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President Obama is expected tonight to raise money at a reception and dinner in Weston, Mass., with about 60 high-powered, moneyed attendees planning to fill Democratic coffers.
The event is being hosted by longtime Democratic fundraiser Alan D. Solomont and his wife, Susan. Guests will be served Spanish-influenced fare in honor of Solomont's post as US ambassador to Spain, which he completed in August. For dessert? Red Sox cookies.
Among those expected to attend are House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi; Governor Deval Patrick; Ken Burns, the director of acclaimed documentaries; Representative Steve Israel, who is chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee; Swanee Hunt, former US ambassador to Austria; and retired US Navy admiral James Stavridis.
Also expected are several members of congress, including John Tierney, of Salem; Niki Tsongas, of Lowell; and David Cicilline, of Rhode Island. Former congressman Barney Frank is also planning to attend, according to a DCCC aide.
It's the fifth fund-raiser that Obama has held in the 2014 cycle for the DCCC. Ticket prices ranged from $16,200 per person to $64,800 per couple. The DCCC would not say how much Obama expected to raise in total.
Solomont is the former US ambassador to Spain, serving from January 2010 until August 2013. He will start in January as the dean of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts.
Solomont has for decades been a prominent Democratic fundraiser and his home has hosted the party's luminaries. Bill and Hillary Clinton have partied at their 1920s Colonial, as did Senator Edward M. Kennedy, John Kerry, Dick Gephardt, and Tom Daschle.
When Obama walks into his house, he will be able to view a mixture of paintings and Grateful Dead memorabilia. He could also peruse Solomont's collection of autographs, which includes a 1794 document signed by Samuel Adams, letters from Eleanor Roosevelt, a letter signed by President Harry Truman, and an autograph and photo of Jack Kerouac.
Or, if he's so inclined, Solomont could also show the president the House Judiciary committee's roll-call vote on President Nixon's impeachment.
Obama will attend the fundraiser after he delivers a health care speech at historic Faneuil Hall. He is scheduled to head to the airport after the fund-raiser, leaving about an hour before the first pitch is thrown at Fenway to start Game 6 of the World Series.
Asked at the end of a White House briefing on Tuesday whether Obama would be staying in Boston for the game, press secretary (and die-hard Red Sox fan) Jay Carney said, "No, ma'am."
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Just a word or two to say thanks so much for all your lovely words and wishes dear folks.
I got myself in a very depleted state and have taken the decision now to clear my diary of everything until the end of the year. I'm leaving today on a big steel bird to spend some time recharging in a safe place. Need to turn off the phones and media for a while.
Apologies to everyone involved in the things I will miss. I have to get away and prioritise healing - sometimes there is no choice.
Bless ya all.
Love Bri
We're very sad today to announce the indefinite postponement of our 'candlelight' concert dates this coming December. This is a decision I've agonized over, but in the end it has become inevitable. I managed to complete the recent Queen and Adam Lambert dates in Asia but I have been increasingly battling with a persistent illness which is destroying my energy and my will.
I am now at the point where I don't feel confident to perform the scheduled shows to the standard we all expect. I've been strongly advised to rest and heal, rather than go out and risk 'falling down on the job' out there, which would be a real tragedy. I'm convinced it's much better taking the step to cancel the dates now, refunding the fans for the ticket sales, and giving all our team a chance to re-plan their time in December.
Sincere apologies to all.
Brian and Kerry Christmas Concert Tour 2016
Brian May and Kerry Ellis today announced with great regret the indefinite postponement of their December concert dates in the UK. May and Ellis were set to perform 11 'Candlelight Concerts' in the three weeks leading up to Christmas. Apologizing to fans through a personal message posted on his official website, (www.brianmay.com) Queen's Brian May explains that he is fighting 'a persistent illness which is destroying my energy and my will', and doesn't feel confident to perform the shows to the standard expected.
May comments: "I'm gutted to have to pull out - I hate letting our loyal fans down. But the advice I have had is that I must take time off to heal, rather than go out on tour again and risk falling down on the job, which would be much worse."
Kerry Ellis comments: "Brian is a dear friend of mine and obviously his health must come first. I was so looking forward to touring the UK again with Brian. I know so many of you had bought tickets for an early Christmas treat, and I am truly sorry that we are letting so many of you down. But we will be back next year for sure, with new music for you all to hear."
A consolation for disappointed fans is a newly recorded studio album from May and Ellis, titled 'Anthems II', which is scheduled for release in March.
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Will they reach Much HQ by helicopter? Or maybe ride a zipline that stretches from the red carpet to the CN Tower?
Not this year. Marianas Trench says those two requests were already vetoed by management.
But if you really wanted to know how Marianas Trench is going to storm the MMVAs Sunday, June 17, as if they'd spill the secret.
Still, the Vancouver band's Mike Ayley says he and bandmates Josh Ramsay, Matt Webb and Ian Casselman have been plotting an "EXTREMELY cool" appearance for months, long before Much shocked them with seven nods -- more than Drake, more than Bieber, more than any other artist.
Their top contender status is unprecedented for the band -- "I can't really figure it out," Ayley says -- and they'll perform their single "Fallout" on the show. (The nominated song appears on last fall's fairy-tale concept album, Ever After -- a toy box of Top 40 sounds ranging from their usual pop-punk to electro and R&B. A Canadian tour in support of the effort is on deck for "October-ish," says Ayley.)
But Marianas Trench are MMVA vets. 2012 will mark their fifth trip to the show -- and fifth trip down the red carpet.
"Oh, we're always thinking about that," he says. "Usually February, March, we ask what are we going to do for the MMVAs this year?"
So far, Marinas Trench has fought ninjas, spoofed Gaga -- and even risked their own lives -- on live TV. They never go in with a Plan B, says Ayley, but they do follow these rules: "It just has to be a little bit unexpected," he says. "It has to be fun for us, and it has to be something the people watching will be as entertained by as we are doing it."
Have their past stunts merited something even more precious than an MMVA trophy? Ayley walks us through Marianas Trench's red-carpet history:
2007 – Marianas Trench Make the MMVAs a Sandwich
"Well, there was more to that one than the sandwich," says Ayley of the ginormous hoagie they fed to squealing fans gathered outside the show. The original plan? They were going arrive with the sandwich by bike.
Tandem bike.
Just one tandem bike -- with four dudes riding it.
"We didn't realize what we were getting into," says Ayley. "We started practicing [riding] it that day, and it's REALLY HARD to ride a tandem bike with four people on it. So we were trying and trying and then all of a sudden -- maybe the fourth or fifth time -- the back wheel just when 'WHOMP' and warped into a semicircle from the weight -- because three of us were on the back wheel, essentially. So we just had to go in with the sandwich. But it was still fun, cause we still got to give away free food -- that some people might have got sick by because we kept it out for too long," says Ayley.
"I don't know that it actually taught us anything," he says of the last-minute change-up. "Because every time that we've gone in and done stuff we're like, 'I don't know if this is even going to work!' … But it doesn't matter, man. We just make the most of it and the crowd makes it for us, man. The RUSH when you're coming onto the carpet is intense, it's so loud. "
2008 - Sorry, Trenchers. The band didn't play that year. "We were in the studio," says Ayley.
2009 – Marianas Trench Throw Themselves a Parade
"We were trying to recreate the 'Cross My Heart' video, but make it over the top. We got an amazing -- I think it was Western University's -- marching band," says Ayley. "We just called in a bunch of favours and they were the university that was willing to help us out the most."
The cheerleaders really stole the show, as Ayley remembers. "They were FLYING into the air -- with concrete, with the road below them, so I was a little nervous. … It was just honouring the video, 'cause it was nominated for four MMVAs. So we figured we'd come in that style."
2010 – Marianas Trench Hot Tubs, Fights Ninjas
"I don't know why we combined [those ideas] -- because it doesn't really make sense -- but the idea of rolling in in a hot tub, but in a shirt and tie, soaking wet -- we thought that was hilarious, 'cause it's so stupid," he says. "But people don't know: that water was NOT hot. It was very cold. So we were freezing our asses off," says Ayley. "But it was fun. That's probably my favourite one."
2010 – Marianas Trench Try On Lady Gaga's Fire-Breathing Bra While Performing "Celebrity Status"
"We were supposed to get the actual bra made by the same guy," reveals Ayley, referring to the pyrotechnic lingerie Gaga debuted at the 2009 MMVAs. "But then he didn't do it. I'm not sure why. … So we were like 'Screw it, we'll just make a joke version, like a tinfoil version. So a friend put it together and then, in rehearsal -- there's only about 10 seconds of the song where you can get the bra on and get those sparklers lit -- it didn't work. So MuchMusic was like 'Ixnay the bra, don't do it if it doesn't work, we don't want it on air.'"
Marianas Trench, however, wasn't going to give up on a good gag. "We just did it anyway. And because it worked, nobody got in real trouble. But it coulda been interesting."
2011 – Marianas Trench "Roll" the Red Carpet in Hamster Balls
"What we really wanted to do was get one giant one with all four of us in it," says Ayley, though apparently that would have required a 16-foot tall model -- which is too big for the nation's biggest block party. (In case you're interested in buying one, Ayley says you can order them from a company in China.)
"We originally had four and we were all going to go in individual ones, but MuchMusic didn't want that many on the carpet," he says. So the guys split up, two per sphere, for a "ballsy" entrance.
"But the funny thing about the ball is there's like a safety manual and it says 'the amount of air inside the ball is approximately 20 minutes' worth.' And the problem is, when you zip it up and Velcro it, that zipper is on the outside of the ball -- so if you're panicking, you can't get out unless you bring a knife or something."
None of them packed a knife.
"I looked to this guy, who's my best friend in the world, I trust him with my life, and I said, 'You keep a close eye on us. If you see me reach for my throat and make a choking gesture, I don't care what's going on with interviews or whatever, you come and get us out of this thing in a hurry,'" says Ayley.
"We were VERY light-headed when we got out," he says. "It took about five minutes to sort of get back to normal, but I didn't realize it when we were in there," he says. "Still, it was all fun."
The MuchMusic Video Awards air Sunday, June 17 on MuchMusic. The red carpet special – which promises to feature Marianas Trench doing something "EXTREMELY cool" – starts at 8 p.m. ET.
For more MMVA coverage, check back to Dose.ca/MMVAs throughout the week.


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The Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh, whose Government is left with less than two years in office addressed the nation on the night of September 21,2012.
2. He has been addressing the people from the Red Fort on the Independence Day every year. He had also briefly addressed the people on the TV after the 26/11 terrorist strikes in Mumbai.
3. His televised address of September 21, 2012, had a different context and a different purpose. The context was the growing negative atmosphere in the country partly as a result of his own sins of commission and omission in providing effective and inspiring leadership to the country during his second tenure as the Prime Minister that started in 2009.The negative atmosphere was also partly the result of the concerted efforts of the opposition led by the BJP to exploit the economic and other difficulties faced by the country to destroy the credibility of his Government and of him as a leader.
4. The BJP and other Hindutva elements have been constantly trying to project him as a non-leader, who has neither the stature nor the will nor the ability nor the powers to govern. They have been projecting him as a Prime Minister on sufferance kept in office by Mrs.Sonia Gandhi, the leader of the Congress Party, in order to enjoy the powers of office without the accountability for its record.
5. The purpose was to explain to the people the state of the national economy against the background of the global economic meltdown and the rationale for some unpopular economic decisions taken by his Government last week to reverse the slow-down in the economy. These decisions, inter alia, related to the increase in diesel prices to reduce the fiscal deficit in the short term and to permit foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail and civil aviation in order to revive the interest of the foreign businessmen in investing in India. The purpose was also to convey a clear message to the foreign investors that India is still a vigorously on-going story and not a story that has petered out.
6. Thus, his message was simultaneously addressed to two audiences---Indian and global. His message to the Indian audience was that "I am the Prime Minister of India, I started the Indian economic miracle between 1991 and 96,I have a responsibility to take the miracle forward despite the temporary difficulties, I am determined to do so and my ability to do so would depend on your support."
7. He explained the rationale for the recent economic decisions in lucid terms, admitted that these are hard and unpopular decisions and sought the people's understanding and support. His message for understanding and co-operation was not addressed to the political class---neither in his own party nor in the opposition. It was directly addressed to the people in his capacity as the Prime Minister responsible for the governance of the country.
8.His message to the global audience sought to highlight his determination to give a fresh momentum to the economic reforms of which he was the architect between 1991 and 1996 and to make India investor-friendly once again.
9. While the purpose of his message to both the audiences was loud and clear, his ability to translate that message into action is not. That ability would depend upon to what extent he has been able to convince his own party on the need for hard decisions and to what extent he can depend on its backing for mobilising the support of the people.
10. The country has been passing through not only severe economic difficulties, but also a crisis of confidence and national self-esteem caused by widespread allegations of corruption, nepotism and malgovernance. Large sections of the people, rightly or wrongly, share the views of the detractors of the Prime Minister that he and his party have brought the country to the present pass.
11.He is the leader of the Government, but not the leader of the party. His word is not law in the party. It is Mrs.Sonia Gandhi's word that prevails in the party and not his. That is the public perception. Not unjustified.
12. It was a statesmanlike address, dignified, non-partisan, non-polemic and non-apologetic. To deliver an address of such high quality marked by determination is easy, but to translate it into action is not. Translating it into action would depend on his determination to assert himself as the Prime Minister in the remaining months of his office and to function as he ought to function. Till now the public perception has been that he has been the most non-assertive Prime Minister the country has had.
13. To reverse that perception, he has to convey a clear message to Mrs.Sonia Gandhi and the party----thus far and no further. His message needed to be addressed to a third audience---Mrs. Sonia Gandhi and the Congress Party. That he could not have done in a televised address to the nation. He has to convey his message separately to Mrs.Sonia Gandhi and the Party. He has already made it clear to them that there can be no roll-back on the hard economic decisions already taken. He has to make it clear now that more hard decisions are required and he is determined to take them.
14.He has also to convey a clear message to the other political parties in the opposition as well as in his own ruling coalition. He must make it clear to them that if they do not co-operate he and the Congress will not hesitate to seek a fresh mandate of the people by going for premature elections, if necessary.
15. If the Prime Minister has to translate his message into action, he and his party should rid themselves of the fear of premature elections. If they win and come back with a renewed mandate, well and good. If they do not, let whoever wins take over the responsibility for pulling the country out of its difficulties. (22-9-12)
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Bell: Seahawks, Pats among teams that would serve Michael Sam well
- Landing with a strong organization like the Patriots or Seahawks would make life easier for Sam
- Brendon Ayanbadejo says older players may be more likely to balk at having Sam as a teammate
It's the world we live in. And it's changing.
That idea has hit us with a speed rush, in football parlance, with Michael Sam coming out Sunday to reveal he's gay.
The All-America defensive end from the University of Missouri is poised to become the first openly gay active player in the NFL — a league that in recent months has been the backdrop for a number of incidents that fuel questions about the acceptance level for this social breakthrough.
Ready or not NFL, here he comes.
Sam, who told his Missouri teammates in August about his sexual orientation and then put together a season that earned him co-Defensive Player of the Year honors in the Southeastern Conference, came out of the closet less than two weeks before heading to the NFL scouting combine.
As an institution, the NFL has done its part with policies addressing inclusion and workplace environment — which mandate that locker rooms comply with federal laws like other businesses.
This day was coming, indeed.
Actually, it has been here for a while in some form or fashion.
"I played with guys who didn't come out publicly, but they were gay," Matt Birk, who retired last year after 15 seasons as an NFL center, told USA TODAY Sports.
"And they knew that everybody in the locker room knew."
Birk doesn't believe acceptance will be an issue for Sam in this changing world, where experts point to more tolerance by a younger generation.
The acceptance that was exhibited by Sam's teammates at Missouri — who embraced him to the point that they guarded his secret and allowed him to come out on his terms — will now be the expectation on the next level. Accept him as a teammate and play ball.
Yet I'm wondering how many players in the high-testosterone world of the NFL might suddenly go into the closest to stifle politically-incorrect hesitation about playing with or against a gay player.
Yes, even in 2014.
New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma expressed doubts a few days ago to The NFL Network — voicing the stereotypical homophobia about showering in a locker room with a gay player.
Uh oh.
"It'll be something to see how he lands on the quarterback, and what people will say," Keyshawn Johnson, the former NFL receiver who is now an ESPN analyst, told USA TODAY Sports.
"Or if he congratulates a teammate with a pat on the butt, what will the reaction be?"
Johnson, too, doesn't envision much of an acceptance issue for Sam in today's NFL — stressing that winning is the bottom line. He said that he would have "zero" problems playing with a gay teammate.
Still, in Sam's case, the team that he lands with — he's projected as a mid-round pick — is of extreme importance. There are frankly some teams better equipped to handle the attention (or distraction, as some would call it) that will be attached to a trailblazer.
The Miami Dolphins would seem to be a horrible fit, given the issues that led to Jonathan Martin walking out on the team amid allegations of bullying, and a suspension for guard Richie Incognito.
Sam would be best served on a strong front office and coaching staff, and one with strong locker room leadership. Like the New England Patriots. Despite the murder charges levied against tight end Aaron Hernandez last summer, the circus surrounding since-released quarterback Tim Tebow, and an assortment of key injuries, no-nonsense coach Bill Belichick still guided the Patriots to the AFC title game. And team owner Robert Kraft – who over the years has said he doesn't want to win with "thugs" — went on record with The Boston Herald on Monday saying he would welcome any player to the fold who could help the franchise win, regardless of sexual preference.
And can't you hear Belichick in a press conference, dead-panning that he's only going to address questions about football.
The Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks would be another ideal spot, given coach Pete Carroll's philosophy to allow for individualism by players within the program. See Marshawn Lynch and Richard Sherman. The Philadelphia Eagles, with a progressive owner in Jeffrey Lurie and a cutting-edge coach in Chip Kelly, might fit the bill, too. The Eagles, remember, gave Michael Vick the chance to resurrect his career coming out prison after a dogfighting conviction.
Birk's last team, the Baltimore Ravens, might be another option, led by general manager Ozzie Newsome and coach John Harbaugh.
"It'd be pretty much a non-issue there," Birk said.
Until this season, the Ravens locker room included one of the most vocal players in the league on matters of inclusion in former special teams standout Brendon Ayanbadejo.
Interestingly, Ayanbadejo — who was among several supporters with Sam over the weekend when he came out — doesn't think the Ravens would be a good fit.
But that conclusion has nothing to do with Sam's sexual orientation or the Ravens willingness to accept him. It's about football. And that's the way it should be.
Sam, 6-1 5/8, 260, is what scouts consider a "tweener" – small for a pro style defensive end, big for an outside linebacker who would have to drop in pass coverage.
"In the Ravens scheme, he would have to be an outside linebacker," Ayanbadejo said, "so that would be an adjustment."
Ayanbadejo believes that the younger the team, the better for Sam. He is concerned that older teams won't be as open-minded. Yet old in the NFL is relative. An overwhelming percentage of players in the NFL are in their 20s; when players hit 30 they are typically in the stretch run of their careers.
Johnson, on the other hand, considers age and suspects that could factor in slip-ups.
"You'll always have some insensitive fools who will say something stupid – probably somebody who's young, who doesn't know any better," Johnson said. "But you'll also have some people in the locker room putting them in their place."
There's probably more intrigue about how Sam will interact within the confines of the locker room than there is about how he will deal with the noise inside visiting stadiums. Heckling in huge football stadiums can be limited, and where it does exist it may become a unifying factor for Sam and his team.
Besides, the weekly games last about three hours.
The rest of the time is spent away from the crowds. Including practices, weight-room sessions and meetings, it's a long work week. That's where Sam will have the opportunity to earn the respect, trust and acceptance from his teammates.
"I don't miss the game, I miss the locker room," Birk said.
"The locker room is such an eclectic collection. There's white and black, rich and poor, guys from the north and south. God. Allah. Muhammad. But man to man, there's a great amount of respect, because nobody goes to work and says it's easy."
With his game-changing revelation, no one will start a new job quite like Sam.


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Wild Growth (WG) is the druid restoration 51-talent-point spell. It is an AoE heal that you cast on another person: it does not automatically center on yourself, like Tranquility does. Also unlike Tranquility, Wild Growth can be cast on other raid members (as well as mobs and bosses, in fact!), rather than only your party. It has a 6-second cooldown and a 7-second duration, with a total of 7 ticks of healing applied during that time. The ticks occur quickly at first, and then slow down towards the end of the spell duration.
Because it can be cast upon other raid members or enemies and its area of effect is centered upon your target rather than yourself, Wild Growth requires a bit of finesse to use effectively; if you miscast the spell, its cooldown will prevent you from having another chance for 6 seconds, and in the healing world, that could mean deaths.
Here is the diagram style I will be using to illustrate WG. The little colored circles are people, and the big blueish circle is your Wild Growth's area of effect. It has a 15-yard radius centered on the person (or pet or enemy) you cast the WG on; the whole circle is 30 yards in diameter. Yay geometry!
If you cast WG on yourself, only those people within 15 yards of you will receive the HoT: yourself included. Everyone else is left out and is sad. Or angry. Maybe that's why I made them red.
If you cast the spell on someone else (you have a 40-yard range to target with), then they, and everyone else within 15 yards of them, is eligible for the spell (assuming they are friendly targets in your raid/party). Now here is the tricky part: only 5 total people/pets can receive the WG heal within that circle, including the target of the spell. Your WG will automatically choose the 5 people/pets who are currently lowest in health (by percentage). Everyone else will, again, be left out.
Remember: this is not based on who is furthest away or closest. If they are in range of the person you cast the spell on, they are eligible, and will receive the heal if they are one of the 5 who need it the most at that moment in time. This means that it may not put a heal on your actual target: WG may instead splash on 5 people and/or pets that are lower in health than your target.
Due to this, you can choose your target carefully, selecting them not because they actually need the heal, but because they are within range of the most people who ARE in need of the heal. These targets are commonly referred to as "Bridges."
If no good Bridge is available, you can move and make yourself the Bridge. This will let you cast your WG upon yourself, and have it splash heals on the people who are in your 15-yard range.
Notice in the above diagram that there are 5 other people hit by the WG, though you targeted yourself. This means that either:
- you were the highest health out of the 6 total people in the area of effect, and so the WG applied its heal to the 5 others within your splash range and you simply served as the Bridge; or
- you picked up the Glyph of Wild Growth that is now available in patch 3.1, and so your WG can hit 6 people :)
Hope this helps!


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U.S. Voters, Politicians to Blame for Ignoring National Debt Woes
Like my waistline, America's long-term debt situation has changed. With the S&P's downgrade of the U.S.' credit rating, we're belatedly accepting the truth.
Friday's downgrading of U.S. debt by Standard & Poor's prompted a range of responses: Some people shouted in anger. Some cried. Some sent an angry message to their congressman. Some people, no doubt, made decisions about rebalancing their investments.
I responded by throwing away a pair of pants. Let me explain.
I loved those pants -- black gabardine. Some happy moments, and some nice compliments, came my way while I was wearing those pants. Lately, though, my wife has been rolling her eyes whenever I put them on. I bought them a long time ago, when there was less of me. I have graciously accepted most aspects of aging, except for those pants. They were the last remnant of some good times, and I guess I didn't want to admit that those times are over.
It is much the same with America's triple-A credit rating. In many ways, we have adjusted to the changes in our economy over the years, but we have resisted reality in other ways. The United States' triple-A rating was an artifact of another time, and it had to change eventually. Fortunately, the practical implications of the downgrading aren't that great, because it represents facts that financial markets have largely adjusted to already. They might be volatile in the next few days, but once the dust settles, it will be obvious that America's relative position as the world's best credit risk hasn't changed.
In most ways, Americans have accepted how life has changed over the last few decades. It took a while, but most have come to believe that we don't need to manufacture the underwear, bicycles and everything else we consume in order to be a healthy economy. We have accepted that agriculture is a big business and not a way of life for most people, and we're finally considering big cuts to farm subsidies. We have accepted that health care expenses are growing too fast, and that something needs to be done about it.
Like me with my pants, however, we haven't accepted the implications of longer life spans. We made a pension promise to retirees in 1935, setting a retirement age of 65 when life expectancy was 62 -- now it is 78. We haven't raised the Social Security tax rate for 20 years and the Medicare rate for 25 (while health care costs rose much faster than inflation). When it should have been obvious that we had to raise taxes and curtail benefits, we vastly expanded entitlements in 2004 to include prescription drugs. Meanwhile, voters continue to resist raising any taxes; remember that President Obama opposes hikes for 95% of taxpayers. We still can't agree on reducing spending -- even under the recent debt deal, discretionary spending will increase every year.
Standard & Poor's was only facing reality. Back in the good old days (1990), government dropped everything and came to a bipartisan agreement when budget deficits exceeded 3% of annual gross domestic product. (Deficits were 9% of GDP last year, 10% this year.) At the time, the notion that public debt might climb above 40% of GDP was scandalizing. (It hit 69% this year and will reach 74% next year.) Politicians calmly discussed whether to fund entitlement programs for 25 years or 75 years. Even during some tough years in the 1980s when it looked like Japan and Europe had eclipsed the United States in economic prowess, there was never any doubt about America's ability to service its debts.
One reason the downgrade won't cause a stampede to other governments' bonds is that other wealthy countries have the same problems, and their leaders are similarly struggling to face them. Europe's major economies, by most measures, have government debts that are comparatively larger than ours, and their problems are compounded by the need to preserve the euro through a series of bailouts of struggling European Union members.
The S&P's move is also debatable. Fitch & Moody's maintained their triple-A ratings for U.S. debt.
Consider the United Kingdom, which S&P still rates triple-A. Britain gets credit for making huge spending cuts (and raising taxes) while S&P rated our government dysfunctional. But the consensus in support of those policies in Britain is under siege as the nation's economy has ground to a halt, dashing its budget projections. So is Britain's debt a better risk in the next five years, which is S&P's timeframe? Include Britain's vast lending to its banks, and its debt-GDP ratio is 150%. While America's households have sharply reduced debt since 2008, Britain's haven't. Total public and private debt in Britain is 500% of GDP, versus 300% in America. The British government may have acted more responsibly than ours so far, but I would argue America is still in a better position to service its debt.
Just as the credit rating agencies lost perspective in issuing high ratings for mortgage debt before the financial crisis, they failed to recognize the triple-A ratings bubble for rich, aging economies. S&P's downgrade represents a popping of that bubble. And just as the fallout from the mortgage and housing bubble will last a long time, solving the global problem of excessive debt won't be a quick process.


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D-backs resinstate Gregorius from 7-day Disabled List; Option Marte to Reno
The Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) announced they reinstated infielder Didi Gregorius (@DidiG18) from the 7-day disabled list (retro to April 27) and optioned outfielder Alfredo Marte to Triple-A Reno, according to D-backs' Executive Vice President & General Manager Kevin Towers.
Gregorius, 23, sustained a mild concussion after being struck in the head by a Josh Outman pitch on April 26. He has hit safely in all 7 games this season, going 11-for-27 (.407) with 4 doubles, 2 home runs and 2 RBI.
Marte, 24, hit .186 (8-for-43) with 3 doubles and 4 RBI in 22 games with the D-backs this season. He made his Major League debut on April 2 vs. Cardinals, and collected his first hit on April 8 vs. Pirates.
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AT&T launches campaign to stop texting while driving
Back in the days before deregulation, AT&T was nicknamed "Ma Bell." The new AT&T is no longer called that, but — at least when it comes to safety – it's acting motherly towards teenaged drivers by encouraging them not to text while driving. The company just launched its It Can Wait campaign to get young drivers to pledge not to text while behind the wheel.
An AT&T survey found that 75% of teens say it's "common" for their friends to text while driving but that can change. Smoking was once "common" as was failing to use a seat-belt, but social norms (along with laws) have changed that over time.
The dangers of texting and other activities that distract drivers are well documented. Research, reported on the government site distraction.gov, found that 'In 2010, 3,092 people were killed in crashes involving a distracted driver and an estimated additional 416,000 were injured in motor vehicle crashes involving a distracted driver." A 2009 Car and Driver study found that texting is even more dangerous than drunk driving. It was based on a very limited sample, but comparisons to DUI aside, other studies have conclusively shown that texting while driving decreases reaction time and increases the risk of an accident.
What I like about the AT&T campaign is that it's using social media to change social norms. The site links to a Facebook page where drivers can "take the pledge" not to text and drive. I took it and encouraged my Facebook friends to do likewise.
AT&T competitors, Verizon and Sprint, also caution their customers not to text while driving. Here's Sprint's "Focus on Driving" page. Verizon is conducting a "Don't Text and Drive Pledge" in Ohio high schools and has done other educational work on the subject.


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We've been following the savage world of Dr. Grordbort and his wonderful collection of ray guns for years. But now we're happy to report that the good doctor finally has his own short.
With the blessing of special effects mavens Weta and the mind behind pith helmet, Greg Broadmore, the students at Media Design School concocted this amazing short film, Dr Grordbort Presents: The Deadliest Game. According to the video's homepage, the film was created by 11 students over 22 weeks under the direction of program leader James Cunningham. Well done everyone! Now, let's go blast some more dangerous beings, they're coming right for us!


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REDWOOD CITY — A Pacifica man was convicted and sentenced to probation Friday for possessing several hundred bombs and nearly a thousand pounds of explosive material, a cache authorities alleged could have leveled nearby homes and killed two children living amid the stockpile.
Marc Ormando, 47, pleaded no contest to possessing destructive devices and illegal explosives at his home on Seaside Drive in Pacifica, on condition he spend no time in state prison. A pair of child endangerment charges, filed because his 10- and 7-year-old children were living in the home at the time of his arrest, were dropped as part of the plea bargain.
Ormando was arrested by San Francisco police March 6 after a months-long investigation into an explosives incident at a North Beach nightclub corridor, San Francisco police Sgt. Danielle Newman said. Investigators obtained a warrant to search his home after trying to purchase explosives undercover.
Authorities found a total of 938 pounds of explosive material, 732 barrel bombs and 44 pounds of black powder, as well as nine guns and eight rifles that were lawfully possessed. According to San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe, Ormando's children were living at the home at the time of his arrest.
"Had something occurred in one of the homes, it would have been catastrophic, and most certainly could have leveled homes and caused damage to the surrounding neighborhoods," Newman said in March.
Still, prosecutor Kari Gannam said the evidence against Ormando indicated he had no nefarious intent when it came to his explosives. The man was a skilled aficionado with no prior record, and he stored the explosives relatively safely in sealed, steel drums apart from one another.
"He is a pyrotechnic buff who attends conferences throughout the country to learn how the explosives could be used for special effects for fireworks shows, music videos, etc.," Wagstaffe said. He noted that the defense submitted multiple letters from community members discussing fireworks shows he put on for neighborhood kids.
"Although such explosives should not have been stored in a residential area and were very dangerous thereby, the manner of storage otherwise was with safety in mind," added Wagstaffe.
Ormando's attorney did not immediately return calls for comment.
The California Health and Safety Code defines an illegal explosive as any device consisting of an explosive pyrotechnic that exceeds 50 milligrams in weight, "in a fused container whose primary function is to produce an audible effect." According to Newman, the recovered devices had a pyrotechnic weight "in the (hundreds) of thousands" of milligrams, exceeding the legal limit for pyrotechnics thousands of times over.
Despite officials' early assumptions the case would be charged federally, Ormando was convicted in San Mateo County court and sentenced to only three years supervised probation. The man, whose bail was once set at $2 million and later reduced to $750,000, was released from jail and ordered to go through counseling; possess no weapons, ammunition or fireworks; and pay upwards of $100,000 to have the explosives removed from his home.
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Perseid meteor shower
Don't miss these celestial fireworks!
The Perseid meteor shower is expected to peak on the morning of August 12, 2008.
A Perseid streaking across the sky in St.Polycarpe, Quebec, Canada…
Image: Frederic Hore (from http://www.spaceweather.com)
Meteor showers occur when the Earth passes through the orbit of a comet. Comets leave behind dust and other particles when they pass by the Sun. When the Earth moves through the orbit of a comet, these particles enter our atmosphere at a very high speed. Since most of them are tiny particles, they vapourise completely on entering the atmosphere due to the ram pressure (pressure exerted on an object as it passes through a fluid medium – can be a liquid or a gas), leaving a trail of light that is visible from the surface of the Earth as a "shooting star".
This particular meteor shower appears to come from the Perseus constellation and has been named as the Perseid meteor shower. The Perseids occur when our planet passes through the orbit of the Swift-Tuttle comet.
The meteor shower will be quite active from August 8 to August 14, with the peak occurring on the morning of August 12. Once the Moon sets on August 12, one should be able to watch at least a few of these shooting stars in the dark sky before sunrise. The best place would be the countryside, as far away from the city as possible.
Hopefully, the Perseids won't disappoint Earthlings waiting to catch a glimpse of these beautiful shooting stars! 🙂Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 9 so far )


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by HUGH GILMORE
I invited interested readers to send their nominees for an end-of-year-list of "the book(s) you most enjoyed reading this year." Nominees did not have to be published this year, nor represent "the best" in a judgmental way. Part 1 ran in last week's edition.
Lest it be said that a prophetess is not honored in her own country, I should tell you that my wife, Janet Gilmore, picked as her favorite book of 2010 "A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire" by Amy Butler Greenfield.
She explained: "It's about the fevered quest in the 1500s and1600s to discover how to dye cloth bright red. The answer was found in the cochineal beetle of Mexico. The dye, shipped to Europe created a sensation, producing the brightest red the world had ever seen. Spain's cochineal monopoly was worth a fortune. The political, technological, social and commercial warfare over that monopoly was fascinating. I love books about the world being shaken by small discoveries."
Joe Ferry, of Erdenheim, one of my favorite correspondents, wrote: "The two best books I read this year were 'Matterhorn' by Karl Marlantes, and 'Freedom' by Jonathan Franzen. Two great yarns by extraordinarily gifted writers. I also enjoyed Joe Queenan's memoir 'Closing Time' (2009). He was five years behind me at St. Veronica's and Cardinal Dougherty, and I don't remember him, but do remember some of the people and all of the neighborhoods he describes so accurately."
Nancy Pugh, also of Erdenheim, is the former travel agent/owner of Tortuga Travel. Now retired, she recommends "Cutting for Stone" (a third vote!) and Jeannette Wall's "The Glass Castle" (which also received three mentions). Nancy found Wall's memoir to be "in the same literary tradition of Frank McCourt."
Music teacher Pat Downie, of Mt. Airy, wrote, "Dear Mr. Gilmore, I so enjoy your articles." Ahem. She recommended "The Glass Castle," writing, "It could be subtitled, 'How to raise three successful children by going against ALL child rearing teachings, including not feeding and clothing them regularly, and moving them around to avoid Dad who was drunk 60 percent of the time.'"
By now, most of the readers in town know about the acclaim this year given to Eliza Griswold, who wrote "The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Fault Line between Christianity and Islam" (2010). Great things seem to be in store for this brilliant and brave young woman.
I wondered if her father, Bishop Frank Griswold, of Chestnut Hill, former presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, had any (other) books he'd recommend to our readership. Graciously, he wrote: "Hugh, here are my suggestions: 'Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years' by Diarmaid MacCulloch (2010), professor of the history of the church at Oxford University, who describes himself as a 'candid friend of Christianity.' His account is both brilliant and critical. In spite of the length of the book – more than a thousand pages, and, therefore, not to be read in bed – the text is lively, illuminating and never dull."
Bishop Griswold also recommends "Home Town" by Tracy Kidder (1999): "A carefully and compassionately observed and described encounter with the heights and depths of the human condition as it is encountered in the lives of the long-term and occasional residents of a New England college town."
And now, the book I most wish I had also read, if I could have discovered it under the same circumstances. Tom Tarentino, of Chestnut Hill, wrote: "The book I most enjoyed this year was 'Helmut Ditsch: The Triumph of Painting' (2009). It features large-scale paintings of glaciers, mountains and ice. I found the book in a lodge in Patagonia, where the view was of the very glaciers painted. The book also contains a rather intoxicating essay by Reinhold Messner, the greatest mountaineer in history. It was presented in 2009 at, of all places, the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair."
Mellon Bank officer Gail Morse, of Oreland, wrote: "Lots of good books read this year. At the top of my enjoyment list would be 'The Girl With A Dragon Tattoo' trilogy. I also enjoyed 'The Outlander' by Gil Adamson (2007). The year is 1903 and, having just killed her philandering husband, 19-year-old Mary Boulton flees into the Canadian Rockies wilderness while being pursued by her two revenge-seeking brothers-in-law. A fantastic portrayal of the natural environment, great character development and good suspense throughout."
Bill Hengst, of Mt. Airy, is both a professional gardener ("I drive a purple truck") and a writer of short stories and poetry, with a poetry chapbook ("Yard Man") to his credit. He was the subject of a long appreciation by the Inquirer's Gardening Editor, Virginia Smith, last year. Bill said choosing a favorite was hard, but if he had to, he'd choose, T.C. Boyle's "The Women," (2009) and then "Angela's Ashes" by Frank McCourt (1996). "Each of these books," Bill wrote, "pulled me into the narrator's story with enough sauce, pathos and pain to make me want to keep reading."
A Chestnut Hiller contributing to this column was Melissa Dribben, the compassionate and observant Philadelphia Inquirer staff writer. Melissa wrote: "I LOVED 'The Help,' by Kathryn Stockett (2009). I thought it was masterfully done. The protagonists were complex and believable and so were all but one of the racist Southern women – and that one was so delicious to despise that nuance hardly mattered. The story revealed itself in perfect timing; the history and pathos and humor and suspense had me blubbering and laughing and horrified. And there is one line in it that any woman who has ever been patronized on a date will never forget."
She added: "I also loved 'City of Thieves' by David Benioff (2009), which did not at first seem like a book that would appeal to me – a buddy story set during the siege of Leningrad. But the two young men prove to be a fascinating pair – and their saga will stay with me for years to come. Again, there was one line that will be etched forever even in my pathetic memory. The insomniac in the pair talks about 'babble on the brain.' How well I can relate."
Chestnut Hill Local writer and Flourtown resident, Barbara Scherf wrote and offered two "dog books" she enjoyed. She writes: "W. Bruce Cameron's 'A Dog's Purpose: A novel for humans' is hands down the best. It's told from a dog's point of view and really gives you insight into how a dog possibly thinks. A close second in this category is 'Dog Walks Man,' by John Zeaman. It's about a middle-aged man who gets stuck walking the dog twice a day, but he turns things around and looks for the little adventures and Zen in dog walking. Very sweet."
Barbara adds: "Thanks for doing this. It's inspiring me now to keep a list of the good books I've read through the year so I can post them to my blog and share with others."
The final words go to Professor Moylan Mills of Penn State, Abington: "'Finishing the Hat,' by Stephen Sondheim (2010) tells how he wrote the words for his wonderful Broadway songs. Along the way he has anecdotes, gossip, and snark about his show biz colleagues, as well as inside info on the creation of his shows. Not to be missed if you are, like me, a Broadway Baby."
Thanks to everyone who contributed. I enjoyed and appreciated your responses.HG


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FIFA is investigating Zambian officials over allegations they allowed eight players banned for match-fixing in a notorious case in Finland to return to football without permission.
FIFA said Friday it opened a disciplinary case and invited the Football Association of Zambia to provide an explanation "together with any documentary evidence it might deem appropriate."
"The players were all suspended by the Finland Football Association for match-fixing offenses and these sanctions were extended as to have worldwide effect by the chairman of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee," football's world governing body said in a statement.
FIFA said it believes at least four of the players — who were not identified — appeared in official matches in Zambia.
In 2011, nine Zambian players received suspended sentences of at least six months from courts in Finland.
Seven players from RoPS team in Rovaniemi and two from AC Oulu were linked to taking bribes from Singaporean fixer Wilson Raj Perumal to help Asian organized criminals arrange betting coups.
Perumal was arrested in Finland in February 2011 and later jailed after a criminal trial.
Now co-operating with authorities in Hungary, Perumal has given evidence which is key to FIFA and law enforcement agencies piecing together the scope of match-fixing plots worldwide carried out by crime syndicates with Singapore connections.
FIFA and Interpol have urged governments worldwide to help fight match-fixing, as football authorities have limited investigative powers and jurisdiction only over people within the sport.
The Finland FA banned the Zambian players through April 5, 2013, and FIFA extended those sanctions globally.
FIFA said Friday that the FAZ took over eight players' registration from Finland without proper documents and while they were suspended.
The case is embarrassing for Zambia which raised its profile by winning the 2012 African Cup of Nations, and placing its most senior official in high-ranking FIFA positions.
FAZ President Kalusha Bwalya, a former playing great, is a member of the FIFA Football Committee and served in 2011-12 as deputy chairman to Franz Beckenbauer on FIFA's Task Force Football 2014.


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Book Review: 'When Horse Became Saw' by Anthony Macris April 16, 2011Posted by pacejmiller in Book Reviews, Reviews.
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When Horse Became Saw is a beautiful, gut-wrenching memoir from writer Anthony Macris about his family's battle with autism. His son Alex was a seemingly healthy baby boy that suddenly and inexplicably (like so many autism sufferers) fell into a frightening and unstoppable regression at around 18 months. He stopped engaging with the world as we know it and became trapped in a world of his own, a world where everything became jumbled and nothing made sense. Alex's vocabulary began to deteriorate and words he once knew lost their meanings. The word 'horse' had become 'saw'.
What follows is an eye-opening journey into the lonely world of (severe) autism and a family's struggle to provide the best possible future for their son. It's an old cliche, but Alex's case was truly a parent's worst nightmare. Autism is a condition with no concrete cause, no known cure, and vastly different philosophies on treatment. It is a condition that costs hundreds of thousands of dollars to treat, and was and is criminally underfunded by the government, leaving parents in impossible situations. It's also a condition that ranges in severity, and Alex's condition is at the far end of the spectrum, the severe kind.
Watching your child deteriorate before your eyes, knowing that he will never lead a normal life, and worrying about his future after you die — these are the things Macris and his wife Kathy have to deal with on a day-to-day basis. The simplest of tasks (such as putting on a pair of socks) can take weeks to learn. A child can go for months without any noticeable progress.
Worst of all, nothing you can do will ever be enough. Working harder to make more money for his treatment means you get to spend less time with him. Spending more time with him means you make less money for his treatment. It can plunge the most optimistic of parents into despair. That sense of helplessness can make a person question their worth as a father, a husband, a man. It's the type of feeling that can make a parent do something drastic, like killing their own child, a tragic reality that has happened before and is discussed in the book.
Having said all of that, When Horse Became Saw is not all doom and gloom. Far from it. I actually found it to be a strangely uplifting book to read. There are moments of genuine happiness, of hope, of friendship, of selfless kindness, of a parent's unconditional love for their child. It became clear to me that despite his disadvantages, Alex is one of the lucky ones.
It is also an amazingly educational read that provides a wealth of information on autism — the difficult-to-define condition itself, the treatments available, the relevant national bodies, the state of public funding and private care — without ever being dry or textbook-like.
Much of that is due to Macris's brilliant writing. He works as a tertiary level creative writing teacher and it shines through. Being a book for everyday mums and dads, the style of the book is simple, elegant and subtle, though occasionally the craftsmanship of a skilled writer rises to the surface through his imagery and vocabulary. The quality of the writing is not something that is immediately apparent to the regular reader, but if you look closely, you'll see Macris must have agonised over each sentence. The book is a perfect blend of showing and telling — informative when it needs to be and evocative when it should be. The passages describing his innermost thoughts and reflections are uncannily self-aware, piercing and heartfelt, and the scenes describing Alex's diagnoses and treatment are vividly brought to life. How he managed to write this book while teaching and making money and caring for his child all at the same time is a remarkable achievement in itself.
As someone whose extended family has been struck by autism on more than one occasion, this was a book that resonated with me far more than I had expected. While it was beautifully written and a fine page-turner, I found it difficult to read on because it was so heartbreaking and infuriating at times. But it's a book I ultimately enjoyed, I'm glad I read, and I would gladly recommend to others.
4.5 stars out of 5
For more information check out the book's page at Penguin here. Anyone who has ever had a family member with autism or mental illness, and everyone who enjoys an engrossing read should read this book.
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Twitter Signs Lease to Stay in San Francisco
After much wrangling, Twitter announced today it has signed a lease to stay in San Francisco for the long term. The company is to be the recipient of a payroll tax break in exchange for moving to one of the city's more troubled neighborhoods. It had previously signed a letter of intent to stay in the city provided such allowances were made to save the company an estimated $20 million in payroll taxes over the next six years.
In a blog post, Twitter said it expected to move to its new Mid-Market office in mid-2012. "San Francisco's unique creativity and inventiveness is a part of Twitter's DNA, and we feel like we are part of San Francisco," the company said.
The Market Square building (formerly known as the San Francisco Furniture Mart) is about eight big blocks away from Twitter's current SOMA office and will need to be extensively renovated before Twitter can move in. The building was bought last month by Shorenstein Properties for $110 million.


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The Hope College Wind Ensemble will present its first concert of the 2011-12 season on Friday, Sept. 23, at 7:30 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
"If you've never seen the Wind Ensemble before, this concert would be a great way to introduce yourself to Hope College's premiere wind and brass group," said director Gabe Southard, assistant professor of music at Hope.
The program, titled "Band Classics 5," is part of a continuing series that focuses on the standard repertoire for the Wind Ensemble. The works include: "First Suite in Eb for Military Band," by Gustav Holst; "Children's March," by Percy Grainger; "Trauermusik," by Richard Wagner; and "Morning Alleluias," by Ron Nelson.
Dimnent Memorial Chapel is located at 277 College Ave., on College Avenue at 12th Street.


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Saturday, Nov. 30, 1912. "The abolition of the tipping system has been talked about, perhaps, more than the coming of the millennium," The Record reports, "and both at this writing appear as far off as ever before." Our writer can't speak for the millennium, but he has spoken to a local waiter who may have a solution for the other problem. Our reporter doesn't give the waiter's name or identify where the man works. He writes, however, that "this man has been in the business nearly all of his adult life. He is married and has a family and beyond that has also money in the bank amounting to a couple of thousand dollars. He is sober and industrious and did not talk like a dreamer, although he may be one." The waiter's dream is a gratuity system for waiters that spares diners the burden of tipping. "He believes that the tipping system is an imposition on the patron and really harmful to the waiter and of no good benefit to the place in which he is employed." A $1 contribution to a national waiters' fund is this waiter's alternative to tipping. Since statistics claim that "at least 6,000,000 travelers" are on the road daily, he figures that "if each one of those travelers contributed $1 to a general fund it would amount to the nice large sum of $6,000,000, which could be invested just as insurance and fraternal beneficiary societies place their money, and from it every waiter in good standing in a national organization would draw very year two or two and one-half per cent on the aggregate amount of his sales during the year. "The number of sales could be easily kept, he says, by duplicate checks so there could be no possibility of a dispute as to the actual transactions from day to day. A good waiter, that is, one who is on his job every day and attentive to his duties, he has estimated, ought to earn at least $1,500 a year." That theoretical $1,500 is equivalent to between $20,000 and $30,000 in 21st century money. According to our waiter, his scheme is fair to diner, waiter and employer alike. Waiters would not show favoritism to diners known to be good tippers, and diners would have the right to presume that "one location would be as good as another and the service the same." Under this system, "every waiter would be placed on his own mettle to do the best he knew how. That, of course, would redound to the benefit of the house and be a blessing all around."
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Just read this notice of a webinar to be held for TONI indexers -
"A webinar on Indexing for the OGS TONI project is being held for Ottawa Branch volunteers but we welcome all other interested members to join us. This session will include a short description of the project and then a demonstration on how to index a document in order to add it to The Ontario Name Index (TONI).
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AL EastSo 12 of the 19 experts say the Yankees will stay home this October. Only one -- Rob Neyer -- think the Red Sox will not make the playoffs.
Red Sox (14)
Yankees (5)
AL Wild Card
Cleveland (6)
Tigers (5)
Red Sox (4)
Yankees (2)
Angels (1)
Cubs (1) [so sez Pedro Gomez]
AL Pennant
Tigers (8)
Cleveland (6)
Red Sox (3)
Angels (1)
Yankees (1)
Of the three Red Sox pennants:
Tim Kurkjian: Red Sox over MetsAmy Nelson is also picking the Cubs to win the World Series, over Cleveand. The one Yankee pennant picker, Peter Pascarelli [now that's some aliteration], has the Chokers losing to Atlanta.
Eric Karabell: Cubs over Red Sox
Sean McAdam: Red Sox over Diamondbacks
Peter Gammons and Peter Pascarelli pick Manny Ramirez as the AL MVP. Steve Phillips and Karabell went with David Ortiz.
Jayson Stark, Nelson and Pascarelli predict Josh Beckett as the Cy Young winner.
Neyer, Enrique Rojas, Jonah Keri and Nate Ravitz have Clay Buchholz as the AL Rookie of the Year, while Karabell and Phil Rogers picked Jacoby Ellsbury.
Robert MacLeod of the Globe and Mail (Canada's national newspaper) predicts this finish in the East:
Red SoxHis papermate Jeff Blair also picks the Red Sox to take the East (MFY 2nd) and to defeat the Mets in the World Series.
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 14, 2009 (HealthDay News) -- Macaque monkeys that received gene therapy for symptoms of Parkinson's disease saw a significant improvement in their motor function without the side effects associated with current standard therapy, researchers say.
Simultaneous insertion of three genes allowed certain cells in the brain to take over production of the neurotransmitter dopamine. Too-low levels of dopamine cause the hallmark motor-control symptoms of Parkinson's.
But even if this gene therapy approach were to someday produce good results in humans, it still would not solve many of the myriad other problems associated with Parkinson's.
Although tremors and other movement problems mediated by dopamine are characteristics of Parkinson's, people with the disease are also likely to develop dementia, behavior problems, depression, anxiety, heart problems, loss of the ability to smell, constipation and sexual dysfunction, most of which are not related to dopamine, said Dr. Fatta Nahab, assistant professor of neurology and director of movement disorder research at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
"The studies that are being done are addressing the dopamine problem in Parkinson's and treating some of the movement-related symptoms," Nahab said. "That doesn't necessarily fix any of the other non-movement-related symptoms of Parkinson's, which can actually cause a greater amount of disability."
Dr. Bechir Jarraya, from the department of neurosurgery at Henri-Mondor Hospital in Paris and the study's lead author, said that the gene therapy would be considered a treatment rather than a cure because it "corrects only dopamine-related symptoms."
For the past 40 or so years, the treatment of choice for Parkinson's has been so-called dopamine replacement therapy, which uses drugs to increase dopamine levels in the brain.
The approach helps, but because the infusion of dopamine takes place in fits and bursts, not continuously, people often develop involuntary movements.
Scientists have thus been focused on finding ways to deliver dopamine to the brain more continuously.
The new study, published Oct. 14 in Science Translational Medicine, represents one such effort.
After inducing Parkinson's-like symptoms, such as tremors and rigidity, in macaque monkeys, French researchers inserted three genes involving dopamine production. The genes had been introduced into animals before, but separately, never with the same viral delivery system, according to the study.
Dopamine was restored and sustained at about 50 percent of normal concentrations, resulting in motor improvements without the side effects seen with conventional drugs, the study found. The benefits were seen for up to 44 months.
But the genes were introduced into nerve cells that normally do not produce dopamine, which could foreshadow problems.
"They were basically giving non-dopamine cells the machinery to produce dopamine on their own, completely unrestricted," Nahab said. "That's a little bit different from prior studies, which have tried to use a drug that would convert to dopamine. In this case, there are some additional safety concerns."
Jarraya, however, pointed out that "in monkeys, [the therapy] has proved 'safe' even after 44 months, which was the longest follow-up."
When the therapy might be ready for use in people, however, remains unclear.
"What they've done, and the success they've had is very exciting and very promising, but I wouldn't basically say the next step is doing this in humans," Nahab said. "It's a small study. I think we're going to need more, larger trials in non-human primates to assess for safety."
The French researchers, though, said that an early-phase clinical trial in humans is in progress. "So far, six Parkinson's disease patients have been treated -- no serious adverse events, encouraging results so far," Jarraya said. "[But] the study is not ended, so still no final results."
Roughly 50,000 Americans are diagnosed with Parkinson's disease each year, according to the U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. The average age of onset is 60.
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The annual Newburyport Winter Carnival is on! The day-long community event promises residents a day of winter fun following a schedule of events similar to years past, including the Fifth Annual Human Dog Sled Race! This free event is hosted by the Newburyport Parks Commission and Newburyport Youth Services.
Activities, weather permitting, will go from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. They include skating, sledding and snowboarding throughout the day, horse-drawn hayrides provided by Scott Colby of Colby Farm. Outdoor gear retailer REI will return to offer snowshoe demonstrations and free rentals throughout the day.
The fifth annual Human Dog Sled Race will finish off the day with prizes awarded to winners in two categories: speed and sled design. The Greater Newburyport Families Club will offer outdoor activities for children, while Newburyport Youth Services will be leading the fun indoors at the former Kelley School on High Street.
Free cookies and cocoa and the legendary sounds of WNBP complete a classic winter theme for skaters and sliders throughout the day.
The Kelley School Youth Center will offer restrooms and a place to warm up.
All proceeds will support the youth center, as well as the Newburyport Youth Services scholarship program.
The Human Dog Sled Race features teams of five or less comprising one driver and human "sled dogs" who race across the frozen Frog Pond. Teams will provide their own sled and rope for attaching the sled to the dog team. Costumes and sled décor are recommended but not required. Teams should register the day of the event by inquiring at the Information Table.
The Winter Carnival is supported by donations from the Institution for Savings and the Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank.
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I am Sh sh sh....Sha Rukh, not my real name but her favorite actor. It was the sobriquet name she had given to me.
She was 14 and I was 17. On our new uniforms we crossed each other, met our eyes, looked back, fell in love and heaven be praised it was the love at first sight. We understood it because we smiled, to each other.
Nature had it that I could confess only towards the end of academic session. On a full paged paper I wrote, "I love you". I had waited a day long to get a similar note, "I love you too". It was on 12th October. That day I discovered other dates were just envy of it.
I felt insecure and feared of losing her. I wrote a long letter to forget me, handed over to her friend and left to another boarding school. However, I could not forget her and she lived within me in the form of heart beats until I got three-paged letter from her. I missed my beats, felt a terrible loss and several days later realized I deserved that.
Two years through and 2000 kilometer away from home, I heard she was preparing to become a mid-wife. I imagined she must be enjoying in her new institute but could not dare to think if she was going out with anyone. A yearn to go back and embrace her was becoming a distant dream. I lived with my thoughts and imagination thereafter.
When we met online 14 years later we did not know where to start from. We felt nervous, sad and with exuberance of mixed feelings learnt that she had become a mother of two lovely kids. She learnt that I was also married and recently joined the world of fatherhood. I had told her everything of how I kept her in my heart and cherished those memories. I had to tell her before another 14 years or so just slip off.
After many exchange of mails and telephone calls, we saw ourselves riding again from where we had left a decade and half ago. We were travelling a beautiful journey to a destination not truly known. We also went back to those years accusing each other on why each had taken this or that step, eventually making our hearts burn with remorse and guilt. We cried a lot and we were falling in love once again. We realized that it was a tug of war between the reality and us. We had become the responsibility to our spouses and kids. We did not want to hurt them. True love must not hurt anyone, we knew this. We wanted to enrich love and spill happiness to our spouses and kids. We became the reasons to live not only for ourselves but for the two families.


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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Young Love (Wordless Wednesday)
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Awwww, so sweet!ReplyDelete
Awwww - I remember those days :)ReplyDelete
So sweet.
Been there...several times :)ReplyDelete
Imagine that without cell phones or Internet.ReplyDelete
haha been there as well, now just cats at the moment, much simplier.ReplyDelete
Awwww how cute. I know the feeling. Young love :)ReplyDelete
Awwww! So sweet! :)ReplyDelete
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Awww, did the romance last? Thanks for linking up at NanaHood.com Do come back tomorrow and link up whatever you are thinking about for our Thursday Thoughts Blog Hop!ReplyDelete
Oh I remember the days!ReplyDelete
Haha. Happy Valentine's Day! I remember hours and hours on the phone with my BF!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2013 at 11:02 AM
Seem it happen to me once.ReplyDelete
Would be great if you can visit and link up at my blog.
have a nice day.
ohhh girl...he is going to kill you for posting this...lol...at least my teen would do that too me!!!lol Happy Valentines Rosey!ReplyDelete
Hahahaaha.... Young love!! So sweet.ReplyDelete
aw so sweetReplyDelete
That is just so sweet! Happy St. Valentine's Day!ReplyDelete
Sweet shot for Valentine's Day ~ 'Youth is wasted on the Young' ~ He is handsome ~ Happy Valentine's Day ~ReplyDelete
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Definitely a great WW for Valentine's Day! So sweet :)ReplyDelete
awww that is too sweet and very cute! Happy Valentine's Day to you and yours!ReplyDelete
I have this same photo of ME...but not because of IN LOVE but because of loving the blog world. LOL! Cute image...had to make you smile.ReplyDeleteReplies
That is funny!
My husband's been falling asleep every night with his computer running a Math lecture, I should get a picture of that, for future teasing of course. ;)
A sweet photo and even sweeter story :)ReplyDelete
How sweet. I remember those days when my husband and I were dating. Ours was a long distance relationship pretty much the entire time we were dating, though, so this was nearly every night.ReplyDelete
What a great photo! Sounds like he is no longer seeing this girl? This would have been a great album to share at his wedding. (Unless of course he is married already?)ReplyDeleteReplies
I'm happy to say he's not married, lol. He's grown now though and attending college out of state. That gal was nice, but she was older and left for college (he still had high school to finish.Delete
Great capture mail4rosey! Enjoy the rest of your Wednesday.ReplyDelete
Hi there, I agree it is a perfect photo for Valentine's Day. About 14 yrs ago we were in Hawaii with our two daughters and one sil. Our youngest was in a new yet serious relationship and she was on her cell phone constantly-missing her future hubby and crying; it was so bad.ReplyDelete
Young love-so very precious.
Hugs, Noreen
The call of duty :))ReplyDelete
happy WW!
I remember those days all too well! The joys, or hardship, of a long distance relationship (with my now husband!)ReplyDelete
I don't know what kind of Acer is...but I have an Acer too :)ReplyDelete
Happy Valentine's Day! ¸.•°♡♡⊱彡
Ah.. growing pain :-) Thank you for stopping by Pret-a-vivre.comReplyDelete
That is sweet, oh young loveReplyDelete
That is so sweet:) Ahhh...young love;)ReplyDelete
Adorable ~ can you help me when Reagan gets that age...I'm scared!ReplyDelete
(¸¤ Lanaya | xoxo
Ohh, she's a cutie too, the boys are going to be calling, lol.
Aww that is just so cute :)ReplyDelete
Happy Valentines Day xx
So cute! I don't even want to think about when my two boys start dating :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2013 at 8:38 PM
That is so sweet, I do not remember those days when I was younger though.ReplyDelete
Awwww, I miss those days of being almost inseparable! That's so sweet!ReplyDelete
This reminds me of the time I had to leave my boyfriend for like 4 whole days to go to Colorado. It was torture at 16 yrs old!ReplyDelete
HE is adorable...That was one lucky girl that had his attention...Oh, now I want the rest of the story, are they still together...Wait maybe I don't want to know..It's Valentines, lets pretend they lived happily ever after!ReplyDelete
How Sweet!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the visit today...happy WW!
Hehe How sweet!ReplyDelete
That is absolutely adorable!ReplyDelete
Awhhh...that's so sweet, a wonderful feeling! Happy Valentine's DayReplyDelete
"impreuna pana la moarte"...
Yes, it is certainly nice young love.ReplyDelete
There's nothing like it -can you remember? If they could bottle that they'd make a killing lolReplyDelete
Happy Valentine day dear Rosey!
Young love is very adorable :)ReplyDelete
Very sweet picture!ReplyDelete
How sweet :o) dare I ask if the love is still there??ReplyDelete
thanks for stopping by & linking up, too.
She went off to college (he still had high school left to finish).Delete
Thanks for your visit. :)
aww that's really so sweet! :)ReplyDelete
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that is so sweet... does he know you posted this?!ReplyDeleteReplies
He's grown and out of state now. He called for Valentine's Day and I told him I posted it. :)Delete
Ah, bless. Thanks for linking up! xReplyDelete


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Every once in a while, some uninformed bloke or other will pontificate about how income taxes in this country are all "voluntary," and therefore those who don't pay aren't really violating the law.
But the IRS points out that the requirement to pay taxes is NOT voluntary and is clearly set forth in Section 1 of the Internal Revenue Code, which imposes a tax on the taxable income of individuals, estates, and trusts, not to mention Section 11 which similarly imposes income tax on corporations. And beyond all of that, Section 6151 requires taxpayers to submit payment with their tax returns. Failure to pay taxes could subject the malingerer to criminal penalties, including fines and imprisonment!
And in discussing Section 6151, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals noted, "when a tax return is required to be filed, the person so required 'shall' pay such taxes to the internal revenue officer with whom the return is filed at the fixed time and place. The sections of the Internal Revenue Code imposed a duty on Drefke to file tax returns and pay the ….. tax, a duty which he chose to ignore." (United States v. Drefke, 707 F2d 978, 981, 8th Cir. 1983)
And the same goes for the actual filing of returns — not "voluntary" either, according to IRC Sections 6011(a), 6012(a) et seq, and 6072(a). And as the IRS will tell you, the word "voluntary," as used in IRS publications, refers simply to our system of allowing taxpayers to determine the correct amount of tax and complete the appropriate returns themselves, as opposed to having the government determine the tax for them.


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Hi ladies,
Yesterday my friend at cosmetology school waaaay overplucked my eyebrows and I'm desperately trying to make them look the way they did before so I don't have a nervous breakdown. (I know, it sounds overdramatic, but my eyebrows were my absolute favorite feature of my face.) I already use a brow powder, but I think I need a brow pencil to fill in the area that she took off. Does anybody have a brow pencil they recommend?
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I've always liked Clinique's eye brow pencils.
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I swear by Illamasqua's eye brow cake, it's pricey but it lasts FOREVER. I've had mine since October 2010 and it's not even half gone. You apply it with an angled brush, dry for "natural" or wet for uberbrow!
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Allcare Dental Management, LLC v. Zrinyi, No. 08-407, 2008 WL 4649131 (D. Idaho October 20, 2008)
Plaintiffs filed a defamation lawsuit against some known defendants as well as some anonymous John Doe defendants in federal court over statements posted to Complaintsboard.com. The plaintiffs did not know the names or contact information of the Doe defendants, so they needed to get that information from the Does' Internet service provider. But the ISP would not turn that information over without a subpoena because of the restrictions of the Cable Communications Policy Act, 47 U.S.C. § 501 et seq. [More on the CCPA.]
Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(d)(1), a party generally may not seek discovery in a case until the parties have had a Rule 26(f) conference to discuss such things as discovery. Because of the Rule 26(d)(1) requirement, the plaintiffs found themselves in a catch-22 of sorts: how could they know with whom to have the Rule 26(f) conference if they did not know the defendants' identity.
So the plaintiffs' filed a motion with the court to allow a subpoena to issue to the ISP prior to the Rule 26(f) conference. Finding that there was good cause for the expedited discovery, the court granted the motion. It found that the subpoena was needed to ascertain the identities of the unknown defendants. [More on Doe subpoenas.] Furthermore, it was important to act sooner than later, because ISPs retain data for only a limited time.
The Plaintiffs also contended that that the known defendants would likely delete relevant information from their computer hard drives before the parties could engage in the ordinary process of discovery. So the plaintiffs' motion also sought an order requiring the known defendants to turn over their computers to have their hard drives copied.
The court granted this part of the motion as well, ordering the known defendants to turn their computers over to the plaintiffs' retained forensics professional immediately. The forensics professional was to make the copies of the hard drives and place those copies with the court clerk, not to be accessed or reviewed until stipulation of the parties or further order from the court.


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Mercedes battle rages on Red Bull turf
Since buying the defunct A1-Ring in 2004, Red Bull's Dietrich Mateschitz has ploughed a quarter of a billion euros into the Austrian grand prix, the local Salzburger Nachrichten newspaper claims.
"Millions more of his personal fortune," read the report, "he invested in local infrastructure, such as hotels."
While most have hailed the success of the impressive new 'Red Bull Ring', many say the traffic chaos so far this weekend has been a palpable downer.
But FIA president Jean Todt insists: "You have to acknowledge what Dietrich Mateschitz has done (for the sport): two teams, a great track.
"Because he's a perfectionist, the Austrian grand prix will also be perfect," he added.
Even so, not everyone is magnanimous. Mercedes, whose bookings at a newly Mateschitz-owned local hotel were reportedly cancelled just a few weeks ago, is not exactly playing ball.
Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg have steadfastly refused to call the circuit in Spielberg by its official energy drink-sounding name.
And Mercedes-Benz advertising hoardings near the Red Bull Ring feature the sole word 'Heimspielberg', meaning 'Home-game Spielberg' -- undoubtedly a cheeky fly-in-the-ointment of Red Bull's PR masterstroke.
"That's Mercedes' style," said a sardonic Dr Helmut Marko.
Still, no amount of Red Bull-flavoured irritation looks enough to topple the apparent absolute dominance of the silver cars this weekend.
Even Marko had to admit that the gap to Mercedes on Friday was "a shock".
He is hoping the warring Hamilton and Rosberg come to Red Bull's aid. "Hamilton needs to attack," said Marko, referring to the Briton's 22-point championship deficit, "but Rosberg cannot ease back too much.
"There is a certain urgency in the air," Marko sensed. "At some point something will happen, and we need to be on the spot."
Until now, German Rosberg has appeared the cooler of the silver-clad pair, but - clearly the slower Mercedes on Friday - he appeared to briefly lose his calm on the radio on Friday.
"I was cool as a cucumber -- no tension," he smiled.
Hamilton, however, hopes his teammate and rival is in fact feeling the pinch -- and the Briton is keen to add to the pressure if he can.
"For sure hunting definitely brings out the better side (of me)," he told British television after dominating Friday practice in Austria.
"When you're in front you feel vulnerable and you're open, any mistake you make you're going to be caught up. So hopefully I can continue to apply that pressure," he added.
Hamilton said his aim is not only to end Rosberg's new run of good form, but to utterly dominate the German -- as per MotoGP's new sensation, Marc Marquez.
"I've just watched Marquez win seven in a row," he said. "That's inspired me. I thought, 'Jesus, I've got to do that'. That's my goal now."
Rosberg's goal, of course, is exactly the opposite -- and he is also not adverse to adding some psychological pepper to the battle.
Asked about Hamilton's reaction to losing, Rosberg told the Spanish newspaper AS on Friday: "Well, I don't mind if he gets angry when I win.
"It's not pretty, honestly, but I'm very happy when I win, whether he is or not. (I mind) a little bit, but not much."


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Nicolas Degennes, Makeup & Color Artistic Director of Parfums Givenchy, has created Teint Couture Everwear, the 24-hr* wear foundation that stands up to your every emotion.
This silky, high-coverage foundation perfectly evens out the complexion, smooths the skin's texture, lastingly conceals imperfections and revives the skin's natural glow.
The complexion appears impeccable, even up-close, and is lastingly uniform.
Its 24-hr* wear, SPF 20 PA ++ protection, moisturizing properties and waterproof** formula make this foundation your loyal ally in the face of any emotion. Formulated to resist intense days, physical activities and varying weather conditions, it is your essential beauty partner each day.
The non-oily, ultra sensorial texture blends with the skin, leaving a layer that is imperceptible to the touch for a nude skin sensation. It is available in 30 shades – each of which is based on one of two undertones, yellow or pink – to best suit a wide variety of skin tones.
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Look at that cutie patootie up on our screen! You are one cute little Puglet, sweetheart. We love your adorable facie and we especially love all your fashionable clothes. You really know how to dress, Girl!! Pink is your color. Who wouldn't fall in love with you? It's great to hear you have some duckies to play with and Caspar, your best pal. Congrats on your big day as our most precious DOTD, Delilah Diva!! Please tell the family to plant some smoochies on that little mug from us. Happiness always to you and all the crew!!!
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As shopping is one of the main reasons to visit Reading, you should know that major retail stores such as John Lewis, Debenhams, House of Fraser and Primark are all located in the heart of the city. Culture wise you will be able to have a close look at the Forbury Gardens, the ruins of the Reading Abbey, the Oscar Wilde gates and the Museum of English Rural Life. Fans of football can attend a football match involving the popular Reading Football Club.
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