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Equity Point London Paddington
HOTEL IN LONDON - The most exclusive location
The new Equity Point hotel in London find a place in the high-end Paddington neighbourhood, next to the train station, where the Heathrow Express connects the main London airport with the city centre in 15 minutes. You can enjoy Hyde Park, the green heart of the city, just 5 minutes awa or the magic of nearby Notting Hill.
It wasn't easy to find the ideal building for our hotel in London. It took over two years of research to find a building that could satisfy your needs. In a building that was designed and built as a hotel, Equity Point has applied all of its experience to its renovation by introducing all the elements common to the Equity Point Group hotels, with special attention to new technologies, community areas and the comfort of one of the sector's leading facilities.
The most elegant London Hotel
The Georgian style building, with its characteristic entrance flanked by white columns and typical windows of this architectural style, has 68 en suite rooms distributed over 7 floors, which offer our guests the choice of many different types of completely renovated rooms: from doubles to 8-bed rooms.
The importance of the community areas
Community areas with TV and Wi-Fi, cutting-edge internet technology, cafe for the hotel guests to use and wheelchair accessibility, are some of the facilities made available for the traveller staying in the new Equity Point hotel in London.
Important information
It will be required to show any oficial ID with photo at your arrival.
Persons under the age of 18 years are only allowed to stay in private rooms or dormitory rooms that are booked for use of one family or group of persons, and can not share dormitory rooms with other guests. People under 18 years old must travel with their parents or legal tutor.
1 pound per night will be charged if you pay with a credit card.
100-102 Westbourne Terrace
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With iPhone 5 announced and released, designers are back to the grindstone. In fact, they probably already have been for a while. A few new Apple patents filed just a few days ago provide some hints at what Apple cameras might do in the future.
One of the most inteteresting covers a number of gestures that would be used for location-based filtering and distortion. Basically, this would cover gestures used to make post-shot adjustments to your pictures whether you're using those to clean it up a bit, or mess with it for kicks.
Another of the patents covers a form of assisted image capture intended to help users take a picture that is "well-composed." The patent covers a system where an image is shown on the screen, can be frozen there if well-composed, and replaced by a second image if that second image is substantially similar to the first. Like most patents, it's intentionally vague.
The other five patents are mostly related to red-eye reduction, outlining various ways to identify it, and then remove it. Patents are very consiously constructed to have the widest breadth possible, so the ideas outlined in these could show up in any number of ways, shapes, or forms. Or not at all. Nevertheless, it looks like Apple might be turning some serious attention to its camera, and although it may not be a Pureview, the next iPhone/iPad camera could do some interesting things. [Patently Apple via CNET]


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Rob Havenstein, OL, Wisconsin
Particulars: 6-8, 335, senior
Buzz: In Havenstein, the Badgers return a third-year starter at right tackle who embodies the big, physical style of play Wisconsin's offensive front is known for. He was a second-team all-conference pick by Big Ten coaches last year and will make his 28th consecutive start when the Badgers take on LSU to open the season Aug. 30. "He works hard. He comes to practice every single day and works as hard as anybody in that group," said his position coach, T.J. Woods, prior to the Badgers' bowl game. "And I think he genuinely cares about being perfect and sharpening his sword and perfecting his craft."
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Matt Rotheram, OL, Pittsburgh
Particulars: 6-6, 340, senior
Buzz: The versatile Rotheram has started one season at guard and another at tackle for the Panthers. He's expected to be back at guard once again, and lead a Pitt line that needs much improvement as its most experienced member. The Panthers gave up 43 sacks, which ranked 118th out of 123 FBS schools.
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DeMarcus Hodge, DL, Arkansas
Particulars: 6-1, 343, junior
Buzz: While fellow defensive tackle Darius Philon will get more attention than Hodges this fall as the better pass rusher of the two, it will be Hodges doing more of the dirty work as a run stopper. He's got some big shoes to fill in former team leader Robert Thomas, who signed as an undrafted free agent with the Washington Redskins. But it's not as though he lacks experience -- Hodges made 27 tackles last season, 2.5 for losses, and knows how to hold his ground at the point of attack.
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Vadal Alexander, OL, LSU
Particulars: 6-6, 344, junior
Buzz: What says more about Alexander's size is that he's been able to start and play at a high level at two different positions in his first two years of college. The Tigers' starting right tackle as a true freshman in 2012, he moved to left guard last year and started every game. He led the team with 71 knockdown blocks last season while playing every snap in 10 of 13 games. After left tackle La'el Collins moves on to the NFL next year, don't be surprised if Alexander gets a look for the left tackle job in 2015.
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Ian Gray, OL, Rice
Particulars: 6-8, 345, senior
Buzz: Gray was at the top of the depth chart at left tackle going into spring practice, a sign that he might be ready to turn the corner as a starter in his final collegiate season. He's seen experience at both guard and tackle in his career, primarily as a backup, but has a few scattered starts to his credit, including one against UCLA in 2012.
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Zach Banner, OL, USC
Particulars: 6-9, 345, sophomore
Buzz: Banner was once a highly sought-after recruit, but endured a rough start to his college career after a hip condition requiring surgery put his 2013 season on ice. By all accounts, however, he was impressive in spring practice and is poised to be a starting tackle for the Trojans this fall. Said new coach Steve Sarkisian: "He is a big man who is hard to run around, 6-foot-whatever he is, 350 some odd pounds. A lot of his future will center around his confidence continuing to grow. He's a very bright guy. He's physically gifted enough, it's just a matter of getting him knowing that he is capable of doing it."
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Corey Robinson, OL, South Carolina
Particulars: 6-8, 348, senior
Buzz: The Gamecocks should have the best offensive line in the SEC East this year, if not the entire league (Texas A&M's will once again be stellar, but we digress ...), and Robinson is a major reason why. He'll be a third-year starter at left tackle, and while his footwork might still need some work, he is an extraordinarily physical drive blocker who can create a lot of open grass on the left side for star running back Mike Davis. The next crop of SEC offensive tackles destined to be NFL draft picks begins with A&M's Cedric Ogbuehi, but Robinson is definitely part of that conversation.
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Jamon Brown, OL, Louisville
Particulars: 6-6, 350, senior
Buzz: Brown will be a third-year starter this fall, entering the season with a full year of experience at left tackle and another (2012) at right tackle. There are some major differences in how things will be done on the offensive front under new coach Bobby Petrino, compared to the system under Charlie Strong. That'll be a challenge for Brown, but as a senior, one he'll be expected to overcome. He's also got a nice set of singing pipes -- not exactly Sinatra-quality -- but a lot better than the shower singer in your house.
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Tyson Chandler, OL, N.C. State
Particulars: 6-7, 354, senior
Buzz: Chandler returns this fall as the Wolfpack's starting right tackle. Bearing the same name as the New York Knicks center, who is one of the biggest players in the NBA, the Wolfpack's Chandler is about as big as it gets on the college gridiron. Chandler will be a third-year starter with nearly 2,000 career snaps of experience when the season begins. He'll be looking to lead improved protection of N.C. State quarterbacks, who were sacked 36 times last year (3.0 per game), more than all but 13 of 123 FBS teams.
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Aaron Morris, OL, Ole Miss
Particulars: 6-5, 355, junior
Buzz: What could have been a dominant year for Morris last season never even got started, as a torn ACL put him on the sideline in the Rebels' first game. He had been a full-time starter at guard in 2012, and even saw six starts as a freshman in 2011. Morris isn't just a big body -- he's a player -- and provides a physical presence to an offense known more for finesse than power. A healthy Morris in 2014 would be a major boost to the Ole Miss offensive front.
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Trenton Brown, OL, Florida
Particulars: 6-8, 361, senior
Buzz: The massive junior-college transfer wasn't expected to get much playing time last year, until the injury bug began picking the UF offensive line apart piece by piece. Once he surfaced in the lineup, Brown made five starts at the right tackle spot. This fall, he'll be playing offensive guard when he's not blocking out the sun. He might not have seen the field in an offense that requires more athleticism up front, but for what Will Muschamp likes to do, the former Georgia Military College transfer has found a fitting home at Florida.
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James Atoe, OL, Washington
Particulars: 6-7, 375, senior
Buzz: Atoe has just seven starts in his career, but one of them came in last year's bowl win over BYU, and he finished spring practice with an edge for a starting role. If he can finish the task and make it through fall camp with the Huskies' first-team offensive line, he'll be one of the most imposing-looking players in the Pac-12 this season.
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Mo Latu, DL, Arizona State
Particulars: 6-3, 384, junior
Buzz: After making just two tackles all of last season, Latu doesn't have the notoriety yet that his size demands. But he's obviously made an offseason move, as he showed up as a first-string nose guard on ASU's spring depth chart. Don't expect Latu to play much in third-down passing situations, unless a hurry-up offense prevents him from subbing out. But this fall, the early downs will be Mo Time at Sun Devil Stadium.
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LaQuan McGowan, OL, Baylor
Particulars: 6-7, 385, junior
Buzz: So how exactly did Baylor lose massive All-Big 12 offensive lineman Cyril Richardson to the NFL draft and get bigger at the guard position? The answer is LaQuan McGowan. He didn't start a game all season last year, but he surfaced as a starter on the Bears' spring depth chart. Given the pace at which Baylor's offense likes to snap the ball, McGowan could lose a few pounds just chasing after the Bears' first-down sticks this fall.
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Sad news yesterday in my inbox. Aaron wrote
It is with great sadness in my heart that I bring this news to you.
My dear, dear friend Val Kleitz died yesterday, August 10th, 2011. He was 51 years young. He was born on June 8th, 1960 He worked for years on Sundays at my shop and turned one corner into The Bikesmith, his old shop in Wallingford. Here is his bio page.
He died of cancer. As many of you know, he was battling it. The end was peaceful for him. He was surrounded by his family. There will be a wake soon and I will let ya'll know time and place.
I am dedicating the next (and all following) Cargo Bike Ride(s) to Val. He and I started the first Seattle Cargo Bike ride during Bike Summer 2005. In that time Val only missed a couple of rides and most just recently. Val loved the utility aspect of bicycles. The next Cargo Ride is this Labor Day, September 5th. Meet at 20/20 Cycle on Capitol Hill. More info.
Val built our Cargo bikes. The Bettie, Bettie 2.0, and 2.5 was his spec and work. He was a Go to Guy when I starting writing about Cargo and urban, utility cycling. As I wrote last night,
Every bike community has one. The mechanic that can fix everything who is also a historian. That was Val. He built our cargo bikes.
Val and I would debate topics at length, often on the side of the road, when we passed each other.
I think in these photos, the topic was Di2 or that QBP had bought Xtracycle. Possibly the Yuba Mundo. Val's photos are on Flickr too and he'll be missed.
Our thoughts are with those that knew him longer and better than we did, like the crew at Seattle Bike Supply.
More Val
See the Val tag for more posts, including the Best Shop Prank he pulled. Also, Cap'n the Pug was quite fond of Val too. Cause he had pecan sandies in those pickle buckets on his Dreadnought.…
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As a business owner, it's important to understand how the Affordable Care Act can affect your business. However, with so many misconceptions about how the Affordable Care Act works, this can be difficult. To clarify the myths versus facts, we're launching a new blog series called "Myth vs. Fact: The Affordable Care Act and Small Business".
This blog covers one of the most common myths we've seen out there: All businesses will be required to provide health insurance to all of their employees.
Fact: Employers are not required to provide coverage to their employees under the Affordable Care Act. However, starting in 2014, some businesses that do not offer health coverage to their full-time employees may be subject to a shared responsibility payment under the health care law.
How do I know if I may be subject to an Employer Shared Responsibility Payment?
Businesses with 50 or more full-time or full-time equivalent (FTE) employees that do not offer affordable health insurance that provides a minimum level of coverage to their full-time employees (and dependent children under the age of 26 starting in 2015) may be subject to a shared responsibility payment if at least one of their full-time employees receives a premium tax credit in an Affordable Insurance Exchange, or Marketplace. For the purposes of these provisions, a full-time employee is one who is employed an average of at least 30 hours per week.
Businesses will not be affected by these provisions if they already offer affordable health coverage that provides a minimum level of coverage to their full-time employees, which is the vast majority of these businesses.
Businesses with fewer than 50 full-time or FTE employees are generally not affected by these provisions. However, it's important to know that if companies have a common owner or are otherwise related, their total combined number of employees is used to determine whether each separate company is subject to these provisions — even if none of the member companies individually employ 50 or more full-time or FTE employees.
How can I find out if I meet the threshold number of 50 or more full-time or FTE employees?
To assist employers, the IRS has developed a helpful set of Q&As on the Employer Shared Responsibility provisions. The IRS has also issued a set of proposed rules relating to the Employer Shared Responsibility provisions, and is accepting written or electronic comments by or before March 18, 2013.BLOG COMMENTS POWERED BY DISQUS


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This Digest was prepared for debate. It reflects the legislation as
introduced and does not canvass subsequent amendments. This Digest
does not have any official legal status. Other sources should be
consulted to determine the subsequent official status of the
Passage History
Main Provisions
Contact Officer & Copyright Details
Date Introduced: 30 June 1999
House: House of Representatives
Portfolio: Education, Training and Youth Affairs
Commencement: Royal Assent or the day on which
Schedule 2 to the Australian National Training Authority
Amendment Act 1999 commences, whichever is the later.
The amendments
proposed by the Bill:
Commonwealth role in the provision
and support of vocational education and training (VET)
The Commonwealth provides grants to the States
and Territories for the provision and support of vocational
education and training primarily to the Technical and Further
Education system. Approximately one third of public expenditure on
the VET sector comes from the Commonwealth government. Arrangements
first established under the Vocational Education and Training
Funding Act 1992, provide for a single pool of funds
comprising the previously separate recurrent expenditure grants and
capital expenditure grants to be passed to the Australian National
Training Authority (ANTA) for allocation among the States and
The functions of ANTA include allocating and
remitting funding to State and Territory training agencies on the
basis of guidelines determined by the Ministerial Council, and
administering any programs, agreed by the Ministerial Council as
requiring national delivery, within the guidelines approved by the
Ministerial Council.
Funding arrangements under the ANTA
The Australian National Training Authority
Act 1992 gave effect to the ANTA agreement, announced by the
then Prime Minister on 21 July 1992, between the Commonwealth,
States and Territories for the establishment of ANTA. Under the
agreement, funding arrangements were made for the 1993-95
triennium. These included the Commonwealth's agreement to maintain
its then current financial support for VET; provide an injection of
$100 million in recurrent funding provided in the November 1991
One Nation economic statement; and an additional $70
million of growth funding for each year of the triennium. These
arrangements were subsequently extended to 1996 and 1997 by the
then Labor government.
In the 1996-97 Budget the new Coalition
government introduced an efficiency dividend on Commonwealth
own-purpose outlays which resulted in a 5% reduction of funding
provided to ANTA. In addition, the 5% real growth on base recurrent
funding was discontinued.
In its 1997-98 Budget the Commonwealth reduced
annual funding to the States and Territories appropriated under the
Vocational Education and Training Funding Act 1992, to
provide 'an incentive to the States to achieve efficiency gains in
their VET operations'.(2) The reduction, which took effect from 1
January 1998 and was to be carried into subsequent years, was
estimated to be approximately $20 million in the 1998 calendar
Negotiations for a revised ANTA Agreement took
place in 1997.(3) In April 1998 Commonwealth, State and Territory
vocational education and training Ministers reached consensus on a
three-year funding agreement. Under the revised ANTA Agreement, the
Commonwealth is committed to maintain current 1998 funding in real
terms ($904.144 million in 1998) for the three years 1998 to 2000.
The States and Territories agreed to maintain their level of
activities, and to the principle of growth through efficiencies.
The revised Agreement therefore locked in the reduction in annual
funding announced in the 1997-98 Budget.
Consistent with the Commonwealth's commitment
under the revised agreement to maintain real funding in 1998 terms,
the current Bill provides supplementation for the 1999
appropriation in accordance with real price movements reflected in
Treasury indices, and makes provision for base funding for the year
The effect of Item 1 of Schedule
1 is to amend the amounts payable to ANTA under section 9
of the Vocational Education and Training Funding Act 1992
in the following manner:
Carol Kempner
20 July 1999
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This climate is characterized by relatively high temperatures and evenly distributed precipitation throughout the year. This climate type is found on the eastern sides of the continents between 20° and 35° N and S latitude. In summer, these regions are largely under the influence of moist, maritime airflow from the western side of the subtropical anticyclonic cells over low-latitude ocean waters. Temperatures are high and can lead to warm, oppressive nights. Summers are usually somewhat wetter than winters, with much of the rainfall coming from convectional thunderstorm activity; tropical cyclones also enhance warm-season rainfall in some regions. The coldest month is usually quite mild, although frosts are not uncommon, and winter precipitation is derived primarily from frontal cyclones along the polar front.
The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "Cfa". (Humid Subtropical Climate).
The average temperature for the year in Boling is 69.6°F (20.9°C). The warmest month, on average, is August with an average temperature of 83.7°F (28.7°C). The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of 52.9°F (11.6°C).
The highest recorded temperature in Boling is 97.4°F (36.3°C), which was recorded in July. The lowest recorded temperature in Boling is 32.8°F (0.4°C), which was recorded in December.
The average amount of precipitation for the year in Boling is 47.5" (1206.5 mm). The month with the most precipitation on average is September with 5.4" (137.2 mm) of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is April with an average of 2.7" (68.6 mm). There are an average of 93.0 days of precipitation, with the most precipitation occurring in January with 10.0 days and the least precipitation occurring in October with 6.0 days.
In Boling, there's an average of 0.1" of snow (0 cm). The month with the most snow is January, with 0.1" of snow (0.3 cm).


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"Our community is core to our business. From the moment that people land or start their trip, they're going to be Tweeting and facebooking, they're basically opening up a conversation and we want to be part of it" - Venetia Pristavec, Creative Lead Airbnb.
Book a home, castle, room or even a private island anywhere in the world. Located in over 182 countries, Airbnb is a global community marketplace of unique, trustworthy spaces for rent.
In this video, discover how Airbnb uses HootSuite's social media management system to manage thousands of conversations around the globe. HootSuite's analytic tools monitor follower growth and social CRM, while tracking certain keywords over time, so that Airbnb can strategize social campaigns accordingly. From an International perspective, their voice needs to adapt for different markets and HootSuite manages those voices. ..."


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - This weekend, MIT played host to 20 teams in the International Tennis Association (ITA) New England Regional Women's Championships. MIT went 6-8 on the weekend as Kristen Alotta of Williams won the individual title while Julia Browne and Meghan McCooey of Tufts claimed the doubles championship.
MIT Senior Leslie Hansen, last year's runner-up, hoped to make the finals again this year and cruised through her first two matches without dropping a set. In the third round, Hansen won the first set over Alotta before the eventual champion rallied to win [2-6, 6-0 (10-8)]. Hansen was the first of four seeded players that Alotta would overcome to claim the singles crown.
MIT's other entries, sophomore Anastasia Vishnevetsky and senior Anisa McCree, both struggled in their first-round matches. Vishnevetsky was relegated to the consolation bracket by a loss to Kellen Alberstone of Bowdoin [6-1, 6-2]. After picking up wins over Nahrhree Han of Mt. Holyoke [6-2, 6-3] and Joy Backer of Vassar [7-6(5), 6-1], Vishnevetsky was finally taken down by Ashley Parsons of Williams [7-6(4), 5-7, 6-0]. McCree's losses came at the hands of Edwina Stewart of Tufts [6-4, 6-4] and Becca Heupel of Connecticut College [7-5, 7-5].
In the doubles draw, Hansen and Vishnevetsky scored victories over teams from Amherst [8-6] and Brandeis [8-1] to advance to the quarter-final and face #3 seed Grace Baljon and Taylor French of Williams. Baljon and French controlled the match and won [8-2], advancing them to the semifinals where they beat the #2 team of Mohona Siddique and Jacqueline Shen from Wellesley [8-5]. The Williams pair nearly upset the #1 seed Browne and McCooey, but the Tufts team swept the game-deciding tiebreaker for the win [9-8(0)].
MIT's doubles team of McCree and sophomore Alex Hall were handed an early exit by losses to the #4 seed Wheaton team of Nicole Pontee and Joy Backer [8-1] and Bowdoin's Kellen Alberstone and Brett Davis [8-1].
The Engineers host more tennis action this weekend when Mount Holyoke College pays a visit for a conference matchup on Saturday, September 26, at 1:00 p.m.


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I have a full Chinese, Japanese and Korean DataBase that I tracked down online and I'm thinking of installing it with limited or no packaging and a definite readme with correct attribution in Locale:
Would this be better placed in a Locale:DB/ directory?
Just for the record - The information is Creative-Commons-By-Share-Alike licensed with Attribution as the only prerequisite.
So I plan to document the DataBase accordingly with a locally updated copy of the repository as source for automated packaging.
So there is no legal limitations or other entanglements.


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ETFs and Risk Measurement: Sharpe, Treynor, and Sortino Ratios
The Sharpe, Treynor, and Sortino ratios are measures of what you get for the risk in any given ETF investment or any other type of investment, for that matter.
Back in 1966, a goateed Stanford professor named Bill Sharpe developed a formula that has since become as common in investment-speak as RBIs are in baseball-speak. The formula looks like this:
The risk-free rate of return generally refers to the return you could get on a short-term U.S. Treasury bill. If you subtract that from the total portfolio return, it tells you how much your portfolio earned above the rate you could have achieved without risking your principal.
You take that number and divide it by the standard deviation. And what that result gives you is the Sharpe ratio, which essentially indicates how much money has been made in relation to how much risk was taken to make that money.
Suppose Portfolio A, under manager Bubba Bucks, returned 7 percent last year, and during that year Treasury bills were paying 5 percent. Portfolio A also had a standard deviation of 8 percent. Okay, applying the formula,
That result wasn't good enough for Bubba's manager, so he fired Bubba and hired Donny Dollar. Donny takes the portfolio and dumps all its high-cost active mutual funds. In their place, he buys ETFs. In his first year managing the portfolio, Donny achieves a total return of 10 percent with a standard deviation of 7.5. But the interest rate on Treasury bills has gone up to 7 percent. Applying the formula,
The higher the Sharpe measure, the better. Donny Dollar did his job much better than Bubba Bucks.
The Treynor approach was first used by — you guessed it — a guy named Jack Treynor in 1965. Instead of using standard deviation in the denominator, it uses beta. The Treynor measure shows the amount of money that a portfolio is making in relation to the risk it carries relative to the market. To put that another way, the Treynor measure uses only systemic risk, or beta, while the Sharpe ratio uses total risk.
Suppose that Donny Dollar's portfolio, with its 10 percent return, had a beta of 0.9. In that case, the Treynor measure would be
Is 0.033 good? That depends. It's a relative number. Suppose that the market, as measured by the S&P 500, also returned 10 percent that same year. It may seem like Donny isn't a very good manager. But when you apply the Treynor measure (recalling that the beta for the market is always 1.0),
we get a lower number. That result indicates that while Donny earned a return that was similar to the market's, he took on less risk. Put another way, he achieved greater returns per unit of risk. Donny's boss will likely keep him.
Another variation on the Sharpe ratio is the Sortino ratio, which basically uses the same formula:
Note that instead of looking at historical ups and downs, it focuses only on the downs. After all, say members of the Sortino-ratio fan club, you don't lose sleep fretting about your portfolio rising in value. You want to know what your downside risk is. The Sortino-ratio fan club has been growing in size, but as yet, it is difficult to find Sortino-ratio calculations for any given security, including ETFs.


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Johannesburg: Global peace icon and former statesman Nelson Mandela was hospitalised Saturday for a "scheduled medical check-up", the South African presidency said, months after he underwent treatment for lung infection and gallstones.
"Former president Nelson Mandela was admitted to hospital in Pretoria this afternoon, 9 March 2013, for a scheduled medical checkup to manage the existing conditions in line with his age," said presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj in a statement.
"Doctors are conducting tests and have thus far indicated that there is no cause for any alarm," he added.
The 94-year-old spent 18 days in hospital in December, when he received treatment for a recurrent lung infection and had surgery to extract gallstones.
The stint was his longest hospital stay since his release from prison in 1990.
He was discharged the day after Christmas and was last known to be convalescing under high care at his home in Johannesburg.
Mandela's grandson Mandla, the current head of the family clan, flew to Pretoria from his Eastern Cape province home Saturday afternoon upon learning of the hospitalisation, a family member told AFP.
The family knew nothing yet of Mandela's condition, he said.
After his previous discharge doctors insisted he stay in Johannesburg for now to be near the country's top medical facilities.
He retired to his childhood village Qunu in the Eastern Cape a few years ago.
"We appeal for privacy both for the doctors to be able to attend to their patient and for Madiba and his family," said Maharaj, using the Nobel Peace laureate's clan name.
President Jacob Zuma visited Mandela on February 11 before attending the Africa Cup of Nations final in Johannesburg.
Zuma found the former statesman "comfortable and relaxed" and watching television.
"He had the brightest smile," said Zuma.
Maharaj Saturday told local television eNews Channel Africa (eNCA) the world icon looked well the last time he saw him.
"He was on that day (in) exceptional shape… he is 94 — we have to bear that in mind — and frail," said Maharaj, who spent a few years imprisoned on Robben Island off Cape Town's coast together with Mandela during apartheid.
It was unclear how long Mandela needed to stay in hospital this time, added Maharaj.
The revered statesman, who turned 94 last July, has not appeared in public since South Africa's Football World Cup final in 2010.
Rumours of his failing health or even death flare up periodically, forcing the government to issue assurances that all is well.
But authorities also have been known to play down his treatments as routine checkups.
His December hospitalisation was attributed to tests "consistent with his age".
In February last year he spent a night in hospital after receiving a minor exploratory procedure to investigate persistent abdominal pain.
In January 2011 he set the nation on edge when he was hospitalised for two nights with an unnamed acute respiratory infection, which the government initially described as "routine" testing.
While serving his 27-year prison term, Mandela was diagnosed with early stage tuberculosis in 1988, a disease which killed his father.
In 2001, he received radiotherapy treatment for prostate cancer and told reporters the following year that he had been given a clean bill of health against the disease.
Mandela served one term as South Africa's first black president after winning historic all-race elections in 1994.
Having spent almost three decades in prison for opposing apartheid, he is revered as the symbol of the country's peaceful shift into democracy after racist white minority rule.
He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993, together with apartheid South Africa's last president, FW de Klerk.
Mandela the man has grown increasingly frail in recent years, remaining out of the public eye at his rural home village in the Eastern Cape.


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The capital city of the country which is known as Madrid has got many quaint art halls which have a collection of artistic work of the famous artists of the country. Also the gorgeous paintings and jewels are designed in a beautiful way. Golden triangle name is given to a place where three main museums are ad joint. The history of Spain is described very deliberately here which is really refreshing and makes one feel the ancient Spain. Apart from this the bull fighting is the major game of the country or I can say national game of the country which would make you see the real action.
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November 21, 2012 -- Despite significant increases in the number of cases of early-stage breast cancer detected since the 1970s, screening mammography has only marginally reduced the rate at which women present with advanced cancer, according to new research published in the November 22 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
In a study sure to add fuel to the already heated debate over the benefits and harms of screening mammography, researchers from Oregon Health & Science University concluded that their data raise "serious questions about the value of screening mammography" -- despite also finding that death rates dropped nearly 30% over this time period.
"Although it is not certain which women have been affected, [our study data suggest] that there is substantial overdiagnosis, accounting for nearly a third of all newly diagnosed breast cancers, and that screening is having, at best, only a small effect on the rate of death from breast cancer," wrote lead author Dr. Archie Bleyer and colleague Dr. H. Gilbert Welch (NEJM, November 22, 2012, Vol. 367:21, pp. 1998-2005).
Bleyer and Welch used Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) data to examine trends from 1976 to 2008 in the incidence of early-stage breast cancer (ductal carcinoma in situ [DCIS] and localized disease) and late-stage breast cancer (regional and distant disease) among women 40 years or older.
The authors used the following steps to calculate the number of additional women with a diagnosis of early-stage cancer, as well as the reduction in the number of women with a diagnosis of late-stage cancer:
The authors found that introducing screening mammography in the U.S. has doubled the number of cases of early-stage breast cancer detected each year, from 112 to 234 cases per 100,000 women -- for an absolute increase of 122 cases per 100,000 women. At the same time, the rate at which women present with late-stage cancer has decreased by 8%, from 102 to 94 cases per 100,000 women, for an absolute decrease of eight cases per 100,000 women.
After cutting out excess incidence associated with hormone-replacement therapy and adjusting for trends in the incidence of breast cancer among women younger than 40 years of age, Bleyer and Welch estimated that breast cancer was overdiagnosed (i.e., tumors were detected on screening that would never have led to clinical symptoms) in 1.3 million U.S. women in the past 30 years.
"We estimated that in 2008, breast cancer was overdiagnosed in more than 70,000 women; this accounted for 31% of all breast cancers diagnosed," the team wrote.
And 30 years of mammography screening did little to affect the incidence of regional and distant late-stage breast cancer, Bleyer told AuntMinnie.com.
"Our study found that there was only an 8% increase in diagnosis of late-stage cancer, while early-stage cancer detection doubled," he said. "What we hope to see is that for every woman whose cancer is detected early, there's one less woman whose cancer is detected late. But that's not what happened, which suggests that there's something wrong with screening."
Bleyer and Welch found that over the same 30-year time frame, the rate of death from breast cancer decreased by 28%. But they attributed this decrease to a combination of the effects of screening mammography and better treatment.
"Whereas the decrease in the rate of death from breast cancer was 28% among women 40 years of age or older, the concurrent rate decrease was 42% among women younger than 40 years of age," Bleyer and Welch wrote. "In other words, there was a larger relative reduction in mortality among women who were not exposed to screening mammography than among those who were exposed. We are left to conclude, as others have, that the good news in breast cancer -- decreasing mortality -- must largely be the result of improved treatment, not screening."
Is it really disease?
What if what screening mammography finds is not, in fact, disease? Bleyer asked.
"We don't know what this is, what we're calling 'cancer' in early diagnosis," he told AuntMinnie.com. "The majority of the women diagnosed with cancer at screening don't get sick from it. So we're making something that isn't a problem into a problem."
There's no doubt, however, that breast cancer screening is an emotional topic, Bleyer said.
"Cancer is the most feared disease," he said. "And women believe that screening saved their lives. But our study suggests that the good news in breast cancer -- decreasing mortality -- must largely be the result of improved treatment, not screening."
Taking another view, Dr. Daniel Kopans, of Massachusetts General Hospital, countered that the thesis of breast cancer incidence returning to the baseline present before screening began is flawed. Bleyer and Welch contend that because the rate did not return to what they claim it should be, the difference between the actual rate and their suggested baseline represent cancers that would never progress, Kopans wrote AuntMinnie.com in an email.
"Bleyer and Welch chose to dilute the data by including DCIS along with invasive breast cancers," Kopans said. "There is legitimate importance in developing a better understanding of DCIS, and many investigators are trying to do this. But grouping DCIS with invasive breast cancers is simply done to exaggerate their conclusions. They also neglected to point out that if they looked at invasive cancers alone, and used a valid baseline for invasive cancers that increased by 1% per year from 1980 to 2008, they would have found that there were 100 per 100,000 cases of invasive cancer in 1980 -- and this should have reached at least 132 per 100,000 by 2008 simply based on the 1% per year trend from 1940."
Bleyer and Welch ignore the fact that a reduction in advanced-stage disease is not required to have a reduction in deaths from screening, and they do not take into account the fact that new cohorts of women begin screening each year, so their "prevalence" cancers will keep the "incidence" well above the baseline, Kopans told AuntMinnie.com.
"Overestimates of 'overdiagnosis' are smoke and mirrors," Kopans wrote. "There is no question that there are breast cancers that may not be lethal, but this is not the fault of screening. ... The bottom line is that ... the death rate from breast cancer, which had been unchanged for over 50 years, suddenly began to decline in 1990 shortly after the start of screening in the U.S."
In a statement, the American College of Radiology (ACR) weighed in as well, calling the study "deeply flawed and misleading."
"The authors suggest that the baseline incidence of breast cancer would have increased by 0.5% each year, when in fact, the data show that it would likely have increased by twice that amount," the ACR said. "Misleading articles, based on faulty assumptions and methodology, are counterproductive. If such misinformation is used to determine screening guidelines and recommendations, the cost may be lost lives."
Bleyer and Welch acknowledged that their study has limitations:
But what the study findings offer is a macro view, Bleyer and Welch wrote. Instead of focusing on a selected group of patients, a specific protocol, or a single point in time, it considers national data over a period of three decades. Breast cancer detection has got to shift from state of the art to "state of the science," Bleyer said.
"Instead of guessing at what we're seeing [on a mammogram] and getting it biopsied, we have to do a better job," he said. "That's one of the things this study is trying to do -- open up a line of research that could help determine what exactly the images are calling positive."


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DETROIT (AP) — Japan's Tatsuki Machida won the Skate America short program Friday night, outpacing Americans Jason Brown and Adam Rippon at Joe Louis Arena.
Machida scored 91.18 points to open the men's competition in the first ISU Grand Prix event of the season. Brown was second at 83.78, and Rippon third at 80.26.
Six of eight skaters fell on quad jump attempts in the mistake-filled session. Only Brown and Machida were able to execute their short programs without a serious error. Falls felled favorites such as 2010 world champion Daisuke Takahashi and defending Skate America winner Takahiko Kozuka.
"I was quite happy to skate a program without major mistakes," Machida said through a translator.
"I know there are many Japanese skaters with higher reputations than I have up to this present point. I am in the furthest position from being a favorite for the Olympic team. We only have three spots. It is going to be a very tough fight, but I have the determination."
In ice dance, Americans Meryl Davis and Charlie White easily won the short competition that featured the foxtrot and quickstep. They outclassed the field with their speed and technical precision, scoring 75.70 points.
Anna Cappellini and Luca Lanotte of Italy were second at 69.88, and the American brother-sister team of Maia and Alex Shibutani followed at 61.26.
The men's long program and ice dance free skate will be Saturday.
Skate America marked Brown's senior-level Grand Prix debut. He made quite a thematic statement, skating to Prince's The Question of U and wearing a black, purple and silver-sequined outfit.
Brown skated cleanly, showing showmanship, strong spins, and a good connection to the guitar-driven rock song. Brown was the only competitor in the field who does not attempt a quad, but did achieve strong height on his triple axel and triple flip-triple toe combinations.
"My main goal was to get experience, and grow," Brown said. "I'm really excited, a little bit shocked. I am so excited for the long (program)."
Rippon wasn't sure if he'd be able compete in the short program, after breaking his boot during Thursday's practice session. He had the boot repaired, and managed to post a personal-best score.
His only mistake was touching down his right hand for balance, after an awkward landing on his opening quad lutz attempt. Rippon recovered his composure, powering through his triple axel and triple flip-triple toe loop combo cleanly and with notable height.
Rippon was clearly pleased with his skate, to a suite of strings and drums music from Carmen, happily pumping his fists at the conclusion.
"My main goal was to go out there for the quad lutz and give it a good attempt," Rippon said. "I was a little hesitant out there throughout, but I tried not to show it. I love my short program, but I am even more comfortable with my long."
The rest of the Skate America field suffered spills and disappointment.
American Max Aaron fell on his first jumping pass, 22 seconds into his up-tempo program. He landed cross-footed on his quad salchow attempt, sealing his score to 75.91 and sixth place.
Artur Gachinski of Russia upped the ante on mistakes, falling twice on his jumping passes. He fell hard on the landing of his opening quad toe loop, failing to complete the planned triple toe loop of the combination. Gachinski went down again on his next try, falling to his hands and knees. He was last at 69.81.
The quad toe also felled Alexander Majorov of Sweden, as he destroyed the landing on his opening sequence. He scored 74.97 to land in seventh.
Kozuka tripped during his triple lutz-triple toe sequence, as he stepped out of the lutz landing and failed to complete the combination. He had strong height on his other jumps, putting him in fourth place with 77.75.
Takahashi's subpar skate was a surprise. He under-rotated his opening quad toeloop, and fell. The tone was set, and Takahashi's characteristic verve seemed sapped. He was fifth at 77.09.
There are three notable omissions from the Skate America men's field, due to withdrawals. Missing were 2007 world champion Brian Joubert of France, rising star Denis Ten of Kazakhstan, and 2010 Vancouver Olympic gold medalist Evan Lysacek of the U.S.
Ten, who finished second at the 2013 world championships, likely would have been the strongest contender of the three at Skate America. He has emerged as one of the top skaters in the world over the past year, buoyed by his evocative artistry.
Skate America is a missed opportunity for Lysacek, who at 28, is in major comeback mode. He has not competed since he won the Olympic gold, and he will skate in a qualifying event and post a minimum score to be eligible for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. He withdrew from Skate America due to a torn labrum.
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NEW YORK -- After David Wright grounded out with a runner on third to end the eighth, he removed his protective gear while looking away from the bat boy, then, bareheaded, walked across the diamond to his position.
About halfway across the infield grass, he altered course just a little to the right, toward shortstop. He had been playing there since teammate Justin Turner sprained his right ankle in the third inning of the Mets' 8-4 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday.
"David showed he's human, he can fall into a little funk just like everyone else," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "He's been so good for so long that you come to expect that he's always going to get a hit and we know that's not going to be the case."
The Mets, who had won three in a row and six of their last eight, altered course just a little, too. Turner could be headed to the disabled list, thinning an already stretched infield just as the rest of the Mets were starting to help Wright carry the load this season. Ronny Cedeno sat Monday because of a strained left calf.
Former Mets third baseman Ty Wigginton drove in a career-high six runs for Philadelphia with a homer and a pair of two-out hits and Cole Hamels won his eighth straight decision.
"It was one of those days when they got better pitching and their bats were a little hotter," Wright said.
A day after the Phillies lost Roy Halladay to shoulder soreness after two innings, Hamels (8-1) pitched well enough to match St. Louis' Lance Lynn for the major league lead in wins.
Hamels struck out six and allowed seven hits in eight innings to help the Phillies win for the fifth time in six games following a season-long four-game losing streak. Scott Hairston and Vinny Rottino each hit tying two-run homers for the Mets.
Hamels finally retired Wright on a changeup, a pitch he hadn't intended to throw during the at-bat.
"If I would have thrown that any time earlier, I think he would have crushed it," Hamels said. "There's a reason he's hitting .380 or whatever."
Down 5-4, the Mets threatened in the eighth when pinch-hitter Andres Torres doubled. With one out and Torres on third, Daniel Murphy grounded out and then also grounded out to end the inning. Wright has gone hitless in his last 14 at-bats, dropping his average to .373.
Turner got hurt after he was caught in a rundown.
Rob Johnson was held up at third when Philadelphia right fielder Pence fired home, and Turner tried to take second. Catcher Brian Schneider threw to second baseman Freddy Galvis to start the rundown, and shortstop Jimmy Rollins chased Turner back to first.
Turner lunged for the bag and tumbled into foul territory behind the base, where he writhed in pain as Mets staff came out to assist him. After about a minute, he was assisted off the field.
"From where I stood, I actually thought he blew out his Achilles tendon," Collins said.
Wright moved to shortstop from third base, playing the position for the second time in his major league career. He played there in the eighth and ninth innings last Aug. 7, when Jose Reyes and Murphy were hurt in a game. In the fifth inning Monday, Wright went to his left to scoop a grounder and threw sharply to first, prompting cheers.
Hairston went deep against Hamels with two outs in the sixth, following Kirk Nieuwenhuis' leadoff single and tied it at 4. Rottino's homer tied the score at 2 in the fifth.
Bobby Parnell (1-1) gave up a leadoff single to Jimmy Rollins in the seventh and Wigginton, who played for the Mets from 2002-2004, singled two outs later for a 5-4 lead.
Wigginton added a three-run homer in the ninth off Manny Acosta and went 3-for-3 with two walks. Wigginton also hit a two-run double in the third.
John Mayberry put the Phillies up 4-2 with homer after Wigginton walked to lead off the sixth. It was the second and last hit Jonathon Niese gave up. Niese walked five and allowed four earned runs in five-plus innings while throwing 115 pitches on a sticky day.
Niese's struggles came on the heels of two impressive starts for the Mets. R.A. Dickey struck out 10 and pitched into the eighth on Sunday, a day after Johan Santana shut out San Diego. Mets pitchers combined for 28 scoreless innings before the Phillies scored in the third inning.
Although the Phillies, like the Padres, came into New York in last place, this was clearly a different team. They worked walks from Mets pitchers and didn't chase poor pitches.
"One thing we're looking at right now is Thursday," Collins said. "We've played 20 straight without a day off, no rain, nothing, and we're getting tired. So it will be good to get to that off day. But we've got to grind it out."
NOTES: The Mets made no transactions after the game, but said RHP Chris Schwinden and INF Omar Quintanilla were traveling to New York from Triple-A Buffalo. ... Wright and Murphy made fielding errors in the first inning, but Niese escaped with no damage. ... I'll Have Another trainer Doug O'Neill, owner Paul Reddam and jockey Mario Gutierrez plan to be at the Mets-Yankees game June 8 -- less than 24 hours before their Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner takes his shot at the Triple Crown. ... Mets C Josh Thole (concussion) caught five innings in an extended spring training game, and Jason Bay (broken rib) and Ruben Tejada (quad strain) also DHed in the game.


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Pastor's Welcome
We're so glad you are considering visiting Calvary. If you don't find the answers to your questions on this page, please call the church office at (859) 254-3491 and we'll be happy to provide any additional information for you. We hope to see you soon at Calvary Baptist Church!
Introduction to Calvary
Frequently Asked Questions
What time are your Sunday Worship Services?
Our 8:30 a.m. worship service takes place in the Fellowship Hall in Calvary's Recreation Outreach Center. It is a contemporary service where dress is casual, music is contemporary, and coffee, juice and doughnuts are served before and after the service. Our traditional service takes place at 11:00 a.m. in the sanctuary. The sanctuary choir leads in worship with traditional hymns and the service is more liturgical. Our pastor, Dr. Robert Baker, offers the same wonderful message at both services.
How do I get to Calvary?
Calvary Baptist Church is located at 150 East High Street in downtown Lexington, KY at the corner of Martin Luther King Boulevard and East High Street (at the viaduct).
Where should I park?
There are several parking lots adjacent to the church property. Please scroll down to see the map below for parking locations.
Is there childcare?
Yes. There is childcare for birth through pre-K age children during both worship services. Experienced childcare workers lovingly supervise children. Security stickers are provided to parents who drop off preschoolers and a sticker with a matching number will need to be displayed when picking up children. In addition beepers are provided to parents of young preschoolers.
How can we find a Sunday School Class?
There are Sunday School classes for birth through senior adults beginning at 9:45 a.m. Birth through Kindergarten classes meet in Education Building 1 (EB1) which is the building adjacent to the sanctuary building. Birth through two years, meet on the first floor and three years through kindergarten meet on the second floor. Elementary age classes meet on the second floor of Education Building 2 (EB2), which is just across Rodes Avenue from the sanctuary building. Preteens (6th graders) meet in the basement of EB2 and grades 7-12 meet in the lower level of the sanctuary building. For more information you may visit the welcome desk on Sundays. It is located on the first floor of EB2 just inside the Rodes Avenue covered walkway.
What goes on at Calvary on Wednesday nights?
On Wednesday evenings our church family meets for our regular Wednesday night fellowship dinner in the ROC Fellowship Hall. Dinner is served from 5:00 pm til 6:00 pm and cost is $5 for adults, $2 for students and children, and $1.50 for a kid's meal (deli sandwich, chips, and ice cream).
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At 6:05 p.m. children 3 years old through grade 5 have children's choir practice. At 6:30 the children begin missions study. For youth there is a Wednesday night Bible study in the youth lounge at 6:00. College Bible Study takes place from 6:15 until 7:15 p.m. at our High Point College Building at the corner of Martin Luther King and Maxwell. For adults, there is a 5:55 p.m. prayer and praise service in the Fellowship Hall followed by adult discipleship classes from 6:15 until 7:00 p.m. Children and youth adjourn at 7:20 p.m. Free childcare is available for birth through age 2 from 5:30 p.m. until 7:15 p.m. on the first floor of EB1. Also on Wednesday nights, the sanctuary choir practices from 6:30 til 8 p.m. in the music suite on the second floor of EB1.
Who should I talk to if I have other questions?
Please give us a call at the church office (859) 254-3491 or e-mail your questions. On Sunday mornings, please feel free to stop by our welcome desk on the first floor of EB2 just inside the Rodes Avenue covered walkway that connects to the sanctuary building. We hope to see you soon at Calvary!
8:30 am, Worship in the Fellowship Hall
Features music from our praise band and singers. The music is contemporary in style and the atmosphere is casual.
11:00 am, Worship in the Sanctuary
Music in this service is led primarily by our sanctuary choir, piano, and organ. We often hear from our handbell, children or youth choirs, as well as instrumental and vocal soloists.


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2 Hour Hollywood Cemetery Segway PT Tour
From USD $69.00
- Duration: 2 Hours (approx.)
- Location: Richmond, Virginia
- Product code: PH2V4L
Very popular on a Segway PT. Hollywood is the second most visited cemetery in the country behind Arlington. Hear many stories about notables there- two U.S. presidents are buried there- one includes an incredible dream of eagles and death by his wife, Jefferson Davis and his family (most of his 5 children died before adolescence), Supreme Court Justice Louis Powell, governors, and many other notables, including a survivor of the Titanic who became a prominent Richmond banker but surrounded with lots of scandal. Hear the story of one of Richmond's oldest families and the unusual and unique way they originally made their fortune. Hear about duels until the 1880s, "Extra Billy" Smith and his role in the Civil War and later as Governor of Virginia. Learn of Lewis Ginter who built the Jefferson Hotel and how he became the force behind marketing of tobacco. Loaded with Civil War history and notables including J.E.B Stuart and George Pickett, hear the part this cemetery played in creating a national holiday- Memorial Day. An amazing place of serenity and tremendous beauty including spectacular views of both the river and the city, Hollywood is a must for any visitor or local.


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2006 Mercedes-Benz S550 vs. 2006 BMW 750Li vs. 2006 Audi A8L
Mercedes-Benz S550: The Megalomaniac
As Michelle Pfeiffer's character says in the 1983 film Scarface, "Nothing exceeds like excess." That is the attitude of the redesigned Mercedes-Benz S-class, the very definition of five-figure automotive excess. The front seats, for example, can be adjusted to any of approximately one bazillion possible combinations of lumbar, firmness, temperature, bolstering, and, yes, even massage (we preferred the "fast and vigorous" setting despite its being moderately fast and only somewhat vigorous). Through the same screen and navigation wheel that controls the seats, one can also specify lighting and locking preferences, along with various navigation settings. The Mercedes COMAND system (a console-mounted dial to control computer functions), while still confusing to neophytes, is not as difficult to manage as BMW's iDrive, and we found ourselves becoming professionals in no time. The rear passengers are not ignored either; our test model featured optional reclining rear seats and power sunscreens. With the seats reclined and the full-glass roof open, clear, starry nights in the back of this Benz are an unforgettable experience.
Getting behind the wheel is rewarding as well. A whopping 382 horsepower brings the S550 up to highway speed in good time considering the car's 4377-pound heft. Mercedes suspension engineers have also done a wonderful job with this car, as it is much smoother on rough highways than the BMW 750Li and just as agile through the twisties. We enjoyed the steering feel of the big Benz, too, but many older buyers will find the wheel too weighty in slower city driving. The weakest point for this Merc actually makes a lot of sense when you think about the problem with excess. Too much is often too much, and the S550 just can't slow down, with brakes that are not on par with the massive plates hiding behind the wheels of the 750Li. At least they're better than the brake-by-wire system found on some other Benzes.
If extroverted Maybachian styling, gigabytes of technogadgetry, and plush opulence are for you, the Mercedes-Benz S550 is the perfect sedan. The many pieces of the car come together with the harmony of a world-class rowing team, and the result is a ride that is just as smooth and quick. Megalomania doesn't come cheap, though. The S550 is tagged with a base price of $86,175, or $11,000 more than the closest competitor. Our test model, outfitted with nearly every option other than night vision, broke the six-figure boundary, with a grand total cost over $102,000. But in this class of automobile, can you really put a price on one-upsmanship?
BMW 750Li: Its fifteen minutes are over.
Not long ago, the BMW 7-series was the center of attention in the automotive world. Sure, the Z4 roadster was the first with Chris Bangle's fiery styling cues, but that was on a small sports car, not the company flagship. Along with iDrive and the many jokes (can they please be over already?) brought on by that little dial, the car's styling made for plenty of water-cooler conversation. Nevertheless, it's always been fantastic to drive, enough so that we've given the car two Automobile All-Star awards since 2002. But times have changed, and Mercedes-Benz has improved upon the winning BMW formula. With the exception of the brakes (we'll leave the styling of these two up to you), the S550 outclasses the 750Li in every way. COMAND is far more manageable than iDrive, and the Merc is faster and more capable than the BMW. The massive brakes on the 750 are still best-in-class, but the Benz's capable chassis exposes the suspension flaws of the BMW. In sport mode, the big Bimmer rides too harshly over rougher surfaces, while comfort mode makes the car too soft. The Mercedes manages to find a happy medium. The 4.8-liter V-8 of the 750Li is new for 2006, and is also found in the 550i and 650i. We credit BMW for good foresight here; they had to assume that Mercedes-Benz would use the new S-class to continue the escalating power war, and 360 horsepower keeps the BMW close--the Audi A8L, unfortuntely, disappears in the rear-view.
Younger people will appreciate the 750Li's interior which, while not as drop-dead gorgeous as that of the A8L, is edgier and more modern than the flowing curves of the Mercedes. However, the seat adjustments, while half as intricate as those of the Benz, are twice as complicated to use. This group of cars is a tough bunch of lemmings to run with. Audi, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz have been following each other's lead for years, each improving on ideas introduced by the other two. Right now, the BMW is the lone competitor not offering all-wheel drive, and it suffers as the originator of the wheel-controlled on-board computer, having the most primitive and complicated form of the concept. The Mercedes-Benz, with its wildly flared styling and more advanced computers, has rewritten the ostentatious luxury book BMW published a few years back, and for the time being, is at the top of the class. But rest assured, BMW is working late into the night with books full of visions and revisions to blow our minds again soon enough.
Audi A8L: The cool, quiet type
The Audi A8L is an automotive anomaly. It isn't as fast as the BMW 750Li or the Mercedes-Benz S550. The brakes are less vigorous--by quite a lot--and it certainly doesn't carve the curves with the same verve. It doesn't have as many gadgets, and the seats don't massage you, cool you, or hold you in place with powered bolsters. It doesn't do any of these exciting things, but at the same time, it doesn't do anything wrong either.
In our February 2005 issue, we asked whether anybody had "seen someone in an Armani suit running the 110-meter hurdles?" The A8L may not win that dash, but it does it with an understated elegance that the extroverted Sean Jean Mercedes-Benz and Polo Sport BMW can't match. It is for that reason that a good portion of our staff still dreams of an A8L in the garage. The $11,500 "Audi Exclusive" interior package (suede headliner, black piping on upgraded cream leather, wood inlays) on our test model didn't hurt either, and even led one staffer to proclaim it "the sexiest sedan interior in the world." Just as the butter-soft leather and custom wood dash inlays could be called smooth, so could everything else about the car. The sheetmetal--its Armani suit--that wraps around the car is the best representation of the current Audi styling language, and the huge full-length grille looks bold and luxurious. The steering, while too light to be truly sporty, is fluid and consistent, unlike the constantly changing Benz and BMW systems. The throttle and brakes are also easy to modulate, and although the Audi's 335-horsepower 4.2-liter V-8 is not world-beating, it is as smooth as ever.
It is hard to judge the A8L in terms of the S550 or the 750Li. While they're all similar in size, power, and price, the Audi has completely different intentions. It doesn't strive to be the most technological or the most powerful, but instead the easiest to live with day-in and day-out. The seats adjust with regular buttons as they have for years, and while Audi's MMI is similar to BMW iDrive and M-B COMAND, it is less intrusive and only used for stereo, navigation, and a few various lighting and car data commands. The A8L is for the affluent American who doesn't need to jump out and say "look at me!" and doesn't need to show off their computerized toys to their friends. It is a car whose goal is to stay out of your way and just sail along. If that's for you, hop in the back seat, open the optional champagne cooler, and let's toast to the Audi A8L and its bargain (we're talking relatively, here) base price of $72,090.


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'Women raped by rioters in Muzaffarnagar'
Police official who reveals the horror of sexual assault does not want to be named, but state women's commission confirms receiving information of such atrocities and says it will hold public hearings in western Uttar Pradesh.lucknow Updated: Sep 13, 2013 04:14 IST
Women have been raped and molested by rioters in Muzaffarnagar, but are too scared to complain, according to a police official in the western Uttar Pradesh district located barely 125 km northeast of national capital Delhi.
"In some villages located at Pugana, Mirpur and Shahpur area of the district, the rioters killed the men and raped the women," the official who did not want to be named said on Thursday.
Doctors at the district hospital said some of the riot-affected women they treated had been sexually assaulted. The doctors too did not want to be quoted.
Zarina Usmani, chairperson of the UP state women's commission, however, confirmed receiving information about such atrocities on women during the communal violence in Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, Baghpat, Saharanpur and Meerut districts.
"A fact-finding team of the women's commission will visit the riot-hit districts of western Uttar Pradesh soon," she said.
"A majority of the (victimised) women are from weaker sections of the society and being threatened to remain silent. The women's commission has planned to hold public hearings in all the riot-hit districts."
Usmani said the commission would urge the women to come forward and register their complaints. "The women's commission will also hold talks with the leaders of khap panchayats over the issue."
On women being raped and molested during the riots, UP home secretary Kamal Saxena said no woman had registered a complaint with the police. "Police will take action after getting complaints."
The All India Progressive Women Association (AIPWA) too has decided to visit the riot-hit areas.
AIPWA leader Tahira Hasan said the communal violence that erupted on September 7 and atrocities on women was blot on democracy.
Referring to the suspected root of the flare-up, the vulgar remarks passed on a girl on August 27 in Kaval village of Muzaffarnagar and three subsequent murders of people from different communities, she said timely police action could have stopped escalation of tension.
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Recovery issues top Bellport election
With a population hovering around 2,000 people, the village of Bellport maintains a vibrant presence on the South Shore of Suffolk County.
But behind the village's picturesque Main Street and scenic waterfront lie serious issues of revitalization, economic woes and storm recovery, say candidates for the village's board of trustees.
As Mayor Will Veitch prepares to leave office this year, three candidates are running to replace him, and four are vying for two trustee seats.
The village's economic situation is each candidate's top priority.
"We're getting less and less for our taxes and some of us are not from very wealthy positions," said Janine Roe, who is running for mayor.
Roe, 53, an administrator, grew up in Bellport and ran the Ho Hum beach concession for 11 seasons. An unsuccessful trustee candidate in 2009, she also has served as a volunteer firefighter.
"I think we're failing on creating a village that is full of life and vitality and young people," she said, adding her work as a "community organizer and activist" will help her to revitalize the village's faltering downtown. "I think we need a good manager."
Raymond Fell, 67, was superintendent of the Patchogue-Medford school district before retiring in 2001. A former trustee, he served one term and lost a re-election bid in 2009. He's a supporter of the Boys and Girls Club of Bellport, and active in the Bellport Village Program Fund beautification group.
Fell said the village hasn't effectively marketed its amenities, which include the golf course, marina, Ho Hum beach on Fire Island and a bay beach. "The village golf course has been losing money over the last three or four years," he said. "A new plan has to be developed."
He also mourned the state of the village's commercial area. "The downtown area is in a depressed state right now," he said. Fell said with his background of winning several grants for the village as trustee, he could reach out to "landlords and business owners, help them to do what they need to do to improve their business."
The third mayoral candidate is trustee James Vaughan, 64, a retired Brookhaven Town parks and recreation supervisor. He has served four years as trustee. A Vietnam War vet, he's a volunteer firefighter and fire police captain, trustee of the South Bay Art Association, and former South Country school district school board member.
Vaughan said the village has to fix its downtown. "It's very difficult for stores to make it in this community in these economic times, and we have to be more creative," he said.
He said the village is applying for county and town funding for much-needed sewer lines to allow vacant storefronts to have wet-store uses, such as spas or nail salons. He also said some village amenities were damaged by superstorm Sandy. "We're working with FEMA to repair that, but it's a very arduous process," he said.
Fell is running with trustee candidates Michael Ferrigno and Robert Rosenberg.
Ferrigno, 74, a retired veterinarian, grew up in Patchogue and has lived in Bellport for decades. He said he hopes the new village board can tap into residents' skills and expertise for help with issues ranging from loans to legal matters. "It's a question of creating a committee that's directed to specific goals, and getting their input," he said. "The more eyes you have looking at the subject, the better the decision is."
Rosenberg, 56, lives in Manhattan and Bellport. He's a retired insolvency lawyer and mediator. In addition to helping the downtown and better managing village amenities, he said the board will have to handle "wise rebuilding of the waterfront after the damage from the hurricane."
Vaughan is running with trustee candidates Fred Hall and Kenneth Budny.
Hall, 61, is vice president and general manager of the Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Steamboat Company. He moved to Bellport in 2011 and also is concerned about the downtown. "I would make it a priority to fill all the storefronts," he said. "I'd like to get all the business people in one room and ask what's working and what's not working in Bellport."
Incumbent trustee Budny, 67, is a retired clam digger who works for the Post-Morrow Foundation nature conservancy in Brookhaven hamlet. He said the village is working on better operation of the golf course. "It's an important part of our village," he said. He also said that amid widespread investigations into allegations of improper contracts awarded for Sandy cleanup, Bellport has been untouched. "We haven't been investigated because our village clerk has done a wonderful job of documenting everything," he said.
The mayor's salary is $9,000, and trustees make $5,400 yearly for two-year terms. Voting is Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Bellport Community Center, 4 Bell St.
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George Clooney Pictures at the Telluride Film Festival
George Clooney Switches Gears to Talk The Descendants at Telluride
George Clooney joined his Descendants costar, Shailene Woodley, and director Alexander Payne yesterday for a Q&A session during the Telluride Film Festival. He was there as the star of the movie after a stint in Venice, where he was the force behind the lens representing The Ides of March. It's shaping up to be a busy Fall for George between the two projects — The Ides of March, out on Oct. 7, and The Descendants, which hits theaters Nov. 23. The Descendants reviews are already good, and some are even mentioning Oscar nominations for George and Alexander! Despite the multitasking George has nonetheless found time to play host to famous friends, like Cindy Crawford, Rande Gerber, and Bono at his Lake Como pad, in addition to moving on from ex Elisabetta Canalis with rumored new interest Stacy Keibler.


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There is a pedigree of role-playing fan out there that inherently 'gets' the Kingdom Hearts series. To these magical people each new entry in the series is another skein of thread being woven into a glorious tapestry of fantastic fiction.
And then there are the game reviewers.
Having reviewed several Kingdom Hearts titles myself, I can honestly say that there's nothing more terrifying that hitting that submit button and waiting for the die-hard fans to scrutinize every syllable I've committed to digital paper. Did I mistakenly refer to Vanitas as Xenahort? Did I get Sora, Roxas, Xerox and Rorschach mixed up again? Did I refer to the series as a confusing mess, and need to be put down?
Well this time around I dodged that bullet. These poor unfortunate game critic souls, however, did not.
There's not a long history of video game crossovers, but when they do happen they rarely go for the obvious. But the likes of Marvel Vs. Capcom and turning Mario & Sonic into a sports game has nothing on a crossover between Disney movies and Final Fantasy games.
The two universes seem to have little in common, but Kingdom Hearts has been a huge money-spinner for Square Enix - even though it hasn't seen a numbered sequel since 2006. Even though it seems to be leading into Kingdom Hearts III this is yet another side story, and a confusing one if you're not already familiar with the overarching plot.
Kingdom Hearts 3D follows the events of last year's Kingdom Hearts re: Coded for the DS. Series protagonists Sora and Riku must undergo the Mark of Mastery test — a physical examination that, if passed, will earn them the title of Keyblade Masters. They advenure to worlds based on movies such as The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Tron Legacy, with both protagonists working through their own unique storyline in each area.
In Kingdom Hearts 3D the usual enemies, the Heartless, have been replaced by Dream Eaters, who look like university freshers on their way to a UV party. While lacking the scare factor, there is a plus side to these colourful characters, as you can recruit friendly Dream Eaters (known as Sprites) to your party to help in battle. Sprites are customisable, with lots of different paint gun colours to collect and spray to your heart's content. There is also a new 'petting' feature, similar to Nintendogs, where you tap the lower screen with your stylus to give your Sprite a stroke, earning you 'Link' power-ups to make your compadre stronger in battle. You can also take 3D photos of your Sprite, but only if you really want to.
Flowmotion, meanwhile, allows you to hurl yourself around the environment. Activated by rolling into an object or larger enemy, it can be used to travel quickly or to unleash immensely powerful attacks. To begin with, it's basic stuff - high altitude slam attacks, whirling around a post and clobbering everyone in range, or throwing an enemy into the distance - but like almost everything else in Dream Drop Distance, the more you experiment, the more layers you uncover.
It's just a shame that the game's camera isn't always up to the task of keeping Flowmotion in the "pro" column as opposed to the "con". The whirling, lurching motion can be distracting or downright disorientating during combat, while the need to cram a lot of info into the small 3DS screen adds to the cramped feeling of data overload. The game is compatible with the Circle Pad Pro, it helpfully points out, and will no doubt look the business on the 3DS XL. It's just a shame that the greatest weakness in a game that pushes boundaries in so many other areas is something as old and irritating as a poor camera.
There is considerable meat to the gameplay, for sure, but mechanically the game leaves a lot to be desired. Swapping commands on the 3DS' awkwardly positioned D-pad is very difficult to do while moving, and that can be deadly during a boss battle. The lock-on system is functionally the same as previous games', but here it just can't seem to do the job. There's frequently so much going on and so many enemies around that you'll struggle to lock onto the correct enemy, and you'll end up flying off in random directions or accidentally Flowmotioning off of a wall or large enemy.
It's a beautiful looking game on the 3DS, and compares favourably to the gorgeous Birth By Sleep on the PSP. It's certainly a step up from any other Nintendo handheld entry in the series (which isn't saying much, I know), and looks pretty fantastic in full 3D. The soundtrack is also filled with a lot familiar tunes, but also some catchy new ones and a nice Dearly Beloved remix at the title screen.
And if you're new to the series, there's a lot of optional material in the game that'll attempt to catch you up on the overall plot, with various text breakdowns that kick in at important points of the story. I'd say to really appreciate everything going on it's a good idea to be familiar with the PS2 and PSP entries at least, but I think you could come into this cold and still have some fun.
Although it's hard not to miss Donald and Goofy-or, for that matter, party members who can actually talk-it's easy to ignore the inevitably incomprehensible story (and even skip cut-scenes) in favour of whacking your way through lovely Disnified worlds. Dream Drop Distance isn't a great game. Nor would it earn a particularly high ranking on my list of "video games you must play in your lifetime" (which, of course, starts with Suikoden II). But it sure is fun.
I have the game. I enjoy the game. I have no idea what is going on.


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Canadian Criminal Law/Offences/Flight from a Peace Officer
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|Flight from a Peace Officer
|s. 249.1 of the Crim. Code
|Election / Plea
|Crown Election
|Prov. Court
SC Judge + PI (I)
SC Jury + PI (I) (536(2))
|6 months jail or $5,000 fine (259)
|Indictable Dispositions
|Avail. Disp.
|same as summary
|5 years jail
|Offence Elements
Sentence Principles
Sentence Digests
- (1) Every one commits an offence who, operating a motor vehicle while being pursued by a peace officer operating a motor vehicle, fails, without reasonable excuse and in order to evade the peace officer, to stop the vehicle as soon as is reasonable in the circumstances.
- (2) Every one who commits an offence under subsection (1)
- (a) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years; or
- (b) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.
Flight causing bodily harm or death
- (3) Every one commits an offence who causes bodily harm to or the death of another person by operating a motor vehicle in a manner described in paragraph 249(1)(a), if the person operating the motor vehicle was being pursued by a peace officer operating a motor vehicle and failed, without reasonable excuse and in order to evade the police officer, to stop the vehicle as soon as is reasonable in the circumstances.
2000, c. 2, s. 1.
Proof of Offence[edit]
In addition to the essential elements of identity, time and jurisdiction, the prosecution must prove that:[1]
- the accused operated a motor vehicle;
- the police pursued the vehicle in their own vehicle;
- the accused knew a peace officer was pursing them;
- the accused failed to stop as soon as reasonably possible in the circumstances;
- the absence of a reasonable excuse for failing to stop;
- the accused failed to stop in order to evade the police;
- the speed of the chase;
- signs of dangerous driving and whether any other persons were at risk.
The passenger can be liable along with the driver where the passenger had "the exercise of a directing authority". [2]
A "reasonable excuse" for flee police provides a justification for the offence and does not negate any essential element of the offence itself. [3] For example, a desire to think things through goes to motive and still results in a conviction.[4]
Warrantless entry into a dwelling was not permitted when a possibly mentally ill individual reports people breaking into his house.[5]
- ↑ R. v. Kulchisky, 2007 ABCA 110 at para 4
- ↑ R. v. Slessor, [1969] O.J. No. 1514 (C.A.)
- ↑ R. v. Armstrong, 2011 ONCA 709 at 9
- ↑
R. v. Kulchisky 2007 ABCA 110 at para. 10
R. v. Fonseca, 2012 BCPC 13 at 81
- ↑ R. v. Larson, 2011 BCCA 454
- R. v. Kagayalingam, 2006 ONCJ 402 -- convicted