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Angry Orchard Hard Cider Strawman and Iceman Review
Branch Out and Try These Hard Ciders from Angry Orchard
Skeptical about hard cider? Today's tipples, Strawman and Iceman from Angry Orchard Hard Cider, just might surprise you.
Modeled after traditional European and Canadian cider-making processes, these small-batch brews are higher in alcohol — 10 percent, as opposed to the five that's common for the cider category — and are much rounder than we've come to expect in a cider. Keep reading for our tasting notes.
Angry Orchard's Strawman ($15 for 750 ml) is a dry, almost wine-like variety, made in the style of farmhouse ciders from the French and English countrysides. It's tart on the tongue, with a mild sweetness and a subtle vanilla note that sets it vastly apart from most widely distributed American ciders; in fact, most tasters commented that they were unsure of what they were consuming. We'd prefer to slowly sip and savor it without food, in order to enjoy the complexities of the bittersweet brew.
If sweeter ciders are more your style, then Angry Orchard's Strawman ($15 for 750 ml) is a solid pick. Candy-sweet on the nose with an alcoholic kick (there's no mistaking the high alcohol content here), this beer is better suited to fans of American varieties. Modeled after Quebec's traditional ice ciders where the fruit is frozen before harvest, Iceman is reminiscent of dried fruit and burnt toffee (in a good way). We'd employ this Fall-forward brew as a decidedly upscale tailgate treat, as it practically screams for crisp autumnal weather.
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Collegiate Cycling - For High School Students
Choosing a Team
If you're a high school student wondering what school you should go to and whether or not they have a team, look no further. With 300 collegiate cycling teams out there, chances are good that a lot of the schools you're looking at will have one, and if not, starting a collegiate cycling team is free and usually pretty easy! If you want to look up a particular school, or search any general area, just click here. From this page you can also find a list of teams that have reported to us that they offer scholarships for cycling. You can also find a list of all current Collegiate Cycling clubs here.
The next step is to get in touch with that club, who we are sure will be more than happy to fill you in with all the particulars. Remember, they were once prospective collegiate cyclists just like you, so don't be afraid to reach out. The conferences' websites are also a great resource if you want to check out an entire region and see what each has to offer.
When picking a team, there a few things you'll want to consider. Location is, of course, important. You need to be happy where you are, because you'll be spending four years there. Ask one of the riders what it's like living, riding, and racing there. Does it sound like something you'd enjoy? You also want to take into consideration how organized the club is. Some are fairly low key, while others are more structured. Neither is better or worse, but you want to make sure that you choose one that fits your needs and personality. Again, you can get a pretty good feel for all of this by checking out the team site and talking with a team member or officer.
You may be interested in a school where cycling is a varsity sport or where cycling scholarships are awarded. This does not mean that these schools are better or that their teams are better, only that the school more directly and extensively funds the cycling program, and that more resources will be available to you through the school istelf. If this is something that is important to you, check out the varsity teams page and USACDF scholarships page for more information and a list of schools that have these features.
If you're interested in a potential college team's historical performance on a national level, look at their national rankings over the past several years here.
If the School You Choose Doesn't Have a Team
At the end of the day, your academics should come first, and so if your ideal college doesn't have a team in place at this time, it's free and easy to start one once you get to school. On top of this, often schools will give you a small budget to facilitate racing if you can recruit some fellow cyclists at the school to compete.
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With an 87-73 win over Johnson & Wales on Tuesday night, the Albertus Magnus men's basketball team has improved its overall record to 23-1 on the year, tying the program's record in single season wins. Their 18th-straight victory also moves the Falcons to a perfect 17-0 in conference play with one regular-season game remaining on their schedule.
Ray Askew (Hamden, Conn.) led the way once again for the Falcons as he scored 35 points in 35 minutes of work. He added a season-high 20 rebounds, while it was his 11th double-double of the season. His 35-point effort marks the ninth game this season that Askew has scored 30 or more points.
With the loss, Johnson & Wales drops to 12-12 overall and 11-6 in Great Northeast Athletic Conference play. Tonight's Albertus win marks the third in the last four meetings with the Wildcats. The 23 wins for the Falcons ties the program record, which was set in 2009-10 after the Falcons won their first-ever NCAA Tournament game.
After going into the halftime break down 35-32, Albertus battled back in the second frame and outscored the Wildcats 55-38 in the final 20 minutes of play. Askew scored 20 of his 35 points in the second half as the Falcons shot 57.1-percent from the floor in the frame. Askew finished the night 13-of-25 from the field and 9-of-14 from the free-throw line, while the Falcons shot 46.4-percent in 40 minutes of play.
Arshad Jackson (Hartford, Conn.) also scored in double figures for Albertus as he contributed with 19 points in 36 minutes. Zach Dugas (Monroe, Conn.) added 13 points for the Falcons as it was his sixth game of the year in double digits.
The Wildcats held their largest lead of the night at six points with just over eight minutes to go in the first half before the Falcons battled back to take their first lead of the game at 30-29 since opening the contest 2-0. The Falcons' largest lead of the game came at the 10:35 mark in the second half as they held a 17-point advantage.
On the night, the Falcons out-rebounded JWU 50-33, while Albertus scored 52 points in the paint.
With 2,188 career points, Askew is now just 46 shy of the Albertus Magnus men's basketball record of 2,234 held by Tim Russell '05. The senior, who already holds the Albertus and GNAC record in total rebounds, used today's tally of 20 to extend his career total to 1,139.
The Falcons will host Saint Joseph's College of Maine on Saturday, Feb. 18 in their final regular-season game of the 2011-12 season. Game time is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. in the Cosgrove Marcus Messer Athletic Center.


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- 1 Palm-m105-m68328-Flameman
i'm developing for this board, the wiki page will be improved soon
feel free to contact me (see the contact below)
The Target-goal of this page is
- install uClinux into flash
- make the board able to boot it
- describe how to flash
People you could contact if you need help
- flameman, i'm currently use this board for a project, email
- msn firstname.lastname@example.com
- email firstname.lastname@example.com
- irc.nick flameman (channel #edev, #gentoo-ppc)
- you ... if you want ;-)
About this project
hello i am opening this thread to ask if somebody knows about the port of uclinux to the palm 68k PDA. from what has been written in their uclinux-web and what you can read from browsing the linux sources, it seems something code is really existing about a real physical port to this target (even if somebody is talking about "virtual port", meaning the target is a palm emulator)
I really hacked the palm who is called "m105". I do it to force the cpu (68328, m68k family) to bootstrap with the serial bootstrap mode (a special bootstrap mode which only the 328 is provided with)
So i am able to compile a tiny c or assembly code ("hello world", "ROM dumper", and something as easy as these apps), to download and to execute it
unfortunately i have a few issues with the memory map (so with the gnu linker script) that makes me impossible to write applications bigger than 1kbyte
i wander if there is some documentation / hacks or real port of something working that could help me to fix my issues
googling i found there is a compiled uclinux image from http://palm-linux.sourceforge.net/ it use useless, it doesn't work with my m105 display (information reported to this URL is partially wrong, the m105 has no frame buffer support, i can appreciate), but it works serially: it shows me something was done, and it works, so it helps me to have HOPE about success
I emailed the uclinux mail list with still nothing answered: it seems nobody is being working for years also all the old web materials seem to be lost: a lot of broken links
have you read something about ? have you collaborated or worked on this project ?
it should be an interesting embedded study opportunity
About the board
First let's get into the hardware stuff. Many wonderful things can be discovered by consulting the MC68328 DragonBall ™ User's Manual. Read this cover to digital cover and you will gain endless insights on what your Pilot is capable of. Many of these capabilities are not exposed by the PalmOS so if you want 'em you'll have to be prepared to go direct. WARNING: one of the primary purposes of the PalmOS (and most operating systems) is to isolate you from the specifics of the hardware. A Pilot application that writes exclusively to the PalmOS APIs has a good chance of being fully portable to other platforms running the PalmOS (e.g., the Emulator running on the Mac, new hardware devices). Writing directly to the hardware is like playing with fire -- you might get burned as USRobotics and their licensees release new hardware, operating system upgrades, etc. Plus, since the multitasking PalmOS manages and uses much of the hardware you may be interested in playing with there's a good chance conflicts will arise with unexpected consequences. On the other hand, fire is pretty cool and so are some of the nifty DragonBall capabilities the PalmOS doesn't provide access to (yet).
Starting at address $fffff000 you can find the 68328 registers. These are not the CPU registers but a block of registers (~130 total) that control hardware functions like interrupts, parallel I/O (hey, I don't see a parallel port on my Pilot!), audio, timers, serial I/O, the LCD display, and the Real Time Clock. What these registers are do are beyond the scope of this document (and in many cases beyond the scope of my knowledge!) but I'll call out a couple here to give you an idea of what can be found.
The board (palm m105) consists of:
- CPU MC68EZ328-16Mhz
- RAM soldered 8MB-edo-k4e641612d
- LAN SPI-to-ethernet (it will be added soon)
- ROM ROM-2MB ... the label is unreadable, i wander if it ~ to flash-sst39vf160 ~ 29LV160B-90(Fujitsu)
- System PCB xxx cm x xxx cm
- RTC the real time clock chip inside the cpu
Memory Locations
memory map of the board will be added as soon as possible
|addr begin
|addr end
|ram, userspace
|ram, userspace
|ram, my.userspace
|68k vectors, including traps starting at $80 for instance trap #15 at $bc point to $10c03656
|Dynamic RAM. The 68k vectors are in Dynamic RAM.
|Faults on access attempt
|Mirror of the 00000000-00007fff range above (RO w/o permission)
|Storage RAM on 128k machine (RO w/o permission)
|Out of bounds but doesn't cause a fault
|Faults on access attempt
|DragonBall registers
Open questions
Images of the board
About uClinux
- kernel 2.4.x there is a port of cLinux http://palm-linux.sourceforge.net/
68EZ328 DragonBallEZ support (C) 1999 Rt-Control, Inc uClinux/MC68EZ328 Flat model support (C) 1998,1999 Kenneth Albanowski, D. Jeff Dionne PalmV support by Lineo Inc. <email@example.com> Console driver (without boot console): mono mc68328 40x26, 1 virtual console (max 63) Calibrating delay loop.. ok - 1.36 BogoMIPS Memory available: 1108k/1608k RAM, 0k/0k ROM (924k kernel data, 422k code) Swansea University Computer Society NET3.035 for Linux 2.0 NET3: Unix domain sockets 0.13 for Linux NET3.035. Swansea University Computer Society TCP/IP for NET3.034 IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP uClinux version 22.214.171.124pre3 (root@meteor) (gcc version 22.214.171.124) #2 Tue Jun 20 01:39:24 CDT 2000 MC68328 serial driver version 1.00 ttyS0 at 0xfffff900 (irq = 64) is a builtin MC68328 UART Ramdisk driver initialized : 16 ramdisks of 4096K size Blkmem copyright 1998,1999 D. Jeff Dionne Blkmem copyright 1998 Kenneth Albanowski Blkmem 1 disk images: 0: 6B090-B248F (RO) PPP: version 2.2.0 (dynamic channel allocation) TCP compression code copyright 1989 Regents of the University of California PPP Dynamic channel allocation code copyright 1995 Caldera, Inc. PPP line discipline registered. SLIP: version 0.8.4-NET3.019-NEWTTY (dynamic channels, max=256). CSLIP: code copyright 1989 Regents of the University of California. Open of blkmem arena 0 at 6b090, length 47400 VFS: Mounted root (romfs filesystem) readonly. Welcome to uClinux/Pilot! uClinux release 188.8.131.52pre3/Pilot release 1.0.0 #
About firmware
I am replacing the firmware: a MON is in developing With an hw hack I am able to force the CPU to boot into the special serial bootstrap mode, so i can upload the firmware by UART There is a lot to work to support the hw
About devtools
palmOS dev tools are not still available, so I don't know how to compile what has been developed by the sourceforge team
you can find something useful here http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pprk/
M68k Boot loader idea http://www.mac.linux-m68k.org/


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Carly Rose Sonenclar + Boyce Avenue Mashup Eminem, Rihanna + OneRepublic [Video]by Amy Sciarretto | PopCrush
Carly Rose Sonenclar — remember her? The little girl with a big voice who was the runner up on Season 2 of 'The X Factor' while working with Britney Spears, has partnered with one of the members of Internet powerhouse Boyce Avenue for a totally amazeballs mashup. They took the Eminem x Rihanna smash 'The Monster' and cross-pollinated it with OneRepublic's hit 'Counting Stars.'
But they also made it stand out by giving it an acoustic makeover and letting Miss Carly Rose's powerhouse voice, which we loved when she was competing on our TVs every week in fall of 2012, take center stage. She pairs up nicely with a male vocal, as well.
Sonenclar and Boyce Avenue have done something a bit unimaginable, coming up with a song that sounds totally unique and new, despite being comprised of two songs that were smash hits and are instantly familiar.
Carly and Boyce Avenue also have and demonstrate some amazeballs musical chemistry. They sing like they were born to perform together. At about 2:40 in, their scorching musical heat really comes to a head.
It's not as easy to arrange two very different songs and mingle their lyrics and melodies as it might seem, but Carly Rose and Boyce Avenue made it seem like the easiest thing in the world with their easy, breezy performance.
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If you need an Apache2-Server with PHP4 under HP-UX 11.x, it's a good way to download the HP-WebServer from the HP-Website (http://software.hp.com). The HP-Webserver comes with numerous moduls. First install the HP-Webserver (swinstall -s /absolute_path_to_depot_file/name_of_depot_file). After that, download the newest PHP-Version from http://www.php.net (HP ships the HP-Webserver with an old PHP-Version) and unpack the tar-file in a working-directory.
Use the following parameters for configure PHP:
./configure --with-apxs2=/opt/hpws/apache/bin/apxs --prefix=/opt/hpws/apache/php [and so on...]
If configure prints the error "expr: An integer value was expected.", than you have to edit the Script "configure". Replace the line:
APACHE_VERSION=`expr $4 \* 1000000 + $5 \* 1000 + $6`
with the following (correct and very long) line:
APACHE_VERSION=`$APXS_HTTPD -v | head -1 | cut -f3 -d' ' | cut -f2 -d'/' | awk 'BEGIN { FS = "."; } { printf "%d", ($1 * 1000 + $2) * 1000 + $3;}'`
Why? The output of "httpd -v" prints the following string:
Server version: HP-UX_Apache-based_Web_Server/2.0.46
Server built: Jun 26 2003 04:41:28
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Oakland, Berkeley, And East Bay News, Events, Restaurants, Music, & Arts
Most contemporary thrillers aren't concerned with moral dilemmas; the emphasis is on action and intrigue. The Israeli film Walk on Water -- which, conveniently for American audiences, is primarily in English (the rest is Hebrew and German with English subtitles) -- not only raises questions about right and wrong, but also addresses issues of intolerance, bigotry, forgiveness, and identity that will resonate with all sorts of viewers. In other words, you don't have to be Jewish ... or German, Israeli, male, female, gay, or straight ... to relate.
Directed by Eytan Fox (Yossi & Jagger), the film opens with an assassination. Eyal (Lior Ashkenazi), a steely Mossad agent with a hard outer shell and an even more rigid, callous interior, kills a suspected Palestinian terrorist in front of the man's wife and young son. Not even the boy's tear-stained face moves him. So divorced is Eyal from his own emotions that when his wife commits suicide, he cannot bring himself to weep.
Eyal's new assignment is to track down and "terminate" Alfred Himmelman, a former Nazi war criminal who has never been brought to justice. He protests, arguing that it's a waste of time. Born a generation after the end of World War II, he doesn't understand why some Israelis are still so consumed with the Holocaust. In order to discover Himmelman's whereabouts, Eyal is ordered to befriend the old man's grandchildren. Pia (Carolina Peters) left Germany several years ago and now lives on an Israeli kibbutz. Her younger brother Axel (Knut Berger) is coming for a visit, and Eyal poses as a tour guide assigned to show him around the country.
At first surly and unsociable toward the pair, Eyal discovers that both Pia and Axel are extraordinarily kind, knowledgeable, and fair-minded people. Perhaps his greatest shock comes when he learns that tall, strapping Axel is gay. Refusing to mask his disgust but unable to abandon his mission, Eyal is forced to interact with Axel on a daily basis. Slowly, almost against his will, he finds his assumptions about people being called into question.
Just when Eyal thinks he can wash his hands of the two, he discovers that Alfred Himmelman is very much alive and may be coming out of hiding to attend his son's -- Pia and Axel's father's -- birthday party in Germany. Mossad orders Eyal to Germany, where he is forced to accept Axel's hospitality while plotting to assassinate the young man's grandfather.
Walk on Water explores a wealth of issues and conflicting ideologies -- those that separate people and those that reside within an individual. Certain prejudices are obvious. Others reveal themselves more slowly: Eyal's growing awareness of how his society's emphasis on being tough has stunted his own emotional development, and how Israel's fear of being victimized again has blinded its citizens to their own mistreatment of the Palestinians.
Even more daunting are the choices Pia -- and, later, Axel -- must face concerning their family history. Questions of loyalty, betrayal, self-respect, social responsibility, and forgiveness are not easy to reconcile. But then, director Fox doesn't want them to be. All of his characters must live with painful truths, not only about themselves but about their families and homelands.
Much of the film's success relies on the three lead actors, all of whom give nuanced and convincing performances. Pia is relaxed and smiles easily, but there is a depth to her eyes that suggests a deep-seated sadness and great strength of character. Axel exudes both masculinity and gentleness. The chemistry between brother and sister is also totally believable.
Ashkenazi is perhaps the biggest surprise. At the beginning of the film, he seems to have very little depth (as if perhaps he had been hired strictly for his good looks) until one realizes that he is playing a man completely tuned out to his own sense of unease. Impatient, emotionally remote, physically stiff, he is uncomfortable in his own skin. Whenever he is onscreen, he makes the viewer uneasy, as if he'll suddenly explode.
His exposure to Pia and Axel, who do not fit into the boxes he has assigned them, confuses him. He is too smart, however, not to recognize that his conceptions are being challenged, and the ensuing internal struggle is clear.
The film ends on a challenging note. Then, however, it tacks on a sop to those who demand unequivocal happiness. It's the one thing about Walk on Water that doesn't feel real. n A Nazi hunter finds tangled emotions in Walk on Water.
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By Chrystal Knight
Still reeling from the horrific movie theater shootings that recently took place in Aurora, Colorado; many are searching for answers that extend beyond what they can perceive with their natural senses. It's not unusual during times of great distress, for a birthing or resurgence of faith in God to take place. Church pews fill up, the appointment books of clergy men and women are booked up and inspirational-themed books are grabbed up. However, is this new or renewed sense of faith genuine, or just a knee-jerk reaction to circumstances that leave people feeling out of control and helpless? Pastor Kenneth J. Flowers of Greater New Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church in Detroit answered that question. "Some are sincere, but for others it's a knee-jerk reaction and they may do it for maybe a few weeks, or a month or so, then they don't continue. That's where the pastors and the members and church leaders must intervene. If you see new faces and people coming, or coming back in the aftermath — it becomes our responsibility to reach out to them."
From another perspective, times of great loss can have an adverse effect on a person's faith in God, particularly when some seem to miraculously cheat death, while others succumb. For example; a recent story about one of the Aurora shooting victims who survived, is being deemed a miracle. Petra Anderson, 22, was shot multiple times, with one of the bullets entering her nose and traveling to her brain. Initially, doctors gave Anderson a grim prognosis – telling her family that the bullet would probably have a permanent effect on many of her motor skills like speech and memory. However, because of a birth defect in her brain that she did not know she had, the bullet did not do permanent damage. How do you explain the providence of God to those whose loved ones did not survive? Pastor Flowers says there may not be a definite answer at this time, but there is a reason for everything. He explained that there are certain things the Lord will ordain and then there are things He will allow. "God's perfect will is not for anyone to be killed in a tragic situation, but sometimes it is God's permissive will — meaning He will permit, or allow things to happen. It could happen to awaken faith in Him — or He may allow it in order for someone's life to become an example and lead others to Him," Flowers says.
No one has all of the answers now, as a much quoted verse from the Bible states, "For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known." (1 Corinthians 13:12) But in the midst of the grief, shock and disbelief that is gripping our nation in the wake of the Aurora movie theater killings, Pastor Flowers says there is one thing he does know for sure — it's time for the entire country to stop the bickering and division and come together as a whole to heal.


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It is the second time I am joining the "Day of Archaeology" and I am really content to feel part of this broader archaeological community.
My 29th of July was spent on two different archaeological fields, let's say…
The first was the preparation of an action to be implemented for European Heritage Days at the end of September 2016 and has to do with the combination of digital social media and mobile phone technology to raise public awareness on antiquities which are hidden under the modern urban development. The action is aiming at re-introducing seven hidden archaeological sites of ancient Thessaloniki (my place of work, research and living) and turn them into places of memory, combining them with people's everyday life. The action will be implemented through the use of mobile phones and tablets. Seven posters with QR codes will be designed to highlight each one of these places. The placing of posters in various spots of the city will be widely publicized through social media. The audience, using their mobile phones, will be able to connect with a data base and find information, texts and photos of these unknown and forgotten parts of the ancient city. An initial elaboration of this approach has been prepared in my MA thesis on Museology in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, completed this January with Kostas Kotsakis and Kostas Kasvikis as my tutors. The full action is under the umbrella of NEARCH project www.nearch.eu.
On the Day of Archaeology I worked in particular to review the material (mostly photos) to be used at the data base and also went through the evaluation sheet (prepared together with Kostas Kasvikis) for the action. I had also a skype meeting with the graphic designer and architect Kleopatra Alagialoglou, responsible for the lay out of the project, to decide a few technical details and to produce a timeschedule for our workflow.
After finishing with the reviewing and the managing of the action to come, it was time to do some work for my personal "archaeological demon", my research for my PhD thesis. My thesis is about the bronze jewlery from an Early Iron Age Cemetery at Stavroupoli near Thessaloniki. After having indexed and reviewed the material and selected the samples for analyses I now have in hand the polished sections of my samples. I have to work on the metallographic microscope to define their structure and other technological features. Today I am taking pictures of the samples as can be seen in the photo uploaded.
Sometimes It is hard to devide your time and energy in different research fields but at the same time it can be really rewarding. My engagement with the public regarding archaeological heritage has provided a different way to think about my basic research and to re-evaluate my scientific and professional ethics. And that is something I wanted also to share with you for my Day of Archaeology!


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NEW YORK (Saturday, March 20, 2010) - Major League Soccer (MLS) and the Major League Soccer Players Union (MLSPU) today announced that they have reached agreement in principle on the terms of a new collective bargaining agreement covering five seasons, commencing with the 2010 season and continuing through December 31, 2014.
MLS Commissioner Don Garber and MLSPU Executive Director Bob Foose announced the agreement today via teleconference call, five days prior to the start of the League's 15th season.
"We are very pleased to have reached agreement on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement with the MLS Players Union," said MLS Commissioner Don Garber. This new agreement allows us to work with our players to continue our mutual efforts to build the sport of soccer in North America. We worked hard during the past few months to develop a new agreement that addressed many of the players most important issues and look forward to a meaningful and productive new relationship over the next five years.
I would like to thank the players and the leadership of the Union for their involvement and commitment to the collective bargaining process as well as our fans for their patience as we worked together to reach an agreement, Garber said. I also want to thank George Cohen for his expertise in assisting the parties though mediation.
"The Union is happy with this agreement as it addresses the core issue of players' rights and we look foward to working cooperatively with the League going foward," said Bob Foose, Executive Director of the Union.
LA Galaxy midfielder Landon Donovan said: "We have a deep appreciation for the commitment shown by the owners both historically and through this process to make MLS one of the top leagues in the world."
The concluding phase of the negotiations was conducted under the auspices of George Cohen, Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.
The agreement is subject to the approval of the MLS Board of Governors and the membership of the MLSPU.
Major League Soccers 15th season kicks off March 25 when the expansion Philadelphia Union travel to Seattle to take on Sounders FC in a nationally televised match on ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and ESPN360.com. The other 14 MLS clubs are in action on March 26 and 27.
ABOUT MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER Headquartered in New York City, Major League Soccer is the top-flight professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. MLS features many stars from the U.S., Canada, and around the world. MLS kicks off its 15th season on March 25, 2010. MLS features 16 clubs each playing 30 regular season matches in 2010. Those teams include Chicago Fire; Colorado Rapids; Chivas USA; Columbus Crew; D.C. United; FC Dallas; Houston Dynamo; Kansas City Wizards; Los Angeles Galaxy; New York Red Bulls; New England Revolution; Real Salt Lake; San Jose Earthquakes; Seattle Sounders FC; Toronto FC; and, in their inaugural season, Philadelphia Union. Expansion teams in Vancouver and Portland will debut in 2011. For more information about MLS, log on to the Leagues official website at www.MLSnet.com.
ABOUT THE MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER PLAYERS UNION The Major League Soccer Players Union, headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, is the exclusive bargaining representative for all Major League Soccer players. For more information about the Players Union, log on to its website at www.mlsplayers.org.


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Posts tagged Rangers
The Old Firm Derby: Does Scotland really need it?3
Celtic and Rangers were once inseparable at the summit of Scottish football – bound together by history and passion, forming one of the world's most brutal, intense and fiery football matches football fans have ever seen.
The Old Firm derby is played on the world stage – dragging in politics, religious bigotry and vocal support for paramilitary groups.
After financial troubles in 2012, Rangers' fate was sealed when 25 out of the 30 SFL clubs voted in favour of placing the newco team in the bottom tier of Scottish football.
Three years later and Scottish football has clearly suffered. Attendances have dropped, Celtic have ran away with the league whilst Rangers have shown others how not to run a football club. Their fans are in revolt against their owners, organising boycotts and breaking into their famous Ibrox to stage protests.
The argument remains as to whether Scottish football needs Rangers back in the SPL. However, Celtic fans will argue that the Old Firm derby no longer exists, whilst Rangers fans think otherwise.
In an exclusive interview with a Celtic supporter, who wished to go by his online handle, MinceCFC said: "Rangers Football Club died, there can be no relevant argument against that fact. The club was liquidated – nothing survives liquidation.
"There is no "old firm," that name has been considered as dead to the Celtic support (and club officials) for a good few years now. In fact, it would be safe to say that many Celtic fans now find the term "old firm" to be quite offensive."
After three years, Celtic faced Rangers in the Scottish League Cup Semi-Final on 1 February 2015, one which turned out to be a heated affair.
Rangers fan, John McIntosh told RivalTalk: "I definitely feel the hatred is at one of its worst points ever. I think you saw from the League Cup game that it was a sell out and the passion shown by supporters' shows the Old Firm rivalry will never go away, there was just a break."
When negative stories about Rangers are published in the media under "Old Firm" headlines, the reputation of Celtic football club is unjustifiably smeared by an unwanted and unwelcome association.
Celtic fan, Henry Clarson said: "The more distance Celtic can place between itself and the notoriety which another Glasgow club routinely attracts, the better."
The Old Firm derby is characterised by the historic catholic-protestant divide across Glasgow which has shaped the nature of this rivalry, and the behaviour that comes with it.
Celtic vs Rangers has always had trouble with sectarianism and violence. A catholic from Northern Ireland, Neil Lennon was forced to quit playing for the national team following death threats issued before a game. In 2003, Lennon was attacked by two students on a night out whilst a year later, he was victim of a road-rage incident and more recently, in 2008, the 43-year old was beaten unconscious.
In February 2015, a 10-year old boy was hit in the face by a bottle that was thrown at a minibus as he travelled to the Old Firm. BBC reported that a group of Celtic fans had surrounded the bus and hurled abuse and bottles at the occupants.
"I have more problems with violence related to the Old Firm derby which is generally after the game," said John. "I feel that some journalists should be highlighting such violent events far more than castigating supporters for some bad singing to fit in with their agenda."
Henry stopped going to Old Firm matches before Rangers went into liquidation: "The atmosphere was simply barbaric and I saw no point in subjection myself to such a poisonous experience."
As to whether Scottish football needs the derby, MinceCFC added: "The SPL absolutely does not need the Celtic vs Sevco derby. What might look like an impressive atmosphere to an outsider is actually a festival of total hatred, thinly protected from an all out war by a line of policemen.
"What you don't see in Glasgow and many other areas of Scotland are virtual war zones for the weekend of any fixture between the two clubs. How many deaths can be directly attributed to the fixture? A lot more than you realise, not to mention the many serious assaults, vandalism and general badness."
Rangers fan, Jamie Currie said: "If the club and police ask you to stop singing certain songs inside a football ground, then you have to put the club first. However, I'm not really sure the police know which songs are sectarian and which are not."
The Old Firm may not boast superstar names like the El Clasico and a Manchester Derby, but it offers just as much hatred and is as fiery as the North London Derby and Manchester Derby.
"Scottish football does need the Old Firm in the same way that English football needs Manchester vs Liverpool or La Liga needs Barcelona and Real Madrid," Jamie added.
"The hatred has always been there, but in terms of the 'new club' debate, it does add to the hatred in some respects."
Clear that the hatred is still there and always will be. John added: "Celtic fans will always argue that Rangers are no more, contrary to Lords of law, UEFA, FIFA, SFA, SPFL, ASA, ECA and the BBC Trust.
Henry argued that: "In order to sell itself and create interest, the SPFL needs the presence of a financially doped club running on an unsustainable budget until it destroys itself then it should shut up shop."
They'll always be a debate in Scottish football as to whether Rangers did die. Rangers fans will insist that they operate no different, their tradition and history are still there, and they are the same team.


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Dancing tango since: About 11 years ago, Sylvia's then-boyfriend took her to Esalen for a workshop called "Tango is More Than a Dance." Though her boyfriend didn't relate to the dance, Sylvia fell in love with it, and a few months later she joined the instructor on a trip to Buenos Aires…the first of many.
Why tango: "Curiosity led me to the dance in the first place," says Sylvia. "Tango is more than a dance, you bet it is. It's a metaphor for life."
Favorite part: A therapist practicing Process Acupressure, Sylvia finds that her work in the world is a lot like tango. "It involves following the lead of the patient and listening carefully to what's being said so I can follow and be connected. Tango helps me do that."
She especially enjoys dancing with people she doesn't know. "When you take that risk, sometimes it's absolutely magical. You may never see them again, but you've had that connection."
About Debbie & John: "Debbie is doing something nobody else is doing. Her women's technique class is crucial. And the student performances encourage one to challenge oneself."
She also likes the structure of Debbie and John's classes…"the way they build…there's something for everyone," she says. "Even if you start in the beginning class, by the end of the evening you've learned something more." She also appreciates that they continue to hone their own skills, and applauds their efforts in turning the studio into a performance space. "They put in hours and hours to make it a welcoming, joyful, nurturing place for people of all levels," she observes.
Anything else? Sylvia has performed in several Alma del Tango student productions, including this year's Tango Magic. And, she took teacher training so she'd be able to teach her six granddaughters to dance tango if they were interested. Her 6-month-old grandson is a leader in the making. When she babysits with him she turns on tango music and dances him around. "I want him to have it in his body," says his tango grandmamma.
Last Word: Sylvia likes to lead as well as follow. "I don't do fancy things," she says. "It's a lovely experience and has given me a greater appreciation of the difficulty of leading."


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Harwood Union students returned to school this week on Wednesday, January 2, to find a sheriff on site.
The law enforcement officer was there as a precautionary measure as a restraining order had been issued to keep someone away from the school, according to co-principal Lisa Atwood.
Atwood said that because school administrators did not know the whereabouts of the person who was issued the order, they took measures to provide the extra layer of protection as a precaution.
Following the school shooting in Connecticut last month, Vermont Commissioner of Education Armando Vilaseca urged schools across the state to review and revise, as necessary, all safety procedures.
"It's not uncommon for a school throughout the year to have to issue a restraining order to a parent, community member, faculty member or student. We've always just left it there and figured they'd abide by it. But nowadays, given recent events, we have to revisit that policy. Coming back from vacation, we've been unable to determine the whereabouts of the subject of the restraining order. Once we locate that person, we'll see if law enforcement measures are needed after today. We don't think there is any immediate threat to the school or anyone at the school," Harwood Union co-principal Lisa Atwood said.
"You're always challenged to explain what is going on without scaring community and parents, but we needed to inform parents even though this was totally precautionary," she added.
Atwood and co-principal Amy Rex, in a January 1 email to parents, explained further: "Although this continues to be a work in progress at Harwood Union, the decision to re-open school with a sheriff on-site is one direct outcome. From this point forward, Harwood administration in conjunction with the superintendent and local law enforcement has decided that anytime a restraining order is issued that includes restricting access to the school -- be it a former student, parent/guardian or community member, then a sheriff will be present at school following the initial delivery of the order and until the administration is confident that the measure is no longer necessary.
"Please know that it is always the practice of the superintendent and co-principals to use a conservative approach in these matters. Additional information will be forthcoming detailing Harwood Union's commitment to providing a secure learning environment," their email continued.
Washington West Supervisory Union superintendent Brigid Scheffert also weighed in on the decision.
"Unfortunately, sometimes it feels damned if you do and damned if you don't. I understand that folks want to know everything, but they simply cannot. Confidentiality still applies around both students and employees. Largely, we and everyone else has been on vacation and we need to take this precautionary measure until we can check on things around this restraining order today. We are always using a better safe than sorry method," Scheffert wrote.
"The sheriff is there in the event the individual with the restraining order shows up. This person is supposedly out of state at this time. I have been tracking his whereabouts with other officials and will be confident by the end of the day. The staff will be spoken to but not the students. The only thing we can say is that when we have a restraining order and/or an order of no trespass against an individual it is for good reason and oh by the way probably more common than the general public knows about. If we had not been on vacation for so many days, it would not likely be necessary," she added.


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Futures rocketed on the announcement. this is much better than the "whisper" numbers of 6% that were out there. Bloomberg picked up on the inventory build, that would be a hindrance to future growth as those inventories must be worked off. As far as the rest of it? Come on, they can fool some of the people some of the time...
It looks like they used a .6% deflator (excluding food & energy), but can almost guarantee you that REAL GDP growth was much worse than reported (I'll get the solid numbers later). Just look at transportation, the financial industry, manufacturing, the service industries... no, the fun with numbers games obviously have not ended. All the "little white lies" add up over time and are, in fact, one of the reasons we wound up in a bubble economy. Believe what you will.
U.S. Economy Shrank 3.8% in Fourth Quarter, Most Since 1982
By Timothy R. Homan
Jan. 30 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. economy shrank less than forecast in the fourth quarter as a collapse in spending led to a buildup in inventories that will cause companies to retrench even more in the early part of this year.
Gross domestic product contracted at a 3.8 percent annual pace from October through December, the most since 1982, the Commerce Department said today in Washington. A gain in stockpiles contributed 1.3 percentage points to growth, partially compensating for a back-to-back drop in consumer spending. Prices also retreated.
The economy is likely to contract further in the first three months of this year as retailers and manufacturers, from Starbucks Corp. to Boeing Co., this week announced plans to slash payrolls and cut production to get rid of unwanted stocks. Today's report will maintain the pressure on President Barack Obama to win quick congressional approval of a fiscal stimulus package.
``We're in the middle of a sharp contraction in the economy,'' Dean Maki, co-head of economic research at Barclays Capital Inc. in New York, said before the report. ``Businesses are cutting spending in all areas, whether it's employees or investment spending.''
GDP was forecast to contract at a 5.5 percent annual pace last quarter, according to the median estimate of 79 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News. Projections ranged from declines of 3 percent to 7 percent.
The world's largest economy shrank at a 0.5 percent annual rate from July through September. The back-to-back contraction is the first since 1991.
2008 Growth
For all of 2008, the economy expanded 1.3 percent as a boost from exports and government tax rebates in the first half of the year helped offset the deepening spending slump.
Congress is considering a two-year fiscal stimulus package supported by Obama. House lawmakers this week passed the $819 billion measure.
The GDP price gauge dropped at a 0.1 percent annual pace in the fourth quarter, the most since 1954, reflecting the slump in commodity prices. The Federal Reserve's preferred measure, linked to consumer spending and excluding food and fuel, rose at a 0.6 percent pace, the least since 1962.
Unadjusted for inflation, GDP shrank at a 4.1 percent pace, the most since the first three months of 1958. The drop in so- called nominal growth explains why corporate profits slumped as the year ended.
``This is a severe, steep, broadly-based recession'' with ``no quick fix,'' Stephen Roach, chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia Ltd., said in a Bloomberg Television interview from Davos, Switzerland today.
Spending Slump
Consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of the U.S. economy, dropped at a 3.5 percent annual rate last quarter following a 3.8 percent drop the previous three months. It's the first time purchases declined by more than 3 percent in consecutive quarters since records began in 1947.
Americans may pull back further as employers slash payrolls. Companies cut 524,000 workers in December, bringing total job cuts for last year to almost 2.6 million.
`Unprecedented' Environment
``We are clearly operating in an unprecedented economic environment that requires us to make some extremely difficult decisions,'' Chief Executive Officer Gregg Steinhafel said in a Jan. 27 statement.
The economic slump intensified last quarter as companies also retrenched. Business investment dropped at a 19 percent pace, the most since 1975. Purchases of equipment and software dropped at a 28 percent pace, the most in a half century.
The slump in home construction also accelerated, contracting at a 24 percent pace last quarter after a 16 percent drop in the previous three months.
Inventories grew at a $6.2 billion pace in the fourth quarter, the first gain in more than a year. It's contribution to growth was the biggest since the fourth quarter of 2005.
The GDP report is the first for the quarter and will be revised in February and March as more information becomes available.
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Former Arkansas Governor/delusional Presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee thinks that his Republican party is doing a terrible job with the minority outreach efforts. YA THINK?
Fox News's Megyn Kelly asked the former Republican presidential hopeful what he made "of the racial divide we're seeing so far in the vote totals, uh, you know, showing whites overwhelmingly voting for Mitt Romney, but people of color, blacks, Latinos and other voting more for President Obama."
Huckabee said:
I think Republicans have done a pathetic job of reaching out to people of color, something we've gotta work on. It's a group of people that frankly should be with us based on the real policy of conservativism [sic]. But Republicans have acted as if they can't get the vote, so they don't try. And the result is they don't get the vote. So that's not to me as much of a shock. And I absolutely reject the notion that white people are voting for Mitt Romney, black people are voting for Barack Obama. I think conservatives are voting for Mitt Romney, and liberals are voting for Barack Obama. And this country is still a divided country ideologically more than it is racially.


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Time After Time After Time
Time After Time After Time already has a Cyndi Lauper song playing in my head. I miss the music from the old days. In fact, I heard Bad Company on the way to dinner and thought of Meg. Remember Meg? I liked her.
ANYWAY, tonight the boys are stalking something that looks like a priest from The Exorcist movie. They split up to follow him, and Dean comes upon the monster sucking the life force out of what looks like a homeless man. As Dean rushes forward, the creature dissolves into a ball of red light, taking Dean with it as Sam arrives, shouting his brother's name.
Dean is looking up Dick Roman info on the laptop when Sam's phone rings. It's Sheriff Jodi Mills, and she has a case for him, a mummified body in Canton Ohio. (OMG—credits, RAT BOY is going to be in this one!) Apparently the sheriff knows about Bobby because she's choked up when she speaks his name, talking about all she went through with him and the Winchesters. Sam (who needs a hair cut, he's about to be a dad , already!) tells Dean she caught a case for them. Dean replies with, "Aw, I feel bad. We didn't get her anything." Sam then chides Dean for reading Dick Roman stuff over and over, that he's just punishing himself.
In the next scene, they pull up in what looks like a new car in front of a dilapidated house (from Ghost Facers?) The brothers do rock, paper, scissors to decide who gets the bedroom. Apparently Dean has moved on from scissors because he chose rock and Sam chose paper. "How does paper beat a rock?"
They show up at some guy's house. Apparently he witnessed the victim being sucked dry. They go back to the house where they're squatting, and can't find anything about turning bodies into cryptkeepers, but Greater Canton is a magnet for weird bodies. Random years, but always in threes. Two bodies have already been found. Dean taps into local surveillance cameras, a trick he learned from Frank, impressing Sam. But they found pictures of the same man on local surveillance and in an old newspaper story about one of the strange bodies. They locate the girl who found the body in 1957 and ask if she recognizes the man. She does, and the boys go stake out the house.
And we're back to the first scene, where Dean attacks and disappears into a ball of energy. He's grappling with the creature—and finds himself in on a street in…the 1940s? The police see him and demand he drops the gun. He is arrested and learns he's 68 years in the past. He takes a minute to do the math. "I'm stuck in 1944?"
The cop leaves him and another man in plainclothes comes in. Rat Boy!!! Wow, X-Files was a while back, huh? Dean figures he's screwed anyway, so tells the truth, and is surprised when Rat Boy (OMG, Elliot Ness!) believes him. He accuses the man of being a hunter, but Ness rolls his shoulders and denies it, then introduces himself. Dean is suitably impressed.
Meanwhile, back in 2011, Sam is on the phone with the sheriff. BTW, those shirts he wears? Hella expensive, because I keep trying to buy them for my husband but don't trust him in $70 shirts. Okay, now the sheriff wants to help find Dean since she got them into this mess.
Back in the '40s, Dean is going fanboy on Elliott Ness. Ness says they're hunting the same thing in different centuries. Dean gets all excited to be an "untouchable" but Ness doesn't know what he's talking about. They go shopping to get Dean new clothes. Ness tells the seamstress Dean is from the future. Dean says, "Gas is $4 a gallon, you can get cheese from a spray can, and the president is a black guy."
In 2011, the sheriff is bringing Sam paperwork from Bobby's locker. She's pretty sure something is alive in three of the boxes.
In the 40s, OMG, Dean looks GOOD. Goooooooooood. He keeps saying "awesome," which makes the seamstress ask if he's a religious kook. Then she calls he and Ness "idjits," which amuses Dean. He tells her she reminds him of someone.
In 2011, Jodi is helping Sam on the internet. They are magically able to enhance a picture to see a ring on their suspect's finger, which bears the symbol of Kronos, the god of time. He's an old god, who used to get his power from people feeding him. Now he makes up for lack of power with being "twice as pissed, and a lot more hands on." Sam decides they have to summon him.
In the 1940s, Dean and Ness go to find the house Sam and Dean had staked out. Dean quotes Sean Connery from The Untouchables, but Ness says, "Who talks like that?" Dean swears he's never watching one of his favorite movies again. They break into the house and discover Kronos is laying bets on races where he already knows the outcome. So Ness and Dean go look for the bookie who places his bets. Dean plays muscle, loving every minute of it, but doesn't have to do much to threaten him to get a location.
In 2011, Sam and Jodi find a way to call Kronos, but Dean has to be touching him when they do, or Dean will be stuck in another time forever. They find an old bottle in Bobby's things and decide to drink it.
In the 1940s Dean and Ness stake out the bar where Kronos is drinking. Dean asks Ness who died in his life that made him become a hunter. Ness calls him morbid, and says he started because vampires were turning people and he caught the bug. Ness asks why Dean is doing it and Dean said because of his family, but they keep dying and he doesn't know why he does anything anymore. Ness calls him a nancy and wants to know if all hunters are as soft as Dean in the future. Dean is taken aback—certainly Dean has never been soft. "At least you're making a difference. Hunting's the only clarity you're going to find in this life. That makes you luckier than most."
After Ness makes his speech, a lovely woman walks by the car, and Kronos follows her. Ness leads Dean to the trunk of his car—loaded with all manner of weaponry. "Sweet merciful awesome!" Dean exclaims.
Dean and Ness follow Kronos, weapons at the ready (could that BE any hotter?) only to see Kronos and the girl embrace. They're stunned.
Ness and Dean split up, Ness going to watch Kronos, I guess, who went home with the girl. Dean goes back to the seamstress. She's found a way to kill Kronos, with an olive branch carved by vestal virgins and dipped in the blood of you-don't-wanna-know-what. Dean realizes if he kills Kronos he's stuck in 1944. The seamstress tells him there's lots of ways to pass the time and lays a kiss on him. As he's leaving he remembers Back to the Future 3 (is that the western one?) and decides to write himself a letter—at least I think so.
Okay, I JUST recognized Kronos as Logan from Veronica Mars. Holy smokes, I love Logan. I didn't recognize him until he spoke, before beating up Ness. He's interrupted by the girl telling him he forgot to take out the trash, apparently his excuse for going out. Ness disappears. Kronos tells his girl to pack a bag, she's going with him. When she hesitates, he snaps at her, which surprises her.
Dean pulls up in front the house Sam and Dean were squatting in. He tells the owner he's the head of homeland termite inspection. He finds the bedroom where Sam made his bed, lays on the floor and looks for the perfect spot to hide his message to Sam.
Back in 2011, Jodi sends Sam to bed, and he sees the message from Dean—his name carved into the baseboard and Dean's note behind it. He runs down to show Jodi the letter which has the name of the woman, Lila, and the exact date Dean had contact with him. Sam and Jodi find Lila at a rest home and ask her about Ethan. She hadn't seen him since 1944, the night the clocks stopped at 11:34, when he said awful things, and strangled that poor man. Sam shows her a picture of Dean and she said Ethan choked the life out of him.
In 1944, Dean goes back to the house looking for Ness and breaks in. He and Kronos fight. Ness holds Lila hostage with a gun pointed at her belly. Kronos said he does his sacrifices so he can get back to Lila because he loves her. He used to wander but now he has her. When she calls him a monster, you can feel his heart breaking.
Meanwhile, Sam and Jodi call Kronos, who slides back to 2011. Ness tosses the olive branch to Dean just as he and Kronos disappears in a ball of light. Once back in the house, Sam stabs Kronos, who dies after telling the brothers their future is covered in a thick black ooze. They're everywhere. And then Kronos dies. The end.
Now, I'm not a fan of the drawn-out ending but THAT was a little abrupt. But awesome.


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Garcia's death highlights Peru corruption scandals
Former president was one of five accused of graft as country tries to clean up politics
Gideon Long, Andean Correspondent
Alan García is reported to have received more than $100,000 in kickbacks from Odebrecht during his second spell as president © AFP
As police converged on his home in Lima on Wednesday, former Peruvian president Alan García shot himself in the head rather than submit to arrest in a corruption case.
His death, hours later, was the latest tragic chapter of a long tale of graft scandals in the Latin American country.
The past five presidents, who together governed for 33 years, have each been investigated or jailed for corruption. Current president Martin Vizcarra took power last year on a promise to clean up politics following the gargantuan Odebrecht corruption scandal which implicated four of the former leaders.
One, Ollanta Humala, is in Lima awaiting trial. Another, 80-year-old Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, is in intensive care with high blood pressure after being arrested last week. A third, Alejandro Toledo, is on the run in the US where he spent a night in a police cell last month for being drunk in public.
Prosecutors believe the fourth, Mr García, received more than $100,000 in kickbacks from Odebrecht, a Brazilian construction company, during his second spell as president from 2006 to 2011. He denied the charges. "I never sold myself, and that's been proven," he wrote on Tuesday in his final tweet before his death.Peru, more than any country other than Brazil, has been shaken to its core by the Odebrecht revelations. The company admits it paid nearly $800m in bribes in 12 countries to win contracts for infrastructure projects, some $30m of it in Peru.
Some in Peru see the pursuit of the four former leaders as evidence that Peru is more corrupt that its neighbours. Others take the investigations as proof that authorities are doing their job — in contrast to other Latin American countries where progress in the Odebrecht probe has been slow.
"The lesson from Peru is that judges can go after graft, however deeply ingrained, and without destabilising the economy," a senior International Monetary Fund official said. "The key variable is that the macroeconomic accounts have to be in good shape."
While corruption scandals have dragged down the economy and hit business sentiment in Brazil, Peru's economy seems less susceptible to the political and judicial intrigue in Lima.
Antonia Eklund, senior analyst at Control Risks, said that while corruption shaved an estimated 0.8 per cent off Peruvian gross domestic product in 2017, in Brazil the figure was 2–3 per cent.
Peru's economy grew 4 per cent last year, compared to Brazil's 1.1 per cent and South America's 0.1 per cent, according to the World Bank. It predicts another 3.8 per cent of growth this year and 3.9 per cent in 2020.
Running like a Shakespearean subplot below tales of corruption in Peru is the story of the Fujimori family, a powerful and controversial political clan. Alberto Fujimori, the authoritarian ruler from 1990 to 2000, spent 12 years in jail for ordering killings and kidnappings as well as embezzlement, only to be pardoned on health grounds by Mr Kuczynski on Christmas Eve 2017.
In a memorable video, Mr Fujimori, dressed in a white hospital gown and connected to tubes, addressed the nation from his hospital bed and asked his detractors "for forgiveness with all my heart". But the Supreme Court overturned the pardon and the frail 80-year-old was sent back to jail this January. "The end of my life is close," he tweeted alongside a mournful, handwritten letter posted on his feed.
Alberto's daughter Keiko Fujimori, leader of the opposition, is also in prison, in preventive custody, accused of accepting more than $1m in illegal funding from Odebrecht.
Adding sibling rivalry to the family saga, she has distanced herself from her brother Kenji Fujimori, a congressman who quit her party over support for Mr Kuczynski. He said his sister harboured "a criminal attitude" and her party lacked moral authority.
Garcia's death highlights Peru corruption scandals
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Sorry Folks...
The Volly Meeting tomorrow (Sun 5th) will have to be postponed since the cafe refurbishment has taken considerably longer than expected and it has to be the forest's priority to get the place up and running again as soon as possible. Every day the cafe is closed we lose money, and the less money we have the less cool shit we can do (cos then we struggle with bills, etc, NOT because cool shit intrinsically costs money)!
Anyhoo, I'm waffling. It's been a loooooong day/week.
Once we're back up and running I reckon we can get more people to the meeting as well, so doubly good. I will send out another post regarding this (new date, etc) once we're properly back on our feet.
In place of the meeting tomorrow, if any of you have even half an hour to spare tomorrow evening to help clean and tidy the place ready for reopening on Monday PLEASE PLEASE come along. It would really help make finishing up a lot easier for those who have been at the forest pretty much solidly since last Sunday workin their butts off to make the place nice. Plus, it's fun. And we can all stand about at the end of it and pat ourselves and each other on the back and appreciate how beautiful it all is! Yay!
Hope to see you tomorrow then, though not for the meeting.
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As you watch the Big Game this Sunday (and if you don't know which Big Game that is, you need to get out of your cave and fast), you may wonder what it would be like to advise one of those gridiron heroes.
After all, aren't those young, college-educated footballers just the kind high-net-worth client you'd love to guide in your practice? With their seven-figure contracts, assisting them to pile up assets during their professional careers and then shift those funds into a stream of retirement income would be as easy as an unopposed sprint to the end zone. Wouldn't it?
In some aspects, advising a professional athlete is diametrically different than the planning an advisor would do with, say, a successful business owner or a wealthy retiree. Yet in other respects, the challenges they face echo what every financial planner confronts when working their so-called "typical" client: inertia when it comes to getting a plan started; the need for individualized planning; cooperating with other key stakeholders in the client's life, etc.
(Check out: 8 of the Worst Financial Meltdowns by Athletes)
We spoke to two estate attorneys and one financial advisor who work with a number of professional athletes, including NFL players, to glean their insights into advising this highly unique niche. Even if you don't intend to pursue this particular clientele (and why not?), perhaps their experiences and advice can help you build your practice and be a better advisor for all your clients.
1. Living in the present.
Unlike the general population, a professional athlete has an extremely compressed earning timeline. Whereas a business executive can expect to amass his wealth over half a century, usually making more money in their 60s than their 40s, a professional athlete's primary breadwinning years happen in their 20s and 30s, and then drops off precipitously after that.
That situation is particularly acute for NFL players, who generally have shorter playing careers than baseball or hockey pros, notes Eido Walny, owner and founder of Walny Legal Group, LLC in Milwaukee, who counsels roughly a dozen current or retired pro athletes. Therefore, that million-dollar-or-more contract they sign early in their career may have to last a lifetime.
"That quick burst of wealth they have in a very short NFL career presents a number of challenges that estate planners and financial advisors have to take into account," Walny says. "It's very different to come into your financial maturity at 50 than at 25. So to get these guys to do the planning, think about options, think about what life is going to be like when they're 50 at age 25 presents a lot of challenges that we generally don't have to deal with someone in their 40s or 50s."
Since they are so young, professional athletes may balk when it comes to starting a financial plan, thinking it's something they can do later in life. However, as Walny ruefully points out, in that respect they are not much different than the average Joe or Jane.
"By far the biggest mistake people make is to do no planning," Walny says. "It's an epidemic problem among the general population and it's worse among pro athletes. Statistics show that 60 percent to 70 percent of Americans don't do any estate planning. It's probably closer to 80 percent to 90 percent for pro athletes."
To nudge his pro athletes onto the financial planning field, Walny tells them straight out that if they have time to play Xbox and or hang with their buddies, they have the time to find and meet with professional advisors, even with a busy playing and training schedule.
"When you're done at age 30 or 40 — if you are lucky — there is a whole lifetime ahead of you that you will have a lot of regrets for if you burn through that money or don't protect yourself," Walny warns.
2. Partnering with the wrong financial team.
Though they have played their entire careers as part of a team, pro athletes may struggle building a team of financial advisors and estate planners. Or more accurately, the right team of advisors. Many times, a professional athlete relies on family members or friends to guide their financial decisions, a path that can sometimes lead to ruinous consequences. Accordingly, it's critical they hire professional estate and financial advisors, Walny stresses.
"That person can't be your mom, dad or best friend," he says. "It has to be someone who is a paid advisor, who has been through this before, someone you can really rely on. A quality advisor can mean the difference between you living the dream lifestyle a lot of athletes strive for versus just becoming another statistic."
Ideally, those team members should include an attorney specializing in estate, business and tax matters; a CPA; a financial planner/money manager; a property/casualty/liability insurance specialist, and of course, the athlete's agent — preferably one that welcomes input from other professional advisors, details attorney Mike Passananti, a partner at Duggan Bertsch, LLC in Chicago. About 10 percent to 15 percent of his practice encompasses professional athletes.
It's important to bring all those team members together to create a "single voice" in the professional athlete's financial life, emphasizes Ali Nasser, CFP, AEP, principal of Altruista LLC, a boutique wealth management firm in Houston.
After first meeting with the athlete one-on-one to understand his goals and objectives, Nasser than corrals the client's agent, attorney and other key family members in a collaborative meeting to discuss the financial blueprint. "We say, this is our master plan for how to accomplish this from a holistic standpoint. Does anybody have any input or feedback? It's speak now or forever hold your peace. So we have one centralized strategy."
Working with a client's other advisors or significant life partners offers lessons for all advisors, whether they deal with professional athletes or not, Passananti says. "The details of comprehensively representing a client, you can learn a lot. These athletes need counsel in every single aspect of their financial life."
3. Spending outside their means.
Make no mistake, sketching out the financial life plan for a professional athlete, particularly an NFL player, is vastly different than the typical client who comes through an advisor's door. Their career arc, lifestyle and earning trajectory are simply not those of a high-net-worth or even ultra-wealthy business person.
In his practice, Nasser has four main client groups: ultra-high-net worth business owners; retirees; millionaires under 40; and about 10 professional athletes. Combining the unique elements of the first three groups, Nasser and a team member, former NFL player Devard Darling, developed a special financial planning process for pro athletes they call "The Sport of Life." Basically, that plan is a step-by-step guide that takes the athlete from his rookie season to retirement.
What are facets of the first three groups that emerge in the fourth group of pro sportsmen? In summary, a professional athlete is similar to ultra-high-net-worth business owners in that they need comprehensive wealth management; are generally illiquid; and have been singularly focused on their careers to the exclusion of all else in their lives. Like retirees, they must transition from accumulation to decumulation in retirement (sometimes with a surprisingly modest nest egg). The parallel to millionaires under 40 is quite obviousthese are young people making a lot of money early in life.
The first step, Nasser relates, is educating NFL players about some basic financial concepts like cash flow management and liquidity. That $2 million-a-year contract may seem like a hefty number, but in reality, it factors out to $800,000 when taxes and fees are subtracted and without taking into account any withdrawals for savings. Yet most players base their lifestyle on that $2 million figure and "their cash flow usually gets out of control," Nasser says. "They tend to live outside their means."
So Nasser asks the athlete: Do you want to live like a king for five years or a prince for the rest of his life? "There has to be a mental buy in where they understand, they get that, I want the lifestyle forever, not just five to 10 years. What do I need to do to get that done?"
4. Not staying liquid.
In light of their relatively short playing careers that condense their peak earning years and typically non-guaranteed contracts, NFL players require some special estate and financial planning techniques. A career-ending injury (always a distinct possibility in the physically demanding sport of football) or being suddenly cut from the team means any financial plan must include a cash cushion the client can access when they are unexpectedly left without a paycheck.
"I take an extra conservative approach with all of my NFL players," Passananti says. "I want to make sure they have a very liquid nest egg that is going to last them as long as that nest egg can. Some of my NFL players have nest eggs that will last them five to 15 years, and other NFL players I represent, their grandchildren would have a tough time spending their respective money."
Likewise, Nasser agrees liquidity, along with flexibility, are the top items on the wealth planning checklist for an NFL player. Their financial situation can change in an eye blink (or from a hard hit); therefore, they need instantly accessible cash.
"Generally, we create a bucket of money for cash reserves," Nasser says. "Say their portfolio income is going to generate $150,000 a year from dividends and interests, and their lifestyle is $500,000 a year. We'll carve out maybe two, three, maybe four years' worth of income and park it in cash or some type of liquid instrument just for accessibility. We keep this out of their primary savings or checking accounts because we don't want them to access it unless an emergency comes up.
"Flexibility also comes into the picture," he continues. "Making sure that whatever product we use, if there is a product, that it's something that is flexible. We find, generally speaking, long-term products are tough to implement unless the client has ample liquidity."
An estate plan for a pro athlete (or anyone for that matter) doesn't have to be built in a day, Walny adds. It can be structured and modified over time.
"Putting it in an NFL context, if you want to score a touchdown, you can't go from one end zone to the other generally in one play," Walny says. "It happens occasionally, but usually you have to be meticulous, move the ball a little bit at a time until you get to the other side. Estate planning is the same way. It is something we can continue to add onto, it's modular, so just beginning the process is very significant."
5. Leaving assets exposed.
Here comes another NFL analogy: Just like a player wouldn't step out on the field without a helmet, an estate plan for that same player should incorporate asset protection. Pro athletes typically own many material assets, like real estate or even car collections, that could be targeted by creditors.
There are two tiers of asset protection, Passananti details. One is statutory protection, whereby in some states equity within a personal residence or cash build-up in annuity or life insurance contracts are shielded from creditors by law.
The next tier is what he terms entity-based asset protection. That could come in the form of a business arrangement like a LLC or LP, or an irrevocable trust.
To illustrate the importance of having that asset protection, Passananti tells the story of a pro athlete who came to his office for advice. Though he made a good bundle of money in his playing career, his assets had dwindled.
What led him to Passananti's office were some 30 lawsuits, all relating to personal guarantees he made to investment deals that ultimately went belly up. He never obtained legal counsel before signing those deals and instead made decisions based on trust. "Our analysis to him was, we can't help you anymore. We can refer to a great bankruptcy lawyer," Passananti recalls.
Contrast to that situation to another client of his, who runs every potential business deal by his team of financial and legal advisors to evaluate any likely pitfalls.
"Dealing with athletes for so long, the amount of creditor risk out there grows every day, whether it's media related or physical altercations, or bogus lawsuits," Passananti says. "The risk is real."
6. Failing to see the bigger picture.
Every client faces that inevitable question: What will I do after I stop working? For pro athletes, that conundrum comes much earlier in life than most.
Consequently, the planning process for his pro athlete clients must include an evaluation of their strengths and skills outside of football, Nasser says. What are they good at (besides catching a pigskin)? What do they like to do outside the gridiron? Do they want to be an entrepreneur or a passive investor?
Passananti says that some of his clients aim for second careers or charitable work when their playing days end. Others simply want to play golf. "Either way, I want them to do whatever they want if that's possible."
Nasser relates similar observations. Some of his former pro clients have opened training facilities. Another developed an app and works in Silicon Valley. One is now marketing a device he invented to help him rehabilitate his knee.
"Through the financial planning process, we figure out, OK, here's how much you can depend on your portfolio for each year," Nasser says. "If your lifestyle is half a million and your portfolio generates $250,000, where does the other $250,000 come from?"
Isn't that what estate and retirement planning is all about?
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Formula Feeding FAQs: Starting Solids and Milk
Whether you've decided to formula feed your baby from the start, are supplementing your breast milk with formula, or are switching from breast milk to formula, you're bound to have questions. Here are answers to some common queries about formula feeding.
When should I introduce solid foods and juice?
The best time to introduce solid foods is when your baby has developed the skills needed to eat. This usually happens between the ages of 4 and 6 months. How do you know when your baby is ready?
Babies who are ready to eat solids foods:
- are interested in foods (for example, they may watch others eat, reach for food, and open their mouths when food approaches)
- hold up their heads well, and sit up with little or no help
- have the oral motor skills needed to eat (meaning that they don't push food of the mouth but move it to the throat and swallow it)
- usually weigh twice their birth weight, or close to it
Wait until your baby is at least 4 months old and shows these signs of readiness before introducing solids. Babies who start solid foods before 4 months are at a higher risk of becoming obese.
When the time is right, start with a single-grain, iron-fortified cereal for babies (rice cereal has traditionally been the first food for babies, but you can start with any you prefer). Start with one or two tablespoons of cereal mixed with formula to achieve the right consistency. (As an alternative, you can give an iron-rich puréed meat.) Feed your baby with a small baby spoon, and never add cereal to a baby's bottle unless your doctor instructs you to do so.
At this stage, solids should be fed after a bottle-feeding session, not before. That way, your baby fills up on formula, which should still be your baby's main source of nutrients until age 1.
Once your baby gets the hang of eating cereal, introduce a variety of puréed fruits, vegetables, and meats. Wait a few days between introducing a new food to make sure your baby doesn't have an allergic reaction.
Note: There is no benefit to offering fruit juice, even to older babies. Juice can fill them up and leave little room for more nutritious foods, promote obesity, cause diarrhea, and even put a baby at an increased risk for cavities when teeth start coming in.
When can I start giving my baby cow's milk?
Before their first birthday, babies still need the nutrients in breast milk or formula. But at 1 year old, your baby can try whole cow's milk. Why not skim or 2%? Because babies need the fat in whole milk for normal growth and brain development during the busy early toddler period.
You can transition your baby from formula to whole milk by beginning to replace bottles of formula with bottles — or sippy cups — of milk. By 1 year old, your baby should be eating a variety of other foods and only 2-3 cups (480-720 milliliters) of milk per day.
If your baby was put on a soy or hypoallergenic formula because of a milk allergy, talk to your doctor before introducing milk.
When can I start giving my baby water?
In their first few months, babies usually don't need extra water. On very hot days, most babies do well with additional feedings. But you may want to offer your infant water, especially if your baby's pee is dark or your baby urinates less frequently than usual.
Once your baby is eating solid foods, you can offer a few ounces of water between feedings, but don't force it. Water that is fortified with fluoride will help your baby develop healthy teeth and gums. If you live in an area with nonfluoridated water, your doctor or dentist may prescribe fluoride drops.
Reviewed by: Elana Pearl Ben-Joseph, MD
Date reviewed: January 2015


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Paradise on the Mountain
My gardens are mostly perennials, with a mixture of annuals and some decorative planters. I have many plans for more gardens & arrangements, I just need more time & energy. Our home & yard is on the sloped side of a mountain & the soil is very hard & tends to have a lot of rocks in it, making any start to a new gardenscape very time consuming. Which is also why I like to do decorator pot plantings.
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1 of 24: Painted Daisys & a small Hosta garden in the background w/Red Japanese Maple for some color.
2 of 24: Late November in the Endless Mt.s of PA. My large perennial garden to the left of the driveway & another small garden under a beech tree which contains climatis, blackeyed susans, peonys, a varagated hosta & a barberry bush.
3 of 24: A small garden which hides our ugly well casing -beneath the giant blue hosta- This is early spring, but comes alive with the blooms of the Blackeyed Susans & a hanging basket on a hook.
4 of 24: One single Hen that I planted on my stonewall, turned into 'many'. Thinking it needed a little color, I added a piece of sedum-which also ended up loving it there!
5 of 24: One of many of my planters- containing a black and a green sweet potatoe vine, a colius, Alyssum and cranesbill.
6 of 24: My Hayrack- white & pink million bells with Alyssum, Colius, bergundy Pansys and Artemisia/Silver Brocade
8 of 24: Just planted this week so it hasn't had a chance to fill in but I think the colors will really be awesome once they all gets some growth. Huechera-coralbell, an african daisy, cranesbill-black beauty and annual pink
13 of 24: antique chair with an array of annuals & perennials- blanketflower/galardia, hen & chick, bluechip campanula, pink, and white petunia's
14 of 24: my little hosta garden which covers a steep but short bank. In the center is a Red Japanese Maple and to the right of that is a small cluster of Black-eyed susans. A very pretty sight when the flowers are in bloom.
15 of 24: my old boots filled with hens & chicks & a little red sedum. Friends always rave about this boot. :)
16 of 24: My old wheelbarrow which sits down by the road, filled with all annuals: white impatiens, maragolds assorted colored Colius and a maragold or two.
17 of 24: My old wheelbarrow which sits down by the road, filled with all annuals: white impatiens, maragolds assorted colored Colius and a maragold or two.
20 of 24: reflection from our pond that I have started to plant things around. All green in the pic, but lavender iris, white daisys, blackeyed susans and there is a pink water lily in there too.
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After the Shower
Pierre Bonnard, French, 1867 - 1947
Made in France, Europe
Oil on canvasDimensions:
37 3/8 x 26 3/16inches (94.9 x 66.5cm) Framed: 48 1/4 x 37 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches (122.6 x 94.6 x 11.4 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Painting
1963-181-1Credit Line:
The Louis E. Stern Collection, 1963
Made in France, Europe
Oil on canvasDimensions:
37 3/8 x 26 3/16inches (94.9 x 66.5cm) Framed: 48 1/4 x 37 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches (122.6 x 94.6 x 11.4 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Painting
* Gallery 265, European Art 1850-1900, second floor (Eglin Gallery)Accession Number:
1963-181-1Credit Line:
The Louis E. Stern Collection, 1963
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Pierre Bonnard was one of the great colorists of twentieth-century French painting. After the Shower, with its gorgeous palette and dazzling optical effects, is a fine illustration of what the artist meant when he claimed that painting is "the transcription of the adventures of the optic nerve." This luminous canvas, which was probably painted at the Villa Joséphine in Saint-Tropez, belongs to a celebrated series of pictures in which the artist's lifelong companion, Marthe de Méligny, is observed following her daily routine of washing and drying herself. These intimate portraits evoke the quiet life the two shared in the south of France.
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ProvenanceWith Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris; E. R. Bühler, Winterthur, by 1926 [1]; on consignment with Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne; sold to Louis E. Stern, New York, September 2, 1946 [2]; bequest to PMA, 1963. 1. See Courthion, "L'Art français dans les collections privées en Suisse," in L'Amour de l'Art, vol. 7, February 1926, p. 59 (as Bühler Collection). 2. A 1964 letter from Galerie Rosengart gives Stern's purchase date (PMA Archives, Marceau object files, Stern Collection). According to provenance notes made by Louis Stern (copy in curatorial file), E. R. Bühler was the painting's only previous owner, although in fact Bühler acquired the painting through Bonnard's dealer Bernheim-Jeune; see the Dauberville catalogue raisonné and letter from Galerie Rosengart to Henry Gardiner, c. June 1964 (copy in curatorial file). Bühler (also referred to as Richard Bühler or simply R. Bühler in the Dauberville catalogue raisonné) was a cousin (Stern's notes describe him as a brother-in-law) of Mrs. Hédy Hahnloser-Bühler of Winterthur, Switzerland. Bonnard was a close friend of the entire Hahnloser family, particularly Hédy and her husband Arthur, whom he met in 1910, and he made portraits of several of its members.
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Team Mulciber, a group of students from the University of Maryland, will be competing as a finalist in the Alliance for Green Heat Wood Stove Decathlon November 15 - 19, 2013, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. They are the only university team to make it to the finals.
Throughout the five-day event, there will also be talks and activities surrounding renewable energy, along with an exhibition that will showcase innovative products, ideas and solutions to the public, media and policymakers.
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ProjectorGames, creators of one of the best-selling Xbox Live Indie MineCraft clone FortressCraft, are going in a different direction with FortressCraft2D: sideways.
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The 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee earned a top safety pick from the IIHS following their "midsize SUV" tests. Among others, they wrecked a Crosstour, Venza and Edge. Exciting vehicles? Other than the new Grand Cherokee, no. Exciting crashes? Hell yes!
Out of twelve midsize SUVs tested by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, five received Top Safety Picks and all performed at least marginally or better in a series of rollover tests. Top picks include the Toyota Highlander, Toyota Venza, 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee, Kia Sorento, and Chevrolet Equinox.
The Jeep Liberty performed best in the roof crush test, able to withstand 4.96 times its own weight before the roof crushes more than five inches. In the same test the Honda Accord Crosstour only withstood 2.82 times its own weight, nearly landing it in the "poor" range. The Ford Edge was "acceptable" while the Mazda CX-7, Nissan Murano, Honda Pilot, and Mitsubishi Endeavor all earned "marginal" ratings.
The majority of these vehicles are as much crossovers as they are SUVs, and therefore probably less likely to be in a rollover than your mom's old Explorer, but the IIHS points out a strength rating of 4 reflects an estimated 50% reduction in serious or fatal injury in a rollover compared to the federal standard, which is 1.5 times the vehicles weight.
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