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ST. PAUL (AP) - Gov. Mark Dayton is asking Minnesota's wealthiest citizens to pay more than a billion dollars in new income taxes in order to boost state funding for schools and colleges by nearly $900 million.
The Democratic governor released the updated budget proposal Thursday. As expected, Dayton dropped a proposed sales tax overhaul that generated strong opposition from business leaders.
Dayton also jettisoned a $500 yearly property tax rebate, but puts additional money into an existing program that provides property tax rebates and beefs up a property tax credit for renters. He boosts state aid programs to city and county governments.
Dayton also continues to call for a tobacco tax increase and for eliminating tax loopholes that benefit corporations. He says it's not responsible budgeting to simply draw a line against all tax hikes.


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Veronica Mars arrives in theaters this weekend, and if you haven't watched the series, you may be wondering if you'll be able to follow the movie at all. Having seen the film, I feel confident in saying that it shouldn't be a problem, as the movie is structured to reintroduce us all to Kristen Bell's persnickety once-teen detective and her Southern California hometown of Neptune. However there are some things you might want to be familiar with going into this story, which is why we compiled this handy sheet sheet to give you some basic background information about the characters and the story.
This article contains no spoilers from the film, but it obviously includes spoilers from the series.
Kristen Bell's character is introduced to us as a teen from Neptune, California, where there's barely a middle class. Veronica once mingled with the wealthy "09er" kids, until her best friend Lily Kane was murdered. When Veronica's Sheriff-dad Keith (Enrico Colantoni) blamed Lily's wealthy father Jake Kane for the murder, everything spiraled out of control. Keith lost his job, Veronica's alcoholic mother (who was having an affair with Jake) took off, Veronica's boyfriend Duncan (Lily's brother) broke up with her, and Veronica ended up getting drugged and raped at a party. Some of that is out of order but the point is, she lost everything but her father and her dog after Lily died, and when her father started working as a private detective, Veronica did too.
That's where Season 1 picks up, with Veronica on the fringes of the social scene at Neptune High, working as a private eye for her disgraced father, occasionally taking jobs solving mysteries for her peers at school while trying to solver her best friend's murder -- which she does. Over the course of its three-season run, Veronica steadily builds herself a small group of friends, but she's much more guarded when it comes to people than she was in her pre-Lily years, which we see through flashbacks. And her quick wit, bravery and tenacity makes her a great fit as a private detective, though it tends to get her into trouble. She's tough, but deep down, she's a marshmallow.
One of the best reasons to watch the series is Veronica's relationship with her father, Keith Mars. Keith's tasked with being the sole parent to Veronica after his wife leaves, and with mentoring her as a private eye. That mixture makes for an interesting dynamic between the two characters. She's a chip off the old block in terms of her detective skills in the series, but she's still growing up and doesn't always make the best calls, which has resulted in some conflict between Veronica and her father. But the chemistry between Enrico Colantoni and Kristen Bell on screen is as undeniable as their characters' love for one another. Keith Mars is one of the better utilized parental figures in teen drama history.

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UC Davis cardiac surgeon Nilas Young will receive the 2012 World of Children Health Award for his international humanitarian efforts to improve pediatric heart care. The award is given each year to a leader in health, medicine or science who has made significant contributions to improving the lives of children.
Young, who is chief of cardiothoracic surgery at UC Davis Health System, is being recognized for his work with Heart to Heart International Children's Medical Alliance. He co-founded the organization in 1989 to teach Russian cardiac specialists to develop self-sustaining surgery centers for Russian children born with congenital heart defects. Under Young's leadership, Heart to Heart International Children's Medical Alliance has saved the lives of more than 13,000 children and improved the health of thousands more.
Young is a recognized expert in surgical treatments for high-risk cardiac patients. He joined the UC Davis faculty in 2001, where he leads a surgical team that provides compassionate, advanced care for adults and children with complex diseases of the heart, chest, lungs and esophagus. His clinical research focuses on improving patient outcomes, perfecting complex aortic surgery procedures and defining pre-operative therapies that reduce post-operative complications. His current basic research includes investigating the potential of microRNAs to regenerate injured heart tissue.
World of Children will formally honor Young at a ceremony in New York City on Oct. 25 with five others who are dedicated to helping the world's most vulnerable children. The awards include cash grants of up to $75,000.
"As the World of Children Award celebrates its 15th anniversary this year, we are deeply inspired by the remarkable contributions our honorees have made to changing the trajectory of children's lives for the better," said Harry Leibowitz, World of Children Award co-founder and co-chairman.
The World of Children Award (worldofchildren.org) is hailed as the "Nobel prize for child advocates" for setting the gold standard in recognizing people and programs that support life-changing work for children.
An independent nonprofit organization, Heart to Heart International Children's Medical Alliance (heart-2-heart.org) was founded to teach physicians in St. Petersburg, Russia, how to perform open-heart surgery on children. These efforts culminated in a self-sustaining pediatric cardiac program that was publicly acknowledged by Russia's chief of cardiac surgery as his country's "best infant open-heart surgery program." The organization's major campaign is to establish state-of-the-art children's heart centers in each of Russia's federal districts by 2022.
UC Davis Health System (healthsystem.ucdavis.edu) is improving lives and transforming health by providing excellent patient care, conducting groundbreaking research, fostering innovative, interprofessional education and creating dynamic, productive partnerships with the community. The academic health system includes one of the country's best medical schools, a 619-bed acute-care teaching hospital, a 1,000-member physician's practice group and the new Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing. It is home to a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, an international neurodevelopmental institute, a stem cell institute and a comprehensive children's hospital. Other nationally prominent centers focus on advancing telemedicine, improving vascular care, eliminating health disparities and translating research findings into new treatments for patients. Together, they make UC Davis a hub of innovation that is transforming health for all.


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Intercept Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Phase II Results for Obeticholic Acid (INT-747) as Monotherapy in Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
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NEW YORK, March 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc., today announced positive results from a 59 patient, placebo controlled, double-blind Phase II clinical trial of obeticholic acid (OCA) given as monotherapy to patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). The study evaluated the effects of 10 mg and 50 mg of OCA compared with placebo in patients with elevated alkaline phosphatase (AP). AP is a liver enzyme routinely used to evaluate the clinical status and disease progression of PBC patients.
At the end of the 12 week treatment period, both doses of OCA produced statistically highly significant reductions in AP, the primary endpoint, compared with the patients receiving placebo (changes: 10mg: -45%; 50mg: -38%; placebo: 0%; p < 0.0001 both doses versus placebo). There were also significant improvements in other liver enzymes, including gamma-glutamyl transferase. In addition, serum markers of inflammation and immunity also improved with significant reductions of C-reactive protein (CRP), and immunoglobulin M (IgM), which is closely associated with the autoimmune dysfunction in PBC. Pruritus (itch) was seen more commonly in the OCA treated patients and increased with dose; otherwise, all other adverse events were generally similar across the groups.
PBC is a chronic autoimmune disease of the liver marked by the slow progressive destruction of the small bile ducts within the liver which may lead to liver failure and the need for liver transplantation. PBC primarily afflicts women with up to 300,000 patients estimated in developed countries. There is only one drug approved to treat the disease, ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA), and up to 50% of PBC patients on UDCA therapy continue to be at significant risk of progression to cirrhosis.
Kris V. Kowdley, MD, Director of the Center for Liver Disease at Virginia Mason Medical Center, in Seattle, Washington and a principal investigator in the study, commented, "There is a real need for novel therapies in PBC. The clinically meaningful results from this study are highly supportive of OCA's potential as an effective new drug. We know now that OCA is effective given both in addition to UDCA and, from this study, when given alone. The reductions in AP levels were very substantial and occurred within a month. The effects on IgM and inflammatory markers suggest that OCA may have disease modifying properties."
Intercept's Chief Medical Officer, David Shapiro, MD, commented, "This study involved 20 centers in 7 countries and has given us and the PBC thought leaders involved a better understanding of the potent mechanism of action of OCA. With the international PBC network we have established, we are well positioned to conduct a Phase III program. We are currently discussing requirements for approval with FDA and have received guidance from the EMA supportive of our proposed program."
Mark Pruzanski, MD, Intercept's Chief Executive Officer, added, "The remarkable results achieved with OCA treatment in this study, together with the previously announced positive Phase II results with our drug added to UDCA in refractory PBC patients and in diabetic patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, supports OCA's potential as a novel hepatoprotective drug that may help preserve liver function in patients with a variety of chronic liver diseases."
About Obeticholic Acid (OCA or INT-747)
OCA is a potent, first-in-class farnesoid X receptor (FXR) agonist derived from the primary human bile acid chenodeoxycholic acid, the natural endogenous FXR agonist. Intercept has announced positive Phase II results from randomized clinical trials in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), the most common autoimmune liver disease, and in type 2 diabetics with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. These clinical data and OCA's mechanism of action support its potential as a novel hepatoprotective agent in a broad range of chronic liver diseases. Intercept is currently preparing for the initiation of a Phase III PBC program in the U.S. and Europe and OCA is also being evaluated in a large NIDDK-run placebo-controlled nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) trial that recently started enrolling in the US.
About Intercept Pharmaceuticals
Intercept is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing small molecule drugs for the treatment of chronic liver and metabolic diseases. The company's most advanced programs are focused on the development of modified bile acids that are selective for FXR, a nuclear receptor, and TGR5, a G protein-coupled receptor. Bile acid signaling through these receptors regulates key aspects of lipid, glucose and overall energy metabolism, while also serving to maintain the functional integrity of the liver, intestine and kidneys, organs that are exposed to bile acid flux.
For more information about Intercept, please go to www.interceptpharma.com.
For information about Intercept's majority shareholder Genextra S.p.A., please go to www.genextra.it.
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This week in Island history
The news of 10 and 15 years ago is from the Jamestown Press. The news of 100 years ago came from the collection of the Newport Historical Society.
100 years ago From the Newport Journal, October 29, 1910
The state road across the island has been completed and was thrown open for travel Thursday morning.
Dr. William L. Bates (of the Bates Sanitarium) has bought of Mrs. Mary R. Caswell a piece of land adjoining his containing 4,556 square feet.
Some of the ladies of the town are planning to give a course of singing lessons to be held in the town hall once a week during the winter months.
A party of cottage seekers for next season was on the island Thursday.
75 years ago From the Newport Daily News, October 31, 1935
(advertisement) JAMESTOWN PROPERTY OENERS! Business men, anyone who is interested in making Jamestown a more lively summer resort next season – anyone who is interested in renting property, or who has property for sale, or who is interested in any way in increasing business please attend a public meeting, at 8 P.M., Friday evening, November 1, in the Town Hall, to hear how other Communities have made it possible to increase their resort business. Jamestown Board of Trade
50 years ago From the Newport Daily News, October 24, 1960
The state's total contribution towards the Newport Bay Bridge will be less than $175,000 a year for the next 40 years, whereas the cost of the operation of the Jamestown ferry over the same period will be a minimum of $300,000 a year, Francis G. Dwyer, chairman of the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority, stated today.
From the Newport Daily News, October 26, 1960
Jamestown ferry employees were told that the proposed Newport Bay Bridge legislation up for approval at the Nov. 8 election, does not provide several things that affect them in their present jobs.
From the Newport Daily News, October 31, 1960
The Jamestown Bridge Commission was enjoined in Superior Court today from spending any of its money for advertisements opposing the Nov. 8 referendum item on the Newport Bay Bridge.
25 years ago From the Newport Daily News, October 28, 1985
The Jamestown Shores Association has asked the Town Council to reverse itself and appoint an environmental inspector. … "We are worried about our health (a letter to the Council said). Contaminated wells in an area this size with so many questionable perc tests being approved can become a very costly item for the town."
From the Newport Daily News, October 29, 1985l
Two councilman objected Monday to a letter from the Jamestown Shores Association that blasted the Council for not creating an environmental inspector. In September, the Council revamped the building inspector's office, by making the inspector, Charles Dowling, a full-time employee.
15 years ago From the Jamestown Press, October 26, 1995
After three gruelingly long public meetings and considerable public outcry over proposed amendments to the town's zoning ordinance, the Town Council Monday voted not to legalize accessory apartments, as the Planning Commission had recommended, but to prohibit them in all landuse zones, and to have the building official actively enforce the ordinance.
The Zoning Board of Review told SK Properties Tuesday to reduce the size of the 24-unit elderly housing complex it hopes to build on a one-acre lot next to the Holy Ghost Hall.
Town Officials will soon begin drilling a second municipal well, this one located in the town watershed just northwest of South Pond reservoir.
Construction of an irrigation system that will use effluent from the town's wastewater treatment plant to irrigate the public golf course — the first project of its kind in Rhode Island — began this week.
10 years ago From the Jamestown Press, October 26, 2000
A group called Friends of Jamestown Skaters made a request to the School Committee Oct. 19, asking permission to use a parcel of land at the Lawn Avenue school as a skating facility for island youths.
The Town Council voted Monday to have the town administrator and the town solicitor work out an agreement that would let a wireless communication company mount radio trans-receivers on streetlights or utility poles around the island for a $2,000 annual fee.
The state Department of Environmental Management last week began construction of its longplanned $4.2 million aquatic research center at Fort Wetherill.
(photo caption) Dennis Webster was one of several "patriots" to tackle the vegetation at the historic Conanicut Battery on Saturday. After two chop, top and prune sessions the battery is nearly threequarters exposed.


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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Liz Cheney struck a no-compromises tone Wednesday as she launched her campaign to unseat Wyoming's senior U.S. senator, Mike Enzi.
The elder daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney addressed reporters in Casper and Cheyenne a day after announcing her bid to oust Enzi, a three-term incumbent and fellow Republican.
Speaking in Cheyenne, Cheney said it's time for Republicans in Congress to stop "cutting deals" with Democrats.
Cheney did not once mention Enzi by name or indirectly during the 15-minute news conference. Instead, she focused a series of blistering attacks on President Barack Obama, accusing him of working to disarm the country and nationalize much of the economy.
"We've got to stand and fight, and we have to defend what we believe in. We have to not be afraid of being called obstructionists," Cheney said.
"In my view, obstructing President Obama's policies and his agenda isn't actually obstruction; it's patriotism," Cheney said. "I think we have to stop what he's doing, and then as conservatives, we've got to say, 'Here's what we believe,' and, 'Here's the path forward,' and that's what I intend to lay out in this campaign."
Cheney didn't give specifics in response to reporters' questions about what she believes Enzi might have done to show complicity with Obama's agenda.
But she said, "Instead of cutting deals with the president's allies in Congress, we can be opposing them every step of the way."
Cheney would not answer if her "cutting deals" remark referred to Enzi, who has expressed pride in being able to work with Democrats on some issues. He declined to comment about Cheney's run against him.
Cheney's father is still widely admired in his home state, yet some Republicans already are lining up behind Enzi. They include Wyoming U.S. Sen. John Barrasso and the state's lone U.S. representative, Cynthia Lummis, as well as the National Republican Senatorial Committee led by Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan.
Cheney downplayed her opposition from fellow Republicans.
"I am really going to work hard for the votes of the people of Wyoming. I think that the people of Wyoming are pretty smart about these things," she said by phone after the news conference.
"When you hear things like the NRSC is behind Sen. Enzi, I think that frankly a lot of the response of the people of Wyoming is: 'We're going to decide this. Nobody from outside the state is going to tell us how to vote.'"
Asked about gay marriage — her sister Mary is a lesbian and Dick Cheney has openly supported gay marriage — Liz Cheney said the issue should be left to voters in each state to decide by referendum.
A Republican primary brawl could help a Democrat seeking the office, but only if the Wyoming Democratic Party is able to transform itself quickly from the weakling it's become in recent years.
No Democrat has expressed interest in running for Enzi's seat next year, and no Democratic candidate has been competitive in a statewide race since two-term Democratic Gov. Dave Freudenthal left office in 2010.
Wyoming Democratic Party Chairman Pete Gosar, of Laramie, said he sees little difference between Enzi and Cheney. Gosar ran unsuccessfully for his party's nomination in the 2010 Wyoming governor's race and works as a pilot for the state.
"Until I see some sort of people-centered, issue-based solution agenda, then I don't know that somebody who ascribes 100 percent with the national Republican philosophy is any different from someone who ascribes 99.9 percent with it," Gosar said. "So they look very similar to me."
Robin Van Ausdall, executive director of the state Democratic Party, said the party is looking for viable Senate candidates. She declined to name potential contenders.
She called Cheney "an outsider, and very extreme."
"I do think that it does present an opportunity for Democrats," she said.


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A genetic theory of homosexuality.
Gay couples can't have biological kids together. So if homosexuality is genetic, why hasn't it died out?
A study published last week in PLoS One tackles the question. It starts with four curious patterns. First, male homosexuality occurs at a low but stable frequency in a wide range of societies. Second, the female relatives of gay men produce children at a higher rate than other women do. Third, among these female relatives, those related to the gay man's mother produce children at a higher rate than do those related to his father. Fourth, among the man's male relatives, homosexuality is more common in those related to his mother than in those related to his father.
Can genes account for these patterns? To find out, the authors posit several possible mechanisms and compute their effects over time. They conclude that only one theory fits the data. The theory is called "sexually antagonistic selection." It holds that a gene can be reproductively harmful to one sex as long as it's helpful to the other. The gene for male homosexuality persists because it promotes—and is passed down through—high rates of procreation among gay men's mothers, sisters, and aunts.
This theory doesn't account for female homosexuality, which another new study (reviewed in Human Nature last week) attributes to nongenetic factors. It also doesn't account for environmental or prenatal chemical factors in male homosexuality, such as the correlation between a man's probability of homosexuality and the number of boys previously gestated in his mother's womb. But it does explain the high similarity of sexual orientation between identical twins, as well as patterns of homosexuality in families. It's also plausible because sexually antagonistic selection has been found in other species. And many scientists who think environmental and prenatal factors influence homosexuality also believe that genes play a role.
The authors note that according to their computations, the theory implies some testable predictions. One such prediction can be checked against existing data. The prediction is that on average, if you're a straight man, the reproductive pattern among your aunts will reverse the pattern seen among aunts of gay men. That is, your paternal aunts will produce children at a higher rate than your maternal aunts will. The authors check this prediction against the available data. Sure enough, it holds up.
I don't know to what extent this theory will end up explaining male homosexuality. But its emergence threatens to change our thinking about gay men in several important ways.
First, it implies natural limits to homosexuality. You don't need to worry that gay teachers or television characters will "convert" hordes of boys. Sexually antagonistic selection is self-limiting and impervious to postnatal cultural factors. The authors' computations show no scenario in which male homosexuality spreads throughout a population.
Second, by the same token, you can't culturally eradicate the gay minority. It's sustained by genetics and natural selection.
Third, if the authors are correct, we're not really talking about genes for homosexuality. We're talking about genes for "androphilia," i.e., attraction to men. The importance of the genes lies in what they do not to men but to women, by increasing reproductive output so powerfully that these women compensate for the reduced output among their male relatives. You can't isolate gay men as a puzzle or problem anymore. You have to see them as part of a bigger, stronger, enduring phenomenon.
Fourth, this larger phenomenon can't be dismissed as a disorder. The study's press release concludes that "homosexuality should not be viewed as a detrimental trait (due to the reduced male fecundity it entails), but, rather, should be considered within the wider evolutionary framework of a characteristic with gender-specific benefits."
Fifth, the benefits aren't really confined to women. They protect society as a whole. The authors' computations indicate that as a society's birthrate falls, female carriers of androphilic genes account for a larger share of the output. In short, the genes provide a "buffer effect" against extinction.
The study's lead author, Andrea Camperio Ciani of the University of Padova, sees these ramifications as a happy ending. "This is an example where the results of scientific research can have important social implications," he tells LiveScience. "You have all this antagonism against homosexuality because they say it's against nature because it doesn't lead to reproduction. We found out this is not true because homosexuality is just one of the consequences of strategies for making females more fecund."
But the word consequence suggests a sixth, less happy implication: How would gay men see themselves and be regarded in a society that understood their condition as a side effect of female evolution? Would male androphilia be treated like sickle-cell anemia—the unfortunate cost of a genetic mutation that's beneficial in other people? We medicate sickle-cell anemia. Would we medicate homosexuality?
I don't know, and neither does Dr. Camperio Ciani. Science, like culture and politics, has its happy moments. But don't mistake them for endings.


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Slovakian President Ivan Gasparovic, and Miroslav Lajcak, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic, were hosted recently by the owners of Hoboken's Pilsener Haus & Biergarten, Andrej Ivanov and Ladi Sebestyan, who are Czechoslovakians by birth, now New Jersey residents. While in New York City to attend the United Nations 68th General Assembly, President Gasparovic and his entourage, which included Permanent Representative of the Slovak Republic to the UN, Frantisek Ruzicka, and Peter Kmec, the Ambassador of the Slovak Republic to the United States, took the time to cross the Hudson and visit Pilsener Haus & Biergarten, at 1422 Grand Street. Pilsener Haus has just begun its annual Oktoberfest celebration, featuring beers of the season and a special menu by Chef Thomas Ferlesch. The President, Deputy Prime Minister Lajcak and their colleagues sat at one of the Biergarten's massive communal tables and enjoyed the convivial Oktoberfest offerings. President Gasparovic stopped for a photo with Ivanov and Sebestyan on his way back to Manhattan.
After long days of meeting with world leaders, including President Obama, and working to make the world a better place, few things are more satisfying than a frosty mug of pilsener and a platter of schweinshaxen (roasted pork shank). Pilsener Haus owner Ladi Sebestyan states, "Pilsener Haus is in part a reflection of the biergartens we knew growing up in our home country, and it was a special honor to welcome President Gasparovic to the biergarten we've built here in New Jersey, especially during the height of our traditional celebration."
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TUSCALOOSA | The University of Alabama men's basketball team faces a big game — all February games loom large for teams on the NCAA bubble — but also has a big problem.
TUSCALOOSA | The University of Alabama men's basketball team faces a big game — all February games loom large for teams on the NCAA bubble — but also has a big problem.
Defending the big man.
Specifically, that is LSU center Johnny O'Bryant.
In a league not abundantly stocked with quality post players, O'Bryant has become a powerful inside presence. Over the past four games, beginning with the Tigers' loss at Alabama, the 6-foot-9, 260-pound sophomore has averaged 21.5 points and 10 rebounds per game. In the one game during the stretch where his scoring declined, against a double-teaming Mississippi State defense, he dished out eight assists to go with 10 points and 11 rebounds.
"He has had to carry a bigger load for us, and he has accepted that role," LSU coach Johnny Jones said on the SEC teleconference earlier this week.
Compounding Alabama's problems in guarding O'Bryant is the uncertain status of one of its own inside players, Nick Jacobs, who was limited to 15 minutes in the Crimson Tide's Wednesday win over Mississippi State.
"We'll see today (at practice) on Nick," Alabama coach Anthony Grant said prior to Friday's practice. "He was still sore yesterday, but we'll see where he is today."
Andrew Steele, the Tide's bench stalwart and lone senior, remains a "game-time decision," Grant said. Steele has missed the last two Alabama games with ankle pain, a situation which Grant said "will have to be monitored for the rest of the year."
Alabama faced LSU just two weeks ago, edging to a 60-57 victory at Coleman Coliseum.
"It came down to the final possession of the game," Grant said. "This is our second time playing them. Any time you go twice in the league, I think there is a familiarity. We just have to take care of ourselves, make sure we're focused, and understand that we're going on the road and (have) the mindset and preparation that we have to have. We know it's going to be a tough game."


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A TSUNAMI survivor has told how she cheated death for a second time when her car became submerged in North Yorkshire floodwaters.
Nina Aldrich, who developed multiple sclerosis months after witnessing the 2004 tsunami during a holiday in Phuket, said she did not have the energy to wade through the waist-deep water on a road near Huttons Ambo in Ryedale.
"I thought I was going to drown," she said. "It was up to the door handles. The car had broken down. I had only one bar on my mobile, but managed to call my husband, Marcus."
Mr Aldrich said he was in Driffield when he got the call. "She was in absolute panic," he said. "She was convinced she was going to die."
He contacted friends in the area, including James Clearey, who rushed to the scene, waded up to his waist to get to the car and then carried Mrs Aldrich to safety.
"He is my hero," said Mrs Aldrich, 38, of Whitwell-on-the-Hill, whose car was written off in the incident last month.
She spoke of her ordeal as she and her husband prepared to stage a veterans' rugby match in Malton in a bid to raise £3,000 for the Ryedale branch of the Multiple Sclerosis Society.
She said she was convinced she developed the debilitating condition as a result of the trauma of witnessing the Boxing Day tsunami just over eight years ago.
"I had always been an incredibly fit and active person," she said. "I went to the gym three times a week and went rollerblading."
She said she developed strange symptoms in the months after returing home, becoming very tired and losing her balance before multiple sclerosis was eventually diagnosed.
She said she was on holiday in Thailand with her ex-husband when the tsunami struck. "It was horrific," she said. "We were staying at a five-star hotel on a cliff and we went down to the dining room to find everyone panicking and shouting: 'Tsunami, Tsunami!' I didn't even know what a tsunami was at the time.
"We looked out and the sea had just disappeared. All the boats were stranded on the seabed. Then there was a surge of water towards the land and it just kept on surging and surging.
"Then they said we had to head for the mountains as there was a 60ft wave coming, and I thought we were going to drown."
She said the wave never came, but the village below her hotel was destroyed by the waters.
She said it was a week before they could get a flight home to Britain.
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By: Jason Yoshino, Energy ProductionsWhen dreaming of the perfect wedding day, most soon-to-be brides leave no detail unconsidered, "no stone (ahem…diamond) unturned"; from the dress to the cake to the photographer to the right DJ for the reception. Where all the parts creating the whole of your wedding day may be important to you, the reality is that some details are more critical than others. Whether the jade napkins on the dinner tables are three inches from the edge of the table or four, for example, is simply not going to have the impact on you or your guests that the right DJ will! Most Professional Wedding Entertainment DJ services are booked 9-18 months in advance, so when thinking about the appropriate time to call, well…let's just say, "The early bride gets the worm"! 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School of Languages, Cultures and Societies
Arabic and English BA (Full time) 2018 start
Key facts
UCAS code: QT36
Start date: September 2018
4 years full time
Typical A-level offer: ABB
(specific subjects required)
UK/EU fees See fees section below
International fees £17,500 (per year)
Language requirements
IELTS 7.0 overall, with no less than 6.5 in any component
Study abroad option: Yes
Work placement option: Yes
Arabic is a vital language for understanding societies in the Middle East and the Islamic world. If youve never studied the language before, this degree will allow you to learn the language from scratch while gaining an insight into Islamic thought, Arabic culture and Middle Eastern history. A combination of core and optional modules will give you a firm grounding in the language and Arab and Islamic history while you study the topics that suit your interests.
This prestigious degree allows you to explore the full range of poetry, prose and drama in English, from Old English and medieval literature to contemporary writing from around the world. Core modules will give you a thorough grounding in the development of literature in English over time, while optional modules enable you to develop specialist knowledge of topics that interest you. From Arthurian legends or Shakespeare to postcolonial fiction, there's plenty of variety to choose from.Back to top
Course content
A Joint Honours degree allows you to study the same core topics as students on each Single Honours course, but you'll take fewer options and discovery modules so you can fit in both subjects. You'll study one of our Cornerstone modules in Year 1 to draw your two subjects together, and apply your knowledge and skills to a major research project in either subject in your final year.
Youll spend your first year studying core modules that develop your Arabic language skills and introduce you to Arab and Islamic history. All of this will prepare you for your time abroad, when youll study in an Arabic-speaking country to experience the local culture. When you return, youll take advanced language classes and study translation, as well as choosing from options such as Arabic literature, Middle East politics and Islamic Studies.
In your first year you'll choose from core modules exploring poetry, prose and drama through time. You may have the chance to study optional modules in English or discovery modules from across the University. Over the next two years you'll develop your knowledge and skills through a choice of core modules focusing on different literary periods from the medieval period to today. We offer an exceptionally wide range of optional modules, enabling you to specialise in the periods, regions, genres, or themes that interest you most.
Course structure
These are typical modules/components studied and may change from time to time. Read more in our Terms and conditions.
Year 1
Compulsory modules
|Beginning Arabic 1
|20 credits
|Beginning Arabic 2
|20 credits
|Early and Medieval Islamic History
|20 credits
|Studying and Researching English
|5 credits
|IT for LCS Students
|5 credits
|Worlds of Literature
|20 credits
|Foundations of English Studies
|20 credits
Optional modules
|Prose: Reading and Interpretation
|20 credits
|Poetry: Reading and Interpretation
|20 credits
|Drama: Reading and Interpretation
|20 credits
Year 2
Compulsory modules
|Year Abroad
|120 credits
Year 3
Compulsory modules
|Advanced Arabic Grammar and Translation
|20 credits
|Essential Skills in Practical Arabic
|20 credits
Optional modules
Examples of the optional modules available are shown below. Please contact us for more details of the requirements and choices available.
|Introduction to Modern Arabic Literature
|20 credits
|Culture and Society in the Arab World
|20 credits
|Contemporary Arabic Media
|20 credits
|Sociolinguistic Variation and Change
|20 credits
|Quiet Rebels and Unquiet Minds: writing to contemporary anxiety
|20 credits
|African Literature
|20 credits
Year 4
Compulsory modules
|Advanced Skills in Arabic Language
|20 credits
|Final Year Project
Optional modules
Examples of the optional modules available are shown below. Please contact us for more details of the requirements and choices available.
|Arabic Stylistics
|20 credits
|Arab Drama on Stage and Screen
|20 credits
|The Wild: Literature and the Environment
|20 credits
|Disposable Lives?
|20 credits
|Sociolinguistic Variation and Change
|20 credits
|Prose Fiction Stylistics and the Mind
|20 credits
For more information on typical modules, read Arabic and English BA in the course catalogue
Broadening your academic horizons
At Leeds we want you to benefit from the depth and breadth of the University's expertise, to prepare you for success in an ever-changing and challenging world. This course gives you the opportunity to broaden your learning by studying discovery modules. Find out more on the Broadening webpages.
Learning and teaching
Our tutors are experts in their fields, and their teaching is informed by their own cutting-edge research.
We use a range of teaching methods to help you benefit from their expertise, including lectures, seminars, tutorials or occasionally workshops. However, independent study is also central to this degree, since it allows you to develop your skills in research and analysis. You will be able to apply your skills and knowledge in a Final Year Research Project on a topic of your own choice.
Entry requirements, fees and applying
Entry requirements
A-level: ABB including A in English, excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking.
Access to HE Diploma
Pass diploma with 60 credits overall, including at least 45 credits at level 3, of which 30 credits must be at Distinction and 15 credits at Merit or higher. An interview and a piece of written work may also be required. The Access course must include English modules. Please contact the Admissions Office for more information.
We will consider this qualification in combination with other qualifications. Please contact the Admissions Office for more information.
Cambridge Pre-U
Please contact the Admissions Office
International Baccalaureate
34 points overall with 16 at Higher Level including 6 in English at Higher Level
Irish Highers (Leaving Certificate)
H2, H2, H2, H3, H3, H3 including H2 in English
Scottish Highers / Advanced Highers
Scottish Highers accepted in combination with Advanced Highers. Contact the Admissions Office for more information.
Welsh Baccalaureate
The Welsh Baccalaureate is not typically included in the academic conditions of an offer made to you for this course. If you choose to undertake the Welsh Baccalaureate we would strongly encourage you to draw upon these experiences within your personal statement, as your qualification will then be taken into account both when your application is initially considered by the selection panel and again when reviewed by the admissions tutor at the time your A-level results are passed to us.
Other Qualifications
European Baccalaureate: 77% including 85% in English.
Read more about UK and Republic of Ireland accepted qualifications or contact the Schools Undergraduate Admissions Team.
When an applicant is taking the EPQ in a relevant subject this might be considered alongside other Level 3 qualifications and may attract an alternative offer in addition to the standard offer. If you are taking A Levels, this would be ABC at A Level including A in English (excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking) and grade A in the EPQ.
Alternative entry
Were committed to identifying the best possible applicants, regardless of personal circumstances or background.
Access to Leeds is an alternative admissions scheme which accepts applications from individuals who might be from low income households, in the first generation of their immediate family to apply to higher education, or have had their studies disrupted.
Find out more about Access to Leeds and alternative admissions.
Typical Access to Leeds: BBC at A Level including B in English (excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking) and pass Access to Leeds.
We accept a wide range of international equivalent qualifications. For more information contact the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies admissions team.
English language requirementsIELTS 7.0 overall, with no less than 6.5 in any component. For other English qualifications, read English language equivalent qualifications.
Improve your English
If you're an international student and you don't meet the English language requirements for this programme, you may be able to study our undergraduate pre-sessional English course, to help improve your English language level.
How to apply
Apply to this course through UCAS. The institution code for the University of Leeds is L23. Check the deadline for applications on the UCAS website.
International students apply through UCAS in the same way as UK/EU students. Our network of international representatives can help you with your application. If you're unsure about the application process, contact the admissions team for help.
Read about visas, immigration and other information in International students. We recommend that international students apply as early as possible to ensure that they have time to apply for their visa.
Admissions policy
School of Languages, Cultures and Societies Undergraduate Admissions Policy
UK/EU: See fees section below
International: £17,500 (per year)
For UK and non-UK EU full-time students starting in 2018, the fee for 2018/19 will be £9,250.
For UK and non-UK EU full-time students starting in 2019, the fee for 2019/20 will be £9,250.
The fee may increase in future years of your course in line with inflation, and as permitted by law. For example, the increase of 2.8% in 2017/18 was based on the government's forecast for the RPI-X measure of inflation.
The UK government has confirmed that non-UK EU students starting in the 2019/20 academic year will have home fee status and be eligible for UK government student loans. The UK government has not confirmed the situation for future years, so keep checking our website for updates.
If you take a study abroad or work placement year, youll pay a reduced tuition fee during this period. For more information, see Study abroad and work placement tuition fees and loans.
Read more about paying fees and charges.
Financial support
If you have the talent and drive, we want you to be able to study with us, whatever your financial circumstances. There is help for students in the form of loans and non-repayable grants from the University and from the government. Find out more in our Undergraduate funding overview.Back to top
Career opportunities
Studying for a Joint Honours degree allows you to gain an in-depth knowledge of two subjects, including proficiency in a major world language. As well as demonstrating that youre intellectually versatile, your degree will equip you with a wide range of skills across different disciplines that employers actively seek.
Youll have good research skills, and youll be able to analyse complex information from multiple sources before drawing your own conclusions. Youll then be able to communicate and defend your views clearly, either verbally or in writing. In addition, youll have strong research and organisational skills and be confident working independently or in a team. You will also have a strong understanding of cultural diversity, allowing you to work effectively with people whose backgrounds differ from yours.
All of these qualities are very attractive to employers, and graduates have pursued careers across the globe that reflect the diversity of their degrees. Theyve gone on to be successful in education, the media, law, publishing, the civil service, business and finance and the charity sector to name a few. Many others have also pursued postgraduate study, including further training in language-based careers such as translating and interpreting.
To find out more about graduate destinations in your subjects, please see the relevant Single Honours pages.
Careers support
We encourage you to prepare for your career from day one. Thats one of the reasons Leeds graduates are so sought after by employers.
Leeds for Life is our unique approach to helping you make the most of University by supporting your academic and personal development. Find out more at the Leeds for Life website.
The Careers Centre and staff in your faculty provide a range of help and advice to help you plan your career and make well-informed decisions along the way, even after you graduate. Find out more at the Careers website.Back to top
Placement opportunities
Residence abroad
Youll spend your second year at the Arabic Language Institute in Fes (ALIF), Morocco.
Its a fantastic opportunity to immerse yourself in another culture, and when youre not in your intensive language classes there will be plenty of time to travel and explore the region. For many of our students, its the highlight of their course.
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Author Notes: Love Madeleine cookies, so decided to try a chocolate version for the contest. This are not too sweet and pretty rich. If you like them not as sweet use only 1/2 a cup of sugar. —Cordelia
Food52 Review: Friends, this is a most exquisite dessert, especially given the minimal effort here. The orange zest, a real boon ingredient to any baking, I think, and the liquor, which is more than subtle but not at all a hammer, make an elegant match with the melted chocolate you've tossed into the batter. Dusted with a bit of powdered sugar, these are sophisticated, pretty little additions to the table of inevitable brownies and chocolate chip cookies you are bound to find at the buffet. —Jestei
Makes: 18 cookies
stick of unsalted butter
cup sugar
from 1/2 an orange
teaspoon vanilla extract
teaspoons grand marnier
cup all purpose flour
tablespoons dark cocoa powder
teaspoon baking powder
oz of good semisweet chocolate (Callebaut for example)
- Heat the oven to 360 F degrees.
- Put the butter in the mixer bowl and whip on high speed for 2 min.
- Add the sugar and the orange zest, and keep mixing for another minute or so on high speed.
- Add the eggs one by one. Add another one only after the previous one is well mixed.
- Add the salt, vanilla and the grand marnier and mix for a little longer.
- Sift the flour, cocoa powder and the baking powder to a separate bowl. Add to the mixer bowl, while mixing on low speed, in 3 batches. Though every time mix only until the flour is just incorporated, so the dough won't get tough.
- Cut the chocolate to small pieces. Melt the chocolate in the microwave for about 1-1.5 min until it just starts to melt. Mix well to melt all pieces. Cool for few minutes and then incorporate into the dough with a spatula.
- Oil a Madeleine pan and sprinkle a bit of sugar in each indentation (even if you use silicon pan). Put a very full tablespoon of batter in each indentation to just fill it. the dough is pretty sticky, but try to flatten it a bit.
- Bake for 12-15 min, until risen (mostly in the middle) and springy.
- Let it cool for 15 min and take out the cookies and put on a plate with the bottom side (shell-like) up. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
- Enjoy.
- This recipe is a Community Pick!
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Holiday Cookie
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Chocolate Cookie


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Beets to Cabbage: 20 Recipes for Roasted Vegetables
Roasting has been our cooking method of choice these past few weeks. It's so pleasant to turn on the oven full blast and cook up some tender, crispy, winter vegetables. Here's a look at some of the many roasted vegetable recipes we have in our archives, from slow-roasted tomato sauce to crunchy roasted chickpeas to succulent roasted baby cabbage.
Here's a look back at some favorite recipes and ideas for roasted vegetables:
• How To Roast Any Vegetable
• High-Heat Roasted Vegetables
• Caesar-Roasted Asparagus
• How To Roast and Peel Beets
• Roasted Baby Cabbage
• Roasted Cabbage with Bacon
• How To Roast and Peel Chestnuts
• Spicy Oven-Roasted Chickpeas
• Roasted Eggplant Caviar from Good Food
• Quick Tip: How to Roast Peppers
• Confetti Potatoes and Pearl Onions
• Rosemary Roast Potatoes
• Roasted Butternut Squash Puree with Goat Cheese
• Roasted Sunchokes
• Roasted Sweet Potato Sticks with Rosemary
• Sweet Potatoes with Star Anise, Ginger, and Lime
• Roasted Fall Vegetables with Feta Cheese
• Roast Garlic Cloves Inside Squash
• Slow-Roasted Tomato Sauce
• Oven-Roasted Tomato Jam
And more...
• Indian-Roasted Cauliflower
• Roasting Broccoli
• Roasted Kohlrabi and Butternut Squash
• Roasted Garlic
• Wild Rice Salad with Roasted Green Beans and Dried Cranberries
• Taylor's Roasted Potato Tacos with Creamy Dressing
• Jean's Roasted Vegetables on Creamy Polenta
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Any old city can string up a few lights downtown and call it a holiday celebration.
From Mexico to Malta, northern lights to sunny skies, these places are doing Christmas better than the rest this year.
Bath, England
There are few cities in the world where you can celebrate the birth of Jesus and the birth of Jane Austen with the same amount of fanfare, but Bath happens to be one of them.
The Theatre Royal, which Austen mentions in "Northanger Abbey" and "Persuasion," is home to a musical celebration accompanied by mince pies and mulled wine in honor of the literary doyenne.
There's also a varied program of holiday drama, musicals, opera and concerts, including Cinderella and Rumpelstiltskin.
A seasonal favorite, the 18-day Bath Christmas Market has over 170 wooden chalets selling distinctively British handmade crafts in a quaint Georgian setting.
Straddled between the imposing Bath Abbey and the venerable Roman Baths, the market offers a festive way to discover the character of Bath, which is the only entire city in the UK to have been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Bath on Ice is a great excuse to bundle up and lace up your skates, while the Thermae Bath Spa is the perfect reason to strip down and savor the steam emanating from the thermal mineral-rich waters of an open-air rooftop pool with spectacular views over the city.
New York
Rockefeller Center lies at the core of the New York Christmas.
Its famed ice rink has been around for 78 years; the decorated tree is an 81-year-old tradition.
Across the street, Radio City hosts the annual Christmas Spectacular, starring the Rockettes.
On the southwest corner of Central Park, Columbus Circle hosts more than 100 vendors selling clothes, gifts, snacks and drinks at the Holiday Market.
Central Park has two ponds for skating and horse-drawn carriage rides.
Fashion's biggest names join in the festivities, setting up impressive Christmas window displays.
The most glamorous cases, at the Fifth Avenue flagships and department stores like Saks and Bergdorf, are impressive enough to melt the heart of Anna Wintour.
Visiting presepju, or nativity scenes, is an integral part of Christmas in Malta.
Every year, residents proudly open their shutters, and sometimes even their garage doors, to display their holy crib confections to the public.
On a grander scale, the Bethlehem f'Ghajnsielem is a life-size nativity experience spread over 20,0000 square meters of formerly abandoned fields.
Inhabited and animated by over 150 actors comprised of entire families, the village takes visitors back in time to Judea of 2,000 years ago, complete with oil lamps, turn mills, grazing animals, crafts areas teaching traditional skills and folklore, a tavern, and of course a grotto housing baby Jesus.
Downtown Valletta is also home to a lively Christmas spirit, with carolers singing outside the Baroque St. John's Co-Cathedral during advent, and a dizzying display of Christmas lights on Republic Street.
The Manoel Theater is well known for its annual Christmas pantomime — this year Pinocchio themed.
A visit to the privately owned Museum of Toys featuring dolls, soldiers, train sets, and clockwork tin trinkets dating as far back as the 1790's, is a heartwarming homage to childhood.
Barcelona, Spain
If you can manage to extend your Christmas holiday until Three King's Day (January 5), there's no better place to catch up with Melchior, Gaspar and Balthazar than Barcelona.
On the evening of January 4, they arrive at the city's port on the Santa Eulalia — their very own ship — in bearded and velvet-robed splendor.
Canons are fired, fireworks are set off, and as the mayor hands them the keys to the city, the magic of the Magi officially commences.
They parade through the streets in a magnificent cavalcade of floats that includes camels, elephants, giraffes and dazzling costumes.
Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland
While legends dating as far back as the 1820s cite the North Pole as the official home of Santa Claus and his jolly missus, the Finns would have us believe otherwise.
For them, Rovaniemi, Lapland, located just north of the Arctic Circle, is Christmas HQ.
Here, children make gingerbread cookies with Mrs. Claus, enroll in Elf School or take a calligraphy class and compose their Christmas wish lists with a traditional quill.
Other area attractions include the Ranua Zoo, home to baby polar bears, wolverines and moose; Sirmakko reindeer farm, where visitors can take a sled-led reindeer safari; and the Arktikum, a science center where the mystery of the northern lights is revealed.
Those in search of a truly frosty experience can stay in the Arctic Snow Hotel, made entirely of snow and ice, but equipped with saunas and hot tubs in which to thaw.
Nuremberg, Germany
The Nuremberg Christmas market (Nurnberger Christkindlesmarkt) is a German institution, pulling in more than 2 million visitors each year.
Highlights include a giant carved wooden Ferris wheel, old-fashioned carousel and steam train.
Unlike all those "fake" Christmas markets that have been popping up in the region, Nuremberg's Christmas Market Council is serious about making sure only traditional handmade toys and holiday goods are sold.
No mass-produced plastic garlands here.
The market's 200 select vendors also put up fantastic displays as they compete for the Most Beautiful Stall Design award.
The top three walk away with a gold, silver or bronze "Plum People" awards.
Adults can enjoy Nuremberg spicy gingerbread and mugs of mulled wine.
For kids, there's the Toy Museum, while the German Railway Museum is a hit with everyone.
Quebec City, Canada
If you're the type who likes to celebrate Christmas around a tree made from recycled sheet metal, with lights powered by the pedaling of nearby cyclists, Quebec is your destination.
A haven for environmentally friendly, outdoor enthusiasts, the city bustles with activity, offering holiday programs for all tastes.
Modern-day Victorians can enjoy a candlelit evening of stories from Charles Dickens, recounting the Christmas traditions of yore.
Sausage and roast chestnut lovers can browse the wares at the German Christmas market.
The more religiously inclined can wander an exposition of nativity scenes from around the world.
The nearby Sentier des Caps de Charlevoix offers family-friendly hiking, snowshoeing and skiing, while speed devils can zoom around in a snowmobile from Nord Expe.
Reykjavik, Iceland
When it comes to Christmas celebrations, Iceland has a few peculiarities.
Among these, 13 "Yuletide Lads" (scruffy Santas) are said to bring gifts to nice children for the 13 nights leading to Christmas.
Rows of small, beautiful huts make up the Yule Town Christmas market on Ingolfstorg.
Here, visitors can pick up colorful Christmas gifts, decorations and treats.
The shopping differs day to day as some craftsmen and designers set up stalls for only one day.
Beaming down onto a city covered in snow and Christmas lights, northern lights displays add to Reykjavik's festival feel.
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Piñatas, posadas and ponche sum up the festivities in this colorful Mexican city, where Christmas is both a solemn and celebratory affair.
Leading up to December 24, you're likely to stumble upon Mary and Joseph strolling the streets, as locals make pilgrimages from home to home, singing to "ask for posada" or "beg for shelter" as they reenact the journey to Bethlehem.
Pinatas and ponche (a mulled fruit drink) cap a long evening of peregrinations around this cobblestoned city, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its wealth of grand churches, well-preserved architecture and grand zocalos.
Santa Claus, Indiana
Christmas is a year-round occasion in this town of fewer than 3,000 residents.
Santa Claus, Indiana, receives thousands of letters a year from children trying to reach St. Nick himself.
A group of volunteers called Santa's Elves was set up in the mid-1930s to reply to each letter.
The Land of Lights display is a 1.2-mile drive around the Lake Rudolph Campground & RV Resort.
Among various Christmas-themed events, Santa hosts a buffet dinner at the Christmas Lodge every Friday leading up to Christmas.
Strasbourg, France
Strasbourg's series of themed Christmas villages morph the city into a visual and gastronomic wonderland.
Visitors can head to the Village of Alsace Farmhouse to taste prune, apricot and other holiday-inspired variations of farm-fresh foie gras.
The nearby Village of Bredle is supplied with its namesake traditional Christmas biscuits and copious amounts of mulled Alsatian wine.
From the Strasbourg Philharmonic to gospel to Django Reinhardt-inspired gypsy jazz, Strasbourg's Christmas program is packed with concerts and cultural events from Croatia, the guest country of Strasbourg's Christmas celebrations this year.
Valkenburg, The Netherlands
This small town is the Dutch center for Christmas festivities.
Valkenburg's Velvet Cave is transformed into a Christmas Market and the residence of Santa, where visitors can see his room of presents and reindeer sleigh.
The cavern houses sculptures and an 18th-century chapel, as well as preserved mural drawings that date to Roman times.
Marlstone products and traditional Polish handicrafts are a few of the unique items exclusive to Valkenburg's Christmas markets.
Best way to reach the Christmas town? A Christmas Express train that runs regularly between Simpelveld and Valkenburg.


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Lawmakers Voting for Gay Marriage Raised More Cash
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Lawmakers who took a political risk by supporting same-sex marriages in Minnesota have seen big increases in their campaign coffers.
Reports say that House members whose 2013 votes went against most in their party took in double, triple or even quadruple the cash they raised in 2011.
Richard Carlbom is a spokesman for Minnesota United, which lobbied for same-sex marriages. He says the group and its allies helped raise $500,000 to support officials who voted for same-sex marriage.
Reports released Saturday show the fundraising clearly impacted some.
For example, Rep. Pat Garofalo of Farmington supported same-sex marriage, against the majority of his district. The Republican took in nearly $54,000 last year - four times what he raised in 2011. The cash could help against a potential challenger.


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Are great images a product of the photographer, or their camera equipment? This series (formerly known as "Lens of the Month") explores the idea that it's BOTH: Featuring a professional photographer and a single Canon lens, the Canon Digital Learning Center focuses on the relationship that artists can have with their gear.
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Hi folks,
I've been working on memorizing the opening lines of the Iliad as Pharr suggests, and just realized I might be mis-scanning line 3.
In the Pharr text, I was reading Αιδι as having two syllables, the first of which is long because it's a dipthong.
But now I'm looking at other versions, like at Perseus, and they all print a diaeresis mark over that first iota, making the word three syllables (two short followed by one long, I think).
My question is, is there some way I should have known that wasn't a dipthong just from reading the Pharr text? I couldn't tell from the meter, could I? And why doesn't Pharr print the mark, when he does so later in the very same line?


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Housed in the luxuriously modern St. Regis Hotel, Ame is the refined sister restaurant to Terra - a wine country jewel established by the husband-and-wife team of Hiro Sone and Lissa Doumani in 1988.
Sone and Doumani had long perfected the cuisine and service at their landmark Napa Valley restaurant before they made the decision to migrate their success to the heart of downtown San Francisco. With the hands-on style that is Doumani's signature on the floor and in managing the pastry department and the original cuisine that Sone creates, the two are a culinary duet with every note in harmony.
Chef Hiro Sone's highly personal style of cooking is expressed through his Japanese heritage; French and Italian training and world travels almost defies being labeled. Though, if it has to be done, "seasonal New American with an emphasis on seafood" is probably a close as anyone is going to get.
While Terra's signature dishes like broiled sake-marinated black cod appear on Ame's menu, Sone attributes the differences in the two menus to the wider availability of ingredients and access to a greater number of suppliers within the city. He points to Crabonara, a play on the classic Italian carbonara, as a dish that can only be created in San Francisco. Where else could you source enough Dungeness crab fat for a popular menu item?
Ame's Sommelier and Wine Director Anani Lawson oversees a 300-bottle wine list that focuses on small producers from France, Germany, Austria, Italy and the United States. Lawson, whose last position was head sommelier at The French Laundry, first worked at Terra in 1995 and rejoined the duo to open Ame. In an interesting twist on service, sake at Ame is treated like wine and served in stemware. Conventional, no, memorable, yes!
Ame has already cleared the way for a personalized culinary experience unlike any the city has to offer. There's something to be said for having already cultivated a far-reaching clientele and garnered the industry's highest accolades.
Medicine, the New Shojin Eatstation
The introduction of a new cuisine to the Bay Area always gets the attention of the restaurant industry but it's not every day when a culinary style that has flourished since the sixth century arrives on our doorstep.
Such is the case of Medicine: New-Shojin Eatstation, a restaurant whose journey began in Telluride, Colorado as a partnership between restaurateur William Petty's dining experiences in Kyoto, Japan and the fine dining industry experiences of Skye Thompson. They deemed San Francisco the place to debut Shojin cuisine and opened Medicine in August 2005.
The term shojin means progress of the spirit and Shojin cuisine, considered the original diet of the island of Japan, is vegetarian temple food that has been prepared often as part of a meditation practice and eaten by Zen Buddhist monks and nuns for 14 centuries. Not until recently has it emerged from behind the temple walls. Skye Thompson is not aware of another Shojin restaurant in the Western United States and has only seen one operating in Tokyo though they can be found on temple grounds in Kyoto's Gion District.
Shojin cuisine is the ancestor of kaiseki, a more familiar Japanese cuisine that is not vegetarian. Kaiseki's progression of tiny dishes that capture the peak of seasonality made its first appearance on the Bay Area dining scene in the early 90's. With the arrival of Medicine's Ryuta Sakamoto, a fourth-generation Kyoto chef who grew up in his family's renowned 16-seat kaiseki restaurant - Kappo Sakamoto - the introduction of shojin strikes a similar chord.
The Zen belief that food should be prepared with love and ingested for health is the premise for Medicine. To that effect, Sakamoto's cuisine keeps traditional shojin guidelines in mind: it uses no animal products or aromatic members of the lily family – scallions, leeks, onions, shallots or garlic. Medicine's mostly organic menu uses seasonal vegetables, a wide variety of artisan soy products like yuba or soy milk skin, miso, seaweed and traditional grains to create simmering bowls of udon (rice) and soba (buckwheat) noodles, tempura-fried vegetables and steaming nine-grain rice that has a distinct purple hue.
Beverages at Medicine are treated with no less care. Sake expert Beau Timken of True Sake developed the restaurant's premium sake list; sakes are served cold and perfectly complement the subtle cuisine. Chef Sakamoto's comments make each entry memorable, he refers to Urakasumi junmai as the "jolly monk." The succinct wine list is served by the glass and hails from Organic Vintners with selections from Chile, Argentina, Australia and Mendocino. Ultra premium teas selected by Sakamoto include shade-grown gyokuro-cha and matcha, the ground leaves used in tea ceremonies.
Cuisine aside, almost every aspect of the dining room and service at Medicine contribute to the uniqueness of the operation. From communal seating on benches at long mahogany tables and the inclusive service charge in lieu of tipping to the staff uniforms emblazoned with Sanskrit calligraphy that proclaims loving kindness, there is reason to believe that a meal at Medicine is truly food for the soul.
Nihon Whisky Lounge – Dram & Edge
Corners are growing considerably more comfortable all over San Francisco, and our first
official whiskey lounge would be no exception. Brothers Musa and Khaled Dajani of the Dajani Group have transformed a nondescript corner at Folsom and 14th streets into Nihon, a two-story lounge and restaurant that houses a comprehensive collection of whisky - 130 bottles or thereabouts of single malt scotch with a nod to American, Japanese and Irish pours.
The Dajani brothers have come a long way since they opened their first operation, Café Abbir, a corner coffee house in 1994. With the addition of a discreet Champagne and soju bar, 821, and a raw bar, Tsunami, last year, the brothers now have four San Francisco operations and each concept is more finely tuned than the last. Nihon is distinguished by beautifully-crafted walnut cabinetry (the Dajani Group handles their own construction) walnut table tops and ergonomically designed chairs and banquettes designed to achieve maximum comfort from the moment you are seated.
The emergence of the bottle rooms on the lounge scene is now tangible with even the most concise locations dedicating space to house both bottles and their owners. At Nihon, a cozy corner room on the second floor guarantees a seat for those who prefer the service and intimacy of bottle service.
Nihon's menu is Japanese with robata or grilled items taking center stage and moderate in price. Musa Dajani, a Duncan man himself, explained that after considerable research, they determined Japanese cuisine was the best fit for whisky appreciation. Given the considerable range of prices among the elite single malts, the list proffers close to ten labels that exceed $500 a bottle and a 21-year Glenmorangie that tops the list at $1,000, the majority our accessible with Nihon's 2 oz-pours ranging from $8 to $45.
Husband-and-wife team Hiro Sone and Lissa Doumani at their urban location Ame.
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Medicine's Crunchy Salad of organic seasonal vegetables and sweetened walnut.
Skye Thompson: Medicine Man
Co-owner Skye Thompson wears the Sanskirt maitri – loving kindness.
Nihon General Manager Janet Chung, 23, and Musa Dajani of the Dajani Group.
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Say it ain't so, Mo!
New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera said he's reached a decision on whether this will be his final season and plans to announce it before opening day.
"Yes, I have," Rivera said Wednesday after the Yankees' first spring training workout for pitchers and catchers. "But again, I will tell you guys when I think it's the right moment."
Baseball's career saves leader had surgery June 12 to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, an injury that occurred while he was shagging fly balls during batting practice in Kansas City on May 3.
The 43-year-old right-hander expects to be ready for the regular season. He threw 25 pitches off a bullpen mound and said it felt good.
"It was wonderful to be out there again," Rivera said.
When asked on a scale of one to 10 how the knee currently is, Rivera said, "around nine, for sure."
He added: "The other point will be the running that I do here."
Rivera wore a small, light-weight brace during Wednesday's workout, which had him also take part in fielding drills, including covering first base. He is planning to use a brace in games this year.
Rivera will continue shagging fly balls in batting practice, an activity that has the approval of Yankees manager Joe Girardi.
"That's part of who he is," Girardi said. "So, I don't want to take it away from him."
Rivera will likely pitch his normal seven or eight innings in spring training games, but could throw additional batting practice sessions or simulated games.
"We really don't have a whole lot of restrictions on Mo," Girardi said. "We will watch him carefully to make sure that we don't think he's taxing it too much. We feel pretty good about where he's at."
Based on reporting by The Associated Press.
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