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One of the things I love about working in downtown Honolulu is the endless choices of restaurants available for lunch. A welcome addition to the neighborhood is Lucky Belly, a ramen joint that opened in June in the old Mini Garden space on N. Hotel Street. I visited a couple weeks after it opened, so yes, this post is loooooong overdue.
The signature Belly Bowl (pictured above) is worth the visit and the calories for $12. Delicious pork belly, smoked bacon, and sausage await you along side a perfectly cooked soft boiled egg and vegetable garnishes. It's a delicious and satisfying bowl that will have you coming back for more.
The menu also features a veggie only ramen, as well as a spicy Kim Chee version, in addition to appetizers like Pork Belly Bao Buns and the delicious Braised Brisket Sandwich, which I also highly recommend.
Did I mention there also a late night window serving a limited menu till early morning? I hear it's ideal for the late night pau hana crowd.
If you're downtown and looking for some good grub in a hip place, this is your restaurant. The restaurant gets busy for lunch and the wait can be long, so come early or take advantage of the communal table by the door or seating at the bar.
Lucky Belly
50 N. Hotel Street (corner of Smith Street)
Honolulu, HI 96817
Phone: 808-531-1888
Hours: Monday – Saturday, Lunch: 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.; Dinner: 5 p.m. – midnight; "The Window" open Thursday to Saturday from 10:00 – 2:30 a.m.


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WASHINGTON — In a rousing speech Thursday that included a Steve Martin impression and more than a couple colorful analogies, former Vice President Al Gore insisted that the proposed Keystone XL pipeline is an "atrocity" that must be rejected.
Speaking to a summit in Washington D.C. by the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank, Gore suggested that the decision on whether to permit the cross-border pipeline tests President Barack Obama's climate change legacy.
"I hope, as he gets down to the lick-log and the decision on this XL pipeline, that he really understands very clearly what is at stake here," Gore said. "This should be vetoed. It is an atrocity — a threat to our future."
Former adviser: Obama will reject Keystone XL pipeline
TransCanada Corp.'s Keystone XL pipeline would carry oil sands crude harvested in Alberta to refineries along the Gulf Coast. The State Department is reviewing whether the proposed pipeline is in the national interest, with a final decision expected no sooner than next year. But if other executive agencies disagree, the final decision would end up in Obama's hands.
Because the oil in Canada's oil sands — a sticky, viscous hydrocarbon known as bitumen — generally is extracted through particularly energy-intensive methods, environmentalists say it produces more carbon dioxide emissions over its life span, from production to combustion. Gore cast it as a part of a portfolio of "subprime carbon assets" the U.S. keeps tapping.
Obama vowed that his administration would only approve the multibillion-dollar pipeline "if this project does not significantly exacerbate the problem of carbon pollution."
Junkies and alcoholics
Gore likened the U.S. hunger for oil — and the appetite for Canada's bitumen — as a junkie in need of a fix.
"Junkies find veins in their toes when the ones in their arms and legs give out," he said. "We are now at the point where we are going after these ridiculously dirty and dangerous . . . fossil fuels."
Executives to Obama: Rejecting pipeline would threaten economy
Gore revved up the crowd with an impression of Steve Martin's "Wild and Crazy Guys" character on Saturday Night Live and other colorful metaphors, including a portrayal of climate change skeptics on Capitol Hill as the family alcoholic everyone tiptoes around.
Because they are like the "alcoholic father who flies into a rage whenever the term 'alcohol' is mentioned," Gore said, people start avoiding the topic completely. In the case of climate change skeptics, that prevents a head-on, reasoned debate on climate change, he suggested. And on the campaign trail, "you have conversations with candidates that kind of pussyfoot around it."
Also on FuelFix:
Keystone foes pledge sit-ins if pipeline advances

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This is the Loon, also called the JB-2 or KUW-1, an American copy of the German pulsejet-powered V-1 or "Buzz Bomb" of World War II. The Loon was designed to carry a 2,200 pound explosive payload to a range of 150 miles and could be launched from the ground, ships, or aircraft.
The Loon was first test launched in October 1944, but its development came late and it was not used in the war. However, the missile did provide invaluable experience to U.S. Navy and Army Air Force personnel in the handling of missiles. It was cancelled in 1950 and replaced by the faster and more powerful Regulus missile.
This Loon missile was transferred from the U.S. Navy to the Smithsonian Institution in 1971.


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Government On the Verge – Yet Again – of Doing Something Which Causes More Harm Than Good
Torture doesn't provide any actionable intelligence – it actually reduces the chance that the witness will tell you anything – and yet the government insisted on using it.
Security experts (conservative hawks and liberal doves alike) agree that waging war in the Middle East weakens national security and increases terrorism – see this, this, this, this, this, this and this – but the government insisted on doing it.
For years, many high-level economists and financial experts have said that bailing out the giant banks will make a true economic recovery impossible … but the government keeps bailing them out.
The government tried to pass SOPA – even though security experts said it would harm Internet security.
Now – after the defeat of SOPA – boneheads in Congress are doing it again … trying to ram through the CISPA bill which would do nothing useful, and would more or less destroy all privacy in the U.S.*
As Internet security expert Kaspersky Lab reports today:
A long list of security, networking and computer science experts have signed a letter sent to lawmakers on Monday, asking them to drop support for CISPA and other proposed cybersecurity bills because they consider the measures overly broad and say they would infringe on users' privacy and civil liberties. The group, which includes Bruce Schneier, Peter Neumann and others, said the bills' focus on allowing the sharing of users' traffic with government agencies would "unnecessarily trade our civil liberties for the promise of improved network security."
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) has become a focus of criticism and ire from a number of groups who oppose the bill's provision that could allow ISPs to turn over traffic from their networks to government agencies as part of a program to share information on security threats and attacks. Critics have said that this could amount to wiretapping without the knowledge of the users whose data is captured and shared.
The technologists, researchers and academics who signed the letter sent to congressmen this week said that the promise of better network security in return for this kind of data sharing is not a valid one.
"As experts in the field, we reject this false trade-off and urge you to oppose any cybersecurity initiative that does not explicitly include appropriate methods to ensure the protection of users' civil liberties," the write in the letter.
CISPA, introduced last fall by Rep. Michael Rogers (R-MI), is designed, in part, to allow intelligence agencies to share information about ongoing threats and attacks, not just among themselves but also with appropriate private-sector companies. Critics worry that the bill would eliminate some of the existing protections against warrantless wiretapping and electronic eavesdropping and would not give users any knowledge of or recourse against the sharing of their private communications.
The bill is scheduled to go to the House floor for a vote this week and final amendments to the measure are due today. Some people have compared CISPA to SOPA, the highly controversial online copyright legislation that was the focus of so much criticism and anger. The bills are not that much alike and have different scopes and goals, and CISPA does not seem to be drawing quite as much public reaction as SOPA did.
However, some groups warn that CISPA may, in fact, be worse for consumers' rights than SOPA would have been. Officials at the Center for Democracy and Technology said that "CISPA has a very broad, almost unlimited definition of the information that can be shared with government agencies and it supersedes all other privacy laws" and "is likely to lead to expansion of the government's role in the monitoring of private communications."
In their letter to lawmakers, the group of Internet engineers, security experts and academics said that passing CISPA would be a major mistake.
"We appreciate your interest in making our networks more secure, but passing legislation that suffers from the problems above would be a grave mistake for privacy and civil liberties, and will not be a step forward in making us safer," they wrote.
CNET notes:
Last-minute opposition to the CISPA, which has been criticized as a "Big Brother" cybersecurity bill, is growing as the U.S. House of Representatives prepares for a vote this week.
Rep. Ron Paul, the Texas Republican and presidential candidate, warned in a statement and YouTube video today that CISPA (PDF) represents the "latest assault on Internet freedom." Paul warned that "CISPA is Big Brother writ large," and said that he hopes that "the public responds to CISPA as it did to SOPA back in January."
In addition, 18 Democratic House members signed a letter (PDF) this afternoon warning that CISPA "does not include necessary safeguards" and that critics have raised "real and serious privacy concerns." The number of people signing an anti-CISPA petition is now at more than 718,000, up about 100,000 from a week ago.
But most of the web giants like Google and Facebook which opposed SOPA are now supporting CISPA.
Why? Probably because SOPA would have held them responsible for their users' actions, while CISPA won't make the web giants responsible. In other words, they don't have skin in the game this time around.
Here's an action list for stopping CISPA.
* The government is destroying our privacy anyway. But CISPA would codify it in law.


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700 lives saved due to bike ambulance project, plans afoot to expand it to entire city: Delhi govt
The AAP government had in February flagged off 16 bike ambulances, known was First Responder Vehicles (FRVs), in a district in east Delhi on pilot basis.
Every 3rd kid in Karnataka has stunted growth: Study
The first comprehensive estimates of trends in key child and maternal malnutrition indicators in India, released by the Indian Council of Medical Research on September 18, put the prevalence of child stunting in Karnataka at 35% in 2017.
Video busts myths about Caesarean section, reduces infection
The video, made by the department of obstetrics and gynaecology in PGI and the civil hospital in Sector 6 Panchkula, was partly funded by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
Mumbai: Over 30 of 251 KEM ventilators defunct, reveals RTI response
Thirteen of the defunct ventilators are in the medical ICU (MICU), cardiac ICCU and the emergency ward's intensive care units, that witness a huge rush of patients.
Ahmedabad: Do bigger Zika worries lie ahead?
The bulletin points out that prior to the Rajasthan and MP outbreaks last year, there were three Zika virus cases in Ahmedabad in 2016 and 2017, the first in the sub-continent. Low levels of population immunity may therefore be expected, the bulletin states.
Nagpur: First lungs retrieval in city carried out
This was the first lungs retrieval from Nagpur. Lungs were transported to Global Hospital, Mumbai, through a green corridor.
Rare surgery performed at Erode govt hospital
Doctors performed the surgery on a one-and-a-half-year-old girl who had vital organs such as liver, spleen and intestines in the chest area instead of abdomen.
Novo Nordisk wins U.S. approval for first-of-its-kind oral diabetes drug
The world's biggest producer of diabetes drugs already sells an injectable once-weekly version of semaglutide under the brand name Ozempic at nearly $800 per month.
Kochi: 25-year-old Edwin is a second-time stem cell donor
Registered as a volunteer blood stem cell donor with Datri, India's largest adult unrelated Blood Stem Donor Registry in 2016, then as a college student, Edwin became the unrelated bone marrow matching donor for both patients, the first being a five-year old child with Thalassemia and the second being an adult.
Pune: Leptospirosis infects three more persons this month
The latest report by the Sassoon General Hospital referral laboratory stated that 27 cases were recorded in August.
With longer life expectancy, Alzheimer's burden rising
Alzheimer's disease, a type of dementia, is common among senior citizens but with prevention at the right time, its impact can be mitigated, city-based neurologists said on the eve of World Alzheimer's Day, observed on September 21 every year.
Sonipat: Child born with rare disease, critical
The child suffers from a rare disease in which the heart beating outside the body.
Alarming levels of hormone-damaging chemical found in Ganga & Hindon, says study
Nonylphenol is known to be an endocrine disrupting chemical which interferes with hormone process by altering the endocrine system, thereby having an adverse impact on human beings and other fauna – the wildlife.
Safer infra for lesser accidents: Docs, experts
While many road accidents are a result of speeding, doctors say that improving road safety will require more than just increased penalties.
Virinchi Hospitals partners with Renal Research Institute for Kidney Failure Treatments
The first joint project is to advance the allo-hemodialysis device, which is a novel, inexpensive treatment for terminal kidney failure.


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i keep reading posts where people are getting their dogs vaccinated every 3 years instead of every year, is this better for the dog?. and if so what happens if i had pet insurance and my dog got sick and they said they would not pay out because i didnt vaccinate often enough???.. i want to do whats best for my dog, not to keep some big shot happy by putting chemicals into my pet. also when i first get my puppy she will need her puppy jabs, is this also necessary?, and if so i will definitely be getting them done , i am mainly concerned about the ones that come after that.


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Q: What can I do besides taking medicines?
A: Medicines and behavior therapies are the only treatments that have been shown by scientific studies to work consistently for ADHD symptoms. Medicines are prescribed by a doctor, while behavior therapies usually are done with a trained counselor in behavior treatment. These 2 treatments are probably best used together, but you might be able to do well with one or the other. You can't rely on other treatments such as biofeedback, allergy treatments, special diets, vision training, or chiropractic because there isn't enough evidence that shows they work.
Counseling may help you learn how to cope with some issues you may face. And there are things you can do to help yourself. For example, things that may help you stay focused include using a daily planner for schoolwork and other activities, making to-do lists, and even getting enough sleep. Counseling can help you find an organization system or a checklist.
Q: How can medicines help me?
A: There are several different ADHD medicines. They work by causing the brain to have more neurotransmitters in the right places. Neurotransmitters are chemicals in the brain that help us focus our attention, control our impulses, organize and plan, and stick to routines. Medicines for ADHD can help you focus your thoughts and ignore distractions so that you can reach your full potential. They also can help you control your emotions and behavior. Check with your doctor to learn more about this.
Q: Are medicines safe?
A: For most teens with ADHD, stimulant medicines are safe and effective if taken as recommended. However, like most medicines, there could be side effects. Luckily, the side effects tend to happen early on, are usually mild, and don't last too long. If you have any side effects, tell your doctor. Changes may need to be made in your medicines or their dosages.
Most common side effects include decreased appetite or weight loss, problems falling asleep, headaches, jitteriness, and stomachaches.
Less common side effects include a bad mood as medicines wear off (called the rebound effect) and facial twitches or tics.
Q: Will medicines change my personality?
A: Medicines won't change who you are and should not change your personality. If you notice changes in your mood or personality, tell your doctor. Occasionally when medicines wear off, some teens become more irritable for a short time. An adjustment of the medicines by your doctor may be helpful.
Q: Will medicines affect my growth?
A: Medicines will not keep you from growing. Significant growth delay is a very rare side effect of some medicines prescribed for ADHD. Most scientific studies show that taking these medicines has little to no long-term effect on growth in most cases.
Q: Do I need to take medicines at school?
A: There are 3 types of medicines used for teens with ADHD: short acting (immediate release), intermediate acting, and long acting. You can avoid taking medicines at school if you take the intermediate- or long-acting kind. Long-acting medicines usually are taken once in the morning or evening. Short-acting medicines usually are taken every 4 hours.
Q: Does taking medicines make me a drug user?
A: No! Although you may need medicines to help you stay in control of your behavior, medicines used to treat ADHD do not lead to drug abuse. In fact, taking medicines as prescribed by your doctor and doing better in school may help you avoid drug use and abuse. (But never give or share your medicines with anyone else.)
Q: Will I have to take medicines forever?
A: In most cases, ADHD continues later in life. Whether you need to keep taking medicines as an adult depends on your own needs. The need for medicines may change over time. Many adults with ADHD have learned how to succeed in life without medicines by using behavior therapies or finding jobs that suit their strengths and weaknesses.
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A Wildlife Resources Commission public hearing in New Bern this week drew comments by about 100 sportsmen and environmentalists on proposed changes in the state�s wildlife management game lands and fishing regulations.
A Wildlife Resources Commission public hearing in New Bern this week drew comments by about 100 sportsmen and environmentalists on proposed changes in the state�s wildlife management game lands and fishing regulations.
Changes to the North Carolina black bear management plan in place for 2012 to 2022, for which a presentation and discussion preceded the public hearing, appeared to garner the most comments.
The New Bern hearing for District 2 of the nine wildlife management districts also addressed proposed fishing regulations including one encouraging private landowners to allow public angler access to inland fishing waters through their property.
Much of the discussion focused on clarifying rules, many attending said, and nothing in the plan brought strong disagreement between enforcement, hunters or environmentalists.
Robbie Norville, Wildlife Resources Commission Coastal Region supervisor for districts 1, 2, and 4 and Wildlife Biologist Tommy Hughes led discussion and fielded questions and comments in the half hour discussion before and during the 7 p.m. public hearing at Craven County Courthouse.
It included talk about one proposed change to the bear management plan, which would allow hunting bear with bait in the first week of bear season in both the coastal and mountain region districts. The bait would have to be unprocessed food, and a bear could not be shot while eating under the regulation.
Hunters, including avid hunter Terry Morris of Vanceboro, said they would like to see baited hunting allowed but would like the rule be more specific to protect the sporting image of hunters.
As it now reads, a bear cannot be eating when shot at but hunters said they would like it to require the bear be out of sight of the food to avoid the perception that hunters would shoot a bear with his head down eating.
Pamlico County Commissioner Christine Mele spoke, asking that the commission further clarify in its written regulations on which counties do and do not allow bear hunting with dogs.
Pamlico asked for and got local legislation passed by the General Assembly several years ago to prevent bear hunting with dogs there. As a result of that action, however, its name is not included in the proposed regulation change naming other counties where the ban would be put in place.
A proposal to allow deer hunting with dogs for only three days a week brought comment from hunters and environmentalists around Stoney Creek Game Land in Onslow County where a restoration effort for bob white quail is being undertaken.
The proposal would eliminate Saturday hunting there, and sportsmen said they would rather see hunting restricted for more weekdays but be allowed on Saturday.
Since those involved in the restoration effort want less disruption of the birds, they indicated they could agree with that.
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, established in 1947 to promote conservation and sustainability of the state�s fish and wildlife resources, meets next on Jan. 29 and 30. It is not expected to act on the proposed regulations until February.


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Jeff's Mom and Dad have been taking lots and lots of pictures! Here's what Landon has to say about the pics.......
I had my first trip to St. George. I sat in my first cave.............
I held my first lizard, and Mommy wasn't very happy about it.
Auntie Nicky put the lizard on my head. Mommy wouldn't get very close!
My first family photo in St. George. It was hot, but it was fun!
I got my first taste of the hot tub, but it definitely wasn't my last!
I decided to like the grass (just not moving around in it).................
I had my first trip down the slide too. I really liked it; you just can't tell.
I had my first trip down the slide too. I really liked it; you just can't tell.
I love swinging in the swing. I love it when Nana pushes me so high!
I watched my first firework show at Nana and Papa's house. I liked the lights, but it was too loud so mommy went and got me and cooper some ear plugs.
I saw my first sparkler, but Mommy wouldn't let me touch it. Mean mommy!
I got all tangled in a blanket. I laughed.
I love my Daddy so much. He's a good daddy!
I'm becoming pretty good friends with my cousin, Cooper. I'm trying to show him some love here, but he's distracted by something else.
Nana was tickling me with the spider. I love Nana. She plays with me and gives me Popsicles, ice cream, and everything else that mommy and daddy would say no to.


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Another Game 5, so let's try another running diary.
First, a couple quick notes on the starting pitchers. Joe Sheehan made a great point about Sonny Gray in his newsletter: Other than his Game 2 start against the Tigers, Gray has faced a pretty easy slate of opponents in his short career, including the Astros and Mariners twice, plus two starts against the Joe Mauer-less Twins in September. Of 329 pitchers to throw at least 50 innings, Gray was 255th in quality of opposing batters faced (per Baseball Prospectus).
That said, aside from those dominant eight shutout innings in Game 2, I think there are two other reasons Bob Melvin gave him the start over Bartolo Colon: (1) Gray has a 1.66 ERA at home and (2) Gray's fastball has more juice than Colon's. Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder have struggled against good fastballs, Cabrera of late due to his injuries and Fielder all season (he slugged just .439 against fastballs in the regular season). They've fed Cabrera a steady diet of fastballs and neither he nor Fielder have an extra-base or a walk in the series.
As for Justin Verlander, he's allowed one earned run in three postseason starts against Oakland the past two years, striking out 11 each game. Of course, what he did last season isn't all that relevant to this season, unless he's in the heads of the Oakland hitters, and as a reminder the A's did score five runs off Verlander in late August.
First inning
One major lineup change for the Tigers: Jhonny Peralta is back at his old shortstop position over Jose Iglesias with Don Kelly playing left field. With Verlander on the mound, it's probably worth taking the defensive hit at shortstop, as Verlander's a good bet to rack up strikeouts and he's also more of a fly ball pitcher. Kelly gives Jim Leyland a much better glove in left and another left-handed bat to do battle against Gray's curveball.
Both pitchers cruise through the first, one strikeout for Gray, two for Verlander.
Second inning
The Tigers run themselves into a double play when they try a strange hit-and-run with Fielder (who had walked) on first and Peralta at bat. Halfway to second base, Fielder turns around and tries to hop on the BART back to first base.
Verlander has another 1-2-3 inning with two strikeouts, impressively blowing two fast ones past Brandon Moss.
Third inning
Is there any manager more lovably crusty than Leyland? In one of those between-innings interview he says Gray isn't as sharp as Game 2, so they better get to him early. But he says it in that flat monotone, so you don't know if he's disgusted his team hasn't scored or just perturbed he can't go smoke a cigarette. The Tigers don't have a hit through three innings, although Gray has thrown just 22 of 41 pitches for strikes.
Meanwhile, Verlander is nine up and nine down, firing a 96 mph 3-2 fastball right down the middle and right past Stephen Vogt for his fifth strikeout. These two pitchers have combined for 23 scoreless innings in the series and Verlander has 23 consecutive scoreless innings going back to the regular season.
Fourth inning
With one out, Torii Hunter grounds a 3-2, 94 mph four-seamer up the middle for the game's first hit. There goes our dream of a double no-hitter! And then -- finally! -- Cabrera connects. A 93 mph fastball low and away for a ball and then a 94 mph fastball up and in that Cabrera powers over the left-field wall, just his second home run since late August. Not sure if it was Dennis Eckersley or Buck Martinez who said it on air, but with the way they've been getting Cabrera out all series by going away, away, away, that pitch was not the location the A's wanted. Tigers up 2-0.
With the way Verlander is pitching, that home run feels a lot like the two-run home run David Freese hit for the Cardinals on Wednesday night.
Also, Leyland was right. Unable to throw the curve for strikes, the Tigers are starting to sit on the fastball. Victor Martinez singles to left with two outs. Peralta singles. Very dangerous right now for the A's as they can't afford to give up anything else. Nobody is warming up.
Alex Avila walks to load the bases. Dan Otero finally gets up, but if Omar Infante singles here it's 4-0 and the game just might be over. Gray is also at 27 pitches in the inning. Two balls to Infante, a foul ball, another foul on a high fastball out of the zone ... and a 6-3 grounder to escape the inning. A's are still in it, but I'll be surprised if Gray comes out for the fifth. He's been a one-pitch pitcher tonight and you can't live off fastballs alone. Well, unless you're Walter Johnson.
Twelve up, 12 down for Verlander; just 51 pitches, 34 for strikes.
Fifth inning
Well, tells you what I know. Gray is back out there. I get that he's only at 74 pitches, but he's facing the 9-1-2 hitters, which means it will be the third time around for the top of the order. We'll see. Gray survives a leadoff walk to Kelly and intentional walk to Cabrera by getting Fielder on a comebacker to end the inning.
Verlander averaged 12.7 swing-and-misses per game in the regular season. He's at 17, with six strikeouts, and he's still perfect after another easy inning. Pure domination. Don't think there's been a hard-hit ball off him.
Sixth inning
Not sure why Melvin waited for Gray to allow two more baserunners before taking him out. Otero almost escapes the jam, getting Infante to hit a hard grounder to third baseman Josh Donaldson, but Donaldson's throw to turn the double play is in the dirt and Alberto Callaspo can't turn it, allowing a run to score. Donaldson was an MVP candidate but hasn't done anything in the series, hitting .158 with no extra-base hits and failing to turn a pretty easy double play there.
So the story now is pretty much just Verlander and his quest for perfection. And ... it ends after 16 batters. A 3-2 fastball to Josh Reddick is way outside. Vogt flies to deep right-center and Coco Crisp flies routinely to left. Maybe the A's should try laying down a bunt in front of Cabrera or something. Or Fielder. Nine outs to go for the no-hitter. Right now, I'm thinking I'd bet on it.
Seventh inning
Did you know that from May 11 through Aug. 27 Verlander had a 4.49 ERA? OK, you probably did, since there a lot of "What's wrong with Justin Verlander?" stories cropping up there. At one point, he said he found a flaw in his mechanics, although that was late July or early August and he didn't really turn it around until September.
Maybe it will be a minor blessing in disguise for the Tigers though, since Verlander threw 20 fewer innings this year than 2012 and 33 fewer than 2011, and he struggled at times in both postseasons (although in total pitches, he only threw 76 fewer this season than last season).
Donaldson whiffs swinging on 96 mph high-inside heat. Jed Lowrie flies out to left. Then Yoenis Cespedes ends the no-hit bid with a sharp single up the middle. No, Iglesias wouldn't have gotten to it, either. Verlander recovers by striking out Seth Smith on a curveball that Ted Williams in 1941 couldn't have hit. Two amazing clutch performances we've seen these two nights, first from Adam Wainwright and now Verlander.
Eighth inning
Who would you say had more pressure tonight? I'm not saying either team felt it, but the A's had that Game 5 history to overcome -- five straight Game 5 losses in the Division Series in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2012. On the other hand, the Tigers have the weight of expectation and star talent -- that they should win, that they can't afford to miss another postseason opportunity with guys like Verlander, Cabrera and Max Scherzer at their peaks.
In the bottom of the eighth, Reddick singles with two outs, but then Verlander strikes out Vogt -- he threw him four straight curveballs. I think Vogt could face Verlander a hundred times and not get a hit. The cameras show Verlander getting handshakes and little man hugs from his teammates. He's going to be done after 111 pitches, two hits, one walk and 10 strikeouts. In four starts against the A's the past two postseasons, Verlander has allowed one earned run in 31 innings with 43 strikeouts. Fair to say the A's hope never to see him again in October.
Ninth inning
After Grant Balfour retires the Tigers in order, it's up to Joaquin Benoit to put the finishing touches on Verlander's masterpiece. The A's will have the top of their order up.
Lowrie singles with two outs, giving A's fans one last bit of life. A bloop and a blast ... or hit batter and a blast. Cespedes is hit by a 2-2 changeup, although the Tigers thought he might have swung. So it's up to Smith (why is he batting ahead of 30-homer guy Moss?). Hard to stay within yourself here and not swing for the fences. Benoit struck out Smith to end Game 4 -- after Smith fouled off several pitches -- also when he was the tying run.
Key to Benoit is timing that fastball and laying off the changeup. Ball, strike, fastball up. Hitter's count. Fastball ... and Smith gets under it, Hunter makes the catch in right and Verlander finally breathes in the Detroit dugout.
Detroit is moving on to the American League Championship Series again, and the A's suffer the indignity of a sixth straight Game 5 loss in the ALCS.


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A baby seal entered a New Zealand' family's home through the cat door and made itself comfy on the couch.
The seal got into the waterfront home on the Bay of Plenty and crashed on the sofa with Annette Swoffer's cats, according to the New Zealand Herald. To get to its cozy spot, the baby fur seal had to cross through a residential area, cross a busy street journey under a gate and up Swoffer's long driveway, go through the cat door and up a short flight of stairs, according to the paper.
First, she saw it in the kitchen, then it made its way to the couch.
"I was in my office and I heard an awful racket down below... I thought the cats have brought a rabbit or something in so I went down and had a look - and there's a seal in my kitchen," said Swoffer. "I thought 'I'm hallucinating, this is just wrong.'"
Swoffer said the pup was "really friendly," and, according to a city animal control officer, it might have been used to hanging out in the world of humans.
Chris Clark, biodiversity programme manager for the Department of Conservation, and the man who removed the pup and set it free, had earlier in the day captured what he believed was the same seal after it ventured into another residential area and scared elderly residents.
Clark told the paper the pup had "obviously just weaned from its mum."
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Badass Japanese soap opera (and occasionally sublime brawler) Yakuza's first two games are getting HD re-releases on the PS3. This trailer gives us our first look at the updated editions in action.
While many "HD" ports are disappointing, that shouldn't be a problem for the Yakuza games. After all, outside of cutscenes many parts of the last two (three if you count the zombie game...four if you count the medieval Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan spin-off) games have looked like HD PS2 games anyway. Yakuza 1 & 2 in HD should look like...HD PS2 games.
Fingers crossed this pack comes to the West, mostly because it'll be a chance to play all the games in one box, and in their native tongue to boot (the first game was given a Hollywood dub by Sega for its Western release back in 2005).


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To me, Iced Earth has been one of those bands that has generally consistently released solid albums, never anything to get all in a tizzy about, but enjoyable none-the-less. However, their last effort, Horror Show was a bit bland and disappointing. Between now and then, Iced Earth has lost vocalist Matt Barlow, but gained former Judas Priest frontman, Tim "Ripper" Owens. I was very curious to see where this would take the band. I enjoyed Matt as a frontman, but I think Tim fits in perfectly. With his strong presence, he seems to be fitting in better with Iced Earth than he ever did with Judas Priest.
With The Glorious Burden, Iced Earth takes on patriotism (the album starts out with a rendering of "The Star Spangled Banner" on guitar) and brings back the solid songwriting we know and love. Still not too much of a departure from previous efforts, main man/guitarist, Jon Schaffer has crafted a solid album, along with the epic bonus disc based on the Battle of Gettysburg. Now the main disc, is your typical Iced Earth album; fused together are Jon Schaffer's typical galloping riffs, Richard Christy's enjoyable drumming, and the ballad here and there ("When the Eagle Cries" and "Hollow Man"). However, it is with the addition of Tim Owens that this album more quickly demanded my attention. His performance commands your attention and has seemed to spark something new in the band. With strong leads and riffs that you cannot help but headbang to. My favorite album is still The Dark Saga, but this latest effort definitely tops the last two full-lengths in my mind. Not to mention the real bonus here is the second disc (which I'm not sure, but I believe it's a Limited Edition type of thing). It includes three epic tracks adding up to about thirty minutes of extra music, based upon the three days of the Battle of Gettysburg. Each track features nice string arrangements, epic drumming, and powerful choir choruses. This disc alone almost makes this package worth buying.
If you thought Iced Earth was on the decline after their last release, I highly recommend you check back into this band. Although the huge spout of patriotism did get a bit overwhelming after a bit, it still does not detract from the strong songwriting drawn forth in the album. If you are an Iced Earth fan, you will not be disappointed and if you are new to Iced Earth, this is a good album to start out with. I highly recommend you get this with the bonus disc as it adds so much more to the overall feel. The Glorious Burden is an enjoyable effort from a solid band and a nice way to ring in the New Year.


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New Delhi: After three major US companies - Boeing, Abbott and Honeywell - auto major Maruti Suzuki has now come in support of India's intellectual property rights (IPR) regime, saying the "very strong" domestic laws are on par with international standards.
American pharma sector had alleged that Indian IPR laws discriminate against US companies and violate global norms.
"Maruti Suzuki India firmly believes that the patent law in India is very strong; especially the changes that happened after the TRIPS agreement have made Indian Patent law at par with the international standards," the company said in its views submitted to the Commerce and Industry Ministry.
MSI said: "Many recent judgments have proved that strong patent law not only secures the rights of patentee, but also ensures genuine public need. The IPR law in India provides transparent system of securing and enforcing the patent rights."
It also said that the Indian government grants patents to encourage inventions.
"We have not observed any violation of our IP rights and our rights are fully secured under Indian IP laws," it added.
The company, however, said that "further betterment in the processes would always help stakeholders and the awareness to enforcement agencies for proper execution of laws".
MSI has one of the biggest automobile R&D set-ups in India, where it develops technologies and files IPR for them.
Earlier, US defence major Honeywell, civil aviation firm Boeing and drug firm Abbott had come out strongly in support of India's IPR regulations.
These statements assume significance against the backdrop of US industry, particularly the pharmaceuticals sector, and trade lobbies putting pressure on their government to place India under the Priority Foreign Country list for IPR.
Under the US Trade Act, a Priority Foreign Country is the worst classification given to those that deny adequate and effective protection of IPR or fair and equitable market access to US entities, relying on IPR protection.
The US Trade Representative (USTR) in its Special 301 report had kept India out of the Priority list and had said that it would hold discussions with the next government in New Delhi on enforcement and protection of IPRs.
However, the US has said that they would do an 'out-of-cycle' review of India's IPR regime.
The US industry had raised the matter of India's rejection of patents for Bristol-Myers Squibb's Sprycel and Novartis AG's Glivec.
India has always maintained that its IPR regime is fully compliant with WTO norms and it would drag the US to the global trade body if any adverse unilateral step is taken against the country in IPR-related matters.


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Women across Europe are more likely than men to experience poverty, and single mothers, older women and immigrant women are particularly vulnerable. Fifteen years after the signing of the Beijing Declaration on the right of women, there is still a long way to go.
Women across Europe are more likely than men to experience poverty, and single mothers, older women and immigrant women are particularly vulnerable. Fifteen years after the signing of the Beijing Declaration on the right of women, there is still a long way to go.
Women are more likely than men to have poor housing, to neglect their health and struggle to find child-care services. Financial precariousness can cause women to stay with violent men and force others into prostitution and human trafficking. This gender imbalance is likely to grow in the current economic climate
"Gender neutral language can mask the fact that more women than men are poor," says Leanda Barrington-Leach of the European Women's Lobby. "A third of single parents experience poverty, and of those single parents 80-90 percent are women. The same goes for older people. Women tend to live longer and they don't have as much savings and security backup as men, so they are often poorer."
EU action plan
The EU strategy to eradicate or at least reduce poverty is to offer Members States a framework for action. This strategy includes developing a plan to encourage "active inclusion" national policies, and to promote across Europe the exchange of good practices. The implementation of Europe's equality and anti-discrimination laws also aims to hoist women out of poverty onto a level playing-field.
In most EU member states, 17% of women experience poverty compared to 15% of men. Among single parents 35% live in poverty. The provision of child-care is often inadequate, and maternity leave is not fairly shared between genders with the result that women lose earnings over this period.
Women in seven EU countries earn 20% less than men in equivalent jobs. The pay gap between men and women throughout their working lives inevitably leaves women with smaller pensions. Currently, 36.8% of women between the ages of 55 and 64 are employed, compared to 55% of men, and European women are four times more likely than men to have part-time jobs, fixed-term contracts or no contracts at all. As a result, some 35% of women aged over 65 risk poverty, compared to 16% of older men.
Root causes
The gender pay gap has various causes, including stereotyping that starts at school. Girls may choose educational directions that lead to jobs traditionally seen as women's work, like nursing, teaching infants or as supermarket cashiers. These professions are generally poorly paid.
Women in more competitive environments may find they hit the so-called "glass ceiling" that bars them from managerial and top positions. Women are also more likely than men to take unpaid breaks from work to raise children or care for elderly relatives. All these situations can lead to poverty in old age.
In all age groups, women face a much higher risk than men of poverty after a separation, divorce of death of their partner. Furthermore, women in all the more vulnerable groups like the disabled, immigrants, ethnic minorities or those living in rural areas are more likely to experience poverty than men.
The economic crisis is likely to see figures for unemployment increase sharply, particularly among public sector workers where women are heavily represented. Funding for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and equality bodies is already being cut in some EU countries, like Ireland. Women will have less places to turn to for assistance.
"It is still too early to see the gender dimension of the recession," says Barrington-Leach. "At first it seemed to mainly affect men in the car and construction industries, but women are being hit in different ways as they are more economically vulnerable to start off with. Plans for recovery from the recession also offer an opportunity to improve women's economic lot."


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Focus on Fair Trade
UPDATE: TransFair USA is now Fair Trade USA.
TransFair USA's Focus on Fair Trade Curriculum is designed to help students understand the concept of Fair Trade and to highlight its value and significance to farmers and communities. Using familiar imported foods—chocolate, bananas and coffee—as the focus, your students will gain an appreciation for the hard work of farmers and will feel empowered knowing their consumer choices have real impacts on real people.
Chocolate Explorer (K-2)
The five lesson plans in the Chocolate Explorer (K-2) curriculum will have your students role playing, story mapping and brainstorming as they follow the journey of a cocoa bean from the farm to becoming a Fair Trade chocolate bar.
Students will learn not only where cocoa beans come from, but they also will discuss and debate what is fair and unfair to farmers.
Banana Bonanza (3-6)
Check out Banana Bonanza (3-6) for engaging lesson plans that focus on the banana supply chain, from farm to supermarket. Your students will further their understanding of the industry by probing issues of fairness and environmental and social costs of banana production.
Coffee Connections (7-12)
Lesson plans from Coffee Connections (7-12) get to the heart of Fair Trade. Students not only will identify poverty and global inequalities, they also will be inspired to take action in promoting Fair Trade in their own homes, schools, and communities.
TransFair USA, now Fair Trade USA, enables sustainable development and community empowerment by cultivating a more equitable global trade model that benefits farmers, workers, consumers, industry, and the earth. Fair Trade USA achieves its mission by certifying and promoting Fair Trade products for the U.S. In addition to providing teaching tools for the classroom, Fair Trade USA also offers many other resources to assist educators and consumers to participate in the Fair Trade model.
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How to Highlight and Brighten Eyes./
A fresh, well rested, just back from a day at the spa look can be achieved with a few tricks and the right products. The key is highlighting and brightening.
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1. Use a yellow based concealer to cover and cancel out any undereye darkness.
Bobbi Brown makes a wonderful Creamy Concealer Kit, which she actually calls her secret to the universe. The concealers are all yellow based and are formulated with brightening while concealing at the same time. $32.00.
Benefit Cosmetics has a concealer called Erase Paste. This is a very thick, heavy duty concealer that contains yellow undertones but brightening properties that instantly brighten up the entire area. I find it best to apply with a concealer brush. $26.00.
2. Line the inner rim of the eye with a flesh toned eyeliner shade.
I was first introduced to this concept by the wonderful artists behind Three Custom Color Specialists and their Light Clarifier Pencil. I use this almost daily and have since introduced over four years ago. Why even look elsewhere for a similar one when this creamy pencil does it and does it well. The flesh color makes my eyes pop. It is easy to apply to the rims of my eyes and it lasts all day. One pencil lasts almost a year and is priced right. $16.50.
3. Use a soft shimmery white eye shadow on the inner corner of the eyes and on the upper part of the brow bone to open up the eye area.
MAKE UP FOR EVER Eyeshadow in White Shimmer 7 is the perfect white shadow with just enough shimmer to get the job done. I especially like this one dabbed into the inner corner of my eyes. $19.00.
MAC Eye Shadow in White Frost is another go to product for me, except I really like the way this one shimmers on my brow bone. It reflects the perfect amount of shimmer while not looking too frosty, so forget that frost is even in the name. $14.50.
5. Use a palette of lighter eyeshadows.
When I want a neutral yet soft shaded eye, I always reach for my Dior 5 Colour Eyeshadow Palette in Incognito. This has five very soft, subtly shaded neutrals that instantly soften and waken up my look, especially when I use it with any of the tricks I have listed here. $58.00.
NARS Duo Eyeshadow in Exotic Dance is one of my new favorites. It has a beautiful bright white and gold shadow that instatnly wakes up the loks of the eyes while keeping them soft and simple. $33.00.
6. Use a specially formulated highlighter, highlighting the inner rims of the eyes and brow bone.
Smashbox's Eye Beam Double-Ended Brightener highlights and brightens eyes in one quick step. The highlight side gives the inner corners of eyes and brow bone a luminous glow, while the brightener side delivers radiant definition when used to line the lower inner rims of eyes. Formulated with antioxidant-rich vitamins C and E as well as moisturizing coconut oil, the formula wakes up eyes instantly. $22.00.
The holy grail of highlighters, Yves Saint Laurent is known for this one, and I use it daily. Touch Éclat used in the right places, again like the inner corerns of the eyes and brow bone, gives off the perfect radiance of a softened glow. It coems in eight shades for all of your various highlighting need,s but stick with the original, Luminous Radiance for the freshest of looks. $40.00.
Do you have any brightening tricks up your sleeve? Share them in the comments, as we love learning new tricks and tips from readers.


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A winner was selected from 90 designs submitted by 31 freelance designers.
This is a new office, the office was designed by award winning design team, I will email rendering to interested parties. Located in a newly developed financial district in a high rise building. The office has full glass frontage on ground level. Very chic.
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Opting out of social media is not being anti-social
Dear Miss Manners:
I am a professional transcriptionist, and I spend, literally, eight hours or more a day on solid computer use. I am very reluctant to spend my off time on yet more computer use, let alone use precious time with my family with my nose to the screen.
So I do not participate in online social media. Several of my siblings find this deplorable, that I am not "with it." Am I being anti-social?
Gentle Reader:
Has it come to that - that wanting to be with human beings, instead of machines, is called anti-social?
When Miss Manners picks herself up from the fainting couch, she might consider the possibility that your siblings have given up writing letters, making telephone calls and sending emails, and that they therefore feel that they have lost touch with you unless they can tell themselves that you are reading their posts.
So while you should ignore the bullying about not keeping up - a tactic they should have left behind with childhood - you might address the deeper problem. Tell them you would love to keep in personal touch and invite them to visit.
Dear Miss Manners:
At the end of the year, all parents in my daughter's school get a notice sent home from the school requesting that students, as well as parents, fill out little thank-you notes in different shapes to show appreciation for the staff. Yes, we are being directed to write thank-yous. I have never heard of this, and I do not remember these requests years ago when I was in school.
In addition, another notice is given at the end of the year to parents about a staff appreciation luncheon. Parents are requested to bring in food, etc., on a certain day for the staff. Again, I have never heard of this and was wondering what your thoughts are on this subject. Besides the fact that asking for thanks seems a bit presumptuous to me, not to mention pushy, it's a bit unnatural to me.
Gentle Reader:
Undoubtedly, it would be better if the parents had thought of showing appreciation to the teachers, but Miss Manners gathers that they did not. Perhaps when you were in school, they did not need to be prompted.
Socially, it is indeed gauche to ask for thanks. But at the schools, let us consider it educational for both parents and students to learn to express gratitude in writing.
Dear Miss Manners:
When you have plans with someone, and they call to cancel, what is a proper way to respond instead of saying, "Oh, that's OK"?
The world seems to take advantage of those of us who remain flexible.
Gentle Reader:
You are saying more or less the right thing, but apparently you are saying it too convincingly. How you should say it depends on the seriousness of the excuse offered.
If the person is calling from a hospital bed, it would be, "My goodness, I understand, I hope you'll be all right."
If no excuse, or a flimsy one, is offered, Miss Manners recommends saying, "Quite all right" with a pause between each word, and cutting off further explanations.


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U.S. marshals in north Alabama have captured a teenager who escaped from a state detention center and was considered armed and dangerous. Brandon Kyle Evans, 16, is one of three teens who escaped from the Mt. Meigs youth facility on Saturday night after a violent fight with guards.
U.S. marshals in north Alabama on Wednesday afternoon captured a Tuscaloosa teenager and another juvenile who escaped from a state detention center.
Brandon Kyle Evans, 16, is one of three teens who escaped from the Mount Meigs youth facility in Montgomery on Saturday night after a violent fight with guards. Evans was seen in Tuscaloosa County and is suspected of stealing six guns from a home off Alabama Highway 69 South.
The Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office, police departments in the area and members of the U.S. Marshals Task Force had been searching for Evans since Saturday.
Investigators have warrants to charge Evans as an adult with first-�degree assault, first-degree escape and conspiracy to commit first-degree escape. The other two escapees, who live in Franklin County and Huntsville, haven't been named because they are considered juvenile offenders.
The teens are accused of beating a Mount Meigs guard, causing one to lose a thumb and some teeth, before stealing a car and crashing through a security fence.
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I take the goal of contemporary semantics-pragmatics to be to provide at least a framework for a theory of cognition that explains how meaning is ascribed in the production and comprehension of utterances. I also take it that such a theory should accommodate two salient facts: that in the right circumstances, an utterance of any (constituent of any) sentence could mean anything; but that production and understanding of meaningful utterances asymmetrically depends on a compositional (or computable) semantics. These two facts normally lead to a two-theory view according to which a set of truth conditions is derived via a set of compositional rules, while (broadly Gricean) pragmatic principles account for divergences from this semantic interpretation. Here I outline one alternative to the two-theory view, the integrated view, according to which knowledge of compositional semantic properties feeds into the computation of a semantic interpretation that is also influenced by 'Gricean' pragmatics. I indicate how this integrated view is motivated by diverse 'embedded pragmatic' phenomena, as well as diverse experimental results from our own lab and elsewhere. I also highlight similarities and differences with other Contextualist (e.g. Relevance Theory) views. In the second part of the talk, I discuss what is required to build testable predictions from each of these views and sketch four models (two based on each view). I consider further experimental evidence that bears on the predictions of these models. To date, experimental support can be found for both views but I will argue that there is an emerging pattern in the experimental results that better supports an integrated theory.
Game theory offers well-understood formal models of human interaction and decision making. If used properly in linguistics, game theoretic models may fuel a formal approach to the otherwise somewhat murky, but central notion of "language use." However, although game theoretic models have been applied sporadically to linguistic concerns at least since the late 80's, it is still unclear how exactly ideas and notions of game theory are to be made applicable within linguistics. This concerns both the choice of the game model as well as the choice of the solution concept. On a methodological level, this talk tries to contribute to these questions, with a strong plea for non-equilibrium solution concepts as favored by recent epistemic approaches within game theory.
To make these methodological issues more concrete, the talk focuses on an application of game theory to formal pragmatics. I show how a version of the iterated best response model -variations of which have been proposed by, among others, Benz, van Rooij, Jäger and Stalnaker- provides an epistemic grounding of (iterated) exhaustive interpretation. Contrary to previously held convictions, exhaustive interpretation should be conceived /not/ as interpretation based on
the assumption that the speaker follows Gricean principles of Quantity (and the like), but as rational interpretation given the semantic meaning of alternative messages. It is in this exemplary way that I wish to lend credit to the claim that game theoretic approaches not only reiterate formally what has been put forward in informal terms before, but that the more prickly formulation of game theoretic approaches leads to genuine new insights and a truly deeper understanding of fundamental questions of language use.
[The epistemic grounding of exhaustive interpretation addressed here has no bearing, is in fact orthogonal to, the question of whether exhaustivity operators may apply within the scope of other logical operators.]
I plan to talk about the mechanism that is at work while interpreting metaphors and argue that the same mechanism is at work while interpreting other word combinations. I will discuss the results of a pilot experiment on the interpretation of coerced nouns (stone lion) and conflicting adjective noun combinations (halve appel 'half an apple' (is not round)). I will go into the relation with synchronic change in which metaphors and semantic weakening in general play a big role.
Modulated meanings and lexical pragmatics have been at the center of recent inquiry. I will show how, using my framework of equilibrium linguistics, it is possible to derive such meanings from first principles. In so doing, I will argue that what semantics and pragmatics have in common - the ubiquity of context - outweighs their differences and so the two should be unified into a single field.
This paper proposes a way to accommodate the phenomenon of embedded pragmatic effects, such as local enrichment, within a broadly Gricean conception of communication. On the standard Gricean conception, interpreters are taken to reason about a speaker's communicative intentions partly on the basis of what the speaker said. I propose that embedded pragmatic effects arise as a result of reasoning about what a speaker intended with respect to the conveyed content of an embedded clause, partly on the basis of the conventional content of that clause. As I will show, the relevant reasoning may be prompted by global considerations of felicity/cooperativity, but nonetheless result in modification of embeeded content. I propose further that this conception is fairly straightforward to implement in frameworks such as DRT or theories of structured propositions, in which semantic contents are taken to be structured entities, and subordinate clauses are represented by sub-structures. Local pragmatics can then be understood as a process of modifying a sub-structure in accord with the inferred intention of the speaker.
Like NPIs, PPIs can be divided into different classes, which have been characterized in terms of which kinds of operators 'anti-license' them. For instance, while a PPI such as 'someone' is (said to be) antilicensed only by anti-additive operators, PPI adverbials such as 'relatively' and 'almost' have been said to be anti-licensed by all downward-entailing operators. There is however another important distinction to be made between various classes of PPIs which has not been noticed so far: for some PPIs, anti-licensing is strictly local, in the sense that the relevant PPIs is antilicensed only if it is in the immediate scope of the anti-licenser (for instance negation), while others are anti-licensed as soon their syntactic environment has a certain *global* semantic property (for instance, downward-entailingness). For instance, while both French simple disjunctions ('ou') and complex disjunctions ('ou...ou', 'soit...soit') are anti-licensed by negation, simple disjunctions can be interpreted in the scope of 'je doute que' or 'sans que', but complex disjunctions cannot
PPIs behaving like simple disjunctions include, e.g., singular indefinites (quelqu'un, un NP, etc.), some aspectual adverbials (already, déjà), and PPIs behaving like complex disjunctions include, e.g, approximators (à peu près, presque, more or less at least, almost), qualifiers such as 'relatively', and many others.
In this talk, I will offer a theory of the 'soit...soit' class (whose members I dub 'global PPIs', as opposed to 'local PPIs) based on the following idea: global PPIs have the distributional properties they have because they necessarily co-occur with an exhaustivity operator. It turns out that well motivated constraints regarding the distribution of the exhaustivity operator can then be shown to correctly predict the distribution of global PPIs. Importantly, this approach predicts a direct correlation between the obligatory presence of certain scalar implicatures, exhaustivity and anti-exhaustivity effects and PPI-like behavior.


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INDIANAPOLIS -- Pete Carroll hasn't followed Richard Sherman's Twitter beef with Darrelle Revis beat for beat -- forgive him, he's busy -- but it didn't surprise the Seattle Seahawks coach to hear that his All-Pro cornerback was back in the news.
"It's obvious that Richard's got a lot of free time on his hands," Carroll told reporters Friday at the NFL Scouting Combine.
"I haven't read one word he said. I just see the pictures and the mouth open and I know what's going on. He's having fun with it. Richard knows what he's doing. He's having fun playing with the whole thing. And he had a tremendous season and a very, very good last season, so he's got something to stand on right now. It's better (than) when he used to talk when he didn't."
Both Carroll and Seahawks general manager John Schneider laughed off Sherman's social-media antics this week.
Carroll acknowledged "Mr. Revis" might not have delighted in the online flare-up, but backed his player by saying, "I think (Sherman's) a great corner. I think he's playing tremendous football. I think not enough people know about him yet, although he's working on that. ... I've never known how you scale the very best corner, you know, but he's up there in consideration."
Here's what else we learned from Carroll:
» On Charles Woodson possibly joining the Seahawks: "I mean Charles has been a great football player. I don't know if this is the time and place or not, I know he's looking for a spot right now, but guys of that kind of caliber, it would be a great opportunity to have him get to play with our young guys. I don't know if it would ever work out, we'll see."
» On being reluctant to shop Matt Flynn with Russell Wilson facing potential injury as a running quarterback: "I don't look at it in terms of an injury risk with a running quarterback, but I would say to have a caliber of second quarterback ready to go like Matt, that's a great deal for us. And so, we're very solidly in favor of keeping that together if we could."
» On Wilson's hard-nosed work ethic: "The rules now and the guidelines (post-lockout) really have hindered his activity. He wants to be out there throwing and playing catch with guys and working out, and he can't right now. And there's a lot of guys in the league that are like that, and I know Russell's one of those. He's just a true worker. He wants to be at it and he wants to get better and he wants to be the best there ever was."
» On Wilson being the best player on the field over the final few weeks of the season: "I do agree with that. At that time and those places, I thought he was the best player on the field. And what's really exciting about that, is that's really what John (Schneider) came to me and said, you know, during the early part of his senior college season, he goes, 'This guy's the best player on the field wherever he goes, he's going to be the best guy.' By his command of the game and the style and athleticism and all of that, and it was really exciting from the second half of the season, there was many games when he looked like the best guy out there."
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In our regular Sunday feature, FIFA.com presents you with some of the biggest names in football who will be celebrating their birthdays over the coming week.
31. Eddie Johnson (29) is one of the American national team's most experienced front men, having previously taken part in the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™. Currently involved in the Stars and Stripes' quest to reach Brazil 2014, he also played at the Copa America and the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2007, emerging victorious in the latter competition. At the outset of his career, he participated in the 2001 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago, before finishing as top scorer at the U-20 equivalent in the UAE two years later. At club level, the pacey striker started out in the MLS with FC Dallas and then Kansas City Wizards, before moving to English outfit Fulham. Following loan spells at Cardiff City, Aris (Greece) and Preston North End, he returned to the USA to join Seattle Sounders last season. Johnson has won the MLS Comeback Player of the Year Award on two occasions, in 2007 and 2012.
1. Clarence Seedorf (37) is one of the most successful footballers to emerge from the Netherlands, having amassed a host of medals and awards during his career. He represented the Oranje at the 1998 FIFA World Cup and at three UEFA European Championships in a row between 1996 and 2004. The athletic midfielder came through the ranks at Ajax, establishing himself in the senior XI and helping the club to win two Dutch League titles, one Dutch Cup, two Dutch Super Cups and a UEFA Champions League crown. He then signed for Sampdoria, where his strong performances attracted the interest of Real Madrid. The Dutchman significantly expanded his footballing CV in the Spanish capital, securing a Liga championship, a Spanish Super Cup, a UEFA Champions League title and an Intercontinental Cup. A subsequent transfer to Inter Milan was followed by a move to city rivals AC Milan, where Seedorf would spend a highly productive ten years, claiming two Serie A titles, an Italian Cup, two Italian Super Cups, two further UEFA Champions League titles and the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup, a tournament at which he finished just behind Kaka in the voting for the adidas Golden Ball award. At the start of this season, he surprised many across the world of football by putting pen to paper with Brazilian side Botafogo, with whom he lifted the Guanabara Cup in mid-March.
2. Teddy Sheringham (47) was instrumental in Manchester United's amazing last-gasp comeback against Bayern Munich in the 1999 UEFA Champions League final, scoring the equalising goal before heading the ball down to team-mate Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who secured a dramatic victory for the Red Devils. Sheringham's time at Old Trafford coincided with a golden era for United, as they also landed three Premier League titles, an FA Cup, a Charity Shield and an Intercontinental Cup over a four-year period. The skilful striker won second division titles with Millwall and Swedish outfit Djurgardens, and also enjoyed spells at Aldershot Town, Nottingham Forest and Tottenham Hotspur, where he finished as Premier League top goalscorer, before he headed north to Manchester. After leaving United, he re-signed for Tottenham, before going on to play for Portsmouth, West Ham, with whom he reached the FA Cup final, and Colchester United. On the international stage, he donned an England jersey at UEFA EURO 1996 and at two FIFA World Cups, in 1998 and 2002. Sheringham was named English Footballer of the Year in 2001.
3. Stephanie Cox (27) competed at the FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011™ with the United States, losing out in the final, and at the 2007 tournament in China, where she had to content herself with a third-place finish. The solid defender also earned a gold medal at the 2008 Women's Olympic Football Tournament in Beijing. In her youth, she appeared at two FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup tournaments (Thailand 2004 and Russia 2006), finishing third and fourth respectively. In terms of domestic football, Cox starred for Los Angeles Sol and Boston Breakers, before committing herself to Seattle Sounders at the start of the season.
4. Emerson (37) made a significant contribution to the Brazilian national side, appearing at France 1998 and Germany 2006. He also held aloft the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 1999 Copa America. Having turned professional at Gremio, he picked up winners' medals in the Brazilian League, Brazilian Cup (twice), Rio Grande do Sul State Championship (twice), Copa Libertadores and Recopa Sudamericana. He gained his first taste of European football at Bayern Leverkusen, prior to joining Roma, with whom he attained the Serie A title and the Italian Super Cup. A move to Juventus saw the combative defensive midfielder enjoy two Italian League triumphs, although one of those was later revoked due to the Calciopoli affair. Emerson tried his luck with Real Madrid, securing a Spanish Championship ten months later, before being transferred to AC Milan, where he hoisted the UEFA Super Cup and the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup. He then returned to his homeland to see out his career with Santos.
5. Thomas Hitzlsperger (31) was a member of the Germany squads that earned third place at the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany and at the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup, and that lost the final of EURO 2008. As a youngster, the central midfielder played at the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Cup and the 2004 UEFA European U-21 Championship. Having come through the ranks at English side Aston Villa, he signed for Stuttgart, where he claimed the Bundesliga title. Hitzlsperger has gone on to wear the colours of Lazio, West Ham, Wolfsburg and Everton, the club he joined in October 2012.
6. Diana Matheson (29) helped Canada to emerge as a true force in the female game, participating in the last three FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments. At USA 2003, she and her team-mates finished fourth in what was the Canucks' maiden appearance at the prestigious event. The speedy midfielder has also enjoyed Olympic success, reaching the quarter-finals at Beijing 2008 and winning a bronze medal at London 2012. Matheson turned out for Toronto Inferno and Ottawa Fury in Canada, and for LSK Kvinner in Norway. She recently signed a contract with Washington Spirit of the National Women's Soccer League.


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Sunday, March 8, 2009
Staff Writer, Bradley Bowden
McKinney, TX – A very serious accident was prevented today on 75 Northbound in McKinney, Texas. Authorities are crediting Google with yet another display of their incredible talent. According to Google officials, their program Wisdom Attained Through Compiling History (W.A.T.C.H.) was able to send out multiple signals to several cars in the area, overriding the manual controls, and automatically re-routing the traffic into a non-accident producing pattern.
"We estimate that there were 7 lives saved today as a result of the W.A.T.C.H. program" stated the Google official. "All total that's 2,457 lives that have been saved since our program went online six months ago." …
Have you ever just been minding your own business when all of the sudden a picture/event pops into your head and you wonder… where the heck did that come from? Especially if it's of some future type event, that you know hasn't happened yet, and because of the bizarreness of the vision, it's almost unbelievable.
Wait… are you saying that you have? or that you haven't? Well, either way, I'm sure you'll enjoy this nearly science fiction type vision that popped into my head the other day. When I saw it, it was very real. Let's just say, it was sort of a mix between Minority Report and the Matrix. It's what prompted me to write the "future" headline and article above.
I was actually driving at the time when suddenly I was picturing a multi-car accident playing out in my mind… not such a big deal, I've had those before, but here is where the bizarre part comes in. This accident, which was obviously some time in the future was being prevented and even reversed by something.
You see in my futuristic vision Google had become so powerful, so virtually connected to every aspect of our lives, that their computers were able to prevent this accident. They were collecting data on everything from traffic conditions, types of cars on the road, who was on the road, who had insurance, how many accidents had taken place at that location in the past, how many accidents the drivers in the area had been in, their moods (via Twitter & Facebook and something called Plooter – I have no idea, but I've got dibs on the name), how much gas was in each car, who was falling asleep at the wheel (due to networked retina scans inside the vehicle), etc., etc. I think you get the point.
Now, Google was able to extract all of this information, drop it into a aggregator and instantly compare it to all historical data to determine that an accident was about to happen. In my vision, which only lasted a half-second, the accident started in slow motion, but half way through, it reversed (very Matrix style as if I could have watched the event from any angle I wanted to – This would have been possible since, in the future, there will literally be cameras recording events from every angle imaginable, including the view from our own eyes.)
So, there I was, driving into a non-existent accident scene because the Google bots had caused one or more of the cars to slow down just enough to avoid the catalyst that started what could have been a horrific accident scene with tremendous loss of life. Horray for Google they saved the day… or did they? This kind of gives new meaning to "Google Earth".
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Beyond Us and Them
Rabbi Ted Falcon, Pastor Don Mackenzie, and Sheikh Jamal Rahman, known collectively as the "Interfaith Amigos," have been learning and teaching together since 2001. They blog weekly for YES! Magazine.
As a relatively recent U.S. citizen, I sometimes despair at the polarization of Democrats and Republicans and the angry vitriol that erupts from this divide. As a Muslim, I tire of the mean-spirited campaigns of fear mongering and hate that religious extremists direct at those with different beliefs. This incessant appeal to the basest elements of our nature—our fear of the Other, our easy refuge in Us vs. Them divides—is disturbing.
Guidance in the Quran
This issue, I realize, is not so much about the Other as it is about me. The issue is a deeply spiritual one, and I look for guidance in the Quran. A verse repeated several times in the Holy Book tells me that God will not change the condition of a people unless they change what is in their hearts. This verse reaffirms the age-old insight, found in all traditions, that a problem cannot be solved at the same level where it was created. We humans can be reconciled only by rising above the issues that divide us, by becoming aware that our disparate personalities and philosophies are actually parts of the same whole. Our sages tell us that such awareness leads to peacemaking—the art of restoring love and compassion to a relationship that has been torn apart through fear and hatred.
Lest we think we are already endowed with awareness, the Quran reminds us, "Of knowledge we have given you but a little" (17:85) and bids us pray, "O God, advance me in knowledge" (20:114). It is telling that the second-most used word in the Quran, after "Allah," is the word "Ilm," which means knowledge. To grow in knowledge means, in the words of the Prophet Muhammad, that we move from "knowledge of the tongue to knowledge of the heart." In this work of expanding awareness, we come face-to-face with our own biases, prejudices, and limitations rather than focusing on those of other people.
Without such awareness we are like the frog who lives in the well, a character in a delightful Sufi teaching story. An ocean frog visited his cousin, who had spent his entire life in the enclosure of a well. The ocean frog tried to give his cousin a sense of the vastness of the ocean, but without success.
"Are you trying to tell me," the well frog asked, "that this ocean of yours is half the size of this well?"
"More," said the ocean frog.
"Three-fourths of this well?"
"Even more!" the ocean frog replied.
The well frog refused to believe that the ocean could be larger than the extent of his world, the well. Finally, he was persuaded to visit the ocean, where, upon seeing the enormity of the ocean, he was so overwhelmed that his brain exploded.
In addition to the obvious lesson about the effect of personal and societal conditioning on our worldview, this story also teaches that it may be easier on our psyches to expand our perceptions little by little rather than being overwhelmed by radical, mind-blowing events—9/11, for example. Sufi teachers warn us that without constant work to be aware of the rigidities and narrowness of our own beliefs, we can easily fall prey to an excess of patriotic zeal and religious fervor that does more harm than good. These teachers tell the story of a very patriotic and religious monkey who traveled to distant village ponds to pluck the fish out of water in order to save them from a watery grave!
Get to Know the Other
The Quran lets us in on God's little secret: "We have created some of you as a trial for others: Will you have patience" (25:20). Meditating on this verse, I have begun to understand that the Glenn Becks, Christian rapturists, Israeli settlers, and Taliban and Al Qaeda members of this world are an invitation for me to grow and expand. In a hadith that anticipates our 21st century understanding of human psychology, the Prophet said, "The faithful are mirrors to each other." Very often, what we dislike in others is something that we need to acknowledge, heal, integrate, and empower in ourselves.
The Quran says in a number of exquisite verses (e.g., 49:13) that God deliberately created differences and diversity on earth "so that you may know each other." These are truly prophetic verses. The best way to narrow the gap between oneself and people of other faiths and cultures is to make every effort to get to know them as fellow human beings on a heart-to-heart level without any agenda. Then, no matter what our theological or political differences might be, these no longer loom as a threat. A gateway to collaboration opens up.
Behavior and Being
But what are we to do if someone is adamantly adversarial, even violent, despite our sincerest efforts? The 16th century teacher Kabir offers sage advice: "Do what is right. Protect yourself. Don't allow yourself to be abused. But please, do not leave the other person's being out of your heart." This insight is critical. Every tradition urges us to differentiate between behavior and being. We all may err and even commit evil deeds from time to time, but the essence of every human being is divinely sacred. Even when we are locked in mortal combat with each other, we must remember that we are fighting the antagonism, not the antagonist. Just this awareness, as we speak and act, has the power to shift heaven and earth.
The Quran tells us that in difficult times, when conditions and circumstances in people's lives cause chronic anger, fear, or hopelessness, "Truly it is not their eyes that are blind, but their hearts"(22:46). We know, from our own reactions, that the human heart responds to force by clenching itself shut. We also know that our closed hearts can't always hear the sweet voice of reason. Only that which comes from the heart can open another heart. When we, coming from a place of spiritual awareness, make a distinction between another's behavior and being, we are exercising the power of our heart, and this can open doors. As the Quran says, by God's Grace, an enemy might become a friend.


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For Dems, GOP budget is Christmas
To Democrats, the release of the House GOP budget is like Christmas in March. And they're planning a celebration of sorts.
Democrats are organizing media blitzes, House floor speeches and town halls back home to seize on the changes to Medicare that Republicans are expected to propose Tuesday. To blunt GOP talking points that only Republicans are willing to confront the debt, Democrats intend to unveil their own budget next week calling for a mix of spending cuts and tax hikes on the rich.
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The Republican budget plan last year was a political winner for Democrats, and party leaders expect nothing less this time around.
"They can run, but they cannot hide from their Medicare plan, which ends the Medicare guarantee at the same time they're providing big new tax breaks to millionaires and protecting special interest tax loopholes," Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) told POLITICO in an interview Monday.
At the heart of the Democrats' war against the House GOP proposal — spearheaded by Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) — is its plan to dramatically reshape Medicare in order to contain costs and keep the health care program for seniors viable. This year's budget is expected to incorporate a modified version of the Medicare revamp drafted by both Ryan and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) that would allow seniors to keep the traditional Medicare program or enroll in an alternative private plan.
The addition of Wyden's name could allow Republicans to claim bipartisanship on the Medicare proposal, but Democrats said Monday that they weren't buying it. They said there's essentially no change from the Ryan proposal on Medicare last year, under which all incoming seniors would have been enrolled into a private plan funded by federal subsidies.
"We don't see a difference in principle between the original Ryan budget and the Ryan-Wyden proposal," Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) told reporters on a conference call Monday. Democrats "think that both are, in fact, equally bad or only marginally different but still end Medicare as we know it."
Democrats believe public opinion is on their side. In a Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation poll released earlier this month, 70 percent of those surveyed said they wanted the traditional Medicare program to remain intact, including 53 percent of Republicans.
And the Democrats' fusillade against Republicans on Medicare was key in their May 2011 special election victory in upstate New York, where now-Rep. Kathy Hochul turned the campaign in the traditionally GOP district into a referendum on the Ryan plan.


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*replicate a given historical period (or an idealized version of it). (The Nipponese Cultural Preserves NCP-1 and NPC-2 simulating Samurai culture for examples)
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*an asthetic ideal (the ice world of Glacia for example, with its ice sculpted cities and items).
*designed with a given ideal (the aquatic world of Spylos IV, where aquatically modified Aldollians live, or the Ayrie where genemodded winged Native Americans live).
The volunteer colonists are pychoengineered and often genegineered to match the vision of the founders. Sometimes the colonists are freeborn synths (Synthetics with the ability to reproduce, illegal in most places).
Initial constructions and some limited geoforming is performed to make sure everything is idea for the colony.
Tailored colonies help explain the One Dimensional nature of some worlds or the "near Earthstock" aliens (Dog people, Cat People, Fish People) that live there.
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