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Comfort food and fine dining are usually considered at opposite ends of the culinary spectrum — but a meal at Welshfield Inn in Troy Township debunks that idea entirely. Food has always been central to the life of this historic property, from its days as a stop for supper on the Underground Railroad to more than 45 years as a country inn and restaurant run by Brian and Pauline Holmes. Today's Welshfield, purchased by Gamekeepers Hospitality group in 2007, continues on in a tradition that they call "gracious country dining."
It's a fitting description.
Some of the Inn's most popular dinner fare is listed on the menu — literally — as "comfort food," but don't expect Mom's tuna casserole. Cozy offerings from Chef Amber Schuetzman include baked penne with Italian sausage, lemony chicken picatta and a slowly braised pot roast, served with decadent pan gravy and roasted veggies. It's no wonder that the charming Welshfield is a popular spot for food-focused holidays like Thanksgiving (you'll want to make a reservation well in advance). Also popular are the restaurant's wine dinners and special events like the chef's "romantic" dinner menu for two Feb. 12–14.
A few weeks ago, we braved Northeast Ohio's snow belt for a meal at the Welshfield. Reservations are easily made online and we were promptly greeted and seated. Not surprisingly, all the prime tables by the fireplace were taken, but if you are willing to wait you can surely request one.
Our meal began with the pan-seared sea scallop appetizer ($12.99) and a cup of the Inn's New England-style clam chowder ($2.99). The two large scallops were meaty, nicely brown on top and served on a bed of spinach, bell pepper and asparagus in a brightly flavored chardonnay cream sauce. Aside from the scallops, the asparagus was the star of the dish, with surprisingly good flavor for an out-of-season veggie. The chowder had an herbal flavor and lots of perfectly tender clams.
The menu features four "small salads" and our pick, the Mackenzie goat cheese salad ($5.29), paired a generous helping of creamy cheese, berries, candied nuts and pungent red onion. Sound odd? It's absolutely delicious, and the goat cheese was made just down the road, at Hiram's Mackenzie Creamery. The two tiny, barely-sweet cinnamon rolls I discovered in our bread basket were perfect partners for the greens.
The Welshfield chicken pot pie ($15.99) is definitely a wintertime favorite and the epitome of comfort food. Schuetzman's version features tasty pulled chicken and plenty of chunky carrots, peas and corn in a very mild sauce — which can be easily spiced up with the salt and pepper grinders placed on each table. Instead of the usual pie-like crust, the dish is topped with a generous piece of pastry shaped like a maple leaf. We also tried the tenderloin and scampies ($24.99). The fire-grilled tenderloin (we ordered it rare) was melt-in-your-mouth tender and the two scampies were easily four bites each. The meat and shellfish were served on a bed of mashed potatoes with a citrusy sauce and topped with micro greens.
Save room for dessert: Welshfield offers several sweet endings including house-made crème brulee ($5.29), a fudgy brownie with raspberry sauce ($5.99) and a changing selection of fruit pies, including apple and strawberry-rhubarb.
The historic Welshfield Inn also serves lunch, including smaller-sized dinner menu items; salads and sandwiches; brunch; and early-bird specials on weekdays from 4 to 6 p.m. As the weather warms, the restaurant's gorgeous patio will open once again for al fresco dining — and we'll be back.
Welshfield Inn, 14001 Main Market Rd. (U.S. Rte. 422), Troy Township 44021, 440/834-0190. welshfielddining.com. Mon.–Thurs. 11:30 a.m.–9:00 p.m., Fri.–Sat. 11:30 a.m.–11:00 p.m., Sun. 11:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Dinner entrees: $13–$28. Credit cards accepted, handicap accessible
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Tseng Runs Away with Kia Classic
Yani Tseng earned her 15th LPGA title in style Sunday, closing with a 2-under 70 at La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, Calif., to win the 72-hole Kia Classic. Tseng finished at 14-under 274 to earn $255,000.
The 23-year-old from Taiwan ended up six shots ahead of South Korea's Sun Young Yoo - who had a 71 - and seven in front of China's Shanshan Feng (67) and South Korea's Jiyai Shin. Shin, playing in the final group with Tseng, had a 2-over 74.
The win was Tseng's second straight on the LPGA Tour and third in five events in the young 2012 season, further cementing her position as the top-ranked female player in the world. Her earlier wins came in last week's LPGA Founders Cup in Phoenix and the LPGA Thailand in February.
She's the second-youngest player to win 15 LPGA titles; Nancy Lopez was 22 when she reached that mark.
Tseng racked up seven LPGA victories in 2011, including major titles in the LPGA Championship and Women's British Open, and on the year had 12 victories worldwide.
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IATSE's DePaulo and Equity's Eisenberg to co-chair
Cobug is not the winter flu, though legit producers may wish it were.
Last week, 13 legit orgs representing more than 75,000 workers in the live-entertainment industry joined forces to create the Coalition of Broadway Unions and Guilds.
Cobug's co-chairs are Anthony DePaulo, business manager for IATSE Local 1, and Alan Eisenberg, executive director of Actors' Equity. In a joint statement, the two union execs said the newly formed org will strengthen the legit unions and various guilds "to make our collective voice and concerns heard by employers, public officials and the theatergoing public."
Diverse coalition
Cobug's 13 member orgs are Actors' Equity Assn.; American Federation of Musicians Local 802; Assn. of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers Local 18032; Dramatists Guild; Intl. Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Intl.; Makeup Artists-Hair Stylists Union Local 798; Motion Picture Projectionists, Operators, Video Technicians, Theatrical Employees & Allied Crafts Local 306; Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers; Service Employees Intl. Union Local 32BJ Theater Division; Theatrical Protective Union Stage Hands Local 1; Theatrical Wardrobe Union Local 764; Treasurers & Ticket Sellers Union Local 751; and Local United Scenic Artists (USA) 829.
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In 2003, the scenic artists and musicians are in negotiations for new contracts with the League of American Theaters and Producers. Talks with Local 802 are expected to be especially contentious. Producers have balked at a long-standing contract provision that specifies the number of musicians required to be hired for tuners playing Broadway's larger venues.
In addition to achieving recognition and advocating public policy for the unions and guilds, the Cobug statement from IATSE and Equity specifically mentioned assessing the "impact of new media and computerized technologies on live theater." Musicians have voiced concerns that producers may try to replace Broadway musicians with a so-called virtual orchestra.


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The Rolling Stones: 50
13 July – 2 September 2012 (This exhibition has passed)
On 12 July 1962 the Rolling Stones went on stage for the first time at the Marquee Club in London's Oxford Street. A phenomenal 50 years later, and to celebrate this milestone, a free photographic exhibition documenting the last half-century is on now, looking back at their astounding career.
With privileged access to a wealth of unseen and rare material, this one-off exhibition
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Limited edition prints, copies of the book and other items were available to buy in the exhibition shop, items are also available from the official Rolling Stones online store.
This exhibition coincided with the release of the book by the same name, published by Thames & Hudson.
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Skip to comments.Economics, Evidence, Enlightenment [We know what works and not. We just prefer to ignore the truth]
Posted on 02/06/2009 7:25:30 AM PST by Tolik
With today's economy, wouldn't it be nice if we knew how to make an economy grow? To know what works and what doesn't? Well, we do. We just prefer to ignore the truth.
What works is economic freedom. What doesn't work is more government.
I'm sorry that those words sound simplistic and like Republican "ideology" (or at least what used to be Republican ideology - before the Bailout Fairy arrived). But they have the benefit of being true. If you were to start from scratch, ignoring all ideology and going simply by the evidence of what produces prosperity, you would come to that conclusion: more freedom and less government lead to greater wealth and prosperity.
It's not the ideology. It's the evidence.
Unfortunately, we are ignoring the evidence and rushing headlong in the wrong direction. Alec Baldwin and others threatened to move to France when George W. Bush became President. They didn't need to. France moved here.
Exhibit A is a thorough study of what works and what doesn't, conducted over 200 years ago, by Adam Smith. He examined the economies at the time and through history and came to the following conclusion.
"Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things."
The government need not "manage" the economy, but just stay pretty much out of the way, beyond securing "life, liberty and property."
Exhibit B is the Heritage Foundation's Index of Economic Freedom. Every year the data support Adam Smith's conclusion: more economic freedom yields more prosperity, where economic freedom means secure property rights and limited government in terms of size and control of the economy.
"Previous editions of the Index have confirmed the tangible benefits of living in freer societies. Not only are the higher levels of economic freedom associated with higher per capita incomes and higher GDP growth rates, but those higher growth rates seem to create a virtuous cycle, triggering further improvements in economic freedom."
The average GDP per capita of those considered "Free" was $40,253, about 10 times greater than those considered "Mostly Unfree" ($4,359) or "Repressed" ($3,926). There is strong and undeniable statistical correlation between economic freedom (as scored by the Heritage Foundation) and GDP per capita. And it shows up year after year.
Exhibit C is the case of Presidents Reagan and Mitterrand. Reagan was President of the US from 1981 to 1989 and was considered a very right-wing, free-market zealot. Mitterrand was President of France from 1981 to 1995 and was a socialist, the first socialist president of France. This would be an apples-to-apples comparison of free-market vs. socialist governance. How did that work out?
France was behind the US in 1980 and would fall further behind it in the following years. In 1980, France's GDP per capita was 84% that of the US. By 1989 it was down to 79% and by 1995 it was 78%. (For the various international comparisons throughout this article, see the US Statistical Abstract.) In 2006, the latest year for which data is available, it was just 74%. All that wonderful socialism in France just set it back further and further from the US.
Exhibit D is Japan. Remember the Japanese miracle? From 1960 to 1991 its GDP per capita grew from 37% of the US's to 86%. It was closing in on us! By 1991 we were all afraid that the Japanese would outpace us in computer chips, high definition televisions, artificial intelligence, automobiles and overall economic growth. It would buy up all the US assets worth having and we would soon all be working for Japanese bosses.
At that point, 1991, the Japanese government spent just 31.6% of its GDP, lower than that of any European country, Canada or the US. The US was spending 37.8%. The "small government" US had an even smaller government competitor, and it was eating our lunch. Only the US, West Germany and Norway were richer than Japan at that time (GDP per capita).
But then Japan did us a great favor. It decided to grow its government. By 1996 its government was bigger than the US's as a fraction of GDP, and would remain so through 2005. In 2000 its government was bigger than that of Australia, Ireland, Luxembourg, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. It had definitely lost its "smallest government" title.
How did that work out for Japan? Its GDP per capita went from 86% that of the US to just 73% by 1995. It had fallen behind Canada, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom by that same measure.
Exhibit E involves Japan again, but this piece of evidence is very relevant to today -- it has to do with economic stimuli. As described by Benjamin Powell at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in 2002:
"Between 1992 and 1995, Japan tried six spending programs totaling 65.5 trillion yen and cut income tax rates during 1994. In January 1998, Japan temporarily cut taxes again by 2 trillion yen. Then, in April of that year, the government unveiled a fiscal stimulus package worth more than 16.7 trillion yen, almost half of which was for public works. Again, in November 1998, another fiscal stimulus package worth 23.9 trillion yen was announced. A year later (November 1999), yet another fiscal stimulus package of 18 trillion yen was tried. Finally, in October 2000, Japan announced yet another fiscal stimulus package of 11 trillion yen. Overall during the 1990s, Japan tried 10 fiscal stimulus packages totaling more than 100 trillion yen."
Sound familiar? Yet from 1991 to 2006 Japan's economy grew slower than that of any of the other 16 countries listed in the US Statistical Abstract for comparison - even slower than Italy's. Over those 16 years its GDP per capita grew just 16%. That of its Asian counterpart, South Korea, grew 94% in that same period. The US, Canada and most European countries grew at least twice as fast. And today Japan's government debt is 182% of its GDP, by far the highest of any developed country .
Economic stimuli work -- if what you want to grow is debt rather than real GDP.
Exhibit F is Ireland. In 1987, Ireland's government was 52% of its GDP, a higher fraction than even that of France at the time (51.9%). But by 1998 it was only 34.5% -- lower than that of the US or any other European country. It had cut income taxes across the board. Its top corporate tax rate was the lowest of all OECD countries by 2003.
How did that work for Ireland? From 1990 to 2000, its per capita real GDP grew 86%. By comparison, the US's grew just 26% in that period. France's grew just 12%. In 1980, Ireland's GDP per capita was just 61% of France's, but by 1998 it had overtaken France and by 2000 it was 118% of France's.
Exhibit G is Sweden. In 1993, Sweden took the prize for big government. It spent 71% of GDP at a time when even France was spending less than 55%. By 2007 Sweden's spending was trimmed to 51% of GDP. Still not a small government by any means, but smaller than France's, at 52%.
Over that time, 1993 to 2006, its real GDP per capita grew 42% compared to France's 24%. As its government shrank below France's, it's GDP per capita swelled above it -- from 94% of France's to 108%. Sweden cut its government burden and saw its economy take off.
Exhibit H is communism. The idea that an economy can be managed from top to bottom has been tried -- multiple times. It never worked. Not in Russia. Not in China. Not in Cambodia. Not in Cuba. Not in North Korea. Not in Zimbabwe. Not anywhere. The results were widespread poverty, famine and war. The death count due to communism likely exceeds 100 million.
Exhibit I is US history. The US grew from a British colony to the richest and most powerful country on earth. It was founded on the very principle of freedom. After slavery was ended, the US had about as close to a truly laissez-faire free market as ever existed. During that time it enjoyed about 40 years of 4% real GDP growth per year (quintupling the size of the real economy) and absorbed millions of immigrants looking for freedom and opportunity, all while expanding westward and inventing or employing new technologies from steam engines to electricity, automobiles and airplanes.
In 1913 the US Constitution was changed to allow a federal income tax and the Federal Reserve System was established. Sixteen years later came the Great Depression. President Hoover at the time did almost everything counter to free-market principles: he raised taxes, increased federal spending, restricted free trade and encouraged faulty monetary policy.
President Roosevelt did much more of mostly the same: more federal spending, more regulation, more monetary manipulation. By the end of it, Henry Morgenthau Jr., close friend of FDR, FDR's Treasury Secretary and architect of the New Deal said this:
"We have tried spending money. We are spending more than we have ever spent before and it does not work... We have never made good on our promises. I say after eight years of this Administration we have just as much unemployment as when we started. ... And an enormous debt to boot!"
Federal spending went from 3.4% of GDP in 1930 to 10.7% in 1934 -- more than a tripling of such spending in only four years -- and it would remain at those elevated levels throughout the Depression. Yet the unemployment rate went above 10% in 1930 and would stay above that level until February of 1941; it was as high as 20% as late as 1938.
Exhibits J-Z. We could go on with country after country, era after era. Whether we are talking the extremes of all countries on the planet (e.g., Australia vs. Zimbabwe) or relatively small differences (e.g., Sweden vs. France), or whether we are talking 200 years ago (e.g. Adam Smith), 100 years ago (the US vs. Europe) or the last 20 years, the evidence always leads to the same conclusion: that government is best which governs least.
There might be some point at which government is too small, where anarchy or tribal behavior might destroy such things as secure property rights, life and liberty. But with government in the developed world averaging over 40% of GDP, we are nowhere near such a point. In fact, our problem is the opposite: where the government itself becomes the thief, rather than the protector of property and individual rights.
Learning Lessons. Europe seemed to take such lessons to heart. The examples of Ireland and Sweden, above, are standouts, but not alone. From 1993 to 2007, Sweden cut its government spending by over 19% of GDP. Canada, Finland, Norway and Spain all cut theirs by at least 10%. The Euro area average cut was 6% of GDP.
How much did the US cut in that period? One half of one percent (0.5%). Portugal was the only country of the 28 listed to cut less -- 0.3%. And Japan and South Korea were the only ones to grow government in that time period, but still came in under the US in government spending as a fraction of GDP, since they started so low.
Government in the US (federal, state and local) in 2007 spent a larger fraction of GDP than did Australia, Ireland, Japan, Slovakia, South Korea and Switzerland (among 28 listed countries). In the Heritage Foundation's latest Index, the US ranks only 6th, below Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, Ireland and New Zealand, and its score is falling. Our score was 80.7, with Canada breathing down our neck at 80.5.
And that was before the trillion-dollar bailout Bacchanalian debacle.
In short, the US is rapidly losing its standing as the free-market, limited-government leader of the world. While Europe was shrinking its government, the US stood pat. The US is becoming just another European country -- a high-tax, welfare state with a large public sector and rigid work rules.
Unless President Obama governs counter to all his promises, campaign commercials and supporters' wishes, he will only accelerate this trend, not reverse it.
We already overtook Australia, Ireland and Switzerland by 2007. We'll soon overtake Canada, Spain, Luxembourg and the OECD average. Maybe with our trillion dollar bailouts and stimuli, we already did.
All through this time we have been lied to.
The media called it "laissez-faire capitalism" as the government continued to eat over one third of the economy and regulated us at the equivalent of over 30 New Deals as measured by pages of the Federal Register.
The media called President Bush a free-market extremist, while he increased federal spending from 18.4% of GDP in 2000 to 20.4% in 2006, added prescription coverage to Medicare, teamed up with Ted Kennedy to expand federal spending on education, subsidized ethanol, etc..
The media fed the lie that out-of-control imperialism and warfare increased our defense spending to irresponsible and unsustainable levels. Yet defense spending rose from an historically low 3% of GDP in 2000 to a still-low 4% of GDP as we fought wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan, a level lower than the country experienced for over 50 years, from 1941 to 1994.
The electorate swallowed those lies and elected a man with just 11 years total experience in elective office, only 3 years at the national level, zero military experience and zero executive experience, but the most liberal voting record in the US Senate in 2007.
The conclusion I come to is a sad one: the US is no more.
At least not the US of freedom, free markets and limited government. Just when we should be reinvigorating the US brand of freedom as it had been known for generations, we are accelerating in the exactly opposite direction: salvation through government programs.
Imitating North Korea, Zimbabwe or even France is one way to get "change." Just not the change I was hoping for.
Randall Hoven can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com or via his web site, kulak.worldbreak.com/.
Quite the article- bump
Putting a bookmark in this one.
Super article, thanks for posting!
And the Zero has the audacity to say that tax cuts don't work and their success is a lie. He's a bigger lier than Clinton and that's hard to do.
My favorite argument with liberal friends is that JFK with his tax cuts and keep America powerful - would have to be a Republican now. There are republicans who are more liberal now than he ever was. And Dems are still to the left.
Its interesting that I rarely get any disagreement on this.
Permanent, marginal, income and capital gains tax cuts work.
You may have this
Income Tax Cut, JFK Hopes To Spur Economy 1962/8/13
It's bizarre that we elected a socialist. We know that socialism doesn't work, and there are plenty of people around who remember how happy the Eastern Europeans were to get rid of socialism in 1989. We fought socialism from 1945 - 1989. Maybe the problem is that we stopped fighting it.
Obama's election can be seen as a testament to how bad our educational system is. Young people know nothing about socialism and think they're getting change when in fact, historically, we're going backwards.
I love a proposal to suspend tax withholding for a quarter, then review and continue or stop. People would get money right away and then 1) spend them, boosting sales, etc or 2) put them into savings or buying stocks - boosting banks and financial markets.
Can't be easier than that. Can't be more expensive for the government than borrowing 1 TRILLION !!! dollars.
It's just another right-wing nut getting his talking points from that fat idiot Rush /s
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That's okay. They are on their way to try and get him off the airways.
In fact I believe Rush's "vacation" was, in reality, a meeting with some people to explore ways to fight that impending attempt to, once again, silence Conservative talk radio. And I'm not being sarcastic.
I'm in favor of anything that de-funds the beast. So I'd take your proposal in a heart beat!
No reason all those little ear thingys growing out of everyones ears couldn't be bluetoothin' the big boy & others 24/7.
I hear that! ;)
What! A guy can't take a vacation without some conspiracy theories?!
I actually loved Mark Steyn nonstop for so many hours. Not to replace Rush, but I'd love to have more Steyn.
On blocking talk radio - they definitely want to try, but I am not sure they can pull it off - too blatant violation of free speech.
About gizmos - the next step after satellite radio is some kind of a portable receiver for an internet radio. The technology to allow it is practically here.
I love it also. Allowing the people to see their paychecks without any deductions would be the death of our tax system and with it the power of our politicians.
That is why it is unlikely to ever happen.
Milton Friedman regrets the day he gave government the idea to do this.
There is a on radio here, (FL) from 10a to 12n that would be great for Mark to be on ... instead of the boring fellow that's on now. I won't mention the boring chaps name, as I couldn't stand the slings and arrows that would be launched my way.
Whatever the "gizmo" I'm certain El Rushbo will be around.
Giving up Rush would be like quitting cigarettes. Quite unsettling, and leading to a depressive "Let's storm Congress" mode for over twenty million people.
Got it!
My only problem with Rush is his shtick of El Rushbo and other such self-aggrandizing. I'd rather he did not waste time on self promotion like that. Isn't he above that level already?
I prefer his intellectual side. But its just MHO.
Took me a while to understand him, and still he screws with my head at times.
Like when he had that ex football star on a few weeks ago (?) and kept calling him "my brother". I was saying to myself ... "enough already with the my brother garbage".
I'm retired now, and have him on in the garage when I'm in there piddling around. Many times I just turn him off when he gets too much.
Like you, I enjoy it when he get his intellectual side in gear, and calls shots that have yet to be fired.
Oh ... well. The "Babe" didn't hit them out of the park every time up, but man could he sell tickets?
As a European and a Scandinavian (Sweden) I can testify to the truth and validity of these facts and comparisons. I've seen it with my own eyes.
I lived in the UK for one year as a child, in 1979-1980. At that time, the nation was beginning to wake up after decades of unionism and fruitless government actions aiming at keeping doomed, unproductive industries alive by artificial respiration.
Sorry to say so, but Britain of those days probably made the impression of a third world country to most visitors from countries like the US, Sweden and Switzerland.
Around 1975-1980, my Sweden adopted the policies that, so severely, had failed for decades on British soil. The result? Sweden quickly went from being a leader in the GDP growth area among the OECD countries to a bottom position.
In the beginning of the 1990's most Swedes had became aware we had to choose a different path in order to restore economic growth. Since then, the development in all fields of the economy has been marvelous.
Sweden's closest neighbors, Finland, Denmark, Iceland and Norway - the other Nordic countries - all share our insights in the department of what really makes the economy grow.
Some interesting facts about the Nordic countries in the light of these issues (Scandinavia + Finland):
- The five Nordic countries are FIVE of the world's NINE richest countries measured by nominal GDP per capita
- The combined Nordic GDP is 125 % that of Russia's and 50% that of China's
- If the 25 million inhabitants of the Nordic countries are viewed as one single economy it constitutes the 9th largest economy on Earth
- Income taxes are lower than in most parts of the US
- Corporate taxes are lower than in the US and very low compared to Germany (a nation that, just like France and Italy has suffered from very slow growth since the early 1990's)
- National debt is very low or non existing (as in the case of Norway)
- Norway boasts the highest number of dollar millionaires per capita in the world
- In Sweden and Norway many families own two houses
- In Sweden, a country that has about the same number of cars/capita as the US, the average car is a Volvo V70, a $32 000 car. On top of that, public transport is efficient and very affordable.
- The Nordic countries together have 69 companies listed on the Forbes Global 2000 list. Germany (population 82 million) has a mere 57.
This illustrates the benefits from steering away from Socialism. It could, of course, be viewed as the words of someone who enjoys bragging about the economic performance of our his corner of the world, but I prefer to call it bragging about economical sanity.
One thing I have to commend you on, is that while I think you often gloss over ominous portents for your region of the world, you always cheerfully make the case that Scandinavia isn't as socialist as some think and that there is a way unique to your country that can lead to success.
The only thing is, every article and study I've read has indicated that half of a Scandinavian's income goes to taxes. The size of the government sector maybe isn't as large as that dark time you followed the UK, but it's not at a healthy level either.
Does that mean there is no hope? certainly not. But I think you are a bit too sanguine about the current state of Scandinavian Europe (though I DO really want to visit and marry a woman with that phenotype lol. My grandmother's people are from Finland.)
Actually JFK and even Hubert Humphrey would be to the right of today's Republicans. Humphrey sponsored medicare but he probably never in his wildest dreams would have imagined that a Republican president would expand it to include prescription drug coverage. Neither in his wildest dreams could have thought of government paying for abortions in other countries.
Today's dimrats come up with absurd ideas that would have given the real Democrats a heart attack and then act as though they are great geniuses and everybody who doesn't agree is stupid.
- Yes, but it's a matter of our high VAT (see link below) and excise taxes (dito) financing government goodies like cheap/free child care, university education and so on.
I'm not saying our system is better (and by the way, there are in fact several hospitals, schools, homes for the elderly etc, etc here in Scandinavia that are not government-run), but I claim such activities could well stay government-run without much loss of efficiency, while businesses like vehicle and computer production, by all means, should not be run by any government whatsoever.
For some reason, many Scandinavians wish their governments to provide their health care, education, child care and care for the elderly.
Personally, I'd like to see more of Capitalism here in Thule, but I guess it all boils down to cultural traits among us Norsemen.
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'Man Comes Home' takes audience prize
Gallic helmer Laurent Cantet's Cannes Palme d'Or winner "The Class" won the critics' award at the Norwegian Intl. Film Festival at Haugesund.
Even though the Norwegian fest is non-competitive, several awards were handed out as the final curtain fell.
The audience award went to Thomas Vinterberg's "A Man Comes Home," the Ecumenical Andreas Award went to Erik Poppe's "Troubled Water" and the Bringer of Joy Award went to Mike Leigh's "Happy-Go-Lucky," with honorary mentions to Vinterberg's pic and local docu "99% Honest," helmed by Rune Denstad Langlo.
Honorary awards also went to U.K. critic Derek Malcolm, local critic Martin Nordvik and Norwegian kid film helmer Arne Lindtner Naess.
Fest this year had 1,600 professional participants and an audience of more than 35,000, which is a new record.


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Discovery of Tax Accrual Workpapers after Textron and Deloitte
Ilya A. Lipin
PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP
February 9, 2011
Practical Tax Strategies, Feb 2011
The recent decisions of Textron and Deloitte have changed the landscape of tax practice by providing new guidance as to whether tax accrual workpapers are protected from discovery by the work product doctrine. However, the conflicting results of the Textron and Deloitte holdings as well as the inconsistency among other courts add uncertainty to the law surrounding the discovery of tax accrual workpapers making it an area prone for future litigation. A thorough understanding of the Arthur Young, Textron, and Deloitte decisions will empower counsel on either side of the representation with knowledge of how to argue for or against discovery of tax accrual workpapers.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 9
Keywords: Tax, Work Product Doctrine, Textron, Discovery of Tax Workpapers.
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Who has the biggest brain? Find out with the new mental fitness game based on the original best-selling Nintendo DS title. Players answer questions in five fun categories: Analyze, Compute, Identify, Memorize, and Think; but it's speed and accuracy that count - not smarts! Teams collect chips based on the number of questions they answer correctly. After five rounds of play, teams weigh their chips on the "brain-o-meter" to see which team has the biggest brain. Big Brain Academy keeps minds nimble and players laughing! Contents include 330 Cards, Spinner, Scale, Puzzle Pieces, Scoring Chips, Red Revealer, Sand Timer, Dry Erase Pen and Instructions. For 2 to 4 players. Ages 8 and up.


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Bioenergy Technologies Office Blog is a place for the office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), the biomass community, and the general public to learn about and discuss the latest news and events in the Bioenergy Technologies Office, and the entire bio-industry.
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Tracking sustainability metrics—for bioenergy that does not compromise environmental quality and the availability of food, feed, fiber, and water—has never been easier or more interactive! Due to the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Bioenergy Technologies Office's (BETO's) dedicated work with national labs and other partners to develop the nation's bioenergy industry, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) has released two interactive, online tools to assess the resource consumption and greenhouse gas emissions associated with biofuel production.
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One of the many goals the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) aims to achieve is developing ways to positively impact the renewable transportation sector. The newest stitch in the fabric of renewable transportation is carbon fiber, a resilient material that can be combined to create high-value composites for wind energy technologies, aircraft technologies, and vehicles.
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The first day of our sixth annual conference, Biomass 2013: How the Advanced Bioindustry is Reshaping American Energy, is complete. If you missed our live tweeting or couldn't attend the conference, check out some of our key highlights.
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The Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) is hosting its sixth annual conference this summer. Biomass 2013: How the Advanced Bioindustry is Reshaping American Energy is the culmination of what BETO does best—bringing together a variety of partners and stakeholders to talk about and take action toward achieving a commercially viable, high-performance bioindustry. Though we're already on our sixth conference, we're only getting started; you can expect plenty of new and exciting topics coming your way July 31–August 1, 2013.
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Funded by the Department of Energy's Office of Science, the Institute for Atom-Efficient Chemical Transformations (IACT) is performing multifaceted research and development to advance use of biomass as a viable energy resource.
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A 130-acre plot of willow in western New York is improving the cost-efficiency of harvesting willow biomass to produce biofuels.
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On December 12, 2012, the Biomass Program hosted a webinar titled, "Upgrading Renewable and Sustainable Carbohydrates for the Production of High Energy Density Fuels." Featured presenters, John Gordon and Pete Silks of Los Alamos National Laboratory, discussed how improvements in catalysis science are leading to more efficient conversion of non‐food biomass into transportation fuels and chemical feedstocks.
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In June 2010, the U.S. Energy Department (DOE) commissioned the National Academy of Sciences' National Research Council (NRC) to convene a committee to investigate the potential for an environmentally sustainable domestic algal biofuels industry. The NRC's report identifies priority areas for improving the long-term, national-scale sustainability of algal biofuels and notably finds no showstoppers.
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text: Is It a Virus or a Bacterium? Know the DifferenceIn general, most colds and other respiratory infections are not serious for adults in good health. It's just the hassle of dealing with runny noses, coughing, sneezing, fever, headaches, aching muscles, and fitful sleeping. But knowing whether your infection is caused by a virus or a bacterium makes a difference in how it is treated.Which is it?Bacteria are one-celled organisms that multiply by simple division. They are linked to such respiratory infections as otitis media (ear), tonsillitis (tonsils), pneumonia (lungs), bronchitis (airways), sinusitis (sinuses), pharyngitis (throat), and whooping cough (airways).Most respiratory infections, however, are caused by viruses rather than by bacteria. Viruses are some of the tiniest entities known.Unlike bacteria, they do not divide and do not reproduce on their own. Instead, when they invade a cell, they take over the cell's machinery, forcing the cell to reproduce the virus in massive numbers. Viruses infect animals, plants, and bacteria, and cannot be wiped out by antibiotics. Viral reproduction, on the other hand, can be blocked by antiviral agents.Viruses cause such respiratory infections as the common cold (rhinovirus), the flu (influenza), some pneumonias and bronchiolitis (respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV).It can be difficult to determine whether you have a viral or bacterial infection because the symptoms are often similar. A doctor will most likely have to conduct tests. But here are a few hints.If you have a cold or cough, it is usually viral. You should suspect a secondary infection caused by bacteria if a fever recurs after the first few days. A persistent earache may mean a bacteria-based ear infection. With a sore throat, it takes a throat culture to determine if it is bacterial. The only common bacterial throat pathogen is streptococcus. The majority of sore throats, especially in adolescents and adults, are viral.Treatment and preventionViral infections may temporarily decrease your resistance and may be followed by a secondary bacterial infection, so it is important to call your doctor if you get a respiratory infection and you have diabetes or another chronic illness that weakens your immune system.Most viruses remain alive for a period of time in airborne particles that people breathe, sneeze, and cough, as well as on surfaces for about an hour after they are touched by an infected person. That is why it is important to wash your hands regularly and immediately after handling potentially viral-contaminated objects such as doorknobs, shopping carts, telephones, toys, and other commonly shared items.In addition: Don't smoke. It weakens the immune system and makes the respiratory system more vulnerable to infection.Because many viral infections do not produce symptoms immediately, you or someone you're in contact with may be contagious for several days before you know it. This makes prevention difficult. Health Encyclopedia A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Search Health Library


text: The NRC Astrophysics Decadal Survey identified Cosmic Dawn (i.e., first stars and first light in the Universe) as one of the top science priorities for this decade. The NLSI LUNAR team has shown that such observations are best conducted from the radio-quiet lunar farside using an array of low radio frequency telescopes to measure redshifted 21-cm signals from neutral hydrogen that surround the first stars and galaxies. We have developed a concept for a deployable low-mass radio antenna array on the Moon using polyimide film as a backbone. Our team has proposed that such an array could be deployed with a modest rover on the lunar farside teleoperated by astronauts in the Orion crew vehicle stationed in orbit about the EM L-2 libration point. To demonstrate the feasibility for such a mission, we have recently conducted the first surface telerobotics engineering tests using the K-10 rover at the NASA Ames Roverscape under the command of an astronaut aboard the ISS. During the 3.5-hr ISS crew session, two "arms" of polyimide film were successfully unrolled from the back of the K-10 rover. This test session achieved a number of "firsts" including the first real-time teleoperation of a planetary rover from the ISS, the first astronaut to interactively control a high fidelity planetary rover in an outdoor analog testbest, and the first realistic simulation of a human-robot "Waypoint" mission concept.


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How cold is it?
It's so cold that Minnesota reporters are digging out their fun-with-cold-weather experiments.
WCCO's Rachel's Slavik's recent spot was picked up by CNN. In it, she demonstrates how a wet T-shirt will freeze solid in three minutes in subzero cold. She also shows viewers how frozen bubbles will break, and how hot water tossed in the air will instantly crystalize.
KARE 11 did some similar "backyard hijinks" last year.
Minneapolis eighth-graders a few years ago kicked up the hot-water-in-the-air experiment a notch by using Super Soakers. They also pounded nails with frozen bananas.
There are other experiments, of course. Minneapolis teacher Nathan Ziegler posted a series of them, including watermelon bowling…
… sledding on a frozen towel (it works very well)…
… and igloo building …
All this reminds us of a bit comedian Lewis Black did a few years ago for a Minnesota audience, telling them that if they had any brains, they'd call the federal government when it hit 20-below zero and say, "Get us the [bleep] outta here."
"You live in a cold that human beings aren't supposed to live in," he said, to much laughter. Check out a clip (warning: contains profanity).


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Firefighters continue to make good progress on the nearly dozen fires that are burn up and down the state. Nearly 9,000 firefighters have continued to work aggressively to contain California's wildfires. Out of the 11 major fires, 7 were lightning-sparked and the risk for additional lightning-sparked fires remains high.
High temperatures, low humidity and dry conditions continue to maintain a high fire danger over the next couple days. Thunderstorms are expected through this weekend in the Sierra, northeastern part of the state, and the mountains and deserts of Southern California. Many of the thunderstorms will remain dry, increasing the chance of lightning-sparked fires.
CAL FIRE urges homeowners to be extra cautious outdoors this weekend. www.ReadyForWildfire.org is a great resource for wildfire preparation.
Fires of Interest:
**CAL FIRE Incidents**
Wye Fire, Lake & Colusa Counties (more info…)
Hwy 20, east of Clearlake Oaks
* 7,934 acres - 90% contained
* all evacuations have been lifted
* Expected containment Sunday, August 19
Buck Fire, Riverside County (more info…)
Sage Rd, Aguanga
* 2,681 acres - 100% contained
Vallecito Lightning Complex, San Diego County (more info…)
Throughout Eastern San Diego County
* 22,846 acres - 85% contained
* 6 total fires, 4 of which are 100% contained
* all evacuations have been lifted
Mill Fire, Butte County (more info…)
Hwy 32, 10 miles northwest of Butte Meadows
* 1,250 acres - 20% contained
* Expected containment Tuesday, August 21
**Federal & Local Fires**
Chips Fire, Plumas County (more info…)
US Forest Service – Plumas National Forest
20 miles northwest of Quincy
* 43,746 acres - 20% contained
* CAL FIRE is assisting
Reading Fire, Shasta County (more info…)
National Park Service – Lassen Volcanic National Park
14 miles south of Old Station
* 25,242acres - 28% contained
* CAL FIRE is assisting
Jawbone Complex, Kern County (more info…)
Bureau of Land Management
west of Jawbone Recreation Area, north of Mojave
* 12,462 acres - 85% contained
Fort Complex, Siskiyou County (more info…)
US Forest Service – Klamath National Forest
10 Miles northwest of Happy Camp
* 4,140 acres - 35% contained
Ramsey Fire, Calaveras County (more info…)
US Forest Service – Stanislaus National Forest
Hwy 4, 11 miles East of Dorrington
* 1,155 acres - 45% contained
Rush Fire, Lassen County (more info…)
Bureau of Land Management
Southwest of Applegate
* 204,359 acres - 30% contained
* CAL FIRE is assisting
Quail Fire, San Bernardino County (more info…)
National Park Service – Joshua Tree National Park
in Juniper Flats, northwest of Keys View
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The Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA), Mauritius Oceanography
Institute Mauritius Oceanography Institute (MOI); the Nairobi Convention Secretariat,
Commission de l'océan Indien (COI), the organizers of the conference on "Climate Change
Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation in the WIO region: Solutions to the Crisis" take this
opportunity- on behalf of our partners and donors and all who made this conference possible- to
welcome you to Balaclava.
About Balaclava:
Located just north of Port Louis and a 15 minute drive from the clubs and sights of Grand Baie,
Balaclava boasts one of the most pristine stretches of beach overlooking the Bay of Balaclava.
Local attractions include the Baie aux Tortues, which 17th-century sailors named after the many
tortoises in the area. A trip to the Central Market of Port Louis reveals handmade crafts and
cuisine representing the different cultures and ethnicities of Mauritius, including Creole, Indian,
Chinese and Muslim. Balaclava is 50 minutes away from Plaisance International Airport.
Weather in Balaclava
At this time of the year, the weather in Mauritius is sunny and fairly hot, carry lightclothing.
Conference Venue
The Conference will take place at the Intercontinental Mauritius Resort,
Balaclava Fort from the 21
of March to the 23
of March 2011.
The following are the hotels where participants to the conference will be staying- The
Intercontinental Mauritius, La Plantation, Le Mauricia Hotel, and Ventura Hotel.
Shuttles will be organized to pick up conference delegates to and from the airport to
Intercontinental hotel and to Ventura Hotel for arrivals from the 19 th
of March 2011 and on
departure from the 24-26
March 2011. Those arriving earlier and leaving later than these dates
are to arrange their own transport. Guests staying at La Plantation are within walking distance to
the Conference Venue. For those residing at Ventura Hotel, transport to the Conference venue
has been organized. Delegates staying at Le Mauricia Hotel will need to take taxis to
Intercontinental as it is 45 minutes away.
The official currency is the Mauritian Rupee, with the following rates: 1 Euro = approximately
40 Mauritian Rupees, while 1 USD = approximately 29 Mauritian Rupees. MasterCard and Visa
are the most widely accepted by most banks, hotels, restaurants and tourist shops followed by
American Express and Diners Club
There are restaurants on the main road of Balaclava which are about 5 – 10 minutes from the
Intercontinental Hotel.
Nationals of the following countries will not require a visa to enter Mauritius- United Kingdom,
Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia,
Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Seychelles, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania,
U.S.A., Zambia and Zimbabwe. Please note that the participants will need a Letter from MOI
and a hotel booking confirmation to present to immigration officials on arrival.
Holders of Passports from the Republic of Madagascar and the Union of Comoros may be issued
a tourist visa for a period of 2 (two) weeks on arrival, provided that he/she:
1. holds a valid recognised passport (beyond six months after the intended period of stay)
2. holds a valid return passage ticket to country of origin or residence
3. is eligible to re-enter his/her country of origin or residence
4. has adequate funds to meet cost of stay in Mauritius
5. has confirmed booking of accommodation (if sponsored by a Mauritian citizen, applicant
should produce supporting letter of sponsor, stating name, address and relationship)
For more information on visas visit the following website: www.gov.mu.
Each oral presentation is allotted 20 minutes. Please make sure you give more time in your
presentation to the objectives of your study and scientific results attained rather than on literature
review, materials and methods and/or description of the study sites. Chairpersons will be very
strict in time management, so it is advisable to limit your presentations to 15 minutes, to allow
five minutes for questions and discussions. All presentations should be handed over to
Secretariat a day before the presentation. All posters should be mounted 12 noon on 21 March
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text: Tyler Close writes: >I think we need generators, like the recently discussed >ByteArray.Generator class, for all the other Joe-E array types as >well. This sounds good to me. Adrian, what do you think? Are you okay with this? >I think we need something like: > > interface Generator<T> { > void append(T value); > ConstArray<T> snapshot(); > } You mentioned that you wanted to eliminate all unsafe casts. The interface above may require casting the return value of snapshot() to the appropriate subtype of ConstArray. For example, consider the following usage: Generator<T> g = PowerlessArray.generate(n); ... PowerlessArray<T> a = (PowerlessArray<T>) g.snapshot(); The last line requires an unchecked cast. Is that okay? Would you prefer to have the interface be designed to be statically type-safe? For example, would the following alternative be better? interface Generator<A extends ConstArray<T>,T> { void append(T value); A snapshot(); } Each Joe-E array type would provide a generate() method that returns the appropriate type; e.g., PowerlessArray<T>.generate()'s return type would be Generator<PowerlessArray<T>,T>. That would eliminate the need to cast the return value of Generator.snapshot() to the appropriate array type. Does this seem like an improvement?


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Sounds like a lot of fun, and a good reason to have a 20 percent night.
From an organ perspective, your liver is what deals with getting rid of alcohol, along with other toxins, and 500 other functions in the body ha. But since going PB, I can safely assume the amount of toxins (chemicals, additives, preservatives, pesticides, stress, ect...) has been reduced. Well that would not only lighten the load of the livers' task, but also improve liver health.
Improved organ health means you eliminate toxins better, so it could be that.
Here's the problem with most people drinking:
Already toxic body + strong toxin = non-functional next day
recovering body, less toxic + strong toxin = semi-functional next day


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Lava's on Poipu Beach offers lovely open-air ocean views of Poipu Beach at Sheraton Kauai Resort. This casual, locally inspired bar and grill offers a great open-air dining experience with service from sunrise to sunset.
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*The Kids Eat Free program is available for children ages 10 and under. One child eats free from the Keiki (Kids) menu per adult meal purchased. Established restaurant prices will apply for additional children. Excludes special holidays. This special benefit is for Sheraton Kauai Resort hotel guests only.
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Thorne Research, Cal-Mag Citrate, Effervescent Powder, 8 oz (227 g)
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- Package Quantity: 8 oz (227 g)
- Dimensions: 3.6 x 3.6 x 3.8 in, 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
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- Dietary Supplement
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An easy-to-consume form of calcium-magnesium supplementation
- Powder reacts when mixed with water, resulting in formation of well-absorbed citrate, ascorbate, and glycinate minerals
- Provides a higher amount of calcium in a non-capsule form
- A convenient way to supplement with high amounts of these minerals
- Has the added benefit of vitamin C
Suggested Use
Add 1 heaping (5.4 g) scoop to 8 ounces of water one to two times daily or as recommended by your health-care practitioner.
Other Ingredients
Allergy Warning: This product is contraindicated in an individual with a history of hypersensitivity to any of its ingredients.
Excipient Free: This product does not contain wheat, gluten, corn, yeast, soy, egg, dairy products, or artificial colors, sweeteners, or flavors. This product also does not contain lactose, palmitic acid, or magnesium, calcium, or vegetable stearates.
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|Each Heaping (5.4 g) Scoop Contains:
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|Calcium (as Citrate / Ascorbate reacted from Calcium Carbonate and Citric / Ascorbic Acids)
|500 mg
|Magnesium (as Citrate / Ascorbate reacted from Magnesium Oxide and Citric / Ascorbic Acids)
|200 mg
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They say all good things must come to an end (or in Inter's case: all bad things must never end, but that's neither here nor there).
When ESPN Soccernet gave me the opportunity to run this blog three years ago, my first thought was: how do I avoid getting fired after my first article, and: how much time before an Interista places a bounty over my head? As many of my regular readers know, I haven't shied away from one controversial topic, and I certainly have tried to carry my own personality into the 'blogosphere' as much as possible. Doing this certainly leapfrogged me into the social media scene, got me an added bragging card with the girls, and gave me a speckle of credibility at parties when football conversations became so intense, I was actually worried about receiving a beating so brutal that it would give me a permanent Inter face. But most importantly - I received credits at the University, and it opened the door for many more possibilites. Thank you ESPN Soccernet.
Anyway, enough about me - this is a Milan blog for Christ's sake.
Apparently, Milan is looking to take on the theme of the Miami Heat and tease potential customers into buying into the new 'Big 3' concept. Postcards have been sent out showcasing the new Milan triumvirate of Bakaye Traore, Riccardo Montolivo, and the immortal Kevin Constant. Ladies and Gentleman, your Champions League midfield for the 2012/2013 season! Also, would you take a +1000000 over on Constant being one of the prime candidates for the new Dolce & Gabbana underwear spread?
All jokes aside, there's no reason for panic. Galliani meticulously crafted this whole Silva circus to appease fans who were chanting for yet another superstar to join the ranks of elite players like Didac Vila and the 14 year old goalkeeper they recently signed from Cruzeiro. Now that Silva's staying, fans are satisfied, like a well placed appetizer that makes you forget about ordering a main course all together. In reality, it was a 40+ million euro signing.
While Milan have signed Chievo's Francesco Acerbi, details are still cloudy about whether or not they've decided to buy out the clause on Francesco Acerbi's mole, who had an option of riscatto until 2015. I'm sure the next correspondent will happily delve into this pressing issue. It's only a matter of time before Acerbi takes Mexes' place in the lineup, as he's considered one of the bright young central defenders in Italy, and was actually voted on a top Serie A XI by fans on La Gazzetta alongside Thiago Silva last year.
Moving on..
I'm confident that my heir on this blog will post more, give you perplexing tactics, formations, pre-match analysis, and intricate details such as passing ratios, and the percentage of times Christian Abbiati can make a save if the shot is from 38 meters out with a northwest wind factor. See? Not so bad is it.
In all honesty, I will miss writing this blog terribly. The jokes that came along with it. The car comparisons of Maxi Lopez. Slowdorf, Boneheadera, the Pato Corollary, the unyielding Inter face, Captain Yellowtooth, the Cobra Huntelaar, Digao being exchanged for a $5 Apple Store gift card, and L3-0. We've had many laughs together, and you've all been great. I've enjoyed writing these columns as entertainment pieces - the way an opinion piece should be. We have enough robotic columns out there on the web, anyway! I'm not a real journalist, just a fan like most of you who tried to talk about his favorite team in the same way he would at a party, and I think for the most part, that's why many were able to relate.
Many of you have been writing your thoughts all three years I've had this position, and we've gone on to interact much more over Twitter. It has been an honor to connect with Milanisti throughout the world, and see the incredible support that each and every one of them feels for the red & black colors. Whether it's a dispersed Italian in Singapore, an Indonesian girl, or an old man in Fiji. Milan really does have some of the most loyal fans, and I've witnessed this first hand.
However, new roads have opened up and it's time to focus on my career full time.
For the few of you who see me as nothing more than a living example of Cambiasso's curl, a stagnant, awkward mane of hair that simply wouldn't go away, no matter how much we wanted it to (especially when the broadcast was in HD), here is your time to rejoice. For the rest of you who want to keep in touch, however, I'm always on twitter. Shoot me a message anytime. @TheMilanGuy
Forza Milan. Inter Seconda.
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I remember the first time I came across this blog. Unfortunately, it was in public and I went back and read all the previous posts and I laughed so hard that my face hurt. That was in 2010. Since then I haven't missed not one of Matteo's posts. Whats more, it was like an armoury where I could pick up any kind barb for any kind Thank you Matteo.Wish you Godspeed..
thanks matteo for your work! best of luck in the future and forza milano!
Thanks for the great articles. I became a Milan fan around the game @Napoli in 2010-11 and have enjoyed your blogs ever since. I honestly new nothing about Milan before I read your blogs, I had no idea Bonera wasn't a great defender until Boneheadera and I thought Ronaldinho was the greatest player ever. I had no idea the champions league was more important than the coppa italia. I have learned everything about Milan's history from your tweets and articles.
Forza Milan
Unfortunately it was just last fall that I started reading your blogs and I really regret not following you since you joined. Your articles have always been a joy to read. I almost everyday checked the AC Milan ESPN page to see if you've posted a new article. Its sad that we'll not be able to hear from you from here.
Wish you the best of Luck Matteo.
Matteo, è stato bello stare in tua compagnia in questi anni, la maggior parte delle volte hai dato voce ai miei pensieri. soffrire e gioire insieme è stato unico. mi mancherai.
Indonesia will miss you Matteo.. wish you all the best.. Godspeed..
I will miss your articles so much. I love your sense of humor. Whoever takes over your blog will have very big shoes to fill. I do wish you all the best in your future endeavors.
Am crying and laughing at the same time. Crying cause am going to miss Matt's writing and laughing cause my mentor is going to a higher place.. Goodluck on your future dealing and i will definatly be reading your up date on twitter. Forza Matteo
Matteo you will be missed! Great job in the past 3 years... The next guy has very very big shoes to fill.. Good luck with your next role and please keep doing your podcasts!
Forza Matteo
Cazzo Matteo, that's a very bad news, especially now in the heat of the transfer season.....we will miss the wittysarcasticomical comments from our favorite blogger!!!
Forza Milan forever.
p.s. are you coming to Singapore in the end? Would love to meet you in the flesh and magari play some football with you.
Sorry forgot to mention that if you indeed come to Singapore you won't risk any bad experience with Interisti....first there aren't many here and the few I have seen are approximatively the size of Giovinco....for sure there are more Milanisti, which is normal. Juventini are even more scarce, that's why it is a non polluted country :-)
Whatever your destination keep well.
This was simply the most entertaining English language football blog on the planet. You will be missed.
Really sad as I just stumbled across this blog last season.. Hoping pete could take over, 2 many legends are leavings this summer . Have a great new chapter .
Thank you for making the losses easier to take and for making the wins seem as if we had just won the Champions League. I will miss your writing for sure. Best of luck in the future!
you : basically the funniest blogger in the internets ({gw bush}lol :) hope you come back we'll miss ya boy
Grazie mille fratello Matteo!
Forza Milan forever!
Dear Matteo,
All the best for your future. You built a successful WEB-ULTRAS. Someday, I will go to San Siro and Milanello to see my Childhood superheros.
I've dreaded this day...and now it has come! You will be missed! I hope the next guy can at least fill half the massive void that you are going to leave. Forza Milan Forza matteo.....and now something my father told me randomly...mangiare bene, duro merda, e non avere paura della morte! ciao!
Matteo is all grown up now, well you had a longer red and black stint than Ronaldinho. Thats a positive. Reading your articles have made my days at work in a bank in nyc go by faster, and waiting for one of my post's to get on this page well that took forever. All the best to you...
Thank you for all these replies. Very humbling.
This has been the most fun writing, and nothing in the future will give me the same sense of freedom & expression
Love all you guys ;)
What is the size of your shoes man... Because the next guy had better had big feet to fill the space you are about... well not about.. i guess you already left.
it became a ritual reading your blogs both here and on themilanguy.
wish you all the best in what you are about to or will do.
Fra! Good luck and all the best to you. I will miss the blogs!! Forza Milan!! Ciao.Ciao.. ;)
Wait...what??? You wont be blogging anymore in here??? Sigh............well thats depressing. Oh well i gues i dont have a choice but to join twitter now..... :s
I will surely miss your blogs Matteo. This was the one place where i could have come to vent and reason after our games. Thank you for those wonderful years and great articles! I wish you all the best in your future endeavors and i know you WILL be successful in what ever you do!
All the best to you and thank you very much again! God Bless you Matteo.
P.S. The Cruziero kid 19. lol
Thanks Matteo. I think the fact that you write blogs just like we'd talk about teams at a party, kidding around, being sarcastic about Milan but at the same loving it more, really got you into our hearts. Going to miss your blogs terribly, also the accurate rumors you came up with every once a joke a while! good luck for your future mate. The next guy, surely won't be as interesting as you.
All the good things always have an end.
Will miss every single writings of yours and all the jokes around..
Good luck with your career matteo!
See you on twitter..
This is a sad moment to me, legends leaving milan and now you leaving this blog, you will be missed Matteo, i think your colums were unique because we all cherised that fan flavor you used in them, a really true milanista, good luck on your new adventures and hope to see more from you soon. Forza Milaaan!
Sorry that The End is here, but on a positive note you leaving as Milan and all Milanista are losing top players, like Silva, Ibra and other 6 that left, so perhaps this is the dawn of new beginings altogether, Milan is in deep trouble both financially and player wise, so I think is a good time to leave and keep some good memories of the single Scudetto acievment in past 7 years.
Would have loved to hear one more rant about the sales today. @#$% Berlu!!!!
Why?????????? Does it have to do about the post on barbie and Pato? Why?, does it have anything to do with the Jab on old man Silvio? Why? Have you become a traitor like Leonardo and turned Blue? Why? You can write your blog no matter what carrier path you have choosen. We don't want a writer with computer generated accurate stats like Wenger, we need a human feel to write- ups. Its painful but..... i respect your decision. Thanks and best wishes matteo. Forza Milano, Inter seconda.
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A New York grand jury has indicted former Charleston resident Lucius Crawford in the fatal stabbing of a Bronx woman 16 years ago.
Crawford, 60, of Mount Vernon, N.Y., faces a charge of second-degree murder in the slaying of 38-year-old Nella West in October 1993, the Bronx Districts Attorneys Office said.
Crawford is accused of killing West with blunt force trauma and sharp injuries to the head, face and abdomen, the indictment states. West was stabbed multiple times and had fractures to her skull and cuts on her face, authorities said.
Crawford stabbed 10 women in the Charleston area in the 1970s, but all survived. He moved to New York after he was released from prison in 1991.
He was arrested this month after New York police visited his home to question him about two unsolved 1993 homicides and found a 41-year-old woman stabbed to death in his bed, authorities said.
The West case remained a mystery until March, when advances in DNA technology linked Crawford to the crime, prosecutors said. Tests also revealed West was sexually assaulted, but the statute of limitations has expired on that crime, they said.
Crawford appeared in a New York court Tuesday, and a judge ordered him held without bail. Attorney Angelo MacDonald, who is representing Crawford in the Mount Vernon killing, said he expects to be appointed to handle the Bronx defense as well.
I have not been provided any information in that case other than what I am hearing in the press, he said.
Crawford has reportedly confessed to killing West, the woman found in his bed and another fatal stabbing from 1993. But in a jailhouse interview, he told a New York reporter he claims only the body found in his bed.
MacDonald said he remains concerned that Crawfords alleged confession was coerced.
Hes telling me he did not do those crimes, he said.
Crawford served prison time in his home state after stabbing sprees in 1973 and 1977. Both times, he stabbed five women in a weeks time in Charleston and North Charleston. In confessing to those crimes, he alluded to his failed overtures at winning womens hearts.
All these girls talk to everybody else but wont talk to me and guess thats why I cut them I guess this is in my mind, he told Charleston County police in 1973.
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If you have medical insurance, you should receive an Explanation of Benefits from your insurance company every time you visit a doctor. Have you ever looked at one? It's amazing. You'll see the how much the doctor billed you, how much the insurance company negotiated as an allowable rate, and the difference can be staggering. The catch-22 in all this is that if you don't have insurance, you'd have to pay the standard rate unless you negotiated with the doctor… and negotiating with the white coat can be hard. Fortunately, it's not as uncommon as you think, according to a New York Times article, and here are a few tips I've researched from the interwebs.
Here are a few things you need to keep in mind as you approach this:
- It never hurts to ask. I never thought to do this because I was always covered by health insurance, but millions of people aren't or are covered by minimal benefits and they negotiate all the time. Hospitals are more like street bazaars than retail stores.
- Medicine is business. It may feel personal to you, since it deals with your body, but it's still a business. A doctor is like any other freelance profession, they need business and they are willing to work with you to get your business.
- Relationships matter. Doctors don't do it just for the money, otherwise they'd be lawyers (just kidding!). They need to earn money to pay for insurance and to maintain their practice but they aren't about to turn someone away because they're financially strapped.
- They are people too. If you're experience financial hardship, because you lost a job or lost your medical insurance, explain that to the doctor or hospital. They are likely to give you a break on their standard rates because they've already given discounts to faceless insurance companies, it's not a huge leap to offer it to an individual.
- Insurance is a pain. It's generally accepted that insurance companies hate to pay out claims, the same goes for benefits. Their systems are usually esoteric, control codes are cryptic, and hospitals spend millions a year submitting claims and maintaining the computer systems to support that process. If they can go outside the system, preferably with cash, then they are willing to help you out.
Here are some ideas on how to negotiate:
- Use Medicare as a starting point. Research how much the procedure would cost to a Medicare patient using the HHS.gov's Hospital Compare tool [3] and negotiate from there. You know they are willing to perform the procedure at those rates so it's not an unreasonable starting point.
- Explain your financial situation. If you can't afford the procedure, tell them. It's better to swallow your pride and get a procedure your body needs, plus it's nothing new to the doctors, especially in these economic times.
- Pay cash. As I mentioned before, dealing with insurance is a pain for doctors and hospital administrators too. If you can pay cash, it can cut down on that expense and they won't have to worry about collecting on the backend.
- Consider a payment plan. If you can't pay the entire fee at once, consider a payment plan to spread the cost over several months.
- Make sure the procedure or test is necessary. A lot of doctors recommend diagnostic tests or certain treatments without them being absolutely necessary (potentially for insurance and CYA reasons), be sure to confirm how important the test is.
- Going during the slow season (if you can). If it's a procedure that you can put off, try negotiating an off-peak rate as you would a vacation. There are slow seasons in any business and you can take advantage of it by getting your procedure done then for a discount. Also, if your schedule allows, offer to fill in last minute cancellations.
Finally, where you go for treatment can have a significant impact on your costs. Most people intuitively know that you don't go to the emergency room if you have pinkeye, but a doctor's visit may be overkill too. If you have a common ailment, consider going to a clinic rather than a doctor to reduce your costs.
Bargaining Down the Medical Bills [4] [ New York Times]
5 Ways to Lower Your Medical Bills [5] [ US News & World Report ]
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I would buy this product again and again
I have a strong prescription, so my options for contact lenses are limited. I've been a ProClear customer for 10+ years, mostly because they were the first lens I tried that was available...Read complete review
I have a strong prescription, so my options for contact lenses are limited. I've been a ProClear customer for 10+ years, mostly because they were the first lens I tried that was available in my prescription, and I never felt a need to change brands. When I needed to change prescriptions last year, my optometrist didn't have ProClear lenses in my prescription level on-hand, so she gave me a different brand. I didn't think the difference between brands would be so noticeable, but it was. I was relieved when my ProClear lenses arrived at the doctor's office. ProClear lenses are so comfortable that I hardly feel them on my eyes. With my prescription strength, lenses are undoubtedly expensive, but these are worth the cost because I feel I am taking good care of my eyes. The only downside I've experienced is that lights (e.g. headlights) produce a glare at night when I am wearing my contacts. This is not unexpected for contact lens wearers, though, and the positives far outweigh the negatives with these lenses.
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After happily wearing the Bausch & Lomb Soflens 38 (Optima FW) for nearly 20 years, I switched to the ProClear about five months ago, as my optometrist said my eyes needed a...Read complete review
After happily wearing the Bausch & Lomb Soflens 38 (Optima FW) for nearly 20 years, I switched to the ProClear about five months ago, as my optometrist said my eyes needed a lens which allowed more oxygen to enter the eye.The lenses generally start out comfortable, but they get fairly dry as the day progresses. I have tried other lenses which were even more dry so I wouldn't give these the lowest possible rating, but I'm frustrated at having to use rewetting drops every 45 minutes starting mid-afternoon. I never had to use drops with the previous lenses.These lenses also tear easily, so you'll need to be fairly gentle when handling them. This problem accelerates as the lenses get older. Because of this problem, I have not yet had a pair of these lenses last the full month they are supposed to last, so I am not getting the expected value out of them.What concerns me the most is that in two separate shipments of these lenses, I found debris inside the blister packs of the brand new lenses. On my next visit I will definitely be examining other lens options.
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By Donna the grandma
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Comments about Proclear Sphere Contact Lens, 6 lenses per Box:
I received my order July 7, 2016, and have already used four of the lenses for my right eye and five of the lenses for my left eye. My eye doctor recommended switching to monthly lenses for a savings. However, since the lenses have been tearing easily, it is not a savings for me.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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Worst contacts I've ever had.
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Worst contacts I've ever had. Fresh pair tore within two days of putting them in. This should not happen especially when contacts are not cheap! Never ordering this brand again.
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These are a comfortable lens and are easy to "apply."
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I have dry eyes. My rheumatologist is shocked I can still wear contacts and it's because of Proclear that I still can. I have been using them for years living in coastal, desert, and midwestern climates. Thank you for offering them so much cheaper than 1-800 or other lens providers!
Long lasting, comfortable
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I soak my lenses overnight in a case filled with the disinfecting solution. Sometimes I also use it to clean the lenses (if I use a lens cleaner, also made by Alcon). I find a use the rewetting drops a lot because the weather in southern NM is so dry that I need to take out my lenses several times a day and when I put them in I use the rewetting drops.
Good Quality... Good Price
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I am over 60 years old and am unable to wear contact lenses as I did when I was younger.
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I have a very high prescription, -16.50, -14.50. There are not many soft contact lenses that I can wear. These are one of them and I do like them!