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Game Day: Capitals vs. Bruins
by John Bishop / Boston BruinsVladimir Sobotka and Byron bitz will be the scratches. The lines can be found, here.
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6:29 p.m.
Tim Thomas and Jose Theodore led their teams out of the locker rooms.
4:40 p.m.
Pregame Pressbox Notes...
Bruins defenseman Mark Stuart underwent successful surgery to repair a broken pinky finger on his left hand on Monday. He is expected to miss four weeks. The surgery was performed by Dr. Matthew Leibman at Massachusetts General Hospital on Monday, February 1. Stuart sustained the injury on Saturday, January 30 during the team's game against the Los Angeles Kings. Adam McQuaid will take Stuart's spot in the lineup tonight.
"I like the fact that he has been physical," said Bruins Head Coach Claude Julien of McQuaid after today's morning skate. "I like the fact that he has played tough and has stood up for his teammates when he had to."
Bench Hardware: The last two Jack Adams Award winners will be coaching head to head tonight, as Boston's Claude Julien won the Jack Adams last year while Washington's Bruce Boudreau took home the honors in 2007-08. Voted on by members of the NHL's Broadcasters Association, the Jack Adams Award is given annually to the head coach "adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success."
Unlucky 7: The Bruins have lost their last seven games at 0-5-2. They have not lost eight straight games since they went 0-8-0 from December 22, 1955 – January 12, 1956, which is the second longest losing streak in team history. The longest losing streak in team history is 11, from December 8, 1924 – February 17, 1925.
Caps Notebook: Washington is coming off a 3-2 win over Tampa Bay on Sunday…The Caps have won 10 straight games, matching a franchise record, and are 13-1-0 in their last 14…During their 10-game win streak they have outscored their opponents 47-21…Alex Ovechkin has 8-12-20 totals during the streak…Alexander Semin has a nine game point streak in progress with 6-10-16 totals during this span…Goaltender Jose Theodore has won seven straight games…The Capitals lead the Eastern Conference by 8 points and the Southeast Division by 23 points…Mike Green, who leads all NHL blueliners in points with 52, will not play tonight as he is serving game two of a three game suspension for an elbow-to-the-head during their game against Florida on January 29.
B's/Caps Connections: Mike Knuble played for the Bruins for five seasons from 1999-2004 (307 GP, 69-76-145 totals). Shaone Morrisonn was originally drafted by the Bruins in the first round (19th overall) of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft and played 41 games for Boston before being traded to Washington in the Sergei Gonchar deal. Defenseman Brian Pothier is from New Bedford, MA while defenseman Tom Poti is from Worcester, MA and attended Boston University from 1996-98. Jason Chimera played for Bruins Head Coach Claude Julien with the Hamilton Bulldogs from 1999-2002, while Jose Theodore played under Julien as member of the Montreal Canadiens. Theodore was a teammate of current Bruins Steve Begin and Michael Ryder. Bruins Scout Tom McVie coached the Capitals from 1975-79 and compiled a 73-163-48 record. Tomas Fleischmann and David Krejci will both play for the Czech Republic in Vancouver.
Special Teams Watch: The Bruins are tied for 17th in the NHL on the power play overall (17.7%) and 6th at home (21.8%). They rank 3rd on the PK overall (86.4%) and 5th at home (87.2%). The Capitals rank 1st on the PP overall (26.3%) and 3rd on the road (26.8%). They are tied for 19th on the PK overall (80.5%) and 27th on the road (74.1%).
4:15 p.m.
Jose Theodore #60 of the Washington Capitals |
Jose Theodore held the Bruins to one goal in a 4-1 win on opening night here in Beantown, back on Oct. 1. He won three games in October, three in November and three in December. But he caught fire in January, going 8-1 with a 2.28 GAA and a .930 save pct.
Theodore is currently riding a personal seven-game winning streak, matching his personal best. He had a seven-game run late in the 2001-02 season with Montreal, the season he won the Hart Trophy as the NHL's MVP.
Versus the Bruins during the regular season, Theodore, who is a safe bet to be in goal when the B's and Caps clash tonight, is a modest 11-12-3 vs. Boston, with a 2.49 GAA and .918 save percentage.
But don't let that fool you.
Claude Julien, who coached Theodore in Montreal, knows Jose very well -- he was behind the bench when the former Hab took the Northeast Division champion Bruins down in the first round of the playoffs back in 2004.
"Well, he is a competitor," said Julien of his former goalie. "Even when he got traded out of Montreal, going to Colorado, if I was a betting man I would have said he is going to prove everybody wrong.
"He has always been a competitor that way and that is what made him great in the past and that is probably what got him back on track.
"The way he is rebounding right now shows the quality of his character," he said.
2:02 p.m.
Julien |
"Well, we don't get to pick our opponents unfortunately," said Julien of the East-leading Caps. "You have to take what comes by and they have been playing...well and confident.
"They've got a lot of skill on that hockey club, so we've got a challenge, but, again, this is something that we don't control but feel good enough as a team right now to face that challenge," he said.
Thanks to a couple of good efforts, moral is high.
"It is," said Julien. "I think in order to get out of these things you have to [stay positive].
"From coaching staff to the players, and everybody surrounding the team, there is only one way to get out of this and that is by sticking together."
But don't go expecting the Bruins to focus on ending the Capitals winning streak -- the B's are turning their focus inward.
"The only motivation we have is winning a hockey game here," said the B's head coach. "I don't think we need to try and find more than that.
"That should be motivation enough for us.
"I think that is what I am trying to say here guys, let's keep it simple. Let's go out there to play the game and play to win and hopefully get the result," he said.
12:21 p.m.
Thomas |
In regards to the B's recent losing skid, after morning skate Thomas said that the pressure can mount, but that players need to keep it in check.
"You can't help but have the pressure build on you...the further it goes," said the veteran goalie. "But probably the way out of it is to not feel that pressure and just be able to shut it off and play.
"But obviously it's not the easiest thing to do."
I asked Tim if pride was on the line for the most veteran Bruins -- perhaps even more so than those players who have recently entered the Black & Gold locker room.
"No, we win as a team and we lose as a team," said Thomas. "I don't think it is any different for me than it is for anyone else."
Ten game winning streak in tow, the Caps are in the building for their morning skate and Thomas was asked if playing against the Eastern Conference leaders held the same allure as it might have when the Bruins were fighting for the top spot.
"If you can go out against the hottest team in the league...the highest scoring team in the league and have success, then you know you did a good job and are heading in the right direction," he said.
By the way, lifetime against the Caps, Thomas is 9-3-2 with a 2.58 goals against, a .918 save percentage and a shutout.
9:46 a.m.
There's a scene in The Natural when Pop (Wilford Brimley) asks Roy Hobbs (Robert Redford) if his bat (Wonderboy) is the problem causing a prolonged dry spell at the plate.
Hobbs/Redford retorted, "Whatever's wrong isn't the bat."
Yesterday, as the sportswriters in Boston asked about the issues confronting the Bruins, head coach Claude Julien made it clear that whatever is wrong with the B's isn't the system.
"We haven't changed our system at all this year, except to try and improve with our forecheck a little bit more," said Julien emphatically. "So last year we were second in the league in scoring. This year we're not.
"It's not because we said, 'Hey, we scored too much last year, let's pull back here.'
"We're trying to do the same thing. Our D's are supposed to support the attack, which they do on a lot of occasions. Our finish just isn't there. Our scoring chances last year were going in more than they are this year...This year they're not. That's the biggest difference. So we can over analyze this all we want, it is what it is," he said.
Clearly, the system worked wonders last year. So Julien isn't going to throw out his heretofore proven methods for making the Bruins "harder to play against."
"People can talk about the system and say we're a defensive-minded team, but we're out-chancing, we're out-shooting on a lot of occasions and we send our fourth guy, our D, up on the attack," he said. "So I don't know what part of our game is so defensive.
"We're not finishing," continued Julien. "If we can start scoring goals on those opportunities, we'd get different results.
"So that's why I have to stay on top of these guys here and make sure we don't get too down on ourselves and keep encouraging them to try and finish better and get those results which would change our team drastically."
In the interim, the denizens of the Hub of Hockey are looking for lightning bolt patches and asking, "Where's the lady in white when you need her?"
Hopefully Glenn Close and the squadron insignias show up before the Caps do...JB


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Like me, you've probably heard nothing but praises for Caesars new buffet. Renovations have been figured at 17 million for Bacchanal's 25,000 square foot space. That alone is pretty impressive, but it also claims to offer more than 500 individual menu items with seafood, meat, Italian, Asian and Mexican stations, as well as an array of desserts.
Friends were visiting from out of town and it was a must eat for them. It seemed like an opportune time to give it a try so I joined them. We met for brunch, I arrived at 10:45 and we were seated by 11 o'clock. Weekend brunch is $39.99 with a Total Rewards card. I believe it is $3 more without it.
We were seated in the back. Once settled, we scattered in search of tasty eats rather than waiting for our server to tend to our drink order.
We began at the Asian station, which offered your typical stir-frys, springrolls and a variety of dumplings. There was space for a live action station, but no one was manning it. There was no signage to indicate what was available either.
From there, offerings include fromage and charcuterie. The selection isn't high quality, but it was better than what you'd find at most grocer delis. The rolls topped with cheese and carmelized onions were tasty. I got seconds on those.
There were a lot of breakfast items, made to order omelets, croque-monsieur/madame, steak and eggs, pancakes, french toast, sausage, bacon and potatoes.
The next section offered comfort foods like sliders, waffle fries, tater tots and potato skins. Plus, a selection of carved meats. Those individual dishes are cute, but not so practical. It's hard to juggle because they take so much space, the cast iron dishes are warm to the touch. Some with heat sensitivity might have a real problem.
The last stop before dessert was seafood and freshly squeezed juices. This is actually the first section seen from the entrance. There were mussels, oysters, crab legs and prawns.
Moving over to desserts: there was a crepe station, cookie jars, plated treats, pastries, candy and a gelato bar.
The dining room has a few large tables for big groups.
They must have already scaled back staff, drink service was terrible. We sat down with our first plate and we were completely ignored or server checked on all the tables around us but never stopped by. My friend left the table to flag her down. She brought over mimosas. She had a gentlemen assisting and he kept our first few glasses full. I had asked for a water, but never received it. Plates took a while to be cleared. I expected far more attention.
I sampled a bit of everything, nothing was bad, but only a few things were memorable. 17 million spent, and what did I enjoy most? The tater tots. The gelatos were really delicious too. I tried the vanilla fleur de sel and the fig and balsamic. The watermelon sorbet was nice and refreshing too.
Buffets used to have value. These days, I'd rather spend $45 on a nice plate of food prepared just for me. If I compare the buffets I've dined semi-recently I'd say Bacchanal is far better than the Rio, but comparable to M Resort.
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He is rich and famous, and dark in ways I shouldn't find intriguing but I do. I so do. I don't understand why his dark side appeals to me, but the attraction between us is rich with velvety promises of satisfaction....
In the best-selling style of Fifty Shades of Grey, Lisa Renee Jones delivers sexy thrills and heart-pounding sensuality with a tantalizing pause resistor in which the eyes of a high school English teacher are opened to a world she never knew existed, and she finds a passionate craving within that she never knew she possessed.
The journal comes to Sara McMillan by chance, when she inherits the key to an abandoned storage locker belonging to a woman named Rebecca. Sara can't resist peeking at the entries in the journal...and she finds a scintillating account of Rebecca' affair with an unnamed lover, a relationship drenched in ecstasy and wrapped in dark secrets.
Obsessed with discovering Rebecca' destiny after the entries come to an abrupt end, Sara does more than observe the players in the woman's life; she immerses herself in the high-stakes art gallery world Rebecca inhabited - and is magnetically drawn to two men. Which one seduced Rebecca with his masterful and commanding touch and brought her fantasies to exquisite life? On a daringly erotic escapade, Sara follows Rebecca's path to fulfill her own hidden longings. But after she tastes the forbidden pleasures Rebecca savored, will Sara be helpless to escape the same submissive fate?
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This book has been described as "mystery meets erotica" or "Fifty Shades meets Storage Wars". Either way I thought it was a great listen. Whenever I read/listen to erotic romance I always worry there will be little or no plot. That is not the case in this book. It had a great story (what would it be like to live someone else's life) and super HOT sex scenes!! (I mean very hot and intense!!!) You have to wait awhile for the sex, but that's okay because there is really good build-up to that point.
Just one note of caution....this is a trilogy and this first installment leaves us with a huge cliffhanger. I definitely thought this book was worth a credit. Excellent narration, great story and yummy sex.
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"Entertaining But Very Frustrating Read"
The mystery serving as the premise of this book and the heroine's attempt to solve it was totally implausible. I give the author extra credit for working in the premise of a current reality TV show. And the rapidity with which the main characters connected and became attached was far fetched as well. Yet I enjoyed the book and while the mystery didn't keep me guessing and the suspense was negligible the story still had enough interesting characters and fascinating settings to be entertaining. It moved along quickly and the heroine, while annoying, was also quirky and endearing at times.
Grace Grant/Madeleine Maby has become one of my favorite narrators. I will listen to anything she narrates. She is a big reason I enjoyed the book so much.
Two complaints - first I got tired of listening to "I love him, he's perfect for me, it's just about sex, he must love me, I don't deserve him, he's crazy, I love him, he's perfect ..." The author took self-doubt to a whole new level and it got annoying quickly. You became conditioned to the fact that every time the heroine had a positive thought about the hero and their future, it would immediately be followed by doubt and insecurity, usually with no explanation as to why she couldn't hold on to one opinion for longer than 15 seconds.
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This book never tells you it is going to stop in the middle of a great part. It just does. I mean it just stoped out of nowhere. I like to be told that it is part of a set, then I can make up my mind if I want to invest time to wait on next book, or invest money in a set of books. The book was great lots of twist and turns. Plus all the hot, hot, hot, did I say hot sexy stuff to keep you looking to make sure noone can see you flush bright red and turn the fan on high. It also had a great voice to go with it. BUT don't trick me into a book that needs two more that aren't out till June and Sept. I hate tricks.
I've always been a avid reader so now I'm a avid listener. I prefer the paranormal genre but I do like to switch things up. It's boring if you don't have variety. Of course I do love the romance and the hotter the better. Also, you can't beat a good thriller filled with suspense and a ending you can't even guess at until the very end.
I've had this book in my library for some time and I was determined not to listen to it until the other book in the series came out due to the previous reviews. Unfortunately I just gave into temptation. Afterall, I do have the other book pre-ordered I rationalized to myself. I have waited long enough and the other installment will be here soon. I have offically joined the club of just "WOW". I'm glad I waited as long as I did. For those of you who have listened to this one as soon as it came out I really feel for you. If you haven't got this one yet then get ready to enjoy and just be warned you will have to have the next book.
If you follow my reviews you know I prefer a particular type of book and this is my "thing". I know this series will easily make my top 10.
This is a hot book with a fun plot. I enjoyed listening to it and trying to figure out what would happen next. The sex scenes left me in full blush with a smile on my face, and that's a good thing! The ending just plain sucks. It is literally in the middle of the book. Nothing has been sewn up, not even a stitch, and the book just ends! With, I might add, creepy music. What a let down. I try not to select books that are part of a series and not written/recorded. I would wait to get this until the others are out. It leaves you hanging and let down. The book is awesome, we just need the other ones, and the editor chose a poor breaking point.
I'm proud to be a bookaholic...addicted, obsessed, passionate!!! My favorite way to relax & escape reality....
"If I Were You"
This book has a fifty shades feel to it but more mysterious. I will continue with the next book even though I hate cliffhangers!! I am curious to know more about these characters but I am most interested to know what happened to Rebecca. This book was definitely intriguing and worth my credit.
"MAD!! Don't buy until the full triolgy is complete"
I am SUPER ANGRY. I would have given it 5 stars as the story was amazing however I have to agree with some of the other people who reviewed it and agree that nothing was answered not one single thing. Not giving us anything to look forward too. I am angry because at least with the FSoG series you get something in each book which builds to the next one and little by little the story line develops and unfolds, making you want to continue I am not sure if I will continue with this series as of yet. Or wait until it is completely finished. I have never read/listened to a story that leaves you with absolutely nothing to go on. Just leaves you hanging....I wish I would have used my credit on something else and waited until it was completed.
The narrator was great!
Advice : Wait until all three books are done before purchasing any that way you won't have to wait for months and months for rest.
Wow. I have never written a review so quick that is how out of sorts I am right now!
Glad to have found audible. I listen all day long while I work in my glass studio. Melting glass on a blowtorch is visual and the books allow me extra stimulation while I am working.
"Your kidding me!!!"
I would have appreciated an ending not just a sudden stop! It ends like a traffic accident! Crash and then......?????? what?????
I don't mind a book ending in suspense but no questions are answered! You are left with a mystery and no real clues. You just need to wait for the next book. I expected to read a book and not be left frustrated and pressured to purchase the next one......
Great book... but did leave us hanging. The sequel isn't due out for months. I had read this book in late 2011 but with the release of an audio version, I jumped at getting it as well. I enjoyed it as much as the read version.
Lots of story to clear up in the sequel.
"Twisted Mystery Romance.."
Storyline and characters have been superbly covered by other reviewers - hmm both good and bad so..... a quickie.
This book captivated me from the onset, wonderfully written, suspenseful and memorable,a storyline that sucked me in and did not let go, yes there are some glaring holes but I think they are meant to be there, it's definitely caused some grumblings and speculation. Personally I am slathering and chomping at the bit for the next instalment, can't wait.. thoroughly enjoyed it...
"Really enjoyable"
Loved this book annoying end but hey ho had to go for book two
The need to know more about Chris Merritt
Grace is a good narrator she makes you feel like you know the characters personally
Can't wait for the third instalment
I loved this book because apart from the romance factor it has a lot of suspense to go along with it.
Major cliffhanger so be prepared to want to listen to the following one right away.


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Although he wrote many novels, he also wrote a non-fiction book about bullfighting in Spain called Death in the Afternoon . Anyone who wants to know more about this sport, Spain's national obsession, should read this book. It's not his best book by any means, but he does look honestly at bullfighting, and any sport aficionados will enjoy his detailed descriptions of bullfighting technique, the moves, the bulls, the matadors, and the picadors. You'll learn all about them.
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Born and raised in Scotland, Irvine Welsh lives hard and writes hard. His first novel, Trainspotting , was made into a movie of the same name starring Ewan McGregor.Welsh wrote Trainspotting in a heavy Scottish dialect, and so this can be difficult for the North American reader at first — it's been said to be difficult even for the Scottish one. With all the slang and the phonetic pronunciation, you'll think you're reading another language, but slowly, you'll get used to it and then forget about it. Porno , the sequel to Trainspotting is now out.
His other books include Glue, Filth , The Acid House , and Ecstasy , among others. All have great original story lines. For instance, in Filth , Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson is a bad man, a really bad man, but he's given a run for his money by the tapeworm living in his gut, who tells some of the story.
Welsh is not for everyone, so have a read in the bookstore, or borrow it from a friend. If you're hooked, you'll read everything he's written.
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So there are five male writers who'll give you a break from your busy world. Go to your local bookstore and flip through a few of these.A good way to start is by reading the first paragraph of the novel. This is the equivalent to a handshake, where the author says, "Hey, pleased to meet you, this is how I write." If you like the tone, pick it up. If you don't, leave it for some other time.
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Impairment and negative equity in the Irish mortgage market
Amongst the many housing markets across the OECD presently experiencing difficulties, the Irish case stands out. Between 2004 and 2007, a significant house price bubble emerged in Ireland, while the real economy was enjoying persistently strong growth rates. The sharp decline in house prices post 2007 coupled with the significant increase in unemployment has generated a combination of difficulties for the Irish residential market. To date, much of the analysis and discussion of the Irish market has tended to focus on either the concept of mortgage repayment distress or potential negative equity. By examining the issue of credit default in the Irish mortgage market, we focus on the interaction between delinquency (repayment distress) and solvency (negative equity). Building on earlier work, which used the Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC), we marry existing estimates of repayment distress with estimates of negative equity for a representative sample of Irish households. Using copula modelling we then examine the dependence structure across the distributions of mortgage delinquency and solvency for these households. As a result, we are in a position to estimate the probability that a household experiencing repayment distress might also be in negative equity.
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By Charles Odum/The Associated Press
ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves designated third baseman Juan Francisco for assignment before Thursday night's game against Toronto, clearing a spot for the promotion of left-hander Alex Wood.
The Braves selected Wood's contract from Double-A Mississippi, giving the bullpen seven relievers.
The Braves went with six relievers on an 11-man pitching staff before the bullpen was stretched for seven innings in Wednesday night's 3-0 loss to Toronto.
Francisco, who had shared time at third base with Chris Johnson, was hitting .241 with five homers, 16 RBIs and 43 strikeouts in 108 at-bats. He hit .234 with nine homers when playing behind Chipper Jones in 2012.
The Braves have 10 days to trade, release or send Francisco outright to the minors. Manager Fredi Gonzalez said a trade is possible.
"It's tough," Gonzalez said. "It's a decision that wasn't made over a two-minute conversation. It took a long time to process the whole deal. The good thing about this for Juan and also for us … two or three clubs called on Juan. There's a chance we trade him. There may be a possibility Juan gets to go to a major league club someplace else."
Francisco declined an interview request after being informed of the move.
Johnson, who is left as the primary third baseman, is hitting .346 with three homers and 14 RBIs.
Francisco was 0 for 3 and the Braves had 11 strikeouts in Wednesday night's loss. Three starters hitting below .200 were benched Thursday: outfielders B.J. Upton, .146 and Jason Heyward, .152, and second baseman Dan Uggla, .186.
Jordan Schafer filled in for Upton and hit leadoff. Rookie Evan Gattis made his eighth start in left field, and Ramiro Pena started for Uggla. Justin Upton moved from left field to right field.
"Sometimes it just helps to sit back and relax and watch the game, whether it's one game or whatever it is," Gonzalez said. "I suspect those guys are upset and that's good to see also. You don't want a guy who's happy about not playing. … In the long run, those guys that are not playing tonight, we'll win a championship with those guys."
B.J. Upton, who signed a five-year, $75.25-million contract before the season, has the lowest batting average among all major leaguers with enough qualifying at-bats. He showed his frustration by throwing his bat and slamming his helmet to the ground after his second strikeout Wednesday night.
"I think at the end of the year B.J. will be our centerfielder," Gonzalez said. "I really believe that, but we need to get him going. We need to get him straightened out and get him going. And we will."
B.J. Upton took extra batting practice before Thursday night's game.
When asked how long Upton will be held out of the lineup, Gonzalez said "I haven't even put a timeframe on it."
Wood, a second-round pick from the University of Georgia in the 2012 draft, was 4-2 with a 1.26 ERA in 10 starts at Mississippi. He will join the Braves' bullpen.
The Braves have lost left-handed relievers Eric O'Flaherty and Jonny Venters to season-ending elbow injuries this year. Wood, who worked exclusively as a starter in the minors, joins Luis Avilan as left-handers in the bullpen.
Wood said the only time he has made consecutive appearances in relief was in spring training. He called his first opportunity in the majors "kind of indescribable, really. It's just an unreal feeling."
The Braves used four relievers Wednesday night. Starter Kris Medlen left the game after two innings with a contusion to his left calf. Gonzalez said Medlen had no swelling on Thursday and should make his next scheduled start.


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German PMI Signals Economy Withstanding Increased Risks
Alessandro SpecialeGerman services and manufacturing activity slowed less than analysts forecast in August, signaling that Europe's largest economy can withstand risks from tensions with Russia to stagnation in the euro area.
The preliminary reading of a Purchasing Managers Index for the two industries fell to 54.9 from 55.7 in July, London-based Markit Economics said today. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg News predicted a drop to 54.6. A reading above 50 indicates expansion.
German gross domestic product contracted for the first time in more than a year in the second quarter, prompting the Bundesbank to warn that a previously anticipated rebound in the second half is now in doubt. While escalating sanctions against Russia over its support for Ukraine separatists have hurt the outlook for a euro-area economy that failed to grow in the three months through June, Markit said Germany's fundamentals remain solid.
"The PMI data available for the third quarter so far point to a swift recovery in GDP from the ground lost during the second quarter," said Oliver Kolodseike, an economist at Markit. "However, the concern is the divergent trends within the economy," with services "taking up some of the weakness in manufacturing," he said.
A factory gauge fell to 52 in August from 52.4, while an index of activity in the services industry declined to 56.4 from 56.7 in July, according to today's report.
French Data
French manufacturing activity contracted for a fourth month in August, while a measure of services growth rose to a five-month high, Markit said today. A euro-area measure for both industries probably weakened to 53.4 from 53.8, according to a separate Bloomberg News survey. That report is due at 10 a.m. Brussels time.
The German economy shrank by 0.2 percent in the three months through June after a warm winter shifted production to earlier months. The outlook is now clouded by "unfavorable international news," according to the Bundesbank.
In June, the Frankfurt-based central bank predicted growth of 1.9 percent this year and 2 percent in 2015. That compares with forecasts by the European Central Bank for euro-area expansions of 1 percent and 1.7 percent, respectively. The ECB will publish updated projections for the currency bloc in September, while new Bundesbank estimates for Germany are due in December.


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Teenagers can get cancer, but it is still pretty unlikely. The chance for someone to develop any kind of cancer in his or her teenage years is about 0.17%; this means that about 1.7 teenagers per thousand teenagers may develop cancer. Most cancers do not have a clear "cause" but in some families cancer may be caused by a hereditary factor and inherited like many other traits. There are specific cancers that one finds in these families.
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Gripe (?), n. [See Grype.] Zool.
A vulture; the griffin.
Like a white hind under the gripe's sharp claws. Shak.
Gripe's egg, an alchemist's vessel. [Obs.]
E. Jonson.
© Webster 1913.
Gripe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Griped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Griping.] [AS. gripan; akin to D. grijpen, G. greifen, OHG. grfan, Icel. gripa, Sw. gripe, Dan. gribe, Goth. greipan; cf. Lith. graibyti, Russ. grabite to plunder, Skr. grah, grabh, to seize. Cf. Grip, v. t., Grope.]
To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers; to clutch.
To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely.
Wouldst thou gripe both gain and pleasure ? Robynson (More's Utopia).
To pinch; to distress. Specifically, to cause pinching and spasmodic pain to the bowels of, as by the effects of certain purgative or indigestible substances.
How inly sorrow gripes his soul. Shak.
Gripe, v. i.
To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe.
To suffer griping pains.
3. Naut.
To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing closehauled, requires constant labor at the helm.
R. H. Dana, Jr.
<-- 4. to complain -->
Gripe, n.
Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch.
A barren scepter in my gripe. Shak.
That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the gripe of a sword.
3. Mech.
A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.
Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress; as, the gripe of poverty.
Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; -- chiefly used in the plural.
6. Naut. (a)
The piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.
The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.
An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted; also, broad bands passed around a boat to secure it at the davits and prevent swinging.
Gripe penny, a miser; a niggard<-- ; a pinchpenny? -->.
D. L. Mackenzie.
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Title | Adela Sloss-Vento |
Date | March 21, 1974 |
Description | Snapshot photograph of Adela Sloss-Vento, who wrote "Alonso. S. Perales: His Struggle for the Rights of Mexican-Americans" (1977). |
Inscription | Inscription: Written along bottom and right side in Spanish, "Mrs. Adelita S. Vento in the orchid tree that I gave her when it was little." |
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Language | Spanish |
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Original Item Extent | 8.89 x 10.80 cm |
Original Collection | Alonso S. Perales Papers |
Original Collection URL | http://archon.lib.uh.edu/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=436 |
Digital Collection | Selections from the Alonso S. Perales Papers |
Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/perales |
Repository | Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries |
Repository URL | http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/special-collections |
Use and Reproduction | Educational use only, no other permissions given. Copyright to this resource is held by the content creator, author, artist or other entity, and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the copyright owner. Permission to publish or reprint this resource must be requested from Arte Publico Press at https://artepublicopress.com/permissions/. |
File Name | peral_201109_032a.jpg |
Conference | In Defense of My People: Alonso S. Perales and the Development of Mexican American Public Intellectuals |


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Come together locally for smarter growth
Connecting competence to organized support is key to reversing the Sisyphean cycle of urban placemaking.
Source: The Economics of Place
The new urbanists have been organized for 22 years, and in some respects they have achieved remarkable success. Their intellectual contributions and their practical ideas related to human-scale placemaking have been widely accepted by planners and developers.
And yet employing this toolkit remains nonstandard practice in the vast majority of land in our metropolitan regions. Conventional suburban development and automobile-oriented roads are still the default way of building in most cases. Reforming entrenched land-use laws and systems feels like a Sisyphean task — rolling boulders uphill time after time.
Diverging from standard practice implies a lot of risk for planners and builders who don't want to get squashed — even in a metaphorical sense. How do we roll the rocks downhill instead and let gravity do the work? The market is ready for a torrent of activity — the pent-up demand for urban places is tremendous.
What's holding it back? The systems and policies that created and support the single-use, automobile-oriented built environment run very deep, and they are implemented locally. If the zoning is changed in one location of one municipality, it does not change in tens of thousands of other locales. Even if complete streets policies are enacted at the state level, the actual thoroughfares are designed by engineers and transportation planners who have decades of education and experience geared toward automobile throughput. They follow a system of functional classification that still tends to produce wide arterial roads that are dangerous to people on foot or bicycle.
The psychology of sprawl
But widely dispersed, entrenched systems and laws are not the only problem. The psychology of sprawl runs very deep. For generations, the idea of moving up in society was expressed in purchasing a larger house on a larger lot farther away from the city. Likewise, cruising down the highway in a high-class automobile was viewed as the stylish way to get around.
I'm reminded of the movie Gran Torino, when the teenage boy Thao, who is being mentored by the cranky old Clint Eastwood character named Kowalski, finally gets the nerve to date a pretty and smart girl. Thao is planning to take the bus — the location is Detroit, and the kid doesn't have a car. "No, you can't take a bus," says Kowalski. "You gonna get you something more stylish that that." He offers the kid the use of his mint condition, 1972 Gran Torino. Thao is dumbstruck at Kowalski's generosity — it seems as if the shiny car will change the course of his life forever.
The automobile-oriented suburban way of life — anti-density, anti-mixed-use, anti-walking, "keeping up with the Joneses" — has long has been portrayed as something to aspire to. This attitude is changing, and a new American Dream is rising that clashes in many ways with the old. The new dream is about diversity, culture, authenticity, sustainability, choice and ease of getting around, and the vitality of urban places. The old dream is fading and no longer monolithic, but it has yet to make peace with the new dream.
Richard Florida has been smart about highlighting the advantages of the new American Dream in coining the term "Creative Class." Hipsters may be maligned, but when they are called the "Creative Class" they are in demand. This group is viewed by civic leaders as a key to prosperity and the path to a better future. The Creative Class doesn't choose to live on a cul-de-sac in the hinterlands.
Faced with the inability to change the overall power structure in the late 1980s and 1990s, new urbanists developed the highly-useful charrette technique, designed to allow alternatives to the status quo to be considered in a fair and open way. Charrettes are often successful, yet their transformations are usually focused on a single project or plan.
Projects that come out of charrettes sometimes still face an uphill battle for approval as they wind their way through variances and the entitlement process. And, by themselves, charrettes don't permanently change the political dynamic that favors conventional suburban development.
Meanwhile, smart growth organizations have taken root across the US to fill the political void and support compact development. Smart growth groups have done a lot of good, but they, too, have not substantially changed the status quo on the ground. These policy-oriented groups generally operate at the state and national level. Important decisions are made at this level — such as standards for finance and allocations for highways and transit — but most of the day-to-day decisions on the built environment are made locally.
The competence
The competence to change the built environment lies with the urbanists who created the toolbox and design many of the plans, codes, and streets to create walkable places. The urbanists lack political influence. Smart growth activists are better connected to political power, but not at the local level where decisions are made.
Meanwhile, a groundswell of support is emerging for people-oriented places. Developers want to build in downtowns and town centers. Young people are so desperate for better streets that they have taken to painting crosswalks and bicycle lanes and narrowing thoroughfares without official permission.
A young business owner painting a crosswalk in Baltimore. Source: The Baltimore Brew
Bicycle-pedestrian and active transportation advocacy groups are forming — usually led by bicyclists. Health agencies are getting into the act with healthy communities initiatives. Most of these initiatives are not organized together.
In his upcoming book called Dead End, which I review in the March-April 2014 print issue of Better! Cities & Towns, Benjamin Ross presents three case studies of local coalitions that were able to overturn car-oriented land-use policies. These were formed in Portland, Oregon, Arlington, Virginia, and southern Montgomery County, Maryland, where the Purple Line transit system was approved. These coalitions began decades ago and stand out as unusual cases, yet the time may be ripe for this kind of local movement to become commonplace.
Constituencies in waiting
Constituencies for urban places are waiting to be tapped in many cities and towns, Ross argues. The future of smart growth over the next decade could be determined by local coalitions of citizens that will challenge the zoning and highway system that maintains sprawl. To be effective, these coalitions must offer a practical alternative. Therefore, these groups need people with skills to envision and implement well-designed urban places. Those people are the practitioners who can reliably employ the urbanist toolbox.
The coalitions may include the downtown business community, tourism-focused businesses, and even the Chamber of Commerce. Urban developers and firms dealing with sustainability and alternative transportation are likely to support reform in land use. Businesses are respected and can provide ongoing support for smart growth, but they are not sufficient.
Other groups that can be part of coalitions — health organizations promoting healthy community design are highly respected. Bicycle-pedestrian advocacy groups are energized and fearless — probably because their leaders ride bicycles in urban traffic daily. Nonprofits may play a key role if they have a track record in the community. They may receive support from respected foundations who can also sign on in favor of smart growth. The possible combinations will be different in every community.
Maybe the catalysts will be plans for transit, form-based codes, complete streets, major planning charrettes, or events like CNU 22 in Buffalo. Education is always part of these efforts, so why not motivation? Urbanists, if they are smart, will seek out and connect with groups that are already supporting, or likely to support, urban place and show them how to form stronger, more permanent coalitions for prosperous and sustainable neighborhoods and centers.
Robert Steuteville is editor and executive director of Better! Cities & Towns.
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> I find it amazing and worrisome that an object that size can get so close to Earth and hit Jupiter without astronomers learning about it until after the fact.
Amazing... maybe. But I wouldn't waste too much energy worrying about such an event.
> To me, it is an indication that current near-earth object surveillance systems are not worth much.
Correct. The effort is at an infantile stage.
Even if we knew a year ahead of an asteroid that was on target for the Earth, there's nothing in our current technological capabilities that could be done to divert the event. Our nuclear missiles weren't designed to go beyond Earth's gravitational pull, so they wouldn't be useful. And we most likely won't have a years warning; it'd be more like weeks if even that.
Some rough estimates put the number of asteroids in our own solar system to be about a billion. We're currently tracking an extremely small percentage of them; and that task is difficult enough as the asteroids make such infrequent appearances, and they're "small". But if even a small asteroid a few miles across in size traveling 60,000 miles/hr were to strike the Earth, it would drastically overshadow your bad hair day.
Bryson, Bill. A Short History of Nearly Everything.