spiffy.
And I'm still at zero... I'm hoping for 20 or more though, it's a dandy figure. The Sandtrooper was easier to find for me (thus far) which is really kind of funny to me.Endor's barely landed here though at all, so I'm just biding my time. They'll show.
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The Ultimate Halloween Party Roundup: Menus, Party Ideas, and Inspiration from Around the Web
Everyone seems to be in a spooky Halloween spirit this year! There is a lot of fabulous inspiration for Halloween tricks, treats, menus, and parties around the blogosphere, and we're rounding up some of our favorites here. Whether your taste runs to old-fashioned and wholesome, or to the seriously creepy, there's something for you here.
Here's a look over some of the guides and menus assembled by some of our favorite magazines, websites, and bloggers.
- Amy Atlas - An entire table of inspiring treats and not-too-creepy decor from blog darling Amy Atlas.
- Amy Atlas - Check out recipes for more Halloween treats on Amy's blog; she has witch hat desserts and stained glass Halloween cookies up there now.
- Gourmet - The tragically moribund Gourmet goes out with a couple of great menus for Halloween goodies. Try the menu that includes this devils food cake with a spiderweb, or some of these grownup desserts for a spooky soiree.
- Martha Stewart - Martha outdoes herself (as always!) and has a full-on spread for 30. This pumpkin bowl is particularly charming.
- Better Homes and Gardens - A "ghoulish Gothic Halloween" full of good ideas for serving food in creepy ways, like this birdcage cheese platter and customized bottles.
- Better Homes and Gardens - More great ideas from BHG, this time for a more old-fashioned (and family-friendly) party.
- CHOW - Here's a sexy vampire spread from CHOW, with great food that happens to be non-cheesy, like Barbarossa Punch and bacon-wrapped squash bites. (With a toothpick-stake through their heart...get it?)
- Country Living - Country Living's massive Halloween archive includes these great table settings. Also check out their amazing medieval Halloween.
- Eddie Ross - Eddie produced a massively impressive Halloween Block Party for HGTV last July, and he's giving sneak peeks behind the scenes now. We especially like this cider and doughnut station, and the spooky crudites.
- Bon Appetit - Cute cupcakes from BA's Halloween guide. Also check out their bleeding cupcakes.
What's been inspiring your Halloween party plans this year?
More Halloween party inspiration from The Kitchn:
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Rhino Records, one of L.A.'s iconic music retail locations, will be resurrected May 17-31 near its original Westwood Boulevard location as a temporary "pop-up" store to benefit a local charity.
Founded in 1973, the Rhino store was a funky, fun-loving nexus for hipsters and collectors. It moved to a larger location on Westwood and diversified into the collectibles market before closing in January 2006.
Outlet's namesake label, a high-profile imprint for licensed compilations, was acquired by Warner Music Group in the late '90s. As Rhino Entertainment, it serves as WMG's catalog division today.
Store founder Richard Foos, now chief executive officer at catalog label Shout! Factory, is reopening Rhino at 1740 Westwood Blvd., three doors down from its original location. One of the store's former managers, Sam Epstein, will oversee the temporary outlet.
Several special events, including an old-timers day, are planned. Foos said singer-songwriter Emitt Rhodes' 60s band the Merry-Go-Round will reunite for an in-store performance.
It should be like the old Rhino," Foos said. "We're bringing back the spirit of the old store."
Proceeds from the pop-up shop will be donated to Chrysalis Enterprises, a local non-profit that provides employment for the homeless and economically disadvantaged, street maintenance and recycling services.
Foos is moving to New York and will continue to head Shout! Factory on a bi-coastal basis, with partners Bob Emmer and brother Garson Foos running the L.A. office. He is contributing his own collection to the Rhino shop, and is seeking merchandise from labels and private citizens. Shout! Factory and the Rhino label have already donated product.
We've got about 30,000 pieces so far, and we're looking for 100,000."


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Top This: DIY Sparkly Monogram Tree Topper
Our current tree topper was definitely not the right shade. I always loved using the letter but the academic looking font never did anything for me so I thought I'd try to make a version from scratch.
You will need: heavy cardstock or thin cardboard, newspaper, scotch tape, an exacto knife, flour, water, spray adhesive, glitter and time.
I started by print out two copies of a letter I had drawn on my computer (or you could draw it free hand) and cutting them out. You want them to be as similar as possible. Then using the same paper I printed on, I cut up some 2 inch strips to use as the supports to turn this 2D 'S' to 3D.
Obviously I went with something a bit more swirly and complicated. If you decide to go with a more simple shape, the whole process is a lot easier. Fans of Helvetica, unite!
Taping the strips so the letter shapes to make it 3D is the most difficult part. You'll use a lot of tape. Mine looked kind of like a hot mess when I was done. Thats okay because I was just covering it all up but if you wanted to do something more streamlined (like a simple coat of paint) you would need to be more careful about making the edges smooth.
Now comes the messy part. Mix up a batch of paper mache (i used equal parts flour and water) and rip up a section of your Sunday paper. Dip the newspaper in the paper mache and apply it to your letter so that the entire cardboard 'skeleton' is covered except for a small hole in the bottom to allow for the top branch of the tree to be inserted. Now let dry.
I was hoping to have this done in a day but that wasn't in the cards. You need to let the paper mache completely dry and it took a few days here. Fast forward to magically dry and more structurally sound letter S. Now the sparkly part - I mixed up a batch of silver and blue glitter, sprayed the whole thing with spray adhesive and glittered it up. Let dry.
Voila! Sparkly tree topper ready to go. And if you are like me and happen to have a little stash of glitter laying around, this project can cost you zero dollars and zero cents. Huzzah!
Now that we're all topped off, time for balls!
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By Dan Levene at the Amsterdam ArenA
As the blue ticker tape rained down on the Amsterdam ArenA, it was impossible not to be swept along with the moment.
The DJ played through our anthems of yesteryear - Blue Is The Colour, Blue Day, the manic pogo-inspiring rock-steady beat of Madness' One Step Beyond - and people of all ages partied.
Yes, the Europa League may have been second best - the 'losers trophy' if you're being harsh - but it was one of those moments of which Chelsea supporters of a certain vintage could once only dream.
At one stage I saw what I thought was a hen party until I realised every one of the ladies involved was brandishing at least one item on their person bearing the blue lion rampant.
Passion was undimmed, with people living in the moment. But almost all took time to mention the far bigger celebration that was Munich.
Earlier in the ground itself, the two goals and lifting of the cup aside, it was Benfica's fans who largely outshone their rivals. Desperate, lest we forget, for a victory after six consecutive defeats in European finals (this would be their seventh).
The Europa League final did seem to attract a younger than normal crowd, be it down to the location, the lack of cynicism about the game in general, or the sheer stamina required to still be in the running at this end of a slog of a season.
And those younger, through no fault of their own, are more familiar with the success that has become almost commonplace in the almost 10 years since a man called Roman Abramovich walked into our club and said (in the words of the Harry Enfield spoof): "I'll take it."
The shift towards youth means Chelsea now have a growing group of supporters for whom a Europa League win may seem blase. And that highlights the achievements that have been made in that time.
Abramovich has, we are well aware, turned what was for many a music hall joke into one of the biggest names in world football.
It's not been all his work – names like Terry, Lampard, Drogba, Cech, Mourinho, Ancelotti and plenty more besides – can take equal credit. But we all know that, for the most part, one begat the other: and that most of the best nights we've experienced over that period have been thanks to him.
He hasn't changed our culture, but he has added an aspect of achievement that has made it incredibly attractive to a lot more people. And you could say much the same about the money the Premier League has brought into English football in general.
That is not to say Chelsea had 'no history' (as the charge goes) in this area before the Rubles came; the first English side ever to qualify for Europe (even if the FA wouldn't let us go in 1955); winners of the Cup Winners' Cup in 1971 (two years before Liverpool first won a European trophy) and 1998.
Back in those days, to qualify for a competition by dint of, say, being Wembley losers (as the Blues did in 1994) was seen as a triumph.
But the bar has been raised by a decade of being a mainstay of the Champions League (which of course goes back to before the arrival of Abramovich – though it has surely been sustained by the elevation to the level he helped the club reach).
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And it is Uefa, for all their folly, who make these rules - with the side that successfully negotiates all the hurdles rightly calling themselves Champions.
So the celebration was undimmed - the beer flowed in Amsterdam; as did the champagne. But every fan will know, celebrating as much or little as they like, that this is not now enough for a club of Chelsea's pedigree.
There was a feeling, expressed by countless rational non-tin-hat-wearing Chelsea fans not long ago, that the club would never be permitted to win the Champions League.
The depth of refereeing wrongdoing felt like a Uefa-imposed penalty upon a club seen by some as not worthy of the title of Champions of Europe. Which was, of course nonsense: as was seen on May 19 2012 - the greatest day in our history.
In winning the unwinnable, Roberto Di Matteo raised the bar so high as to effectively do himself out of a job. Now Chelsea are at another crossroads. A new manager will be announced shortly. And he will know exactly what the requirements are.
The past decade has been a privilege to see first hand – as all fans who have been there will doubtless agree. But Chelsea have moved on to a decade which the status and being of the club demands must deliver even greater success.
For those reasons there can be nothing wrong with celebrating the 'losers trophy', as we all did in Amsterdam: but there can equally be no aspiration to ever be anywhere near that trophy again.
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VH1 Casts Lil Mama As Left Eye in TLC Movie
Even if it's half as good as the TLC Behind the Music, it'll be a masterpiece.
VH1 has found its TLC in Keke Palmer, Lil Mama, and Drew Sidora, who have been cast in the upcoming made-for-TV biopic about the iconic nineties trio, the network announced today. Palmer, who broke out in 2006's Akeelah and the Bee and then starred in Nickelodeon's True Jackson, will play Chilli; singer, rapper, and judge on America's Best Dance Crew Lil Mama will play Left Eye; and Sidora, who co-starred in Step Up, will play T-Boz. Crazy, Sexy, Cool: The TLC Story starts filming next month, and we'll be listening to "Creep" pretty much on repeat until this movie comes out.


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Sprouts Farmers Market to open in Aurora
Sprouts Farmers Market plans to open a store in Aurora next summer.
The specialty natural foods grocer has leased 26,000 square feet in The Gardens on Havana Shopping Center at South Havana Street and East Mississippi Avenue.
Miller Weingarten Realty is developing The Gardens on Havana, formerly Buckingham Square Mall, as a mixed-use, pedestrian-oriented outdoor shopping center. Target and Kohl's are the project's anchor tenants.
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By Ben Blanchard
BEIJING (Reuters) - Where other top Chinese leaders can only stand around and look awkward in the presence of English-speaking dignitaries, premier-in-waiting Li Keqiang stands out for his casual and disarming command of the language.
Li's English skills say more about the man who will run the world's second-largest economy than just an ability to schmooze U.S. CEOs and European prime ministers - they were learned as a part of a surprisingly liberal university education.
Over three decades ago, Vice Premier Li entered prestigious Peking University, a member of the storied "class of '77" who passed the first higher education entrance exams held after Mao Zedong's convulsive Cultural Revolution, which had effectively put university education on hold.
More than any other Chinese party leader until now, Li, 57, was immersed in the intellectual and political ferment of the following decade of reform under Deng Xiaoping, which ended in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests that were crushed by troops.
As a student at Peking University, Li befriended ardent pro-democracy advocates, some of whom later became outright challengers to party control. His friends included activists who went into exile after the June 1989 crackdown.
He was caught up in the fervor of political and economic reform, helping translate "The Due Process of Law" by Lord Denning, the famed English jurist, into Chinese.
Li arrived at university in early 1978 from Anhui province in eastern China, dirt-poor farming country where his father was an official and where he was sent to toil in the fields during the Cultural Revolution.
He chose law, a discipline silenced for years as a reactionary pursuit and in the late 1970s still steeped in Soviet-inspired doctrines.
In a brief memoir of his time at university, Li paid tribute to Gong Xiangrui, one of the few Chinese law professors schooled in the West to survive Mao's purges, and recalled the heady atmosphere of the time.
"I was a student at Peking University for close to a decade, while a so-called 'knowledge explosion' was rapidly expanding," Li wrote in an essay published in a 2008 book.
"I was searching for not just knowledge, but also to mould a temperament, to cultivate a scholarly outlook."
But while classmates headed off to policy research, independent activism and even outright dissent, Li struck a more cautious course, abandoning ideas of study abroad and climbing the Communist Party's Youth League, then a reformist-tinged ladder to higher office.
He rose in the Youth League while completing a master's degree in law and then an economics doctorate under Professor Li Yining, a well-known advocate of market reforms.
In 1998, he was sent to Henan province, a poor and restless belt of rural central China, rising to become party secretary for two years. In late 2004, he was made party chief of Liaoning, a rustbelt province striving to attract investment and reinvent itself as a modern industrial heartland.
He was named to the powerful nine-member party Standing Committee in 2007.
Li's patron, President Hu Jintao, began his tenure as leader with promises of respecting the law and constitution. But his government has since overseen a crackdown on dissent that resorted to widespread extra-judicial detentions.
Today, Li appears more at ease in small groups than in public. Businessmen and academics say they have been impressed with his diligent studies of policy.
After nearly a decade in power, Hu and Premier Wen Jiabao are due to retire from their party posts at the party congress which opens on Thursday and from the presidency and premiership in 2013.
Li's ascent will mark an extraordinary rise for a man who as a youth worked on a commune in Anhui's Fengyang County - notoriously poor even for Mao's time and one of the first places to quietly revive private bonuses in farming in the late 1970s. By the time he left, Li was a Communist Party member and secretary of his production brigade.
In spite of his liberal past, Li's elevation is unlikely to bring much change on the political front, where reforms would require more unified support for any serious change.
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Piolet d'Or 2011, winners, diversity and the challenges of alpinism
Two Piolets d'Or were awarded on 15 April in Chamonix, France, during the IXX Piolet d'Or 2011: to the Greenland Big Walls by Sean Villanueva, Nicolas and Olivier Favresse, Ben Ditto and Bob Shepton and to the ascent up Mount Logan in Canada by Yasushi Okada and Katsutaka Yokoyama from Japan. On 16 April in Courmayeur the British mountaineer Doug Scott received the Lifetime Achievement Award from Walter Bonatti who, like Reinhold Messner, had preceded him in the Hall of Fame. The complete report.


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New Cubs broadcaster delivers wit & wisdom
After listening to and talking with Jim Deshaies for a little while Wednesday, there was no doubt: This guy indeed is a lefty.
"That's accurate," Deshaies said after being introduced to the Chicago media as the Cubs' new TV analyst. "I'm very left-handed."
As a fellow left-hander, I get it. We southpaws are a little south of normal.
For Cubs fans, that's good news as telecasts of Cubs games for the next few years should be a lot of fun. Deshaies, a former pitcher, agreed to a four-year deal to broadcast Cubs games on WGN and Comcast SportsNet alongside play-by-play man Len Kasper.
Since 2005, Kasper and Bob Brenly developed a great chemistry in the booth, and all parties agreed that finding a good match for Kasper was important.
"We really wanted to find someone who would blend well with Len, and his help was terrific here," said Crane Kenney, the Cubs' president of business operations. "We have all those in Jim. I think anybody who knows Jim's work would agree with us that his work is just absolutely at the top of the game.
"In getting to know Jim through some dinners and some calls, we really got to see why it is people love him so much, and why the people in Houston were so upset about his leaving."
Indeed, Deshaies built up quite a following in Houston, and he likened his departure to "breaking up the band."
After all, the 52-year-old Deshaies pitched for the Astros from 1985-91 and broadcast their games since 1997.
WGN's Bob Vorwald led the search for Brenly's replacement, and instead of going with an analyst with Cubs connections, such as Todd Hollandsworth or Eric Karros, he went with Deshaies.
"This guy has a great reputation," Vorwald said. "He's a guy I'd see on the other side of the glass (the next booth) and how he goes about his business and somebody in whom we were really intrigued and wanted to get to know.
"We brought him up here, and he did everything right in this process."
Brenly won over many Cubs fans with his blunt style, which could be biting when the Cubs had a bad record, such as this year's 61-101 mark.
Deshaies described himself as honest and fair but used an anecdote to illustrate how he understands the need to be critical when it's warranted.
"That's the cool thing about Chicago. Everybody is into the Cubs," Deshaies said, explaining his encounter with a fan working behind a rental car counter. "I'm checking in at the rental car, and the lady is helping me out. I slide my license in and say, 'Jim Deshaies.'
"The guy over here, the other cashier, his eyes pop up: 'I just heard you on the radio. You got to be critical here.'
"I said, 'it's OK.'"
At the same time, Deshaies and Vorwald said no pressure has come from the Cubs to soft-pedal criticism.
"I can tell you honestly that I have never had or been in a conversation -- and this goes back to Stoney (Steve Stone) and Chip (Caray) -- where we told the announcers what they could or couldn't say," Vorwald said, referring to past Cubs TV announcers.
"Quite frankly, you want somebody who's frank because otherwise the fans are going to see right through that. You want somebody who is genuine, who is what they are."
The Astros have moved from the National League to the American League, but Deshaies said that played no part in his leaving Houston.
"I actually had come around to being enthused about going to some different cities," he said. "You get one rodeo, right? You live once. Have some fun. Enjoy the journey. But when this (Chicago) came up, it's a little better rodeo. Change is good.
"Crane talked about the Cubs, the passion of the Cub fans. I get that. It's so much fun to be in a city where baseball is relevant regardless of what kind of year the team is having.
"This place is a baseball-mad environment. The Astro guy had a hard time leaving Houston. The baseball guy says this is the place to be."
•Bruce Miles will have more interesting tidbits from Jim Deshaies on the Daily Herald's baseball blog, Chicago's Inside Pitch.


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QUESTION: Is a breastfeeding promotion intervention shown to increase duration and exclusivity of breast feeding associated with lower infant weight and length?
Cluster randomised (cluster allocation concealed), unblinded, controlled trial with 12 months of follow up.
32 maternity hospitals and their affiliated clinics in Belarus.
Mother-infant pairs were enrolled if the mother intended to breast feed, had no illnesses contraindicating breast feeding, and had given birth to a healthy, singleton infant who had a gestational age ≥37 weeks, birth weight ≥2500 g, and a 5 minute Apgar score ≥5. 17 046 mother-infant pairs were enrolled, and 16 471 (97%) completed follow up. 31 sites were included in the analysis (1 site was omitted because data were falsified).
Study sites were allocated to an intervention based on the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) (n=16) or to standard care (control) (n=15). The intervention involved training midwives, nurses, and physicians in the BFHI lactation management course, which emphasised methods to maintain lactation, promote exclusive and prolonged breast feeding, and solve common problems.
Main outcome measures
Weight, body length, and head circumference measured at 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months of follow up.
Main results
Analysis was by intention to treat. Infants in the intervention group were more likely to be breast fed than infants in the control group during their first 12 months and were more likely to be exclusively breast fed at 3 months (43% v 6.4% p<0.001). Mean body weight was greater in the intervention group than in the control group at 1 month; the difference increased through 3 months, declined somewhat thereafter, and disappeared by 12 months (table). Body length followed a similar overall pattern as weight (table). The groups did not differ for head circumference at any time during follow up.
A breastfeeding promotion intervention shown to increase duration and exclusivity of breast feeding was not associated with deficits in weight or length during the first year of life.
In this study by Kramer et al, the long held view that prolonged and exclusive breast feeding is a causal factor in reduced infant growth is tested. This is the first study to look at this association using a randomised controlled trial design. Previous studies had used observational designs, which had problems such as selection bias, reverse causality, and confounding effects.
The investigators took the opportunity to examine infant growth after exposure to a breastfeeding promotion intervention. The authors caution that infant growth measurements were assessed independently by each of the 32 clusters of study participants and were not standardised. This approach introduces a potential source of random error, particularly when assessing parameters such as infant length where measurements vary, even when using the same technique.
Even with a cluster randomisation strategy, some interaction (contamination) between study sites could exist. Chiefs of Obstetrics at sites not randomised to the intervention likely had some awareness about the WHO/UNICEF BFHI, but the increase in breastfeeding practice at the intervention sites clearly shows the effectiveness of the study intervention.
Although one of the 32 study sites was excluded from the analyses because data were falsified, a mechanism was in place to correlate the study data sheets with maternal records and interviews at the study sites. Overall, strong agreement between the study data sheets and hospital records was shown in the remaining sites.
The importance of randomised trials in uncovering sources of bias associated with observational studies is clear. When data were analysed by reconstructing the groups according to breastfeeding practices and ignoring randomisation, the findings supported previous observational studies, suggesting that exclusive breast feeding slowed growth.
Although the findings relate to the Belarus population, they are also relevant for maternal child nurses in higher income countries of the West. Strong evidence is provided that exclusive and prolonged breast feeding in healthy humans will enhance infant growth during the first 3 months of life and that growth patterns during the first year will not be affected. This evidence should instil confidence into practitioners and parents alike that exclusive breast feeding is sufficient for optimal infant growth.
For correspondence: Dr M S Kramer, McGill University Faculty of Medicine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. michael.kramer{at}mcgill.ca
Sources of funding: Thrasher Research Fund; the National Health Research and Development Program (Health Canada); UNICEF.
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Want Barkbusters or SW-MOTECH KOBRA handguards and a Kaoko Cruise Control? We've got you covered with this cruise control from Kaoko!
Why You Should Have a Kaoko Throttle Lock Cruise Control
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- Greatly reduces rider fatigue and strain on hand and wrist
- While cruising, rider is able to remove hand from throttle grip, throttle opening will remain as set
- Very simple to operate, even with heavy winter gloves
- High quality, compact and durable design, super smooth action
- Takes less than 5 minutes to fit
- Very little maintenance is required
- Less wear and tear on throttle cables and linkages
For the following motorcycles:
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Climate Research
Here is a study done on the interaction between heat waves and the urban heat island effect - detailing the additional impacts that heat waves take on cities. ------
Here is a report on 21st century heat waves, It explains how heat waves are going to be "more intense, more frequent, and longer lasting."
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Heat is the number one weather-related killer.
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Of all weather and climate extremes, heat waves are among the most well-understood consequences of global warming.
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Heat is the number one weather-related killer. The first heat wave of the season hits the body hard because it takes time to get acclimated to the rise in temperatures. Then, when temperatures don't drop off much at night, it doesn't give the body an opportunity to recover. Another heat related health issue is air quality. As ozone levels continue to rise from greenhouse gas emissions, so do our number of days with poor air quality. This is particularly dangerous to the elderly, children and asthmatics.
Of all weather and climate extremes, heat waves are among the most well-understood consequences of global warming. Studies have shown that global warming made the deadly 2003 European heat wave more likely to occur, as well as the record-shattering 2010 Russian heat wave.
In this alert, we charted the rise in number of days with 90 degrees or higher for the Duluth area. We also included 2 interactive links for your social media use. When you drag your mouse over each dot, it will give the specific number of 90 degree days or higher for that exact year.
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Most Popular TV Tuner: SiliconDust HDHomeRun Plus
Getting live, free, broadcast TV on your computer isn't difficult—you just need the right TV tuner to get the job done. Last week we asked you for your favorites, then looked at the five best TV tuner cards (or peripherals.) Now we're back to highlight your favorite.


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Funfetti & Beyond! 15 Birthday Cake & Cupcake Recipes
It's Birthday Week at The Kitchn, and if it's your birthday, you're in luck — it's all birthday cake today! We're swinging in with our favorite birthday cakes and cupcakes — sweet, pretty, and candle-ready. We have fudgy chocolate cakelets, and a Funfetti cake (from scratch!). There's strawberry milk cake, and a hot pink raspberry cake too. We have the perfect fluffy yellow butter cake, ready for your fudge frosting, an orange vegan cake, and deliciously light and fluffy gluten-free cupcakes. Read on for these and more — our favorite birthday treats from the archives.
• 1 Funfetti Cake From Scratch - The classic favorite, but from scratch not a box.
• 2 Quick Yellow Cake - A simple, 10-minute yellow cake that's light and fluffy.
• 3 Root Beer Chocolate Bundt Cake - A quick and simple chocolate bundt cake.
• 4 Strawberry Milk Cake - A pink cake!
• 5 Hot Pink Raspberry Cake - And another pink cake!
• 6 Dark Chocolate Cake - A perfect little chocolate cake for layering.
• 7 Cuatro Leches Cake - Sweet and decadent.
• 8 Vegan Sticky Orange Cake with Marmalade Glaze - Deliciously sticky.
• 9 Dark and Damp Molasses Cake - A dark, different sort of cake.
• 10 Carrot Sheet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting - Carrot cake for a crowd!
• 11 Airy Angel Food Cupcakes - Extra-light cupcakes.
• 12 Boston Cream Cupcakes - Stuffed with pastry cream.
• 13 Gluten-Free Strawberry Cupcakes - Fruity and gluten-free.
• 14 Fudgy Chocolate Cakelets - Fudgy, chocolate, dark.
• 15 Chocolate Chip Cookie-Stuffed Yellow Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Icing - Cupcakes stuffed with cookie dough! Crazy!
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The finest collection of original art from the Golden Age of American comic books belongs to Jerry Robinson, the talented and thoughtful artist from the early days of Batman. Many pieces from his astounding archive were plucked from studio trash bins back in the 1940s when he was a young artist in a new publishing sector.
Since Februrary, some of the finest of those artifacts have been at the Skirball Cultural Center in an exhibit called "ZAP! POW! BAM! The Superhero: The Golden Age of Comic Books, 1938–1950" that is a must-see for fans of American pop-culture, especially now in this era of super-hero cinema. Here's the blurb from the museum directory:
Included with Museum admission (tickets at the door): $10 General; $7 Seniors and Full-Time Students; $5 Children 2–12; Free to Members and Children under 2; Free to all on Thursdays
Through never-before exhibited art and objects culled from private and institutional collections, "ZAP! POW! BAM! The Superhero: The Golden Age of Comic Books, 1938-1950" explores the genesis of cultural icons such as Superman, Batman, Captain Marvel, and Wonder Woman. In the midst of the economic and political turmoil of the 1930s and 1940s, comic books offered America champions who shaped the values of an entire generation. ZAP! POW! BAM! examines the creative processes and influences that drove young Jewish artists to express their talents through the storylines and art of comic books. The exhibition features rare vintage artwork and books, 1940s Hollywood movie serials, and colorful interactive displays including a drawing studio, a newsstand, a vintage Batmobile ride, and stations that allow children to dress up as Superheroes or transform themselves via a quick costume change in a telephone booth. Guest curator Jerry Robinson brings a long history as a comic book industry insider to the exhibition. Working with Batman co-creators Bob Kane and Bill Finger, Robinson named Robin, Batman's young protégé. Robinson also co-created The Joker, Batman's nemesis and one of the first Super-Villains.
I give the exhibit my highest recommendation (the only bad thing about it is the corny name) and hope i get a chance to drop by for a second visit before it moves on. If I could have any piece in the collection for my own home? Tough question but I'd pick either Fred Ray's iconic cover art to "Superman" No. 14, shown above, or Robinson's brilliant cover to "Detective Comics" No. 69, shown below, which shows a spectral Joker materializing out of the stygian darkness with two guns and a malicious cackle. It's a rare treat to see these pieces up close and one you shouldn't miss.
— Geoff Boucher
VIDEO: The Joker: Jerry Robinson reflects on a pop-culture wild card
Jerry Robinson tells the colorful tale of meeting Bob Kane
Life imitates comics: Bernie Madoff as the Joker
The Joker, the unfunny history of a classic character
Heath Ledger's Oscar will not go to his parents after all
Christopher Nolan dissects his favorite scene in "Dark Knight"
Golden Age flashback: Marvel Comics house ads
CREDITS: Artwork courtesy of Jerry Robinson and the Skirball. Chracters trademarks of DC Comics.


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From today's Washington Post:
U.S. children's caloric intake falls slightly; adults cut down on fast food
Patrick T. Fallon/BLOOMBERG – Caloric intake by American children and adolescents is down slightly, and adults have cut fast-food calories.
The intake of calories by American children and adolescents has dropped slightly over the past decade, the first decline in more than 40 years. A decrease in sugar consumption appears to be driving the trend.
In recent years there has also been a slight drop in the fraction of daily calories that American adults get from fast food. But among some groups — young black adults, people in low-income families — fast-food consumption remains high and unchanged.
Those are among the findings of the federal government's periodic look at Americans' health, the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).
"I think there's some potential good news here," said Cynthia L. Ogden, who oversaw two studies released Thursday by theNational Center for Health Statistics.
From 1999 through 2010, the average intake for boys age 2 to 19 declined to 2,100 from 2,260 calories per day. For girls, the decline was to 1,760 calories from 1,830 calories. Previously, daily caloric intake had been rising since the 1960s.
The percentage of calories from protein increased over the past 12 years, and the percentage of calories from fat did not change. What did change was the consumption of carbohydrates. It fell by 1 percent in boys and girls.
"The survey didn't look at sugar specifically. But other studies suggest that a decrease in carbohydrates is due to a decrease in added sugar," Ogden said.
From 2007 to 2010, adult Americans (defined as those age 20 and older) got 11 percent of their calories from fast food. That was down from 13 percent found in the previous NHANES survey, conducted from 2003 to 2006.
Blacks obtained 15 percent of their calories from fast food; for whites and Hispanics, the figure was 11 percent. The percentage declined slightly for whites over the two survey periods but didn't change for blacks or Hispanics.
Among people in their 20s and 30s, 15 percent of whites' and Hispanics' calories came from fast food. Blacks of that age group got 21 percent — roughly one-fifth — of their total calories from fast food. People age 60 or older got a much smaller portion of their calories — 6 or 7 percent — from that source.
Income level had little relation to fast-food consumption, except in the young adult (20-39) age group. Within that group, people in low-income households got slightly more of their calories from fast food than did people in middle-income families — 17 percent vs. 14 percent. Obese adults also got more of their calories from fast food (13 percent) than adults of normal weight (10 percent).


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One who plays with his own scrotum (for personal entertainment or otherwise); someone who cannot keep from performing adjustments to his genetalia. See bagyanker.
He either needs to get some pants that fit better or maybe he can get a job at the airport. He's such a baggage handler! Would he be handling other people's bags? Fag.
by Satchel Page July 27, 2003
Someone who loves to be Tea Bagged.
Ben got a job at the San Francisco airport as a "Baggage Handler" & won employee of the year for never losing anyones skin baggage
by Doyle March 07, 2004
Someone who plays with there testicles all day, like a baggage handler would handle bags all day.
A:fuk look at that bloke hes bin playin with his nuts all day
B: Yeh hes a fukin baggage handler
B: Yeh hes a fukin baggage handler
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January 06. 2013 1:05AM
'Fiscal cliff' deal helps NH dairy farms
By SHAWNE K. WICKHAM
New Hampshire Sunday News
New Hampshire Agriculture Commissioner Lorraine Merrill poses with a trio of dairy cows at her family's Stuart Farm in Stratham. (Susan Lirakis)
After Congress tucked a temporary extension of the nation's farm bill into its "fiscal cliff'' deal, the head of the National Milk Producers Federation called it "a devastating blow" to the nation's dairy farmers.
Not for New Hampshire farmers, says Lorraine Merrill, the state commissioner of agriculture and a Stratham dairy farmer.
Merrill said the fiscal cliff deal merely extended until September some dairy subsidy programs that have been in place since 2008.
The nation's farm bill expired last October, and Congress has not passed a new one. And as a result, several price-support programs were set to expire on Jan. 1, leading some to predict skyrocketing milk prices. Instead, Congress included a nine-month extension of some federal programs in its fiscal cliff deal.
One of the key elements preserved is the MILC (Milk Income Loss Contract) program, which Merrill said "does provide some measure of protection" for dairy farmers here.
Farmers are not receiving MILC payments currently, "but it could very well be in these coming months if the price of milk comes down at all, which it may, and if the price of feed continues to rise, we may need that MILC program," she said.
Small surpluses or shortages can cause big price swings when it comes to milk, she said.
John C. Porter, a University of New Hampshire extension professor/specialist, agreed that what Congress did "bought some time" for dairy farmers here.
If it hadn't acted, a price-support program that dates back to Harry Truman's era would have kicked in, potentially raising the price of milk as high as $8 a gallon, he said.
And while that may have created a temporary "windfall" for producers of milk, Porter said, "If nobody bought it, it would swing the other way, and we'd be back to low prices and surpluses."
Merrill said some of the nation's larger dairy farmers oppose MILC because the subsidies, which are triggered by price drops and increased feed costs, are limited to cover milk production from up to 150 cows. But it helps dairy farmers here, where the average herd size is 120 cows, she said.
"They're payments to the farmers ... for the short price in relation to the costs of producing that milk," Merrill explained. "It is a safety net program."
New Hampshire has about 120 dairy farms, Merrill said. Milk recently surpassed ornamental horticulture, which includes landscaping and plant nurseries, as the state's top agricultural commodity.
Milk is different from other commodities, in part because of its perishable nature, the commissioner said. "And you just can't turn cows on and off like faucets."
"If you have 150 cows milking and the price of milk goes down, you can't say, 'I'm not going to sell this milk at that price; I'm going to wait and send it later to market.' You can't do that.
"So farmers have really been at the mercy, literally, of the buyers of the milk." And in other regions, those buyers tend to be large national corporations, Merrill said.
Most dairy farmers here sell their milk to cooperatives; many are member-owners.
The proposed farm bill Congress failed to pass last year would have replaced the MILC program with an insurance program for farmers; that's the plan the National Milk Producers Federation wanted, Merrill said.
One proposal would require farmers to reduce production or pay a penalty if prices fell too low, she said.
Porter would like to see a blue-ribbon commission of dairy experts come up with a new milk-pricing formula that Congress could include in the next farm bill. "We haven't been really keeping up with what farmers really need to get paid for their milk," he said.
Farmers would have to get $25 per hundred-weight of milk to cover their true costs, including feed, depreciation and return on investment, Porter said. Lately, they've been getting $20, but that price has been as low as $11 in the past five years, he said.
Porter would like to see "disincentives" that would keep big Midwestern farms from increasing production by adding to their already enormous herds whenever the price of milk rose. That's something the smaller dairy farms here cannot compete with, he said.
"It makes it difficult for New England farmers who don't have the land base to add on a lot of cows," he said.
Why not let the free market dictate the cost of milk? Porter said the government has had a historic interest in stabilizing milk prices to keep farmers in business and avoid big price swings for consumers.
Meanwhile, Porter said it's crucial to support local dairy farmers. Those farms have a lot to do with the complexion of New Hampshire that people enjoy, he said.
"It's keeping a lot of land open. If we lose our farms, our state is going to look like New Jersey. And that's what people don't realize,'' he said.
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Having trouble getting your child away from the TV? Try these tips to get them out and active.
All children aged five or over should be physically active for at least one hour a day.
Physical activity helps children:
You can help by encouraging your child to find activities they enjoy and building physical activity into family life.
1. Walk, scooter or cycle to and from school together as often as possible. Read about the health benefits of cycling.
2. Build a den or treehouse with them in the school holidays. Or, under supervision, encourage them to climb a tree or two.
3. Go roller skating, rollerblading or skateboarding, indoors or outside. In winter, go ice skating.
4. Do an activity challenge together, such as training for a fun run or charity walk. See the parkrun website for free weekly 5K runs near you.
5. Take the dog for a walk. If you don't have one of your own, ask if you can borrow a friend or neighbour's dog.
6. Support your kids in sports, clubs or any other activities that may interest them. Joining a weekend club sport encourages them to make a commitment to a team and regular exercise. Find sports and fitness activities in your area.
7. Find time every weekend to do something active with your children. Play frisbee or football in the park, go trampolining, or try indoor rock climbing.
8. Fly a kite. The Kite Society of Great Britain has local groups that meet for special flying days where experienced members offer advice and help. Some also run kite-making workshops.
9. Take a trip to the beach. Beaches offer loads of ways for kids to get active, including games, rock-pooling, swimming, and plenty of running around. Or try an activity-based holiday.
10. The National Parks website has lists of events like guided walks and children's fun days to give you ideas for active days out.
You'll find more advice on getting active as a family on the Change4Life website.


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Worker killed on Racine County golf course
Contractor pinned by fallen tree branch
Worker killed on Racine County golf course
Contractor pinned by fallen tree branch
RACINE, Wis. —
Racine County Sheriff Chris Schmaling reported that a contractor at a county golf course died Thursday.
Shmaling said in a release that a 911 call was made around 10 a.m. from Ives Grove Golf Course, 14101 Washington Avenue.
When deputies and rescue personnel arrived, they found an 83-year-old man pinned underneath a large tree branch on his riding lawn mower.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators believe the roll bar of the mower struck the overhanging branch, causing it to fall onto the operator and pin him to the steering wheel.
The man was employed by H & H Fairway Enterprises, a contractor at the county-run golf course.
Schmaling said the investigation of the accident is ongoing.


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What I have been drinking mostly is Absente, and I'm told that this is most likely not the best representation of Absinthe in general. One of the posts said this is because it is not made with Grand Wormwood, even though packaging claims it now is "made with grand wormwood". Personally, I like the taste. It seems like there is a bit of complexity beyond the anise flavor, and I like it. Not only the way it tastes, but also the feeling I get from it-- far superior to a good bottle of bourbon.
I got a bottle of Lucid a while back. I believe the words I used were-- it tasted alright, but the aftertaste made me want to vomit. It was something along the lines of that funny yucky taste you get when drinking a diet coke for the first time.
I'm interested in getting a bottle of something a little closer to what would be a good baseline flavor for typical "traditional" Absinthe. I've been considering picking up a bottle of Meadow of Love, and/or Vieux Carre. However, the descriptions for both sound like there are some added herbs/flavors not typically used. And like I said, I'm looking for something I can use as a good baseline (domestic preferred) to figure out if this really is something I really have a taste for.
Any recommendations or help that could be offered is much appreciated!!
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Altered Beast Lyrics
Brought back from a life of stone.
Sent on a journey.
Lifes importance.So unnecessary now.
See our lives pit against the beast.
Altered my own self-perception.
Lifes importance. So unnecessary now.
The time is now.
A time of our own reflection.
So what choice do we have.
We gladly choose this broken path.
We're not afraid.
You are what we need.
Fuel our strength.
Watch us grow.
Locked in stone for a thousand years.
My rage defies that of God
F*cking zombies. They cant stop us.
Running through the deep.
They cant get us here.
Our desires will bring us through.
With the strength of the...Ox.
Through the five levels.
Coyote lighting dash.
Dragon shocker.
Tiger balls of fire.
Bear of fury.
Finally she is free.
It's a shame when we see that she.
Wasn't worth it.
She's not worth a god d*mn thing.


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New Jersey filmmaker Frank Gigante and Enrico Muzzi are teaming up to film "The Other Side," an independent project produced by Gigante's company My Way Produzioni. The film examines racial stereotypes and how prejudices are formed, with a focus on the Italian-American culture.
"The Other Side" features many New Jersey locations such as Valentino's on Park in Rutherford and interviews important New Jersey Italian-Americans such ex-Senator Anthony Scardino and prominent Newark-based attorney Anthony Pope.
The film also features recognizable personalities from the entertainment industry such as actor Danny Aiello of "The Godfather II" fame, whose passion for this project spills over in a detailed interview to be featured in the film.
Muzzi, of Bologna, Italy, first made an international name for himself with his film "The Variable," winner of the "Best Film" award at the 2013 New York Denouement Film Festival.
The film comments on the Italian economic crisis through the story of Silvano, a middle-aged man who suddenly finds himself out of work and struggling to find a new job, a situation affecting millions worldwide.
Gigante, the son of Italian immigrants that settled in Hoboken, recently produced a pilot episode for upcoming TV series "Work of Art" directed and co-produced by Vincent Scarza from "Manhunters: Fugitive Task Force" and "The Live Aid Concert," the largest-scale satellite link-ups and television broadcasts of all time.
Muzzi will also be the director of photography for Gigante's short film "Broken Silence" about bullying and today's youth.


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From Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the wacky minds that brought you Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, comes The LEGO Movie, a family-friendly animated adventure that brings a wide world of LEGO's mini-figures to life. Chris Pratt gives voice to Emmet, a common construction worker who stumbles across an incredible destiny to save all of the LEGO worlds from the nefarious plot of Lord Business! Will Arnett, Elizabeth Banks, Charlie Day and Morgan Freeman also lend their voices.
Our theatrical review will weigh in on whether or not this new release is worth your time, while this column will focus solely on the film's use of 3D. Considering seven separate categories, To 3D Or Not To 3D evaluates the full scope of the 3D viewing experience. Think of it as a consumer's guide for your movie-going, complete with a viewers poll where you can weigh in on how you plan to see The LEGO Movie.
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89 Veuve Clicqout, Brut Yellow Label
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Cremant Brut, France
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The Restaurant is now closed. Please call 254-947-3828 for Catering services. We look forward to serving you.
The Restaurant is now closed. Please call 254-947-3828 for Catering services. We look forward to serving you.
The Restaurant is now closed. Please call 254-947-3828 for Catering services. We look forward to serving you.
First of all, words can not express our thanks and gratitude for the incredible event you and your team executed for us on Tuesday evening. Everything was EXCELLENT! Our meeting concluded a few hours ago and the managers were still raving about the competition…many of them saying this was the best event we have ever planned during one of our annual meetings! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
Excellent Service, Food & Ambiance. Thank you for a great dinner! First Class!
The new Chili Smoked Ribeye is amazing. This is everything steak should be.
Thanks to you and your great staff for a wonderful meal and amazing service! Everything was awesome, enjoyed immensely and the memory of it all will be appreciated forever! Thanks so very much!
Dave, you and your team were spectacular. We could not have been more pleased.
If you are looking for phenomenal food with professional and friendly service, look no further than The Range. Let me just say that treating our guests to amazing food was at the top of our wedding priority list. We wanted to offer our guests a variety of options and The Range helped us create the perfect menu. The staff went above and beyond to make sure our big day was perfect. The guests raved about everything from the appetizers to the delicious drinks. I can't say enough great things about the exceptional service we received from start to finish. Every bride deserves vendors who make her feel like their only client and that is exactly what they did. I would highly recommend The Range for any occasion!
I could not ask for anything more from a caterer. The Range caters many events, and they managed to make our wedding unique and special and for that I cannot thank them enough!
We had a wonderful meal at your restaurant last week. Everyone enjoyed steak or salmon and left with a smile. Thanks so much!
Choosing "The Range" to do the catering for the outdoor wedding at our home last spring was exactly the right decision. The planning with Dave was relaxed yet exact in all details, the staff, easy to work with and , most importantly, the food was delicious and perfectly presented. Anyone who has planned a wedding knows that each and every decision and detail is important and can make or break the event. Catering by "The Range" helped make this wedding a beautiful evening.
Thank you for a splendid evening. We continue to receive compliments. Thanks to you and your staff for taking such great care of us
We cannot thank you enough for all of the assistance and support you and your staff provided to make our special day such a success
Every detail was so professionally elegant.
At dinner I head for the Range an elegant eatery that offers some of the finest dining you'll find in this part of the state.
From the appetizers to the dessert, everything was superb!
Thank you for your services at The Many Stars, One Vision kick-off event.You were a vital part of this success and we thank you!
The Range is my favorite Restaurant in town.
It's the perfect place for holidays with the family.
You really "out-did" yourself on last night's spectacular party. Folks will be talking about this for years to come! The food was delicious and so attractively served. Thanks for all you do at The Range! We are so lucky to have you.
The food was excellent and so was the service. Love this place!
To me, the Range is synonymous with great food in a classic environment.
The food was delicious, presentation beautiful, and service wonderful


text: Most people are familiar with peer-to-peer email hosted via the cloud and accessed via a web browser. However, this type of managed email is not sufficient for specific types of email broadcasts. Many businesses, which send out bulk emails, like newsletters, or automated emails triggered from user interaction, need more tailored outgoing email solutions. You may have heard the term SMTP Relay Service, especially if you're looking for an email provider for newsletter or transactional email delivery, but what exactly is that? In plain English, it is a service that delivers outgoing email and does not accept incoming email. But what exactly is important about only delivering outgoing email, and how does it work? What is SMTP? SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, and most email services in the world use SMTP to send email. When an email service tries to send an email, it connects to the configured SMTP server and communicates to it using the SMTP protocol. Once it can communicate with the configured server, it can then deliver the email message. In simpler terms, SMTP relay is much like how snail mail works, with the server acting as the post office. In order to send a paper letter, you must address an envelope and fill in your return address. Your local post office then determines which local post office is closest to the recipient, and then directs the letter there to be delivered. When you send an email, the message includes the recipient's destination address as well as your "return address" information – i.e., your email address, IP address, and timestamp. Your local server then sends your message to the recipient's server to be delivered. What is Mail Relay? Mail relay is the process of transferring an email from one server to another for delivery. An example of this is if you work for Company A and send an email to someone at Company B, you connect to your company's SMTP server which then relays your email to the server owned by Company B. One server accepting an email from another server is called "relaying." If you were to send an email to a person with an email address at the same domain as yours, there would not be a second server involved, so it is not considered relaying. It's much like sending a paper letter to someone in your town – your local post office receives and delivers the letter without involving another post office. What is an SMTP Relay Service? SMTP Relay is a service that routes email through a trusted 3rd party to deliver your email. It most often specializes in sending large batches of emails (newsletters) or for automatic transactional emails (delivery confirmations, password resets, etc). Many internet providers put a cap on how many SMTP relays it can conduct per day to combat spam. Businesses often exceed this limit and need enterprise level email sending features. An STMP Relay provider can help businesses deliver large volumes of email without getting mislabeled as spam. Learn more about email infrastructure by downloading SendGrid's Email Infrastructure Guide. Why is SMTP Relay Important? Managing your own email server for peer-to-peer email is pretty straightforward because most emails are unique and are only sent to a limited number of recipients. But, what about when you want to send out a marketing newsletter to tens of thousands of subscribers? Or what if you have a web app that sends out notification emails triggered from your users' activities? Those emails aren't as unique and often get mistakenly labeled as spam. An SMTP relay provider like SendGrid, can help. If you were to use your primary peer-to-peer email server to take on large bulk mailing jobs, your delivery rate would suffer and you would inevitably clog your bandwidth and potentially delay sending and receiving peer-to-peer emails. Constantly monitoring and configuring your email server to keep messages out of the spam folder can be expensive and very challenging. Then, as your business grows, so does your email. Mail server upkeep becomes even more complex and costly. Outsourcing to an SMTP relay provider is a great way to manage large outgoing email jobs and automated emails without negatively affecting your everyday email communications. SendGrid's SMTP services are scalable and allow you to add additional capacity as your needs grow. SendGrid SMTP Relay Services SendGrid provides a variety of SMTP hosting and relay services for transactional email and enterprise jobs. SendGrid cloud solutions use the world's largest email delivery infrastructure and are reliable, scalable, and measurable. Transactional email delivery is easy to integrate with multiple developer frameworks, and comes with template libraries and code samples. Transactional email management is highly scalable and there are no hardware or software costs associated with it. Enterprise email solutions are also highly scalable and provide a complete messaging delivery platform. Enterprise email management comes with real-time analytics and reporting tools and customers are assigned a dedicated account management and support team to help with any needs. For more information on SMTP relay services, the ins and outs of email deliverability, and whether you should build your own email infrastructure or outsource it to a third party, visit our Resources section.