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HG UPDATE: For the most recent Cheesecake Factory survival strategies, check out our 2015 Cheesecake Factory Survival Guide! It features up-to-date info on the chain's apps, entrees, and (of course) desserts!
When The Cheesecake Factory launched its new SkinnyLicious menu, we knew we HAD to check it out. Read on for our take on what's worth it, what's not, and what we're a tad suspicious of... And thanks, CF, for all of the new options!
HG FYI: The Cheesecake Factory provides stats for calories, saturated fat (not total fat), sodium, and carbs. That's why the breakdowns above aren't as complete as those we usually provide and don't include PointsPlus® values. And now you know!
SkinnyLicious Shrimp Summer Rolls PER SERVING (entire order): 410 calories, 1g saturated fat, 1,493mg sodium, 61g carbs YUM! These rice-paper-wrapped rolls were INCREDIBLE -- filled with veggies, shrimp, and just a few rice noodles. Of the two sauces that were served, the crowd favorite was the peanut sauce. Overall, this app is reasonably light and definitely a decent pick. Charred Shishito Peppers PER SERVING (entire order): 140 calories, 1g saturated fat, 867mg sodium, 15g carbs Very yummy and a totally smart pick! We got about 20 of these Japanese peppers in our order, along with a sweet, soy-like dipping sauce. At first glance, the peppers looked a tad oily; but they really didn't taste oily, so it may have just been moisture. Shishito peppers aren't too spicy, by the way -- so fear not, spicy-food phobics. Mexican Chicken Lettuce Wrap Tacos
PER SERVING (entire order): 250 calories, 3g saturated fat, 1,017mg sodium, 14g carbs
THE FIND OF THE DAY! Not only would this be a fun app to share with two buddies (there are 3 "tacos" per order), but it could also easily double as a main meal for one! The (gorgeous!) tacos are actually leaves of lettuce filled with chicken, veggies, avocado, roasted corn salsa, and a creamy sauce; plus, they're served with another salsa on the side. There are Asian and Mediterranean versions too -- these are higher in calories but still reasonable. We'll have to go back and try them...
Ahi Tartare
PER SERVING (entire order): 250 calories, 2g saturated fat, 692mg sodium, 19g carbs
Ahi Carpaccio
PER SERVING (entire order): 250 calories, 1g saturated fat, 1,288mg sodium, 12g carbs
These apps have nearly the same ingredients and calorie counts -- the difference is all in the ratios. The Ahi Tartare is more or less equal parts raw tuna and avocado, with large wonton crisps on the side for scooping. The Ahi Carpaccio consists of a LARGE, thin layer of raw tuna -- you can really taste the quality this way -- drizzled with a creamy aioli and served with a few slices of avocado and some sunomono-like cucumber salad. The carpaccio costs more, but ordered for one person, it could absolutely be a meal; for two, it's a spectacular starter. Calorie bargain of the century. CARPACCIO WINS, HANDS DOWN!
We ordered two of the flatbreads -- one Margherita and one Wild Mushroom. The Margherita option (330 calories, 6g saturated fat) is a solid pick for anyone trying to fulfill a pizza craving, and it's not too high in stats for what it is (a cheese-topped carby dish). But the Wild Mushroom version? It has 140 more calories than the Margherita and twice the saturated fat; those mushrooms seemed to be loaded with oil. WHY? CF peeps, if you're going to go through the trouble of making a lighter menu, do it right -- don't load up your veggies with needless amounts of oil. (Reasonable request, right?)
LOVE! SkinnyLicious Factory Chopped Salad PER SERVING (entire salad): 570 calories, 10g saturated fat, 1,479mg sodium, 33g carbs We liked that this salad was very large and yummy -- the chicken, blue cheese, bacon, and apple really brought the flavor punch. However, the salad came pre-tossed with dressing... and it was a bit much for us, combined with the cheese and the avocado. We recommend this, but suggest ordering the dressing on the side. LEAVE! Mexican Tortilla Salad PER SERVING (entire salad): 560 calories, 5g saturated fat, 1,853mg sodium, 51g carbs
Possibly the most confusing menu item we saw all day. The salad came topped with a large haystack of visibly greasy tortilla strips, which were not listed in the menu description. The chicken and black beans were UNDERNEATH all the lettuce and veggies, sitting on top of a seemingly fried (yet soggy) tortilla. The salad also arrived topped with vinaigrette dressing, salsa, sour cream, AND avocado cream sauce. In truth, it didn't taste bad at all -- but the reported calorie count on this one left us completely skeptical as we added up all the components in our heads. Chew with caution...
HG Pop-Up Tip: To cut sodium in restaurant meals, get the sauce/dressing on the side; then don't use it all.
Being pros when it comes to whipping up low-calorie cocktails (click for proof), we requested the two most popular Skinny drinks: the Margarita and the Mojito. Both of the 150-calories-or-less beverages were super-sweet (in a good way) and didn't seem to be too heavy on the alcohol. Our pref? The Mojito!
DELICIOUS! SkinnyLicious Grilled Chicken PER SERVING (entire order): 560 calories, 2g saturated fat, 1,252mg sodium, 20g carbs An AMAZING meal option. For one thing, the dish was so big, it almost looked like a family-style order. Loads of flavorful chicken and veggies that were NOT slathered in oil! The tomato-arugula mixture on top tasted like a bruschetta topping -- it was great. Our ONLY complaint? It came "garnished" with rice -- just a weird, sad little pile underneath the chicken. We think it's time for restaurants to be bold enough to skip the starchy carbs when they're not needed... DISAPPOINTING... SkinnyLicious Veggie Burger
PER SERVING (entire order): 530 calories, 3g saturated fat, 1,288mg sodium, 85g carbs This thing gets props for being large and made with interesting ingredients like farro (grains similar to barley) and black beans. But the patty itself was a little too soft in texture, practically spoonable. The addition of beets to the patty gave it a quirky touch and nice sweet flavor. But the BIGGEST problem with this burger is how it's served -- on a huge buttered bun, smeared with mayo. WHY? If you're putting together a calorie-conscious menu item, doesn't that seem silly? (CF: Nix the butter and mayo... Don't make us special order from the light menu!)
What do you mean there's NO SkinnyLicious dessert menu!? Sigh...
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"The average investor has only 11,000 more genes than a worm? Leave it to the New York Times' business writers to put the human genome sequence in perspective.
Craig Venter of Celera Genomics, lead author on the paper in Science that announced the completion of the sequence last February, phrased it nicely too. As he told Reuters news service: "Corn has the same number of genes as humans."
It was, indeed, the big surprise when the human genome sequence was published to learn that we had so few genes: Scientists had expected the number to top 100,000; it seems now that we have only 30,000 or so.
How can something as magnificently complex as a human have only three times the genes of a worm? As Venter and his coauthors wrote, "Now we know what we have to explain."
Andy Clark, a professor of biology at Penn State and a consultant for Celera, thinks the way to begin is to compare our genome with those of other mammals. Celera did, in fact, complete the mouse genome sequence shortly after the human one, and found that only 300 human genes had no clear match to genes in the mouse.
"What's the next genome to sequence?" asked Clark at his Frontiers of Science lecture. He leaned against the podium, hand on hip, a long, lean, Lincolnesque figure with a salt-and-pepper beard. "The dog," he said.
The dog? Clark had lots of reasons: "We live in close proximity to dogs, and because of this we have an acute awareness of differences in their health and well-being. There are a great number of disorders being carefully studied by veterinarians. We have a depth of knowledge of dogs' nutrition—mostly due to companies who are in the business of making dog-food. Dogs are used in cardiac research: They're a model for human cardiac physiology. The order of the genes on the human and dog chromosomes shows amazing similarity. And if you compare human diseases with their dog equivalents, you find that for over 350 diseases the dog equivalent is precisely the same disease that humans get." Scientifically, almost any mammal would serve Clark's purposes: to allow three-way comparisons among human, some other mammal, and mouse genes. "The mouse is a powerful system," he explained, long the standard for biological studies. "We have a huge knowledge base of similarities between mice and humans. It's really staggering to see the parallels."
A study by Clark and Penn State undergraduate Stacy Hubbell shows what might be possible if the dog genome were known as well. "We retrieved as many dog genes as we could," Clark said. "We found 254 such genes in databases, genes from 2,000 letters long up to 60,000."
Using a computer program called BLAST developed in part by Penn State computer scientist Webb Miller, Clark and Hubbell matched some of those genes to the corresponding human and mouse genes. Hubbell then checked each of the potential matches by hand.
Clark projected a short stretch of one gene—in all three versions—onto the lecture-hall's screen. "Out of 60 bases, the human genetic difference is only 5 bases. It's dead obvious that this is the same gene as the dog gene. When you scan the sequence your eye sees that the mouse gene tends to be a little more different."
Some of those differences matter, some don't as the gene's DNA code is read by the cell's machinery, translated into RNA, and used to fashion a protein. "Some changes in the DNA will result in changes in the protein," Clark said, "and some will not—that's a key point."
Although each group of three letters in the RNA message translates into one amino acid, some amino acids are more tolerant of typos than others. "Consider the third position of the amino acid Serine," Clark said. "Whatever base you put into that position, you'll get a Serine. It can be UCU, UCC, UCA, or UCG." (In RNA, U, or uracil, replaces the T, or thymine, in DNA.)
While many "devastating disorders," Clark noted, are caused by the change of a single letter, in other cases (like the third position of Serine) a single base change does nothing. Factor out these "silent sites," and the average difference between what is known of the dog genome and the human genome is 7.5 percent; between dog and mouse, it's 7.98 percent. These meaningful changes, collectively termed "mis-sense," might be what causes the evolutionary difference between species, Clark said. "A given gene has a much higher silent rate of change than its mis-sense rate. There's considerable constraint to the changes that are allowed, and it seems as though Nature generally—but not always—avoids mis-sense differences."
In addition, different genes are more likely to change than others. "Different genes are evolving at different rates. Some genes are going fast, others slowly." The genes for proteins that recognize pathogens show the highest rate of change, allowing a species to adapt quickly to a new disease threat. Other genes—such as those that govern the development of a sperm's tail—have changed very little. "You could put the human protein into a dog and vice versa and it would work," said Clark. "It's rather unsettling. These are things all mammals have to do more or less the same way."
One gene that shows a very high rate of mis-sense mutations in humans is the growth hormone receptor gene. While between dog and mouse there are 40 silent changes and 16 mis-sense changes, between human and mouse there are 27 silent changes and a whopping 43 changes that affect the amino acid sequence. "It's a very intriguing result. It looks like there's a specific tendency for the growth hormone receptor gene to evolve faster in humans." Clark speculated that at some point in human evolution, it suddenly became advantageous for us to be tall.
"It requires comparison among more than two species to make these kinds of statements," he noted. "The genes that are accelerated, we've found, are the genes involved in growth and in color vision"—two areas in which we know we're different from our dogs. "It's really a very satisfying kind of result."
With a full sequence of dog genes to match against the mouse and human genomes, more similarities and differences will become apparent. As anthropologist Svante Pääbo commented in Science, such cross-species comparisons "will make the unity of life more obvious to everyone." They will be "both a source of humility and a blow to the idea of human uniqueness."
Andy Clark, Ph.D., is professor of biology in the Eberly College of Science, 326 Mueller Lab, University Park, PA 16802; 814-863-3891; email@example.com.
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- Miracle Grow
- A Model for Humans
- No Easy Answers
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An intro to functional testing, page objects and Gebdan.j.allen Jun 3, 2012 12:41 AM
I recently read an article on Groovy Functional Testing with Geb, published on jaxenter.com. It provides a really nice introduction to functional testing and page objects. It also gets you thinking about the advantages of using Groovy rather than Java for browser automation. This integration is certainly worth considering for Arquillian Drone (see ARQ-977). Especially since the article claims that "Geb is the most elegant and powerful browser automation tool available today." If that's so, we want that power in Arquillian
Here are a few of the topics covered in this article that I think are relevant for this group:
- A definition of functional testing
- The state of functional testing today
- An in-depth introduction to the page object pattern
- Introduction to Geb and Groovy for (web-based) functional testing
The article defines functional testing as:
Unlike unit testing, functional testing ignores the specifics of the underlying software component under test. A functional test merely asserts that providing certain input results in certain output. In the context of a web application, this usually means programmatically controlling a web browser to simulate the actions of a user on a web page.
We also see in this article a line that we use often when presenting the value of the Arquillian platform:
...traditional unit testing only goes so far. Some of the most serious bugs in a web application tend to be things a unit test has no way to check for
Of course, there is no silver bullet for testing. Testing is multi-faceted. Unit tests just happen to be simpler to write and comprehend. We focus a lot on more complex testing because traditionally it's been very hard.
The article identifies page objects as one of the key ways to make web-based testing simpler:
Page Objects [reduce] test fragility by letting you reason about your web pages and components as though they were part of an object hierarchy. If the structure of a page changes, you need only update a selector in one place within your Page class—often, no changes to the test code itself are required.
In other words, page objects adhere to the DRY principle.
Even if you aren't interested in writing tests in Geb / Groovy, the article is worth reading for its in-depth introduction to page objects. Check it out and let's discuss.


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"Take a look at the jobs that Tata is creating for Americans by expanding auto design and sales in the United States, adding to its 24,000 employees already in this country," Kerry said yesterday in a major foreign policy speech on India at the Center for American Progress, a US think-tank.
"Already, Indian investment creates close to 100,000 jobs right here at home," Kerry said referring to the jobs being created in the US by Indian companies.
In his speech the Secretary of State also praised the American motor company Ford for creating employment opportunities in India.
As the largest India-headquartered multinational in North America, Tata has 12 companies covering diverse operations.
In the United States these include soda ash mines in Wyoming, coffee manufacturing in Maryland, steel manufacturing facilities in Ohio and Pennsylvania, tea manufacturing and processing in Florida, Georgia, and New Jersey, The Pierre hotel in New York, the Taj Boston hotel and the Taj Campton Place hotel in San Francisco, animation labs in California and IT development centres in California, Michigan, and Ohio.
Having a presence in North America for over 60 years, some of its popular and recognised brands in the US including Jaguar Land Rover vehicles, Tetley, Good Earth, and Eight O'Clock Coffee.
In his remarks, Kerry said he believes that theUnited States and India should continue to reach for the ambitious target that Vice President Joe Biden laid out last summer in India, to push from USD 100 billion to USD 500 billion a year in trade.
"And whatever impediments we may face along the way, we need to always be mindful of the opportunities and the bigger picture around this," he said.
"It is completely in our mutual interest to address those obstacles that kind of raise their head here and there as you go along the way and to remember that a lot bigger opportunities will come from more robust ties, so we need to keep our eye on the prize out there and not get dragged down by one small or lesser particular aspect of a restraint," he added.
"The bigger picture has to guide us and the end game has to guide us," Kerry said.


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Ash and burn.
When will people learn not to let computers run their lives? No, I'm not talking
about digital organizers and e-mail. I'm talking about the threat of supercomputers
like this one.
In the original Galerians,
the supercomputer Dorothy was a friendly caretaker, handling the mundane ins
and outs of her human masters. But like every supercomputer before her that
was given too much power, Dorothy went nuts and decided to screw over humanity.
Dorothy decided to take her time and dabble in some genetics, creating her own
race of species, the Galerians. These genetic mutations had great psychic powers
and were meant to bring about the end of mankind. That is, until Rion, a psychically
gifted young boy, was able to stop her. And that was the end of that… or was
Supercomputers aren't morons (or else they'd just be averagecomputers). There's
always a contingency plan. When Dorothy fell, Plan B went into effect. It seems
not all of the Galerians had been eliminated. The Last Galerians were unleashed
to devastate the world and resurrect their "mother."
Galerians: Ash, the sequel to Galerians, brings us back to the
drugs and genetic manipulation in the post-apocalyptic world of the original.
Drawing heavily on the anime Akira, the game begins with a retread, pedaling
backwards to the conclusion of the first game. It's a clever (albeit drawn out)
way to set up the new story. From there, though, Galerians: Ash loses
steam and winds up doing no justice to its merely decent predecessor.
While the story has some interesting points and the CG movies are notable,
the translation and dialogue is terrible, with boring and at times indecipherable
speech. Supercomputers and disembodied voices simply have to learn to e-nun-ciate.
The style has switched from the fixed camera of the original into a behind-the-back
third-person action game. Controls have also switched from the old Resident
Evil style to a more pleasant character-centric style, but the jerky and
easily waylaid camera is awful, lacking a separate independent control.
In between the difficult bosses and trying to find hard-to-locate interactive
objects, Rion will spend much of his time wandering around. At first, there's
an eerie sense of danger to it, but then you realize it's just plain wandering
because nobody is going to attack Rion.
Rion is a pill popper, gleefully ingesting drugs like jelly beans. But these aren't your garden variety Tylenols. They come in multiple colors, each "flavor" offering a different attack.
whoever built this combat system was probably on drugs as well. Before attacking,
you must wait for the drug to kick in. While you're charging up, you are completely
vulnerable. It's a highly restrictive and unsatisfying combat system, forcing
you to run from enemies, leave enough room to charge up, lock on, and then fire.
Even simple defensive maneuvers such as blocking have a painful lag.
Whenever Rion uses a psychic attack, it causes his body to stress out, increasing his 'Addiction Points' (AP) meter. If his AP gets filled, Rion suffers from a massive headache that will cause enemies around him to spontaneously combust. At the same time, Rion's own life meter will steadily wear down.
If I've learned one thing from prescription drug commercials, it's that the
best way to fight one drug is with another drug. Rion must take the drug Delmetor
in order to return to normal. Sadly, Delmetor is harder to find than a Quaalude.
At times, the lack of Delmetor can be far too frustrating. Despite the "survival
horror" of item conservation, the game's emphasis on action requires more items
to appear. But you never have enough, and it gets irritating.
In the original Galerians, Rion resembled an 11 year-old girl. Six
years into the future, Rion still looks like an 11-year old girl, only
taller with maroon hip huggers. It looks like he's some kind of awkward pubescent
as he runs about. Generally speaking, the visuals of the game look sharply dated.
The sterile environments and jagged lines of Galerians: Ash disavows
the sense of imminent, horrific danger introduced in the original.
The voice acting, when ungarbled, is fine. Otherwise, the sound is pretty bland.
Despite its attempts at better action and control, Galerians: Ash falls
far short of matching the flawed original. What it has gained in control it
has lost in style and pacing. Maybe it should have taken one last cue from Akira
and been a movie or a comic book instead.


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Big Problems For The Big Italian Economy
NEAL CONAN, host: Over the weekend, Greece fended off the immediate crisis with the formation of a coalition government that supports the recent agreement on European debt. And now, many eyes turn west, to Italy, which has a much bigger economy and, some say, a bigger problem. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi continues to survive no-confidence vote, but his government clings to power and faces a series of hard choices. If you have questions about Italy's role in the Eurozone crisis, give us a call. Our email address is firstname.lastname@example.com. You can also join the conversation at our website. Go to npr.org, and click on TALK OF THE NATION.
The next no-confidence vote scheduled in Italy comes as soon as tomorrow. Beppe Severgnini joins us now from the studios of the BBC here in Washington. He's a columnist for the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. His book is "Mama Mia! Berlusconi's Italy Explained for Posterity and Friends Abroad." And nice to have you with us today.
BEPPE SEVERGNINI: Well, thank you. I think "Mama Mia!" is a good summary of the situation, isn't it?
CONAN: Well, Prime Minister Berlusconi has seemingly defied political gravity before. Can he continue to hold on?
SEVERGNINI: Well, he's a bit of an escape artist, I have to say. But there is - so there comes a time when, you know, the dramatic moment when the escape artist is, you know, you realize that you will not wriggle free of his chains and he's at the bottom of the pool. And we don't want to be there with you. And so with - let me get out of this metaphor. And I think...
SEVERGNINI: ...if he wants to help Italy, he really has to go. I mean, the Financial Times put it bluntly the other day, quoting Cromwell, you know, in the name of God, of Europe, of Italy, go. It's a bit dramatic, a bit Italian, I may say, but operatic also. But the message is correct. I think he really has to go soon.
CONAN: Soon. If not tomorrow, then soon. Nevertheless, some say that the fall of the government, no matter who heads it, is going to lead to a long period of uncertainty, and that's not going to help Italy's financial situation any.
SEVERGNINI: I disagree for two reasons. The main one is political and social and psychological. I know my country well and my countrymen well. I think Berlusconi has been - that's what my book is about. He's been - he build on complicity with us, but complicity became embarrassment. Embarrassment became shame. Shame is becoming anger. So that's over. And I think the Italians know very well that we cannot afford the pension system we have. We cannot afford all the privileges of, you know, we have 75,000 official cars, just to quote, you know, come up with something to give you an idea.
So there is so much you can cut, but politics has to start first. And I think Italians are prepared. They know we have to do something. Berlusconi is in no position to ask us for sacrifice. I mean, he cannot do it. He's not credible, to quote Lagarde here in - Christine Lagarde of the IMF here in Washington. She put it right. You know, he's not credible. There is a problem of credibility. So, that's it. I mean, but someone else can.
If Mario Monti, the former European commissioner, or someone else will come with a broad government, I think they can afford to be unpopular for a few months or even for a year or a year or a year and a half, saying, look, folks, that's what we have to do. They can ask us. Berlusconi cannot.
CONAN: Yet when it seemed that the German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy were snickering at Mr. Berlusconi, much of Italy rose up in his defense.
SEVERGNINI: Much of Italy. The people who write to my blog, they, you know, those people who's - most people, including me, I think, probably thought that they were sort of laughing, which is not nice. Maybe they should have avoided that but they were kind of smiling and putting a face about Berlusconi. So they - it was between them and Berlusconi, not between them and the Italian nation, in a way. And there are sort of people that decided. Berlusconi is very - is a Populist 2.0. He's really good on building on things like that, to create this sort of fake patriotism around him. But I think we're now smart enough to know the way - the sort of game he likes play. I don't think many people really are angry with Merkel or Sarkozy for that.
CONAN: Our guest is Beppe Severgnini of the Corriere della Sera. We're talking about Silvio Berlusconi, the prime minister of Italy, and Italy's role in the eurozone crisis. If you have questions, give us a call, 800-989-8255. Email us: firstname.lastname@example.com. And going from the political situation to the financial situation, many analysts say Italy's economy is, well, it's got some trouble of its own. But the real problem is the amount of Greek debt that's held by Italian banks.
SEVERGNINI: Well, I think that's a problem for French banks and German banks too. What I do know is that it is true that we have a big debt that we cannot afford. We're talking about two trillion euros. But it is true that the collective wealth of the Italian families, 8.6 trillion. Berlusconi always quotes these, but he doesn't really makes sense because, I mean, you imply that the wealth should go from the families to this - to buying public debt, and that won't happen. But there is one crucial element and I sort of worked on this to absolutely certain, that the Italian public debt is structured in a way that its treasury has been pretty smart, that it's spread over a long time. So we don't have like a deadline every few months like the Greeks. So we can - we had a few - if we sort of put our house in order, we have, let's say, a few months to sort it out. It's not desperate.
CONAN: Yet some elements within the ruling coalition, and that includes the Northern League, are saying much of these sacrifices are unwarranted.
SEVERGNINI: No, the Northern League is a populist party, and I think they're going to play probably, you know, their last card and saying the euro was a bad idea, something that Mr. Berlusconi also said, unwisely, when he came back from Brussels a few days ago. But I think, no. I think the politics switch side. We have a thousand MPs. OK, cut them in half. We have provinces in Italy between town halls and regions, abolish them. We have representative abroad, the, you know, the Italian tourist board. You know, all their money goes into salaries. Cut that.
I mean, they should, from the top, show - OK, we'll start sacrifices. And I - believe me, I said that before. The Italian public is now ready to make sacrifices across the board. There is no one who - anybody - there is no one who can think, you know, we can do without and someone else will do it. It's late for that.
CONAN: Yet some have described avoiding taxes as Italy's national sport. Is that likely to end?
SEVERGNINI: Not really. But I think if we bring the percentage of people who do not pay tax properly from - I don't know, it's, you know, off the top of my head like 40 percent, or the gray economy, which has been estimated sort of between 17 and 20 percent, we have those figures, I think we're on the right track. But again, the - have you ever heard Mr. Berlusconi saying do pay your taxes? You know, he said, and I quote him in my book, then he denied it but it's there, he said that, when - it's on YouTube and Google, it's easy to check. He said if the taxes are over, above a certain set of measure, I am morally entitled not to pay them. I mean, if you have a prime minister who say things like that, you know, how you do you expect people to behave?
CONAN: We're talking about the role of Italy in the eurozone crisis, and we'd like your questions. 800-989-8255. We'll start with Dan, Dan with us from Iowa City.
DAN: I - you mentioned earlier that one of the problems with Italy's economic problems are that you can't afford your pension. That seems to be the first thing out of people's mouths, is that we can't afford our old people, and I say that we can. With all the excesses of the economic policies, we can afford to have our old people. They are not the liability that everybody talks about, and I'll listen to you on the radio.
CONAN: OK. Beppe Servergnini, how are pensions going to be cut if they're going to be cut?
SEVERGNINI: First of all, in Italy we - Italy is the - is a country with the - the oldest country in Europe, together with Spain. So it's very old, the percentage of over 65 is huge, I mean, compare to other countries, including the United States, of course, number one. Second, a real problem is that we have one young man or woman out of three out of a job. So there must be a sort of new social pact. We cannot afford to pay that kind of pension or to have the health system that we have in Italy, which is pretty good, I have to say, with the current situation.
I mean, you really have to cut waste and pay more taxes. Otherwise, there is no way we can - we cannot afford to live the way we live. I mean, now we have people - you have people retiring in their 50s. We cannot afford that anymore because they going to live, thanks God, much longer. And the state cannot, you know, keep up with that and pay them pension for 30 or 40 years. So 67 is a decent age to retire, and I think we're going to get that pretty, you'll see. But again, Mr. Berlusconi is in opposition to us. His successor probably will.
CONAN: Beppe Servergnini, a columnist for the newspaper Corriere della Sera. 800-989-8255. Email: email@example.com. Stay with us. You're listening to TALK OF THE NATION from NPR News.
And let's go next to Anna, Anna with us from Houston.
ANNA: Hi. My question was, what does the author think would have happened if they hadn't use the euro (unintelligible) European Union – do you think that could have saved the debt crisis?
CONAN: Should we go back to the lira or should we had never had left the lira?
ANNA: Yes.
SEVERGNINI: Well, I think it's too late for that, first of all. Italians know that there is no way back. If - Italy simply cannot default, cannot leave the euro, it's going to be a disaster. And the ripple effect of this disaster, you'll feel them, you know, even in Houston, believe me, in a matter of hours. So it cannot happen. There's no way. And I think in Italy the euro have many good effect. For instance, the inflation is very low, and Italian - Italy is still the second powerhouse, industrial powerhouse in Germany after - sorry, in Europe after Germany. So it's not that we cannot compete because we had the euro instead of the lira.
I mean, someone will play that kind of game, probably the Northern League. But I think Italians are now old enough, smart enough, you know? We don't want to be - we believed Berlusconi when he said many things. I think it's far too late now.
CONAN: How would the effect be felt in Houston in a matter of hours?
SEVERGNINI: You're talking to me?
CONAN: Yes.
SEVERGNINI: Well, I think it's pretty easy because the world economy is all linked and it's pretty obvious that what happen in America with your subprime crisis, immediately we felt the effect all over Europe, first in Britain and then elsewhere, and then this happened. Can you imagine Italy defaulting, the euro collapsing and bank closing and all that? Do you think America, with your current financial situation, public debt, an election coming up, you'll be out of all that? Not at all.
CONAN: And the new European fund designed to back up default might be enough to prop up Portugal, Ireland, maybe Greece, but not Italy.
SEVERGNINI: But not Italy. Absolutely. That's why the IMF stepped in. Of course, it was Sarkozy and Merkel and the European Union wants the IMF to step in. I think they can do a good job in it, to be honest, provided they know exactly and they tell publicly what they want to do once they're there, because Mr. Berlusconi, who's very good at minimizing, he's already said, well, you know, just - they'll come here to monitor the situation, and if we don't like what they're doing, you know, we'll send them back. That's not the way it works.
It's very unusual for a big industrial country such as Italy, part of the G8 and the G-20, probably the seventh largest economy in the world, to have that kind of attention and monitoring by the IMF. It's really, really - I think it's the first time.
CONAN: Let's go next to Richard, Richard with us from Vermillion in South Dakota.
RICHARD: Hi. Good afternoon. Buon giorno to your guest. My question's sort of preempted by the answer that was just given, but I was confused as to how the current situation – of course Greece, now we're hearing about Italy, all these wildfires financially, how did they relate to our 2007 events here, 2008, or did they? Are we still seeing dominoes falling? And I'll take my answer off the air. Thank you very much.
CONAN: All right. Thank you, Richard.
SEVERGNINI: I think they are related because I'm not a financial expert. I'm more political commentator. But my feeling is that, for instance, banks tried to, you know, they took losses and then they tried to do something else, like buying high interest bonds where they could find them, and they - that's why in the beginning, at least, like Greek bonds were so attractive and then they realized that probably was not a good idea. That's one of the reasons.
And I think is the economy - or the world is slowed down, and that's another thing. We don't talk about growth enough anymore. And Italy is - basically there was no growth in Italy for the last 12 years, 10 years, and my prime minister, Mr. Berlusconi, has been in power for eight of those 10 years - actually, seven of those 10 years. Only one country grew less than Italy in the year 2000, and that's Zimbabwe. I mean, can you imagine that? And of course, Italy was - is an example of - the most extraordinary example of no growth or slow growth, but you have other countries.
So 2007, 2008, when all the money goes into sort of bailing out banks and all that, I mean, it cost, you know, what happened, it cost everybody a lot of money, and you can see the result. Now the country slowed down, and I think only a few countries around the world, like China and Brazil, are going well, and we share some of the same problem. We are - America, I know you always consider yourself part of the new world. In many ways, you still are because you all have this great attitude towards the future, which I envy. But in many ways, in terms of financial and economic and social structure and production, you're part of the old world together with us. I mean, because the way in France, Italy, Germany or Spain or United States are not that different, you know? We have great unions. We have rules. We have regulation. We have certain way of doing things. So we'll - I'm afraid we share or we're going to share all this. No doubt.
CONAN: Beppe Severgnini is a columnist for the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. His latest book, "Mamma Mia! Berlusconi's Italy Explained for Posterity and Friends Abroad." With us today from the studios at the BBC here in Washington. Thanks very much.
SEVERGNINI: Thank you. Bye-bye.
CONAN: Tomorrow, photographer Annie Leibovitz joins us. We hope you join us for that. This is TALK OF THE NATION, from NPR News. I'm Neal Conan in Washington. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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I am new to this board as well as homeschooling, I started homeschooling my brother as of 11/01/05, He is in 2nd grade and he has always been in a public school with no problems, besides his kindergarten year when he was diagnosed with severe ADHD. He has never been picked on. But I am only 20 years old, and I had to move into the city, a nice area just a horrific school system compared to the county system. ( Baltimore Maryland) I never even enrolled him at the city school, when I went there and saw how bad it was. I called the public school system to find out about homeschooling. And signed him up immediately. He does very well with the homeschooling. He has a social life with friends. He is on a bowling league. So he gets to mingle with people his age there also. I guess I feel bad because sometimes (once in a great while) he will say he wants to be in regular school again. Am I making the right decision? The school he would go to is so downhill is unbelievable. Along with the entire city school system here in Baltimore. I have great text books that I ordered from Scott Foresman, a very nice classroom, and he seems to do a lot better with the one on one learning atmosphere. My goal is to one day be back in the county, so he can go to back to public school. Is that going to be too big of change for him though? I would say by 4th grade we should be back in the county. So it would only be 2 years out of public school. Can anyone offer advice?
Torn in Maryland
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I'm a big city girl and honestly, I'm always offended by people who seem to think school is going to be "ok" or "better" in the country. Some great people come out of both enviroments - and some badly educated people come out of both.
I'm with Sherlock Holmes when he said there is more evil in the smiling countryside than in the city.
Homeschooling is a lifestyle choice - as I'm sure you've found out. As long as the student is exceling, then you shouldn't feel guilty.
I'm with Sherlock Holmes when he said there is more evil in the smiling countryside than in the city.
Homeschooling is a lifestyle choice - as I'm sure you've found out. As long as the student is exceling, then you shouldn't feel guilty.
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I agree with Tabz about city vs. country. In fact, most city schools have better statistics than the small country ones, which is why I want to homeschool my daughter. Understandably, you don't have to worry as much about gangs, weapons and possibly drugs, but in small country schools, the teachers are sometimes underqualified and the funds they receive are minimal.
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country isn't all that bad. country schools tend to be more open to helping you. my son has a lot of special ed classes he still has at the public school. one hour a day. they were very open to cooperating with me. i don't know if a city school would be so willing.
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County not Country
Thanks for the replies but I said County not Country, and if you read the reviews for the Baltimore City School System, most of the city is below average, and the city school system is underfunded. I attended city school for 2 years in middle school, and cried everyday that I had to go. It is by far a diffrent class of people, with different morals and values, then what he is used to. The school that he would attend would be Morrell Park School. Feel Free to look at the reviews.
Sorry about that I guess we got carried away a bit. I think you are doing the right thing. Keep him out of a place where he might be in danger. you did a great thing by researching the school and I can tell you are an active advocate for your brother and that is what counts, trust your instincts and you'll know what to do.
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Oh, you poor thing. I'm in Carroll Co, MD. I know what you're talking about. There isn't a school system worse than Baltimore City. I thought the state was coming in to clean it up, but they didn't. You are doing the right thing. Baltimore County schools aren't that bad. My son has a friend in 5th District Elementary. I hear it's a really good school. But Baltimore City is out of the question. Your brother is so lucky to have you. I don't know your circumstances, why you have him and you are so young. It's got to be very hard when you're just starting your own life. And adhd is not easy to deal with. When he grows up, he will remember you as a hero. You are making a difference in his life that really matters. Good luck to you both. Take care of each other.
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A group pushing for a citizens initiative to legalize small quantities of marijuana will submit more than 155,000 signatures next week to put the amendment on next year's ballot.
Mason Tvert, a proponent of the measure and head of the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, said Wednesday he and hundreds of volunteers are nearing the end of the petition-signature stage to get the measure on the November ballot.
Tvert said the group plans to turn in petitions to the Secretary of State's Office next Wednesday.
"There's been an ongoing discussion about marijuana in Colorado for the past seven years, and more Coloradans than ever believe that we should regulate marijuana similar to alcohol," he said. "Because so many people have been hearing about marijuana and about the fact that it's far safer than alcohol, they are becoming increasingly comfortable with acknowledging that an adult should be allowed to use it without fear of punishment."
Better than that, Tvert said, it's also an economic driver.
Not only does the proposed constitutional amendment allow for the legal possession of up to 1 ounce of marijuana and six plants, it calls on the Legislature to establish a regulatory scheme for retail outlets similar to liquor stores, and to set sales and excise taxes.
Additionally, the measure would legalize hemp in the state, allowing farmers an easy crop to grow, he said. Hemp is a fiber-like herb often used to make rope, clothing and paper products.
Tvert said the economic impact to the state from the ballot question could be in the millions of dollars in tax revenues for state and local governments, and into the billions of dollars when considering jobs and other economic development around the industry.
Tvert said the group isn't concerned that the decisions of several communities around the state to ban medical marijuana dispensaries is a sign Coloradans don't want marijuana retail outlets.
"Obviously, there's going to be localities that want to set their own standards. That's the case with alcohol," he said. "Our initiative does allow localities to decide for themselves, either through a vote of the people or through their elected bodies, whether to allow these types of marijuana-related businesses."
The effort requires a minimum of 86,000 signatures of valid registered voters to qualify for the ballot.
The attempt to legalize marijuana is one of several ideas working through the ballot-title process in hopes of being placed before the state's voters next year.
Others include a third attempt at a so-called personhood amendment, though one that is more aimed at banning abortions. Attempts in 2008 and 2010 were rejected by more than 70 percent of voters each time.
Another measure that had been proposed, but since withdrawn, was to alter a previous voter-approved constitutional amendment declaring a marriage as being between a man and a woman.
Aurora resident Mark Olmstead wanted to amend that law to say that marriage would apply to people whether they are the same or different sexes.
"Everything was set and approved for signature gathering, but I withdrew the initiative a while ago because of a lack of support from groups," Olmstead said. "The grass-roots support was amazing, but it was difficult to get organizations behind me, especially if it came time to fund a successful campaign."
Instead, Olmstead hopes the Legislature in its upcoming session will approve a bill calling for civil unions for same-sex couples. State Sen. Pat Steadman, D-Denver, said he intends to reintroduce a civil-union bill that is nearly identical to one he backed during the 2011 session.
To date, nothing has been certified for next year's ballot, said Richard Coolidge, spokesman for the Secretary of State's Office.
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Written, Conceived and Directed by Debbie Goodwin
Tango, A Romantic Ritual was performed in 2008 and 2009 by six dynamic professional tango couples from the San Francisco Bay Area. This 30 minute excerpt from the stage performance delves into a phenomenon that has captivated the imagination of the world – the customs, courtesies and silent language of tango. This evocative presentation will seduce you into a sensual, playful love affair with Argentine Tango.
"Tango touches hearts and transforms lives," says Goodwin. "It is the connection you strive for with another person. Sometimes that can be a complete stranger. To reach this connection during three minutes of music, you must first be very open. It's like meditation."
This performance is a glimpse of real social Argentine Tango, as danced in the milongas (clubs) of Buenos Aires and the Bay Area, rather than what you might see in a typical choreographed stage show.
I was transported out of my usual role as avid commercial producer and into the world of Tango: the music, history and dance were woven together in a seamless presentation by Ms. Goodwin and her cast. The afternoon turned into a delightful musical journey, highly entertaining, informative and professionally produced. – Roxanne Goodfellow, General Manager Post Street Theater, San Francisco
After watching Tango, A Romantic Ritual, you will be able to relate to the dance and think, "This is something I can do…. something I want to do."
Cast of Tango: A Romantic Ritual
Cast of Tango: A Romantic Ritual includes Terence Clarke, Debbie Goodwin & John Campbell, Pier Voulkos & Daniel Peters, Christy Cote & Darren Lees, Carolina Rozensztroch & Roberto Riobo, Charity Lebron & Sean Dockery, Chelsea Eng & Count Glover
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100% of proceeds support to the Alma Video program, which documents dance productions that would otherwise disappear with the fading sounds of the last note of music.


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- Oregon Brewers Festival is a five-day annual event started in 1988 in Portland
- More than 80, 000 beer fans from all around world gather at this year's OBF
- The OBF is a free and family-friendly beer party with more than 80 different craft beers
Those hardy micro-brewing pioneers of the first Oregon Brewers Festival in 1988 were looking for some free advertising and a few people to taste the beers they were brewing in tanks scavenged from dairies, food processing plants and - yes - a never-used nuclear power plant.
They hoped 5, 000 people might drop by and they corralled their buddies into manning the taps, promising a leisurely day of suds and sun at Portland, Oregon's Tom McCall Waterfront Park on the Willamette River.
More than 15, 000 people came and chaos reigned.
Coolers didn't work right.
The beer poured foamy, warm, then not at all because the kegs were dry.
Brewers scurried back to their breweries for more kegs.
The owner of Deschutes Brewery drove nearly 200 miles from Bend with all the brewery's spare beer - nine mini kegs.
The crowd drained those too, and loved it all.
America's Oktoberfest was born.
"I had traveled to Oktoberfest in Munich and knew what a big beer party was like, " says Art Larrance, who now owns the festival. "I wanted to create that atmosphere."
The 27th Oregon Brewers Festival begins Wednesday, when a parade of hundreds of brewers and beer fans troops across Portland's Hawthorne Bridge to the park, where Grand Marshal John Maier will tap the first keg.
Hundreds more will be consumed over five days by a crowd of more than 80, 000.
Family-friendly behemoth
From shaky beginnings, the OBF has become perhaps the largest outdoor craft beer festival in the country, a sprawling, family-friendly behemoth that attracts visitors from around the world.
It's the spiritual home of Oregon craft brewing and the crown jewel of the city known as Beervana: Portland, Oregon.
Denver's Great American Beer Festival is older by six years and offers more beers - 3, 100 last year to the OBF's 80 or so.
Tickets cost $80: admission to the OBF is free and a tasting glass costs $7.
The GABF isn't a family event: its 40, 000 attendees sign up for one of several sessions in a convention hall chockablock with beer fans intent on sampling all 3, 100 beers, not in a grassy park on a glorious late July weekend with big white pavilions, ranks of picnic tables and riverine breezes a-wafting.
Serious beer judging is a big part of the GABF, where a couple hundred medals are awarded in dozens of categories.
In best laid back Oregon fashion, the OBF doesn't award medals and lets the crowd be the judge of which beers are its favorite.
"The GABF was the first, and it was their show, " said Larrance. "We didn't want to copy them, so whatever they did, we pretty much went the other way.


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The Ontario Student Transcript (OST) is an official record that documents a student's academic progress. It is a component of the Ontario Student Record (OSR) and is created and managed in accordance with the Ministry of Education's OST Manual. Since September 1, 1999, an OST has been established for each student enrolled in an Ontario secondary school course, whether or not the course is being taken for credit.
All graduates receive one diploma and an official transcript at time of commencement. Diplomas and transcripts not distributed at commencement will be held at the secondary school for pick up.
At times, a parent/guardian or adult student may need to request Education Verification from their current or former school for a variety of reasons.
The Ontario Student Transcript (OST) is the official record of a student's academic achievement in an Ontario secondary school. It includes the mark received for each course taken, and indicates whether the student completed the 40-hour community service requirement and passed the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test. If the last high school you attended was within the Limestone District School Board and you require your Ontario Student Transcript, please see below for the process you will need to follow.
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Each student and the parent/guardian(s) of a student who is not an adult (that is, a student who is under the age of 18) may request a meeting to review the contents of the Ontario Student Record (OSR). If the student or the parent/guardian(s) of a student who is not an adult (that is, a student who is under the age of 18) reviews the OSR and wants something removed, they may formally appeal to the principal. For more information, visit the Ontario Student Record Guideline.
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To obtain a student transcript during the school year, please contact the last school you attended. Contact information for each secondary school is available via the drop down Select A School tab at the top of the website.
When contacting the school for your transcript, please provide your full name (if you have changed names, please specify your birth name), and your date of birth.
Do you need a student transcript over the summer break?
During the summer months, schools will be closed and requests for transcripts will be fulfilled centrally through our Education Centre in Kingston. To submit a request for a transcript in the summer, please send an e-mail. You will be requested to leave specific personal information on this confidential e-mail address so that we can process your transcript request. The information we need includes:
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We will contact you through the information you provide as soon as we are able to complete your request. While we try to provide transcripts as soon as possible, you should allow for 3-5 business days for processing. Same day, or next day, service is not possible. It should be noted that there is a charge of $5 per transcript due at the time of picking up the transcript. Payment can be made by cash, money order, or certified cheque. Credit cards and Interac payments are not possible.
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To request your OST for applying to an Ontario college or university:
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Be a past student of the Limestone District School Board.
Apply to a minimum of one Ontario college or university.
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Note: You only need to request one high school transcript during the application process. Transcripts will be forwarded to all of your college/university choices.
Why use this online service?
The college or university to which you applied will receive your transcripts faster.
You will be able to track the status of your application and transcript request(s) online.
To order your transcript online, go to ontariocolleges.ca to apply to an Ontario college and ouac.on.ca to apply to an Ontario university.
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For questions about this collection of information for the OSR, please speak to your school principal, or the LDSB Manager of Information Technology Services at 613-544-6920/1-800-267-0935.
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Before we get into this new board from Asus let me go over some of the primary features of the chipset. This board uses the AMD 970 and the SB950 chipset. With these boards the AMD 970 is the Northbridge and this handles all of the CPU and memory functions. On the Southbridge you have the AMD SB950 which handles all of the peripheral interfaces.
AMD's 970 is the mid-range level platform for their new 900 series chipsets. This simply means that it has fewer features than the 990X or FX series that was released earlier. These chipsets feature fewer lanes for graphics expansion and might also feature fewer SATA 3.0 ports. Aside from these small differences the AMD 970 is a very good chipset for the price and will still have many features that even some enthusiasts would be happy to have. This chipset also features the same amount of memory expansion as the other higher-end chipsets with about the same overclocking potential as well.
AMD's SB950 chipset remains virtually the same on these boards when compared to their higher-end siblings. The only real difference is that the expansion capabilities have been scaled down as mentioned above. For most users this is going to make very little difference. In most applications and computing environments it isn't going to make much a difference either. These boards are for those that aren't looking to get the absolute most out of their hardware. These boards are mainly for the average user that wants to simply install it and forget it. If you find that you fit more into this category then you're going to find that these are very good boards for the price.


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Coming soon to a theatre near me…
Oscar Wilde regarded the theatre as the "most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being". I've no idea what he was talking about but I often feel I don't want to read or write another word about homeopathy, so it's nice to blog about something else for a change.
Alternative is a new comedy play presented by Trunkman Productions — a small production company working mainly in fringe theatre — in association with the Nightingale Collaboration.
The play happens to be "set around the world of alternative medicine, specifically homeopathy," as writer and producer, Trent Burton, puts it. To be very specific, one of the characters is a homeopath and she's promoting homeopathy.
Just in case ten-foot bargepoles spring to mind, I've seen the script and it's pretty funny. Of course, it's easy to get a cheap laugh out of ridiculing homeopathy and people like Mitchell & Webb and Dara Ó Briain do it brilliantly. (Edit: Just seen this one with Jack Dee). But it's also easy for homeopaths to claim that they're misrepresented in comedy and, to be fair, they're usually right.
The homeopath in Alternative isn't a figure of fun. She's sincere, well-meaning and very believable. She explains homeopathy much like any other homeopath I've ever heard, so there's really nothing for them to complain about. Well, they might quibble over the portrayal of the homeopath-patient relationship but — hello! — the patient is her brother. She already knows him and all about his problem. I think homeopaths and skeptics agree — though not for the same reason — that the time spent offloading to a homeopath is the most important part of the homeopathic experience, so to speak. I don't know if making it a family affair was a cunning device employed by Trent Burton to spare us the lengthy 'holistic' consultation needed for an individualised remedy, but it works for me.
Talking of holistic consultations, I wandered into Ainsworths pharmacy in London recently and showed one of the white-coated staff the annoying flat wart that's been squatting on my fingertip for the past twenty years, defying all attempts to remove it. She mentioned thuja as the homeopathic remedy of choice for warts, helpfully adding that, "It might work or it might not".
She then advised me that the best thing would be to treat it "constitutionally", which necessitated at least one full consultation with a homeopath so that an individualised remedy could be prescribed. An appointment would cost about £70 not including the 'remedy' or any follow-up appointments.
Over seventy quid to try to remove a wart by means of a nice chat and a few drops of H2O. Charlatans.
Anyway, there is no consultation with the homeopath in Alternative and, as both the homeopath and the conventional doctor come across as right twats in their different ways, there shouldn't be any complaints from quacks about lack of balance. Some might feel conventional medicine is misrepresented in the person of the twattish GP but who cares? The play is a character comedy and the exchange with the GP, while high in comedic value, is frustrating for the patient in a way that will resonate with loads of people, including me.
The play isn't preachy and doesn't expose the darker side of homeopathy or bang on about the dangers of quackery like so many of us do. It's a comedy after all — it's supposed to make us laugh. Go find out if it does.
Alternative is doing two nights at the Camden fringe on 3/4 August and returning to the Etcetera theatre for six nights from 13th September.
Homeopathy Survey
By the way, the Homeopathic Regulation Survey, which went viral a few days is still online. It only takes a minute or two to respond to the loaded questions and doesn't the whiny tone of Question 7 set your teeth on edge?
7. Why do you think homeopaths are being treated in this way?
The survey is anonymous. Although the colour scheme has led to some suggestion that it is the work of the Society of Homeopaths — and the survey is so idiotic that it wouldn't surprise me if this were true — a spokeswoman for the Society has categorically denied it:
Thank you for your message. No this survey has nothing to do with the Society.
All the best
Maria Apps
Senior Manager
Given that the survey is unlikely to provide 'X' with the results they were hoping for, remaining anonymous makes it very easy to bury them and pretend the survey never happened. In any event, a lot of people say they enjoyed completing the survey so give it a go if you haven't done already and then check out Alternative's facebook page for an opportunity to win free tickets to the play on the strength of your answer to that last question.
Finally, this week's episode of The Pod Delusion features an exclusive clip of the show together with interviews with Trent Burton and with a spokeswoman for the Nightingale Collaboration, who says pretty much the same thing as I've just written, funnily enough.
PS. Although this post hasn't been about homeopathy, I'll take the liberty of posting a link to my new, unfinished website: Discover Homeopathy.
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Suggestion 1.
On "Discover Homeopathy, list the obscure Latin named potions, what it really is and what its similarity is. As you mention, onions make you cry so must be good for tear related problems. I wonder if a proper dilution of tincture of onions can cure depression, because it is obvious that crying must make you depressed.
Suggestion 2.
Start a decent blog on herbal treatments, as this is the next step up from water to things that may actually help. I believe there are some people who definitely benefit from some plants and others see no effect. It's a bit like finding what works with a child out of 20-30 suggestions, one or two may work on yours. A quick look at Google did not show any web sites with herbal advice w/o a sales connection, except Wikipedia.
This sort of stuff is interesting:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/13/health-colds-idUSL3E7ID08R20110713 looked at Echinacea and recovering from the common cold.
From: http://bobpark.physics.umd.edu/
Friday, August 19, 2011
Based in France, Boiron, a huge multinational maker of homeopathic- remedies, is suing an Italian blogger, Samuele Riva, for saying oscillococcinum, the companys featured flu medication, has no active ingredient. Congratulations Sam, I gave up trying to get Boiron to sue me, years ago but the Center for Inquiry, of which I'm a member, is pleading with Boiron to sue us. "Anas barbariae hepatis et cordis extractum," is listed as the active ingredient by the company. Its prepared at a concentration of 200CK HPUS from the liver of the Barbary duck. The 200CK means the solution has been diluted 1 part in 100, shaken, and repeated sequentially 200 times. HPUS means the medication is listed in the Homeopathic Pharmacopeia of the United States, and prepared according to 1938 federal guidelines. Its a national disgrace that the antiquated law sanctioning homeopathy, introduced by Sen. Royal Copeland, himself a homeopathist, is still be on the books. The dilution claim is totally meaningless. Somewhere around the 30th of the 200 sequential dilutions, the dilution limit of Earth would be reached, with the entire Earth becoming the solute. That is, the possibility of even one molecule of the duck-liver extract remaining in the solution beyond that point would be negligible. Long before the 200th dilution, the dilution limit of the entire visible universe would have been reached. This is all quite meaningless. Astronomers put the number of atoms in the visible universe at about 10 to the 80th power. It would take many universes to get to a dilution of 200 C.
I was looking at the Phobia List on Wikipedia, especially at the short Jocular and fictional list. It occurred to me that some humorous phobias might zing alt-med practices. I offer:
Dilutiphobia – fear of extremely diluted alt-meds.
Hannemanophobia – Fear of homeopathy; see also dilutiphobia and homeopatheticaphobia.
κυκλικήphobia – Fear of nonsense from the Greek for circular(κυκλική).(ala babelfish)
The above should be edited and expanded. A published blog containing the terms could be referenced as a source for a Wikipedia entry.
A Limerick might do:
In Seventeen Hundred Ninety Six
Sam Hahnemann made the very first mix,
By the Law of Similars
Then dilution by swindlers,
Established the profession of nicks.
Where "nick" is the British slang for steal,
so "nicks" is stealing, (repetitively).
I wish the last line was better.
Better last line:
Was the start of these deceitful tricks.
More on Boiron from Stephen Barrett's
Consumer Health Digest #11-28
September 1, 2011
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FDA urged to get tougher on homeopathy.
The Center for Inquiry and Committee for Skeptical Inquiry have filed three petitions asking the FDA to address various aspects of the homeopathic marketing.
**One petition asks the agency to initiate rulemaking that would
require all over-the-counter homeopathic drugs to meet the same
standards of effectiveness as non-homeopathic drugs. Although the FDA has the authority to require homeopathic drugs to undergo testing for effectiveness, it has not done so. This petition also asks the agency to require warning labels on homeopathic products unless they are shown to be effective.
**The second petition asks the FDA to order Boiron to label the
allegedly active ingredient in Oscillococcinum in English. This
product, an alleged flu remedy, is said to be made by repeatedly
diluting an extract of duck liver and heart. However, the label uses a Latin phrase to identify the ingredient, even though federal regulations require product to labels be written in English.
**The third petition complains that Boiron's advertising falsely
suggests that Oscillococcinum has received FDA approval.
Many homeopathic products–including Oscillococcinum–contain no
molecules of the original substance(s).
FDA regulations require the FDA to respond to citizen petitions with 180 days. However, a similar petition, filed in 1994 by Dr. Stephen Barrett and 41 other concerned persons, received no response.
For additional information about Oscillococcinum, see
What response do you want? That your "sources" are crap and nobody will take you seriously until you provide real sources? You already know that, yet you continue linking to youtube and quack websites.
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Marie-Noelle Pourtois and husband Pierre-Alex Carlier, the chief brewers at Blaugies clearly don't do things by half. Back during my review of La Moneuse (#65) I commented on the morality of a family brewery such as this naming a beer after a notorious womanising murdering highwayman. Well, the Darbyste then is clearly the redemption beer – John Darby after which the beer gains its name was a temperance-preaching minister!
John Nelson Darby is as unlikely an inspiration for a beer as the marauding highwayman Antoine-Joseph Moneuse. He was born in 1800 in London but spent his formative years in the Republic of Ireland. He was primarily known for his travels around Europe with his 'brethren', where he spread the word of Jesus Christ as the direct leader of the Church. They preached that Jesus Christ needed no human intermediary on earth, and he went as far as coining the theory of 'dispensationalism' (a precursor to the doctrine now very influential amongst fundamental Christian Zionists in modern day America) – that Christ would return at the end of time at Armageddon where good and evil will ultimately confront each other. True believers will be saved, and the unbelievers will face eternal damnation. Good vs evil. La Moneuse vs Darbyste? Could the final battle of time take place in a small farmyard brewery on the Belgian-French border? Now that would be a blog and a half to write!
It is probably highly unlikely as there is actually a rather less symbolic reason for this particular beer being named after the preacherman, and this stems from the low strength brew that Darby promoted amongst his parishioners and workers which was made from fig-juice. Miners in particular were much more likely to return home to their wives in the evening if they weren't consuming Belgian tripels at 9% and John Nelson Darby had the best intentions for his folk. This clearly inspired the brewers at Blaugies who have recreated the use of figs in this beer primarily to be used as the fermentable material.
The Darbyste, like the Saison de l'Epeautre is a saison style beer made with wheat and then fermented with the figs. It is a particularly dry beer, with plenty of citrus flavours although there is little evidence of much figginess in the taste. It is a beautiful looking cloudy orange farmhouse beer with a beautiful nose and a lip-smacking taste. It did begin to lose a chunk of its bite in the final third, but this beer would be a great accompaniment to a warm afternoon in the sun, assuming of course you aren't in the middle of an apocalypse.
Talking of which it would be rude not to finish the tale of John Nelson Darby, who having given up his missionary work and translating the Bible from Hebrew and Greek into English, German and French eventually retired to Bournemouth in the UK (well who doesn't these days?) and eventually died at the ripe old age of 82, no doubt completely oblivious to the beer which would one day be brewed in his honour.


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San Francisco's North Beach in the 50's—A mix of jazz, poetry and art—The Beach recreates the atmosphere that prevailed through first-hand accounts from the actual "players" along with photographs and artwork from that vibrant time.
In the '50s there were many innovative and talented artists in San Francisco but few places to exhibit work. Bars in North Beach like Vesuvio and "The Place" were often the only places they could show. So much creative activity was going on in the area that soon other spaces dedicated to showing this unusual art opened. North Beach became the place to be if you wanted to be part of the milieu. It began to change in the early 60s and today North Beach is a very different place. Yet, it still retains an Italian flavor and remnants from its spirited past.
The Beach aired several times on local PBS and Bay TV during the late 90s. The University of California Extension Center for Media and Independent Learning (Berkeley) distributed this to educational institutions throughout the world. They closed the Center in July of 2005. The Beach is in the collections of many universities and libraries throughout the country including the San Francisco Library History Room, the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian and the Beat Museum in San Francisco.


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Giroud Nominated For Europa League Award
Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud has been named on the four-man list of nominees for the Europa League Player of the Week.
The French World Cup winner was in superb form for the Blues as he netted three goals to lead Chelsea to a convincing 5-0 victory over Dynamo Kyiv FC of Ukraine.
Giroud was the standout player in the Europa League last 16 second leg tie.
Chelsea recorded an emphatic 8-0 win on aggregate with the result from the second leg.
The West London giants had won the first leg 3-0 at Stamford Bridge last week Thursday.
Ex-Arsenal striker Giroud scored two goals in the first half for Chelsea before Spanish international star Marcos Alonso added a third Chelsea goal on the stroke of halftime.
Giroud completed his hattrick just before the hour mark for the Blues' fourth goal.
Callum Hudson-Odoi wrapped up the win for Chelsea with twelve minutes left on the clock.
Giroud has now scored nine goals in this season's Europa League making him the leading goalscorer in the competition.
He will contend with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), Jonas (Benfica) and Thomas Soucek (Slavia Prague) for the player award.
Giroud and Chelsea will face Slavia Prague of Czech Republic in the next stage of the Europa League after the draw took place earlier on Friday.
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Eden Hazard the missing piece at Bernabéu
In 2015 we wrote a report about Eden Hazard transfer to Real Madrid, four years after see what has changed. please read below (updated report comes after).
Update 2020: Eden Hazard, born 7 January 1991 is now a Real Madrid player wit a salary of 10.4 million, He wears the No.7 jersey previously worn by Cristiano Ronaldo.
All time sensational striker Eden Hazard has been wonderful and has impressed the Blues in so many ways until this season when he has become shambolic.
According to reports lately, Real Madrid has been keen on signing the Belgian star and the deal should be done in the next January transfer window.
The 24-year-old striker is understood to be on the radar of the Santiago Bernabeu for the aging Cristiano Ronaldo who is already 30 and his manager is looking forward to adding Hazard to his team.
The Spanish club has shown their interest in Hazard from an impending transfer ban following the bridge of law in the signing of teenagers and this will enable the Los Blancos to increase their bid for the star.
The striker has appeared in 25 matches and has failed to score due to poor performance and this has reportedly been part of their poor functioning this season.
It has really been tough for the Portuguese tactician Jose Mourinho so far.
A deal in the next summer window looks highly unlikely for the blues in signing key players and replacement of the 24-year-old star is on the radar.
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After the World Cup, Cristiano Ronaldo left the Real Madrid for Juventus in the summer without a Galáctico-style replacement being brought in – although several years before, we have reported that Hazard could be on his way to Real Madrid but a rare opportunity was opened for other players already in the team to step up and show that they could be the new superstars to replace Ronaldo.
Gareth Bale constant injury summed up how that process has gone in addition to that Isco falling out with Santiago Solari, it became very clear that new energy is needed.
Eden Hazard has already made it clear, in public that he would love a "dream" move to Real. to make it worst he has been reluctant to sign a new contract with Chelsea, there is a little doubt he would be a Chelsea player in summer.
Abramovich will need to be willing to make a move happen of course and to state the obvious, Chelsea's decision to sign Christian Pulisic – He is someone that can play in the same position as Hazard's – this can be read as "Roma Abramovich is preparing for the inevitable."
With the continued diminishing returns in the league following it clear that Real Madrid are in need of a major overhaul and there is no doubt that Hazard is the main man to fill Ronaldo's shoe at the Bernabeu. Arguably, Hazard would be the perfect piece to build Real Madrid.
Chelsea Transfer Ban
Chelsea former player Jimmy Floyd says the transfer ban imposed on Chelsea makes it even more feasible that Eden Hazard will signs a new deal – he will become a free agent in 2020.
When he was asked how the transfer ban would make Hazard to the club, Hasselbaink told
"Even more so, because they can't replace him, or even get somebody who they can work on to become as good as Hazard.
"I know they have already bought (Christian) Pulisic [from Borussia Dortmund], but they will need to add more if they lose Hazard.
Hasselbaink also thinks that the transfer ban will benefit young players at Stamford Bridge.
"It is not great news for Chelsea, especially with how things are going at this moment in time," he said.
"Chelsea need to strengthen the team but, on the other hand, you can spin it – it is, in a way, good news for the younger players.
"For Callum Hudson-Odoi and also for (Ruben) Loftus-Cheek, who now will get chances.
"They [Chelsea] will have to look at their youth if this is ban is upheld."
Will Eden Hazard ever leave Chelsea and is the signing (Christian) Pulisic a rush buy?
Analyzing what Ashely Cole said about Harry Kane after Hat-trick
Ashley Cole has reacted over Harry Kane's goals during England's 7-0 win over Montenegro, he explains how the Tottenham captain is a natural leader.
Harry Kane, 26, who married about a year ago took reached 19 goals yesterday, with ten goals for Tottenham and nine for England – He scored a hat-trick on Thursday night when te The Three Lions played against Montenegro.
Liverpool midfielder, Alex-Oxlade Chamberlain, Tammy Abraham, and Marcus Rashford saw England breeze through to a much-deserved victory at home.
Ashley Cole gave his verdict on Kane and his performance on Thursday night, Harry Kane now supersedes Alan Shearer, Nat Lofthouse, and Frank Lampard to become The Three Lion's sixth-highest goal scorer of all-time.
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"I don't want to be disrespectful and say he's just a goalscorer," Cole said. "He has a cleverness and brings others into play but when he's in front of goal, he's quality. All strikers want to score goals, he should be really happy with his contribution."
234sport's view – Can Harry Kane ever beat Wayne Rooney's record of 53?
So far it Harry Kane as scored 31 goals in just 44 appearances. We believe that with the commencement of Euro 2020 next summer and the Nations League, there is every chance he will beat Wayne Rooney'srecord.
To achieve this, He injury free, avoid ankle problems that have seen him out of play in the past.
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Bristol City Eyeing Permanent Transfer For 26-Year-Old Chelsea Loanee
English Championship club Bristol City are plotting a permanent deal for Chelsea defender Tomas Kalas this summer according to the latest reports emanating from the media in the United Kingdom.
Tomas Kalas spent last season on loan at Bristol City whom he joined from Chelsea during last summer's transfer window.
The Robins are keen to make his loan move to the club permanent this summer.
Kalas was in superb form for Bristol City but he was unable to propel them to the Championship playoffs as the Robins narrowly missed out on the playoff cut on the final day of the regular season.
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The 26-year-old is the longest serving player at Chelsea after the Blues paid Czech side Sigma Olomouc £5.2m to secure his transfer in 2010.
Tomas Kalas has previously had loan spells at clubs like Middlesboro and Fulham whom he helped to secure promotion to the Premier League during the 2017/18 season.
He was not retained by Fulham for the Premier League season which turned out to be a poor one for the Cottagers.
Fulham will play their football in the English Championship next season after they suffered relegation from the top flight of English football for the first time.
The Cottagers finished second from bottom at the end of the latest Premier League season.
Man Utd Line Up £50m Replacement For Ex-Chelsea Star
Premier League giants Manchester United are reportedly eyeing a summer move for Bournemouth midfielder David Brooks.
This is according to the publication from the Daily Mirror which claimed that the Red Devils are targeting a move for the Welsh international player.
It was revealed that Manchester United will reinvest the proposed transfer fee from Inter Milan for Romelu Lukaku in the signing of David Brooks.
Former Chelsea striker Lukaku is said to be closing in on a big money move to Italian Serie A with Inter Milan after agreeing on weekly wages of around £180,000 ahead of a possible £75m move to the San Siro.
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Romelu Lukaku became the top transfer target for Inter Milan following the appointment of former Chelsea manager Antonio Conte who was returning to the dugout for the first time since his exit from West London giants Chelsea.
The aforementioned publication revealed that Manchester United want to reinvest the majority of the money for Lukaku on David Brooks who shone for Bournemouth last season.
It was his first season in the Premier League following his move from Sheffield United last summer.
The Welsh international has also been linked with a move to Champions League finalists Tottenham Hotspur in the past weeks.
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Ex-Chelsea player in contention to seal deal to Spain
Southampton defender Ryan Bertrand is reportedly attracting the interest of two major European sides according to the latest reports coming out of the media in the United Kingdom.
The former Chelsea left-back has previously been linked with Premier League champions Manchester City but he has new suitors besides the English top flight.
According to the specific publication from the stables of the Daily Mail, Spanish La Liga giants Atletico Madrid and Italian Serie A club Inter Milan are keen on a summer move for Ryan Bertrand.
The 29-year-old has two years left on his current deal with the Saints and the Premier League club is interested in the sale of Ryan Bertrand.
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It was revealed that Southampton will demand £15m for the former Chelsea defender though the two aforementioned European teams are confident that they can get their transfer target for £10m.
Ryan Bertrand was part of the Chelsea team that won the 2012 Champions League final in Munich.
Chelsea won the Champions League title for the first time in their history after they defeated German champions Bayern Munich via penalties.
Atletico Madrid and Inter Milan are both in need of a new left-back ahead of the new season.
Spanish giants Atletico Madrid have lost the services of Lucas Hernandez to Bayern Munich and Bertrand could be his replacement.
4-3-3: How Chelsea Will Line Up If They Sign €100m Barcelona Star
Europa League winners Chelsea will have to overturn their transfer ban if they want to sign new players during this summer's transfer window.
The West London giants are battling with a two-window transfer ban imposed on them by world football's governing body FIFA at the moment after they were found culpable in the signing of players under the age of 18.
Chelsea have already had an appeal rejected by the Appeal Committee of FIFA thus prompting the Premier League giants to submit an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS).
The Blues lost their star player Eden Hazard to Spanish giants Real Madrid earlier this summer in a deal reported to be around €100m but they are unable to sign a replacement for him due to the transfer ban.
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Barcelona midfielder Philippe Coutinho is on the list of possible replacements for Eden Hazard but any move to Stamford Bridge will be dependent on the transfer ban.
Philippe Coutinho is keen to leave Barcelona this summer after a disappointing 18 months at the Nou Camp and the Catalans would be willing to accept at least €100m.
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£57m Midfielder Plots Exit Following Sarri's Appointment At Juventus
Chelsea midfielder Jorginho has reportedly set his sights on leaving the West London giants this summer on the back of the exit of Maurizio Sarri.
This is according to the publication from the Daily Mirror which revealed that the Italian international star is worried about his future at Chelsea.
Maurizio Sarri was the major reason Jorginho snubbed Premier League champions Manchester City last summer in favor of a £57m transfer to Chelsea.
Jorginho already had an agreement with Manchester City before Sarri convinced him to join Chelsea only for the Italian tactician to exit the club after one season.
Just like Jorginho, Sarri left Napoli for Chelsea last summer but he has returned to Italy after just one season.
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The 60-year-old has put pen to paper on a three-year deal as the new Juventus manager and Jorginho is keen to follow him.
The Daily Mirror revealed that Jorginho is ready to quit Chelsea for Juventus in a £50m deal.
Jorginho and Sarri were verbally abused by a lot of Chelsea players after the former featured prominently at the base of the Chelsea midfield instead of N'golo Kante.
In the end, they had the last laugh after Chelsea ended the season with the Europa League title.
Chelsea Set Deadline For Frank Lampard Appointment
Europa League champions Chelsea have set a deadline for the appointment of Derby County manager Frank Lampard as their new manager according to a publication from the stables of the London Evening Standard.
The West Londoners are hoping to appoint the former Chelsea midfielder before the end of the week on a three-year deal.
Frank Lampard is the overwhelming favorite for the vacant managerial job at Chelsea after the exit of Italian tactician Maurizio Sarri.
The former Napoli and Empoli manager has signed a three-year deal to become the new Juventus manager after the resignation of Maximiliano Allegri who led the Old Lady to eight straight titles.
Juventus confirmed Sarri as their new manager on Sunday.
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The 60-year-old will be replaced by Frank Lampard who attained legendary status at Stamford Bridge after emerging as the all-time leading goalscorer.
Frank Lampard spent 13 years as a player at Chelsea and he scored 211 goals in the blue colours of the club.
He will take charge of the Chelsea first team after just one season as a manager at Derby County.
Lampard led the Championship club to playoff final before they were beaten by Aston Villa.
Derby County lost 2-1 to the Midlands club who were able to seal Premier League promotion as a result of the victory.
Ex-Chelsea Star Pens New 2-Year Man Utd Contract
Manchester United midfielder Juan Manuel Mata has extended his stay at the club beyond this summer after he signed a new contract with the club.
His new contract was confirmed by Manchester United on Wednesday evening via their official Twitter page.
The Spanish international player would have been a free agent this summer.
His previous contract would have expired in few days' time but the Red Devils have moved to secure him on a long-term deal.
The former Chelsea playmaker has signed a two-year deal to take his time at Manchester United to the end of the 2020/21 season.
There's the option of a third year in the new contract signed by the former Valencia player.
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Juan Mata was linked with several clubs on the European football scene but the Spaniard opted to stay at the Theatre of Dreams.
The Spanish midfielder was touted as a possible transfer addition to major European sides like Juventus, Arsenal and Barcelona.
The Gunners provided him with the opportunity to reunite with Arsenal boss Unai Emery whom he worked with at Valencia.
Juan Manuel Mata became a Manchester United player during the winter transfer window in January 2014 when the Red Devils paid £37.1m to secure his transfer.
PSG Plotting Summer Move For 20-Year-Old Chelsea Target
French giants Paris Saint Germain (PSG) are eyeing a move for AC Milan goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnaruma this summer according to recent reports from the British media.
PSG are in the market for a new goalkeeper following the exit of veteran Italian shot stopper Gianluigi Buffon this summer.
Buffon turned down the offer of a one-year contract extension to leave PSG after just one year having joined the French capital outfit as a free agent and on a one-year deal last summer.
The specific report from The Sun revealed that PSG want to replace the veteran Italian goalkeeper with a younger goalkeeper, Gianluigi Donnaruma.
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The AC Milan goalkeeper was linked with a move to Chelsea last summer before the Blues signed Spanish shot stopper Kepa Arrizabalaga in a world-record deal for a goalkeeper.
Chelsea signed Kepa for £71m from Spanish La Liga side Athletic Bilbao last summer following the exit of Thibaut Courtois to Real Madrid.
The aforementioned publication also said that PSG want to pursue a deal for Gianluigi Donnaruma instead of Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea due to the fact that he's eight years younger than the Red Devils player.
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Investigation Discovery Celebrates Four-Year Anniversary with its Best-Rated Month
(Silver Spring, Md.) January 2012 marked Investigation Discovery's best month in network history, increasing P2+ 21% (716k) and W25-54 +30% (236k) in primetime delivery. ID has now grown in prime HH delivery for 48 consecutive months, every month since its launch, and continues its reign as America's fastest-growing network. (1)
Coinciding with the network's four-year anniversary on January 27, ID also garnered its best week ever- January 23-29 - with prime delivery of 783k P2+, 398k P25-54 and 276k W25-54. In addition, for that week, ID was ranked #6 for W25-54 delivery in total day, behind only USA, TNT, TBS, A&E and Food. (2)
Biggest primetime ratings drivers for the month included the debut series Dark Minds (P2+ 983k, W25-54 394k) and Scorned: Love Kills (P2+ 922k; W25-54 350k) as well as the return of Stalked: Someone's Watching (P2+ 936, W25-54 298k). Other outstanding performers included Nightmare Next Door, Stolen Voices, Buried Secrets and Fatal Encounters.
January 2012 vs. January 2011: Primetime Delivery
P2+ +21% (716k vs. 594k)
HH +23% (585k vs. 474k)
P25-54 +17% (349k vs. 299k)
W25-54 +30% (236k vs. 181k)
P18-49 +28% (301k vs. 236k)
W18-49 +43% (205k vs. 143k)
For the month, ID ranked #21 for its target demo W25-54, beating LMN (#23), Hallmark (#30), Oxygen (#32), WE (#33), Travel (#34) and NGC (#37); up 5 ranks from January '11. (3)
Source: The Nielsen Company, NHI Calendar (12/26/11-1/29/12 vs. 012/31/07-1/27/08), Live +SD data, Time Period Based Dayparts (Prime M-Su 8-11p), HH, P18-49, W18-49, P25-54, W25-54, M25-54, P18-34, W18-34, M18-34, P2+ delivery percentage gains, excluding any networks that did not air in the entire daypart or originated after ID launched.
Source: The Nielsen Company, NHI Calendar, 1/23/12-1/29/12, Total Day M-Su 6a-6a, L+SD data, W25-54 delivery, Time Period Based Dayparts, Ad-Supported Cable, excluding Nick.
Source: The Nielsen Company, NHI Calendar, 12/26/11-1/29/12, Prime M-Su 8p-11p, L+SD data, W25-54 delivery, Time Period Based Dayparts, excluding any networks that did not air in the entire daypart or time period.