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It's in the news. It's on Twitter. It's on Facebook - that short spikes have been set into the ground outside a block of flats in London to stop people sleeping there. Everyone is cross, horrified, shocked, offended - except, it seems, for me.
I once slept in a doorway.
I'd arrived in Edinburgh in the middle of the night. There wasn't a connecting train till morning. I couldn't sleep on a bench because chairs for waiting passengers were in circles - to stop people sleeping on them. I'd once or twice slept on a bench at Kings Cross station - again between trains. It wasn't restful. Men kept turning up and asking me to come behind the station. Even to go home with them. In Edinburgh I couldn't lie down - and there was a man lurking.
I decided to go for a walk, thinking I'd shake him off. But he followed. What to do?
A friend lived in a basement flat. I marched confidently to his steps and went down them into the little entrance space, hoping the man following would assume I lived there. It worked. I put a note through the letterbox telling my friend I was there in case he was startled when he opened the door next day, got out my sleeping bag, laid it on the concrete and went to sleep in his doorway. By the morning, I'd gone. If he'd had studs there, I wouldn't have been able to lie down. I'd have wandered the streets or hung around in the station, fending off men wanting to cart me away.
So why do I think studs are a good idea?
Because I've also lived in a block of flats where glue-sniffing children hung out in the indoor-bin area; where people piled freebie newspapers on landings between floors and set them on fire; where guests were sometimes pelted with stones while they waited for me to answer the intercom and let them in; where a neighbour turned up naked at my doorway late at night. If we'd had homeless people sleeping there too - well, I'd have been un-nerved.
I've known a lot of homeless people in my time; not people stuck for somewhere to go between trains: people who are homeless because they drink too much to sustain a more conventional, settled life. I used to have a friend who'd been so messed up by war he was too unpredictable, too suddenly violent, to share a flat with others. Much depends on the context. If you get to know people when they are not drunk - or happen to get on well with someone whom no-one else likes . . . you might think it's anti-social, unkind to 'the poor' to put studs in a doorway so they can't lie down to sleep.
But I don't. I wouldn't want somebody so messed up by the violence in his own life to be lying in an alcove by the entrance to my home. I wouldn't want anyone lurking there when they are drunk. I have been grabbed in dark streets, even in city centres. Exposed to in parks. But that is in the past. For many years now I've lived a sheltered, secluded, isolated life. With epilepsy I cannot risk independence in the way I used to. With children, I need more possessions - possessions I wouldn't want anyone to take away. I've not wanted to give my family the company of people of uncertain temperament in our own home. I no longer invite strangers in.
When you are weak, when you can't run, when you don't have the physical or emotional energy to defuse situations - when you are these things - you don't even like children in your street banging on the door and running away. It can be deeply startling.
These studs bring us up with a start. Why are we so cruel as a society that we want to stop people taking shelter in doorways? It is un-nerving to see them. But what I'm not clear about (though I might be if I investigated further so I might be all wrong in this) is how many of those who are shocked by these anti-sleeping spikes really know what they are talking about. How well do they know fear? Do they think they could interview those who want to sleep in alcoves by their doors and choose their outside neighbours?
Well, that's not how it works. It's random who you get. It might be some inoffensive woman waiting between trains. Or it might not.


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Over the past decade, Jon Conover, a Sandwich, IL, resident and former GM of the River's Edge Theatre in Yorkville, IL, has worked in top studios in Nashville, TN, Chicago, IL and Los Angeles, CA, recording his own original music. Jon has completed two full-length studio albums and toured extensively throughout the United States as well as in Ireland. Throughout his career, Conover has had the opportunity to collaborate with some of the biggest names in music, both live and in the studio, and his latest album will be no exception.
Conover is now on the brink of starting his third studio album and is set to work with three-time Grammy Award Winner, Trina Shoemaker. Jon and Trina where introduced through a mutual friend several years ago, but the timing had not been right to allow for this joint effort to come into fruition until now.
Trina is originally from
Joliet, IL, and after living in California and London for a brief period she
moved to New Orleans and met famed record producer, Daniel Lanois. Under Lanois' guidance and training,
Trina mastered the craft of engineering studio recording sessions. On one such recording session, she met
singer/songwriter Sheryl Crow.
Shoemaker went on to work on several albums with Sheryl Crow and became
the first female to receive a Grammy Award for best-engineered album for her
work on Crow's "The Globe Sessions".
Trina currently has two Grammys with Sheryl Crow and one with Steven
Curtis Chapman. Trina has just
been nominated for her fourth Grammy Award for her work with an independent
singer/songwriter. In the past,
Trina has also worked with names like The Dixie Chicks, Queens of the Stone
Age, Blues Traveler, Emmylou Harris and Brandi Carlisle, just to name a few.
Jon Conover and Trina Shoemaker plan to start work on the new album, "The Middle", in January of 2014 in Nashville, TN, and you can be a part of it.
On January 20th, Conover and Shoemaker will start tracking the new album at Oceanway Studios in Nashville, TN. They will be working with top musicians that have collaborated in the studio and on live tours with bands and artists such as The Wallflowers, Kenny Chesney, K.D. Lang, Willie Nelson, Ben Kweller and The Dixie Chicks. Producer/arranger and musician extraordinaire, Ed Roth, who played on and produced Jon Conover's last album, will also be joining them in the studio.
A portion of this album will be funded by the online creative support platform Kickstarter.com. On this website you can become a backer by pledging money to help support the project in exchange for exclusive gifts delivered to you straight from Jon. On Jon Conover's Kickstarter page, you will find photographs, the story behind the project and a video produced by Jon Conover and long-time creative collaborator/film producer/photographer Andrew Young, www.andrewyoungphotography.com, explaining all the details. The Kickstarter has already started and is running through December with a deadline of January 1st.
Jon Conover the album, "The Middle" to start in January
Date: December 2013
Jon Conover website: www.jonconover.com
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Kickstarter wesbite: www.kickerstarter.com(search Jon Conover)

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Islamorada Fishing
Islamorada is a group of islands in the upper Florida Keys. Many tourists like to visit Islamorada because of the large expanses of beaches and water activities available. If you decide to take your family on a vacation to Islamorada, you are sure to have a good time on the beach enjoying the sun, or out fishing in the bay.
Feel Like Some Fly-Fishing?
Fishing is really great in Islamorada because the Gulf Stream passes very close to the islands. It brings a lot of big game fish to the area and makes the chances of a catch very high. The reef line also offers a lot of great catches, like trout and redfish. Fly-fishing is also very popular in the area and you can find classes that can teach you everything you need to know to be a successful fly fisherman. They can even teach you how to make your own flies.
Fishing Guides
You can go online to find many fish guides, so you know where to go to catch the kind of fish you are looking for. Another great idea, once you get to Islamorada, is to spend some time in the marinas talking to some charter captains for advice on the best locations to fish during your stay. Fish are constantly moving around to new locations, and the charter captains always know where to catch them. You could also book a private charter where you could have a captain and crew all to yourself for one of the best fishing experiences available.
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All you need in order to fish in Islamorada is a license and your fishing equipment. Licenses can be purchased at a reasonable price because of the large amount of fish in the area. Fishing is actually so good that you do not even have to go very far off the coast to get some good catches. Don't miss your opportunity to take a really great Islamorada fishing trip with your family.
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That's because you're a clueless American.
It's actually pronounced "da-VOS," with the emphasis on the second syllable.
How did I learn that?
Because in Munich, I told a German I was heading to Davos ("DA-vos"), and he snickered and said it was "da-VOS."
Of course, being American, in addition to being clueless, you're probably also arrogant — arrogant enough to think that the name of the place you're going is pronounced the way YOU pronounce it, so as far as you're concerned, it's DAvos.
And as far as I'm concerned, it's DAvos.
Anyway, I've arrived in DAvos. In a snowstorm. And I've discovered something. The DAvos police don't like having huge telephoto lenses shoved in their faces.
They have a job to do, these DAvos police — keeping out terrorists who want to blow up world leaders. So they don't take too kindly to having things pointed at them that might be guns.


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Mariners Losing Streak Hits Five Games
SEATTLE (AP) - Brett Cecil pitched into the seventh inning andKevin Gregg hung on for the save Wednesday night as the TorontoBlue Jays beat Seattle 3-2, sending the Mariners to their fifthstraight loss.
The Mariners put two runners on base with two outs in the ninth,but left fielder Fred Lewis ran down Mike Sweeney's long fly intothe alley to end it.
Milton Bradley returned to the Mariners and had his fourthtwo-hit game of the season. He was out for two weeks after askingthe team for counseling help to deal with personal and emotionalissues.
Cecil (3-2), a Triple-A starter to begin the season, featured a96 mph fastball while allowing two runs and seven hits in 6 1-3innings. He had lasted just two innings and giving up eight runsagainst Texas Friday.
Gregg retired pinch-hitter Ken Griffey Jr. on an infield popupand Ichiro Suzuki on a fly out before walking Chone Figgins in theninth. Franklin Gutierrez singled and Sweeney flied out, givingGregg his AL-leading 12th save in 13 chances.
Seattle's Doug Fister entered the night leading the AL with a1.72 ERA. Then in the first four innings Fister (3-2) allowed threeruns, as many as he had allowed in any of seven previous startsthis season.
Fister retired the last 14 batters he faced. But Toronto haddone enough damage by then to improve the majors' best record sinceApril 29 to 15-5.
Bradley thanked the team for its support for an ongoing process,and Seattle's fans for what he called an "overwhelming" amount ofencouraging mail and cards while he was gone on the restrictedlist.
A sampling - 19,208 - of those fans gave him a warm, briefovation when he first batted in the second and struck out swinging.Baseball's self-described bad guy had a broken-bat single in thefourth, then hit an infield single against Scott Downs to becomethe potential tying run with one out in the eighth.
Jose Bautista doubled, John Buck singled and Lewis hit asacrifice fly to make it 1-0 in the third. Then Fister threw 31 ofhis 108 pitches in his messy fourth.
Alex Gonzalez's single scored Adam Lind, who had doubled leadingoff. Fister walked Bautista to load the bases and hit Buck in theleft elbow with a 2-2 fastball. That forced in Lyle Overbay to makeit 3-0.
Suzuki, singled home Josh Bard in the seventh. That was Cecil'slast batter and Figgins, at .189 after three hitless at-bats,singled home Josh Wilson off Shawn Camp to bring Seattle within3-2.
NOTES: Toronto recalled former Mariners OF Jeremy Reed fromTriple-A Las Vegas, after the Blue Jays granted 1B Randy Ruiz hisrelease so he could sign with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles inJapan. Manager Cito Gaston said other, younger players in theminors were hitting better than Reed but didn't deserve to come upand play only sporadically like Reed likely will. ... Seattle sentRHP Sean White to Triple-A Tacoma to make roster room for Bradley'sreturn.Copyright © 2014, Los Angeles Times


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Whitman Stuns #14 PLU
News Release Date:
Saturday, October 13
Walla Walla, Wash.- In front of a raucous crowd at Sherwood Center, the Whitman women's volleyball stormed back from an 0-2 set deficit against conference-leading Pacific Lutheran on Saturday night to hand the Lutes their first conference loss of the season.
|Olivia Nielson, Sr.
The 5th-set victory was especially sweet for the Missionaries, who have already lost 15-13 in the fifth set three times this season. Early on, it didn't look like a fifth set was going to be a possibility. In an epic opening stanza, the Missionaries came back from an eight-point deficit only to see half a dozen set points slip between their fingers before finally falling 32-30.
The second set was less epic, but equally disappointing. After holding an early lead, the Lutes went on a run saw them win seven out of nine points in one stretch to take control before finally closing out the set 25-20.
In the third, it appeared the Whit women were headed for more of the same. After holding 13-9 and 18-16 leads, Pacific Lutheran upped their game and appeared headed for a straight-sets victory when they took a 22-21 lead. Whitman fought back tenaciously, however, as they won four of the next five points to win the set and seize the momentum.
The fourth set was a thing of beauty. As first year Head Coach Helm said, the Whitman fans, "kept Sherwood rocking with their boisterous cheers and chants," while the players played arguably their best set this season. The Missionaries floored 14 of their 30 kill attempts as a team, making only two errors on the way for an amazing .400 hitting percentage en route to a 25-15 victory, which set up the dramatic conclusion.
|Rachel Cline, Jr.
The Lutes were clearly rattled by the boisterous student section and the incendiary play of the Whits early in the fifth set, as they made four consecutive serving errors to give Whitman an 8-4 lead. After switching ends, PLU drew within two points twice, but a thundering kill from junior Jillian Davis (El Paso, TX) earned Whitman three game points at 14-11. PLU managed to save one, but with Whitman receiving on the second, libero Hannah Linsenmeyer (Mill Creek, WA) floated a perfect pass to Rachel Cline (Seattle, WA) who executed a perfect set to Jazmine Moledina (Woodside, CA). Moledina's kill ricochet harmlessly off a Lute and into the Whitman student section, which stormed the court to celebrate the victory. Final score: 30-32, 20-25, 25-23, 25-15, 15-12 Whitman.
Leading the Whits in kills, as usual, was Davis with 24, but the victory was a total team effort. Senior Olivia Nielson (Anchorage, AK) had a superlative game with 16 kills in 29 attempts for a .517 hitting percentage to go with 8 blocks (one solo). Fellow Alaskan Courtney Brewer (Anchorage) added 9 kills. Rounding out Whitman's stat sheet were Moledina with 5, Megan Bafus (Kenmore, WA) with 4, Franny Gardner (Santa Cruz, CA) with 4, Becca Gotz (Bothell, WA) with 2, and Cline also with 2.
Linsenmeyer led the team with 20 digs to go with 3 service aces, while Cline compiled 51 of Whitman's 56 assists.
After the match, first year Helm glowed with praise for his team, "I am very proud of this team. Some teams may not know how to recover from being down two sets, but these ladies remained tough. It was a total team effort. With three of our student athletes out due to injuries, our team remained resilient knowing we didn't have much depth. I'm so very happy for them. They deserved to win a match like this after all the hard work they put into the season thus far."
With the win, Whitman improved to 4-6 in conference play, good enough for fifth place. Things only figure to get better for Whitman, as four of their last six games are against teams ranked below them in the conference standings. Come support the team on Wednesday the 17th, when they will look to complete a season sweep against Whitworth at home. The Pirates are coming off their own upset over #13 UPS.


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It took all the way to the end of the "groundbreaking announcement" press conference for the WWE Network launch date to be revealed but John Cena came out on stage and revealed when the new online service will launch.
That will be on Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, at 11:05 p.m. ET immediately following that night's episode of Raw on USA.
Here's the video:
But when can you actually subscribe to the Network? WWE.com has the details:
WWE Network, the first-ever 24/7 streaming network, will launch live in the U.S. on Monday, February 24, featuring all 12 WWE live pay-per-view events - including WrestleMania - valued at more than $600 per year for $9.99 per month with a 6-month commitment. WWE Network will also include groundbreaking original programming, reality shows, documentaries, classic matches and more than 1,500 hours of video on demand at launch.
Fans can subscribe to WWE Network beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET on Monday, February 24, at WWE.com, and for a limited time will be offered a free one week trial. WWE Network, the first 24/7 network delivered directly to fans through over-the-top digital distribution, will be available on desktops and laptops via WWE.com. WWE Network will also be available through the WWE App on: Amazon's Kindle Fire devices; Android devices such as Samsung Galaxy; iOS devices such as Apple iPad and iPhone; Roku streaming devices; Sony PlayStation 3 and Sony PlayStation 4; and Xbox 360. Availability on additional devices, including Xbox One and select Smart TVs, will follow this summer.
Essentially, you're getting a full day to subscribe in anticipation of the official launch and that night's episode of Raw will undoubtedly serve as one gigantic commercial pushing you to do just that.
And, really, why wouldn't you?
What WWE is asking fans to do, by including WrestleMania 30 in the package, is take the money you would have spent on that pay-per-view (PPV) -- around $60 -- and use it to subscribe to the Network, which you can get at a cost of $9.99 a month with a six-month commitment.
So who's buying?
To watch video of the big announcement click here, and for all the details on the new Network click here.


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WASHINGTON (BP)--A federal appeals court reversed April 14 a 2010 ruling that had invalidated the National Day of Prayer.
A three-judge panel of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago struck down in a unanimous decision federal judge Barbara Crabb's opinion that a law establishing a day for the observance was unconstitutional. The appellate ruling came almost one year to the day of Crabb's controversial ruling.
Last year's 66-page decision by the judge from Wisconsin's Western District had threatened a tradition as old as the American republic and a specific observance in effect for nearly 60 years. Congress passed a resolution in 1952 calling on the president to establish the National Day of Prayer as an annual event, which President Truman initiated the same year and which presidents since have recognized with proclamations. In 1988, Congress amended the law to set the first Thursday of May for its observance.
Critics of last year's ruling by Crabb applauded the Seventh Circuit's decision.
"I'm grateful that sanity still reigns at the appellate court level, at least in the Seventh Circuit," said Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission. "The idea that the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional is absurd on its face. The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.
"Americans have been having national days of prayer long before the Constitution was ratified and ever since the Constitution was ratified, and, God willing, we will have them for many centuries into the future," Land said.
Family Research Council President Tony Perkins, whose organization filed a friend-of-the-court brief opposing last year's opinion, commended the appeals court "for rejecting even the idea of a federal lawsuit that demands this kind of religious expression be scrubbed from the public square."
"Today's ruling sends a message to Judge Barbara Crabb and any other activist judge who would rewrite the Constitution to advance a hostile treatment of religion in public life," Perkins said in the written statement. "This is a perfect example of a harassing lawsuit that should have been dismissed at the outset."
In writing for the panel, Frank Easterbrook, the Seventh Circuit's chief judge, required only nine pages to express the court's opinion that the Freedom From Religion Foundation did not have legal standing to sue the president of the United States over the observance. The organization -- based in Madison, Wis., and consisting of atheists and agnostics -- had filed suit in 2008, saying the law violates the First Amendment's clause barring government establishment of religion.
Neither the law nor presidential proclamations implementing it injure those bringing the suit, Easterbrook wrote. The law "does not require any private person to do anything -- or for that matter to take any action in response to whatever the President proclaims," he said.
Though the annual presidential proclamation regarding the National Day of Prayer "speaks to all citizens, no one is obliged to pray, any more than a person would be obliged to hand over his money if the President asked all citizens to support the Red Cross and other charities," Easterbrook wrote. "It is not just that there are no penalties for noncompliance; it is that disdaining the President's proclamation is not a 'wrong.'"
No sensible person would assume a court should censor a president's speech to remove statements that might offend some in the audience, said Easterbrook, who was nominated by President Reagan.
He cited President Lincoln's mention of God seven times and prayer three times in his second inaugural address, which is engraved in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. "An argument that the prominence of these words injures every citizen, and that the Judicial Branch could order them to be blotted out, would be dismissed as preposterous," he wrote.
After Crabb's ruling last year, the National Day of Prayer Task Force said the tradition of designating an official day of prayer began with the Continental Congress in 1775. Afterward, President Washington issued a National Day of Thanksgiving Proclamation.
Presidents have issued similar proclamations and "appeals to the Almighty" ever since, according to the task force. Typically, all 50 governors, in addition to the president, have issued National Day of Prayer proclamations.
Crabb was nominated by President Carter. The other two judges on the Seventh Circuit who signed the opinion, Daniel Manion and Ann Claire Williams, were nominated by Presidents Reagan and Clinton, respectively.
The case is Freedom From Religion Foundation v. Obama.
Compiled by Tom Strode, Washington bureau chief for Baptist Press. With reporting by Erin Roach, an assistant editor of Baptist Press.
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This DMR introduces native support for foreign keys. Long part of the SQL standard, foreign keys allow cross indexing of tables. Due to various architecture constraints in the clustered architecture, MySQL Cluster has not offered foreign keys, which left the work of tying together database tables to the application layer. Support for foreign keys should reduce the workload of the application developer, as well as provide a more foolproof method of securing database access to appropriate users.
"We know a lot of customers wouldn't consider a cluster without foreign keys," Ulin said. "It also adds a level of assurance when developing a program."
The software also includes a Node.js API for accessing the data directly, without transforming the query into SQL first. This method of JavaScript access joins the other existing NoSQL-like methods of accessing MySQL Cluster, including those based on Memcached, Java and HTTP.
MySQL Cluster 7.3 also features a new installer that can optimize workloads and automatically discover resources offered by the servers, such as the CPU architecture and the number of processor cores per machine.
Oracle has also updated its commercial version of the database, MySQL Enterprise Edition, with two new extensions. The software now provides the ability to provide reports for auditing and compliance. This extension offers policy-based monitoring and logging of all actions on a database. The second extension provides high availability (HA) safeguards, including automatic failover and replication.
The extension are available at no cost as part of MySQL Enterprise Edition and MySQL Cluster Carrier Grade Edition.
Joab Jackson covers enterprise software and general technology breaking news for The IDG News Service. Follow Joab on Twitter at @Joab_Jackson. Joab's email address is firstname.lastname@example.com.


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As we have recently acquired 50 Autodesk Education Master Suite 2013 Licenses, we have installed the product on 42 PCs until now.
With each installation, we receive an Autodesk registration & activation e-mail which contained the PC name and an activation code.
Although we chose to activate all the PCs online, for some PCs we received several activation e-mails with different activation codes.
Out of 42 PC …
26 PCs: received 1 activation code
15 PCs: received 2 activation codes
1 PC: received 3 activation codes
So how will that affect the total number of licenses available to us? And is there a way to overcome this?
Thank you.
Hi PSCW,
Just to confirm, did you purchase one license with 50 seats or 50 licenses (i.e do you have 1 or 50 serial numbers)?
Are the activations being done from each PC individually and are the request codes all different for each PC?
Thank you,
Hi ..
Yes, 1 license with 50 seats (1 SN & 1 PK).
The activation was done on each PC after the one by one installation. Each activation & registration e-mail received afterwards has a unique activation code (although it was not used since the activation was done automatically online).
Thank you
Hi PSCW,
Thank you for clarifying.
Could you please send me the serial number via private message (click on my screenname camilo.lemos and then on Send This User a Private Message) so I that I can have a look at how this may have affected your current number of activations?
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Dear All,
I believe that in order to run your Qt application on your device, you need to install several sis file on your mobile device. However, the Qt libs is really big which is over 8MB. Does anyone know how to split the Qt library?
It is a problem for the some of the end users who run Qt application, they need to download such a big file and install it before they can enjoy the Qt world!
I wish someone can tell me how to create the sis file which only contains the necessary librarys that the application needs.
By the way, for the coming mobile phones, do they have Qt library already installed?
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Wild Rice Cooking: History, Natural History, Harvesting and Lore with Recipes 1989 Minnesota Book Award
Chapter One Excerpt
Manoominike-giizis: Wild Rice Moon
From the prehistoric times of about one thousand years ago to the historic times of approximately four hundred years ago, the Woodland Cultures (Laurel People) of the western Great Lakes area of North America were settled on the shores of the lakes and rivers of land that includes what is now known as northern Minnesota. These peoples were processing wild rice, and developing pottery and burial mound technology. During the same period, the prehistoric peoples to the south, now called the Mississippian Cultures, strongly influenced by Mexican agriculture, were developing agricultural technologies.
During the last of the prehistoric period, the agricultural tradition made its way into what is now southern Minnesota, but the geographical exigencies of the western Great Lakes area did not favor its development further north. The harvesting and processing of wild rice, along with hunting and fishing, persisted from prehistoric into historic times.2 Still, there remained a cross-fertilization of influences. Wild rice harvesting continued into the nineteenth century as far south as Nebraska and as far southeast as Illinois. Southern pottery influences are evident in the western Great Lakes area.
Historic times are marked in North America by the arrival of the Europeans, who kept written records, often in the form of diaries and reports. These Europeans arrived in the western Great Lakes area in the seventeenth century. The Minnesota area was then populated primarily by the Dakota tribe of the Sioux nation, and the Wisconsin area primarily by the Menominee tribe, meaning ěwild rice people,î of the Algonquin nation. Both nations harvested wild rice.
The arrival of the Europeans marked the beginning of a westward movement of the eastern populations of what would become the United States. As explorers and fur traders sought new territory, so did the Algonquin Ojibwe people. Originally from the Atlantic coast, they were forced to move west as their lands were appropriated by European settlers.
The transition from Dakota to Ojibwe predominance in Minnesota took nearly two hundred years. The period was marked by increasing strife and warfare between the two tribes, until 1851 when the Dakota were finally forced from the area. However, for a long time the Dakota continued to risk attack by returning to harvest rice in their old territory.
The conflict between the two tribes was in great part over hunting lands that were also wild rice territory. With the incursion of the Europeans, wild rice had become a useful trade commodity in addition to its continuing use as a food staple. Later, it would even come to be regarded as a luxury by white people, according to a news item in a 1913 issue of the Scientific American.
The earliest written descriptions of wild rice confirm its value to any human living or traveling in the area. References to it are found in the 1633 memoir of Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de la Verendrie (Verendrye); the 1673 writings of Father Jacques Marquette; and in a 1751 scientific tract by Peter Kalm. Perhaps the most eloquent entry comes to us from Pierre díEsprit sieur Radisson in 1668, in a missive to Charles II of England:
Our songs being finished we began our teeth to worke. We had there a kinde of rice, much like oats. It growes in the watter in 3 or 4 foote deepe. There is a God that shews himselfe in every countrey, almighty, full of goodnesse and y preservation of those poore people who knoweth him not. They have a particular way to gather up that graine. Two takes a boat and two sticks, by wch they gett ye eare downe and gett the corne out of it. Their boat being full, they bring it to a fitt place to dry it; and that is their food for the most part of the winter, and doe dresse it thus: ffor each man a handfull of that they putt in the pott, that swells so much that it can suffice a man.
Knowledge of wild rice harvesting traditions comes to us today primarily from the Ojibwe. Until 1988, with the publication of Vennumís definitive work Wild Rice and the Ojibwe People, most of the stories came to us through the observations of non-Indians. Vennum, while drawing from previously published reports, also went to the Indian people and recorded their stories directly.
While there are some differences in detail between the stories recorded by non-Indian observers and those told to Vennum, and even among the stories told to Vennum, there is general agreement regarding the traditional methods of harvesting and processing wild rice.


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Now that Spring practice has completed, I haven't really read all that much about Coach Sark's assessment and vision with Dawg football. This article in SportingNews.com was really special. Out here in Los Angeles, I don't get much coverage of UW. When I do get some needed-action on that front- I find it at Dawgman, Husky Digest and here at the UW Dawg Pound.
And I know we've all bantered about the potential wins and losses for UW football this year. So, I guess it's easy to say we'll win more than last year. Coach Sark doesn't give his prognostication as far as that's concerned, but - he sure as heck is a believer in the boys on the team. He knows he has a helluva quarterback in Jake Locker, it was nice to know he finds that he has 6-deep at receiver, some good tight-ends to fit his scheme, and a solid defense to work with. He also thinks that Chris Polk is gonna be something special. (one thing Coach Sark isn't, is an idealist. he's as pragmatic as they come, so for him to share a few good thoughts on the team in the way and manner in which he did, IS A BIG DEAL) Here's a refresher on what was being said and told:
1. "The whole thing with the spring, when we looked at practices 13, 14 and 15, we were way better than in practices one, two and three"
2. "The first half of the spring, so much of it was teaching just a style of play. This is how we want our quarterback to play. By the second half, it was just great. The ones on both sides of the ball, they just kept getting better and better. For Jake, the last seven practices were among the best football I've seen him play"
3. "One of the biggest issues was, there's no secret the guy's a great athlete. He could start for our defense if he wanted to. But we're trying to show him this thing is a marathon, not a sprint. We need him to start 13 games this year, not four or five."
4. " I think he (Jake) noticed that guys in practice started making bigger plays for him because of where he put the ball. They could catch and run instead of having to twist around to make the catch. He's taken velocity off the ball. He's more comfortable throwing in the pocket with guys around him. And, working with coach (Doug) Nussmeier, we've really hammered home the footwork side of the game."
There's a bunch more good stuff in this interview. Hope all of you guys are enjoying the onset of the summer days before us. Hope you're having a great vacation in the Carribbean, John.
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ST. LOUIS BLUES: The Blues have been on fire since Andy Murray took the helm, going 12-4-4 in eighteen games. Looking at the Expected Goals For trendline doesn't seem to indicate any huge change in offensive approach, but the steady increase in Actual Goals For seems to say that something is indeed in the works in terms of shot execution. We'll know the answer to that shortly after the All-Star break, in terms of whether that hot streak of recent days (16 goals in 3 games) continues.
Take a look at the graph below, and you ask youself, what the heck did Murray tell those Blues goaltenders when he came on board? While the overall trend in Expected Goals Against has remained north of the 3.0 "mark of mediocrity", Actual Goals Against has plummeted, due in part to three shutouts this month, including a recent 1-0 effort in San Jose. They're going to need that strength in net if the Blues even want to think about challenging for the final Western Conference playoff spot this coming spring.
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS: In terms of quantity and quality of shots taken (Expected Goals), the Blue Jackets have been steady underperformers, lingering mostly around the 2.5 goals per game level. Worse yet, goal production early on failed even to live up to those underwhelming standards, as Actual Goals For was mired around 2.0 throughout November. Perhaps there was some short-term increase in focus that led to scorers actually capitalizing on more of their opportunities after Ken Hitchcock was hire, as Actual Goals perked up for a few weeks, but since the new year things seem to be headed back to normal in Columbus (that would mean, "awful").
Defensively, the Blue Jackets' skaters have actually done a fairly good job over the course of the year, holding steady between 2.5 and 3.0 Expected Goals Against per game. The goaltending appeared ready to shoulder its share of the burden as well, but right about where that red line bottoms out in mid-December, Pascal Leclaire injured his knee and in the meantime Fredrik Norrena and Ty Conklin haven't gotten the job done.
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS: While injuries have played a significant role in Chicago's offensive woes this season, it does appear that new head coach Denis Savard is breathing life into the Blackhawk attack. From a nadir of 2.0 Expected Goals per game when he was hired, Savard now has his charges generating quality opportunities on a nightly basis. If actual results come back close to expectations, Chicago could put up a fight against most teams going forward.
But while everyone has focused on what impact Savard would have on the Chicago offense, the encouraging part of his tenure might well be found at the other end of the rink. For most of the season goaltending has been keeping the Hawks somewhat competitive (note how throughout November and December, Actual goals came in well under Expected), and team defense has generally been subpar. About four weeks ago, however, the trend in Expected Goals Against crossed below 3.0 per game, and has stayed in that territory ever since. Is responsible team defense perhaps on the way in the Windy City? Even if it is, it may be too late to save this season. Befitting the fortunes of a last-place team, the goaltending apparently blew a gasket over New Years Eve. Recent results (8-3 home loss to Nashville Jan. 5, 6-3 loss at Detroit Jan. 13, 5-4 home loss to Columbus Jan. 16, and 6-3 loss at Nashville Jan. 20) indicate that the wheels may well be ready to fall off the proverbial wagon.


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Over all the Pullman Tour Eiffel is an amazing Hotel. I took the Chunnel from London to Paris. I was trying to find a cheep way to get to the hotel using the Underground, but that was not the most convenient. I took a cab that only cost 18,00 Euros (Pretty reasonable I feel with luggage and not having to take a transfer). Otherwise the hotel is perfect for getting around using the underground. You are 1 block from the train stop, and it can get you everywhere in the city very quickly. The hotel it's self was amazing, with a balcony view of the Eiffel Tower. The only negative about this hotel, is that they don't have furniture on the Balcony to enjoy. Overall for the price of the hotel, I would recommend to anyone."
great buffet, just a few steps from montparnasse train and metro station, in taxi about 10 Euros to St Michels place, 12 to Louvre."
Overall it s a great hotel from an international point of view. Perfect for business, comfortable for leisure. No Provencal charm at all though, it could be an airport hotel. And prepare your money for any extra, 21 Eur for breakfast, 20Eur for parking, 18 Eur for wifi, and if you want to use the hotel computer it will cost you a good 18 Eur to browse the internet for an hour."
Good - Condition (Carpet could be refurbished). - Comfort (Air Conditioning not up to par)."
With early check (noon), free wi-fi,free shuttle and a great restaurant on the premises, who could ask for more?"
We had 3 nights in August 2013 in 2 one bed roomed apartments.Both were very well kitted out and very comfortable. We were near the reception building so were lucky as I think despite the long walk to the pool area if we had been staying in the rooms close to the pool the aircraft noise from the small private airstrip next to the pool would have been an issue. The buffet meals at the restaurant at 25euro per head were very good if not a little expensive. We did not try the breakfast. The pool area was great and even in August when the hotel was full coped well with the numbers. Good tennis courts that were free of charged and booked via reception . We enjoyed our stay and would go back"
Will definitely stay again at Le Rivage-Mandeliue, and would recommend this facility for travelers. The room is really an apartment with separate living and dining, and kitchen areas; location is just minutes from the coastal highway, so it's easy to get to and from. Pricing is competitive and affordable and staff are top shelf."
Value for money not impressive, however the breakfast buffet (which we due to other reviews were sceptic about) proved to be very nice - and the remaining staff could actually learn a lot about service from the people at the breakfast buffet. Parking: you can save the €15 per night valet parking by using the free parking just across the street. In the city center of Cannes there is a very cosy restaurant street with fair prices: Rue Saint Antoine"
Hotel de L'Horloge could not be in a better location - just steps out the door is the main square with many restaurants and shops, and it's walkable to the train station if you don't have too much luggage. The room was very clean and comfortable, and everything was well maintained. The breakfast buffet is nice but pricey, we only ate there once and other times went to restaurants or the bakery. Only complaint is that the shower didn't have a curtain, so the bathroom has to be mopped up a bit after each shower."
A big hotel with a nice mix of historical looks and modern elements. Parking in the courtyard, it's in a fairly central location and 5 min from the train station too. The rooms are superb. Spacious and clean. It's a bit noisy though and you can hear the neighbors talking."
The location is very convenient. You can simply walk to all the famous sights. However, the wifi connection in the room is very bad. There is no A/C in the room, so it will get really hot at night."
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Sparks City Manager Shaun D. Carey has announced that Sparks Deputy Police Chief Brian Allen, a 22-year veteran of the Sparks Police Department, as his choice to become the City's next Chief of Police. Deputy Chief Allen will replace retiring Chief Steve Keefer.
"I am extremely proud to appoint Deputy Chief Brian Allen as the City's next Chief of Police, alongtime resident of our City," said Sparks City Manager Shaun Carey. "Deputy Chief Allen is a seasoned and highly experienced law enforcement officer who has brought innovation to the City's police department. We have all benefitted from his leadership, and I look forward to continuing to work with Brian and his dedicated team of professionals who work to keep our citizens safe every day," said Carey.
City Manager Carey's appointment of Deputy Chief Allen requires ratification by the Sparks City Council, which would be followed by a swearing-in ceremony upon confirmation, scheduled for the May 28th Sparks City Council Meeting.
Allen was born in Carmichael, CA and moved to Sparks in 1976 at age 6. He graduated from Edward C. Reed High School in 1988. In 1997, he received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminal justice from University of Nevada, Reno.
Deputy Chief Brian Allen began his career with the Sparks Police Department in 1991 as a Police Officer. As an officer, Allen was a field training officer, a department instructor, and assigned to the SWAT Team. In 1999, Allen was promoted to Sergeant where he served as a Patrol Sergeant, Project Development Sergeant, and Support Services Section Sergeant. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in 2004 and served in the Patrol Division, and then promoted to Commander in 2008 for special assignments. Allen served as the Acting Deputy Chief from October of 2009 through July of 2011 when he was officially named the Deputy Chief of Police. On March 25, 2013, Allen was named and is currently the Acting Chief of Police for the Sparks Police Department.
Allen has extensive training in law enforcement subjects and has attended Executive Police Management trainings such as: The Senior Management Institute for Police by the Police Executive Research Forum in Boston, MA and the Chief Executive Leadership Course through the Southern Police Institute in Louisville, KY. Allen holds a Management Certificate from the State of Nevada, Peace Officers' Standards and Training. He is also a member of the Police Executive Research Forum, the International Association of Chiefs of Police, and the Nevada Sheriffs' and Chiefs' Association.
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Ambrosia, or 'food of the gods", is an appropriate name for this fruit salad. Ambrosia is a perfect dessert dessert to brighten up the winter months, prepared with the citrus fruits from Florida that are so delicious at that time of year (when lots of other fruits are not at their best in the US).This tropical version of ambrosia is prepared with pineapple, bananas, fresh coconut and mango, and tossed with a sweet passion fruit syrup that helps keep the fruit (especially the bananas) looking fresh. Serve it with a simple pound cake, or with an assortment of alfajor cookies. Pomegranate seeds are not exactly tropical (technically pomegranates are from the Mediterranean), but they add pretty color a bit of crunch to the salad. Substitute any fruit you prefer in this salad, especially if you live where there are lots of choices available. Papaya, cherimoya, guanabana, and kiwi are all good choices.
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Yield: Serves 4-6.
- 1 large pineapple
- 7 ounces frozen fresh coconut
- 2 ripe mangos
- 4 bananas
- Seeds from one pomegranate (or about 3/4 cup)
- 1/2 of a 14-ounce package of frozen passionfruit pulp (such as Goya brand)
- 1/3 cup sugar
- Pinch of salt
- Thaw the passionfruit pulp and the fresh coconut.
- Place the passion fruit pulp in a small saucepan with the sugar and a pinch of salt. Bring to a simmer and cook until syrup is reduced to half. Remove from heat and let the syrup cool.
- Peel and cut the pineapple into 1/2 inch cubes and place in a large bowl (see How to Cut a Pineapple).
- Peel and cut the mangos into 1/2 inch cubes (see How to Cut a Mango), and add to the pineapple.
- Peel and cut the bananas and add to the other fruit, along with the pomegranate seeds,(see How to De-seed a Pomegranate), reserving a couple of tablespoons of pomegranate seeds for decoration.
- Toss fruit mixture with half of the coconut and the passion fruit syrup. Place fruit salad in a serving bowl and garnish with remaining coconut and reserved pomegranate seeds.


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I have been asked by a web developer from El-Cairo, Egypt about the high search engines ranking possibilities we have if we register a literally related domain name pointing to our business website. Let's explain this, probably confusing issue for some of you, it was confusing to me in the past too :). I will explain this with examples as follows.
Let's imaging I sell digital products and one of my products is beign called ' PLL backbone signal ' (this is a totally invented name, and it doesn't reflect any real product name) and my current website's domain name is ' www.digitalproducts.com and of course I am fighting to get the top ten google positions without any success.
So desperately I decide to get a domain name that represents better or even have the same name as my product's name, for instance, www.PLL.com, because I think this domain name will help me jump in to the top ten positions. Well my friend let me tell you that this will be not the case. This domain name will not help you get the top ten positions, but the Search Engine Optimization of your website, whatever domain name has, will.
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AP's Rugaber Conveniently Fails to Note June Regression in Federal Finances
At the Associated Press, the task of reporting on the official results of Uncle Sam's June Monthly Treasury Statement fell to Christopher Rugaber instead Marty Crutsinger.
Next time, Chris, tell us what happened in the month you're covering instead of going almost exclusively with the federal government's year-to-date results.
If Rugaber had looked more closely at June, he would have had to relay not particularly pleasant news -- or maybe he did look at June, and decided that we didn't need to know anything more than what the deficit was (possible motivation will be identified later). Although the deficit came in lower ($43 billion vs. $68 billion), the AP reporter "somehow" forgot to tell readers that receipts trailed June of 2010, indicating that whatever economic recovery has occurred is well on its way towards fizzling.
Here are several paragraphs from Rugaber's riff:
The federal budget deficit is on pace to break the $1 trillion mark for the third straight year, ratcheting up the pressure on the White House and Congress to reach a deal to rein in spending.
The deficit totaled $971 billion for the first nine months of the budget year, the Treasury Department said Wednesday. Three years ago, that would have been a record high for the full year.
With three months to go, this year's deficit will likely top last year's $1.29 trillion gap, according to the Congressional Budget Office. But it is expected to come in below the record $1.41 trillion reached in the 2009 budget year. The budget year ends Sept. 30.
For June, the deficit was $43 billion, below the $68 billion imbalance recorded in June 2010. Much of the improvement from last year was due to a one-time drop in the estimated cost of education loans.
But the government is also receiving more tax revenue this year, which reduces the deficit a bit. Revenue rose 9 percent, or $137 billion, through June, the Treasury's report said.
Sure, revenue is up for the first nine months. But in June, which is an important month for collections because corporate and individual estimated payments are due on June 15, receipts totaled $249.7 billion, down from $251.0 billion last year. Sure, the result would have been almost $10 billion higher if the 2% Social Security tax cut Congress and President Obama agreed to last year was not in effect, but:
- Corporate income tax receipts, which are up about 1% over nine months, were down 5% in June ($48.8 billion vs. $51.5 billion in June 2010).
- Total income tax collections, which are up 24% over nine months, were only up by a bit less than 4% in June ($113.0 billion vs. $109.0 billion).
- The "miscellaneous receipts" category included $8.3 billion in payments from the Federal Reserve. These largely relate to the Fed's quantitative easing and other money supply-controlling efforts and have nothing to do with the government's day-to-day operations. Last June, receipts from the Fed were $6.8 billion.
- In June 2007, when the country's economic output in terms of real gross domestic product was barely lower than it is now, collections, at $276.5 billion, were 10% higher (about 6% higher after considering the Social Security tax cut). Receipts from the Fed that month were only $2.6 billion.
Instead of reporting what happened in June, Rugaber spent eight paragraphs describing the current budget-ceiling negotiations -- when the AP's David Espo and Andrew Taylor, Philip Elliott, Laurie Kellman, and Ben Feller are already covering various aspects of that -- and five more paragraphs rewriting the fiscal history of the past dozen years, including these two:
The government last recorded a budget surplus in 2001, when revenues were $127 billion greater than spending. The surpluses were expected to total $5.6 trillion over the next decade.
But the country was back in the red by 2002. The deficit grew after President Bush won approval for broad tax cuts and launched the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan.
Lord have mercy.
The $5.6 trillion estimate of surpluses was published by the Congressional Budget Office in January 2001, before the effects of the Internet bubble-burst were felt and before the economically devastating 9/11 terrorist attacks. In other words, the CBO's projections ended up being not worth the paper they were written on or the bandwidth they consumed. So there was no reason -- except to falsely "blame Bush for everything" -- for Rugaber to bring them up in his Wednesday report.
As to the "broad tax cuts" somehow being involved in the vanishing surpluses, the fact is that once Bush got the across-the-board and investment-related tax cuts he wanted in 2003, total federal receipts increased by almost $800 billion, or 44%, during the next four fiscal years. It's right here in this pretty graph, Chris.
The "Iraq and Afghanistan" meme would seem to indicate that Rugaber is cribbing from Marty Crutsinger, who went to that false well so often that he was still citing the wars as an excuse in September 2009, when Iraq had long since stabilized. Stimulus and other radical spending increases during the first year of the Obama administration were obviously what was sent the deficit into the $1 trillion-plus range for the first time -- and even though the stimulus is supposedly over, spending just keeps on rising.
The fact is that Uncle Sam's financial situation deteriorated badly in June. If that decay were more widely known, it would strengthen the case against the trillion-dollar tax increases President Obama wants. Obama's desired tax increases are on top of the hundreds of billions in tax increases already built into Obamacare, most of which will take effect beginning in 2013, as the Wall Street Journal helpfully pointed out on Monday. It's awfully convenient that the AP's Rugaber failed to tell the wire service's subscribing outlets and news consumers what really happened in June, isn't it?
Cross-posted at BizzyBlog.com.
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2001 vs 2002
Submitted by KC Beach on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 7:04am.
"But the country was back in the red by 2002. The deficit grew after President Bush won approval for broad tax cuts and launched the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan."
Bush came into office during the Clinton recession. The tax cuts were implemented to get us out of that recession, and it was working. Wasn't there a little incident in 2001 we now refer to called 9/11? I would think that would have had as much, if not more, of a negative effect on the budget than any tax cuts.
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Deficit would have grown w/o Bush's tax cuts [stimulus]
Submitted by Gary Hall on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 2:59pm.
Oh my:
- The government last recorded a budget surplus in 2001, when revenues were $127 billion greater than spending. The surpluses were expected to total $5.6 trillion over the next decade.
- But the country was back in the red by 2002. The deficit grew after President Bush won approval for broad tax cuts and launched the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan.
The deficit would have grown regardless of Bush's stimulus. Note: The only notable tax cuts to hit the books for 2001, was the $40 billion tax rebate in the fall. And, those tax cuts were put into Bush's stimulus plan by the Democrats, namely Daschle, Liebermann and Dennis Kucinich. They wanted $60 billion in short term stimulus, Bush wanted long term stimulus, but they compromised on $40 billion.
There was some additional legislative tax relief on the books for 2001, bringing the total tax stimulus to approximately $71 billion.
On the other hand, the shift (departure) from projected surpluses to realized surplus for 2001 was $158 billion; the projected surplus was $281 billion, with the year end surplus coming in at $128 billion.
The shift in fortunes from what was projected to what Bush actually inherited was well, on it's way.
By year end 2003 - the shift in fortunes stood at around $1.3 Trillion, with the total tax relief adding up to $325 billion. Iraq War costs thru the end of 2003 stood at $54 billion.
Now - just what did Bush do with the missing $trillion there?
I'm not going to discuss the cost of the Afghanistan effort, as we all now know that the left has re-written history there as well, saying that they would have spent much more than Bush did - go figure that one out.
To quote Al Gore (he was correcting Chris Matthews, who was already blaming it all on Bush) in Dec. of 2002:
- You know, the markets started down, the economy started down in March of 2000. . .
Yes Al, we all know that - why doesn't the MSM understand that? Bush was still a long ways from locking up his party's nomination at the moment. Wow - that's also about the time that the CA energy crisis was firing up.
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San Luis are off to a brilliant start in the 2012 Clausura and look very much like a Liguilla team at present. They defeated a poor Estudiantes Tecos side on Friday night, making the most of their chances in a 2-0 victory. After scoring an early goal, San Luis were more concerned with keeping their shape and keeping the ball than they were with creating chances as they tried to hang on to a lead on the road. They made the most of their chances, however, and their second goal was a thing of beauty.
The first goal featured the Tecos defense falling asleep, as has been customary in recent seasons. At the end of a nice passing move in the 18th minute, Wilmer Aguirre touched the ball into the path of Alfredo Moreno, who ripped a shot on target. Christian Martinez made a save, but directed the ball right into Moreno's path. He finished his second chance, putting his team up 1-0.
Aguirre would get a goal of his own at the end of an even better passing move. Moises Velasco provided the assist, hitting a ball into the feet of Aguirre, who found space around the penalty spot. He controlled well and patiently waited for his opening, slotting a calm finish past Martinez, low and to his left.
Unfortunately, it wasn't all positive for San Luis. Aguirre was unfairly sent off for an accidental step on Jose Castro in the 94th minute. Earlier in the game, starting goalkeeper Oscar Perez had to be removed due to injury and was replaced by Cesar Lozano. It's been a brilliant start to the year for San Luis, but their momentum could shift if they struggle next week without Perez and Aguirre, two of their best players.


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Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery
Ratings: 86 | Reviews: 66 | Display Reviews Only:
4.2/5 rDev +8.8%
A: this is a big brewery restaurant area, plus the AWESOME rooftop - super atmosphere !
Q: I have always had positive experiences here, the staff all look to please you, make sure your visit was as expected.
S: Very attentive bartenders, happy to give a sample, so you get the beer you'll enjoy.Hostess very friendly on my visit.
Sel: Very good menu, would like to see a hot pretzel, though.Always some extras of beer selections.
F: I had the pulled pork, very lean, sauce was tasty, sweet, just as it should be. Other selections I've had in the past were just as good.
V: prices are fair, there is a mug club, so you get a larger pour if you belong, no prices seem out of ordinary, good value.
05-22-2012 14:57:12 | More by stouts4me
3.85/5 rDev -0.3%
A: Lots of people and games on TV. Some cheers as Detroit hit a couple home runs, obviously people are here for sports in addition to the beer and food. Smelled absolutely exquisite when we walked in. We only planned on getting apps, but I'd love to try a steak next time.
Q: Pretzels were awesome, beer was good, too. Some were better than others, but good overall.
S: Our waiter, Ricky, was on point. Very knowledgeable about the beers and if he didn't know an answer, he found out for us. I'd ask for him in the future.
S: Only perused the appetizers, but lots to choose from. Like I said, I'd love to try something more hearty next time.
F: The pretzels were awesome.
I didn't realize this was a chain, but it was impressive. I look forward to going back again.
10-17-2011 01:35:58 | More by TheBeerAlmanac
3.85/5 rDev -0.3%
I had the wonderful opportunity to go on a brewery tour of Rock Bottom during a bachelor party. The host of the tour was exceptional and I believe his name is Kevin. He had a great knowledge of beer and the brewery.
The atmosphere is pretty enjoyable. They have a rooftop view which is pleasant, but they do not have all their beers available up there and we were not informed of this so that was pretty lame. Our waitress was decent, but I do not think she ever smiled. She should have been ecstatic to have 10 guys drinking plenty of beers and eating food while tipping well, but she likely lost some tip in her lack of a single smile.
The food was wonderful. Everything you want in pub food. Their homemade chips were an excellent addition to the burger. The beers complimented the food well. For Chicago the price is pretty solid. I actually anticipated playing a little more.
08-30-2011 21:42:12 | More by TheBear11D
4.63/5 rDev +19.9%
Chitown....BABY! Corner of State and Grand....great local for a brewery. Yes these are a chain of breweries, but they do a fairly nice job of brewing beer....mix that with some great food....espcially the NACHOS (according to my wife) and you have major success! Solid line up of beers....I had the specials...Fire Chief and Drink Me IPA....both very good. We of course had nachos...followed by a delicious burger. It is certainly worth a stop even if just for a beer! The bar area is much better thean the stiff "grill" area. I like my breweries to be relaxed.
03-26-2011 22:36:59 | More by WoodBrew
3.83/5 rDev -0.8%
This is a very good brewpub for what is essentially a chain restuarant. That is probably mostly do to the fact that they give the brewers at every one of their locations the freedom to put their own spin and influence into each of the styles. I really like that and respect that.
I have found myself at this location a number of times. I always enjoy myself. The beer is solid and sometimes I will come across one that is very tasty. I always get a flight, since the stout you tasted last year will not be like the stout they have tonight. That goes for all their styles. They have a nice menu and I have never had a bad meal.
All in all, this is a very safe place. If you find yourself with a bunch of swill drinkers, this place is a good idea. It will keep you happy as well as have plenty of safe choices for their unseasoned tastebuds.
10-14-2010 04:48:48 | More by Czap
3.98/5 rDev +3.1%
This is my go-to place for after concerts when I head downtown for shows at the House of Blues. Its within walking distance and is a great way to cap off the night.
The place is darker and easy on the eyes. Normal restaurant/bar noise level. With the upstairs and the rest of the building being quite vast, they have a lot of room and can easily accommodate almost any party/event.
The food is quite good and not too bad on price. It's pretty fair for what you would expect in Chicago and you're not going to leave feeling like you spent a lot of money on some weak food.
The beer is great. They really crank out some good stuff, especially their Blonde and the Brickyard Brown. They have some great seasonal beers too.
09-16-2010 20:15:08 | More by cjacobsen
Ontario (Canada)
3.8/5 rDev -1.6%
Came here with my girlfriend and parents while living in Chicago. Gorgeous, swanky interior, lots going on, fairly loud music with patrons by the bar and couples/families seated for dinner. We chose a booth by the window away from the crowd. My dad and I split a flight of seven different beers, including the American Dream IPA, Brown Bear Dark Ale, Terminal Stout, and Line Drive Light, among others. All of the brews were mediocre to above average. For food I went with the Creole Jambalaya, we all split the Brewery Nachos, and everyone enjoyed their entrees. This is a great place to have some drinks and a meal with friends or family, just don't expect much from the beer lineup.
07-13-2010 04:45:33 | More by cratez
4.28/5 rDev +10.9%
Calling myself a regular at this place would be an understatement, I've been going to Rock Bottom at least twice a week for the past 5 years for two simple reasons: the staff and the beer.
Peter Crowley (the brewmaster) does a phenomenal job, there is constantly new beers on tap every month and even year in and year out there are few repeats and two batches are never exactly the same. More important than the variety, the beer is good. Really good! When there are anywhere from 8-12 different beers to choose from if you can't find something you like you either have really discerning taste or no taste at all.
Additionally they've recently started carrying "special guest" beers from local microbreweries. I've seen (and had) beers from Two Brothers, Metropolitan, and Half Acre on tap - a nice bonus considering I don't know any other bar in that area carrying beers from any of those breweries (maybe you can find two brother's at clark ale but I don't recall ever seeing it).
Beyond the beer the staff is knowledgeable, friendly, welcoming and entertaining. I admit I'm completely biased because several of the bartenders have become friends of mine but they weren't when I first started going in and they are no small part of what has made me a regular. I can get a beer anywhere, the attitude of the staff is the icing on the cake.
I want to counter the previous reviewer that claimed the staff is not knowledgeable with a bit of explanation from personal experience: some of the staff is not that knowledgeable when it comes to beer and this is largely dependent on when you go and where you sit. The place has a large staff so turnover is what you would expect in a restaurant of that size - this leads to new waitstaff working days, waitstaff who haven't worked there long enough to learn the beer. Beyond that some of the staff don't really care to learn, what they call "beer university" is a mandated corporate training requirement for all the waitstaff but it's not held that regularly and like with anything else you can't teach someone what they don't care to learn. If you want informed knowledgeable staff who drink the beer and know the beer head to the bar. You have to work your way to a bartending position there so there are no newbies and all the bartenders drink the beer, they're not home brewers but they will be the most knowledgeable staff in the place at any given time (save the brewmaster or head brewer).
Pro tip: ask for a sample if you are unsure, or ask for 2 samples if you cant decide between two. The samples are free and the staff (or bartenders at least) are always happy to oblige. The sample's are very small glasses in which they give you about 2oz of the beer you are inquiring about.
The food is good not great, they recently revised their menu to go along with the recent restoration of the interior (they're trying to have a bit classier of an image) so if you haven't enjoyed the food in the past I encourage you to try it again.
The decor is nice after the restoration, classier feel, more steak-house-ey if that makes any sense. The atmosphere is predominantly governed by the crowd which varies. In the evenings I would say the crowd is a mix of regulars and tourists many of the regulars being restaurant industry people. Women-wise I wouldn't call the crowd impressive though I wouldn't call it a complete sausage fest either, but if you want to stare at good looking women who wont sleep with you there are plenty of other bars in the city to accomplish that in.
Bottom line is its a friendly, unassuming, reasonably priced (for the area) place with great beer on tap that you can't get anywhere else. Personally I don't ask for much more than that which is what has kept me firmly planted as a bar fixture in that place for years.
02-18-2010 17:10:40 | More by ChiTownBeerClown
3.08/5 rDev -20.2%
This brewery is located smack dab in the middle of downtown Chicago. Being such its always busy which sucks and forever has has annoying construction around making it tough to get in and out.
The atmosphere is nothing special, its a a regular busy restaurant with a couple tvs throughout. Its too busy and cramped for me.
The quality is ok, they have decent beers of their own making. However, the quality and selection of guest beers is severely lacking.
The service is ok. They are not beer people, but nice enough. Cannot offer you good suggestions.
The selection is pretty weak, usually only 5-6 of their brews and not much of a choice of anything else.
The food bar food, and average at that. For the restaurant it is, it should be a lot better.
12-27-2009 01:55:59 | More by jrallen34
3.55/5 rDev -8%
Happened to be walking and saw this place and decided to have dinner there (can't go to a new city and not visit a brewery). They let you try the beer, which is brewed at location, so that was nice. The food was decent, not bad but not exceptionally good. Then best beer that I tried was the Terminal Stout, but other than that the other beers were a little flavorless. The cask ale was old and had a watery taste to it and the IPA was the worst IPA I have ever had, tasted like lemonade. But other than that it was a nice place, although I probably won't go back, too many other places in Chicago.
10-17-2009 01:04:03 | More by jamescain
Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery in Chicago, IL
87 out of 100 based on 86 ratings.


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The New York Giants have agreed to a five-year deal with Beatty, who could have become a free agent.||||||| Beatty is entering his fifth season with the Giants. He played in all 16 games last season after missing much of training camp with a sore back. Beatty was a second-round pick in 2009 from Connecticut. He has played in 50 games with the Giants. He's made four starts at left tackle, four at right tackle and one as an extra tight end.
New York Giants left tackle Will Beatty is scheduled to have surgery on Thanksgiving to repair a detached retina in his right eye. The Giants disclosed the injury late Wednesday afternoon, saying there is no timetable for Beatty's return. He has started at left tackle all season.||||||| Beatty, bothered by back spasms last week, was hurt Sunday night in a loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. He developed blurriness in his eye as the week progressed and the detached retina was diagnosed. The most obvious solution for the Giants (6-4) on Monday night at New Orleans would be to switch guard David Diehl back to left tackle, a position he played for four years. Backup Kevin Boothe can play every position on the line and he usually takes over after an injury.
Beatty has been activated for the New York Giants' game against the Cowboys.||||||| It's the first time he's dressed for a game since breaking his right foot in the season opener.
The Giants signed second-round pick Beatty on Thursday.||||||| Contract terms were not immediately available for Beatty, an offensive tackle from Connecticut who was the 60th pick.


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