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From out of the mist came the steady, thumping beat of a drum as the dragon boat slowly slid through the water to join us on our stately progress towards the shore. Another paddled into position on the far side of the ferry and our escort was complete.
With dozens of small craft protectively surrounding us, the Olympic Torch had been carried along England's longest lake aboard the MV Tern, one of the lovely Windermere Lake Cruises ferries that daily sail in the heart of the Lake District. As we turned towards Bowness we could hear the crowd cheering – an estimated five thousand people had turned out to greet this wonderful symbol of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Local girl Stephanie, who had untiringly posed for almost an hour on the boat, looked awestruck as she held the flaming torch high up in the sky for everyone to see. Then it was the handover to Jan, who was to take it on to Bowness Glebe to light the enormous cauldron set up on the stage. As the two gold cornets met for the 'Olympic Torch Kiss' another delighted cheer went up – an incredibly emotional moment for all involved.
The excitement had been building all day as the proud Torch Bearers jogged, ran, walked and strolled their way through south Cumbria. In Grasmere it had passed beside Sarah Nelson's little shop, doing a brisk sale of the extremely addictive Grasmere Gingerbread. People lined the streets near one of the Lake District's most famous visitor attractions, Dove Cottage - what on earth would Wordsworth have made of it all? On past lovely Rydal Water and down into Ambleside where school children squealed excitedly and walkers in fleeces took their eyes off the hills to watch a piece of history pass by.
It seemed as if half the world's press were on the Tern to capture the moment the Torch came aboard, with its entourage of Olympic bodyguards, those carrying the second Torch and the tiny Davy Lamp that keeps the flame alight throughout its journey around the UK. With a hoot of its horn, the ferry set sail down the lake with dinghies, canoes, motor yachts, rescue crafts and myriad other boats keeping us company. I gave a wave to the Briery Wood Hotel, where I was staying, hidden amongst the trees, not far from Brockhole Lake District Visitors Centre. All along the shore people were waving and shouting as we passed.
The weather was typically Cumbrian – low level mist weaving its way lazily through the trees and across the water. The air was damp with the rain that had been forecast but miraculously held off until we had completed our journey. But nothing could dampen the jubilation of everyone who came within sight of the Torch. One group of school children had made beautiful golden cones – they had rushes to represent the Ambleside Rush Bearing Ceremony which happens every year on the first Sunday in July. Their faces shone with pleasure as they had their photos taken with the 'real' Olympic Torch.
That evening there was a huge party on the Glebe, celebrating not only the Torch but also the start of the London 2012 Festival. There's always plenty to do in Bowness (The World of Beatrix Potter is very popular with all ages) but on that night it was party, party on the grass. The rain came down heavier and harder but there were still a couple of thousand left to enjoy the firework, drum and dance spectacular that Les Commandos Percu put on to finish off a truly memorable day.
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October 9, 2004. The tiger was about ten feet away. Sure, he was in a zoo enclosure, behind an iron gate, but this wild animal, capable of killing a man, was still only 10 feet away. Strangely, the padlock on the door was open. I opened the door and entered a small utility room, filled with mops and buckets. A smaller gate led into the tiger enclosure. There was the tiger, on the other side of the gate, 10 feet away. But that small gate was also unlocked. With curiosity, I opened the gate, and the tiger arose and slowly crept in my direction. I quickly closed the gate and backed out of the room. What if the tiger got through the gate before I closed it? What if it was not me at that open gate? What if it was a lost 8-year-old child?
The Sriracha Tiger Zoo, an hour outside of Bangkok, Thailand, is truly an amazing place. Boasting more than 400 tigers, a handful of Asian elephants, piles of crocodiles, camels, snakes and other exotic animals, the zoo has some intriguing, yet troubling exhibits.
In one glass room, a farrowing crate entombed a pig who, lying on her side, nourished both her piglets and tiger cubs. Across the hall, another glass room housed a female tiger, who fed piglets adorned in tiger-print costumes. This incongruous display was replicated elsewhere, where enclosures housed tigers, pigs, and dogs together.
In another area, a visitor could feed milk to a young tiger resting on his or her lap—a young tiger still in possession of his claws. When a tiger clearly had his fill and became restless, he was yanked away, carried off to a holding area and quickly replaced by a fresh feline face. There appeared to be an endless supply of animals available to meet the demand for photos.
There was a tiger circus, not dissimilar from a circus anywhere else: tigers leaping through rings of fire, walking across a double tightrope, parading around the ring on hind legs, and riding around on the back of the horse. Up close, however, one could clearly see the animals' debilitation and fear. All of the animals awaited their turn to perform in a gated tunnel, keepers constantly poking them with a steel pole through the iron mesh. The animals in the show were smacked in the face with the pole fairly regularly and most seemed to have drastic weakness in their hind legs. It was a painful display to watch.
The elephant show was equally disturbing. Wandering behind the stage before the performance, one witnessed chained elephants, tethered to the ground by a two-foot chain, swaying back and forth. One elephant had a long, deep scar across his ear; another across her trunk. I witnessed elephants playing basketball, walking across a double tightrope similar to that in the tiger show, dancing, playing the drums, standing on their heads and giving a "Thai massage" to two members of the audience brought on the stage. After the show, the elephants stood in front of the seats taking money from people with their trunks and passing it to the trainers astride their backs.
Sriracha is a combination zoo/circus. Notwithstanding the aforementioned bizarre multi-species enclosures, the potentially dangerous human-tiger and human-elephant close interaction and the fact that many of the tiger enclosures were left unlocked, the enclosures and performances reveal no substantially drastic departure from most facilities of this kind.
What is particularly troubling, however, is the fact that, according to press reports, Sriracha is also breeding tigers for commercial export. According to the Straits Times newspaper, it is currently under investigation for allegedly breeding protected wildlife illegally. A year ago, the facility was implicated in a sale of 100 tigers to China, where tiger parts are sought after for use in traditional Chinese medicines, despite being illegal.
During the CITES meeting in Bangkok, Sriracha's tigers were "confiscated," though left at the facility, pending an investigation and DNA analysis of the tigers to assess the legality of their origin. AWI is deeply concerned about the welfare and conservation implications of keeping tigers and other endangered species in captivity, as well as the potential pressure to trade in these animals commercially. There is a growing—albeit mistaken—impression that we must breed wildlife commercially to save it.
The seizure of over 400 tigers at Sriracha Zoo suggests the law enforcement authorities in Thailand may share our concern about the humane treatment of captive endangered species, and we encourage diligence in trying to clarify the legality of the origin of the Sriracha tigers.
October 20, 2004. After a brief holiday, I board the Phuket Airplane in Ranong, Thailand for the return flight to Bangkok, and I look at the front page of the Bangkok Post. "Virus kills 23 tigers at private zoo," the headline reads.
Sure enough, the avian influenza was killing the tigers I had been so close to less than two weeks before. It seems that the staple of these tigers' diet is raw chicken carcasses from a nearby poultry processing plant. As a result, Sriracha was shut down. Temporarily.
Dozens more tigers were diagnosed with the virus, and more than 80 died or were euthanized during the month-long closure, although some reports had the tiger mortality at well over 100 animals. Meanwhile, not surprisingly, millions of chickens also were destroyed.
Undaunted, hundreds of visitors reportedly flocked to Sriracha's reopening in November, taking advantage of the free admission. While the zoo has allegedly stopped the practice of patrons taking photographs while holding and feeding tiger cubs*, there is no indication that the larger safety issue of unsecured enclosures has been addressed. We await the outcome of the investigation into the sale of tigers to China as well.
* as of January 2010, AWI was been informed that the practice of allowing visitors to nurse tiger cubs by hand has continued.

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"If you ain't first, you're last."
It's a funny Will Ferrell quote from Talladega Nights.
The line is also a succinct assertion about our society and, specifically, our society's relationship with sports.
You can find this attitude everywhere: from the after-school park district basketball court to the Staples Center.
Playing to win all the marbles is not a mentality, it's a framework in which all sports actions are judged.
When Dave (nbaroundtable) shared his thoughts on the recent Vlade Radmanovic-for-Adam Morrison trade, I was struck by the home run-or-nothing sentiment.
…the Bobcats just keep cutting off their options and with each solid role player that they acquire they also remove themselves from the running for a high lottery pick (they win more games).
His argument is certainly very logical and I agree with it to an extent. But permeating that thought is this value statement: NBA champions or bust.
Suns GM Steve Kerr's actions over the last couple years are indicative of this core value. Kerr brought in Shaquille O'Neal, forced Mike D'Antoni out because an offensive-minded coach doesn't win championships and has now replaced Terry Porter because, I guess, a defense-oriented coach can't win a championship.
Robert Sarver, the Suns owner, is obviously complicit in all of Kerr's actions but the sentiment is still "win or else," regardless of who is driving it.
I hear the same call-to-action from Chicago Bulls fans around town. "We have Derrick Rose! Let's just start over!" Everyone I talk to thinks they should literally trade away the entire roster and "rebuild" around Derrick Rose.
I've lived in Chicago since 1998 and the Bulls have won 312 regular season games. They've lost 529 out of 841. That's a .37 winning percentage. I'm sure there are junior college kids next door that have a higher BAC. As much as I would love a seventh trophy, I wouldn't mind seeing them at least field a competitive (ie. non-lottery) team for more than three consecutive years.
So if you don't win everything, what constitutes success?
Consider that the NBA has 30 teams in the league. Only one of them will "succeed" each season. Twenty-nine other teams will effectively be "worthless" to the vast majority of their stakeholders.
Think about the San Antonio Spurs and how successful they have been this decade. Not only have they won several NBA championships, the Spurs own one of the top win-loss records in the four major American sports. The organization is a blue-print for success. Their success is so heralded that a few business meetings I've gone to have referenced their winning culture — and I work in the healthcare industry, far from the hardwood.
Now, keep the Spurs' winning percentage and their culture but extract their four championships since 1999. Would a typical sports fan consider these theoretical Spurs a "successful franchise?"
My guess is a resounding no.
I'm not against "reach for the stars." The NBA championship should still be the primary goal. But should we place the value of a team solely on whether they get a ring at the end of every season? Is "first or last" the lesson we want to impart in our sports?


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Fuller's is a 166-year-old independent brewery that produces a stellar line of cask ales as well as uber crafty offerings like strong ales and their "Past Masters" series based on historical recipes from the vaults. (The flagship is London Pride, one of the finest best bitters I know and, despite its modest strength, possibly my favorite.) They're one of the larger cask ale producers, but they're roughly the size of Widmer or Deschutes.
They are a perfect example of the difference between the US and British markets, though. Because, while no American would exclude them from the "craft" category, that's the bias they face in England. At the craft brew-focused pub we visited last night, they scoffed at Fuller's: too old.
That age is a huge part of it's virtue. I sat down with John Keeling and the shadowy figure with whom I'm traveling (he gave me permission to out him--some of you know him as the beeronomist--but shadowy figure amuses me), and listened to the history of Fuller's transformation thirty years ago into a modern facility.
Fuller's was until that time brewing beer on an ancient system--one the brewery preserved as a kind of museum-within-a-brewery. This is one of those decisions I take it the tradition-steeped British don't take lightly. Yet here's what British brewers confront: a steadily declining market for ales (currently 14%, according to Keeling) in which cask is just one niche (the famous "flat, warm" beer of England now commands just 8% of the whole market). For the first time in centuries, the proportion of beer consumed in pubs dropped below 50% this year. Those who hew exclusively to tradition in this market risk the oblivion of such titanic names as Bass, Whitbread, and Courage.
Fuller's modernized the brewery, which now looks like a standard American craft brewery. But interspersed throughout the modern stainless steel tuns and tanks are the earlier relics--copper equipment with the burnished patina of age.
Keeling offered a bit of analysis that parsed the "craft" question nicely. You want the beer to be clean and consistent on the one hand, flavorful and characterful on the other. Industrial breweries emphasize the former but not the latter. The antiquated coppers delivered the latter, but it was harder to achieve the former. Weirdly, I think this means the ultratraditionalists also ding Fuller's.
From my perspective, Fuller's is the model craft brewery. Eventually, the current crop of craft breweries won't be new anymore. Then they'll be judged purely on their beer. If they work hard and are very lucky, they'll be mentioned in Fuller's company.


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Choo's dedication pays off with Ruthian-sized deal
Rangers reward hard-working outfielder with $130 million over seven years
I once asked Shin-Soo Choo what he had learned about Major League Baseball's great players while growing up in South Korea.
The answer, in short, was nothing.
Nothing about Joe DiMaggio's hit streak or Jackie Robinson's barrier-breaking debut or Ted Williams' sweet swing or Willie Mays' over-the-shoulder catch. Nothing about Ty Cobb or Hank Aaron or Lou Gehrig.
He had heard a little bit about Babe Ruth, but only the most rudimentary details.
"He plays baseball, he drinks a lot, he smokes cigarettes, and he likes girls," Choo told me. "He does everything, but he still hits!"
To Choo, baseball was never a mere pastime aggrandized by folkloric tales of legends come and gone. Nor was it ever a recreational activity encountered under the auspice of Little League innocence.
No, to Choo, the game became, very early in his life, a professional path meant to be treated seriously and sacredly.
His high school was a baseball academy with a boot camp mentality. Every mistake or misstep was an invitation to punishment, sometimes of the physical variety. Every early-morning wakeup call or late-night lifting session was clouded by the threat -- the fear -- that if he didn't make it in baseball, what would the world have in store for him?
So Choo dedicated his entire being to the belief that he could make it in professional baseball, despite an unimposing 5-foot-11, 175-pound frame, despite the risk of forgoing two seasons of professional eligibility in Korea to come to the United States, and despite the uncertainty that came with switching positions, from the mound to the outfield, at the age of 18.
Choo was dogged in his belief that if he put in the time, the work, the sweat, he could ascend to the highest level of the sport and make a better life for himself and, ultimately, his family.
Saturday's news of Choo's pending contract with the Texas Rangers, then, is validation of everything Choo has done and all that he is.
Oh, sure, it's crazy money -- $130 million over seven years for a 31-year-old outfielder who hasn't hit lefties well and whose greatest asset is his patience at the plate. It's a colossal contract borne out of a wild winter market flush with revenues and thin on impact talent. It is not a bargain, and it is much a longer commitment than the Rangers really wanted to make.
But here's the guarantee the Rangers are getting, and it's one they've no doubt researched in recent weeks: Nobody will outwork Shin-Soo Choo. Nobody will out-hustle Shin-Soo Choo. Nobody will approach the goal of winning a World Series more passionately, more genuinely.
A contract of this magnitude deserves that much, and, short of certainty that Choo won't get hurt or regress as a hitter or defender, the Rangers can at least take comfort in the earnestness of the individual they've invested in.
Back when he was with the Indians, Choo was a favorite among the radio broadcasters who would show up to Spring Training in Arizona looking for players willing to do live interviews during the morning shows back in the Eastern time zone. Choo's English was limited, naturally, but at least he was the one guy they could count on to commit to a 4:30 a.m. Q-and-A before his 5 a.m. workout.
(I'm guessing Ruth in his heyday was just getting to bed at 5 a.m.)
There was assumption in the industry throughout Choo's free agency that the big markets might benefit most from the addition of a South Korean superstar to their lineup, given the marketing opportunities it could create. Choo, though, was not looking to be overwhelmed. When the Reds played at Dodger Stadium during "Korea Week" in Los Angeles this past summer, he was inundated with media requests and off-the-field responsibilities. He was happy to do it in that short spurt, but he wondered aloud about the impact such endeavors would have on his pregame prep in a more full-time capacity.
Perhaps that's one reason Choo reportedly turned down a $140 million offer from the Yankees, where distractions abound.
All Choo wants to do is play baseball at an elite level on a winning team. And to do so, he feels, requires a commitment to the cage, to the workout room, to the mental and physical grind of 162 games. The Dallas-Fort Worth area does have a solid Korean population base, so those marketing opportunities do exist. But the Rangers also offer Choo an environment in which his goals and values are in line with those of the organization, and in which his talents address the remaining offensive needs of an obvious contender.
Again, this contract is not a bargain. With Choo raking in an average annual value of $18.6 million over seven years, nobody can reasonably claim that on-base percentage is an overlooked and under-appreciated asset. I actually like the Choo contract more than the Jacoby Ellsbury contract, simply because Choo has been the more durable of the two. But both are replete with risk on the back end.
The point, though, is not about the particulars of the payroll, because, in a market such as this, there are "yowza" moments taking place left and right. The Rangers, with Choo and Prince Fielder aboard, have shown no shyness about putting themselves in the best possible position for a run at an American League West title in 2014, and that's all any fan can reasonably ask.
The point is that if you're going to invest such a significant sum into a single player, you'd better be getting a guy whose effort level will always be in line with his paycheck, whose aspirations will always be sincere, whose expectations will always be elevated.
Choo didn't learn much about the game's greats growing up, but he's never expected anything less than to be great himself. The Rangers have rewarded his dedication, and they stand to benefit from it, too.


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The battle for cricket's Sussex Premier League title is still very much raging after the top two both won today (Saturday).
East Grinstead triumphed by four wickets at home to Eastbourne to remain 26 points ahead of second-placed Roffey, who won by an identical margin at home to neighbours Horsham.
Reigning champions Roffey, however, have a game in hand against the Sussex Development XI tomorrow and a win there would probably take them to the summit with two matches remaining.
On a day of scorching temperatures, Eastbourne totalled 237 after being asked to bat by Grinstead with Ben Twine making 52 at number nine and Ian Sturmer taking 4-53. Carl Cachopa (88) and Will Adkin (54) led Grinstead to victory despite David Twine claiming 3-57.
Roffey bowled Horsham out for 176 after choosing to field thanks largely to Ben Manenti's 6-33. Will Beer top-scored for Horsham with 57 before bagging three wickets with the ball, although Mike Norris (53) helped guide Roffey home.
Preston Nomads look as though they will have to settle for third despite a comprehensive 127-run victory at home to Billingshurst. Nomads amassed 261-6 batting first before bowling Billingshurst out for 134.
Bexhill strengthened their grip on fourth place courtesy of a 63-run success away to Cuckfield, who are now hovering tantalisingly above the two relegation places.
Johnathan Haffenden (46) and Ethan Guest (44) led the way as Bexhill scored 218-9 batting first. Nick Patterson took 3-45 for a Cuckfield side which was dismissed for 155 in reply despite 64 from Steffan Piolet and 48 for Marcus Campopiano. Dean Crawford took 5-36 for Bexhill and Ashar Zaidi 3-50.
Having been well adrift at the bottom not so long ago, Middleton are up to seventh after winning by seven wickets at home to Brighton & Hove, who now prop up the division themselves.
Jofra Archer picked up 5-52 and Rob Willway 3-17 to bowl Brighton out for 124 despite 39 from Phil Salt. Will Burrows top-scored with 33 as Middleton knocked off the runs comfortably.
Standings (played 17 matches unless stated): 1 East Grinstead 407pts, 2 Roffey (16) 381, 3 Preston Nomads 363, 4 Bexhill 335, 5 Horsham 314, 6 Billingshurst 257, 7 Middleton 256, 8 Cuckfield 248, 9 Eastbourne 248, 10 Brighton & Hove 232.
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Book Review: A Life of Dissent by Christopher J. Walker
January 3, 2013
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A biography of Oliver Baldwin, 2nd Earl Baldwin and the elder son of Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin; a socialist Labour MP, and Governer General of the Leeward Islands. His was a complicated and full life of contradictions and colour, told in full for the first time by Christopher Walker.
Born into the traditional British establishment Oliver Baldwin went to Eton before the First World War broke out when he joined up and fought with great distinction at the age of eighteen. Following the war he was sent to Armenia as a military advisor, captured and imprisoned by the Soviets and then the Turks: by the age of twenty-one he had seen more from life than many Brits back then saw in a lifetime. At this point Baldwin takes a very different path to that of his upper class peers. He left Britain to travel the world, supplementing his jaunts with work as a travel writer; he returned to Britain the gay (at a time when homosexuality remained illegal in Britain) and Marxist son of the Prime Minister. In the years that followed Baldwin continued his journalism and became a Labour MP (sitting opposite his father in the Commons), a playwright, novelist, and eventually returned to military duty when the Second World War came calling.
After the war the Labour government (that he had been part of until the death of his father meant he had to move to the Lords) sent him to the Caribbean as Governor General of the Leeward Islands where he caused trouble by supporting the natives in calls for greater economic freedom from the British businessmen who owned the sugar plantations and was eventually recalled. Read more of this post


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The results are in from the first of two semi final rounds of Helium Comedy Club's Sixth Annual Philly's Phunniest Person Contest.
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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A city man accused of armed robbery of La Fogata Restaurant and a Becket man accused of a series of break-ins both entered not guilty pleas in Berkshire Superior Court on Friday.
, 19, of Tyler street had not guilty pleas entered on his behalf on one count of armed robbery while masked and two counts of assault by means of a dangerous weapon. He ordered to be help on $50,000 bail.
Swenson allegedly covered his face with a bandana and robbed the restaurant shortly after it closed last weekend with what was described as a black handgun. However, other reports stated that the gun that was used was a pellet gun.
, 25, of Becket entered not guilty pleas
BECKET, Mass. — Firefighters are responding to a fully involved structure fire on Minstrels Way in Sherwood Forest. The report of a fire came in at about 3:30 p.m.
Smoke is pouring from the building and the Fire Department is calling for more equipment and manpower.
A tanker and engine have been requested from Otis Fire Department and Hinsdale is standing by in the station. An ambulance has also been called to the scene and an incident command team activated. Chester has also sent men and equipment.
Complicating matters are reports of a 600-pound propane tank at the back of the building.
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BECKET, Mass. — A 59-year-old Swiss woman was killed in a motorcycle accident Monday afternoon in Becket.
Lorenza Bernasconi-Galli was operating a 2007 Honda BTM, three-wheeled motorcycle west on the Massachusetts Turnpike when she drifted into the breakdown lane and struck the guard rail, according to state police from the Westfield barracks.
The trike and rider continued west for 188 feet before the rider was ejected. Bernasconi-Galli was fatally injured in the crash and pronounced dead at the scene.
The accident occurred at about 3:27 p.m. at mile marker 16.8 in Becket. Two other bikers were traveling with the victim but were unhurt.
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This commitment will make a "huge difference" for military spouses, Obama said during a teleconference announcing the initiative. "We're working hard on their behalf because we're proud of them," the first lady said. "Having an opportunity to have a decent job ... is one of the most important ways we can support these families."
This new effort will offer spouses thousands of at-home employment opportunities in areas such as customer support and telemarketing, as well as jobs that are physically located near military installations, a White House news release said today. Nearly two dozen contact centers -- which offer family-friendly scheduling, growth opportunities and the ability to transfer seamlessly from one center to another -- have committed to hiring spouses.
These companies and their job opportunities will be integrated into the Defense Department's Military Spouse Employment Partnership, the release said. MSEP is an effort in which more than 100 private-sector companies have committed to a focused effort on military spouse employment.
"Whatever comes up in life along the way, these types of jobs will give them the type of flexibility and portability they'll need to succeed, not just in their careers, but the rest of their lives as well," Obama said on the conference call.
The first lady noted the value of flexible, portable jobs for military spouses, who must balance work and home life with military-related demands. Portability enables spouses to move without the stress of finding a new job at each new location, the first lady explained, noting military families are 10 times more likely to move across state lines than civilian families. And flexible work hours offer a better work-life balance, particularly for spouses caring for children or elderly parents.
Also on the call, Air Force wife Dawn Shaffer recounted the employment challenges that drove her to find the at-work flexibility she needed.
Shaffer started out as a veterinary technician, but was unable to find work in her field after she and her husband, Air Force Staff Sgt. Travis Shaffer, moved from Guam to Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. Wanting time at home with their baby daughter, Shaffer found a job as an at-home customer service professional, which offers her both portability and flexibility. She now provides customer service to some of the largest companies in the world, she said. "I absolutely love what I do."
Military spouses shoulder a significant burden, Obama noted. They move frequently, take on additional responsibilities during deployment -- all while balancing the demands of family, careers and community.
But while challenging, a military lifestyle also equips spouses with a vast array of in-demand job skills, the first lady said. They're able to troubleshoot a variety of situations, manage schedules and deal with changing circumstances -- all qualities any employer would value, she noted.
"Military spouses often are the most talented and most resilient and most employable people around," she said. "What we're trying to do is meet these spouses where they are."
The first lady's announcement comes in advance of next week's Joining Forces anniversary. Obama and Dr. Jill Biden, the vice president's wife, launched this national initiative last year to rally the nation in support of troops, veterans and their families.
Since then, they've focused much of their efforts on employment issues for spouses and veterans, the first lady said, and have "made strides all along the way."
The first lady praised the companies that have stepped up to support spouses and veterans. "Companies are not just telling military families we are inspired by them," Obama said, "They're backing it up with meaningful, concrete action."
Companies' key commitments include:
-- Alpine Access has pledged to recruit, train and hire more than 3,000 military-connected Americans over the next two years. The company also will launch TalentSprout, an online portal with skill-building and job training curriculum. These career and personal development courses will be offered free-of-charge to qualified members of the armed forces and to their eligible spouses and caregivers.
-- Arise Virtual Solutions Inc. plans to add 10,000 new independent business and client services professionals from military families over the next several years. Arise also intends to develop special programs to create awareness among military spouses and veterans.
-- DialAmerica aims to increase the number of military-affiliated employees to make up 20 percent of its workforce by 2014.
-- Etech Global Services has committed to hiring a minimum of 200 military spouses and veterans in next two years.
-- Hilton Hotels employs nearly 800 military-related employees at their hotels and offices around the globe. In partnership with Recruit Military and other community-based organizations, Hilton Worldwide is pledging another 3.5 percent of their Hilton@Home call center positions to military spouses through 2014.
-- Prosperity America intends to hire 50 more veterans and military spouses.
-- Quality Contact Solutions is creating 150 work-at-home business-to-business marketing and communication jobs for military spouses over the next two years. These jobs will be in the health care and telecommunications industries.
-- Agility Marketing is planning to add 100 jobs for military spouses and veterans over the next two years.
-- QCSS Inc. will ensure a minimum of 10 percent of the forecasted 200 new hires from now through 2014 will be veterans and their families.
-- SP Data intends to add more than 150 jobs for military spouses and veterans over the next two years.
-- Veteran Call Center, LLC plans to create an additional 1,000 jobs for military spouses and veterans over the next two years.
Related Sites:
Military Spouse Employment Partnership [ https://msepjobs.militaryonesource.mil/ ]
Joining Forces Campaign [ http://www.whitehouse.gov/joiningforces ]
Special Report: Military Family Support [ http://www.defense.gov/home/features/2012/0212_familysupport/ ]


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Route 151East Hampton(Directions)
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Hurd State Parkc/o Eastern District HQ
209 Hebron RoadMarlborough, CT 06447State Park
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This park is managed as a natural area and has minimal facility development.
The park is open from 8 am to sunset. Gates are closed after the first snow falls, and open after it melts in the Spring. There is winter parking available for hiking, and cross-country skiing.
Pets on a leash are permitted in all areas except the campground.
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Visit Hurd State Park and enjoy scenic views of the Connecticut River while surrounded by nature.
{Bird Watching} Birding
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{Camping} Camping
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Three boat camping areas along the Connecticut River at Hurd, Gillette Castle and Selden Neck State Parks are managed by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection for your enjoyment. The campsites are available from May 1 through September 30 exclusively for overnight stops by those traveling on the river.More Information
This park is a designated "walk-in" facility. Parking is available at the main gate and near the gate at the intersection of Route 151 and Hurd Park Road.
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From the North: I-91 south. Take Exit 22 (left exit) onto Route 9. Take a right onto Route 66 and follow Route 66. Take a right onto Route 151. Hurd State Park is on the right.
From the South: I-95 north. Take Exit 69 onto Route 9 north. Take Exit 7 and proceed on Route 82 across the East Haddam Bridge. Continue on Route 82 and take a left onto Route 151. Follow Route 151. Hurd State Park is on the left.
From the East: I-395 South to Route 2. Follow Route 2 west to Route 16. Follow Route 16 west to Cobalt. Take a left onto Route 151. Follow Route 151. Hurd State Park is on the right.
From the West: I-84 east. Take Exit 27 onto I-691. Follow I-691, which becomes Route 66. From Route 66 take a right onto Route 151. Hurd State Park is on the right.
There is no parking fee at Hurd State Park. Gates are closed after the first snow falls, and open after it melts in the Spring. There is winter parking available for hiking, and cross-country skiing.
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In 1914, only one year after the establishment of a State Park Commission, the state purchased 150 acres of the present Hurd Park as part of an initiative to obtain land for public use along the Connecticut River. Situated in the town of East Hampton on the east bank of the river, the park has grown to almost 1000 acres and is especially popular with small boat owners. Many of these boaters recognize the park by its landmark "split rock" towering above the trees.
In the granite ledges of the split rock are veins of feldspar which was once mined extensively in Connecticut. Shortly after its acquisition, Hurd became the focus of legal action to determine the ownership of mining privileges at the park. The resulting court decision fortunately favored the State and averted the possible desolation of some 130 acres of land.
The park is named after the Hurd family, which came to the Middle Haddam region from Massachusetts in 1710 and settled on the level bench of land high above the river.
Other Nearby State Recreation Areas Include:
Cockaponset State Forest, HaddamLocation: 9 miles south of Middletown off Route 9Activities: Fishing, Hiking, Hunting
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Gillette Castle State Park, East HaddamLocation: 4 miles south of East Haddam off Route 82Activities: Castle Tours, Hiking, Picnicking, Scenic Vista
Haddam Meadows State Park, Haddam Location: 3 miles south of Higganum off Route 154
Activities: Boating, Fishing
Millers Pond State Park Reserve, DurhamLocation: Off of Foothills Road in DurhamActivities: Fishing, Hiking
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First lady chooses Reed Krakoff for Sunday swearing-in
First lady Michelle Obama's first of three outfits under intense scrutiny this inaugural weekend is as American as Coach leather — a deep blue number by Coach creative director-turned-fashion-designer Reed Krakoff.
Mrs. Obama held her family Bible for her husband's official, legal swearing-in today, as per the Constitution, clad in an almost royal blue dress with a cinched waist and A-line skirt made of what looked like a silky material with a jacquard pattern, topped with a same-color knit bolero-style cardigan with three-quarters-length sleeves.
The White House confirmed it was by Krakoff, whose clothes Obama has worn before during the past four years, via the White House pool reports on the lightning-quick swearing-in in the Blue Room.
Mrs. O's fashion choices are a priority with America's billion-dollar fashion industry, most of which is watching intently what the first lady is wearing for today's ceremony, and Monday's public swearing-in at the Capitol, and at the inaugural balls in the evening.
Usually, the attention is on the latter two outfits only, but this is one of those rare occasions when Inauguration Day falls on a Sunday (seven in history) so there are two ceremonies and thus more outfits.
Also of interest: what Obama daughters Malia, 14, and Sasha, 11, are wearing. Today, Malia chose a dress of electric blue and black panels and black tights, while Sasha picked a silhouette notably like mom's — a sleeveless dress in rosy-pink lace cinched at the waist with a wide sparkly gold belt.
During the first inauguration in 2009, the girls' outfits were proudly claimed by various American apparel brands, who reported they promptly sold out what was available online.


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Which Side of the Barricade Are You On?
Democratic strategist Doug Sosnik was a close adviser to President Bill Clinton, and he's famed in Washington circles for his closely held, big-think memos on the state of American politics. We got our hands on his latest—in which he warns of a rising populist tide that threatens to swamp Republicans and Democrats alike—and are reprinting it in full here with his permission.
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For some time now, the daily commentary has focused on the public's increasing anger and frustration about the sluggish economic recovery, dysfunctional government and a failure of leadership. But all this analysis misses the more fundamental point, which is that Americans' alienation from our political system and its leaders has been building for more than a decade. This extended period of dissatisfaction has had an extremely corrosive effect on the nation's social fabric.
The current discontent with the leadership in our country, coupled with long-term domestic economic trends dating back to the early 1980s, is beginning to force a redrawing of the political lines that have separated Americans since the culture wars of the 1960s. An emerging movement in our country is calling for change to the status quo and to the leadership class. Across the political spectrum, there is an growing populist push for a retrenchment from global affairs, with a renewed focus on the problems here at home. Americans are worried about the struggles of the battered middle class, whose real incomes have not improved in more than two decades, the elimination of special deals for the wealthy and big business and the protection of the public's privacy from what they see as predatory companies and an intrusive federal government. These are the issues that will dominate our politics going forward, and we will see populists from the left and the right increasingly come together to force change.
A decade of anger and disaffection
There is a pent up desire for dramatic change that has been shaped by a confluence of major events in the United States and around the world. In the last 10 years the country has fought two wars, faced the greatest worldwide economic meltdown since the 1930s and experienced the most significant technological transformation since the Industrial Revolution. The nation has also undergone a major demographic makeover, shifting from a majority white country to an increasingly multicultural society. Throughout this period our leaders have failed to manage the pace of all this change and to face up to the severity of our challenges, resulting in disillusionment and deep divisions among the public by race, age and income.
The country's dissatisfaction is evident in all the major polling trend lines. Since the beginning of the last decade, a majority of the country has believed that the country is heading in the wrong direction, regardless of which party was in power.
Trust in the federal government, as well as congressional approval ratings, have dropped to historic lows.
And the most recent NBC/ Wall Street Journal poll, published in late October, found that only 29 percent of voters believe that their member of Congress deserves re-election.
The lack of trust isn't just directed at government. It cuts across virtually every major institution in our society, including the Supreme Court, big business, banks, religious organizations, our medical systems, public schools, organized labor and the media. Only the military, small business and the police generate confidence levels above 50 percent.
At the core of Americans' anger and alienation is the belief that the American Dream is no longer attainable. Previous generations held fast to the promise that anyone who worked hard and played by the rules could get ahead, regardless of their circumstances. But increasingly, Americans have concluded that the rules aren't fair and that the system has been rigged to concentrate power and wealth in the hands of a privileged few at the expense of the many. And now the government is simply not working for anyone.
Americans' long-brewing discontent shows clear signs of reaching a boiling point. And when it happens, the country will judge its politicians through a new filter—one that asks, "Which side of the barricade are you on? Is it the side of the out-of-touch political class that clings to the status quo by protecting those at the top and their own political agendas, or is it the side that is fighting for the kind of change that will make the government work for the people—all the people?"
A widening economic and opportunity gap—the single most dominant issue of our times
For the last 30 years, the income gains have been increasingly concentrated among the top 1 percent of the country, while the shrinking middle class has been pushed downward and the ranks of the working poor have expanded. As President Obama noted in a July speech, the average CEO's pay has risen by almost 40 percent since 2009, while "the average American earns less than he or she did in 1999."
For the first time in our country's history, there is more social mobility in Europe than in the United States. Up until the end of the 1970s there was a direct link and correlation between the country's GDP growth, private employment, median household income and labor productivity. As our economy grew and productivity increased, more people gained employment and incomes increased. A rising tide lifted all boats, ensuring that the spoils of economic success were widely shared to everyone's benefit. During this period, what was good for G.M. was in fact good for the American worker.
Research conducted by MIT research scientist Andrew McAfee found that in the 1980s, the country experienced a "decoupling" effect when increases in GDP and labor productivity did not translate into increased household income and private employment. Over time, this decoupling began to produce a larger gap between the top income earners and the rest of society.
Increased globalization, technological innovations that eliminated lower and mid-level jobs and the drop in unionized workers from 23.3 percent in 1983 to 12.5 percent last year all contributed to these higher levels of unemployment and underemployment. The recession exacerbated all of these problems, putting even more pressure on most American workers.
The latest Census numbers underscore the inequality built into the system. Last year the top 1 percent of the country made 19 percent of the income, and the top 10 percent made 50 percent.
Yet, one in six Americans lived at or below the poverty line last year – almost 50 million people. The median annual household in 2012 was $51,017, the same as in 1989.


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Harry Potter is back — mysterious, married, and going gray.
J.K. Rowling has given fans a glimpse of the grown-up boy wizard in a new story posted Tuesday on her Pottermore website.
It's the first update since "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" was published in 2007, but Rowling spokesman Mark Hutchinson said there are "no plans" for a new Potter novel.
The 1,500-word story describes Harry, about to turn 34, attending the final of the Quidditch World Cup with his family and old friends Ron and Hermione.
Harry now has "threads of silver" in his hair and a mysterious cut on his cheekbone, related to his "top secret" work as an evil-battling Auror.
The story is written in the style of a gossip column for the Daily Prophet by reporter Rita Skeeter, a minor character in the novels.
The style allows Rowling to poke fun at the tabloid press, a real-life bugbear that she has accused of invading her privacy and that of her family.
Skeeter observes that Harry and friends are "no longer the fresh-faced teenagers they were in their heyday" and speculates about the state of Harry's marriage to Ginny Weasley.
She says Ron Weasley's red hair "appears to be thinning slightly," and notes witheringly that Harry still wears "the distinctive round glasses that some might say are better suited to a style-deficient 12-year-old."
The story discloses that Ron now runs the family joke shop, while Hermione is a — literally — high-flying civil servant, Deputy Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.
There are also updates on other characters, including Neville Longbottom and Luna Lovegood, as well as glimpses of a new generation of teenage wizards.
Rowling has long said that "Deathly Hallows," would be the last Potter novel, but has produced other Potter-related material, including spin-off story collection, "The Tales of Beedle the Bard."
Rowling has also published a novel for adults, "The Casual Vacancy," and two detective thrillers under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.
The new short story is the only time Rowling has written about her beloved characters as adults since the final Potter book, and fans took to Twitter to share their joy. And also to report the Pottermore website was crashing intermittently Tuesday morning in the crush to find out what happens next in the tale of the boy wizard.
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Are Registration Forms Standing Between You & Your Prospects?
Content registration is often considered a given in the content generation and distribution process: write a white paper, eBook, etc., put up a landing page and reg form and you're off, right? The problem is that registration can create friction in the lead generation and nurturing process. Tech marketers need to strategically decide when it's appropriate to ask for contact details in exchange for content – and how much information to request.
You Can't Always Get What You Want
Don't assume prospects are willing to provide their information just because you're delivering a meaty report or white paper. IT buyers don't only base their decision to provide contact information on the value of the content you provide. (Plus vendors often associate the value of content with the time and money they put into producing the content; hardly the same gauge used by prospective buyers.) Rather, buyers are more often concerned about holding vendors at arm's length until they're far along in their buying decision process.
Consider these findings from TechTarget's report, When Worlds Converge: Similarities in Brand Reception and Media Consumption of IT and Personal Technology Buyers. Of the 3,269 IT buyers surveyed, 43% said they are somewhat willing and 42% are very willing to share their contact information when they are ready to make a purchase. However, while 53% of respondents are somewhat willing to provide those details in exchange for "expert or editorial information," only 19% are very willing to do so in the same scenario.
In fact, when IT buyers click to download your content, much like their consumer counterparts, the majority don't want the vendor to contact them as a result.
Is it any wonder that 38% of the respondents give their personal email address (e.g., Gmail, Yahoo!, Hotmail, etc.) when registering for vendor information? In cases where registration is required but they're not ready to talk to a vendor, IT buyers do all they can to maintain control over interactions. 71% of the IT buyers surveyed refuse to provide their business account so as not to get inundated with messages.
Keep it Short & Sweet
So how can you collect the information you need to start engaging and determining whether or not someone is truly a prospective customer? Ideally you build up the information using progressive profiling, rather than hit someone with a 10- or 15-field registration form from the get-go. (For a sample scenario — and a terrific article on why you need to change your view of lead nurturing — see this article by Ardath Albee.) Don't forget you could allow people to register using social sign-in (e.g., "register using your LinkedIn account information"), and augment the information your collect with data from third-party providers such as JigSaw or ZoomInfo.
Test Your Forms, Formulate a Strategy
Approach registration from a strategic, analytical perspective, just as you do with your landing pages and emails. Run a test of your forms with a different number of fields and see what results you yield. Marketo, a company offering marketing automation software, did just that and found that the longer the form, the lower the conversion rate and the higher the cost per lead (see the table below).
Ultimately the reg information you request should logically relate to the content that people are accessing on your site. In other words, map out the buyer's journey and how your content fits at each stage. Then determine which contact information you can reasonably request at each stage.
Demandbase and Focus hosted a webinar on this very topic. Watch the one-hour webinar Avoiding the Lead Gen Trade-Off: How to Boost Web Form Conversions without Sacrificing Lead Data Quality for insights into how to optimize your entire site for conversions.


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Morenci Area High School band director Jamie DeVoe can add the title Guest Lecturer to his name—at least for one day in April.
Mr. DeVoe is enrolled in the University of Michigan's summer master's program and one of his professors, music education chair Dr. Marie McCarthy, became interested in the Music Appreciation class he teaches in Morenci.
Dr. McCarthy was looking for a good music class for her undergraduate students to observe in their Secondary General Music course and those classes are often hard to find.
"The difficulty of finding a class like that in high schools around here is because most band/choir directors teach only band and/or choir—many times both—and don't offer a class like music appreciation," Mr. DeVoe said. "I've taught it since I started here almost three years ago. It was added to replace the choir class that was dropped before I was hired."
Dr. McCarthy sat in on a class session in Morenci and talked to Mr. DeVoe afterwards. She decided the drive from Morenci was too far for her undergrads to visit for a practice teaching session, so she chose the next best thing—inviting Mr. DeVoe to Ann Arbor to speak to her class.
"She wanted to use my class as an example and use some of my ideas, and she asked me to be a guest lecturer in her class in April," Mr. DeVoe said.
He views his Music Appreciation class as a supplement to the band program. Band is still the best place to learn about music, he said, but this offers students more to consider.
"I wanted to teach a class where kids learned about what I call 'musical common sense' and get them to listen and learn about music they may not typically listen to," he said.
Mr. DeVoe presents a variety of musical styles, going chronologically from the beginning of "Western" music to the history of rock and roll.
"We have a listening assignment each day that covers listening skills, the history behind the music, and how it relates to society at the time," Mr. DeVoe said. "I try to incorporate general world history and political aspects of the time, as they usually coincide quite closely."
His goal is to broaden musical horizons, and he's successful with many students. Some will leave class with an appreciation of musical styles they initially thought they wouldn't enjoy. He's even made some CDs of classical music and jazz to share.
"The majority probably still don't like a lot of it, but hopefully they understand and appreciate that they wouldn't have the music they do now if it weren't for the hundreds of years of musical development we talk about in class."


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WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – Sophomore Manny Colon (Williamstown, N.J./Buena Regional) hit a two-run homer in the eighth, but Host William and Mary scored four times in the first inning and added single tallies in the third, seventh, and eighth and swept the season-opening series from the UMBC baseball team by taking the series finale, 7-2, Sunday afternoon at Plumeri Park.
The Tribe (6-4) jumped out to an early lead against sophomore Joe Vanderplas (Fairfax, Va./Fairfax/Tennessee) who was making his first career start for UMBC (0-3). The left-hander (0-1) settled down nicely, though, completing six innings and surrendering three earned runs on eight hits. He also struck out two while not issuing a walk.
William and Mary righty Mitchell Aker (1-1) got the win after limiting UMBC to just the two runs on Colon's round-tripper and two other hits.
After UMBC went down in order in the top of the first, Vanderplas got the leadoff hitter to fly out to center, but Willie Shaw then doubled down the left field line. Two batters later Michael Katz singled with two down to put runners on first and third and Kevin Nutter followed by sending an RBI double to right. William and Mary then tacked on two more runs on an error and a single up the middle.
Two innings later, the hosts add a run to their lead, making it 5-0, as Derek Lowe reached on an infield single and Nutter scored.
The Retrievers picked up their first hit of the game in the next frame as sophomore Vince Corbi (Medford, N.J./Shawnee) laced a double to right, but was cut down trying to extend it into a triple.
Vanderplas kept his team in it, yielding just one hit over the course of the next three innings before being lifted at the start of the seventh. Junior Bobby Applegate (Somerdale, N.J./Sterling/Gloucester CC) then entered, but gave up one run as the Tribe extended their lead to 6-0.
In the top of the eighth, the Retrievers made a play to get back into it as junior Jake Barnes (Annandale, Va./Annandale) drew a lead-off walk. Barnes, who served as the designated hitter on Sunday, then move to second on a ground out, and came home as Colon hit his second career home run to cut the lead to 6-2.
William and Mary pushed back in the bottom half as Lowe came into score on a wild pitch by sophomore Denis Mikush (Burke, Va./Robinson).
In the ninth, Corbi lined his second double of the game with one down, but was stranded there.
UMBC returns to action on Friday, March 7 when the squad opens the Myrtle Beach Hyundai Classic by taking on UNC Greensboro at 10:00 a.m. The Retrievers will then play Elon in South Carolina on both Saturday and Sunday.
- William and Mary now leads the all-time series, 13-2, and has won six straight meetings.
- Colon's first career home run came last year at Albany on April 27.
- UMBC will play two more games against CAA opponents this season, taking on local rival Towson on April 29 at Alumni Field and May 6 at Towson.
- Corbi went 2-for-4 to record his first multi-hit game of the season.


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This is a blog about my travels around the world on a motorcycle. This time around I left my home in Lucerne Switzerland on October 12th 2005. I rode through Northern Africa, the Middle East, Turkey, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, Mongolia, China and Pakistan to end up in Goa India. To find out more about this trip check out the website at www.fernweh.ch. This blog picks up the story in Goa India.


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Marukai's shochu and sake club
From left: Yoko Suganuma and Masaki Hirano from the Nanbu Bijin brewery, Hachiuemon Hashimoto from Hachinohe Shurui, Marukai's Yoshi Homma.
Joy of Sake is coming up, but if you can't wait for the event, consider joining Marukai's sake club. Much like bacon-of-the-month clubs, you get a bottle of sake once a month—a new or seasonal sake that's not on Marukai's shelves yet. Given that Marukai's sake selection is the largest in Hawaii, with 200 different sakes, the monthly bottle is likely to be unique; last month, the featured bottle was the Tsukasabotan Senchuhassaku Reika namasake, a light, refreshing sake perfect for the summer. The six-month sake club starts at $250, but Marukai recently introduced a six-month sake and shochu club for $180, for people easing into the sake and shochu world.
The sake club membership also includes an invitation to monthly sake dinners, which based on a recent dinner at Yoshiya featuring Nanbu Bijin and Hachitsuru breweries, is one of the best perks, if only for the camaraderie that develops after six or more generous sake pours. But, beyond the conviviality, it's a chance to sample new sakes and meet the brewers, as well as experience different sake pairings. Past dinners at Izakaya Tairyo and Gazen as well as The Mandalay and Japanese-owned Vietnamese restaurant Green Papaya stretch notions that sake only complements Japanese food.
August's sake club dinner returns to Yoshiya with three breweries and seven sakes, including Okuizumo Shuzo Amazake, a non-alcoholic (!) brew.
Six-month sake club memberships $180, $250 and $410 (higher levels translate to pricier monthly bottles). August's sake tasting will be August 30, $45 for members. Marukai locations at Ward and Dillingham, marukaihawaii.com
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Ferrari museum in Maranello prolongs "The great Ferraris from Sergio Pininfarina" exhibition
The big exhibition dedicated to Sergio Pininfarina and his most exciting Ferraris has been registering visitors' records since its opening on 26 October. Therefore the Ferrari museum, in accordance with the Pininfarina family, has decided to prolong the exhibition until 24 February.
The visitors will be welcomed by another surprise at the museum: the "Structuration F1 Ferrari", with a Formula One single-seater as the main protagonist. The sculpture has been recently inaugurated by Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa and can be found right in front of the entrance to the museum in Maranello.


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This is what happens when the Swedish army gets its hands on an old Volvo 142. Drifting, fire, and tanks. Warning: slight language-related NSFW interlude.
As far as I'm concerned, the Swedish army just won HOTD. Hooning a Volvo to death (you can see the whole driveshaft-snapping carnage in their unedited video here) and then destroying the broken remains with a goddamn tank is absolutely unreal.
The Volvo 142-themed Swedish pop tunes are the icing on this Scandinavian car-killing cake.


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Retarding pizza dough - flour or oil the bag?
Have pizza dough made to retard in the fridge for use later tonight - is it better to oil or flour the bag in which it will be resting? I've oiled it previously with decent results, just curious on opinions if it would be better to flour? Thanks for any input!


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The Lebanese army promised decisive action to quell unrest linked to the Syria conflict as gunbattles flared in the capital, Beirut, and elsewhere yesterday after the assassination of a senior intelligence officer last week.
The army command urged political leaders to be cautious in their public statements so as not to inflame passions further.
It issued the warning after troops and gunmen exchanged fire in Beirut's southern suburbs yesterday morning, wounding five people, while protesters blocked roads with burning tires.
In the northern city of Tripoli, four people were killed, including a nine-year-old girl, and 12 wounded in clashes overnight and in the morning, security and medical sources said.
The violence heightened fears that the civil war in Syria next door was spreading into Lebanon, upsetting its delicate political balance and threatening to usher in a new era of bloodshed between Lebanese allies and opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Lebanon has been boiling since Friday after Brigadier General Wissam al-Hassan, an intelligence chief opposed to the Syrian leadership, was assassinated in a car bombing.
Many politicians have accused Syria of being behind the killing and angry protesters tried to storm the government palace after Hassan's funeral on Sunday.
Opposition leaders want Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati to resign, saying he is too close to al-Assad and his Lebanese militant ally Hezbollah, which is part of Mikati's government.
"The last few hours have proven without doubt that the country is going through a decisive and critical time and the level of tension in some regions is rising to unprecedented levels," the army said in a statement.
"We will take decisive measures, especially in areas with rising religious and sectarian tensions, to prevent Lebanon being transformed again into a place for regional settling of scores, and to prevent the assassination of the martyr Wissam al-Hassan being used to assassinate a whole country," the statement said.
Troops guarded traffic intersections and government offices yesterday, with barbed wire and concrete blocks protecting buildings.
Beirut was noticeably quieter than usual as people stayed at home.
Lebanon is still haunted by its 1975-1990 civil war, which made Beirut a byword for carnage and wrecked large parts of the city.
Since then it has undergone an ambitious reconstruction program and enjoyed periods of economic prosperity due to its role as a trading, financial and tourist center. All that is now threatened.
The army statement appealed to all Lebanese to act responsibly and "not to let emotional reactions control the situation." Troops would stamp out any violence, it said.
The clashes in Beirut on Monday morning took place on the edge of Tariq al-Jadida, a Sunni Muslim district that neighbors Shiite Muslim suburbs in the south of the capital.
Residents had earlier reported heavy overnight gunfire around Tariq al-Jadida between gunmen armed with rifles and rocket-propelled grenades.
In Tripoli, a nine-year-old girl shot by a sniper was one of three people killed in overnight clashes there. Nine people were wounded, medical and security sources said.
The sources said the two dead men were from the Sunni Muslim district of Bab al-Tabbaneh and were killed after gunmen there exchanged rocket and gunfire with the mainly Alawite neighborhood of Jebel Mohsen.


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Townsville's Christmas Festival, Stable on the Strand, celebrates its 18th birthday in 2019 at Townsville's premier event location, Strand Park.
Stable on the Strand is one of Australia's most spectacular Christmas events, delighting crowds of 40,000 people over five nights as Christmas is shared with story, song and festivity.
Stable on the Strand will feature the Town of Bethlehem: the story of the birth of Jesus told interactively using live actors as wise men, shepherds, Roman soldiers, King Herod, and of course Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus; camels, chickens, goats, sheep, and a donkey for children to pat. There will be a huge carousel in the Stable Village, a fabulous youth program, great children's activities, amazing entertainment on the Main Stage with local and guest artists, and food vendours!
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By Alina Selyukh and Diane Bartz
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Comcast Corp and
Time Warner Cable Inc executives sought to reassure lawmakers on
Wednesday that their planned merger would not send cable TV prices
skyrocketing but found a fair amount of congressional skepticism.
The Senate Judiciary Committee held the first public hearing on the
proposed $45.2 billion merger between the two largest U.S. cable
companies, a deal that has raised eyebrows among public interest
groups and some lawmakers. Comcast promises that it will benefit
consumers without eliminating any choices.
"My concern is that as Comcast continues to get bigger, it will have
even more power to exercise its leverage and squeeze consumers,"
said Senator Al Franken, a Minnesota Democrat who has often opposed
media concentration.
"I'm against this deal," Franken added. "I believe this deal will
result in fewer choices, higher prices, and even worse service for
my constituents."
Lawmakers can be a powerful voice on merger deliberations although
they will have no formal role in deciding whether the Comcast deal
gets the green light from the Justice Department, which ensures the
merger complies with antitrust law, and the Federal Communications
Commission, which has a broader public-interest standard.
In a bid to make the merger more palatable, Comcast has pledged to
divest 3 million subscribers, keeping the combined company's
customer base just under 30 percent of the U.S. pay television
market. The merged company would also serve between 20 percent and
40 percent of the high-speed Internet market, Comcast said in a
filing on Tuesday with the FCC.
"If this transaction is approved, it will give us the scale and
reach to innovate and compete against our national and global
competitors. ... The transaction will not lead to any reduction in
competition or consumer choice in any market," Comcast Executive
Vice President David Cohen told lawmakers.
"There is nothing in this transaction will cause anyone's cable
bills to go up," Cohen said, reiterating that the two merging
companies do not compete against each other anywhere.
The company also argues that its rivals no longer consist of other
cable or satellite TV companies, but also companies like Google Inc,
Apple Inc, Netflix Inc and Amazon.com Inc. These companies have made
progress in competing against Comcast with video content, while
cable operators have lost subscribers.
The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing
on the deal on May 8, the panel said on Wednesday.
The FCC's review of the merger is expected to focus on how Comcast
would manage Internet traffic crossing its networks. Senate
Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat,
urged Comcast to extend its commitment to so-called network
neutrality beyond 2018.
In January a court struck down FCC's net neutrality rules that ban
Internet providers from slowing down or blocking access to content
online, but Comcast remains bound by them through 2018 as a
condition of its 2011 merger with NBC Universal.
"The conditions that currently apply to Comcast should not be seen
as the end point, but rather the minimum level of protection that
should apply to promote competition online," Leahy said. "I urge
Comcast to support stronger rules that will protect consumers and
drive innovation."
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Cohen replied that the FCC, which is looking to rewrite the rules,
would probably get new industrywide net neutrality rules in place
quickly enough that Comcast would not need to make such a
commitment. "I can't imagine that the commission is not going to
have those rules in place well before 2018," he said.
Cohen, sitting next to Time Warner Cable's finance chief Arthur
Minson, testified alongside an independent programmer and a smaller
Wi-Fi company who said they worried the larger Comcast would use its
power to bully them.
Senator Richard Blumenthal said he was concerned that a bigger
Comcast would have a strong incentive to overcharge for sports
programming sold to other broadcasters.
He also noted that cable bills were going up faster than inflation.
"These markets are plagued with anticompetitive conduct," said the
Connecticut Democrat.
While large content providers such as Disney have few concerns about
the merger, some small, upcoming channels worry that a bigger,
stronger Comcast will essentially decide if they succeed or fail.
James Bosworth, head of the golf-oriented Back9 Network, said
Comcast was reluctant to pick up independent programming that
competed against its own, like the Golf Channel.
The Internet is not a viable option for new channels because online
advertising rates are so much lower than broadcast rates,
Bosworth told lawmakers. "Americans watch 20 times more video on
television than online," he added.
Their concerns were echoed by Gene Kimmelman, a former Justice
Department antitrust official who is now a vocal opponent of the
merger as head of Washington-based public interest group Public
"The issue before antitrust officials and communications regulators
is really very, very simple," Kimmelman said. "If we want more
innovative, low-price Internet-delivered services, this merger must
be rejected."
(Reporting by Diane Bartz and Alina Selyukh;
additional reporting by
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David A. Keene (born May 20, 1945) is the current chairman of the American Conservative Union, a position which he has held since 1984. Additionally, he is the managing associate at the Carmen Group Lobbying, a lobbying firm based in Washington, D.C. In December 2007, Keene endorsed Mitt Romney's presidential campaign.
A graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School, where he served as the National Chairman of Young Americans for Freedom, Keene has been involved in politics since the 1960s when he served as the Special Assistant to former Vice-President Spiro Agnew. He has also served as the Executive Assistant to former Senator James Buckley, Southern Regional Director for former President Ronald Reagan's unsuccessful 1976 bid for the Republican presidential nomination, National Political Director for George H.W. Bush's unsuccessful 1980 presidential campaign, as well as an adviser to Senator Robert Dole's 1988 and 1996 presidential campaigns.
David Keene has been named a John F. Kennedy Fellow at Harvard University's Institute of Politics and was chosen as a First Amendment Fellow at Vanderbilt University's Freedom Forum. He also serves as a member of the Board of Visitors at Duke University's Public Policy School, and is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Rifle Association. In 2007, he co-founded the American Freedom Agenda, described as "a coalition established to restore checks and balances and civil liberties protections under assault by the executive branch." Keene resigned his position with the American Freedom Agenda in 2007. He is also the co-chairman of the Constitution Project's Liberty and Security Committee, and has said that "The right to appeal one's detention to an independent judge is a cornerstone of responsible, conservative governance."


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(I also put it in my photo blog so sorry if you've seen it twice =))
Thanks for all your responses about home sickness! I feel much better today - I suppose it's going to happen every now and then...
(And, Go Spain!)
My favorite photograph can be found here - it's the top one of the water, you might have seen it before! I just love how moody it is, I can relate to it =) I want to eventually blow it up on to a canvas for my flat.
2. What is your earliest memory?
Getting the chicken pox in kindergarten - I was itchy during story time and my teacher sent me to the office - I was embarrassed.
Hands down, this summer it is simple jean shorts. As much as I'd love to wear skirts, harem pants and whatever else is ridiculously in style right now - I keep wearing my jean shorts =)
Ok, But the real list is midnight swims, riding my former bike home at night from the bus, the feeling after a good long run, hearing my favorite songs at the right moments, rooftop bars, dates with mark, and spending time with friends - oh and also everyone who reads my blog - I love reading comments and knowing who they are and stuff - it is fun :)
I think that even though I am feeling a little homesick - I wouldn't want to be living anywhere else in the world than where I am right now. I love it here. I'm sure it will eventually change, but this is where I want to be now!


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The Lawyer Who Raised The Shutdown Stakes
The Lawyer Who Raised The Shutdown Stakes
These days, when many people argue for a literal interpretation of the Constitution, the idea that government can't operate until Congress agrees on a spending bill seems obvious. But it wasn't obvious at all until 1980, when Benjamin Civiletti, Jimmy Carter's attorney general, said so.
"Attorney General Civiletti let the genie out of the bottle," said Charles Tiefer, a professor at the University of Baltimore Law School.
In the three decades before 1980, there were at least a half-dozen occasions when Congress failed to pass a spending bill on time. In each case, the routine functions of government just kept going, more or less on autopilot. Civiletti put a stop to that with a legal opinion that argued that if Congress doesn't say yes to spending on time, it means no.
"At the time, it was seen as a radical break with the easygoing tradition that a little gap was a little gap," Tiefer says. "What's the point of stopping the operation and putting the public to all kinds of inconvenience and difficulties? We should just do the reasonable thing. Attorney General Civiletti was saying, 'You can't do the reasonable thing. You must do what the statute says and shut down.' "
Civiletti actually wrote two opinions. The first addressed a funding gap for a single agency, the Federal Trade Commission. Less than a year later, Civiletti was confronted with a much bigger question when Congress failed to pass spending bills covering most of the federal government. In general, he stuck by his new shutdown rule, although this time he left a little more wiggle room.
"It was very obvious that when the noose was around his own neck, when it wasn't just the little Federal Trade Commission but his own president's whole administration, then he fingered the noose and cut himself a little more slack," Tiefer said.
This second Civiletti opinion carved out exceptions for some government activities including those protecting life and property. In the past week, countless federal workers have spent time trying to figure out whether they fall into one of those exempted categories.
Boston University law professor Alan Feld thinks Civiletti's second opinion leaves the president too much leeway to ignore Congress' purse string power and keep parts of the government operating. But Feld admits it may be in no one's political interest to raise the stakes of these budget showdowns even higher.
"People are just as happy to say, 'Let's have a symbolic shutdown of the government where you can't go to the national parks and you might get a delay in your tax refund, but the Army is going to keep going in Afghanistan,' " Feld says. "Maybe that's a balance that Congress has implicitly approved at this point."
The threat of a shutdown doesn't seem to weigh too heavily on the author of those pivotal opinions. Civiletti couldn't be reached for comment this week. He was on vacation.


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I am a BSD user and I feel that I have a fairly good if not very good grasp on administrating a *nix system. I would like to expand my horizons however and look deeper into the world of Windows System Administration. I am familiar enough with Windows to know some general practices, but I would like to see if there is some better material out there. If any of you guys have a book or a link you recommend, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advanced,
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The C# typing system contains the following categories:
Variables that are value types store data, and those that are reference types store references to the actual data. Reference types are also referred to as objects. Pointer types can be used only in unsafe mode.
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White takes another step toward rotation spot
KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Alex White may have moved a step closer to clinching a spot in the rotation on Wednesday with the moves that saw Jordan Lyles and John Ely -- both of whom were vying for a starting job -- optioned to Triple-A Oklahoma City.
White stated his latest case on Wednesday against the Mets, allowing seven hits and three runs in 4 1/3 innings. He feels good about where he is, but he knows he still has to pitch and get outs.
"We have a week and a half left and still some competition left," White said.
White has been working on a sinker this spring but didn't throw it much on Wednesday, though he did get a couple of key outs with it.
"The breaking ball was so-so today, not real good, kind of pulling it a little bit," he said. "Other than that, everything was good."
White tried make the Rockies' rotation last spring before being moved to the bullpen the final two weeks of camp. He was optioned to Minor League camp on the final day and had to get built back up to be a starter in Triple-A.
White, acquired in December, went 2-9 with a 5.51 ERA in 23 games (20 starts) with the Rockies, but he pitched well in the second half. He went 0-1 with a 4.03 ERA in his final seven starts of the season.
"I didn't get quite as many innings last year," said White, who's thrown 14 2/3 innings this spring. "Spring, for me, is about getting my arm ready. It takes me a whole spring to get ready for the season. This year is a little different because I know I'm competing for a spot, and I came in a lot fresher. I feel good, I feel ready for the season."
White threw 68 pitches against the Mets and hopes to be at 90 to 95 by next week.