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I cut this down to one serving and used a sirloin steak that I sliced in thin strips. The sauce was wonderful. I used a mixture of baby bellas and buttons and they were great in this. I made and cooked the parsnips but forgot all about them when it came time to eat. They were still on the counter when I took my plate back to the kitchen. They had lost their crispness by then but I still tried a little taste and sure wish I'd remembered them. Thanks for sharing. Good luck in the contest.
I'm sorry if this is a little early (it's the 29th here!)
This was a really enjoyable recipe and came together quite well. The taste was really amazing. (super yummy).
The only reason I don't give this one a 5 is more to do with instructions and serving sizes than anything else. It's possible that we are big eaters, so please take with a grain of salt. 6-8 was extremely optimistic, it was closer to 4-6 serves (6 if you only wanted a small dish). It would also be great if you would edit the recipe to give a little more description on the parsnips (suggested total amount of strips rather than just how many... Apparently I bought quite large parsnips, although they were the smallest I could find) This resulted in my cooking time being a little out of wack and then the sauce being super thick, it also meant extra oil)
I know that this time around we needed to use the egg noodles, but I feel this dish would be even more delicious with pasta of some type, probably linguine.
Anyway. Made for Magic in the Kitchen 2012. Overall a real pleasure to make and I hope that my feedback is useful for next time around. Thank you very much for sharing.

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ARMOUR AVENUE was the name of this street and door signs on empty houses read "The Silver Dollar," "Swede Annie" and the Christian names of madams such as "Myrtle" and "Jenny."
Scrap iron, rags and bottles fill the front rooms hither and yon and signs in Yiddish say Abe Kaplan & Co. are running junk shops in whore houses of former times.
The segregated district, the Tenderloin, is here no more; the red-lights are gone; the ring of shovels handling scrap iron replaces the banging of pianos and the bawling songs of pimps.Chicago, 1915.
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5 CFR 430.303 - Definitions.
Terms used in this subpart are defined as follows:
Appointing authority means the department or agency head, or other official with authority to make appointments in the Senior Executive Service.
Appraisal period means the established period of time for which a senior executive's performance will be appraised and rated.
Balanced measures means an approach to performance measurement that balances organizational results with the perspectives of distinct groups, including customers and employees.
Critical element means a key component of an executive's work that contributes to organizational goals and results and is so important that unsatisfactory performance of the element would make the executive's overall job performance unsatisfactory.
Other performance elements means components of an executive's work that do not meet the definition of a critical element, but may be important enough to factor into the executive's performance appraisal.
Performance means the accomplishment of the work described in the senior executive's performance plan.
Performance appraisal means the review and evaluation of a senior executive's performance against performance elements and requirements.
Performance management system means the framework of policies and practices that an agency establishes under subchapter II of chapter 43 of title 5, United States Code, and this subpart, for planning, monitoring, developing, evaluating, and rewarding both individual and organizational performance and for using resulting performance information in making personnel decisions.
Performance requirement means a statement of the performance expected for a critical element.
Progress review means a review of the senior executive's progress in meeting the performance requirements. A progress review is not a performance rating.
Ratings: (1) Initial summary rating means an overall rating level the supervisor derives from appraising the senior executive's performance during the appraisal period and forwards to the Performance Review Board.
(2) Annual summary rating means the overall rating level that an appointing authority assigns at the end of the appraisal period after considering a Performance Review Board's recommendations. This is the official rating.
Senior executive performance plan means the written summary of work the senior executive is expected to accomplish during the appraisal period and the requirements against which performance will be evaluated. The plan addresses all critical elements and any other performance elements established for the senior executive.
Strategic planning initiatives means agency strategic plans, annual performance plans, organizational workplans, and other related initiatives.
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The entrance was beneath the "Captain" part of the sign. One shop unit wide, leading through to the cinema built behind the, then, existing shops.
In the photo, above the very left of the sign and the "C" there is a rusting box (a fireman's off switch as used on neon signs) and two brackets higher up (possibly sign fixings).
The photo shows what looks like dressing room windows and, certainly, the scenery loading dock. There's not a great height to the stage block for flying scenery etc.
The 'Overview' text has got the sequencing of the names wrong. I do not have a complete set of Kinematograph Year Books, but those I have give the following:
KYB 1914 – Victoria Assembly Rooms.
KYB 1927, 29, 31, 38 and 40 – Charnley's Pictures.
KYB 1942, 44, 47, 54, and 57 – Victoria Cinema.
For the latter two names, the address is Victoria Hall, Eanam Bridge.
As shown in the fire brigade ladder photo, the cinema was labelled 'Victoria' when subsidence forced its closure and demolition.
The following text is from a 'RootsWeb' page and was by "Linda Hindley" whose parents acquired the building for its return to roller-skating in the 1950s. She credits a Bolton Evening News article for some of the facts.
"The Olympia roller skating rink was erected on the site in 1909 and opened on Saturday Sept 25 of that year. The admission charge was 6d and hire of skates a further 6d and there were 3 sessions daily. The Olympia only lasted 3 years and closed on 27 May 1912.
Later that year, it opened as a picture house with the same name and had the largest seating capacity of any picture house in Bolton. On Sept 15 1929 it became the Regal and reopened as a 'talkie' cinema. From Sept 1929 until Sept 1952 the Regal led a relatively untroubled life except for hooliganism which resulted in destruction of many seats.
In (1952) the Progressive Publicity Co Ltd, a Manchester firm, took over the lease and Reginald Liversedge, the well known organist was appointed manager. On November 24 the cinema once again changed its name, this time to the Astor and the first film was 'Le Ronde'. The major decline in the Bolton cinemas began in the mid 50s. Between 1955 and the end of 1959 eight closed, the first being the Astor. The building then was converted back to roller skating by my parents and was opened by footballer Nat Lofthouse on November 9th 1955."
The Victoria Assembly Rooms in Market Street were designed and owned by a Councillor Holgate. There was a large, ballroom-sized, upper room, the 'Victoria Hall', beneath which was the 'Lesser Victoria Hall'.
In 1909 and 1912, Andrews travelling pictures had sessions at the upper hall. In January 1914 it was advertising as the 'Picture House, Victoria Hall'. It is listed in the Kinematograph Year Book 1914 as the 'Victoria Hall'; with no other information.
On 29 May 1922 it closed for extensive alterations; and reopened on 18 September 1922 as the Savoy Cinema. The two halls had been amalgamated as one, creating an auditorium with a balcony.
According to 'Chronicles of Pendle Picture Palaces' (by Peter Sagar for the Mercia Cinema Society) talkies debuted on 25 May 1931 with 'General Electric British Talking Pictures' and a 'Westone Rubber Sound Screen'. However, KYB 1931 gives the sound system as 'Edibell'. KYB 1935 to KYB 1949 has 'BTP'. In KYB 1950 this changed to Western Electric, which looks to coincide with the ownership passing from 'Victoria Picturedrome (Colne) Ltd' to Star Cinemas.
From KYB 1935 to KYB 1949 the capacity is 900. It is 806 in KYB 1950; 807 KYB 1954 and 1957 (the later indicates 'CinemaScope').
The last film was Ted Ray in 'Please Turn Over' on Saturday 10 June 1960.
The horizontal line on the wall at the top of the windows is where the roof of the lean-to (the gents) was continued to create a covered space. The windows had shutters on the outside and curtains on the inside. Beneath each window there is an air brick: as kids we'd put our ears to them and listen to the films!
To the right, a ramp leads down and passes under the rear of the small stage. The front exits at either side of the proscenium led to this passage way. There were metal gates at the pavement; and metal railings at the left.
The Coliseum was next to the Elite on Toller Lane, with Fairbank Road separating them. The irregular-shaped site is now derelict (2015) but the aerial view still shows the layout of the Coliseum garage and filling station which occupied the site. As a youngster in Bradford in the 1950s, it always fascinated me that Star had adjacent cinemas. When in my early 20s, I used the filling station!
And, being an old curmudgeon: I know Cinema Treasures is an American website; but could we use UK English/spelling, e.g. theatre and centre, please?
The streetview is looking at the site of a 'Hall' marked on an 1890 street map of Colne. On that map there is an area of open land between the lower side of the hall and West Street further down. The terrace gable end is there on the 1890 map.
The streetview shows the exact position of the 'Free Trade Hall' as shown on a street map of Colne dated 1890.
Lancashire County Records have documents indicating that the building was originally intended as as a warehouse and workshop, but amendments were submitted on 19 April 1905 to amend use to that of picture theatre by incorporating an orchestra pit and a projection room.
The interior fibrous plasterwork was by W H Horn Ltd of Idle, Bradford (Idle has a famous working men's club).
Sound debuted on 20 April 1931 (a month ahead of the Savoy) with a Western Electric system. Oddly, this is not listed in Kinematograph Year Book 1931, whereas the Savoy's is.
Up to KYB 1936 the proprietors were 'Varieties (Colne) Ltd' who also ran the King's Theatre on Ivegate in the town. In KYB 1937 ownership changed to 'Victoria Picturedrome (Colne) Ltd', who also owned the Savoy. That lasted to KYB 1949; Star Cinemas are listed owners of both in KYB 1950 and after.
The capacity is complicated. It was 980 in KYB 1935 to KYB 1938; 860 in KYB 1940 to KYB 1944; 700 in KYB 1945; 847 in KYB 1947 to 1949; 775 in KYB 1950; and 726 in KYB 1954 and KYB 1957.
KYB 1940 and KYB 1942 list the proscenium as 30ft wide. KYB 1957 lists 'CinemaScope',
On Wednesday & Thursday, 14 & 15 August 1963, bingo was introduced for two nights each week. After 10 June 1964 it was full-time bingo, with Saturday children's matinees. It reverted to full-time films on 1 November 1964 with 'Hard Day's Night'; they ended on 8 April 1965 with '30 Years of Fun' (a compilation of archive film footage from silent and early talkies eras).
The heating system was overhauled and bingo became the sole business until closure in May 1978.
The building was demolished in April 2015. A student accommodation building will be on the site.
There is a research article here: http://www.knottingley.org/history/spencer/palace_cinema.htm
Closure was 3 December 1960.
Talkies came on Monday 18 November 1929 (The Perfect Alibi). One source says it was a German, Klangfilm, system. Kinematograph Year Book 1931 gives Western Electric.
Cinemascope debuted in March 1955 with 'The Egyptian'.
Someone needs a lesson in the use of the apostrophe!!!
It is the right photo. The view is Bury New Road on the south side of Sedgley Park, looking north. On the cinema site, the land dropped away from the road. I knew it only as a closed building. Patrons, walking in from the pavement, must have entered the building at the level of the lounges in the balcony void; and must have descended stairs to enter the stalls (yet the stalls side exits would have been at ground level). The auditorium is well back from the road, on the right of the photograph. The present (2015) Lidl supermarket site has been partially excavated; with its car park below the level of the road in the vicinity of the former cinema.
The Kinematograph Year Book for 1914 has the name as "Scala Electric Palace" and the address as Cooper St (later Copson St) which ran down the side of the building. The operators were Scala Electric Palace (Withington) Ltd and the capacity was given as 500.
Those were the days when shops would hang covers at their windows on hot, sunny days. The retail unit on the right sold sweets and tobacco. There wasn't a sweets/tobacco kiosk in the cinema; though there were the usual interval sales of ice-cream etc from trays worn stoically by usherettes. In the 1950s the shop seemed as dated as the cinema had become. On the left of the building there wasn't a matching shop. Inside, that area was men and women's toilets for the rear seats; and stairs up to the projection room.
The entrance doors were set back in the central opening. Pantograph-style metal gates were drawn across when the cinema was not open.
The Savoy is not listed in Kinematograph Year Book 1914. Under Cleckheaton there are just two entries: the Picture Palace around the corner in Albion Street; and the Temperance Hall a few hundred yards away. 'West Yorkshire Cinemas & Theatres' by Peter Tuffrey gives 1923 as the opening year.
Until Star acquired it, ownership was with Goodalls Pictures Ltd (later Goodalls Pictures (1931) Ltd) who gave the business address as Albion Street and the same phone number as the Picture Palace. Seating was initially given as 1200; but listings in the Star days gave 1214.
Also in 'West Yorkshire Cinemas & Theatres' by Peter Tuffrey there is a photo taken (probably) in the mid 1920s of the Picture Palace in Albion Street. To the right of the Palace there is a tall, narrow, new building with a Tudor-bethan finish to the upper façade. It has three double-door entrances above which is 'Savoy'; but there is no display matter whatsoever, just tasteful shrubs by the doors. However, another photo shows the principal entrance to the Savoy was on Bradford Road. Were the rooms on the upper two floors in Albion Street, perhaps, the offices of Goodalls Pictures?
The original sound system was BTH (British Thompson Houston). Some time around 1941 this was replaced with WE (Western Electric).
Up to, and including, KYB 1950 the listing for the Savoy had "café attached". Was that above the entrance/exit doors in Albion Street?
In 'West Yorkshire Cinemas & Theatres' by Peter Tuffrey there is a photo taken many years after the above (probably mid 1920s) of exactly the same stretch of Albion Street. The timbered(?) building to the right has been replaced with a tall, narrow, new building with a Tudor-bethan finish to the upper façade. It has three double-door entrances above which is 'Savoy'; but there is no display matter whatsoever, just tasteful shrubs by the doors. However, another photo shows the principal entrance to the Savoy was on Bradford Road.
From its opening to being acquired by the Star circuit (around 1953) the ownership was with Goodalls Pictures Ltd then Goodalls Pictures (1931) Ltd. Star shortened the name to Palace.
AWH sound was a British system named after Arthur William Harris (slogan 'Always Worth Hearing'). Around 1947 it was replaced with an RCA system.
Kinematograph Year Book 1935 to 1954 gave the capacity as 800; this fell to 697 in KYB 1957, presumably because of the CinemaScope installation. KYB always lagged changes.
In the Kinematograph Year Book 1914 the owners are exotically titled the "Franco-British Animated Picture Co".
Given that it closed in 1932, it managed to be listed in KYB 1935, 1940 and 1945 (but not after that) and as having 1550 seats and Western Electric sound!
The closing film, A Honeymoon Adventure, was made by Associated Talking Picture and released in September 1931. The SPH's top-of-the-range Western Electric sound installation could hardly have had time to pay for itself by closure in August 1932; probably two years at the most. G J Mellor in 'The Cinemas of Bradford' has "Spotlamps and stage fittings transferred to the Glenroyal". Perhaps that went for the WE equipment too. The SPH closed on Wednesday 31 August; the Glenroyal opened on Monday 5 September.
The original projection room was at the rear of the stalls.
In the quad arrangement, the two 'studios' immediately in front of the projection suite were each served by two mirrors giving a downward-then-forward firing 'periscope' arrangement. The pair beyond them were served by an upward-then-forward firing 'periscope' which took the beams above the ceilings of the nearer pair and through glazed openings into the distant pair. As ever, with such mirror arrangements: the light scatter ruined the image contrast; the imperfect geometry alignment of mirrors distorted the images; and the focus was poor and got worse over time as contaminating films of dust and grease were deposited on the mirrors. The screens were solid surfaces with the sounds coming from loudspeaker boxes (of no great quality): one screwed on the wall below each screen. The access corridors were not particularly wide and were rather claustrophobic.
The original licence was granted on 17 November 1909. The applicants were Burnley United Temperance Society (also known as the Burnley Blue Ribbon Union) who described the building as being on part of the site of the former foundry of Messrs Butterworth and Dickinson. It was constructed to the designs of architects Messrs G and S Keighley of Nicholas Street and included a fire-proof "cinematograph chamber . . cut-off from the hall itself" which contained "two cinematographs, electric motors, switches, telephones, etc". Building commenced in June and completed in November.
The gallery was described as running along three sides of the hall, with the "cinematograph chamber" at the rear of the central portion.
It is clear the Temperance Society intended it to be a picture theatre; and they requested permission in the licence for matinees on Tuesdays and Saturdays.


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A mainstay of young adult literature for over seventy years, J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit has finally been adapted for the big screen. Despite the fantastic, mythical setting of Middle Earth, Bilbo Baggins is a pretty identifiable protagonist for college-bound teenagers: he leaves his home for the first time, embarks on a journey in a new environment, makes new friends, and returns home a wiser, more experienced person. Heck – even Gandalf could pass for a professor as he pores over manuscripts.
Curiously enough, Bilbo's journey doesn't just mirror the college experience – it also reflects excellent test taking strategies for getting into school in the first place! Throughout the first Hobbit movie (An Unexpected Journey) Bilbo demonstrates these three ways to excel on the SAT.
1. Stay Well-Nourished
One of the more charming attributes of Hobbits is their love of good food, and Bilbo is certainly no different – his pantry is stocked with delicious breads, meats and cheeses:
These alluring foodstuffs actually represent an oft overlooked part of Test Day success – keeping your energy up by eating nutrient-dense snacks during breaks. Noshing on granola bars and sipping juice won't gain you points on the SAT, but it sure can help you stave off the mental mistakes and stress that stem from hunger and thirst.
You wouldn't sit all the way through The Hobbit without munching on some refreshments, so why deprive yourself of food during a longer, more fatiguing endeavor? Do yourself a favor: pack a bag of your favorite, hearty snacks the night before the test - apples, peanut butter, whole wheat crackers, etc. – so you're not sprinting towards the vending machines for a last-minute pick-me-up.
That said, there is a time and place for improvising on Test Day…
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2. Make Up Examples for the SAT Essay
Captured by hungry trolls and watching his companions slowly roasted over an open fire, Bilbo found himself in quite the pickle (so to speak):
Unarmed and outsized, our plucky hero managed to save the day by, well, lying through his teeth. Bilbo stalled for time by spinning yarns about the proper way to cook dwarves (skinning instead of roasting) and why they shouldn't be eaten right away (parasite infestation). By the time the trolls wised up to Bilbo's deceit, it was too late – Gandalf arrived with the morning sun, and the rays of dawn turned them to stone.
Now, it's likely some of you find writing a twenty-five minute essay just as hard as fending off a trio of ugly, ravenous cave monsters. The solution for getting through both challenges, coincidentally enough, is the exact same: making things up. SAT and ACT essay graders are forbidden from letting errors of fact negatively affect your essay score; in other words, you won't be penalized for lying. You have free reign to fudge minor details (you went to Paris with your family, not the French Club) and outright fib (you went to Paris, Texas, not Paris, France)! Graders can't tell if your essays are true, false, or somewhere in between – all they can assess is how specific, relevant, and convincing your examples are.
Remember – turning to stone and freezing up on Test Day is "for the trolls": if you can't brainstorm actual examples for your essay, just make them up!
Now, don't feel obligated to pull examples out of thin air – the prompt's quotation is a great place for inspiration. Looking in the test booklet for answers is also a great strategy for another section…
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3. The Answers to Critical Reading Questions Are Right Under Your Nose
Things didn't get any easier for Bilbo after escaping from the trolls. Trapped inside a mountain, separated from the dwarves, and knocked into a ravine by a goblin, our hero found himself staring eye-to-eye with this guy:
Gollum agreed to lead Bilbo out of his lair if the hobbit could beat him in a game of riddles; if Bilbo lost, though, Gollum would eat him alive. Trapped under a mountain with a walking cavefish, Bilbo wasn't exactly flush with escape routes, so he agreed to play.
Midway through the game, Bilbo was stuck on the riddle "Voiceless it cries, wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters." However, once he noticed waves rippling through Gollum's pond, he was inspired to correctly shout out "Wind!" Later, when Gollum almost had Bilbo stumped with "This thing all things devours; Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountain down", our hero shrewdly discovered the answer from Gollum's taunt: "time's up!" and went on to win the game.
Adopt Bilbo's strategy on Test Day by finding answers to Critical Reading questions right in the passage. Just as Gollum drew on his environment to form riddles, the test maker likewise writes questions that exclusively stem from the Reading passages. Even if you're familiar with a passage's topic, don't rely on that prior knowledge to answer questions; instead, search for clues embedded in the question stems, like line numbers and quotes from the passage. If you're asked to find the thesis, scour the introductory paragraph for hints. If you need to find out why the author uses a particular phrase, find it in the passage and read immediately above and below it for context. That strategy got Bilbo out of a tricky, tense situation – it can work for you, too!
Rory Hatfield teaches pre-college classes (SAT/ACT/PSAT) for Kaplan's Live Online division full-time; and is also a student at the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education, where he is earning a Masters in Instructional Design. He has taught numerous courses and events for Kaplan, including sample classes on college admissions, writing an effective personal statement, and whether to take the SAT, ACT, or both.
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Mayoral candidate Cam Winton crowns city's worst pothole
On Monday afternoon, Minneapolis mayoral candidate Cam Winton held a press conference to deplore Minneapolis's commitment to its roads. Location of the conference? Inside a pothole.
Winton launched a contest to find the "Worst Pothole in Minneapolis" last week. After dozens of submissions, he crowned a winner: the figure-eight crater at the intersection of 38th Street and Zenith Avenue South, southwest of Lake Calhoun. There, in the middle of the street, Winton set up a microphone and campaign banner, and stepped into the pothole.
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Winton's a different candidate than the six others vying for R.T. Rybak's office. He doesn't have any political experience. He's not gunning for DFL endorsement. In fact, though the Minneapolis mayor's seat is a nonpartisan post, Winton identifies as a Republican. Which means he's less interested in bike lanes and more interested in essential services: particularly, he says, police, fire, and, yes, roads.
"What the city's own data will show you is that when Rybak became mayor our roads were about an 80 on the Pavement Condition Index, and now they're barely above a 70," Winton says. "Everybody uses the roads in some form, and I've talked to bus drivers who say they can't keep on schedule because they have to weave around potholes."
A chart from the city's May 2012 Public Works report shows the declining Pavement Condition Index of city streets.
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Between 2008 and 2013, the city upped its roadway improvement spending. But now that that funding's through, "What you'll see," Winton says, "is that we're going to keep plateauing where we are."
Of course, it's easy to find potholes around the city this time of year: The winter freeze and thaw cracks the tar. "Pothole season absolutely is a phenomenon," Winton offers. "But the poor quality of our city's roads can't be explained away by pothole season. What we have is a lack of a sustained commitment."
In 2013, the city spent $22.7 million on road paving. But in 2014, that figure will drop to $13.3 million. Winton vows to stabilize spending at a level of $20-25 million annually.
His method: re-prioritizing the city's budget. "Re-allocation is a big piece of it," he explains. "And another is to streamline service delivery. That's not Republican code for 'laying people off.' But we can take advantage of the wave of retirements that's coming as baby boomers retire, and not fill those positions."
The city employs about 4,500 people, Winton reasons. "If we can find 100 positions that don't have to be filled," he says, "that's $10 million to put into road paving."
Winton would like to see more joint services agreements with Hennepin County (e.g., human resources could be merged), and also cites new bike trails, art in public places, and energy conservation as places where the city can step back and encourage the private sector to pick up the slack. In return, he says, drivers, bus riders, and bikers might get fewer potholes to contend with.
UPDATE: Nick Halter of the Southwest Journal reports that, between yesterday afternoon and this morning, the city filled Winton's "Worst Pothole":
That was quick. City of Mpls has already patched @cam_winton's worst pothole cc: @curtisgilbert @stribroper twitter.com/NHalterJournal...
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Ralph Nunez is Riverside's Teflon director of Parks & Recreation.
Try to compliment him on a city park — Andulka, Bonaminio, Orangecrest, Doty Trust, Bobby Bonds, Fairmount (there are nearly 60 such jewels) — and it just won't stick.
The 55-year-old Nunez will credit those power-of-the-purse peeps: the City Council; or the legions of can-do parks 'n' rec employees; or volunteer groups; or the seven-days-a-week work-release labor force; or ordinary Riverside citizens who not only flock to the parks but respect them. Press him, and Nunez might even lavish praise on the ducks, geese, bass and catfish.
Anyone but Ralph.
I met up with him a couple of days ago because he wanted to give me a little tour of one of his department's latest productions: The restoration of the 9-hole Fairmount Park golf course. The driving range should be open in mid-June; the course, mid-July.
By Nunez's estimate, not much (if anything) had been done to this ragged circuit for a quarter century. The place held such mystery that when the city launched the six-figure redo, it made an amazing discovery: the pro shop is on septic, not city sewer.
Now, it's on a new septic tank. And the course will be irrigated with the help of a water pump that (sitting down?) actually works! Which means? The fairways might actually turn green!
It was a relatively brief but thorough tour — there's not that much to the course. But what there is promises to be much, much better: new, clean restrooms; a snack bar that will serve burgers and hot dogs, barbecued on the premises (maybe beer, too); a covered patio with a fire pit; a lounge with a big TV (the better to watch the Golf channel); fully charged golf carts stored indoors overnight (this promises to reduce vandalism and theft).
The two small buildings, including the pro shop, will soon be fit for human habitation. Most if not all work is being done in-house to keep costs down. The city will run the course for the first year, hoping to get a clear idea of how much revenue to expect. Only then will it bring in a concessionaire.
The most illuminating part of the tour? Nunez himself — Riverside's parks chief since 2004. What propelled him into this career? Put simply, he knows what parks and recreation can mean to a kid. Because he was that kid.
The son of a construction worker, Nunez first became aware of what public parks and recreation have to offer — of the worlds they can open — when he was a 7-year-old growing up in Baldwin Park. It was through a parks 'n' rec program that he went to his first Dodgers game. (These days, Nunez might regret ever becoming a fan. I didn't bring it up.) At 16, he went to work for that city's parks department.
Today, when he watches disabled kids exploring Fairmount Park's universal playground, when he sees the look of first-time wonderment in their eyes, it only reaffirms what he has long known: "That's what it's all about," he says.
That's what parks 'n' rec can do for kids. That's what it did for him. That's why Ralph Nunez decided to spend his career spreading the wealth — and spreading the praise.
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To 19th century writers on art, from whom we have inherited the bulk of standard catalogs, lexicons, and histories—along with their judgments—Jackson's work seemed less a break with tradition than a corruption of it. His chiaroscuro woodcuts (prints from a succession of woodblocks composing a single subject in monochrome light and shade) were invariably compared with those of the 16th century Italians and were usually found wanting. The exasperated tone of many critics may have been the result of an uneasy feeling that he was being judged by the wrong standards. The purpose of this monograph, aside from providing the first full-length study of Jackson and his prints, is to examine these standards. The traditions of the woodcut and the color print will therefore receive more attention than might be expected, but I feel that such treatment is essential if we are to appreciate Jackson's contribution, in which technical innovation is a major element.
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Thank you. Talked to Torrensen. You are right, they can not ship to the islands. Fortunatley I have a guest coming down from the US in a couple of weeks so they can bring the parts. In the meantime I will look at the dealers - perhaps I can get them to do a rebuild for a reasonable price.
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Melaque is a great destination for people who are looking for a relaxed time in an area that is inexpensive and has great beaches.
It is a classic beach town, with lots of shops, restaurants, and central garden (square). Mexican tourists come here, especially from Guadalajara and Colima on the holidays and weekends.
The people are very nice and relaxed here, so you can make friends with both anglo and mexican people.
You can save money here because there are many nice budget and moderate hotels to choose from - or deluxe, if you prefer.
Costalegre or Costa Alegre is a stretch of small towns and beautiful beaches in southern Jalisco, from Barra de Navidad, 5 km S. of Melaque to Bahía Chamela about 75 km to the North.
To get here, take the Manzanillo flight, and taxi to Melaque.
Various modes of transportation work here: you can walk, take the bus, biking is good. If you rent a car, you can explore the whole coast. Taxi charges are not bad for local travel.
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I have some on my bike, and, I normally rest my palms on the 90 degree angle part. If I hold it in the horns, then, when I pull up to accelerate or just when turning it feels too "twitchy."
Does anyone else have the same experience?
I have some on my bike, and, I normally rest my palms on the 90 degree angle part. If I hold it in the horns, then, when I pull up to accelerate or just when turning it feels too "twitchy."
Does anyone else have the same experience?
putting your hands on the horns is great for climbing or sprinting. when im on the flats, i put my hands on the 90 degree part. i would say though that most of the time im on the horns
either out on the horns or against the stem.
I put my bullhorns on the kitchen counter and swap on some risers or marys.
Almost always out on the horns. I have a track bike and I like to stretch out. Also easier on the wrists for the long haul, imho.
90 angle part = shoulders... oui?
i ride w/ my hands on the shoulders a lot. and flats. horns are for sprinting and skipping.
the flat part after the bend for sprinting and hills, on the flat section or the drop for cruising.
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yeah, I'm almost always right by the stem, and then out on the horns for any climbing or sprinting
right by the stem unless i need to accelerate/stop quickly.
Same as mrRed 'cept I never ride the "drops". Way too uncomfy. My ideal bars would be short bullhorns with no drop, but they aren't sold over here... maybe I'll try flip'n'chops.
I'm same as both above, but have also found some good positions on the bend itself for when my hands get tired. ...better to have more possible positions than less.
i roll just like qp! and climbin'? out on da horns pardner!Originally Posted by queerpunk
sometimes I ride close to the stem, other times i'm at the 90, and sometimes i'll ride hands free. it all depends on the mood.
i find the bends/shoulders to be extremely uncomfortable.. that's why i changed to the rb021 from the time trial version.
i did too, till i angled them down just a wee bit. now it's like riding on the shoulders of drop bars. oh, plus, i have cushy foam grips on 'em...
On the flats next to the stem for dorking around, the horns for climbing and sprints. My bars get all squeaky when I use the horns as well, is it because my stem is loose?
Wire Will Break, but I don't have any cables right now.........
the squeek may be the flex in aluminium
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So what! Say what! For my own sake
i ride up against the stem when i'm just cruising. i hit the horns when i need the extra oomph.
but the last time i held my bullhorns was when i moved them out of the way on my workdesk.
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I've tuned everything for the horns.
Very comfortable.
i always ride as far out in the horns as possible and pull my elbows into my body relatively tightly. i love the stretch my neck gets by being so flat while keeping my head up to keep an eye on traffic. downward dog.
dont forget elbows on the flats near the stem
hands overlapping on the stem. the heal of my palm on the stem with my pinkies under the bar on each side of the stem so my hands don't slide forward. sounds complicated but as long as traffic isn't too bad you can maneuver well enough.
Hands are basically on the stem when I'm cruising. On the horns when I'm out of the saddle climbing or sprinting. On the shoulders when I decelerate.
i keep my hands in the 90 degree part, and up near the stem. when going faster im usually always on the horns. otherwise it's can get a little too stretched out for normal riding. and for climbing, whenever i need leverage.


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LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AMERICAN IDOL fans were treated to a tender and heartfelt experience during Wednesday night's AMERICAN IDOL Top 4 performance show: A look inside one of the country's top pediatric hospitals, Children's Hospital Los Angeles. The final four paid a visit to the nationally-ranked children's hospital Monday, inspiring dozens of young patients with an intimate private concert, bedside visits and participation in a variety of activities including an arts and music workshop, music therapy and storytelling.
"It was a special treat for our young patients to visit with the Top 4 AMERICAN IDOL contestants, who took time out to inspire us with their voices and their hearts," says Richard D. Cordova, FACHE, president and CEO of Children's Hospital Los Angeles. "The singers lifted everyone's spirits with their encouraging words during bedtime visits and their special concert for the kids, which drew smiles, cheers and then tears of joy. I'm thrilled we get to share these special moments with America."
IDOL contestants Candice Glover, Kree Harrison, Amber Holcomb and Angie Miller met with patients undergoing treatment in the hospital's Newborn and Infant Critical Care Unit (NICCU), Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Disease, the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit, the Cardiovascular Acute Unit and the Medical/Surgical unit. They witnessed critically ill newborn infants being treated with music therapy and spoke with young patients fighting a range of debilitating diseases, including cancer, heart disease and cystic fibrosis.
AMERICAN IDOL airs Wednesdays (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) and Thursdays (8:00-9:00 PM ET live/PT tape delayed) on FOX.
Children's Hospital Los Angeles treats 97,000 patients annually, from broken bones to the most rare and devastating illnesses. The pediatric facility is one of the nation's top five children's hospitals and ranked number one in California.
During the two-and-a-half-hour visit, the four finalists went from bedside to bedside, sharing their IDOL experiences with the hospital's most critically ill patients. Later, Glover entertained three young patients in the hospital's Literally Healing Library, reading from her favorite children's sound book, Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? Harrison visited babies and their families in the NICCU and took part in music therapy treatment with the patients under the supervision of a certified creative arts therapist. One of the songs she sang for a patient was a lullaby that Harrison's mom had made up for her. In the Creative Oasis Playroom, Holcomb and Miller did arts and crafts with the kids and participated in an arts and music workshop with team members from the hospital's Mark Taper-Johnny Mercer Creative Arts Program. One young patient, Morrison Davis, age two, who underwent a liver transplant three months ago, skipped and hopped around the room as Miller played on the piano. Patient Diamond Bradley, 15, sat with her mom, Debra, and did arts and crafts with Holcomb. "This was the happiest day for Diamond," says Debra. "This was an amazing gift."
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During the last part of the visit, about 75 lucky patients and family members gathered in the hospital's John Stauffer Conference Room for an intimate, 15-minute concert by the IDOL contestants. For the finale song, the IDOL finalists invited the young patients up to the front of the room to join them in the Bruno Mars song, Just the Way You Are. There wasn't a dry eye in the room. Afterward, the excited kids got the celebrity treatment themselves, parading out to a special red carpet ceremony and posing for pictures with the singers. They also got to stand behind an official IDOL microphone and backdrop to channel their own inner IDOL.
The performers came away from the experience feeling moved and inspired themselves, and even received a special gift from the kids, a hand-painted mural that read, Children's Hospital Los Angeles "loves AMERICAN IDOL. Thank you for visiting us!"
"These kids are going through a lot," said Glover. "Whatever we can do for them is especially rewarding for all of us."
"This is so inspiring for me," added Harrison. "This hospital does great things for kids."
"Children's Hospital L.A. doesn't feel like a hospital," noted Holcomb. "I hope the kids had a special day. We did."
"It's an amazing opportunity to come [to Children's Hospital] and give back," commented Miller. "I love Children's Hospital L.A. It was special."
About Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Children's Hospital Los Angeles has been named the best children's hospital in California and among the top five in the nation for clinical excellence with its recent selection to the prestigious US News & World Report Honor Roll of best children's hospitals. Children's Hospital Los Angeles is home to The Saban Research Institute, one of the largest and most productive pediatric research facilities in the United States. The hospital is also ranked among the country's premier teaching hospitals, and has been affiliated with the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California since 1932.
For more information, visit www.CHLA.org. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and LinkedIn, or visit our blog: www.WeAreChildrens.org.
Children's Hospital Los Angeles Fast Facts
Children's Hospital Los Angeles is a nonprofit, academic, pediatric medical center. We provide the highest quality healthcare for children in our region and beyond.
Each year, we provide more than 97,000 children with pediatric health care in a setting designed just for their needs.
We are a research hospital and believe that it is through research that we can improve the delivery of care to the children of the future.
Founded in 1901, Children's Hospital Los Angeles is the first and largest pediatric hospital in Southern California. The hospital is one of only 12 children's hospitals in the nation – and the only one in California – ranked in all 10 pediatric specialties by U.S. News & World Report. The U.S. News report also ranked Children's Hospital Los Angeles among the top five children's hospitals in the United States.
Children's Hospital is:
- The only Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center in Los Angeles County approved by the County Department of Health Services and accredited by the Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons.
- One of only 12 children's hospitals nationwide to be designated a "Top Hospital" for 2012 by The Leapfrog Group.
- Designated as a Magnet Hospital in 2013 by the American Nurses Credentialing Center – an honor held by only 6.6 percent of hospitals nationwide.
- Granted the Beacon Award for Excellence in Pediatric Intensive Care Units from the American Association of Critical Care Nursing.
- The most recognized and favored hospital in Los Angeles County among families with children, according to a 2010 independent study.
- A provider of more than $125 million annually in community benefits to the children and families of Los Angeles.
More than 4,200 employees and 588 medical staff deliver care to patients at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. Annual statistics log:
- 10,920 inpatient visits
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- Number of active licensed beds: 365
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Sheriff: 1 Dead In Lake Minnetonka Medical EmergencyAuthorities say one person died Sunday night in an apparent medical emergency on Lake Minnetonka.
Tap Talk: Wayzata Brew Works Opens On Lake MinnetonkaEven though Minnesota is indeed the "Land Of 10,000 Lakes", there are still far too few breweries that you can literally drive a boat up to and enjoy a beer. Now, you can do just that on Lake Minnetonka in Wayzata.
Young Father Paralyzed In Diving Accident Shares His StoryIt happened on Lake Minnetonka when 28-year-old Kirk Ingram dove into shallow water and crushed his spine.
Child's Death Prompts Bill For CO Detectors On BoatsMinnesota lawmakers moved quickly on Tuesday to require carbon monoxide detectors on boats with enclosed spaces.
Surf's Up On Lake MinnetonkaThe temperature outside Tuesday afternoon was about 50 degrees, and the water temperature on Lake Minnetonka was about 10 degrees colder.
Hennepin County Declares Ice Out On Lake MinnetonkaIt's official! It's an ice out on Lake Minnetonka! The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office and Freshwater Society declared an "ice out" on Lake Minnetonka early Thursday morning.
Sheriff: Ice-Out Approaches On Lake MinnetonkaOne of Minnesota's most popular lakes is reaching ice-out. The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office says the upper portion of Lake Minnetonka is open.
Even With Warm Weather, Ice-Out Could Still Be Weeks AwayThere are only a few remaining signs of the icy grip of winter after another day of temperatures in the 60s. The snow may be gone, but there is still some ice on metro area lakes.
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Israelis are bracing for a more adversarial regime in Egypt, one they expect could lead their country to expand its army, fortify the two countries' desert frontier and possibly re-invade the Palestinian-ruled Gaza Strip.
Three decades after Israel settled into a "cold peace" with Egypt—breaking its encirclement by hostile Arab states but failing to win much popular sympathy from Egyptians—Israeli officials are reviewing the ways the U.S.-backed transition in Cairo could affect the Jewish state.
The most likely scenario, say people familiar with the review: A new leadership, swayed by Islamist support and popular sentiment against Israel, would downgrade diplomatic and commercial ties, casting doubt on the long-term survival of the two countries' 1979 peace treaty.
On Wednesday, Defense Minister Ehud Barak voiced Israel's apprehension at a meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and White House National Security Adviser Tom Donilon. An administration official said the three assured Mr. Barak of the United States' "unshakeable commitment to Israel's security."
Distant Neighbors
Before and after their peace treaty, a relationship marked by tensions
- 1948: In Israel's independence war, Egypt's push to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem is repelled by Israeli soldiers.
- 1967: Israel captures the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt in the Six Day War.
- 1973: Egypt and Syria launch a surprise attack on Israel on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur.
- 1978: Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and U.S. President Jimmy Carter sign Camp David Accords, paving way for 1979 treaty that ends state of war dating to 1948.
- 1982: Israel completes return of Sinai to Egypt under peace accords.
- 1994: Egypt helps Israel and the Palestinians agree on Palestinian autonomy in Gaza, Jericho.
- 2000: Egypt recalls ambassador from Israel to protest escalating clashes between Israel and the Palestinians.
- 2005: Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip. Egypt agrees to supply natural gas to Israel.
- 2006: Hamas militants win elections in Gaza. Egypt and Israel impose border restrictions on the Palestinian territory.
- 2009: Egypt begins building a wall on its border to curb weapons that Hamas militants were smuggling to Gaza to attack Israel.
Mr. Barak had requested the White House meeting after President Barack Obama initially pressed for Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's quick exit from power, a step that left Israeli officials surprised and dismayed.
Senior Israeli officials have warned that the crumbling of Mr. Mubarak's rule has already diminished U.S. and Israeli strategic clout in the Middle East, in the face of regimes in Iran and Syria that support armed Islamist groups and now seek to draw Egypt into their camp. "It will become more difficult for Israel to control events and their outcomes" over the coming year, Maj. Gen. Amir Eshel, chief of planning for the Israeli armed forces' general staff, told a security conference in Israel this week.
Israel has reacted to Egypt's unrest by moving to shore up gas supplies and promising steps to bolster the Palestinian economy. It has quietly signaled support for a gradual transition backed by the army and controlled by Omar Suleiman, Egypt's vice president and longtime intelligence chief. Mr. Suleiman has close ties with Mr. Barak and other Israeli leaders.
Seeking to shore up Israel's security, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has permitted the temporary deployment of 800 Egyptian troops into the Sinai, a sparsely populated peninsula demilitarized under the peace treaty. The aim is to prevent smuggling of weapons to Gaza, the neighboring Palestinian enclave ruled by Hamas.
Mr. Netanyahu also ordered the army to speed construction of a 13-foot-tall, radar-monitored fence it began putting up in November to plug 124 miles of desert frontier with the Sinai, a border now easily infiltrated by nomadic Bedouin smugglers of drugs and migrant workers.
"Everything is porous," said Menachem Zafrir, a 54-year-old resident of the Nitzanei Sinai border outpost, where backyards look into Egypt.
"Until now it's just Sudanese [migrants], but it could be militants," he said, gesturing to the thin deployment of Egyptian guards on the other side of a border now marked by a chest-high cordon of sagging barbed wire. "Today the Egyptian army patrols over there. But if there is a mess, they will flee."
As their elders learned of a Bedouin attack last Friday on Egyptian positions just 30 miles away, children at Nitzanei Sinai played capture the flag outside the grocery store.
"It's bizarre that this is the quietest place in the country despite the fact that it's a border," said Robert Fischer, a Nitzanei Sinai resident who owns a transport company. If an unfriendly regime comes to power in Egypt, "they will need to evacuate us."
Israel's security concerns extend to the West Bank. Wary that an Islamist-influenced regime in Cairo might inspire a Hamas-led uprising of Palestinians there, Mr. Netanyahu last week promised to spur economic growth in the West Bank and Gaza.
But Israel's leader has resisted Western pressure to make compromises that would help revive talks on statehood for the Palestinians. Taking such a step, his critics say, would defuse criticism across the Arab world.
Israeli officials also have urged stepped-up development of recently discovered Israeli offshore gas reserves. That would hedge against any shutdown by Egypt of the natural-gas pipeline that powers one-fourth of Israel's electricity network.
On top of such steps, however, Israel would have to remake strategic and military planning if Egypt were to turn unfriendly, officials and analysts say.
Israel's apprehension stems mainly from the strength of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's best-organized opposition force, and the Brotherhood's close ties to Hamas. But Israeli leaders are also unsettled by doubts about the peace treaty voiced by Mohamed ElBaradei, the leading secular opposition figure.
"It's impossible to make peace with a single man," Mr. ElBaradei told German news magazine Der Spiegel last week. "At the moment, [the Israelis] have a peace treaty with Mubarak, but not one with the Egyptian people."
The U.S.-brokered 1979 treaty signed by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin gave up Israeli occupation of the Sinai in return for peace between neighbors who had waged four wars against each other. It also gave Egypt U.S. military aid that now exceeds $1 billion per year.
But while Israelis rushed to take advantage of tourism, trade and investment opportunities opened by the treaty, few Egyptians did so.
Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon embarrassed Egyptian leaders, already under fire in the Arab world for making peace with the enemy. Mr. Mubarak, who had taken over after Mr. Sadat's 1981 assassination, supported the treaty, but Israelis say his government has done little to encourage contact between the two peoples and has allowed Egyptian media to demonize the Jewish state.
Largely because the Israeli-Palestinian conflict festers, Egyptian businesses, labor unions and civic organizations with ties to the wider Arab world have shunned Israel, even as hotels welcome Israeli visitors.
"Israel sat on the Palestinians, built settlements on their land and put down two Palestinian uprisings, and the peace with Egypt lasted," said Janet Aviad, an Israeli peace activist who has visited Egypt five times. "But [the peace] couldn't warm up under those circumstances, no way."
Israeli officials say they believe the peace treaty would survive under an orderly transition in Egypt that preserves the powerful role of the U.S.-backed military and is led by Mr. Suleiman. According to a 2008 U.S. Embassy cable released this week by WikiLeaks, Mr. Suleiman has long been Israel's preferred successor to Mr. Mubarak. The cable said Mr. Barak's office and Mr. Suleiman's intelligence service were in daily contact over a telephone hotline.
Israeli officials are also pondering a worst-case scenario in which the Muslim Brotherhood dominates the next government, abrogates the treaty and ends the partial blockade that Egypt imposed on Gaza to help Israel isolate Hamas and choke off Gaza-bound weapons shipments.
A more likely outcome in Egypt, say Israelis familiar with the government's forecasting, is a ruling coalition that is sensitive to domestic public opinion and has minority Muslim Brotherhood representation. Such a coalition, they say, would likely maintain the peace treaty and gas exports for now but would also be likely to adopt a more critical tone toward Israeli policies and might become less accommodating to Israeli officials, entrepreneurs and other visitors.
More than 200,000 Israelis visit Egypt each year, drawn by Nile cruises, ancient monuments and the Sinai's pristine Red Sea beaches. Two-way trade is a small fraction of each country's imports and exports, however, so a reduction wouldn't cause significant economic harm to either side. It would, however, represent a symbolic setback to the relationship.
Far more damaging to Israel's economy would be the loss of the treaty's peace dividend.
Dan Schueftan, director of national security studies at Haifa University, said the rise of a less friendly regime in Egypt, even if it doesn't cancel the treaty, would create enough uncertainty that Israel would feel compelled to enlarge its army and raise defense spending. Mr. Netanyahu hinted as much when he called last week for "bolstering Israel's might."
"Egypt was the cornerstone of our security in the region, and when that stone is eroding, the whole Middle East changes in a profound way," Mr. Schueftan said. "Israel would have to operate in a completely different strategic environment with an army that has become very, very small compared to the threats that surround us."
Thanks to the treaty with Egypt, he said, Israel had reduced its defense expenditure from 23% of its gross national product in the mid-1970s to about 9% today. The relationship with Egypt also allowed Israel to end a costly military occupation of Gaza in 2005, as Egypt covered Gaza from the south.
Several former military and intelligence officials are arguing publicly that Israel must be prepared to reoccupy Gaza, or at least a wide swath of the enclave along its eight-mile border with Egypt. Other experts counsel caution, warning that such an operation would plunge Israel into years of fighting.
"There's no reason for us to make any decisions in the next few weeks or even more than that," said Giora Eiland, a former Israeli national security adviser. "We have to observe, and if the situation changes in a bad way, we will have time to shift whatever has to be shifted."
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Jose Mourinho is, according to Marca, ready to field weakened sides against Athletic and Betis in the team's upcoming two League games before the European semi first leg and in particular not play Ronaldo for the full 90 in either.
The Portuguese forward did play the full game against Real Zaragoza just three days before facing Galatasaray in the quarter-final first leg, but is seen as unlikely to be allowed to repeat this heading into a final four clash with either Barcelona, Bayern Munich or Borussia Dortmund.
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Berlin on Wednesday kicked off the reconstruction of a palace whose post-war remnants were razed by communist leaders, a divisive 590-million-euro ($783 million) project to recreate the baroque architectural jewel.
President Joachim Gauck attended the official laying of the foundation stone for the Berlin City Palace, on the legendary leafy axis, Unter den Linden, which Prussian princes once called home.
The new building, due to be inaugurated in 2019, will house a cultural centre instead but has faced a bumpy road in its years-long planning over the site's historic significance and the price tag for a city famously known as "poor, but sexy".
At a time when many European countries are battling to rein in debt, with Germany heading the campaign for budgetary rigour, the city of Berlin has already been left red-faced by the repeatedly delayed opening of its new airport.
Government spokesman Steffen Seibert described it at a regular government news conference Wednesday as "one of the most significant cultural projects in Germany", dismissing media reports that Chancellor Angela Merkel is reticent about the plan.
Merkel did not take part in the ceremony but two government ministers and Berlin's mayor did attend, while a poll for Stern magazine showed Wednesday that 65 percent of people did not back the reconstruction.
While the German government and hard-up city of Berlin will stump up most of the bill for the building work, almost 80 million euros of the total cost are being collected by German aristocrat Wilhelm von Boddien who has campaigned for years for the palace to be rebuilt.
The project has also provoked controversy because it involved pulling down the Palace of the Republic which housed the parliament of the former communist East Germany and a cultural and leisure centre that were cherished in the memories of many East Germans.
The enormous building with glass and marble facades, completed in 1976 and found to be contaminated with asbestos, was demolished in 2006.
Former East German residents saw its disappearance as a further chiselling away of their identity after Germany's reunification in 1990 saw successive governments seek to erase all traces of the communist regime.
In 1999 when the German government and parliament moved from Bonn to Berlin, which again became the German capital, the then chancellor Gerhard Schroeder declared himself in favour of the Palace of the Republic's destruction.
"It's so monstrous that I would prefer a palace on this site," he told Die Zeit newspaper.
Several years later, the German parliament gave the final green light for the rebuilding of the palace.
The original had been badly damaged by Allied bombing during World War II, and its remains destroyed by the communist authorities in 1950.
The design of the replacement palace, by Italian architect Franco Stella, will see three quarters of the facades replicate those of the original Hohenzollern palace, the oldest parts of which dated from the 15th century but was mostly built at the beginning of the 18th century.
Christened the "Humboldt Forum", the new palace will house collections from Berlin's Ethnological Museum and the Museum of Asian Art, as well as works from the scientific collections of the Humboldt University, libraries and cultural centres.
Germany has in recent years reproduced relatively faithfully several destroyed landmarks, including the Adlon Hotel in Berlin which is a replica of the famous luxury establishment that disappeared during World War II.
And in the eastern city of Dresden, an identical version of the Frauenkirche now stands, built with what was salvaged from the remains of the former church after allied bombing.


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