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- International buyers dominate the market in Italy's City of Bridges
Hamburg/ Venice, 04 April 2016. In the past year, the residential market in Venice has seen stable development with valuations already at a very high level. "Prices have risen continuously over the last 20 years and have remained relatively constant – even after the financial crisis," said Giacomo Argenio, Office Manager Engel & Völkers in Venice. This stable to upward price trend is owed to the high level of international demand.
Enormous interest from foreign investors
International buyers account for around 70 percent of residential property sales in Venice. 25 percent of these foreign investors are British citizens, constituting the largest group, followed by the French (20 percent) and Germans (10 percent). 15 percent of all transactions involve buyers resident in the Netherlands, Argentina, the USA, Thailand and Switzerland. The majority of buyers acquire real estate as a capital investment and often generate income through tourist rentals. The market is dominated by investors, with only a quarter of buyers acquiring residential property in Venice for their own private usage.
Venezia is the most desirable island in Venice
The majority of Venice's land mass spans 118 islands in the Venetian Lagoon, while the rest is found on the adjoining mainland. The most desirable residential addresses are located on the islands – with Venezia being most popular amongst buyers. San Marco, Castello and the artist's quarter Dorsoduro are the most sought-after districts for residential property. The top addresses are along the Grand Canal, the largest of the canals, which forms the main waterway meandering its way through Venezia. Apartments on the upper levels of buildings lining the Grand Canal, with views both of the waterfront and famous historic buildings, command the highest prices. For example, for apartments on the Grand Canal, top prices from 8,000 euros up to 20,000 euros per square metre of living space are currently being fetched. Apartments with views over Rialto Bridge or in immediate proximity to the famous St. Mark's Square also command top prices. Addresses along the Lido di Venezia, which separates the lagoon from the open Mediterranean Sea, are also in high demand.
On Venice's mainland (Mestre) the price level for residential properties is more moderate. One exception is the Riviera del Brenta, along the shore of the Brenta Canal several kilometres east of Venice's mainland. There is a high density here of Palladian-style villas and palaces originally owned by merchants as summer residences.
Venice property market set to enjoy continued stability
Located on the Adriatic coast in the northeast of Italy, Venice and its lagoon form a World Heritage Site. Tourism is the largest industry. In 2011, around 30 million people visited the lagoon city – three times as many as Rome. But while Rome (approx. 2 million inhabitants) is a major city, only around 30,000 people actually live in the centre of Venice. Tourism, which has grown in recent decades, has led to a rise in property prices and the cost of living.
The high level of interest from private buyers and capital investors abroad means that prices for residential real estate in Venice will continue to rise in future. The number of top properties on offer in good and very good locations is only limited. In addition to a large excess demand, the low interest rates in Europe and the recovering Italian economy will be contributing factors in price rises over the coming years. According to Engel & Völkers, initiatives to limit tourist access and reduce congestion in strongly frequented neighbourhoods could make Venice even more desirable and exclusive in future.
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Five Fabulous Swing Chairs
Of all the amazing furniture and art featured in Jen & Michael's Modern Retreat, we love that Jen's favorite piece is an affordable hanging chair from IKEA. These versions may not share the IKEA chair's price tag, but they do share its stylish, modern take on the 70s classic.
1. Swing Chair from the Maia Collection by Patricia Urquiola for Spanish manufacturer Kettal.
2. "Kata" rattan hanging chair by Enzo Berti for Ferlea available through Modern Living.
3. & 4. Sculptural copper and stainless steel swing chairs from UK-based Myburgh Designs.
5. Nest-like rattan hanging chair from PE-O Modern Home.

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It was a day like any other in January - beautiful, quiet, and cold. We went out to check on the beach and take some photos of the orange skies above. But believe it or not, I don't have a single decent shot and I blame my hair for that. It was flying all over, sticking to my face, to the camera lens and on to my gloves. I had forgotten what static hair was but I guess it was time for me to remember.
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Since I guess many of you are often in the same situation during the cold months I decided to share some tips on how to deal with static electricity in your hair.
Reasons for static hair
The main reason for the accumulation of static electricity in your hair is lack of moisture. Winter is THE bad-hair-season because of the challenges set to our hair by the air and some other circumstances:
- The air indoors is drier than normal due to increased heating.
- The air utdoors is colder than normal.
- Hot showers you are tempted to take dry your hair and skin.
- The chemicals in shampoos and conditioners (designed to moisturize your hair in a vicious, toxic way).
- Your hair gets even drier by blow-drying.
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addextract the fresh fruits and vegetables that you eat from spring to autumn, leading to decreased intake of vitamins and minerals.
And there you have it - lifeless dry hair sticking out and making you look like an urchin.
How to deal with it
The most important thing you have to do to prevent static in your hair is to keep it moist. And that you can do without store bought shampoos, conditioners or anti-statics.
How to deal with it
The most important thing you have to do to prevent static in your hair is to keep it moist. And that you can do without store bought shampoos, conditioners or anti-statics.
Use a hat in the cold weather so that you don't subject your hair to low temperatures.
Try to humidify the air inside. I will not offer you to buy a humidifier though. A very cheap trick that I've been using for years is to place a thin neck bottle on the radiator and let the water evaporate thus humidifying the air. It works perfect!
Take showers with lukewarm water in stead of hot. You will save your skin from drying out as well.
Don't use shampoo. Go for baking soda, or any other natural ingredient shampoo that might be sold in your local health shop, or choose from etsy, but don't use regular shampoo. The chemicals in it will not only dry your hair out but will do much more damage than you imagine.
The same goes for store-bought conditioner. Don't use it! Mother Nature has already created everything we need to be beautiful and healthy, just use what she has to offer. The internet is abundant in natural homemade recipes for moisturizing conditioners.
Try to avoid blow-drying your hair. This is seriously killing it. Let your hair air dry instead.
And last but not least, make sure you are eating healthy. Not just for the sake of your hair but for your whole body and mind. Drink a pill or two of fish oil a day. The Omega-3 is your best friend forever.
Edit: Another simple way to deal with static hair that was suggested by Kanelstrand reader GracieLou. Here is what she says:
This may sound slightly odd, but something I learned many years ago for combating static is... a good ole dryer sheet. I kid you not! You just run it through your hair with some pressure a few times and voila! It can also help for flyaways sometimes too! =)Thanks for your advice, Gracie! We will surely try this out!
How has your hair been doing this winter? Do you have a special treatment for it?


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KALAMAZOO—A forensic toxicologist and founder of a local oral fluid drug testing lab will be the first speaker in the spring Entrepreneurship Forum at Western Michigan University. Bridget Lorenz Lemberg, founder and lab director of Forensic Fluids Laboratories will speak at 8 a.m. Friday, Jan. 11, in 2150 Schneider Hall.
The event is free and open to the public and begins with breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Reservations are required and can be made by contacting Kayla Hunt at (269) 387-6059 or email@example.com. Free parking is available in the nearby Fetzer Center parking lot.
Bridget Lorenz Lemberg
Lemberg is a forensic toxicologist with more than 20 years of toxicology and pharmacology experience. She is the sole founder of Forensic Fluids, the only oral fluid testing laboratory in Michigan, and now employs more than 20 people. Located in the former Gibson Guitar factory in Kalamazoo, the company has nearly doubled its original physical space since opening and has posted strong annual revenues each year.
Forensic Fluids Laboratories
A leader in oral fluid drug testing, Forensic Fluids' scientific testing equipment separates the company from its competitors. The liquid chromatography technology used is the most sensitive confirmation method available and can positively identify and quantify more than 200 compounds. The company's quick turnaround time for test results has attracted clients from government agencies, corporations and small businesses throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Forensic Fluids has won numerous awards for sales growth, innovative processes, customer service excellence, entrepreneurial leadership and use of cutting-edge technology. In 2009, Forensic Fluids was the recipient of a Michigan Top 50 Companies to Watch award. In 2010, 2011 and 2012, Inc. Magazine listed Forensic Fluids on its annual ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S.
The Entrepreneurship Forum is sponsored by Educational Community Credit Union. For more information, visit wmich.edu/business or contact the Haworth College of Business at (269) 387-6059.


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Looking through some fabric treasures
Keely borrowed some Bolivian things from me a few weeks ago so she could teach a lesson about Bolivia at the daycare where she's working this summer. The school-age children were studying various countries that (Keely said) they are unlikely to study in much depth at school.
She brought the box back while my brother was visiting, and it's been sitting in the living room ever since. I finally opened it up yesterday afternoon and packed its contents back into the several chests where they ordinarily live with mothballs. Most of the Bolivian wovens are wool and wool blends.
Since I had the cedar chest open, I refolded all the old linens in it. The idea is to fold them differently so the previous fold lines get some relief. Refolding helps prevent weakening and eventual breaking of the fibers at the fold as well as permanent fold lines.
It's supposed to be better to roll old linens than to fold them, but that's not practical with tablecloths, quilts, and other large pieces. I do have some smaller linens rolled --dresser cloths, pillowcases, etc.
Cardboard is verboten for serious archiving, but I did use a cardboard gift wrap tube at the center of the roll. I covered it with several wraps of acid-free paper so the cloth is not in direct contact with the cardboard. I hope that's good enough.
Cedar chests aren't supposed to be too good for old linens either, so I have an old sheet folded in several layers between the wood and the cloth. I really don't have any other place to store these things.
My mother had a lot of old embroidered linens and I inherited a share of those. Some of them were made by her mother, my Grandma Violet Eaton Sees who died of pneumonia when my mother was eight. I think other pieces of handwork were not done by Violet, but were received as wedding gifts, etc. They were packed away when Grandpa Harry Sees married Grandma Barb (Barbara Weber) and were eventually given to my mother.
Some of the linens aren't family heirlooms at all -- at least, not from our family. My mother had a soft spot for old embroidered linens and she bought little pieces at thrift shops and estate sales because she hated to see them unappreciated.
To be honest, I have that same affection for handwork and I've rescued some pieces myself. I know which ones I've collected. I recognize from my childhood some of the pieces my mother had, but there are others that I'm not sure if she inherited or collected.
Many of the pieces have waterspots, stains, worn places, and even little tears. Most of the best of them have small blemishes. I'm sure they have no significant monetary value.
The decorators and crafters who write articles in magazines would make throw pillows from the best parts of some of these old cloths and throw away the scraps. Or they'd cut them up and piece a fancy bedspread from the embroidered parts.
I couldn't do that. No, I have to keep preserving them as they are as best I can, for two reasons:
1) Most of them belonged to my mother.
2) No one does beautiful handwork like that anymore.
I kept out a few pieces to use -- a scarf for the top of the piano, another little cloth for the top of the china cabinet, and a few little doilies to set lamps, etc. on. They're blemished in places, but it doesn't matter. I handwashed a few pieces I had out already and I'll put them back into the cedar chest today.


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Murray to miss Davis Cup tie
Andy Murray will miss Great Britain's Davis Cup tie against Russia at Coventry's Ricoh Arena on April 5-7 to focus on the clay season.
The Australian Open finalist has decided to concentrate on his weakest surface immediately after the hard-court tournaments in Indian Wells and Miami have been completed in March.
However, the 25-year-old reigning US Open and Olympic champion will participate in the next Davis Cup tie in September.
"It's a shame to miss out on the Davis Cup, as I always enjoy playing," world number three Murray said. "I speak to (Great Britain captain) Leon Smith and the team on a regular basis and will definitely be available to play the next Davis Cup tie later this year."
The clay season begins in Casablanca on April 8 and climaxes with the French Open at Roland Garros, where Murray's best performance was his semi-final defeat by Nadal in 2011.
"We totally understand Andy's position. He has worked extremely hard on his game, elevating it to another level and we have all seen the fruits of that since Wimbledon," Smith said.
"Andy's success continues to inspire more and more young people to take up the sport and we look forward to welcoming him back into the team in September."
If they upset Russia, who have four players inside the top 100 of the world rankings, Great Britain will progress to the 16-nation World Group play-offs on September 13 to 15.
"We are very excited to be taking Davis Cup to Coventry and taking advantage of strong home support," Smith added. "It will be tough against Russia, who are arguably the strongest team in our group, but we'll be giving it our best shot."
Jamie Baker is likely to be the team's number one with James Ward, Josh Goodall and Dan Evans competing for the other singles spot, while Colin Fleming and Jonny Marray are a potential doubles pairing.


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McLoud Library hosting book sale this week.
Friends of the McLoud Library host annual Book Sale this weekend
The Friends of the McLoud Library will host their annual Friends Book Sale Oct. 18-20 at the McLoud Public Library, 133 N. Main Street.
The sale will feature a variety of books and donated items on sale for bargain prices.
The sale schedule is:
Friday, Oct. 18, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 19, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 20, 1-5 p.m.
Proceeds from the sale will go to benefit the Friends group's support of library programs and services during the Summer Reading Program and throughout the year.
For more information, call 964-2960 or go online to www.justsoyouknow.us/mcloud.


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CHICAGO —March 4, 2013 — In the March issue of The Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA), investigators from the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD), the leading authority on children's oral health, present a study titled, "State Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment Guidelines: Adherence to Professionally Recommended Best Oral Health Practices." The report is the first to provide an assessment of each state's compliance with recommended best practices for infants and toddlers as defined by state EPSDT schedules, reflected in services offered under Medicaid. The study's primary author, Dr. Jacqueline Hom, PhD Student and Pediatric Dentistry Resident, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, completed the manuscript as part of her project as the AAPD's Samuel D. Harris Research and Policy Fellow.
Since 1991, the AAPD has offered detailed recommendations for professional pediatric oral health services, including guidelines for the frequency and content of dental visits. These recommendations begin at birth and include the content and timing of developmental assessments, clinical examinations and diagnostic tests. Due to the wide acceptance and endorsement of these recommendations, the AAPD guideline is the benchmark for professional guidelines on children's dental periodicity schedules.
Medicaid is the largest public health insurance program for low-income Americans and it finances health care coverage for almost 60 million people, one-third of whom are children. Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment Guidelines (EPSDT) helps ensure that low-income children covered by Medicaid have access to comprehensive and periodic evaluations to target health conditions and problems for which growing children are at risk.
As a joint federal and state program, Medicaid is operated by the states within broad federal requirements. Medicaid programs differ substantially from state to state.[1] Although adult dental benefits are optional, all states are federally mandated under EPSDT to cover comprehensive dental services for children under 21 years of age.
Under federal law, schedules specifying the content and periodicity of dental services under EPSDT must be established by each state after consultation with recognized dental organizations involved in child health care. Though all 50 states and the District of Columbia had a dental component to their EPSDT guidelines, 33 or 65 percent had separate dental EPSDT periodicity schedules and the ones that did included over 85 percent of recommended best oral health practices. Overall, states with separate dental periodicity schedules were more adherent to best oral health practices than states without separate dental periodicity schedules. Among states with separate dental EPSDT periodicity schedules, the following ten states were optimally consistent with best practice guidelines for periodicity and content: California, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah and Vermont.
"We are encouraged by the fact that the majority of the states had adhered to professional recommendations for the age one dental visit," stated Dr. Jessica Y. Lee, who served as faculty mentor for the project and is the Graduate Program Director, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, at the University of North Carolina's School of Dentistry, as well as national spokesperson for the AAPD.
Pediatric dentists are committed to the care of Medicaid- and Children's Health Insurance Program–covered children, who account for about 25 percent of the typical pediatric dental practice. According to Dr. Paul Casamassimo, Director of AAPD's Pediatric Oral Health Research and Policy Center, "Consistency of policy across the states related to periodicity has the potential to improve access and to develop workable systems for inter-professional care."
[1] Oral health: Dental disease is a chronic problem among low-income populations. Washington, DC: United States General Accounting Office; 2000. GAO/HEHS publication 00-72.
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We Owe Rush Limbaugh Our Thanks
In the interest of fairness I think it's incumbent on us all to recognize the debt of gratitude we all owe Rush Limbaugh for his efforts on behalf of the Democratic Party in the recent Elections. Without the Missouri Senate seat we wouldn't have gotten a majority in that chamber, and as close as it was I don't think we would have gotten that seat without Limbaugh's mockery of Michael J. Fox.
With that debt weighing heavily upon me this morning I dedicated literally minutes to developing a fitting expression of our gratitude, and I invite one and all to join my efforts. First, we have a standard greeting card with an appropriately patriotic motif...
On the inside, again entirely appropriately (I think)...
This lovely item is available from Cafe Press. [In the interest of full disclosure let it be known I stand to make the magnificent sum of almost twenty (20) cents per card!]
Also available is a Postcard featuring the picture of Rush (which will be a lot more fun for Postal employees).
After purchasing a scad of either (or both), what, you might ask, should I do with them?? Send them to Rush, of course. His official mailing address seems to be:
A bit of wandering around the internets (specifically The Smoking Gun) indicates that Rush gives his home address as:
Rush Limbaugh
1495 North Ocean Blvd.
Palm Beach, Fl 33480
When should you send them?? Regularly and often. It's possible that if he (and his staff) get enough of them, spread over a sufficient period, his head will explode.
Incidentally, Rush's birthday is January 12, and wouldn't a postcard glued inside a standard birthday card be lovely??


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BUSHWICK — One vigilant watchdog has his eye out for all newcomers to the neighborhood. If you weren't born within its borders, beware: you're an "illegal" Bushwick immigrant.
That "anti-hipster" patroller, named Cesar, is the latest addition to the "East WillyB" web series, a comedy featuring a wide range of Latino life in Bushwick as gentrification sweeps through the community.
The show — debuting its second season next month — includes both caricatures like Cesar and the depth of young Latinos' experiences amid rapid neighborhood change, the producer Julia Ahumada Grob said.
"We modeled Cesar as a comment on the [people] who patrol the Mexican border on the American side, who make it a point to make sure Mexicans don't come in," said Grob of the new "exaggerated" character, who wears a "Defend Bushwick" T-shirt. "He interrogates people about where they're from and documents it. If you're not from there you're illegal."
While Cesar adds a poignant flare to the show, Grob said that the other characters' experiences run the gamut, from running a business to restoring a broken relationship.
"This season we also have much more of universal human stories," she said of the second season, which employed additional writers and cast members after getting funded on Kickstarter. "We still deal with the gentrification of the neighborhood but the characters have personal journeys."
Grob and her friend Yamin Segal, who sought to answer a need for media about the young Latino generation, said Bushwick's current upheaval with new residents made the setting ripe for a compelling story — even though neither filmmaker was from the neighborhood.
"We thought about Spanish Harlem or Sunset Park, but Bushwick is so perfect because it's right by Williamsburg and it's going through a huge process of change...and we wanted to play on the fact that people call it 'East Williamsburg,'" Segal said. "We're both Latino...I'm from Park Slope and Julia is from the Upper West Side. This is the kind of change we already saw happen in our neighborhoods, but Bushwick is more virgin to this trend."
The second season's central narrative in "East WillyB" features a young bar owner's struggle to get back his ex-fiancee, said Segal, noting that the show is shot all over Flushing Avenue, Knickerbocker Avenue, Bushwick Avenue and in the shop 718 Unlimited Barber.
The bar scenes, meanwhile, are actually shot in South Williamsburg's Eddie Jr. Sports Lounge, he said.
"It's a Puerto Rican-owned bar that has gone through extreme gentrification but it has an old-school Puerto Rican crowd, salsa and DJ nights," said Segal of Eddie Jr.'s. "And that's what our story's about, this Latino bar as the neighborhood changes."
The tone of the show is not one of anger towards newcomers, Segal said, but it is meant to document the longtime culture in Bushwick that other parts of the city have already lost.
"It's that loudness, the plastic on all the furniture, the community aspect," he said of his recollections of his own neighborhood before its changes. "It was noisy, you'd sleep at night and hear sirens and that made you feel good and at home. For us the show is about expressing that, and that it needs to be heard."
The second season of "East WillyB" starts March 20. Episodes can be found on the series' website.


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In February 2001, the Human Genome Project (HGP) published its results to that date: a 90 percent complete sequence of all three billion base pairs in the human genome. (The HGP consortium published its data in the February 15, 2001, issue of the journal Nature.
The project had its ideological origins in the mid-1980s, but its intellectual roots stretch back further. Alfred Sturtevant created the first Drosophila gene map in 1911.
The crucial first step in molecular genome analysis, and in much of the molecular biological research of the last half-century, was the discovery of the double helical structure of the DNA molecule in 1953 by Francis Crick and James Watson. The two researchers shared the 1962 Nobel Prize (along with Maurice Wilkins) in the category of "physiology or medicine."
In the mid-1970s, Frederick Sanger developed techniques to sequence DNA, for which he received his second Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1980. (His first, in 1958, was for studies of protein structure). With the automation of DNA sequencing in the 1980s, the idea of analyzing the entire human genome was first proposed by a few academic biologists.
The United States Department of Energy, seeking data on protecting the genome from the mutagenic (gene-mutating) effects of radiation, became involved in 1986, and established an early genome project in 1987.
In 1988, Congress funded both the NIH and the DOE to embark on further exploration of this concept, and the two government agencies formalized an agreement by signing a Memorandum of Understanding to "coordinate research and technical activities related to the human genome."
James Watson was appointed to lead the NIH component, which was dubbed the Office of Human Genome Research. The following year, the Office of Human Genome Research evolved into the National Center for Human Genome Research (NCHGR).
In 1990, the initial planning stage was completed with the publication of a joint research plan, "Understanding Our Genetic Inheritance: The Human Genome Project, The First Five Years, FY 1991-1995." This initial research plan set out specific goals for the first five years of what was then projected to be a 15-year research effort.
In 1992, Watson resigned, and Michael Gottesman was appointed acting director of the center. The following year, Francis S. Collins was named director.
The advent and employment of improved research techniques, including the use of restriction fragment-length polymorphisms, the polymerase chain reaction, bacterial and yeast artificial chromosomes and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, enabled rapid early progress. Therefore, the 1990 plan was updated with a new five-year plan announced in 1993 in the journal Science (262: 43-46; 1993).
Indeed, a large part of the early work of the HGP was devoted to the development of improved technologies for accelerating the elucidation of the genome. In a 2001 article in the journal Genome Research, Collins wrote, "Building detailed genetic and physical maps, developing better, cheaper and faster technologies for handling DNA, and mapping and sequencing the more modest-sized genomes of model organisms were all critical stepping stones on the path to initiating the large-scale sequencing of the human genome."
Also in 1993, the NCHGR established a Division of Intramural Research (DIR), in which genome technology is developed and used to study specific diseases. By 1996, eight NIH institutes and centers had also collaborated to create the Center for Inherited Disease Research (CIDR), for study of the genetics of complex diseases.
In 1997, the NCHGR received full institute status at NIH, becoming the National Human Genome Research Institute in 1997, with Collins remaining as the director for the new institute. A third five-year plan was announced in 1998, again in Science, (282: 682-689; 1998).
In June 2000 came the announcement that the majority of the human genome had in fact been sequenced, which was followed by the publication of 90 percent of the sequence of the genome's three billion base-pairs in the journal Nature, in February 2001.
Surprises accompanying the sequence publication included: the relatively small number of human genes, perhaps as few as 30,000; the complex architecture of human proteins compared to their homologs - similar genes with the same functions - in, for example, roundworms and fruit flies; and the lessons to be taught by repeat sequences of DNA.
For more information on how this story unfolded, see News About the HGP.
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One of the most captivating cities in Europe, Paris retains its timeless legacy as an artistic, intellectual, and literary pacesetter. The Eiffel Tower, symbol of the city, dominates the skyline. North of the Seine, the Right Bank is home to monumental buildings, grand boulevards, and major museums, including the Louvre and the Centre Pompidou. The Left Bank (rive gauche) invokes a Bohemian and intellectual atmosphere with its university communities, cafés, restaurants, jazz clubs, and chic boutiques.
Though a metropolitan environment, Paris adheres to its dedication to small businesses and local vendors. Thus you will find yourself in quaint locales that immerse themselves in intimacy and friendliness. As such, keep these tips in mind when venturing throughout the city:
Paris is divided into 20 arrondisemonts (districts) that spiral out like a snail's shell from the center. The Seine River then cuts across the entire city, dividing it into the right (droit) and left (gauche) banks. Each arrondissement offers its own unique character, just like the different neighborhoods and boroughs of New York. Though you'll get to know your own arrondissement best, you will inevitably spend time in almost all of them, experiencing Paris' diversity firsthand.
The city center. This quarter is bustling with tourists sightseeing and shopping and with 9 to 5-ers rushing to work at the area's many office and government buildings. The first offers a lot of the attractions that you are already familiar with, but it is usually jam-packed with tourists, so it doesn't give you a truly authentic impression of Paris.
The 2nd is the smallest arrondissement and home to the Bourse, Paris' stock exchange. There's not much to say about this neighborhood because it's a little impersonal, just a stop on the way from the first to the Marais.
The 3rd and 4th arrondissements compose the Marais--a quaint, hip neighborhood that is now home to Paris' Jewish and gay communities. It boasts some of the oldest houses in the city, known as hôtels, which belonged to the city's wealthy elite. Some of these homes have been converted into museums. The Marais is a popular area for Sunday strolls, as most restaurants and stores are open here on that day, while the rest of the city is nearly shut down. It also hosts a lively bar scene at night. The 4th arrondissement is also home to Paris' two islands, Ile-de la-Cite and Ile-Saint-Louis, both charming, compact neighborhoods that offer lovely views of the city from their banks.
Le Quartier Latin. This neighborhood sits across from Notre Dame and is the heart of traditional left bank intellectual and academic culture. It is home to a lot of students attending the Sorbonne, which adds to its youthful, lively atmosphere, rife with bars and restaurants.
St. Germain was once the center of the left bank's artistic and literary community, but it's now become one of the wealthiest and most fashionable neighborhoods in Paris. The quarter attracts with the charm of its twisting streets, filled with art galleries, boutiques, patisseries and bookshops. There are also some popular bars and restaurants to discover as you meander through the winding paths that diverge from the traffic filled Boulevard St. Germain.
This neighborhood hosts many important historical sites and government buildings. The imposing architecture offers a somewhat closed off atmosphere, but in general the area is very chic.
This quarter is characterized by the Champs Elysees, which runs its full length. Though the Champs Elysees is one of the most well known streets in Paris, you might be somewhat under whelmed at first visit. The area is very tourist and consumer driven, with an endless supply of nondescript flagship stores, including a Virgin Megastore. There are also a few major nightclubs, rendering the neighborhood popular with the late night crowd, but walking around alone at night is not recommended.
This neighborhood is a shopper's heaven and an important business district. Major department stores Printemps and Galeries Lafayette are within walking distance on Boulevard Haussmann, warranting a visit. Galeries Lafayette, especially, boasts a wide variety of options from fashion, to home goods, to gourmet foods. The area near the stunning Opera Garnier, home to the Paris Opera, seems most like New York, with large buildings spread out over overwhelming boulevards. The Boulevard Pigalle, especially near the Place de Clichy, is always busy with people, no matter what time of day or night. This area is convenient to reach many different parts of the city, as it is located at the crossroads of the 8th, 9th, 17th and 18th Arrondissements.
Two of Paris' major train stations are located in the Tenth, so it has a tendency to be loud with lots of traffic. But, the section around the Canal Saint Martin has become increasingly chic and residential. This sector spans the area from Place de la Republique to the east side of the district and is filled with trendy, urban bars, cafes and restaurants.
The Eleventh is a vibrant, youthful residential neighborhood that has seen a lot of gentrification in the past few years, but has managed to retain its sense of community with many family-run shops. Formerly a purely working class enclave, the cheaper rents have attracted student and young professional residents, leading to the development of a strong nightlife scene centered around the area to the east of the Bastille (Rue de la Roquette) and Rue Oberkampf off the metro stop Parmentier.
The Twelfth is a residential area with a lot of parks, most notably the Promenade Plantee. This park sits above the street, with boutiques situated under its stone archways (featured in the film Before Sunset). In the twelfth you will also find the beautiful Gare de Lyon and the Opera Bastille. Old warehouses at the Cour St. Emillion have recently been redeveloped into bars and restaurants that survive on the crowds from the Bercy Palais Omnisport, a major concert venue.
The Thirteenth is a middle and lower class residential area that centers around Place d'Italie and lies just south of the Latin Quarter. The Butte aux Cailles is a small hill southwest of Place d'Italie with a very lively community and a growing bar scene. The area is home to Paris' Chinatown, offering the city more diversity. Many urban redevelopment projects are underway in the sections bordering the Seine, including France's new national library and the high-tech Metro line 14. This
new line will surely help this district's popularity in the near future.
The Fourteenth is home of the famed Montparnasse district, once a hangout for American ex-patriots in the 1920s, including Hemingway and Fitzgerald. Many of the bars they frequented still exist (Le Dome, La Rotonde) as expensive brasseries along the Boulevard Montparnasse. Here you will also find the much- debated and hated Tour Montparnasse towering over the neighborhood's grand apartment buildings, as the only skyscraper within city limits. The area's many middle to upper class families and students reside alongside two major macabre landmarks: the large Montparnasse Cemetery and the Catacombs.
The Fifteenth is a very residential neighborhood with no significant tourist sites, making it the perfect place to observe quotidian Parisian life. The area offers cheaper rents, attracting lots of middle class French families and a variety of cafes and local shops.
The Sixteenth is a very posh bourgeois district. The grand avenues are lined with leafy chestnut trees and beautiful 19th century architecture, housing lots of "old money" families and older couples. The sixteenth is also home to NYU in France's campus. There are many expensive restaurants, cafes and shops to be found on every street, especially near school. Although living here is a welcome respite from the bustle of the city, it can sometimes be a little boring. Everything shuts down very early each night and on Sundays, so you will inevitably spend a lot of time on the train to get to the more vibrant areas. Keep this in mind when planning your nights out.
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Musee Marmottan – Monet museum.
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Palais de Tokyo – Contemporary art space.
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The Seventeenth is very quiet and residential, comprised of a lot of wide and somewhat sterile streets. Though less prestigious than the Sixteenth, the Seventeenth is equally expensive in the areas surrounding the Arc de Triomphe. But, the periphery of the district is much less desirable. The area, though, offers personality with its many parks and cute boutiques and its close proximity to Montmartre. The Arc de Triomphe offers a major metro hub, making access to the city center quite easy, yet the distance often makes the trips quite time-consuming.
The Eighteenth is home to both the very high- and the very lowbrow, making it an interesting junction of diverse Parisian life. The district combines the picturesque hill town of Montmartre with the infamous sex trade of Pigalle, birthplace of the Moulin Rouge and the can-can. Wandering through the meandering streets of Montmartre can be most rewarding, though the tourist traps near Sacre Coeur with their harassing portrait painters and overpriced cafes, should be avoided. The quarter surrounding the Rue des Abesses to the west of Sacre Coeur offers a more authentic village atmosphere.
The Nineteenth, though run-down and slightly uninviting, seems like the type of place where real Parisians live. Though the area is home to many housing projects for working class residents, it is slowly seeing regeneration and gentrification take place. It feels very bobo (bohemian-bourgeois) sort of like Brooklyn with warehouses situated between hip boutiques and galleries. The contemporary art space Le Plateau offers rotating exhibits for the artistically minded looking for a departure from the regular Louvre-Pompidou-d'Orsay loop. To the far north is the relatively new Parc de la Villette with its science museum. But, the gem of the district is the Parc des Buttes Chaumont. The hilly park offers a small lake surrounding a tall escarpment with a temple placed on top from which visitors can take in impressive views of the city.
The Twentieth is home to working class residents, like its neighbor, but its immigrant community, Belleville, has become increasingly gentrified. Père Lachaise, the famous cemetery, is a must-see for tourists looking to honor Paris' most celebrated deceased laid to rest in a small city of tombs including Jim Morrison (Doors). The Twentieth, though somewhat uninviting in its current state, is a neighborhood on the rise and in the coming years can only grow in popularity.
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Why divorce lawyers are people you need to know about.
A marriage can feel like one of the things in your life in which you would never want professional intervention. Once the grave choice has been made the end a marriage, the pragmatics of the situation takeover, and can become infinitely complicated. Letting in a person like a lawyer or even a counsellor is difficult and brave. It could be one of the most important decisions you make in your life. There are no simple divorces, there are only some that are more simple than others. Divorces are ripe with potential to be painful and traumatic. They don't have to be, and this can be avoided. Involving a professional to facilitate and mediate proceedings can save you time and energy, and potentially years of your life. It doesn't matter if the end to your marriage is amicable, antagonistic or apathetic, you need a divorce lawyer, at the very least to take care of the legal ins and outs of your separation, because the legality of divorce is complex.
There are always loose ends left over from a long term relationship or a marriage. Someone considering divorce should speak to a firm that specialises in Family Law, such as LFS legal. Family lawyers have seen hundreds of cases like yours before, and will know the best course of action for you. Family law is complex, it has to be to cater to the complexity of the situations it exists to remedy. Common problems that arise from divorce include division of assets, financial and property disputes, parenting orders, custody of pets, de facto and same sex relationships, and relocation applications. Laws are written with a view to best protecting fairness and the interests of both members of a couple. Don't risk putting off divorce proceedings or thinking that you can handle things yourselves. Your life is going t change dramatically if you get divorced. Don't risk adding more drama than necessary.


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Ultrasound is a technique that provides us with a non invasive way of scanning your pet's body system without surgery. An ultrasound machine is used for the diagnosis and treatment of pets by using high frequency sound waves. Similar to an ultrasound that is used to monitor a human pregnancy a probe is placed against the body. Sound waves are converted into an image that represents a slice through the tissue, and this is displayed on a small TV screen so we can gain a better understanding of what is going on in your pet's body. For example we can investigate the liver, kidneys, intestines, gall bladder, bladder, uterus, and abdominal cancer.
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Terry Collins told reporters in September that he instead expected Valdespin to play second base in winter ball.
This makes sense, because I think the Mets have no choice but to continue using Daniel Murphy at second base. He really can't be traded, because A) he's shown to be more or less a singles hitter, B) he's decent at second base, not great, and c) most teams already have plenty of guys who can do A or B, so they probably aren't trading for yours... This is what Sandy Alderson is essentially saying when he says Murphy has more value to the Mets than he does to another team. For what it's worth, Murphy showed he can be at least competent enough at second base to justify being there, especially if he's going to hit .290...
That said, it makes total sense to get Valdespin more work in right field... and any other position this guys think he's capable of playing, because his real value is in being a utility guy.
Yes, Valdespin is full of potential, but he just isn't selective enough at the plate to be in their every day against all sorts of pitching. Also, while he can rip a fastball, he struggles with off speed stuff, which is why he was so successful late in games off the bench (with runners on base). Of course, this is also why he failed when starting and batting lower in the order, especially when surrounded by such below-average talent.
I can see Valdespin as a mildy successful starting right fielder next season, so long as he's batting leadoff or second in the order, and so long as the team acquires additional, legit power in center, behind the plate or in left field. However, if Valdespin is in right, batting down in the order, and with similar production coming from those other positions, it's going to be a mess and more of the same. Instead, I believe he's best used playing a variety of positions, against select match ups, and certainly as a pinch hitter late in games, all while getting around 200 at bats on the season.


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Carotid ultrasound was more sensitive for detecting subclinical atherosclerosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) than CT with calculation of coronary artery calcification scores, Spanish researchers found.
Among a group of 60 patients classified as being at moderate cardiovascular risk on a conventional scoring system, the presence of severe abnormalities on ultrasound reclassified 51 as being at high or very high risk, according to Miguel A. Gonzalez-Gay, MD, of Universitario Marques de Valdecilla in Santander, and colleagues.
And of those 51 reclassified patients, only 12 would have been reclassified as being at high or very high cardiovascular risk using a coronary artery calcification score, the researchers reported in the November Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.
Patients with RA are at markedly increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD), both from conventional risk factors and the ongoing systemic inflammation associated with RA.
Comprehensive management of these patients therefore should include risk assessment and appropriate interventions, but "adequate stratification of the CV risk in patients with RA is still far from being completely established," Gonzalez-Gay and colleagues noted.
The insensitivity of conventional risk assessments such as the Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation (SCORE), even when modified by the European League Against Rheumatism (mSCORE) to account for the increased background risk in RA, has been confirmed by reports of ischemic heart disease among patients not considered to be at elevated risk on these measures.
These researchers previously suggested that carotid ultrasonography be added to the overall risk assessment of RA patients, particularly those with moderate SCORE risk, but whether other noninvasive approaches such as coronary artery calcification also could be useful has been uncertain.
Therefore, they enrolled 95 rheumatoid arthritis patients with no history of cardiovascular events and no diabetes or chronic renal disease.
Most were women, mean age was 59, and mean disease duration was 11 years.
Rheumatoid factor and/or anticyclic citrullinated peptide was present in 72%, and extra-articular manifestations in 16%.
All patients had carotid ultrasonography to assess for plaque and multi-detector CT scanning to detect coronary artery calcification.
Carotid intima-media thickness of 0.90 or the presence of plaque was considered predictive of CVD on ultrasound.
A coronary artery calcification score of zero was considered normal, and a score over 100 indicated a high likelihood of coronary artery disease.
Patients also were given conventional SCORE ratings, based on factors such as age, sex, smoking, blood pressure, and atherogenic index, as well as mSCORE ratings, to estimate the 10-year risk for a fatal cardiovascular event.
The mean SCORE was 2.30, and the mean mSCORE was 2.78.
Cardiovascular risk according to mSCORE was low in 21, moderate in 60, and high or very high in 14.
Most patients with low mSCOREs also had scores of zero for coronary artery calcification, and none of the low mSCORE patients had calcification scores above 100.
But 57% of patients with calcification scores of zero had carotid plaques identified on ultrasound, as did 76.3% of patients with calcification scores between 1 and 100.
While calcification scores above 100 weren't much more sensitive than mSCOREs for detection of high risk (23.6% versus 19.4%), almost all (70 of 72) patients with high or very high risk were identified with carotid ultrasound, for a sensitivity of 97.2% (95% CI 90.3-99.7).
And when the ultrasound model of intima-media thickness above 0.9 mm and/or carotid plaque also included mSCOREs above 5%, all 72 were correctly identified, for a sensitivity of 100% (95% CI 95-100).
This lack of sensitivity for calcification scores likely reflects the finding that arterial calcification is a later vascular development, and its absence doesn't rule out the presence of the more vulnerable noncalcified plaques, the researchers explained.
"These results support the use of carotid ultrasonography as the imaging technique of choice for detection of high/very high CV risk in RA patients with moderate mSCORE," they said.
But imaging may be less important than managing these patients' cardiovascular risk, according to R. Parker Ward, MD, of the University of Chicago, who wasn't involved in the study.
"The real message here for practicing docs is that rheumatoid arthritis and the other autoimmune diseases and inflammatory conditions place you at very high cardiovascular risk," Ward told MedPage Today. "My conclusion about this study is less about doing additional testing such as these imaging studies and more that when we take care of patients with rheumatid arthritis we really ought to bump them up into the high-risk categories and treat them in terms of blood pressure and lipids just as we treat patients with known cardiovascular disease."
In an editorial accompanying the study, Patrick H. Dessein, MD, of the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, and Anne G. Semb, MD, of Diakonhjemmet Hospital in Oslo, Norway, noted that the use of ultrasound more than tripled the number of patients considered to be at high risk.
If only mSCORE was used for risk stratification, they pointed out, many patients "in routine clinical settings" would be unlikely to receive preventive treatments, "with the serious consequences this has."
Dessein and Semb also noted that there were certain limitations to this study, including its cross-sectional design and inclusion of patients with long disease duration.
"It remains to be clarified whether carotid ultrasound is as helpful among patients with early disease versus those with longstanding disease in enhancing CVD risk stratification," the editorialists wrote.
UPDATE: This article, originally published Oct. 8, 2013 at 12:49 p.m., was updated with new material (Oct. 9, 2013 at 12:10 p.m.).
From the American Heart Association:
- 2011 ASA/ACCF/AHA/AANN/AANS/ACR/CNS/SAIP/SCAI/SIR/SNIS/SVM/SVS Guideline on the Management of Patients With Extracranial Carotid and Vertebral Artery Disease
The authors reported no conflicting interests.
- Reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD Emeritus Professor, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner
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Annals of the Rheumatic DiseasesSource Reference: Corrales A, et al "Cardiovascular risk stratification in rheumatic diseases: carotid ultrasound is more sensitive than coronary artery calcification score to detect subclinical atherosclerosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis" Ann Rheum Dis 2013; 72: 1764-1770.
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Annals of the Rheumatic DiseasesSource Reference: Dessein P, Semb A "Could cardiovascular risk stratification and management in rheumatoid arthritis be enhanced?" Ann Rheum Dis 2013 72: 1743-1746.


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DIRTY HANDS MOVIE REVIEW, by Jeremy Fish.
So, I first met David Choe a few years ago for a project we had to do together in England. Dave had just been in jail in Japan for three months for violence, and had only been home a few weeks before agreeing to join us on the trip around the UK. Honestly, I really didn't like him very much at first. I felt he was an under talented over achiever with a huge chip on his shoulder, and a general lack of respect for anything and everything. Since that trip I have got to know and understand him a little bit more. and somehow, especially after watching his new film "dirty hands", I realized I was right about most of my first impressions, (all but the talent part) but in a strange way I had grown to love him for the same qualities that initially pushed me away. He is an acquired taste, like a weird cheese. But he is unique, amazing, and completely hyper driven, in a sea of contemporary "one trick pony" art dorks. David Choe is one of a kind, and I am now a huge fan.
"I felt he was an under talented over achiever with a huge chip on his shoulder"
The film, "dirty hands", was made by a dude named harry Kim. Harry is Dave's childhood friend, and fulltime travel companion. I think harry did a great job with this project. For 7 years harry followed Dave around with a camera. Sometimes he knows he is being filmed, and sometimes not. We get to see his natural reaction to amazing, scary, emotional, and super personal moments in the dude's life. Being an artist, for the most part, is about making art. For Dave, I think, it's only a piece of the recipe. For him there needs to be travel, struggle, adventure, hardship, sex, blood, crime, heartbreak, and of course, humor. Dave and the ups and downs in his life are as much a part of the artworks, as the canvas and paper he covers. He is dramatic, self indulgent, self destructive, and maybe slightly genius, in the way he embraces the world with each new adventure.
In dirty hands we watch a guy come from pretty much nothing to living out his dreams. A self-fulfilling prophecy, and he made it all happen, in his own methodical, yet crazy way. From a dude who nearly begged for little illustration gigs, to a 2.5 million dollar sold out art show in less than 10 years. And harry somehow managed to film most of the adventure it took to get there. This is a great film for other artists to watch. A reminder that without some struggle and pain in ones life, the work tends to reflect your boring ass life. It also shows that he has something else driving him, the devil on one shoulder and god on the other. His struggles, his addictions, his mistakes, his heartaches, some strikes, some gutters, and his amazing artworks, and some that aren't so amazing. And maybe that's what makes me enjoy him so much these days.
In a sea of talented visual artists, David Choe stands alone for me. There are a million people out there who make great images on canvas for us all to gawk at. He is not just a guy who can draw and paint some strange ladies, dogs, cityscapes, trucks, bikes, drums, and two headed girls, all with his own blood. More importantly, he is truly a work of art in and of himself. Who goes to the Congo trying to find a dinosaur when they could be home, comfortable, making art and building on a dream career? Only a man who finds boredom in comfort, and beauty in struggle. I came away from the film wondering what and when might make Dave happy. Part of me hopes he finds it someday, part of me hopes he never finds it, and the man boy adventures carry on and continue to entertain us all. Hats off to you Mr. Choe, I salute you and your efforts. I truly love when I am wrong about someone, and my first impression of them. An interesting dude, with a humble and fascinating background story. I give this film two thumbs up, and a must see for any young art dork trying to find their way in this mess. It inspired me to get off my ass and live a little more these days. Life is short, get out there and look for you personal dinosaur.
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In many of your posts on Just Bento and Just Hungry, you mention that a recipe or ingredient has lots of umami.
Now, I'm not at all ashamed to say I know almost no japanese. So, as a canadian recently introduced to asian cooking, I have been wondering: what exactly is umami?
Here is the Wikipedia explanation of umami, which is pretty good. Umami is that 'yummy' taste you get from many foods; it's not salt, sweet, bitter or sour. As the Wikipedia entry says, it's the flavor that occurs naturally in meat or chicken or fish, as well as many vegetables. Soup stock is like liquid umami in a sense. In Western/European cooking, stock = umami is most often extracted from meat, bones and vegetables; in Chinese cooking the base of many dishes is a good rich chicken and/or pork based stock. In Japanese cooking, umami = stock is dashi, usually made from konbu seaweed and dried bonito (fish) flakes or dried anchovies (niboshi). (In recent times, most people no longer make soup stock, but rely on readymade 'umami' in the form of stock cubes or canned stock. A lot of prepared savory foods contain glutamates, especially premade soup and things.)
Umami is also strong in soy sauce and miso - as it is in things like Worcestershire sauce. I often talk about 'adding extra umami' to vegetarian or vegan dishes, since with the absence of meat and fish things are apt to taste flat or bland. So it's important to add umami from dried mushrooms, certain vegetables like onions and celery, miso, soy sauce, seaweed, etc.
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Saint John of Las Vegas
DVD Released (Y/M/D): 2010-07-13
Genre: Comedy
Sub-genre: Drama
Director: Hue Rhodes
Stars: Steve Buscemi, Romany Malco, Sarah Silverman, Peter Dinklage, Tim Blake Nelson, John Cho, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Danny Trejo
MPAA Rating: R
Synopsis: After a run of bad luck, John, a compulsive gambler, runs away from Las Vegas and toward a normal job and life. Taking a position in an auto insurance company in Albuquerque, he tries to get ahead in the straight world, amid the ever-present temptations of scratch-off lotto tickets. When his boss asks John to accompany his top fraud debunker, Virgil on an investigation of a dubious car "accident" near Vegas, John sees an opportunity to get a promotion. Soon John is on the road with Virgil. Through the journey, John's confidence builds, and he realizes that he can't escape his gambling addiction by running away from. It's only when he returns to Vegas that his experiences there finally send him on the path to breaking free.   Source: RottenTomatoes.com


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Why not indulge in a scrumptious Afternoon Tea at Patisserie Valerie - Reading. Enjoy the great British tradition at this iconic chain that has been treating its customers to delicious patisseries since 1926.
Patisserie Valerie have been famous for their handmade pastries ever since Belgian born Madam Valerie opened their first store in Soho. Afternoon Tea is served in the main restaurant, which pays tribute to the chain's continental heritage with its traditional bistro furnishings.
Their Afternoon Tea menu features a variety of classic savouries, alongside scones and a selection of sumptuous patisseries that have given the chain its international reputation.
Patisserie Valerie - Reading is located in The Oracle Shopping Centre and is just a short walk away from Reading train station.
Afternoon Tea is served 11am to 6pm Monday-Friday, 3pm to 6pm on Saturday & 11am to 5pm on Sunday
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February 5, 2008
Joy of Sox Finishes 2nd In CBAs
Thank you to everyone who took the time to vote for me.
For 2008, I promise timely Red Sox news, well-moderated game threads, anti-media rants, odd nicknames, stats that prove I am always right, and plenty of Yankees schadenfreude.
27 comments:
- Amy said...
Congratulations on coming in 2d, and I agree with Tim---that color scheme is awful on that other blog.
Have the results for Best Progressive Blog come out yet?
- February 5, 2008 at 7:24 PM
- redsock said...
Best Progressive was moved to tomorrow night, so it's coming out the same night as Best Conservative [sic].
- February 5, 2008 at 7:33 PM
- 9casey said...
It's amazing that a Red Sox blog written by a transplanted New Yorker can finish second in Canada and actually win last year.......Only in Canada
Nice job , maybe next year they will go back to the old voting and we can stuff the ballot box again.......
Do they have American blog awards?
- February 5, 2008 at 7:39 PM
- Amy said...
It's amazing that a Red Sox blog written by a transplanted New Yorker can finish second in Canada and actually win last year.......Only in Canada
I was thinking just that myself.
Are you as skeptical about the reliability of these elections as you are of American elections?
- February 5, 2008 at 7:51 PM
- redsock said...
Are you as skeptical about the reliability of these elections as you are of American elections?
Actually, I trust these more.
They made it harder to scam extra votes this time -- plus they allowed only 1 vote per round rather than 1 per day.
But these are not "official" -- whatever that means. Anyone can decide to set up an Awards site, like the Koufax awards in the US or whatever.
Now, if I had repeated as winner, yes, of course, it would have been a mandate from the entire Canadian populace.
- February 5, 2008 at 8:29 PM
- tim said...
Congrats on finishing 2nd in a wide field of bloggers, ditto to what 9casey said as well...
I read a bit of of the winner's blog - I stand by what I said about the color scheme (in the other CBA post on here from 2 days ago) however it's cool that he's a 'normal' blogger (not sponsored by newspaper) and the content is pretty damn good as well...A valiant challenger, and deserving winner - we'll get 'em next year!
- February 5, 2008 at 8:51 PM
- Jere said...
The fix is in. This is horseshit.
- February 5, 2008 at 9:56 PM
- SoSock said...
Congrats RS
I checked out the winner, though, and think the whole thing must have been rigged. Was Katherine Harris involved here?
Good Luck, Laura!
- February 6, 2008 at 5:47 AM
- redsock said...
The fix is in. This is horseshit.
As far as I can tell, there is no mechanism to challenge the results. :>)
In fact, I don't even know the results. "They" "say" the other guy "won" -- and everyone accepts it. Plus it was done electronically. Hmmmm, it is a lot like the US!
I did find out that a total of 919 votes were cast in Round 1 and I finished first -- with 253 (28%).
Very curious to see how L does tonight. I'm sure she got plenty of votes, but a couple of her opponents are very established blogs.
- February 6, 2008 at 6:11 AM
- Andy said...
You won the first annual Andy Blogger of the Year Award. It's official.
- February 6, 2008 at 6:49 AM
- Texas Gal said...
Congrats for the 2nd place finish - but I demand a recount!
You're first place with us.
- February 6, 2008 at 7:51 AM
- Woti-woti said...
Congrats!! Quality is better than ever and JoS Nation does not hibernate. Lead us to the Far East, young man.
- February 6, 2008 at 7:57 AM
- accudart said...
Nice job on coming in second! Looking forward to reading more as spring training arrives.
- February 6, 2008 at 8:38 AM
- L-girl said...
These things are all silly, unless you win, then they're great.
- February 6, 2008 at 9:33 AM
- Jere said...
"he's a 'normal' blogger (not sponsored by newspaper)"
Am I missing something? It seems to me the guy is an actual announcer for a team, and a host on a "real' radio show. (And a car salesman---come on.) I'm not saying announcers shouldn't have blogs, but I think a "normal blogger" would be just a fan as opposed to a person connected with a team and who's in the "real" media anyway.
JoS: #1 non-media Canadian sports blog. (And number 1 overall after this clearly tainted election is appealed and overturned. This guy probably told 20 million Saskatchewan Rough Riders fans to vote for him on the air. 55 yard line my ass.)
- February 6, 2008 at 10:57 AM
- redsock said...
55 yard line my ass
Looks like the Dinosty blog -- which finished #5 -- is a regular fan.
The #4 finisher has Ottawa Citizen in his fooking URL. ... #4 -- guess no one reads that paper!
- February 6, 2008 at 11:10 AM
- Zenslinger said...
For 2008, I promise timely Red Sox news, well-moderated game threads, anti-media rants, odd nicknames, stats that prove I am always right, and plenty of Yankees schadenfreude.
Bring that shit on!
I am so ready for the season to start.
- February 6, 2008 at 1:22 PM
- tim said...
Won the red sox ticket purchase opportunity draw - I can buy tickets for Opening Day or Yankees Game...
Can't do opening day, working at a CA firm and thats in the heat of tax season, as much as I would love to.
Right now I'm leaning towards the last Yankee series of the year - Sept 26-28, probably the Saturday game. AND THEY'RE SEATS THIS TIME!!!!! no more of this standing BS!
- February 6, 2008 at 3:12 PM
- Jere said...
Tim, congrats--I just had a similar Woo!, etc, at my house. Opening Day for me! I never had specific interest in going to OD--except in 2005 and 2008! (Have 2 Yanks games anyway, so it was an easy call to choose OD over Yanks game.)
- February 6, 2008 at 5:23 PM
- Michael Edelman said...
Man, tough competition huh? Here's to you being #1 next year!
Olde Town Glory
- February 6, 2008 at 5:25 PM
- tim said...
Nice, jere!
Yeah, I would definately do OD if I could (i.e. was in school or not an accountant in april...lol) just because of the WS win....i think it was you who said it just after they clinched in October, something about "Make sure you go to Fenway during 2008 to hear them announce Your World Champion Boston Red Sox!"
Well, I'll definitely be there this year! Can't ever complain about a late Sept MFY game and hopefully the girlfriend/dad ('s email address) will nab one of the other contests (green monster hopefully)...
I'll be with ya in the virtual waiting room Saturday, buddy - hopefully it's nice to us!
- February 6, 2008 at 7:00 PM
- Jere said...
"I'll be with ya in the virtual waiting room Saturday, buddy - hopefully it's nice to us!"
Tim--from my past experience winning Red Sox lotteries, you should be guaranteed to get something. I don't even think there's a VWR, I think you just log in and choose your game/seats. Because all the tickets for these games (besides season tickets of course) go to the lottery winners. Not like there's another day with a general on-sale for them. But still, get in early!
- February 6, 2008 at 8:20 PM
You've got a great blog here. I always come here first for the best news on our beloved Red Sox. Congrats on coming in 2nd!
- February 6, 2008 at 8:54 PM
- tim said...
All I know is my experience with the RF roof deck tickets last year is that I was in that stupid waiting room for an hour or so, before I could buy tickets.
Then when I finally got in, most of the tables were gone except for the less-popular ones (i.e. mid week vs. Orioles) which I couldn't make. So I just said to hell with it and got the Yankee tickets.
Hopefully there won't be a VWR this year, and I'll be able to snag me some infield seats for one of the Yankee games at the end of the season.
- February 7, 2008 at 10:42 AM
- tim said...
Oh, and also...not all of the tickets are for the lottery winners....they of course probably have some for game-day sales, and in the official press release for the ticket purchase lottery it says:
For fans who do not have internet access, or those not selected in the random online drawings, tickets will be sold by telephone at (877) RED-SOX9 for each of the three categories according to the following schedule:
OPENING DAY AND YANKEE GAMES (While Supplies Last):
Beginning at 2:00 p.m. EST on Saturday, February 9
First of all, I think it's kind of funny that they're giving advice over the internet to people who don't have the internet...
Take "While supplies last" as you may...maybe that means if it sells out online by 2 then the telephone tickets are gone...I don't know.
All I know is that I hate that VWR and everything about it. There's absolutely no reason to use it for these drawings besides not having the server crash for having too many people trying to buy all at once. I'll definitely be online at about quarter to 12 F5'ing the page and hoping for the best...
- February 7, 2008 at 10:49 AM
- sparky said...
1st, then 2nd - that's quite a testimony. I have to say the past few posts have been solid! The baseball links (Koufax radio call, RS ALCS game) were awesome! Also, wanted to say thanks for the links to Howlin Wolf! I hope there are more of those type of links in the future as well. Nice work!
- February 7, 2008 at 11:16 AM
- Jere said...
"not all of the tickets are for the lottery winners."
Right, there are the season ticket holders, and some OD tix went out with the Sox Pax, too, but for the most part, the lottery winners are the ones getting the tix, since there's no other "normal" way to get them.
You might be right, there may be VWR action. But you will get something. It shouldn't get too busy since there is a finite number of people allowed to log in, instead of free-for-all.
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RobDIKUM wrote:E-Man wrote:RobDIKUM wrote:a little biased maybe? lol
like i said, i was talking as a boxing fan. take it for what you want whether it be biased or whatevs...i dont think anyone can convince me that oscar's a threat; especially not by using any of his recent fights (last 7 years) as examples. Manny Pacquiao, who just recently entered his prime, vs Oscar De La Hoya whose prime ended almost a decade ago when he fought trinidad...pretty hard to say the golden boy is gonna last if you ask me.
when has oscar been knocked out though? i'm not an oscar fan, but Pac has gotta move up two weight classes, but you seem to think it'll be a cakewalk.
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Chelsea captain Terry was handed the suspension and a £220,000 fine after being found guilty of using a racist slur towards Anton Ferdinand by an independent FA regulatory commission. The ban was half of that meted out to Liverpool striker Luis Suarez for racially abusing Manchester United defender Patrice Evra.
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then, you apply to CC with some type of hard STEM. you murder it. get As. transfer to a good school.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3729239&forum_id=2#34191706)
good luck keeping up after 2 years of shit training at CC(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3729239&forum_id=2#34191845)
how much hard STEM stuff does your CC offer?
I looked at the hard STEM offerings at CCs a while back (not CA, where I guess the CC system is more developed)
and the options in terms of credits you could transfer into an engineering program or CS program at the big state school were pretty shitty
you could probably knock out all the gen ed requirement, but actually getting classes that would count towards a STEM major past the intro classes weren't that good
to get an engineering degree or a CS degree, you were probably still looking at 3 more years
(this was 10 or so years ago, so maybe they've really improved the offerings since then, idk)(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3729239&forum_id=2#34192029)
but yeah, Beckersted's analysis looking better and better(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3729239&forum_id=2#34191957)
i'm going to revise and put it this way.
anyone who would apply to chicago and berkeley should choose uc if they get in. you've already indicated that you are more concerned about being a brainiac than having a typical, fun college experience. therefore, choose the brainiac school(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3729239&forum_id=2#34197991)
I would never pick a school w/o a good engineering program. There is pretty much no reason to go to school otherwise.
Most majors are unemployable..just do CS or EECS and get paid 120k starting at 22 easily (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3729239&forum_id=2#34198015)
there's a middle ground between grew up in a trailer park, so the Ivy's will just comp tuition
and parents are millionaires who are totally price insensitive
the vast majority of students who will qualify for any of these schools have parents who are right in the zone to soaked of a substantial percentage of their net worth
think, parents combined make $150K or so (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3729239&forum_id=2#34192234)
If the choice is between < 10,000/y and > 60,000/y, obviously Berkeley.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3729239&forum_id=2#34192215)
they're academically equal
I guess Chicago is more exclusive (far fewer spots) does that matter?(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3729239&forum_id=2#34192240)
lol @ anyone choosing to go to chicago (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3729239&forum_id=2#34192259)
Even then, you're better off attending a private institution, because presumably there will be more resources in terms of academic and career advising, and more research opportunities, because you're not competing with Chang, Pradeep, and Ahmed *100 for Prof. Shlomoshekelbergstein's attention.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3729239&forum_id=2#34192312)
Exclusivity does matter, for the same reason that you'd rather go to CLS than GULC, work at BCG than PWC.
It's a signal of socioeconomic class, intelligence, and work ethic.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3729239&forum_id=2#34192283)


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BOSTON, MA - Senior forward Pat Joseph (Queens, NY) scored 21 points and hauled in five rebounds to help the University of Massachusetts Boston men's basketball team defeat Colby College, 69-65, in the opening round of the 2011 ECAC Holiday Festival tournament this afternoon at the Kissimmee Civic Center in Kissimmee, FL. With the decision, the Beacons improve their record to 6-4 while the Mules fall to 5-6.
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Mitchell Jr. finished the game with 15 points to go along with five assists, five rebounds and four steals with White was also in double-figures for the Beacons, netting 11 points on 5-of-9 shooting from the field.
For Colby, Russell recorded a double-double with game-highs in both points (24) and rebounds (12). Donovan ended the afternoon with 11 points on 3-of-4 shooting from the floor to go along with five assists.
The Beacons are back in action Tuesday, January 4 when they face off against Baldwin-Wallace at 12:00 p.m. in another ECAC Holiday Festival match up while the Mules travel to Bangor, ME on Thursday, January 6 to face Husson College for a 7:00 p.m. contest.


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SOUTHAMPTON, England, May 13 (UPI) -- The risk of Indian Ocean earthquakes and tsunamis similar to the 2004 Sumatra disaster is greater than previously thought, researchers say.
British and Canadian scientists said the risk in the western Indian Ocean of an earthquake-caused tsunami that could threaten the coastal areas of Pakistan, Iran, Oman, India and other countries has been underestimated.
Writing in the journal Geophysical Researcher Letters, the researchers say earthquakes similar in magnitude to the 2004 Sumatra earthquake could occur in an area beneath the Arabian Sea known as the Makran subduction zone.
Subduction zones are where two of the Earth's tectonic plates collide and one is pushed beneath the other, and earthquakes in those zones can cause significant movement of the seabed that displaces large volumes of water and can result in a tsunami.
The 2004 Sumatran earthquake triggered devastating tsunamis along the coasts of landmasses bordering the Indian Ocean, killing over 230,000 people in flooded coastal communities.
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Modeling suggests "the potential earthquake rupture zone extends a long way northward, to a width of up to 350 kilometers (215 miles) which is unusually wide relative to most other subduction zones," Gemma Smith of the University of Southampton School of Ocean and Earth Science said.
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Niagara University has announced it has partnered with the Monsignor Martin High School Athletic Association to present the Niagara Cup annually to the boys ice hockey champions.
As part of this agreement, Niagara University will host the play-in and semifinal playoff games at the Dwyer Ice Arena on the university's campus in Lewiston. The championship game will then be played at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo.
"This venture will allow for our boys to be able to showcase their talents at one of the best college facilities in the east," said Brian Kiszewski, executive director of the MMHSAA. "Our teams will play on the same surface that one of the best college hockey programs calls home."
Schedule for the 2013 MMHSAA ice hockey playoffs at Niagara University:
Play-in game - Tuesday, Feb. 12, 9:05-11:05 p.m. - Auxiliary Rink
Semifinal game No. 1 - Tuesday, Feb. 12, 6:30-8:30 p.m. - Main Rink
Semifinal game No. 2 - Tuesday, Feb. 12, 8:30-10:30 p.m. - Main Rink
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STATEN ISLAND, NY – The 19th season of Defending Life, hosted by Father Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, and Janet Morana, Executive Director, will begin airing Sept. 8 at 11 p.m. Eastern Time on the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN), the world's largest religious cable network. Reaching some 150 million TV homes in 144 countries and territories, and 250 million potential radio listeners worldwide, Defending Life, airing since 1995, is the longest-running and farthest-reaching series on abortion ever produced by either side of the abortion debate.
The show will be repeated at 2:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Saturdays, and also can be heard on EWTN Radio Fridays at 1 a.m., Saturdays at 6:30 p.m. and Sunday at 5 a.m. Topics to be tackled this season include: "Lessons Learned from Baby Joseph;" "What Happens When Roe v. Wade is Overturned;" "Stop D&E Abortions," and "Men Regret Lost Fatherhood." The season will conclude with a discussion of the importance of the 2012 elections.
"These 13 shows give a realistic look at the many dimensions of the tragedy of abortion and at the progress which the pro-life movement is making to counteract it," Father Pavone said. "Much work remains to be done, and the goal of our series is to activate and train people to do that work."
For more details, visit www.DefendingLife.tv .
Priests for Life is the nation's largest Catholic pro-life organization dedicated to ending abortion and euthanasia. For more information, visit www.priestsforlife.org.