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DAKINE ISA World Junior Surfing Championship Presented by Billabong
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Playa Venao, Panama
Much like the day before, the medal hopes of surfers and their respective teams continued to swing throughout Day 7 of competition at Playa Venao. The day began with 44 surfers contending for 12 individual medals, and with the final horn of the day, the event was down to 24 of the record-number 303 athletes who began the competition a week prior the DAKINE ISA World Junior Surfing Championship Presented by Billabong.
It was an extremely competitive environment on Saturday, with athletes and teams scratching for every possible wave and team points. Australia, Brazil, France, Hawaii and USA each have several surfers to compete on the final day, so the medal order is still far from determined.
With her team having struggled to keep its surfers in contention, USA's Nikki Viesins sat on the cusp of being dropped to the Repechage with five minutes left in her Main Event heat. Close behind her in third was Peru's Miluska Tello, needing only a mid-range score to move up. To protect her advancing position, Viesins got pro-active. She paddled right up to Tello and became her shadow.
"I just had to sit on her the whole heat and try to keep her off the waves the best that I could. And I managed to hold her off every wave. It was actually pretty fun," said Viesins, who was still breathing heavy after the active finish to the heat.
Advancing in first was Hawaii's Tatiana Weston-Webb, who, unlike her competitors, had a mostly carefree heat. She sat all alone on a peak down the beach from the American and Peruvian.
"I looked over at one point and saw them battling, and I was like 'Oh, wow!'" said Weston-Webb, who's been one of the most dominant surfers in the Girls division. "But it didn't really bother me; I just wanted to keep catching waves because it was like a free-surf for me."
Both Weston-Webb and Viesins are one heat away from the Medal round, and will have Ellie-Jean Coffey (AUS) and Mahina Maeda (HAW) to contend with in the final of the Girls Qualifying Round.
In the smaller conditions, with light offshore winds putting some texture on the wave faces, high scores weren't as frequent as they'd been in the days prior when the waves were well-overhead. Portugal's Vasco Ribeiro and Brazil's Matheus Navarro were two of the exceptions. Competing on opposite sides of the Boys Under-18 draw, they both used a combination of powerful turns and aerials on right-hand breaking waves to post some of the highest individual (Ribeiro's 9.77 and Navarro's 9.5) and two-wave scores (Ribeiro's 18.47 and Navarro's 18.6) of the event.
"The waves got really fun and after I had two good waves in my scores already I went looking to do something big. A good wave came and I tried to do a big air (an air reverse), luckily I landed it," Ribeiro said. "Knowing that I am the only Portuguese surfer left motivates me to give my best to get a good result. It would be amazing for me to win the Gold. Last year I came close, placing second, so now my goal is to win."
The Brazilians put on an impressive display in both Boys divisions, causing some big upsets, including those over Hawaii's Koa Smith and Ian Gentil. Team Hawaii still finds itself in control of the race for Team Gold and the IOC President's Trophy, with the most surfers remaining in the event. Kain Daly, Josh Moniz, Kalani David, Weston-Webb, Maeda and Dax McGill are left for the Hawaiians.
Team France is one of the remaining 10 nations with surfers still competing. In the feel-good story of the day, the remaining pair of French athletes are actually cousins, and found themselves surfing against one another in Boys Under-16 Qualifying. After posting early, solid scores, Nomme Mignot and Diego Mignot didn't even need to put to use any team tactics. They were able to cruise through the heat and enjoy competing against one another in the latter rounds of an ISA World Championship event. The heat ended with Diego in first, followed by Nomme, and they were able to celebrate at the shoreline with the French team and four family members who had made the trip to Panama.
"I was not nervous at all; we were just sharing waves out there," said Nomme, who was in a tight, emotional heat days prior. "We're still not done; we're going to the final."
Following the end of ISA World Juniors competition, the schedule shifted to the ISA Aloha Cup, a surfing team event, where 8 teams competed for the Gold Medal. Eight nations with five surfers each were split into two semifinals, with the top two teams in each heat advancing to the Final. Brazil, France, Hawaii and Peru qualified to fight for Gold. High-tide conditions presented ample opportunity for each of the athletes to shine. At the end of the hour-long heat, Brazil, France and Hawaii were all within just a few points, with one surfer remaining in the water. Brazil had an opportunity to take the lead over France, but no scoring waves came in the end for Matheus Navarro, leaving him sitting alone in the lineup. On the shore, the French contingent was ecstatic, jumping and singing the songs of their country.
"We're really happy about this victory. We love the Aloha Cup because the team spirit comes into place in its best fashion," said Xavier Delanne, the team manager of Team France. "Our team stuck together, chose the right waves and surfed them wisely. We're really happy about this Gold and we're looking forward to tomorrow and watching our two surfers left in the event."
"The ISA Aloha Cup is a special format: fast, easy to understand for the public, and in three hours determines a champion," said Fernando Aguerre, the President of the ISA. "Also, because of its intensity and by being a team competition, the emotions run really high and are intense. This final probably was the most exciting one that I remember."
The ISA World Juniors will conclude tomorrow, April 22, with 12 heats remaining between the three divisions. At the end of the day three individual Gold Medals will be awarded, along with the always-important Team Gold Medal, which this year is accompanied for the first time by the IOC President's Trophy.
The event webcast will be live beginning at 10:40am local time (8:40am PST; 3:40pm in London) at www.dakineisawjsc.com/live. The Closing Ceremony is scheduled to start at 4:00pm and will be live, as well, on the webcast.
ISA Aloha Cup Final Results:
Gold: France – 58.46
Silver: Hawaii – 57.77
Bronze: Brazil – 48.07
Copper: Peru – 37.43
ISA World Juniors Team Points – End of Day 7:
1- Hawaii. 6825
2- Australia. 5915
3- Brazil. 5520
5- Peru. 4663
6- Japan. 4513
7- France. 4455
8- Portugal. 3623
9- South Africa. 3275
10- Costa Rica. 3160
11- New Zealand. 3090
12- Tahiti. 2473
13- Argentina. 2341
14- Great Britain. 2220
15- Venezuela. 1926
16- Barbados. 1915
17- Panama. 1856
18- Mexico. 1852
19- Germany. 1732
20- Ecuador. 1688
21- Uruguay. 1480
22- Puerto Rico. 1436
23- El Salvador. 1160
24- Spain. 1040
25- Guatemala. 952
26- Jamaica. 904
27- Italy. 720
28- Chile. 692
29- Canada. 544
30- Switzerland. 384
31- Nicaragua. 336
Main Pic: When the final horn blew, and the Gold Medal result in the ISA Aloha Cup was official, Team France embraced, began jumping and broke into song. Photo: ISA/Shawn Parkin


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Former Disney star Ashley Tisdale has shed her clean-cut image for a sexy topless photoshoot for Maxim magazine.
The "High School Musical" singer/actress has shown off her toned physique on the cover of the men's publication by posing on a beach in a pair of panties and a partially open leather jacket.
In the accompanying interview, the beauty, who is dating musician Christopher French, admits she has "a thing" for bad boys and claims she has no problem making the first move if she really likes a guy.
She tells the magazine, "I'm not into the 'game' so much. If I like you, I'll confront you and be open about it. Then I expect you to come after me."
But Tisdale's confident approach to life hasn't always worked in her favor – recalling her scariest fan encounter, she says, "Once I Instagrammed a picture of me waking up, and the next day this older gentleman came to my parents' house saying he wasn't going to leave till he saw me.
"I was like, 'Maybe I shouldn't have taken a picture of me in bed?'"

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An Artist Made a Portrait of Lindsay Lohan Entirely From Trash. Because Metaphors. [PHOTOS]
Jason Mecier is a huge Lindsay Lohan fan. So huge, in fact, that he created a portrait of the troubled starlet out of trash. The art piece took over 50 hours to make and is constructed entirely of recycled materials, unloved objects and garbage -- all inspired by La Lohan herself.
Wethinks we smell a metaphor in there somewhere.
Specific materials include: Jewelry (begged, borrowed or stolen, we assume), sunglasses, credit cards, cell phones, empty bottles of alcohol, handcuffs, Visine, prescription bottles, LiLo's CDs and DVDs, some collectible nail files from 'Mean Girls,' not one but four ant traps, Monistat 7 (don't think about it don't think about it don't think about it), eight Q-tips, a tampon and 29 cigarette butts.
And a court order in a pear treeeeeeee.
We also spy with our little eyes: Playing cards, Altoids, rolling papers, designer logos, an advertisement for Botox, batteries, calculators, writing utensils and Nicorette gum.
Said Mecier of his intensive labor of love, "I love Lindsay! I'm a huge fan! She seems to love publicity and controversy so I think she will like it. It's all in fun. This would look great hanging in [her] living room."
Check out more of Jason's work on his website.


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When singer and guitarist Cara Brindisi gigs at venues like Vincent's or Funky Murphy's, she's enjoying herself, playing the songs she likes, entertaining the audience, going wherever the music leads her.
On stage, it's all about the performance.
But when she's playing in someone's home or a hospice facility, Brindisi is part of a team of clinicians following a plan to meet someone's physical, emotional, spiritual or cognitive needs.
At her day job, it's all about the patient.
Brindisi is a certified music therapist who works for VNA Care Network & Hospice. To earn that certification, she went to the Berklee College of Music for four years, did a six-month internship and took a three- to four-hour exam that put her education and experience to the test.
Despite the popular perception, Brindisi says, being a music therapist isn't showing up at a nursing home, strapping on the guitar and playing "Kumbaya."
"It goes far beyond just being a human jukebox," she said.
Brindisi, 24, who lives in Worcester, grew up in Shrewsbury and went to Shrewsbury High School. Always a singer, she knew she wanted a career in music and decided on the intense music therapy program at Berklee, where the course load was 60 percent science, psychology and anatomy and 40 percent music.
Her own performances grew out of the repertoire she developed in school and at her internship.
"Now that I know how to play all of these songs," she said, she told herself, "I might as well give it a shot and make a few extra bucks and play in a coffee shop or a restaurant corner."
She performs mostly cover tunes, putting her own twist on songs ranging from the late 1800s folk song "Red River Valley" to Neil Young's "Old Man" of the 1970s to more contemporary music.
"It's just music that's recognizable and something that I like to sing," she said.
That's not the case when she's working as a therapist, and the music is "evidence based, science based and goal oriented," said Brindisi, who works with doctors, nurses and social workers to come up with a treatment plan for each patient.
"It's an array of goals and objectives that are set that become my therapeutic intention when I'm using music," she said.
She gave two examples of how she might work with patients, or patients and their families.
If someone was experiencing rapid breathing and a quick heart rate after exerting himself or undergoing a stressful test, Brindisi might play at a cadence that matches the rise and fall of the patient's chest, gradually slowing things down to ease the patient out of his anxious state.
Simply playing slowly would not get the job done.
"Even though music is magical, it's not magic," she said. "It's just not that quick."
To help a family and an aware but non-verbal woman who was dying of cancer, Brindisi said she played guitar in the background while relatives surrounded the patient and described something that they loved about her or wished for her. Using their words and emotions, Brindisi then crafted a song that was recorded for the family.
VNA Care Network & Hospice began its music therapy program last year, when the agency hired Brindisi.
"We have experience offering other complementary therapies, including massage and Reiki, and music therapy was a natural next step in expanding those services," Patricia M. Kennedy, director of hospice for the network, said in an email. "The response from patients and families has been phenomenal."
Brindisi has gotten a lot from the experience, as well.
"I get to meet the coolest, most beautiful people in our communities," she said, often "in the places where they raised their children."
"Really, in hospice, to me, no one has passed away. They might be gone, but everything that they've been able to teach me is going on to the next person," she said.
"I'm so blessed and so honored and so privileged to be part of that connective, part of that human process," Brindisi said. "I can't think of anything better."
That feeling is something they can't teach at Berklee — or anywhere else.


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Prather Ranch harvests approximately 1,100 head per year (an average of 22 head per week) for its premium quality, dry-aged certified organic and natural beef sales. Due to the low cattle volume, meticulous attention (USDA inspections and HACCP plan adherence) is paid to the fine art of harvest, dry-aging and beef processing. Prather Ranch is positioned to provide an unparalleled level of high quality sanitation standards. The result culminates in a beef product that is considered the "Gold Standard" for food safety.
Timeline of the evolution of the Prather Ranch cattle herd:
- 1964 Walter Ralphs purchased the geographically isolated Prather Ranch and started the foundation of the Prather Ranch herd.
- 1975 Last introduction of new females to the primary herd.
- 1984 Cattle identification system implemented with cattle born in 1984.
- 1990 Prather Ranch was contacted by an ISO regulated pharmaceutical company that was searching for a documented "clean" source of cattle hides for an injectable collagen product. The ranch developed protocols that established the beginning of the "Closed Herd" status. Due to BSE concerns, an audit of the entire herd was initiated. The Prather Ranch operation and cattle were documented "clean" through extensive auditing and scientific testing.
- 1995 State-of-the-art abattoir (harvest facility) was built on the ranch property. The abattoir design was adapted to create a low stress environment for the cattle before harvest and to provide an unparalleled level of sanitary conditions. Only Prather Ranch cattle have been harvested in this facility, which has enabled the ranch to ensure that our cattle are not exposed to other potential livestock health issues.
- 1999 Prather Ranch receives the "organic certification" for a portion of the herd.
- 2003 Prather Ranch received the "Certified Humane" certification based on stringent humane animal treatment policies. Humane Farm Animal Care is the certifying organization.
- 2003 Prather Ranch implemented a water quality-monitoring program on irrigated pastures.
- 2004 Prather Ranch began testing for the tenderness gene in herd sires.
Today Prather Ranch continues to be proactive about documentation and scientific testing. Every animal has been carefully tracked on a specialized computer program. The scope of regular scientific testing includes: live cattle, beef, feed, soil and water.


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It's Not Just George Soros Anymore
What does it mean when the capitalist vanguard starts talking about inequality?
Earlier this year, the most reliable way for a billionaire to make the headlines was to compare suggested tax increases to Nazi Germany. Lately, though, the more interesting shift in the politics of the plutocracy has been more genteel.
There will be more Hitler analogies, of course, but another camp among the superrich is starting to tack in the opposite direction. Some plutocrats accept the evidence that capitalism is no longer working for the middle class, and are trying to figure out what to do about that.
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It is not just George Soros, the hedge-fund billionaire, who cheerfully describes himself as a class traitor and has been worrying about the shortcomings of what he calls free-market fundamentalism for decades, anymore. Among the plutocrats, this once-radical perspective is going mainstream.
You could see that in London in late May, at a conference on "Inclusive Capitalism." In the graceful, gilded rooms of the Guildhall, the historic seat of the City, one of the world's two centers of finance, international investors controlling $30 trillion worth of asset–one third of the global total—gathered to discuss, as Paul Polman, the CEO of Unilever, put it, "the capitalist threat to capitalism."
Capitalism, Polman and Lynn Forester de Rothschild, the conference's organizer, wrote in an introductory essay, "has often proved dysfunctional in important ways. It often encourages shortsightedness, contributes to wide disparities between the rich and the poor, and tolerates the reckless treatment of environmental capital. If these costs cannot be controlled, support for capitalism may disappear."
That was just the curtain-raiser. The discussion was kicked off by Fiona Woolf, Lord Mayor of the City of London, who warned that capitalism needed to be "for all, not just the gilded few." Next up was Prince Charles—yes, that Prince Charles—who said the triumphalism of capitalism when the Soviet Union collapsed had been a mistake and that "the long-term job of capitalism is to serve people, rather than the other way around."
The morning's keynote address was delivered by Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund. She quoted both Karl Marx's prediction that capitalism "carried the seeds of its own destruction," and Pope Francis' characterization of increasing inequality as "the root of social evil." She came out against a favorite centrist reaction to rising inequality—"that ultimately we should care about equality of opportunity, not equality of outcome." The problem, Madame Lagarde said, was that opportunity could never be equal in a deeply unequal society. She called for more progressive income tax systems and greater use of property tax.
These prescriptions may be par for the course for the populists who swept Bill de Blasio to City Hall after 12 years of Mike Bloomberg's plutocratic reign, or for supporters of Elizabeth Warren, the crusading liberal senator from Massachusetts. But they came from the managing director of the IMF, whose organization has long been the villain in the anti-globalization movement's worldview, the fiendish mastermind of the plutocracy's "shock doctrine" efforts to take over the planet. That narrative is still alive and well—Lagarde declined an invitation to be this year's commencement speaker at Smith College after students and faculty protested she should not have been invited because the IMF was "a corrupt system" that fueled the oppression and abuse of women worldwide.
At Guildhall, the day ended with a dinnertime keynote speech by another one of the architects and watchdogs of global capitalism, Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England. He said that rising income inequality was real and international: "Within societies, virtually without exception, inequality of outcomes both within and across generations has demonstrably increased." He refuted the popular centrist argument that this is all about meritocracy: "Now is the time to be famous or fortunate." And he warned, with strong language, that the capitalist system was at risk: "Just as any revolution eats its children, unchecked market fundamentalism can devour the social capital essential for the long-term dynamism of capitalism itself."
The spectacle of plutocrats eating porcini risotto in a Georgian mansion and bemoaning the excesses of capitalism cries out for Tom Wolfe—one British hack made a start in that direction by quipping to his peers that the gathering would more aptly have been called a meeting about "exclusive capitalism."
But that was precisely the point—and why the conference, and the broader trend it is a part of, matter. Most of the Inclusive Capitalism conference was off the record, but its invitation-only attendees were a roll call of the global plutocracy, including Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt, Blackstone co-founder and CEO Stephen Schwarzman, and the CEOs of UBS, GlaxoSmithKline, Dow Chemical and Honeywell.
There are other signs of this shift. Social finance, which takes into account social and environmental goals, is moving from a niche into the mainstream—$1 trillion were invested in social finance funds in the United States in 2012, a five-fold surge from $202 billion in 2007. Sallie Krawcheck, a former senior executive at Citigroup and at Bank of America, who in June opened an index fund focused on companies with a greater number of women in top jobs and on their boards. She said the goal was to have a social impact while earning a fair investment return. Some other business leaders, in industries you might not expect to have much of a social conscience, are starting to support public policy that would raise their costs in the short term. They include the CEO of McDonalds, who in a little-noticed speech in May said "McDonald's will be fine" if the minimum wage were to rise.


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When Mark Herzlich signed with the Giants as an undrafted rookie in 2011, just making the team was viewed as a big achievement for a player whose college career had been derailed by cancer. Two years later, Herzlich's sights are set on the next step in his career.
So far Herzlich has primarily been a backup and special teams player, but he believes he's going to earn the starting middle linebacker job this season.
"I think [a starting job is] mine to secure," Herzlich told the New York Post. "I don't think anyone is handing anybody anything, but I feel like if I work hard and play well, then I have a good shot at hopefully making a difference for the team."
Herzlich worked with the first-string defense at minicamp, and he said that was a big step toward getting the job in the regular season.
"It not only built my confidence in my communication skills getting together with the ones," he said, "but built confidence among the other guys playing with the ones that I can lead the defense and be vocal and get everybody lined up and play fast."
Last year's starting middle linebacker, Chase Blackburn, is now in Carolina, which leaves Herzlich competing with Dan Connor for the starting spot. Herzlich appears to be the favorite.


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Tic Disorders are a type of Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Neurodevelopmental means that symptoms affect the body's nervous system. Tic disorders are a result of problems with the body's nerves which transmit signals to and from the brain. Typically, these disorders begin in early childhood (between ages 4 and 6 years of age) and affect the child's social, academic or occupational functioning in some way. Occupational functioning means use of muscles, making sense of information seen/heard/touched, play skills, and activities of daily living (dressing eating, toilet usage, etc.).
All of the Tic Disorders share a common characteristic of having vocal or motor (physical) tics, which are sudden, rapid, recurring body movements or vocalizations (noises, words or phrases).
Tics are classified as either simple or complex and examples include:


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Awewsome storytelling and gameplaygive a chance to the wolf amoung us!
A good multiplayer game that unfortunaly starts to become worse after some hours of gameplay...
I cant explain my feelings playing bioshock in a text.....
Bioshock 2 has a really good story but it is really similar to the first franchise game.If you played bioshock 1 you have to try it out
Tomb raider is a new begining of the franchise giving the new generation a chance to have one of the best adventure's of all time.
Rege is really good loking at the hole game but it isnt a revolution or something that we didnt see in the same way on other shooters
The best way to complete the story and to comunicate wich the other games of the franchise , just awesome
That game show us that vide game is art too
Nice , the story is great but the false reality of open world destroy wih it
Funny and to all ages , if you are a marvel fan just buy it
Not great as a thought that it was going to be but continue beeing a beautiful adventure
It is a good game , but not works well in al macs ....but thats my problem.......great game but not that all , i have already seen better shooters
Nice dlc , we dont see dlcs like this anymore its great
Insane and awesome , you just have to play it with friends , without firends that doesnt work
With your friends its a adventure that you have to make part of , but looking the game as a critic its just the same game but in space
Its really cool the way that the sims is trying to make fantasy and real life together but the map is really small....


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Portal Bookends
Welcome to Aperture Science's Library!
- Bookends for test subjects in Aperture Labs
- Made of shiny & durable aluminum
- Feature a subject going into & out of a portal
There are a lot of manuals for employees of Aperture Laboratories. But you don't necessarily have to read them. Being honest here. We used to hire smarter folks, but our
death turnover rate is so high that we've had to lower our standards to the less-than-literate. But here's your Employee Manual and the various books on radiation poisoning that the government requires us to give all new hires.
But really, don't bother reading them. It's not necessary to do your job. Just follow Cave Johnson's voice and you'll be fine, okay? Take these bookends, they'll hold the books up. Why yes, they do look exactly like a test subject going through a portal on one side and out the portal on the other. Pretty clever, isn't it? Now let's get you off to your first testing assignment - I hear you're in the control group.
Product Specifications
- Bookends for test subjects at Aperture Science
- Left side features half of a test subject going through an orange portal
- Right side features the other half of the test subject coming out the blue portal
- Officially licensed Portal collectible
- Made of shiny & durable aluminum, non-slip rubber padding on bottom
- Dimensions: 4" x 5" x 2.25" each


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The Dark Avenger aides Commissioner Weston in landmark pulp novels by Walter B. Gibson writing as "Maxwell Grant."
First, can a dead man kill? All the clues suggest that the cunning brain behind a series of murders was the first victim! Only The Shadow can unearth the bizarre secret behind "Hidden Death," the 1932 novel that introduced Commissioner Weston!
Then, the Knight of Darkness is accused of terrible crimes by a radio pundit when "The Shadow Meets The Mask."
BONUS: "Murder in the Ball Park," a classic thriller from the Golden Age of Radio!
This instant collector's item showcases the original color pulp covers by George Rozen and Modest Stein, classic interior illustrations by Tom Lovell and Paul Orban, and historical commentary by Anthony Tollin and Will Murray.
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Colts owner Jim Irsay does something that no other NFL owner does.
He tweets regularly. He tweets aggressively. He tweets without a filter. He tweets without the benefit of having anyone in the organization with the ability or the will to tell him that maybe he should resist the urge to press the "Tweet" button.
And his tweets naturally will generate criticism. After all, Twitter is the great social equalizer, giving fans the ability to dress down the rich and powerful without ever having to face them. And anything Irsay tweets on any topic that treads remotely close to controversial territory will generate responses from folks who relish the opportunity to pop off at a natural target who makes the target even larger by his tweets.
We like the fact that Irsay tweets. Otherwise, we never would have known that Irsay's Colts are engaged in trade talks with a still-unknown team about a still-unknown veteran player.
But the criticism of his "trade winds" tweets seems to be getting to Irsay, who has lashed out at critics with, yes, a stream of fresh tweets.
It started out OK, with Irsay explaining that he's merely engaged in customer relations: "ColtsFans pay hard earned $ 2c their team play,they make the game! So I'll update them as I see fit while protecting sanctity of operations!"
But then he turned indignant: "If u don't like it buy ur own team and try to make the playoffs 9 seasons n a row n put together 7 straight 12 win seasons n a row as Owner!"
And then he declared victory, and he presumably has retreated: "U can do all your judgmental chirpin' U want,it's not about subjective opinions…it what you DO n what your track record shows! CHECKMATE!"
The second tweet is the most troubling. Taunting folks who never will have the money to buy a team is bad enough; Irsay conveniently ignores the fact that he didn't buy a team, either. He inherited one.
Also, it's hard for an owner to publicly claim credit for winning. Yes, Irsay hired Bill Polian and Tony Dungy. Yes, Irsay has managed not to meddle in the affair of the team. But Irsay benefited greatly from the fact that he team was bad enough in 1997 to get in position to draft Peyton Manning in 1998.
And if Andrew Luck turns out to be the next great franchise quarterback, Irsay will have benefited greatly from the fact that Peyton's neck gave out and the team went 2-14 in the same year that Luck was entering the NFL.
Regardless of whether an erratic and unpredictable approach to Twitter projects the image the NFL wants from its owners, the NFL surely doesn't want one of its owners antagonizing the customers on Twitter, regardless of whether they are fans of the Colts or one of the other 31 teams. Regardless, he's providing another wrinkle in what remains the ultimate reality show.


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Renowned Poet to Read at Tech, March 30, 2001
SOCORRO, N.M., March 30, 2001 -- New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology celebrates National Poetry Month with an evening with renowned poet David St. John on Wednesday, April 25 at 7 p.m. in the Tech Library, Room 212. A reception will follow.
David St. John has been honored with many of the most significant prizes for poets including an Academy Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the O.B. Hardison prize from the Folger Shakespeare Library, a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the Rome Fellowship in Literature, and a grant from the Ingam Merrill Foundation. He is the author of seven collections of poetry, including his most recent, The Red Leaves of Night (1999) and Study for the World's Body: New and Selected Poems (1994), two limited edition books of poetry, and a collection of prose, Where the Angels Come Toward Us: Selected Essays, Reviews, and Interviews (1994). Currently professor of English at the University of Southern California, St. John has taught creative writing at Johns Hopkins University and Oberlin College. He is also editor-at-large of The Antioch Review literary journal.
St. John, who received widespread acclaim and was a National Book Award finalist for his volume of poetry Study for the World's Body, is justly celebrated for his lush and lyrical language, his precise imagery, and his disarming ability to probe the nuances between ecstasy and loss.
The Red Leaves of Night, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, is the logical extension of St. John's work, as well as a leap forward as his voice gains authority, dexterity and maturing insight. St. John once again demonstrates the artistry and vision that have prompted critics to compare his work to the poetry of Keats, Mallarme, Yeats, and Rilke.
The poems in The Red Leaves of Night, many of which first appeared in some of our most distinguished literary journals, including Antaeus, American Poetry Review, Poetry, and The Paris Review, are rapturous explorations of human experience. With an intensity of language and emotion, St. John plumbs the duality of possession and loss both of body and spirit. At times unabashedly erotic, his poems inhabit a sexual milieu that nurtures an exploration of the ways we come together and separate, and of the ways in which that physical and emotional communion comes to define us.
St. John draws on a wellspring of allusions culled from history, art, music and literature. The speakers of his poems seems to traverse the globe, guiding us on a journey through the faded European venues and classical antiquities, which spur the imagination, yet humble the human inclination toward cocksureness.
Praise for The Red Leaves of Night
"Expressive, gestural, and image-laden, St. John's lines fairly hum with the pleasure of their own making."
-- New Yorker
"The melancholic wisdom of St. John's sixth collection seems hard-won: his is the postlapsarian 'solitary way' of love lost daily and sex cheapened by night. Confessionally breathless, the syntax of these poems seems not spontaneous but rather like an exhalation long suppressed….Deploying images that are sharp edged (if bizarre) with the paratactic rush typical of his highly acclaimed work, St. John solidifies his growing reputation…and becomes more than before the wandering, soulful troubadour of whom he writes."
-- Publishers Weekly
"Passionate and totally committed sex has taken place not long before most of these poems begin, and the realization that the affair is over is the aura. They are glamorous poems….full of sensuous imagery…Underlying all the poems, including the comic invocation of Elvis at the center of the book, is the conviction that passionate love making is the finest possible experience."
-- Booklist
Praise for Study for the World's Body
"It's not just gorgeous, it is go-for-broke gorgeous. It is made out of sentences, sweeping through and across the meticulous verse stanzas, that could have been written, for their velvet and intricate suavity, by Henry James. But that doesn't quite describe them, since they are also full, almost past ripeness, of a floating, sometimes painful, sometimes wistful, intense, dark and silvery eroticism that feels as if it comes out of some cross between late nineteenth-century symbolist lushness—vague and specific at once—and the kind of 60s and 70s European film that talked about eroticism with a wistfulness so intense that it seemed experience and the melancholy recollection of experience were the same thing. Mallarme and Eric Rohmer, perhaps. Or Rilke and Michelangelo Antonioni."
--Robert Hass, Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Steeped in the European literary tradition, and influenced by such diverse talents as Keats, Yeats, Trakl, and Mallarme, St. John is a leading proponent within his generation of what has been called 'the international voice'."
--Floyd Collins, The Gettysburg Review
"An elegant manifesto of the claims and consequences of imagination, or reflection and representation. It shows what's at stake for a writer engaged in observing complex dances of mind and body choreographed by human desire and accompanied by a music heard so deeply…"
-- Katrina Roberts, Agni Review


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Re: Justine(3/31/2013 - 2:04pm)
How are you doing, Justine?
Thanks for your story.(5/9/2014 - 2:40am)
Thanks for your story.
My dad just found out he has stage 4 melanoma. Doctor said the disease already spread from his rectal to liver and I saw a lot of spots in his liver that doctor can't do the surgery. I'm so worry. He has only one option for treatment is ipilimumab (yervoy.) Doctor said that medicine only 10%-15% response. If the medicine respone, he can live 6-7 years. If not, he is done.
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Hi. My mom was just diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma of the liver. The cancer has no point of entry. The doctor is wanting to do ipilumumab as well. I was wondering how your Dad reacted with that treatment. Did he have any side effects. Hope he is doing well and it worked for him
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Topic Title: holland/wilmington
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I own a Holland and it is the biggest piece of #### in the world.
My neighbor owns a Wilmington grill and it is far superior than my grill, or at least his will work when needed. My next one will be a Wilm grill.
You are full of ####
Rs which Holland do you own and what seems to be wrong with it? What makes the Wilmington far more superior?
Sounds like another planted complaint to scar the Holland name.
As a 15 year 4 grill Holland owner and a 2 year Wilminton owner I think RS' comment on a Wilmington being a superior grill is all relative.
The Wilminton is constructed better I will give it that and I think its much easier to impart smoke flavor on the Wilmington. The previous comment is comparing my all stainless Legacy to the all stainless Wilmington. Other than that they are pretty simular.
Customer support at Holland is better in my dealings with both companies.
If we are all around in 13 years I will give my honest opinion on who makes the better grill because my Classic (my original Holland) is still cooking up a storm and has withstood the test of time too include multiple OCONUS moves while in the military.
I also have another Holland knockoff in a Phoenix grill and its a pretty darn good grill also. Some of its components (lid, cooking grate and drip pan) are constructed better than the Holland and Wilmington. However I don't see this grill lasting 15 years without some serious maintenance, paint chips easily and the burners are cheaply made. It does make the best steak out of the three grills
Tom Kirkman
The Wilmington Grill is a very high quality grill. But it is a standard gas grill (again, albeit a very nice one!) but still just a standard gas grill.
The beauty of the Holland is the system - one temp (OK 2 if you count the steamer feature) and so you cook by time with repeatable results EVERY time.
To each his own. I can afford any grill made and I'll stick with the Holland. I have a steak, baked potato and corn on the cob cooking right now and I already know how they're going to turn out.
This is a good topic, except for the way RS worded it. I never heard of the Wilminton grill but from what I hear from reading this, The wilminton is just a high quality grill and does no cook by indirect heat and you probably can grill your steaks better on the wilminton. But I love the way the Holland does all my large foods like turkey, beef roast whole chicken, etc. so I just bought another gril the Weber just for small stuff! BTW he never said which grill he has I have the Epic!!
I can understand what he is saying. I kind of treat my Holland as an outdoor convection oven more than a grill. For the things I really want to grill, I use my Weber charcoal Performer. To me they Re a complimentary system, not at odds with each other.
Jest my opinion.
The Willmington guys basically took the Holland idea (indirect) and put on something to where you can adjust the temp. They dont have the Holland signature smokestacks but they put something else up there.
Both have a valve, bucket, etc.
It seems like its more for people that need to cook something "quick" on the grill (hotdog for example).
At least, thats my opinion.


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Met any good Samaritans along your path recently?
Good Samaritan Sculpture by Alan Collins, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California. Photograph Copyright © 2009 by Rajmund Dabrowski, used with permission (Click on image for a much larger version)
There's still time to read/review the scriptures for this Sunday's liturgy! For the readings, commentary on them and for hints to help children prepare to hear the Word, take a look at this earlier post.
As the sculpture group above suggests, this Sunday's gospel tells the story of the good Samaritan.
Have you been one? Do you need one? Who needs you to stop along the road to offer some help?
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Times change. Nowadays, we don't have to stop to help. When we see someone in need, we take out our cell phone and dial "911". Otherwise, the person in need might sue us, or some other litigation might ensue,or it could be a ruse.ReplyDelete
Do priests even stop at accidents, any more?
I agree, Faith. But sometimes calling 911 is just what a contemporary good Samaritan needs to do - and sometimes folks see a need for help but don't even call that number.ReplyDelete
I would not stop on the road for an accident - very often another vehicle stopping (no matter whose it is) becomes a hindrance not a help. Were I to happen on such a scene (not on a highway, for instance) and I could get close then I would. I'd assess the situation, figure out who was in charge and, when he/she was free, I'd offer that I was a priest and available if help was needed. Even when I'm on call at the local hospital and I'm called, I try to work carefully with the medical personnel in charge so that I can offer my services without interfering with theirs. I've found that less invasive I am in such situations, the quicker I can get access to the sick person and the family.
My take on the Good Samaritan.ReplyDelete


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IS ROSWELL DEAD? by Nick Pope. As most people in the UFO community will be aware, Jesse Marcel Jr died in August. Jesse had been 10 in 1947, when his father, the intelligence officer at the military base at Roswell, woke him to show him pieces he said had come from the crash of a flying saucer. Whatever one believes crashed, with Jesse Jr's passing, the last witness with a direct and undisputed link to the Roswell story is gone. The time is right, therefore, to ask what many ufologists might regard as a heretical question – is it time to give up on Roswell? More...
APOLLO LUNAR FORBIDDEN ZONES PROPOSED TO BE MADE INTO LUNAR NATIONAL PARK by Carolyn Shield. China has launched on December 1 the Chang 3 Moon Mission in which Yutu a rover robot will explore the moon. NASA has announced that Apollo Lunar landing sights are forbidden zones for China and other countries. The question will be in the future will these countries abide by these rules? I'm watching here on Earth territorial tensions and now territorial tensions on the moon will be a subject of debate. China and Japan are having arguments over air space what happens if China's rover lands near a Apollo Lunar landing site? More...
ALLEGED "LUMINOUS ENTITIES" PHOTOGRAPHED IN PLAYA DEL CARMEN, MEXICO by Scott Corrales. On March 20, 2013, a highly interesting and controversial event occurred: photographs of 3 luminous entities at the place known as Plaza Fundadores in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico. These images were taken by Ernesto Z. Ortiz, a known professional with a master's degree in Regional Development and Sustainable Touri Salvador Mora:, a Nicaraguan national who has lived in our country for a long time, residing at Playa del Carmen. He is also the leader and founder of an NGO that supports the ecology. His probity and honesty are therefore assured. More... Also read: ANOMALOUS HUMANOID FIGURE IN NECOCHEA, ARGENTINA Also read: HUMANOIDS AT PAMPA DE AGNIA, CHUBUT, ARGENTINA (1978)
OVER 65 YEARS OF UFO SIGHTINGS IN NEW YORK by Cheryl Costa. In the past few years there has been a considerable effort by UFO researchers and experts to advocate for disclosure. "Disclosure" in this context means lobbying the government or whatever is sitting on information about the truth regarding UFOs, to get them to step forward and be square with the American people. More... Also read: OVER 65 YEARS OF UFO SIGHTINGS IN NEW YORK - PART II
YOU WILL BELIEVE IN UFOS by Dirk Vander Ploeg. This video takes us on a journey, which explores the modern history of UFOs, beginning with Roswell and leading us to today's headlines of UFOs being witnessed worldwide. In fact, we see examples of traditional oval shaped UFOs, to huge cigar-shaped, tube-like craft to bizarre objects that look like flying snakes, to the weirdest floating objects you'll ever seen. In Russia today the skies are home to gigantic motherships! More...
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MARS CURIOSITY PHOTOGRAPHED STRANGE SHAPES TODAY by Christian Macé.I circled in black these two strange shapes, and I enlarged. The photo that interests us here: it was taken Dec. 2, 2013, and posted on the official website December 2, 2013. Coordinates are: Right NavCam B, SOL 470. More...
TOUCHING THE LIGHT OF THE ETS by Jon Kelly. UFO ENCOUNTER EVOKES TANTRIC CHAKRAS, EMBODIES COSMIC CONNECTION. A new video published to YouTube on November 30, 2013, takes a fast look at a close encounter with what is described as an "ET spacecraft" over the ECETI Ranch near Mount Adams, Washington. The UFO's interactions with light beams from the ground evoke conceptions of a conscious intelligence offering visible communications to multiple cameras and witnesses. More...Also read: DIY AUTOMATED TELESCOPIC CAMERA SYSTEM CAPTURES UFOS
MAGICKAL BEASTS, GHOSTLY ANIMALS AND WOLVES WALKING LIKE MEN by Sean Casteel. Down through the ages, magickal beasts have played a prominent role in the folklore and mythology of civilizations worldwide. The Bible even records that a donkey spoke in a human tongue at the behest of the Lord. In a world filled with paranormal phenomena of all kinds, our animal friends have sometimes wrought apparent miracles and far exceeded our normal expectations of what a beast is capable of. . More...
SHORT ANSWERS TO PRESSING QUESTIONS by Louis Hart. Many are wondering what is going on in this world. Are we being told the truth by those supposedly in the know or are we being led astray? Below are some often asked questions, followed by brief answers you aren't likely to hear from the "official" sources. More...
THE 'ALIEN HUNTER' IS DERREL SIMS by Paul Schroeder. When I was younger, I was distressed and frantic about my sightings of overhead UFOs; confused and alarmed by accompanying, concurrent paranormal experiences, I by fortuitous chance, stumbled upon Derrel Sims. He was patient, wise and reassuring to me, over the telephone. More...
NO SHORTAGE OF UFO SIGHTINGS by Dennis G. Balthaser. All one has to do to see that there remains no shortage of UFO sightings around the world, is look at a few websites such as Frank Warren's, TheUFOChronicles.com/ ; George Filer's, NationalUFOCenter.com; or Errol Bruce- Knapp's, UFOUpdatesList.com; to mention just three of my favorites. On these sites and others, sightings from all over the world are documented pertaining to current sightings as well as previous ones. There is no shortage of what is being seen in the skies by common people and professionals that in some cases defy anything we, or any other country on earth have developed. More...
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Mirror of Beryl
A Historical Introduction to Tibetan Medicine
"Gavin Kilty's translation is as elegant and accurate as his earlier work and is a testimony to his fine understanding of the original Tibetan text. This is a truly wonderful book, one that I and others will no doubt consult with pleasure time and again for years to come."—Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp, Professor of Tibetan and Himalayan Studies, Harvard University


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Cryonics Institute Resource Library
Welcome to CI's Resources Reference Library. Inside, you'll find a wealth of information relating to cryonics, including books, internet links, CI documentation and much more.
Please note, all resources in the Library are organized alphabetically. Enjoy browsing our extensive library!
Advice on using Life Insurance to fund cryonics
The Immortalist Society's magazine.
Robert Ettinger's 1972 follow-up to "The Prospect of Immortality"
Data regarding CI's worldwide membership numbers.
Research Report by Dr Yuri Pichugin
Research Report by Dr. Yuri Pichugin
Preserve your beloved pets
Cryonics research commissioned by CI
Includes a list of key research papers
Details for transport of cryonics patients and pet subjects to the Cryonics Institute
Optional Standby Service for CI Members


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Toshiba to release LCD TV with Built-in DVD Player
The compact product measures 350x72x344mm, weighs 5.3kg, and enables users to watch DVDs and play music CDs in the comfort of their own dining room, study room or even outside in the garden - virtually anywhere.
The product, coupled with an optional battery pack, remains operational for up to 2.5 hours. The built-in DVD player supports a wide variety of optical disc formats, such as DVD-Video, DVD-R, Video-CD, music-CD, CD-R and CD-RW. It also supports a high-speed 192kHz/24bit DAC audio to deliver high-quality stereo sound.
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Best Of :: Bars & Clubs
Though downtown sees its share of moonlit warehouse parties, event producer Andres Rigal's summertime monthly daytime party Summertramp gives us a worthy reason to drag ourselves out of bed and head to the "beach" in the industrial district. Party kids and drag queens dressed in swimsuits and crazy costumes flock to this pansexual pool party, where the line to buy tickets becomes unruly by 2 p.m. Once past the gate, the scene is a pride-themed water park that boasts an above-ground pool, guest DJs and the party's focal point, a massive waterslide. The whole thing, held the last Sunday of the month, takes place on Tony's Bar parking lot, but you'd never guess — the floor is covered in soaking wet AstroTurf, while overhead, huge confetti-like alphabet letters spell out the party's name. Along with three full bars, you can buy pizza, ice cream or a spray tan — or just take a few free Jell-O shots. 2017 E. Seventh St., dwntwn. facebook.com/summertramp.
—Romina Rosenow
There are plenty of warm, welcoming cigar emporiums around L.A., but Buena Vista Cigar Club stands apart, with its secret lodge/hideout ambience and the superior attention to detail of its proprietor/bartender Rigoberto Fernandez, whose roots go back to some of the best Cuban cigar manufacturers. Occupying an older structure on Little Santa Monica in Beverly Hills, the place is a dark, calming clubhouse decorated in what we like to think of as traditional Cuban gentleman/sportsman style. There's lots of wood, some antlers, several old skis, interesting historical photos and even a few stuffed ducks. It has very high ceilings and a partial upstairs level that offers an even greater feeling of privacy. Or sit at the bar and order a stiff, manly drink from Rigo, who, if not literally the Most Interesting Man in the World, at least comes close — and he'll connect you with a fantastic, handpicked cigar at a quite reasonable price. For several gentle hours, you could swear you're no longer in Beverly Hills but rather in Old World Havana. 9715 Santa Monica Blvd., Beverly Hills. (310) 273-8100, buenavistacigarclub.com.
—Adam Gropman
You sit at a neighborly bar where small-plate orders are made up right in front of you, chatting with the especially nice bartenders who oversee Bin 73, a sleek little find amidst the loud Venice Fishing Pier bars and tourist traps. Bin 73's carefully selected wine list, great deals on wine flights and truly generous pours — not to mention the friendly offers of free sips before you choose your wine — help to fill most seats by 6 p.m. During happy hour, the covered sidewalk patio is the spot for people watching. Popular edibles, matched to your big glass of wine, include flatbread pizza topped with caramelized vegetables, mac 'n' cheese and fresh grapes rolled in crushed walnuts and goat cheese. After Bin 73, you may find your usual (perhaps ridiculously expensive) wine bar a bit stingy and stuffy. 18 Washington Blvd., Marina del Rey. (310) 827-6209, mercedesgrille.com/bin73.htm.
—Jill Stewart
Those who have visited this second incarnation of wildly popular sausage purveyor Wurstküche on a Friday night or Saturday lunch might be bowled over by the suggestion of "quiet." Prime time is marked by lines out the door for food, a deejay bolstering the alternative-club atmosphere and communal tables packed with Venice's finest flannel. Come after the lunch rush but before the dinner masses and the ambience changes entirely. Exposed brick protects you from the oppressive traffic of Lincoln Boulevard. A peripheral glance at the frosted-glass windows will have you mistaking a blazing summer day for a cozy winter afternoon. Sample a rattlesnake-and-rabbit sausage and any of five mustards that accompany it. Take a long quaff from your dimpled mug of Spaten Optimator and try to convince yourself that you're not in the pages of a Dwell magazine Bavarian-lodge spread. Nothing is more satisfying than genuine conversation with the bartender and a leisurely perusal of the rare beer list in off-peak hours. 625 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. (213) 687-4444, wurstkuche.com. —Erika Bolden
Of the many establishments that provide an above-average selection of whiskey and cocktails, Glendale's Neat Bar offers perhaps the best value. Attend during peak hours and you'll be subjected to the same industry-standard prices maintained by all comparable bars, but stop by during happy hour and feel that pinching knot in your shoulders begin to loosen. Between 5 and 7:30 p.m. on weekdays, the prices of 300 meticulously appointed spirits are reduced by half. From whiskey to tequila, all available drinks arrive in Neat's signature spirit-and-chaser presentation. Contrary to the current trend in mixology toward pretentious eyedroppers and overwrought foams, these drinks enable an appreciation for the undiluted quality of the booze. The deconstruction allows you to pick up on flavor interactions you might not notice in a mixed cocktail. Lowering prices so considerably in off-peak hours almost feels like a personal favor, permitting even those of us with ramen-noodle budgets to sample those coveted single malts and blends. 1114 N. Pacific Ave., Glendale. (818) 241-4542, facebook.com/theneatbar.
—Erika Bolden
There's a mad-scientist vibe to many modern cocktails, and often it can lead to weird science. How to make a drink that's not just a remix of the classics without veering into the cocktail version of fusion? The flavors probably shouldn't go together, but let's try it anyway! (Wine milkshake, anyone?) The folks at Pour Vous, the newish Hollywood cocktail lounge, get it right by looking for flavors that absolutely belong together but maybe haven't waltzed subtly in a glass before. This is a dance you don't want to miss: The Lapin Fou pairs eau de vie with carrot, ginger, lemon and the sweet herbal cordial Velay Jaune for a drink that tastes like you're standing in the middle of a spring vegetable patch. L'Avenue Nouvelle gives passion fruit a place to shine without too much sweetness; its partners of Calvados, bourbon and lemon lift it up in a tart, fruity but delicate drink. Pour Vous does twists on the classics as well — and does them beautifully — but it's the totally original creations that have us proclaiming notre amour. 5574 Melrose Ave., Hlywd. (323) 871-8699, pourvousla.com.
—Besha Rodell
Some days, you just want to drink like an old man. And while most any bartender in town will whip up a martini with glee, there are some classic drinks that aren't as common, and therefore not as likely to be done right. Luckily, the good folks at dapper West L.A. bar the Wellesbourne have us covered, whether you're looking for the mellow sweetness of an old-fashioned or the deep, bracing pleasure of a Manhattan. Owner Sophie Huterstein and general manager May Lee Lockhart oversee the drinks program. They make a damn fine Sazerac and provide a dark-wood-bedecked, librarylike room in which to enjoy it. The old man in you will grunt approvingly as he takes another sip. 10929 W. Pico Blvd., W.L.A. (310) 474-0102, thewellesbourne.com.
—Besha Rodell
Gin is having its moment in the cocktail world, and the Negroni — that classic mix of gin, Campari and Italian vermouth — has offered much inspiration to the bartenders of the world recently. But the Negroni is a glorious drink, and despite the fact that there are many variations, the original is hard to beat. One drink that's basically a Negroni variant that caught our attention and then made us swoon is served at the Varnish, downtown's grown-up cocktail den in the back of Cole's Restaurant. The Nice Legs is made from gin, gentiane liqueur and Barolo Chinato with an orange twist. It is lighter than a classic Negroni, more herbal thanks to the gentiane (a liqueur made from the roots of a wildflower that grows at high altitudes in France) and just the right amount of bitter and refreshing. It's a drink that is at once fun and grown-up, refreshing and perplexing. Consumed in the corner of one of the Varnish's wood booths, it'll have you dreaming of cheating on the Negroni more often. 118 E. Sixth St., dwntwn. (213) 622-9999, 213nightlife.com/thevarnish. —Besha Rodell
There are, of course, a half-dozen perfectly lovely restaurants where you can celebrate the day's end in charming downtown Culver City. But Oldfield's, the gloriously old-fashioned "liquor room" on Venice just a mile to the west, has them all beat. One reason is the parking lot — let's face it, when you're meeting someone for happy hour, you're almost always running too late to screw with five floors of a garage, and no one wants to pay a valet on their way to discount drinks. Also nice: the hours, which extend from 5 all the way till 9 p.m. The real reason, though, is significantly more exciting than these practicalities: Oldfield's really is one of the best cocktail bars on the Westside, with lively ambience and an ambitious drinks menu. At happy hour, you can order a Hemingway — Bulleit rye whiskey, maraschino, lime and grapefruit — for just $7. Same with the Blonde Comet, a refreshing mix of grapefruit and lime, Bourbon, créme de pêche and bitters. There's no real food menu to speak of, but the stylish, old-timey barkeeps will be happy to make you a panini. 10899 Venice Blvd., Culver City. (310) 842-8066, oldfieldsliquorroom.com. —Sarah Fenske
A very old, sexy, dark tequila bar hidden behind thick, red curtains in an unassuming storefront on West Third Street near Fairfax, El Carmen has a Mexican wrestling motif on the curved ceiling — and, beneath it, one of the best happy hours in the city. The deliciously tart house margaritas would be shockingly good even if they weren't a mere $5 — no sickly sweet sour mix here — and you can't help but love the idea of a $3 Tecate in this pricey city. But it's the food that really sets El Carmen apart: From 5 to 7 p.m., a quesadilla is just $4; guacamole, $2; and a combo plate of two tacos (carnitas or chicken), plus rice and beans, just $5. You'd pay more for fast food. And did we mention this place is way cooler — and tastier — than McDonald's? The regular menu is worth checking out, too, if rock-bottom bargains aren't your thing. 8138 W. Third St., Fairfax District. (323) 852-1552, elcarmenrestaurant.com.
—Sarah Fenske
So you can't afford a trip to Napa to go to Thomas Keller's French Laundry. So what? Not only is Keller the genius behind Beverly Hills' Bouchon but he also has helpfully provided a less formal, less expensive option right underneath it — and right near that free parking garage on North Canon Drive. (Score!) Whether you're outside on the sun-dappled patio or inside at the nickel-plated bar, Bar Bouchon has a low-key vibe and the prices to match up until 7 p.m. Oysters are $2 each; the house white and red wines are just $5 each; and there are several small plates (sliders, crostini, salmon tartare). It's hard to find a place in Beverly Hills that's not swimming with rich old people or clueless tourists — thanks to Keller's pedigree and the primo location, Bar Bouchon feels like a bar you could actually hang out in. 235 N. Canon Drive, Beverly Hills. (310) 271-9910, bouchonbistro.com.
—Sarah Fenske
This spacious seafood restaurant has one of the best patios in Santa Monica: a twinkly, leafy oasis that feels more like something you'd find in New Orleans' French Quarter than a few blocks from a SoCal beach. But the patio isn't even Enterprise Fish Co.'s main draw — that distinction goes to its always hopping happy hour. In the bar area and on that glorious patio, from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 8 to 10 p.m. on Sunday, you can get wine or well cocktails for $4; margaritas, mai tais and bloody Marys for $5; and really good draft beer (Stella Artois, Hefeweizen, Pacifico) for just $3.50. The food is equally well-priced, with $1 oysters, $4.95 shrimp quesadillas and steamed clams or mussels for $6.95. There's also a late-night happy hour on Fridays and Saturdays if you'd prefer a meat market to a fish-centric one. 174 Kinney St., Santa Monica. (310) 392-8366, www.enterprisefishco.com/santamonica/. —Sarah Fenske


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Projects/Plasma/RecommendedReading, at the bottom: "I'll be there." Without looking into the history, noone knows who "I" is. :) --Dhaumann 19:03, 20 February 2008 (CET)
Hi Dhaumann, I am actually aware of this "mistake". I intentionally omitted the reference for the pronoun to make the sentence read more like "someone will be there". My presence hardly makes the mailing list a "recommended reading"-place for user interface design questions. I hoped this would be more engaging to present the reader with a personal author and also be funny. Well, ... :-) Anyway, I'll add my signature now. --Michaelrudolph 23:50, 20 February 2008 (CET)
Np :) --Dhaumann 00:02, 21 February 2008 (CET)


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Vitamins C and E Affect Metabolic Syndrome in Ecuador
On the outskirts of Quito, the capital of Ecuador, meals are likely to be based on white rice, potatoes, sugar, and white bread. Given their reliance on high carbohydrate foods that are low in essential nutrients, many of the residents are overweight and malnourished at the same time. The lack of vitamin C in their diet may contribute to metabolic syndrome, according to researchers from the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (USDA HNRCA) at Tufts University and the Corporacion Ecuatoriana de Biotecnologia. The researchers also concluded that vitamin E may have a protective effect against metabolic syndrome.
The Tufts study enrolled 225 women and 127 men living in Quito, aged 65 years and older, who reported their food intake in biweekly interviews and provided blood samples. Fifty-five percent of the women and 33 percent of the men were overweight. Forty percent of the population had metabolic syndrome, a cluster of conditions generally associated with central obesity, including raised triglycerides, reduced high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, raised blood pressure, and high blood sugar.
After adjusting for age and sex, the researchers noted significant relationships between metabolic syndrome and the vitamins C and E. The participants as a group did not exhibit low blood levels of vitamin E, but 82 percent of them had low blood levels of vitamin C. Based upon their findings, the researchers concluded that higher blood levels of vitamin E may protect against metabolic syndrome, but that a vitamin C deficiency contributes to metabolic syndrome.
The researchers also observed a significant relationship between metabolic syndrome and C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker of low-grade inflammation that has been associated with cardiovascular disease risk. High CRP blood concentrations were seen in almost half of the population.


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Training >> Browse Articles >> Travel Planning
World's 5 Best Business Travel Tips
Christina Macres
Whether traveling for business is an everyday occurrence, an occasional hindrance, or a lifelong dream, all business travelers can agree that if your job calls for travel, then being an efficient traveler is a must. We've got the five tips that will make your time en-route more productive and less stressful.
#1 Know Which Airlines Offer Premium Economy
Why? Because if your career has you traveling often, suffering though coach accommodations (or lack thereof) can grow tiresome. A weary traveler makes for a weary worker. If you're fatigued and sore from an uncomfortable flight, chances are you're not going to be at your most productive.
Don't think management is going to spring for business class (let alone first class)? The good news is nowadays there's another option — premium economy.
Somewhere in between coach and business class lies a leg rest and a seat that reclines a little further, not to mention a fast-track boarding pass and better food and entertainment options. Of course amenities vary based on airlines, so make sure you do your research before purchasing your ticket.
Airlines Now Offering Premium Economy Include:
• Air France
• Air New Zealand
• Air Transat
• British Airways
• Frontier Airlines
• Japan Airlines
• Mexicana Airlines
• Spirit Airlines
• United Airlines
• Virgin America
• Virgin Atlantic
• Virgin Blue
#2 Get the Best iPhone Apps for Business Travel
Technology is your friend when traveling in and out of time zones, through strange cities, and around new surroundings. Make use of all your iPhone has to offer with these necessary business travel apps.
JetSet Expenses
Say goodbye to the days of lost meals and mileage receipts. JetSet has 15 different expense categories, as well as a hotel and rental car database and photo storage of receipts and it even works with Google Spreadsheet or Excel. Click here for the app.
SpeakEasy Voice Recorder
From voice memos to everyday reminders, having a full feature-recording studio right on your iPhone can come in handy when on the go. Click here for the app.
Useful for the business traveler and the everyday commuter, Trapser alerts you of speed traps and red light cameras. And since the app is free, traffic tickets won't be the only things you'll be saving money on. Click here for the app.
Lonely Planet
Get the most out of your travel (to any city) with the Lonely Planet app. From restaurants and entertainment to useful commuting information, this app will make travel productive and enjoyable. Click here for the app.
International travel can cause mental havoc and pronunciation nightmares. Save face and brain cells by using this translation app. Just plug in your phrase, then present it to your recipient for fuss-free communication. Click here for the app.


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Story highlights
- Susie Wolff was hired as a development driver for Williams F1 in April
- She has raced in six DTM championships, finishing ahead of David Coulthard and Ralph Schumacher in 2010
- She is bidding to become one of only a handful of female drivers in motorsports top division
Female drivers in Formula One are few and far between, but one woman aiming to change this is Susie Wolff. The 29-year-old is a development driver for Williams F1, where she works with engineers in a simulator and on track tests. She is about to compete in her seventh DTM racing car season for Mercedes Benz. She tells CNN about her journey so far.
Beginnings: I grew up in the west of Scotland. My dad had a motorbike dealership and my mother met my father when she went to buy her first bike. I have an older brother and we got little karts. That's how it all started. He spurred me on. It was never about him wanting to beat his little sister. He's a film director and he's just been commissioned to make a documentary on my job in Formula One.
When I was 13, the engineer that ran me in karts took me to a Formula Three race at Donington Park. A very young Jenson Button ended up winning that day and that's when I said to myself 'Okay: This is what I want to do when I'm older.' I went to Edinburgh University to study international business but gave it up after two years to follow my dream.
Big break: The Young Driver of The Year award is a very prestigious award in Great Britain and I was the first ever female to make the final six. That got me noticed by Mercedes Benz. I joined their German touring car (DTM) program as a factory driver. (Team founder) Frank Williams was always very interested in the fact that one of his board members (Wolff's husband, Toto Wolff) had a wife who raced. Two years ago he visited and was interested to see what I could do. I'd had opportunities to be in a Formula One car but only as a publicity stunt -- three laps, end of story. Now, they are giving me the chance to be a development driver -- not just a one year deal, a proper chance to show what I can do.
Physicality: It's incredibly physical. I drive up to 280km/h. The hardest thing is the g-force on your body under braking and the high speed cornering. I do a lot of back and stomach exercises and for the braking I need to have quite strong legs as well. Some drivers are very aggressive. I'm a smooth driver. I have very little movement on the steering wheel, which is why I'm sometimes better at conserving my tires than my teammates. Drivers try to stay as slim as they can and that's where I have a massive advantage -- I'm 20 to 30 kg less than the guys.
Blazing a trail: I don't race to prove how good women can be against men. I race because I love racing. Don't get me wrong, I see these little girls all dressed in pink with Susie t-shirts on, and that's fantastic. Many girls who are really interested in motorsport watch Formula One and see no females there, so maybe they don't understand what they could do. I appreciate that I can have a positive influence in some kind of way. But I feel I still have a lot more to achieve before I can turn around and say I did something special, as a female in a man's world.
Bikinis: It's a very fine line: I'm representing a car manufacturer and all the sponsors so of course you have to make an effort to look nice at the racetrack. On the other hand, you have these promo girls walking around in tiny bikinis. I have a lot of respect for them, because I could never walk in a paddock of men in a bikini. Everyone does what they can and what they're good at.
Role models: My role models are my mother and grandmother. They never said to me, 'You're doing something unusual.' I don't think my mother's ever watched the start of any of my races -- she gets nervous because that's when big accidents can happen -- but she's very supportive.
My grandmother was incredibly strong. When my grandfather was 39, he ended up paralyzed from the waist down in a diving accident. She cared for him until she died last year. They never had any outside help. She never complained. She was never negative. She devoted herself to him and I think she had an incredible strength.
Hardest lesson: In 2005, I couldn't get enough sponsorship to do Formula Three. I broke my ankle, so I missed some races. I was trying to get a drive in with Renault and got dropped by them at the last minute. I phoned my dad and said 'I've been dropped -- what am I going to do now?' As I put down the phone, it rang and it was Mercedes Benz. One week later I had a contract.
It was quite a journey to get to where I am today and that was a point when I thought it was all going to fall apart. Sometimes there's not a lot of people around who believe in you, but you must always be willing to strive for your goals and never give up, even when things get really tough.
Trust your instincts: What I've learned in life is, you must follow your gut feeling. If you wake up every morning and are motivated and ambitious to achieve your goals, that gives you the best feeling in life. That brings you a happiness you can't get from anything else.
Relaxation: I like to just chill out with my husband and go for nice dinners. I'm not a great cook and I hate the thought of spending an hour in the kitchen to make dinner, then spend 10 minutes eating and then tidy it all up again.
Game face: My family say when they see me on a race weekend, I'm a different person. I'm much harder. I'm more focused on what I'm doing. Away from the racetrack, I'm a normal wife.


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Hunger Point
After losing her job (and free lipstick supply) at Revlon, Frannie leaves New York and moves to the suburbs to live with her parents. Despite having graduated from Syracuse with majors in casual sex and sledding down hills on cafeteria trays (minor: Communications), Frannie becomes a waitress at a thinly-disguised chain restaurant, "Rascals," a job that requires her to wear a duck-festooned apron. Her relationship with her younger sister, Shelley, is...


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For the Aqua Di Lara/Qiss Qiss shows at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim in Miami, Make Up For Ever key artist Lottie created two beautiful make up looks for models at the Aqua Di Lara and Qiss Qiss swim show on Saturday, July 17th. The first look designed for Aqua Di Lara featured champagne and earth tones on the eyes with shimmery, metallic highlights.
Complexion & Cheeks: The skin was bronzed with highlights.
Eyes: Lottie first applied MAKE UP FOR EVER Aqua Cream #14 to the outer corners of the lids and blended inward. Next she applied MAKE UP FOR EVER Eye Shadow #17 to the crease and then dusted the outer corners and crease with MAKE UP FOR EVER Star Powder #930 to add a golden brown shimmer. The inner corner of the eyes were then dusted with MAKE UP FOR EVER Star Powder #946 to add a lighter dimension of shimmer. The eyes were lined with MAKE UP FOR EVER Waterproof Liner #1 in black and the lashes were coated with MAKE UP FOR EVER Aqua Smoky Lash.
Lips: For a shimmery nude lip, Lottie applied MAKE UP FOR EVER Fascinating Lip Gloss #16 as the finishing touch.
As a contrast, the models for Qiss Qiss had a defined eye with a rose pink contour and glossy pink lips. Both looks were glamorous and beautiful.
Complexion & Cheeks: The cheeks were highlighted with MAKE UP FOR EVER HD Microfinish Blush #6 to add a soft pink glow.
Eyes: Lottie applied MAKE UP FOR EVER Aqua Cream #16 to eye lid blending it into the crease and up to the brow bone. Next MAKE UP FOR EVER Eye Shadow #132 is swept onto the entire lid, crease and extended to the brow bone. MAKE UP FOR EVER Waterproof Liner #1 in black is applied to the top and bottom of each lash line. To finish, the lashes were coated with MAKE UP FOR EVER Aqua Smoky Lash.
Lips: Lottie created a glossy, rosy lip by applying MAKE UP FOR EVER Lipstick #423 and topping it with Fascinating Lip Gloss #9.
This time we're giving away products from both looks. This includes Aqua Creams in #14 (a warm brown shimmer) and #16 (a gorgeous shimmering pinky beige), Star Powder #930 (a bronze brown) and Lipstick #423 (a sheer muted berry).
To enter, simply leave a comment below on this entry by midnight on Thursday, July 29th. A winner will be chosen at random and notified via email on Friday. Good luck!
Check back with us tomorrow for the look created for the Luli Fama swim show and giveaway. And don't forget to check back with us later in the week for the looks created at the Marysia Swim and Tyler Rose.
Good luck and don't forget to enter our Ed Hardy, Dolores Cortes and Mara Hoffman giveaways!


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World Bulletin/News Desk
The United States said on Tuesday it was prepared to examine how agricultural policy reform could boost global food security as part of a package of commitments at the World Trade Organization's upcoming meeting in December.
"The United States agrees with India and other proponents that enhancing food security in developing countries is indeed an important issue for this body to address," U.S. Ambassador to the WTO Michael Punke said in Geneva, according to a text of his remarks released in Washington.
"Therefore, today we are stating our openness to a work program, to be agreed by Bali, on food security that can examine the full range of trade-related government measures that can contribute to that goal," Punke said.
The U.S. outreach comes as WTO members are striving to agree on a "small package" of trade reforms at the group's upcoming ministerial meeting in December in Bali.
In late 2001, WTO members launched an ambitious round of global trade talks aimed at slashing farm subsidies, cutting tariffs on agricultural and manufacturing goods and opening services markets around the world to more trade.
Twelve years later, the WTO's failure to complete the so-called Doha round has tarnished its reputation.
A major reason for the impasse is the U.S. insistence that advanced developing countries like China, Brazil and India make better offers to open their markets in exchange for proposed cuts to U.S. farm subsidies.
Earlier this month, Punke warned the WTO was "hurtling towards irrelevance," with continued disagreements casting doubt on reaching a "trade facilitation" deal at the Bali meeting to cut red tape from customs procedures.
In his remarks on Tuesday, Punke sounded more optimistic and identified new areas of U.S. flexibility in response to concerns raised by developing countries about problems they could face implementing the trade facilitation pact.
"A number of members are putting forward their own flexibilities. This is what is needed to secure a Bali outcome: nations with the will to make tough decisions to advance the text," Punke said.
The proposed food security work program should look at how food security could be enhanced by "further liberalization in agriculture trade, reductions in trade-distorting domestic support, elimination of export restrictions, improved transparency, and efficient distribution systems," he said.
It should also examine the effectiveness of public stockholding and administered prices in addressing food security concerns, as well as "how to improve food security though better-functioning markets," he said.Last Mod: 01 Mayıs 2013, 12:17