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British Columbia (Canada)
4.25/5 rDev +7.6%
08-27-2013 02:55:40 | More by ZachT
Alberta (Canada)
3.89/5 rDev -1.5%
A - mostly clear bubbly dark golden, two fingers of fluffy head retained very nicely with random wisps of lacing
S - bubble gum, light florals, mild earthy tones, all very gentle aromas
T - butterscotch, bubble gum, and floral flavours dominate, milder earthy and leafy greens, again generally gentle flavours but definitely tasty
M - relatively light with nice carbonation, silky smooth with just a touch of hop bitterness, but again mellow making this extremely drinkable
O - the flavours are an interesting mix, more balanced and mellow than I typically like in my DIPA's, but the drinkability is so outstanding at this level of alcohol that I have to tip my hat along with another glass
06-28-2013 02:40:50 | More by joemcgrath27
4.25/5 rDev +7.6%
05-29-2013 01:26:59 | More by bgramels
4/5 rDev +1.3%
05-28-2013 03:20:53 | More by Sokool
Alberta (Canada)
4/5 rDev +1.3%
05-26-2013 00:50:52 | More by IanSpindler
Alberta (Canada)
3.54/5 rDev -10.4%
Bomber poured into big round beer glass.
A-orange, copper. Two fingers of head pours out easily. Good head retention with ok, but rather spotty lacing.
S-citrus, soap, and light bread malts.
T-pine, citrus, and sweet melons. A good bitter kick.
M-moderate to high carbonation, creamy with moderate mouthfeel. Finishes crisp and astringent from the hops.
O- Nothing wrong with this ale, but not making me do backflips here.
04-27-2013 01:29:17 | More by Muhly
Manitoba (Canada)
4.25/5 rDev +7.6%
04-26-2013 01:20:44 | More by kjyost
Alberta (Canada)
4.01/5 rDev +1.5%
650ml bottle, GIB's 2013 limited release, 8.6% ABV.
This beer pours a hazy medium golden amber hue, with three fingers of densely packed, cake frosting off-white head, which leaves some nice bonsai tree patterned lace around the glass as it slowly seeps away.
It smells of bready, pastry-esque caramel malt, orange cream, pine needles, grapefruit and pineapple fruitiness, and a small musty character. The taste is somewhat bitter grapefruit, tangerine, and orange rind, sugary caramel/toffee malt, washed-out pine resin, and further leafy, herbal hops.
The carbonation is even, and relatively laid back, the body a decent medium weight, and fairly smooth, the airy creaminess hitting hard from the get-go. It finishes off-dry, the baker's delight malt holding tight, as the hops give it one last sharply fruity wallop.
A pretty enjoyable DIPA, one with certain cream ale leanings, and a rather restrained bitterness for that nice round 100 IBU rating subtly proclaimed on the label. Right in line with the rest of this brewery's offerings, in its gateway friendliness for the style. I would gladly have this again, perhaps on tap, this time?
04-24-2013 02:40:01 | More by biboergosum
Alberta (Canada)
4/5 rDev +1.3%
04-21-2013 07:51:48 | More by schnarr84
Alberta (Canada)
4/5 rDev +1.3%
04-18-2013 13:49:28 | More by shagal
British Columbia (Canada)
4/5 rDev +1.3%
01-25-2013 17:47:32 | More by pudoo
British Columbia (Canada)
4/5 rDev +1.3%
11-29-2012 02:17:42 | More by KalanM
British Columbia (Canada)
4.25/5 rDev +7.6%
07-22-2012 15:52:54 | More by Coastal_Brew
British Columbia (Canada)
3.75/5 rDev -5.1%
05-11-2012 02:05:36 | More by bumchilly25
Ontario (Canada)
3.8/5 rDev -3.8%
Props to my bro for shipping this one from Kelowna.
A - Pours a hazy copper colour, finger of beige head, solid retention and some nice sheeting lacing.
S - Earthy cedar and pine, musty caramel, bready cereal and some musty hop notes.
T - The earthy cedar dominates, hops are a tad subdued but shine through with a citrus peel bitterness that lingers. The caramel malt balance out the bitterness and a touch of ABV heat brings it all together nicely.
M - Medium bodied and smooth but the finish is a tad overly dry for my liking.
O - A tasty DIPA and certainly worth a try, that being said it's by no means my favourite DIPA out there. Lots of flavour, though I would prefer something with less bitterness and more of a citrus hop.
03-24-2012 18:28:24 | More by andrenaline
British Columbia (Canada)
4.18/5 rDev +5.8%
(From a hollow-stemmed goblet)
Granville Island - Imperial IPA
Appearance: Imperial IPA pours a perfectly clear rufous, with a fluffy, white two-finger head which lingers awhile.
Smell: The nose reminds me of Granville Island's regular IPA, Brockton IPA, with the piney hops and slightly spicy caramel, but this one smells fresher and less musky. Pineapple and grapefruit are big too once the head makes way for it.
Taste: I can really taste that pineapple as I get into the beer. Throughout is a sense of the caramel and the spice builds into the finish. The hops are lovely.
Mouthfeel: Imperial IPA feels slightly on the thick side of medium-bodied. I feel like the beer coats my mouth as it makes its journey. The carbonation is on the light side.
Overall: In general I'm not a fan of Granville Island, but this is a very solid IPA. I like it. Hopefully the brewery will continue with these ballsier brews.
03-24-2012 07:16:57 | More by Duke
Ontario (Canada)
4.1/5 rDev +3.8%
Bottle shared by Steve, 650ml into a tulip. 2012 bottling, supposedly in late January.
Pours a golden orange, just off-white coloured head. Light in terms of retention, lacing and legs. Filtered body. Pine and some light citrus on the nose, and some fairly prominent malt notes as well. Some sweetness, and a bit of breadiness. Lightly tropical on the palate, more pine in large amounts. Strong bitterness, over a nice malt base providing a bit more breadiness and some sweetness. Full feel, again the bitterness is prominent but the malt sweetness attempts to keep this in check. Nice, fairly bold and enjoyable.
03-17-2012 15:37:02 | More by liamt07
Ontario (Canada)
4/5 rDev +1.3%
03-15-2012 00:34:16 | More by fizzyted
British Columbia (Canada)
3.6/5 rDev -8.9%
A: Clear amber appearance with little to no head and minimal lacing. Low amount of carbonation.
S: Grapefruit rind and pineapple with and strong pine sap. Smell is slightly sweet, similar to caramelized pineapple. Light floral notes are evident.
M: Medium bodied.
T: Pine sap and grapefruit with a very hoppy bitterness aftertaste. Alcohol is very well masked despite being 8.2%.
O: This is a light a refreshing beer. Some may find the carbonation too low but I found it nice.
03-11-2012 01:17:53 | More by FondueVoodoo
British Columbia (Canada)
4.25/5 rDev +7.6%
After hearing about this beer for quite some time I finally found it at a local liquor store and was thrilled to purchase it.
While it isn't my favourite imperial or double ipa, it's pretty darn tasty. As with all iPad a true sign I look for is a really rich taste, a punch to the face with the hops, and a delightfully bitter aftertaste, all the while masking the higher abv perfectly. This beer does that, and is delicious and almost too easy to drink, so I would suggest it to any ipa lovers out there that can find it!
03-07-2012 05:25:06 | More by timtwoface
3.9/5 rDev -1.3%
A big thank you to papat444 for working this one, I'm thrilled for the opportunity to try this beer.
A - Pours a medium honey copper color, mild carbonation, and a two fingered frothy, creamy off white head. The head dies down to eventually leave a thin layer and sticky foam on the sides of the glass, sort of like cotton candy.
S - Honey caramel malt, mild marmalade, some spice, and a touch of grapefruit. The fruit aspect of the aroma comes through as sugary and sweet, but blended and controlled.
T - Caramel malt base stays throughout the sip while pine, grapefruit, and spice start nipping at the palette almost immediately.
M - Medium heavy/thick body and a semi-dry finish. Grapefruit rind and pine coat the mouth with a slight spice aftertaste sitting underneath.
O - The first thing that strikes me is the unusually well hidden 8.2% ABV. The bitterness is there but it's controlled, balanced, and not over the top. The malt keeps the hop bill in pretty good check until the "bitter end"...at that point, the lingering bitterness wins with a little caramel malt left underneath.
03-07-2012 02:36:23 | More by jzeilinger
Quebec (Canada)
4.23/5 rDev +7.1%
***2012 Vintage***
Thanks to BDTyre for this one.
Poured from a 650ml. bottle.
Appearance: A surprisingly clear light copper body. Hard pour reveals not much more than 2 fingers worth of foam. The lacing does clump on the sides but i can't give more than a 3. Disappointed in the appearance.
Smell: Peaches slices in fruit syrup come immediately to mind. Mango as well with a sweet touch. All fruit here with no sign of bitterness.
Taste: Fruit upfront with a mix of peaches and bitter oranges. Honey candy, hints of grapefruit as well as some tea-like flavors. You can taste the raw hops.
Mouthfeel: Astringent and hoppy as bitterness invades and is barely restrained. Veers to a certain sweetness will still retaining a bitter edge.
Overall: A bold, brash yet balanced DIPA. Hoppy and flavorful. If only it looked more like a DIPA but don't let that stop you from trying this.
03-01-2012 12:16:43 | More by papat444
British Columbia (Canada)
3.03/5 rDev -23.3%
Gonna give Granville Island's "Imperial IPA" a go in its limited release for 2012
A-served cold and poured into a stein a yellow/gold with a quick head a lacing
S-nosy bitterness of an IPA , check
T-smooth , bitter IPA almost a piny resin
MF-medium carbonation full body , check
Ov-bitterness , check
cheers LampertLand
02-19-2012 09:55:16 | More by LampertLand
British Columbia (Canada)
3.5/5 rDev -11.4%
02-16-2012 03:02:45 | More by cletetron
Ontario (Canada)
3.48/5 rDev -11.9%
Bottle from the brewpub store.
A - Pours dark gold. Bright. One finger of white head and some light carbonation. Good rings of lace and a thick film of retention.
S - Rich citrus, boozy pineapple, resinous hops. Nice.
T - Resinous hops, some citrus, strong hops, boozy pineapple again. Orange peel perhaps as well.
M - Nice carbonation, full body, bitter finish.
O/D - A fairly standard IIPA. A decent one to sip but not a stand out.
02-15-2012 07:11:30 | More by tbeckett
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It's a new season for Anthony Herrera, but the same, old situation.
His team, the Minnesota Vikings, hired a new coach, Brad Childress. The former Philadelphia offensive coordinator brought in two veteran players at the offensive guard position  Steve Hutchinson for the left side and former Eagles' starter Artis Hicks for the right side.
Herrera, a third-year right guard who made the Vikings as an undrafted free agent, has to prove himself again.
"Yeah, that's life," said Herrera, a 1998 graduate of Barron Collier High School. "You see your whole life and the challenges, but when you succeed, that's when you learn to appreciate it most."
A lot of Herrera's outlook comes from his mother Jennifer Durity. As a single mother, she brought her three sons and daughter to the Naples area from Trinidad and Tobago.
While Herrera has been able to help his mother financially, she still wants to stay in the home she bought because she earned that.
"I guess so," he said, laughing at the comparison between himself and his mother. "That's what it feels like."
Asked what the key was to the 6-foot-2, 315-pounder making the Vikings, he said, "Being patient and working hard." Asked about his strategy to become the starter for Minnesota's last six games of 2005, he said, "Being tenacious and working hard."
You can guess what his approach will be this fall.
Herrera, 26, will battle the 6-5, 330-pound Hicks, 27, who started 31 games over the past three seasons, for playing time. Hicks has played every position along the line, but Childress said he will open training camp as the starter at right guard.
"We intend to anchor him in there at the right guard position," Childress told the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. "We just thought it was a deal that we could not pass up."
During an April mini-camp, the Vikings rotated Herrera, Chris Liwienski and Adam Goldberg at the position.
"It's a big opportunity for me," Herrera said. "It's in nobody else's hands. I just gotta go out and do what I need to do."
Herrera's agent, Chad Speck, feels that his client still has a chip on his shoulder for not being drafted and that continues to drive him.
"What you get with Anthony is that he goes full tilt all the time," Speck said. "He has persevered. When you make the team as a free agent, you have to be a fighter and not give up. You fight tooth and nail to be seen and earn a job."
After winning seven of their last nine games last season, Herrera said the Vikings are excited about this year, even though they lost quarterback Daunte Culpepper and have a new coaching staff.
After the "Love Boat" scandal last season, Herrera said the players and coaches are starting to jell again.
As for himself, Herrera doesn't just want to play and start, he wants to excel. He wants to be an All-Pro. He wants to be the best at his position.
"Growing up, that's the only way I knew how to do it," Herrera said. "Don't do it halfway, do it 100 percent. That's how it went for everyone in my family."
"That doesn't surprise me a bit,' Speck said. "To play at this level, that's the kind of attitude you gotta have. Quite frankly, I question players who don't have that attitude."
Speck's role will become more important after this season. Herrera is in a contract year. If he plays well again, he will set himself up for a hefty pay raise.
Herrera is blunt about the future.
"I just gotta go out and do what I need to do," he said. "If I do that, I'll play with the Vikings or somewhere else. I'll leave that up to my agent as far as the best thing to do."
Speck said this is a big season for Herrera.
"He's ready for it," he said. "If he succeeds, he deserves it. Watch out."
Collier grad Herrera faces latest challenge
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Re: Herrera faces latest challenge
I do hope A.h really pulls ahead this year!! he's there for all the things the vikes have asked. he's got hte right attitude now.. so lets hope he really gets it into gear and show's why he's worth more!!
"We tried to stick with it, but there was a point where we were beating our head against a wall," Seattle Coach Mora talking about running at the Williams Wall
Re: Herrera faces latest challenge
Give it your all Herrara and I am sure you will suceed here.
Re: Herrera faces latest challenge
I forgot all about Artis Hicks
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The trip to the front door wasn't an easy one for Elmer. The retired police officer suffers from diabetes, is legally blind, and has a bad foot.
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Before we got down to the business at hand, I had to ask: who came up with the title Germs Gone Wild?
"That was me," he replied. "My editor came up with the rest," referring to the book's subtitle: How the Unchecked Development of Domestic Bio-Defense Threatens America.
I still think that Germs Gone Wild would make a great reality show. At the very least, they should put The Real World on Plum Island for a season.
Located off the coast of Connecticut, Plum Island is the home of the Plum Island Animal Disease Center, a DHS-funded facility that studies things like hog cholera and foot-and-mouth disease. The Department of Homeland Security is currently in the process of moving it inland, to Manhattan, Kansas.
Kenneth King isn't the first person you'd expect to take on the biodefense industry. In fact, he was blissfully unaware that such a thing even existed until early 2006. It was then that a report on the local TV news highlighted opposition to the Department of Homeland Security's plan to build a research facility in Manhattan, Kansas, to study and develop countermeasures against animal, emerging, and zoonotic diseases. Zoonotic diseases, King learned, referred to those that could be transmitted from animals to humans.
His curiosity piqued, King started researching bioweapons and biodefense research. What he discovered was an industry run amok, flush with funding after 9/11 and the subsequent anthrax attacks. Instead of focusing on public policy and public health, the biodefense industry — which King refers to as the "Academic-Military-Industrial complex" — is playing on public fears and genuine concerns to make billions through risky and sometimes outright dangerous research into everything from anthrax and smallpox to hemorrhagic fever and the plague. The growth hasn't stopped: by 2013, biodefense will be an estimated $5.54 billion business.
As King sees it, a lack of oversight has created a dangerous regime of unchecked expansion, one "almost certainly a greater danger to our country than any current would-be bioterrorists." As the biodefense industry grows in scope and power, so too does the chance that one day, someone somewhere will mess up, unleashing a deadly plague as a result.
Pretty standard stuff, of course. At least until the internet gets a hold of it
One criticism leveled at King is that — the legitimate fears and concerns notwithstanding — he doesn't believe in the necessity of some biodefense research. This is an important question, but with all the momentum behind biodefense, it'll probably be some time before there is a serious discussion about whether the current approach is desired, or even justified. At least, this much is true for Washington, DC. But it's not like that's where the majority of the national conversation is taking place anyways.
Like Kenneth King, Laurie Garrett is devoted to battling deadly disease outbreaks. But where King is an outsider, Garrett has the bona fides to address these topics, including graduate school at UC Berkeley's Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, and a string of awards for her medical journalism. Her published books include The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance, Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health, and I Heard the Sirens Scream: How Americans Responded to the 9/11 and Anthrax Attacks. As Senior Fellow for Global Health at the Council on Foreign Relations, she deals with issues including SARS, avian flu, malaria, and the intersection of HIV/AIDS and national security.
Garrett is the person you're likely to catch on C-SPAN. King's more of a Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura kind of guy.
That is, until Contagion.
In Steven Soderbergh's 2011 medical thriller, Gwyneth Paltrow picks up a deadly virus in China, bones an old boyfriend in Chicago, and proceeds to spark a pandemic.
Garrett served as a consultant on the film, and ended up doing quite a bit of media as a result.
Pretty standard stuff, of course. At least until the internet gets a hold of it.
Garrett's credentials are immediate cause for concern (you know how conspiracy theorists just hate experts). And if you spend any time listening to Alex Jones, you'll know that disease prevention is Newspeak for "genocide." As icing on the cake, Garrett works with the Council on Foreign Relations — in conspiracy circles, virtually synonymous with the New World Order.
Since conspiracy theorists speak a language all their own, their criticism of Garrett is almost completely lost on the layperson.
There's a phrase you'll see used in Internet World in conjunction with just about every movie ever released: "predictive programming." This is supposed to be a form of psychological warfare that the Illuminati or New World Order (or whoever) places in Hollywood films. One common definition reads in part:
Predictive programming is a subtle form of psychological conditioning provided by the media to acquaint the public with planned societal changes... thus lessening any possible public resistance and commotion. Predictive programming therefore may be considered as a veiled form of preemptive mass manipulation or mind control, courtesy of our puppet masters.
A rap session with Sanjay Gupta is one thing, but once the Truther Girls got involved, Garrett never had a chance.
Dr. Leonard G. Horowitz, D.M.D., M.A., M.P.H. is — like Kenneth King — an unlikely voice in this issue. But where King is a thoughtful, serious citizen-activist with serious questions related to public health policy and defense, to spend any time whatsoever looking into Horowitz's work is to descend into a rabbit hole of man-made AIDS, government pedophile rings, murderous Wikipedia plots, and dentistry. In addition to providing a dizzying array of sham science and medicine, he has branched out into Internet Marketing, with products like C-CURE, guaranteed to "drop" skin cancers out of your body naturally, "or money back!"
Horowitz, who has apparently met Laurie Garrett once or twice in the past, calls her work "propaganda... protecting 'biodefense' and bioweapons contractors" and "pharmaceutical prostitution."
Of course, this is an extreme case. But how extreme? With internet conspiracy theorists like Horowitz, the obvious lunacy of their work as a whole isn't taken into consideration. On the internet, narratives and histories get atomized. Like a wood chipper, individual ideas come flying out of the hopper to be reassembled into theories that then undergo the same process. Ultimately, it's the amount of noise created by an idea that matters, not its pedigree.
In communication systems, noise degrades useful information signals. It is an error, an undesired random disturbance.
In computer science, noise is irrelevant or meaningless data.
On YouTube, noise is the endless repetition of "facts," cycled back and forth from one v-blogging pundit to the next. Once this happens enough times, lesser Steven Soderbergh flicks become transformed into cutting-edge psychological warfare, Angelina Jolie is promoting genocide under the auspices of the Council on Foreign Relations, and H1N1 is recast as a plot to kill baby boomers.
For all the noise, all the out-of-context facts, all the misunderstood science, and for all the fabrications and hoaxes, the main problem with conspiracy theories is that they oversimplify the world. Conjecture trumps knowledge, and the whole thing is driven by fear. None of which helps us tackle the real problems facing our country.
Even if the paranoia is great for sales of Endgame: Blueprint for Global Enslavement.
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STREET FIGHT In the face of increased gasoline prices and congestion, more public awareness of the relationship between greenhouse gas emissions and driving, and interest in physical activity, bicycling has experienced a mini-boom throughout the US. Chicago, Minneapolis, New York, Pittsburgh, Portland, Seattle, Washington, DC, and many smaller university cities, such as Boulder and Madison, have seen impressive increases in utilitarian bicycling.
In San Francisco, 3.5 to 6 percent of all trips are made by bicycle, amounting to roughly 150,000 bicycle trips in the city each day, a jump from around 1 percent of trips in the 1990s. The majority of these trips are for utilitarian purposes such as shopping and commuting, not recreation. Stand on Market and 10th streets on any weekday and you'll see that bicycling has surged in San Francisco. In parts of Hayes Valley, the Mission, and Upper Market, over 10 percent of commuting is by bicycle. The city's official goal — 9 percent of all citywide trips by 2018 and 20 percent in the next decade — is important for making San Francisco more livable.
But it's also fundamental for making San Francisco more equitable. That's right, equitable.
In many respects, bicycling is among the most equitable forms of urban transportation because it is affordable and accessible to almost everyone. Bicycling is far cheaper, safer, healthier, and cleaner than driving, and when considering global equity, far saner for a national climate policy. And for many low income workers, bicycling is also an affordable conveyance that enables not just physical mobility but also financial stability.
Indeed, US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx points out that nationally, a third of all bike trips are made by adults making under $30,000 and that the bicycle can have a substantial role in reducing the overall cost of living for the working class. But unfortunately lower class, non-white cyclists are also more likely to be in fatal collisions.
Speaking at the annual National Bicycle Summit in Washington, DC, earlier this month, Foxx, an African American former mayor of Charlotte, N.C., said that the federal government needs to devote more attention to making bicycling part of everyday life for the working class. Emphasizing the need for safety and convenience, Foxx was especially enthused about cycletracks — bikeways that are fully separated from automobiles and offer space for women, children, and older Americans to safely navigate cities by bike.
Foxx's address followed a day of equity-themed panels and plenaries attended by more than 700 people. The League of American Bicyclists, focused on lobbying Congress and the White House, announced a new equity agenda to reach out to women, people of color, and to focus on reinvigorating a more progressive and egalitarian tone for bicycle advocacy.
Social justice advocates and community organizers had a strong presence at the summit, which has historically reflected a whiter, upper-middle-class male constituency. One presenter discussed bicycling and women's prison rehabilitation, sharing how women who suffered from abuse, drug addiction, and imprisonment found bicycle riding to be normalizing and helpful for personal growth and for managing depression and anxiety.
A panel session titled "Learning from Los Angeles" showed how advocacy for bicycling can also come from community-based organizations, not just bicycle groups. Social justice issues are fundamental to LA's inner city bicycle movement; over a third of South Central Los Angeles households are car free, and community organizers there have made a clearer connection between economic inequity and environmental problems.
Jym, it is not just a greater number of cyclists, but a greater number of all sorts of road users each experiencing Henderson's shitty road experience.
It is the angry added motorists combined with the novice cyclists and plentiful dangerously engineered intersections that is the problem.
Mode shift to bicycles is a good thing, bike and ped advocates urging intensification of land uses and expecting nobody new to drive is what makes cycling more dangerous.
Mode shift to bicycles is a good thing, but I have ethical issues urging people to mode shift to bicycles as intensification of land use puts more angry motorists on the roadways and enforcement continues to lag.
The harder we make it for drivers, the more angry they will be as they drive around, leading to more risks, shortcuts and speeding.
Result? More accidents, not less.
The stick of adding load to an overburdened system by building new condos and luring business here, expecting people to abandon their cars, can only be remedied by significant investment in rapid, regional and reliable transit that can effectively compete with private autos. That alone would relieve pressure on the streets and make cycling much more safer than any hard cycling infrastructure investment would, probably by an order of magnitude or more.
The MTA plans on spending millions on cycle tracks on, of all places, the Embarcadero. That caters to the SFBC and really ignores the real danger to cycling, dangerously engineered intersections where cyclists are mowed down by motor vehicles.
most people would be tempted out of their cars. You cannot get people out of cars by promising a better transit system in the future, because the city government has no credibility.
The MTA needs to be reconfigured such that it can command the respect of the voters by treating residents with respect before we can bestow half a billion dollars in capital bonds that we need.
We probably could do well to spend twice that beefing up transit capital infrastructure, but this agency cannot be trusted with that kind of cash. Like any good junkie, they're playing nicer now to score, but as soon as they get their fix they're back to their old ways.
can only blame ourselves if we don't like what they do.
Muni's bloated cost structure and rigid working practices need to be fixed before we invest another penny in Muni (aside from Central Subway, which isn't our money anyway)
The boosters and City Family passed Prop G a few years ago that was supposed to get a handle on labor negotiations. There were supposed to be $45m in savings per year but they never seemed to materialize come budget time 2 years ago.
What more is needed to "get a handle" on labor costs and practices, what other tools would they need?
To avoid the Big Oil/Texas gasoline rip-off, plug your Tesla S electric car into your household, solar array.
The Dominant Culture has been taken over by people who believe in the Divine Rights of politicians, businessmen, dogs, entertainers, and cars.
Most people walk most of the time, therefore cities should be designed for people of all ages and abilities to be able to walk the streets safely. There should be dedicated paths and streets that are for human-powered vehicles only. Tesla could design a variety of vehicles to replace the ridiculous hodgepodge we have today and get rid of those ugly overhead lines once and for all. Of course, none of this will happen as long as there are 50 different NGO's, agencies, and special interest groups fighting for political power.
money come from to compensate all the residents of those streets who can no longer access their garages?
Who is stopping them from accessing their garages via walking or cycling?
Try and keep up.
You did not specify that people wanted to enter their garages with their cars, simply that access would be denied. Access would not be denied.
Anyway, you can never ban cars from streets because, as well as vehicular access for residents, there is a need for emergency vehicles, deliveries, construction work, transport for the disabled, and so on.
The best you can do is try and ban thru traffic and, without constant enforcement, that doesn't work.
Maybe you should take some time to organize your thoughts, you're all over the place here.
It is either impossible or very expensive to ban vehicles from a street with garages.
For an example, look at Duboce between Church and Fillmore. SFMTA managed to ban cars from one side only, on just one short block. It couldn't ban cars on the other side of the street because of just one garage access.
You really need to step back for a moment, read the thread, and organize your thoughts to the issues on the table so that your comments to me speak to the threat not your hallucinations of the thread.
The city cannot reasonably deny vehicular access to existing garages.
Therefore the car-free streets idea is a non-starter.
If you read anything more than that in my refutation of you, then that's your problem.
There are many streets in San Francisco that don't have garages; take Market for example. Automobile ownership and operation is a privilege, not an inherent civil right. Automobiles and their infrastructure occupy the majority of urban space. They are noisy, dirty, dangerous, and expensive. Soon only the rich will be able to afford to operate them.
emergencies, transport for the disabled, muni and local access to any driveways and garages. There aren't too many residential blocks in SF that don't have several garages and to deny vehicular access to them would be a government taking. I'd estimate the compensation required at around 500K per building which means that it would potentially cost millions to make just one block "car free".
Non starter except in highly unusual situations.
The North side of Lincoln Blvd and the South Side of Fulton as well as JFK Drive between Stanyan and Great Highway, both JFK and MLK Drives in Golden Gate Park, West Side of the Great Highway, many of the roads in the Presidio,
North side of Marina Blvd, South side of Brotherhood Way, large parts of Skyline Blvd, Bayshore Blvd, Van Ness Ave, Columbus Ave., the Embarcadero. With all the brilliant minds around here, it shouldn't be too hard to design something that is safe and accessible to bicycles AND tricycles.
Van Ness is a state highway - good luck banning cars from that.
I didn't say ALL streets.....
Auto traffic going to the Golden Gate Bridge through the City should be UNDERGROUND. Tunnels under Van Ness/Franklin and 19th Ave......
20 billion, it cost.
And the BILLIONS that it would cost for that would come from where exactly? Do you actually think before you post?
"The signs of an American shift away from driving have been so well-reported as to amount to a new conventional wisdom — declining vehicle miles traveled, increasing mass transit use, the trendiness of biking. Jeffrey Ball of The New Republic examines whether the leaders of this supposed cultural movement, the millennial generation, really are affirmatively choosing not to drive. Could it be instead that most of them are merely avoiding the cost of driving? During the last decade in which driving has plateaued, gas prices have risen and the economy has been weak."
from our vehicular culture. The US has cheaper prices for all kinds of goods because of our efficient interstate highway system.
And do you never take a cab, car service, car share or other type of vehicle?
Some people don't believe fat meat is greasy.....
The fat is why it tastes so good.
I don't want to pay the upkeep and the insurance.
If the anti-car nuts tried the costs angle, instead of the morally superior angle, people might not scoff at them so much.
The only people who like to be lectured by the self righteous are co-believers.
How many progressives believed in a right wing god after being hectored by Jerry Fallwell?
One more person riding a bike means one less car on the road and more space for people driving. Additionally, better crosswalks and bike lanes end up reducing collisions between cars and bikes, cars and people and cars and cars. It looks like a win win.
Too bad so much of the messaging around bicycling is that biking is for white people. Last I checked, just about everyone road a bike as a kid.
It can be a good option for those short trips we all make often. To the drug store. The farmers market. The dry cleaner. The doctors office......most trips are within 2-3 miles, easy bike distance. And with a basket on your bike you can carry most of the surf you need to cart around.
Just look around you.
48 hills in SF
not flat like the Netherlands
streets are scaled differently in SF
most bike riders never had proper street riding training (see the video on kids bike training park in the Netherlands)
transit must be fixed first, at least in the EU train systems are working to par.
I used to have 2 bicycles, I gave them up long ago because of these delusional, arrogant, narrow minded, stupid, rude, selfish, conceited, ultra Marxist/Socialist "progressive" jerk-offs.
I don't want to be seen in public riding a bicycle and be ass-ociated with them.
Look, a lot of us know what your veiled agenda is, a lot of people also don't know what it is. And like every movement/agenda, a great many members of your own community don't have a clue about what you really are. That is part of the Mao tactics. You my little pedal-pushers, are good students of Mao. I myself, am a product of the Sixties, been there done that. We will expose you in due time.
Oh so socialist, collaborating with the Building Owners and Managers Association and the Chamber of Commerce, those strident anti-capitalist big business interests.
Wait is this John Forester?
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2. Mandatory bike helmet laws
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Team # 959 -- Physical Therapy - Student Health Insurance Claim Review
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ObjectiveThe purpose of this study is to identify claims being reviewed by United Healthcare Student Resources (UHCSR) for additional documentation and claims being denied as maintenance physical therapy services. Students are allowed 12 visits or 4 weeks of services prior to review under the UHCSR policies. Denied charges after the services have been provided are a barrier to students continuing to seek necessary treatments in physical therapy and creates negative "word of mouth" advertising for University Health Services (UHS).
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This has not been previously specifically tracked. Therefore, going forward, Physical Therapy (PT) and Student Health Insurance (SHI) will identify claims to be tracked based upon student letters from UHCSR brought in to UHS. This will be tracked on an excel spreadsheet and reviewed within one year to identify trends in claim review and denials for PT services at UHS by UHCSR. The goal is to have 95% claims reviewed approved for payment as non-maintenance (or acute) services.
- To address the outside provider documentation issue, we created a "memo" to be handed out to students when they are given a referral by UHS for orthopedic services. The memo will advise the student(s) that if they need PT services and choose to have the services outside of UHS, rather than come back to UHS PT, they may have a greater out-of-pocket charge for which they are responsible.
Memo was drafted and approved by Doris Guanowsky, Sr. Assoc. Director, and Beth Collitt, Marketing Manager, as of February 7, 2011. Once this was approved, the information was provided to the Referral staff via Nicki Shunk on February 8, 2011.
PT and SHI will continue to monitor this situation and report again in Spring 2012.
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- 1) The changes implemented in Spring 2011 resulted in a total of zero physical therapy claims being denied for services being provided by University Health Services (UHS) Physical Therapy.
2) The issue continued to be the physical therapy services provided outside of UHS that required a review of medical records after 12 visits to determine if there was progress in the therapy or if it was a matter of maintenance. Students continued to struggle with this after the services had already been provided denial.
3) It was determined to discontinue this effort as a new Penn State student health insurance plan vendor had been selected for Fall 2012. The new provider and benefit for physical therapy of 40 visits should remove the after the fact denials for services outside of UHS. If the issue re-arises under the new vendor, Aetna Student Health, then a new QI effort will be started.
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August 17, 2012
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It can't get much better than this. Even dear old Dr. Pangloss scarcely could have written a better script for the stock market than what actually occurred in the first quarter.
In true melodramatic fashion, 2013 got off to a scary start as we seemed about to hurtle over the fiscal cliff -- only to avoid crashing into the abyss in the wee hours of New Year's Day. Then came sequestration on March 1, a term few could define let alone understand before that date. The dreaded Ides of March this time brought a crisis in the tiny Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus, which appeared to subside by the quarter's end.
And in the tradition of melodramas, the U.S. stock market overcame those obstacles to triumph in the end. First, the Dow Jones Industrial Average eclipsed its previous high of October 2007, and the Standard & Poor's 500, after a series of failed attempts, finally managed to get past its previous closing high on Thursday, the final trading day of the week, month, and quarter before the market took off for Good Friday. Those who stayed through the entire performance were amply rewarded, with the Dow industrials returning 11.9% (including dividends) for the quarter. That gain accounted for almost all of the blue chips' 13.4% total return for the past 12 months. As for the S&P 500, the first quarter was good for a 10.6% total return, bringing the 12-month return for the large-capitalization-stock benchmark to 14%.
And in the tradition of The Wizard of Oz (the original, not the prequel), there was no place like home for American investors. Small- and mid-cap stocks, which tend to be more domestically focused, outdid their bigger, multinational counterparts, with the Russell 2000 returning 12.4% for the first quarter and 16.3% for the latest 12 months, and the S&P MidCap 400 posting returns of 13.5% for the quarter and 17.8% for the 12 months.
Venturing abroad didn't pay in the latest quarter, as the U.S. proved a haven in a world of woe. That helped lift the dollar, reducing returns when translated from depreciating foreign currencies. In greenback terms, the MSCI EAFE (which tracks developed markets outside the U.S.) returned 5.2% for the quarter, having been juiced by an 11.7% surge in Japanese stocks (which rose 21.5% in yen terms). Emerging markets lost ground in the quarter, with the MSCI EM price-only index off 2.1% in greenback terms and 1% in local currencies.
ALL OF WHICH SHOWS it doesn't pay to worry about such things as fiscal drag, the inevitable rise in interest rates, the ever-more precarious situation in Europe, and the uncertain outlook in China. Indeed, these are reasons to be bullish. With risks abroad and interest rates near zero, it's been dubbed a TINA market -- as in There Is No Alternative to U.S. stocks as a place to store your money.
Clearly, nobody should care that the Congressional Budget Office figures the reversal of the 2% payroll tax cut and the tax hikes on upper-income earners that took effect on Jan. 1, plus the sequestration cuts, could shave 1.5% or more off of gross domestic product growth in 2013. Ignore, too, the fact that the 99% are trying to maintain their spending despite losing more of their paychecks to taxes, or a 70% jump in food-stamp recipients since 2008, to a record 47.8 million.
The 1%, meanwhile, have a windfall of extra dividends paid at the end of 2012 before the taxes on payouts were hiked for hoi polloi, as had been anticipated as part of the deal to avoid the fiscal cliff.
A disintegration of the euro zone and an end to the common currency also are reasons to be bullish. If you're a rich European, where would you want to stash your wealth -- a Cypriot bank or U.S. stocks? Not only did large depositors in Cyprus have to take a haircut, but Cyprus became a roach motel where cash could come in but couldn't get out. Effectively, a euro on that island is different from one in Germany, Spain, or even Slovenia. Think what would happen if a Rhode Island resident couldn't withdraw dollars or move to Massachusetts or New York. Oh, well, it's only Cyprus. As for Italy not having a functioning government, what else is new?
And rising bond yields are likely to impel investors who have poured billions into fixed-income funds to shift in the much-heralded Great Rotation into equities. So far it hasn't happened to any discernible degree. It may take something worse than the minus 0.12% total return on the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index in the first quarter to induce individuals to stampede into equities. Of course, steep capital losses in bonds would be just the lure to get folks to venture into riskier assets.
Finally, it is futile to fight the Fed as it keeps short-term interest rates pinned to the floor and bends longer-term yields by purchasing Treasury and agency mortgage-backed securities. While critics carp that the central bank may take losses on its bond portfolio if it ever has to sell securities, for now it is engineering returns that would make Stevie Cohen envious. By Wilshire Associates' estimates, U.S. stocks have increased by $1.9 trillion in value so far this year while the Fed has increased its holdings by some $274 billion. At a $1 trillion annual pace of purchases, just think what Bernanke & Co. can accomplish. Clearly, we can print our way to prosperity.
Happy April 1.
WHATEVER ELSE IS SAID about the quarter, the winners have been a curious bunch, notably some companies all but left for dead last year.
The top-performing Dow stock was Hewlett-Packard HPQ -0.43% Hewlett-Packard Co. U.S.: NYSE $36.84 -0.16 -0.43% Aug. 22, 2014 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 14.33M AFTER HOURS $36.90 +0.06 +0.16% Aug. 22, 2014 7:53 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 70,740 P/E Ratio 13.70 Market Cap $68.94 Billion Dividend Yield 1.74% Rev. per Employee $353,808 08/22/14 Google Acquires Mechanical Eng... 08/21/14 U.S. Stocks Rise; S&P 500 Hits... 08/21/14 H-P's New Deal -- HEARD ON THE... More quote details and news » (ticker: HPQ), which scored a 67.3% gain through the first quarter, on hopes that CEO Meg Whitman will turn around the floundering PC and printer company into an IBM-esque services outfit. But Hewlett's shareholders only are back to even to last May after a 44.7% drop in 2012. Other worst-to-first performers included Best Buy BBY +0.22% Best Buy Co. Inc. U.S.: NYSE $31.20 +0.07 +0.22% Aug. 22, 2014 4:01 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4.52M AFTER HOURS $31.22 +0.02 +0.06% Aug. 22, 2014 7:51 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 75,156 P/E Ratio 10.19 Market Cap $10.88 Billion Dividend Yield 2.44% Rev. per Employee $300,464 08/11/14 Disney-Amazon Dispute Concerns... 08/06/14 Target Publicly Endorses Same-... 08/05/14 After Slip-Ups, Buyout Firm TP... More quote details and news » (BBY), up 86.9% after a 49.3% drop last year, and Radio Shack RSH +1.49% RadioShack Corp. U.S.: NYSE $0.68 +0.01 +1.49% Aug. 22, 2014 4:03 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2.49M AFTER HOURS $0.69 +0.01 +1.62% Aug. 22, 2014 4:11 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 264 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap $68.42 Million Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee $120,800 08/20/14 AHEAD OF THE TAPE: Bonus Point... 08/05/14 Shoppers Are Fleeing Physical ... 07/29/14 RadioShack May Not Have Time o... More quote details and news » (RSH), up 58.5% after a 78.2% decline in 2012, apparently on hopes they can compete with the likes of Amazon.com AMZN -0.40% Amazon.com Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq $331.59 -1.32 -0.40% Aug. 22, 2014 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2.19M AFTER HOURS $331.85 +0.26 +0.08% Aug. 22, 2014 7:59 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 21,436 P/E Ratio 850.23 Market Cap $153.21 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee $697,016 08/22/14 Amazon Preps a Challenge to Go... 08/21/14 Home Depot Names Retail Chief ... 08/21/14 Family Dollar Rejects Dollar G... More quote details and news » (AMZN).
Whether rational or otherwise, exuberance of a most curious sort has put the staidest of sectors in the lead, consumer staples. Some of that is because Big Pharma stocks have gotten their mojo back as their new-product pipelines get refilled to replace drugs that have gone generic. What's more striking has been the steady ascent of companies that provide the mundane necessities of life instead of medications that improve or extend life.
Who would have thought the new market darlings would be the likes of Procter & Gamble PG +0.13% Procter & Gamble Co. U.S.: NYSE $83.39 +0.11 +0.13% Aug. 22, 2014 4:03 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 6.93M AFTER HOURS $83.41 +0.02 +0.02% Aug. 22, 2014 7:45 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 47,761 P/E Ratio 19.90 Market Cap $225.79 Billion Dividend Yield 3.09% Rev. per Employee $703,915 08/22/14 Strategies for a Smoother Ride... 08/22/14 Will New Ad Guidelines Change ... 08/19/14 Risks Create Tumult for Tech, ... More quote details and news » (PG), Colgate Palmolive CL -0.37% Colgate-Palmolive Co. U.S.: NYSE $64.57 -0.24 -0.37% Aug. 22, 2014 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1.57M AFTER HOURS $64.57 0.00 % Aug. 22, 2014 4:27 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 76,191 P/E Ratio 26.68 Market Cap $58.97 Billion Dividend Yield 2.23% Rev. per Employee $466,203 08/11/14 Train Reading: A Rally With On... 08/04/14 Behind YouTube Stunt Star Devi... 08/03/14 Big U.S. Companies Get a Lift ... More quote details and news » (CL), Clorox CLX -0.23% Clorox Co. U.S.: NYSE $89.21 -0.21 -0.23% Aug. 22, 2014 4:01 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 514,238 AFTER HOURS $89.21 0.00 % Aug. 22, 2014 4:27 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2,512 P/E Ratio 20.79 Market Cap $11.47 Billion Dividend Yield 3.32% Rev. per Employee $665,595 08/01/14 Stocks to Watch: Scientific Ga... 08/01/14 Clorox Profit Falls 7.1% on We... 07/28/14 Carlyle Group to Buy In-Store ... More quote details and news » (CLX), Kellogg K -0.89% Kellogg Co. U.S.: NYSE $64.30 -0.58 -0.89% Aug. 22, 2014 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1.64M AFTER HOURS $64.30 0.00 % Aug. 22, 2014 4:27 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3,508 P/E Ratio 12.58 Market Cap $23.16 Billion Dividend Yield 3.05% Rev. per Employee $483,733 08/21/14 Mexico Plays the Heavy on Food... 08/08/14 Post Shares Drop Amid Struggle... 07/31/14 Kellogg's Profit Falls 16% as ... More quote details and news » (K) or General Mills GIS -0.96% General Mills Inc. U.S.: NYSE $52.71 -0.51 -0.96% Aug. 22, 2014 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3.19M AFTER HOURS $52.71 0.00 % Aug. 22, 2014 4:27 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 101,338 P/E Ratio 18.18 Market Cap $32.29 Billion Dividend Yield 3.11% Rev. per Employee $416,502 08/22/14 Meet Mr. Frankenfood 08/13/14 See-Through Food Packaging Boo... 08/06/14 Where Did All the Entry-Level ... More quote details and news » (GIS)? Only folks who actually go to the supermarket and stare in astonishment at the prices of cereal, paper towels, toothpaste or detergent wouldn't be totally shocked in the steady ascent of these stocks. In a widely repeated story that originated in New York Magazine, Tide has become a hot commodity in the inner city, where thieves brazenly steal the high-priced detergent and sell the jugs that go for $15 or more in stores for $5 in cash or $10 worth of drugs on the street.
These staples stocks also are commanding rich price-earnings ratios, some upwards of 20 times this year's forecast earnings, even though some of their earnings are likely to grow in the single digits, which speaks volumes about investor attitudes. In an uncertain world, no price seems to be too high to pay for this sector's relatively assured cash flows and decent dividends.
Taken a step further, Société Générale strategist Andrew Lapthorne attributes consumer-staples stocks' outperformance to their ability to cushion losses during times of market turmoil. "Essentially, fund managers are not seeking yield but buying downside protection, and in a world where market shocks are more common, the resulting premium is perfectly understandable," he writes in a research note. Indeed, consumer-staples stocks have performed in line with lower-risk high-yield bonds until recently -- when these stocks have pulled away from junk bonds. Similarly, Martin Pring, of the Pring Turner Capital Group, manager of the AdvisorShares Pring Turner Business Cycle DBIZ -0.24% AdvisorShares Pring Turner Business Cycle ETF U.S.: NYSE Arca $28.67 -0.07 -0.24% Aug. 22, 2014 3:44 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1,200 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap N/A Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » exchange-traded fund (DBIZ), writes the increasing relative strength in consumer staples is a warning "confidence under the surface is waning."
David P. Goldman, head of the Macros Strategy advisory and former head of bond research at Bank of America, points to investors' preference for leveraging annuity-like cash flows from stable companies, especially those in the consumer sector. That contrasts with "the miserable performance of capital-goods producers" such as Caterpillar CAT -0.61% Caterpillar Inc. U.S.: NYSE $107.31 -0.66 -0.61% Aug. 22, 2014 4:01 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3.84M AFTER HOURS $107.32 +0.01 +0.01% Aug. 22, 2014 7:53 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : P/E Ratio 17.53 Market Cap $67.37 Billion Dividend Yield 2.61% Rev. per Employee $465,954 08/16/14 Terex Is Poised to Lift Its Sh... 08/15/14 Alibaba Flops in Accounting fo... 08/12/14 AHEAD OF THE TAPE: Deere Faces... More quote details and news » (CAT), Oracle orcl +0.12% Oracle Corp. U.S.: NYSE $41.63 +0.05 +0.12% Aug. 22, 2014 4:01 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 9.15M AFTER HOURS $41.68 +0.05 +0.12% Aug. 22, 2014 7:37 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : P/E Ratio 17.20 Market Cap $185.46 Billion Dividend Yield 1.15% Rev. per Employee $313,729 08/22/14 Oregon Sues Oracle, Executives... 08/21/14 U.S. Bond Issuance Nears $1 Tr... 08/17/14 Online Ad Firms Fight Losses a... More quote details and news » (ORCL) or Illinois Tool Works ITW -0.63% Illinois Tool Works Inc. U.S.: NYSE $88.50 -0.56 -0.63% Aug. 22, 2014 4:03 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1.46M AFTER HOURS $88.50 0.00 % Aug. 22, 2014 4:27 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : P/E Ratio 13.11 Market Cap $35.09 Billion Dividend Yield 2.19% Rev. per Employee $282,549 07/30/14 Carlyle Group Swings to Profit... 07/29/14 Stocks to Watch: Merck, UPS, P... 07/29/14 Illinois Tool Works Profit Sur... More quote details and news » (ITW), which reflects poor capital-spending orders -- the true drivers of the economy.
In a risky world, Bounty may be a better hedge than Treasury paper. P&G yields 2.9%, half again the U.S. 10-year note at 1.9%. Procter's stock also has had the attractive attribute of actually rising in price, up some 30% from the lows of mid-2012. But the leadership from companies that peddle such pedestrian wares is cause for caution in this stock market.
Alan Abelson is off this week.
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We're about two hours away from the Washington Redskins and Dallas Cowboys kicking off at FedEx Field for the first Sunday Night Football game of the season.
The biggest news of the day, so far, as it relates to this game and the season: The Redskins are going to wear Gold pants with red and white stripes down the side. The assumption at this point is that they'll be sporting burgundy jerseys to match. (Our friend Dan went to the trouble of heading down to the field to snap a few photos of Redskins center Casey Rabach sporting the gold pants).
With that suspense out of the way, here are a few more relevant story lines to keep an eye on once the offenses and defenses take the field.
1) Albert Haynesworth's role.The defensive tackle's status was typically hard to read this week, from early reports having him on the scout team to later stories placing him with the starters. We at least know the former All-Pro will play for the Redskins tonight; the questions that remain are (a) How much? (b) With which unit? and (c) at which position? Playing him is a no-brainer, no matter how strained the relationship is between Haynesworth and Redskins coach Mike Shanahan. As for how much and with which unit, the best bet is that he doesn't take the field with the starters but will rotate in and out a fair amount. As for which spot -- defensive end or nose tackle -- he hasn't spent as much time practicing at end since the third preseason game, so it looks like Haynesworth will be doing his work from inside.
2) The injured Cowboys line. Dallas will take the field missing two starting offensive lineman -- Marc Columbo and Kyle Kosier -- not to mention the departed Flozell Adams. In their place, Dallas will go with veterans Montrae Holland inside and Alex Barron at left tackle. Will that be good enough against a Redskins defense going into its first real game playing in the 3-4? Washington will bring Andre Carter and Brian Orakpo off the edge; that duo had 11 sacks each last season. Up the middle, Dallas will face the aforementioned Haynesworth and the new nosetackle, Ma'ake Kemoeatu.
3) The return of Donovan McNabb. The new Redskins quarterback hasn't taken the field since the second preseason game against Baltimore, when he sprained an ankle. There was little doubt he'd play the season opener -- the team essentially saved him for the games that count once he got injured. But now he'll be trying to shake off rust while also working himself back into what's still a new offense with new personnel.
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U.S. Patent Office Withdraws Primary Objections to Apple's 'iPad Mini' Trademark Application
The examiner's primary objection to Apple's application related to all of the elements of the "iPad mini" name having been judged as descriptive rather than contributing to a unique product name. A second objection related to Apple's use of the iPad mini overview page as its specimen proving that the named product was being offered for sale.
At the time, we noted that a resolution to the issue would likely be relatively straightforward, with Apple simply needing to show that the "iPad mini" term was an extension of its already distinctive "iPad" trademark and submit a new specimen satisfying the examiner's objection.
Based on a newly published office action from the USPTO, dated last Wednesday, the issue has in fact mostly been resolved without Apple having had to address the examiner's objections. Presumably responding to the publicity surrounding the initial decision, the USPTO has preemptively withdrawn its two main objections to Apple's objections.
This Office action supersedes any previous Office action issued in connection with this application.The new document continues to alert Apple to several other issues with the trademark application, including potential refusal should earlier pending applications from other companies seeking to protect the names of their electronics products with "mini" in them end up being granted. No action on this issue is, however, required by Apple at this time.
Upon further review of the application, the examining attorney has determined that the following refusals issued in the initial Office action should be withdrawn. The examining attorney apologizes for any inconvenience caused.
The Trademark Act Section 2(e)(1) descriptiveness refusal and the Sections 1 and 45 specimen refusal are both withdrawn.
The document also holds firm on the requirement that Apple add a disclaimer to its application noting that it only seeks to protect the term "mini" when used as part of the "iPad mini" name. The disclaimer would allow other companies to use the "mini" term in their own product names.
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Darn, well I guess this means I can't name my next child "iPad Mini" after all. Had my hopes up.
Since this is about commercial trademarks, were you intending to sell your child?
Ah, those objections were real and not an April's Fools prank?
Seems they were both real and an April's fool prank at the same time, since the USPTO withdrew them without Apple doing anything. The "i = internet" was nonsense, as shown by 200 million iPods without internet access. "Small iPad" or "8" iPad" would be descriptive, "iPad Mini" which less so. And claiming that a whole page advert for an iPad Mini with a "Buy now" button doesn't show the iPad Mini is for sale, that's nonsense.
So I suppose someone pranked his collegues at the USPTO, and everyone else. Of course everything the USPTO does is by definition "real".
Doesn't Apple already have a trademark for "iPad"? If so, why would they not be granted a trademark for the full term "iPad Mini" but more importantly, why would they need it? Shouldn't the trademark for "iPad" already cover every conceivable derivative term that includes "iPad"?
Apple didn't try to trademark the term "mini", did they?
i dont get it either. did they trademark the "pro" of the macbook pro too? its not like someone could use the term macbook or iPad in that case in the first place so why bother with the mini combo.
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PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) - Michelle Plouffe scored four points in the final seconds and upset Washington State 59-57 in a conference thriller on Sunday.
Utah's Plouffe scored inside the paint, tying the score at 57 and following a missed layup by the Cougars, Plouffe hit the game-winning layup with 1 second remaining.
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I swear, sometimes bill collectors can be like the Mafia when it comes to tracking you down and making threats, and when you receive call after call, you wouldn't be surprised if you woke up next to a bleeding horse head one morning.
Telemarketing calls can be even more annoying, because with bill collectors you probably suspect you'll get a call at some point, but sales calls always seem to fall out of the clear blue sky and always seem to find you when you're most relaxed, eating a meal, or spending time with family.
But a new smartphone app called PrivacyStar wants to help you in your battle against the invasive phone call, and with its varied and interesting list of features, the company looks to properly arm users against calls that bother us.
We spoke to the CEO of PrivacyStar, Jeff Stalnaker, to get an idea of just how the app will assist consumers in blocking debt collectors, telemarketers and the ever-growing problem of robocalls.
PrivacyStar also blocks text messages and has other unique features too.
"The most liked and used service is the ability to just easily block a phone number from calling you again," said Stalnaker in an interview with ConsumerAffairs. "We also offer blocking text messages, we added that later at the request of our user base."
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It's bin a one-man mission for 76-year-old litter picker (From Swindon Advertiser)
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Brian Cavill collects 100th bag of rubbish in Liden
11:10am Tuesday 13th November 2012 in News By Barrie Hudson
A ONE-MAN volunteer litter patrol has collected his 100th bag of rubbish.
Brian Cavill is a 76-year-old retired photographer who lives in Ridge Nether Moor, Liden.
In June, appalled by litter strewn around his neighbourhood, he donned a high-vis jacket, armed himself with refuse bags and a mechanical grabber, and set out to battle the plague.
Within a month he'd filled 17 bags and by August the total had reached 50.
His 100th bag was filled on a patch of fenced-off ground near the Liden branch of Tesco.
The public-spirited pensioner has no intention of ending his crusade.
He said: "Doing this gets me out, keeps me fittish and gives me something to do. Otherwise I'd be sat at home going to sleep.
"I'm very pleased to be clearing the litter, but at the same time I would rather people didn't drop it in the first place.
"I wish people would just put it in a bin or take it home with them."
In the past five months, Brian has filled bags with thousands of drinks cans, plastic bottles, snack wrappers, fast food trays, crisp packets and other rubbish. He's picked up car wheels, broken electrical goods and in one case an intact VCR. Everything is taken away by the council.
Members of the public regularly stop to congratulate him.
Brian tries not to become angry about the littering but sometimes it's difficult.
"What really annoys me," he said, "is coming down Liden or Eldene Drive and seeing things that have just been thrown out of cars."
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11:56am Tue 13 Nov 12
Bobfm , says...
That said, shame the morons who drop it in the first place can't be a little less lazy and thoughtless.
Perhaps Tescos and the like might like to sponsor Brian in some way?
12:49pm Tue 13 Nov 12
PaulD says...
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