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Fiesta Americana Villas Cancun
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Fiesta Americana Cancun Recommended
OVERVIEW: My husband and I were very pleased with our 7-night stay at the Fiesta American Cancun as part of our Funjet Tour European Plan (not all-inclusive) vacation package. We read the review complaining about the construction at the hotel next door so we requested through our Funjet travel representative a room facing away from the construction. We were accommodated nicely with a room that had a lovely view of the ocean and pool. The Fiesta Americana Cancun was everything we expected; however, if you desire an ultra-fancy, awe-inspiring, mega-resort style hotel this hotel is NOT the place for you. If you're planning to do the all-inclusive, never-leave-your-hotel-property type trip, there are better resort hotels to stay for that kind of vacation. This is a fine hotel, but not a resort. HOTEL: Fiesta Americana Cancun is a comparatively small, very attractive-in-a-simple-way hotel with full service and amenities. Importantly, we thought this hotel was a good value. The lobby is pretty and elegant. Guests appeared to be a mix of Mexicans, Europeans, Americans, and Japanese. This 5-story hotel was remodeled in 2001 or 2002, but the elevators appeared not to have been replaced. The elevators were very small and old but they worked just fine. The carpet in the hallway looked a little faded (might have been bits of sand here and there from guests though), but the fact that there was carpet as opposed to tile or concrete meant any noise in the hallway was muffled and did not echo. ROOM: The standard room with a King bed was nothing spectacular, but it was very clean, did not smell weird or moldy, A/C worked just fine, had TV with cable, and had a safety deposit box (no charge for using it either). No radio alarm clock though so bring your own. Bed was firm like many reviewers said but that was our preference, and the sheets were fine. Tap water was treated. Wall hair-dryer is not powerful as are most hotel hair-dyers, so bring your own if you want to dry your hair quickly. AMENITIES: You can exercise for free in the workout room (a definite plus). Room service, money exchange at front desk, beach towel service, small beach area, beachside lounge chairs and tables, good size pool, swim up bar at pool, spa, gift shop, restaurants, bar, live piano music in the lobby bar on weekend nights. STAFF: Everyone was very professional, friendly, and hardworking, especially the maids and cleaning staff. LOCATION: Fiesta Americana Cancun is very conveniently located for dining, shopping, entertainment, and trips to places in Ciudad Cancun (downtown). You are NOT limited to only a few places to eat and shop right around your hotel, which is the case for some of the hotels down the strip. Fiesta Americana Cancun is a good hotel for those who plan to get out and explore Cancun. While you can certainly take a taxi from the taxi stand in front of the hotel, there are many places in walking distance and the bus stop is an easy walk. (Bus stop for buses downtown is in front of the Calinda hotel next door. For the bus stop to go the other direction, walk across the street and plaza area to get to the street that heads the other direction.) An upscale mall, Plaza Caracol, is across the street. The pier for the $15/round trip water taxi to Isla Mujeres and the bus terminal for Xcaret are also within walking distance next to Fiesta Americana Coral Beach. MISCELLANEOUS: Don't stick with just the little beach at the hotel. Get on the bus and check out the other beaches down the strip. There are plenty of public access ways with large signs for these other beaches; when you see a sign for a beach that interests you, just get off the bus. These are some of the RESTAURANTS we ate at and did not get sick once on our whole trip- HANAICHI (a small Japanese restaurant and sushi bar) is less than 10 minutes walking distance and the cuisine there is delicious. (Hanaichi is across the street from the Plaza Caracol entrance next to the Cartier Store.) 100% NATURAL is a chain of restaurants in Mexico and is pretty good. It's definitely safe to get fresh squeezed juice here as well as smoothie type drinks when the craving for fresh fruit hits you. ROLANDI'S is a brick-oven pizza place that's fairly romantic and is just a short bus ride away towards downtown (it's right when you get into downtown; just tell the bus driver and he'll probably tell you where to get off. It reminded us of California Pizza Kitchen but unbelievably prices were lower here. RESTAURANTES LOS HUARACHES DE ALCATRACES is an eatery located at the bottom of the U-shaped Claveles Street, which is off of Tulum Avenue, one of the main streets downtown. (Just look at a map for Claveles Street and take the bus that goes down Tulum Avenida.) It was extremely clean, had good Mexican home cooking type food and was a great value. Best for breakfast or lunch since it closes around 6:30 p.m.
Great Hotel!
We have just returned from a 10 day stay at the Fiesta American Cancun, staying 5 nights all inclusive and 5 nights room only. The design of the hotel is very attractive and amazingly clean! Wherever you looked there were hotel staff sweeping floors, clipping plants etc. They even brushed down the beach outside the restaurant at night - thats attention to detail!!! They are building a huge hotel next door and they work late into the night (about midnight) our room faced the pool and sea so we could see the hotel being built on the far side but from the pool side you do not even know its there, and at the rate they work on it it will soon be finished. The food in the hotel was very good although I was glad we only had 5 nights all inclusive as we got a bit bored by the limited menu at the Palapa restaurant. Also the hotel only has a swim up 'Bikini Bar' so anyone planning to make use of the unlimited drinks option is very restricted. The hotels entertainer 'Felix' approached everyone round the pool to invite them to join in games etc. and he took refusal very well and was not pushy at all.
Overall a great hotel and I would recommend anyone to stay there, although make sure you dont stay on the side overlooking the construction.
A fairly decent place to stay
We arrived on June 17, 2003 and found the place to be a decent place to stay. We lucked out and got a room with a pool and full ocean view looking toward downtown. Our room was nothing special. It was clean, but the beds were hard beyond imagination. The hotel could use a face lift inside, but the exterior, the pool, restaraunts, beach were wonderful. We walked along the beach towards downtown (about 2 miles) and this hotel has the nicest and cleanest beach by far, so don't stay past the FA heading towards town. The food and prices at the hotel are decent. We had the buffet breakfast and two lunches and were pleased.
The staff with the exception of Felix "The cats Meow", was not all that friendly. The exchange rate is better at the hotel than at the banks and exchange places. We ate at a place called the Blue Cactus, which is across the street and down the alley from the hotel. It's a good place for lunch and the people are great. The nice thing about the location is how close everything is. You can walk to the center of town in 5 minutes. If you want to go to Carlos & Charlies, Planet Hollywood, Margaritavile, Outback, La Isla Shopping Center, it takes 5 minutes by bus and costs .60 per person. The only recommendation i would have is to make sure that you book a room facing the pool; otherwise, you could be facing the construction side and it does run all night long. If you still not sure about staying here, the RIU hotel and the FA Coral Beach hotel are located on the same bay as the FA and they are very nice with great beaches and still close to everything.
I visited the Fiesta Americana Cancun 2 years ago. The service was fantastic, the food delicious and the room was more than what i expected!!! This was the first time my boyfriend and i had been on holiday together and we picked the best place to go!! There was plenty to do during the day, Felix the entertainer did water aerobics and spoke to everyone by the pool. In the evenings we had dinner and then hit the night life in Cancun. All the staff went out of their way to be friendly to us and the room was spotless for the full 2 weeks we stayed. I have recommended this hotel to my Mum and Dad to go for their 25th wedding anniversary next year and we will deffinetely be going back at some point!!!! A big thumbs up!!!!!!!!!!
Love this hotel!
My wife and I just returned from a week at FA Cancun June 12th, and give this property a "Two Thumbs Way Up" for their 5-Star service, location, and ambiance. The staff were extremely gracious and helpful. We found the location ideal with a pristine beach shelterd from the wind and choppy water of other hotels on the west coast of Cancun, which made for IDEAL swimming conditions. The property...and our room... were meticulously cleaned and groomed every day. And we loved the fact that the hotel was designed as a small Mexican village. Great ambiance, not at all like the giant sterile looking mega resorts found everywhere else on Cancun. We discovered a great cafe directly across the street that served good food at very reasonable prices, and a mall about a block away with plenty of great restaurants and shopping. Consquently, we rarely at at our hotel, except for lunch at the pool-side cafe. DEFINATELY try the shrimp tacos with cream chipotle sauce...they are incredible! The bus stops a few steps from the front of the property, so it was easy to catch a ride into Cancun Central (downtown) for some local culture. If you make that trip, try to explore Mercado 23. This is the shopping area where the locals shop and is not "touristy" in the least. In short, we loved this property so much that we are already planning a trip back for next year (sooner if we can)!
Most relaxing trip cuz of great hotel!
Fiesta Americana is the best hotel we ever stayed at due to themost wonderful 5-star service. They helped make our stay completelyrelaxing by taking care of everything for us. We had the best view of thehotel by reserving a nonsmoking room, giving us the central view of theocean and pool area. The rooms are very clean and comfortable with reallysoft pillows, a nice balcony to watch the sunset from, iron, standardammenities, and very clean rooms (they mop your room's tile floor everyday). There were only 2 problems with the room: 1)The fridge is lockedunless you want to buy stuff from the minibar so you can't keep your foodor drinks in there. 2) The walls are really thin so it's pretty loud whenpeople are talking in the hallways or next door. You can make up for thatby blasting the a/c to help keep out the outside noise. Both problems canbe easily overlooked if you spend your time on the beach. The beach is thebest!!! in all of Cancun - on the northern shore so water is extremelygentle - perfect for snorkeling right next to the beach - and there aretons!!! of fish right as you walk into the water. You can also rent jetskis, parasailing, diving, etc. It's also full service beach- palapaumbrellas and beach chairs line the sand, they provide towels, boogieboards, etc. and they serve drinks to you directly under your palapa. Bestpart is you can charge everything to your room, so you never have to carrymoney and can eat in the beachside restaurant in your bikini. (I highlyrecommend the chipotle cream shrimp tacos - only $6) Absolute best service,the concierge made all of our dinner reservations and gave us really greatdiscounts. Bottom line - small quaint hotel which is 5 star in looks,ammenities, and services, and also out of the way of the hotel zone, butstill within walking distance to all the restaurants, shopping,and clubs.The mall is across the street. ****Perfect place if you want to do nothingbut relax under a palapa all day sipping on pina coladas, and enjoying thequite relaxing sounds of gentle waves.
Room without a View
RE: Week at Fiesta Americana Cancun, April 26-May 3, 2003My wife and I just returned from a week vacation at the Fiesta Americana Cancun. While we were very happy with the hotel overall, the room we were given almost ruined our vacation! When we made reservations through HGVC in December 2002, we requested an ocean-view room. Pictures of the hotel in the HGVC Members Guide and on web sites gave every reason to expect that we would at least have a view of the pool area, if not the ocean. When we arrived at the hotel (four hours before check-in) and again requested a room that faced the ocean, we were told that all rooms were ocean-view. However, when we entered the room we found that the view was almost TOTALLY blocked by a large hotel under construction. Our room had the worst view of any in the hotel NONE!Note: We reserved a second suite for friends at the same time, and they were given a room with a beautiful view of the beach and pool.)The large hotel under construction is immediately next to the Fiesta Americana. Our room (# 106) was at the back of the hotel (farthest from the beach) and was closest to the construction. We could only see a little of the ocean only by standing at the edge of the balcony. I immediately asked the manager for better accommodations, but was told that all of the rooms were booked. I met with the person responsible for Vacation Club services Monday morning and was told the same thing. I then called HGVC and spoke to Andrea. I was told that HGVC only handled reservations, and that I would have to talk to the hotel manager back where I started! We spent two days of our six-day vacation trying to get the minimum quality one expects from a Hilton property or Hilton partner. We were totally frustrated by apparent lack of interest on the part of any Fiesta Americana or HGVC representative in helping us.No one comes to a five-star hotel on the beach and expects to not have an ocean-view room. When we take a beach vacation, the view from our room is most important. My wifewatching the ocean. We both thoroughly enjoy watching the ocean together from the balcony in the evening. The ugly view of construction that we were given made us want to leave, and nearly ruined our vacation. We were so upset that we had a picture of our view printed on tee-shirts along with the name of the hotel, and wore them for the rest of the week. This silent display of our room situation prompted an amazing number of questions from other tourists, and all were amazed by the situation and by the hotels refusal to correct it!I certainly understand that Fiesta Americana has no control over the construction next door. However, Fiesta Americana and HGVC do have total control over the information they give their customers/members! We joined HGVC because we trusted the Hilton name. We had faith that we would stay in quality accommodations and not be disappointed. The Fiesta Americana Cancun is listed in the HGVC Members Guide along with the HGVC properties at the Las Vegas Hilton and the Hilton Hawaiian Village. We have stayed at the latter properties and have thoroughly enjoyed them. We therefore expected no less quality from Fiesta Americana Cancun.Hilton and/or Fiesta Americana Cancun could have done several things to avoid or remedy this situation:1. The HGVC Members Guide should make it clear that there is major construction next to the Fiesta Americana Cancun and that the view from some rooms is blocked by construction.2. Members should be told about room view options and any restrictions when they make reservations, and be able to reserve their choice at that time.3. Rooms with significant limitations (like the obstructed view we experienced) should be offered for a corresponding reduction in member points.4. If a member still ends up with an unsatisfactory room, HGVC should work with the hotel to explore all options to solve the problem for the member. In this case, Fiesta Americana and Hilton might have applied their broader corporate resources (e.g., vacant rooms at their other properties in Cancun).5.ty to resolve a members problem, they should immediately connect the member to a manager with more ability to help. (This is especially important when the member is facing the problem outside the US.None of these things were done in this case. Take heed stay away.
Had a fantastic stay at FA Cancun!
My boyfriend and I just returned from a four-night stay at the Fiesta Americana Cancun, and we had a great time! We were greeted by a friendly desk staff that allowed us to check into our room two hours before check-in time (this was a great surprise after traveling all day!). Carlos, the bellhop, helped us to our room. Although we did not pay the extra $$$ for an "ocean-view" room, we had a fantastic view of both the ocean and the beach. The room was comfortable, with a separate sink-area, tile floors, A/C, and a cozy balcony. The bed was somewhat hard, but passable. The room also had a mini-bar refrigerator, which Carlos told us we could use for our own "goods" and not be charged for using the mini-bar. The pool area is gorgeous, with lots of trees and flowers. There are plenty of chairs and a free towel service for the pool and beach. There are lots of activities to do throughout the day, all organized by an energetic man named Felix, who will try to talk everyone into playing pool or beach volleyball, water aerobics, bingo, etc. The beach area is a bit small, but the sand is extremely soft and the water is calmer than in other locations. There are lots of palapas (giant, palm-like "umbrellas") for those who prefer the shade. The pool bar was actually more reasonable than we expected, with most coocktails (margaritas, daquiris, etc.) costing $5 USD. They even have servers who will bring your drinks to you on the beach or at the pool. W ate at the Chulavista twice for breakfast, both times the food was excellent. You can get an "American Breakfast" for $9 USD, which comes with fruit plate, eggs, bacon, toast, hash brown, and juice. Or, if you are even hungrier than that- there is a breakfast buffet for $16 USD. We ate dinner one night at The Palapa- our worst experience at the hotel. The food was horrible, and many of the tables around us were complaining, as well. We also received very poor service- our server did not return after takfind him to get our check! I do not recommend eating here. The hotel is in a very nice location, directly across the street from a shopping mall, and only three blocks from Hard Rock Cafe, DadyO's, Bulldog's, and Rainforest Cafe. We did not have to take a taxi anywhere while in Cancun. There is even a water taxi close by, if you want to go to Isla Mujeres (which we absolutely loved!). There are also several good resaurants very close by (Casa Rolandi and Cambalache), if you want a really nice meal and great service. FA-C is also a very charming property, if much smaller that most of the larger, sterile hotels on the strip. My only real complaint about this hotel is that they ring your room bell ALOT. About five or six times a day, someone stops by to see that everything is okay, or if you need towels, or if you need your mini-bar stocked, etc, etc. We learned early on that if you do not want to be bothered while in your room, put the "privacy" sign out!!! Other than that, I would go back to stay at the FA Cancun anytime, and strongly recommend it to everyone.
We were looking for a quiet hotel away from the spring break crowd. This is it! It's the least "fancy" of the Fiesta Americanas, but it is beautiful! The pool was quiet & there were many families & couples. The is a swim up bar at the pool. There are two restaurants on the beach, one for breakfast & another for lunch & dinner. You can sit outside & enjoy the ocean. Beach is awesome. The lobby had a little bar too & lots of comfy seats. The staff was unbelievably attentive, fast, courteous. They clean constantly. Go here with your family or husband. But don't go here to party with college kids, you may be bored!
Charming property, good location
The Fiesta Americana Cancun is the most charming property we saw while in Cancun. We went with our two young kids, and enjoyed it thoroughly. Note that there are two small kids wading pools (1 1/2 feet deep) and the main pool is about 4 feet deep. The beach area in front of the hotel is pretty small and most if it is pretty rocky. Though the hotel is on the northern coast, which is supposedly calmer, we found that while we were there, the swimming beach area was not all that calm. The far better beach is if you trek (not far) to the next hotel, the Calinda, and park yourself there. That beach was calmer, and we even saw a few fish. The hotel is in a nice location near shops and restaurants, but right now there is a ton of construction next door (a problem if you get one of those rooms). All of that said, we very much enjoyed our stay.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Legislation that will make it legal for dealers to sell motorcycles on Sundays in Missouri is awaiting the signature of Gov. Jay Nixon.
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There are just so many great recipes and fabulous photos on Bake or Break, so I settled on this fantastic collage of desserts to show you what a wealth of baked goodies there are available on this site.
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The rainier areas include the Basque country, Asturias, Galicias and Cantabria. This is a much more temperate climate and there are only slight variations in temperature throughout the year. Both summer and winter are very mild. The regions along the Atlantic coastline have fairly high rainfall and temperatures are mild all year round, with an average of 9°C in the winter and up to 18°C during the summer months. Annual rainfall can be anything between 800 and 1500 mm. The summer months will see a reasonable amount of dry weather.
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Gennady Golovkin: A Contender for the Pound for Pound Throne
Floyd Mayweather is generally considered by most boxing experts to be the reigning "pound for pound" king. In his last bout, Mayweather (46-0, 26 knockouts) was pushed by Marcos "El Chino" Maidana but won by majority decision. The rematch will take place on Sept. 13 in Las Vegas.
Meanwhile, one of boxing's emerging stars enters the ring on Saturday. Gennady Golovkin's bout against Daniel Geale at New York's Madison Square Garden is projected to be fairly one-sided. Golovkin (29-0, 26 knockouts) has won his last 16 fights by knockout or referee technical decision and is viewed by many experts as the hottest fighter alive.
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The 2012 Olympic gold medalist turned professional in July 2013 and has routed seven opponents since, none making it to the third round. His last two fights lasted less than eight minutes combined.
Joshua isn't fighting the caliber of boxers nor has the experience that Golovkin and Mayweather have, but he's built his resume at a rapid pace. Joshua's next bout is set for Aug. 30 against Yaroslav Zavorotnyi. It will be Joshua's fifth fight since January.
Joshua's powerful uppercuts and concussive hook combinations are boxing's version of poetry in motion. His imposing superior strength and uncanny precision with power shots puts opponents on the mat quickly. If he continues to make quick work of his opponents, he could easily enter the conversation to be the year's top fighter.


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Member of Faith United Methodist Church in Zanesville Mike Schreiber met Banks while on a mission to Haiti. He said the experience opened his eyes to making a difference. On Saturday he organized the first ever "Strides for Hope 5-K."
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left: Manny Pacquiao floors Juan Manuel Marquez in the third round of their 2008 rematch (photo by Chris Cozzone/ FightWireImages.com)
Marquez is fighting as a welterweight for only the second time, having lost his 147-pound debut by lopsided unanimous decision to Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KOs) in Sept. 2009.
"Again, it was a slap in the face for Marquez to come to Pacquiao's home country trying to make that campaign. Him and [trainer] Nacho Beristain were crying that they got robbed," said Roach.
"You know, I see that this is a great fight for boxing and this is going to be a great fight for everyone to see, because Manny was a little embarrassed by the fact that Marquez was saying that it was a robbery and so forth."
Marquez has indicated that there is a rematch clause in the contract for the third matchup, and that he would have to fight Pacquiao a fourth time in the event that he is victorious.
Koncz confirmed it.
"There's no doubt in my mind that Manny's going to win this fight, but let me just put it this way: How unintelligent would it be if we did not include a rematch clause, just in case of some freak incident," said Koncz.
"Yes, there is a rematch clause in there. We have to be protective of Manny just in case some freak things happen in the fight. We have a mandatory rematch clause at the option of Manny."
Koncz referred to a recent fourth-round knockout loss by Victor Ortiz (29-3-2, 22 KOs), who was dethroned as WBC welterweight beltholder by Mayweather last month.
"How many champions have a fight where, for example, you have an ending like the Ortiz fight. Where did his management make a mistake?" asked Koncz.
"They made a mistake against Mayweather by not putting a rematch clause in there. It has nothing to do with any doubt as to whether or not we think Manny's going to win. It's just smart. It's just good business."
Like Koncz, Roach believes that Pacquiao will render that clause a moot point.
"I just can't wait," said Roach. "Manny wants to close the book on Marquez and Nacho."
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Pitbull was the perfect choice to end the 106.1 Kiss FM Jingle Ball on Monday night at American Airlines Center.
The rapper juiced what was already a hearty party, putting a nice bow on the early holiday present. Anyone whose attention had drifted during the acts preceding him was brought to heel under an onslaught of fast-cut video, bright lights and the even brighter smile of a man content with his lot in life.
"Someone asked me, 'Why you don't make music for the streets anymore'," he said, and there was a beat and a smile. "I make music to get out of these streets."
His portion of the hit parade included radio renditions of collaborations with T-Pain, Chris Brown, Marc Anthony, Christina Aguilera, Ke$ha and Ne-Yo. He didn't mind calling all of his rowdy friends, via video anyway. Fists pumped, no matter the song – the set-starting "Hey Baby (Drop It to the Floor)," the show-ending "Feel This Moment." And the fireworks and confetti to end it all.
The Jingle Ball was just as efficient. There was a single, double-sided stage set and just enough time between acts for the Kidd Kraddick Morning Show crew to talk about the Kraddick Foundation's Kidd's Kids, the charity that was the beneficiary of a portion of the concert's proceeds, and to introduce the next act. Oh, and enough time for One Direction to get almost as much screen – and scream -- time as the concert's actual participants.
The stop at AAC was part of the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2013 holiday concert tour, set to hit Philadelphia next on its tour of 12 cities. The roster read like the Billboard Top 40 with some Texas highlights: Jason Derulo; Fifth Harmony; Robin Thicke; OneRepublic; Ariana Grande (soaring vocals still in search of her own personality); Enrique Iglesias; Flo Rida; Grand Prairie native Selena Gomez; San Antonio native Austin Mahone (a lead singer in search of a boy band); and Denison native SoMo, in that order.
Thicke, another very happy music artist, ended his set with the omnipresent "Blurred Lines" (and without any of the fuss that usually accompanies it). Every usher within sight was dancing along, as were the chaperoning mothers in the audience.
The arena wasn't quite as full as one would have suspected for such a show, and seats started emptying during Mahone's set. Mahone added bubblegum to an already sweet outing from the baby-faced Gomez, even if it was heavy like the rest on the backing tracks. When he sings the refrain, "Girl, you got what I need …," it's less subversive than when Biz Markie warbled it and the most flirty line since, "Hey, girl."
It was a school night and there were lots of children running around. And, really, Gomez had given the pre-teen crowd much of what they came for. Give points to Iglesias for bouncing initialed balloons among the crowd during his 25-minute set; now, he has the youngsters, too.
His band was the only group that seemed to be having as much fun as the audience. Flo Rida seemed to have the time of his life even though the crowd was subdued; he upped the ante by inviting young girls on stage for "Get Low." That had all the potential for a debacle; luckily, the girls were more interested in snapping pictures with their cell phones than emulating the sexy lyrics.
Flo Rida gestured to the sky for Kraddick and recently deceased actor Paul Walker and performed "I Cry" before finishing up with "Whistle."
During the televised iHeartRadio Music Festival earlier this year, it was the editing that made the transitions seamless. This collection of acts followed the blueprint, showing just how to keep the crowd humming along even as they leave the venue.
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Remote Sens. 2011, 3(5), 1006-1013; doi:10.3390/rs3051006
Cloud Remote Sensing Using Midwave IR CO2 and N2O Slicing Channels near 4.5 μm
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AbstractNarrow channels located in the longwave IR CO2 absorption region between approximately 13.2 and 14.5 μm, the well known CO2 slicing channels, have been proven to be quite effective for the estimates of cloud heights and effective cloud amounts as well as atmospheric temperature profiles. The designs of some of the near-future multi-channel earth observing satellite sensors cannot accommodate these longwave IR channels. Based on the analysis of the multi-channel imaging data collected with the NASA Moderate Resolution Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MODIS) instrument and on theoretical cloud radiative transfer modeling, we have found that narrow channels located at the midwave IR region between approximately 4.2 and 4.55 μm, where the combined CO2 and N2O absorption effects decrease rapidly with increasing wavelength, have similar properties as the longwave IR CO2 slicing channels. The scattering of solar radiation by clouds on the long wavelength side of the 4.3 μm CO2 absorption makes only a small contribution to the upwelling radiances. In order to retain the crucial cloud and temperature sensing capabilities, future satellite sensors should consider including midwave IR CO2 and N2O slicing channels if the longwave IR channels cannot be implemented on the sensors. The hyperspectral data covering the 3.7-15.5 mm wavelength range and measured with the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) can be used to further assess the utility of midwave IR channels for satellite remote sensing.
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Mice Made From Mouse Skin Cells
July 23, 2009 -- Two teams of Chinese researchers are reporting the same stem cell advance, which resulted in baby mice derived from mouse skin cells.
The findings show the potential of skin cells that are reprogrammed to act like embryonic stem cells, note the researchers.
Stem cells are unspecialized cells that can become other types of cells. Embryonic stem cells can develop into a broader range of cells than adult stem cells. But in recent years, scientists have learned how to use retroviruses to reprogram skin cells to act like embryonic stem cells.
In the new studies, the Chinese researchers wanted to see whether reprogrammed skin cells really have as much potential as embryonic stem cells. They reasoned that if those reprogrammed skin cells could give rise to baby mice, that would be a favorable sign.
First, the scientists took skin cells from mouse embryos and reprogrammed those skin cells to act like embryonic stem cells. Those reprogrammed cells are called induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs).
Separately, the scientists fused two early-stage mouse embryos together, when each embryo only consisted of one or two cells. The resulting embryo couldn't develop on its own.
The researchers then inserted the iPSCs into that embryo and placed it into a surrogate mouse mother.
That technique led to the birth of 27 mice for one team of Chinese scientists, which has now had hundreds of baby mice born from that first generation of mice. That shows that the iPSCs were "pluripotent," or similar in their potential to embryonic stem cells.
There were "some abnormalities" in the first generation of those mice, Fanyi Zeng, MD, PhD, said in a news conference. Zeng didn't provide details about those abnormalities because she and her colleagues are still studying them.
So far, the second generation of mice doesn't have any obvious abnormalities, but those mice will be studied further, said Zeng, who is a professor and associate director of the Shanghai Institute of Medical Genetics and of the Shanghai Stem Cell Institute at Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. Zeng's study appears online in Nature.


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Pull out those chimney brooms. Firefighters are warning residents to clean up their chimneys before a fire can ignite. The message comes after two chimney fires this weekend.
The first occurred at the Paradise Valley Mobile Home Park office around 10 p.m. Saturday night. Nineteen firefighting crew members were on scene to fight the flames that broke out around the chimney area.
No one was injured in the fire, and the exact cause is still under investigation at this time.
The second fire flared up at a home located at 176 Little Park Drive. Seven units attended to the fire around 8:30 Sunday morning. The first unit on scene was able to deploy a hose, clear the smoke and cool the high temperatures around the fireplace area.
Two people were in the home when the fire ignited, but they were able to escape with pets in tow and no injuries.
The fire and damage were considered moderate and were contained to the fireplace area and ceiling above.
The GJFD says it sees an increase in the fireplace/chimney fires. It says it's important to maintain and clean chimneys to prevent fuel buildup that could spread the fire.


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It's a new convenience for anyone in Hinds County who has to deal with the court system.
Dockets and orders for circuit court and county civil court can now be viewed online.
Hinds Circuit Clerk Barbara Dunn told The Clarion-Ledger that the public can view the records for free.
The online view doesn't provide the entire court file. However, it shows what has been filed in a particular case. And any order entered by a judge can be viewed.
Online access eventually will lead to Hinds County being part of the Mississippi Electronic Courts system, which is based on a federal program called PACER. It will allow attorneys to file pleadings and retrieve documents by way of the Internet.


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One of the fundamental skills that we encourage our children to develop early is their Fine Motor Skills. Getting ready to gear up for Back to School is on everyone's mind, and this is one of the primary skills we hope to build with our child. Here's a fun way to sneak a little bit of Literacy into your Fine Motor Skill Development.
We love using our Wooden Lacing Beads for several activities. They can help to build hand eye coordination, cognitive and visual perception skills too. Using Wooden Beads can be a fun and playful way to begin to build all of these skills. The process of putting the string through the small hole in a bead requires a child to focus and use muscles, to help to make them stronger. It's these same skills that we will later ask them to use with handwriting and even more complex tasks like tying shoes or building with small Legos as they get older.
Finding ways to use toys in a variety of ways is a lot of fun and a space saver at home or in a classroom. We used our wooden beads to practicing lacing by colors, counting, by patterns and even by shapes. Many kids will enjoy doing this over and over again as they build up their Fine Motor Skills.
There will be times though that you want to change things up and use wooden beads in a fun new way. Here's a favorite that your child will love, which requires some budget friendly supplies. Make your own Alphabet Beads Game! To play the Alphabet Bead Game first you need some big letters! We have a foam letter mat that has made its way through a few kids and Kindergarten class at our house. You can find them just about anywhere. You can also easily make your own letters by using scrapbook paper and tracing out the letters, and then using Contact Paper to put a protective layer on them for play. Also using items like Magnetic Wooden Letters, an alphabet puzzle, or even the Undersea Alphabet Soup Game Pool Toy will work with some smaller sized bead sets.
Once you've found your letters encourage your child to place the beads one by one onto the letter shape. It's a fun way to build fine motor skills and also letter recognition at the same time. You can also encourage your child to place the beads onto the string and then form letters with them. As they are placing the string onto the outlines or each letter discuss how letter formations are straight, curved and slanted. All of these tasks will help to create visual clues and form the foundation for how your child will begin to recognize each letter. It will also help them understand how to begin writing each letter. Talk about the names of the letters, and the sounds they make too.
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What does being a girl mean to you? (Response By Becka W.)June 24, 2011
Being a girl takes guts. I can walk with my feet 3 inches off the ground for the whole day. I walk down streets alone at night in a short skirt even though so many in my society tell me that it's dangerous for a girl to be out alone, that a man may take advantage of her – and that it's her fault if she doesn't cover herself up.
Is there room for a hijab in competitive weightlifting?June 15, 2011
File Kulsoom Abdullah under "certified badass": a 35-year-old with a doctorate in electrical and computer engineering and a weightlifter for fun. Later this month, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) will take up the debate about whether she may take part in officially sanctioned tournaments while keeping her entire body covered, aside from her hands and face, in keeping with her Muslim faith.
Can Kharma Crush Stereotypes in Women's Wrestling?June 08, 2011
By Ashley-Michelle Papon For as long as I've been playing the dating game, I've witnessed how wrestling (the fake kind) has a hold on the people of my generation. In fact, of all the people I've dated (or, in a select few cases, married) wrestling seems to be the only unifying thread. I had never
SCIENCE GRRL: Grrl TalkJune 08, 2011
There are rare moments when I read an article or listen to a recording and can't form words to respond. Today is one of those moments and it is because you really should just listen to this recording for yourself. It's that perfect. The
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It seems whenever there's a profile or personal narrative of a trans person in mainstream media it has to be somehow tragic. And I'm so over it. Because I think we're amazing. There's one kind of narrative about transition that makes it in the mainstream: I was suffering constantly, I knew I was in the wrong body, so I had to transition. The folks in these profiles can afford to access surgery, another requirement of the story. As it played out in the (
The pregnant pro wrestler: 'You can't fully blame it on her'May 31, 2011
The magnificent Kia Stevens, otherwise known by her ring-name Kharma, joined the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment, the biggest pro-wrestling company) at the turn of the year. She's had a distinguished career all over the world during the past decade.
Elizabeth Warren does not take any shit from anyoneMay 25, 2011
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Behind every strong man, there is an even stronger Beyonce.May 24, 2011
Beyonce's new faux-feminist empowerment track and video, "Run the World (Girls)" has got a lot of people talking and I am here to join the cavalcade of analysis. I should probably state up front that I'm a pretty big fan of Beyonce's music; it is some of the best stuff to shake your booty to, at the gym or the club, in a world where Madonna and Janet Jackson aren't on the radio anymore (hey, I'm 33). But, I don't really like this song. Maybe it is the way overplayed Major Lazer sample, the track of 2010 that is most associated with daggering (you can google, but you have been warned), or because I just don't think it is one of her best songs, but I wasn't floored by this track.


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January 15, 2009; News 12 at 6 o'clock
NORTH AUGUSTA, SC - A North Augusta couple says they are tired of red tape when all they are trying to do is the right thing. Imagine biting into a piece of candy and finding a nail inside. That's what Pamela Saunders says happened to her.
She wanted to warn everybody, maybe even help with a recall, but wasn't getting anywhere with the store where she bought the candy, so she called 12 On Your Side. Right away, we started making calls, and right away, we saw how difficult this process can be. Turns out, the agency responsible for information about the safety of your food and medicine doesn't like to give out any information at all about its investigations.
Pamela Saunders says she felt something that didn't belong when she bit into a York Peppermint Patty, "and I spit it back out, and looked at it, and it was a nail." Suddenly, her taste for something sweet went sour, and her husband knew they had to tell somebody. Jeffery Saunders thought, "Maybe some machinery malfunctioned that they have, and they don't know this is going on." The Saunders tried to tell the manager of the store where they bought the peppermint patty, but they felt like they were getting blown off. That's when they called News 12. Jeffery was worried "they need to do something; a recall on the candy or something, before somebody gets seriously hurt."
So, we went to work, contacting the Food and Drug Administration. It's essentially the government's watchdog, making sure your food and medicine is safe. It's the same agency that warned botulism was in some cans of Castleberry's chili and the same group that warned you about tainted tomatoes, bad dog food, and contaminated spinach.
From spinach to a peppermint patty, the the very first thing you should do if you think you've found something wrong . pick up the phone. Agents say it's important you file a claim with the FDA. Keep a pen and paper handy and write down everyhing: the date the time, the name of the person on the other end, and any other info they give you. In cases like this, even the smallest details can make a big difference.
The Saunders stayed on top of everything with the FDA, but they could never get any information about their claim. News 12 was on the case too, but all we got was this: "It is FDA's policy not to comment on open investigations."
Then, persistence paid off.
Finally, 12 days after the Saunders first filed their claim, an FDA investigator came to their North Augusta home. Our cameras were rolling as the Saunders gave an affidavit, and the agent took pictures. Finally, the Saunders felt like they were getting somewhere, but it worried them it took this long, and it took this much work just to get the FDA to take some action.
"One minute I thought, nothing was gonna happen, until you, Miss Meredith, started the ball-game," said Pamela.
Now that the ballgame has started, there are many more innings to come. All this information goes to Atlanta and then to another FDA office in the northeast. Next, the Food and Drug administration gets in touch with Hershey's, the company that makes the York Peppermint Patties. It's a lengthy process, and Jeffery is happy it has started. "They took the time to come down here and talk with us, and I appreciate that."
Still, Jeffery and Pamela are frustrated. They certainly don't feel protected by an agency that's supposed to protect you.
News 12 has also contacted Hershey's, and a spokesman says the company is looking into it. He says Hershey's screens all candy for safety reasons before it's shipped out, and there are measures in place to prevent things like this from happening.
As for the Saunders, they are in this because they are worried about protecting people. They are not pushing for answers because they want money. Jeffery used to work for Castleberry's, and he says it bothers him every singe day that Castleberry's chili may have killed a man. He says he couldn't live with himself if someone got hurt from some candy, and he didn't speak up to stop it.
Of course, we will stay on top of this and keep trying to get answers from the FDA. We'll let you know what happens.


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Funky Hostel was established by Dean from Australia as Barons Hostel. Then it became Funky Hostel once Liva of Latvia joined up with Dean to spice up the offering. Funky Hostel provides secure relaxing and enjoyable funky digs for sensible travellers.
We also have a beach hostel in Liepaja, Latvia. Liepaja is the best city for travellers to visit if you want to experience the beach and coastal regions of Latvia.
We established the first hostel in Riga called Argonaut Hostel for backpackers. Our Beach Hostel is also the first hostel in Liepaja. We have opened these hostels at huge risk to support the backpackers visiting Latvia.
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clone 492205 -1
reassign -1 hw-detect
retitle -1 firmware listed multiple times during firmware loading
severity -1 minor
clone 492205 -2
ressaign -2 hw-detect
retitle -2 install more firmware packages than required
severity -2 normal
clone 492205 -3
reassign -3 hw-detect
retitle -3 installation firmware packages with dependencies fails in post-base-installer hook
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clone 492205 -4
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retitle -4 does not handle firmware packages for other architectures on media
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On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 05:41:17AM -0600, dann frazier wrote:
> Thanks for adding the firmware support! I finally got around to
> testing it out w/ one of the dailies & thought I'd write up the issues
> I ran into in case any of them aren't yet known.
Thanks for your detailed report. As we are trying to polish things up
for Lenny, this is definitely worthwhile. Would you be able to do other
test installations as we fix the issue you have encountered here?
(I am leaving this bug report opened in order to allow follow-up.)
> Unable to mount usb stick
> -------------------------
This issue is already known. See #490562.
> fw file dups on error
> ---------------------
> minor - but each time I returned to the "should i look for firmware"
> screen, the displayed list would include more copies of the same
> filenames. To illustrate, see the following screen shots:
> http://free.linux.hp.com/~dannf/d-i-...ssing-fw-1.png
> http://free.linux.hp.com/~dannf/d-i-...ssing-fw-2.png
> http://free.linux.hp.com/~dannf/d-i-...ssing-fw-3.png
Assigned to hw-detect.
I see two possible fix:
* make firmware.agent idempotent while adding files to
* call "sort -u" or "uniq" in check-missing-firmware.sh:read_log().
> fails to install fw debs into target
> ------------------------------------
> I lazily dumped all of the fw debs from the firmware.tar.gz onto my
> stick instead of just the one I needed (bnx2). This caused problems
> during the base install:
> http://free.linux.hp.com/~dannf/d-i-...ybox-error.png
> [â¦]
> Full syslog file:
> http://free.linux.hp.com/~dannf/d-i-20080723/syslog
Ok, various interesting bugs happening here (all assigned to hw-detect):
* Firmware packages should not be installed for firmware that were not
explicitely required.
This would need further investigation as the code, as far as I can
see, should filter out the packages present on the media based on
needed firmware files.
* The post-base-installer hook uses "dpkg -i" to install the firmware
packages on the target system. This will fail if the firmware
package dependencies are not fulfilled on the target at that time of
the installation process.
Possible fix: switch to a "dpkg --unpack", "apt-get -f install"
* If firmware packages for other architectures than all or the one
being installed are present on the firmware media, the
post-base-installer hook will try to install them nevertheless. This
will obviously fails.
Possible fix: filter packages for wrong architectures in
> Grub installed to usb stick instead of system disk
> --------------------------------------------------
> When prompted if I wanted grub installed to the MBR, I said sure - but
> that ended up installing grub to my firmware usb stick ;(
> Not sure there's anything we can about this one, other than
> potentially warn the user.
This issue is strongly connected to the "persistent device naming"
issue, which we are aware of and hard enough so we were not able to
tackle it on time for Lenny.
I do wonder if we should not make an extra confirmation if we detect
that grub-installer is going to put the MBR on a USB disk, as it should
not be the most common case.
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BlackRock's Larry Fink Offers Advice…But Not For His Firm Or Clients
Larry Fink, chief executive of BlackRock, Inc., the world's largest asset manager, says he thinks investors should be 100% invested in stocks right now.
But don't expect the $3.5-trillion firm to adopt an all-equities investment strategy anytime soon.
The remark raised eyebrows around Wall Street, where traders have been noting the major stock indexes have already risen about 20% since early October, with many market indexes hitting three-year highs, and how the market now appears over-bought on technical charts.
But a spokeswoman for BlackRock said Fink's opinion was his own and didn't signal any change in strategy on the part of the firm, which lists 25 different fixed-income product strategies alone, in addition to real estate, cash management, currencies, commodities, and equities.
"No, no, no, it's Larry's view and I think he has good ground for that," said the spokeswoman, Katherine Cheung. "We have a lot of different types of management (philosophies) and different types of portfolios and strategies."
She said Fink was responding to a question about how he would advise investors, and: "He was using a scenario that bonds are not yielding as much as high-dividend stocks and this is where his rationale comes from. He wants investors to feel more confident about the (stock) market as well, and focus on long-term trends rather than short-term volatility."
Another product offering from BlackRock is iShares – the world's largest ETF sponsor with 440 funds and $480 billion in assets, many dozens of which are built on stocks, and would conceivably benefit from a large inflow of investor capital.
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Published: Monday, January 11, 2010 at 11:31 a.m.
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Authorities seek gunshot witnesses
HOUMA — Police are seeking information on a Saturday morning shooting that left a motorist with a leg wound.
The unnamed 47-year-old motorist drove himself to Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center just before 1 a.m., telling doctors there that he had been shot while traveling on East Street minutes before.
Hospital personnel contacted police, who say the man told them he was shot by a black man with braids wearing a black jacket with red lettering. The gunman allegedly opened the motorist's passenger door and fired.
Police patrolled the area, but weren't able to find the suspect, they said.
Anyone with information is asked to call 873-6371.
Shooting results in one arrest
HOUMA — A Houma man who allegedly fired a gun during a New Year's brawl was arrested Friday.
Christopher Leif Blanton, 38, 103 Feldspar Drive, is charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a firearm, negligent injuring and illegal use of a weapon, police said.
Blanton fired the gun in a confrontation with another man during a "large disturbance" on Feldspar Drive, police said.
Blanton's shot did not hit the other man, but shrapnel struck the victim in the foot, police said.
Blanton turned himself in when sought by detectives. He is free on a $30,000 bond.
Dine out, help animal group
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Since January 2013, there have been 61 reports of hypodermic needles found in Massena, according to Police Chief Timmy J. Currier.
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Posted: 01/18/2013 - Scherzer is still unsigned
Posted: 01/18/2013 - No coach yet named
Posted: 01/18/2013 - He is done at Abu Dhabi
Posted: 01/17/2013 - Wolverines improve to 17-1
Posted: 01/17/2013 - Final is 65-54
Posted: 01/17/2013 - Final is 102-87
Posted: 01/17/2013 - Brian DePalma will direct
Posted: 01/17/2013 - Whisenhunt and Turner land elsewhere in NFL
Posted: 01/17/2013 - One NFL head coaching job left open
Posted: 01/16/2013 - Spartans get 20 from Payne in second half
Updated: 01/16/2013 - Governor Rick Snyder is expected to lay out a controversial plan to fix Michigan roads in his Wednesday State of the State address.
Posted: 01/16/2013 - He's off to Colorado
Updated: 01/17/2013 - Payne and Dawson were involved in fracas
Posted: 01/16/2013 - He replaces Lovie Smith
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Posted: 01/15/2013 - Badgers lead Big Ten
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Posted: 01/15/2013 - Ohio State now in the picture
Posted: 01/15/2013 - He leaves Denver Broncos
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The paper says that the two clubs have agreed a fee of £12 million for the 23-year-old, and the deal is at such an advanced stage that Sturridge was due to travel to Merseyside today for a medical but that has been postponed due to a small hitch with the player's representatives.
Sturridge has long been linked with Liverpool but it now sees that everything is in place for him to go straight into the squad when the transfer window opens.
The Times says it is a similar story with their other target Thomas Ince from Blackpool who will join for £6m just 18 months after Blackpool bought him off the Reds for £250,000.
In a nice twist for Liverpool though, they put in a 35 per cent sell-on clause when they sold Ince, which means that the transfer fee will actually only cost them £4m.
Ince has agreed a contract work £25,000 a week and has also rejected counter offers from Newcastle and Tottenham.
It seems like he is already spending his new wage, with pictures in the Daily Mail of him with a brand new Porsche.
Also in The Times is the news that Arsenal have opened 'formal talks' to sign Dutch striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, but the 29-year-old does want to be paid a £100,000 a week.
Huntelaar, who plays for Schalke in the Bundesliga, is out of contract at the end of the season and is hoping for a three-year contract.
If Arsenal want to sign him in January they will have to stump up a transfer fee of around £6m.
There is also good news for Arsenal fans in regards to Theo Walcott, who has resumed contract talks with the club for the first time since August.
The Telegraph reports that: "Fears were mounting that (Walcott) would simply see out his existing contract and then leave at the end of the season but, in a significant step forward, it can be revealed that fresh negotiations were held last week and have continued in recent days.
"Although no agreement has been reached, there is more optimism about a potential deal than at any stage in the last four months.
"… There is a sense that a five-year deal could still be struck at around £85,000 a week."
Arsenal also hope to announce new deals in the next few days for Jack Wilshere, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Kieran Gibbs, Aaron Ramsey and Carl Jenkinson, which will see them all commit until at least 2017.
Athletic Bilbao president Josu Urrutia has reiterated the club have no intention of selling wantaway star striker Fernando Llorente during the January transfer window. A host of clubs across Europe, including Manchester City and Tottenham, are interested in the 27-year-old but Athletic intend to make any interested parties wait until next summer to get their man. (Daily Mail)
Sir Alex Ferguson met Pep Guardiola in New York this week with the former Barcelona manager still undecided over his future, increasing speculation that he could eventually succeed him at Manchester United. (The Sun)
Monaco coach Claudio Ranieri has confirmed his desire to bring David Beckham to the ambitious Ligue 2 club. Ranieri, who is backed by Russian billionaire owner Dmitry Rybolovlev, also wants Chelsea's Frank Lampard and believes Beckham can play a pivotal role in the development of Monaco's emerging squad. (Daily Mail)
And finally, Jimmy Kebe has told Reading's Russian owner Anton Zingarevich to put his hand in his pocket during next month's transfer window if he still wants to have a top-flight club come the end of the season. (Daily Star)
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It's a fruit that is popular on its own and is used as a flavor in many things: the strawberry!
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The Palo Alto City Council is set Monday to consider a resident's appeal of a mixed-use project in downtown that he says is not compatible with the historic buildings that surround it.
Douglas Smith also claims that city planners and the Architectural Review Board aren't following established rules for approving new developments.
The appeal suggests that the council-appointed panel, in particular, cannot make objective decisions because it is made up of architects who stand to lose business if they make a negative ruling.
"Their very reason to serve on the board may be at least in part to cultivate such business relationships," Smith wrote. "Therefore in cases such as 240 Hamilton, they appear to the public to be serving their own individual interests rather than the public's."
The project in question would replace a 7,000-square-foot commercial building with one that is more than twice as big. The new 15,000-square-foot building would house shops on the first floor, offices on the second and third floors, and two residential units on the top floor.
Designed by Ken Hayes, the 50-foot-tall building would feature large expanses of glass and an "architectural block" to distinguish the second and third floors, according to a report by senior planner Jason Nortz.
The appeal, which was co-signed by 23 residents, says such a structure doesn't belong in an area dominated by historic buildings.
"The proposed design is neither high quality nor considerate of its surroundings," Smith wrote. "It is a modernist glass box which would be entirely out of place at Ramona and Hamilton, surrounded on three sides by heritage structures."
Smith said the Architectural Review Board's decision to require additional landscaping as a condition of its approval did little to improve things.
"A few planters at street level suggested by the board constitute lipstick on a pig and do not change its fundamental character," he wrote.
In a report released Wednesday, city staff said the project is consistent with design standards and guidelines. It also notes that the area is home to a mix of old and new buildings.
"By replacing one non-historic building with another in a visually diverse area, ARB and staff judged that no character-defining features were affected and compatibility was not an issue," the report said.
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DISTURBED will reportedly be dropping off of the Pop Sux! Tour following their November 22 performance in Colorado Springs and will be replaced for the remainder of the trek by MARZ. Current tour openers TRUST COMPANY will move up to the direct support slot on the tour, while MARZ will open the proceedings (with KORN remaining in the headliner slot).DISTURBED are currently set to team up with BLINDSIDE for a series of European dates beginning in late November.
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Mobile commerce is one of the most powerful drivers of ecommerce 2.0, but only when it's done right. But how do you do it right? Our CEOs from Warby Parker, Birchbox, Jack Threads, and One Kings Lane started out the conversation by debating whether everyone really needs a native app or not. The table was pretty much divided. Doug Mack...
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Chicago Blackhawks' Patrick Kane who scored his 100th career goal waits to congratulate goalie Corey Crawford after the Blackhawks beat the San Jose Sharks 6-3 in an NHL hockey game on Monday, March 14, 2011, in Chicago. Kane has a fractured left wrist and will need six-to-eight weeks to recover.The team disclosed the injury Friday, saying it was discovered recently during his off-season training. (AP Photo/Charles Cherney)
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CHICAGO - Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane has a fractured left wrist and will need six to eight weeks to recover.
The team disclosed the injury Friday, saying it was discovered recently during his off-season training. Blackhawks team Dr. Michael Terry said Kane will have surgery on Tuesday to repair a scaphoid fracture. Both Terry and Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman said Kane is expected to make a full recovery in time for training camp.
"It was a little sore, and he got it checked out and it was one of those things where it needed to be fixed," Bowman said. "You never want to have injuries, but if you're going to have them, summertime is the best time." Kane apparently sustained the injury in the second-to-last game of the regular season.
He appeared in all of the Blackhawks' seven playoff contests in a first-round loss to Vancouver, recording one goal and five assists.
"It was just one of those things that was kind of bothering me for a while," said Kane, who appeared at the Blackhawks' annual convention on Friday with a cast on his left wrist and forearm. "I just wanted to get it checked out, hoping that doctors would tell me that it was bruised or sprained, and I would take a couple of weeks off and that would be it.
"You never like the idea of surgery, but it's not something that's going to affect my game once the season comes," he added. "It's definitely something we wanted to fix and it's good we're doing it now."


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I know that when your very wakeful child actually sleeps right through the night you start to look for reasons why so that you can repeat the magic "she had spaghetti last night! That's it! Spaghetti every night from now on!" but it's not that simple and it just is what it is. Probably a fluke and unlikely to be repeated until the next flukey night.
I know that yesterday we visited the primary school that Millar will be attending next year and that his teachers laughed about the suggestion of holding him back due to scissor handling issues and laughing too long.
I know that I have the third sore throat since returning to Australia and I seem to be constantly sick and I am so over it. Not enough to return to India, but I do seem to be catching every bug Melbourne has on offer this winter.
I know that we are going on a bit of a road trip tomorrow and the weather better behave.
I know that today is the last day of winter. Good Riddance!
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E Center Migrant & Seasonal Head Start Programs are opening on May 20, 2013 and in some counties on June 6, 2013.
The Migrant and Seasonal Head Start programs provide quality childcare for children four-weeks to five years of age for free-of-cost to low income families that work in agriculture related work such as produce, canning, and packing plants.
E Center Classrooms and Family Child Care Homes are open 11 hours a day, 5 days a week during harvest time (pending seasonal crop patterns). All facilities provide comfortable, pleasant, and safe settings that foster an enriched environment so children can enjoy a healthy, nurturing, learning atmosphere. In addition to loving care from highly qualified teachers, children receive bilingual instruction, kindergarten preparation, nutritious meals and services for the well-being of the entire family.
Migrant & Seasonal Head Start also provides assistance in obtaining medical and dental services with access to child development assessments for vision, hearing, anemia screenings and vaccination follow-ups. Children with disabilities are encouraged to apply and may be eligible for prioritized services.
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