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Liberty School Pinot Noir 2012
Pinot Noir from North Coast, California
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The 2012 Pinot Noir exhibits a bright floral nose with aromas of fresh cut strawberries. Fruit-forward flavors of cherry and strawberry strike a wonderful chord with the clean minerality and balanced notes of spice and crushed herb. With soft integrated tannins, this medium-bodied wine finishes with a beautiful, long and silky finish.
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Varietally on target, reliable year after year, Liberty School Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Cuvee consistently over-deliver value wines of outstanding quality. The Hope family has been making Liberty School Cabernet Sauvignon since 1990. In 1996, when the Hopes established Treana Winery, the Liberty School brand officially became part of Hope Family Wines. Liberty School wines are made in a traditional style. Fruit driven, they are crafted to reflect true varietal character. The wines are barrel-aged, employing very little new oak. Oak is used as a building component rather than a flavoring agent. A big brand, made by a small, close family, Liberty School is the home of delicious wines that are easy to enjoy. View all Liberty School Wines
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View a map of North Coast wineriesBeyond Napa and Sonoma in the north you find a couple of other counties producing great wine. Among these are Mendocino and Lake County. The northernmost California winegrowing regions, these two counties are right above Napa and Sonoma, geographically. Yet, wine-wise they are very different – both from their southern neighbors and from each other.
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Mendocino has a high amount of organic vintners and vines. The first winery to settle here was Fetzer, which practices organic viticulture and holds some of the most vineyard land in the area. Mendocino has many pockets of micro-climates while Lake County, being smaller in size, is less diverse climactically. As for the grapes, Chardonnay is the most popular in both counties, but there are also some excellent Sauvignon Blancs, particularly in the Lake County. In red wine, Zinfandel leads the way, followed by Rhone Blends and Petite Sirah. The reds in both counties are complex and sumptuous. Anderson Valley is a sub-AVA of Mendicino and is quite well known for its excellent cool climate, producing the delicious Roederer Estate sparkling wines and some wonderful cool-climate Syrah.About California
It's not rare to see a wine's country of origin listed as "California." A country into itself in the wine world, California makes enough varieties and styles to match many European wine countries. It produces a diverse range of wines that span the quality spectrum.The most famous of the California wine regions is Napa Valley, and these wines are certainly outstanding – but it's not as broad and diverse as its larger neighbor, Sonoma County. Down south, Santa Barbara's Santa Maria Valley is well-known for its Rhône blends, as well as cool-climate varieties like Pinot and Chardonnay. The Central Coast, the largest California AVA, has many different microclimates that lead to a wide range of wines with many sub-AVAs.
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During the UFC 168 post fight press conference, Ronda Rousey was announced as the UFC 170 main event, less than two months away. The announcement even had a poster. Had Rousey lost, an alternate poster had been created, with Cormier vs. Evans most prominent. This is the poster in higher res: General consensus is that the UFC 170 poster is badass. How do you think it compares to some other western, UFC posters? The UFC has occasionally gone off the reservation with designs, with interesting, even amazing results. When Ronda Rousey headlined UFC 157, there were both western and Japanese fight posters. This is what the English speaking world saw: This is what they used in Japan: For posters that bottle the mind, no one did it better than Japan's Pride. Yes, those are sperm. So UG, what do you think of the Ronda Rousey headlinging UFC 170 fight poster? Related MMA gear from the UG Store
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Neal was activated from exempt status following a four-game suspension for violating the NFL's policy on performance-enhancing substances.
The 6-foot-3, 294-pounder, who was a second-round draft pick out of Purdue in 2010, insisted he did nothing to warrant his recent suspension, claiming on multiple occasions that he had simply taken physician-prescribed Adderall for attention-deficit disorder.
However, the NFL said it had not been made aware of Neal's condition when he first began taking his medication, prompting the league-imposed suspension. Neal appealed the suspension to no avail.
Neal, who has been limited to nine games by injuries since he was drafted, said earlier this week that returning to NFL action is akin to "being freed from jail.
"It's like, 'OK, now it's time for me to live my life and do what I do,' he said. "I'm going to do that."
As a result of Neal's return to the active roster, Green Bay parted ways with Merling. A second-round draft pick by the Miami Dolphins in 2008, Merling has failed to produce much in the professional ranks. The 6-5, 315-pound former Clemson Tiger has just 3.5 sacks in five NFL seasons.
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Scientists in Singapore think there might be a way to fight microorganisms that cause infection with, well, other microorganisms that cause infection.
Synthetic biologist Matthew Chang and his colleagues at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore bioengineered E. coli bacteria in a way that causes them to hunt down and kill the gram negative bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa. It's a frequent cause of hospital-acquired infections like pneumonia and bloodstream infections.
In a paper published in the latest issue of ACS Synthetic Biology, the group fed their pumped-up E. coli to mice infected with P. aeruginosa and, a few hours later, found fewer pathogens in their feces.
According to an article in Nature this week, Chang sees potential for eventual use in humans as a preventative measure for people at risk of infection. The E. coli would remain dormant in the gut, only to be activated by the presence of P. aeruginosa.
Here's how it works. The scientists inserted genes into E. coli that would make it secrete a killing peptide called microcin S. Then they loaded it with genes that make a nuclease that can slice through to protective film that envelops colonies of the bacteria. Finally, they programmed the E. coli so that it's activated by the presence of a certain P. aeruginosa messenger molecule.
While similar methods have been studied and developed in the past, University of Maryland synthetic biologist Wiliam Bentley is quoted by Nature as saying that this approach is "really innovative" and unique in that no one has ever put all of these mechanisms together.
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Implementation of the Act to Ensure Fairness Regarding Use of Consumer Credit Reports in Insurance Underwriting
P.L. 2003, c. 223, which amends the Maine Insurance Code 24-A M.R.S.A. by enacting § 2169-B, created new provisions regulating the use of credit information and credit insurance scores. On September 11, 2003 the Bureau issued Bulletin 321 to provide guidance to insurers authorized to write personal lines insurance.
This bulletin outlines the Bureau of Insurance's interpretation and implementation of portions of the law and contains comments related to the Maine Insurance Information and Privacy Protection Act. The bulletin does not summarize the entire section and insurers are expected to review the statute in its entirety.
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Section 2169-B(2)(B) states in part that an insurer may not deny, cancel or refuse to renew a policy of personal insurance solely on the basis of credit information without consideration of any other applicable underwriting factor independent of credit information. An insurer can deny, cancel or refuse to renew as long as other factors are taken into consideration. However the Bureau interprets this provision as supplementing any other law relating to the cancellation or nonrenewal of personal lines policies, and insurers are still required to comply with all such applicable laws including the Maine Automobile Insurance Cancellation Control Act and the Maine Property Insurance Cancellation Control Act.
Section 2169-B(2)(C) states that an insurer may not base an insured's renewal rates solely on credit information, without consideration of any other applicable factor independent of credit information. It is the Bureau's position that if an insured's credit information or insurance score, as defined in sections 2169-B(1)(F) and (G) respectively is the only rating element that changes at renewal, the insured's rates cannot be changed at renewal unless the insurer has given consideration to other rating factors in calculating the renewal rate. A filing of a rating plan does not result in the application of section 2169-B(2)(C) at the time of filing but application of the rating plan to an insured at renewal requires the insurer to adhere to the requirements of this section.
If an insurer declines, nonrenews or cancels a personal insurance policy (including a cancellation prior to the initial 60 days of coverage as permitted in 24-A M.R.S.A. § 2914 for motor vehicle insurance and 24-A M.R.S.A. § 3049 for property insurance), the insurer must provide the consumer with the specific reason or reasons for the cancellation in writing or advise the consumer that upon written request the consumer may receive the specific reason or reasons in writing pursuant to 24-A M.R.S.A. § 2212.
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* previous adverse underwriting decision * consumer previously obtained coverage through a residual market, a surplus lines insurer or a carrier that specializes in substandard risks. * personal information received from an insurance support organization whose primary source of information is insurance carriers unless the insurer obtains the primary source information confirming the information received from the insurance support organization.
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Section 2169-B(2)(E) provides that an insurer may not consider an absence of credit information, the number of inquiries or an inability to calculate an insurance score in underwriting or rating personal insurance unless the insurer has demonstrated to the superintendent that an absence of credit information, the number of inquiries or an inability to calculate an insurance score is a relevant factor to the risk underwritten or rated by the insurer and the insurer applies this factor in a manner approved by superintendent.
The new statute does not define the term "inquiries." It is the Bureau's position that an insurer must consider the type of inquiry which may appear as credit information in a consumer report. Absent a substantial demonstration to the contrary the following types of credit inquiries may not be used as a negative factor in the insurance score algorithm, computer model or as part of the insurance underwriting or rating process
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Even in the toughest of times, there's always something to celebrate. And while these may not be the toughest of times (anyone who lived through the Great Depression or World War II would tell you those times were much tougher), these are certainly not the best of times.
The national economy has slowed, and gas prices are at historic highs, with some experts predicting the national average for unleaded regular gasoline will break the $5 mark this year.
The Lancaster Dixie Ponytails are riding high after winning the state championship and a bid to the World Series.The Lancaster Ponytails, in a do-or-die situation, rebounded from a tournament-opening loss to Hartsville to defeat Hartsville 5-0 for the state championship on Wednesday night at the Bobby Richardson Recreation Complex in Sumter.In the title game, Katy Ghent, who won three tournament games, went the distance, allowing one hit and a walk.
This letter is addressed to the medical professionals doing business in the Lancaster area, but it should be of interest to other folks, as well.
In reading newspapers, watching TV and listening to AM radio lately, it has become apparent that many things are occurring in this city, state and country that should be of concern to everyone.
A few weeks ago, I sent a letter to the editor criticizing Rep. Mick Mulvaney for opposing a ban on alcohol inhalers (devices that turn liquor into a mist so that it can be inhaled into a person's lungs, getting them drunk quickly).
As the victim of a drunken driver, my point was that we don't need any devices that get people drunker faster because who knows how many of them will end up behind the wheel of a car.
I am responding to the story "Schools get s $4.5 million from feds" in the July 16 edition of The Lancaster News. The grants are to be used to reduce alcohol use, foster more physical activity among students and encourage them to go to college.
Grants are those gifts from Washington that don't have to be paid back. Apparently they come like manna from heaven.
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Authorities are investigating the early Tuesday burning of the two-story house that accused killer Darren Winchester used to live in.
Firefighters received a call about 2 a.m. Tuesday that the house near Blakley Crossroads was on fire and the blaze was "fully involved," sheriff's office spokesman Tom Holland said.
Firefighters were called out later that day to douse hot spots.
"It pretty much burned to the ground," Holland said.
The sheriff's office is treating the fire as suspicious and continues to investigate. No arrests have been made.
Six-year-old Caleb Griffin is just so special. He says that's why the Community Playhouse of Lancaster County cast him as Mowgli in "Disney's The Jungle Book Kids."
"Mama says I'm just so special," he said. "I'm specialer."
Griffin is one of 60 children cast for the production, which opens Friday.
Family Promise of Lancaster County would like to thank Darlene Hallman and the Red Hat chapters who gave their time and energy to plan and run a Chinese auction to benefit Family Promise.
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In today's economic climate for baseball, Loria will do what he can to put together another good team, with or without some of the current stars. Unfortunately, to run his business effectively, he has no choice but to make difficult decisions. Maybe the People's Pudge Fund proposed by Korten could be used to redesign the entire Major League Baseball system. If not, then baseball may be heading down the dark and dangerous road taken by the National Hockey League. This baseball fan hopes not.
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Yes! The People's Pudge Fund will work! Tristram Korten's "Power to the Pudge!" was quite simply the best outside-the-box thinking I have read in a very long time. Every last one of his People's Pudge Fund suggestions would work: court-ordered ticket purchases, a Miccosukee casino partnership, tax surcharges on Hummers, federal asset-seizure participation, hip-hop subsidies, Ecstasy bulk-sales taxes, and market-specific fundraisers.
It's a shame we can't get the powers that be to use their heads so creatively. Thanks for the G.E.N.I.U.S. piece.
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There's no neighborhood there: As an architect and urban designer and a resident of the neighborhood around the Design District, I appreciated Alfredo Triff's article "Designs on the Future" (October 23) and his interview with Craig Robins. I also appreciate Mr. Robins's efforts in the area. His buildings played a large role in my decision to invest and live there. He is also quite correct in his citing of Miami's zoning regulations as a contributing factor in the dismal state of our urban landscape. I teach at the University of Miami School of Architecture, birthplace of New Urbanism, so I am quite familiar with this subject.
I would, however, like to comment on the issue of neighborhood exploitation. The buildings Mr. Robins owns and operates are within a seven-block area between Federal Highway west to North Miami Avenue, and from NE 38th Street north to NE 41st Street. Ninety-five percent of the businesses in this zone sell very high-end design services and products to a high-end clientele who come to enjoy the refined, renovated buildings for a few hours and then go back to their lives in South Beach, Coral Gables, and Kendall.
It seems as if this is no more than the same elitist concept of the high-rise condo in commercial form, just spread out in the best commercial spaces in the neighborhood. Some of these spaces could be used for businesses that would make a neighborhood more real -- bookstores, midpriced ethnic restaurants, a movie house, nonvelvet-rope nightclubs (see "The Grass Menagerie" by Lee Klein in the same issue). So the question is: Has the neighborhood really benefited beyond a superficial level?
To the majority of residents in the area, the "Design District" may as well be as far away as Mt. Olympus.
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Because it's simple and stupid and everywhere all the time: In response to Nick Weidenfeld's "The Ying and the Yang" (October 16), I can appreciate only about ten percent of Southern hip-hop. Sometimes Trick Daddy is good, but sometimes he's just plain ignant! Outkast is too good to be associated with the stigma that Southern hip-hop has. I can't stand Lil' Jon.
Sometimes all that music sounds so simpleton -- simple and stupid. I don't mind crunk and other mindless creations, but I can't stand the fact that the airwaves are saturated with so much garbage. I mean, too much of anything is bad. There is no balance on the radio. Just garbage after garbage. Let me not call it garbage because it might be another man's treasure, but the airwaves are just bombarding us with the same old same old. It literally numbs my brain to the point that I shut off the radio scrambling for something to hear. Hip-hop is now in a state of hoes and pimps. I can appreciate when people are creative about it, but some of these songs bring audio pollution to my ears and I find myself getting a headache. I wonder if music really affects the soul or something.
Nobody is trying to rap good because they rely so much on hooks and beats and the ladies just suck this up. No sense fighting, though. Hip-hop has sort of always been this way. But I just wish there were more nourishing songs to the mind. I don't like Talib Kweli but his song "Just To Get By" is so damn refreshing to the mind.
Nick Weidenfeld did a good job with the Ying Yang twins. I hate their music, but at least the article wasn't about their music. They've got hooks and something resembling rhythm that command women to be stupid and shake their asses. But it was good to read about Eric Ron "Kaine" Jackson's cerebral palsy. Good insight.
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Pro's: The hotel location was perfect, nice flat screen TV, ok beds, good breakfast and the AC worked great, friendly staff, ok ambiance. Con's: Poor smell of the room, sink outside of the bathroom and no counter space, peeling paint everywhere, door deadbolt did not lock, drain in tub broken, a lamp blew out when I unplugged my phone charger, the cleaning cart wheels were extremely loud and annoying throughout the daytime, no onsite restaurant - long wait on appetizers at bar, no pool, no valet and parking deck clearance is a problem for larger trucks. |
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I'm sure Jenn could use a raise. :) |
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The location and friendlyness of staff. The food/drink voucher was an added bonus!!! |
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The Duke's Emporium shopping complex
Categories: Restaurants > American & BBQ
Address: 5th floor, Emporium Shopping Complex, 622 Soi 24, Sukhumvit Rd., Khlong Tan, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110 Thailand See map
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Coming all the way from Chiang Mai, this American restaurant is famous among discerning locals for the fantastic burgers, delicious pizzas, falling off the bone ribs and high quality food. At the Dukes Emporium the American food is freshly home baked or grilled and the large portions make it excellent value for money. Located on the 5th floor of the Emporium Shopping Center at Sukhumvit soi 24, recharge your batteries with some great American food. Reviewed by a large number of food critics with the same favorable review as many locals in Bangkok. "Thumbs up." Delivery available thru www.chefsxp.com Open daily from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. http://www.dukesbangkok.com/
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Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
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10:00 to 22:00
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100 - 400 Baht/Day or 3 - 13 USD/Day
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5th floor, Emporium Shopping Complex, 622 Soi 24, Sukhumvit Rd., Khlong Tan, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110 Thailand
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- Date:08 Jan 2011
- Kick-off:15:00
- Venue:Vicarage Road Stadium
- Attendance:8,950
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Lloyd Doyley takes a shot. Brilliant save by Jake Kean.
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Danny Graham scores a goal from the edge of the penalty box to the top left corner of the goal. Watford 4-1 Hartlepool.
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The ball is sent over by Gavin Massey.
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The referee gives a free kick against Antony Sweeney for handball. Free kick taken by Rene Gilmartin.
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Foul by Ross Jenkins on James Brown, free kick awarded. Evan Horwood takes the free kick.
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Marvin Sordell scores a goal from close in to the bottom left corner of the goal. Watford 3-1 Hartlepool.Assist on the goal came from Dale Bennett.
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Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Matthew Whichelow by Andy Monkhouse. Dale Bennett takes the direct free kick.
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Fabian Yantorno replaces Paul Murray.
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The ball is sent over by Evan Horwood, save by Rene Gilmartin.
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Danny Graham joins the action as a substitute, replacing Troy Deeney. Stephen McGinn is brought on as a substitute for Will Buckley.
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Marvin Sordell takes a shot from just outside the penalty area clears the crossbar.
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Ross Jenkins challenges Neil Austin unfairly and gives away a free kick. Free kick taken by Neil Austin.
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Leon McSweeney leaves the field to be replaced by Colin Larkin. Will Buckley is ruled offside. Jake Kean takes the direct free kick.
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Antony Sweeney is ruled offside. Rene Gilmartin restarts play with the free kick.
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Marvin Sordell fires in a goal from just outside the box to the bottom right corner of the goal. Watford 2-1 Hartlepool.
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Centre by Adrian Mariappa, Matthew Whichelow takes a shot. Save by Jake Kean.
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The ball is delivered by Lloyd Doyley, Evan Horwood makes a clearance.
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Piero Mingoia gets on the score sheet with a goal from outside the area to the top right corner of the goal. Watford 1-1 Hartlepool.Ross Jenkins takes a shot.
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Corner taken right-footed by Piero Mingoia from the left by-line, Peter Hartley makes a clearance.
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Joe Gamble takes a shot. Fantastic save by Rene Gilmartin.
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James Brown joins the action as a substitute, replacing Ritchie Humphreys.
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Evan Horwood produces a cross.
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Marvin Sordell takes a shot from just outside the penalty area clears the crossbar.
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Shot by Leon McSweeney from just outside the area goes over the net.
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Evan Horwood delivers the ball, Leon McSweeney produces a header from the edge of the box and misses to the left of the target.
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The ball is swung over by Leon McSweeney, Dale Bennett manages to make a clearance.
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The ball is delivered by Matthew Whichelow, clearance by Gary Liddle.
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Corner taken right-footed by Piero Mingoia from the left by-line, Paul Murray makes a clearance.
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The ball is delivered by Lloyd Doyley, blocked by Neil Austin.
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The assistant referee flags for offside against Andy Monkhouse. Rene Gilmartin takes the free kick.
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Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Joe Gamble by Troy Deeney. Evan Horwood takes the free kick.
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Andy Monkhouse has a shot on goal from outside the area which misses left.
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The official flags Leon McSweeney offside. Free kick taken by Rene Gilmartin.
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Paul Murray shown a yellow card. Paul Murray challenges Piero Mingoia unfairly and gives away a free kick. Rene Gilmartin restarts play with the free kick.
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Effort on goal by Troy Deeney from deep inside the penalty area misses to the right of the goal.
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Ritchie Humphreys is penalised for handball and concedes a free kick. Free kick taken by Lloyd Doyley.
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Hornets missing players Watford manager Malky Mackay is without a host of first-team players for the FA Cup visit of in-form Hartlepool. Left-back Andrew Taylor and midfielder Jordon Mutch have returned to parent clubs Middlesbrough and Birmingham respectively after their successful loan spells ended. Captain John Eustace is also definitely out with the calf strain which ruled him out of the 2-1 win at Scunthorpe on Bank Holiday Monday to leave Mackay short of midfield numbers. Top scorer Danny Graham (hamstring) and winger Don Cowie (calf) are touch and go after picking up injuries at Scunthorpe so could miss out. Midfielder Stephen McGinn remains sidelined with the broken cheekbone and eye socket he sustained against QPR last month and winger Michael Bryan is out as he continues his recovery from a niggling ankle injury. Tom Aldred, Eddie Oshodi and Nathan Ellington are all back from loan spells with Stockport, Dagenham and Skoda Xanthi respectively but are not expected to feature. Hartlepool first-team coach Mick Wadsworth is once again without captain Sam Collins. The defender was injured during the 4-2 win over Oldham on New Year's Day and will be on the sidelines once again despite his knee problem not as bad as was first feared. Wadsworth could make changes for the trip to Vicarage Road following his side's 3-0 defeat to Notts County on Monday. Strike duo Adam Boyd and James Brown are pushing for starts after they occupied the bench in the defeat at Meadow Lane. Midfielder Antony Sweeney is likely to hold onto his place in the Pools starting line-up following his recent goalscoring form, while Colin Larkin could be recalled.
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Watford rally to knock out Pools Marvin Sordell scored twice to help Watford earn a place in the fourth round of the FA Cup as battling Hartlepool were beaten 4-1. A shock appeared to be on the cards when Antony Sweeney scored his 10th goal of the season with the last kick of the first half. But quickfire goals from youngster Piero Mingoia - on his senior debut - and Sordell put the Hornets in command midway through the second half. Sordell made it 11 for the campaign with eight minutes remaining before substitute Danny Graham secured the in-form Hornets a sixth straight win at the death. Watford made five changes, with Troy Deeney starting in attack as Graham was only deemed fit enough for a place on the bench. Rene Gilmartin was in goal, with regular shot-stopper Scott Loach among the substitutes. Hartlepool dropped Steve Haslam, with Gary Liddle moving from midfield to partner Peter Hartley in the centre of defence. Midfielder Paul Murray came into the starting line-up, with Ritchie Humphreys playing as a lone striker. The youthful Hornets side started brightly, with Deeney seeing a shot blocked by Evan Horwood and Martin Taylor heading wide from a Mingoia corner. Pools, who went into the game having snatched four 1-0 wins on the road this season, had their first chance of the afternoon in the 22nd minute, but leading scorer Sweeney dragged his effort wide. Humphreys flashed an effort inches past the post shortly afterwards as the League One side started to get a foothold in the game. Deeney was wasteful from inside the area, while at the other end, lively winger Andy Monkhouse let fly from 25 yards but his attempt failed to trouble Gilmartin. Mick Wadsworth's men took the lead in first-half injury-time when Sweeney was sent clear one-on-one with Gilmartin, and the midfielder coolly slotted home. It was Hartlepool who began the second half strongly, with Leon McSweeney heading a Horwood cross wide before the same player cleared the crossbar with a shot from the edge of the box. Humphreys was withdrawn after 62 minutes, with James Brown entering the action, and it should have been 2-0 to Pools moments later. The ball fell kindly for Joe Gamble six yards out, but his fierce drive was brilliantly saved by Gilmartin. Watford levelled in fine style from their next attack. Mingoia collected the ball by the left corner flag and cut inside before lashing the ball into the top corner. The game was turned on its head two minutes later when Sordell found space in the area to send a right-footed shot into the bottom corner. The Hornets' passage into the next round was sealed in the 82nd minute when Sordell neatly converted a Dale Bennett pass from six yards. But there was still time for substitute Graham to add a fourth with a fine finish into the top corner from just inside the area.


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Notch signaling in the nervous system has been most studied in the context of cell fate specification. However, numerous studies have suggested that Notch also regulates neuronal morphology, synaptic plasticity, learning, and memory. Here we show that Notch1 and its ligand Jagged1 are present at the synapse, and that Notch signaling in neurons occurs in response to synaptic activity. In addition, neuronal Notch signaling is positively regulated by Arc/Arg3.1, an activity-induced gene required for synaptic plasticity. In Arc/Arg3.1 mutant neurons, the proteolytic activation of Notch1 is disrupted both in vivo and in vitro. Conditional deletion of Notch1 in the postnatal hippocampus disrupted both long-term potentiation (LTP) and long-term depression (LTD), and led to deficits in learning and short-term memory. Thus, Notch signaling is dynamically regulated in response to neuronal activity, Arc/Arg3.1 is a context-dependent Notch regulator, and Notch1 is required for the synaptic plasticity that contributes to memory formation.
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Were you required to take a personal finance class in high school?
I wasn't. And I'm not in the minority.
In fact, only seven states require a personal finance class for graduation, and just nine states require testing student knowledge in personal finance, according to the National Council on Economic Education's 2007 Survey of the States: Economics and Personal Finance Education in Our Nation's Schools.
And even if you did take a personal finance course, did it have any effect at all? Probably not.
Get Rich Slowly founder J.D. talked about his experience in this post about financial literacy:
When I was in high school, all seniors were required to take a financial literacy class. It covered topics like compound interest, the Federal Reserve, how to write a check, and the dangers of credit cards. I took that class. I aced every test. And five years later, I had the beginnings of a debt habit…From what I can tell, the kids from my high school grew up to be no different than the rest of Americans. We learned the basics of financial literacy, but it had no perceivable impact on the way we saved and spent and earned. We still made stupid mistakes. We still spent more than we earned.
A lot of people think the solution is more education. But J.D. had the education, and it didn't make a difference for him or his classmates.
So why do kids who do take personal finance still wind up with credit card debt?
High school personal finance curriculum isn't "sticky"
The problem is that passing a test doesn't equal financial literacy.
"High school classes in personal finance or money management do not tend to increase the financial literacy of students who take them," write Lewis Mandell and Linda Schmid Klein in a Financial Services Review paper. "The lack of 'stickiness' of courses…has long puzzled those who look to education for the solution to problems caused by financial illiteracy."
But if course content doesn't "stick," why can't we just write "stickier" curriculum?
One reason is that we don't really know what that looks like. "Currently, we have no clearly defined or widely accepted standards of excellence for financial education effectiveness, and certainly none pertaining specifically to youth financial education," writes Martha Henn McCormick in her research paper, The Effectiveness of Youth Financial Education: A Review of the Literature.
But even if we don't have widely accepted standards for effective curriculum, we do have a few clues about what works.
What's in it for me?
McCormick says that one thing we do know is that the most effective programs start with a real-life, participant-defined goal, such as buying a home or paying off credit card debt.
That rings true for me. The first time I really started to care about personal finance was when I decided I wanted to go to Italy. I realized that in order to travel, I needed to get rid of my debt and save money every month.
I also recently spoke with a loan officer who said that often when people are turned down for a mortgage, it motivates them to improve their credit.
"Financial literacy programs… must relate the course content to goal attainment and demonstrate how understanding and implementing financial principles will add significant value to their lives," write Mandell and Klein.
And there are programs out there doing this. Last year I wrote about a one called Opportunity Passport that provides personal finance classes for young people who are in foster care. But this program doesn't just consist of a bunch of lectures and tests.
"Beginning when they enroll, set a goal for what they want to purchase," says Raquel Pfeifer, who develops personal finance curricula with program participants in Opportunity Passport.
Then participants receive a personal bank account, and money saved is matched dollar-for-dollar, up to $1,000 each year. The money can be used for approved assets, such as education expenses, housing costs and health care.
"They can change their goal at any time, and they also get information on how to get their specific asset and keep it healthy, like caring for a car," says Christine Johnson, a consultant and trainer for Opportunity Passport.
Since Opportunity Passport launched in 2002, it has helped nearly 5,000 young people collectively save more than $6 million.
Another thing we know about effective personal finance programs is that they are customized for the participant. "There's not likely to be a one-size-fits-all financial education program for consumers," writes McCormick. "Program reviewers [have noted] the impact of demographic descriptors such as gender, employment status, ethnicity, family background, educational level, and other social markers."
In addition, study findings underscore the importance of incorporating a relevant program design. A 2008 study by Grody, Grody, Kromann and Sutliff found that elementary curricula are variations of the "save in a piggy bank" technique, but understanding the relationship of "money and ATM machines… is a more fundamental and current foundation for a financial education in our modern age."
Opportunity Passport strives to do this by customizing their curriculum through focus groups with their participants. For instance, during these focus groups, they learned that a lot of the kids had trouble with credit, but they didn't know what it was or how it could be positive and negative.
"The old curriculum didn't have a lot to do with credit," says Pfeifer. "The subject of credit came up again and again. Not just high-level information, but in-depth, detailed information about credit."
So based on feedback from the focus groups, they added that detailed information about credit.
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Of course, it's not easy to set real goals and customize curriculum, especially when it comes to implementing these practices on a national level. Matching savings dollar-for-dollar for every public school student just isn't realistic, and students are coming from very diverse backgrounds, so developing curriculum that speaks to the majority of students is no easy thing.
But what is clear is that our current model fails. Either a student doesn't get a personal finance education at all, or they get a typical high school class of lectures, outdated textbooks and exams. Maybe they'll learn how to calculate credit card interest, but studies show that it won't prevent them from getting a credit card in college and racking up consumer debt.
I can't say I have any answers here, but I do think it's important to look at what's working instead of just saying the solution is more education. We need the right kind of education, or else it won't make any difference at all.
What was your experience with personal finance courses in school? And in terms of your own financial literacy, what was most effective?
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