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My favorite part about competing for Brandeis, other than my teammates, is: Is that I get to represent a great institution
My favorite high school/non-Brandeis athletic moment is:
Playing against Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium
My favorite class and professor at Brandeis is:
Computer Programming with Java, because it literally is a whole different language. It is very straight forwards. My favorite professor is Professor Jerry Cohen, who teaches Sports in American Culture.
My favorite professional athlete is, and why:
Deron Williams because he has perfected every aspect of being a great point guard.
AND MORE: Junior transfer joins the Judges from Division I Boston College… Played in 63 games for the Eagles in two years, including six starts… Scored 10 points in back-to-back against New Mexico and Penn State adding four assists in a career-high 36 minutes against the Nittany Lions… As a senior at St. Petersburg High School averaged 17 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists per game… Led the Green Devils to a district championship and appearance in the regional finals in Class 6A… Majoring in economics with a minor in computer science.

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New Zealand hooker Andrew Hore apologised on Thursday for a hit from behind on Wales lock Bradley Davies that resulted in a five-match ban, saying he had let down his team and the entire country.
Hore, who will miss Saturday's Test against England due to the ban, said he was "embarrassed" at his action early in the 33-10 win over Wales last Saturday, which resulted in Davies being taken to hospital.
"It is not the All Black way and I have let myself down and the team and probably the whole country that is pretty proud of what we do," he told the New Zealand Herald.
VIDEO: Andrew Hore hits Bradley Davies
Hore said he had personally apologised to Davies in a phone call and he hoped the Welshman, who will miss this weekend's Test against Australia after suffering concussion from the punch, made a swift recovery.
The 74-Test veteran said senior All Blacks had taken a dim view of his action, which leaves New Zealand lacking an experienced hooker against England with Keven Mealamu likely to miss the Test with a calf injury.
"The All Black management and the leader group that I'm a part of has been pretty stern on me for getting us into this situation and I have to take what I have got and go back and start building a reputation as a good, clean, hard footy player," he said.
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The "Pride of Baltimore" will make its grand arrival at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 27, 2011, and will stay overnight until Sunday, August 27, 2011 in Amherstburg.
The 157-ft "Pride of Baltimore II" is a reproduction of an 1812-era Baltimore-built topsail schooner privateer. The original "Pride", Chasseur, defended America's freedom during the War of 1812 by serving as an offensive weapon of war and blockade-runner, capturing or sinking 35 British vessels. The British attacked Baltimore in 1814 in an attempt to destroy the Fells Point shipyards where privateer ships were built. During the September 13, 1814 Battle of Baltimore, Francis Scott Key wrote the words that became the United States national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner".
Amherstburg welcomes the "Pride II" as part of the celebration of the Bicentennial of the War of 1812.
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Combined with the Live Domestic and International Television Package, the 2012 Monster Energy Cup Will Be Broadcast to a Record Number of Households around the World
AURORA, Ill. – Feld Motor Sports® announced today that the pre-race press conference and the qualifying sessions for the second-annual Monster Energy Cup at Las Vegas' Sam Boyd Stadium will be streamed live for free at www.MonsterEnergyCup.com/SupercrossLive and www.Facebook.com/VegasMECup.
The Monster Energy Cup pre-race press conference, featuring the 2011 winner of the Monster Million, Ryan Villopoto, in addition to Ryan Dungey, Chad Reed, Justin Barcia, Justin Brayton and Adam Cianciarulo, will stream live this Friday at 6:00 p.m. PST. The afternoon qualifying sessions on race day will also be streamed live on Saturday from 1:30 – 4:15 p.m. PST.
"This weekend's Monster Energy Cup global media package that combines live television and live web streaming is second to none," said Todd Jendro, Vice President of Operations, Feld Motor Sports. "Fans around the world will have more opportunities to watch the historic Monster Energy Cup racing than ever before, including many live web streaming segments throughout the weekend and live television domestically and in Australia, Africa, and the Middle East."
Supercross LIVE's Jim Holley, a former World Supercross Champion, and Kevin Barnett, Olympian and professional broadcaster, will provide commentary during Saturday's qualifying sessions. Fans can continue to access special Supercross LIVE video content throughout the weekend including track walk interviews with the riders, behind the scenes, and podium interviews at the end of the evening. They will be made available on the website and social media.
SPEED and ESPN International will broadcast the Monster Energy Cup live (in the U.S., Australia, Africa, and Middle East), beginning Saturday at 7:00 p.m. PST., and SPEED2 will stream the main event live at www.SPEED2.com.
The 2012 Monster Energy Cup features an all-new track design inspired by five-time Supercross Class Champion Ricky Carmichael. The Carmichael-inspired track design will consist of supercross and motocross obstacles unlike any other racetrack design in the world. New to this year's track will be a 200' banked sweeping turn that will be built in the stands, two 11 rider starting gates split by 220' before they converge at the apex of the 300' start straight and the joker lane that riders will have to race through at least once during laps 2-10. After racing through these sections of the track, fans will be treated to equally exciting racing lane that are built into the Monster Energy Fan Zone, which is located outside of the stadium. The Monster Energy Cup posts a $250,000 purse with the winner walking away with a $100,000 check, and any rider that wins all three Main Events will take home $1 million.
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2011 Outdoor: Finished tenth overall, 32:42.03, in the 10,000m run at the America East Championships... Recorded a personal best performance, 8:57:54, in the 3,000m run at the Maryland Invitational.
2010-11 Indoor: Finished fifth overall, 9:39.25, in the 3,000m run at the 10th Annual Gulden Relays… Set a personal best time of 8:53.52 in the 3,000m run at the Lafayette/Rider Winter Games Invitational.
Background: Named to the All-Conference First Team in 2008 and 2009 in cross country and honorable mention in track in 2008… Earned Academic All-Ohio honors in 2008 and 2009… Was a regional and state qualifier in cross country in his junior and senior seasons… Was a Scholar Athlete four times for track and field and three for cross country… Helped lead Rocky River High School to the Ohio State Cross Country Championship meet for the first time in school history in 2009… Graduated from RRHS with high honors and is a member of the French National Honors Society.
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Vendor: ZETA ESTATES LIMITEDHolding Company of the Vendor: Super Queen Investments LimitedAuthorized Person: Mr. Arthur C. S. KwokThe firm or corporation of which an authorized person for the Development is a proprietor, director or employee in his or her professional capacity: Arthur C. S. Kwok Architects & Associates LimitedBuilding Contractor: Grand Choice Construction Company Limited*Firms of solicitors acting for the owner in relation to the sale of residential properties in the Phase: Ford, Kwan & Company and DeaconsAuthorized institution that has made a loan, or has undertaken to provide finance, for the construction of the Development: Kabushiki Kaisha Sanwa Ginko (The Sanwa Bank Limited)**Other person who has made a loan for the construction of the Development: Chime Corporation Limited, Dawna Range Company Limited and Harte Estates LimitedRemarks: *It was wound up and dissolved on 12th October 2004.**It was dissolved on 4th January 2006.
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Leading Mexican architect and landscape urbanist Iñaki Echeverria just shared his newest project with us, which when completed, will be the largest urban park in the world. Dubbed El Parque Ecologico Lago de Texcoco (Texcoco Lake Ecological Park), the wide, open development is envisioned as a green urban landscape integrating wetlands, lakes, and public space in Mexico City. The planned lake restoration is a massive undertaking as it will encompass more than 35,000 acres of space – which is 41 times larger than New York's Central Park.
Echeverria hopes that the area of the central Mexico City valley once covered by Lake Texcoco can be reclaimed to create a new urban landscape that combines nature with infrastructure. The area of the planned park was historically covered by Lake Texcoco and other small bodies of water. In fact, the Texcoco region has been engineered by humans for centuries as dikes and canals were built to channel Mexico City's water and lakes as early as the 1400s under Aztec Emperor Montezuma. One of the goals of the Lago Texcoco Park is to create a resilient and sustainable green border to the massive growth that Mexico City has experienced (the population has grown from 3 million in the 1950s to more than 20 million today).
In keeping with these goals, the urban engineering project proposed by Echeverria and his team draws upon a long history of landscape engineering in Mexico City. The Texcoco park project will become the largest piece of green infrastructure in the Mexico City Valley, while simultaneously drawing attention back to a largely abandoned area of the city. The project envisions creating lake, wetland, meadow and forest habitats, along with community gardens and will also include renewable energy installations such as wind and solar and an integrated transit system. In addition, Echeverria is designing a multitude of sports facilities, bicycle and pedestrian lanes, playgrounds, and visitor centers for Mexico City residents to enjoy when they visit Texcoco Park.
Also noteworthy is that one of the unique environmentally-friendly aspects of the plan is its waterscape. The park will include wastewater treatment facilities, wetlands and holding ponds that will function as part of a massive drainage system. Not only that but the green infrastructure of the park will enable it to act as a flood protection system for the urban landscape of Mexico City.


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Remember all that hullabaloo about how electric cars--and hybrid cars running at low speeds on electric power alone--are too quiet and pose a danger to pedestrians? Now it's getting interesting.
Nissan sound engineers are planning to endow the Leaf EV, the company's first volume production electric car, with a "beautiful and futuristic" noise that evokes the sound of "spinner" flying cars from the movie Blade Runner, according to the LA Times. "We decided that if we're going to do this, if we have to make sound, then we're going to make it beautiful and futuristic," Toshiyuki Tabata, Nissan's noise and vibration expert, said in the report. "We wanted something a bit different, something closer to the world of art."
That is mind-blowingly cool to me, as a Blade Runner fan and as a film sound design fan. But as the report said, it also begs the question: will be be able to download new engine themes like ringtones?


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By the phrase "free software" we don't mean free as in zero price, we mean free as in freedom. For software to be free, each individual or company using it must be free to do these four things:
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Oracle has released an update of its Enterprise Pack for Eclipse 11g, extending its support to more Fusion Middleware components, for the latest Eclipse 3.6 "Helios" release and for Java Platform Enterprise Edition (Java EE) tools.
The Enterprise Pack for Eclipse is a component of Oracle's Fusion Middleware platform, which is essentially a family of application infrastructure products. The Enterprise Pack itself is a set of free Eclipse-based plugins designed to allow developers to build Java EE and Web Services apps for Fusion Middleware. Oracle calls Eclipse "the preferred" IDE for the platform.
Helios support in the new version of the Enterprise Pack allows developers to use new Java EE 6 tools, including JSF 2.0, which simplifies project configuration and supports XHTML editing, facelets and composite component development; the Java Persistence API 2.0 (JPA), which manages persistence and object-relational mapping for Java EE and Java SE environments; the EJB 3.1 specification; and the Servlet 3.0 spec.
This release also provides the first set of tools for Oracle Coherence. Coherence is an in-memory distributed data grid solution for clustered applications and application servers. The new tool set is designed to allow Eclipse users to develop, run and debug against it. The new tools include Oracle Coherence launch configurations to streamline debugging and deployment to Coherence from within Eclipse; the Coherence project facet, which enables project and library configuration; and the Coherence override descriptor editor with wizards, validation and integrated help for the Coherence Override configuration file.
The new Enterprise Pack also supports Glassfish, the open source Java EE app server, the stewardship of which came Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems. The Oracle GlassFish Server Tools are designed to enable server configuration, deployment and debugging for Eclipse projects.
This update also adds a number of WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST) features, including a full Jython/Python IDE based on PyDev. The IDE gives users full syntax highlighting, validation and code completion for WLST scripts. Definition and reuse of WLST templates is also supported, as is Oracle's WebLogic MBean Explorer, which visualizes the server MBean tree for easy drag and drop to the WLST script. Oracle has integrated the WLST console in this release, providing script execution and debugging tools from within Eclipse in both online and offline modes.
"Obviously most of the people using the tools that Oracle provides are using the Oracle stack," said Michael Coté, industry analyst at RedMonk. "It's not as though general Java developers who aren't developing for Oracle would be using those tools. But over the years Oracle has gobbled up a number of proprietary developer communities -- Siebel, PeopleSoft, BEA and now Sun. So they really have to make sure that there's good tooling available for those communities."
More information about this release is available on the Oracle Web site here.
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In 1990, when my team started a software company, we estimated that we would need $20 million in financing to get off the ground. For my second startup, in 1997, we budgeted for $3 million. If I were starting a similar enterprise-software company today, I would probably seek $500,000. Mobile- and social-app developers often make do by maxing out their credit cards. That is how much things have changed. And as computing continues its exponential march, the cost of developing sophisticated systems will drop even further.
It's not just computing. Other technologies are advancing exponentially and converging. Advances in fields like robotics, A.I., synthetic biology, 3D printing, medicine, and nanomaterials are allowing small teams to do what once was possible only for governments and large corporations. Anyone, anywhere can build solutions to humanity's grand challenges — in areas such as health, energy, food, education, water and security. The good news is that the world's entrepreneurs are beginning to do just that.
So rather than stating the obvious and predicting the evolution of social media and enterprise computing, let me present the big trends that I see for global startups.
Exponential technologies enable entrepreneurs to think bigger. Take medicine as an example. Entrepreneurs are already using inexpensive MEMS-based sensors to build iPhone cases that act like medical assistants and detect disease, smart pills that monitor our internals, and tattooed body sensors that monitor heart, brain, and body activity. Not long ago, human genome sequencing became possible, but cost millions. Today, it is possible to decode your DNA for about a thousand dollars. Genome data will soon be available for millions, and then billions, of people. Startups will be able to discover the correlations between disease and DNA and develop technologies to prescribe personalized medications tailored to an individual's genome. Using "synthetic biology" they will create new organisms that attack disease cells.
Advances in 3D printing and nanomaterials will revolutionize manufacturing. Artificial Intelligence and robotics will enable the development of personalized assistants, robotic surgeons, and self-driving cars.
It will be the entrepreneurs and their startups that take on most of these challenges. After all, they are the ones with big ambitions, and they don't fear slaying the Goliaths — the established companies that dominate industries.
Soon, hundreds of millions, and then billions, of people will come on line with these affordable devices. These will open up opportunities for startups everywhere, and global e-commerce will explode.Tablet computers provide the platform for a new era of globalization. In the U.S., PC-makers have no incentive to lower prices because it kills their profit margins. They keep adding new features like high-end retina displays and faster processors to justify their high prices. So the developing world is taking up the challenge of building technologies for the masses. India's Aakash computer is the pioneer in low-cost computing: a full-featured tablet that retails for around $50. It is as functional as earlier versions of iPhones and laptops — devices that we used to think were marvels of technology, and which changed our lives.
Crowdsourcing the world. X Prize Foundation and Singularity University founder Peter Diamandis predicts that crowdsourcing will change the world as much as the Internet did. In an email to me, he wrote, "the explosion of crowd funding ($2.8 Billion in 2012), crowd-content creation, microwork, crowd ideation, open-source hardware and software and the myriad of other ways to tap cognitive genius and resources from around the world are leading to an unprecedented explosion in entrepreneurship. It is now easier than ever to be a startup factory of one – an individual with passion and an idea, who can purchase anything they need online to bring the vision to life."
Diamandis explains that in the connected world "you can brainstorm your ideas with the crowd, fund your ideas, create your logo, Powerpoint, and business plan, write your code, launch your website, promote your website, design your products, and then manufacture and distribute your products, all from your living room wearing your pajamas."
Startups of the past may have been able to live in their own local shells, but 2013 will mark the year when entrepreneurship makes the next big leap toward global. The world's billions will start solving their own problems, and entrepreneurs start connecting with each other across the world.
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Lately I've been in the need of some male attention.
Singlehood and morning wood has never been so depressing (yes dramatic but it woke you up just now). I don't mind handling the situation yet it would be absolutely wonderful right now to have my head placed onto an Adonis' chest with his morning wood laying on my thigh, you know that romantic moment when it isn't planned or arranged.
In my bed completely pissed and horny I remembered the day before when I ran errands. I was at CVS picking up a few items with Momma Lyn, my fierce transsexual mother, friend, upcoming activist and diva. Her voice carried throughout the store without care of who heard or didn't like it, however she isn't obnoxious by a long shot. Lyn carries herself with class and sophistication. Just remember, Detroit isn't the business when it comes to disrespect and her roots are deeply embedded to ensure your understanding by throwing you through the window of a McDonalds at Five Points (and yes that really happened, I was shocked too). On aisle three grabbing for snacks, suddenly a short mocha-skinned young man passes by Momma Lyn exchanging greetings while directed to the restroom and as he's passing me I noticed his initial glance and intrigue. His name was Brian from Houston.
"How you doing?" He greeted.
"I'm fine and you?" I responded.
He softly whispers "I'm better now," accompanied by a wink. It felt nice to have it happen so randomly. No chat lines or hookup site, just out in the open and smooth.
While paying for my items, Brian is standing outside with his backpack waiting for me to exit.
"Oh miss thing! You've got *trade waiting for you outside ... patiently." [Trade (noun): a masculine perceived/identified gay male.] WERK! Momma Lyn co-signs with a simple side snap. I kept glancing over to be sure he was really waiting on me and surely he was.
I must admit, I appreciated his approach and candor. A true Southern Gentleman, smooth and well mannered. As were walking and talking I asked his age, didn't expect him to say:
Both Momma Lyn and I were impressed and taken back by his boldness and maturity. Usually I cringe when a "wet-behind-the ears" approaches me since I have a baby face and a baby brother around that age group. It feels weird to date someone younger than me. Lord knows I tried, yet for some reason I just get frustrated easily and then dismiss the idea all together. However I've dated 40-year-old children ... but I digress. Brian was short in height but his body was cut, toned and I was in the zone. He had a certain je ne sais quoi about him which appealed to me and age was nothing but a number. Simply a breath of fresh air and a reminder of decent men still existing. I gave him the digits -- his swag was just too good not to.
After reminiscing and getting myself taken care of, I arose out of bed determined to have some male attention. I was in need to satisfy a hunger. It's been two weeks since I've moved into my new place and the only male company I've entertained is my nephew and he doesn't count. So venturing out, I run into a few horny old men who could have graded my grandfather's papers in school and horny homeless men who are delusional. Not really the attention I was exactly hoping for.
Escaping the grasp of the unwanted, I finally run into a 30-something at Publix who was obviously giving me some eye contact, personally I think he saw the booty before the face but however it works I guess. When he introduced himself and I asked for his number he declined for he was "seeing" someone. What's been up with that lately I've been getting the same line: "I wanna get with you ... but I'm seeing someone." Why bother? Why approach me when you've already been spoken for? Is this a new sport I don't know about? Is this a new ESPN channel I'm unaware of? Do you have to be in a relationship to play? I mean ... its hard enough being single and having to navigate this safari without off-market men giving you unnecessary and purposeless attention. After being over it for five minutes with groceries at hand, I return to my inner city villa feeling more determined to have some form of attention.
So I went where I knew there will be ... online.
When I first began my online escapades years ago -- when BGC (Black Gay Chat) was a brown background instead of blue -- my reason and needs were different and it was all frustration, movie scripts and hunger games. Now it's nothing more than entertainment and a good source of a great laugh. Yet a part of me feels hopefully of actually coming across substance. The standards these profiles set and uphold are bogus, tired, paunchy and just trivial to the entire online experience especially the infamous "NO FATS, NO FEMS" policy. Ugh and Shade!
I had a few prospects but none of them could add up or provide what I was yearning. Besides, the attention span of these men here is highly short, it's like being at Baskin Robins testing all the flavors but not actually buying anything. Buying requires work. Who wants to milk the cow when you can get the milkshake for free? At first I believed it to be just sexual. My loins doing the talking yet re-examining the whole scenario what I was really needing was intimate driven instead.
Just to feel the weight of another man toppling mine was what my body was yearning for with or without penetration involved. I just wanted to hear another heartbeat besides my own echo through my earlobes and into my heart. It's tough when there's not much consistency of having someone around, not necessarily a boyfriend or a fill-her (fill-her or Filler: a temporary, tune up, fixer-upper man), just someone who gets you and your needs with the dramatic motion picture. I have a high sex drive and I've grown to embrace my sexual nature. Yet sex is so limiting and temporary at least when you're unpaired. As much as I enjoy sex and, yes, I do enjoy a great session, I also have a need for my vulnerable side to be acknowledged and respected. Sometimes I just want to talk about the issues I'm facing as someone who everyone expects to always be the glue of their lives. It can be saddening to have so much to share and no one to share it with. I'm Wonder Woman but even she had Super Friends ... I'm just saying ... can't do it all by myself all the time. It would be nice to not having to always be my Knight in Shining Amor.
*YOU'VE GOT A MESSAGE* flashes across Madison (my iPad). With anticipation, I open the message from my new prospect ... ugh another dud! A part of me is feeling over it and another part of me is highly frustrated thanks to my hormones raging. Dud after dud after dud I finally threw in the towel. I wasn't getting the results I'd hoped but in the process of logging off, I get a text message which changed my entire mood.
Wreck-It-Ralph, a gentleman who I've been in contact with for a few weeks now messaged me. (I promise to explain who he is but not in this post ... don't worry it'll all make sense) Our conversations have been light starting off, however, he's made it clear of his attraction and I melt every time we speak. Our small conversations are progressing into lengthy dialect.
He asked me the usual questions and now I was as giddy as a school girl seeing her crush walk by. My whole world transformed and my need for attention was satisfied.
For years, I've had sex with men believing they will stay or at least consider staying but like anything else they can go somewhere else to get what they're looking for. In some instances, I found myself depriving me of the very thing that feels natural.
I guess it's because of my inner battle between who I am now and not reverting back to the longing, in search, running behind men old me. The day had matured into nightlife and stars were visible as the April wind embraced the air. Suddenly Jack'd and A4A didn't highlight my night for I was now tucking myself into bed having talked to a man who I wouldn't think in a billion years would talk to me let alone pay me any attention.
Overall, the whole point of all of this push-and-pull is to encounter someone consistently willing to provide something simple as a touch or a whisper. It's about connecting on a much grander scale not hiding behind anonymous faces, profiles, other people's pictures posing as your own and sexing everything or everyone who can be used as a coping mechanism. Simply put. Intimacy was what I wanted and needed. It's the intimacy that makes all of the constant hiking and maneuvering around the bullshit and landmines worth enduring.
Now, this is where the lesson "All male attention isn't good attention" is learned ...
Mikey Mike, in case you don't know who he is click here to watch my vblog for WITH LOVE ATL to catch up on the drama and if you wanna see my beautiful face. Anyway, he's been texting me trying to come see me and here I am allowing this reject to audition once again for a leading role in my movie. Along with a few others who have crashed, burned and failed miserably but this one in particular really sent me through. Grab the popcorn, chicken noodle soup with soda on the side or whatever you need to get through this next post because girl ... .he tried it! Ugh and Shade!
Stay Tuned ... next blog entry "Worry Wart."


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Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard believes Luis Suarez's performances this season put him alongside the finest players in world football.
Suarez has excelled under Brendan Rodgers this season, scoring 18 Premier League goals, and Gerrard said only one or two players could say they had done more.
"For me he's been player of the year, across this league and a lot more leagues," he told BBC Radio Merseyside. "There are probably only one or two people who you could say have been better than him this season."
Asked how much better Suarez can get, Gerrard replied: "I'm not sure, but it's a scary thought if he does improve on how he's been performing this season."
Gerrard was speaking ahead of the Europa League second-leg clash with Zenit St Petersburg at Anfield, with Liverpool having to overturn a 2-0 defeat in Russia if they are to progress. He believes Suarez, 26, is capable of inspiring a turnaround.
"You remember top players for games like this - important goals and big performances that turn situations in your favour," Gerrard said. "I'd love nothing better than for this game to be decided on a bit of magic or brilliance from him. With the season he's had, I think he does deserve it."
Despite Suarez's efforts, Liverpool have endured an often frustrating campaign. They have exited both domestic cups, face an uphill battle to stay in the Europa League and sit nine points behind fourth-placed Tottenham in the Premier League.
Gerrard accepts there has been a lack of consistency but believes there is cause for significant optimism.
"We're playing fantastic football and we're performing really well, but it seems as if we're taking two or three steps forward and then one back," he added. "That's because of individual errors throughout the team and I think we've all been guilty of that at various stages of the season.
"There have been performances that have been up there with the best I've experienced as a Liverpool player. We've blown teams away and we've murdered teams in possession. If they were boxing matches, the towel would have gone in before the final whistle.
"But the frustrating thing is that on the back of those fantastic performances, this team hasn't turned up or we've made stupid schoolboy errors which have led to bad results. They're the performances we need to eradicate if we're going to become a top side and mix it with the best, both domestically and in Europe."


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Many people I know compare finding mom friends to the dating game. Moms are looking for company, but they are also yearning to meet a like-minded person experiencing the same things.
Why is it that this search sometimes feels more like a quest, and what can we do about it?
Some of your friends might not have kids, or have older children, so you feel out of step with them. Signing up for a new moms group, a class or checking out your local park are good ways to start looking for friends at this stage.
Consider your temperament and expectations. Maybe co-chairing the school auction isn't for you. Instead, try activities that speak to your strengths and interests. You are more likely to meet someone there who clicks with you.
Contrary to what most of us expect, sometimes things get even more hectic when children are in middle and high school. Finding and making time for friendships to develop involves synchronizing your busy schedules.
Luckily, you can get out of the house alone when the kids are older, and make plans for a walk, coffee or movie date. The key is remembering to build this important time into your schedule as a recurring event and not just as a one-time happening.
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Get to know your neighbors.
Hang out at a local independent bookstore.
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Volunteer with your child.
Join a community/family yoga center.
Walk regularly with a friend at a time when you are both free (even if that is at 6:30 a.m.).


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Moccamaster by Technivorm Grand Coffee Maker with Glass Carafe
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Handmade and individually tested in the Netherlands, the Moccamaster coffeemaker brews a Gold Cup Standard pot of coffee in only eight minutes. A copper heating element ensures water stays at the perfect temperature from the brew cycle's beginning to its end. The ample 64-oz.-cap. glass carafe on this machine makes this model perfect for large households and frequent entertainers.
- Perfectly synchronizing brew time and temperature, this fast, consistent machine quietly produces a perfect pot of coffee in just 8 minutes.
- Special copper heating element keeps water temperature at 195°–205°F throughout brewing for optimum flavor and less bitterness.
- An independently powered, energy-efficient hot plate with two heat settings keeps coffee at the ideal serving temperature, preventing scorching of partial pots.
- An innovative 9-hole spray arm disperses the water over the entire grind for a remarkably even soak prior to extraction.
- Copper lining along the spray arm keeps the water temperature consistent throughout the wetting stage.
- Operation is simple – just fill the brew basket, add water and press the power switch.
- All parts that come into contact with water or coffee are BPA-free.
- Several removable parts for cleaning to avoid oil and residue build up, ensuring a great tasting coffee every time.
- Illuminated power button is easily seen in the dark.
- Made in the Netherlands.
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- 12 3/4" x 6 3/4" x 17 3/4" high.
- 64 fl. oz. cap.
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- Model #39730.
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- For use with basket-type #6 paper filters.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by kvankala from Best coffee marker we have ever owned We have had this coffee maker now for over a year. It simply makes the best coffee , hands down. We like a very strong dark roast which , if not brewed properly, can be very bitter. This machine allows for the richness and depth of flavor without that sharp, acidic taste that we had with other makers. It is very fast and quiet and easy to clean. I have read the other reviews which are critical of the materials used, which I feel are superfluous . The end results speak for themselves. Expensive, yes, but to us it was worth the investment.Date published: 2015-12-19Rated 5 out of 5 by Casereccio from Most Amazing Coffee Pot When our favorite 12 yr old brewer broke we did some research & almost didn't buy this brewer bkz of some of the neg. reviews, but are delighted we finally did. First of all the quality of the construction, the heavy duty metal housing/copper heating element are topnotch. Imho it brews a quality cup of coffee at the industry recommended temp everytime. The 2 hot plates settings keeps the coffee really hot without burning it. The spray arms integrated shower head provides even extraction. A good grinder is key. Too coarse grounds yields an underextracted brew, too fine, an overextracted bitter cup. This brewer makes the best coffee we have ever made at home. Love everything about it even the paper filters which facilitate cleanup. The 5 yr warranty along with WS no questions asked/30 day money back guarantee, what more could you ask for? Invest in this quality brewer and your morning coffee will become the best part of your day!Date published: 2015-06-09Rated 1 out of 5 by JSS1 from Big disappointment The build quality on this machine is cheap and, at the end of today, we can't tell the difference between coffee made in it and an old $100 Bunn Phase Brew that we have hanging around. The water storage container and the shaft that delivers hot water are both plastic. The grounds basket is terrible. Instead of the normal cone shaped basket and filter, there is a cheap Mr Coffee type flat bottom basket. The hot water entering the basket passes through a small shower head type opening that is gravity fed and basically useless. Despite this gadget, water basically all hits one spot in the center of the basket so there is very uneven extraction. You can't see into the basket to agitate the grounds if you wish. The bottom of the basket has a really silly tin flow shut-off device that is sure to gum up and fail over time. At the very end of the brewing cycle, water in the pot is 174 degrees compared to 186 in the Bunn. We sent it back.Date published: 2015-04-04Rated 2 out of 5 by Notworthit from Too many problems! This coffee maker does make excellent coffee which is why I gave it 2 stars, HOWEVER we are on our second machine in just under three years for the same problem... the on/off switch died after only a couple of years. The machine was shipped back to the company and they repaired the switch but it just died again. Yes, you do have to ship it yourself back to the company but it was repaired at no charge. Also, heartily agree with other comments regarding no measurement indicators on the glass carafe and a very cheap, tricky lever to stop the coffee from flowing from the basket to the carafe. Had Capresso's before for many, many years and loved them! We love a great cup of coffee!Date published: 2015-03-26Rated 5 out of 5 by Twain from Best coffee maker This is the best, highest quality coffee maker we have ever owned. It heats the water pretty quickly and brews evenly which makes a very good cup. Easy to use. Highly recommended. PS: no timer but this has not been problem as a quick brew.Date published: 2014-06-21Rated 5 out of 5 by Radtech51 from Perfect cup of coffee better than Chemex! First I don't know what experience the other guy had but it sounded like he had a defective unit as I've had zero problems with shut-off lever. I've also make one cup at a time and have never had an issue. I've been a big Chemex Person and have used my Chemix for a long time now. I swore I'd never try anything else because I've never found any thing to ever come close except for this machine. I was very skeptical at first but went in with an open mind and came out with the better cup of coffee! I encourage anyone in fact I dare anyone to take this challenge you will thank me for it. I've saved so much time and this machine just brews the perfect cup every time. Ask any good barista and the first thing they will tell you is consistency is key. I'll never go back now I just love the consistently good cups of coffee it makes every time.Date published: 2013-12-20Rated 5 out of 5 by Coffeemark1 from Awesome Coffee Maker Have gone through numerous other brand coffee makers, all while drinking so,so coffee. The Technivorm is amazing, easy to use, easy to clean and provides a perfect cup of coffee every time. The water is hot, we can use less grinds to get the same strength as with other makers, and it is consistent. The flow stop in the basket is the only weak point in the maker, as it does not always stay shut, and is hard to get the flow started again. Otherwise....Amazing.Date published: 2013-06-20Rated 5 out of 5 by Tamarino from Great Coffee We have been through a multitude of coffee makers such as kitchen-aid, Cuisinart, Mr. coffee and have had really bad luck with reliability. Many of those died or starting leaking within a few months. Decided to splurge on this pricey Technivorm Grande monster, and so far we are very pleased. Coffee is very hot and has a great taste. We think it has a retro industrial look, aesthetically pleasing on the counter. Don't have issue with the manual stop flow on the basket - looking underneath it looks well made and replaceable. We were looking at the Bonavita as a less expensive option, but decided on this one due to the copper element, as the Bonavita has aluminum. Overall everything looks well made on this beast, and we are hoping it will last a long time.Date published: 2013-04-18


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The mother of the U.S. ambassador killed in the 2012 attack in Benghazi has asked that Donald Trump and the Republican Party to stop the "opportunistic and cynical" use of her son's name and death.
"As Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens's mother, I am writing to object to any mention of his name and death in Benghazi, Libya, by Donald Trump's campaign and the Republican Party," Stevens' mother, Mary Commanday, wrote in a letter published in The New York Times online Saturday.
Trump, in a speech accepting his party's nomination Thursday, referred to the four victims of the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi on Sept. 11, who he claimed were "left helpless to die at the hands of savage killers" by Clinton, who was Secretary of State at the time, NBC News reported.
"I know for certain that Chris would not have wanted his name or memory used in that connection. I hope that there will be an immediate and permanent stop to this opportunistic and cynical use by the campaign," she added.


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Michael Carroll Biography
Mike Carroll is the founder and current President of Romanian Children's Relief and their Romanian partner charity, Fundatia Inocenti. In January 1990, Carroll was one of the first photographers to travel to Romania after the fall of the communist regime. His stories, which were written and photographed for The Boston Globe and The New York Times, led directly to the formation of the Romanian Children's Relief organization.
Since 1980, Mike has worked as a freelance photographer and media-design consultant specializing in corporate and editorial photography with clients including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Time, People, Golf & Travel, Travel & Leisure Golf, Newsweek, Business Week, Money and Fortune.
Since 1990, Carroll has traveled extensively throughout Eastern Europe writing and photographing for American and European publications, including The Boston Globe, The New York Times, People, Fortune and Reader's Digest.
His corporate clients have included Disney, Compaq, Malden Mills, Beth Israel Hospital, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Boston Children's Hospital, American Express and General Motors Corp.
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A one-stop shop for all your child's birthday party supplies and costumes. This store is 100% dedicated to children's-themed parties. From Snow White and Cinderella to Spiderman or Ninja Turtles, they have something to suit almost any children's theme. Visit this Paris location or order everything online!
Metro: Hôtel de Ville (lines 1 and 11), Châtelet (lines 1, 4 and 7)
You'll find all your costume and party supply needs in this jam-packed little gem in the heart of the Marais district, just beside the BHV department store. Look through their online catalogue first, then go imagine yourself dressed as a banana at your next side-splitting party!
A good one-stop online shop where you can find almost all of your themed party supplies! Quick and reliable shipping.
Metro: Grands Boulevards (lines 8 and 9), Le Peletier (line 7)
Wondering whether you really have space in your closet for another Halloween party costume? No need to worry. Just rent it for the night! Au Fou Rire has two floors packed with costumes and accessories to get you dressed to impress for almost any theme. Or, if you want to add another costume to your collection to whip out for the next fancy dress party, you can shop online and have everything delivered to your home. Rental for adults, sales for kids and adult costumes.
9 Rue Jacob, 75006 Paris, France
22 Rue Saint-Nicolas, 75012 Paris, France
Founded in 1995 by Françoise Dorget in the Marais district, Caravane's collection are a mix of bohemian and modern. The furniture along with the lighting, handcrafted objects and textiles are a source of inspiration for everyday interiors.
A leader in the online sales of party supplies in Europe since 2007. Here you'll find a wide range of fancy dress for men, women and children, as well as a huge selection of accessories, masks, make-up, wigs, etc. Inexpensive, fast delivery.
Prefer to search in English? Check out their website (vegaoo.co.uk) from the UK or Ireland.
Metro: République (lines 3, 5, 8, 9 and 11)
Missing those tea and crumpets from back home? Located on the east side of Paris, this specialty grocery store offers more than 800 products not only from the British isles, but also some well-liked yearned for American specialities. The boutique was established in 1993 and now offers online shopping, too.
This awarding-winning Dutch design began with The Flux chair. Now offers a collection of 7 different foldable furniture pieces made from sustainable polypropylene materials. Perfect for a corporate event or use the super compact foldable chairs in your Paris apartment whenever you need that extra seating!
85 Rue de Rennes, 75006 Paris, France
79 Rue Saint-Lazare, 75009 Paris, France
92 Rue Saint-Antoine, 75004 Paris, France
74 Boulevard de Bellechasse, 94100 Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France
One of the largest and most varied selection of white porcelain pieces, plus more, with 5 locations in Paris.
The same team that brought us Deco-Smart, now offers this online shopping portal exclusively for lighting products. It's that beautiful lamp, above all, that gives your rooms that ambiance and tone you desire when choosing your interior design.
66 Rue de Rennes, 75006 Paris, France
19 Rue Linois, 75015 Paris, France
Madura creates collections with the aim to give pleasure and to make interior design easy, enjoyable and approachable. Together with their vast range of textiles, they also offer a wide selection of lamps, blinds and other accessories.
Numerous locations in Paris, around France, Europe and New York City.
32 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, 75012 Paris, France
57 Avenue d'Italie, 75013 Paris, France
19 Quai André Citroën, 75015 Paris, France
This large chain with 250 stores in France and around Europe, offers a huge variety of styles for all your home decorating needs. Whatever your preference the Maisons du Monde's own team of furniture designers imagine their exclusive and unique collections of furniture and decor each year in 3 different catalogues – indoor, outdoor, and junior.
Sister site to annikids.com where you can find ALL your party costumes for adults.
Craving crumpets and scones, beer-battered fish and chips or Chicken Tikka Massala to take home? M&S now has 6 Food Halls in and around Paris to satisfy your British food cravings! After all the shopping, in some locations, you can enjoy a sample of the takeaway foods in their café/restaurant.
A concept store created by the founders of the BONPOINT, the children's fashion label, launched in 2009 to fill a need in Paris to bring together the best of the world of fashion, design, and household goods in one place. A real "destination" store, it includes a Used Book Café with 10,000 books to choose from, a cinema café with a classic film projected on the wall, and a lunch canteen offering a balanced and healthy lunch everyday.
Born out of the cravings of one French woman, who after living several years in American, came back to France only to miss her beloved Ranch Dressing, the company has grown to a sizable operation offering all of your imported American favorite food items. They offer fast, efficient delivery for both your individual cravings or for your wholesale business needs.
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Nine national medical groups are launching a campaign called Choosing Wisely to get U.S. doctors to back off on 45 diagnostic tests, procedures and treatments that often may do patients no good.
Many involve imaging tests such as CT scans, MRIs and X-rays. Stop doing them, the groups say, for most cases of back pain, or on patients who come into the emergency room with a headache or after a fainting spell, or just because somebody's about to undergo surgery.
A child with low belly pain and suspected appendicitis? Don't rush her to the CT scanner. Do an ultrasound first. That will give the answer 94 percent of the time, is cheaper and doesn't expose the child to radiation.
Don't put heartburn patients on high doses of acid-suppressing drugs when lower doses and shorter courses will do, they say. You might just be making their symptoms worse when they try to stop the medicine.
An apparently healthy middle-aged guy with few cardiac risk factors comes in for a yearly exam and wants to know how his ticker is. Don't give him a full cardiac workup, with a treadmill test and fancy imaging. This kind of patient accounts for almost half of unnecessary cardiac screening.
Postpone repeat colonoscopies for 10 years if the first one is negative, or if it found and removed one or two early-stage colon polyps, the guidelines state. And stop prescribing antibiotics for mild-to-moderate sinus infections.
And here's one that raises some tricky questions: Most patients who are debilitated with advanced cancer shouldn't get more chemotherapy.
"When somebody is literally bed-bound and unable to walk or take care of himself, it's almost futile to use cancer-directed treatment and will probably have negative consequences," says Dr. Lowell Schnipper, a Boston cancer specialist who helped develop the new guidelines.
Schnipper tells Shots many cancer patients are getting chemotherapy in the last weeks of their lives. He says that does no good, makes patients miserable and may shorten their life.
The Choosing Wisely project was launched last year by the foundation of the American Board of Internal Medicine. It recruited nine medical specialty societies representing more than 376,000 physicians to come up with five common tests or procedures "whose necessity ... should be questioned and discussed."
The groups represent family physicians, cardiologists, radiologists, gastroenterologists, oncologists, kidney specialists and specialists in allergy, asthma and immunology and nuclear cardiology.
Eight more specialty groups will join the campaign this fall, representing hospice doctors, head and neck specialists, arthritis doctors, geriatricians, pathologists, hospital practitioners, nuclear medicine specialist and those who perform a heart test called echocardiography.
Consumer groups are involved, too. Led by Consumer Reports, they include the AARP, National Business Coalition on Health, the Wikipedia community and eight others.
The effort represents a growing sense that there's a lot of waste in U.S. health care, and that many tests and treatments are not only unnecessary but harmful.
Harvard economist David Cutler estimates that a third of what this country spends on health care could safely be dispensed with.
"That's certainly the number we use," Dr. Steven Weinberger, CEO of the American College of Physicians, tells Shots. "Most of us feel something like $750 billion or so could be eliminated from the system out of the $2.5 trillion or so that we spend on health care."
Weinberger says unneeded diagnostic tests probably account for $250 billion.
"I talk about this a fair amount around the country, and invariably physicians come up to me and recount their own anecdotes about overuse and misuse of care," he says.
Proponents of the campaign are aware they're wading into dangerous waters. "There will be some ... that may demonize this campaign and infer the R-word — rationing," Daniel Wolfson of the ABIM Foundation wrote in December when the campaign was launched.
But rationing is the denial of care that patients need, Wolfson points out. The Choosing Wisely campaign aims to reduce care that has no value.
Groups representing hundreds of thousands of doctors are launching a new campaign that is bound to stir controversy. Their goal is to stop tests and treatments that don't do patients any good. The effort is also the support of some leading consumer groups.
As NPR's Richard Knox reports, the campaign is the first step toward limiting procedures that account for a giant chunk of the nation's medical bill.
RICHARD KNOX, BYLINE: They're calling it choosing wisely. Doctors leading the campaign say about a third of what the nation spends on health care could be done away with without harming anybody, but at this point, the campaign has more modest goals. They could add up to maybe 10 percent of current spending, or around $250 billion a year. To do that, doctors would have to cut way back on 45 common tests and procedures.
The effort was organized by the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation. It asked specialty groups to name the top five things that patients would be better off without.
DR. JOHN SANTA: This is a good place to start, the lowest hanging fruit.
KNOX: That's Dr. John Santa of Consumer Reports, which is working with the physician groups. The list is a broad swath of everyday medical tests and procedures. For instance, most patients with back pain shouldn't get CT scans or MRIs. Neither should people with ordinary headaches or feinting spells or a child with suspected appendicitis. For that, a cheaper ultrasound will nearly always do with no radiation.
The doctors say too many patients are getting fancy cardiac workups and repeat colonoscopies, antibiotics for sinus infections, and so on.
Santa says this first set of recommendations generally doesn't get at the most controversial kinds of tests.
SANTA: You know, there are some really tough ones. Screening for breast cancer and prostate cancer. Notice these aren't chosen because those are tougher.
KNOX: But that doesn't mean the doctor groups avoid at all the difficult ones. Probably the most touchy is one put forward by the American Society of Clinical Oncologists, cancer doctors. They say most patients with advanced cancer should not get chemotherapy treatments if they're not likely to benefit.
Dr. Lowell Schnipper is a Boston oncologist who helped draw up the list.
DR. LOWELL SCHNIPPER: We are doing the vast majority of people no favor by treating them into their coffins and I think most oncologists understand that.
KNOX: Some studies indicate that 35 percent of cancer patients or more receive chemotherapy in their last two weeks of life. Schnipper says, except in rare cases, they'd be better off getting hospice care and might even live longer.
SCHNIPPER: It's highly unlikely that anything we do to people so far advanced in their illness is likely to bring them much respite.
KNOX: But that recommendation - and maybe some others - may become a lightning rod for a charge that is often raised by these discussions that this is rationing.
SANTA: We're certainly expecting it and I think we're very emphatic that we're not talking about rationing here.
KNOX: Again, that's Dr. John Santa of Consumer Reports.
SANTA: It's not denying services to people who need it. Quite the contrary, it's identifying who needs it and who doesn't, getting it right.
KNOX: There will be plenty of opportunity to debate these issues. Proponents plan to keep at it for several years and more physician and consumer groups will join the campaign this fall.
Richard Knox, NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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... I ... welcome to Opinion Journal why Mary Kissel ... Ameritas racecourse are falling farther in international rankings according to numbers just released by the program for international student assessment what is going so wrong I've got political diary editor and Fox News contributor Jason Riley here ... to explain Jason ... terrible scores twenty fifth the thirty first in math ... what is going still on his last twenty First inspired seventeenth in reading ... we're a knowledge based economy and our kids are trained on well it's it's very troublesome ... so it is money the answer what what is the isthe prompting well it's it's it was at this interesting listening to the teachers unions responded to these test scores in one of them is that money is the answer was ... well worth it in spending per student among the kids who took this test in various countries ... yet countries that spend far less than we do like all re up like the Slovakian is outperformed so I'm not so sure ... that money is the problem or even poverty ... our highest earning kids the kids from the higher from the wealthiest families ... did not score as well as their counterparts from other countries so I'm not so sure it's money well copper what about standards Jason the summing called Common Core ascendant will hopefully national standards is that the answer ... well aam ... some would argue there's been a big debate over over the common core standards here ... but the fact the matter is that some countries that outperformed US have national standards ... and some that outperform this don't happen ... so I don't know that's the linchpin ... either although I act I suspect that Pearl Common Core people try news this of this result to argue for their kids about the quality of teachers ... that matters a lot Miriam in that so that always mattered a lot so the school choice and I think if people looking in a way to improve the situation will we know from experience is the one parents can send their children to the school they think ... best fits their family's needs ... the kids tend to perform so my one takeaway from this is the focus on giving people more education choices are teachers unions coming around to that ... realization Jason Ng playing a constructive role supporting choice according to the teachers ... aam I think they're still playing games I think that they still think that this is a system ... that exists to employ until just before it is this to educate children and they continue to put ... the adults in the system had the kids we know that from the devaluation of the plate ... we know that from the ticket a new rules that they put in place ... we know that from the seniority rules that they put in place they don't want teachers to let go based on their ability they want to let go based on how long they've been ... on the job none of those things are in the interests of children ... so it can only be defended if your ... primary concern of the teachers Jason we've had we use in decline isn't this idea that America is falling behind ... first each Japan now maybe it's China ... on the week the overflowing these results assist ok for us to place ... thirty first announced its not okay I mean there are ... critics of these international comparisons ... aam and it makes a Legion of points we have a very diverse ... population this country to compare us to ... Finland or Sweden ... a country with wood widget which is much more modest isn't entirely fair ... aam ... but so that so there are some legitimate criticisms of these international comparisons ... but out Mary what we've we've had flat test scores in math science reading ... for thirty years in this country ... clearly something is wrong ... we can't dismiss stores like this um access course in thirty years political diary editor Fox News contributor Jason Riley ... thank you very much


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Miles away from an autograph as Reds-Rockies' lineups revealed
TUCSON — Aaron Miles is here with the Reds, so it gives me an excuse to share my favorite autograph story.
So I am in San Francisco several years ago walking into Pac Bell/AT&T Park/Vonage Park and this guy is screaming for my autograph. My profile is pretty low. Like somewhere between an ant and an earthworm. I knew he was confused. I told him politely, you don't want my autograph, it will devalue the baseball. He went a little nuts, and said, "Way to big-league me Aaron Miles."
I nearly fell over laughing. It's almost never that I am mistaken for a professional athlete despite being a sturdy 5-foot-6, 170 pounds (Pause for laugh track). Anyway, a Rockies' player was walking in behind me and witnessed the event. Poor Miles. He wore it in the clubhouse for a few hours, guys laughing at how he could confused with a sportswriter. I felt badly for Miles because he's one of my favorite Rockies. He rolled up his sleeves and made millions as a scrapper and splendid contact hitter.
The lineups:
Reds (9-9)
CF Chris Dickerson
SS Chris Burke
1B Joey Votto
3B Scott Rolen
LF Jonny Gomes
RF Laynce Nix
C Ramon Hernandez
2B Aaron Miles
RHP Aaron Harang
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CF Carlos Gonzalez
LF Seth Smith
1B Todd Helton
SS Troy Tulowitzki
RF Brad Hawpe
C Miguel Olivo
3B Ian Stewart
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2016 Rio Olympics aim for sponsorship haul
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — With public money for the 2016 Olympics getting tougher to find, Brazilian organizers are scrambling to raise record amounts of local sponsorship revenue to cover any budget shortfall and avoid a government handout.
In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, the chief commercial officer for the Rio de Janeiro Games, Renato Ciuchini, said his new goal is to generate between $1.3 billion and $1.5 billion in domestic sponsorship income. This would double what's been sold to date — $650 million — and easily surpass the $1.1 billion raised for the 2012 London Olympics.
"I may have this calm face but there is a lot of pressure here," Ciuchini said. "There is no question about it. Our target is very high. ... We are increasing the team. We are bringing in a lot of senior guys to the team."
Just a few months ago, a top Rio official said $700 million in government aid would be needed to make up for a shortfall in balancing the local operating budget. That's no longer politically tenable.
On-going violent street protests, which began five months ago during the Confederations Cup, the warm-up for next year's World Cup, have focused on Brazil's poor schools, shabby hospitals and soaring costs. Protesters have questioned why the country is spending $15 billion on the World Cup and a similar amount on the Olympics.
The protests, at their peak, brought 1 million people to the streets across Brazil on a single day. They have grown smaller, but more violent, and show no sign of going away. Neither do charges of political corruption, which President Dilma Rousseff is sensitive to as she faces re-election just after the World Cup.
Ciuchini said $1.5 billion was the level at which government aid might not be needed to meet the Olympic budget. With "luck," he might raise even more, he said.
"Even at this level ($1.5 billion) we cannot guarantee," he said. "We are working with all the variables of the budget to make sure that we have no need for public money."
Ciuchini was upbeat, saying Brazil's sluggish economy — and distractions such as the World Cup and the threat of violence — did not harm potential sales. He pointed to Brazil's large population of 200 million and described the famous Olympic brand as one that allows "you to ring anybody in the world and they will take the call."
The countdown to the Rio Olympics reaches 1,000 days on Saturday, a big reminder the clock is ticking.
"We love to have this very high target," Ciuchini said. "This is adrenaline for a sales organization."
Income from local sponsorships should make up 20 percent of the Rio budget, which has yet to be announced. The operating budget was $2.8 billion in the original bid in 2009, but is expected to rise to at least $4 billion. Some think it could be much higher. Other major income sources are ticket sales, licensing, merchandising and a large contribution from the IOC.
The operating budget is to run the games themselves, not to build supporting infrastructure. Olympic host cities are bound by contract to pay for any cost overruns and deficits.
Rio organizers met an early sponsorship target of $500 million — including deals with Nissan, Banco Bradesco and Claro, a telecommunication company operated by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim. Since then, things have slowed, which is worrying the top marketing official of the Switzerland-based International Olympic Committee.
"It started out very well, but they unfortunately had some economic challenges in Rio and the situation is not as it used to be," Gerhard Heiberg, head of the IOC marketing commission and an IOC member from Norway, said in an interview with the AP. "It is challenging. We still think we will get sponsors in Rio. It hasn't come up as quickly as we had hoped."
Heiberg said protests were apparently making some local sponsors skittish.
At least six deaths were connected to June's Confederations Cup protests. Jerome Valcke, the top FIFA official in charge of the World Cup, said recently the soccer tournament would have "the highest level of security you can imagine" to contain any violence.
"I know that some sponsors are waiting to see how things are going to be at the World Cup." Heiberg said. "Will it be a success? Will it be chaotic? If people feel things are going to be very good for the games, it's easier to get the sponsors. If people feel things are not going to be 100 percent, they will hold back on the Olympics. First they want to see what's going to happen with the World Cup."
FIFA announced six months ago in Rio that sponsorships for the World Cup had sold out, with total revenues of about $1.6 billion. FIFA said the last sponsor to sign up was Brazilian sporting goods chain Centauro.
Ciuchini said new Olympic sponsorships could be announced before the end of the year, bringing the total to about $900 million. He said negotiations had begun in the categories of airlines and steel, and said an oil and gas category would be opened soon.
"This is a very hot market for oil-gas," Ciuchini said. "There is a lot of interest from global companies, not only from the domestic companies."
Simon Chadwick, a professor at Coventry University in England who researches sports marketing trends, said any delay in cutting sponsorship deals could be costly.
"If the organizers get into a situation where there are financial shortfalls and they need that sponsorship revenue to plug a gap, obviously sponsors then can smell blood," he said. "They can sense desperation if the organizers are starting to panic. I don't think it's a particular concern right now, but it's an issue."
Sidney Levy, the chief executive officer of the Rio 2016 organizing committee, has been negotiating the operating budget with government officials, and a new budget has been promised for months.
Levy declined to be interviewed for this article.
"We'll have no further comment on the budget until we get it formally released," organizers said in an email to the AP.
"You have the double-whammy of two events," Chadwick said. "I think it's a massive ask of corporate Brazil to commit to such huge financial resources to two sets of sponsorship deals. My sense of Brazil right now is that they have overextended themselves. The cost implications of staging two mega events is just too much."
Sponsors strive for image and brand awareness, and Chadwick said they are cautious about how their brands might be portrayed.
"If people are concerned about civil unrest and the way the mega events are being run, and they don't like what governments are doing — they note this and listen to their consumers. And if their consumers don't like it, they will take action in response to that," Chadwick said.
Tarpaulins covered Coca-Cola advertising displayed near Rio's Maracana Stadium during the Confederations Cup, a safeguard against the logo being caught in photos of soldiers and police battling angry protesters; or worse — defaced or ripped down.
Former IOC marketing director Michael Payne said Brazil's World Cup spending had hurt the Olympics. He said Brazil's plan to use 12 stadiums for the World Cup — four of which are seen as white elephants — had "contaminated" some spending on the Olympics. FIFA required only eight stadiums, but Brazilian states lobbied hard for pet projects and Brazil's soccer federation went along.
One of the stadiums is being built in Manaus in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. A judge there has suggested, since it has no use after the World Cup, the stadium could be converted to a prisoner processing center.
"You've got to ask yourself: Why did they need those four extra stadiums?" Payne said. "As a result it makes all forms of sporting capital investment somewhat radioactive, even if the investments in Rio were legitimate. Those four stadiums have become the poster child for badly focused capital investment."
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