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The dataset generation failed because of a cast error
Error code: DatasetGenerationCastError
Exception: DatasetGenerationCastError
Message: An error occurred while generating the dataset
All the data files must have the same columns, but at some point there are 3 new columns ({'part', 'Model', 'total_loss'}) and 2 missing columns ({'text', 'url'}).
This happened while the json dataset builder was generating data using
hf://datasets/ksshumab/bpc_results/bpc_calculation_results/Llama-2-13b-hf/0.json (at revision 053abb50f135218aa3b34e895efcb3f4a301dd21)
Please either edit the data files to have matching columns, or separate them into different configurations (see docs at https://hf.co/docs/hub/datasets-manual-configuration#multiple-configurations)
Traceback: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1870, in _prepare_split_single
writer.write_table(table)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/arrow_writer.py", line 622, in write_table
pa_table = table_cast(pa_table, self._schema)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/table.py", line 2292, in table_cast
return cast_table_to_schema(table, schema)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/table.py", line 2240, in cast_table_to_schema
raise CastError(
datasets.table.CastError: Couldn't cast
id: string
Model: string
total_loss: double
part: int64
to
{'id': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'text': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'url': Value(dtype='string', id=None)}
because column names don't match
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 1417, in compute_config_parquet_and_info_response
parquet_operations = convert_to_parquet(builder)
File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 1049, in convert_to_parquet
builder.download_and_prepare(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 924, in download_and_prepare
self._download_and_prepare(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1000, in _download_and_prepare
self._prepare_split(split_generator, **prepare_split_kwargs)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1741, in _prepare_split
for job_id, done, content in self._prepare_split_single(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1872, in _prepare_split_single
raise DatasetGenerationCastError.from_cast_error(
datasets.exceptions.DatasetGenerationCastError: An error occurred while generating the dataset
All the data files must have the same columns, but at some point there are 3 new columns ({'part', 'Model', 'total_loss'}) and 2 missing columns ({'text', 'url'}).
This happened while the json dataset builder was generating data using
hf://datasets/ksshumab/bpc_results/bpc_calculation_results/Llama-2-13b-hf/0.json (at revision 053abb50f135218aa3b34e895efcb3f4a301dd21)
Please either edit the data files to have matching columns, or separate them into different configurations (see docs at https://hf.co/docs/hub/datasets-manual-configuration#multiple-configurations)Need help to make the dataset viewer work? Make sure to review how to configure the dataset viewer, and open a discussion for direct support.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00001240_processed.jsonl/20 | Woman allegedly kidnapped by ex-boyfriend
March 25, 2008 8:48:55 AM PDT
A woman fears for her life after she was thrown into a car trunk, allegedly by her ex-boyfriend.The attack happened yesterday afternoon at a Chevron station on US 59 at Cottonwood Church Road in Rosenberg. The 24-year-old woman was pumping gas into her vehicle when she was grabbed from behind and forced into the trunk of her car.
Although the victim didn't see her attacker, she recognized the voice as that of her ex-boyfriend. When the vehicle eventually came to a stop, the trunk was opened and the victim was pulled out of the trunk. The suspect threatened her and then took off in an unknown direction.
The victim did not receive any physical injuries, but was in fear for her life.
The Fort Bend County Sheriff's department is investigating.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00001240_processed.jsonl/21 | Former Aeros coach hired by San Jose
June 12, 2008 8:03:04 PM PDT
Former Houston Aeros coach Todd McLellan has taken the head coaching position for the National Hockey League's (NHL) San Jose Sharks. McLellan is the third Aeros head coach to move behind the bench for an NHL squad.McLellan coached the Aeros for four seasons (2001-2005) and guided the team to the 2003 Calder Cup Championship. He coached in two AHL all-star games during his tenure with the Aeros. McLellan is second on the Aeros' all-time wins list among coaches with 154 victories, trailing Dallas Stars head coach Dave Tippett (165). McLellan has the most playoff wins for a coach in Aeros history with 24. Ron Low is the other former Aeros coach to move on to the NHL.
For the past three seasons, the Melville, Saskatchewan, native has served as Mike Babcock's assistant with the Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings. This is McLellan's first head coaching position in the NHL.
Current Houston Aeros head coach Kevin Constantine formerly coached the Sharks and was the first head coach to get the Sharks to the postseason. In that first season (1993-94) as head coach, Constantine led the eighth-seeded Sharks to a first-round upset over the top-seeded Red Wings. He is the only coach in NHL history to ever lead a pair of No. 8 seeds over a No. 1 seed, having also led Pittsburgh over New Jersey in 1998-99.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00001240_processed.jsonl/22 | Few buildings damaged in Oakland protests
May 2, 2012 5:40:09 PM PDT
May Day protesters caused damage on both sides of the bay Tuesday and police arrested dozens of demonstrators in both Oakland and San Francisco.
The scene in Oakland was much different Wednesday than it was Tuesday. On a day to cleanup and reflect, there could be found two very different perspectives on how things went. one from the city and police, the other from the demonstrators.
The tackling and arrest of a female bicyclist by Pakland police officers seemed to turn the tide on Tuesday's demonstrations, marches, and rallies that up until then, had been peaceful. "From our perspective, there was a great deal of police force out here all through the day," Laleh Behbehanian said told ABC7 News. Behbehanian is with Occupy Oakland's Anti-Repression Committee, which assists demonstrators who've been arrested.
Police say the cyclist woman broke the law in some way before her arrest. The demonstrators claim the way she was treated set the tone for the rest of the day. "They would target a particular individual, arrest them in a very violent manner, bring the kind of anger and outrage of the crowd out, and basically kind of incite the crowd," Behbehanian said.
"I think it worked well because when we identified people in a crowd that were responsible for committing acts of violence or vandalism, we were able to arrest them," Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan said. He and city leaders were pleased with the way things went Tuesday. There were 37 arrests, 27 of them for obstructing police and the rest for battery, failing to disperse, and violating a stay-away order.
They all happened during a daylong series of events that involved as many as 5,000 people, among them, a small number who appeared intent on confrontation. "But our goal yesterday was to identify those folks, identify the illegal behavior, make arrests, get them out of the crowd so that the vast majority of the people who were there to protest in a peaceful way could do so," explained Karen Boyd with city of Oakland .
On Wednesday morning, city crews and private companies cleaned up the graffiti and debris. Two banks near 20th and Broadway were especially hard hit. At the Wells Fargo bank on Franklin Street, some windows were spared, but many were taken out. One was smashed with a wrench. The damage was far worse up the street at the California Bank and Trust at 20th and Franklin, where even more and larger windows were destroyed. ATM machines were smashed at both locations.
Wells Fargo issued a statement saying, "We are disappointed by the vandalism that took place against small and large businesses that provide jobs and services to Oakland. Wells Fargo will continue to invest in the Oakland community through our volunteerism and philanthropy."
Nearby businesses that were spared, including a Burger King, may have been saved by clearly stating their support for the Occupy movement with a sign. Another store also had a similar sign in its window. "People should act more civilized and have better common sense than taking their actions out on the city of Oakland," Hayward resident Simone Jackson said. "It's ridiculous."
Of those arrested Tuesday, most were cited and released. Occupy Oakland says 16 remain in custody including the female cyclist. They are all expected to be arraigned sometime Thursday.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00001240_processed.jsonl/23 | Women joining the ranks of ironworkers
May 21, 2012 7:19:06 PM PDT
The Golden Gate Bridge's 75th anniversary is coming up this weekend. A lot has changed since it was built, but ironworkers are still key in bridge construction. The bridge workers of tomorrow are being trained in the Bay Area. Some of them are women.
Ironworkers consider themselves the Marines of the building trades. If that's so, then the Field Ironworkers Apprenticeship and Training Center in Benicia, also known as the University of Iron, is boot camp.
"Basket weaving and pottery's a lot of fun, but that's not what we do at the training center," apprenticeship director Dick Zampa, Jr. said. "It's welding, rigging, reinforcing, post-tensioning, architectural work and everything related to the ironworker trade."
Zampa is the union's apprenticeship director for California, Nevada and Arizona.
"My passion is for training people how to make a living," he said.
Zampa is the grandson of famed ironworker Al Zampa who survived a fall from the Golden Gate Bridge while working on it. The westbound bridge over the Carquinez Strait is named after him.
Al's great-grandsons Angelo and Johnny are both apprentices, but unlike great-grandpa they will have women on the job alongside them.
Renee Aguilar is one of 20 women recruited by Zampa for the Gladiator Women Program -- free pre-apprenticeship training. The women provide their own tools and get everything else for free. Instructors donate their time.
Aguilar used to work on the business side of a union office -- her dad and both brothers told her she couldn't do the ironworkers' job.
"It's too physically demanding, you're not going to be able to do it," Aguilar said. "Watch me. Watch me."
Teresa Regalado welcomes the challenge.
"I don't really like to sit for too long, I'm more of a hands-on person, also competitive, anything a guy can do Iwant to be able to do as well," she said. "So I don't want to be seen as the inferior anything of anything."
When great-grandpa Al worked on the Golden Gate Bridge, there was no training center. He learned it all on the job.
Today, after 200-plus hours in the pre-apprentice program, the women go onto the four-year apprenticeship, which is 700 hours at the training center and 5,000 hours on the job, before earning journeyman status. Al would probably be very impressed.
There is a daylong celebration planned for the bridge's birthday on Sunday.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00001240_processed.jsonl/24 | Obsessive Fan of Paula Abdul Commits Suicide
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"I see it definitely," Abdul said.
"It's very hard reading such awful things being written about yourself," she wrote. "Not like alot [sic] of people would understand what it's like having so many haters just because I made the mistake of trying out for a singing competition before I was even ready vocally, emotionally and physically."
"I have to believe there is something good about me," Goodspeed wrote.
But there are many indications that all was not good in recent years with Goodspeed.
She lived alone in an apartment in Thousand Oaks, Calif., but lately a family member had been staying with her.
In Ventura County she had no criminal history or prior arrest, Bonfiglio said. But in June, the sheriff's office had been asked by LAPD to check her apartment after the police became concerned that she might be suicidal, according to Bonfiglio.
Goodspeed was later located by LAPD who took her for a mental health evaluation.
TMZ reported that Goodspeed overdosed about a year ago in the same area where she was found Tuesday evening. After police were called to Abdul's home, they found her unconscious in her car.
Abdul's rep Jeff Ballard told "Entertainment Tonight" that Abdul and her staff had known the troubled woman for several years.
Posting a comment on Goodspeed's MySpace.com page yesterday, "Julie" wrote: "Rest in peace, the world knows your name." | http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=6241069&page=1 |
global_01_local_0_shard_00001240_processed.jsonl/25 | Does Comey's testimony lay out a case for obstruction of justice? Legal experts disagree
PHOTO: Former FBI Director James Comey takes his seat to testify during a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., June 8, 2017. PlaySaul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
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In his testimony before the Senate intelligence committee today, former FBI director James Comey spoke about a series of interactions with President Donald Trump in which he said the president requested his “loyalty” and pushed him to drop the investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn.
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If Comey’s testimony is accurate and the president indeed attempted to influence the investigation into Flynn -- who was fired after the White House said he had misrepresented the nature of his contact with the Russian ambassador to the United States -- some say that may constitute an obstruction of justice.
Obstruction of justice is a federal crime in which someone “corruptly” attempts to “influence, obstruct or impede” the “due and proper administration of the law” in a pending proceeding or investigation, according to 18 U.S.Code § 1505.
But after Comey’s testimony this morning, legal experts are split on whether he laid out a potential case for obstruction of justice during his Senate testimony.
Some say “yes,” this could possibly be obstruction of justice
Because Trump seemed to intend to shut down an ongoing investigation into his close adviser, “I think it amounts to obstruction of justice in both the legal and lay sense of the term,” said Peter Schuck, a professor at Yale Law School.
“His constant calls and entreaties to Comey seem like efforts to intimidate and interfere, another element of obstruction of justice” Schuck continued. “Trump's conduct was certainly inappropriate, which many Republicans seem to concede. It is hard to think of an innocent justification for it.”
Some have said that Comey’s telling of a meeting in which the president said “I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go,” is a reason the interaction does not constitute an obstruction of justice -- “hoping” is not a command.
But Ron Kuby, a criminal defense attorney at Ronald Kuby Law Office said, "It’s true that hoping is not a crime. Pulling a gun and telling someone ‘I hope you will give me your money’ kind of is. Trump was not engaging in philosophical musings. The ‘I hope’ is not a defense.”
Anne Milgram, a law professor at NYU School of Law and the former Attorney General of New Jersey, said “the law prohibits influencing, impeding, obstructing an investigation.”
In this case, Milgram said, Trump chose to clear the room when meeting with Comey; asked Comey to let the investigation into Flynn go, which Comey said “he viewed as a directive;" and fired Comey and said it was because of the Russia investigation.
“I can’t say for certain that he should be charged, but I can say that I would investigate this very aggressively,” Milgram said, adding that firing Comey also sent “a message” to the FBI to ease off of investigating issues related to Russia. “That could potentially be seen as a shot across the bow to the entire FBI to stop the investigation.”
Michael Seidman, a criminal law professor at Georgetown University Law Center, said that an expression of “hope” from the president can almost certainly be deemed “an order,” but “the real point is that after Comey didn’t do it, he was fired.”
“This might well satisfy the technical legal requirements for an obstruction of justice, but it’s worth emphasizing that that’s not what really matters,” Seidman said. “What really matters is that this is a disgraceful, unacceptable way for a president to behave.”
Others say no, there is no obstruction of justice based on Comey's account
Some experts told ABC News that assuming Comey's account is all true, President Trump did not unlawfully obstruct justice.
“This seemed to be an uncomfortable and improper conversation that would not, based on usual obstruction cases, sufficiently establish the crime of obstruction,” said Kendall Coffey, a former U.S. Attorney under President Bill Clinton and an attorney with Coffey Burlington, PL.
Coffey said not only was Comey’s testimony not a “smoking gun,” it actually “gave both sides ammunition.”
“It was clear that Comey did not believe those concerns should prompt him to consider resignation as he had considered before in his career,” Coffey said. “And he had no answer for his decision not to promptly report the February conversation.”
But Coffey pointed out that if President Trump is interviewed by Mueller and contradicts Comey, crimes of obstruction and false statements could be alleged if Mueller believes Comey.
“Comey’s testimony was a bit like Al Capone's vault,” said John Lauro, a former federal prosecutor and attorney at the Lauro Law Firm. “There is nothing inside -- no corrupt intent to derail a federal investigation.”
“We learned two important lessons today: A president should not talk to an FBI director about a pending investigation and government officials should not leak confidential information. We all have to wonder -- where are the responsible adults?” Lauro said.
Andrew McBride, a former federal prosecutor and an attorney with Perkins Coie LLP, said that if Trump were a private citizen, it would be reasonable to pursue an obstruction of justice charge if a prosecutor wanted to.
However, since "Trump was Comey's boss, he could have simply ordered Comey to lay off Flynn,” McBride said, which he argued “makes it harder to prove obstruction.”
“Trump is in a unique position to tell Comey what to do, so he is not in the same position as a private citizen,” McBride said.
David B. Rivkin Jr., an attorney with Baker & Hostetler LLP, said that none of Comey’s testimony could justify prosecuting President Trump and “do not amount to obstruction of justice or any other violation of law." | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/comeys-testimony-lay-case-obstruction-justice-legal-experts/story?id=47924649 |
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Hernando MS Real Estate Market Report - January 2011
Currently, there are 223 homes available for sale in the Hernando MS area:
• low price $40,000
• high price $995,000
• median price $194,900
These 223 homes mean that Hernando MS has a 10.5 month supply of homes. Approximately 8% of the available homes are foreclosures.
Weather may have played a factor in the downturn in the number of home sales for the month of January. Hernando MS saw an unusual amount of winter weather precipitation and cold temperatures in January and early February.
There were 15 homes that sold in Hernando MS in January with an average sales price of $155,466 and an average days on the market of 99. Here are some comparisons to last month and January of last year:
December 2010
sales: 25 Avg $: 168,527 Avg DOM: 200
January 2011
sales: 8 Avg $: 205,800 Avg DOM: 84
Here is how the Hernando MS January sales break down by type (non-distress, foreclosures and short sales) as well as price range:
About the author: Pam Simpson is an Assoc. Broker with Bob Leigh & Associates, LLC in Northwest MS. Copyright© 2011 by Pam Simpson. All rights reserved.
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TBWA's new unit to chase retail
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TBWA Chiat/Day is setting up a new agency--dubbed TBD, the Unagency--to chase retail ad accounts, initially in the U.S. and possibly in global markets later.
The full-service agency starts with Nissan Motor Corp. USA's $100 million regional account and Home Savings of America's retail account, both offshoots of the national Nissan and Home Savings business that is handled by TBWA.
But Tom Patty, chairman-CEO of the new retail shop, said he expects 90% of its accounts to come from new clients who wouldn't have considered hiring TBWA in the past. 'AMBITIOUS PLANS'
"I have very ambitious plans," he said. "There's a huge opportunity" in the U.S. and "maybe larger potential" internationally.
The Unagency has not yet been formally announced but has already landed its first new outside clients--two Nissan dealers--and is talking with other potential clients, including an unidentified sporting goods retailer.
One such account known to be in review is Sports Authority, resigned last month by Ross Roy Communications, Bloomfield Hills, Mich., although it's not clear if The Unagency is pursuing this business.
The Unagency will be headquartered in Venice, Calif., and starts with seven offices that have been doing regional retail advertising for Nissan since the marketer consolidated its regional account in 1988 at what was then Chiat/Day.
Besides Venice, the other offices are in New York, Chicago, Dallas, Washington, San Francisco and Jacksonville, Fla.
Mr. Patty said the Unagency will be his "night job." The 20-year Chiat/Day veteran will keep his "day job" as TBWA president-worldwide Nissan account director. Tony Stern, creative director on Nissan regional advertising, will be The Unagency's creative director.
TBWA is giving a separate identity to the new agency (TBD stands for "To Be Determined") to underscore that it's a separate venture. Mr. Patty likened TBWA to a "hammer" pounding away at big national ad campaigns, but he said the perception has been that TBWA wasn't interested in or equipped to do retail advertising.
The Unagency, staffed by retail specialists, will be a "screwdriver," Mr. Patty said, with the ability to turn retail sales.
"We want to be faster, cheaper and better in terms of the needs of retail clients," he said. "Most agencies play at the speed of baseball. We want to play at the speed of basketball."
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Even with the little feet down the board is a little flat. After a few months 2 keys got "sticky". You feel a slight mechanical resistance when pushing those 2 keys
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global_01_local_0_shard_00001240_processed.jsonl/145 | City officials planning to promote Norplant Teen-agers will be targeted for the 5-year contraceptive
December 03, 1992|By Sandy Banisky | Sandy Banisky,Staff Writer
Baltimore officials, facing an adolescent pregnancy rate among the country's highest, are organizing doctors and foundation officials to promote Norplant, the contraceptive that lasts five years.
Baltimore Health Commissioner Peter Beilenson has organized the Baltimore City Norplant Consortium and wants to target teen-agers, who use birth control erratically or not at all. The consortium is considering an advertising campaign and wants Norplant discussed in family-life classes in city schools.
Norplant, Dr. Beilenson said, is "virtually complete protection. It will cover them during their school years, which is what you want. We're hoping to change teens' attitudes -- without being coercive."
Norplant, Dr. Beilenson added, won't cause a quick drop in the number of unintended pregnancies among teen-agers. "I don't think it's a panacea," he said.
But if Norplant is used by 5 per cent to 10 percent of women who haven't been using birth control regularly, the impact will be significant.
Statewide, in 1990, about 35 of every 1,000 girls aged 15 to 17 gave birth.
In Baltimore, the rate was almost three times higher: about 97 of every 1,000 girls aged 15 to 17 gave birth. Many of those young mothers drop out of school and end up struggling in poverty.
Dr. Beilenson said the consortium of hospitals, private doctors and foundation officials was proceeding carefully, aware that it risks charges that it is trying to force Norplant on poor teen-agers.
That's a concern of the Abell Foundation, which has put about $400,000 this year into family-planning programs -- with about half that amount directed to buying Norplant for women who do not have medical insurance.
"The risk is that this has been seen as something aimed at low-income people," said Robert C. Embry Jr., the Abell Foundation president.
"This program is meant to give them the same options as everyone else has. But I don't think it should be seen as something to manipulate them," Mr. Embry said.
"Abell is very, very involved," Dr. Beilenson said. "They've funded almost everything in town having to do with Norplant."
The Abell Foundation is investing $20,000 in an 11-minute educational videotape that features Maryland women and men talking about Norplant and how it has affected their lives.
Deirdre Smith, an Abell Foundation consultant, said the tape will be available in clinic waiting rooms to help answer questions about Norplant for patients.
Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, Norplant's American marketer, provides an educational videotape. But Ms. Smith said that clinic officials felt "there was a need for a video for a wider audience. The women in the Wyeth video are stereotypically middle-class."
Available in the United States only since February 1991, Norplant has been gaining steadily in popularity, though it still trails the pill and other forms of contraception.
In Baltimore, an estimated 4,000 to 5,000 women are using Norplant. Nationally, the figure is about 500,000, according to Audrey Ashby, a Wyeth-Ayerst spokeswoman. Seventy-one percent are under 30 years old. About half are married. Forty-eight percent consulted a private doctor. The rest went to clinics, health-maintenance organizations and hospitals.
"It's on its way to becoming a mainstream contraceptive," Ms. Ashby said.
Norplant is contained in six matchstick-sized capsules that are inserted under the skin of a patient's arm, a procedure that takes 5 to 15 minutes. Over five years, the capsules steadily release a contraceptive. A patient who wants to become pregnant can have Norplant removed.
Considered safe and effective, Norplant is expensive, however. The capsules cost $350.
Doctors usually charge another fee for the insertion, and some doctors also require a physical or medical history -- which means another charge.
Some insurance companies and all Medicaid programs cover the cost. In Baltimore, the Abell Foundation's $200,000 is paying for Norplant for "gray-area women," who are not poor enough to qualify for state medical assistance but aren't wealthy enough to buy insurance.
Dr. Arista Garnes, Baltimore Health Department's director of reproductive health, said teen-agers are beginning to come into city clinics asking for Norplant. But, she said, she expects more will arrive once ads begin running in women's magazines.
In younger patients, she said, doctors worry about whether the girl really wants this contraceptive and is willing to put up with such possible side effects as irregular bleeding. "We've had several parents who have brought their young person in and said, 'I know she's going to be sexually active and I want you to put Norplant in.' And we refuse to do it, because we want there to be informed consent, not coercion."
At the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Dr. J. Courtland Robinson said teen-agers adjust well to Norplant, but it's unclear whether it will significantly lower the number of unplanned pregnancies.
Norplant may attract teen-agers who already are responsible enough to use other contraceptives; the question facing the consortium is whether teen-agers who have never used birth control can be interested in Norplant.
"Part of that group is a hard-core crowd" that doesn't even concern itself with contraception, Dr. Robinson said. "How we're going to impact that crowd is hard to say."
The consortium's effort is grounded in the reality that Baltimore has had a chronically high teen-age birth rate and that many adolescents ignore warnings about pregnancy.
Dr. Beilenson said the Norplant consortium should not be viewed as promoting sex for adolescents.
"This is only for the sexually active," he said.
Baltimore Sun Articles | http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1992-12-03/news/1992338097_1_norplant-abell-foundation-beilenson |
global_01_local_0_shard_00001240_processed.jsonl/146 | Paul Maillet packs recital with energy
December 07, 1992|By Stephen Wigler | Stephen Wigler,Music Critic
It's always a pleasure to hear a recital as intelligently planne and beautifully played as the one that pianist Paul Maillet gave yesterday afternoon at the Second Presbyterian Church.
The young musician, one of the best of Leon Fleisher's many fine students in recent years, is clearly not a pianist who is satisfied with the tried and true. Along with such frequently played masterpieces as Mozart's D Major Sonata (K. 311) and Chopin's "Funeral March" Sonata were more provocative fare such as three of composer William Bolcom's wonderfully eclectic Twelve New Etudes (which won a Pulitzer Prize in 1988 and which rank among the best compositions for piano in the last 50 years, but which most pianists avoid) and Franz Liszt's rarely heard, almost unbelievably imaginative setting of the "Liebestod" from Wagner's "Tristan." All of this music was played with imagination that occasionally challenged -- but never violated -- the boundaries of good taste.
In the uncompromising force of its scherzo and the thunderous climax of its "March funebre," Maillet's Chopin sonata may have owed a debt to the famous Rachmaninov recording of the piece. If this is so, it was a case of fruitful influence. Maillet was unafraid to let his fingers follow the powerful surge of the music and there were many original -- even startling -- touches, not least a final movement in which the pianist held notes to create inner voices that suggested haunted shadows crying out with demonic intensity. The passionate temperament revealed in the Chopin also payed rich dividends in a performance of the voluptuous Liszt-Wagner work, in which the pianist was able to use his lovely sound to revel in the music's Messiaen-like range of sonority.
The Bolcom etudes were extraordinarily well-played: Maillet fearlessly explored the almost Dostoevskian intensity of the mad "Scene d'opera"; subtly revealed the contrasts of dynamics and tone in the bluesy "Nocturne"; and made the terrifyingly difficult hand jumps and stretches of "Rag Infernal" sound almost insouciantly easy. The pianist's reading of the Mozart sonata showed -- as did his performance of Beethoven's opus 110 sonata a few seasons back -- that he also has a talent for music of the classical period: it radiated exuberance and freedom. The only playing on the program that was less than first class came in the same composer's adagio in B Minor, in which the pianist concentrated over much on the work's formal balance and neglected its drama and intensity.
Baltimore Sun Articles | http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1992-12-07/features/1992342224_1_pianist-maillet-sonata |
global_01_local_0_shard_00001240_processed.jsonl/147 | Woman in serious condition after car leaves road, hits tree
September 29, 1994
A 48-year-old woman was seriously injured yesterday when her car ran off the road and struck a tree in the 6200 block of Oakland Mills Road, Howard County fire and rescue officials said.
Martha Dotson of Columbia was listed in serious but stable condition at the Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore yesterday, where she was being treated for head and leg injuries.
Authorities were not sure what caused the crash. Howard County police are investigating the accident.
* Oakland Mills: 5100 block of Ilchester Woods Way: Tools, a radio and a TV were stolen from a garage, a resident reported Sunday.
5900 block of Stevens Forest Road: A resident reported a bike stolen from a storage shed Sunday, police said.
Baltimore Sun Articles | http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1994-09-29/news/1994272137_1_oakland-mills-howard-county-ilchester |
global_01_local_0_shard_00001240_processed.jsonl/148 | Angelos not horsing around with favored Million entry
October 01, 1994|By Ross Peddicord | Ross Peddicord,Sun Staff Writer
Peter Angelos might hand himself his own trophy today in the Maryland Million winner's circle.
For the first time, the Orioles are sponsoring one of the Maryland Million events, and team owner Angelos, who also operates a modest horse racing stable, is running the favored entry.
In the fifth race, named the Baltimore Orioles Maryland Million Lassie, Angelos owns 30 percent of 8-5 favorite Prospector's Fuel as well as the whole interest in the filly's entry mate, Georgia K.
The horses have different trainers, but are linked in the betting because of Angelos' ownership interest in both animals.
"I'd like to be able to devote more time to racing and I plan to buy more horses," Angelos said. "I'll be at the yearling sale at Timonium on Monday looking for more. Owning horses is a lot less work than owning a ball team, and there's a lot less controversy.
"If you change trainers, you don't get castigated by the thoroughbred racing press. But it's a little different with some of the baseball writers. Fire a coach and you'd think you had gotten rid of their uncle."
The Orioles' sponsorship of a Maryland horse racing event is a first for the team, but it's a natural, Angelos said yesterday.
Not only is Maryland Million founder Jim McKay an investor in the Orioles, but "I feel there are three key institutions in the state," Angelos said. "There's the Orioles, the Baltimore Symphony and the state's thoroughbred racing and breeding industry. We sponsored a gala for the symphony and also wanted to be a part of the Maryland Million. It's not just any old horse race, but an industry-wide event."
Angelos, who has owned horses for about a dozen years, was named to the Maryland Million board of directors this spring.
Tim Capps, vice president of communications at Laurel and Pimlico race courses, said the tracks have had joint promotional efforts with other area sports teams in the past, including the Washington Redskins, Bullets and Capitals.
"But never the Orioles, which are the most prominent sports franchise in the region," Capps said. "It's nice to have their name on something. In the past Major League Baseball didn't want to be associated with gaming, but I'm glad to see some of the sport's self-imposed barriers come down. I hope we can do more cross-promotion with them in the future."
Angelos' horses in today's race don't have a lot in common. "Prospector's Fuel is a speed filly," Angelos said, "and Georgia K. comes from off the pace. She might have more potential in longer races."
Angelos bought into Prospector's Fuel after the daughter of Allen's Prospect won her first start at Pimlico in mid-August by 14 1/2 lengths. The filly is trained by Bill Donovan, whose wife Donna picked her out of a yearling sale at Timonium last year.
Prospector's Fuel is one of four Lassie entrants with stakes experience, finishing third in her last start in the Debby's Turn Stakes. Since then Donovan has equipped the filly with blinkers in her morning workouts and she responded with a sharp seven-furlong time of 1 minute, 26 3/5 seconds at Pimlico last weekend. Donovan, who stables his horses at Pimlico, shipped Prospector's Fuel to Laurel this week to gallop over the track and familiarize herself with the racing surface.
Angelos named his other filly, Georgia K., after his wife, whose maiden name is Kousouris. He purchased the daughter of Horatius as a yearling at Timonium last year after her brother, Forry Cow How, won the Maryland Million Classic.
"I named one other horse after my wife," Angelos said. "That was Georgia's Embrace, and she turned out to be pretty good, too. She won about $100,000."
Tom Caviness trains Georgia K. He thinks it is going to be hard for the filly to catch Prospector's Fuel. "That other horse's work out of the gate at Pimlico was awesome," he said. "Few horses work as far as seven furlongs and I think that's just about the fastest or second-fastest workout logged at that distance at Pimlico this year."
Caviness added that Georgia K. will have a difficult time breaking today from the No. 1 post position. "I wish we had drawn No. 8," he said about the filly who is likely to be outrun early. "I also wish we had more time between races. She just broke her maiden nine days ago and it's a little soon to be running her back. But, heck, it's the Maryland Million and you don't get many chances to run for a purse this big [$100,000]."
Angelos owns about 20 horses, including breeding stock that he keeps at Rolling Mill Farm near Hunt Valley. His longtime racing adviser is Harry Strovel, who represents him at most of the races.
NOTES: Of the 118 runners expected to start in today's Maryland Million, the bulk is stabled locally. But 22 of the horses are shipping to Laurel from out-of-state tracks or training centers, including nine horses from New York. . . . Five of the jockeys regularly compete at Belmont Park. They are Mike Smith, Jose Santos, Mike Luzzi, Richard Migliore and Eddie Maple.
When: Today, post time 12:30 p.m.
Where: Laurel Race Course
Program: Eleven flat races -- nine on dirt, two on turf -- and one steeplechase.
Feature: Maryland Million Classic, 11th race, post time 5:43 p.m.
Total purses: $1 million
Horses: Only offspring of Maryland stallions are
eligible. A total of 144 are entered, including Grade I winners Taking Risks and Prenup.
TV: HTS, 4-6 p.m.; ESPN, 3:30-4:30 p.m. (including Md. Million Sprint live at 3:45 p.m.); ESPN2, 5-6 p.m. (live telecast of Md. Million Ladies and Md. Million Classic)
Tickets: Reserved seating can be obtained by calling Laurel, (301) 725-0400.
Baltimore Sun Articles | http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1994-10-01/sports/1994274068_1_horses-prospector-maryland-million |
global_01_local_0_shard_00001240_processed.jsonl/151 | Man pleads guilty to sex offense
November 28, 2006|by PEPPER BALLARD
An 18-year-old man pleaded guilty Monday to third-degree sex offense and was ordered to serve four years in prison for having sexual contact with his disabled stepsister in March.
Washington County Circuit Judge W. Kennedy Boone III suspended six years of a 10-year prison sentence for the conviction.
The man, who is not being named to protect the identity of his stepsister, was ordered to serve three years of probation, the first year of which was ordered supervised.
The incident occurred March 2, when the man inappropriately touched his older stepsister, Washington County Assistant State's Attorney Gina Cirincion said.
His attorney, Assistant Public Defender Stephen Musselman, said the man committed the offense "to get kicked out of his house."
Cirincion said the man's stepsister "remains frightened of him. She has not slept in her bedroom since this occurred."
The man originally was charged with second-degree rape and other charges, but pleaded guilty to a single count of third-degree sex offense.
Cirincion amended the second-degree rape charge on the man's charging document to third-degree sex offense. She said she amended the charge to negotiate a plea so that children involved in the case would not have to testify.
The man likely will serve one year of his sentence, Cirincion said. Third-degree sex offense is not considered a crime of violence, a designation that requires those convicted of such crimes to serve at least half of their sentences.
The man was ordered to have no contact with his stepsister.
The Herald-Mail Articles | http://articles.herald-mail.com/2006-11-28/news/25064979_1_sexual-contact-older-stepsister-degree |
global_01_local_0_shard_00001240_processed.jsonl/152 | Health and fellowship while on the move
April 24, 2008|By MARLO BARNHART
HALFWAY - There's a group of women who get together regularly at the Family Skating Center at 17333 Virginia Ave., but they don't have a roller skate among them.
What they do have is spunk, dedication and determination to be the best they can be through aerobics, both dance and traditional step - the skate rink is just the venue.
According to Linda Mumma, many of the longtime members of these exercise programs have been together for more than 25 years. She said some are former students of the late C.L. Widmyer, who started the group 30 years ago.
They want to continue despite what Mumma said is a struggle to survive.
"We need to get the word out about our group and entice more people to join in order to keep going," Mumma said.
Some members are in their 30s and 40s while others are a tad older.
Dolly DeHaan, 82, said she enjoys the workout she gets and the friendship with other members of the group.
Janet Roberts has been coming for 26 years. She said she enjoys keeping fit and keeping up with friends.
Sondra Crumbacker bought the Jacki Sorensen franchise several years ago. Her members who do step aerobics, have T-shirts describing themselves as "step sisters."
An aerobics devotee for 20 years, Crumbacker said she still came to sessions when she was recovering from cancer. "I could do some of it, and the ladies were so supportive."
Healthy now and 60 years old, Crumbacker has 12 active members in her step aerobics group. The group meets three times a week - Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8:30 a.m.
The dance group starts at 9:30 a.m. on the same days. There is also an afternoon class that meets at 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Mumma said the dance group is led by Debbie Downs.
The median age is 55. Some members are retired, some are in their 70s or older.
"We have all had our health problems, and we credit this group with getting us back on our feet," Crumbacker said.
The cost is just $4 a class, payable as you go. Discounts are available as are adjustable steps for that group. The programs change every six weeks so members don't get bored.
Though the franchise is for profit, Crumbacker said she charges just enough to cover rent and the cost for tapes and music. Instructors get no salaries.
For more information on the step aerobics, contact Crumbacker at 301-223-9467 and leave a message.
To reach Mumma about the dance groups, call 301-582-1908.
The ladies not only spend time together at the sessions. They also can be found lunching together at least once a month.
Holiday parties are quite festive with participants showing up wearing antlers and other finery.
"I can't imagine not coming here," said Sheri Specht, 63. She said she has been attending sessions since 1976. "It's the first thing that goes on my calendar."
The Herald-Mail Articles | http://articles.herald-mail.com/2008-04-24/news/25086229_1_step-aerobics-friendship-with-other-members-dance-group |
global_01_local_0_shard_00001240_processed.jsonl/153 | Community briefs
July 23, 2010
Taste of the Town needs sponsors
REACH Caregivers is seeking sponsors for its annual Taste of the Town scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 3, at Hagerstown Community College's Athletic Recreation and Community Center, off of Robinwood Drive, east of Hagerstown. Sponsorships of tables and donations of items or services are being accepted. For information, call 301-733-2371 or e-mail
Cruise information session
The Hagerstown Community College Alumni Association will host a free cruise information session at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 5, at the HCC Valley Mall Center. The meeting is a planning session for a nine-night cruise on Royal Caribbean's "Explorer of the Seas," sailing from Feb. 18 to Feb. 27, 2011.
Port stops include St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Samana, Dominican Republic; and Labadee, Haiti. The cruise is open to the public and everyone is invited to attend. Rates start at $1,459.75 and vary depending on occupancy type. Cruise fee includes accommodations for nine nights on the Royal Caribbean "Explorer of the Seas" cruise ship; all government taxes and fees; all meals and entertainment; and round trip transportation from HCC to the departure port. Arrangements are being made through Richard's World Travel.
Participants who book by Wednesday, Sept. 1, will receive a $50 per person discount. A portion of the cruise fee will benefit HCC student scholarships and the HCC Foundation.
Contact Lisa Stewart at 301-790-2800, ext. 346, or .
Fall semester registration
Antietam Bible College, Biblical Seminary and Graduate School, 15 High St., Hagerstown, will offer registration for the fall semester beginning Monday, Aug. 16. Register at or call the college office at 301-797-0988.
The Herald-Mail Articles | http://articles.herald-mail.com/2010-07-23/news/25199604_1_cruise-ship-community-briefs-seas |
global_01_local_0_shard_00001240_processed.jsonl/154 | Homemakers to meet
August 19, 2013|Cheryl Weaver | Around Clear Spring
The Clear Spring Homemakers will meet Tuesday, Sept. 3, at 11 a.m. at Windy Hill Restaurant. The public is invited.
Movie night
Hilltop Christian Fellowship will show the movie “Home Run” Friday, Sept. 13, starting at 7 p.m. The free movie is a must-see film for families.
Doors open at 6 p.m. for snacks before the movie. A child-friendly movie will also be shown.
The church is at 12624 Trinity Church Drive in Clear Spring.
For more information, call 301-842-2225 or go to www.hilltopchristianfel
Potpie dinner
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Big Pool will hold a potpie dinner Saturday, beginning at 5 p.m.
The menu includes slippery ham, chicken or baked roast beef potpie, applesauce, coleslaw, dessert and beverage.
The cost is by donation.
Lego Club to meet Sept. 3
The Leonard P. Snyder Memorial Library in Clear Spring will hold a Lego Building Club Tuesday, Sept. 3, at 3:45 p.m.
For more information, call 301-842-2730.
Also, at the library a book discussion will be held Wednesday, Sept. 4, at 11:15 a.m. This month’s selection is the book made into a movie, “Argo: How the CIA and Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History,” by Antonio J. Mendez.
Bring a cup and coffee will be provided.
For a copy of the book, call the library at 301-842-2730.
The Herald-Mail Articles | http://articles.herald-mail.com/2013-08-19/news/41427060_1_clear-spring-homemakers-free-movie-duplos |
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Dolphins Get Downright Defensive : They Shut Out Chiefs, Highest-Scoring Team in NFL, 31-0
September 23, 1985| From Times Wire Services
MIAMI — The Miami Dolphins knew they had a fine offense. What they discovered in Sunday's 31-0 victory over Kansas City was that they also have a tough defense.
The Dolphins were led by Dan Marino's two touchdown passes and rookie Ron Davenport's two touchdown runs, but the big story was the defense, which recorded its first shutout since 1983--against a team that entered the game leading the NFL in scoring.
"There were more great plays out there defensively than I've been around in a long time," Miami Coach Don Shula said. "I had been hoping and praying we could come up with a big effort on defense and we did."
Marino and the Dolphin offense went to work after intermission--scoring on five of seven possessions after a scoreless first half.
Marino, who completed 23 of 35 passes for 258 yards, tossed third-quarter touchdown passes to Bruce Hardy and Woody Bennett to start the rout.
Miami changed the complexion of the game on the second-half kickoff when Mike Kozlowski took a handoff from return man Lorenzo Hampton on a reverse that gained 32 yards to the Dolphins' 47.
Marino launched Miami's first scoring drive from there, using completions of 23 yards to Nat Moore and 10 yards Hardy to fuel a 5-play, 53-yard march he capped with his scoring toss to Hardy.
Rookie fullback Ron Davenport added touchdowns on fourth-quarter runs of one and three yards, and Fuad Reveiz kicked a 37-yard field goal.
"We didn't do anything differently in the second half," Marino explained. "We just did it better."
The victory was Shula's 100th in the Orange Bowl in 16 seasons with the Dolphins and boosted the defending AFC champions' record to 2-1.
Kansas City, which started the day averaging a NFL-leading 41.5 points per game, fell to 2-1.
"We didn't play as well as we thought we could or hoped to, but you can't take anything away from Miami," Kansas City Coach John Mackovic said.
"Of course we're disappointed, but we can't do anything about it now," he added. "We have to come back next week and do the things we've done in the past."
The Chiefs were coming off impressive victories over the New Orleans Saints and L.A. Raiders and had hoped to use the Miami game to strengthen their credentials as one of the league's up-and-coming teams.
The Dolphins frustrated quarterback Bill Kenney all day long, though, and survived two Chief drives inside the Miami 10.
"I was ineffective. Our receivers were ineffective. We were just ineffective," said Kenney, who completed 19 of 38 passes for 205 yards and was intercepted twice. "We learned we're not good enough to just show up and expect to win."
Los Angeles Times Articles | http://articles.latimes.com/1985-09-23/sports/sp-19630_1_miami-dolphins |
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State Files for Injunction to Close Foursquare Church's Day-Care Center
January 30, 1986|KENNETH J. FANUCCHI | Times Staff Writer
The state attorney general's office has filed a request for a preliminary injunction to close a day-care center operated by Santa Monica Foursquare Church, which has refused to obtain a state license to operate the facility.
Deputy Atty. Gen. James E. Ryan said that he filed the request in Los Angeles Superior Court last week, seeking action against the church at 1220 20th St. and the adjoining Weekday Sunday School at 1224 20th St.
Judge Jack Newman is scheduled to hear the case Feb. 14, but an attorney representing the church said he will seek to delay the hearing.
The state Department of Social Services, which licenses day-care centers, asked the state attorney general's office to file the court action. The department has asked church leaders to obtain a state license at least five times since 1983.
Church leaders have rebuffed every request, saying that the Bible--rather than the state--is the sole guide for conducting a church-operated child-care center. They have repeatedly refused to allow social services employees to inspect the Weekday Sunday School premises, according to a court-approved inspection warrant obtained Jan. 8 by the social services department.
Accompanied by members of the county district attorney's office and the Santa Monica Police Department, social services employees used the warrant to enter the facility Jan. 14 in search of evidence to support their contention that the Weekday Sunday School is a day-care center.
"State law requires that anyone seeking to operate a day-care center must first apply for and obtain a license," Ryan said. "State law does not exempt churches from the regulations."
Attorney Albert F. Cunningham, a Montgomery Creek resident who is representing the Santa Monica church, said that the state licensing law violates the biblical beliefs of what he described as fundamentalist orthodox churches.
"It is a relationship problem," Cunningham said. "We believe that Jesus Christ is Lord in all things and he, in essence, gives us the license to operate. If we obtain a state license, then the state is coming into the church as boss, replacing Jesus Christ."
Cunningham said that he is contesting the constitutionality of the state licensing law regarding child day-care centers in a suit brought against the Department of Social Services by the North Valley Baptist Church in Redding.
He said that the suit, filed in 1984, is scheduled to be heard in the U.S. District Court in Sacramento sometime in June. "We basically are seeking to bar the state from applying the licensing statute to churches," Cunningham said.
He said that the law conflicts directly with churches whose doctrine includes a literal interpretation of the Bible. He noted that corporal punishment is an appropriate example.
"The Bible tells us that corporal punishment is the way to discipline children," Cunningham said. "Yet, under the state law governing child-care centers, corporal punishment is prohibited. The real issue is one of control and the independence of the church."
Harrison Sommer, a Santa Monica attorney who will work with Cunningham on the Santa Monica Foursquare Church case, said that the state law governing licensing of day-care centers gives the state unwarranted power to intrude into church affairs.
"As I read the law," Sommer said, "there is nothing to stop the state from trying to regulate a nursery set up in the church during Sunday school activities. Once you give the state the right to enforce a law one day, state authorities can come in anytime. This is a very serious First Amendment right."
Sommer, a member of the Santa Monica church, accused the state, county and city of conducting "a raid" in the Jan. 14 investigation that church leaders said "traumatized children" at the Weekday Sunday School.
Deputy Atty. Gen. Lee Harris, of the department's nursing home and dependent care section, said that the inspection on Jan. 14 was not a raid and did not involve any activity that could possibly have traumatized children.
"We have a videotape of the entire investigation," Harris said. "It is interesting to compare the tape with the wild charges being made by many church members, including one that police officers burst into the facility with their guns drawn. It simply did not happen that way."
Sommer also objected to the seizure of documents from the school and church premises during the Jan. 14 investigation, citing "clergy's privilege." Because of his objection, the documents have been placed in the hands of a special court master, out of reach of government officials.
Harris said that he has started court proceedings to obtain the documents.
A hearing will be held Jan. 31 before Judge Gordon Ringer in Division 126 of Los Angeles Superior Court to determine whether the records will be turned over to the district attorney.
Harris said that the documents, including records of children, their parents and center employees, among others, are needed to establish the existence of an illegally operated day-care center and to provide proof of other illegal activities at the center.
"For 2 1/2 years," Harris said, "duly constituted government authorities have tried to inspect the day-care center and have been met with resistance at the door. The fallout from that attitude is that there are no criminal or health checks of employees running the center, no inspection as to the health and safety regulations regarding facilities taking care of very small children."
Attorney Cunningham said that church-run programs do have standards for protecting children's health and safety.
"In the 2,000 years of the existence of churches," Cunningham said, "the churches have higher standards than the state."
Los Angeles Times Articles | http://articles.latimes.com/1986-01-30/news/we-2396_1_child-care-center |
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JAZZ REVIEWS : Horns Aplenty Still Leave 'Em Wanting More : Tom Margitan's sax work in Vinnie's small confines points to how much better he would be with a full rhythm section.
COSTA MESA — Tom Margitan puts together a good little lounge act, just the kind of thing that goes well in the intimate quarters of Vinnie's restaurant. But when the saxophonist-vocalist referred to Bill Murray's old "Saturday Night Live" parody of the over-stylized lounge singer, it served to remind the audience of the difficulties he and keyboardist Tom Zink faced playing as a duo in these cozy circumstances. And it invited comparisons.
Saturday's appearance, the second night of two, made it clear right away what Margitan has over Murray: He plays saxophones and plays them well. His tenor solo on "My Romance" had some of 1960s-era Sonny Rollins' tonal quality, a hard-edged sound that seemed to open as it moved up the scale. Margitan also has a fine sense of development, using a variety of phrases and line lengths accented with repeated notes, stuttering lines and occasional bits of high-end excitement.
With his left hand, Zink provided synthesized bass lines from his keyboard while supplying chordal accompaniment with his right. This left-hand bass approach sometimes gave his solos a stride-like appeal, and he capitalized on this effect with soulful, blues-tinted lines that nested easily with his low-end rhythms.
There's no use quibbling over the lack of a real , acoustic piano in these cramped confines--there's just no room. Zink stuck to acoustic-like sounds from his electronic keyboard, working at different times in guitar, vibraphone, organ and, of course, acoustic piano sounds. Though his bass duties sometimes seemed to abbreviate his right-hand phrasing, Zink's accompaniment was surprisingly thorough, considering he was providing all of it. His solo on "Here's That Rainy Day" was particularly rich and rewarding.
It's Margitan's vocals that compare most closely with Murray's fictional lounge lizard, and he doesn't quite avoid all the stereotypes that the comedian spoofs in his act. Unlike Murray, Margitan has a good tone, the color of cognac and occasionally just as intoxicating. But like Murray, he has some difficulty with high notes and the longer he sustains a tone, the less likely it is to be hit on key. While the intricacies of "Lush Life" proved a challenge, he sang the upbeat blues "Roll Em Pete" with a strong rhythmic sense and infectious enthusiasm that was well received by the crowd.
But Margitan's real talents are as sax player. He introduced "Roll Em Pete" with a fine tenor reading of the bop workout "Billie's Bounce" before singing the blues. His soprano work on Clare Fischer's "Morning" came in sparkling tones as he mixed short bursts with attractive, lazily meandering lines. Margitan also brings a certain cleverness to the bandstand, as he demonstrated when quoting from "Dance of the Siamese Children" during his "Roll Em Pete" improvisation.
His best effort came on Antonio Carlos Jobim's somewhat obscure bossa nova "Favela," on which a series of circular phrases gave way to a dramatic passage that was punctuated with his up-register squirts. His tone was also impressive, especially when he moved away from the microphone to read the music. It was then that the firm, complex tenor sound was at its best, without the veiling that amplification brings.
One came away from this set wanting to hear Margitan working with a full rhythm section, which would allow him to work a wider range of style than just a keyboardist allowed. Zink would also get a better airing in such a situation, his left hand available for chordal accompaniment rather than being tied by the bass line. Though it won't happen at Vinnie's, where there's just no room for more than two or three musicians, here's hoping we'll get to see Margitan with a real combo somewhere soon.
Los Angeles Times Articles | http://articles.latimes.com/1993-08-23/entertainment/ca-26558_1_rhythm-section |
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Supervisors Agree on Downsized Hospital
Health: Plan will cut back number of beds at County-USC Medical Center to 600 despite objections from various factions.
Prodded by harsh fiscal reality, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 Wednesday evening to dramatically downsize County-USC Medical Center, the nation's busiest public hospital.
In approving a new, 600-bed facility, the board majority turned aside the objections of health care experts, community activists and an unusually united coalition of Latino elected officials from all levels of government who packed the meeting and offered a rare public display of bare-knuckled political clout.
But apparently uppermost in the supervisors' minds was the memory of how the public health system's costs nearly drove the county to the brink of bankruptcy two years ago. The votes to be cast by a majority of the board's members were clear from the moment the daylong hearing began.
Supervisors Yvonne Brathwaite Burke and Zev Yaroslavsky made the motion to build a new hospital with no more than 600 beds.
"We recognize our legal and moral responsibility to provide a health-care safety net for the indigent," Burke said. "We also have a responsibility to ensure that the safety net is not jeopardized by undertaking a capital project of such unrealistic magnitude that we cannot sustain it. . . . "
Only Supervisor Gloria Molina, who had fought hard for a larger hospital, voted against the board majority's move to rebuild earthquake-damaged County-USC with just two-thirds of its current 960-bed capacity.
Throughout the day, scores of speakers in blunt political exchanges, calm professional voices and impassioned pleas spoke in favor of a 750-bed facility. Not a single voice was heard in support of the smaller hospital.
Even Los Angeles City Councilman Richard Alatorre, long a political foe of Molina, joined with Latino members of Congress and the Legislature in imploring the supervisors to build no less than a 750-bed hospital.
"You have an opportunity to do the right thing for the people of Los Angeles County," Alatorre said. "This is not just a Latino issue. This is a health care issue. This is about the life and death of people."
Alatorre decried as "disgusting" suggestions that the board majority resisted the larger hospital in part to deny a victory to Molina, the sometimes contentious Eastside representative.
"This is not about Gloria Molina," he said.
"I'd pay heed," Alatorre told the supervisors, referring to threats by Latino legislators to hold up state funds for the county if the larger hospital is not built.
The board majority's preference for 600 beds was opposed by every major health care organization in the county. Spokesmen for some of them warned that the new hospital--the cornerstone of the county's public health system and emergency trauma network--would not be big enough to meet the needs of a growing population of poor and uninsured residents.
Fully aware that the odds were stacked against the 750-bed hospital, which he had strongly advocated, county health services director Mark Finucane spoke quietly before the board, methodically laying out his arguments for the larger complex.
"It is a very small hospital compared to what you have today," Finucane said. "You're talking about the biggest public hospital in the United States right now, in the midst of the biggest uninsured population." At 750 beds, he said, the hospital would still be significantly smaller than it is now, with 960 beds. "This is a very, very tough call."
Dr. Brian Johnston, past president of the Los Angeles County Medical Assn. and an emergency room physician at nearby White Memorial Hospital, bluntly told the supervisors that it was "extremely unwise to downsize the linchpin of our county health system."
Johnston warned of dire consequences to patients if the 600-bed hospital is too small. "They are going to be dying in the hallways," he said. "Dying waiting to get into the operating room."
Ulysses S. Griggs Jr. of Community Rehabilitation Services in San Gabriel invoked the name of the late supervisor Kenneth Hahn in urging the board to select the 750-bed hospital option. "If Kenny Hahn were here he'd be camping on your doorsteps until he persuaded all of you to vote for 750 beds."
But with Washington and Sacramento backing away from their own commitments to the poor, Los Angeles County is left as the health care provider of last resort to a huge and growing population of 2.8 million people who have no health insurance.
Four of the supervisors were not willing to commit the county to taking the financial risk of building a $1-billion hospital with 750 beds that the county could not afford to run. A 600-bed hospital would cost between $788 million and $907 million depending on the design, and would be less expensive to finance and operate.
Supervisor Yaroslavsky, one of the architects of the 600-bed proposal, argued that Finucane and the health department had not made a sincere enough effort to negotiate contracts with private hospitals that have empty beds to which any excess patients could be sent.
Los Angeles Times Articles | http://articles.latimes.com/1997/nov/13/local/me-53345 |
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Gal Sundae
I grew up eating ice cream sundaes at Will Wright's and C.C. Brown's, two of Los Angeles' famous ice cream parlors that no longer exist. At home I'd try to make my own sundaes using bottled sauces and supermarket ice cream. But they were never the same.
Even so, I came to develop strong ideas about ice cream sundaes at a fairly young age. I knew pretty quickly to avoid marshmallow sauce; it was always too sweet, and I never liked the consistency of it. And I knew why bottled hot fudge sauces were inferior to the ones at Will Wright's and C.C. Brown's: They were brown and not black; too creamy and not sticky. Proper hot fudge should be thick, and it should be bitter.
My favorite sundaes were ones with the right balance between sweet and bitter (the sweetness of vanilla ice cream against the bitterness of good hot fudge) or even sweet and salt (the salty peanuts in tin-roof sundaes against the ice cream, sauce and whipped cream). I loved the sensation of taking a bite of cold ice cream and hot fudge, and the way the warm sauce would start to melt the ice cream. I loved the crunch of the nuts--whole almonds with the skins left on are best--that contradicted everything else in the dish.
For the Record
Los Angeles Times Wednesday September 16, 1998 Home Edition Food Part H Page 2 Food Desk 1 inches; 21 words Type of Material: Correction
The name of a famous Los Angeles ice cream parlor, now defunct, was misspelled in "Gal Sundae" (Sept. 9). It should have been Wil Wright's (not Will).
As I later learned when I started to make desserts for a living, it's the contrast of hot and cold that keeps a dessert interesting. And in every dessert I make, I look for what I think of as "the crunch," the last detail that makes or breaks a dish.
Much of my time in my early career was spent making tarts and tortes and other French pastries. Ice cream was meant to be served on the side or alone. But I gradually worked many of my childhood obsessions into my professional cooking, from chocolate chip cookies to Blum's coffee crunch cake and, yes, ice cream sundaes.
The problem with many hot fudge recipes, I discovered, is that they have too much cream. And most of them don't have enough chocolate or cocoa powder. I like my hot fudge to taste of chocolate, not corn syrup. I also don't use butter; to me butter is for chocolate sauce, not for real hot fudge.
I even found a recipe for marshmallow sauce that I liked. I based it on an Italian meringue. Without the artificial sweeteners and stabilizers that have to go into bottled versions, marshmallow sauce became something I actually liked.
For the sundaes we serve at the restaurant, we layer the ice cream and sauce in a glass and top them with whipped cream and whole unblanched almonds, which I think of one of the most important parts of the sundae. I like the look of the skins and the way they protect the almonds from getting soggy. I lose that cherry part of the sundae, by the way; it's one detail I can live without.
Recently, I've been obsessed with the combination of salty peanuts and caramel. L'Orangerie makes a salty caramel ice cream that sounds delicious to me. But instead of re-creating his idea, I wanted to do something a little different. I made a caramel ice cream with a salty peanut swirl that was fantastic. It's a difficult ice cream to make, however. The swirl solidifies almost immediately, which makes the ice cream hard to scoop.
Then I started thinking about restructuring the ice cream as a sundae--caramel ice cream with a salty caramel peanut sauce instead of the swirl. I changed the caramel ice cream from my standard one by adding a little creme frai^che to smooth the burnt sugar edge from the caramel--a better contrast for the stronger sauce to come. The sauce has a toastiness from the peanuts, which is amplified by vanilla bean, and just enough salt to stand up to the sugar.
It's everything a good sundae should be--salty and sweet, warm and cold, crunchy and smooth. Whipped cream is optional, and as for that cherry, forget about it.
Nancy Silverton is co-owner of Campanile restaurant in Los Angeles and co-founder of La Brea Bakery. She is co-author of "The Food of Campanile," "Nancy Silverton's Breads From the La Brea Bakery," "Mark Peel and Nancy Silverton at Home" and "Desserts."
2 3/4 cups unsalted, unroasted, peeled peanuts, preferably Virginia (1 pound)
2 tablespoons peanut oil
2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon salt
1 large plump or 2 thin vanilla beans, split lengthwise
1 3/4 cups heavy whipping cream
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
1/2 cup corn syrup
1 1/2 cups sugar
Toss together peanuts, peanut oil and salt in small bowl. Sprinkle peanuts only (not excess salt from bowl) onto baking sheet. Toast at 325 degrees until lightly colored, about 10 minutes. Set aside.
Scrape vanilla bean seeds into small saucepan, then add pods. Add cream and butter and heat over medium heat until butter melts. Remove from heat and set aside.
Los Angeles Times Articles | http://articles.latimes.com/1998/sep/09/food/fo-20791 |
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Drink Your Beans
March 01, 2000|ROSE DOSTI
DEAR SOS: I'm living for the day when we can obtain the recipe for Cafe del Rey's Cuban black bean soup. Can you help?
Manhattan Beach
DEAR IDETTE: The popular restaurant in Marina del Rey sent this recipe. It makes a big pot of soup for a big party. Serve the soup with sides of salsa and sour cream.
Cuban Black Bean Soup
Active Work Time: 20 minutes * Total Preparation Time: 1 hour 40 minutes plus 8 hours soaking
1 1/2 pounds dried black beans
1/4 pound bacon, chopped
1 1/2 onions, chopped
1 carrot, diced
2 stalks celery, thinly sliced
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 jalapenos, chopped
1/4 cup white wine
3 quarts chicken stock
1 cup whipping cream
1 tablespoon lime juice
1/2 sprig thyme
1 cup dry Sherry
1 tablespoon olive oil
6 small tomatoes, seeded and chopped
1/2 tablespoon ground cumin
Salsa, for serving
Sour cream, for serving
* Place beans in bowl and cover with water. Soak overnight, then drain and set aside.
* Saute bacon in large skillet over medium heat until cooked, 5 to 8 minutes. Drain bacon on paper towels, reserving 2 tablespoons fat from skillet.
* Place reserved bacon fat, bacon, onions, carrot, celery, garlic and chiles in stock pot. Saute over medium heat until onions are tender, 5 minutes. Add wine, drained beans and stock. Bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer over medium-low heat until beans are soft, about 1 hour.
* Add cream, lime juice, thyme, Sherry and oil. Return to boil. Add tomatoes and cumin. Remove soup from stove and puree in batches, then strain. Serve with salsa and sour cream.
8 to 10 servings. Each of 10 servings: 358 calories; 1,019 mg sodium; 40 mg cholesterol; 17 grams fat; 25 grams carbohydrates; 14 grams protein; 2.11 grams fiber.
Los Angeles Times Articles | http://articles.latimes.com/2000/mar/01/food/fo-4011 |
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Magic, not misery, in Myanmar
March 28, 2004
Having recently returned from a cruise on the Irrawaddy River in Myanmar, I feel compelled to respond to "By Riverboat to Age-Old Asia" [March 14] and the remarks by a passenger that the people that she encountered were suffering from an oppressive military government, massacres and forced labor. She could not have witnessed such activity on her tour. I advise her to read newspapers before she selects her tours and not visit countries that she is predisposed against.
Although it is true that Myanmar is administered by a military junta, I could not detect any unhappiness in the populace and saw no evidence of a military presence. Policemen were not to be seen on the streets either, only occasionally in police cars, and I saw no soldiers. It was true, however, that our guides were hesitant to comment on or affirm the existence of dissidents or the suppression of freedoms.
We found people to be genuinely friendly on the streets, in the hotels and markets and certainly among the ubiquitous souvenir sellers, with whom we were not able to communicate verbally. Sign language and the almighty dollar were sufficient to achieve one's purpose.
Paul S. McCaig
Dana Point
My husband and I are just back from a wonderful 10-day trip to Myanmar. Yes, Myanmar can be a difficult place to visit, but it doesn't have to be. It is exciting, magical and filled with the kindest, most genuine people we have encountered in a long time. Believe me, the overpriced and over-privileged "Road to Mandalay" cruise ship is not the only game in town.
We booked our trip through Gold Backed Travels & Tours,, a travel agency in Yangon. The manager of the company and I corresponded with each other via e-mail for several months before our departure. We stayed at wonderful five-star hotels and resorts. We had an adorable English-speaking guide who was with us every day, plus a car and driver. We ate delicious, fresh, trouble-free food in the hotels and at local restaurants.
We, too, took a cruise from Bagan to Mandalay on the Irrawaddy Princess, which was comfortable and charming, if a little down at the heels. But the service was heartfelt and although we didn't dine on eggs Benedict and lobster like author Barry Zwick, the food was fine. The crew welcomed us into their world at a fraction of the $2,500 per-person price of the Orient-Express. In fact, our entire trip, including hotels, meals, internal airfare, the cruise and a flight to Bangkok, was only about $2,600.
Joan Tucker
Los Angeles
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Charlotte ends seven-game losing streak
The Bobcats defeat the Pacers, 104-88.
November 23, 2009
Charlotte, N.C. — Nazr Mohammed scored 18 points, Boris Diaw had 17 and the Charlotte Bobcats beat the Indiana Pacers, 104-88, on Sunday to end a losing streak at seven games.
Rookie Derrick Brown scored a season-high 13 and Stephen Jackson had 10 in his first home game with Charlotte, helping the NBA's lowest-scoring team to its best offensive performance in weeks.
It spoiled Tyler Hansbrough's first professional game in North Carolina. With college coach Roy Williams sitting courtside, Hansbrough didn't get his first field goal until midway through the fourth quarter, when the Pacers were down by 20 points.
Dahntay Jones scored 19 points and Danny Granger had 18 for Indiana, which has lost three straight following a five-game winning streak.
The Bobcats finally showed some offensive rhythm, though it came from unlikely sources.
-- associated press
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Even a little extra weight can be detrimental
December 02, 2010|By Jeannine Stein, Los Angeles Times
Researchers analyzed the body mass index, or BMI, of 570,000 white men and women who had never smoked and followed them for an average of 10 years. They concluded that for every 5-point increase in BMI — the equivalent of jumping from the healthy to the overweight category, or from overweight to obese — the chance of dying during the course of the study rose by 31%. The results were published in Thursday's edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Considering that two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese, "even a small increase in the risk of death can be a real public health problem and result in a large number of deaths," said Amy Berrington de Gonzalez, an epidemiologist at the National Cancer Institute and lead author of the study.
Studies have shown that people who are overweight or obese are more likely to develop heart disease, stroke, diabetes and some types of cancer — all conditions that can cause death. But the effect of excess pounds on death from any cause is less clear.
So an international group of researchers combed through 19 studies — most of them designed to investigate cancer — and found data on 1.46 million white adults between the ages of 19 and 84. About 60% of them were excluded from the analysis because they were smokers or former smokers, which complicates the relationship between weight and death, or because they had preexisting health conditions such as cancer or heart disease.
When the researchers zeroed in on healthy women who had never smoked, they found that those with a healthy BMI in the range of 20 to 24.9 had the lowest risk of death during the period of study.
The risk of death increased steadily along with BMI, the researchers found. For overweight women with a BMI between 25 and 29.9, the risk was 13% higher than it was for those in the healthy-weight group. For obese women with a BMI in the 30-34.9 range, the risk was 44% higher, and for those with a BMI between 35 and 39.9, the risk increased by 88%. Among morbidly obese women with a BMI above 40, the risk of death was 2 1/2 times higher than for healthy-weight women.
The risk calculations were similar for healthy men who had never smoked, according to the study. The relative risks were slightly lower when the researchers controlled for variables such as education, alcohol consumption and exercise levels.
Dr. David Heber, director of the UCLA Risk Factor Obesity Program, said the risk calculations would apply to large populations but not necessarily to individuals, since some people can be lean with a BMI above 25 and others can have excess fat even with a BMI below 25.
Applying the findings to nonwhites could also be problematic. For example, he said, "in Asians, even a little excess weight in the abdomen with normal body weight can increase the risk of heart disease."
Los Angeles Times Articles | http://articles.latimes.com/2010/dec/02/health/la-he-bmi-death-20101202 |
global_01_local_0_shard_00001240_processed.jsonl/164 | Establish Respect Before Teen Years
July 31, 1985|By Charles Dils
Respect is a precious commodity in the realm of parent-teen relationships. It must be cultivated carefully, and if it thrives the task of parenting and the struggle to become a healthy individual both are made easier.
Respect is the fabric of all forms of love, and if it is lacking there is sure to be conflict. Parents who complain that their teen-agers are disrespectful of parental authority invariably have committed mistakes in relating to their children. Somehow they have failed to lay the foundation for a respectful relationship during their children's pre-teen years, a period during which serious problems lie dormant, waiting for the advent of adolescence to spring forth in crisis proportions.
When the result is disrespectful teen behavior, the kids are invariably blamed. This makes as much sense as blaming the waiter for poorly prepared food served in the restaurant. The parents must assume the initiative in finding the cause of the problem and in taking steps to provide a remedy.
To demand that respect be given unquestionably is nothing more than a provocation that is likely to worsen the state of affairs. If there is a genuine desire on the part of the parents to find out what went wrong and to be willing to accept at least part of the fault, the prospects for positive changes are improved.
Here are three basic reasons that teens fail to show respect for their parents:
-- Lack of firmness, self-assertiveness and consistency by the parents. This can happen when the parents' need to be liked by the children is greater than their sense of responsibility as leaders of the family. This opens the door to manipulation and overindulgence, a disadvantage to both parents and children.
-- An effort by teen-agers to get revenge. Children who have been physically or verbally abused will eventually find ways to get even as they get older. Resentments may be harbored for several years before they are released, but the time comes when children are willing to take the risk and strike back. This is not always in the form of overt aggression but may take the form of drug abuse, sexual promiscuity, delinquency, running away, suicide attempts or school failure.
-- Lack of parental self-control combined with an overly critical attitude toward children. Parents who expect near perfection from their kids and then display an inability to control their lives by becoming overburdened with debt, overindulging in alcohol, going on eating binges or the like are inviting criticism and disrespect. Kids can overlook a lot of faults in their parents if a basically loving relationship is present, but if they are ridiculed and criticized they are going to look especially hard to find flaws in mom and dad.
Respect must be a two-way proposition, and the parents who fail to give it will almost certainly pay at some point with a loss of rapport with their children.
Friendship and playfulness can do as much as anything to foster close relationships and mutual caring between parents and children. When the mantle of authority is worn lightly and with occasional good humor, parents have a much greater opportunity to exert positive influence and to maintain good discipline.
The popularity of The Cosby Show among parents and kids reflects an appreciation for Bill Cosby's ability to combine firmness with humor. When kids see and experience a playful child in their mothers and fathers, they feel appreciated for their own free spirits. It helps to form a bond that may later serve to hold together mutual respect in the face of disagreement and conflict.
Orlando Sentinel Articles | http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1985-07-31/lifestyle/0320030150_1_parents-respect-pre-teen |
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12:23 p.m. EST, February 26, 2012|By Kevin Bouffard, The Ledger
DOVER, Florida — The law of supply and demand had worked pretty well for the Florida strawberry industry during the past decade.
This season, not so much.
A supply spike of fresh strawberries hit the U.S. market this winter, driving down the retail price for consumers but also farm prices. Florida strawberry growers will struggle to turn a profit this year.
"The prices have been way too cheap. This has been a good year for consumers, both in quality and price," said Mike Lott, a Seffner strawberry grower with 42 acres. "We've been picking cheap all year."
Lott and other strawberry growers still don't know if they'll end the season next month with a profit.
"It's going to be tough. It's going to be down to the wire," he said.
Andy McDonald, owner of Sweet Life Farms, which has 92 strawberry acres in Plant City, agreed.
An unseasonably warm winter in Florida had strawberry plants producing at record capacities, the growers said.
But the Mexican strawberry industry, expanding for the past several years, also enjoyed unusually good growing conditions, they said. Because Mexican growers use the same strawberry varieties as Florida, which produce from late November to March, cheaper Mexican strawberries came into the U.S. market in unprecedented numbers, driving down U.S. prices.
"We're facing unfair competition," said Gary Wishnatzki, CEO at Wish Farms Inc., a Plant City strawberry grower and the state's largest shipper of fresh strawberries. "The market would have absorbed our production if it were not for Mexico."
Wishnatzki and the other growers complained Mexican strawberry farms face much lower labor and production costs, making it difficult to compete on price.
Many regular customers stopped buying from Wish Farms, telling Wishnatzki they would go with the cheaper Mexican strawberries, he said.
"The [supermarket] chains started buying Mexican product because it was heavily discounted," Wishnatzki said.
From mid-November through Feb. 18, Mexico shipped 97.3 million pounds of strawberries to the U.S., a 26.2 percent increase from 77 million pounds in 2010-11, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture statistics.
The bigger concern, however, is that this year's strawberry market may have become the new normal, they said.
"Over the years, it's been a competition between California and Florida," Lott said. "Now we've got Mexico in the mix."
Indeed large California growers, including Driscoll Strawberry Associates Inc., have financed the booming Mexican strawberry industry by planting new acreage there, Wishnatzki and McDonald said.
The Florida strawberry industry built itself on two pillars -- rising consumer demand for strawberries because of perceived health benefits and a climate that gives Florida an exclusive market window as the nation's provider of fresh strawberries from that first harvest in late November to March.
U.S. consumption of fresh strawberries doubled from 2 pounds per capita in 1980 to about 4 pounds in the early 1990s, USDA statistics show. Then it surged again to 7.2 pounds in 2010, the latest data available.
Florida strawberry growers responded by expanding acreage.
Florida strawberry farms, centered around Plant City, hovered around 6,000 acres in the 1990s, USDA data shows, and they reached 7,100 acres in 2003
This year Florida has more than 10,000 strawberry acres, said Ted Campbell, executive director of the Florida Strawberry Growers Association in Dover.
That first month of harvesting in December set the tone for the season, Campbell and the growers said. Christmas, along with Valentine's Day, is a sales peak for Florida strawberries.
Because of its exclusive market window, growers in past seasons could count on a wholesale price of $15 to $20 a flat for their strawberries in December, they said. The price would fall to about $12 to $15 a flat during January and February, but that was still above the growers' break-even point, currently about $6 to $7 a flat.
In a typical year, most Florida growers stop harvesting in March, when the price falls below the break-even point because of the influx of California strawberries.
California is the largest U.S. strawberry producer with 34,608 acres, according to the California Strawberry Commission, but its production falls off dramatically in December and January. In February and March, production rises only enough to supply mostly markets west of the Mississippi River.
Because of Mexican imports this season, the wholesale strawberry price fell to $7 a flat the week before Christmas, Campbell and the growers reported. The price recovered to about $12 in March but fell again just before Valentine's Day.
Friday's prices for Florida strawberries were mostly $7.90 to $8.90 a flat, the USDA reported. Demand remained "good."
At those prices, the only avenue to profitability for the 2011-12 season is picking large volumes of strawberries through March, Lott and McDonald said.
"We will have to pick an extreme amount of strawberries [in March] to break even," said McDonald, the Strawberry Association president. "I'm optimistic that we'll pick a lot of strawberries."
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global_01_local_0_shard_00001240_processed.jsonl/172 | Mexico extradites drug lord ‘El Chapo’ to U.S.
CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO/NEW YORK: Mexico extradited its drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to New York on Thursday, likely ending a decades-long criminal career that included two jail breaks and a lead role in a national drug war, the day before Donald Trump assumes the U.S. presidency.
Mexican officials said the timing of the move was both a last-minute gift to outgoing U.S. President Barack Obama and an olive branch to Trump, who has regularly insulted Mexico and threatened to tear up the NAFTA trade agreement that underpins its economy.
Guzman, 59, arrived in a small jet at Long Island’s MacArthur Airport after nightfall and left in a column of vehicles. Later a police convoy believed to be carrying the kingpin arrived at Manhattan’s Metropolitan Correctional Center, a maximum-security federal prison, with helicopters swooping overhead.
At least three female inmates chanted “Chapo! Chapo!” at the top of their voices from their barred cell window.
One of the world’s most wanted drug kingpins until he was captured a year ago, Guzman busted out of a high-security penitentiary in central Mexico six months earlier through a mile-long tunnel, his second dramatic prison escape.
READ MORE: Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’ transferred to jail near US border: official
After Guzman slipped out of his cell through a tunnel fitted with a motorbike on rails in July 2015, Trump said on Twitter he “would kick his ass” as president.
The extradition of El Chapo, or Shorty, followed a federal court decision on Thursday rejecting a legal challenge by his lawyers against extradition. It came 16 years to the day after the first jail break, removing the lingering fear he would again outsmart the Mexican government.
Alberto Elias Beltran, Mexico’s assistant attorney general for international affairs, denied the extradition had anything to do with Trump’s inauguration and said one day Guzman would face justice at home.
“When he finishes his sentence in the United States he will return to Mexico,” where he has 10 pending cases, Beltran said.
Guzman’s stays in Mexico’s corrupt prisons did little to crimp the power of his Sinaloa Cartel that U.S. anti-drug officials consider responsible for much of the narcotic distribution in the United States. It is expected he will have less access to his network from a U.S. jail.
The man who Forbes in 2012 included on its world’s billionaires list was widely believed to exert influence from his cell during his previous incarcerations. In the past year, however, he had complained of harsh treatment and solitary confinement.
Guzman is charged in six separate indictments throughout the United States. The accusations range from money laundering to drug trafficking, kidnapping and murder in cities that include Chicago, Miami and New York.
ALSO READ: Lawyers claims El Chapo going ‘crazy’ in jail
His career began in the opium and cannabis-farming hills of the northern state of Sinaloa but he grew to oversee perhaps the world’s largest transnational cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine smuggling organization reaching Europe and Asia.
Guzman earned almost legendary status as an outlaw, but his ambition to control more trafficking routes was a key dynamic in Mexico’s decade-long drug war that left more than 100,000 dead and from which his organization emerged scarred but mostly victorious.
He was being held in a prison just across the border from El Paso, Texas in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, where his Sinaloa cartel beat the rival Juarez cartel into submission with such violence than tens of thousands fled the city.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00001240_processed.jsonl/184 | The pig? - Some slices of bacon
The sheep? - Some Muslims in a mosque
The clothing? - Their shoes
This is the story about a drunken man who thought it would be funny to put bacon inside the shoes left outside a mosque. Frankly, I agree, this is rather funny. Of course the man was arrested and charged with crimes relating to "racial hatred." Here's where the problem lies. This is not in any way racial. It is religious. The offended Muslims aren't restricted from eating pig due to their race, so in what way could this ever be considered racist? The fact that the people are in a mosque in England gives very little clue as to the races of those inside, they could be from any number of countries. They were mostly Somalian by the way. Are Somalians not allowed to eat pig? Well yes, if they also happen to be Muslim. It makes me very angry that religion is so often confused with race. Racial hatred is inexcusable. Religious hatred makes sense. Not that I'm saying we should cause harm to religious people, but they should be mocked, they are a joke. They are an embarressment to humankind.
Anyway, I was interested to see how offensive you all thought this was. Or more precisely, what level of offence is appropriate for this act of religious mocking.
In a sane world, the offended Muslims would simple chuckle "ha, that's funny because we can't eat pig, oh you clever sod!" and maybe be a little peeved that their shoes now smell of bacon.
In this world, I'm suprised it wasn't followed by a parade of angry imbeciles demanding a gruesome execution.
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Oh yes, of course, a sane world would indeed be free of religion.
I agree it is insensitive, I would never do anything like this myself. It was just the actions of a drunken idiot, but I still found it amusing :)
There was this same discussion about thunderf00t burning a hard drive with 40,000 copies of the Quran on it. Most of the big time atheists agreed that it was insensitive, and that's exactly why it should be done. To de-sensitize the general population to acts like this so they are no longer a big deal. We're atheists so why should we care if a hard drive gets burned? Classic book burning is different because in the past it was meant to suppress knowledge by literally destroying the books containing the knowledge, but burning a book today like the Quaran isn't the same. Today it is destroying the symbol, not suppressing knowledge.
I am in no way a fan of any kind of censorship.
This would seem to be an act of vandalism in my mind. And if it was done simply due to their religion, they it was a hate crime of vandalism. Of course this is from a US point of view, I don't know the British laws.
Now how serious is this vandalism? Somewhere below burning poop and/or grease on the door knob. So the question is: is it REALLY vandalism from a legal prospective. I'd not want raw meat in my shoes.
Well, the culprit was sentenced to 6 months in jail, but could have received up to 2 years. 2 years in jail for putting meat in someone's shoes? He only got off with 6 months because he apologised. It's not the act that he was punished for. It's not the vandalism to property. He was punished in order to protect a religion not worthy of protection. To avoid Muslims kicking off in the way they so often do. This kind of religious protection needs to stop.
With no link to any news piece, and no insight into the court's actions, I have no idea WHY he was placed in jail. The question is: What does the law have to say about whatever crime he was charged with? I agree, calling this "racial" hatred is nonsense, but it is an act of religious bigotry. When you start messing with other people's property to make a religious statement, you've went too far in my book. I don't want people putting crosses in my yard, so I'm not going to put bacon on theirs.
So, if I kick this man ass because he ruined my snickers, would it be considered "hate crime"? I´d really hate him!
In the United States, "hate crimes" are normal crimes committed due to the hatred of a protected classification. Race, sexual orientation, religion, creed, gender are some of the currently protected classes. As "snickers ruiner" is not a protected class it would not be a hate crime. Again, that is in the USA.
You're right, it's not racist, it's religious. But I don't think it's any more acceptable to mock people because of their religion than their race. We live in a big world, and we are obligated, as humans, to get along together. You surely have beliefs and practices which I don't agree with, but that does NOT give me the right to harass you or damage your possessions. (Shoes that have had bacon in them are permanently damaged).
If you are interested in spreading atheism, then do it in a humane and respectful way. These people are HUMAN, and they deserve our kindness and friendship, not being made fun of.
And while I agree that this should NOT be an executable offense, it IS, nevertheless, an offense.
Is it an offence that demands a punishment of 6 months in jail?
In my opinion, this is not an offence, it's a prank. A harmless prank. The shoes would not be ruined, people step in shit, mud, all sorts of crap and it can be washed off.
Religious people deserve to be mocked, they are idiots. Though they are entitled to believe what they like, they are obviously morons for doing so.
So, when people are raised religious with little to no exposure to anything else and taught that such exposure is dangerous, they are idiots and morons?
They are deluded, sure. They are confused. They are wrong. But that doesn't have anything to do with their intelligence or abilities.
Your statements are unfortunately bigoted. I've said such things in the past in all likelihood, but I hope you'd stop and consider the falsehood in what you say.
Everyone can think for themselves no matter what they've been taught. We all have the ability to see the world around us and compare it to what we're told. Providing they have had a relatively good education, even if it is perverted by religion, they can think and reason and criticise. So yes, anyone who is fully developed and still believes things they've been told without proof is an idiot.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00001240_processed.jsonl/196 | Exclusive video of the new Viper: 2013 SRT Viper | Autoweek
Exclusive video of the new Viper: 2013 SRT Viper
April 3, 2012
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Posted above is our exclusive first video of the 2013 SRT Viper. That sound you hear is a 640-hp V10.
Visually, there are plenty of cues from Vipers past, with the influence of the 1996 model being particularly evident. But, aside from the look and the V10 engine, this does not appear to be the same Viper we've come to know.
The doors are skinned in aluminum, while the hood and decklid are carbon fiber. There is an eight-inch touch-screen display and an interior that looks like more than an afterthought.
The car should be available for sale by the end of the year. And it is to be built right here in Detroit.
Stay tuned to autoweek.com/viperweek for the latest news and more exclusive content on the 2013 SRT Viper.
Rory Carroll
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global_01_local_0_shard_00001240_processed.jsonl/246 | In addition to quietly launching an 8GB iPhone 5c model in certain markets, Apple has also modified its iPad lineup replacing the 2011 iPad 2 with the fourth-generation iPad with Retina display (also referred to as the iPad 4). While the 8GB iPhone 5c may not necessarily a big deal, the addition of the iPad 4 to Apple’s lineup is certainly more interesting, offering users that want a cheaper 9.7-inch iPad a much better machine than the three-year old iPad 2.
The fourth-gen iPad 4 comes with a Retina display (2048 x 1536 resolution), a faster dual-core A6X chip, 1GB of RAM, 5-megapixel camera, 1.2-megapixel front-facing camera and Lightning port. By replacing the iPad 2 with the iPad 4, Apple has ditched the last iPad model still using a 30-pin port that officially sold in its stores. Furthermore, the iPad mini is now the only iPad model still sold by Apple that does not come with a Retina display.
Just like the iPad 2, the iPad 4 will cost $399 for the 16GB version, while the cellular model starts at $529. The iPad 4 will be available in Apple retail stores but also online, with the company having already updated multiple local online stores to show the iPad 4 in its iPad lineup instead of the discontinued iPad 2.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00001240_processed.jsonl/247 | Investors have filed a lawsuit against Apple alleging that the company’s various anti-poaching agreements ultimately hurt the company’s stock. The class action suit was filed last week by Apple shareholder R. Andre Klein and it alleges that the anti-poaching agreements then-CEO Steve Jobs put in place with Google, Intel and other companies were a breach of Apple’s responsibility to Shareholders. Klein says the agreements were misleading to investors and ultimately damaged the value of the company.
In total, there are four counts against Apple, as listed by Patently Apple:
Count I: Violation of § 14(a) of the Exchange Act against Defendants Campbell, Cook, Drexler, Iger, Jung, and Levinson.
Count II: Breach of Fiduciary Duty and Aiding and Abetting Breach of Fiduciary Duty against All Individual Defendants
Count III: Gross Mismanagement against All Individual Defendants
Count IV: Waste of Corporate Assets against All Individual Defendants
The suit follows a judge’s recent rejection of Apple’s proposed settlement.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00001240_processed.jsonl/259 | Indians Bullpen Has Promise
chris daviesAnalyst IJanuary 5, 2009
The short comings of the Tribe bullpen in 2008 is still an open wound for many fans; from Borowski to Betancourt, there were disappointments abound. At the beginning of the offseason Mark Shapiro made it known that one of his main priorities would be to address the bullpen situation, and, at least on paper, present a core of relievers that would look more solid than the 2008 bunch.
In a short period of time Shapiro has done just that, and with a group that could be better than those of 2007, has shown that the Indians intend to be contenders in 2009.
James Pete at MVN presented some interesting ideas about the group of players that will be comprise or are vying for spots in the 'pen including: Kerry Wood, Jensen Lewis, Rafael Perez, Rafael Betancourt, Masa Kobayashi, Joe Smith, John Meloan, Tony Sipp, Rich Rundles, Adam Miller and Zach Jackson.
At first glance the nucleus seems to be solid and all the peripheral players also seem to be of good composition as well. However, the same was thought at the beginning of last season. So to properly analyze how good this bullpen could be it is important to consider the numbers each pitcher has put up previously.
First is the big offseason acquisition, Kerry Wood. Kid K has electric stuff that is obviously perfect for a closing role. Despite his injury-riddled past, it seems that closing has been very good for his arm, having only been on the DL once last season for a non-arm related issue.
Last season Wood went 5-4 with 34 saves, 84 K's, 18 walks and an ERA of 3.26 in 64 games. These numbers (and the fact that he and Mark DeRosa are very good friends) give Tribe fans just reason to be excited about the ninth inning, instead of fearing the Borowski blow-up that we had become accustomed to.
Jensen Lewis was one of the brightest stars in the bullpen last season, ending the year by successfully saving all 13 games he was asked to close. The team decided to keep the youngster in a setup role during the offseason, because it would be unfair to expect him to repeat that feat over an entire season.
However, given Lewis' past with the team it is not unreasonable to expect him to be a solid arm in the 7th and 8th innings all year long.
One pitcher that got a bad reputation last year because of a slow start is Rafael Perez. Those fans who continued to watch games later in the season saw him regain most of his 2007 form and become the lights-out lefty that the team relied so heavily on in '07. I would expect Perez to continue his run of fine pitching and assist Lewis as the 7th and 8th inning setup man.
Betancourt and Kobayashi were both a bit lackluster in 2008, and neither posting an ERA under four. Betancourt was expected to pitch as he did in '07, when he posted a 1.47 ERA and was the right to Perez's left. Kobayahshi, on the other hand, was expected to be similar to Boston's Hideki Okajima, but appeared to be more Hideo Nomo circa 2004. In the latter parts of the season Kobayashi, who was accustomed to Japan's shorter season, was seldom seen as a precaution.
Both players signed multi-year deals prior to '08, and appear to be locks for the '09 bullpen. Both pitchers will have less weight resting upon their shoulders this season, and hopefully will respond more positively.
Recently acquired Joe Smith is the type of solid young reliever that the Indians have had success with in past years (see: Perez, Betancourt in '07). Last season in 82 appearances for the Mets Smith posted a 3.55 ERA with 52 K's and 31 walks over 63 innings. Switching leagues could be a concern for Smith, however, it seems as though he will be a good right handed option for Wedge to call on for spot appearances.
It remains to be seen who will be retained of the remaining rookies. Adam Miller could very easily earn a spot with a decent showing in Spring Training. The highly touted prospect has dealt with injury problems throughout his minor league career, but has bounced back and pitched very well in the closing parts of the 2008 season and in Winter Leagues.
Likewise, Rundles, Meloan and Jackson pitched very well at the end of the season on the big league club and could factor in to the teams 2009 plans. Tony Sipp has consistently thrown well in the minors and, as a lefty, could have a spot on the team come spring.
On paper, this bullpen is built for a playoff run. Following the collapse of the 2008 team any optimism that can be taken from this Indians team must. Keep the faith Tribe fans, and believe that this year is our year. | http://bleacherreport.com/articles/103183-indians-bullpen-has-promise |
global_01_local_0_shard_00001240_processed.jsonl/260 | LeBron James vs. Kevin Durant: Who Wins an NBA Championship First?
Peter OwenCorrespondent IIApril 15, 2012
Two superhuman talents.
Two star-studded teams.
But only one can win a championship first.
Both LeBron James and Kevin Durant are tipped to lead their respective teams to the NBA Finals this spring.
LeBron's Miami Heat may not be the top team in the Eastern Conference, but they proved last year that being the No. 1 seed means little when two teams are evenly matched.
Durant's Oklahoma City Thunder are also not the clear-cut best team in the Western Conference, as they are dueling for the top seed with the San Antonio Spurs.
Both teams have designs on making their way to the Finals and lifting the big prize at the end.
Who will get there first?
Well, the gamblers in Las Vegas would have you believe it would be LeBron James and the Miami Heat that will win it all this year; they are the favorites in Vegas and have been playing some of the best basketball in the NBA for most of the season.
LeBron's chances largely lie in his own hands. During last season's Eastern Conference Finals, James took over each of the Heat's four victories, not only dominating on the offensive end, but completely shutting down Chicago star Derrick Rose and holding him to just 10 percent shooting.
LeBron has to hope that a long, hectic season won't come back to haunt him and his teammates. Miami's high-tempo, fast-paced playing style early this year may open the door to some serious fatigue in the playoffs.
This has become a reality throughout the roster. Mike Miller is only just back to consistent playing time, LeBron James has been nursing several different injuries of varying severity and Dwyane Wade has not played in three of his last eight games.
Without a strong supporting cast, LeBron will be powerless to stop the Thunder from rolling over them in the finals.
Oklahoma has had a stellar seasons so far with Durant a front-runner to collect the MVP award, Russell Westbrook continuing his All-Star level play, James Harden coming off the bench as the third-highest scorer on the team and the coming of Serge Ibaka as a defensive stalwart.
The Thunder, providing they do not suffer an upset along the way, could meet Miami in the Finals should both sides progress that far.
Durant's Thunder have been successful this season on the back of the outstanding and consistent production of their very own "Big Three" of Durant, Westbrook and Harden.
Combined with some of the best role-players in the league (Ibaka, Perkins), the Thunder have simply dominated opposition at times this year.
The Thunder's potential Achilles' heel will be their lack of assists — they rank 27th in the league in assists-per-game. No champion has ever averaged so few.
The Heat's vaunted defense that hounds and hawks the ball is perfectly set up to stifle ball movement, something the Thunder don't do, and with the glut of premier one-on-one defenders available, Miami would feel fairly comfortable with lots of one-shot possessions from Oklahoma.
However, I think the Thunder should have enough offense to overcome Miami in the finals. With the ability of Kevin Durant to get his shot off regardless of who is defending him, and the superior speed and athleticism of both Russell Westbrook and James Harden, the Thunder are primed to take advantage of an obviously-tired and beaten up Miami team.
There is one intangible that I must touch on, and that is about who has the air of a champion surrounding them.
With two defeats to Chicago and two to Boston since the All-Star break, the Heat have lost that aura of invincibility that shrouded them at the start of the season. .
It's like Tiger Woods. His partner on the final day of a major would often cower and underperform out of the intimidation of playing someone with Tiger's famed ability. Years of poor play from Woods has resulted in that fear receding and players being more than capable of beating him.
Has the same thing happened on South Beach? Has the rest of the league finally got over the hoodoo of the Big Three?
It certainly seems that the Thunder have the aura of a champions — they play with confidence in themselves and seem to know exactly where they are going. Their players know their roles and fit into them perfectly.
Most importantly, their rotation is set.
Miami has fielded three different starting centers in the past two weeks.
The playoffs start in 12 days.
That is a real cause for concern if you backed LeBron to bag his first championship ring this season.
So it is a combination of a multitude of factors that makes me believe that it will be Kevin Durant who gets his championship ring before LeBron James. | http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1146278-lebron-vs-durant-who-wins-an-nba-championship-first |
global_01_local_0_shard_00001240_processed.jsonl/261 | What Turns a Follower Into a Fan?
True BlueCorrespondent IApril 13, 2009
LAS VEGAS - MARCH 11: Colorado State fans Lester Murray (L) and Lesley Murray of Colorado cheer during a game between the Air Force Falcons and the Colorado State Rams during the first round of the Conoco Mountain West Conference Basketball Championships at the Thomas & Mack Center March 11, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Falcons won 71-67. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Are you more of a supporter if you attend matches, or does that not matter?
Seems like a simple question, and those people who have reasonable reasons for not attending regularly, or indeed never attending their chosen teams' games will say that it doesn’t matter if you turn up. However you get involved, it doesn’t matter as long as you are loyal.
But there are limits, and I thought you might like to know where they start, so let’s start at the top:
1. If you attend EVERY game, home or away, buy all of the team's merchandise, and are willing to argue in favour of your team, no matter what, then you are a "fanatical supporter."
Now don’t go patting yourself on the back here, as you are also likely to be bad for your team. Fanatics very often abuse those who don’t agree with them—even those who also support the same team.
If you are a fanatic it is not OK to use your permanent, almost distressing attendance of every game as a weapon against other fans who can’t quite manage that (e.g. because they have a life), although an exception to that rule is explained later.
Fanatics can, of course, claim to be proper supporters.
2. If you attended games for many years but can no longer manage it—whatever the reason, be it distance, money, or family...then you are a REAL supporter. You have laid the foundations of your support, done the donkey work, and should never be abused by the fanatic because of a change in your circumstances.
If you fall into this category, then please feel free to describe yourself as a proper supporter.
3. If you have attended sporadically, but regularly over many years and have been unable to really commit to going through the turnstiles, then don’t worry. You are OK as far as I am concerned.
I’m sure the club would like you to do more but as long as you try, you too can say you are a proper supporter.
However, if you have managed only a handful of games over many years, I have some bad news for you. Unless you live abroad, or if you or a member of your family have a serious illness, then you’re not doing enough to be considered by others as a proper fan.
If you DO live abroad or illness comes into play then you can consider that those few games mean enough to be thought of as a proper fan.
5. And, if you have NEVER attended a game at all, the I’m afraid you are outta luck, you are NOT and NEVER can be consider a proper fan.
If you feel that this is harsh then tough.
It is unquestionably necessary to have attended a game to be thought of as a proper fan. And there are NO excuses or reasons I am willing to accept.
By way of example, if you claim to support Manchester City, but say that living in London means you can’t get to a game, then what about the opportunities over the years for the away games? See, you could have gone if you had wanted to.
If you work weekends, then there are always evening kickoffs in midweek.
Family commitments can be frustrating but do not constitute a permanent inability to attend.
Please don’t say you can’t afford it. SAVE UP.
If you dare say you can't get tickets because you don’t have a membership card or loyalty points, then prepare to be defenestrated—that excuse simply proves my point.
Folks, the simple fact is that in order to claim to support a team you have to have been to games in any weather, at any time or at any cost. There are degrees of that rule that end up at fanatic, but you have to attend, no question about that.
If you have never attended or attended so few games that your commitment barely registers on the scale, then you FOLLOW a team.
Following a team is simply something less than being a fan.
Fanatics ARE allowed to treat these types as second class ‘fans’. | http://bleacherreport.com/articles/155549-what-turns-a-follower-into-a-fan |
global_01_local_0_shard_00001240_processed.jsonl/262 | Khalid Wooten to the Tennessee Titans: Instant Video Reaction
BR StudiosFeatured ColumnistApril 27, 2013
Player Name: Khalid Wooten
Position: CB
School: Nevada
Drafted by: Tennessee Titans
Pick Number: Round 6, Pick 34 (202nd overall)
Tune into the video above to see Bleacher Report’s NFL draft experts break down what this pick means to the Titans.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00001240_processed.jsonl/263 | How the Denver Broncos Have Changed for the Better This Offseason
Bobby KittlebergerCorrespondent IJuly 31, 2014
Denver Broncos cornerback Aqib Talib heads to lockerroom after morning session at the team's NFL football training camp in Englewood, Colo., on Friday, July 25, 2014. (AP Photo)
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In last year’s Super Bowl, the Seattle Seahawks exposed a tremendous flaw in what had been a juggernaut of an offensive team during the regular season. The Denver Broncos, despite their record-breaking numbers, were woefully one-dimensional en route to a 43-8 route in Super Bowl XLVIII.
Again, look at that score (and the record-breaking numbers).
The Seahawks dismantled that offense with a strong defensive line, secondary, special teams, running game and a few passes from Russell Wilson. They did it all.
In fact, there was no real weakness on the Seahawks' side of the field, no matter who they put on it.
John Elway and Denver’s front office knew this going into the 2014 draft and offseason. So as the Peyton Manning window begins to close, the Broncos have readied themselves for another Super Bowl run.
And they’ve given themselves reason to hope that this one could be more successful than the last.
Here’s how the Broncos have become a more complete team since the final embarrassing snap of Super Bowl XLVIII.
Aqib Talib and a Revamped Secondary
While it’s difficult to see Champ Bailey in another uniform, the significance of upgrading to Aqib Talib is impossible for any Broncos fan to ignore.
He’s a top-tier cornerback and at only 28 years old should solidify Denver’s secondary along with Chris Harris and rookie Bradley Roby. Not only for a potential Super Bowl run this year, but for the foreseeable future.
If Harris and Talib stay healthy, expect Denver to improve on its 27th-ranked passing defense.
You've also got to like getting a player of Talib's caliber into Jack Del Rio's defense. Talib had this to say in the Denver Post about Del Rio's game plan:
Del Rio's scheme is perfect for me.
A happy and healthy Talib who is fitting into Del Rio's system is good news for the Broncos and should signal an immediate improvement on the defensive side of the ball.
And while I mean no disrespect to Bailey, this change has been somewhat overdue.
Additionally, the presence of T.J Ward at safety gives Denver some much needed depth at the position. Ward will jump Rahim Moore and Quinton Carter on the depth chart, becoming the second safety in recent memory (Mike Adams being the first) to make the switch from the Cleveland Browns to Denver.
Coming off a 112-tackle season, Ward will have more staying power than Adams, who is now with the Indianapolis Colts.
Expect guys like Talib and Harris to be able to play more aggressive coverage knowing they have a safety of Ward's caliber to back them up.
The Potential of DeMarcus Ware and Von Miller
Could DeMarcus Ware be an adequate replacement for the long-lost Elvis Dumervil?
Ware has been in the league for 10 years, but there's no question he's one of the best defensive ends of our time. 2013 was the first year since 2005 that Ware had fewer than 11 sacks, making him a scary combination with Von Miller, who we know is also capable of reaching double digits in the sack column.
Despite the fact that both players regressed statistically in 2013, if we assume they stay healthy this year, they're an extremely intimidating dual-threat for opposing quarterbacks.
Health and durability will have a lot to say about how much of the field they see, but there's no doubt the 2014 offseason has Denver's pass rush looking good on paper.
Replacing Decker
On the offensive side of the ball, Denver's most significant offseason transaction was the loss of Eric Decker, who has since been replaced by the free-agent signing of Emmanuel Sanders.
Sanders doesn't match Decker's skill level, but he really doesn't have to.
With Demaryius Thomas, Julius Thomas and Wes Welker still at the disposal of Manning, the Broncos will once again have no shortage of offensive weapons to deploy against opposing defenses.
Sanders is an effective short pass receiver, which might actually make him a more palatable target for Manning than Decker.
Looking Forward
There had to be change in Denver. They were good in 2013, but there was some major holes on their roster that had to be patched before a serious Super Bowl run.
On paper, it seems like they've done it.
Adding the extra defensive pieces should make Denver a more complete team and give them a better shot at a championship, even if we see a slight regression in their offense. Time will tell, and for the sake of Manning winning one more Super Bowl, we better hope that "time" is on his side.
Bobby Kittleberger writes about football and hockey for Fantasy Football White Papers and the Anaheim Project. | http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2147847-how-the-denver-broncos-have-changed-for-the-better-this-offseason |
global_01_local_0_shard_00001240_processed.jsonl/264 | Bertos and Phoenix Defy Bookies with Glorious Victory Over Perth
illya mclellanSenior Analyst IAugust 18, 2009
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - AUGUST 16: Leo Bertos of the Phoenix kicks the ball during the round two A-League match between the Wellington Phoenix and Perth Glory at Westpac Stadium on August 16, 2009 in Wellington, New Zealand. (Photo by Marty Melville/Getty Images)
The Wellington Phoenix seemed to be living up to their billing as rank wooden spooners in this seasons A-League after clawing their way back from two down last week only to lose it at the death away to the Newcastle Jets.
Apparently the pundits had installed Wellington as most likely to finish last this season before a ball had even been kicked.
The first round result was cause for optimism in the Phoenix camp and would have definitely caused some surprises with the way the Phoenix were able to come back from two goals down too come within moments of snatching a precious away point.
Even though it was a loss the boys from the windy city would have felt they were extremely unlucky not to come away with something from the match.
Sunday nights game in New Zealand's capital has changed all that with the Phoenix able to take their first three pointer courtesy of a star turn from one of their local lads, Leo Bertos, who in a delightful twist was playing against his former club.
The diminutive Wellingtonian was in excellent form that saw him set up former Crystal Palace striker Paul Ifil with the equalizer and then snatch the points for the home side with a stonking free kick in the 85th minute.
Though it took a slight deflection it was still a goal that any player would want to score, at home in front of a good vocal crowd and at such a time that it decided the outcome of an entertaining game.
Though the Perth Glory will feel aggrieved that they came away from the game with nothing, they have no one to blame but themselves for the result. Though they perhaps enjoyed longer periods of dominance they were fought with ferocity in the midfield and given no quarter by a Wellington side desperate to prove the pundits wrong.
This result will no doubt boost the Phoenix in their upcoming matches and another huge positive is that Ifil was able to open his account which means both of the Wellington sides imported strikers have now gotten off the mark.
Chris Greenacre is the other striker they have brought in from abroad and he was able to open his account in the defeat to Newcastle in the opening game of the season.
Positive signs for the Phoenix faithful and three points in the bank in what will be a defining season for the Wellington side.
Bertos will take the plaudits for a great game against his old team and deserves them for his belief in his ability and giving the Wellington fans a moment they will remember for many years to come.
With a tough away trip to face the Queensland Roar next up, the Phoenix will be hoping that their tenacity and skill will again come to the fore in what will be a challenging match up. The Roar are without a victory so far with a defeat in the opening weekend and a draw in the last round.
Picked to be a form team this season it will be interesting to see how the Wellington side are able to compete with the Brisbane outfit. | http://bleacherreport.com/articles/238220-bertos-and-phoenix-defy-bookies-with-glorious-victory-over-perth |
global_01_local_0_shard_00001240_processed.jsonl/265 | The Jesse Litsch Curse?
KP WeeSenior Writer IJuly 1, 2008
Jesse Litsch of the Toronto Blue Jays is 8-4 this season.
But the sophomore pitcher has won only once since the start of June.
Litsch, who had seven wins by the end of May, had been doing so well until the recent bad luck.
On Tuesday, Canada Day, Litsch and the Jays took on the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field.
While Litsch looked tentative in the first two innings, he rebounded nicely and enjoyed a 6-2 lead by the sixth inning.
The Mariners, however, had other ideas. Adrian Beltre and Richie Sexson, two of the worst signings in recent history by any team (they were both signed after the 2004 season, a couple days apart), both hit big homers, setting up a dramatic ninth-inning finish.
The Jays lost 7-6 on Willie Bloomquist's game-ending single.
Adrian Beltre (.254) and Richie Sexson (.226)? What were the odds that both would hit home runs in the same game?
After all, Sexson hadn't homered in months--oh, okay, since May 24th, but still, he had just nine coming in.
But the big thing was Litsch's luck of late. Granted, Litsch didn't pitch well in the three starts he'd lost in this slump.
However, some are jokingly saying I started the "Jesse Litsch curse."
Much like Jim Rome and his much noted "Jungle Karma", where athletes who get interviewed on his show get "good karma" and get hot, my articles on athletes seemingly have an effect too.
Not a good one though.
Ever since I started praising Litsch in my articles, he's been having a tough time winning.
Sorry, Jesse. | http://bleacherreport.com/articles/34228-the-jesse-litsch-curse |
global_01_local_0_shard_00001240_processed.jsonl/266 | Sanchez Goes Extra Mile to Achieve Dream
James RiggioContributor IOctober 28, 2010
Giants second baseman Freddy Sanchez actually grew up a fan of the rival Los Angeles Dodgers.
Giants second baseman Freddy Sanchez actually grew up a fan of the rival Los Angeles Dodgers.Ezra Shaw/Getty Images
Getting an opportunity to play in Major League Baseball doesn’t come without sacrifice and hard work. Everyone that gets there goes a different route in realizing their dreams.
Some players have more obstacles in front of them than others, which make the success of San Francisco Giants’ second baseman Freddy Sanchez quite remarkable.
If Sanchez is to go on and become the most valuable player of the World Series, it would top an already incredible career that has included three All-Star appearances and a National League batting crown.
Born with a pigeon-toed left foot and a club right foot, Sanchez’s parents were faced with the fear that he might never walk. But surgery at a young age helped correct the problem.
Sanchez grew up across the street from the baseball field at Burbank High School, about 20 minutes north of downtown Los Angeles. Having covered many of Burbank’s games during Freddy’s four years there, the Bulldogs were definitely on tough times, even though they made a brief playoff appearance during Sanchez's junior year.
In his four years, there were three varsity baseball coaches, the last of which passed away just a short time after Sanchez graduated from high school.
Success was not something Burbank was used to. It hadn’t produced a big leaguer since Ralph Botting, who briefly appeared for the California Angels in 1979 and 1980.
The talent around Sanchez was clearly the worst in the five and later six-team Foothill League, which included schools from the Santa Clarita Valley, a baseball hotbed.
But Sanchez, who played shortstop, managed to earn the Foothill League’s Most Valuable Player award his senior year. The honor was remarkable because Burbank did not finish amongst the league’s top three teams, and thus missed the playoffs.
It was even more remarkable because of the division of the six teams in the league. Four of the six were based in Santa Clarita, with Burbank and its crosstown rival, Burroughs, being the others. Some within the two programs in Burbank felt they were at a clear disadvantage when it came to voting amongst coaches in the all-league meeting since it was perceived that the schools in the two cities stuck together in the voting.
Sanchez was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 30th round out of high school, but did not sign and decided to go to nearby Glendale Community College. This way he was able to stay close to his parents and his high school sweetheart Alissa, who was a grade behind him. They would later marry.
After two years at Glendale, Sanchez transferred. But he didn’t make the jump a Division I program. Instead he ended up at Dallas Baptist University, an NAIA school for his junior year. He stayed just one year and spent his senior year at Oklahoma City University, where he was named an NAIA All-Star in 2000.
From there Sanchez was drafted in the 11th round by the Boston Red Sox, an organization that generally spends money on high-priced free agents and is generally not prospect friendly.
Sure enough, Sanchez was eventually shipped to the Pittsburgh Pirates, a club that was very similar to his high school team.
But it was in Pittsburgh where Sanchez thrived, winning the 2006 batting title and earning three All-Star appearances.
However in 2009 the club had continued to struggle and with doubts over whether Sanchez wanted to sign a long-term contract, it decided to rebuild again by trading him to the Giants.
More than a year later, Sanchez became the first player in Major League history to collect doubles in his first three World Series at-bats.
Miracles are no longer linked with Freddy Sanchez, so it would not be a surprise to see him win his sport’s ultimate prize. | http://bleacherreport.com/articles/504540-sanchez-goes-extra-mile-to-achieve-dream |
global_01_local_0_shard_00001240_processed.jsonl/267 | Series Preview: Boston vs Orange County
Evan BrunellFeatured ColumnistOctober 1, 2008
This is not 1986. This is not 2004. This is not 2007. The 2008 Halos are 100-62 and, on paper, the most complete team in baseball. Orange County limped into last year’s fall classic and got swept by a Red Sox team that outscored them 44-16 in three games, the biggest abuse of power this side of Sarah Palin.
In the offseason, they acquired all-star Torii Hunter who hit 21 round trippers and stole 19 bases while playing a consistent defense. Then, at the trading deadline, the 2002 World Champions pulled the boldest move of the Arte Moreno era by acquiring switch-hitting Mark Teixeira, who has only hit .358 with 13 HRs in 54 games. What is it with Scott Boras clients, they love being traded, don’t they?
The offense still revolves around Vladimir Guerrero, who led the team with a .303 average while hitting 27 homeruns, 91 RBIs, 85 runs, and his league leading 12th straight year of not having a strike zone. The free-swinging, hard-hitting Guerrero still puts the most fear into the opposing pitching staff. Best of all, unlike last year, the team is healthy and deep, 13 players played in over 79 games this year.
Pitching has always been the strength of Orange County and this year is no different. Their starters have all been consistent, winning 17, 16, 13, 12, and 11 between Joe Saunders, Ervin Santana, Jon Garland, John Lackey, and Jered Weaver respectively. Their set up pitching, led by the electrifying Jose Arrendondo, Darren Oliver, and Scot Shields is virtually unhittable. Of course, every game begins to end with K-Rod, Francisco Rodriguez and his record setting 62 saves this season.
The local nine will counter with Jon Lester, who was last season in the post-season pitching 5 2/3 shutout innings to clinch the World Series in 2007, to face Lackey in game 1. Dice-K Matsuzaka versus the unhittable at home Ervin Santana in game two, and are hopeful October legend Josh Beckett will be able to pitch game three against staff ace Joe Saunders in game three at Fenway Park.
This year’s Sox are last year’s Halos. Boston is banged up and bruised, and without any feared hitters in the lineup. Since the trade of Manny Ramirez, David Ortiz looks more and more like David Arias. Kevin Youkilis and Dustin Pedroia have done their best MVP impressions, but neither can make a pitcher’s lip quiver like the mere presence of Manny in the batter’s box could.
It would put a false sense of hope into the fans to reminisce about the last three times Boston faced off against Orange County in the playoffs. It would put a false sense of hope to remind people that the wild-card team has won three of the last six playoffs. It would put a false sense of hope to stress that all the pressure is on the 100-win Halos, a team clearly built to win this year. It would put a false sense of hope to point out this writer still believes Boston has enough talent to win it all.
So I won’t do or say any of that, I’ll just leave you with this: Boston 3, Orange County 2. See you in the ALCS. | http://bleacherreport.com/articles/64295-series-preview-boston-vs-orange-county |
global_01_local_0_shard_00001240_processed.jsonl/268 | Wimbledon 2011 Results: 5 Questions We Should Be Asking
Corey CohnCorrespondent IIIJuly 6, 2011
Wimbledon 2011 Results: 5 Questions We Should Be Asking
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Another Wimbledon has passed, and we as fans/pseudo-experts are left to contemplate the fallout from this past fortnight.
This much we know: Novak Djokovic and Petra Kvitova are newly minted champions, each taking down a formidable foe: Rafael Nadal and Maria Sharapova, respectively. But there is plenty left unanswered, concerning the winners and losers alike.
So, with two months or so before the final Grand Slam tournament of the season, what are the most pertinent questions surrounding the state of tennis?
Here are a few ideas.
1. Is Nadal/Djokovic a Better Rivalry Now Than Nadal/Federer?
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It's what we would want, isn't it? Two guys, each in his prime and roughly the same age as the other, set to spend the rest of their careers fighting for men's singles supremacy?
Still, there has always been something special about watching Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer play one another. I think it's the result of Federer never having a "true" rival during his initial rise to the top and, eventually, of he and Nadal being far and away the top two players in the sport.
Now, however, the latter is not true; with Djokovic in the mix, it's more of a "trivalry" (a term coined by some tennis pundits to describe the three). =Therefore, it is difficult to ascertain the true value of the Nadal/Djokovic rivalry, and by extension, one is unsure of how to judge the state of Nadal/Federer.
But this year has clearly belonged to the former duo, as every 2011 Grand Slam title to date is currently held by one of the two. They have met twice in a Grand Slam final (2010 U.S. Open and 2011 Wimbledon), and each has come away with one victory.
What's more, unlike Federer, Djokovic has held his own against Nadal for the most part. Although Nadal currently leads the head-to-head matchup with a 16-12 advantage, Djokovic is the only player to have as many as 10 match wins against him. He is also the only player to defeat Nadal five or more times in a row.
I, for one, will still get excited whenever Federer and Nadal are slated to play one another. At the same time, I almost always think Nadal will win. I don't quite have that feeling anymore about Nadal and Djokovic, but the level of intrigue has yet to reach that same point.
2. How Much Does Federer Have Left?
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It seems like we ask this every few months, doesn't it? But now appears to be as good a time as any to bring it up again.
Roger Federer has now gone a year and a half without winning a Grand Slam tournament. His streak of six majors without a win is twice as long as his previous high (since his first career major victory). He is approaching 30 years old, which in tennis terms is almost ancient.
Could we be nearing the end of one of the sport's true all-time greats?
Well, the rise of Novak Djokovic certainly doesn't help. Federer's struggles against Rafael Nadal are well-documented, but Djokovic has performed respectably against the Swiss star as well. He defeated Federer three times in a row this year during his 43-match winning streak.
Still, although Federer might never grasp the hallowed No. 1 spot again, that's a far cry from calling him finished. It will be interesting to see how he performs at the U.S. Open, for it is one of his most successful venues, and this tournament is his last shot at winning a major in 2011.
3. Is There a Changing of the Guard in Women's Tennis?
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Going into the start of Wimbledon, there was as much buzz about the return of Venus and Serena Williams as about any member of the top 10 women's singles players. This excitement soon shorted out, as each of the sisters lost in the fourth round of the tournament.
Maria Sharapova was also highly touted going into the All-England Championships, some calling her a favorite. She performed admirably, reaching the finals, but she lost to No. 8 seed Petra Kvitova in straight sets.
Although a familiar name won the Australian Open this year (Kim Clijsters), the next two majors have belonged to first-time winners Li Na and Kvitova, while Caroline Wozniacki, without a Grand Slam tournament win to her credit, is still ranked No. 1 in the world.
Are these the names we should be getting used to?
Women's tennis without the Williams sisters seems impossible, but eventually, it is a reality we will have to face. We have already had a taste of it during much of the past year, with both Venus and Serena suffering through several physical setbacks.
Clijsters, meanwhile, has already retired from the sport once before, though when she will decide to end her career for good nobody knows. Sharapova does appear to be back on the upswing, and one must remember that she is only 24 years old.
But the real intrigue comes from all of these relatively obscure names. Wozniacki is no longer obscure, but she is still subject to skepticism from many fans due to her lack of success on the biggest of stages. But Na and Kvitova are fairly unfamiliar, as are several other names in the top 10.
4. Will Andy Murray Ever Win a Major?
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Sure, he's only 24 years old. But Andy Murray may be entering his prime at exactly the wrong time if he hopes to get the monkey off his back.
It isn't just Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal with whom Murray has to contend. Nor does it even stop with the (for now) still-relevant Roger Federer. It's also the lesser-known, but still formidable, opponents like Robin Soderling, David Ferrer and Tomas Berdych—against whom Murray has won a combined seven out of 14 matches.
Some question whether Murray is even good enough to win a major, or if he has simply been overhyped. It may still be too early to determine that, though Murray has developed somewhat of a reputation as a passive player. His tendency to wait for an unforced error rather than attack the opponent has drawn criticism.
Still, his service game, both on offense and returns, has consistently been strong, and his overall game on hard courts (on which two of the four majors are played) has always been his best.
As time goes on, and Murray continues to flame out of Grand Slam events, his supporters will likely start to grow weary. But his youth and steady play are on his side for now, so doubters should be held at bay.
5. Who Will Win the U.S. Open?
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As soon as one major ends, it is officially not too early to begin thinking about the next.
But what do the Wimbledon results tell us about the prospects for the U.S. Open?
The clear favorite, for now, has to be Novak Djokovic on the men's side. His first Grand Slam finals win over Rafael Nadal is significant on both a mental and professional level. Add to that Djokovic's historically strong game on hard courts (before this year's Wimbledon, the four Grand Slam finals he reached were all on hard court) and this September looks promising for the Serbian star.
As for the women, it's truly anyone's guess. Maria Sharapova would be an easy but reasonable, prediction. Defending champion Kim Clijsters is currently recovering from an ankle injury, but it would seem likely she will be ready by the start of the season-ending major. Of course, despite their disappointing Wimbledon performances, the Williams sisters are never considered out of contention unless they aren't playing.
But perhaps the best guess as to the women's champion would be a first-time major winner. It seems like that kind of year, doesn't it? Perhaps, this will finally be Caroline Wozniacki's time to shine. | http://bleacherreport.com/articles/758170-wimbledon-2011-results-5-questions-we-should-be-asking |
global_01_local_0_shard_00001240_processed.jsonl/269 | Jules U
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• Darrell Horwitz posted 2038 days ago
Darrell Horwitz
Hey Jules,
I wrote an article on the injuries the Bulls have suffered including to Derrick Rose and how it affects them moving forward and into the playoffs. I would love to hear your thoughts on it. Thanks.
• Ace Haley posted 2075 days ago
Ace Haley
haha you're a complete joke buddy
• Justin Bonin posted 2392 days ago
Justin Bonin
I'm glad to hear it Jules!
I'm just getting started myself and I also stuggle with keeping my articles objective at times (especially when writing about Andrea Bargnani haha) but I'm learning and I've already some improvement so far.
It takes time to get good but you have to start somewhere.
I also understand what you're saying about not having the time, I'm in university so Its hard to find time to write but I just do what I can.
You can do an article here and there on whatever inspires you!
Good luck and make sure ya let me know when you publish your first article.
• Justin Bonin posted 2392 days ago
Justin Bonin
Hey Jules, I read your huge comment on the article about how LeBron will never win a title, and if I just ignore the part where you said you were sick of all teh B/R wrtiers claiming tht LeBron is a choke (which leads me to believe you are not the biggest B/R fan) but nevertheless. I think you should seriously consider applying to become a writer.
I now commenting is a lot different then actually writing an article, but that big long comment could be considered an article itself. I would really like to see what you could do as a writer so if you do decide to do so then certainly let me know, if not then just keep readin and sharing your opinon.
Good job on the comment. | http://bleacherreport.com/users/352020-jules-u |
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All Aboard This Sunday
This Sunday, I’m going to have some fun. I deserve it. As Alvin the Chipmunk once said on a Chipmunks Christmas record so many decades ago, “It’s a present – from me – to me!” That fun will take
Remembering the Mini-Boggan
Because of issues involving my family relocating from time to time, and the years I spent growing up involved relocating to different cities and staying with different relatives because my home life
Equinox Deliveries – My Thanksgiving tradition
Yes, I’m writing this blog at 5:30 in the morning, but I need to get my thoughts down on cyberpaper before I leave for the Empire State Plaza. While the Capital District’s families gather together for
Reminiscing about Sunoco NFL ’72
Chuck Miller reminisces about collecting football stickers that were part of a gas station premium promotion in the 1970’s. | http://blog.timesunion.com/chuckmiller/tag/childhood/ |
global_01_local_0_shard_00001240_processed.jsonl/304 | Meet Alyssa Sciocchetto (AKA: Dolce)
Alyssa Sciocchetti
Real name: Alyssa Sciocchetti
OTE user name: Dolce
Age: 28
Living in: Niskayuna, NY
Personal website: Facebook
Hand or foot: One of yours has to go. Pick. Foot, I’m Italian I need both of my hands just to get through a normal conversation, if you took one of my hands, you might as well take my tongue because there is no way I could engage in conversation.
What is the worst/dumbest thing you ever did … that you would do all over again if given the second chance?
I would have to say trusting/loving the wrong people. What is that saying again? “Love is giving someone the power to hurt you but trusting them not to” Well let’s just say I have been hurt by many people I have loved in my past. Given a second chance, I wouldn’t change a thing because it brought me to where I am today and I couldn’t be happier! So cliché…I know, I know!
Nothing says Albany/Capital Region like … North Pearl Street, Bomber’s Birthday Margarita, Washington Park, Jumpin Jacks, Saratoga Race Track, SPAC and of course tax hikes… I live in Niskayuna which is Indian for high taxes!
What is something you know you do differently than everyone else you know? When I am falling asleep/sleeping at night I always have to have one foot out from under the covers… even if i am cold! I have no idea why I do this and didn’t even realize it was something I did until my fiance pointed it out.
Sandy Bullock (we are BFF’s so I can call her that). I am a high emotion person and she brings emotions to her roles and has always carried herself with such grace. Plus I just LOVE her!
Taylor Rao, Florida State University
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1. Heather W says:
Haha “We are bffs, so I can call her that” Too funny. I always say that about celebrities. Nice to meet you, Alyssa!
2. Shannon says:
I love Sandra Bullock too, Alyssa. She’s one of the best actresses in Hollywood right now. She was AMAZING in The Blind Side- did you know that Julia Roberts was going to play the role of Leigh Anne Tuohy but she dropped out? I’m happy that Sandra Bullock played the role instead of Julia Roberts.
It’s nice to meet you, Alyssa! Cute dog.
3. mic says:
Nice to meet you Alyssa! LOVE the comment about the hands! Was thinking that I couldn’t live without the foot…seeing as I adore shoes…but no way can I choose to be missing a limb AND not be able to carry on a conversation!
4. Jen Smith says:
“Niskayuna which is Indian for high taxes”
As a fellow Nisky resident, I love this statement and it’s so true!
5. Lee says:
Nice to meet you Alyssa!
6. CohoesMom5 says:
Nice to meet you and I love your comment about the hands.
7. Dolce says:
Thanks everyone! This was fun!
Shannon-I did know that and I am so glad she dropped out because Sandy was made for that role! :O)
8. ChristineV says:
Hey Dolce! Love the comment about Nisky’s taxes, hilarious!
9. gmc83 says:
Good Job Dolce!! Proud of you!! | http://blog.timesunion.com/kristi/2012/07/10/meet-alyssa-sciocchetto-aka-dolce/49242/ |
global_01_local_0_shard_00001240_processed.jsonl/305 | Breastfeeding in uniform
Is this news? An outrage? Or ... lunch. (Brynja Sigurdardottir)
Breastfeeding has been in the news way too much lately.
The latest: The picture of two military moms feeding their kids has created a backlash.
Are we not past this?
The military, which has a host of rules regarding conduct mundane and otherwise while in uniform, does not address breastfeeding.
Mark McGuire | http://blog.timesunion.com/rightnow/breastfeeding-in-uniform/1817/ |
global_01_local_0_shard_00001240_processed.jsonl/306 | Monthly Archive for October, 2007
: October, 2007
End of the Road
I’m on a plane headed home after my tour in Texas and Louisiana. The Doc Marshalls are in bad need of showers and have wild looks in their eyes – six days on the road will do that to you. We’ve
On the Road Again
Last I checked in I was in the middle of a mini-van ride from Austin to Lafayette, Louisiana. On the way we passed through the miles of urban sprawl otherwise known as Houston, a city seemingly
White marble in Cameroon
Written October 20, 2007. So at the end of my Cameroon program in just a few months, I’ll be spending one month in Yaounde by myself working on a research project. Being the political wiz that I am, I
Destinations and writers
Cameroon – Frieda Lynn Arenos Texas – Mat Kane China – Mat Kane Want to share your travel stories on this blog? Send me an e-mail with details of where you’re going and what you’ll write about.
Message from Cameroon
Written October 7, 2007. Hey folks, It’s a typical rainy day in the tropics of Africa. Wanted to take thetI’me to write to all my favorite lovelies. Since my last letter, hmmmm let’s see. oh yeah I
From Kung Fu Fighters to Cowboys
I’m back on the road, this time as the fiddler for the Doc Marshalls, the Brooklyn-based Cajun/country band I’ve played for since its inception in 2002. Some of you may have read my China blog which
The Long March has ended
I’m in the $40/night deluxe suite of the youth hostel in Beijing. My clothes are in the washing machine (thank god), my body is showered and clean and my stomach is full of steak, fries, draft beer
Wuhan and Changsha
I’m presently in the Vox Bar — my business partners’ venue in Wuhan – listening to Birthday Boyz sound check. Six shows down, three to go. Shortly after I finished my last blog entry we checked out
On the Road
I’m sitting in a double room in at hotel in Nanchang, a developing city with about two million people on the Gang River in Jiangxi Province. The band is sleeping after a night of performing,
Jeff (from left), Brian, Trey and Hunter in dining car on train to Nanchang | http://blog.timesunion.com/travelogue/date/2007/10/ |
global_01_local_0_shard_00001240_processed.jsonl/311 | Kevin Mitnick shows how to hack like a former News of the World journalist
August 29, 2011
World renowned hacker Kevin Mitnick hacks my voicemail to demonstrate how phone hacking may have been performed by the News of the World.
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We traveled an hour outside of Jaipur to Laporiya village, in the Jaipur District. One of the 41353 villages across 32 Districts of Rajasthan that depends largely on agriculture and dairy for sustenance.
The total cultivated area of the state encompasses about 20 million hectares and out of this only 20% of the land is irrigated. Ground water level is available only at a depth of 30 to 61m. Yet with minimum inputs, the agricultural sector of the state accounts for 22.5 per cent of the State economy.
Clearly, anyone with an innovative solution in water management, ground water recharge or innovative irrigation techniques will have a huge market of opportunity. Because the farmers and the market can easily increase business size – if water could be managed.
But that’s not necessarily the case.
Most farmers are very poor subsistence farmers dependent on Government support for irrigation. Some of the large scale innovative water management solutions are developed by NGO’s working in the area and are implemented in relatively small catchments, supporting a few communities at a time.
As a part of the community outreach process for the India DM 2011, the Innovation Alchemy team met the founders of the Gram Vikas Navyuvak Mandal Laporiya (GVNML). Over the last 20 years they have built and demonstrated the power of a simple innovation (called Chokha, or ’4-sides’) that allowed their village to create 3 fairly large lakes (imagine, this is Rajasthan), that capture natural rain water and feed all the wells, grazing fields and provide irrigation throughout the Laporiya catchment. One of the main lakes created in this process for instance (annasagar) helped the contiguous farms earn an annual revenue of INR 3.6 Million last year. The overall GDP of this catchment has grown tremendously through agri and dairy output. This village even shows up on Satellite images because it has water bodies in an otherwise dry area!
This project has been studied by Teams from the Government, from various aid agencies, local agriculture universities – but has just not scaled beyond Laporiya.
The reason? The core team of GVNML is doing this for public good – and is unable to translate the model and its benefit into a venture that can be sustainable. Value is being created in large amounts – but no tangible value is being captured, for this model to build a sustainable loop. The organization hopes that the Government or another institutional body will scale this further. While the Government is very interested, that process is long. And this innovation waits.
What if we could try an entrepreneurial model here?
In this scenario – for any model to really grow, a few things are probably necessary:
1. An income creating solution that creates positive value in the lives of the farmers – and can be linked to tangible benefits for the farmer/ family/ community
2. A model that allows the farmers to subscribe to this service/ product – but only pay once he sees the value being created in his life – therefore providing a REAL alternative – not one that is speculative and presumptive.
But do these models need to be created afresh – or can some of the development models and existing innovative products be combined to actively transition to an enterprise model?
What if an entrepreneur could take the GVNML model – and build a way that each village catchment executes such a project and saves excess water than it needs in each rain cycle – selling the excess into a central water source – creating multiple sources of revenue for the village and the enterprise in the long run? The Micro-hydro plants developed by Tri Mumpuni are a similar model.
This requires patience capital or grants that behave as working capital for the entrepreneur to experiment for a couple of years, try a few revenue models, advocate with government departments, demonstrate impact and then leverage it for further growth.
Of course – I am making it sound much simpler than it really is. But consider this – Subsidies currently constitute 14% of India’s GDP. A large part of these are subsidies for farmers to subsidize the cost of living and inflation. This is not going to change unless some innovation is brought about in the way that farmers can create resource for themselves. If enterprise could demonstrate that:
Value created = Higher GDP = Lesser need for subsidy = More money available for other issues = Real development.
That would be great.
The challenge of transitioning from a development model to an enterprise model is not a contradiction anymore – its evolution, based on what’s needed today for rapid, large scale, crowd sourced development.
Social entrepreneurs, please step in.
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February 14/11 12:25 pm - Employment Opportunity - Sales and Cycling Consultant (Toronto)
Posted by Editor on 02/14/11
Toronto-based Hello Vélo is seeking a sales and cycling consultant.
Overview: When a customer walks into the shop, you ask yourself: "what can I do to make sure that nothing is in the way of them being on their bike?" You are at the front of the shop, making first contact with cyclists and working to eliminate obstacles to performance and enjoyment on the bike.
Work: Sales, including processing transactions. Bike sizing, fitting, soft-goods selection, recommendations for equipment upgrades as well as consulting on riding in general. Inventory management, coordinating orders with the repair bench. Interacting with customers via traditional channels and social media. Riding your bike.
Remuneration: Market rate. Part-Time to Full Time Hours
Apply: Short cover letter and a resume that highlights how you line up with the job.
Send to: [email protected]. Candidates are encouraged to visit the shop before applying. Paper applications will not be accepted.
Deadline: February 26, 2011
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March 12/11 9:51 am - RaceFace to Close?
Posted by Editoress on 03/12/11
There has been no official word yet, but numerous web reports suggest that Canadian component manufacturer RaceFace is in the process of shutting its doors.
The 18 year old company is a spin-off of Rocky Mountain Bicycles, that was originally known for its distinctive crank design. The company also produces stems, handlebars, seatposts, bottom brackets and headsets. In recent years it has been spec'd as OE (Original Equipment) on a decreasing number of bike brands.
One employee posted on the forum Ridemonkey.com: "...but we've been told the company is going to be liquidated, and 90% of us are unemployed as of next week. They'll keep a few people on to assist with the liquidation.
My tenure with the company has been short, but it's been a fun ride. Thanks to all the great athletes, customers, and media folks I've had the opportunity to work with. Thanks also to the amazing group of coworkers I have out here..."
Tyler Morland, MTB Media Manager at SRAM, also tweeted: "Rumour has it that Race Face shut its doors yesterday"
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July 27/03 11:33 am - Tour de White Rock: Day 3 Story and SISU Cup Road Series Winners
Posted by Editoress on 07/27/03
Tour de White Rock wraps up BC Super Cycling Week & SISU BC Road Cup
by Mitch Peters
Today's race ended what has been a very successful week of road racing for British Columbia riders. The weekend's Tour de White Rock was the final race of the SISU BC Cup Championship Series for racers, as well as the seventh race of BC Super Cycling Week. Most riders were going for the overall omnium for the week of racing, and today's results were vital for points. In order to qualify for those points, they had to at least start each of the seven events, including the Tour de Delta's three stages, as well as the Tour de Gastown Criterium.
The women's 72km road race saw very few attacks this sunny Sunday morning and it wasn't until the last lap of the event that Sarah Noble (Bike Barn) launched an attack on the backside of the course. Charging over the top of the Columbia St. climb, nobody could touch the mountain biker turned road racer Noble.
Rona-Esker rider Kristen Lasasso launched another attack off the pack in an attempt to chase down the solo break. She escaped the field and began to bridge up to Noble, at this point; however, Noble had opened a 25 second gap on her pursuer. Noble crossed the line, maintaining her lead. Lasasso charged in for second. The pack sprinted up to the finish line and Trek VW's Marni Prazsky punched it for third, a close nose's length ahead of Rona Esker's Andrea Hannos.
Kristen's second place points put her into third place overall for the BC Super Cycling Week's omnium with 30pts. Lisa Sweeney (Kappa) who finished fifth in the road race today, finished second overall with 43 points. After a fourth place in the road race today, Hannos claimed the title with a total of 61pts.
The men's race was quite eventful with an early break going off with six riders after the first lap. Prime Alliance's Svein Tuft was feeling pretty good and attacked this group, opening up a fifteen second gap as a result. Tuft stayed out in front for several laps while the five men in the chase group split up, leaving Jelly Belly rider Ben Brooks and Atlas Cold/Ital Pasta rider Alex Lavallee competing for second and third.
The two worked well together and bridged up to Tuft. At one point Tuft was dropped and the two remaining riders pushed it some more. This is when yesterday's crit winner, Danny Pate (Prime Alliance) attacked off the front of the pack and bridged up to the leaders. The pack swallowed Svein up, however at the same time, Pate made it up to the two leaders. Lavalee's legs gave in with less than two laps to go and Brooks and Pate dropped him and continued for the win with well over a two-minute lead on the pack.
Pate's legs were a little worn after yesterday's effort and Brooks (who remained in the break almost the entire race) took the win in the final sprint. Lavallee was third. In the omnium, Team Health Net's Gord Fraser took the overall title, while Tyler Farrar (Jelly belly/Surisban Clothing) and Andrew Pinfold (Atlas Cold/Ital Pasta) were second and third respectively.
Today's race ended the SISU BC Cup Road Championship series. Sweeney and Matt Usborne (Symmetrics) took the 2003 titles in the women's and men's categories, respectively.
SISU BC Cup Road Championship Series
Unofficial Results
1. Lisa Sweeney (Kappa)
2. Sarah Noble (Bike Barn)
3. Marni Prazsky (Trek VW)
1. Matt Usborne (Symmetrics)
2. Sean Dawson (Trek-VW)
3. Larry Zimich (Campione Cycling Team)
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global_01_local_0_shard_00001240_processed.jsonl/414 | Julia Roberts Touched by Her Son Henry’s First Movie Role
10/13/2011 at 09:00 AM ET
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Julia Roberts‘s son Henry Daniel has made his big-screen debut … in utero!
The actress’s new movie, Fireflies in the Garden, was actually shot back in 2007, and features scenes in which Roberts is seven months pregnant with Henry.
“When I see it now, he’s this big boy who can dress himself and do all these things. It really is touching to see that,” Roberts said of those old scenes at the film’s Los Angeles premiere on Wednesday.
The family dynamic in Fireflies in the Garden is strained and often heartbreaking. But Roberts says motherhood is always tough.
“I think it’s challenging for everybody in different ways,” she says.
— Melody Chiu and Tim Nudd
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Tammy on
Parenting done right is definitely a hard but very rewarding job.
Elena on
Well said, Tammy!
Anonymous on
New movie? It was released three years ago.
saydee on
She is so fabulous!
Carol Senal on
Hard and often not very rewarding.
jsmith on
@Anonymouse……………Won’t be released in the US until tomorrow.
showbizmom on
@Anonymous it was shot in 2007 and is this week getting it’s first US release, it’s already been released overseas sometime ago. I’ve seen while overseas for work. I think back in 09. It was a good, not my favorite film but good. Good acting!
Mel on
The movie was released in different parts of the world three years ago but the US release is tomorrow
jld on
may want to read that again anonymous it says the movie was FILMED three years ago; meaning it has just now been released.
sara on
Anonymous is yet another person that forgets that this is a US-based website and that the posts here refer to things that happen in the US.
Ally on
Anonymous is correct. The movie is not new, it was released many years ago. The fact that is being released in the United States this week does not make her (or his) statement factually incorrect.
Tammy, you hit the nail right on the head. I do not yet belong the tribe of mothers, but I am constantly in awe by hard work that you ladies do. You ladies have the most important job in our society, as you prepare the future generation for greatness.
suzy diamond on
This movie is receiving TERRIBLE REVIEWS not by some critics but by MOST. Won’t waste my money! That’s probably why it was shelved in 2007 and just released now.
doreen on
I’M sick of Julia Robert and Tom Hawk movies, I like them but sick of seeing them on screen!!!
Torie on
She is so ugly
Katie on
Love JR and she is still an amazing actress I cannot wait to see this movie. It has a lot of great actors/actresses in it! Looking forward to it!!
moondancer on
Why does everyone knock Angelina when Julia stole someone else’s husband outright? She even pulled that bit wearing that t-shirt with a handwritten “A Low Vera” on the front when Danny Moder’s wife at the time, Vera, wasn’t giving into divorce. And for the film to take years to get US distribution, it must be a stink bomb. One thing’s for sure, Julia can act like a lady all she wants, but she’s far from it.
Cindy on
@ Torie…..that wasn’t very nice. Julia Roberts is a beautiful lady. Haven’t you ever heard if you can’t say something nice…..
The Woo on
LOL ! Torie – that was mean
Janie on
Wow, I never knew about the A Low Vera thing…hmmm.
shid on
Julia is known to park in handicapped spaces too. Check out the video sometime. Such a shame, considering she’s been anointed “America’s Sweetheart”.
Shannon on
The movie was horrible. Thank goodness I didn’t pay to see it. Sorry Julia!
Lulu on
Both my parents have passed away. I missed them tremendously even though growing up, my parents hardly talked to their children. They worked very hard just to put food on the table. Every day I feel sad when I think of them.
deb on
I’m kinda with moondancer on this deal..in one way, i love Julia Roberts but she is not now and will never again be “Pretty Woman”..she lost that luster & charm along time ago and it’s not due to her age. She went after someone else’s man and before that she went through men like she was in a candy store..her charm wore off along time ago..most people still love her only because of “Pretty Woman”..I think she puts on a good act and the laugh and her red hair were very charming and personable back in the day but she doesn’t have the “it” factor anymore and I think its because she don’t want to..she’s not passionate anymore and not nearly as fun to watch..”Eat Pray Love” didn’t even bring it back for her..its like she doesnt even try anymore..yawn..Lets move on already..
Jay on
This untalented chick is a multimillionaire many times over, she should have no worries, no matter what some think, money can buy happiness as your bills are paid, your medical is always taken care of, you can afford help, a nanny, a housekeeper, etc. This pathetic woman doesn’t have a clue about “challenges” as a poor working mother with no help or medical does. Julia needs to learn to keep her mouth shut.
mrw on
Jay and Deb-I agree with both of you. I’m sorry, do we need to get a pity party together? I raised three children as a divorced, single mom with every day being a finanacial challenge. Today, my children are educated (son-master’s degree. daughter-working on her master’s degree; daughter- started medical school this year). All on a budget that would buy Julia a dress and a purse. I don’t go to movies because I refuse to pay the price so actors like Roberts get paid seriously ridiculous salaries and then whine about their “problems” The last movie I went to with my grandson, during a middle of the day matinee, cost me $16.00 (nothing for treats as I always bring my own along). That was a rip off for a film that wasn’t worth a dollar at the Red Box. Julia Roberts stopped making watchable films years ago. And that holds true of most of these actors who make $10-$20 million per film (or for TV series for that matter).
Liz on
Homewrecker who exploited her unborn bsby!
whatever on
Do you people want to stick to the topic rather than waffling on about your lives & congratulating people you don’t know for popping out kids?
Erin on
I dont understand how this movie has just premiered. I’m fairly certain I watched a few years ago..?
Ralph on
Parenting is definitely a challenge. Somedays you feel proud and it’s rewarding. Other days it’s crushingly difficult. I have two healthy girls. I can not imagine how hard it is if you have an ill child or a child with other problems. Add no spousal or family support and it’s no wonder the kinds of things we read about happen.
Lennon'sMummy on
It must be such hard work for her watching the nannies raise her kids while she is on location.
mj on
Why do you people continue to bash women who supposedly “steal” a husband? You can’t steal a man if he is wanting or willing to leave his wife for someone else. Moder left his wife for Julia, Pitt left his wife for Jolie, Rhimes and Cibirian, and on and on and on. There were obviously problems in the marriages or the men / women wouldn’t have been tempted in the first place. Give it a rest people!
Hea on
I bought Fireflies on DVD a couple of years ago. Why is it “new” now?
Hea on
@ Liz – How is working exploiting your unborn baby? Should pregnant women stay at home?
AngieA on
My mom always told me: “if it’s easy, you’re doing it wrong.”
I’m glad Julia Roberts is forthcoming – being a parent is not all roses like some of these stars claim it is. It truly is challenging for everyone in many different ways because it’s not like the children come with manuals.
Diane on
Julia Roberts is a homewrecker, those shouldn´t be her kids.
Jeanine on
@ Torie….what is your definition of pretty if she is not?? Julia Roberts is one of the most beautiful women in the world…I would hate to see what you look like. Sad….be nice or go away.
Diane on
She is NOT a pretty woman, she has a BIIIIIIGGGGG mouth.
mckfish on
And it will be his LAST movie role, I’m sure. She has some really homely kids.
Linda on
Julia is a good mother, I like her husband Danny because I think he is not afraid to tell her off, to put it bluntly.
chris on
Thank you moondancer for validating my opinion…
Sonya on
What is wrong with some of you people? What has Julia Roberts ever done to you to deserve such horrible things said about her? This is the very reason I very seldom read any of the comments on this blog. Sheesh! Judgmental much?
deanna on
I have always liked Julia’s personality, however, I don’t think she stretches herself far enough for a “A” actress. She needs to get a more updated look now that she’s gotten older, she is still quite attractive…I think anyway. | http://celebritybabies.people.com/2011/10/13/julia-roberts-touched-by-her-son-henrys-first-movie-role/ |
global_01_local_0_shard_00001240_processed.jsonl/435 | Assault Rifle Drawing Brings Protesters To Lake CountyA number of protesters are upset with Lake County Republicans. They’re raffling off firearms to raise money. Including one linked to the deadly Las Vegas massacre.
'Throw Paper Towels At Trump Tower' Event Turns Into A Fundraiser For Hurricane Relief Efforts In Puerto RicoA Wicker Park student's lighthearted joke about President Trump has turned into a fundraiser for hurricane victims.
South Side Softball Tournament Aims To Strike Out Breast CancerOne-thousand-two-hundred women are expected to step up to the plate to strike out breast cancer. It's all part of the 23rd annual Y-Me Softball Tournament.
Fundraiser Set Following Chicago Dad's Death By FireworksDavid Griffin, 42, was with two of his sons in an alley near 54th and Campbell when he went to double-check whether he had lit a firework.
17-Year Old Holds Huge Garage Sale To Raise Money For 2-Year Old With CancerTim Long, 17, will hold a huge garage sale this weekend and will give all the money raised to the family of Beau Dowling, a two-year old in West Beverly who has cancer.
Bark In The Park: Chicago's Largest Dog Party Of The YearHundreds of dogs sniffed and played along the lakefront near Soldier Field Sunday, as part of the Anti-Cruelty Society's biggest fundraiser.
Vice President-Elect Pence To Attend Chicago FundraiserThe Indiana governor will speak at a luncheon Friday in downtown Chicago. Tickets start at $2,700 per person.
Protesters Picket Brookins Fundraiser, Ask Him To Back OrdinanceSeveral dozen students, teachers and union members picketed Tuesday at a fundraiser for the chair of the City Council's Education Committee.
Youth Outreach Services Hosts FundraiserYouth Outreach Services’ Auxiliary Board hosts Monday their first official fundraising event.
Hales Franciscan Alumni, Parents Raising Funds To Keep School OpenAlumni and parents of students at Hales Franciscan High School hope to raise $1 million dollars in three weeks, which they say would allow Hales to open for the fall semester on Sept. 19.
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We routinely see turtles, mated pair mute swans, coots, egrets, herons, and more on this trip. Come see the bluffs We will be kayaking the Illinois & Michigan Canal, Dupage River, Desplaines RIver and the Illinois river ALL in 1 trip. This trip will be led by an ACA certified Kayak Instructor. This is a favorite trip of many dedicated paddlers in Chicagoland!!!! We will see lots of wildlife on this kayak tour that spans 4 different types of waterways. | http://chicago.metromix.com/events/mmxchi-4-rivers-in-1-awesome-kayak-tour-20170826-event |
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Grab your friends and head over to Evil Horse for a great night of trivia. The trivia theme is: Game of Thrones. Form your own team (6-8 people) or a team can be put together. Register in advance at the library or at Evil Horse. Prizes are awarded, and seating is first-come, first-served. | http://chicago.metromix.com/events/mmxchi-trivia-night-at-evil-horse-20170516-event |
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