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In this eight-part series, I am choosing a grape varietal and searching for a dish that shows it off best. When I find the dish, I then test between 10 and 20 wines made with that grape, and narrow it down to the three I think make for a great fit. This week it's riesling and next week, malbec. Give a pairing a try and if you think it makes for a winning match, let me know at firstname.lastname@example.com
Whenever I offer most of my friends a glass of riesling, more often than not they recoil in fear, make a face and say, "Not that German sweet wine, I hope."
In sharp contrast, whenever I offer a wine friend a glass of riesling, I barely finish a sentence before they leap on the bottle.
The wine people know their stuff. Riesling is a heck of a lot more than simply "sweet wine." When I sip a fine riesling I don't think of that cloying Blue Nun, but of a pretty little girl swinging in the sunlight, surrounded by flowers and butterflies while nibbling on a slice of kugelhof.
If ever there was a polarizing wine, it would have to be riesling, which is unfairly maligned because of that "sweet" factor. Yes, it can be sweet, but it can also be bone dry. And even when it is sweet, the best ones offer a balance of acidity that makes it all taste fresh and vibrant.
Rieslings are also usually lower in alcohol than most wines (with some coming in as low as nine per cent), which also ups their drinkability factor. At its best, riesling is delicate and has a lingering fruitiness that, when coupled with high acidity, makes for a wine that is not only quaffable, but in some cases bracing, and in the best scenarios extremely complex, aromatic and aristocratic. Golden in colour, perfumed and racy, the best Grand Cru rieslings are like the Gabor sisters in their prime.
What makes the wine crowd so enamoured with this varietal is that it's so "terroir expressive," which means the vines suck up myriad minerals, resulting in wines with distinct styles coming not only from each region, but each vineyard, and even parcels within those vineyards.
Riesling is grown primarily in Germany, with the French département of Alsace coming in a distant second. You'll also find it in colder-climate vineyards in Austria, the Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Italy, Australia, the U.S. and South Africa. There's also plenty of fine riesling here in Canada, especially in the Okanagan Valley of B.C. and in Ontario, where it's also used to make ice wine. They're even growing it in China.
One of the best things about riesling wines to a food lover like me is how well they work at the table. Riesling is rarely aged or fermented in any kind of new oak, which means it remains light, green-apple crisp and food-friendly. As for specific flavours, think of a sort of melding of peach, apple, honey, rose petals and grapefruit. Older rieslings are also known for their petrol-like aromas along the lines of a freshly paved road or Vaseline. Vaseline? Fear not, those petrol notes are more on the nose than the palate.
In search of a dish to pair with this underappreciated wine, I thought first of that German/Alsatian fave, choucroute. But seriously, who wants to eat fermented cabbage and sausages in this hot weather? You can enjoy oysters with a young riesling, charcuterie, smoked salmon and gravlax.
For a main course with veal and/or poultry with richer cream sauces, you switch to older, Grand Cru rieslings. They also pair beautifully with mushrooms, especially chanterelles. No doubt a veal chop with cream sauce, garlic, chanterelles and parsley would be fabulous.
Yet summer weather better suits ethnic cuisines, and riesling is reputed to marry very well with Thai and Chinese food. But what I really wanted to try out was an Indian curry. My first thought, chicken curry, would most probably work, yet no doubt the strong spicing would be a better match with the sensually aromatic gewürztraminer grape. What to do?
For advice, I contacted my friend, Indian chef Vikram Vij of Vij's in Vancouver, hands down the most famous Indian restaurant in North America and easily one of Canada's best. Vij is not only a master of modern Indian cuisine, but a certified sommelier. His suggestion was coconut curried spot prawns. But while searching for the recipe in his book Vij's at Home — Relax, Honey: The Warmth and Ease of Indian Cooking (Douglas and McIntyre, 2010), I found a recipe that I couldn't resist: grilled marinated wild salmon in a green onion, coconut and ginger broth. He liked my idea. Sold!
To pair with it, we lined up 14 rieslings, the majority from Alsace, but also from Germany, Austria, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Oregon, ranging in price from $13 to $28.
It wouldn't be a stretch to say most every bottle on the table worked with the salmon, yet as the wines increased in complexity, the matches became more interesting. The dish had several layers of flavour going on, not only the aromatics in the marinade and broth, but also in the char of the grilled fatty fish. But the riesling held its own in this orgy of tastes, so much so that it was tough to narrow it down to three.
The gold medal, which also reflects the wine's divine colour, goes to Domaine Barmès-Buecher Riesling Herrenweg 2010, Alsace, France ($27.05, SAQ #11153117), a wine that epitomizes the elegance of this grape without going into the extravagance of older German bottles. This Alsatian beauty didn't just support the dish, but turned a simple salmon filet into haute cuisine of the highest level. Granted, it has a slight honeyed sweetness, but far less compared with the other wines, and it's balanced with enough acidity to make the aromatics in the dish sing. Sip after bite after sip after bite, my only thought was: Wow.
The silver medal is for Riesling Réserve 2011, Léon Beyer, Alsace, France ($18.15, SAQ #081471). No excess here, just great simple riesling that noticeably changed the game, making the previous pairings seem good, while it made for a perfect fit. A popular wine known to many, this affordable Alsatian would make a fine introduction for anyone looking to taste how brilliant riesling pairs with a variety of foods.
And finally, the bronze goes to Riesling 2010 Grant Burge Thorn, Eden Valley, Australia ($19, SAQ #10257070). A good choice for those who fear the sweetness of riesling, this wine surprised me with its slight smokiness and hints of saltiness along with its citrusy/flowery flavours that worked so well with the fish. A real discovery, this Australian riesling is one I look forward to tasting again with a plate of oysters, or perhaps solo on one of these last late-summer evenings.
Grilled Marinated Wild Salmon in a Green Onion, Coconut and Ginger Broth
Serves 6 to 8 as a main course
Chef Vikram Vij of the famous restaurant Vij's in Vancouver recommends this dish be made with wild salmon, as he is a major endorser of the sustainable fish movement.
This dish is especially lovely served with basmati rice, either alongside or stirred into the broth. The recipe is slightly adapted from the one in Vij's at Home — Relax, Honey: The Warmth and Ease of Indian Cooking (Douglas and McIntyre, 2010) by Vikram Vij and Meeru Dhalwala. If your jalapeno pepper is very hot, feel free to diminish the quantity to one tablespoon.
1 wild salmon filet (about 21/2 pounds), boned with skin on, cut into about 8 portions
1/3 cup oil
1/3 cup lemon juice
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
1 tablespoon paprika
1 tablespoon garam masala (or ground cumin)
6 cups water
3 small potatoes, peeled and halved
4 tablespoons finely chopped ginger
1/2 cup ghee (clarified butter)
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 teaspoon asafetida (available in spice shops)
2 bunches of green onions (white and green parts), chopped fine
1 large tomato, peeled and diced (to make 1/2 cup)
1 tablespoon salt
2 tablespoons jalapeno pepper, finely minced
3 cups coconut milk
For the marinade: Place the salmon filets in a deep serving dish. In a bowl, whisk together the oil, lemon juice, salt, cayenne pepper, paprika and garam masala or ground cumin. Pour the mixture over the fish, coat completely with the marinade on both sides, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for about 3 hours.
For the broth: In a pot, add the water and potatoes, along with the chopped ginger. Bring to a boil on high heat, then turn heat down to low, cover and simmer until potatoes are soft (about 25 minutes). Remove from heat, but do not drain the potatoes — you want to keep the liquid.
In a heavy pan, heat the ghee on medium heat until bubbling. Sprinkle in the cumin and allow to sizzle for 15 seconds, then add the asafetida and let it cook for 15 seconds more. Add the onions, and sauté until they are brown (but not burned), about 5 minutes. Stir in the tomato, salt and jalapeno pepper and cook for another 5 minutes, stirring constantly, until the butter starts to glisten. Turn off the heat and set aside.
Remove the potatoes from the ginger water and mash them in a bowl until they are smooth. Stir the mashed potatoes into the green onion and tomato masala, then gradually ladle in the ginger water (along with the chopped ginger), stirring well after each addition of liquid. Stir in the coconut milk, then turn the heat back on medium-high and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer, and let it bubble away gently for about 10 minutes or until the butter glistens on the top of the broth. Taste to check, and increase the salt level if needed.
For salmon: Heat barbecue or stovetop grill to high, and place salmon on grill skin side up. Using tongs, carefully turn the salmon every few minutes for a total of about 6 minutes, or until the fish flakes easily when gently poked with a knife.
To serve: Place a grilled salmon filet in each bowl, then pour about 1 to 1½ cups of broth on top of, or around, each. Serve immediately.
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Word of Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill's return for the latest "Star Wars" sequel prompted an expected – and welcome – nerdgasm that could be felt in a galaxy far, far away (or at least across the Internet). But at least one piece of surprise casting news reverberated as far, far away as Middle-earth.
Lucasfilm's tapping of "Lord of the Rings" and "Hobbit" star Andy Serkis for the latest show of Force marks a symbolic merging of the two greatest movie fantasy series – a golden link that might even make Gollum smile. The casting also marks a full-circle journey of sorts for Serkis, a groundbreaking actor whose unique career, in some respects, George Lucas helped pave the way for with the early "Star Wars" films.
It's unclear who – or what – Serkis will play in "Star Wars: Episode VII," which is getting underway in London ahead of a Dec. 18, 2015 release. But he arrives, amid movie royalty, as a scene-stealer – even if his actual face has never received much screen time.
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Serkis, through motion-capture magic, imbued Gollum with a human quality that made the ring-obsessed creature alternately detestable and pitiable – creating one of the most compelling, frightening and sad characters in movie history. The actor pulled off similar feats as headlining simians in "King Kong" and "Rise of the Planet of the Apes."
Serkis' rubber-face and equally pliable voice, along with advances in technology, helped audiences accept digitally enhanced or produced characters in films from "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" to "Avatar."
Still, Serkis, who is among the generation of performers raised on the original three "Star Wars" adventures, owes a debt to Lucas's masterworks. The filmmaker created indelible, key characters, who, while not digitally wrought, appeared in less-than-human form (even if Yoda went digital in the second "Star Wars" trilogy).
The new film reportedly will feature the long-awaited returns of Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca, Anthony Daniels as C-3PO and Kenny Baker as R2-D2 (there's no sign, thankfully, of Jar Jar Binks, a digital disaster, though no fault of actor Ahmed Best).
Serkis, Mayhew, Daniels and Baker are among a class of stars in little danger of being hounded by paparazzi or autograph seekers, outside of the latest Comic-Con gathering. But the four – and their many fans – know that it's the actor that makes the character, even in an age where technology can put a new face on storytelling.
Jere Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is also the author of "Raising a Beatle Baby: How John, Paul, George and Ringo Helped us Come Together as a Family." Follow him on Twitter.

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In April 2013, IBM announced Version 10.5 of DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows. The same letter announced that DB2 AESE and DB2 AWSE would provide limited use of IBM InfoSphere Data Replication's (IIDR's) Change Data Capture (CDC) technology at no additional cost. However, the "limited use" statement sometimes leaves people with a question or two. The goal of this post is to answer those questions.
First, what CDC function are you entitled to use in the DB2 Advanced Editions? The license is the always final word, but, in simple terms, you can only use the bundled CDC to build disaster recovery solutions where a primary DB2 instance* has up-to-two backup instances. For example, the following replication topology is allowed by the DB2 Advanced Edition licenses:
Furthermore, the disaster recovery use case limits your entitled use of CDC function in the following ways:
- You can only use unidirectional (one-way) replication.
- You can set up replication from the primary DB2 to the backup(s) but you cannot set up replication from the backup(s) to the primary. This fits with the definition of a pure disaster recovery solution since it provides for fail-over but not switchback. If you need CDC for both fail-over and switchback, you need to license the full IIDR product.
- You cannot transform the data as it's replicated. Again, this fits with the definition of disaster recovery and you can license the full IIDR to be entitled to transformations as you replicate.
The question is - when do you need to buy CDC now? If you want to do anything more than what's described in this post, you'll need to buy IIDR for your DB2 Advanced Editions. The two most common replication configurations that require this are ones where you do either of the following:
- Replicate between DB2 LUW and either DB2 z/OS or Oracle.
- Set up an HA or Active-Active solution with IIDR's CDC technology.
If you need to understand more about these examples, we'll have pictures and add a few more examples in a future post that talks about when you need to buy CDC.
Of course, the last question is - can I still build DB2 DR, HA, and Active-Active solutions using the Q Replication built into the DB2 Advanced Editions? Yes, absolutely. The addition of CDC to DB2 does not change this.
* Multiple DB2 instances can be created from a single DB2 install. Each instance can use the bundled CDC to replicate up to the entitled number of backup instances.


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- Heat a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat. Add onion, garlic, and jalapeno to pan, and sauté 3-4 minutes, until onion is tender. Add beef and cook 5-7 minutes, breaking with a spatula as it cooks, until browned. Add rice and sauté 1 minute, stirring constantly. Add broth, bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat, and simmer 10 minutes. Remove from heat.
- Combine rice mixture, tomato sauce, 2 tablespoons cheese, and pepper in a large bowl. Let cook 1-2 minutes, and then stir in egg.
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Segment results
Deutsche Bank (XETRA: DBKGn.DE / NYSE: DB) today reported results for 1Q2014. Group net revenues of 8.4 billion declined 11% from the prior year while noninterest expenses fell 2% to EUR 6.5 billion. Income before income taxes of EUR 1.7 billion declined 30%. Diluted earnings per share for the quarter were EUR 1.03, compared to EUR 1.71 in 1Q2013. Post-tax return on average active equity was 7.9%, versus 12.3% in 1Q2013.
Commenting on 1Q2014 results, Jürgen Fitschen and Anshu Jain, Co-Chief Executive Officers, said: "Our core businesses all contributed to a resilient performance in the quarter, which enabled us to grow our common equity base by over EUR 1 billion. Corporate Banking & Securities performed well in challenging markets, Private & Business Clients produced first quarter profitability which was amongst its best ever, Global Transaction Banking grew pre-tax profit despite intense margin and competitive pressure while Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management produced solid underlying results and positive net money flows while simultaneously progressing business integration."
They added: "We have taken another step forward in building a better capitalized bank by launching the inaugural issue of our EUR 5 billion Additional Tier 1 capital program. We have also responded to the twin demands of a changing business environment and greater clarity on the interpretation of regulatory implementation. We invested substantially in our platform in response to these demands, which was reflected in our cost base during the quarter."
They concluded: "As we approach the half way point of Strategy 2015+, we are pleased to have progressed step by step toward our 2015 objectives and are ahead of plan on key dimensions. We remain focused on meeting these objectives and reiterate our commitment to our business model."
Group Results
(Table 1)
(Table 2)
Results in 1Q2014 reflect a mixed performance with a reduced year-on-year revenue contribution from Corporate Banking & Securities (CB&S), Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (DeAWM), and our Non-Core Operating Unit (NCOU) with substantially unchanged results across Global Transaction Banking (GTB) and slightly higher revenues in Private & Business Clients (PBC). Lower client investment activity exacerbated by uncertainty around emerging markets as well as continued low interest rates and a highly competitive environment are reflected in decreased revenues across most businesses. We made further progress in our Operational Excellence (OpEx) program, which focuses in 2014 on more complex initiatives. Cost reductions from the ongoing implementation of OpEx allowed us to counterbalance higher cost caused by increasing regulatory requirements, and enabled us to continue to invest in platform improvements.
Our net revenues in 1Q2014 decreased by 11 %, or EUR 999 million, to EUR 8.4 billion, compared to EUR 9.4 billion in 1Q2013. In CB&S, revenues were EUR 4.1 billion, down EUR 471 million, or 10 %, versus 1Q2013. The decrease was mainly attributable to reduced revenues in Sales & Trading (debt and other products), which were down by EUR 285 million, or 10 %, compared to 1Q2013, resulting from lower client activity reflecting low volatility and ongoing uncertainty around emerging markets. In addition, revenues in CB&S decreased due to losses from Debt Valuation Adjustment (DVA) in 1Q2014, whereas a gain for DVA was
recorded in 1Q2013. PBC revenues were EUR 2.5 billion in 1Q2014, up EUR 91 million, or 4 %, compared to 1Q2013. The increase was primarily driven by subsequent gains related to a business sale closed in a prior period, but also due to higher revenues in investment and insurance products. Revenues in GTB were EUR 1.0 billion, marginally down by EUR 6 million, or 1 %, from 1Q2013 impacted by a highly competitive environment and continued low interest rates. DeAWM revenues decreased by EUR 177 million, or 14 %, to EUR 1.1 billion, versus 1Q2013 mainly driven by mark-to-market movements on policyholder positions in Abbey Life, largely offset in noninterest expenses. Revenues in the NCOU were EUR 74 million, a decrease by EUR 367 million, or 83 %, in 1Q2014, reflecting a reduction of assets following our de-risking activities and losses incurred by the Special Commodities Group (SCG), primarily driven by losses on our exposure to traded products in the U.S. power sector. Consolidation & Adjustments (C&A) net revenues declined from negative EUR 259 million in 1Q2013 to negative EUR 327 million in 1Q2014. This development was predominantly attributable to valuation and timing differences from different accounting methods used for management reporting and IFRS as well as negative impacts from funding valuation adjustments on internal uncollateralized derivatives.
Provision for credit losses was EUR 246 million in 1Q2014, a decrease of EUR 108 million, or 30 %, compared to 1Q2013. This reduction primarily reflects the non-recurrence of a number of large single items in GTB, CB&S and NCOU recorded in 1Q2013. The provision for credit losses increase in PBC was driven by a positive one-off effect from portfolio sales in 1Q2013, that was not replicated in 1Q2014. After adjusting for this one-off effect, the provision for credit losses in PBC decreased reflecting the ongoing strong credit environment in Germany.
Noninterest expenses were EUR 6.5 billion in the quarter, down EUR 157 million, or 2 %, compared to 1Q2013. Compensation and benefits, which amounted to EUR 3.3 billion, were down EUR 200 million, or 6 %, compared to 1Q2013. This primarily reflects lower variable compensation, including reduced deferred award amortisation, mainly in CB&S. General and administrative expenses were EUR 3.0 billion, up EUR 192 million, or 7 %, compared to 1Q2013. One driver for the increase were cost-to-achieve related to OpEx, which were EUR 301 million in 1Q2014 versus EUR 219 million in 1Q2013. Other drivers were higher expenses relating to increased regulatory requirements, higher investments in platforms, as well as an impairment in NCOU. In part, these costs were offset by lower litigation related charges and the ongoing positive impact from our OpEx program. Policyholder benefits and claims, which are offsetting mark-to-market movements on investments held to back insurance policyholder claims in Abbey Life, were EUR 52 million in 1Q2014, a reduction of EUR 141 million compared to 1Q2013.
Overall, income before income taxes was EUR 1.7 billion in 1Q2014 versus EUR 2.4 billion in 1Q2013, mainly driven by lower revenues which were partly offset by costs reductions.
Net income for 1Q2014 was EUR 1.1 billion, compared to EUR 1.7 billion in 1Q2013. Income tax expense in 1Q2014 was EUR 577 million versus EUR 753 million in the comparative period. The effective tax rate in the current quarter was 34 % versus 31 % in 1Q2013.
Capital, Funding, and Liquidity
(Table 3)
The bank's fully loaded CRR/CRD 4 Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) capital ratio was 9.5% as of 31 March 2014, down from 9.7% as of 31 December 2013. Fully loaded CRR/CRD 4 CET1 capital increased by EUR 1.3 billion in 1Q2014 to EUR 35.3 billion, the largest driver being the first quarter's net income attributable to DB Shareholders of EUR 1.1 billion. Fully loaded CRR/CRD 4 risk-weighted assets (RWA) increased by EUR 23 billion to EUR 373 billion at the end of 1Q2014, mainly a result of increased credit risk-RWA.
The Bank's 2014 issuance plan is EUR 20 billion. As of 31 March 2014 issuance stands at EUR 8.5 billion at an average spread of 37 basis points over the relevant floating index (e.g. Libor). Highlight in 1Q2014 was a USD 3.5 billion triple-tranche senior unsecured benchmark in 3 and 5 years tenor.
Liquidity reserves were EUR 173 billion, of which 43% being in cash and cash equivalents and primarily held at central banks.
Total assets were EUR 1,637 billion as of 31 March 2014, reflecting an increase of EUR 25 billion, or 2%, versus 31 December 2013.
According to CRR/CRD 4 rules, leverage exposure was EUR 1,423 billion as of 31 March 2014, a decrease of EUR 22 billion, or 1%, compared to 31 December 2013.
The leverage ratio, on an adjusted fully loaded basis according to CRR/CRD 4, increased to 3.2% as of 31 March 2014 compared to 3.1% as of 31 December 2013.
Segment results
Corporate Banking & Securities (CB&S)
(Table 4)
CB&S reported solid revenues in the current quarter despite the challenging market environment and uncertainty around emerging markets.
1Q2014 net revenues were EUR 4.1 billion, a decrease of EUR 471 million or 10 % from the EUR 4.5 billion in 1Q2013. In addition to the other effects on CB&S' revenues described below, CB&S net revenues were impacted by three valuation adjustment items. First, a mark-to-market gain of EUR 31 million (1Q2013: a gain of EUR 14 million) related to mitigating hedges for CRR/CRD 4 risk-weighted assets (RWA) arising on Credit Valuation Adjustment (CVA). Second, a gain of EUR 18 million related to the Funding Valuation Adjustment (FVA). Partly offsetting these was a loss of EUR 42 million (1Q2013: a gain of EUR 122 million) related to the impact of a Debt Valuation Adjustment (DVA) on certain derivative liabilities. Excluding these items from both 2014 and 2013, net revenues decreased by EUR 342 million, or 8 %, compared to 1Q2013.
Sales & Trading (debt and other products) net revenues were EUR 2.4 billion in 1Q2014, a decrease of EUR 285 million, or 10 %, compared to 1Q2013. Revenues in Foreign Exchange were significantly lower than the prior year quarter due to lower client activity reflecting lower volatility and challenging trading environment. Revenues in Credit Solutions were lower than the prior year quarter primarily due to reduced margins in the Commercial Real Estate business, as well as lower revenues in Asia region. Emerging Market revenues were lower than the prior year quarter due to ongoing uncertainty around emerging markets. Revenues in Global Liquidity Management were lower than the prior year quarter reflecting both a smaller portfolio and an one-off gain in 1Q2013. Revenues in Flow Credit were higher than the prior year quarter driven by strong performance in distressed products. Revenues in Rates were higher than the prior year quarter driven by increased client activity notably in the Europe region.
Sales & Trading (equity) generated net revenues of EUR 772 million in 1Q2014, in line with 1Q2013. Equity Trading and Equity Derivatives revenues were in line with the prior year quarter, despite the challenging market conditions. Prime Finance revenues were higher than the prior year quarter reflecting increased client balances.
Origination and Advisory generated revenues of EUR 625 million in 1Q2014, a decrease of EUR 50 million, or 7 %, compared to 1Q2013. Debt Origination revenues were lower than the prior year quarter driven by reduced issuance levels. Revenues in Advisory were significantly higher than the prior year quarter driven by increased market share. Revenues in Equity Origination were in line with the prior year quarter.
Loan products revenues were EUR 255 million in 1Q2014, compared to EUR 250 million in 1Q2013.
Net revenues from other products were EUR 9 million loss in 1Q2014, a decrease of EUR 148 million compared to 1Q2013, driven by the aforementioned loss of EUR 42 million from DVA on certain derivative liabilities compared to a gain of EUR 122 million in the prior year quarter.
In provision for credit losses, CB&S recorded a net charge of EUR 16 million in 1Q2014, compared to a net charge of EUR 51 million in 1Q2013, due to reduced provisions taken in the Shipping portfolio and releases taken in the Americas region.
Noninterest expenses decreased by EUR 30 million compared to 1Q2013. The decrease is mainly due to lower performance based compensation and litigation charges, partly offset by an increase in regulatory driven costs.
Income before income taxes was EUR 1.5 billion in 1Q2014, compared to EUR 1.9 billion in 1Q2013, mainly driven by lower revenues.
Private & Business Clients (PBC)
(Table 5)
PBC recorded in 1Q2014 a solid improvement in income before income taxes compared to the prior year quarter, which reflected a one-off gain as well as higher revenues from investment & insurance products.
1Q2014 net revenues in PBC increased by EUR 91 million, or 4 %, to EUR 2.5 billion, compared to the prior year quarter. The increase in other product revenues of EUR 81 million, or 89 %, was primarily driven by a subsequent gain of EUR 70 million related to a business sale closed in a prior period. Higher revenues from investment & insurance products of EUR 33 million, or 10 %, compared to 1Q2013 reflected an improved contribution of all business units. Credit products revenues increased by EUR 4 million, or 1 %, reflecting volume increase mainly in the mortgage portfolio in Private & Commercial Banking in the previous quarters. Net revenues from deposits decreased by EUR 16 million, or 2 %, compared to 1Q2013, as a result of de-leveraging mainly in Postbank. Net revenues from payments, cards & accounts decreased by EUR 8 million, or 3 %, compared to 1Q2013. Net revenues from Postal and supplementary Postbank Services declined by EUR 4 million, or 3 %, compared to 1Q2013, reflecting usual quarterly revenue fluctuations.
Provision for credit losses increased by EUR 29 million, or 26 %, compared to 1Q2013 due to the one off effect of approximately EUR 30 million realised in 1Q2013 from a portfolio sale. Excluding this positive effect provision for credit losses decreased reflecting mainly the continued positive economic environment in Germany. In the prior year, an additional credit of EUR 14 million was recorded in other interest income representing increases in the credit quality of Postbank loans recorded at fair value on initial consolidation by the Group.
Noninterest expenses increased by EUR 24 million, or 1 %, to EUR 1.8 billion, compared to 1Q2013. The cost increase is primarily driven by EUR 24 million higher cost-to-achieve as part of our OpEx program. Excluding cost-to-achieve, noninterest expenses remained unchanged, compared to 1Q2013. Decreases in the direct costs reflecting savings from our OpEx measures were offset by higher infrastructure expenses compared to 1Q2013.
Income before income taxes increased by EUR 37 million, or 8 %, compared to 1Q2013, mainly driven by higher revenues.
Invested assets increased by EUR 2 billion compared to December 31, 2013, mainly due to inflows in securities.
Global Transaction Banking (GTB)
(Table 6)
In 1Q2014, continued low interest rate levels, a still highly competitive environment as well as the difficult geopolitical circumstances affected some GTB markets. Furthermore, adverse FX-movements impacted the result reported in Euro. However, compared to 1Q2013, GTB's net revenues decreased only marginally by EUR 6 million, or 1 %. In Trade Finance, revenues increased due to strong volumes. Revenues in Trust & Securities Services showed a solid development based on growing volumes and included a gain on the sale of registrar services GmbH. Cash Management increasingly came under pressure, suffering from the ongoing low interest rates.
Provision for credit losses was EUR 24 million in 1Q2014, compared to EUR 92 million in 1Q2013. The decrease is primarily attributable to the non-recurrence of a single client credit event in Trade Finance that occurred in 2013 as well as to lower provisions in the commercial banking activities in the Netherlands.
Noninterest expenses increased by EUR 14 million, or 2 %, compared to the prior year quarter. 1Q2014 included cost-to-achieve related to the OpEx program of EUR 19 million versus EUR 7 million in 1Q2013. The remaining increase reflects other expenses in relation to the execution of Strategy 2015+.
Income before income taxes increased by EUR 49 million, or 15 %, compared to 1Q2013 due to lower provision for credit losses offset partially by a higher cost base.
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (DeAWM)
(Table 7)
In the current operating environment DeAWM continued to benefit from the rise of equity markets as seen in the increase of assets under management in 1Q2014. Market conditions remain susceptible to volatility resulting in lower client activity and lower revenue on trading, additionally the low interest rate environment continues to challenge deposit revenue margins. DeAWM sees continued progression in the growth of its credit loan portfolio, with revenues and margins increasing and credit losses remaining comparatively low. DeAWM's initiative to improve its operating and technology platform continues to deliver cost efficiencies.
In DeAWM, net revenues were EUR 1.1 billion in 1Q2014, a decrease of EUR 177 million, or 14 %, compared to 1Q2013 mainly comprised of EUR 159 million mark to market movements on policyholder positions in Abbey Life, largely offset by lower noninterest expenses.
Management Fees and other recurring revenues increased by EUR 18 million, or 3 %, due to an increase of the average assets under management for the quarter following the positive market effect and a favorable shift in product mix from growth in Alternatives and private clients. Performance and transaction fees and other non recurring revenues were down EUR 23 million, or 11 % driven by lower transaction revenues particularly foreign exchange products around private clients. Other product revenues decreased compared to 1Q2013 by EUR 27 million, or 29 %, mainly due to an impairment loss on existing disposal groups held for sale and reduced net gains on fair value changes. Net interest income increased by EUR 15 million, or 11 %, due to increased lending volume and improved lending margins in 1Q2014. Mark-to-market movements on policyholder positions in Abbey Life decreased by EUR 159 million, or 76 % versus 1Q2013.
Provision for credit losses decreased by EUR 14 million compared to 1Q2013 mainly resulting from lower specific client lending provisions in the U.S. and recovery of prior losses in 1Q2014.
Noninterest expenses of EUR 900 million in 1Q2014 decreased by EUR 112 million, or 11 %, compared to 1Q2013 driven by lower policyholder benefits and claims and litigation partly offset by higher CtA spending in 1Q2014. Excluding these effects, the underlying cost base is down 2 % year on year mainly due to continued savings from OpEx initiatives.
Income before income taxes was EUR 169 million in 1Q2014, a decrease of EUR 50 million, or 23 %, compared to 1Q2013. This reflects increased CtA activity related to OpEx and lower revenue due to reduced performance and transactions fees and other non-recurring items.
In 1Q2014, invested assets increased by EUR 11 billion to EUR 934 billion due to positive market effects and inflows.
Non-Core Operations Unit (NCOU)
(Table 8)
Net revenues for the NCOU in the reporting period decreased by EUR 367 million, or 83 %, to EUR 74 million, driven by lower portfolio revenues reflecting the significant reduction in assets since 1Q2013 and the impact from losses of EUR 151 million incurred by the Special Commodities Group (SCG). The SCG losses resulted primarily from our exposure to traded products in the U.S. power sector, where a price spike caused by the severe weather conditions occurred in January 2014. NCOU's overall de-risking activity continued in 1Q2014 generating a net gain in the period.
Provision for credit losses in 1Q2014 decreased by EUR 20 million compared to 1Q2013, predominantly driven by the absence of single client events which occurred in the prior year.
Noninterest expenses in 1Q2014 were EUR 539 million. The decrease of EUR 74 million includes lower legal provisions, partly offset by an impairment. Costs excluding litigation related charges and impairments are approximately 17 % lower versus the same quarter in the prior year which includes effects from our de-risking strategy.
The loss before income taxes increased by EUR 273 million, versus the same quarter in 2013, driven by the reduction in portfolio revenues as a result of asset sales and due to the integration of SCG.
The CRR/CRD 4 fully loaded RWA movement during 1Q2014 includes EUR 3.3 billion from capital accretive de-risking activity which was primarily offset by CVA driven RWA adjustments. The associated reduction in adjusted assets was EUR 12 billion, which includes EUR 6.4 billion following completion of the BHF-BANK sale and EUR 3.5 billion reduction in SCG related exposures.
Consolidation & Adjustments (C&A)
(Table 9)
Loss before income taxes in C&A was EUR 336 million in 1Q2014, compared to a loss of EUR 255 million in the prior year quarter. This development was predominantly attributable to negative EUR 94 million Funding Valuation Adjustments in 1Q2014 on internal uncollateralized derivatives between Treasury and CB&S. Timing differences from different accounting methods used for management reporting and IFRS amounted to negative EUR 133 million compared to negative EUR 159 million in 1Q2013. These valuation & timing differences predominantly reflect a decrease of the Euro and U.S. dollar interest rates in the longer tenors and the impact from narrowed USD/EUR basis spreads. Accruals for the German Bank levy were up compared to 1Q2013 reflecting an increase of relevant 2013 net income of Deutsche Bank AG according to German GAAP.
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Longtime Florida State footballCoach Bobby Bowden is offering up ugly details of his ouster from the Seminole sidelines that he prowled for 34 years.
The school announced his departure via a press release Nov. 30 of last year, and most observers assumed the 80-year-old legend had been forced out. With his book "Called to Coach" hitting stores today, Bowden is telling the full side of his story. Bowden told The Sporting News then-president T.K. Wetherell reneged on an agreement that would've allowed him to coach through the 2010 season, canning him in a terse meeting after a November loss to Florida.
"First thing he says is, 'This ain't gonna be pretty.' It went downhill from there," Bowden said in an interview that will appear in the next issue of Sporting News. "Those were his first words; I couldn't believe it.
"He said, 'You have two options: One is to stay on as an ambassador coach for one more year. You can still be the coach, but we don't want you to go on the field.' I'd get paid for doing nothing. That's stealing from FSU. I said, 'That's out, forget it. What's the other option?' He said, 'We don't renew your contract.'"
Bowden won 389 games as a college coach, but 12 were vacated after the school was found to have used an ineligible player during 2006 and 2007. He won national championships in 1993 and 199 and his final tally of 377 wins ranks him second on the all-time list of college coaches, 17 behind Penn State Coach Joe Paterno, who is still active.
Selected Reading: NBCSports, The Sporting News, Seminoles.com.


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A Mind Blowing Effect.
A spectator is shown 5 cards and on the cards beautifully printed are the names of 5 small objects, coin key..etcetera...
Have the cards mixed by the spectator sight unseen and have them place the packet face down on the table or if working walk about , in their hand.
A card bearing the name of a small object is peeked at and memorised by the spectator.
They now SHUFFLE the card packet and lay the cards out in a row.
From you pocket you produce the Invisible Lie Detector your FINGER...!!!
running along the cards you stop at one card....placing on the card the ILD (finger) ..you ask what object you spectator was thinking of...they tell you and you immediatly drop THAT object onto the card you stopped at...
Now for the big finish...ask you spectator to turn over the card stopped at...it is the card showing the name of the merely THOUGHT of object...!!
WOW factor or What...!!!!!
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It's my first podcast threesome! [blush]
This episode features two incredible guests: Dr. Justin Mager and Kelly Starrett. We all drink wine and get crazy.
Dr. Mager is my personal doctor and has helped me with dozens of my crazy experiments, complete with blood testing and next-generation tracking. He's brilliant (and hilarious).
Kelly Starrett is one of the top Crossfit coaches in the world, and one of my favorite PTs and performance trainers. His clients include Olympic gold medalists, Tour de France cyclists, world and national record holders in Olympic lifting and powerlifting, Crossfit Games medalists, ballet dancers, and elite military personnel. If you're interested in taking your body or brain to the next level, or attempting to become the guy from Limitless, this episode is for you.
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If you'd like a teaser of Episode 3, some of the subjects we cover are below. Learn more about Kelly at MobilityWOD and through his Twitter account:
- Defining a "performance whore"
- The potent combination that is Justin Mager
- What makes people "well" and what makes people thrive
- Mixing passions for endocrinology and eastern philosophy
- How chakras described in Ayurvedic medicine correspond to nerve plexuses and endocrine glands
- How Justin Mager changes lives by exploring the body as a whole
- Experimenting on the fringes of physiology and what limits can be pushed
- Working with high-end athletes and military to exceed supposed "optimal" performance
- Blood testing is a snapshot, not a overall description of health — how do you improve it? What do you measure?
- Delving into the effects of travel on circadian rhythms, and how to correct problems
- Exploring the Quantified Self (QS) movement and Kevin Kelly
- Testing quality of sleep
- Why science isn't the cause-and-effect master of the universe, or shouldn't be viewed as such
- Pattern recognition and "chunking" for improved talent acquisition
- The diverse role of genetics; what can be changed and what cannot
- The health and performance implications of testosterone, boners, sleep, and more
- Mattress selection from the mobility expert (Kelly)
- Hacking the nervous system for rejuvenating sleep, utilizing body temperature as a tool
- Rebooting the parasympathetic nervous system
- "Supple Leopard" morning rituals
- Kelly's test of functional mobility
- How pain tolerance, mobility, and movement come together
- Common qualities of top physicians, coaches, and bio-hackers, and how you can emulate them…
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When Seattle hosted the World's Fair 50 years ago, people predicted a 2012 full of flying cars and jetpacks.
Of course, that hasn't happened yet. But speaking to a packed house Thursday night as part of Ignite Seattle, Mayor Mike McGinn made it clear that those same people were correct about at least one thing.
"We can make fun of what they thought the future was, but they got one thing exactly right: That we would be the city of the future by focusing on innovation, science, arts and culture," McGinn said. "We've done that the last 50 years."
McGinn received some of the loudest cheers of Ignite Seattle 18, the popular series of talks on a wide variety of topics with the motto, "Enlighten us, but make it quick." Speakers are limited to 20 slides, each auto-advancing every 15 seconds, for a total of five minutes.
The mayor spoke about the city's now-vibrant innovation, science, arts and culture scene. He also touched on Seattle's fiber optic network and how the city can advertise dark fiber to the private sector.
"We're trying to squeeze data through lines that were built for cable and T.V.'s," he said. "Why don't we build a big fat data pipe and use cable and T.V. and phone as apps on that data pipe?"
McGinn has already pushed hard to bring fiber optic cable to Pioneer Square, a high-tech hub that historically had been bypassed by the big telecommunications companies. The mayor and University of Washington president Michael Young have also been working together to help improve Internet speeds around the UW community.
McGinn had people laughing after talking about the city's new "Where's My Snow Plow" app that allows citizens to figure out where snow plows are. He said it's an example of how technology can be used to connect the city to its citizens.
"We're good at pushing information out, but we have to figure out how to listen and interact with you," he said. "That's the next generation."
He stressed the fact that connecting people of different disciplines — arts, tech, science, etc. — is the key to innovation.
"We create places in the community where artists, scientists and entrepreneurs can get together. That fuels our economy," he said. "It's not an old vs. new economy. Everyone has to innovate."
There were nine other inspiring talks, some funny, some serious, all inspirational. My personal favorite was Kristina Anderson's account of the the Virginia Tech tragedy.
Anderson was a sophomore sitting in the classroom at Virginia Tech where a fellow student took the lives of twelve people directly around her. She was shot three times during the shooting but made a full recovery. Her talk was the most powerful and moving of the night. She retold the day's event, recounting the details of the horrific day.
"The most basic thing I learned is that life is incredibly short," Anderson told the crowd. "It doesn't matter if you get 20, 50, 70 years — all that matters is you appreciating what you have. Appreciate that you get that moment."
Wow. Most powerful, emotional #Ignite talk I've seen yet. @KoshAnderson story of survival of Virginia Tech shootings was fantastic. #IS18
— Meghan Finley (@Meest) November 9, 2012
Wow–@KoshAnderson is giving a first-hand account of being shot during the Virginia Tech massacre. Really powerful. #is18
— Sol Villarreal (@solv17) November 9, 2012
It's amazing something so powerful can be delivered in 5 minutes. #Is18
— Rob (@robdaemon) November 9, 2012
There were many other great talks. Here is some of the reaction to the event I saw on Twitter.
.@mayormcginn & @KoshAnderson posing together after swapping public speaking tips. #is18 http://t.co/IiTU5fSs
— Sol Villarreal (@solv17) November 9, 2012
Afraid of public speaking? So is @ShaunaCausey but she's #winning at it now. #is18
— Maia (@maiajannele) November 9, 2012
Great job, @ShaunaCausey! Hard to believe you we're once afraid of public speaking #borntospeak #is18
— adam tratt (@adamtr) November 9, 2012
@hobbayi @ignite @thsea Thank you so much! You have no idea how much I've had to work at it. Now I enjoy it though!
— Shauna Causey (@ShaunaCausey) November 9, 2012
Tks @bryanzug @berkun + @ignitesea for the chance to speak tonight – amazing crowd, beautiful stories, made me proud 2 b a Seattleite #is18
— Chris DeVore (@crashdev) November 9, 2012
Fear NOTHING!@! Only failure is not trying. ~ @crashdev #is18
— ~ k2sqrd ~ (@k2sqrd) November 9, 2012
Great talk by @crashdev on why now's the time for big ideas. MT @ignitesea: "Software is the operating system of human progress" #is18
— Sol Villarreal (@solv17) November 9, 2012
Wow. @ignitesea never fails to be one of the best events out there. Funny, smart, brilliant. Next one is Feb 20th. Mark it down. #IS18
— Meghan Finley (@Meest) November 9, 2012
#is18 one tonight's highlights: getting a signed copy of 'The art of explanation' by master video creator @leelefever pic.twitter.com/Az5opJtw
— Paolo Tosolini (@tosolini) November 9, 2012
So glad I went to #ignitesea tonight. Fantastic talks. Love our community. #is18
— Kristin (Eide) Dean (@_KristinDean) November 9, 2012
+1 Amazing! Alex Alviar talks about deaf smile, lip reading, fearlessness MT @Meest How being deaf = #SuperPower. Seriously inspiring. #is18
— ~ k2sqrd ~ (@k2sqrd) November 9, 2012
Just heard about how being deaf is a super power. Seriously inspiring. #IS18
— Meghan Finley (@Meest) November 9, 2012
Give people an invitation to care, feel interested and confident that they can learn. – @leelefever #is18
— Ignite Seattle (@ignitesea) November 9, 2012
Facebook doesn't get it. @shellyshelly spells out why she hates #facebook at #is18. People like her live in 2 worlds at once.
— Ignite Seattle (@ignitesea) November 9, 2012
Jack up your desk. Hoopty Desk! Lift the whole thing, or just the work surface. Stack furniture. @LarrySwanson #is18. Chair on a desk!
— Ignite Seattle (@ignitesea) November 9, 2012
Had so, so, SO much fun hosting @ignitesea tonight @thsea! Want to speak at the next event Feb. 20? Apply at http://t.co/EaVW1cit..
— Monica Guzman (@moniguzman) November 9, 2012
Ignite started in Seattle and has gone on to become a global phenomenon with Ignite events around the world. The next event will be February 20th at Town Hall.


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Kent Holst's prizewinning carving, "Summer," is a bust of a farmer squinting, as if looking over his fields into the sunset. But the 83-year-old artist who created the wood sculpture isn't squinting; Holst is wide-eyed — and wondering what anyone sees in his creation.
"I've been doing this for 30 years and I never entered nothing before," said Holst, of Anoka. "Somebody thought it looked nice, they carried it away, set it up at a show and next thing they're telling me is I won. Go figure."
Earlier this month, Holst, an Air Force veteran, won a regional competition hosted by the Minneapolis VA Health Care System. His work, which was chosen from more than 240 entries, qualifies for the Department of Veterans Affairs national competition, to be held in Reno in October.
"It's a big deal to win," said VA spokesman Ralph Heussner, noting that the VA will cover all of Holst's expenses when he flies to Nevada for the weeklong event.
The National Veterans Creative Arts Competition and Festival recognizes veterans for their creative accomplishments. But the VA emphasizes that the event also demonstrates to the public the therapeutic benefit of the arts.
Wearing bib overalls and goggles with a magnifier above his right eye, Holst is the poster child for seniors who have found peace through the arts.
The modest home he's lived in for seven years is something of a woodcarver's dream. The main floor is warm, comfortable and traditional — fully furnished, carpeted and quiet. But he rarely spends time there.
"I'll come upstairs to the kitchen to heat up some soup, but that's about it," he said.
He prefers his basement, which is lined with thick rock walls.
"My tornado house," he calls it.
There are rooms with tables and shelves lined with hundreds of tools — multiple sets of carver's awls of every shape, width and angle. There are contraptions on which big blocks of wood can be turned at almost any angle. There are woodcarver's hammers: plastic-coated wood cylinders with extended handles — like half of a rolling pin — that are built to limit the strain on the wrist and arm.
There are wooden busts and relief art projects everywhere. Some are 20 years old and still not completed. There are books with sketches, and splinters used to fill cracks, and oily mixtures for staining.
And there's a well-squeezed tube of Bacitracin waiting nearby.
The tips of his fingers have been scarred often enough that he says he has "won the First Blood Award many times."
"I take a hot bath every night and work my hands," he said. "That's getting old, that's all it is."
Zest for the work
He attacks woodcarving with a youngster's curiosity and glee. He talks about taking classes and how he'd love to one day buy a complete set of Swiss-made carving tools, for about $4,000.
He has a set of tools he bought from Fred Cogelow, a nationally acclaimed woodcarver from Willmar whose gnome-like images are shaped with humor, imagination and an artistry reminiscent of the greatest counterculture cartoon artists of the late 1960s. Years ago, Holst says, he inquired about taking lessons from Cogelow. He said that when Cogelow asked to see Holst's résumé, Holst decided that maybe he wasn't ready.
Holst has to be reminded that now he, too, has gained national acclaim of sorts.
As for his résumé?
Holst, who grew up in southeastern Minnesota and Wisconsin, is dyslexic. As a youngster, he couldn't read and he still has problems spelling words that he hasn't memorized. Teachers weren't sure what to make of him. He says he never went to high school.
But he was smart enough to pass every test the military threw at him. After the service, he studied agriculture briefly at the University of Minnesota.
But life continued to throw him curveballs. He says that what VA doctors described as a "nervous disorder" forced him to retire as the owner of a bar/restaurant when he was 55.
The cruelest blow was yet to come. Twenty years ago, his wife, Mary, was killed in an auto accident.
The father of four and grandfather of five now lives with his art. Holst gives away most of his carvings. His wood busts of Santa Claus are family favorites, he says.
Still learning
He's still learning about when to use butternut wood or basswood, about the breathing and dust hazards that come from cutting hardwoods with power tools, the art of using oil to "seal" the wood, where in Iowa to find tools, and of woodcarvers' gatherings in places like Branson, Mo.
He's not so much interested in contests.
"That ain't what this is about," he said with a chuckle.
Besides, there's too much else to do. He has several relief-art works to complete, a bust of a cowboy carrying a rope across his shoulder, a Santa, and a four-foot-high "trapper" who sits in Holst's garage. The image is a throwback to the French voyageurs, equipped with ax, backpack and traps.
"I started that eight to 10 years ago," Holst said. "I believe he is in butternut. It started out as a great, big log. I'd like to get it done, though I don't know what I'll do with it, if I ever do finish."
He's also working on a project that rivals his blue-ribbon-winning "Summer."
This one is called "Winter" — a bust of a man who is dressed to encounter the elements. One look at the image and you can't help but feel you've seen this guy in the North Woods or on a frozen lake with line and a pole.
"I'm not working on this with some old contest in mind," Holst said. "Of course, it wasn't my idea to enter the other one, either.
"It's just something to do. Gives me an excuse to keep looking to buy more tools."


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So Brina somehow managed to injure her tail. I have no idea how, because she's never been huge on tail wagging, plus she hasn't been crated for at least a couple of months now and I know smacking the tail against the wire crate is the most common cause of happy tail. So I don't know what she did to bust the tip of her tail open. But she did it. And we have to deal with it now. It's always something with this dog..
I'd love to spare her the stress of another vet visit so I'm hoping to take care of this on my own. If it gets worse, off to the vet we go, but so far it doesn't look infected and it doesn't seem to cause her pain. Here it is:
I've been disinfecting it with Iodine solution, putting Bepanthene cream on it and bandaging it twice a day, when we wake up and before we go to bed. Is there anything else I can do? Should I shave a part of the tail? So far I've just cut the hair around the wound.
Thanks for any advice you can give me, I've never dealt with happy tail before.
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Can't offer advice other than keeping it clean and using antibacterial cream. Poor girl, hope it heals quickly
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Poor girl. No experience here. Just sending my sympathies to you both.
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Thanks everybody. Yeah it doesn't look good, but it's healing and it doesn't look infected so that's good.
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Tall Stories 58: beach 'barracas'
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29 May 2017
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These portable kiosks, better known as 'barracas', are set up and taken down daily on the golden sands of Rio de Janeiro's beaches. They are part of the city's laid-back lifestyle and heavily ingrained in its culture.
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Hillmans rookie season was marred by a pulled hamstring in camp and weight loss during the season, two factors that combined to keep him from honing his blitz pickup skills that are a prerequisite for playing alongside Peyton Manning.
So, Hillman hit the weights over the winter, working out this offseason at Athletic Gaines in Los Angeles, where Seattles Marshawn Lynch, Detroits Reggie Bush and Jacksonvilles Maurice Jones-Drew also train, and he posted pictures on his Instagram account showing his newly buffed body.
At 20, Hillman was the youngest player in the league last year, and he got off to a sputtering start because of his hamstring troubles. He finished with 330 yards and a touchdown to go with a 3.9-yard average.
When Knowshon Moreno joined Willis McGahee on the sideline with a knee injury in that playoff game against the Ravens, the Broncos turned to Hillman, who carried 22 times for 83 yards without a fumble but couldnt get first downs in the fourth quarter to run out the clock, and the Broncos lost in double overtime.
Hillman went back to California, intent on getting bigger and stronger, and by the time he returned to Denver for offseason workouts, he was a head-turner with his noticeably thicker torso and thighs.
Right now Im probably about 15 pounds heavier than I was in the last game that I played, said Hillman, who hopes to play at 195 all season.
Manning was certainly pleased to hear that.
Were really counting on him this year to have more of a role in the offense, Manning said. Last year they kind of had a rotation and he had a certain amount of snaps that he was going to get. I definitely see that role increasing and (offensive coordinator) Adam (Gase) giving him more responsibility in this offense. Its not just kind of a limited package like we did last year.
We are really expecting him to make that next-level jump. Were counting on him to do good things for us this year.
The key will be not losing that added bulk as the season grinds on.
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Rockies outfielder Corey Dickerson named National League Player of Week
I distinctly remember during spring training when Michael Cuddyer pulled me aside and pointed to a young outfielder.
"Keep an eye on that kid, he's going to be an all-star," Cuddyer said.
He was talking about Corey Dickerson.
Cuddy's prediction appears to be right on the money.
Dickerson, who's steadily making headway toward qualifying for the National League batting title, has been named the National League player of the week for the period ending August 17.
The announcement was made earlier on Monday on the MLB Network.
Here is the release from MLB:
Dickerson batted .393 (11-for-28) with four doubles, three home runs, 11 RBIs and six runs scored in seven games to capture his first career weekly honor and the fourth for the Rockies this season, joining teammates Charlie Blackmon (4/7), Justin Morneau (4/21) and Troy Tulowitzki (5/5).
Corey led all Major League hitters in RBIs and total bases (24), and among his league mates he finished tied for first in doubles and homers, tied for third in hits and runs scored and was tied for ninth in batting average. The left-handed-hitting Dickerson is riding a career-best 12-game hitting streak heading into play today, batting .417 (20-for-48) with five doubles, one triple, four homers, 17 RBI and 11 runs scored over the stretch. More than halfway through the dog days of August, the 25-year-old leads the Senior Circuit in RBI (17), is tied
for first in extra-base hits (10) and is third in slugging percentage (.639) for the month.
On Monday, the Mississippi native launched his first career three-run homer, a sixth-inning blast to give Colorado a 3-1 lead, but the power effort was not enough as the Rockies fell to the San Diego Padres, 4-3, at PETCO Park. A day later, Dickerson once again dialed long distance, this time calling up a solo shot in the ninth inning but Colorado was again topped by San Diego, 4-1.
It was the Meridian Community College product's third homer in three days (also hitting a go-ahead two-run homer in the 10th inning of last Sunday's win against the Arizona Diamondbacks), marking the first time that the second-year veteran has homered in back-to-back-to-back tilts in his young career.
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(1-0, 1.20 ERA, 15.0 IP, 1 BB, 9 SO); and Washington's Doug Fister (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 14.0 IP, 1 BB, 8 SO).
In recognition of his National League Player of the Week Award, Corey Dickerson will be awarded a watch courtesy of Game Time, the leader in licensed sports watches, available at MLB.com.