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The Midwest's number-one attraction is the place in Chicago for lakefront fun. Board a sightseeing or dinner cruise boat, and see a live performance at the outdoor Skyline Stage or acclaimed Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Dine at one of Navy Pier's many boardwalk restaurants and browse the unique shops and stands (a great place to pick up a souvenir).
Anderson Japanese Gardens has been named one of the highest quality Japanese gardens in North America by Sukiya Living Magazine since 2004. Inspired by calm and tranquility, this 12 acre award winning landscape is comprised of koi-filled ponds, winding paths, gentle streams, cascading waterfalls, raked gravel gardens, beautifully trained pines, and more. Master craftsmanship and 16th century traditional architecture is found throughout the garden.
Strap a mask and flippers onto your imagination and chart a course to Shedd Aquarium. Have you ever seen eye-to-eye with a dolphin? Said hello to a penguin on a stroll to the South Pole? Immersed yourself in a flooded Amazon forest? Or met a friendly beluga whale? You can do it all at Shedd! Photo courtesy of the John G. Shedd Aquarium
Step out and enjoy a view like you've never experienced before at Skydeck Chicago's The Ledge. Located on the 103rd floor of the Willis Tower, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, the Ledge's glass boxes jut out from the side of the skyscraper, offering unparalleled views of Chicago and four neighboring states.
In the heart of the city you'll find a state-of-the-art park designed for the new millennium. Discover the reflective Cloud Gate sculpture, the multimedia Crown Fountain and the Frank Gehry-designed Jay Pritzker Pavilion, all with Chicago's stunning architecture as a backdrop. The park is also host to many free cultural programs, concerts and family activities. Plus, there's alfresco dining in the summer and an ice skating rink in the winter.
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
This museum is one of the most-visited presidential museums in the nation where visitors can experience the entire Lincoln story under one roof, from Abe's humble beginnings in an Indiana log cabin to his days as president in the White House. Be dazzled by two special effects theaters featuring historical ghosts and a Civil War battlefield, life-like vignettes that depict important moments in the president's life, and artifacts that range from Lincoln's stovepipe hat to an original copy of the Gettysburg Address.
Kayak through canyons of skyscrapers and architectural wonders, or explore the waters just off beautiful Lake Michigan. Kayak Chicago is Chicago's premier full-service outfitter, offering a variety of tours with certified instructors and guides. It's a truly unique way to experience the urban landscape.
Discover Sue, the largest and most complete T. rex ever found! At the Field Museum you can also get a bug's-eye view in the Underground Adventure, descend into an Egyptian tomb, be dazzled in the Hall of Gems, come nose to nose with the infamous man-eating lions of Tsavo, and walk among dinosaurs in Evolving Planet.
Walking through Livingston County War Museum is like taking a tour of the 20th Century, including artifacts, films, books, uniforms and weapons of several wars. The museum does not glorify war, but shows the best attributes of men and women caught up in war. In doing so, we respectfully honor the service of America's veterans, and the men and women from the area who served in the military.
Museum of Science and Industry
A world of discovery awaits at the largest science museum in the Western Hemisphere. Explore more than 800 exhibits, including the legendary U-505, a German submarine captured on the high seas during World War II; take off on a Boeing 727 airplane for a simulated cross-country flight; descend down a mineshaft for a tour of a realistic coal mine; and witness robots at work in a toy factory. Take a seat at the museum's Omnimax Theater and watch awesome 3D flicks on a giant screen.
The town of Arthur is located in the heart of Amish country, home to more than 2,000 Amish residents and hundreds of charming countryside businesses, Illinois' Amish Country offers shopping, dining, special events and guided educational tours (some of which feature meals in actual Amish homes).
Broadway In Chicago presents the hottest shows in Chicago's bustling Downtown Theater District. On the stages of the Oriental Theatre, Cadillac Palace Theatre, Bank of America Theatre, Auditorium Theatre and Broadway Playhouse, you will discover theater productions direct from Broadway, along with world premieres.
Opened in October 2012, this new visitor's center celebrates the long history of the Caterpillar Company. Visitors can explore the past by taking a journey back in time via historic photos and antique equipment. Visitor favorites include a 24-foot tall 797 mining truck that doubles as a movie theater and a product floor complete with simulators to explore its world-famous product line.
Illinois Route 66 Hall of Fame and Museum
See the finest memorabilia associated with the history of the Mother Road in Illinois. Among the artifacts, you'll find the bus and van of Route 66 icon, Bob Waldmire—a true legend of the Mother Road. During your visit, you'll likely spot Bob's brother, Buz Waldmire, sharing stories of his late brother's famous travels up and down Route 66. Be sure to step around back for a great photo op in front of the World's Largest Route 66 shield and other great murals. Admission is free.
Join us on Chicago's #1 architecture tour! Only the Chicago Architecture Foundation and Chicago's First Lady Cruises can showcase Chicago's world renowned city architecture with style, class and comfort. Learn about the architecture and design of over 50 buildings as described by CAF-certified Volunteer Docents/Guides. Don't settle for imitations, look for the CAF logo. Cruises depart daily. Open-air and air-conditioned seating is available. Full Service Bar onboard each vessel. Cruising April - November. Visit our website for full schedule. For a truly unique CAF Cruise experience, join us for our specialty river cruise experiences, including: Capture Chicago Photography Cruise, summer Saturday and Sunday mornings at 9am; Twilight Cruise, summer Thursday, Friday and Sunday evenings at 7:30pm; American Girl Dinner + River Cruise, select summer afternoon and evenings. For more information, visit www.cruisechicago.com/architecture_tours and view our "NEW for 2014" tab.
The Shawnee Hills Wine Trail features 12 award-winning wineries located along a 25-mile scenic drive along highway 127 and highway 51 in the Shawnee National Forest. Along the way have a picnic, go on a hike, visit a shop, and stay in a cozy B&B or cabin. Many of the wineries host special events throughout the summer and fall.
The theme park offers miniature golf, go-karts, batting cages, carnival rides and an arcade. While the water park features a wave pool, bumper boats, water slides, paddle boats and a lazy river. Catch a movie at the old-fashioned drive-in, adjacent to Knight's.
The second-largest art museum in the United States is home to more than 300,000 works of art, including "American Gothic" by Grant Wood, Edward Hopper's "Nighthawks" and more. Renowned for its rare master works, at The Art Institute visitors can experience one of the world's most notable collections of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art. With the addition of its Modern Wing, the museum now features an impressive showcase for its contemporary artworks.
360 Chicago's (formerly John Hancock Observatory) epic new attraction that will forever change the way visitors see Chicago. TILT debuts in the spring of 2014, providing the ultimate window to the Windy City. A one-of-a-kind experience, TILT is an enclosed, glass and steel moveable platform that holds up to eight visitors per cycle. Once safely situated inside, the platform slowly tilts outward to an adventurous angle, generating downward-facing views of Chicago – from one thousand feet above The Magnificent Mile®. TILT gives thrill-seekers an exciting and safe way to take in unsurpassable views of the city, from a never-before-seen angle. Check website for opening dates and hours.
Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site
Step back in time and explore historic New Salem just as Lincoln knew it. This meticulously reconstructed 1830s village is where Lincoln lived as a young adult, studied law and began politics. Everything from the people to the blacksmith's workshop gives visitors a glimpse into what pioneer life was really like when young, burly Abe was throwing down his axe. Open 7 days a week.
On the Shawnee Hills Wine Trail, Rustle Hill winery features an amphitheater bandstand for live music, great wines and beers, restaurant and cabins for rent.
You'll find art galleries, music venues, specialty shops, and great restaurants all located along Peoria's beautiful RiverFront. Whether it's a quick bite at a casual café or a relaxing dinner, we have something for everyone. You can enjoy live music and entertainment every weekend, shop the largest Antique Center in Central Illinois or find the perfect gift or home accent at one of our fun and inviting RiverFront shops. Throughout the summer, we offer an endless assortment of outdoor concerts and events. And don't miss the RiverFront Market featuring local produce, art, and musicians, Saturday mornings, June – September. Peoria's RiverFront… Where fun, food and friends meet!
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
Illinois' only United Nations World Heritage Site. This 2,200-acre site preserves the central section of the largest prehistoric Indian city north of Mexico. An Interpretive Center presents a coherent account of this sophisticated prehistoric culture. Climb Monk's Mound, see the film and life-size village. Don't miss annual events that focus on Native American culture.
The Chicago Riverwalk trail in downtown Chicago is an easy way to experience the vibrant city while exploring some of its more nature-oriented offerings. This trail is rated as easy, and will take you only 2.5 hours or 4.2 miles round-trip to complete.


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The Ultrabook market is growing rapidly. But just as quickly as it grows, it segments. The HP Envy 6 can't consider itself an "Ultrabook" because it's not powered by an Intel processor. Instead its "Sleekbook" moniker goes hand in hand with the AMD CPU at its core.
This 15.6-inch, affordable laptop doesn't have the kind of weighty processing power beneath its shell to measure up against the more performance-tuned kit out there. But there's nothing wrong with that. Indeed this HP - the Envy 6-1006ea (B6W52EA) model as reviewed here - is all about a balance of looks and performance against a modest price.
A tie-in with Beats Audio helps to "trendy" the HP's appeal; and this company has been trying to shake off its "average and functional" label for some time now. Can the HP Envy 6 do just that?
With many low-middle spec laptops very similar, if not the very same, on their insides, it's more and more down to external appearance that helps to sell a laptop.
Initial impressions of the HP Envy 6 are good: its got a black plastic top with the slightest of textures that almost shimmers in the light; with a cherry-red base and sides that offsets well against the black. The HP logo is emblazoned in a raised, silver-coloured circle on the main lid.
But get up close and personal and it's more clear that the HP Envy 6 isn't a pricey machine. Its plasticky finish can be felt; the screen and surrounding bezel has some flex in it when it's raised for use, for example. The plastic top and interior keyboard surrounds also mark easily with fingerprints and smudges - a minor point, but while the Envy looks pristine when it first comes out of the box - indeed, perhaps to the, ahem, envy of your friends - this won't be something that will last.
But it's not all about looks. There's functionality to consider too. The 15.6-inch size lends itself well to a decent keyboard spread with good distance between the keys. Typing is comfortable, though not anything special, and there's no backlighting to the keys or anything snazzy like that - just what we'd expect for the price point.
HP hasn't held back on some up-to-date features, unlike some of its competitors. There are two USB 3.0 ports features to the left side of the machine, backed-up with a single USB 2 port to the right, if you need that extra socket.
The trackpad also supports single and two-finger input for quick scrolling through webpages and the like. Yes, it's very Apple-esque, and a useful touch, though it's not as well featured as the fruit-logoed company's full multiple-gesture system.
The Envy 6's screen is an LED-backlit design which, while bright and easy to view, offers only a rather pedestrian 1366 x 768 resolution. Again, this is the consequence of its price point, but it's not low resolution and does cater for the majority of tasks. Some users might want more resolution real estate though, and demanding gamers ought to plump for a pricier system on account not only this, but also of the background graphics and processing support.
The HP Envy 6 that we got to review runs a 2.6GHz AMD Dual-Core A6-4455M APU paired up with 6GB of DDR3 RAM and a Radeon HD 7500G graphics card.
We've run Photoshop CS6 and have played a lot of Sim City 4 via Steam. For the most part the Envy is fine enough, which shows that modest power will deal with most peoples' demands, but that's not to say there wasn't the occasional stutter and splutter where video and audio playback was concerned. This isn't the higher-level Intel Core i7 backed up with a beefy graphics card like some of its higher-priced competitors, after all.
Then there's that Beats endorsement. It seems like every Tom, Dick and Harry of the music world is getting in on the action of late: Dre, RZA, Fiddy, and so on. HP wants a bit of that "bling pie", and the Envy 6's red "b" Beats logo on its main dash is that very symbol.
Anyone who's used Beats headphones, particularly the higher-end ones, will know that they're pretty bloomin' stonking cans. But the HP Envy 6 obviously isn't a pair of headphones. What, exactly, Beats Audio is in a laptop context - at least beyond a brand label - is a little perplexing. It may tick the marketing boxes, but it's not just about that: a redesigned headphone jack reduces ground noise, while sound is processed for more powerful, better separated results. Whether it makes that much difference is arguable.
The Envy 6 also has a soundbar that runs across most of the length of the unit, which incorporates two speakers and a subwoofer. We'd take that with a pinch of salt though; a decent subwoofer needs space to pump out the bass and, as a result, the Envy 6 sounds okay, but it's not going to blow your socks off.
Other Extras
On board the HP Envy 6 you'll find Windows 7 Home Premium as standard, and while there is a pre-loaded Norton Anti-virus package that more or less "demands" you sign up, the Envy is otherwise not full of "bloatware". And that can only be a good thing.
The 6-1006ea review model has a 500GB, 5400rpm hard disk drive. It might not be a super-fast solid state drive (SSD) but, again, that just doesn't come with the price territory.
There is scope to upgrade if you really feel like it: there's room for 8GB of RAM, or a more significant hard disk drive. Those after Blu-ray, DVD or CD-reading capabilities will need to look elsewhere, however, as there is no optical drive - a trend in many modern machines.
Battery life lasts somewhere between the four to six-hour range, depending on what you happen to be doing. More processor-intensive work may cut this down yet further but for on-the-go work there's plenty of scope here. That is assuming the 2.15kg weight and 15.6-inch size aren't a bother for those looking to use the Envy 6 on the go.
There's another useful feature too: HP claims that an accidental drop will register with the ProtectSmart accelerometer in order to put the brakes on the hard drive in order to protect data. Not something we dared test, but a great idea.
The HP Envy 6 wraps up reasonable capabilities into a decent-looking, if not rather plasticky body. It's not going to be the very fastest or most able machine, but then what this Sleekbook lacks in higher-end features it makes up for in its price.
We're fond of the USB 3.0 ports and the comfortable keyboard, but the so-so screen resolution and middling performance don't necessarily see the HP shake off its "average and functional" badge. Yes, there might be a Beats Audio badge, but the audio abilities - which aren't anything standout here - can only go so far in pushing a series forward.
If you're in the market for a 15-inch budget laptop then the HP Envy 6 has got enough grunt behind it to deal with most tasks. It's not meant to be a high-end model, and that shows. But when money is a major deciding factor the Envy 6 succeeds in filling that near-£600 gap in the market. And by doing so it's already done its job: there's enough on offer for the cash, and buyers will know they're not buying a powerhouse.

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Choosing the Best Credit Card for 2013
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The start of a new year is typically when consumers take a close look at their finances, making resolutions on saving money and cutting expenses. It may be an annual tradition, but this year there is an urgency as lawmakers and the President wrestle each other over the fiscal cliff that will affect the finances of almost every American. While it is uncertain what the tax rates or deductions will be next year, there are steps that households can take to save a little extra and protect their finances in the uncertainty of 2013, such as getting the right credit card.
Changing credit cards can save substantial money on interest payments or earn some extra cash with a reward card. The choices can be overwhelming since there are over 1,000 credit cards offered in the United States. Credit cards are not "one-size-fits-all," so it is important to thoroughly research and compare cards to find the right one to meet your needs.
Getting Started
Before shopping for a credit card, it is important to have a plan for how you will use the loan. Are you a disciplined person that only charges what you can afford and pays off the balance in full on time every month? If so, a rewards card is a good option for you. If you carry a balance from month to month, then getting a card with the lowest possible interest rate is the most important consideration.
The ads you see on television and in print can make every card look good, but ignore the pictures of happy faces and the promises in the headlines. Read the terms and conditions of the offer before applying for any credit card. The offer you receive today is determined by your credit score and how you have handled finances in the past. The lowest interest rate is only given to applicants with good or excellent credit scores, not to everyone who applies. If you don't have a good credit score, you could receive an offer with a higher interest rate, or a declined application. Don't assume that you know what your credit score is. Before you apply for a credit card, check your credit score so you know what offer you can expect. This also gives you a chance to find and correct any errors that may be pulling down your score. A FICO score in the mid-700s is considered a good score and you can expect to receive a relatively low interest rates. A FICO score less than 640 may be too low to be approved for a card so you may have to look at other options like a secured card.
Low Interest Rates
If you carry a balance on your credit card from one month to the next, get a credit card with a low interest rate. The average advertised APR last week was 14.35% according to the LowCards Complete Credit Card Index. The advertised rate is usually the lowest rate that issuers charge so don't stop here. Look in the terms and conditions for the range of interest rates because most cards have three rate tiers. The higher your credit score, the lower your APR will be. If your FICO score is in the mid-600s, you will probably get the highest rate.
Here are some of the most attractive low interest credit cards:
Capital One Platinum Prestige
The lowest rate is 10.90% (the highest rate is 18.9%). The card offers 0% through March 2014 on purchases as well as balance transfers with a 3% balance transfer fee. There is no fee for international transactions.
Simmons First Visa Platinum
An APR of 7.25% but you have to have outstanding credit to be approved. No transaction fee for balance transfers.
When shopping for a low interest credit card, consider your credit union and local bank. The interest rates may be slightly lower when compared to national banks. Here are examples of low rates from credit unions
BECU Visa
The rate is 6.9%-18%. The credit union is open to residents of Washington state and Boeing employees. There is a $25 annual participation fee.
First Command Bank Platinum and Classic Visa
The Platinum rate is 6.25%, the Classic rate is 10.25% and there is no fee for balance transfers. The bank is located in Fort Worth Texas, currently accepting new account applications only from existing clients of First Command Bank or First Command Financial Services.
Platinum Premier Visa from First Tennessee Bank
The rate is 5.15% to 13.15% based on credit worthiness but is only available to First Tennessee banking customers.
Balance Transfers
If your interest rate is above 14 percent and you have a good credit score, this may be a good time to try to secure a lower rate on your credit card. Start with a call to your credit card issuer and ask for a lower rate, telling them you are considering transferring your balance to a card with a lower rate. They may lower your APR just to keep you as a customer. If they don't, transfer your debt onto another card that is offering an attractive interest rate and you may be able to save a significant amount of money on interest charges. Currently, many issuers are offering 0% interest rates on balance transfers for an extended time period. The two important considerations for consumers are to make sure they can pay off this transferred balance during that 0% introductory period, and that the interest penalties you save are more than the fee you will pay to transfer the balance from one issuer to another.
When comparing cards for a balance transfer, also look at the ongoing interest rates. If you can't pay off the balance before the introductory period ends, you will eventually be paying that ongoing interest rate. Another consideration is that the credit card issuer may only accept a portion of the amount you want to transfer, so the remaining balance may be charged the ongoing interest rate.
The best offers will typically be given to applicants with a credit score in the mid-700s. If you have a score less than this, you may receive a shorter introductory period, or your application may be declined.
Discover More
There is currently a Discover More card that offers 0% interest on balance transfers for 18 months. Consumers also receive 0% on purchases for six months. The balance transfer fee is 3% and the ongoing APR is 10.99-20.99%.
Cash Rewards
According to Consumer Reports, 56 percent of Americans pay off their credit card debt each month, so reward cards are a good option for the majority of Americans. If you are undecided about the best reward card for your needs, a card that gives you a little extra cash is always a good choice. A common reward payout is a penny per dollar spent–so reward cards won't make you rich, but every little bit helps. Some also offer a bonus as a new customer if you make a certain amount of transactions during the first three months. Cash back cards typically have a slightly higher interest rate, so only apply for a reward card if you will pay off the entire balance each month.
Secured Cards
If your credit score is too low (less than FICO 640) to qualify for a regular credit card, then a secured card may be your best option. These require a security deposit which will be your credit limit. Choose a card that reports your payment history to the credit bureaus because this can eventually raise your credit score if you use this card responsibly and make all payments on time. You do not have to use this card, but just keeping it open and in good standing can create a positive credit history. Secured cards offer almost 100% approval, but they also charge higher interest rates and fees.
Capital One Secured MasterCard


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Paris in Plantsville will be hosting a solo show of the works of artist Christine Ivers in an exhibition entitled "Pure Pigments."
Referring to the show title, Christine explained in a press release, " That's what we refer to when painting with pastels. They contain exactly the same pigments as oils, acrylics, and watercolors, but without the drying effects or binders that can discolor with age. You can break them or pulverize them, add distilled water to them and roll the pigment up and let it dry. Voile! Another pastel stick has been born."
Ivers received a bachelor's of fine arts in painting and two-dimensional design from HartfordArtSchool in 1973 and found work in the advertising field for the last 40 years. She has been creative director at numerous ad agencies and in 1986 broke off on her own to start her own company. She works with artists in that crossover world of fine art and digital photography to teach them how to better promote themselves.
After raising four daughters, Chris returned to her passion and works in pastels and oils. She is the Past-President of the CT Pastel Society where she also holds Signature Artist Membership. She sits on the Board of Governors of Pastel Society of America and is a Board Member at Lyme Art Association. Chris is also a Master Pastelist Member of the Pastel Society of America, an Elected Artist Member at Lyme Art Association, Allied Artists of America, Audubon Artists, and with Academic Artists of America. Other memberships are with CT Women Artists, Salmagundi Club NYC, and numerous other art organizations.
She has won numerous awards including Best in Show Awards at Connecticut Women Artists Juried Exhibit and at the New Britain Museum of American Art and has paintings in private collections throughout New England. Her paintings were chosen by the International Association of Pastel Societies as one of eight finalists worldwide in two of the IAPS cover competitions and placed First in Pastels in the Richeson 75 Landscape Show, WI. Her paintings, "Red on 5th" and "Salt" were chosen as two of Pastel Journal's Top 100.
She was inducted into the International Association of Pastel Societies Master Circle of Pastelists. She was twice juried into PaintAmerica's Top 100 Artists with shows that traveled the country for two years visiting Galleries and Museums. Chris has been published in Best of American Artists Pastel Edition, Practiqué des Arts (a French publication featuring artists from around the world), American Art Collector Magazine, The Pastel Journal and was honored with the Art Spirit Foundation Silver Medal Award for Excellence in Pastel at the Salmagundi Club in NYC.
Chris and her husband David live in central Connecticut.
There will be an opening reception on Saturday, Nov. 9 from 6 to 9 p.m. A closing reception will be held Saturday, Nov. 30 from 6 to 9 p.m.
These and approximately 30 original paintings will be on exhibit at Paris In Plantsville during the month of November. Prints and signed Gicleés will also be available for purchase.
Paris in Plantsville is at 15 West Main St., Plantsville.


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There are several key storylines that all media outlets are required to discuss in the days leading up to the Super Bowl. We will do our part by beating them into the ground as far as we can.
For years, the Pro Bowl has been the least relevant event on the sporting calendar. It's a game no one wants to participate in at a time no one wants to watch football and of all the major all-star events, it's the one that least resembles the game it's supposed to be honoring. (Football without hitting or speed! Huzzah!) So in a last ditch effort to get someone to pay attention, they moved it up two weeks and switched the venue from Hawaii (for the first time in 30 years) to the Super Bowl host city. There's been so little interest in the Pro Bowl recently that it can't hurt, right?
Incredibly, it has. Somehow changes that were designed to make more people happy, have pissed off everyone. The Pro Bowlers are mad, because they lost out on a free trip to Hawaii. Sure, playing the game sucks, but at least you get some sun. And a trip to Miami doesn't make up for that, because most of them would have been hanging out there during Super Bowl week anyway. Now they can't even enjoy the parties, because they have to work on Sunday. Thanks for the honor?
The Pro Bowlers who play for Super Bowl teams—and there are a lot of them—are pissed too, because they can't play in the game but the NFL still wants them to be there for photo ops with bigwig corporate sponsors. It's like being forced to attend an all-night dorm kegger, but not being allowed to drink because you have an exam in the morning.
Then there are the guys who have just finished a long grueling season, some of whom have not even had one full week to recover, and are not really up for another week of practice, no matter how half-assed it is. Thirty-one players who were originally named to Pro Bowl rosters have dropped out or declined, including 14 Super Bowlers. Aaron Rodgers is the starting quarterback for the NFC and I think Jim Kelly is being brought out of retirement to run the AFC offense. The star power of the event has actually been diminished, which is amazing when you consider that one of those stars is Alan Faneca.
Oh, and if all that wasn't enough, they're playing the Pro Bowl on the same grass field that the Super Bowl will be played on a week later ... but the NFL will not replace the turf before the big finale. (Even though stadium workers have to replace everything else.) So after a full NFL football game bookended by five straight days of rain, the grass should be in tip-top shape for the most important game of the season.
But the Pro Bowl should do slightly better in the ratings this year, since a lot of drug addicts and confused football fans will tune in anyway and believe they're watching the Super Bowl.
Pro Bowl is an embarrassing waste of time [Miami Herald]
Jon Gruden: Colts' Bill Polian right to criticize NFL about Pro Bowl rules [USA Today]
NFL players' union leaders air concerns over Pro Bowl location, timing, money [Boston Herald]
Play it whenever, Pro Bowl is still NFL's weak link [Yuma Sun]
Crew Meticulously Prepares Pro Bowl Field [CBS4]


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Inside the Fierce Campaign for Best Picture
Political-style campaigns featuring special screenings, glitzy parties, star-powered persuasion, teary interviews and an avalanche of advertising made up this year's hard-fought race for the best-picture Oscar. WSJ's Merissa Marr has details on Lunch Break. Photo: Getty Images.
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Letter, Joseph Denison to Dear Bro. [Isaac] Goodnow
Author: Denison, Joseph
Date: June 8, 1859
Joseph Denison wrote from Manhattan, Kansas Territory, to Isaac Goodnow, who was traveling in New England. Denison reported recent college construction expenditures to Goodnow, illustrating his attempts to "financier as faithfully and as economically" as he could, and updated his on the construction's progress. He encouraged Goodnow to sell city lots and obtain land warrants, both of which were in high demand.
Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: Isaac Goodnow Collection, #357, Box 2 Folder 6
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FDA Says 4,150 Pet Deaths Reported
Lots of tidbits from this FDA release. And finally, an acknowledgment from the FDA that more than 16 pets may be dead.
All vegetable protein from China is being detained. It includes the following: Wheat Gluten, Rice Gluten, Rice Protein, Rice Protein Concentrate, Corn Gluten, Corn Gluten Meal, Corn By-Products, Soy Protein, Soy Gluten, Proteins (includes amino acids and protein hydrosylates), Mung Bean Protein.
USA Today also reports on this news. Says "an import alert of this breadth is rare."
Highlights below:
- 1,950 cats and 2,200 dogs reported dead.
- FDA does not know the scope of the problem.
- Original source of toxins still not known.
- Firms got around Chinese inspection by saying it wasn't food.
- New standards for import use established.
Full release after the jump.
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TYPE OF ALERT: Detention Without Physical Examination (Countrywide)
(Note: This import alert represents the Agency's current guidance to FDA field
personnel regarding the manufacturer(s) and/or products(s) at issue. It does
not create or confer any rights for or on any person, and does not operate to
bind FDA or the public).
PRODUCTS: Wheat Gluten
Rice Gluten
Rice Protein
Rice Protein Concentrate
Corn Gluten
Corn Gluten Meal
Corn By-Products
Soy Protein
Soy Gluten
Proteins (includes amino acids and protein hydrosylates)
Mung Bean Protein
PRODUCT 02G[][]08 - Soy Bean Meal/Powder/Gluten/Protein Isolate
CODES: 18E[][]03 Soy Protein Powder
02F[][]08 Wheat Gluten
02E[][]06 - Wheat Flour Gluten
71M[][]01 Wheat Gluten
02D[][]12 Rice Protein
02D[][]13 Rice Gluten
71I[][]03 Rice Protein
71G[][]02 - Corn Gluten
02B[][][][] Milled Rice Products
54[][][][][]- Amino acids and protein hydrosylates
PROBLEM: Poisonous or Deleterious Substance
Unfit For Food
Unsafe Food Additive
COUNTRY: China (CN)
MANUFACTURER/SHIPPER: All
CHARGES: "The article is subject to refusal of admission pursuant to
section 801(a)(3) in that it appears to bear or contain a
poisonous or deleterious substance, which may render it
injurious to health [Adulteration, section 402(a)(1)]"
"The article is subject to refusal of admission pursuant to
section 801(a)(3) in that it appears to bear or contain a
food additive that is unsafe within the meaning of section
409 [Adulteration, section 402(a)(2)(C)(i)]"
"The article is subject to refusal of admission pursuant
to section 801(a)(3) in that it appears to be unfit for
food [Adulteration, 402(a)(3)]"
OFFICE: Division of Import Operations and Policy, HFC-170
ALERT: In recent weeks, there has been an outbreak of cat and dog deaths
and illness associated with pet food manufactured with vegetable
proteins contaminated with melamine and melamine related
compounds. In response to this outbreak, FDA has been conducting
an aggressive and intensive investigation. Pet food manufacturers
and others have recalled dog and cat food and other suspect
products and ingredients. This has been one of the largest pet
food recalls in history, a recall that continues to expand. Thus
far, 18 firms have recalled product, 17 Class I and 1 class II,
covering over 5,300 product lines. As of April 26, 2007, FDA had
received over 17,000 consumer complaints relating to this
outbreak, and those complaints included reports of approximately
1950 deaths of cats and 2200 deaths of dogs. The Agency is
working with federal, state, and local governments, academia, and
industry to assess the extent of the outbreak, better understand
how melamine and melamine related compounds contributed to the pet
deaths and illnesses, and to determine the underlying cause of the
As of April 26, 2007, FDA had collected approximately 750 samples
of wheat gluten and products made with wheat gluten and, of those
tested thus far, 330 were positive for melamine and/or melamine
related compounds. FDA had also collected approximately 85
samples of rice protein concentrate and products made with rice
protein concentrate and, of those tested thus far, 27 were
positive for melamine and/or melamine related compounds. FDA's
investigation has traced all of the positive samples as having
been imported from China.
Although FDA's investigation is ongoing, the Agency has learned
the following about the outbreak and its association with
contaminated vegetable proteins from China:
1. For the vegetable proteins and finished products that have
been found to be contaminated, it is unknown who the actual
manufacturers are, how many manufacturers there are, or
where in China they may be located.
The samples of vegetable proteins that have tested positive
for the presence of melamine and melamine analogs have, thus
far, been traced to two Chinese firms, Xuzhou Anying
Biologic Technology Development Co. Ltd. and Binzhou Futian
Biology Technology Co. Ltd. Records relating to the
importation of these products indicate that these two firms
had manufactured the ingredients in question. There is
strong evidence, however, that these firms are not the
actual manufacturers. Moreover, despite many weeks of
investigation, it is still unknown who the actual
manufacturer or manufacturers of the contaminated products
imported from China are.
All of the contaminated wheat gluten has thus far been
traced to Xuzhou Anying. According to the General
Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and
Quarantine (AQSIQ) of the Chinese government, Xuzhou Anying
purchased its wheat gluten from 25 different manufacturers
and Xuzhou Anying may just be a supplier. Press statements
by Xuzhou Anying state that it did not manufacturer the
wheat gluten it had shipped to United States that has been
associated with the outbreak, but that it received that
wheat gluten from other sources not named in the press
Despite its investigation into the matter, FDA has been
unable to determine who, in fact, the actual manufacturer(s)
2. The source of the contamination problem is currently unknown
and FDA has been unable to isolate the scope of the problem.
Melamine is a molecule that has a number of commercial and
industrial uses. Other than a few limited authorizations
for use in food contact materials for human food, melamine
has no approved use as an ingredient in human or animal food
in the United States. FDA is continuing its investigation
into how the melamine and melamine related compounds may
have gotten into the vegetable protein, and has asked the
Chinese government to help with this investigation.
In addition, FDA does not know how widespread the problem in
China might be. For example, FDA does not know which
regions of the country may or may not be impacted by the
problem, which firms are the major manufacturers and
exporters of vegetable proteins to the United States, where
these vegetable proteins are grown in China, and what
controls are currently in place to prevent against
According to the Chinese government, Xuzhou Anying did not
declare the contaminated wheat gluten it shipped to the
United States as a raw material for feed or food. Rather,
according to the Chinese government, it was declared to them
as non-food product, meaning that it was not subject to
mandatory inspection by the Chinese government. In
addition, in a communication to the U.S. government, the
Chinese government has requested that FDA either request or
require that U.S. importers of plant protein products insist
on AQSIQ certification, based on AQSIQ testing, as part of
the import contract. According to a media report, China's
Foreign Ministry issued a statement that the contaminated
vegetable protein managed to get past Chinese customs
without inspection because it had not been declared for use
in pet food. The news report said the contamination problem
has prompted China to step up inspections of plant-based
proteins and to list melamine as a banned substance for food
exports and domestic sales.
This information indicates that there are manufacturing
control issues that cannot be linked to specific sources in
China, but instead require country-wide monitoring.
3. On April 17, 2007, pet food manufacturers in South Africa
recalled dry cat and dog food due to formulation with a
contaminated corn gluten, a vegetable protein. FDA has
learned that the corn gluten was contaminated with melamine
and that the corn gluten had been imported from a third-
party supplier in China. According to news reports, the
contaminated pet food has been linked to the deaths of
approximately 30 dogs in South Africa.
GUIDANCE: Districts may detain without physical examination, all Vegetable
protein products from China.
Appropriate screening criteria have been set.
For questions or issues concerning science, science
policy, sample collection, analysis, preparation, or
analytical methodology, contact Mr. Thomas Savage, Division of
Field Science, at 301-827-1026.
If a firm, shipper or importer believes that their product
should not be subject to detention under this import
alert they should forward information supporting their
position to FDA at the following address:
Food and Drug Administration
Division of Import Operations and Policy (HFC-170)
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 12-36
Rockville, MD 20587
In order to adequately assess whether a manufacturer has the
appropriate controls and processes in place to ensure the quality
of the product being produced, the firm or shipper must provide
the following information:
1. Documentation showing that a minimum of five (5)
consecutive entries have been released by FDA based on
third party laboratory analyses using FDA recommended
methods and that all shipments did not contain the
presence of melamine and/or melamine analogs.
2. Certificate, such as from AQSIQ, indicating that an
inspection of the manufacturer was conducted and
adequate controls are in place. Information should
also include:
a. Copy of the inspectional reports and compliance
status of the manufacturer.
b. If products were sampled during the course of the
inspection, test results indicating that the
products are free of melamine and/or melamine
All requests for removal (exemption) from DWPE will be forwarded
by DIOP to CVM (HFV-230) or CFSAN (HFS-606) for
evaluation depending on the intended final use in animal
or human food.
FOI: No purging required
KEYWORDS: Feed, pet food, human food, melamine, gluten, protein,
concentrate, rice, wheat, corn, soy, mung bean
PREPARED BY: Cathie Marshall, CVM, HFV-232, 240-276-9217
Salvatore Evola, CFSAN, HFS-606- 302-436-2164
Linda Wisniowski, DIOP, HFC-172, 301-443-6553
INTO FIARS: April 27, 2007
Firms and products exempt from detention without physical examination
(Currently there are no firms listed in the attachment)


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A mobile phone and a hands-free kit are seen in a 58 year old Sri Lankan prisoner's rectum in an X-ray image received by AFP on Feb. 8, 2013.
Published at 9:04 a.m. ET: A Sri Lankan prisoner who tried to hide his cellphone during a search of his cell was caught out when guards heard a ring tone emanating from his rear end, according to a hospital official.
The 58-year-old convict had to be admitted to the national hospital in Colombo where doctors later retrieved the handset, together with an accompanying hands-free kit, from his rectum. -- Agence France-Presse
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If you're admiring a tree during a walk around Pepperdine University's Malibu campus, be sure to look down to avoid tripping over the small metal sign—usually affixed to a boulder—that bears the personal name of the tree or its donor. If you've ever wondered why so many of the trees around campus come with their own nametags etched in stone, there's a simple answer. This land acquired by Pepperdine in 1968, although beautiful, was devoid of trees; the grassy meadow adorned with wild flowers receded into shrub-covered mountains.
To provide further shade and beauty to the newly built campus in 1972, Pepperdine launched its "Trees for Pepperdine-Malibu" campaign designed to attract arboreal transplants and sponsors for new saplings. One of the most famous donations was a large coral tree that required a decree from Governor Ronald Reagan to close down a portion of the Pacific Coast Highway for its overnight move from the Hollywood apartment complex where it resided.
On January 13, 1973, midway through the first year of classes in Malibu, Governor Reagan visited campus to donate a tree himself. In his first official visit to the Malibu campus, Governor Reagan, together with Nancy, planted a redwood sapling during a small ceremony that included guests ranging from Frank Shakespeare, the outgoing director of the United States Information Agency, to Jim Nabors, the actor best known for portraying Gomer Pyle on television. William S. Banowsky, Pepperdine's new President, oversaw the event, which was followed by a reception in the Tyler Campus Center and a tour of Payson Library. The group also toured the Brock House, which at the time was not much more than a construction site.
Reagan's tree was originally planted at the approximate spot now occupied by the Ahmanson Fine Arts Center courtyard. With the expansion of these facilities, the redwood was relocated to its current location, situated between Seaver Drive and the main Seaver parking lot.
You can browse a selection of highlights from Reagan's tree dedication ceremony in the digital University Archives Photograph Collection.


text: Charlie White is an ice dancer who earned the 2011 World Figure Skating Championships gold medal and 2010 Olympic silver medal with partner Meryl Davis. White has been skating with Davis since 1997 and in that time they have become one of the most decorated U.S. ice dance teams in history, earning eight Grand Prix gold medals, three Grand Prix Final gold medals and four U.S. titles. The one medal they are missing is Olympic gold. Follow Charlie as he blogs about his experiences on his road to the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games.


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As you are aware, we are at risk for mineral deficiencies developing after #bariatricsurgery. And the further out we are from surgery the greater the likelihood. Although there are a lot of mineral supplements on the market, I've done my research and Stone Blood Shilajit is a product that I've started using twice each day: 15 drops in my morning coffee and 15 drops in my protein shake at night.
Why did I switch to Shilajit? Because it is a highly absorbable form of 85+ nutrients created from the long process of breakdown of minerals and plant matter over a very long period of time. So it cannot be man-made in a lab. Plus it's high concentration of fulvic acid increases cell membrane permeability and allows for better absorption of the minerals. Shilajit also contains high levels of iron and likewise helps the body to absorb that, so it may help in preventing my #anemia from recurring.
So I highly recommend my fellow #bariatric patients talk to their #bariatrics nutritionists about Shilajit. Note that people with certain health conditions should not take Shilajit, and it is possible to be allergic to it, and we should always talk to our doctors before taking a new supplement. The said, here are a several clinical benefits to consider:
Healthline, a very reputable consumer health information website, states "Shilajit contains fulvic acid and more than 84 minerals! so it offers numerous health benefits. It can function as an #antioxidant to improve your body's immunity and memory, an anti-inflammatory, an energy booster, and a diuretic to remove excess fluid from your body."
Also the NIH and ScienceDirect have numerous studies on Shilajit. So you may want to do an internet search for these. But what I find most interesting are the findings on aging, exercise tolerance, and energy:
One study noted that fulvic acid, one of the key compounds in shilajit, acts as an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory compound. As such, it may help reduce free radicals and cellular damage in the body, which are two key factors in aging. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3296184/
Another study noted that people who were obese who took an oral supplement of purified shilajit responded better to exercise than those who did not. Researchers noted that the shilajit seemed to activate genes in the body that helped the skeletal muscles quickly adapt to the new workout. This could mean less fatigue and more strength over time, says Medical News Today -- an respected website for physicians. www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378874112003893
And another study found that shilajit helped reduce symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome in test subjects. Researchers noted that shilajit might help improve cell functions in the body, which means it may reduce fatigue at the source of the problem and increase energy levels naturally. www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378874112003893?via%3Dihub
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golfer16 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
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I am looking for a logo for a local search company. Our target audience is small to medium-sized businesses so the logo needs to appeal to a professional crowd but should also have some "pop" and brandability.
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Just as tone-deafness is a bipartisan ailment, so is hubris - and I suspect some Hispanics are flying perilously close to the sun.
I've lost count of all the prideful, boasting and sometimes menacing commentaries, blog posts and social media comments about Hispanics' role in President Obama's re-election.
It started out as simple joy that Latinos actually turned out in large numbers, proving decisive in what seemed like a neck-and-neck battle going into Election Day. This alone, after months of fretting about voter suppression and disillusionment, was reasonable cause for celebration. But it quickly devolved into the same true-but-still-unhelpful rhetoric that has so far failed to deliver the respect Latinos hope for in both society and politics.
In the days after the election, the litany of demands began in earnest and just kept coming. "Time for Obama to deliver for Latinos" and "Obama won on the backs of Latinos, he owes us one," read two headlines. Another blared: "Payback Time for Hispanics?"
Then the Pew Hispanic Center released data projecting that the Hispanic electorate is likely to double to about 40 million eligible voters by 2030. All the talk about the so-called "sleeping giant" started sounding as though the giant woke up feeling more vengeful than gentle.
But before we get too full of ourselves, Latinos need to put this most recent victory into historical context. Back in mid-November of 2010 - two years after Latinos were instrumental in getting Obama elected the first time - I wrote this in the weeks leading up to the most recent failure of the federal DREAM Act:
"'You owe us' is not exactly a compelling argument for legislative action, but this is really all that some immigration reform activists have left to goose Democrats to make something - anything - happen during the lame-duck session of Congress."
I went on to say that the chest-thumping and chit-calling that followed after Latinos helped Harry Reid hold on to his Senate seat in 2010 would probably be as ineffective at getting real, bipartisan immigration reform passed as the demands to stop deportations and legalize all illegal immigrants had been in the previous five years.
Ironically, it turned out the DREAM Act got enough Republican votes to pass but Reid and the rest of the Democratic leadership failed to keep five of their own from voting against ending debate on the bill. And it tanked.
In other words, we've been "owed" before.
Sure, it might feel good to gloat after years of hearing outspoken representatives from the nativist wing of the Republican Party call Hispanics a plague on our country's values and making little differentiation between legal Hispanics and illegal immigrants - not that legal status warrants comparing a group of people to wild animals who need to be culled from our population.
If crowing really is necessary, let's get it out of our systems quickly. Two wrongs don't make a right - waving census statistics and dashing off hot-headed missives that sound a lot like "Ha, ha white people, you're in for it now!" isn't going to serve anyone's political interests, and the self-puffery turns off other minorities, too.
The last thing our country needs right now is more divisiveness resulting from the misperception that all ethnic groups cackle diabolically every time a GOP operative says that older, white Republican voters are "dying off."
The people who have spent the better part of the last two years trying to get non-Hispanics to understand that immigration is not the Latino community's most important voting issue - but that the tone of this debate is what really matters - should modulate their own voices. The focus must be on meeting the challenges ahead with grace, intelligence and a shot of humility.
The ultimate sign of having officially "arrived" is that others proclaim it for you so you don't have to make the announcement yourself. Congratulations, we are there: Latinos are a mighty political force to be reckoned with and every white political pundit and voting expert on news talk shows has been saying so for weeks. But what comes next is what really matters.
Moving forward, tone will be important for both sides. It will ultimately determine whether the post-election opportunity for Latino voter respect and inclusion leads to more cooperation between parties or whether the dialogue on hot-button issues like immigration devolves into the tired old roles of victim and oppressor, or worse - bully versus bully.
ESTHER CEPEDA's column is distributed by The Washington Post Writers Group, 1150 15th St., NW, Washington, D.C., 20071.


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No, seriously. Read it. It's important. Anecdotes are the worst form of evidence and anecdotes are pretty much the bread and butter of this blog. But Dave collected some actual evidence, collected on one block over a half hour of a regular weekday morning. I ride Pennsylvania Avenue every day and I've seen a lot of stuff and I've complained about a lot of the stuff that I've seen but I was positively shocked about the depth and scope of the problem of u-turns across the bike lanes. I'd say that it stretches credulity, but, unfortunately, it doesn't. And it's needs real redressing and I'm not sure how we can go about it because really the redressing needs to happen before someone gets seriously hurt.
Anyway, back to the bread and butter of this blog: pictures of bread and butter. Ok, that's not really the bread and butter of this blog either. But it is a reminder that bread and butter is delicious. But maybe not quite as delicious as Shake Shack, which is one of my top favorite shacks, ranking slightly higher than both Radio Shack and Sir Ernest "Shack Dawg" Shackleton. (Shack Dawg might not have been an official nickname.) My arrival at the decision to get some Shake Shack was the result of what I thought was the unhappy accident of missing my turn onto 19th (missing it because I didn't want to cut off a taxi that I wasn't sure would stop for me) and ending up on Connecticut Avenue, a street I almost never take, mostly because it's designed to maximize the speed of cars on it. I got stuck at a red, saw the Shack, called the Official Wife with the "I'm gonna bring home Shake Shack for dinner, k thanks bye" call and then went about with the whole ordering and waiting thing ("Brad" was number 53) and then I rolled up the paper bag, shoved it in my messenger bag, which now smells delightfully of grease and fries, and set off once again, taking Connecticut to 17th.
A few close car passes on this ride home. I don't really want to talk about it. Close passes are bad. But I'll take a close miss over the alternative.
This was unusual. Maybe it wouldn't be unusual if it were 1882, but it's not 1882. Romney's not president yet. I liked a lot of things about this. It made my night.
1) Pennyfarthings are awesome.
2) The guy had an appropriate and appropriately old-timey mustache
3) He had his wife or girlfriend with him, riding on a CaBi behind. I suspect she's a big fan of Laurie Gottlieb.
4) You just can't beat the setting. The area in front of Capitol is just a great place for weird bikey stuff. We should do more weird bikey stuff there. Better than the weird drivey stuff that Congress does there half the time.
After filming the guy, I rode past one of the Capitol Police Officers, because I was feeling chatty and annoying I guess, and I asked him if he'd ever seen anything like this before. He said that he had seen a guy on a highwheeler twice as high. I said "oh really?" instead of what I was actually thinking ("that's bullshit") and then when I rode past the mustachioed wheelman (Mustachioed Wheelmen is the name of my barbershop quartet. We lack both mustaches and wheels) I told him that he was fantastic and he thanked me, presumably agreeing with my assessment.
A quick jaunt down East Capitol and then around the park and home. No rides tomorrow. Catch you on Friday.


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<Added 16/04/13: Read our feature on Sir Colin Davis, including tributes from leading singers, directors and musicians>
The Royal Opera House is deeply saddened to hear of the death of Colin Davis, who was Music Director of The Royal Opera (1971–86), Principal Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra (1995–2006) and President of the LSO from 2007.
Antonio Pappano, current Music Director of The Royal Opera said:
'The loss of Colin Davis for the Royal Opera House is a huge blow. We had future plans with him in place but more importantly, his passing represents an end of an era, where grit, toil, vision and energy were the defining elements of a leading international opera house.The warmth and excitement of his music-making will be terribly missed. He was a giant. A very sad moment for British music.'
President of the LSO and Honorary Conductor of the Dresden Staatskapelle, Colin Davis recorded extensively for leading companies, including the LSO Live Label. Recent engagements with The Royal Opera included Così fan tutte (2012), Le nozze di Figaro (2010) and Die Zauberflöte (2011). His many awards included a knighthood (1980), Companion of Honour (2001) and the Queen's Medal for Music (2009).
David McVicar's production of Die Zauberflöte opens tomorrow night (Tuesday 16 April 2013) at the Royal Opera House, and the run will be dedicated to the memory of Sir Colin Davis.


text: Red Bulls help celebrate NJ Youth Soccer at annual awards dinner Tweet Photo credit: PM Studios © EDISON, N.J. – New York Red Bulls Director of Training Programs Dave Jervis and members of the front office were among more than 500 guests at the NJ Youth Soccer 28th Annual Awards Dinner on Jan. 8, 2016, to celebrate another successful year for the Olympic Development Program (ODP). "It was great to attend an event that focused on celebrating the accomplishments of youth soccer volunteers and the thousands of players throughout New Jersey," said Jervis. "The Red Bulls are a proud partner of NJYS and together through our programming we are able to develop, engage and inspire the youth soccer community." The event was hosted by NJYS ODP graduates Steve Jolley and Rachel Breton. Jolley, a former defender for the MetroStars and Red Bulls, was an honoree in the Red Bulls' Best 20 in 20 and currently works as a color commentator for Red Bulls Radio and Sirius XM broadcasts. Breton is currently a member of Sky Blue FC and starred on state, regional and interregional teams while playing with NJYS. "NJ Youth Soccer provides the structure for more than 150,000 children to play soccer in urban, suburban and rural locations throughout our state," said President of NJ Youth Soccer Roy Squillario. "The majority of our leadership - coaches, trainers, administrators - are comprised of volunteers who dedicate many hours of their time to make this organization a success." The evening acknowledged many of the state's boys and girls U.S. Youth Soccer National Championship Series, Presidents Cup team champions as well as players selected for the U.S. Youth Soccer Region I ODP pool team. The following honorees were presented with awards for their individual contributions: Bob McNulty Coaches of the Year: Michael Mascone, Middletown Soccer Club Recreation Coach of the Year: Jacquelynn Hart, Barrington Soccer Club TOPSoccer Volunteers of the Year: Meghan Donovan and Dillon Wintz Liesel Krehan Volunteer of the Year: Troy Memis and Kevin Dearman Youth Referees of the Year: Carlos Gonzalez Escobar and Magda Zwierzchowski Allan Sinclair Memorial Scholarship: Jatzia Gilzean-Colon and Ryan Foley Jeanine Willis Scholarship: Amy Beringer and Denilson Olivera Brett Fenster Memorial Scholarship: Abigail Lewis About NJ Youth Soccer New Jersey Youth Soccer, a 501(c) (3) organization affiliated with U.S. Youth Soccer and the U.S. Soccer Federation, is comprised of more than 156,000 players from 5 to 19-years-old; 40,000 coaches; and thousands of volunteers. Members collectively support the sport of soccer through training, practice, competition and the spirit of good sportsmanship. The association features recreational, travel soccer programs at multiple skill levels; Olympic Development Programs (ODP); tournaments including the National Championship series; coach and referee training and certification programs; and TOPSoccer, a program for children with special needs. Back to news


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One of the perks of being an Official Blogger at Rootstech is being able to conduct Video Interviews in a studio with real technicians and professional equipment.
I was just too shy to try this at Rootstech 2011 but, in 2012, I dipped my toes in the water and conducted two interviews. I only managed two because bookings for the facility are very popular and fill quickly. Now that I am in my third year as an Official Blogger I know the ropes so, this morning, as soon I got notification that the bookings were open I grabbed Six (that's right 6) 30 minute slots.
My issue is that I have to decide on whom from the 4,000 or so attendees at the conference I will approach for an interview.
Should it be Aussies? Brits? Commercial Dudes? Should I do a couple of mini panels? Geneabloggers? Familysearch Reps?
Do you have any suggestions for me?
Friday, March 8, 2013
Video Stars
Posted by GeniAus at 11:14 AM
Labels: 2013, Events, Interviews., Rootstech, Videos
3 comments:
- Celia Lewis said...
I'd love to hear a Techy guy truly passionate about how her/his idea will be helpful for genealogists, Jill. Otherwise - just enjoy yourself with those wonderful people you run into and say - would you like to be interviewed? Of course, they would say yes to you!!
- March 8, 2013 at 11:19 AM
- A O'Brien said...
Have a great time at RootsTech Jill! I think you have suggested six good interview candidates already in your post :) 1 Aussie, 1 Brit, 1 Commercial Dude, 1 Geneablogger, 1 mini panel and 1 FamilySearch Rep :)
- March 8, 2013 at 11:56 AM
- jennyalogy said...
You should interview Audrey Collins - since you know her you will be able to relax and should be able to get a good interview!
- March 8, 2013 at 6:05 PM
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Childish Gambino — 49ers (Orange Shirt) (feat. DC Pierson)
[Verse 1: DC Pierson]
What'd you get, amnesia?
I bet you wouldn't sleep on me if I was Lil' Weezy, huh?
Bet you wouldn't sleep on me if I was in a band or something
And my bank balance were around a grand or something
Ask you something:
Do you think I'm common like sense it?
That heaven didn't send this
Uniquely perfect dude so just discard me like a toy, then
But you know, I know, I'd make a damn good boyfriend
Oil can, oil can
You think I'm the tin man
You took my little heart and you kicked it like a tin can
Ain't you heard I got the kind of shine can make your skin tan?
In the lean time don't come crying for the thin man
In the mean time I'll be building my portfolio
All these other dudes eradicated like polio
With any luck you'll see me everywhere like Starbucks
I bet you wanna fuck me when it's time to star fuck
[Verse 2: Childish Gambino]
I didn't have green like an Arizona front lawn
Now they try to touch my face like an iPhone
Now I'm all gassed up like Exxon
Girls see the money like I fucking got checks on
I don't even know if this girl really likes me
Picking up the check like I'm working at Nike
Talking to this girl and I'm thinking that she's into me
Then I find out she's trying to break in the industry
That's really lame
I still hit it
But I refuse to be home girl's meal ticket
I'm looking for a sick girl to be a part of me
Not a girl who will try to McCartney me
Yes, homie I'm a man of my word
Got this shit in the can like a toilet of turd
And, yes, these gold diggers trying to get at my sperm
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I know my girl out there somewhere
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Competing in its regular-season finale last Saturday, the MIT men's lightweight team raced the University of Delaware on the placid waters of the Charles River, narrowly losing to the nationally-ranked No. 7 Blue Hens.
In a slight headwind, the two crews were never separated by more than five seats with Delaware leading from the start, but the Engineers stayed within striking distance. At the 1000 meter-mark MIT had stopped moves by Delaware and started eating into the lead however the late surge would not be enough by the 2000-meter finish. Final race times were separated by just 0.5 seconds as Delaware edged out the Cardinal and Gray, 6:08.7-6:09.2.
In the freshman race, favorable conditions provided the crews fast races but again, it was the Delaware crew that nudged ahead in the first 1000 meters of the race and didn't relinquish its lead, topping MIT, 6:07.7-6:12.4. The fours race was the final event of the day, with Delaware "A" crossing the line first in 6:56.6, followed by the Blue Hens' "B" boat (7:07.9), and the Engineers (7:13.2).
MIT returns to action on Sunday, May 16 in the EARC Sprints which will be held at Lake Quinsigamond located in Worcester, Mass.


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Finally, there is an organization for freelancers run by freelancers, and it could not come at a more opportune time. As anyone who has been one knows, being a freelance conflict reporter, in particular, can be tricky business.
More than 20 years ago, I was an accredited CBS News radio stringer with several years of experience covering the guerrilla war and related events in El Salvador. In 1991, now from CBS' office in the Sheraton Hotel in Damascus, I called CBS headquarters in New York and told my radio producers that I was planning on going with Kurdish rebels into northern Iraq during the post-Gulf War uprisings against Saddam Hussein.
"Television wants to talk to you," the radio producer said. A television producer got on the phone. "There's a high-8 camera in the office," she said, referring to a Sony handheld "high" 8 Millimeter camera. "We'd like you to take it with you," she added, "on a right-of-first-refusal basis."
In other words, CBS News wanted me to take their camera into the war zone at my own risk without either any insurance, or any guarantee of compensation, with the agreement that CBS News would have the right to be the first news outlet to review any footage I might gather. Then, if they wanted to use it, we could negotiate a price.
More than a month later--after I had spent more than two weeks in prison--CBS News ran several pieces of combat and related footage that I sent from Iraq, and we negotiated, post-publication, a fee of US$12,000. I gave half of it to the mother of my close colleague, Gad Gross, who was killed in Kirkuk.
The news industry has only gotten stingier since, and the treatment of freelancers, if anything, has only gotten worse. At the same time, widespread layoffs of staff journalists mean that more freelance journalists are on the front lines of gathering news from Taksim Square in Istanbul to Tornado Alley in the American Midwest.
The Frontline Freelance Register (FFR) was launched last week in London "to support the physical and mental well-being of freelance journalists," reads the "About Us" page on www.frontlinefreelance.org. Freelancers "also lack organized representation, often leaving them at the mercy of powerful media groups," the page goes on. FFR says it aims to help freelancers by providing both "a forum" and "a representative body."
FFR is a project of the Frontline Club run by Vaughan Smith, a veteran freelance journalist and cameraman and benefactor. Smith established the Frontline Club in 2003 in memory of no less than nine of his late colleagues of the now-defunct Frontline News Television agency who each died in the field pursuing their work. (One of them, Smith's close friend, Roddy Scott, died in 2002 covering the Chechen guerrilla war in Russia. Scott was killed by a bullet that pierced the view-finder of his camera before reaching his eye.)
"Freelancers have a surprising potential to collaborate and organize themselves to improve their collective safety and there is [a] long-established freelance practice in mentoring," Smith wrote in an essay posted last week with other pieces when FFR was launched. "Freelancers lack resources but the very many serious ones have no lack of integrity or commitment."
His colleagues who support the register and its goals seem to agree. Today, freelancers are covering dangerous stories "without financial, logistical and institutional support," wrote three freelance journalists, Aris Roussinos, Ayman Oghanna, and Emma Beals, each of whom also sits on the Frontline Freelance Register initial governing committee.
Freelance journalists "currently working in conflict or foreign reporting" can join the register free of charge as long as they subscribe to the FFR's code of conduct. The code covers both safety and ethics, saying members "are obligated to demonstrate a professional approach to news safety whilst promoting the highest ethical standards in journalism."
The FFR is clearly not oriented toward local freelance journalists. One benefit for international journalists, however, is that the register helps them advertise their services by allowing them to post a short biography detailing their skills, accomplishments, and experience.
Although it is just getting off the ground, one long-term goal of the Frontline Freelance Register is to be able to help freelancers obtain both hostile environment training and insurance when on dangerous assignments, and also try to limit the liability fears that often deter news organizations from using freelancers.
"[I]n the last few years the increasing risk to journalists in the field (both staff and freelance) has forced news organisations to rethink when and why to send people into war zones," wrote Colin Pereira, Head of High Risk for 1st Option Safety, in one of the essays released with FFR's launch.
The high price of insurance remains a major obstacle. But the insurance industry is also changing. "The insurance markets are currently extremely competitive and with brokers and underwriters keen to win new business, the appetite for launching a freelance insurance scheme is there," added Pereira.
No one expects doing something like arranging affordable insurance programs for freelancers to be easy, but the Frontline Freelance Register at least plans to try.
"The freelance community is here to stay and there has been a general shortfall of leadership and guidance to them from the news industry. Freelancers have delivered relatively inexpensive material to news organizations," wrote Smith. "We can surely now collaborate to do more to unlock better insurance options and increase the availability of training to freelancers."


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Engine Yard CEO John Dillon Talks About Competing Against His Old Company, Salesforce.com
When Salesforce.com acquired the cloud development platform company Heroku for $212 million late last year, a lot of people were surprised.
John Dillon, the CEO of Engine Yard, was one of them. Dillon was CEO of Salesforce from 1999 until 2001, when he was ousted by founder and current CEO Marc Benioff. Heroku specializes in the development of Web applications on Ruby on Rails. So does Engine Yard. Now his old company is a competitor. He shared a few thoughts about that in an interview last week. But here are the highlights: First, he thinks Salesforce overpaid for Heroku. Second, he thinks the deal is an admission that Force.com, Salesforce's own application development environment, isn't working.
NewEnterprise: So John, what did you first think about the Heroku deal?
John Dillon: I certainly didn't expect to compete with Salesforce. First of all, we know the Heroku guys really well. We even talked at one point about combining the companies. They're into Ruby on Rails, which is the best environment for building applications in the cloud. We're kind of going after the same market. They were going after smaller players and we were doing more industrial-size customers. Both companies had been approached to be acquired at different times, and in either case the deals didn't get done. We had pretty good confidence in our future. So then Marc Benioff goes out and spends more than $200 million for a company doing maybe $2 to $3 million in revenue. It's kind of an unbelievable multiple. Of course its a massive endorsement of Ruby on Rails, but it's also an admission that Force.com isn't working. You don't spend that much to buy some additional technology if your core product is working well. I think they're struggling, and I think they've created a bit of a Frankenstein.
You really seem to think Salesforce overpaid for Heroku.
Absolutely. It was somewhere between 80 and 100 times revenue. When VMware bought SpringSource it paid maybe 20 times revenue and that was considered a phenomenal deal.
If that's true, why do you think Marc Benioff would pay that much?
Because he was desperate to find a way to shore up Force.com. He's been touting it for three to four years and it hasn't lived up to expectations.
So what does Engine Yard bring to the table?
We deliver a lot of the components you need to build and deploy and run applications in the cloud. There some 20 to 30 components, the load-balancers and Web servers and app servers, and databases, and Ruby on Rails. What we've done is we've integrated all that, and we've automated the ability to provision it and we've hardened it. That means the development team doesn't have to worry about any of that. And that's where you make a lot of mistakes that can cause your Web site to go down. But because we've used mostly open source, there's not some big cost that you have to bear, when you're using someone like Oracle that sells you all this stuff, and then you have to pay 20 percent a year in maintenance. Our customers pay us for success. Building the application is inexpensive. You can build it and if it doesn't work you can throw it away. But when you build it and deploy it and lots of people use it that you start paying because it's based on resource consumption.
Who are your customers?
They're all over the map. And then we have your traditional enterprise companies. From a Web standpoint, we have Get Satisfaction. We have gaming companies like Playmesh that make social games for the iPhone. Most of our enterprise customers don't let us name them. But we have a few Fortune 500 accounts. About 20 to 30 percent of the time we have customers who sign up using a credit card and we call them up and find they're inside some household-name corporation.
What kind of an exit are you contemplating? IPO or get acquired?
I'm building the company to go the distance. We have the market opportunity and the executive management talent, and we have the business traction. So it seems very doable. The IPO market hasn't been very friendly. If it opens up I think we're a strong candidate to IPO in a couple years. It's not very much fun to be a public company. We have a very real shot at it. But I also think this is going to be a really wild period in M&A activity. I think a lot of companies that don't understand the cloud are going to buy their way in because they're otherwise going to get left behind. Our investors are in it for the long haul and I have plenty of money and access to plenty of money. But if Salesforce is going to pay more than $200 million for Heroku then I like what our value looks like.


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Security for Whom?
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Multi-user computers have for decades featured hardware-based security that preserves their owners' visibility into, and control over, these machines' data and operation. But in 2003-04, the Trusted Computing Platform Alliance (TCPA: Intel, Microsoft, et al.) will offer, at the urging of entertainment firms, a new generation of locked-down PCs that are cryptographically opaque. The goal: to block disfavored uses (legal or not) of copyrighted digital movies, music, etc., by gradually replacing today's PCs and software.
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October 10, 2002
[Architectural factors contributing to the Internet's success include open technical standards; decentralized control; and the "end-to-end principle" which places sophisticated processing at the periphery rather than in the core, as with traditional telephone networks.]
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Lessig clerked for Judge Richard Posner of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, and for Justice Antonin Scalia of the U.S. Supreme Court. He teaches and writes in areas including constitutional law, contracts, comparative constitutional law, and the law of cyberspace.
His book, "Code, and Other Laws of Cyberspace," is published by Basic Books. Prof. Lessig's essays appear regularly in the press, and his second book is due this year from Random House. He has consulted extensively with policy makers, testified before Congress, and been active in Internet litigation, e.g. as a Special Master for Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson in the Microsoft antitrust case (prompting Time magazine to call him a "leading thinker on how to adapt ancient principles to the new digital age.").
In 1999-2000, Prof. Lessig was a fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin. He is Of Counsel to the Los Angeles-based law firm of Munger, Tolles and Olson, and also serves on the board of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (www.eff.org).
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