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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden on Friday acknowledged concerns by fellow Democrats, including the top two in Congress, about President Barack Obama's free-trade agenda but defended the U.S. pursuit of a proposed pan-Pacific trade pact.
Biden met behind closed doors with House of Representatives Democrats as they wrapped up a three-day retreat in Cambridge, Maryland, saying he understands the political reality of their misgivings on free trade, according to a senior House Democratic aide who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Obama has asked Congress to approve fast-track negotiation authority that would enable his administration to speed up talks on two big free-trade pacts that would cover about two-thirds of the world's international trade: a pan-Pacific trading bloc and a U.S. agreement with the European Union.
Supporters of fast-track authority say trade partners will not put their best offers on the table unless they know the final agreement can be submitted to Congress for an up-or-down vote, without amendments.
Some Democrats fear the fast-track authority could lead to trade deals that could hurt local jobs and industry and could cost them support in November's congressional elections.
Harry Reid, the top Democrat in the Senate, and Nancy Pelosi, the senior House Democrat, both have spoken out against the fast-track proposal before Congress.
"While the vice president said he understands where some members of the House and Senate are coming from, he made a clear case for the administration's trade priorities, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations, which he stated are very much in the economic and strategic interest of the U.S.," Biden's office said in a statement.
A senior administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said, "It is still very much our goal to complete a TPP agreement this year."
"I would not in any way suggest that we're walking back from our commitment to TPP. We very much want to get that done, we've communicated that to Congress," the official said.
"There's a question as to how we work with Congress going forward, to sequence our pursuit of (fast track) and the TPP agreement," the official added.
After the New York Times reported that the vice president acknowledged that Congress will not grant fast-track trade authority, Biden's office said that press accounts of his comments on trade were inaccurate.
The Democratic aide said that "nothing Biden said could be construed as meaning that (fast track) is dead." Paraphrasing the comments, the aide said Biden told the Democratic lawmakers that he gets the "political reality" of concerns about the Pacific trade pact but that "we're still fighting for it."
After the session with Biden, lawmakers met with Obama where the focus was on the botched rollout of the president's signature healthcare law.
Fast-track authority is seen as a litmus test of political support for free-trade deals, which have been opposed by some of Obama's power bases - unions, environmentalists and consumer groups concerned about lost jobs and weaker labor and pollution restrictions.
Pelosi on Wednesday told a union rally she opposed the fast-track legislation now before Congress.
Pelosi, who voted against the most recent fast-track bill before the House but has supported some free-trade deals in the past, said she was not rejecting Obama's trade agenda but opposed the fast-track bill's current form.
Her opposition followed a warning on January 29 by Reid, the Senate majority leader, not to push the fast-track measure.
In his State of the Union address on January 28, Obama asked Congress for fast-track authority. But Reid said the next day he was "against fast track" and urged a slow approach to trade talks, adding, "I think that everyone would be well advised just to not push this right now."
After Reid announced his opposition, top House Republicans called on Obama to "get his own party in line" behind the fast-track trade negotiation authority.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell on Friday questioned Obama's seriousness on free trade.
"With our economy in such dire straits these days, opening new opportunities for American goods through trade should just be a no-brainer. It's an issue that used to be fairly bipartisan around here, and it can be again - if the president is willing to lead," McConnell said in a statement.
Additional reporting by Steve Holland; Writing by Will Dunham; Editing by Caren Bohan and Lisa Shumaker


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While Kona is famous for its prized coffee beans, it is also home to historic sites and incredible vistas. Located just 15 minutes south of Kona International Airport, Kailua Village, the one time retreat for Hawaii's Royal Family, is now a destination for shopping, water activities, and learning about Hawaiian culture. Desirable year round temperatures means you can freely enjoy incredible beaches like Kahaluʻu Bay, which has some of Hawaii's best snorkeling and offers surf for beginners to advanced. A walk down Alii Drive provides fantastic shops, restaurants, and nightlife. Historic landmarks, such as Hulihee Palace and the Mokuaikaua Church, are both on this historic road.
Kailua-Kona's year round perfect weather means it is always a great time to visit. The best time to visit depends mainly on your budget. For those looking for a deal, the off-season is from fall to early winter and offers cheaper rates on airlines and hotels. Locals know that September and October are the best months to visit with near ideal conditions and almost no tourists. If you find yourself here in October, make sure to check out the Kailua Pier for picturesque sunsets and the starting and finishing point of the Ironman World Championship.
Many airlines serve Kailua-Kona, including Delta, Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian and United. There are non-stop flights stop from Denver, Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, on American, Delta, and Air Canada. LAX offers the most flights to Kailua-Kona, sothat is where you will have the best chance to find a flight. A direct flight from LAX is usually about five and half hours long.
When you arrive at Kona International Airport, taxis and shuttles offer transport for a fee. Many tourist opt for renting a car, as there is not convenient public transportation. Renting a car enables you to drive along the Hawaii Scenic Byway, called "The Royal Footsteps Along the Coast," and check out the 7 miles of archeological sites that have survived hundreds of years.
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|Pal Schmitt (ex-president of Hungary)
Pál Schmitt won gold medals in fencing at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics, and in 1992 wrote his doctoral dissertation on the Modern Olympiad. He stepped down as President today, after his alma mater stripped him of his degree after it came to light that he had plagiarized more than 90 percent of his dissertation. And if this story needs some good old fashioned Olympic corruption, Schmitt was in 1992 head of the Hungarian Olympic Committee, and multiple members of that committee were on the board evaluating his thesis.
The IOC will investigate to see if Schmitt, still a member, should be disciplined. Don't worry everyone, the IOC is on top of things.
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- 1 Teaspoon Local Honey
- 3 Dashes of Ground Cinnamon
- 2 Dashes of Ground Clove
- 1 Dash of Ground Ginger
Heat up 8 ounces of water—either boiled or micro-waved for two minutes. Stir in and dissolve the Cider Packet and Honey. Add in the tequila. Add in the Cinnamon, Clove, and Ginger. Stir until mixed in. Sip, enjoy, and repeat.
To fancy up the Toddy for you or guests – add whipped cream on top, or make in large batches in a pitcher, and float apple slices (red delicious) in it for a treat at the end!
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katiekatie wrote:I am also looking into clinics in Mexico. Below are the clinics / doctors I have heard of and wanted to find out if anyone has any experience (good or bad) with these clinics.
1.The fertility institute - Guadaljara - Dr Luis Carranza ($3800 no meds)
2.Hospital Angeles - Tijuana -Dr Walters
3.Clinic de la Fertilidad del Prado - Tijuana - Dr Horacio Ortega
4.InstitutoVida - Guadaljara - Dr Pena ($3500 no meds)
5.InstitutoVida - Matamoros - Dr Garza Morales
6.New Hope Fertility Center - Dr. Chavez-Badiola (I think this is the same one you are referring to and also goes by the name Mexican Institute of Infertility)
How did you select the clinic you mentioned?
I am trying to get info about babytakehome rates by age group, if clinic is internationally certified, doctors credentials and price ofcourse. If you have any of this I would really like to see it posted. Calling and emailing these clinics is slow due to my language barrier.
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Tortoise an accomplice in alligator's zoo escape?
NAUBINWAY, Mich. (AP) — An owner of a zoo in Michigan's Upper Peninsula says a 12-inch alligator has escaped, possibly with some help from a tortoise.
TV stations WWTV-WWUP and WPBN-WTOM and MLive.com report the alligator named Carlos got out of an enclosure over the weekend at the GarLyn Zoo near Naubinway. He was spotted by people nearby, who called police, but he wasn't caught.
Gary Moore, who runs the zoo in Mackinac County with his wife, says he suspects the alligator slipped under a fence. Moore says a large tortoise that walks in the area, wearing away dirt, likely was an inadvertent accomplice in Carlos' getaway.
GarLyn Zoo is home to about 100 animals, including two adult alligators. Anyone who spots Carlos is asked to contact police or the zoo.
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208 First Springfield Marathon begins and ends at UIS
On a gorgeous fall Sunday in October, the first Springfield Marathon came to UIS. It attracted 1,550 runners and was universally praised for its smooth operation. Many thanks to Bill Stokes of the Springfield Road Runners Club for bringing the event to Springfield and UIS. We're already talking about doing it again next year.
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WINNIPEG - The mother of a former Winnipeg girl who was killed in the elementary school shooting in Connecticut is commenting publicly about the death of her daughter for the first time.
Six-year-old Ana Marquez-Greene was one of twenty children and seven women killed when a gunman opened fire in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14.
Her mother, Nelba Marquez-Greene, has posted a message on Facebook under the headline "From a grieving mother on Christmas Day."
In the message, Marquez-Greene wrote that on the day Ana died she was wearing a white t-shirt with a purple peace sign on the front.
She said the last thing she remembers was giving her girl, who had beautiful caramel skin and a shock of curly brown hair, two hugs before she got on the school bus.
Marquez-Greene said no lock-down procedure in the world could have stopped someone with the kind of gunpower and ammunition carried by the shooter.
"I have a Christmas wish," she wrote.
"I want to live in a better America — one where our leaders are working collaboratively for the good of the people and the protection of children. Please! No more! Ya basta!."
She then pays tribute to her daughter.
"Sweet Ana, I know our healing as a family will come only from our heavenly Father. I know this is your best Christmas yet - at home with our Lord and Saviour. As your mom I just wish we could have had a few more to celebrate here on earth. You died so needlessly.
"For Christmas I bought you a Kindle Fire HD the night before you died. My Christmas promise to you now is to continue to love the Lord with all my heart, mind and strength and to do whatever I can to make sure more kids can be safe ... and to send out the message that "love wins". I still sleep with your special blanket, most nights in your bed."
Marguez-Greene then offers some advice to people reading her post.
"Hug your loved ones tight! Joyous Christmas Season and a Blessed New Year to all!"
The girl and her family had only recently moved back to Connecticut after living in Winnipeg for three years.
Her father Jimmy Greene, is a musician and professor who is well-known in Winnipeg's jazz community.
Hundreds of people came together in Winnipeg last Saturday to mourn Ana's loss by watching her funeral on a video feed that was shown at Grant Memorial Baptist Church.
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Big conratulations to miaubiz for winning another 7000 bucks!
I have no problem with you announcing all these awards, but surely you know that some of us are wondering what this Chrome 20 that just landed on our computers is?
There doesn't appear to be a word here, on chrome.blogspot, or on chrome plus page, about this new release (other then all the security awards).
Congrats to Chrome team. Glad to see the upgrade before the IO..
Dear Tom, "Chrome" with any number is an internet browser, currently the #1 browser in the world, produced by Google. "Chrome 20" is the 20th "major edition" of Chrome. Every new edition fixes known problems of the previous ones, especially the security issues that you dislike so much.
best thing: linux x64 now with flashplayer !!! THX google!
Congrats! Google Chrome is not TEENAGER any more! :) Welcome to 20!
Hey! Whats new in Google Chrome 20? Except for security fixes…
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Hey +Google Chrome Developer/Support what is this? And why? German user have problems with the "& nbsp;" - Hope you will fix it soon :) - #Chrome #Bug #css #developer #break
On Windows 8 RP works bad - UI sometimes freezes, settings button dont work..( I can open settings only by chrome://chrome, however, half a day before this version worked fine
Is this just a bug, security and stabilisation release, not noticing any new features.
For those wondering about changes other than security, the NTP button and omnibox shape are new. I do not know what else, but I like those changes.
... and the main button animations.
Apparently this is really just a bug fix and under-the-hood release.
Which sounds good to me. God knows that Android needs one of those!
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Wtf all my pinned sites from the new tab page are gone!? And now I cant rearrange them OR even pin them anymore!
I am typically I fan of change, however when you remove necessary features then I DO NOT like that.
Congratulations to the programmers who mad this release possible. I can imagine the hours put in doing so.
I once saw a sign in an Engineering office..it read "We love deadlines..its the sound they make as they swoosh by!!
@Mac M: The ability to pin and rearrange Most-Visited sites was removed several iterations ago. Now, the list is only based on visits (which I think makes sense...).
@Cody: I just don't get why add a feature then remove it?
I also don't like the new way of now the Most-visited works. I liked being able to have them in the order I wanted and not moving around based on my visits.
I also liked being able to pin them and was okay with that change due to still being able to have the sites I wanted in the order I wanted them.
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I cannot finish a download operation and a red warning information say: Cannot save due to insufficient permissions
I hate the "Show Advanced Settings" option. Just show the "advanced settings" and don't waste our time clicking on something stupid.
Felicitaciones de parte de la Comunidad de programadores Joomla de la Ciudad de Corrientes Argentina
Almost impossible to use under linux(Arch) x64. Scrolling, inpunt etc - everything is like a slideshow
When is Google going to fix the automatic download vulnerability? Currently any site can save an EXE on your computer without you even knowing about it. This issue has been around since ver. 1. Google should really fix this problem.
Okay, the problem was in
Shockwave Flash 11.3 r31
after turning pepper flash off - everything back to normal
Has anyone tried the Linux x32 version? Seems not to work at all for many people on multiple distros, including my own (Kubuntu 10.04).
Oh, hey, look at that! The problem with x32 is the same as with Artem's problem with x64, only with different results.
google-chrome-stable 20.0.1132.43 does not start in Debian Stable 6.0.5.
This release should be no more than 19.1.1132.43. There's nothing new to make it a 20.0.1132.43. I don't remember seeing that 0 being used, ever, this release should (have) change(d) that. I mean, a major fix is just that: a major fix, something that shouldn't have happened anyway; you might as well skip a few numbers, and go to version 26 and say, "Oops, I forgot to un-comment a line before compiling, but now I did and it turned out to be a good release."
I hope I'll remember this comment in a few years from now, when Chrome's version will be longer than an IPv6 address :))
If anyone wonders about the versioning of Chrome, I have a "solution" to understand it :)
Simply divide the actual version by 10. So they have just reached version 2.0 :)
keep getting " aw, snap! " after the update, I have imgur, ad block, HD youtube and tinyeye extensions installed. reloading the pages doesn't help.. it was working fine before the update
I don't understand how some of you people still don't understand that Chrome doesn't follow the traditional release schema.
There's a new major version number bump every 1-2 months no matter how many new features there is. This is just a way to rapidly develop software. And taken how Chrome, as of May, has third of the worldwide browser market according to StatCounter, it seems to be working.
Even firefox started to follow the same logic, but they really do have some new stuff to share upon every release. This doesn't necessarily mean that Chrome doesn't. Just have a look at the SVN log. There's _tons_ of smaller changes that _together_ make that newer version: http://build.chromium.org/f/chromium/perf/dashboard/ui/changelog.html?url=/trunk/src&range=129376:135598&mode=html
It seems like google fixed the session bug in v20. in v19 session variables were not automatically deleted when browser window closed. But with v20 it works fine. I switched to firefox in that period for do my PHP project. Now I can switch back to loving chrome
Hi, there is a layout bug after updating to 20.0.1132.47. Check that out at www.uploadstation.com
the "browser" is shifted after resize of the browser. any idea ?? thanks
it should be the "Browse" button
Chrome is secure and that's the only reason I'm still using it. IMO, Chrome is getting like Firefox was a few years ago...bloated and slow. I'm using Firefox a lot more.
Also, anyone else having problems loading in CNBC sites with Chrome? Sometimes they load, most times they don't.
If anyone has Google Chrome not starting after upgrading from 19 to 20 (if Chrome 19 was okay) this receipt will be useful. It really helped me on Debian Squeeze. Here it is:
PepperFlash doesn't work on my system. Probably this plugin is too raw and buggy.
I'm so ticked!!! Chrome used to work with everything, now no games on FB work in Chrome - works in IE just fine. Many pages are not displaying certain area's of the site since the update, as well as many many other problems that I keep running into. I feel as if my wonderful go to chrome browser has failed me and am going to be uninstalling it from all the computers in my home today - I really don't want to backdate the program if there were security issues. But now with Nothing but issues with every computer with Chrome and when I rely on it for my business it sucks. *sigh* Microsoft wins again....


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Route des Grandes Alpes (Great Alpine Road)
The Route des Grandes Alpes (Great Alpine Road) is a 684km long route trough the French Alps. This alpine road trip takes you from lake Geneva to the Mediterranean and includes some of the highest and most beautiful mountain passes in Europe.
The construction of the route started in 1909 in order of the French Touring Club. In that period, the Alps still were an isolated region of France with poor access possibilities. The construction of the route was not only an opening to the outside world for the mountain people, but also an opportunity for the upcoming tourism to discover this area with great cultural and natural heritage. The construction was finished in 1937, with the opening of the col de l'Iseran. The official road number is D902.
With the opening of the French motorways, the route has lost most of its importance as a traffic connection from north to south, making the Route des Grandes Alpes a spectacular road trip route. To make things even more attractive, some adjustments were made in 1995 to replace the traffic heavy valley of Chamonix with the Col de la Colombière and the Col de Aravis. The route ends no more in Nice, but in the smaller and authentic village of Menton.
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|From Le Grand-Bornand to Bourg-Saint-Maurice
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|From Bourg-Saint-Maurice to Lanslebourg
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|From Lanslebourg to Briançon
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|From Briançon to Barcelonnette
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From Thonon-les-Bains to Grand Bornand (93km)
We start our journey in Thonon-les-Bains, a small town at the shore of Lake Geneva. Lake Geneva is the largest body of water in Western-Europe, and with its length of 95km it greatly exceeds in size all others alpine lakes. The lake has a depth of 310 metres, which makes the bottom of the lake only 62 metres higher than sea level. To the South, we can see already the snowy peaks of the Mont Blanc, the highest mountain of the Alps. We take route D902 and head for Morzine.
The 2-lane road is winding trough the Vallée Verte (French for green valley). Rock formations, green bushes and trees provide some shadow against the hot sun. After 15km we reach the Gorges du Pont-du-Diable (Devil's bridge canyon). This very deep canyon has been cut out by the Drasne River and provides some spectacular views.
Gorges du Pont-du-Diable
We keep following the D902. About 10 km after our canyon adventure we reach the ruins of the Aulps Abbey. This was a major Cistercian site in the Haute Savoie region for almost seven hundred years, from its foundation in the 1090s to its suppression in 1793. The church was partially destroyed in 1823 by locals for its stones, but the beautiful façade remains standing. In addition to the majestic ruins of the abbey, classified as a historic monument in 1902, the three-hectare estate includes also some farm buildings, cellars, a gatehouse and a medicinal garden.
Aulps Abbey
Eventually we arrive in Morzine, the most northerly of the French Alpine resorts. This charming town is dominated by chalets spread across a river gorge. Just before the town center of Morzine, the D902 makes a turn to the West. We keep on following the valley for a while until we reach the city of Cluses. There we leave the D902 for now, and start to follow the D4 to Le Grand Bornand.
Just after leaving Cluses, the road starts to climb. This is the foot the Col de la Colombière. With its 1613m, the Colombière is the first mountain pass over 1500m on our way. As we go higher, the trees start to make place for rock formations and alpine meadows. The climb is 16.3 km long. Over this distance, we climb 1108 m at an average percentage of 6.8%. The steepest section near the summit is 10.2%.
Col de la Colombière
After the summit, it's a 12km descend to Le Grand Bornand, a ski resort who owes its name to the river which runs through it.
From Le Grand-Bornand to Bourg-Saint-Maurice (98km)
Just after leaving Le Grand-Bornand we arrive in Saint-Jean-de-Sixt, an authentic alpine village with lots of little farms. There we leave the D4 and take road D909 to the South. After passing trough some other little towns, the road starts to climb again. We are now on the Col des Aravis (1486m). On the highest point of the mountain pass, there is a little chapel devoted to Saint-Anne for the protection of the travelers passing by.
Col des Aravis
Still following the D909 while descending, we pass the beautiful Dard waterfall. The waterfall has cut the rocks in a V-shape throughout the years, which gives a very special visual effect.
The Dard Waterfall (Photo by Sylvain Vettese)
After this little stop we arrive in Flumet, where the D909 ends. Flumet is a small village of about 900 inhabitants situated at an altitude of 900 meters on a rocky outcrop overlooking the confluence of two mountain streams: the Arly (which takes its source in Megeve valley and empties into the Isère) and the Arrondine (which comes from the Massif des Aravis, the mountain range we are driving trough).
Road D909 near Flumet
We take road D1212 and start following the Arly River. Just before we enter the town of Ugine, at the point where the river and the D1212 split up, we turn left and start to climb out of the valley. In Queige we take the D925 to Bourg-Saint-Maurice. Just after the town of Beaufort we start climbing the Cormet de Roselend (1968m). It's a long 20,3km climb to the top with lot's of gear shifting and hairpin turns, but the views are great. On the right side we see the Roselend Reservoir. Measuring 800 m long and 150 meters high, it can contain up to 185 million cubic meters of water.
Roselend Reservoir
After the summit it's a 20km descend to Bourg-Saint-Maurice. The road number also changes to D902, meaning that we are back on the orinal Great Alpine Road. Take your time and enjoy the spectacular turns.
Cormet de Roselend
From Bourg-Saint-Maurice to Lanslebourg (80km)
After leaving Bourg-Saint-Maurice, road D902 passes the Vanoise National Park. Created in 1963, it was the first French national park. The park is bordered by the biggest concentration of world-class ski resorts in the world. There were once plans to interlink all these systems and resorts to create the - by far - largest ski area in the world, featuring over 1000km of ski-slopes. However that vision was ended with the creation of the national park.
Vanoise National Park
Soon we see also Lake Chervril (Tignes reservoir). After the second world war, France needed electricity and it was decided to build a hydro-electric dam in this valley. Whilst this was a great achievement for French engineering and was for the greater good of France, it meant that the old village of Tignes would be drowned. The dam was completed and the village was submerged in 1952. Once every 10 years the lake is drained for maintenance work and the remains of the old village becomes visible.
Lake Chervril
During this part of our trip, we only will be climbing and descending the Col de l'Iseran. With its 2770m it is the highest paved mountain pass in the Alps. It connects the valleys of the Isère River and the Arc River between Val-d'Isère in the north and Bonneval-sur-Arc in the south. During the climb you will be driving trough a number of galleries and tunnels, with a maximum grade of 12%. In total, the climb is 48 km long at an average of 4%.
Sign on top of the Col de l'Iseran
15km after the summit of the col we reach Bonneval-sur-Arc. It is listed as the most beautiful village of the Savoie region. The authenticity of the place is a wonderful example of what life was and what life in the Alps. Traditional architecture, urban planning and the layout of the town are rare witnesses of the traditional alpine lifestyle.
Bonneval-sur-Arc is also the highest commune in France, considering the average height, which is 2713 m. The village itself is situated at an altitude of 1850 m.
20km further down the road we arrive in Lanslebourg, the end point of this part of the trip.
From Lanslebourg to Briançon (110km)
Beacause the road number of the D902 changes in Lanslebourg, we are now following road D1006 and continue to follow the River Arc out of the valley. After 20km, we can see the Esseillon Barrier or Esseillon forts. These are a series of five fortifications built in the nineteenth century on a rock outcropping closing the upper valley of the Arc to protect the Piedmont region from a possible French invasion. It has four strongholds and a redoubt, which bear the names of members of the Savoy family.
The Esseillon Barrier
Built between 1819 and 1834, the forts of Esseillon protect access to the Col du Mont Cenis, into the Sardinian kingdom (now Italy). Because of the Franco-Sardinian alliance of 1857, the forts never saw any combat, and were only used during the Second World War as prisons.
These fortifications were built on the model of Montalembert, which is based on a principle of perpendicular fortifications and cannon towers. The strongholds protect each other in crossfire. Four fortifications are on the right bank of the river Arc, with the fifth located on the other side of the river. A little bridge called the Devil's Bridge interlinks the steep cliffs housing the forts.
The Devil's Bridge
Driving further down the valley we eventually arrive in Saint-Michel de Maurienne where we leave the D1006 and cross the Arc River to take the D902 again. Immediately after the river crossing, the road starts to turn and climb: we are now on the Col du Télégraphe, the acces point to the north face of the Col du Galibier.
At the Col du Télégraphe we find another fort: the Fort du Télégraphe, also called Fort Berwick. Located at an altitude of 1,585m it previously accommodated a telegraph to send messages between France and Italy. This explains also the name of the col. The fort has two entrances with drawbridges. To allow access to different levels it has inclined ramps to allow easy movement of artillery pieces. It saw action in 1940 when it fired on the invading Italian forces with its 155mm guns. During the summer months the fort is open for visitation.
Fort du Télégraphe
The Cols du Télégraphe and Galibier became mythical with cyclists as they are often used in the Tour de France. The Télégraphe is 11,8 km long, gaining 856 m in height at an average of 7.3%. After the top there is a small descent of 4,8km to Valloire. The actual climb to the summit of the Col du Galibier starts there and is 18,1km long at an average of 6.9% (height gain: 1245 m). The maximum gradient is 10.1% at the summit (el. 2645m).
At the south portal of the tunnel near the summit of the Galibier, there is a monument to Henri Desgrange, the first director of the Tour de France. Every time the tour climbs the Col du Galibier, a wreath is laid on the memorial.
Col du Galibier
When you thought you'd seen all the cols for now, you're wrong. After the 8,5km descent of the Galibier we're at the foot of the Col du Lauteret (el. 2058m). This col was carved out by a glacier, this explains the easy gradient of the slopes by which it is attained. For this reason, the Col has long been used as a communication route between Grenoble and Briançon, and also for reaching Italy across the Alps. The summit of the lauteret is also a road junction between the D902 and the D1091. We have to take the D1091 down to Briançon.
Because the Great Alpine Road is pretty long with lots of things to see on the way, we have cut this article in two. The last four stages will bring us from Briançon to Menton.
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We plan to do this trip during the summer ...
Hi all, we plan to do the Great Alpine Road during the summer. We are going to do so from the 2nd of August 2012 onwards, using motorcycles. Any tips / recommendations / experiences to share ? - you are more then welcome.
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Hi, everybody
Hi, everybody
Living at the french border of Geneva, I do this road every year with my swiss friends, in Caterham's car. The road is wonderfull. Doing it in july or august is absolutely NOT the best time.
Too many cars, cyclists, motobikes and caravanes: impossible to enjoy a so beautiful and unique road. The best time is the first 2 weeks of septembre. The road Will be all for you, no police, beautiful weather, and ......us !
The best time is beginning of september(until 15 septembre
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What about in November? Is
What about in November? Is the road from geneva via mt blonc to Italy dangerous? We are driving from there to Bellagio. Never driven in Europe before any suggestions would be good. And we are not taking trains, we are driving. Do we need snow chains that time of year? And do we need to pre purchase a toll reader? If so how do we get one? Thanks .....
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Hi,Did you manage to travel
Hi,Did you manage to travel the Great Alpine Road as you planned.Myself and 2 friends plan to travel from Ireland in summer 2013 and do it on our motor bikes.We would like any advice you could give us.We might do some camping along the way.
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Route des Grandes Alpes
Go in early September if you can Pat, as the roads will be pretty clear. August can be busy as it is the traditional French holiday season. I completed the Route both ways on a 1918 Triumph last year and it was just magnificent. The passes are not very steep, but they are long. Plenty of reasonable small hotels to stay at. Best advice: take your time!
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Put a few motorcycles in the
Put a few motorcycles in the back and park the RV when you get there!!
Many of the raods have buses on them but you won't have as much fun as the bikers
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No way or at least give way
No way or at least give way to motorcyclist !
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Road Trip
Hi all !!!
We have 6 nights in early june to go to the Alps. I read about this road, and I found perfect !!!
What do you think about this season : Is it good ?
Is it possible to go without all hotels previously reserved ?
Thank´s for the tips !!
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We drove this route in
We drove this route in September, 1959 when it was Rt 202...we started in Megeve and ended in Nice 3 days later. We didn't hurry, we really enjoyed the drive, no buses, no trucks, nothing but cars & smaller...and not many of them. I am happy to find out what some of the forts, etc are since we did not have that information when we drove. I don't know how many rolls of film we used up, but several. We traveled in a 1955 Mercedes 200 series. Of all our travels in Europe, we have always rated this route at the top.
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Is it possible to take this trip during the winter (late November to early December)?
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Need a motorbike to ride the Great Alpine Road
If you need a motorbike and ride this great road threw the Alps, contact the office "Bike Trip". They rents the largest range of motorcycles in south of France: (BMW GS F700-F800-GT/ R1200 GS-RT/ K1600...) from Nice 's area. An office is located in Menton. This is a very good location to start your motorbike trip and spend also a few days and visit Monaco, the Corniches, Italy... 30 kms far from Nice airport. They deliver as well the motorbike, supplied with side-cases, top-box, GPS, unlimited mileage, lock... contact email@example.com or +33 4 92 10 99 98
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Anybody please advise me if I
Anybody please advise me if I go there in the 1st week of April, is it suitable time? Is it still snow?
Can I rent a car at Lake Geneva and drop off at Menton or somewhere in Italy? Please advise.
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Hello, I plan to Travel on
Hello, I plan to Travel on the great Alpine Road early October this year in my Motor Home reaching MENTON by the 10th 12th Any advice, I am a Camera Addict!. Thanks.
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Hi All,
Hi All,
What a brilliant website!
I'm really keen on doing the great alpine road. Which is the best value GPS for me to use? I want to down load the route onto my GPS unit for the car.
I have a Tom Tom 1 but I'm not sure if I can down load these routs onto it, can anyone help?
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i've done last summer, in
i've done last summer, in late June. The beautiful weather. In making a change for the grand canyon of Verdon, water and hail in buckets. In motion could be a problem but it was not. a beautiful motorcycle trip from Thonon to Menton. Recommend to all. Lorenzo, BMW R1200GS
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I'm planning to do this trip
I'm planning to do this trip on the motorbike next June. How many days did your trip last?
And do you have any suggestions for nice places to stay?
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I found your page by accident
I found your page by accident while searching for a nice route to cover with a motorhome with our two kids. The route looks rewarding but could it be too challenging with a motorhome? we plan second half of June before the school holidays in Europe so I guess it would not be very congested, right? I did not check for camp sites yet but I assume there must some on the way. Any advise would be much appreciated.
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I would not recommend a
I would not recommend a motorhome, some parts of the road are very narrow and steep. When I went it was summer but we met several vehicles coming the opposite way on roads barely wide enough for one car! If you want to do this route properly, book hotels at each stop and take it at a very leisurely pace.
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Great website. We are planning on spending 4 days / nights driving from Lyon to Marseilles through the Alps. I'm not really sure what is the best route. We were thinking about spending 1 night in each of the following towns:
Day 1 - Annecy
Day 2 - Bessans
Day 3 - Digne
Day 4 - Barcelonnette
Any thoughts? Should we spend more than 1 night in one of these towns? Replace one for another town not listed? Let us know what you think, thanks!
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I'm planning to do this route
I'm planning to do this route in early October and was wondering if this was a good time to do it.
Thank you.
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Hi, we're doing this route in
Hi, we're doing this route in a car starting 19th May, 2017. We have allocated 7 days , so we can take our time. We are starting in Annecy.
Can you please advise us if the route will be passable at this time of year? Also shall we need to book accommodation in advance , or when we arrive at our stopover for the night? Any information will be most acceptable.
Kind regards, Margaret.
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First if all, thank you for
First if all, thank you for the article! What do you think about doing this road in 2 days? I am really fascinated by the idea but 2 days is all we have...
I am used to long driving hours so that's not an issue, but it's really hard to understand how much time we will have to enjoy the views if we need to make 350km a day. In my reality 350 km is no more than 4 hours of actual driving but I doubt you can go 100km/h in the mountains.... Do you remember the average speed?
Thank you!
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Thank you for a wonderful
Thank you for a wonderful article .
We just came back from motorcycle /scooter tour
Of Corsica and Sardinia. (My husband rented a Honda
ADV 700) from Nice . We spent 2 days In Corsica altogether and
7 days in Sardinia. Touring the whole 2 islands. It was great.
Now , we want to tour the French Alps leaving Nice and returning to
Nice as well. Do you have any tips on how to do it.
Thanks much.
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hello, the way seems to be
hello, the way seems to be wonderful. we plan to do a part of the route in december, going back north from tignes to germany. Is it possible at all during that period of time and is climbing north much different than going south - stip roads, turns etc.?
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Love your site! My family of
Love your site! My family of four will be driving from Lake Geneva to Huez this July so my husband can ride up the Alpe D'Huez. Is there a scenic route vs. a short, commuter route? Which would you recommend? Thank you!
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We provide tutoring, editing, and advising services to students looking to get into graduate schools (ie, medical, business, law, etc.)
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About Dr. Merrell
Woodson Merrell, MD
Dr. Merrell's practice in Integrative Internal Medicine is on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. He is frequently tapped by national media to lend commentary and context to stories on health, wellness and the future of medicine.
Founding Executive Director of the Center for Health and Healing in New York, the nation's largest and most comprehensive academic clinical center for Integrative Medicine
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Icahn Mt Sinai School of Medicine
Immediate past Chairman, Department of Integrative Medicine, Mt. Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center
Associate Attending Physician, Department of Medicine, Mt Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center
Associate Attending Physician, Department of Medicine, Mt Sinai Roosevelt Hospital
Certified Physician Acupuncturist
Chair of the annual Integrative Healthcare Symposium in New York, annual CME conference for Integrative Medicine
Founding member, the Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine
Founding member, Bravenet, a practiced-based Integrative Medicine research network of the Bravewell Collaborative
Medical Advisory Board, The Dr. Oz Show
Past board member, NYS Office of Professional Medical Conduct
Visit Dr. Merrell on Facebook at facebook.com/docmerrell and on Twitter @docmerrell
An Interview with Dr. Merrell:
What is Integrative Medicine?
Integrative Medicine is the synthesis of the best of conventional Western bio-scientific medical practice with indigenous traditions--such as Chinese Medicine, acupuncture, and Ayurveda--and newer complementary practices including functional nutrition, Western botanical and nutraceutical approaches, mind-body techniques, and body work. The relationship between care-giver and patient is a partnership--looking for the safest, gentlest and most effective remedies from all traditions that will allow the patient to achieve optimal health. The process necessitates having time for the patient's story to unfold, and for the patient to enhance their ability to self-heal.
How did you get interested in Integrative Medicine?
I was fortunate--I was raised very healthy in Northern California: outdoors, eating clean balanced food with lots of Love. My three brothers and I were given homeopathy as first line treatments as children by our parents. In high school and college I studied (and later taught) yoga and meditation. I went to medical school to see if there could be a synthesis between Western biological and biochemical science, with (what the time was felt mainly to be ) Asian metaphysical practices. My practice has become a synthesis of all of these.
What do you think is the common thread for all of the things you do?
Compassion, love and respect for the other person. I feel deeply that the world's spiritual teachings and practices are our best guides. Having said that, there are many practical things we need to do to enhance our well-being: for most people these come from optimizing lifestyle practices.
What do you consider your greatest accomplishment?
# 1 will always be being blessed to have a wonderful loving family. Professionally I am very proud that I have been able to help usher in the new era of more compassionate, more comprehensive, integrative healthcare. I feel fortunate that I have been in the right place at the right time to help create a model integrative medicine facility within a conventional healthcare system at the Center for Health and Healing (www.healthandhealingny.org).
How do you spend your free time?
Being with family. Reading. Spending time outdoors. Listening to music (jazz, blues, soul, world and classical). Traveling and exploring the world. Always learning--always the student.
Best anti-aging advice?
Lifestyle! Not pills or hormones. Incorporate the best practices of what I call the 6 fundamentals: stress management, proper diet/nutrition, exercise, rest, detoxing, and being connected. No pill or potion--natural or prescription--can approach the effectiveness of optimizing these.
Best diet advice?
Eat a plant-based rainbow diet. Minimize consumption of land animals and refined carbohydrates. Eat regularly and moderately to maintain normal body weight. Eat organic as much as possible. Eat food lovingly prepared and delicious that you enjoy--and savor. Eat mindfully.
What do you like most about practicing medicine?
Every day I feel blessed to be able to practice medicine. Having a deep knowledge base and being given license to work with others to help effect change in their lives is priceless. I love that there are so many different approaches that can be used synergistically with conventional medicine to facilitate healing. I love helping empower the patient to take more charge of changing their own health and lives.
Professional Education
Residency: Primary Care Internal Medicine, Roosevelt Hospital, 1976-1979
Medical School: Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, MD, 1976
Amherst College, AB cum laude, 1971
Clinical Fellow, Academies of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing & Shanghai, China, 1989
Clinical Fellow, Department of Tropical Medicine, University of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, 1976
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Institute of Functional Medicine: Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice; and Detoxification
Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine, Ted Kaptchuk, OMD, EastWest Institute, NY
Homeopathy and Clinical Ecology, Toronto, Dr. George Lewith
American Academy of Medical Acupuncture, annual conference (presenter)
Teachings of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Dharamsala, India
Meditation and Psychotherapy, Deepening Mindfulness with Thich Nhat Hanh and Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA
Yoga and Meditation retreats: Kripalu Center, Lenox MA; Yoga Vedanta Center, Laurentians, Quebec; Oneness University with Tony Robbins, Fiji
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Indigenous Traditions of the Americas, Washington DC, Conference Chair
First and Second International Congresses of Tibetan Medicine, Washington DC, Conference Director, Scientific Advisory Board
FutureMed, Singularity University NASA Ames Research Center, Moffit Field, CA ; Co-presenter with Dean Ornish, MD
Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine, (former) Executive and Steering Committees
Chiropractic and Allopathic Medicine, Conference Co-Chair
Nutrition and Clinical Practice with Alan Gaby, MD, Conference Chair
Global Health Futures: Creating Integrated Solutions to the Epidemic of Long-Term Disease, Bangalore, India, November 2013, Presenter
Integrative Health Symposium, New York, NY, February 2014, 2015, 2016 Conference Chair.
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The Detox Prescription (Rodale, 2013)
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Dr. Merrell draws on extensive research to help readers assess their own toxic risk factors and health deficiencies, as a result of pollutants in the environment. In this authoritative work, he explores the evidence basis of detoxification, and outlines a comprehensive approach: including 3-, 7-, and 21-day cleanses with more than 100 delicious and nutritious recipes--all to jump-start your health. Read more.
Contact: (212) 535-1012
Power Up/The Source (Free Press, 2009)
Dr. Merrell presents his comprehensive plan for energy creation, a program that draws from both Eastern and Western medical knowledge. In this book, he focuses on the six fundamentals of optimum wellness: stress reduction, proper diet/nutrition, detoxification, exercise, adequate rest and being connected. Click here to order.
The Arginine Solution (Grand Central Publishing, 1999)
With Robert Fried, PhD, Dr. Merrell explains how Arginine helps the cardiovascular and immune systems, as well as enhances sexual performance. Click here to order.


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The first line of the movie Rounders, which helped spark the poker boom in the late 90s, is "If you can't spot the sucker in the first half hour at the table, then you are the sucker." I played poker with a guy recently who made it incredibly easy to spot him as the sucker (or one of them).
I'd seen the guy in the poker room a few times, but he rarely played in the cash games, only tournaments. His name is Ron. Friday night he sits down at the cash table and at some point during the game he mentions that he saw the "slot guru" at Soaring Eagle casino a couple days earlier. I didn't know what he was talking about, so I asked. The slot guru, it turns out, is a guy from Michigan who claims to have a winning system for playing slot machines.
Ron tells me this guy has won millions of dollars playing the slots and that he does it for a living. I start to chuckle. He tells me that this guy was at the casino playing a bunch of slot machines all at once and winning like crazy, and that he was giving away $100 bills, and his BMW with his logo and name all over it was parked right in front of the casino. I start to chuckle louder. Oh, and the best part: "He's got a book that explains how to do it and it's only $25. I'm gonna buy one. You can get it at the casino gift shop." Imagine that.
Let me make this very clear: If anyone tells you that they make a living playing slot machines, they're lying. And if they tell you that they can show you how to do it for $25, they're scamming you. And if you're not bright enough to figure that out, you're the sucker — and not just at the poker table. There is nothing, absolutely nothing, you can do to increase your odds of winning a jackpot playing a slot machine.
Needless to say, I had to check it out. And guess what his secret to winning is? Karma. He gives money to people randomly and that's why he wins.
Today, Earnest stays true to his early teachings. He shares his passion for winning and giving back. The Slot Guru understands that to be a winner you have to want to win and he attributes his success in life, as well as the casino, to the SPEC Principle: SELECT – PROJECT – EXPECT – COLLECT. You can learn more about the principles that have won him millions at one of his upcoming seminars.Most of the Slot Guru's winnings are given to complete strangers. "I love to give money to people who never expect it. Going up to someone and handing them a $100 bill in the casino when they least expect it makes me happy. Giving to others is what I believe the lord wants me to do. It's all about Karma," said the Slot Guru.
Norman Vincent Peale meets Lucky Luciano. The video on this page is hilarious.
I have one of many methods when I gamble. When you first walk into a casino, you have to be alert, attentiveness.
Attentiveness to what, exactly? He doesn't say, of course.
One of the main things when you come into a casino, you have to wanna win.
Wow, that's brilliant. I'm sure none of the players who lose their ass to the casino wanted to win. If only they'd thought of that.
When it's all said and done, my method is to go in there and to play the slots that I feel are going to hit.
I use what I call the SPEC method — Select, Project, Expect and Collect. I select the machine that I want, then I project it. I, the slot guru, look at the machine and say "okay, I want $20,000 or $30,000 out of this machine." Then the slot guru really believes it, he expects it just like everybody expects to get paid every week. Then I, the slot guru, collects it.
He claims that if he goes to the casino 1000 times, he leaves ahead 950 times. And if you believe that, you are a first class moron. And that is exactly what Ron is, which is why he's the sucker at a poker table too.


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Neoncon is a gaming-centric pop-culture convention held annually in Las Vegas, NV USA. We are looking for a robot mascot design that will become our mascot.
Within our group, there are a variety of opinions of how this robot should be rendered. In no particular order, these ideas are:- Giant Robot (see Iron Giant)
- Robot Dragon (think Smaug from "the Hobbit" only a robot)
- Cute, feminine, robot elf. (not overtly sexy, but not childlike either)The winner will be a full body illustration of your robot design. The design will be used for our website, business cards, t-shirts and such. Credit and links (to your portfolio website) will also be provided on the website. Once design is chosen, we will require business cards, InDesign layouts for posters, postcards and our program book. If interested, the winning designer will be given first look at this additional work. Annually, we plan to commission a new variation of this design for the annual t-shirt and for various iconography in our print and web publications. As the winning designer, you will be offered the annual commission first.Final work product will be rendered as a scalable vector graphic, preferably in an Illustrator AI file.
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- Regardless of choice, robot should convey strength and warmth. It is an ambassador for the convention.
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- Ideally, the robot mascot finds a way to crossover/meld the sci-fi and fantasy genres. For example, one idea was for the robot elf to have a small dragon pet.
- The color palette should include black, white, grey/silver and bright orange. This maintains continuity with the existing palette.
- Our tagline is "Play Games. Make Friends. Destroy Evil.
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'Tony Montana' bust is a real gem, Miami authorities say
Authorities say a fence for stolen diamonds who calls himself "Tony Montana" didn't know he was dealing with undercover cops when he dug himself a deeper hole by soliciting their help in other criminal enterprises.
Juan Antonio Guardarrama, 49, was in a Miami Beach hotel room about three weeks ago to buy more than a half-million dollars worth of what he was told was stolen jewelry, according to authorities. But during the negotiations, he asked the undercover cops whether they could traffic some of his Colorado-grown medical marijuana into South Florida.
If that wasn't enough, he then brought up some problems he had been having with a business partner who had "disrespected" him. According to the arrest report, Guardarrama wanted this partner "taken out."
He asked the undercover cops to do the job.
The charging documents against Guardarrama read like a scene from a movie. The fact his street alias was taken from the main character of Scarface, the classic Miami crime noir film, just scratches the surface.
According to authorities, this Cuban immigrant rose from being a small-time bookie in Sweetwater to becoming a key player in a criminal enterprise that finds targets for international jewelry thieves and reintroduces their stolen goods into the market.
"Guardarrama has extensive experience and knowledge in the jewelry business, as well as extensive contacts in the commerce of diamonds and gold," according to an affidavit in support of his arrest. "In many cases, Guardarrama has personally bought the stolen jewelry or diamonds, and on other occasions, Guardarrama has acted as a broker facilitating deals between the robbers and other buyers."
His arrest on June 7 came after a four-year, multiagency investigation that has led to convictions of several thieves in South Florida. Apart from the evidence from two undercover operations, prosecutors are counting on the testimony of several convicted jewel thieves who are serving prison time for their involvement in the criminal organization.
Last week, the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office charged Guardarrama with more than a dozen felony counts, from racketeering and money-laundering to dealing in stolen property and soliciting first-degree murder.
"It wouldn't be the first time a defendant is overcharged," said Jonathan Blecher, one of his two defense attorneys.
Guardarrama was born in Ciego de Avila, Cuba, according to police records. In 1984, a year after Scarface hit the theaters, he immigrated to the United States with his mother.
He graduated from Miami Senior High School in 1985 and studied English and business at Miami Dade College. It is unclear what he did immediately after dropping out.
His first run-in with police was a disorderly intoxication arrest in 1990. A year later, he was arrested and later convicted after a road-rage incident on Ocean Drive in Miami Beach. According to court records, Guardarrama got out of his car and threatened the other driver with a semiautomatic pistol.
In 1994, he was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol. Three years later, he was arrested and convicted of assault, extortion and illegal bookmaking. Records show Guardarrama had threatened to kill a man who owed $13,500 in gambling debts outside a Mexican restaurant in Sweetwater.
"I'm very small-time," he told the arresting officer. "I work by myself."
By then, Guardarrama was a married man and the father of a young daughter. The couple divorced four years ago. His ex-wife did not respond to telephone messages.
State business records show that in 1996, Guardarrama helped to start a business called Plastic Air Freshener in downtown Miami. The office was a block from the Seybold Building, 36 NE First St., a hub of diamond and jewelry commerce in Miami. It is unclear what Guardarrama's business did, exactly, but in 1997 he reported earning about $200 per month as a jewelry seller, according to police records.
Jewelers at the Seybold building say Guardarrama had been in the wholesale diamond and gold business for close to two decades. He was a friendly guy with a good reputation, a seller who visited routinely to sell them jewelry they then sold in their own stores.
None of them could believe the allegations against Guardarrama. Authorities say he coordinated two groups of jewelry thieves that have operated in South Florida and across the country since at least 2005.
Stealing diamonds is a lucrative, age-old business, said Steven Wexler, president of the private Wexler Insurance Agency, which covers the industry. At the national level, hundreds of millions of dollars worth of precious stones and gold are stolen each year in the United States, he estimated. His own Coral Gables-based agency reported $50 million in losses last year.
"Thefts have increased in the past few years, and many blame the economy," he said. "South Florida has been hit especially hard, mostly because of the Colombian gangs."
Guardarrama worked with these groups of thieves who live in Colombia but travel to Miami and other U.S. cities to commit robberies, authorities say. He was one of a few fences who helped the thieves follow traveling diamond dealers who sell their wares in the Seybold building, according to the sworn testimony of convicted thieves.
"Sometimes a person who is in the jewelry business, Mr. Juan Guardarrama, called us to tip us about the victims," Andrés Felipe Lema told authorities under oath. "We followed jewelry/diamond representatives around, waiting for them to stop at gas stations, hotels, restaurants, jeweler stores or pawn shops. At those places we attacked them."
During a typical assault, the crew would break through a dealer's car windows or slash his tires, often while the dealer was still inside. Then they would grab the bags of jewelry and run.
The second crew of diamond thieves, mainly Cuban-born welders, ransacked jewelry stores after hours. One thief, Tony Adrián Sánchez Estrada, gave a sworn statement explaining that the group used metal cutters to open holes in stores' ceilings that they could then drop through. Once inside, they deactivated the alarms. Finally, one of the welders would use a blowtorch to enter the safe.
"That took about almost three hours, four hours, more or less," said Sanchez, who once worked as a welder on boats in Cuba.
After the heists, authorities say, both groups would call Guardarrama or another of the fences involved in the criminal enterprise. They would meet with Guardarrama in Miami Beach hotel rooms, at his downtown Miami apartment or even in his mother's modest duplex in Sweetwater, according to the allegations.
Business was good for Guardarrama. Records show he lived in a series of high-end apartments and drove luxury SUVs. He put his daughter through a good private school.
His divorce records indicate he paid $4,000 a month in alimony and an additional $1,000 a month in child support. Despite a court order, Guardarrama never submitted a financial statement detailing his monthly earnings and expenses.
About two years ago, as law enforcement closed in on more than a dozen thieves involved in the operation, Guardarrama skipped town. Jewelers at the Seybold building commented about his sudden absence.
He had moved to a luxury apartment in Denver with his girlfriend. According to authorities in Colorado, Guardarrama obtained a license to work in the state's medical marijuana industry. However, he is not registered as an owner of such a business.
Still, according to the June 7 arrest form, Guardarrama told the undercover cops that he grows marijuana in two Colorado warehouses.
Apparently feeling at ease, Guardarrama showed the agents a live video feed of the marijuana grows from a Nanny Cam linked to his cellphone.
Then, he asked them "to travel to Colorado and pick up 20 pounds of marijuana a month to be distributed in Miami-Dade County," according to the arrest form.
The undercover cops didn't expect the negotiations about stolen diamonds to take this turn. Authorities say the solicitation to kill Guardarrama's partner was another surprise.
The trial, scheduled for October, promises to be entertaining. Last week, when a prosecutor presented the charges against Guardarrama, he made sure to mention his infamous nickname.
Upon hearing the name "Tony Montana," those in the courtroom burst into laughter.


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PORTSMOUTH — Northern New England Coast Guard reported late Monday morning the Benjamin Bailey, a tugboat which sank in the Piscataqua River last week, had been towed to Eliot, Maine. It will stay moored there for the remainder of the local storm generated by Hurricane Sandy.
Officials said Sunday night they planned to use another tugboat to transport the Portsmouth tug only a couple of miles to Eliot Pier, before the Sandy system entered the area.
At 10:50 a.m. on Monday, a Coast Guard spokesman said the Bailey had been officially transported only moments beforehand.
The development in the story of the vessel, which went down Wednesday, Oct. 24, near Memorial Bridge, marks the end of the little boat's enduring saga. The 1,200-horsepower vessel sank for some unknown reason, and an investigation by the tugboat's owner, Archer Western Contractors, who oversees Riverside & Pickering Marine Contractors, is ongoing.
Authorities reported two people aboard the "moored," or docked, vessel were able to escape when it was pinned against a nearby barge and began to sink, though specifics on exactly what caused the accident have yet to be revealed. The two crew members were uninjured and escaped safely. The boat reportedly only suffered a few minor, "cosmetic" structural damages, according to Command Duty Officer Randy Bucklin. Bucklin also said he believed the tugboat could be salvaged.
Throughout the weekend, as crews worked to pull the upside-down vessel closer to shore in the area of Prescott Park, and used cranes and lines to upright it, an oil leak occurred.
Clean Harbors crews could be seen Saturday evening placing a boom around the resurfaced tugboat to contain fluids. Workers pulled out white plastic bags tinted red from the diesel fuel for hours.
Dozens of bystanders frequented the observation deck near the park, all curious to see the slow-moving activity of the boat's rescue. At one point, more than 30 crew members were seen strategizing effective ways to pull the tugboat out of the water.
Officials said their plans for the six-day long rescue operation of the Bailey were complicated by Hurricane Sandy moving up the East Coast. Timm Balunis, a lieutenant commander with Northern New England Coast Guard, said typically, they would have called up a barge from Boston or New York City for assistance, but many have been docked in preparation of the inclement weather.
Archer Western Contractors reported all barges had been moved "up river" until the storm passes this week. Cranes and booms were down, the drill rig on Pier 3 was removed, extra bracing was added to Pier 2 and all land-based equipment was secured on each side of the Piscataqua.
Tug that sank in Portsmouth towed to Eliot
PORTSMOUTH — Northern New England Coast Guard reported late Monday morning the Benjamin Bailey, a tugboat which sank in the Piscataqua River last week, had been towed to Eliot, Maine. It will stay moored there for the remainder of the local storm generated by Hurricane Sandy.


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The Listrac Handmade brick, manufactured by Anglian Brick, is a thrown / stock / soft mud brick that is red in colour with a light texture.
As a facing brick, the Listrac Handmade brick is commonly chosen for its aesthetic qualities, and will provide a red, light textured façade.


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blake_jl necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 25 diseños de 3 diseñadores freelance.
Zen Automotive Suppliers Pty Ltd (ZAS) are one of the largest online retailers of car detailing products in Australia.
We deal with premium boutique brands and are looking for a "premium" website layout.
What we are looking to achieve is a "big brand" look with simple yet high quality looking graphics that arent over complicated and makes the website still easy to navigate.
An example of a website that we think looks great is http://www.modyourcar.com.au/ although the layout is a little bit different to what we want, this is the company image we want to portray.
We are running this project blind to protect each designers ideas.
Mostly male ages 20+ with a high disposable income.
We are looking for a homepage, and then also a "products list" and "product details" layout. All are based on the hompage with only the centre column changing to display the other pages information.
Designers can use the following layout as a "guide". Website is to be 3 columns.
1. Search function in top left corner with category list below
2. Large image at centre top that will be a flash object with alternating image
3. Tabbed panel centre middle for sale items, popular items etc
4. Member login top right
5. Email marketing campain middle right
6. below email marketing will be image links corresponding to the alternating images in the flash section.
1. Observe the way the products are listed one on top of each other.
2. Improvements can be made for example the price looks like it has been squeezed in there.
3. Sometimes product titles require more than 1 line of text
4. The "zoom" "wish" etc not really required on this page
This is the page we have the most issues with. Key points to consider on this page are:
1. Single larger image
2. The smaller images are to be clicked and open like a lightbox viewer with full sized picture.
3. The area where the customer adds items to cart is a problem. Not attactive at all.


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Connect and join the conversation about Texas A&M as the community of Aggie Spirit continues to grow online. Our official university hashtags are #tamu and #12thMan.
Are you a member of a campus group that wants to be included in the social media directory? Visit this information page for more details on how your group can become listed.


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Books Read in 2011
1. How to Write Like Chekhov
I've read a lot of "How-to-Write" books, and this was one of the best that I've read. There was an interview I read with Raymond Carver where he said the only instruction book he would recommend to his students was the collected letters of Chekhov. What's great about this book is that it takes out all of the parts of Chekhov's letters that do not directly deal with the craft of writing.
2. The Paris Review Interview Volume 1
This book is great for giving an insight into the way great authors created their great works. The best part of the Paris Review interviews is that they reprint a facsimile of the author's manuscript page for the reader's review. So many times I find myself believing that great authors create their great works without having to do any editing. But when you see the original manuscript pages, and the various scratched out words and passages, you realize their manuscript pages look just like yours.
3. The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
I was not a fan of Camus until I read this book. I read "The Stranger" in high school and didn't much care for it. Many of the essays deal with suicide and whether or not it is ever philosophically valid to end one's life. Camus determines that every life is worth living until its end comes naturally. It's also one of his most optimistic books, which may be why I liked it more than "The Stranger."
4. On Becoming a Novelist
I'm still working my way through John Gardner's "The Art of Fiction," but this one was a much quicker read. It was a very informal and candid conversation with Gardner on what he believes makes an author. And while I remember disagreeing with some of his beliefs, it's filled with sage wisdom that every writer should at least hear once.
5. EPUB Straight to the Point
I've been working on a digital version for "Learn to Speed Read" since its release in 2009 and trying to figure out the most effective way to embed fonts into the EPUB format. This book showed me that the best way right now to write eBooks is to code them from scratch. It's the only way you can insure that the formatting will come out correct. Needless to say, since reading this book I've begun to dive deeper into HTML and CSS coding.
6. House of Leaves
Last year I read "Tree of Codes" by Jonathan Safran Froer and I was excited by the idea of creating an avant-garde novel. I told my friend about creating this novel composed of all these various parts with references where the reader has to shift through it all to find the story. To which my friend replied, "Oh, like 'House of Leaves'?" I had never heard of the book before and my friend pulled it from his shelf and showed it to me. There it was. The book I was describing already in print and carried out in a much better fashion than I had in mind.
It was fascinating to read. It was fun and creepy and bizarre. More than anything, I think what made this book special to me was that I participated in the way the story unfolded. Usually the role of the reader is passive, but this book requires active participation in order decode the various sub-plots contained in the story.
7. Why I Write
One of Penguin's short books, it was one of the most boring books I read this past year. I know many people are Orwell fans, but unfortunately I am still not. And this book did not help in my pursuit to enjoy his works.
8. Linchpin
I've been a longtime fan of Seth Godin. Many of the ways I've run this site, launched my books, handled copyright, etc. is due to his writing. I say this up front because I want you to understand how much respect I have for Godin, and like many others, I view him as a kind of demi-god of marketing and digital media.
I'd also like to tell a little story about when I worked as a film editor. The producer/director who oversaw my work gave me a great piece of advice I'll never forget. He said, "Kris, every filmmaker has 36 bad movies in him. The key to being successful is making those 36 films before you make it big."
So when I see a bad movie after the writer/director/etc. has had a long run of successful films, I think this must be one of those 36 bad movies. If you need an example, see "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace" for reference.
With that said, I think the same can be said for writing and that every writer has 36 bad books in him or her. For me, this was one of Godin's 36.
9. Spunk and Bite
|Why I'm compelled to read books about writing and grammar I have no idea. But this book was one of the most fun grammar books that I've read. Whereas other books encourage developing writers to use archaic phrasing and rules from the dawn of man, this book encourages its readers to take risks and shows how to write with a fresh and detailed style.
10. The Manual of Detection
|A fun mystery thriller; a mix of "Inception" with "The Maltese Falcon" it's a surreal detective story in a mythological world that resembles a working dystopian society found in other Sci-Fi/alternate history novels. It's a quick read and very enjoyable.
11. All My Sons
In college, I wrote a paper on "Death of a Salesman" probably every 6-8 months. And I regret to say that I wrote those papers from the various summarized pages of Cliff's Notes and Spark Notes that I breezed through to get through those classes. And the result of my superficial skimming of Arthur Miller's works was an indifference to his writing and a general feeling that his plays were interesting but not great.Needless to say, I could not have been more wrong. This was the play that changed it for me. I cannot begin to tell you how much this play impacted me. For a long time, I felt (and wrongly so) that playwrights were only doing half the job of good novelist and therefore their writing didn't need to be as good because it was going to be acted out and therefore the writing didn't need to be that good. But after reading Arthur Miller, I no longer hold that viewpoint. Instead, I hope that someday I will be able to write one book that's as good as any one of Miller's plays, knowing full-well that day is far off and that it might take place long after my death.
12. Penguin 75
|After publishing a book, I gained a new respect for book designers. If you are interested in book design, this is a great read and has become a reference book that I return to often.
13. Death of a Salesman
See my note on "All My Sons," for which I can easily say the same for this play.
14. The Prince
It's "The Prince"; 'nuff said.
15. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
|While reading Steve Jobs' biography I was intrigued by the role that spirituality played in his life. Further research into books that influenced Jobs' spirituality I came across this book, which was a great introduction to Zen meditation and Zen philosophy. If you're a twenty-something interested in learning more about Zen meditation this is an excellent introduction.
16. Steve Jobs (Biography)
|Amazon's bestseller of 2011, it is the first biography I've read so quickly and enjoyed from start to finish. There are people in life that do things a certain way and create some of the most amazing things. Their methods, both wrong and right, will never be duplicated by any other human being and produce the same result; Jobs was one of those people. For better or worse, his methods were unique and will never be duplicated and his results were more than most of us will ever do.
17. Love is a Dog From Hell
|Bukowski is always good for a laugh and his various poems on womanizing, drinking and gambling, make me smile because the truth of Bukowski's life is so sad that you have to laugh or cry about his life. I choose to laugh.
18. How to Win Friends and Influence People
|This was a book that was recommended to me by one of my friends. Having never been a salesman and having always believed strongly in the benefits of argument and debate, I found this book a fascinating read. And while some of its material is dated and some of its methods are no longer applicable, it has shown me that there are other ways to win an argument other than by debate. If want to know those methods, I suggest reading this book.
19. The Great Escape
|My favorite film of all time is "The Great Escape." It seems odd that I've waited so long to read the book that the movie was based on. It was a fun read because it gave a more in-depth look into the characters I have come to love and mythologize in my mind. It also made the people more real and less like their Hollywood god-like counterparts. The men's flaws and mishaps only made their story that much stronger to me, because the people that pulled off the greatest escape from a POW camp were ordinary people put into an extraordinary situation and came out the other side as legends.
20. A Book of Five Rings
|After reading Sun-Tzu's "Art of War" this book landed on my reading list but it wasn't until this year that I took the time to read it. Unfortunately, I did not find its information as transferrable as Sun-Tzu's words of wisdom and did not enjoy reading this old volume on strategy.
21. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea
|One of the most fascinating books I read this past year. It is the biography of the number, or non-number, zero. It's amazing how much zero affects our daily lives and our perception of various things, without ever realizing it. Towards the end of the book, the math went beyond my grasp but the explanations were so well done that I did not feel the need to prove the various theorems in the book in order to understand the gravity that this number has in our world.
22. Dispatches
|I watched the behind the scenes of "Apocalypse Now!" and found out that Michael Herr wrote much of the narration for the film and that his book "Dispatches" was THE book on the Vietnam war. I'm not much of a war historian, nor do I find myself reading military journals and histories. This book was written almost like poetry, the way Herr phrases things is unique and beautiful, despite the fact that the things he is describing are awful and terrifying. After reading this book, I am thankful more than ever that I have not had to see war first-hand, because I know I would never have come out alive.
23. Economics in One Lesson
|After watching "Moneyball" this year, I became interested (for the first time in my life) with the study of economics. I decided to read a book on the topic and found this book recommended as a great introduction to the subject matter. I finished the book recently and have yet to decide whether or not I agree with many of its assertions and statements; however, much of its writing is still swimming around in my mind and posing questions that I would never have asked if I had not read this book.
24. Jimi Hendrix Gear
|Jimi Hendrix was the best guitar player of all time. And after spending years studying his music now, my conclusion that the music was in his hands and not in his gear is more concrete than ever; especially after seeing the kind of guitars that he played.
25. Who is Jake Ellis?
|The only graphic novel I read this year. After Disney bought Marvel, and Hollywood decided to make every single comic book into a movie, I've been a jaded about reading comics. This quick little read renewed my faith in the medium and shows that the pairing of great writing and great artwork make for a beautiful vessel to communicate a story to a reader.
26. Armegeddon in Retrospect
|A selection of Vonnegut's shorter stories centering on Word War II and life in a POW camp. Some stories were better than others, most of which I found at the end of the book. It's not one of his best collections, it's not one of his worst, but it doesn't really matter because if you like Vonnegut you'll read it anyway.


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A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, extinct, dormant, and in abeyance. England
H. Colburn & R. Bentley, 1831 - 631 pages
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This book is full of information as regards to the historical lineage of many English & Scottish families: de Brus, Hastings, Harrington.
This book is full of information as regards to the historical lineage of many English & Scottish families: de Brus, Hastings, Harrington.
Most entries are short and to the point. A good place to get started when searching for genealogical connections.
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