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A complete archive of the original artwork, photographs, advertisements, and fully edited and corrected typewritten essays which comprise the official guide to the 1936 Democratic National Convention, held in Philadelphia: including 41 original pen and ink drawings by Lyle Justis used as vignettes and illustrations throughout the text; over 200 original photographs, most with identification stamps, photographers include Harris & Ewing, William Rittase, Earl C. Roper, Arthur Rothstein, Ben Shahn, Lewis Wickes Hine, H.H. Rideout, Phillip B. Wallace, Theodor Horydczak, Underwood & Underwood Studios, Jean Sardou, and Bachrach, departments include the U.S. Bureau of Mines, the U.S. Forest Service, the Treasury Department, the Resettlement Administration, the U.S. Navy, the National Park Service, and the Works Progress Administration; and approximately 47 original typewritten manuscripts, heavily edited and corrected, which make up the essays printed throughout the program, including biographies of important members of the Democratic Party and reports from a wide variety of governmental departments, programs, and administrations; together with typed letters from members of the Democratic National Committee and advertisers in the program, captions, ad copy, and three copies of the program, one final printed version in orig. illus. wrpps. and two mock-ups of the signed limited edition of the program, full calf bindings.
The contributors to the 1936 program include varied and notable figures from politics, journalism, and other fields. Hendrik Willem Van Loon was a historian and the first children's book author to win the Newbery Medal. Roosevelt later called on him to work on his 1940 presidential campaign. Bascon Timmons was an esteemed newspaperman with a career spanning six decades, who served as an advisor to Presidents Coolidge and Roosevelt.
Edward A. Filene was known for building the Filene's department store chain and for his role in pioneering employee relations, a 40-hour work week, minimum wage for women, profit sharing, paid vacations, and credit unions. Claude Bowers, who served President Roosevelt as ambassador to Spain and Chile, wrote such influential histories of the Democratic Party that they moved Roosevelt to build the Jefferson Memorial. James Hamilton Lewis was the first Senator to hold the title of "Whip" in the United States Senate, and was a leader in getting much of Woodrow Wilson's "New Freedom" legislation passed. Cordell Hull was the longest-serving Secretary of State in US history, and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945 for his key role in establishing the United Nations.
Henry Morgenthau, Jr. served as Secretary of the Treasury under FDR and was instrumental in designing and securing financing for the New Deal, as well as playing a major role in establishing the financing for US participation in World War II through a system of war bonds. Homer Cummings, the U.S. Attorney General from 1933 to 1939, secured the passage of twelve laws related to the "Lindbergh Law" on kidnapping, made bank robbery a federal crime, established Alcatraz prison, and strengthened the FBI. James Farley served simultaneously as Chairman of the Democratic National Commitee and Postmaster General under the first two Roosevelt administrations, and revolutionzed the use of polls and polling data.
Harold L. Ickes served as Secretary of the Interior and Administration of Public Works, was reponsible for implementing much of Roosevelt's New Deal, and was in charge of the Public Works Administration relief program. Frances Perkins Wilson was the longest-serving Secretary of Labor and the first woman appointed to the Cabinet. During her tenure, she helped pull the labor movement into the New Deal coalition, assisted in getting the Civilian Conservation Corps and Public Works Administration up and running, crafted laws against child labor, enacted the Fair Labor Standards Act which cemented minimum wage and overtime laws and defined the 40-hour work week, and established the Social Security Act which included unemployment benefits, pensions for the elderly, and welfare for the poor. Marriner S. Eccles was a banker, economist, and member and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, whose essay in this program titled "The Economic Program Since 1932" is a sort of blueprint for the New Deal.
Harry L. Hopkins was one of the architects of the New Deal, especially the relief programs of the Works Progress Administration, which he directed and turned into the largest employer in the country. During the War, Hopkins also acted as Roosevelt's unofficial emissary to Winston Churchill. Rexford G. Tugwell was an economist who took part in Roosevelt's first "Brain Trust", a group of academics who helped develop policies leading up to the New Deal. Tugwell helped design the New Deal farm program, the Soil Conservation Service following the Dust Bowls of the 1930s, the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and the Resettlement Administration, a unit of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration which helped the rural unemployed.
Mary Williams (Molly) Dewson was a feminist and political activist who served as the head of the Women's Division of the Democratic National Committee where she worked with FDR to bring the women's vote into action. She also worked with delinquent girls and domestic workers, served with the American Red Cross in France during World War I, and as president of the New York Consumers' League, worked closely with Eleanor Roosevelt to pass labor laws for women. Fannie Hurst was a novelist and suffragist who fought for women to preserve their maiden names after marriage. Charl Ormond Williams was a teacher and suffragist who became the first woman to serve on the Democratic National Committee, and was the youngest and first southern woman to serve as President of the National Education Association.


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Weight management is a key component of a healthy lifestyle although keeping one's weight on track is often a frustrating and perplexing task. To get the whole family involved in the weight management effort may seem almost impossible.
Simply identifying a younger member of the family as overweight can be a challenge.
A 2015 study from the U.K. found that 31% of parents underestimated their child's weight status. For a child who is "very overweight†per government guidelines there was an 80% chance the parent would classify the child as healthy weight. Teens themselves are not very good at identifying themselves as overweight as 80% of overweight teenaged boys and 71% of overweight teenaged girls perceived themselves as normal weight. Recognizing that a child is overweight is crucial to preventing the progression to adult obesity. 72% of overweight kindergartners were obese by the time they reached 8th grade. Continue reading

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The question of whether or not to use an ESB devolves to the individual needs and inclinations of each organization. For example, if orchestration of distributed services is a must-have, that's pretty tough to do if those services aren't plugged in to an asynchronous messaging infrastructure. But an ESB does not an SOA make. In an SOA of any significant size, even a widely deployed ESB would not be the only game in town. Multiple message buses may need to be bridged and messages transformed as they travel among them.
That's an ideal role for the new generation of XML appliances -- designed to secure, govern, and boost the performance of an SOA -- from the likes of Cisco, Forum Systems, IBM DataPower, Layer 7, and Reactivity. These companies sell boxes that route XML messages based on content and rip through XML transformations, routing, and mapping at blazing speed using special processors designed for the purpose.
Depending on the model, these boxes incorporate a range of features, many of which overlap with the capabilities of an ESB. They're particularly adept at virtualizing services, so that service copies can be created on the fly as performance demands increase -- and so that policies concocted for services can be enforced at run time using centralized management software. And most include a range of XML security features as well.
In fact, the first units sold by these appliance vendors were XML firewalls designed to block XML-based threats and DoS attacks. Now the XML security appliances support encryption/decryption, authentication, identity management, XML schema validation, and more, controlling application access as well as protecting the perimeter.
Such security services are vital as SOAs mature. That's the case at ADP, which is working on deploying its standard security model delivered as a central process used by all other services. Similarly, technology service provider USi uses the federated model for user identity management. "The service may not even know who the user is," says Mike Rulf, vice president of advanced engineering, "but it knows that the user has been validated at some point along the service path, since services transmit that validation information."
"Security doesn't get enough attention in SOA," warns Dennis Gaughan, senior analyst at AMR Research. Early efforts tend to focus on defining service and messaging interfaces, or on separating business and data logic from each other and from execution and presentation. But as services become widely used and adopted, retrofitting them to accommodate access control and authorization becomes very difficult -- often requiring wholesale changes because security controls can change both process and data flow.
That's why it's better to build in security hooks from the outset, even if your security services and systems are not yet deployed, USi's Rulf says. At USi, all services have a standard WSDL template that includes security validation and access controls -- as well as error reporting, calling behavior, and data expectations -- to ensure that services are security-enabled from the get-go.
Avis Budget also built security into its initial SOA platform, dubbed Omega. "We're pretty good with authentication but are still trying to figure out authorization, whether it is handled in a service or on the security side," Turato notes. The company expects to provide a common security service for all its services and applications. "We will work towards an enterprise LDAP to leverage the security services of the Omega platform," Turato adds.
The use of LDAP will be key to identity management efforts, and Turato plans to have all services include calls to LDAP lookup. But to prevent every service doing a direct lookup every time it runs, Avis Budget is planning to require lookup at specific stages in a business process and then propagate that validation to later services.
The risk to this approach is that someone could spoof the validation by simply passing along a "verified" attribute, so Turato expects to implement the validation attribute as a signature that traces where and when the verification happened in order to ensure the validation happened at the right stage and in the right process.
eBay uses a similar security approach for its customer-facing services, with a security service that other services call when needed. For internal services, eBay follows the enterprise security model, using existing services and applications for each application domain, rather than creating a parallel security service for SOA-based projects, Barrese notes.
Your architectural implementation should also permit security flexibility, ADP's Bongiorno says. "We're tying to standardize on a single security model, but we will grant exceptions when the requirements are too heavy," he says.
Testing and debugging services
Another underappreciated aspect to SOA deployments involves testing and debugging. "In a lot of ways, SOA done properly gives you faster time to market," ADP's Bongiorno says. "But you give some of that back in the testing."
Although the use of stringently defined service interfaces can ease integration testing across pairs of services, the many-to-many nature of service interaction and the variety of hardware and software systems that provision them make testing difficult. "You can't get your whole enterprise into a QA lab," says eBay's Barrese, so you have to scale your test platform as much as the business case warrants.
eBay has built some of its own QA tools for automated regression testing to help test the many execution scenarios inherent to SOA but uses off-the-shelf tools such as the those produced by Mercury Interactive. (ADP also uses automated regression tools from Mercury.) In addition, eBay is evaluating the open source Apache Axis service-testing tools with its BEA and IBM platforms.
Financial transaction processor SunGard requires that test cases for all services be built up front, to ensure that all interactions and requirements are thought-out, says Nils Winkler, technical architect at SunGard. Unit tests are built from these test cases, so they're available for use in automated regression testing by all service developers whose processes might use the specific service. "You can do the testing with the data you already have," he says.
A related challenge is version control. As you have more and more services, you have to expect that you'll have to support multiple versions because you can't update all your services at once. A registry or repository can maintain version information as part of your services' standard attributes. This safeguard is important, so other services can adjust their expectations accordingly, Bongiorno says.
The best way to manage version control is to design for it in the first place, The Hartford's Moreland says. "Go in with the expectation that you will retire it," he says, such as by setting -- and enforcing -- end-of-life periods for all services. And while you have multiple versions of a service running during the necessary transition time, use translation services wherever possible to map calls to the old service instead to the new one, filling in any new data that can be derived or assumed in the translation.
No amount of testing will catch every error, of course. Transactional errors can be caught as part of the monitoring process. But to identify logical errors in the services themselves at run time, the calling services must look at the returned message to see whether there is a mismatch in format, policy, or other expected attribute, based on the business process specifications, Moreland says.
Staying close to home
The choice of development platforms, registries/repositories, management schemes, messaging systems, security technology, and testing tools is dizzying. It's easy to get caught up in tactical decisions, such as whether to buy an ESB and from whom. But the approach you pick should come after you have defined your business processes, core services, and overall architecture.
"The alphabet soup discussion is a distraction," says Bill Adiletta, president of consultancy TekFinancial Solutions. Rather than attempting to evaluate all the possible technologies, see what you already have and exclude whatever doesn't support your needs. If no internal technologies do the job, then look at vendor offerings. Of the remaining candidates, pick those that fit most closely with your existing technology base and skill set and eschew proprietary technologies as much as possible, he says.
The Hartford takes that approach, too. "Our vendor philosophy is: 'The easier it is to replace you, the more we like you,' " Moreland says.
"Your technology choices should be based on what you already have and what you need that it can't deliver," says Judith Hurwitz, president of consultancy Hurwitz & Associates.
"If you have a deep commitment to SAP, for example, then NetWeaver might be worth leveraging," Hurwitz says. "If you don't, then take a hard look at your applications before exposing them as services. You have to look at the component parts first, then decide what you need. As the services become clearer, you then look at technologies such as service buses and business process engines to manage them as needed."
GM, for example, used its J2EE platform for its first Web services efforts in 2001, an online shopping service that consolidated all 14 GM car brands. Hong Zhang, chief architect at GM's Emerging Technology Group, liked the fact that J2EE had a separate layer for data access, which made it easier to handle the many data sources without creating business process dependencies around them.
But Zhang says he's not wedded to J2EE or any specific technology. "You need to focus on the services and how they implement the business processes. Technologies come and go and will evolve," he notes.
In the big picture, specific platforms and technologies represent tactical, not strategic decisions. After all, in SOA, the processes, data flow, data definitions, service interfaces, policies, and so forth should be abstracted so they have no dependencies on specific technologies. Burton analyst Manes describes the challenge as "enterprisewide planning with local implementation. SOA is not middleware." If properly considered, "it can be done with any middleware," she adds.
TekFinancial's Adiletta agrees: "Use the strong governance model to agree on the standards: service definition, naming conventions, utilities, etc. The worst way is to start with the technology and say what it can or cannot do."
What does matter is engineering your SOA efforts, taking the architecture and business processes and then figuring out the implementation requirements, acceptable trade-offs, likely data and process flows, and management and performance needs. With those understood, you can use whatever technologies you like to construct the actual services and supporting infrastructure.
"SOA deployments should follow a federated model, of incremental deployments in a loose way, but with the same goals and direction," consultant Hurwitz says. "Start off with a set of rules on how you do SOA, so people have the same philosophy and approach in mind on each project."
It's all about the architecture
When down in the trenches, it's easy to get caught up in tactical decisions such as whether to buy an ESB and from whom. But IT needs to be wary of letting the tail wag the dog. The whole point of SOA is to create an architecture that supports a desired end state of streamlined business processes, but with a level of flexibility in rearranging those processes missing from old-fashioned "re-engineering" projects.
"There's a fair amount of misrepresentation about what SOA is or is not. But none can be successful without thinking about IT and business together," says Sohrab Kakalia, vice president at systems integrator Infosys.
The architecture describes the standard aspects of services to deliver those business processes, including governance and policies, process management, the business logic itself, data management and access, definitions within and interfaces between services so they cooperate easily, and a messaging framework -- typically tackled in that order. "These layers should exist in every service," TekFinancial's Adiletta says.
And you can't even worry about the service until you understand the business processes they are delivering. "You have to think about standardizing the business processes first," Avis Budget's Turato says.
Britain's telecom giant BT has developed 14 service platforms. "Each platform has a set of services that have operations associated with them -- like a method in object-oriented programming. A service resides in one and only one platform," BT's Glass says. And each platform has an architect assigned to it, who ensures that all services -- whether developed in-house, provided by a partner, or bought from a vendor -- adhere to the architecture. To enforce that compliance, if a BT project doesn't meet the architecture, the development team loses a quarter of its annual bonus.
To provide business flexibility and consistent process execution, "the architecture is independent of any technology implementation. Newer technologies may come along and be deployed, but the architecture is sustainable; the SOA strategy stays," GM's Zhang says.
With a laser focus on the underlying business process, SOA discourages technological dependencies that may later limit a company's ability to change or add business processes. In addition to a strategic decision about architecture, successful SOA deployment relies on IT routinely recognizing project opportunities for a reusable service or business process.
"It's not a big bang that we then go off and do," Avis Budget's Turato says. Anyone who thinks that the use of a technology such as SOAP or WSDL to deliver a function or integrate applications means they're doing SOA is missing the point, Intuit's Moseley says. The technologies are a means to an end, not the end itself.


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MIAMI - A U.S. official says President Barack Obama is moving ahead with the effort to close the Guantanamo Bay prison despite the uproar over the exchange of five Taliban prisoners for a captured American soldier.
An administration official tells reporters "substantial progress" has been made on preparations to resume transfers of prisoners from the U.S. base in Cuba to their home countries or for repatriation elsewhere.
The official says more than half of the current 149 prisoners have been cleared for transfer after a security review.
The official spoke Thursday on condition of anonymity amid an increasingly intense criticism of the Obama administration's trade of the five Taliban prisoners for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.
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Is demand for the iPhone 5 waning? That is reportedly the case, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. On Monday, the newspaper cited multiple people "familiar with the situation" who said Apple had cut back orders for iPhone 5 components, including screens and other parts, following the "weaker-than-expected" demand. In fact, the sources claim Apple dropped its orders to just half of what it previously planned, sparking concern among both investors and the Apple community about Apple's future with the iPhone.
The WSJ's report was corroborated by similar reports from the Nikkei, a Japanese stock index, which said Apple asked Sharp and LG Display to halve the supplies of LCDs this quarter.
The news didn't bode well for Apple's shares, which briefly fell below $500 for the first time in almost a year when the exchanges opened on Monday morning. (Shares have since risen again to $505 as of this writing.) Investors are apparently concerned about the iPhone's future; when combined with Samsung's rising market share in the smartphone space (over 31 percent for the third quarter of 2012, according to IDC, compared to Apple's 14.6 percent), it certainly appears as if demand is shifting in the direction of non-iOS devices.
Apple did not respond to requests for comment on Monday. All eyes will be on the company when it reports earnings for the first fiscal quarter of 2013 on January 23.


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A bored Vizsla is a dangerous Vizsla. This can't be good for Julian.
hello nice reederz its dennis the vizsla dog hay wel wow that shoor wuz kwite a rode trip in the weenermobeel huh??? but alls wel that ends with nomes gitting blown off a bridj ha ha!!! but just to proov that not all my rode trips ar that crazy heer is another wun wot i tuk with mama and dada a fyoo munths ago wen we went to the mithical sitty of julian chek it owt!!!
as yoo can see this is frum wen dada stil had his fansy shmansy loaner convertabul veehikul before i borrowd it and may or may not hav crashd it into a krooz ship
i do not no why dada liked that convertabul so mutch wen he kleerly hayts sunlite as yoo wil see he had a hat on for almost the entire trip!!!
so reely i think i did him a fayvor by crashing the convertabul dont yoo??? hay dada maybe yoo wood like a car like this green thing wot is coverd with blackowt fabrik!!!
riding in a convertabul is sort of like riding with yore hed stikking owt the windo eksept that there is no windo and no roof and yore hed isnt stikking owt
ho hum wayk me up wen we git their
i thawt this wuz kalifornya!!! ware ar the palm trees??? ware is the beetch??? ar yoo shoor this isnt like utah or sumthing???
i remember the interstayt beeing wider then this
this pikcher mayks me want to go pee i meen just luk at all those treez!!! if i pee on them that mayks them mine!!!
just wen i wuz starting to think that we wood never git to julian we got to julian!!!
wel now that we ar in julian it is time to git owt and wawk arownd!!!
be shoor to toon in tomorrow for part too of me vs the mowntins in witch i diskuver a restawrant wot has a sinister naym and tuckers seekret sideline bizness as wel as more pikchers of dada in his silly hats!!! ok bye
A bored Vizsla is a dangerous Vizsla. This can't be good for Julian.
Have you gotten over mourning for the Volvo yet?
An intelligent Vizsla never gets bored. I can hardly wait until tomorrow!
See ya then, Dennis!
So that's your Dada. We guess your Mama took the pictures. A nice family outing. But were are Trixie and Tucker? You must be special.
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This field trip looks boring so far, but I bet things will pick up. I kind of like that convertable car. It would be good for me cause I can't stick my head out the windows of the mastiff mobile.
Is Julian where those funny shaped carrots come from?
So how many days did you save your pees? I mean that is a LOT of ornge trees to be makin… urine own. I always did wonder why that jewse was kinda Yellow.
Now I am really happy that you found the missing horse fur the blackout buggy thingy.
I kinda like your dada's hat. My dad has about 87 of those.
I know why he wears it in the converdable.. it keeps off the birds poop. Can't wait fur the sekund installment of your adventure.
It's funny; I'm not so keen on sticking my head out the window of Mom's Jeep, but when she had her convertible, I LOVED to ride in it. (Maybe it's because Mom drove faster in her convertible?) Your serious face kind of scares us. Seriously! Let's hope you don't wreak too much havoc on the poor hamlet of Julian. (Really? That's the name of the place?)
*kissey face*
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Hi Dennis! You know your Dada looks good driving that convertible!
Ooh, Dennis – I LOVED this post! I mean, I love all your space adventures and stuff but I do like your 'real' adventures best! 😉 And what a cool place! Can't wait to see what you get up to there. Hsin-Yi was giggling about your comment about the "pre-carton orange juice" – hee! hee! And I've heard all about 'tumbleweed' but I've never actually seen one! 😛
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Road trip with cafe food sounds awesome Dennis! You are lucky…
AGJ fields!!!
Wow…sure is beautiful there. No wonder you don't want a top on the car so you don't miss any of the views.
That cart-pony is almost your size Dennis…. you coulda pulled that car! 😉
Dennis- you have a nice car vest. I only have outside vests. I didn't used to like the car at all, but after about 10 years I figured out that most car rides end with nice walks. Maggie the Vizsla
I hope you get to have apple pie!!
It is safe but boring to go in the car sometimes. I like your blanket. I think there are way too many trees for you to wee on. You may need some help!!!
Sounds like you had a great adventure! That scawy restaurant has got me excited for part two!
Loves your trip to Julian – and your commentary! You are actually a very good boy in that convertible – I thinks we would have been jumping around, trying to get out to see all that cool stuff – like the millions of trees!
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It sure was a beautiful day for that ride in the strange vehicle with no windows and no roof:)
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Have fun on your adventure 🙂
Looks like you had a great trip to Julian Dennis. I don't know why convertibles are so expensive because you don't have the cost of all that extra metal for the roof. Where is Tucker & Trixie??? Were you the only one privileged to ride in the fancy car?
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GREENSBORO, N.C. — A Greensboro police officer was arrested Wednesday for allegedly stealing business checks from a former employer in Denton.
Officer Cameron Alexander Brafford, 22, faces charges of one count of larceny by employee, two counts of forgery, two counts of uttering of forged instrument, and one count of obtaining property by false pretense.
Detectives from the Denton Police Department alerted Greensboro Police Department officials of Brafford's alleged involvement in the crimes on Tuesday. Greensboro police detectives assisted in the investigation and enough evidence was developed to charge Brafford.
"When one of our officers is accused of wrongdoing, we take those allegations very seriously," said Deputy Chief Joe Smith. "We hold our employees to high standards and are hugely disappointed when someone dishonors our department and our profession. If the charges against Officer Brafford are proven true, our response will be swift and appropriate. That's our commitment to our community."
Brafford is currently on administrative leave pending the results of an internal investigation.
Brafford joined GPD on Nov. 1, 2013. He graduated from the 97th Police Basic Introductory Course in May 2014 and was receiving supervised patrol officer training at the time of this investigation.


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Introducing, Prensado....a rich a redolent handmade guaranteed to satisfy. This exquisite handmade employs a special 'Trojes' Corojo wrapper grown in Honduras and a flavorful blend of Nicaraguan, Honduran, and more Trojes long-fillers. Expect a bold and eventful blend that brings interesting flavors in spades. Buttery-smooth notes of deep, rich nuances including roasted flavors, coffee, and a dash of sweet red pepper. 96-rated and impressively built, that's Alec Bradley Prensado.
In addition to being named the Top Cigar of 2011, Alec Bradley Prensado received an unheard of, 96-point rating, noting, ""The Alec Bradley Prensado is as gorgeous a cigar as you'll ever see, with a picture-perfect head and a stunning wrapper. But it is the flavor that makes it a classic. The Honduran and Nicaraguan tobaccos come together to create leather, chocolate and spice notes, and a long, lush finish."
Alec Bradley Presnado Churchill - one of the finest cigars I've ever smoked. Glorious! First cigar I smoked from my recently acquired The Chosen One Top Shelf Sampler II. I usually would give more time in the humidor, but with a long weekend camping at the Jersey shore near Avalon, I put one of each cigar from the sampler into my Herf-a-dor. Even with just 4 days in the humidor after delivery, this is a fantastic smoke. Near 2" ash. Nice draw, no burn issues. Smooth, rich, and complex flavor. Full bodied but with zero harshness. Impeccable construction. Heavy in the hand. Big thick billowy smoke with each draw. Set aside a full 90 minutes for the Churchill. Thank you CI for the opportunity to experience a top-shelf cigar at a fantastic price! A luxurious and thoroughly enjoyable experience.
Is a nice cigar, however I am not fond of the box press. With that said it is a creamy and smooth smoke. I do have some in my humidor so when the urge hits.
Not impressed...I'll admit this is a smooth cigar with a nice draw, definitely not a full flavor cigar....
Like another reviewer I had burn issues, BUT the flavor was worth the effort to keep it going. The Corona Gorda burned better than the Toro. Well worth the minor frustration if you can find them at a discount. I wouldn't buy a box at full price.
By far the best cigar I've tried to date. I put it above the Decade and even the Aging Room. I just bought a new humidor specifically for these bad boys! Even if you haven't liked Alec Bradley in the past, you gotta try the Prensado.
I just had my 1st AB Prensado robusto as my nightcap, last night and I have to say, "Wow!" Deceptively smooth & balanced for such a full-flavored cigar. I had to keep to my chair as this puppy packs a wollup! But it is delicious! The way to try this stick without breaking the bank is in the "build-your-own sampler." Hell of a deal; get 'em while you can!
Awesome!! Enough said!!!
Beautiful cigar, first off. It had a good draw but it didn't burn quite right, I had to relight it a couple times unfortunately. Despite having to relight it, it had a wonderful taste, rich and smooth. I was nervous at first cause it's a full strength but I loved it. It will definitely be one that I buy to keep in stock for the future.
I have smoked several of these, and I am not that impressed. It is a well made decent cigar, but often requires a relight, and is somewhat bitter...some have draw issues as well. In my opinion (we are each entitled to our own :)) the Black Market is a more enjoyable smoke at a much better price.
My 4th cigar of the day, is the incomparable Alec Bradley Prensado robusto. A classic 5" X 50 slightly box pressed thing of beauty. The 1st 3 vitolas this day weren't chopped liver. Morning coffee with a La Herencia Cubana robusto & two mid afternoon Alec Bradley offerings. A Tempus & Tempus Maduro, both robustos. But I have saved the best for last. Minor burn issues not withstanding, (we have beat that horse to death & things continue to improve) everything about Presado is 1st rate. From the Honduran & Nicaraguan ligeros that make up the body, to the Honduran binder & last but not least, the unique "Trojas" corojo wrapper. All married to project a full bodied explosion of flavors you can feel in your gut & behind your eyes. Truly a fantastic concoction of premium tobaccos, handled in typical Alec Bradley fashion. No wonder they are expensive, a 40 minute robusto commanding a princely $8.00 to $9.00. Luckily they can often be found in samplers & even as "loss leaders" in a deal. That's when I jump all over them. My most recent find featured 4 of AB's very best, Tempus, Tempus Maduro, Family Blend & Prensado for a palty $3.00 a stick. At those prices, the argument can be made that the 96 rated Prensado could well be the best cigar in the world. I can't quite go there, but enthusiastically commit to a hearty endorsement, with the caveat that it is one of the 10 best blends in existence today.
Very strong cigar. Nice smoke. Good volume. Kind of hard to get out of the chair after this one. Plan your day accordingly.
Those Prensados are my favorite. Im about to buy a box. That says a lot for someone as picky as me.
Just one year ago, as I was singing the praises of all things Alec Bradley, the burn issue reports began to dominate the discussion of nearly every review. It has not gone away. Today, I have tested several AB offerings & am reporting my findings. First, let's get Prensado's side of things. Everyone has a "special" cigar. One they consider superior to all others. Prensado is mine. Sheer perfection from construction to feel & draw, to every aspect of what makes a cigar, beautiful. Full flavored, full bodied, smooth as silk & loaded with flavor. Spices, cinnamon, red pepper. Complexity is one of Prensado's virtues. Among many. Even the band is glorious. I am about 20 minutes into an oh so gently box pressed robusto & the burn, thus far, has been perfect. This particular stick has seen at least three months of careful aging at 70% humidity. I have had a few burn issues with several Prensados in the past, but I see no hint of a problem with tonight's offering. Thankfully. My hope, is that Alec Bradley can identify & correct any problems that may be plaguing some of their most popular & highly rated blends. I never rush to smoke any AB stick I buy, but store them for months, then enjoy them with minimal problems. I would love to dive right in, right off the truck, but have found it is better to wait. Truthfully, I have moved a lot of my devotion to many of the fine AJ Fernandez blends, that never burn crooked. That doesn't detract from the fineness of Prensado, a blend so grand, so incredibly delicious, that it actually deserves the lofty ratings it receives. 97/100 To me, the best cigar in the world. At any price.
I have to admit I was very disappointed in this smoke. Poor burn. It was harsh from 1st till about 2/3 of the smoke.
As a few others have stated, my first Double T had significant burn issues and I found myself having to babysit the stick until about halfway through. It was only then, that I was able to draw a desirable amount of smoke without having to take double to triple draws. The smoke is certainly smooth, but a bit more mild than what I expected from a full-bodied smoke--I found myself wanting a little more from this smoke. Ascetically, the Presendo is certainly easy on the eyes, though a bit spongy to the touch. Here's hoping that the next four surpass my first impression.
The taste alone is worth the 96 rating, but be warned (as others have stated as well) that there are some serious issues with the burn and draw. I had to relight mine 3 times, and the getting the smoke to come through was a real hassle. Do not let this deter you though. These are great full body smokes, very creamy, and have serious burn time. If you have the time and money, they are worth your attention.
I've been smoking cigars for around 18 years, and this is one of the few that really stood out for me. If you like a full flavored cigar, you cant go wrong with one of these.
Not a big box pressed fan, this changed my mind. Nothing short of a fine cigar, this baby delivers in spades. The reviews were right on the money, will be getting extra room in mr. humi for these.......thanks guys
This cigar single handedly turned me from an occasional big event cigar smoker to an everyday cigar puffing schlub! I love every thing about this cigar. It is the archetype that I use to judge all other cigars I smoke. From its heftiness in the hand, to the ease of its draw, huge amounts of amazing smelling smoke, and complexity of taste it is a 10 out of 10 in every category. When I think of complexity on the palate and a taste that doesn't bore the tongue this is the go to cigar. I have experienced an uneven burn with a Tempus but never with a Prensado. The Prensado stands up to and holds its own with any scotch or bourbon I have paired it with.
Outstanding flavor. This cigar has full full flavor with an oily wrapper. It was smooth and had a great draw. However, the second half of the cigar would not stay lit and it finally went out and refused to relight with about a 1/4 of the cigar left. I don't know that I would spend this kind of money in the future if they continue to have this problem. Take way the burning issue and the cigar is definitely worth the money.
96? That is one lofty rating. Prensado earned it with a full flavored attack on the senses....this one delivers a more complex, full bodied experience that everyone should try. Highly recommended....
This review will go against the others, but I have to write about my experience. I only made a 5 pack purchase of these, and while the cigars are great looking, not one has had a decent draw. My humidor has a constant humidity of 65-70, and there is no reason these should have a tight draw. I can only hope that leaving them in my humidor will correct this problem....
For a cigar supposedly the top pick of the year. They're good but not that good. Out of the box they have the most amazing fragrance. Truly amazing and rich. But once they are lit they burn uneven and tend not to carry smoke well so you are drawing frequently to keep it alive. Not fun. It shows in the review that these are full bodied. They aren't the end up coming off with a mild/medium intensity. I had one with another enthusiast who commented, nice mild smoke. It's a nice smoke to the end but it's a high maintenance experience.
AWESOME! Lives up to the rating... ordering another box for obx.
Love at first toast. The Churchill is the best cigar I've smoked in a long time. Powerful, but smooth as velvet. I'd choose this over a Liga Privada any day.
I don't get it. All power and no finesse. I've smoked four of the Robustos that I bought in a ten pack over a year ago. Humidor aging hasn't helped. Like smoking a stick of charcoal. I occasionally enjoy a full-bodied smoke (Pepins, etc) but these are just too hardcore for me.
"Best cigar I have smoked bar none!!" It deserves the 96 rate
What a cigar!! Started with a little bit of burn issues but it quickly went away, then it started to open up and reveal a mastercraftsman at work. The strong flavours at the start then a mellowness in the midway point to a smoth finish that took me away. Thank you AB. Thank you!!
Good, really good. I really didn't appreciate this cigar the first time I smoked one. What was I thinking?
Other than it not burning evenly, this was an excellent smoke. Low in nicotine strength, high in flavor. Maybe not a 96 in my book but definitely worth every penny non the less
Alec Bradley has always been my favorite line, next to CAO. This cigar is no where near their best one. I strongly disagree with the 96 rating it received. I would give it at 91-92 at most. Good flavor profile, not strong on the nicotine but the price makes it's rating go down in my book.
One of the most amazing smokes i have ever had. Smooth, creamy, good draw. My mouth is watering as im describing this. It was recommended to my by a co worker. The whole time I was smoking it, fireworks were going off in my head. Try a 5 pack, no screw it, buy a box, no, buy 10 boxes. Its simply the best thing out there.
Great cigar worth the rating. I see a lot of people with burn and draw complaints to which I concur. My advice to those is that this cigar is a DIVA in the humidor, a slight change in humidity or temp makes this stick change dramatically in flavor and burn! I can attest to that. At 66% this thing tastes like burning dirt. At a high reading it burns like a 96 rated cigar. Draw I know is a manufacturing variable but all in all, when kept properly this cigar shines the 96 rating it received! Happy smoking.
Am I the only guy not floored by this cigar? Admittedly an incredibly built artisan cigar with a beautiful band and easy draw but I will say this cigar was bit bitter. With a 96 rating I must have got a dud or something but I found it a bit harsh. The stick I smoked did not have an even burn either. I love love the AB line and the 97 is one of my favorites though so I will try this cigar again and see if maybe I got a stale one perhaps?
What can i say, over a year ago i was new to the cigar world, so i researched around for the first perfect cigar i can start out with. #1 cigar of 2011 eh why not? i know nothing about this stuff. took $20 bought the stick and a cutter, came back smoked it thought nothing of it. So now a year later i have a humidor with 20 of these bad boys. I have fished around other brands and nothing compares to the churchill. Amazing aroma, nice blend of chocolate, spices and leather. Just a beautiful all around stick. I'm glad it is my first ever and still going strong in my humidor.
Just smoked my first AB Prensado(torpedo) and I must say, I understand how it drew such rave reviews. Decently constructed, heavy in the hand and the flavors booming outta this thing are amazing! Stands up well to my favorite '64 Padron when it comes to appeal and taste....
Being a sucker for maduro wraps the "Prensado" Gran Toro is an excellent stick. The pre-light aroma fills the nostrils with sweet caramel and wonderful barnyard. Upon first light you'll note toast and lots of cream blended to perfection, a quarter way in you will also receive slight hints of cedar, pepper and caramel, true down to the finish. Not my personal favorite yet well deserving of the ratings received, only to be bested by "Tempus Maduro" according to my palette. I'm apologize to you Padron,,, you will now have to step aside.
The churchills are absolutely, without question, the BEST cigar I've ever had (which makes sense, since that size in particular is the one Cigar Aficionado rated 96 AND the #1 Cigar of 2011). Over here in Eastern Afghanistan, there's nothing like taking 1:15 minutes to relax and smoke one at the end of a long day. Worth every penny!
Burn and draw issues... Nonetheless, it was awesomely flavorful, and I will definitely try another - perhaps keep it in my lower humidity humi, and see what happens.
The family blend, tempus and harvest are all well deserved 90+ rated(maybe), but this one really deserves cigar of the year. Extra spicy and solid consistent flavor, the prensado sits up there with the padron 64 maduro. It has that extra something that makes you say wow! Buy some before they're all sold out.
Time to update your description boys! This beauty just scored a coveted spot at the top of the charts. The Churchill was rated 96 and took Best Cigar of the Year 2011! I'm SO glad I got a few of these before the news broke and the cat was out of the bag. Snatch up some of this blend while you can, they will not last long!
Until now, I have not been all that impressed with AB cigars. However, the Prensado was a game changer. This box-pressed beauty is densely packed, heavy in the hand, rich and creamy, and smokes like a champ! This cigar goes 12-rounds; don't even light the double toro unless you have at least 2-hours to kill. It is not cheap cigar, but it's worth every penny.
This is worth the price! Top 3 or 4 for me, and I have smoked my share. This has the distinct AB pepper zing. Full bodied, but pulls it off smoothly. I have have two gripes: 1. the price, while definitley worth it I hate to pay $11 for the gran toro (my favorite), and 2. they tend to go out in the final third unless you stay on top of it. Aside from this nothing else tastes like a Prensado. IMHO it's AB's best (yes even better than tempus ratings not withstanding). If however you really hate paying $9+ for a stick don't try it, because you will want more. If you love sweet spice with strength and smoothness, and don't mind ponying up the price to play look no further this is your stick!
The Alex Bradley Prensado is a creamier, smoother version of the delicious Tempest. A little pricy perhaps but when you find a stick you like...well....some are cheap and some..............................
Recently bought some of these after reading a number of favorable reviews. Flavor and appearance on the first were excellent, though the draw and smoke output on this first smoke were a little disappointing.
I hate to stand opposed, but the 92,93 rating, well, I'm not so sure. While the Prensado is very well made, smokes good, lots of smoke. IT'S the wrapper that gets me. Reminds me more of a mexican San Andres. I get that distinct bitter sweet cocoa taste instead of the robust, earthy, chewy after taste you get from a corojo wrapper. Not much sweetness there to take away from some of the bite I got when first lit. It does smooth out nicely. Still a fairly good smoke. Needs more of a finish to it. The smoke is at it;s best about two thirds of the way down. Nice aroma.
I am impressed with this cigar(Alec Bradley Prensado) Flavor profile is very similar to Tempus,but less pepperly and more butterly.It is hard for me to say which I like better.They are both complexed and elegant smokes..!
Wonderful cigar(Alec Bradley Prensado).It takes the Tempus experience up a few notches.Very rich deep flavors with rich luxurious pepper and an aroma to die for.Scored a 10-pack on whack,CI you're the best,thanks Mr Rubin and Alec Bradley.
The Prensado is a stong, flavorful and balanced smoke with great aroma. Simply stated; this Alec Bradley delivers.
If you like Alec Bradley Tempus you will love the Prensado. I would take these over the Tempus any time. Expensive? Yes. Worth it? Oh yea! Prensado deserves all the high praise and high ratings. Full bodied yet smooth, nuttery and buttery, leathery, etc., etc. Forget the descriptions just try it. This is one impressive cigar.


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The Senate race has become an oddity, with two CEOs (one business, one non-profit and both with politically recognizable family names) vying to become the next United States Senator from Georgia. David Perdue, (former Republican Dollar General CEO and cousin of former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue), is facing off against Democrat Michelle Nunn (CEO of the Points of Light Foundation and daughter of former United States Sen. Sam Nunn).
Candidate Nunn had no real primary opponent, and has run a campaign focusing on her background, without ever mentioning that she is a Democrat. Her father, Sam, was and is much loved by Georgians, and is often referred to as a moderate. Michelle Nunn herself is running as a moderate, but will have to confront the fact that, if she is elected, she will vote for Harry Reid to serve as majority leader.
The governor's race is also in contention, and also has a famous last name on the ballot. Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal, a Republican, is being challenged by state Sen. Jason Carter, former President Jimmy Carter's grandson.
Recent polls, taken during a competitive Republican runoff and at a time when Michelle Nunn faced no opposition, put Nunn ahead of Perdue by six points. But a prior poll had Perdue ahead by five. Considering recent polls had Rep. Jack Kingston beating Perdue (who won), the one thing we know for sure is that polls are quite often wrong (ask Rep. Eric Cantor).
A quick review of the national political landscape shows that Georgia's outcome could affect the balance of power nationwide next year. The House is Republican, and is predicted to remain that way; President Obama is not up for reelection, so the only national political body in play is the Senate. The current Senate comprises 55 Democrats and 45 Republicans. There are 36 Senate seats up for election, 15 currently held by Republicans, 21 held by Democrats. Three seats currently held by Democrats -- Montana, South Dakota and West Virginia -- are expected to change into Republican hands, according to Real Clear Politics.
Their tossup category (could go either Republican or Democrat) includes eight seats, only two of which are current Republican seats (Kentucky and Georgia). The tossup seats currently in Democratic hands are: Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Louisiana and North Carolina. Assuming the other states vote as predicted, whichever party gets the majority of the tossup seats will get the majority in the United States Senate.
But, as we know, all politics are local.
Atlanta's Mayor, Kasim Reed, a Democrat, is known for his great working relationship with Gov. Deal. Reed's help would be welcomed by both Nunn and Carter. In talking to Georgia Public Broadcasting reporter Bill Nigut recently, Reed offered advice to both Democratic candidates. "What needs to happen is you have to communicate with all your constituencies at the exact same time through Election Day," rather than waiting until later in the cycle to reach out to minority voters.
Reed understands that the get-out-the-vote effort is paramount, "and if they (Nunn and Carter) haven't invested, I would say somewhere between $3 to $5 million in their registration efforts and in their voter-contact efforts, I don't believe they are going to prevail. ... At the end of the day, no matter what the polls say, the election is going to be determined by the registration effort in the state of Georgia," he said.
Reed is right. In the end, it will all boil down to turnout -- who turns out to vote. While the Republican candidates are being fair when they tie the Democratic nominee to the Obama administration, they must do more than hope that Democrats can't persuade voters to go to the polls. The Republican candidates need to create and communicate a clear, compelling message for all voters -- that will give them a reason and the passion to turn out and vote Republican this fall.


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August 9, 2012Intelligence
The NYPD's new "Domain Awareness System" raises familiar questions about privacy and transparency that are likely to spark a debate at multiple levels of government, writes CFR's Matthew Waxman.
January 22, 2019India
Washington will need to identify and commit to specific goals in the Indo-Pacific if this geographic and strategic approach is to be successful.
June 27, 2018State and Local Governments
As the world rapidly grows more urban, city leaders are turning to a new form of voluntary, locally oriented diplomacy to coordinate with their global peers on sustainable development, infrastructure…
June 21, 2018Israel
China and Israel have sharply ramped up trade, investment, and cultural ties in recent years, but obstacles to closer relations may yet emerge.
May 31, 2018Iran
The latest recurrence of domestic protests in Iran stems from the country's role in regional wars, combined with corruption and economic mismanagement. This discontent is likely to continue to pose a…
May 18, 2018Foreign Aid
During its fifteen years, PEPFAR has become one of the most important global health initiatives ever launched. However, its influence is fading, threatening the global fight against HIV/AIDS as the s…
April 25, 2018South Korea
CFR assesses the prospects for the first inter-Korean summit in ten years. Kim Jong-un and South Korean president Moon Jae-in will discuss a peaceful end to North Korea's nuclear program, setting the stage for Kim's planned meeting with Donald J. Trump in June.
March 6, 2018Al-Qaeda
With the demise of the Islamic State, a revived al-Qaeda and its affiliates should now be considered the world's top terrorist threat.
February 27, 2018Indonesia
The rise of Islamism in Malaysia and Indonesia could have severe consequences for the two states' societies, political systems, and overall stability.
February 13, 2018South Africa
The scandal-plagued leader's removal could set the party of Nelson Mandela on a path toward reestablishing South Africa as a role model for the rest of the continent.


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Warriors Select Barnes, Ezeli, Green And Kuzmic In 2012 NBA Draft
June 28, 2012
Warriors Select Barnes, Ezeli, Green And Kuzmic In 2012 NBA Draft
Four Selections Marks Most Since 1995 NBA Draft
Warriors Select Barnes, Ezeli, Green And Kuzmic In 2012 NBA Draft
Four Selections Marks Most Since 1995 NBA Draft
The Golden State Warriors selected Harrison Barnes, a forward from North Carolina, Festus Ezeli, a center from Vanderbilt, Draymond Green, a forward from Michigan State and Ognjen Kuzmic, a center from Clinicas Rincon of the Spanish LEB Gold League and a native of Bosnia and Herzegovina in this evening's NBA Draft. The league's annual selection process took place at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ, with the Warriors basketball operations staff working from the team's draft headquarters in downtown Oakland.
"As a group we are very happy with the results tonight," said Myers. "If we could have scripted a draft, and I know that sounds cliché, but this is the result we would have wanted. As we went through our draft board, we all spoke as a group, 'which players do we think are good today, but are going to be better tomorrow,' and we think all four of these players are going to be much better in six months, in a year, in two years, than they are today."
With the 7th overall pick in the draft, the Warriors selected Barnes, an early entry candidate who played two collegiate seasons at North Carolina. A two-time All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection, Barnes appeared in 71 games during his two-year stint at Chapel Hill, averaging 16.4 points, 5.5 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.0 steals in 31.0 minutes per contest. Additionally, he shot 43.1% from the field, 73.4% from the line and 34.9% from three-point range. Last season, the 6'8'' forward averaged 17.1 points to lead the Tar Heels, ranking third in the ACC en route to being named First-Team All-ACC. During his freshman season, Barnes earned ACC Rookie of the Year honors and All-ACC Second-Team accolades, averaging 15.7 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.4 assists while shooting 42.3% from the field and 34.4% from long range.
"Harrison Barnes just gets it done. He produced and played at a high level for two years," said Myers. "He's had a magnifying glass on him for two years in college basketball and that's not easy for any player. He carries himself well, he's very mature. We're really excited about him and the thing I like the most is that he is going to improve and be a worker. So we're thrilled. He fits what we need."
Ezeli (pronounced Eh-ZEE-lee), whom the Warriors tabbed with the 30th pick in the draft, played four seasons at Vanderbilt, where he finished as the school's all-time leader in blocked shots (204), breaking a mark previously held by Will Perdue (157). The 6'11'' center averaged 7.7 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.7 blocks while shooting .562 from the field in 121 games during his time with the Commodores. A native of Sacramento, his best season came in 2010-11 when he averaged 13.0 points and 6.3 rebounds while setting a single-season school record with 2.6 blocks per contest.
Selected with Golden State's first pick in the second round (35th overall), Green joins the Warriors after spending four years at Michigan State where he finished as the school's all-time leading rebounder (1,096), ranked 17th in career scoring (1,517), second in career blocks (117) and second in career steals (180). The 6'7'' forward averaged 10.5 points, 7.6 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.2 steals while shooting 46.7% from the field, 68.7% from the line and 36.1% from downtown over 145 games at Michigan State. Last season, Green led Michigan State in scoring (16.2 ppg), rebounds (10.6 rpg), steals (54) and three-pointers made (52), earning consensus First-Team All-America honors.
Kuzmic (pronounced oge-NEN KOOZ-mitch), chosen 52nd overall with the Warriors final selection of the 2012 NBA Draft, spent the 2011-12 season with Clinicas Rincon of the LEB Gold League, Spain's second division. The 7'0'' center averaged 10.6 points, 8.4 rebounds and 2.2 blocks, shooting 53.7% from the field over 37 contests. The Bosnia and Herzegovina native spent the 2010-11 season with KK Celik Zenica in Bosnia's top league, D1, posting averages of 10.6 points 7.9 rebounds and 1.9 blocks in 14 games.
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Happy Wanderer: San Francisco's top 2013 Christmas attractions
Great cities tend to shine during Christmas, and San Francisco is no exception. Like an enchanted village on a hill, San Francisco twinkles with millions of magical lights. Luckily, BART stops near many of the biggest holiday attractions, so it's easy to answer the siren call. Here are five top picks for visitors from San Francisco Travel:
1. The Palace Hotel's Gingerbread Chateau - 2 New Montgomery St.
Designed by Executive Pastry Chef Renee Cade, the Palace Hotel's giant 8-by-16-foot Gingerbread Chateau features a hand-tied, licorice thatched roof, a marzipan-made kitchen with apple elf chefs and an animated living room. A moving wafer waterwheel and chocolate pond accent the French holiday garden. The hotel's beautifully decorated Garden Court serves holiday brunch and Santa Tea. See www.sfpalace.com.
2. Holiday Sugar Castle at Westin St. Francis - Union Square
Since 2005, The Westin St. Francis has featured an impressive Sugar Castle in its main lobby at Christmas. This year, executive pastry chef Jean-François Houdré has created a 12-foot rotating French Chateau weighing more than 1,200 pounds with 20 grand circular towers, 30 rooms, glowing windows and a running train. Visit www.westinstfrancis.com.
3. Annual Victorian Holiday Time at Queen Anne Hotel –1590 Sutter St.
Each year the Queen Anne dresses up the hotel's interior in grand Victorian style with Christmas trees, wreaths, garlands, a winter wonderland, Santas and more. See www.queenanne.com
4. Hyatt Regency San Francisco's "Home for the Holidays"
Snow falls three times a day in the Guinness Book of World Records' Largest Atrium Lobby in the world. The dramatic holiday scene includes a 1,000-piece Department 56 Snow Village, thousands of cascading lights and a dramatic 45-foot tree. Visit http://www.sanfranciscoregency.hyatt.com.
5. The Ritz-Carlton - 600 Stockton at California Street
This classic hotel is steeped in holiday magic with a 40-foot Christmas tree. Every afternoon from 3 to 5 p.m. Christmas Eve through New Year's Eve hotel chefs will host a complimentary Hot Chocolate Lab for guests and visitors. See http://www.ritzcarlton.com.
Happy Holidays from the Happy Wanderer!


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Tim grew up in Albury, Australia, where he played Australian Rules Football (AFL). He stumbled across triathlon during the off-season when he and some of his teammates decided to do triathlon to keep fit. He entered his first triathlon at age 18, and three years later was racing as a professional. Since then, Tim has become the world's youngest three time Ironman-distance winner in the 35-year history of Ironman racing. He also won the 2012 Australian 70.3 Ironman Championship and last year finished seventh at the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii his first time entering the event.
The 2015 season was Tim's first as a Giant global athlete. He helped develop the new Trinity Advanced Pro bike and plays a key role in working with Giant to develop triathlon-specific gear and apparel. Giant is also Tim's official helmet sponsor, and he uses the Rivet TT helmet for Ironman races.
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Let $H$ be a Hilbert space, and $S\subseteq \mathcal{B}(H)$. We denote $\bar S$ the ultraweak closure of $S$, and $B_r$ the closed ball of center 0 and radius $r>0$ of the normed space $\mathcal{B}(H)$.
If $S$ is a subalgebra of $\mathcal{B}(H)$, Do we have $\overline{S\cap B_r} = \bar S \cap B_r$ ?


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Deputies: Man arrested for assaulting a woman in parking lot
An employee was assaulted in the parking lot of a business Thursday morning, according to Spartanburg County deputies.
Deputies say they responded to Mary Black Minor Care, 2995 Reidville Road, at 7:43 a.m.
When deputies arrived they found a woman who told them she was assaulted by a man in the parking lot. She told the deputies that the man tried to stab her with a screwdriver and touched her in a sexual manner. Deputies said the woman kicked the man in the groin and he ran off.
Deputies said the victim was taken to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
Late Thurday, deputies said they arrested Richard Culberson, 46, at his parents' home. He is charged with robbery, criminal sexual conduct, kidnapping, and assault and battery first degree.


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No one likes thinking about potentially becoming a victim of crime in Florida, but every single day in the US a break-in happens every 4 seconds. It's easy to say "it won't happen to me" but 2.2 million families fall victim of burglaries each year in the US. Don't let your home in Valencia Del Sol become part of those statistics. Installing a new home security system and along with monitoring from ADT your home could be protected and your family safer.
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Lighting Is the Answer
Lights are one of the main ways that you can keep intruders away from your property. In an interview with former burglars, they mentioned that typically lights deter them from entering a home. Motion sensor lights will scare away those trying to walk into your yard and size you up. Also with smart lighting, you can program your lights to come on even when you aren't home. This feature has an advantage over automated timers because you can turn the lights in your home on or off as you please from anywhere with your internet-connected device.
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Simple maintenance issues outside of your home can put a huge target on your house. Burglars are always looking for places to hide in or around your property. Tall shrubs and overgrown trees. Things like maintaining a well-kept yard and not having stacks of mail or packages in front of the house will make the home appear less vacant and also prevent break ins. Cut away tree branches that give easy access to top floor windows. Lawn maintenance also ensures less dark areas of your lawn that give cover.
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TALLAHASSEE — After stripping a controversial property insurance reform bill of any hint of rate increases, the Florida House voted 111-6 on more modest changes that won't hit pocketbooks as hard as a bill passed by the Senate.
Rep. Doug Holder, R-Sarasota, said the House worked with Gov. Rick Scott to come up with a proposal that would not increase rates at Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Holder said the House proposal had four main goals:
"Reducing the size and exposure of Citizens, thereby reducing risk to the state; limiting rate and assessment shock; increased accountability at Citizens; and needed changes for all property insurers and their consumers," he said.
The Senate hoped to reduce the size and exposure of Citizens as well, but sought to do so by increasing rates for new policyholders, including increases of up to 100 percent in some areas. It also included controversial proposals allowing Citizens to loan out millions of dollars to private insurers and making the company's director an appointee of Scott.
SB 1770 passed the Senate last week 25-14, after two hours of testy debate. The House's less controversial version passed Tuesday with no debate.
The two chambers will have to iron out the details in the final three days of the session or the reform effort will die.
The House and Senate agree on the main part of reform — a "clearinghouse" mechanism allowing Citizens to steer policyholders into the private sector. Homeowners with Citizens who receive a comparable insurance rate from a private insurer through the clearinghouse would be forced into the private market.
Sen. David Simmons, an Altamonte Springs Republican who pushed for the more aggressive reforms, said he stood by his bill, but acknowledged the difficult politics of the issue.
Reforms enacted this year would likely hit homeowners in 2014, just as House members and Scott are up for re-election. Some senators have four-year terms and won't face re-election until 2016.
"I am pleased that the House has gone as far as it has," said Simmons. "I know a win when I see it."
Simmons pushed hard for sweeping reforms, claiming that state-run Citizens would put Florida into financial turmoil after a major hurricane. With more than 1.2 million policyholders, Citizens is the largest insurance company in Florida and can levy assessments on consumers after a cataclysmic storm.
Aside from the clearinghouse, some parts of the Senate bill made it into the House version as well. The proposal would prohibit Citizens from covering new homes built on the water, or seaward of the coastal construction control line. The Senate bill reduces Citizens' maximum coverage limit to $500,000 over five years; the House version reduces the limit to $700,000 over three years.
The House and Senate plans also offer new accountability measures for Citizens. The proposals require Citizens to have an inspector general and abide by state contracting rules, changes inspired by Times/Herald reports of corporate misconduct and overspending by executives last year.
The company's board — which has been accused of enacting anticonsumer proposals in recent years — would gain another member who would serve as a consumer advocate.
Business groups — which praised the passage of the original Senate bill — were mostly silent after the House bill passed.
Christian Cámara, Florida director of free-market think tank R Street Institute, said the bill "will not stop the bleeding, but is a good start in slowing it down."
Consumer groups, which protested the original Senate bill, celebrated the House's more moderate version.
"Today's overwhelming rejection of unregulated rate hikes in the House is a huge victory for policyholders and our housing recovery," said Sean Shaw, founder of Policyholders of Florida.


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First of all happy new year to everyone and all the best in your professional and personal activities!
2008 has been a great year for the SEO industry in Australia as well as for SEO Sydney Blog. Our readership has increased quite significantly so thanks to all loyal readers for your support.
As you may have noticed, I have redesigned the blog using a more contemporary template with improved functionalities and more web 2.0-ish features. The tag cloud should help you navigate our blog and access the information you want quicker. I have also added more bookmarking and social media features so that you can share valuable information with your communities.
From a SEO point of view, the new year has started with a PageRank update from Google on the 31st of December (confirmed by Matt Cutts). While SEO Sydney Blog did not see any change, I hope your website or blog has seen an increase! If not be patient and keep on building relevant links as the next update should occur sometime in March/April
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