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In addition to the Sengoku Raiden Championship 15 event in Japan, this past weekend featured a host of notables in regional action.
Winners included Lyle Beerbohm, Mike Hayes, Joachim Hansen, Thales Leites, J.J. Ambrose, Erick Silva and Cale Yarbrough.
Losers included David Bielkheden, Carlo Prater and Sean Salmon.
Beerbohm headlined Saturday's Rumble on the Ridge 14 event in Snoqualmie, Wash. Beerbohm, who signed a non-exclusive deal with Strikeforce in 2009, used a modified guillotine choke to submit previously undefeated local fighter Josh Calvo (3-1).
Beerbohm, who won a close split-decision over Vitor Ribeiro back in May at "Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery," is now 14-0 with 12 stoppage wins.
In the ROTR co-headliner, Bellator veteran Mike Hayes (13-4-1) choked out fellow heavyweight Matt Walker (2-2) for a second-round submission victory. Hayes, who like Beerbohm hails from the Washington area, is now 5-1 over the past year.
In other action:
- Hansen (21-10-1), the 2008 DREAM lightweight grand-prix champion, used a second-round armbar to submit local fighter Sami Aziz (5-3-1) at Friday's Superior Challenge 6 event in Stockholm, Sweden. Hansen now has won back-to-back fights since a career-worst three-fight losing streak in DREAM earlier this year.
- Also on the Superior Challenge 6 card, former UFC middleweight title challenger Leites (18-4) picked up his fourth win in five fights with a second-round rear-naked choke of Swedish fighter Tor Troeng (12-4-1).
- The Superior Challenge 6 card also some notables suffer losses. Swedish fighter and UFC vet Bielkheden (16-9) was tagged with a submission loss to Daniel Acacio (22-10), former WEC title-challenger/Tachi Palace champ Prater (25-10-1) dropped a decision to Reza Madadi (10-2), and one-time UFC headliner Salmon (18-13) suffered a quick TKO loss to Assan Njie (10-2).
- Former Affliction fighter Ambrose (15-3) picked up his fifth consecutive win with a 61-second TKO victory over Japanese lightweight Masakazu Taguchi (2-6-1). The fight was part Friday's Trench Warz 13 event in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, which is a U.S. commonwealth in the western Pacific Ocean. Ambrose, an American Kickboxing Academy fighter, is now 13-1 (with one no contest) since mid 2006.
- Top Brazilian welterweight prospect Silva (12-1) pushed his win streak to eight fights with a 67-second arm-triangle choke victory over Francisco Ayon (4-3) in a tournament at Saturday's Jungle Fight 23 event in Para, Brazil. Earlier in the night, he scored a third-round submission victory over Gil de Freitas (12-3) to advance to the finale, which crowned the first-ever Jungle Fight 170-pound champ. The event aired on ESPN Deportes.
- "The Ultimate Fighter 7" cast member Yarbrough (8-2) moved to 8-1 over his past nine fights with a third-round submission (north-south choke) of Clint Hester (4-2). The fight headlined the latest offering from the popular Georgia-based Wild Bill's Fight Night event series, which took place Friday.
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Thicke's latest mea culpa came at the 2014 BET Awards on Sunday. As he took the stage to perform a new song from his upcoming album, aptly titled "Paula," the Canadian singer told the audience, "I'd like to dedicate this song to my wife and say, 'I miss you, and I'm sorry.'"
Thicke also released his emotional "Get Her Back" music video last week.

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An ex-girlfriend of Ross Mirkarimi has come forward to police with new accusations of domestic violence against the San Francisco sheriff, law enforcement sources say.
The former girlfriend, Christina Flores, was dating Mirkarimi shortly before the then-supervisor met the woman who would become his wife, Venezuelan actress Eliana Lopez, at a conference in Brazil in 2008. Shortly after they met, Lopez became pregnant with the couple's child.
Flores, who has hosted a talk show on local cable access and has appeared on television stations KOFY and KTVU, showed up at San Francisco's Northern police station Sunday to file a police report describing an incident that she said happened at least three years ago, in which Mirkarimi allegedly shoved her against a wall, law enforcement sources said.
Flores, who lives in Southern California, told The Chronicle's Rachel Gordon in a phone interview Monday that she had gone to police after reading accounts of the alleged domestic violence incident involving Mirkarimi's wife. Her intent, she said, was to let authorities know that Mirkarimi's alleged abusive behavior wasn't a one-time, isolated occurence.
"If I need to testify, I will," she said.
She said she dated Mirkarimi in 2007 and 2008. Several times, she said, he went on verbal tirades — "throwing tantrums, yelling in your face."
Only one time, she said, did his anger turn physical. She said she doesn't remember the details about the argument that led to the alleged attack, but does recall that her left arm was bruised.
"He never punched me, never hit me," Flores said. "But he grabbed my arm and pushed me against the wall, yelling. This person is very much a pit bull and a bully."
Mirkarimi's attorney, Robert Waggener, said Monday that he had only just heard about the report and had not had a chance to talk to his client.
It's doubtful Mirkarimi could be charged with a crime in connection with Flores' report because the statute of limitations has probably expired. But her testimony could be used in Mirkarimi's upcoming trial on three misdemeanor charges in connection with a New Year's Eve incident involving his wife.
Lopez told a neighbor in a videotaped account that Mirkarimi had bruised her arm during the incident, but she has publicly denounced the criminal case and has not cooperated with prosecutors.
Flores' account "can be used in a trial to show prior acts of violence and his propensity to put his hands on women, and theoretically she (Flores) could take the stand to say this is his M.O," said a law enforcement official familiar with the case.
A judge set Mirkarimi's trial Monday for Feb. 24.
The district attorney's office declined to comment on Flores' accusations.
"As a general rule, we don't comment on an ongoing investigation,'' said D.A. spokesman Omid Talai. "But we would welcome any information.''


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TABOR, CZECH REPUBLIC — Katie Compton was not present today at the second round of the UCI Cyclocross World Cup. Sanne Van Paassen (Brainwash), second in the WC standings after her runner-up spot last week, hoped to take advantage of the dominant American's absence. When last we were here in 2010, Marianne Vos (Rabobank) rode away from the field on an icy, scary course. Today Katerina Nash (Luna Pro Cycling Team), third in Plzen last weekend, clearly wanted to take out the win from the lessened field at home. Nash is a fierce competitor, one of two women to beat Compton over the past two years on the cyclocross course, and was the favorite.
The course, hilly and long at 1.9 miles, featured a different parcours than when Tabor hosted the World Championships in 2010. Hanka Kupfernagel, back from a flu virus that took her off the start line last week, took the holeshot, but soon Helen Wyman (Kona) went to the front, taking advantage of the giant steps on the stairs, and had a group with her consisting of Daphny Van Den Brand (AA Drink), Kupfernagel, Van Paassen, Pavla Havlikova (Telenet-Fidea), and Nash. Meredith Miller (California Giant Berry Farms) proved to be one of the early victims of the course, going over the side netting after a steep, greasy drop on which the women took it easy all day. She got back on but had dropped from her early good starting position.
"It was tough," said Helen Wyman. "I didn't feel quite right today. I managed to stay with the group for about two laps but made a couple of silly mistakes and they got away. But I didn't feel great."
As the women came through the start/finish for the first time, that front group had more than doubled in size to 14 riders. Nash looked the most comfortable, riding third wheel for most of the second lap as Sanne Cant (BBoxx) and Van Den Brand made a gap to the chasing group. The rest of the women refused to be distanced so early, however, and soon the group was all back together again. As soon as they came back together Nash attacked and brought Van Paassen and Van Den Brand with her. Lucy Lucie Chainel-Lefevre, wife of cyclocross and road racer Steve Chainel, fought to get back on terms as they came back through the start/finish and brought Kupfernagel with her, making the group at the front five strong. That effort to get back to the front seemed to be too much for Kupfernagel, though, because the pace soon dislodged her from the leading group. That group of four pushed the speed on the fast course, riding close to 25 kph for the third lap. Meredith Miller had recovered from her early mishap and rode her way back to Amy Dombroski's wheel, part of a chasing group of six.
Back at the front the tough stairs proved to be the deciding factor on each lap, as Lucie Chainel-Lefevre struggled to stay with the other three leaders. Nash took advantage and attacked, gapping the French rider. Van Paassen took the next opportunity, seeing Van Den Brand in trouble, and she and Nash began to ride away with the race with about one-and-a-half laps to go. Van Den Brand fought back, using the pavement to rejoin the Czech and Dutch riders as they heard the bell. Nash again attacked at the top of those difficult stairs, and Van Paassen struggled to follow her wheel. Soon Nash had more than twenty meters, and the crowd surged to support their home racer. Van Den Brand finally attacked her countrywoman towards the end of the lap, but the two Dutch riders had left the chase too late, and Nash had close to six seconds. Van Paassen looked spent, and Van Den Brand left her to chase Nash alone. Pounding the pedals, Nash held her advantage to the end, winning in front of a home crowd. Van Den Brand took second, Van Paasen in third, Lucie Chainel-Lefevre in fourth, with Pavla Havlikova in fifth. Amy Dombroski and Meredith Miller worked together until the end, taking thirteenth and fourteenth places, respectively. After her absence, Katie Compton drops to 7th place overall in the World Cup standings.
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3 Sanne VAN PAASSEN NED 24 40:13:00
4 Lucie CHAINEL-LEFEVRE FRA 29 40:41:00
5 Pavla HAVLIKOVA CZE 29 40:56:00
6 Hanka KUPFERNAGEL GER 38 41:00:00
7 Sabrina SCHWEIZER GER 22 41:10:00
8 Helen WYMAN GBR 31 41:18:00
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23 Tessa VAN NIEUWPOORT NED 21 42:44:00
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25 Nikoline HANSEN DEN 25 43:05:00
26 Linda VAN RIJEN NED 24 43:24:00
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33 Christine VARDAROS USA 43 45:19:00
34 Dorota WARCZYK POL 37 45:42:00
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Taiwan - Harm reduction for young people
Pascal Tanguay, Communications Manager at the Asian Harm Reduction Network (AHRN) delivered a keynote address at the 2009 Asia Pacific Anti-Drug Conference, focusing this year on adolescent care, on 9 September in Taipei, Taiwan. The presentation on harm reduction strategies for young people was developed with the support of YouthRISE and delivered with success to an audience consisting mostly of educators. The presentation elicited interest from the audience - Taiwan's two-year old harm reduction programme has already been effective in reducing HIV transmission among IDUs and has led to a decrease in crime rates. Other noteworthy speakers at the event included Ta-Kuang Francis Chang, Chief Probation Officer of the Taiwan Taipei District Court; Jing-Lan Maria Chang, Chairman of the Education Committee of the Anti-Drug Campaign Association, and Dr. Shu Lian Wen, Director of Drug Addiction Department, Taipei City Hospital. For more information about the Anti-Drugs Campaign Association, visit www.antidrug.org.tw.


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Police use water cannons to disperse anti-rape protesters in India
LUCKNOW, India - Police used water cannons Monday to disperse hundreds of women protesting violence against women in the northern Indian state where two teenagers were gang-raped and found hanging from a tree.
The protesters in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state, were demonstrating outside the office of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, demanding that he crack down on rape and other violence against women and girls.
Hundreds of police officers, including female officers, pushed and shoved the protesters before deploying water cannons to disperse them.
They also demanded that the government curb police indifference, which they said was encouraging attacks against women.
Police in the tiny Uttar Pradesh village of Katra failed to take any action last week when the father of one of the girls reported to police that the two cousins were missing. Two police officers were fired for dereliction of duty after the girls were found gang-raped and killed.
Yadav has recommended a federal inquiry, but his government has been widely accused of a lackadaisical approach toward women's safety.
Activists and ordinary people said it was as if nothing had changed in the way the police dealt with rape cases since the December 2012 fatal gang rape of a 23-year-old woman aboard a moving bus in New Delhi, the national capital.
The outcry following that attack led to laws doubling prison terms for rapists to 20 years and criminalizing voyeurism, stalking and the trafficking of women. The law also makes it a crime for officers to refuse to register cases when complaints are made.
People also are beginning to speak up against violent crimes targeting women, and public protests against police inaction are common.
Records show a rape is committed every 22 minutes in India, though it's considered drastically underreported. Victims and their families may not report the crime at all due to social stigma, frustration with court delays or harassment by police. And police may be reluctant to register cases in order to keep down crime figures.


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Travel and migration associated infectious diseases morbidity in Europe, 2008Archived
This paper looks at the diagnoses of ill returned travelers that presented to EuroTravNet centres in 2008.
Artesunate versus quinine in the treatment of severe falciparum malaria malaria in African children (AQUAMAT): an open-label, randomized trialArchived
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Protracted rheumatic manifestations in travelersArchived
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The use of Interferon-γ release assays for Tuberculosis Screening in International TravelersArchived
IGRAs are increasingly being considered for the diagnosis of LTBI, as a replacement to the TST, including travel medicine. As with the TST, many uncertainties remain with regard to the efficacy of the IGRAs. It is therefore essential to secure an accurate understanding of these assays' known efficacy, so that they be optimally used and only in context with proven effect.
Significant increase in travel associated Dengue Fever in GermanyArchived
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Travel patterns in ChinaArchived
Travel patterns are an important source of information to be considered when assessing the risk of spread of infectious disease outbreaks. However, local and regional particularities need to be taken into account.
Imported methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, SwedenArchived
The authors analyzed data on 444 imported cases of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Sweden during the period 2000-2003. The risk for MRSA carriage or infection in returning travellers ranged from 0.1 per million travellers returning from Nordic countries to 59.4 per million travellers returning from North Africa and the Middle East.
Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus infections in returning travelersArchived
The authors present data on 15 individuals infected by Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) -producing strains of Staphylococcus aureus. Intra-familial spread was documented in one case, and occupational transmission was most likely in another case. spa typing of the strains revealed a broad range of variants, though some strains were clonally related. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was found in three cases.
Illness in French Travelers to Senegal: Prospective Cohort Follow-up and Sentinel Surveillance DataArchived
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Nicki Minaj Dons a Bikini While Filming 'Starships' Video
It seems like every time Nicki Minaj steps out in public, she makes an impression with what she's wearing — and that goes double on the set of her videos. So, it's no surprise that when Nicki flew to Hawaii to film her clip for 'Starships,' the paparazzi were on hand to get a look at her outfits.
Given that the cameras were rolling on the beach, it should be no surprise that Nicki donned a bikini for the shoot — and if Ms. Minaj is going to wear a bikini, you can pretty much bet it's going to be pink. The photos were published by the folks at the Global Grind (see the link below), who noted that Nicki has announced plans to start writing a pair of books while waiting for her new album, 'Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded,' to drop on April 3. That's a lot of work to juggle for one ferociously talented pop star, but it's just part of the plan for pop culture domination that Nicki kicked off when she released her first mixtape back in 2007.
Since its release on Feb. 14, 'Starships' has shot up the charts in countries around the world, breaking the top 10 on Billboard's Hot 100 while reaching No. 1 in Brazil and Scotland and topping the U.K.'s R&B chart. The song has also reached No. 3 on the overall U.K. singles chart, establishing Minaj as the highest-charting female rapper in U.K. history.
Though some fans have complained about the song's pop-friendly sheen, Nicki says it's one of her favorite tracks on 'Roman Reloaded.' Talking to MTV after the single was released, she said it "sounds like a Ryan Seacrest-type of record" and added, "I know people are gonna love it. It feels right. It just feels good. It makes people feel happy and that's all I want. I want to start the year off with making people feel good."


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113 dead kittens found in coastal California town
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Authorities said they found 113 dead kittens in an apartment believed to belong to a cat hoarder, and dozens of ailing adult cats were discovered in a nearby house.
None of the dead kittens appeared to be more than two months old, they said.
Seaside police and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County discovered the animals on Tuesday, SPCA Sgt. Stacy Sanders said.
Officers were alerted by a property manager who discovered dead kittens during an inspection. They received another tip that more cats were moved to a nearby house.
There, another group of investigators found 51 adult cats that were alive but sick and neglected.
"The cats were living in extremely horrible conditions," Sanders said. "They were separated into two groups and locked into rooms with little to no ventilation. The floors were saturated in urine and feces."
Officers stayed about six hours to recover all the cats because an occupant in the house had lost count of how many were there.
"We had to go through every nook and cranny, pull apart every bed and chair," Sanders said.
SPCA staff members treated the surviving cats, which were in stable condition. SPCA spokeswoman Beth Brookhouser said most of those animals had respiratory infections, parasites and broken teeth. Two underwent emergency surgery for potentially life-threatening uterus infections. At least five were pregnant.
"It definitely makes you go home and kind of hug your animals a little tighter at night," said Sanders, who has a dog and a cat.
No arrests were made or citations issued, but the SPCA has referred the case to the Monterey County district attorney's office to consider criminal animal abuse charges. They declined to identify the suspected hoarder while the investigation is ongoing.
Sanders said authorities received tips the cats may have taken from the street. The officers are asking community members to send in photos of their missing cats.
"I hate to see any of these hoarding cases," Brookhouser said. "They are all tragic in their own ways, but for me personally, this is the first time with so many deceased cats."


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There is NO SUCH THING as a digital or HD aerial at all.
An aerial that differentiates between horizontal and vertical is better.
An amplifier in a indoor aerial is almost pointless. Amplifiers are to overcome coax loss. To get more signal you need a higher or better sited aerial or higher gain aerial.
An £8 aerial will work just as well.
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Above average rainfall recorded, Lake Cypress Springs remains below normal
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In January 2012, 4.89 inches of rain fell, which is 1.94 inches above the average of 2.95 inches. As of press time Tuesday, the current level of Lake Cypress Springs was at 375.48 feet msl which is below the normal level of 378 msl. For more details about local weather, see the February 2 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald.


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Educated at Cambridge University and the LSE, he is now an Honorary Professor at UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies and a Senior Associate Fellow at RUSI. He also remains a senior non-resident fellow at the Institute of International Relations Prague and for 2018-19 a Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute. He is also the director of the consultancy firm Mayak Intelligence. Previously he has been Head of the Centre for European Security at the Institute of International Relations Prague, Professor of Global Affairs at New York University, head of the History department at Keele University in the UK, an adviser at the British Foreign Office and a visiting professor at MGIMO (Moscow), Charles University (Prague) and Rutgers (Newark), as well as a visiting fellow with the ECFR.
His books include We Need To Talk About Putin (Ebury) and The Vory: Russia's super mafia (Yale University Press), several Osprey books, and the edited collections The Politics of Security in Modern Russia (Ashgate) and Russian & Soviet Organized Crime (Ashgate) and he is a regular contributor to Jane's Intelligence Review, Oxford Analytica and many other outlets. He is a columnist for Raam op Rusland and the Moscow Times.
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A look at how much old Apple products would cost if they were released today doesn't quite show what it hopes to - that the iPad is very good value - but it does provide an interesting insight into the economics of technology.
Online deal site Vouchers.co.uk has run a table showing key Apple launches of the past 30-odd years, what the retail price of those products were then and what they would be now, thanks to the effects of inflation.
So, the 1983 'Macintosh prototype', the Apple Lisa, which launched at $9995 would now cost $21,745. The $6500 Macintosh Portable, from 1989, was priced at $6500 back then, but would carry a $11,356 price tag now.
Move on through time and the impact of inflation plays less of a part. The first iPod, for example, was launched in October 2001 for $399, which amounts to $498 now. You can see the full table here.
Source: Vouchers.co.uk
But that's the problem: an iPod doesn't cost the best part of $500. Moore's Law - roughly stated, every 18 months, computer components halve in price - and the rise of cheap Chinese manufacturing has driven prices down, despite upward inflationary pressures.
A day doesn't pass when Reg Hardware staffers don't give thanks to the People's Republic for the beneficence of cheap electronics it has bestowed upon us Westerners.
There's no way an Apple portable - or a laptop from any other manufacturer, for that matter - would cost almost $11,500 now, let alone the $6500 Apple was charging in 1989. Apple's priciest portable - the 17in MacBook Pro - costs $2499. Its cheapest is $999.


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The BBC Trust has given the go-ahead for the corporation to push on with providing internet access to the TV, via a set-top box.
The project has already been heavily criticised by rival broadcasters like Sky, which of course has a decent-sized broadband internet access business of its own.
But it was further bolstered last week when Channel 4 and ISP Talk Talk joined up. The consortium of six firms is now looking for "expressions of interest" for other partners to join the platform.
Project Canvas is not home and dry yet, although a 2010 launch is still possible. It has been given a provisional pass by the BBC Trust, according to the FT.
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Google Updates iPad App to Make Search More Local
Google said on Tuesday that iPad users in the U.S. will be treated to a new interactive experience when they search for restaurants, bars or other locales.
The search engine giant has added a horizontal "carousel" to its iPad platform of local results at the top of the search page. When searching for "ramen shops," the search engine pulls in your geographic location and populates the carousel with pictures of restaurants in that genre. This is designed with the touchscreen iPad in mind, allowing users to easily swipe through results.
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The pattern repeats itself throughout history. The dictator eventually oversteps his bounds one time too many and the people revolt. Where once they cowered in fear, now they step up and declare, "enough is enough." The dictator must go.
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This morning Rupert Murdoch fired Rebekah Brooks, his long-time confidant, the chief executive of his British newspaper operations, the woman at the center of the hacking scandal, and someone Murdoch had stood by under intense pressure, until today. The dictator's right-hand woman has been fired.
This follows major concessions to the protestors – closing a highly profitable newspaper at the center of the scandal (so far), stepping away from a $12 billion acquisition of Britain's biggest satellite broadcaster, and agreeing to testify to a British parliamentary panel investigating the scandal.
The next step, perhaps within a week, perhaps a month, is the resignation of Rupert Murdoch as Chairman of News Corporation. It will happen sooner if he judges that his resignation is the best way to keep his son James atop the empire, but it will happen.
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In the days following Hurricane Sandy, Foragers City Table in Chelsea closed. It recently reopened with a new menu that's pricier and not as suited for sharing. But the focus on organic ingredients prepared with an Asian inflection in an open, echoing space remains the same.
Foregoing the $30-something entrees, we split four small plates, to our server's disappointment. She emphasized that the plates were too little to split. We were fine with our two dishes apiece, but hungrier eaters might splurge on a main or stock up on artisan loaves or chocolate from the Foragers City Grocer on the way out.
The charcuterie offers three choices: head cheese, duck pâté, and rabbit rillette ($14); we opted for the latter. Rabbit had been flaked and ground to the consistency of tuna, then sealed with a smear of salty lard and served with chewy white bread, pungent mustard, and tinier-than-normal cornichons. It was meat and fat in their purest forms.
Our East Coast fluke carpaccio ($15) was overdressed in lemon vinaigrette, toasted poppyseeds, and chive. Perhaps "bedazzled" would be a better word. While the fish was fresh and flaky, the toppings dominated its delicacy. Like a rottweiler trying to befriend a chihuahua, the spices, seeds, and dressing didn't realize their power, and knocked the fish straight out of the dog.
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Google Inc.'s YouTube video site has been in talks to allow video creators to charge viewers to access their content as early as this year, said people familiar with the discussions.
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Outfielders for 12/28/12
Jason Kubel | Arizona Diamondbacks
Owning Jason Kubel last year was a lot like being the aptly named (since this is a baseball article) Tom Hanson from 500 Days of Summer. If you jump between different days of his season, one day you're running gleefully through IKEA but on the next you discover the sink is broken, all your sinks are broken. Moving from plumbing back to baseball, for Kubel this means his season was very bipolar. The week of July 15 he was the hottest hitter in the game while swatting five homers, yet in August and September he couldn't manage to hit above .200.
Overall, Kubel paid great dividends to his owners who drafted him late, posting a career-high 30 homers, 90 RBI, and a palatable .253 average. The distribution of his numbers was less than fortunate, however, with almost none of the production coming in the latter two months. For owners looking to Kubel for help down the stretch, he was not of service, and to anyone who traded for him near the trading deadline, I apologize on his behalf.
Interestingly, at 30 years old, Kubel learned a new trick, namely hitting opposite field home runs. In 2012, he hit nine the other way—about as many as he had in his previous six seasons combined. Hitting more opposite field home runs doesn't guarantee a player more homers overall; but being able to take an outside pitch deep can only help one's power game so long as it doesn't come at the expense of turning on inside pitches one would otherwise take deep. Seeing how Kubel still pulled plenty of homers as well, I'd bet he can approach 30 homers again in 2013, especially in his hitter-friendly Arizona confines.
Despite his power output, Kubel tends to lack in the runs and steals departments, keeping his value outside the top 100 players. In NL-only leagues, I'd also be wary of keeping him given the trade rumors about him heading to an AL club like the Rangers, Yankees, or Rays. Even if he doesn't get moved before the season starts, you can bet his name will pop up again in July if the D'Backs aren't contending.
Corey Hart | Milwaukee Brewers
Speaking as a (primarily) 14-team mixed-league fantasy player, Hart is the type of guy everyone wants and no one wants. His end-of-season numbers look fine in retrospect—once again he managed 30 homers with a solid .270 average and good run and RBI totals—but day-to-day he puts up too many 1-for-4s to enjoy owning him.
In 2012, the 30-year-old and 6-foot-6 Hart set a new high in strikeout percentage, punching out in 24 percent of his plate appearances. Eno Sarris and Jeff Zimmerman at FanGraphs showed that taller players often see a dramatic spike in their strikeout rates in their early thirties. With this information in mind, it certainly seems more likely his skills will continue to erode rather than rebound next year.
No longer much of a basestealer, Hart is devolving into a power-only commodity. Hitting in the middle of the Brewers' potent offense should keep his run and RBI totals up, but no longer would I expect Hart to be a top 90 player. Next season is also likely to be Hart's last with outfield eligibility, reducing the chances he'll be worthy of keeping in future years.
Coco Crisp | Oakland Athletics
For the second offseason in a row, Crisp has had his starting center field gig usurped unexpectedly by a newcomer. Last season it was import Yoenis Cespedes that knocked Crisp into a left field platoon. This season, Oakland's surprise trade for Chris Young once again has Crisp's role on the field uncertain.
Despite the turmoil, Crisp's on-field production didn't suffer; in fact, he had another productive season, batting .260 with 10 homers and 40 steals. Once again, I wouldn't expect his numbers to suffer from the competition—between rotating into the DH spot and the chance one of his fellow A's outfielders succumbs to injury, he will reach his 500 to 600 plate appearances.
While it's tempting to keep an electric player like Crisp, his injury risk coupled with the generally unsupportive A's lineup makes him a long shot to finish in the top 90 players next year. With a bit of injury luck and a slightly improved supportive cast to boost his run total, though, Crisp could be worthy of keeping in deeper keeper leagues.
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Dec 28, 2012 10:20 AM
Good pick.
Dec 29, 2012 15:58 PM
I'd be particularly interested in the steals with Ellsbury. Will be 30 this year. Only attemped 5 steals in Sept/Oct. Given the outlier season for power in 2011 and the sometimes lingering effect of shoulder injuries on power, I think it's very tough to project the HR production. Whether or not he's going to justify a top 50 or so ranking in 5x5 will have a lot to do with whether he can be a 40+ steal guy again.
Dec 31, 2012 11:30 AM
I'm in a shallow keeper league that has a few extra categories for hitters. We have the standard R, HR, RBI, SB, AVG stats but we also penalize hitters for strikeouts while rewarding them for walks and doubles. In that league Michael Brantley had a nice year for me. He won't hit many homers or steal a lot of bases but he walked 53 times last year while striking out only 56 times. In 2011 he struck out 76 times in 496 plate appearances but in 2012 he reduced his strikeouts by 20 in 113 fewer plate appearances. He also hit 37 doubles. He doesn't kill you in BA either. I'll be curious to see what PECOTA thinks of him. He'll be 26 in 2013 and his numbers are trending in the right direction.
Dec 28, 2012 11:43 AM
Brantley is a solid player even though curiously his prodigious steal totals form the minors haven't translated to the majors to the point where he stole 12 bases last year and caught 9 times. I'd expect that rate to improve some in 2013, leading to 15-20 steals. He won't hit double-digit homers but Brantley is well-tailored to your league given his gap power and excellent plate discipline.
Dec 29, 2012 19:10 PM
I'm just seeing this reply now. Thanks for getting back to me. Yes, Brantley really does seem ideally suited to my league. I hadn't heard that he was a possible leadoff candidate but should he get the gig my decision becomes even easier.
Jan 08, 2013 17:45 PM
I wouldn't read to much into that lineup order split, only to the extent Tito will use it to determine his lineup which I don't believe he will. I can't recall any study that looked at whether a batter steals more at the top of the order than at the bottom, controlling for the obvious fact that generally batters near the top are faster and would steal more wherever they batted. It would be interesting if there was no effect.
Jan 09, 2013 14:32 PM
Very nice analysis- Coco was a question for me given the Young trade, but if you have faith in his 500+ ABs, then I will, too. Dexter Fowler, Cody Ross, and Jayson Werth are my open questions.
Dec 28, 2012 12:47 PM
I don't know why I even looked at this article. I think I will keep three outfielders (Trout, Braun and Stanton) and can't imagine why I would keep a fourth. (8 team league with five keepers per team)
Dec 28, 2012 15:29 PM
You have Coco listed as NL-only eligible. I'm sure we all know who you are referring to, but just sayin'...
Dec 29, 2012 01:25 AM
With regards to Coco and the A's line up, they finished 14th in runs scored and 7th in HRs in MLB last year and were 1st in both categories post ASB.
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The Police Federation has offered a new year's "olive branch" to the home secretary as the government continues to reject demands to backdate the police pay award.
Government bid for sensible New Year's Eve drinking
The government has issued a ten-point plan for responsible drinking in a bid to encourage revellers to consume alcohol in moderation this New Year's Eve.
Clegg seeks constitutional reform
New Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has urged other political leaders to work with him to "fix Britain's broken political system".
Political leaders deliver new year messages
Both the main political parties have promised "change" in 2008, although there is little chance of voters being given a say on the major issues facing the country.
Brown warns against Pakistani poll delay
Gordon Brown has urged Pakistan to press ahead with scheduled elections in the aftermath of the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.
Peerage for Blair spokesman
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Brown: UK will master 2008 challenges
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How to easily disable Reply To All and Forward in Outlook
2010 UPDATE: This is cool and interesting to read, but you should just go get this Free Outlook 2007/2010 No Reply All AddIn to do this work for you.
UPDATE: To be clear. This technique does NOT send macros in your email. It only flips a metadata bit in the message and that metadata is only transmitted within Exchange (within your company). It is not propagated to outside email addresses. It's better than BCC because it doesn't break local Outlook Rules. It's harmless.
I really hate it when I say "please send replies directly to me" and a Reply To All happens. It's not only a bummer for the person who sent it but also for everyone on the distribution list.
Trivia: At Microsoft they/we say "little-r" me when we want a reply directly to us or "Big-R" when we mean Reply To All.
I was thinking it'd be cool to have a button on my Outlook Message Form that prevented folks from Reply'ing to All or Forwarding the message. I poked around a bit trying to write an Outlook Macro and realized that I've completely overwritten all the brain cells that had previously held information about VBA macro programming. Seriously. I worked in VB3-6 for years. I was a ninja. Now I'm just an old fat guy with a Black Belt that used to fit. Anyway.
I asked for help and KC Lemson pointed me to Bill Jacob, both actual ninjas, and he took my Rube Goldberg-ian plan and turned it into two lines of code. Doh.
Here's "How to easily disable Reply To All and Forward in Outlook":
Go Tools|Macro|Macros...
In the next dialog, type something like NoReplyAll and click Create.
At this point, even when running Vista 64, you'll be magically transported back to 1996, completely with owner-draw non-standard gray toolbars and other bits of gray that will leak in from the past.
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ActiveInspector.CurrentItem.Actions("Reply to All").Enabled = False
ActiveInspector.CurrentItem.Actions("Forward").Enabled = False
Then close this window.
At this point you've got a macro that prevents Replying to All and Forwarding (at least within Outlook world. This won't prevent folks running other mail systems from Replying to All, but we're mostly focused on internal work with this tip.)
Now, open up a new Outlook Message and right click at the VERY top (assuming Outlook 2007).
Click More Commands...now from this dialog select "Macros" from the dropdown, select your new Macro and click Add>>.
If you like, click on your Macro on the right and select the Modify button and pick a nice icon for it and a Display Name. I used a "halting hand" icon:
Click OK and look at your Quick Access Toolbar...you've got a nice little icon there.
Now, CLICK that button then send an email to yourself or a coworker...
Cool, mission accomplished. One less thing to worry about. Thanks Bill!
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Trivia: At Microsoft they/we say "little-r" me when we want a reply directly to us or "Big-R" when we mean Reply To All.I believe this terminology dates all the way back to win Wzmail was the standard email client within Microsoft. (1990 or so. I think Winmail replaced it in '91.)
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I was going to post something lovely today about inspirational messages, but my hormones went wild yesterday so I'm kinda feeling a little feisty! Hormones are the bitch not the woman experiencing them…just to be clear!
Is it just me or is anyone else appalled by the actresses or wanna-be actresses who think it's empathetic to put on a prosthetic fat suit and go out in public to see for themselves how heavy people feel? A day in the life of…seriously? I am sickened by anyone who would even think of putting on a prosthetic fat face and fill their leggings with padding to make it appear that they were 400 lbs. I'm sorry your point is…what? That is NOTHING like being fat!! You can't relate to having a bite of a burger, how on earth can you relate to someone morbidly overweight? How about you actually GET fat and see what its like to actually be overweight, like the guy from Super-size me! At least he was willing to go the distance for his story until he was advised to stop because he could actually die! So correct me if I'm wrong, but would putting on a bald cap for the day give you an idea of what its like to have cancer? Hmmm what's it like to be disabled…spend the day in a wheel chair to find out! I just don't get it.
Did you really think you were incognito? I'm sorry who are you again? I wasn't paying attention when they mentioned your name because I was gasping for air in disbelief at this story! A florescent pink track suit…seriously? I can't remember ever seeing a large woman wearing such a thing? And if a very large woman did sport a florescent pink skin tight track suit, she does NOT care what YOUR skinny size 0 ass thinks. I seriously think you need to go somewhere private and seagull a juicy burger with the works because the Charmin you've been scarfin down in Costco size packages is making you behave strange! Just sayin…
My thyroid went hypothyroid after my first pregnancy so I understand how hard it is for some people who try to lose weight with no success. It basically means no matter what you do, your body thinks you are laying on the couch eating twinkies all day doing zip! I ran 10k 4-5 times a week and still never lost an ounce. I finally accepted that I was no longer a size 8. I would have to be happy with a large size 10-12 until I could figure my thyroid out. I can see how difficult it could be for those who aren't proactive in regard to their health. Weight gain is a slippery slope. Gaining weigh = unhappiness, unhappiness = eating more out of depression and so they slide even further. Not everyone has a great support system in place. Let's face it, it's hard to lose weight!
Human beings can be cruel to those who are struggling with their weight or anything for that matter, they see a weakness and go for the kill. It makes them feel better about themselves. Do we really need to see someone get into a fat suit and have a 'hidden camera' follow them around to understand the struggle. Humiliating and mocking them can't possibly help. The last thing anyone needs is another person pointing out the obvious! If you haven't ever struggled with your weight you can't relate. People overeat for physiological reasons and some just can't get their hormones balanced.
FYI, the average size of a woman is actually between the sizes 12-18, not 0-2!
I watched a show called Extreme Makeover Weight Loss Edition, where personal trainer Chris Powell helps obese men and woman lose weight, sometimes 100+ lbs over the course of a year. To qualify for the show they have to have made an effort themselves to lose weight before they get his help to reach their goals. They are educated, counselled, and given incentives to succeed. They have to go off on their own for the last couple of months to maintain their weight without the connection of Chris Powell, so you see how empowered they are at the end of the show. It's impressive the will power and drive these individuals have. Chris has such empathy and compassion for each person he works with. It's a very touching show to see how someone can overcome obstacles they have dealt with for far too long. Heart breaking, life changing and life saving in some cases.
Putting on a fat suit for the day or week however long they do this charade is not realistic. The actress gets to pull off her prosthetic face and suit at the end of the day and it's back to being a size 0, and off to Pilates she goes.
I remember my doctors receptionist putting it in perspective for me when she recognized how unhappy I was with my weight after trying so hard to correct my thyroid. She said " it doesn't matter what size you are as long as you are eating healthy, exercising and doing all you can to have a healthy body and mind". I left that day not worrying so much about what size pants I fit into. Diet and exercise is no longer about losing weight but about being healthy. I run now for my heart and to clear my mind, not the size of my dress. After working with my Naturopath I did manage to balance my thyroid.
We all have struggles in life, some are with our weight, alcohol, drugs, some are not visible to the naked eye. Treat others as you would want them to treat you. It's pretty simple. Be kind.
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It's usually a mistake to leap to conclusions after a tragedy like the suicide of Aaron Swartz. I know nothing about the details of the case or his state of mind apart from what I've read in newspapers and online. But my unguarded reaction is that the story does seem an instance of reckless prosecutorial excess, and that the prosecutors bear some responsibility for his death.
Aaron's death is not simply a personal tragedy. It is the product of a criminal justice system rife with intimidation and prosecutorial overreach. Decisions made by officials in the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney's office and at MIT contributed to his death. The US Attorney's office pursued an exceptionally harsh array of charges, carrying potentially over 30 years in prison, to punish an alleged crime that had no victims.
Let's put the worst possible construction on what Swartz did. In other words, don't claim that no crime was actually committed (which is at least arguable); don't call it a harmless prank (as one might be inclined to); forget that JSTOR wanted to take the matter no further once its files had been returned, and that Swartz wasn't acting for personal gain; ignore the issue that he was aiming to highlight -- the question whether it's right to keep scholarly work, undertaken partly at public expense, behind a paywall; never mind that JSTOR has now granted limited free access to its documents. Assume what Swartz did was simple, selfish, unmitigated theft, as the prosecutors appear to think. Even on that ethically brainless view, the charges and threatened penalties were so disproportionate as to be quite unhinged.
But here's the point: Under the present dispensation, they're actually rational. That's why Swartz's family is right to impugn the wider criminal-justice system.
By and large, American prosecutors no longer fight their cases at trial. The new dispensation is justice by plea bargain. The more savage the penalties prosecutors can threaten, the more likely the defendant (guilty or innocent) is to speed things along by pleading guilty and accepting a light penalty. According to the Wall Street Journal, Swartz was offered the choice of pleading guilty and going to jail for six to eight months, or else going to trial and taking his chances. The multiple counts and their absurdly savage sentences are best seen, just as the family said, as instruments of intimidation.
The prosecutor's bottom line, apparently, was that Swartz had to go to jail. In my conception of criminal justice, the prosecutor's role is to establish guilt, not pass sentence. Juries have already been substantially dispensed with in this country. (By substantially, I mean in 97 percent of cases.) If prosecutors are not only going to rule on guilt unilaterally but also, in effect, pass sentence as well, one wonders why we can't also dispense with judges.
In recent years, as the Wall Street Journal has documented in a disturbing series of articles, Congress has enabled prosecutorial intimidation by criminalizing ever more conduct, passing laws that provide for or require extreme sentences, and reducing the burden of proof (through expanded application of "strict liability", where lack of criminal intent is no defense).
"There is no one in the United States over the age of 18 who cannot be indicted for some federal crime," said John Baker, a retired Louisiana State University law professor... "That is not an exaggeration."
And if a prosecutor should turn his righteous all-powerful gaze on you, you're done for. In this system, everything depends on the moderation and good sense of prosecutors. We see how well that worked in the Swartz case. Most no doubt strive to live up to those standards, but what about the ones that don't? Where's the accountability? What about crusaders for "justice" with half their minds on their next career in politics?
As a foreigner, I'm surprised that Americans aren't more alarmed by the workings of their criminal justice system. I don't know what ought to scare me more about living in the United States--that I might be the victim of a crime (which happens), or that this ferocious prosecutorial system might one day turn its wrath on me. I'd rather be mugged than threatened with years in jail for something I didn't even know was a crime. Is this justice system actually on my side? I'm by no means sure--an astounding state of affairs.
At a conference I attended recently, I vented my preoccupation with rogue prosecutors, an ever-proliferating criminal law and the vanishing rights of the accused on a fellow attendee--a lawyer and former prosecutor. When I'd said my piece she said, "But you have to remember that nearly all of the people who are prosecuted are guilty." For half a second I thought she was joking and I started to laugh. But she wasn't joking.
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