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Beat the Streak Report: Wednesday, June 2
Hi-fives all around Streakland yesterday, as an incredible 13 of the top 15 selections for the day each laced hits, combining to extend the streaks of about 45 percent of the universe.
Magglio Ordonez was the day's biggest Debbie Downer, going 0-for-4 against the Indians and disproving the common misnomer that despite what most think, Beat the Streak is not like the SATs — you don't automatically get a hit by just writing in your name and selecting a batter vs. the Indians.
Anyway, my mailbox was incredibly flooded yesterday with e-mails from you folks with stellar ideas, questions and changes you'd like to see with the BTS Report and the BTS game in general. I'll post a full mailbag edition on the Beat the Streak blog update later in the day, so there is still time for you to send in your splendid and definitely way-smarter-than-anything-I-could-dream-of ideas to me, just drop me a line at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Time for Wednesday's picks
Oh, hello there …
? Robinson Cano: 15-game hitting streak; 0-2 lifetime vs. Orioles starter Brad Bergesen. But, come on, it's Brad Bergesen.
? Chase Utley: .444 AVG (12-for-27) lifetime vs. Braves starter Derek Lowe
? Chipper Jones: .438 AVG (7-for-16) lifetime vs. Phillies starter Kyle Kendrick
? Ryan Doumit: .471 AVG (8-for-17) lifetime vs. Cubs starter Carlos Zambrano
? Denard Span: .462 AVG (6-for-13) lifetime vs. Mariners starter Cliff Lee
? Nick Markakis: .353 AVG (6-for-17) lifetime vs. Yankees starter Phil Hughes
Feeling kinda spicy?
? Ryan Theriot: .359 AVG (14-for-39) lifetime vs. Pirates starter Zach Duke. I could not be more confident in The Riot in this one.
You'll thank me later …
? Brandon Phillips: .167 AVG (4-for-24) lifetime vs. Cardinals starter Chris Carpenter
? Brad Hawpe: .107 AVG (3-for-28) lifetime vs. Giants starter Matt Cain
? Carlos Gonzalez: .000 AVG (0-for-11) lifetime vs. Giants starter Matt Cain
Leaderboard time!
Well, there goes the whole 27-game streak jinx.
"agentstjohn" rode Derek Jeter's 2-for-3 performance to extend his BTS journey to 28 games.
"agentstjohn" is now officially 49.1 percent on his way to kingdom come.
Top MLB streakers
? Robinson Cano: 15 games
? Jeff Mathis: 10 games (DL)
? Vernon Wells: 10 games
? Derek Jeter: 9 games
? Reed Johnson: 8 games
? Daric Barton: 8 games
? Casey Blake: 8 games
? Jose Lopez: 8 games
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I'm going with Jeter for W7. Brad Bergesen will probably allow 10 hits today.
These are the top 3 to lose their streaks because of failing to make a pick.
donmohrmann19 19 Robinson Cano No Selection
bizbanker10 17 17 Elvis Andrus No Selection
jehawk3 14 14 Robinson Cano No Selection
These are the top 3 users to lose their streaks because they failed to select a player.
donmohrmann 19 19 Robinson Cano No Selection
bizbanker10 17 17 Elvis Andrus No Selection
jehawk3 14 14 Robinson Cano No Selection
I'll email this to David, but anyone think of any reasonable objections:
Change: Double header rule rewrite. Each game in a double header allows streak to continue. So if you pick a player and he gets hit in both games, streak increases by 2 not 1.
Issues to be resolved for selection by MLB.
1) Change web site to allow more than one player to be picked in double headers.
2) If not possible to select 2 different players, allow contestants to pick one player.
3) Update the rules page to reflect any changes.
The logic is simple. Joe D., himself, played in 7 double headers during his streak. Per MLB rules, each game played counts towards a streak. Other than this rule and the modified suspended games rules, BTS follows MLB rules pretty much to the T.
The biggest objection I can think of is this. Since the Grand Prize is 1st come, the following scenario can be viewed as unfair, but per MLB rules it really shouldn't be. MickMouse & DonDuck are BTS players with streaks of 30, ok. MicMouse picks player in game rescheduled to a double header and streaks remains at 30. DonDuck picks player from different game and streak is now 31. The double header is played next day and both pick hitters from that double header and both get hits in both games. MicMouse streak is now 32 but DonDuck streak is 33 though they were tied the day before. Additionally all other BTS players that did not pick the double header advance 1 if hitters hit. Keep in mind there are several double headers per year.
Would the rule change be unfair? If the double header hitters failed, then MicMouse & DonDuck would be at 1 or 0 depending on which game they failed in. The contestants can determine if the risk is worth the reward: Streak+2 or Streak reset to 0 or 1.
P.S. I don't suggest to only allow those that picked in the cancelled game be allowed to move 2 in the double header to make up for that canceled game. But without the rule change, those that pick in the canceled game are, in effect, punished because they cannot regain that lost opportunity of moving up one game in their streaks. Similar logic could be applied to MLB Survivor but I won't go there at this time.
An alternative may be to not make the grand prize 1st come, but best record at end of season. This would not penalize anyone picking from a game that is canceled. Odds are astronomical, but let's say 2 players are tied at 56 and the magic day is now here…. One picks a game that is canceled for any reason and is rescheduled. The other doesn't and wins the jackpot. Was that fair? No, of course not.
BTS current rule: "The first eligible participant, if any, to achieve at least a fifty-seven (57) game hitting streak … [wins]"
Going with Utley to get my streak rolling again!
I guess I'm going with Cano. Was thinking about someone from the early game, but I don't want to jinx myself. The past 5 games, I've picked a Yankee and I've been successful so far. Hopefully it continues today.
Ichirio v. Slowey looks good to me.
Domit to rock Zambrano in HR BTS.
Just an FYI all about changing picks at the 11th hour…….at about 12:53 I changed my pick from my Iphone and it never registered. Did in the phone but my original pick is now locked in. Hopefully Prado will get a hit. Wanted to go with Jeter after reading the report. Good luck to all of you!!!!! 🙂
WHEW………………….Prado 1-for-1. Hope Jeter goes 4-for-4 for all of you who picked him!!!!! 🙂
nardberg, it does that for me on my blackberry. I log in through m.mlb.com or wap.mlb.com and make a pick, and when I go to mlb.com on my computer, the old picks are there instead of what I picked on my phone. Or sometimes it's vice versa. I will pick on my computer and on my phone it's the old pick. Very weird, but I know who I picked and that's all that matters.
David, w/e u do, please don't go crazy. The game may be hard as sh!t but I think the way the rules r now r just fine. I could understand Lavolpe's idea of ur streak increasing by 2 on doubleheader's but honestly not much more. I hope the ideas u r getting, if changed, do not ruin the game.
nymets – who counts then? Prado is my pick on my laptop but Jeter is my pick in the phone. Now I know Prado already hit but in all fairness the pick should be Jeter since I did submit it before 1:00. Did it update for you???
Mine didn't either, but I know I picked Cano, it's still showing Kemp I believe on my phone. Eventually it will catch up and all will be fine. Not sure what I did to get them to eventually become the same, but they did.
nardberg, go onto your iphone and make sure all picks are the same as on your computer, except today of course. Are they the same? If the ones on your iphone are different, change the one for tomorrow so that it matches and all should then match, including today. Worked for me anyway.
Manny Ramirez is PINCH HITTING! The last time he did it I had him picked and I was at 9. He struck out. This time I'm at 9 but I took Ichiro Suzuki instead. I'll see how Ichiro does later on.
Well the plot thickens! All of my previous picks match. On my laptop, if I'm in the "pick player" screen it still says Prado, but if I go to the results page it has Jeter. I guess it takes awhile to catch up. Shoot this is why I should leave my picks alone LOL…….I steered clear of Cano only because I'm wary of choosing a player with a high hitting streak – I seem to pick them the day they have an 0-for. 🙂 Good luck – thanks for the help!
It did that to me once too and it eventually straightened itself out. No problem! Just trying to help anyway I can. I'm hoping Cano's streak doesn't end tonight. I want to get to 12 hits before I start having any trouble. Right now I'm at 6.
Manny Ramirez struck out! You didn't get me this time Torre!
Today's Top Picks of the Top2500. ** Early game and "No Selections" not included because BTS updated before I pulled the data.
Player, Times Picked, Percentage
Robinson Cano, 640, 25.6
Ichiro Suzuki, 253, 10.12
Derek Jeter, 162, 6.48
Michael Young, 113, 4.52
Alex Rodriguez, 110, 4.4
Martin Prado, 109, 4.36 (hit recorded)
Alfonso Soriano, 81, 3.24
Ryan Zimmerman, 70, 2.8
Andrew McCutchen, 65, 2.6
Kevin Youkilis, 63, 2.52
Matt Kemp, 61, 2.44
Miguel Cabrera, 58, 2.32
Nick Swisher, 37, 1.48
Alex Rios, 36, 1.44
Kendry Morales, 35, 1.4 (DL)
Albert Pujols, 29, 1.16
Cano 1-1. On to tomorrow.
Hoping the Cubs game comes in else a no-pick equivalent for McCutchen, Theriot and other players on those teams. Go figure, BTS player pick page, this AM, said weather is Clear , while the down-pour is occurring, changed to Cloudy and 1.5 hours into the delay, changed to T-Storms. According to radio station: looks like no rain stoppage in the near future and field is in "horrible" condition. Maybe relying on the weather forecast in the player's pick page is not a good idea and better to check Weather.com 😉
Oh and my "no-pick equivalent" statement above does not mean same as "no selection" — bad wording on my part. If game is rescheduled; same as picking a player that didn't play; no effect on your streak especially if you are at zero right now like me 😦
Hey, Hey! Looks like the Cubs will try to get in at least 5 soggy innings, hopefully more before the next wave hits; won't know for sure til another 45-60 mins.
Blogger Alert – Time to fall "out of love" with Manny Ramirez
He is a streak breaker waiting to happen each day. Will he play or won't he play. At age 38 he won't be legging out any infield hits. Yes he will hit his share of HR's and get some hits but to rely on him is crazy. What muscle will he pull next and be taken out of a game while he is 0-2 in the fifth inning?
Cubs-Pirates game just postponed.
Ok, I know there are a few Tigers Fans in here. So where does MLB go from here? That had to be one of the worst blown calls in quite a while and Jim Joyce even admitted to it after seeing replay. Should instant replay be put into effect immediately??? I say YES!!( would have used the U like Grande Amigo hinted at, but i dont feel like looking for it. Next post I make with iPhone I'll use it.) There were some people hinting at Selig stepping in and actually reversing the call and awarding Gallaraga with the Perfecto, but I dont think that anything CAN or SHOULD be done now. The game is over and the bad call was made. Like it or not, instant replay should be used for more than just HR calls.
Thats just my 2 cents worth.
GL to those still waiting on Ichi. Early lock tom morning. 1pm EST.
Not looking good for Ichi, bottom of the 6th and he just grounded out to go to 0-3. With Sea winning he might not bat again.
I need the Twins to tie the game. Ichiro has 2 Ks and is 0 for 3. I can't believe I picked him, I seem to always lose at 9.
I agree with you 00liber. Nothing can be done now since the game is over and even if they overturned it, it wouldn't be the same. Half the fun of throwing a perfect game is the celebration on the field afterward. Are they supposed to run on the field the next day and pretend it just happened and then celebrate anyway, or have a champagne toast in the clubhouse just for fun? No…oh well, it is just too bad. I think using replays could be a good thing but then managers would want to have a replay of everything. Either way, that was a perfect game in my book and he retired 28 straight. What a performance from a guy who was just called up from triple A last month. Great game!!
Ichiro will get at least one more AB unless pulled from the game. But if Ichiro goes down today, that's two recent "gray train" players as Jeter also went down. Cano tomorrow or the next day? The trick is to jump on that gravy train early and get off before the last stop. Haven't figured out yet how to do that exactly.
^^ Oops: Gravy Train, not Gray Train
Ichiro leads off the 8th and I am hoping he gets a hit or the game stays tied. Cano may go down tomorrow. I felt it would be today but it wasn't. Think about this. Earlier this year Cano had a hitting streak going and he lost it against Millwood and that is who is pitching tomorrow. I have Prado tomorrow but may change to Ichiro. Cano's hitting streak has to end sometime and it may be tomorrow. I just got off work so sorry for not posting all day.
Another streak that dies at 9. 57? 10 seems hard enough to reach thanks a lot 0 for Ichiro with 3Ks.
"The game is over and the bad call was made. Like it or not, instant replay should be used for more than just HR calls."
The thing is though, I doubt instant replay would have been used here, since the umpire seemed so sure he was safe. I mean, he did not even ask for help from the other umpires, since he was clearly either not paying attention or just had a mental block, because if he truly thought he was safe and paying full attention, he should be sent down to the minor leagues.
I wish they would ask Joyce though if he called Donald safe because he thought Cabrera bobbled the ball in his glove, because that, at least, would have some merit, and the official scorer would then have jurisdiction to change the hit to an error and he could still have a no-hitter.
"The game is over and the bad call was made. Like it or not, instant replay should be used for more than just HR calls."
The thing is though, I doubt instant replay would have been used here, since the umpire seemed so sure he was safe. I mean, he did not even ask for help from the other umpires, since he was clearly either not paying attention or just had a mental block, because if he truly thought he was safe and paying full attention, he should be sent down to the minor leagues.
I wish they would ask Joyce though if he called Donald safe because he thought Cabrera bobbled the ball in his glove, because that, at least, would have some merit, and the official scorer would then have jurisdiction to change the hit to an error and he could still have a no-hitter.
End of 9 still tied. Ichi just might get one more AB.
"Cano may go down tomorrow. I felt it would be today but it wasn't. Think about this. Earlier this year Cano had a hitting streak going and he lost it against Millwood and that is who is pitching tomorrow."
Personally I stay away from Millwood b/c he cost me my 17 in middle of Apr, taking out Ichi 3 times and BB. And i agree, Cano has to end sooner or later. I'm staying away from the Yanks all together tommorow. GL
As for replay issue, I think that if MLB did something the way the NFL enforces it giving the coach/manager 2 challenges, with possibility of 3rd, that it might be effective.
And Ichi comes through…… 11 pitch AB.
Now Im at work and not able to watch the game but how does a single to the 2 baseman score a runner from 2nd?
Ichiro got the hit!
If he had gone 0 for 6 or 0 for 7, it would have been a sure lock for tomorrow, but a 1 for 5 with 3 strikeouts is hardly convincing.
Might have to lean on Cano again, but I have not looked at the board yet.
You are at work NOW?
What are your hours?
It wasn't Cano that lost a hitting streak to Millwood it was Jeter. I made a mistake. I remember I picked the person and I should of picked Swisher that night and I thought it was Cano so my mistake but I would still avoid Cano today.


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[Verse 1: Kweli]
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Chorus (2X):
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Chorus (2X)
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Not so sure about Mr. Man though…

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MLB disciplines D-backs, Dodgers for fracas
Eight receive suspensions; Kennedy tagged with 10 games
Major League Baseball on Friday announced penalties for 12 members of the D-backs and Dodgers involved in the benches-clearing incidents on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium, with Arizona pitcher Ian Kennedy receiving the stiffest discipline of a 10-game suspension and both managers suspended one game.
Along with the punishment handed down to Kennedy, D-backs infielder Eric Hinske received a five-game suspension, Dodgers pitcher J.P. Howell and Dodgers outfielder Skip Schumaker were hit with two-game suspensions and Dodgers reliever Ronald Belisario received a one-game suspension, all for their "aggressive actions during the incidents," according to an MLB release issued Friday. All player suspensions are subject to appeal, and only Belisario has elected to serve his suspension without appealing it.
Also, Dodgers hitting coach Mark McGwire will serve a two-game suspension, while Dodgers manager Don Mattingly and D-backs skipper Kirk Gibson were each suspended one game. Those suspensions cannot be appealed and began Friday.
Mattingly, meeting with reporters before the Dodgers began a three-game series in Pittsburgh while Trey Hillman filled in as manager for the day, said it was fitting that Kennedy's punishment was the harshest, the 10 days of the suspension amounting to two starts if it's upheld.
"To me, he seemed like kind of the instigator, started it, piled on, he got the most. Just seems fair," Mattingly said of Kennedy, whose two hit batsmen were central to the confrontation.
With the D-backs playing in San Diego on Friday night, Kennedy and Hinske both said they will appeal their suspensions. Kennedy's is the longest for a Major League pitcher since Kansas City's Runelvys Hernandez in 2005 served a 10-game suspension for an incident in which he hit three Tigers batters, including one in the head.
"You look at the history and my history and the history of things happening with first offenses in the past and that's why I'm going to go through the appealing process," Kennedy said on Friday. "I think 10 games is -- I think they're trying to set an example."
In addition to the eight suspensions announced by MLB vice president for standards and on-field operations Joe Garagiola Jr., four players were fined for their actions in the fight-marred game: Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke, Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig, D-backs catcher Miguel Montero and D-backs outfielder Gerardo Parra. All eight players receiving suspensions also were fined. The amounts of the fines were not disclosed.
Hinske -- characterized as a peacekeeper in the situation, even by some in the Dodgers' clubhouse Friday -- was taken aback by his suspension and the fact that Puig was not suspended, only fined, after video replays showed him lunging at and punching Hinske during the melee.
"I don't believe what I did out there warranted any suspension, let alone a five-game suspension, so I'm a little confused by the situation," Hinske said. "In my mind, Puig was the aggressor on the field throughout the whole fight out of any player on that field, and he received no games. To me, that's not fair. I don't understand why it's this way.
"I was just holding my ground. I didn't throw any punches, and I had punches thrown at me by Puig. He gets no games, I get five. You tell me what's right there."
On top of the suspensions, the Dodgers were fined for allowing players currently on the disabled list to leave the dugout, violating MLB rules. As a result, neither the Dodgers nor the D-backs may have players who are on the DL sitting on the bench through the weekend.
While Belisario elected to serve his one-game suspension, Howell and Schumaker have said they will appeal their suspensions, with Schumaker adding he was advised not to speak to reporters about the incident until the appeal is resolved. While a player awaits his appeal, his suspension will be held in abeyance until the process is complete.
Mattingly said of Schumaker's situation, "I know Skip didn't seem to understand his. He was surprised, because if he had his hands on anybody, he was pulling people off."
The punishment levied Friday stems from the events in Tuesday night's game between the National League West foes, a series of hit batters that eventually spun into a melee in the seventh inning, spilling violently toward a camera well behind home plate at Dodger Stadium.
The tension began to build in the sixth inning, when Kennedy threw a pitch up and in to Puig, who was struck in the shoulder and on the face but took first base. In the top of the seventh, Greinke struck Montero in the back, with both benches clearing but no punches thrown. In the bottom half of the inning, Kennedy hit Greinke in the left shoulder with a pitch, knocking Greinke's helmet off and setting off a full-fledged fracas on the field.
Because both benches had been warned after Greinke hit Montero, Kennedy and Gibson were ejected automatically once Greinke was hit. McGwire, D-backs assistant hitting coach Turner Ward, Puig and Belisario were also eventually ejected.
Kennedy's suspension was for "intentionally throwing a pitch in the head area" of Greinke. Mattingly was cited for the actions of his club and for his conduct, which included a tussle that left D-backs bench coach Alan Trammell on the ground, and McGwire was punished for his on-field actions, which included shouting and grabbing members of the D-backs' coaching staff. Gibson was suspended for the "intentional actions of Kennedy" in the incident.
"I think our whole team was trying to avoid escalation," Gibson said Friday. "I think we were trying to stop it and were protecting ourselves and I think it's pretty clear and I think the video is pretty clear about that as well. ... And we also understood they were angry and understood why."
Greinke, speaking to reporters in Pittsburgh on Friday, was cautious with his words in reacting to the news of the discipline being handed down.
"Every answer I have can be put in a way to make thinks wrong, you know?" Greinke said.
Belisario, a teammate of Montero's on Venezuela's World Baseball Classic roster, was much more adamant that the D-backs catcher should have been suspended for inciting the incident.
"He was the one that started that fight. That's not right," Belisario said.
Belisario added his opinion that the suspensions won't be the end of this story.
"I don't think it's over," he said. "Everybody knows that it's not over yet."
Count Greinke among those who won't know until the D-backs and Dodgers meet again July 8-10 in Phoenix whether this episode between the division rivals is in the past.
"I don't know how everyone feels about it on their side, or on our side," Greinke said. "If one person, [that's] all it takes, if one person is still upset, it could start the whole thing over again. You can't really predict how it's going to end. It could be an accidental thing that starts it over again.
"If something is done on accident, it could be misinterpreted, emotions are going to be a little higher, you hope nothing happens, but people make mistakes. And people might make mistakes on purpose."


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A federal judge ruled Friday that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) exceeded its authority when it required employers to post notices explaining workers' rights to form a union.
U.S. District Judge David Norton said in his ruling that Congress didn't authorize the labor board to issue the poster rule. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce had challenged the NLRB regulation in federal court in September last year.
In his ruling, the federal judge said the agency lacked the legal authority to issue the notice and thus the rule was not lawful.
"Based on the statutory scheme, legislative history, history of evolving congressional regulation in the area, and a consideration of other federal labor statutes, the court finds that Congress did not intend to impose a notice-posting obligation on employers, nor did it explicitly or implicitly delegate authority to the Board to regulate employers in this manner," Norton said.
Norton also said the NLRB was flexing its new "rulemaking muscles." The labor board's critics have often said that the agency has become overly aggressive during the Obama administration.
"The Board also went seventy-five years without promulgating a notice-posting rule, but it has now decided to flex its newly-discovered rulemaking muscles," Norton said.
Norton's ruling contradicts another decision by a federal court last month. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said the NLRB was within its legal authority to issue the poster rule.
NLRB Chairman Mark Pearce has said the notice rule will help workers to know their rights and protections under labor law.
The Chamber celebrated Norton's ruling against the regulation.
"The court noted that nothing in the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) 'even mentions the issue of notice posting' (emphasis added) — much less compels or even permits the NLRB to issue such a rule. The decision is an important reminder that federal agencies can't ignore the law in order to further partisan agendas," said Randy Johnson, the Chamber's senior vice president for labor, immigration and employee benefits, in a blog post.
A NLRB spokeswoman didn't immediately respond to messages asking for comment for this story.
The notice rule was set to go into effect on April 30.


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We just received a call from the Canadian team manager in France, Christian Pézard, who confirmed Genevieve Jeanson victory at the Fleche Wallonne World Cup. He said that Jeanson was the dominant rider in the race, covering all breaks, and stamping her authority on the field in the first climb. The young Canadian rider dropped the remainder of a lead group of 10 on the final climb to solo in 10 seconds ahead of Finland Pia Sundstedt, and 23 seconds in front of Fany Lecourtois of France.
Leigh Hobson was in the lead group until she suffered a flat and had a slow wheel change.
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The closer you get to Quintessentials Bed and Breakfast and Spa, the more serene and inviting the scenery becomes. Past the scores of wineries and farm stands and nestled between the beaches of the Peconic Bay and the Long Island Sound, New York, you are transported to another place and time at our North Fork Long Island bed and breakfast. Every route that leads to East Marion is perfect preparation for the serenity that you will enjoy at this peaceful and romantic B&B Inn, located in Long Island's wine country on the North Fork, featuring five, comfortable, uniquely appointed rooms and suites with fireplaces, private decks, Jacuzzi tubs, and a European skin care spa which promotes wellness and healing.
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Life at the top can be lonely for a CEO.
But it is decidedly less so for forward-thinking CEOs who join forces once a month with other members of their peer group to delve confidentially into the issues and challenges they each face at their respective companies.
CEOs or business owners step into their roles with strong executive or entrepreneurial backgrounds, but are often unprepared for the daunting responsibility and potential isolation that comes with leading an organization, large or small. Few ever went to CEO school.
The role of CEO is so different from others in terms of overall responsibility. The buck stops right here in the CEO's office. As CEO, you can make or break the company and there's no one else to blame if it doesn't go well. So it's immensely beneficial to have a safe haven of fellow CEOs who have varying backgrounds, tons of experience and whose only vested interest is your success.
A CEO peer group can serve as a sounding board for dealing with problems, including decision making, handling difficult employees and setting direction for the company. While these groups may seem like an activity viable only for large corporations, their benefits extend to small business as well.
Many CEOs have been burned by trying to use trusted employees as sounding boards. Problem is that human nature drives everyone to present themselves in the most positive light and evaluate ideas based on how they perceive they will be affected by those ideas.
The resulting lesson is that, when you're the CEO, you must be very careful what you share with your direct reports and the rest of your organization. If you're uncertain about the strategic direction of the organization, it's not something you want to talk about casually inside the organization.
It is also the case that organizational structures often inhibit the ability of people to talk to one another. It is important for people, especially CEOs to have this human interaction. CEO peer groups offer a safe place for people in similar situations to talk to each other. The experience can often be eye-opening and enlightening and group members reap several benefits.
First, CEO peer groups provide exposure to a diverse and varied range of experiences. You might be surprised at how relevant the issues of a CEO from a different industry or region can be to your business. The group also gives you the opportunity to present individual challenges or dilemmas to individuals who can provide a unique and fresh perspective. A broad spectrum of perspectives is one of the most prominent benefits these groups have to offer.
Secondly, the time spent in your CEO peer group or forum gives you a chance to discuss strategy, vision, and the big picture. You spend enough time worrying about day-to-day issues while interacting inside your organization, so it's important to seize the opportunity to discuss and analyze broader issues with your peers. Receiving honest input from multiple sources in your CEO peer group can help you gain true clarity about your company, your industry and the market as a whole. Clarity of this magnitude simply isn't achievable acting alone from within the narrow view of your individual business. Small businesses especially can fall victim to getting too wrapped up in day-to-day issues to focus any attention on the big picture. Don't miss the chance to zoom out and analyze your company from a broader perspective.
Finally, CEO peer groups work to create a network of trust and accountability for your professional life. It would be naive to think that all members of these groups are entirely honest with each other, but when openness is extended by all parties, a very unique climate can be established. It is both liberating and energizing to experience the encouragement, honesty, and accountability of your business peers when sharing week-by-week developments and exploring what ideas from a previous meeting worked and which ones flopped. And, by encouraging others to do the same you'll find that competitiveness quickly takes a back seat to collaboration.
CEO peer groups are an excellent outlet for a small business CEO to share and learn. With a diverse range of perspectives, a chance to step back and see the big picture, and a climate of honesty and accountability, you can utilize these groups to take your organization and professional career to the next level.
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Ha the picture now has only one person. New title 'One Man, a Dork and a grown-up kid' or something.
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It's a live studio audience, not canned laughter. The greatest British sitcoms all had studio audiences. It is crap since Charlie left though, Ashton sucks.
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The Contraction- and Detraction Thesis. A theory on power and values conflicts in democracies
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(UPI) -- A South Florida man is defending himself in court after being charged with taking pornographic photographs of his three young daughters and sharing them by saying that the photos are standard family portraits for a nudist family.
A grand jury didn't agree with the assessment of Brian Martens and voted to indict the 53-year-old on one count of producing child pornography and one count of receiving child pornography.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Bill Matthewman viewed the photographs during a hearing Wednesday in federal court in West Palm Beach.
"Several of these photos the court has reviewed are lascivious. … They are, in the court's opinion, sexually explicit," Matthewman said.
Martens is being held without bail because he is a flight risk and he poses "a clear risk of danger to the community, and specifically to his daughters."
According to prosecutors, the girls were between ages 8 and 12 when the photographs were taken.
James Eisenberg, Marten's attorney, said that his client hired a professional family photographer to take the shots while he was living at a nudist colony.
"The girls have no clothes on … but they're not doing anything of a sexual nature," Eisenberg said. "If they were young ladies who had clothing on, no one would consider them pornographic. Totally nude … is the normal state of all the people who live there. In the context that everybody in this family are naturists … these photos are not lewd or pornographic in any way."
Martens' attorney did, however, agree that one photo the judge described as a closeup of a girl's genital area, to be pornographic, but claimed Martens did not know the shot was taken and did not give permission for such a photo.
But federal agents found that this was not the case.
Homeland Security Investigations agents took notice of Martens earlier this year when they found the photos of his daughters on a computer belonging to Leslie Vanaman, 44, a neighbor in the private Sunsport Gardens Family Naturist Resort in Loxahatchee Groves.
The owner of A Shade of Grey Photography, who billed himself as a family portrait photographer despite a seeming reference to the popular erotic novel 50 Shades of Grey, is serving 60 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to child pornography charges, including photographs of the Martens girls.
Agents discovered Martens had signed numerous releases and received and shared numerous pornographic images of children. Investigators also uncovered emails between Martens, the photographer and another man discussing the photographer's "craft" and "the sensuality and sexuality" of the images.
Martens, who has pleaded not guilty, is facing between 15 and 30 years in federal prison if convicted of the child porn production charge, and five to 20 years if convicted of receiving child pornography.


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Alto Adige - April 2014
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Greece 2013 - Napflion and Nea Kios
We arrived in Napflion after a drive through Argos, all the time Ted telling us about the history of the area. The town of Napflion was built by the Venetians, and later (like all of Greece) taken over by the Ottoman Empire until the Greek war of liberation in 1821.
The town is built on the Argolic Gulf in the northeast Peloponnese. Most of the old town is on a peninsula jutting into the gulf; this peninsula forms a naturally protected bay. The town was the capital of the first Hellenic Republic from 1821 to 1847, and boy howdy, it's quite beautiful: marble streets, a grand piazza of Italian design, picturesque churches and hotels climbing up the hill towards the old fortress, which dominates the town.
We checked into our hotel, some of us opting for rest, while others explored the town below. My room was over 250 years old, and was built into the hillside like a brick line cave! Very mysterious and evocative!
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Greece 2013 – Days 8, 9 10 – Peloponnese
On our way out of town, we stopped at an organic Florina pepper factory and restaurant, run by two brothers who were as passionate about ther products as one can be. There were peppers stuffed with crisp cabbage, smoked peppers, pickled peppers, pepper flakes, pepper powder, marinated peppers and dried peppers, peppers mixed with tomatoes, peppers mixed with eggplant, sun dried and stewed. The quality was so wonderful that it was hard to decide what to buy.
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Enjoy our Photos from Greece Day 6 & 7.
Greece 2013 – Day 6 & 7 – Amygdeon, Nympheon, Alpha, Peppers
Our dinner destination was Konto Soros in Xino Nero, where the owner chef has lovingly recreated and elevated Florina cuisine to a new gastronomic level. Our host was the charming Angelos Iatridis, founder and owner of Alpha Winery, makers of world class wine based on traditional Greek and French varietals.
Read more: Greece 2013 – Day 6 & 7 – Amygdeon, Nympheon, Alpha, Peppers
Greece 2013 - Day 5- Hurricane, Noussa, Nympha
We arrived home late from Sigalas' cousin's home – past two a.m., and had to be up and ready by 5. The winds had been increasing in intensity all day, and by the time i went to bed, they were howling. I was able to fall asleep, but only for few moments, as the sound of the winds were increasing even more.
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Photo Gallery for Greece Days 5 and 6.
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Greece 2013 - Day 4 - Santorini
Today was a day of exploring the island a bit and taking it easy. I woke early, as is my norm, and had breakfast on my terrace overlooking the sea.
It was considerably cooler today, which was a welcome relief.
Greece 2013 - Day 3 – Santorini and Sigalas
If you were to Google `Santorini wine`, or `Greek White Wine` , chances are you'd come up with an article or a mention of Paris Sigalas – arguably one of the world's great winemakers and the master of the Assyrtiko grape.
I'd met Mr. Sigalas before in San Francisco, and had a lovely evening with him and Ted Diamantis at my friend Sara Floyd's home several years ago. He's an articulate and passionate ambassador for Greek culture and wine, and today we were spending the day with him in the vineyards and at his winery.
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Day 3 Greece Photo Gallery.
Greece 2013 - Day 2
I woke up to a glorious day at 7 a.m. Seemingly I had already adjusted to European time, and didn't feel jet lagged at all- the sun was shining and it was already warm. I looked out of my hotel window to see the Acropolis in the morning light, and folks eating breakfast in the courtyard below.
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I arrived in Athens after a long and not particularly arduous flight (SFO to Paris, short layover, Paris to Athens) at around 10:30 p.m. The airport was empty and I retrieved my luggage almost immediately, found a cab for the ride to the Electra Palace Hotel in the Plaka section of Athens.
One of the great perks of my job is 'hospitality' – being able to stay at winery guest houses. Since we live so close to wine country, this is a perk I take advantage of several times per year.
It was Mrs. Cheesemonger and my 11th wedding anniversary, and we boarded the dogs and hopped in the car for the 2 hour drive to Saracina Vineyards in Hopland.


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I was at a meeting today! it was and has been an interesting day! I have broken through with many people. Its crazy. I talked with or interacted with 7 or 8 people; real interactions. In order to pull this off, I had to be assertive and not worry about he outcome. I had to be real, in the here n now! and I got lots of responses.
One women was crying in her car. I talked with her or listened to her for about 20 minutes.
One women that I like; she started talking to me from the coffee area At the meetings. She did this because I started a conversation with someone next to her in the rooms. She chimed in! She wanted to know if I wanted a hug.
Pushing away people; I had to push people away when I was younger! I did not believe they cared about me! and it seemed that no one did! and they proved it with no remorse. And I think this story is important. They proved it with no remorse. IT was OK that I die so they could live as they wish. I think that is a good statement to describe a world with no conscious.
I had to push people away and I had no place left to go. The demons where in the the house I lived in and outside the side in the school yard and cities. I had no place of my own. I was being destroyed from within. I was being destroyed by a sick sociopath! children hater! child abuser, child murderer. Sadistic sycophant.
Im starting to talk about this past world in meetings. Its coming out funny! I have no better way to describe it! Nothing comes out normal when your trying to describe or express hidden feelings from the past; its very awkward. ITs effective over a long period of time. Its very therapeutic. And the grind must go on; the dirty work of grinding recovery!
I made a complete fool of myself in front of this girl tonight! but I communicated with her. I am coming of as shallow and scared and immature; just what women want! Bling! I will have to undo what I did. If I scared her, I will have to un-scare her!
I tried! and it is embarrassing. Self conscious fear over rides everything when Im talking to a pretty girl; its very hard. Im doing the best I can. It gets better when she is not a pretty girl anymore; she is just a person! Man that seems sacrilegious. That takes my child view away! I want to be saved by a pretty girl; I don't want to do the saving; I feel like a slave. Yet, I feel like a puzz if I don't
There is a difference; eyes reaching across a room looking at each other. Having a close up conversation is much courage then eyes across the room!
She tried to talk to me; I pushed her away and acted stupid! but Im trying! I don't think she is giving me credit for it! Its the best I could do! I just want to walk away from her! Yet, I would love to sleep with her! Im in a place of pure guts... and Im trying to face this!
Facing things with people;
It will take much practice to get close to people again! Im battling this stuff right now! Others don't seem to care or understand why Im acting the way Im acting! Its avery confusing time for me; very heart breaking from my past! Im having to relive and face a dead past, or a past of death!
Reality is stranger then fiction. It is hard to get to know someone; because of my past, Im afraid of rejection! its unbelievable. I think; all you can do is try. If you scare someone away, You can always try again tomorrow. You can always practice saying hello!
Im still in fear! Im not sure how to keep controllers out of my life. Im not sure how to defend myself! How to react to people. I have to learn to stay away from people. Learn to get up and leave!
I have to learn to hang out with other people! well, Im not really hanging out with anyone right now!
Most of the people I know are in recovery world, recovery life. Its not something I really choose; its something that keeps me alive! Possibly at some point l would like to break out into something different!
I have to make decisions I don't want to make! Im not sure why, I feel like my back is up against the wall. That is how it feels.


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What snow? Kate addresses 'the storm that wasn't'
Chief meteorologist Tom Tasselmyer: Key piece of data was missing in predictions
It's a question many across Maryland have been asking: Where was all that snow we were expecting Wednesday?
11 News reporter Kate Amara teamed up with chief meteorologist Tom Tasselmyer to try to answer that question.
Downtown Baltimore just got rain and wet pavement, and even in Baltimore County's Hereford Zone and in Westminster, where there was snow, it was much less than expected.
"I think it's better than having no snow -- a lot better than working, too," one sledder in Eldersburg told 11 News.
So the storm was a bust -- that's the elephant in the room 11 News was willing to acknowledge Wednesday night. But why did it mean snowballs for some and sour grapes for others, even just a half mile down the road?
"I think there are going to be students who base their dissertations and get their PhD's based on studying this storm -- that's how interesting and how complicated it is," Tasselmyer said.
He said he believes the big problem in predicting this storm was a missing piece of key data -- a thin layer of ocean air riding on east winds that were stronger than they seemed. Elevations above that air are the areas that saw winter's last stand.
"Other areas like Baltimore, sitting down below it, got swamped with the ocean air that came in, and the snow was just melting as it landed in that warm air," Tasselmyer explained.
On the bright side, many people didn't have to shovel or scrape their car windows. If you had to work, your commute home was a breeze, and if you had a snow day, your DVR queue was likely cleared and ready for new arrivals.
"A forecast that busts: The greatest thing about it is that it teaches us something," Tasselmyer said.
Other optimists pointed out to 11 News that instead of being annoyed that you ended up over-prepared and underwhelmed, you now probably have enough toilet paper stocked up to make it until June.


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China's first super yacht made known as sea 'five-star hotel in shenzhen
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On August 21, cimc group, cimc raffles and company built super yacht Illusion Plus (fantasy) in shenzhen shekou cruise home port berthing a few days later, set off for Europe to participate in the largest international yacht event - Monaco yacht show, their charm to the global customers.The reporter understands, this is the first time a Chinese company built more than 60 meters super yacht design, exhibition will also be in China to Monaco yacht building, write a new page in the history of marks in the field of super yacht design construction, China has firmly established itself as one of the world first-class enterprise.
Be worth what carry is, to build a record of cimc raffles and company had also built the world's most advanced ultra deepwater semi-submersible drilling platform - the blue whale, 1 the platform for participating countries was successfully flammable ice in 2017.
The relevant person in charge of cimc group, said in the Chinese Marine equipment industry the blue whale is innovation of the industrial products, 1 and "fantasy" yacht is another innovation of consumer products.Based on solid design to build strength, cimc will further enrich the product line of Marine equipment, space in the future will be more and more wide.
Spent eight years time, create a mobile home "sea"
Because of the harsh judgment process requirement and quality requirement, the super yacht was the industry known as "pearl on the crown of".In the international yacht industry, generally more than 60 meters yacht was called super yacht.
On August 21 at 9 am, in shekou cruise home port, the ship on August 12, just from yantai opened its first "fantasy" super yacht, parked in harbor quietly at the moment.Cimc raffles and yacht division general manager shao will be good to tell a reporter, yachts, total length of 88.5 meters, 15.4 meters wide, with six decks, space of 3642 gross tonnage, aluminum, steel hull structure is a collection of business, sports, leisure, multi-function in one of the ideal home of "sea".
Into the yacht interior, it has a comfortable layout and structural design also attract attention.The master bedroom to enjoy private suite, guest VIP suite, recreational salons, beach club, for it.Despatch, at the same time equipped with sauna, gym, spa, theaters and other professional facilities.In addition, the yacht stem department which stops the helicopter deck, can provide convenient shuttle service;Equipped with three different types of toy boat at the same time, to explore the mystery of the sea, enjoy the pleasant time at sea."More importantly, the ship adopts the Rolls-Royce rotary electric propulsion system, no redundant configuration DP0 dynamic positioning system, highly automated integration, one person can complete all manipulation."Shao will be good to tell a reporter, the yacht economy speed section 15, 17 section, maximum speed, range 5000 miles, unlimited sailing area.Have classification American bureau of shipping (ABS), within its design, quality, performance, etc all can meet the Europe and the United States of the world's most demanding standards.
Because abroad is yacht consumption market, the reporter understands, mature early, for a long time, the top of the yacht building has been Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, the United States and other countries a handful of firms.Although Chinese companies in recent years, many exploration, but generally are built 30 meters below the little sailing boat.Once in accordance with the standards of more than 60 meters super yacht to design, build the difficulty and complexity will increase multiples into geometry level.
Cimc raffles and became involved in this area in 2010.In 2018, after 8 years more than 240 hours, "fantasy" super yacht finally was born."We participate fully in the foundation design, detailed design, construction design and construction debugging, finally achieve the delivery status and provide after-sales service, go through the whole process of the super yacht."Shao will be a good said.During this period, cimc raffles and set up the team - pride yacht brands also produced many excellent yacht design, and exhibited in the world.In Monaco yacht show, pride yacht is the only exhibition brand in China.
Cimc raffles and yacht business development manager Chen Jingyu is certain to say: "we can create a yacht performance and quality among the world's first-class yacht manufacturing.At least the top 10, even some basic performance is better."


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Why Are My Rankings So Bad? (What to expect when you purchase SEO.)
Each day, millions of people turn to internet search engines like Google, Yahoo and MSN to find what they're looking for. At this very moment, there's a good chance that many of your ideal prospects are using search engines to find the exact products or services you provide. The question is — are they finding you? That's where search engine optimization comes into play.
What is Search Engine Optimization?
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A Good Approach to SEO
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What Will My SEO Firm Do to Improve My Results?
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- Online article distribution to generate back-links from relevant websites to yours
- Online press release distribution (with back-links to your website)
- Constant pursuit of targeted online exposure
- Regular reports to show how your visibility is improving
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Wikipedia.org defines Black Hat SEO as "methods to try to improve rankings that are disapproved of by the search engines and/or involve deception." This is a practice that has helped unethical companies make a quick buck while detroying the online reputation of some honest businessmen who didn't realize they were being swindled. Black hat SEO will most likely result in your website being banned from major search engines, especially Google! You do not want this to happen. It takes between 3 months to 1 year to get your site listed on Google once it has been banned. Make sure that your SEO firm does not do the following:
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- Create thousands of nonsense pages that do not have original content
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NY college houses endangered Thomas Paine writings
He helped inspire the American Revolution, but Thomas Paine suffered a broad range of indignities afterward: Political cartoonists lampooned him, he was denied the right to vote and a coin was minted that pictured him in a noose.
After his death, his body was dug up and lost and the gravesite was paved over.
As for his writings and personal effects, "His archives, like his bones, have been scattered," one scholar said.
But now a historic endangered collection, including first editions of "Common Sense," Paine's eyeglasses and locks of his hair, has found a safe new home at Iona College in the New York City suburbs, barely a mile from what was once Paine's farm.
When the Institute for Thomas Paine Studies formally opens Sept. 9 at Iona, it will be a widely welcomed resolution to a battle over the fate of the memorabilia.
"I'm just delighted," said Martin Levitt, library director at the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia, which also has a world-class Paine collection. "Paine is the most misunderstood of the Founding Fathers, sort of the black sheep, and making more of his lifetime work available to scholars is going to be a tremendous improvement."
Paine is best known for writing "Common Sense," a hugely popular pro-Revolution pamphlet that was credited with building enthusiasm for the war and encouraging volunteers for the Continental Army. And his "Crisis" writings helped stiffen American resolve during the difficult war.
"These are the times that try men's souls," he wrote during the first winter of the Revolution.
But despite the success of the war, Paine's popularity soon plummeted over his part in the French Revolution, his writings against organized religion and his letter denouncing George Washington and federalism.
Theodore Roosevelt called Paine a "filthy little atheist," though modern scholars say he believed in God - but not churches. "My religion is to do good," he wrote.
"He's still being argued about today," said Scott Cleary, faculty director of the new institute.
The collection, 300 or so pieces amassed since 1884 by the Thomas Paine National Historical Association, is to serve as the basis of courses and conferences at Iona, which has already established a minor in Thomas Paine Studies.
Daniel Guiney, an Iona senior from Hastings-on-Hudson who took one of the new Paine courses last year, said, "I kind of stumbled onto it, but I really got the Paine bug. ... I'm almost sorry I'll be graduating soon because I'd like to do the minor."
The collection will be accessible to students and outside scholars and to the public in rotating displays in Iona's sleek, climate-controlled Ryan Library.
In contrast, many of the prize pieces spent recent years locked in a huge safe in a back room at the historical association's 1925 building in New Rochelle as members tried to protect them from deteriorating conditions, said Gary Berton, a former president.
"I was horrified," said Brad Mulkern, now the president and executive director of the association, recalling his first visit to the building. "The roof had holes in it, it was leaking through the ceiling. ... I just couldn't believe stuff that was so priceless was so exposed. I mean, this is Thomas Paine, the man who called for revolution!"
The association's board sold some valuable pieces to raise money for repairs, which brought complaints and an investigation by the state attorney general's office. Eventually, the collection was sent to the New-York Historical Society in Manhattan.
The move to Manhattan didn't sit well with some in New Rochelle, Paine being a local boy. Meanwhile, just down the street from association headquarters, Iona was undertaking an archive to store its collection of Irish history. The college people and the Paine people got together and the idea of an institute was born - and court approved.
"It was just serendipitous," Mulkern said. "Before, I was heartbroken. Now, I couldn't be happier. It's a win for the community, it's a win for Iona and it's a win for Thomas Paine."


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In order to prepare new and relevent content for debate and proposals at the 5th World Water Forum in Instanbul, Turkey, in March 2009, a two-year preparatory process has been launched during a Kick-off meeting on 19 and 20 March 2007 in Istanbul. Through interaction of stakeholders from every horizon, including representatives from numerous international institutions and ministries, more precise definition of themes and increased cooperation prior to the Forum will surely lead to an even more constructive event and to greater changes for water.
The Kick-Off Meeting came to an end on Tuesday, 20 March, after two days of exchanges, roundtables, workshops and brainstorming sessions. We can already state that it was a success and that it provided important indications for shaping the 5th World Water Forum.
The next step will be to set the thematic priorities and examine the various processes needed for implementing the proposed ideas. An agenda of important international events has also been established, in view of linking each of them to the 5th Forum's preparatory process. The Kick-Off also included roundtable discussions on regional components, where participants from each region gathered together to discuss ways of bringing important issues on the regional level to the Forum. Additionally, the meetings highlighted the importance of linking the 4th Forum to the 5th, through the involvement of our Mexican colleagues in the whole process. The results of these meetings will be synthesized and presented soon.
Please find below the reports from the Kick-Off Meeting:
Below can be found the Powerpoint presentations that were made at the 5th Forum kick-off meeting on 19 March.


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Do you love chocolate? If so, head to Quakertown, where you'll find scrumptious handmade chocolates freshly prepared by a French-trained pastry chef at Moussey Moose Chocolates, a new bakery that opened iearlier this month.
Brothers Daniel and Joseph Held own the new shop that is more like a patisserie than a bakery. It's located at 315 W. Broad St., at the spot formerly occupied by Quaker Village Bakery in the Quaker Village Shopping Center (next to Dominick's Pizza).
Daniel, the French-trained pastry chef of the team, fills the pastry cases with his creations each day. Joseph handles the business end of the venture.
In addition to chocolates, Moussey Moose has French pastries, cookies, cakes, tarts and more, and it serves lattes and other gourmet coffee drinks. Cakes include everything from wedding cakes to those for a baby's first birthday. The Held brothers will do their best to satisfy requests. They've even made a cake that looks like a race car.
You'll also find gourmet coffee drinks to take out or enjoy there.
Moussey Moose Chocolates is open 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday. To place an order, call 215-529-7181.
Learn more about Moussey Moose Chocolates and other local eateries in Retail Watch in Sunday's Morning Call.


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Bundy and cola … to use the latter ingredient's generic name. You'd have to be totally ignorant of what is happening in most Australian pubs to not realise that this is a national drink.
And it doesn't take long to figure that the sugar which goes into making the rum is grown around the Queensland city of Bundaberg — as probably is most of the sugar that goes into producing the mixer softdrink.
And that this is the place the rum itself is produced.
So, we know that Bundaberg produces lots of rum and sugar, but less well known is the propensity of its rich, dark-chocolate-coloured volcanic soil to produce a vast array of fruit and vegetables, certainly enough edible stuff to be justifiably referred to as one of the nation's food bowls.
When it comes to specifics, the Bundaberg district produces most of our sweet potatoes and tomatoes, not to mention plenty of melons, lychees, capsicums, cucumbers, snowpeas, macadamias and ginger.
Little wonder that the city lists high on the calling cards of buyers for the major supermarket chains.
But as I discovered on a recent mission to cover Winterfeast — a 10-day celebration of local foods and drinks — Bundaberg also has a burgeoning foodie element among its residents, and visitors who are increasingly charmed by the place's flavours and laid-back ambience.
You only have to take one of Suzie Clarke's Bundy Food Tours to realise that there's plenty happening in the district that has nothing to do with pushing a trolley down the aisle of a major supermarket.
The passion that Suzie deals with is typified by Rick Nelson, who produces absolutely excellent sourdough bread at the very appropriately named Pocket Storehouse bakery.
I say appropriately named because Rick has to break up Suzie's relatively small group to fit us into his bakehouse, but the intensity of the love for his products are obvious when he talks about the virtues of sourdough and having nothing to sell on the few days that things go wrong.
The passion and taste are enough to entice one of our small media contingent to get up early the next morning and join the queue to get a precious loaf of Rick's sourdough.
And there's no need to worry about something to do eat or do while we're waiting for our turn in the bakehouse. We have plenty of coffee — made from beans locally grown and roasted by Barking Dog — and sourdough bread and scrolls to amuse ourselves with while sitting in the sun.
And the fervour doesn't start or stop at the Pocket.
We've already had a taste of excellent local seafood for late breakfast at Grunske's, and we're headed to the greenhouses where Anthony Rehbein is assuring his children's future on his block by scaling the steep learning curve of hydroponics and growing some spectacular crops of things such as melons, eggplants and tomatoes.
But we haven't met real commitment and promotional verve until we're introduced to Tina McPherson at Tinaberries who is truly effervescent as she shows off rows of strawberries that are just being picked.
She and her husband Bruce travelled the world before choosing Bundaberg for their future, because of the fertility of its soils and the lifestyle enjoyed by that part of the world.
Their farming is sustainable, and vigorously employs measures such as companion planting and 'good bugs' that biologically control pests without damaging the berries.
And then it's off to learn some cooking skills from local chef Gaylene Phillips and to try some of the fantastic produce we're picked up on our travels.
I tell you what. A prawn cocktail may be an old-fashioned dinner-party stand-by, but not in Gaylene's hands when she has some scrummy prawns, perfectly ripe avocados and crunchy macadamias at her disposal.
John Rozentals was a guest of Bundaberg North Burnett Tourism. Visit www.bundabergregion.org


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Someone, please help. I was surfing the bbs, just yesterday...darnit, and ran across a thread that talked about cleaning the boot scuff marks off the system cases. Someone even had a jpeg of a product BMW Motorrad puts out. Part no. and everything. Claimed it cleaned and polished. Well, wouldn't you know, I've spent the last hour running searches on various bbs and haven't come up with anything.
Anyone remember this thang?
Thanks in advance. I know with this whole collective brain thing, someone should know what/where it is.


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Answer: INSTANTRLAY
INSTANTRLAY is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 1 time.
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- New York Times - October 07, 2007
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Clarksville, TN – The Office of Student Affairs at Austin Peay State University honored leadership and service by individual students, student organizations, faculty and staff at its annual Student Organization and Leader Awards Program on April 11th.
The purpose of the program is to recognize students, student organizations, faculty and staff who have made significant contributions throughout the year both on and off campus, Director for Student Affairs Programs Tammy Bryant said. «Read the rest of this article»