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It was an evening full of decadence. Hollywood insiders gathered to celebrate the opening of, Bistrot Bagatelle, a new, chic, and ultra savvy restaurant to Hollywood.
Bringing fresh innovative cuisine to NYC, Bistrot Bagatelle opened its first location in New York City in 2008. The ambiance of Bagatelle has the perfect mix of sexy and sultry paired with bold artwork, which provides the perfect setting for any occasion. Nestled next to the renowned STK, Bistrot Bagatelle opened in Los Angeles a little over a month ago. Finally Angelenos are now able to enjoy a little French fine dining without flying across the globe. In addition to the cozy yet sexy décor, Bistrot Bagatelle provides music to accompany your evening. On Saturday nights a live DJ is present to turn up the heat, and switch the mood and mix today's hottest beats for all in attendance.
On Tuesday, April 10th 2012, Bistrot Bagatelle invited Hollywood insiders to the venue to taste some signature cocktails and fine cuisine from its menu. Serving as a sneak peek as to what we can expect from the Bistrot, we were able to try the perfect mix of signature cocktails and French inspired cuisine.
Bistrot Bagatelle introduced its 'Six a Huit Cocktails', which include: Bajan Groove, Remember When, Sangria Rouge of Bagatelle, and Girl from Lima. These cocktails were far from ordinary. Each cocktail was full of flavor and very different from the one before. Some cocktails were light and refreshing while others were packed with spice and flavors. 'Bajan Groove' has distinctive assets and mixed flavors that embody this cocktail. Hints of basil, cucumber, and mint mixed with grey goose vodka and coconut water makes this the perfect drink on a hot summer day! 'Remember When' mixed belvedere vodka, pear, lemon juice, and basil. This cocktail was one of my favorites, because it's light, fresh, and is perfect for socializing. Putting a twist on the common drink, the 'Sangria Rouge of Bagatelle', is a not your average sangria! For those of you who like a nice cocktail with a punch, 'Girl from Lima' is the way to go! Infused with jalapeño, lemon juice, and a dash of mint, 'Girl from Lima', will definitely wake up all of your senses and keep you on your toes.
As if the cocktails aren't breathtaking enough, the food is phenomenal! As we were sipping on cocktails the chefs were bringing out a variation of appetizers for us to sample. A few of my favorites were: Tartare de Thon, Tartare de Boefu au Couteau, and Pickled Pork Belly Sauce Moutarde. 'Tartare de Thon', is yellow-fin tuna tartar, the bottom was avocado infused with cilantro and citrus soy vinaigrette and served with taro chips. This was an interesting twist to me, as I've tried various 'tuna tartar' from other restaurants, however, this 'Tartare de Thon', was very different, so decadent and one of my favorite cold appetizers served. 'Tartare de Boeuf au Couteau' is hand-cut filet mignon, quail egg, capers, crispy shallots, and petite herbs salad, what more can you ask for?! The "'Pickled Pork Belly' Sauce Moutarde", is pickled pork belly, sauternes, poached Fuji apples, celery branch, horseradish, and sauce moutarde. This warm appetizer was by far my favorite. It was my first time trying 'pickled pork belly', and wasn't quite sure how it would taste. This dish is so rich and has a variety of flavors seeping out of it which immediately takes you on a rollercoaster of flavors and mind blowing intensity. They also served dessert, cupcakes and small cream filled donuts topped off the perfect evening.
Whether you're looking for a quick bite to eat, grabbing drinks with friends, or a romantic dinner, Bistrot Bagatelle is the place to go that will serve your every needs for that special occasion. Leaving you breathless and with a lasting impression, Bistrot Bagatelle is simply stunning and a must see!
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When returning to a home that's been flooded after natural disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods, be aware that your house may be contaminated with mold or sewage, which can cause health risks for your family.
-- When you first reenter your home:
* If you have standing water in your home and can turn off the main power from a dry location, then go ahead and turn off the power, even if it delays cleaning. If you must enter standing water to access the main power switch, then call an electrician to turn it off.?NEVER turn?power on or off?yourself or use an electric tool or appliance?while standing in water.
* Have an electrician check the house's electrical system before turning the power on again.
* If the house has been closed up for several days, enter briefly to open doors and windows to let the house air out for awhile (at least 30 minutes) before you stay for any length of time.
* If your home has been flooded and has been closed up for several days, presume your home has been contaminated with mold.
* If your home has been flooded, it also may be contaminated with sewage.
-- Dry out your house
If flood or storm water has entered your home, dry it out as soon as possible. Follow these steps:
* If you have electricity and an electrician has determined that it's safe to turn it on, use a "wet-dry" shop vacuum (or the vacuum function of a carpet steam cleaner), an electric-powered water transfer pump, or sump pump to remove standing water. If you are operating equipment in wet areas, be sure to wear rubber boots.
* If you do not have electricity, or it is not safe to turn it on, you can use a portable generator to power equipment to remove standing water. Note: If you must use a gasoline-powered pump, generator, pressure washer, or any other gasoline-powered tools to clean your home, never operate the gasoline engine inside a home, basement, garage, carport, porch, or other enclosed or partially enclosed structures, even if the windows and doors are open. Such improper use can create dangerously high levels of carbon monoxide and cause carbon monoxide poisoning.
* If weather permits, open windows and doors of the house to aid in the drying-out process.
* Use fans and dehumidifiers to remove excess moisture. Fans should be placed at a window or door to blow the air outwards rather than inwards, so not to spread the mold.
* Have your?home heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system?checked and cleaned by a maintenance or service professional who is experienced in mold clean-up before you turn it on. If the HVAC system was flooded?with water, turning on the mold-contaminated
HVAC will spread mold throughout the house. Professional cleaning will kill the mold and prevent later mold growth. When the service determines that your system is clean and if it is safe to do so, you can turn it on and use it to help remove excess moisture from your home.
* Prevent water outdoors from reentering your home. For example, rain water from gutters or the roof should drain away from the house; the ground around the house should slope away from the house to keep basements and crawl spaces dry.
* Ensure that crawl spaces in basements have proper drainage to limit water seepage. Ventilate to allow the area to dry out.
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Wabash College head football coach Erick Raeburn has been selected to serve as the offensive line coach for the 2011 U.S. Men's National Team, assembled by USA Football. The team will compete July 8-16 in Austria among a field of eight national teams spanning four continents at the International Federation of American Football (IFAF) Senior World Championship.
Raeburn is one of 10 members of Team USA's coaching staff, led by former Northwest Missouri State University head coach and three-time NCAA Division II national champion Mel Tjeerdsma. U.S. Men's National Team players must be at least 20 years old.
Fifty-nine countries across five continents possess national football federations dedicated solely to football.
USA Football is the sport's national governing body in the United States and is the official football development partner of the NFL and its 32 teams.
Raeburn is 27-6 (.818) in three seasons at Wabash and 84-32 (.724) overall, which includes eight years as the head coach at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He became the first coach in Wabash history to lead the Little Giants to back-to-back NCAA Division III postseason berths (2008-09). The Diamond, Ohio, native also was an assistant coach at his alma mater Mount Union College for six seasons, working under Team USA offensive coordinator Larry Kehres.
"I'm excited about the chance to represent our country and to coach this team," Raeburn said. "This also is a tremendous opportunity to learn from some great coaches."
Tjeerdsma led Northwest Missouri State to a 183-43 (.810) record in 17 seasons at Northwest Missouri State. He was among the first three coaches inducted into the NCAA Division II College Football Hall of Fame before retiring in 2010.
"These men are excellent teachers and football coaches. Our players will enjoy playing for them and I look forward to working beside them," Tjeerdsma said. "We will be well prepared to compete against the world's best in football in Austria."
Forty-five (45) U.S. players will take part in a training camp June 28 to July 4 before departing for Austria. As the sport's national governing body, participation in USA Football's national team program does not affect NCAA eligibility.
The United States is part of Group A along with Australia, Germany and Mexico. Group B includes Austria, Canada, France and Japan. A round robin schedule in group play determines who will compete for gold and bronze medals.


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MADRID (AP) - The driver of a Spanish train that crashed killing 79 people said he was talking by phone to the train's on-board ticket inspector moments before the accident but hung up just before the train left the tracks, a court said Wednesday.
MADRID (AP) � The driver of a Spanish train that crashed killing 79 people said he was talking by phone to the train's on-board ticket inspector moments before the accident but hung up just before the train left the tracks, a court said Wednesday.
Train driver Francisco Jose Garzon Amo went to the court on his own initiative and told the judge he received a call from the ticket inspector about which platform to take on arriving at a station, a court statement said.
Garzon told the judge, who is trying to establish whether human error or a technical failure caused the country's worst rail accident in decades, that he hung up "seconds before" the train hurtled off the track.
Garzon's testimony cleared up the mystery of who had been on the phone with him as he approached a risky curve just outside Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain on July 24.
However, it left a contradiction because the court said "black box" data recorders examined by investigators Tuesday showed Garzon was on the phone at the time of the derailment � though they didn't know who was speaking to him beyond the fact it was a company employee.
Nor did Wednesday's statement on Garzon's unanticipated appearance before the investigating judge in Santiago de Compostela mention whether the driver was questioned about other preliminary findings from the black boxes, including the crucial question of the train's speed, that were announced the previous day.
The train had been going as fast as 119 mph (192 kph) shortly before the derailment, and the driver activated the brakes "seconds before the crash," according to those findings. The speed limit on the section of track where the crash happened was 50 mph (80 kph).
A court spokeswoman was unable to give any further details regarding the driver's latest appearance. She confirmed, however, that the inspector had survived the crash and been identified.
Garzon, the driver, was provisionally charged Sunday with multiple counts of negligent homicide after his first testimony before the judge. He was not sent to jail or required to post bail because none of the parties involved felt there was a risk of him fleeing or attempting to destroy evidence, according to a court statement.
He was apparently consulting a paper document in his cabin while on the phone with his colleague from national rail company Renfe when the train hurtled off the tracks, according to the preliminary findings. No technical failure has been found so far.
Some 61 people injured in the disaster are still hospitalized, 13 of them in critical condition.
The investigating judge has asked for more information from a variety of sources, the court said.
He has asked Renfe for details of the driver's routine drug tests, results from his psychological tests, illnesses, experience and working hours, as well as information about the track, speed limits and work procedures of train staff.
He also has asked for phone company records pertaining to the driver's cellphone.
Phone contact between drivers and control centers is not unusual but not recommended if it poses a risk, a Renfe spokeswoman said Wednesday. She said a driver is under no obligation to answer an incoming call if he deems it best not to.
The driver has access to two phones: one fixed in the driver's cabin and the other a cellphone. She said there is no contact by computer in the form of emails or messages. She spoke on condition of anonymity in accordance with the rules of her job.
Authorities have said that a high-tech automatic braking program called the European Rail Traffic Management System was installed on most of the high-speed track leading from Madrid north to Santiago de Compostela � the route Garzon's train took. But the cutting-edge coverage stops 5 kilometers (3 miles) south of where the crash occurred, placing responsibility on the driver to reduce speed.
The Spanish rail company has said the brakes should have been applied four kilometers (2.5 miles) before the train hit the curve.
The investigation could last several more weeks.
Associated Press writer Jorge Sainz in Madrid contributed to this report. Hatton contributed from Lisbon, Portugal.


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The assessment date of both real and personal property is January 1 of each year. The official name on the property tax bill is the January 1st property owner. Real property owners can list their property with the property valuation administrator between January 1 and March 1, while tangible personal property must be listed between January 1 and May 15.
The preliminary real property assessment totals are scheduled to be submitted by the property valuation administrator to the Office of Property Valuation by the first Monday in April. These totals are evaluated to ensure they meet the fair cash value standards that have been established. If the totals are accepted, the next phase of the property tax calendar may begin. If the totals are rejected, the property valuation administrator will receive specific instructions regarding what must be done to be accepted.
The tax roll inspection period is scheduled to begin on the first Monday in May and continue for thirteen days. The tax roll must be open for six days per week – including Saturdays – and is scheduled to conclude on the third Monday in May. Alternate schedules may have to be used for the inspection period. For example, the inspection period does not have to begin on a Monday; however, the applicable statute does provide that the last day of the inspection period cannot be a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday. The property valuation administrator must advertise the actual dates of the tax roll inspection period in the local newspaper.
During the tax roll inspection period, property owners may file assessment appeals in the county clerk's office. The county clerk needs to ensure that the property owner has had a conference with the property valuation administrator and has listed his or her opinion of value for the property in question before accepting the appeal. Taxpayers who have had a conference with the property valuation administrator have until the close of business of the day following the last day of the inspection period to file an appeal.
Within three working days after the close of the inspection period, the county clerk's office is required to provide a summary of all appeals filed to the property valuation administrator. The property valuation administrator then has three more working days to make the necessary changes to the tax roll due to the appeal filings and submit a final summary of the real property assessments to the Office of Property Valuation.
The local board of assessment appeals convenes no earlier than 25 and not later than 35 calendar days following the conclusion of the tax roll inspection period. If no appeals have been filed, the board meets for only one day to review the assessments of property owned by the property valuation administrator and the deputies in the office. The board meets for no more than five days unless an extension has been granted by the Office of Property Valuation.
After the assessments of all property in a county have been finalized and certified by the Office of Property Valuation, local tax rates can be set and tax bills can be prepared and mailed. The property tax calendar provides for delivery of the tax bills to the sheriff by September 15 of each year; however, many counties wait until October 1 or November 1 to mail their tax bills. If tax bills are mailed by October 1, taxpayers have until November 1 to pay their bill with a 2 percent discount. The face amount of the tax bill is due from November 2 to December 31. In January, a 5 percent penalty is added to the total amount due and beginning February 1 the penalty increases to 21 percent of the tax due. On April 15, all unpaid tax bills are transferred from the sheriff's office to the county clerk's office as of the close of business. The county attorney is then responsible for sending out notices to the delinquent taxpayers while the county clerk processes and distributes payments received, advertises the delinquent tax bills and conducts a sale of the delinquencies to third party purchasers.
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|Fyzz, my new banker
Well what a week it was last week! Monday I received the news that I'm cancer free at last, Tuesday my RL finances got sorted out & on Wednesday of course, we all found out that Mists of Pandaria will be released on 25th September! On Thursday I decided that my current banker would need to get to 85 & finally get around to maxing her Engineering so this little lady was born. Meet Fyzz, my new banker & proud GM of yet another guild & guild bank! Also on Thursday I guested on Power Word:Gold podcast so watch out for the new episode this week! It was great catching up with Jim (Flux) again & if you're an older reader, you'll remember I did a few episodes with him last year.
I've moved all the random stuff I was selling from my old banker, tidied up her guild bank to stuff I think I will still want or need & moved all my glyphs & gems from my scribe/JC alt too. This little girlie ended up with over 400 auctions running, which I know is not that many by some standards but for me, that's a heck of a lot!
So in between all the happy faces & excitement round here, how did my sales go last week? Well not too shabby at all really, considering. Total sales for the week were 33,000 gold most of which came from existing glyphs & emptying out alts banks. My Gold total as of last night was 394,000 gold - but I did have a major spending spree last week as I mentioned & I bought this new guild with an absolutely epic name this week. I'm thinking I may open this guild up & invite lots of randoms, not so much for the weekly gold cash flow boost but more for leveling the guild with a view to selling it later.
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I thought I'd keep it fairly short this week so I've only included the one screenshot. At some point earlier this year, I snatched up a few stacks of Pristine Hides for well below their usual price. I've been dribbling them back onto the market this week at about 150-200 gold profit per Hide. I still have another stack to move so that nice big chunk of change I spent will probably double itself once the last few sell. I like little deals like that!
I've also started moving some of the pets/companions that I'd tucked away. Christmas in July seems to be quite a thing online in my craft circle so I thought I'd dig out my few Christmas pets. The Green Helper Box & Jingling Bell were nice little earners & I'm hoping I can move the others at around the same prices too.
Glyphs always feature heavily in my sales reports & no change this week. What has changed is the variety of glyphs that are selling - there rarely seems to be one glyph that sells more than others - always just 1's and 2's in the top half of the sales table. But as always, the glyph prices are healthy & net me 3000-5000 gold a day easily with just 2 or 3 cancel/relist cycles. Now that Fyzz is selling them for me, I could possibly increase that number of relists & I may try it as an experiment for a few days, see how much of a difference it makes, if any.
Looking forward, I'd like to claw back as much cash as possible before Mists of Pandaria arrives but I also want to level a few more alts. I still have a fair few achievements I want to try for as well so I'll have to balance my gold making activity with play time otherwise it could become quite an obsession! I'm also hoping to be moving house & doing a bit of travelling before Mists hits so I could be a very busy little bee for the next couple of months!


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There's a big weight on Brink's shoulders, and it's the burden of our collective expectation. From the previews, the trailers and all the pre-release hype, we've come to expect a revolutionary FPS full of graceful Mirror's Edge-style free-running and gritty sci-fi spectacle, that provides a seamless single-player and multiplayer experience. Now, it's time to scale those expectations back. Take Brink for what it is - a cool team-based shooter in the style of Splash Damage's previous games (Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory and Enemy Territory: Quake Wars) - and it's a good example of the genre with a few rough edges and a handful of brilliant ideas. Expect something that's instantly amazing, the new Team Fortress 2 or a powerful single-player experience, and you're guaranteed some mild disappointment.
The basic premise is intriguing. In the near future, a pioneering floating city - the Ark - is launched from San Francisco with a population of around 5,000. Then an environmental disaster strikes, the planet is flooded, and the population swells to ten times that figure. As happens, the Ark becomes divided between the wealthy elites in the capital and the hungry masses in the surrounding slums, and the situation only gets worse as supplies dwindle and the Ark decays. Before long a movement, the Resistance, arises from the slums bent on escaping the Ark and searching for a better life on land. In response, the elites build a military force, Security, designed to suppress the Resistance while their leaders endeavour to make contact with the outside world.
You're introduced to all this stuff through a fairly gruelling run of introductory and tutorial videos, which Brink bribes you to stick through with the promise of experience points for your nascent character. The reason you might stick it out is that the game uses persistent characters, both online and offline, and as you level up you gain access to new weapons, clothes, decorations, capabilities and perks which make you a more stylish and effective fighter. The character creation and customisation, system turns out to be one of the game's biggest selling points; with so many variations in terms of hair, costume, facial characteristics and accessories, its easy to create a resistance warrior or security trooper with their own distinctive look (the game maintains different models for the two, even if you play on both sides with the same character). Even the guns - of which there are actually too many - are fully customisable, with new sights, silencers and ammo cartridges that can be unlocked as you level up.
Brink is a complex game, and the best way to get into is not through the videos, but by pushing through the four Challenge missions. These give you a quick run through the abilities of the four classes - soldier, medic, operative and engineer - and a chance to get to grips with the fundamentals of assault, defence and parkour. The last is Brink's most innovative game mechanic. With a quick tap of the left-bumper (on the Xbox 360), you switch into a sprint mode where your character will run forwards, automatically clambering over smaller obstacles and performing acrobatic leaps or heroic slides when you press the jump or crouch buttons. In theory, this makes Brink a faster-moving, more spectacular action game than similar multiplayer FPS games - but then you know that when we say "in theory" there's a big "but" coming later on.
It's when you get to the main Campaign mode that Brink reveals its true nature. Brink doesn't really distinguish between single-player and multiplayer modes. Each side - Resistance and Security - gets the same basic missions, and you're free to play them solo with bots, cooperatively with other players against bots, or in a versus style against human players (with bots filling in the numbers, where necessary). There's no need to mess around searching for servers as Brink handles it all automatically, but you can opt to play with friends or invitees only, should you wish.
While each mission has an introductory cutscene and clear, evolving objectives, differing depending on which side you're playing on, Brink still feels - at its core - like a multiplayer game. In our opinion, the bots do a pretty credible job of handling objectives and playing a supporting role, but Brink doesn't have the pacing, development or narrative power to make a satisfying single-player game. This isn't a disaster, provided you see solo play as practice for an excellent multiplayer effort. With the right team, the action is fast, there's a nice flow from one objective to the next, and the interaction of classes and abilities works very well.
Certain classes are required to achieve specific tasks, and if your team is running short of one you can quickly switch class using the terminals scattered around the level. Provided you have soldiers who actually guard and assault, Engineers who provide support buffs and deploy turrets and mines and operatives who handle espionage and hacking duties - not to mention medics who look for people to heal - it's all great fun. Brink also does a great job of not just offering you primary and secondary objectives, but allowing you to switch between them. Holding "up" on the D-pad gives you a wheel view of the current options, and you're free to switch between them in a jiffy. Play with a good bunch of people who can vaguely work together, and Brink pushes all the same buttons as Counter-Strike, Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory and Team Fortress 2. It's the sort of game you can easily lose hours to.
Of course, with a bad team it's a bit of a nightmare. Some players concentrate on quick-and-easy objectives at the expense of those that are necessary to win the game, while others throw themselves into the fray willy-nilly, with no real consideration of their task or class. At its worst, a game of Brink can degenerate into a series of ridiculous, repetitive scraps over key choke points, won more through attrition than skill or tactics. This isn't a new problem for online, objective-based shooters - and it's one that Splash Damage has worked hard to solve. There's just no quick fix for human nature.
There are, however, problems with Brink that are definitely faults of the game. The biggest is that for a game where free-running should play a major part, there's not always that much opportunity to do it. There are few large open spaces full of ramps, walls, chasms to leap and crates to climb, while too many levels consist mostly of cramped corridors connecting larger chambers. As a result, you don't actually see all that much parkour when you're playing. And while we haven't seen any evidence of the game-killing lag that some of the game's critics are complaining of, Brink isn't technically perfect, either. Even with the day one patch, the graphics are a bit on the plain side, with the detailed, wonderfully caricatured human models and stylised lighting let down by some unimpressive, low-detail sci-fi scenery. To make things worse, there's a certain amount of texture pop-in during play, even if its more obvious when the game begins than it is when the action hots up. Basically, Brink doesn't look or feel like the state-of-the-art.
At heart, Brink is an enjoyable and highly addictive team-based shooter with the potential to be much more. With some tweaking, a little polishing, and a clutch of brilliant (and preferably free) DLC levels, it could still become a truly brilliant game. At the moment, though, it merely stands at the brink of greatness, too complex for the casual Call of Duty crowd, but not quite new or different enough to dazzle those who've come through Team Fortress 2, Battlefield and the rest. Brink is still good enough for a cautious recommendation, but it needs a bit more work to be the next big thing.


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May 03, 2011 | ISBN 9780345522474
"Hearne, a self-professed comic-book nerd, has turned his love of awesome dudes whacking mightily at evil villains into a superb urban fantasy debut. Staying alive for 2,000 years takes a great deal of cunning, and sexy super-druid Atticus O'Sullivan, currently holed up in the Arizona desert, has vexed a few VIPs along the way. High up on that list is Aenghus Óg, the Celtic god of love. It's not just that Aenghus wants his sword back—though it is a very nice magical sword—but that Atticus didn't exactly ask permission to take it. Atticus and his trusty sidekick, Irish wolfhound Oberon, make an eminently readable daring duo as they dodge Aenghus's minions and thwart his schemes with plenty of quips and zap-pow-bang fighting." —Publisher's Weekly, starred review
"A page-turning and often laugh-out-loud funny caper through a mix of the modern and the mythic."—Ari Marmell, author of The Warlord's Legacy
"Celtic mythology and an ancient Druid with modern attitude mix it up in the Arizona desert in this witty new fantasy series."—Kelly Meding, author of Three Days to Dead
"Kevin Hearne breathes new life into old myths, creating a world both eerily familiar and startlingly original."—Nicole Peeler, author of Tempest Rising


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Uite ,cine vrea sa stie cum merge treaba cu drogurile in Kosovo , sa citeasca mai jos. Asta era la anul 2005 , ca acum au mai evoluat baietii;
"Heroin Production Facilities Flourish in Kosovo Area Under US
Military Protection
source: Defense & Foreign Affairs Daily
Tuesday, 25 October 2005
Exclusive. From GIS Station Pri�tina. Three major heroin production
laboratories, run by the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA/UCK: Ushtria
Clirimtare e Kosove), are operating within the Urosevac [Lat.
42.38�N, Long. 21.17�E] area of the Serbian province of Kosovo which
is under the control of US Army units operating from Camp Bondsteel.
The US authorities operating in the area have specifically protected
the laboratories from inspection by other NATO forces in the area,
and there is evidence that, over a period of years, US military and
possibly intelligence elements have actively engaged in commercial
and/or support relations with the narco-traffickers involved with the
heroin laboratories.
Very well-placed GIS sources said that, essentially since the
withdrawal of Serbian Government control over its Kosovo province,
there has been an increasing amount of opium grown in the area, and
this is a major supply source for the heroin laboratories, although
it is understood that some raw opium may also be fed into the
laboratories from, or via, Turkey (possibly including some raw opium
from Afghanistan). Albanian "mafia" control of the heroin trade in
Western Europe is now well-documented.
[In Turkey, it is not illegal to grow opium, and, as well, there is a
growing production of opium in Iraqi Kurdish areas; these production
areas are also believed to support the heroin laboratories in the
Urosevac area.]
Very senior sources within NATO governments have confirmed that the
US military command in the Urosevac area has instructed other foreign
forces, serving alongside the US in the NATO peacekeeping operations,
to avoid certain areas where the processing laboratories function,
repeating the warnings of the KLA combatants in the area that the
land is mined. The determination of the KLA to defend these
facilities is now well-known locally. A Russian unit, some three or
four years ago, engaged the KLA in a firefight in the area, at night,
after which the KLA forces were sufficiently strong and well-armed
that they surrounded the Russian camp and essentially prevented the
Russian forces from leaving their camp.
Other NATO and peacekeeping forces in the immediate area and
elsewhere in Kosovo were asked whether there was a chance that the US
command at Camp Bondsteel was unaware of the heroin laboratories and
their related activities. All confirmed the view expressed by one
official: "There is not a chance that the senior US military in the
area do not know about the [heroin production] facilities." However,
there was also anecdotal evidence that military personnel from other
countries deployed in the area were also actively engaged in
narcotics trafficking with the KLA.
The KLA's use of Kosovo as a criminal clearing-house extends to a
wide range of other activities. Stolen cars from all around Europe,
but particularly from Italy, are "re-processed" in Kosovo, and given
new papers, before being re-exported to places such as Albania. One
such car was used for some time by the Albanian Interior Minister,
until a few years ago, before, on a visit to Greece, it was
identified because of an Interpol alert, and seized. As well,
electrical goods and household fittings removed from the homes of
Kosovo Serbs, who have been driven from the area, are on sale through
a major network of retail outlets in Albania.
Little of this gains international attention, although the use of
roadblocks by the KLA reached such a level that the United Nations
and NATO leaderships in Kosovo have issued warnings to their
personnel. See Defense & Foreign Affairs Special Analysis, October
20, 2005: KFOR Claims "Criminals" Active in Western Kosovo; Linked to
KLA and Narco-Trafficking.]
However, US involvement with the narco-trafficking has gone beyond
merely turning a blind eye to the activities of the KLA in the area.
US military vehicles, several years ago, were known to have actually
transported narcotics from Kosovo, through the Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), and into the Florin area of northern
Greece, and then on through the Greek Western port of Igoumenitsa
(capital of the region of Thessprotia, lying just across the island
of Corfu) the closest port to Italy with direct connections to
Brindesi, Bari and Ancona. On at least one occasion (before 2001),
the trucks carrying the narcotics were said to be carrying the bodies
of dead US servicemen, and, as a result, Greek newspapers carried
reports claiming that 14 US troops had been killed in Kosovo.
Significantly, as the question of the "final status" of Kosovo moves
to center-stage, the US has begun moving some of its intelligence
capabilities from Bosnia and into Kosovo over recent months. Many of
the Bosnian Croat sources being run by the US Central Intelligence
Agency or other US agencies now appear to be being handled by British
Secret Intelligence Service (SIS/MI-6) control."
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La 2007-07-20 11:47:41, zokibis a scris:
"Din pacate pentru americanofili realitatea este ca CIA controleaza productia de droguri (Afganistan, Columbia) si traficul lor. "


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Can't Get Online Week was an England-wide tour of Rural Broadband "notspots" conducted by John Popham with sponsorship from the Country Land and Business Association in October/November 2011. The tour visited communities in Hampshire, Essex, Norfolk, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Lancashire, North Yorkshire, Cumbria, County Durham, and Northumberland, asking local people to talk about the pain caused to their daily lives, at work, in education, and at home, by the lack of a decent broadband connection.
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She received her diploma in Business Administration from the Athens University of Economics and Business. She graduated from the University of Patras with a M.B.A. Degree in Business Administration.
Achilles is the Lawyer of PSP providing legal support or advice to the management. He can assist companies as well in developing their legal documentation or provide specific advice on legal issues. Upon request he can offer patent and licensing advice and support them in their IP rights protection.
He holds a degree in Law from the University of Athens and an LL.M. from Bristol University (U.K.).


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Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering: BSA Enforcement Policy
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The guidance attached to this bulletin continues to apply to federal savings associations.
The federal banking agencies 1 recently issued an interagency statement (see attached) which provides general policy guidance regarding circumstances in which an agency is required to issue a cease-and-desist order to address noncompliance with Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) requirements. The statement also details standards that agencies will apply when citing a violation of the Suspicious Activity Reporting regulations.
The statement complements the FFIEC BSA/AML Examination Manual and is designed to promote consistency among the agencies with regard to BSA-related enforcement decisions. The statement is also intended to make standards used by regulators in such cases more transparent.
This issuance rescinds OCC Bulletin 2004-50, "Enforcement Guidance for BSA/AML Program Deficiencies."
Ann F. Jaedicke
Deputy Comptroller for Compliance Policy
Daniel P. Stipano
Deputy Chief Counsel
1 Federal banking agencies include the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Office of Thrift Supervision, and the National Credit Union Administration.


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ALL too soon, I've reached the last of my three bottles of cloudy, live, imported wheat beer, from ASDA. Grolsch Weizen was Dutch, lowest priced and outstanding. Franziskaner Hefe-Weissbier was German, more expensive and made with quality. What then, will this expensive £1.99 pence bottle of Edelweiss Weiβbier from Austria be like?
To recap, wheat beer, especially the cloudy ones, are favourites. They're some of my favourites, and, judging by your comments, they're your favourites as well. But they've all been a little bit different. And that's very good news for anyone bored of identical Pilsner style lagers.
Edelweiss Weiβbier is going to be my first beer from Austria. So, what am I expecting from the country that brought us Adolf Hitler and bizarre human enslavement, yet also Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the Alps? Will Edelweiss Weiβbier be a Ferdinand Porsche or an Arnold Scwarzenegger? I don't know. Maybe the bottle will tell us?
Starting, unusually, with the bottle top.
German translators, do please do your thing in the comments at the end of this post. "Naturtrüb" must be something to do with "nature". And "Hefetrüb" is something to do with wheat. I'm completely lost with "Obergärig".
What can I say about the neck label? It looks nice. It says the most important things like "Wheat Beer", "Original" and "Import". And it has the Edelweiss logo, which has a picture of some alps and the year 1475. Which is a very long time ago.
The main front label however is one of the most impressive shields ever stuck to a bottle of beer.
It has enough English language to let you know what it is. And enough German language to confuse you and remind you that it really is imported.
First stop is the crest. There's all sorts of strange gubbins attached to it. Does anyone know the story behind it?
Most of the words around the border are self-explanatory. But, I must ask the friendly translators out there to help with "Hofbräu Kaltenhausen".
All very symmetrical, precise and Germanic. There's no details cluttering up that label. Maybe the back label has something a little more descriptive?
Err, not exactly. It's all in English, so it must have been put on especially for us. And, it's entirely made up of small-print details. No descriptions, no stories about ancient traditions by monks in abbeys. Just the clean facts. How very Germanic of them.
Still, small-print facts are small-print facts, and these are no less interesting. Edelweiss Weiβbier was brewed by "Brau Union Ősterreich AG" Then there's an address with a possibly answer to the Hofbräu question from the front label. Has anyone been to "Hofbräu Kaltenhausen, A-4500 Kaltenhausen, Austria"? What is it like?
There's a full list of ingredients. Much more interesting than the abridged version we get here in the UK. Under that is the full table of UK units of alcohol recommendations. The full thing. True to form, it would be impossible for them to stick to the rules and more than they have.
Then there are the vital statistics. Edelweiss Weiβbier comes in the ubiquitous 500ml bottle. It has an alcoholic volume of 5.5%. Both of which bring it to 2.8 UK units of alcohol.
And that's it. There is nothing left to say about the bottle. The flipside is that we get to the fun bit quicker. What will Edelweiss Weiβbier taste like? How will it compare to the handful of other wheat beers that I've tried? Will it be worth the extremely high price? I'm looking forward to finding out.
Yes, yes. It's not the right glass. I know. But just look at the beer. A magnificent frothy head tops the cloudiest of amber beers.
One of the best things about unfiltered wheat beers is the smell. Does it let Edelweiss Weiβbier down? Not a chance. The smell is every bit as odorous, rich and mouth watering as the rest of them. Crucially, is there any hint of citrus? Some of them have it, others smell more like a loaf of bread. This one is hard to tell. You can smell the wheat, but is that fruit in there too? It's hard to tell.
So what does it taste of? A couple of gulps weren't enough to answer the question. This is going to take a few more sips to figure out. A few sips later and I'm enjoying Edelweiss Weiβbier. It seems to be a straight up wheaty wheat beer like Franziskaner Hefe-Weissbie, not the citrus explosion sort, like Grolsch Weizen. There is almost no flavour, which is smoothly followed by a rich, wheaty and malty taste. No bitterness, but a lingering and very taste that clings to your tongue.
More than half-way through already, so what am I enjoying about Edelweiss Weiβbier? I like what it does and how it does it. The wheaty and malty taste is superb. It's also different to the few other unfiltered wheat beers that I've tried. And that scores it marks for distinctiveness. Making it even more distinctive is just how light it is. With no flavour, the entire experience sits on the taste and aftertaste. And, unlike most lagers, it works. I also like how rich and full bodied it is. And, as is the way with these old continental wheat beers, how well made and easy to drink it is.
There are however, one or two drawbacks with Edelweiss Weiβbier. If, like me, you love the smorgasbord of flavours from the likes of Hoegaarden White Beer, you'll come away a tiny bit disappointed. And, by having almost no flavour but immense taste and aftertaste, it's a lopsided experience. Like standing on one leg. That leaves it an unrefreshing experience. And also one that's heavy. I feel like I've just eaten a thick, if tasty slice of bread. And, as is the way with beers like this, get ready to burp.
What is the verdict on Edelweiss Weiβbier? I liked it. But that's hardly surprising. I like all live, unfiltered wheat beers. What is surprising is what Edelweiss Weiβbier does to it. It goes down the wheaty tasting wheat beer route, and still manages to be different to the other wheaty tasting wheat beers. How did it do that? If you're curious, then try one. If you can find it. And afford it.
Rating: 4.4
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Backup software supplier Veeam is quietly doing extraordinary things; it's growing its backup business while touting their latest software as a means to continue growing its market share.
Veeam is privately-owned and focusses on virtual machine backup. It has no venture capital funding as far as we can tell. Despite that, it's quite open about its revenues and customer growth numbers. We've charted them to show their growth trajectory.
Veeam Revenue and Customer Growth
We charted revenue in thousands of dollars, instead of millions, so that we could stick customer numbers on the same chart and compare the two growth curves.
Big events in Veeam's history are:-
2006 - Founded by Ratmir Timashev (CEO) and Andrei Baronov
2008 - Backup & Replication product released
March 31 2013 - 64,000 customers. 4 million VMs protected
May 2013 - Employee count passed 1,000 world-wide
Product timeline
Q1 2008 - v1.0 - 2-in-1: backup and replication, Instant File-Level Recovery, Built-in deduplication, Synthetic full backups, Replication multiple restore points
Q3 2008 - v2.0 - ESXi support with VCB, Fastest VCB performance, Advanced VSS support
Q1 2009 - v3.0 - Instant File-Level Recovery for Linux, ESXi support without VCB
Q4 2009 - v4.0 - Centralized management Support for vStorage APIs, Support for CBT, Support for thin-provisioned disks, Near-CDP, Replication to ESXi
Q4 2010 - v5.0 - vPower, Instant VM Recovery, SureBackup, U-AIR, On-Demand Sandbox, Instant indexing
Q4 2011 - v6.0 - Enterprise scalability, Advanced replication, Hyper-V support, 1-Click File Restore
Q2 2012 - v6.1 - VeeamZIP, vPower for Hyper-V, Veeam Backup Free Edition
Q4 2012 - v6.5 - Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Exchange and SAN Snapshots, support for vSphere 5.1 and Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V.
This has been a busy company, product development-wise. It reckoned it had 11 per cent of the VM backup market at the end of 2012, based on an assumption of 8 VMs per CPU socket and 35 million total VMs spread across VMware, Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer, Red Hat, Oracle and any other supplier.
Veeam thinks it will protect 7.3 million out of 40 million VMs by the end of this year; an 18 per cent market share. So … it is growing and taking market share from other VM backup suppliers.
V 7.0 highlights
Version 7 of its Backup and Replication product introduces WAN acceleration so that backup data sent to a remote site arrives quicker. It can make backups using storage snapshots, and can archive backup to the cloud.
Veeam v7.0 data flow
The WAN acceleration involves deduplication technology developed by Veeam. Backing up from storage array snapshots lessens the use of the host server CPU cores that are running customers' VMs. It uses VMware changed block tracking, meaning there is instant VMware snapshot commit.
Veeam reckons it's up to 20 times faster than other backup approaches. Only HP arrays are supported at this point; StoreVirtual VSA, StoreVirtual, and StoreSer. Other non-specified suppliers will have support added in the future.
Veeam makes the point that treating snapshots in the SAN as backups is a risky proposition because if the SAN fails, the backups are not available; they're better stored off the SAN. Timashev said: "IT can back up three or four times every hour if they desire, ensuring that in the event that some or all of the production environment goes down, little, if any, data will be lost."
It says that with version 7, customers can "display vCloud Director infrastructure in Veeam and restore vApps and VM's directly to vCD, monitor backups and backup infrastructure from vSphere, and archive … backups to tape."
Restoration is fast as well; "instantly from Microsoft SharePoint and Exchange, SAN Snapshots, VMware or Hyper-V disk based backups, and from the cloud."
The product comes in three editions; Standard, Enterprise and Enterprise Plus. Pricing is a bit complicated so we copied a Veeam slide to show it:
Veeam 7.0 editions and pricing
Enterprise Plus is a free and optional upgrade for existing Enterprise customers who should note that the annual maintenance cost is higher with the Plus product.
Veeam Backup & Replication v7 will be available in the third quarter of 2013.
Coincidentally, STORServer has released v5.0 of its Virtual Machine Backup (VMB) software, which includes IBM's Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) for Virtual Environments (VE). This offloads virtual machine backup workloads to a centralised server and enables, we're told, near-instant recovery. ®
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Thanksgiving is just a week away, and that means the 85th Annual Thanksgiving Day Parade is too.
Almost as much a national tradition as turkey is the same day, the parade combines the best of tradition (hello Santa, Rockettes) and the new and wondrous each year. Here's a peek at what will come down Seventh Avenue this year, courtesy of a special event at the Macy's Parade Studio (yes, there is such a thing) in Moonachie, N.J. on Tuesday.
Director Tim Burton, known for his twisted and visually-inspired films like "Edward Scissorhands," "A Nightmare Before Christmas," "Sleepy Hollow," and "Alice in Wonderland," has already had his original art featured in the Museum of Modern Art, but now it will float high above the city streets. Burton has created an original balloon -- a stitched-together ragdoll-like creature -- called B. Boy especially for this year's parade. Previous artists who have created balloons include Jeff Koons, Keith Haring, and Takashi Murakami.
Other balloons making their 2011 debut will be "Julius," the monkey mascot of clothing designer Paul Frank, video game star Sonic the Hedgehog, and the Aflac Duck (we doubt Gilbert Gottfried will be on hand to voice him, though).
Always a hallmark of the parade, the 2011 edition will the likes of Shelby Lynne, Cee Lo Green, Avril Lavigne, "Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe, the cast of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" (if you're watching the parade live, keep your head up), "American Idol" winner Scotty McCreery, Mary J. Blige, Neil Diamond, and figure skater Johnny Weir.
Look out for the "tricycloon." As you'd imagine, that stands for "part tricycle, part balloon." These inflated novelties will fill that niche gap between float and balloon. The tricycloons join the "balloonicles" (part balloon, part self-propelled vehicles) that debuted in 2004. This year, the Aflac Duck is an example of a ballonicle.
In addition to old favorites like the Gift of Freedom (featuring a replica Statue of Liberty) and, of course, Santa's Sleigh, are all new Frozen Fall Fun float which was created in partnership with the National Hockey League (and will feature many NHL players) and the "ZHU-Niverse!" float, which marks the parade debut of the ZhuZhu Pets toy line.
The 85th Annual Thanksgiving Day Parade airs live on NBC starting at 9:00 AM.


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Wally Hall is the managing sports editor for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. A graduate of the University of Arkansas-Little Rock after an honorable discharge from the U.S. Air Force, he is a member and past president of the Football Writers Association of America, member of the U.S. Basketball Writers Association, past president and current executive committee and board member of the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame, and voter for the Heisman Trophy. He has been awarded Arkansas Sportswriter of the Year 10 times and has been inducted into the Arkansas Sportswriters and Sportscasters Hall of Fame.
Induction into Hall of Fame well worth trip
The entrance to the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame at Verizon Arena in North Little Rock.
Tonight, at the Statehouse Convention Center, 11 great individuals representing five different colleges in the state and numerous high schools will be inducted at the 56th Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame banquet.-
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Mr. Speaker, first, I want to go back a year and explain the process that went on with the legislation. It is very important that we look at exactly what we have in Bill C-56 and understand why it is in there. It all started a year ago on May 4 when the bill went directly to committee. It is the first piece of legislation that has ever gone directly to committee. It went right to committee, and I commend the minister at the time for doing that. It is a very contentious issue which is important to all members of the House and all Canadians.
Putting it before committee was a very wise thing to do, before entrenchment of partisan lines and before people said things in which they would entrap themselves before fully understanding the issue. For nine months the committee examined this issue. It had the best witnesses from across Canada and around the world tear the legislation apart and look at it from all sides; the scientific side, the ethical side and the family values side. At the end it was suggested that maybe it was named inappropriately and that it should be named building families.
There are really two parts. We have the part about the in vitro fertilization, the idea of what it takes when infertile couples cannot have children and what has to happen for them to conceive. We looked at what would assist them to build families, to build healthy new Canadians who would develop into prosperous individuals to help and grow society in Canada.
The other side is perhaps as some people would argue not even applicable to the bill. It is all on the scientific side which drives the idea that research should be done to ease the suffering of individuals, which has nothing to do with reproduction other than getting some of the material that could perhaps be used for stem cells in this area. That was important to understand.
We listened to everyone. For scientists, the success of in vitro fertilization is a brand new baby boy or girl. However for society it is much deeper than that. We had witnesses who appeared before the committee who said that who their parents were, where they came from, if there was an anonymous donor that they did not know anything about, left a void in their life which they could not handle later in life. It was very important that we understood the structure of the human body, which is very complex, and the psychological effects on many individuals. Success from the different perspectives was very different so we had to look at all sides of the issue.
On the embryonic stem cell side, if we are going to destroy an embryo, destroy life at its beginning to achieve stem cells by 14 days, kill it, take the stem cells and do research is an ethical minefield in the eyes of many people. We are taking human life at its very early and most vulnerable stage and destroying it. It is not an issue of whether life begins there or not. Biologically it does and whether we like that or not there is nothing we can do about that. The issue is how much value do we place on life at that stage. That is the ethical dilemma in which the House will be placed. It is something that we wrestled with as a committee for a year.
At the end of that, we recognized that there were other alternatives. We had scientists come to the committee who said that we should not go down that path. From the scientific research being done and the easing of human suffering, it was much more successful on the adult stem cell side of it.
In December the committee issued its report on its findings entitled, "Assisted Human Reproduction: Building Families". This was an all party committee. The committee had a majority of Liberal members, and the other members of parliament were three Canadian Alliance, two Bloc, one NDP and one Progressive Conservative. After we listened to all the witnesses, we came up with these recommendations.
The recommendation states:
Research using embryos be a controlled activity requiring a licence. Even if all other regulatory criteria are met, no licence may be issued unless the applicant clearly demonstrates that no other category of biological material could be used for the purposes of the proposed research.
Prior to that, the preamble, we came to that conclusion because we heard that embryonic stem cell research presents some possibilities. Other sources, such as umbilical cord blood or adult stem cells are more available, are more easily obtained, are less ethically contentious. Some witnesses argued that research on stem cells using sources other than embryos might be sufficient to obtain the stem cell potential.
The committee was struck with the testimony that in the past year there have been tremendous gains in adult stem cell research in humans. We also heard that after many years of embryonic stem cell research in animal models, the results are not providing the expected advances. Therefore, we want to encourage research funding in the area of adult stem cells.
After nine months of listening to the best and the brightest in our land and in the world, the committee which had no vested interest said that there were two ways we could go. We could destroy life at its beginning and do research on the embryo which has very limited scientific possibilities at this time, or we could go on this other line which is the adult or non-embryonic stem cell research, which is umbilical cord blood, amniotic fluid and on and on. The committee decided to go there. The bill does not reflect that and therein lies the problem and the reason for an amendment. We need a piece of legislation that recognizes the value of the adult or non-embryonic stem cell research.
What has happened since December? As I reported a couple of days ago in the House, in the last 60 days there have been a number of different advancements that have happened involving Parkinson's patients. These results were not just proposed and looked hopeful; the patients were actually cured. It is the same thing for multiple sclerosis and autoimmune resistance and on and on. We have seen tremendous gains in the last 60 days compared to any other time in history. What has happened in this line of research in the last year has been absolutely phenomenal. The advancement is growing and growing.
What happens in the next 60 days or in the next year becomes something we have to recognize. We have to be very cautious of going down the ethically charged line of destroying life at its beginning. All of this is important.
What is interesting is that because of this research we see actual cures coming from adult stem cell research. This was in an article on the fourth or fifth page of the Globe and Mail . If the research had been done on embryos and it had been embryonic stem cells that had cured the Parkinson's and MS patients, it would have been a shot heard around the world.
The drive of the scientists and society to get to the embryos is absolutely astounding. We do not have enough information on this whole area. It is very important that we take our time. We have to deliberate. Society has to wrestle with the same things we have wrestled with in committee so that we do not make mistakes. We must be wise in how we go down this ethically charged line.
The whole idea of patent law is not part of the bill because patent law comes under the industry minister. It is unfortunate. Something on patenting the human body should be placed in this legislation. Patenting the human body should not take place. The human body should be something that we cherish. How we find it may be patented, but certainly we should not allow ourselves to patent the human body.
The most important part of this legislation is not what we do with the embryo; it is what we do with the agency that licenses the research as we go forward in the 21st century. It must be accountable and garner the trust of Canadians if we are to truly have a piece of legislation and work in areas that are so ethically charged. It has to be looked at. It has to be changed. We have to make that as open and transparent as possible. I encourage all members to be wise as we deliberate in that area.


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When I finish with my professional obligations in writing about MLB The Show and sit down to play it for my own enjoyment, I'm nearly 100 percent a Road to the Show player. That's the game's career mode, where you bring a guy out of the minor leagues into the majors and, one hopes, stardom. But like the other PS3 role-playing game I enjoy, I spend a lot of time in the minor leagues because I'm always rebooting my players or toying with different classes.
So, I've seen nearly all of the 19 fictional baseball fields where you play your minor league career in The Show. In fact, being promoted sometimes means you still stay in the same stadium ("Green Valley Stadium," last year, was home to Philadelphia's AA and AAA clubs.) Not only that, each park had its own set of umpires locked to it, which meant a Phillies prospect could go his whole career getting balls and strikes called by the same guy at his home games. (Curse you, Earl Cooper!)
To add a little more variety, MLB 13 The Show will add seven more minor league stadiums. That one above is the glamorous Bayfront Park, whose measurements are 330 feet down the lines, 403 feet to center field, 390 feet in the alleys. Environment artist Kevin Weinstein "decided to incorporate the west coast look of the Santa Monica Pier, blended with a Coney Island style for the unique background you see beyond the right field wall."
Two other ballparks, Stateman Park and Crystal Falls Stadium, are featured at the link below. The last time The Show added minor league ballparks was in 2011, when it brought in All-American Park and The Porch.
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Wilson helps Angels complete sweep of White Sox
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) This was one time when C.J. Wilson didn't question manager Mike Scioscia's decision to remove him from a game while an inning was in progress.
Despite the fact that a bout with the flu had sapped his energy, he still was able to dominate the Chicago White Sox for 7 1-3 innings.
Wilson bounced back strongly from his shortest outing of the season, taking a three-hit shutout into the eighth, and Josh Hamilton drove in three runs to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a 4-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday.
Wilson (7-5) was charged with one run, struck out six, and was lifted after 107 pitches. Last Tuesday at Houston, the left-hander gave up five runs, six hits and five walks through 2 2-3 innings in a 7-2 loss.
''I don't even remember what happened five days ago. I've just been in a stupor,'' Wilson said ''I've been sick with the flu the last couple of days, so I didn't really have much in the tank. That was pretty much all I had. I wish could say that I could have gone nine today, or throw 130 pitches, but it just wasn't in the cards.'' Joe Smith relieved Wilson, giving up a double to pinch-hitter Alejandro De Aza, a run-scoring infield hit by pinch-hitter Conor Gillaspie and an RBI single by Adam Eaton before retiring Gordon Beckham in a double-play grounder.
Ernesto Frieri got three outs for his 10th save.
The White Sox concluded a nine-game stretch in Southern California in which they lost two of three to San Diego, won two of three against the Dodgers and were swept by the Angels thanks to Wilson's gem.
''Wilson threw a great game. We didn't get anything going, and we were just flat,'' manager Robin Ventura said. ''We just couldn't get anybody on base. And when we did, he got a couple of double-play balls that really just took the life out of any kind of rally.''
Chicago first baseman Jose Abreu started in the designated hitter role for the 10th time and was 0 for 4 with a pair of double-play grounders. A top contender for AL Rookie of the Year, he is 9 for 38 with four homers and 11 RBIs as a DH.
''I think we held him in check the whole series, but I think we just sort of got him at a bad time,'' Wilson said.
Jose Quintana (3-6) allowed four runs, seven hits and four walks through 4 1-3 innings and struck out four. It was the eighth time in the left-hander's 13 starts that he left a game with fewer than three runs of support, and he is 0-6 in those outings.
''It just seemed like Q was battling all the time with guys on base,'' Ventura said. ''I mean, he'll walk a few guys here and there, but today he was just falling behind and not really locating like he normally does.''
Quintana escaped a bases-loaded jam in the first when he retired Hamilton on a popup and struck out C.J. Cron. But Hamilton drove in the Angels' first run with a two-out double in the third, then made it 3-0 in the fifth with a bases-loaded two-run single after Quintana walked cleanup hitter David Freese. Cron followed with an RBI single that chased the left-hander.
''In situations with guys on base, the biggest thing is putting the ball in play,'' Hamilton said. ''One time I didn't and two times I did. You do what you can to help the team win. We've done a great job the last few games getting runners in scoring position with two outs.''
Freese, who had never drawn more than two walks in any of his 507 previous regular-season games in the major leagues, got a free pass all four times up - all on 3-2 counts. That tied a franchise record for a nine-inning game, and was the first time it happened since May 18, 2013, when the White Sox walked Chris Iannetta four times.
''We worked a lot of walks today. Freese had the force field going today,'' Wilson said. ''Anytime you put that much pressure on the starting pitcher and knock him out before the fifth inning, that's good.''
NOTES: This was the Angels' third series sweep this season, and Jered Weaver had recorded a victory in each of them. ... The Angels are batting .170 with the bases loaded (8 for 47). ... The last time Wilson faced the White Sox was May 17, 2013, when he lost his second 3-0 decision to Chris Sale in a span of six days. ... Wilson has pitched at least five innings in 12 of his 13 starts without allowing any fourth-inning runs. ... The White Sox, who began the day trailing AL Central-leading Detroit by four games, open a nine-game homestand Monday night with a four-game series against the Tigers. SS Alexei Ramirez leads the league with a .381 home batting average.


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Bolton (England)
Bolton is a town in Greater Manchester, England. The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton is the administrative area covering Bolton, Farnworth, Westhoughton, Horwich, Little Lever, Kearsley,Turton and Blackrod. Bolton is 40 miles from Blackpool. Bolton is pronounced locally as Bultern.
The Borough is surrounded by Hills and Reservoirs such as the West Pennine Moors.
5 miles West of Bury, 9 North of Wigan, Bolton can be found in the North-West of England. It is located approximately 17 miles north west of Manchester City Centre. Blackburn with Darwen, borders to the north,and The Borough of Chorley,Borders to the northwest.
Bolton Grew during the Industrial Revolution and was one of Lancashire's main Mill Towns. Bolton has a Saxon heritage. Smithills was built on the site of Saxon Palace. The present Parish Church is the third on this site. the first church was Saxon. The town was important during the Civil War as a parliamentary stronghold. There was a Massacre in 1644 and the seventh Earl of Derby was executed in Churchgate on October 15th 1651. This last event is commemorated annually on the nearest Saturday outside ye olde Man & Scythe Inn by a street play. Hall i'th' Wood is a famous building worth visiting with its civil war and industrial revolution history. Many of its old mills and chimneys have gone but it still attracts visitors to modern and old attractions.
Districts in the Bolton area are Astley Bridge, Breightmet, Farnworth, Great Lever, Leverhulme, Little Lever, Halliwell,Harwood, Horwich, The Haulgh, Tonge Moor, Tonge Fold, Halliwell, Smithhills, Lostock, Bradshaw, Egerton, Bromley Cross, Toppings, Kearsley, Bradley Fold, Hall i'th' Wood,Blackrod,Westhoughton and Moss Bank.
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Mancheater, Liverpool, Blackpool Airport. There is a good direct train service from Manchester Airport to Bolton.
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Bolton's railway station is located to the south of the Town Centre, approximately 5 minutes walk away from the Town Hall.
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Bolton is situated amidst the West Pennine Moors so this accounts for some excellent sight seeing and breathtaking views making it an ideal town for walking and cycling in.
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The Museum and Art gallery at Bolton Central Library in the town centre are worth a look. There is also an aquarium in the basement. The famous Fish and Veg Market, the newly developed Market Hall and Churchgate are worth visiting.
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Catch a production at The Octagon Theatre.
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One of Bolton's most prized food outlets is Ye Olde Pastie Shoppe on Churchgate (off Bradshawgate). It's only open during weekdays and is renowned for it's Pasties. It is unusual that the Pasties bought here can be taken into Ye Olde Man & Scythe Inn, also in Churchgate, and enjoyed with a pint of their spaeciality - cloudy cider.
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The Kenmore Village Board on Tuesday approved an agreement with the Police Benevolent Association to eliminate the position of assistant police chief and add a second captain's position to the force.
Mayor Patrick Mang said it was essentially an amendment of the village's current agreement with the police union, allowing for a reorganization of the chain of command in the Police Department. With the elimination of the assistant chief's position, two captains will serve under Chief Peter Breitnauer.
The current contract between the village and the PBA covers four police lieutenants, three detectives and 13 patrol officers.
Mang said the department received 13,362 requests for service last year. There were 1,989 police reports filed, including arrests, investigations and informational inquiries; and 169 domestic incident reports.
Among enforcement activity in the village last year, Mang said there were 67 felony arrests, 169 violation arrests and 339 misdemeanor arrests.
There were 4,399 vehicle and traffic summonses issued by the department in 2012.
The board also approved an intermunicipal agreement with the Town of Tonawanda and West Seneca to pick up and house lost, stray or abandoned dogs in the village.
Under the agreement, the Town of Tonawanda will pick up the animals and transport them to a facility in West Seneca, where the dogs will be housed.
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