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Shrinking kidney is closely related with the long-term renal diseases, among which Chronic Pyelonephritis is the main leading of kidney shrinkage. In the early stage, there are no shrinking kidney symptoms to warn the patient. Most often, the patient find out their shrinking kidney in the exam for another condition. Once some symptoms occur, the patients should pay attention to some dangers.
What are the shrinking kidney symptoms?
◆ High blood pressure. With the aggravation of the patient's condition, high blood pressure is more likely to occur to warn him that his kidney has been damaged.
◆ Feet or face swelling. Too much fluid and sodium will build up in the small blood vessels, when glomeruli filtration is damaged. As a result, feet or face swelling occurs easily.
◆ Nausea, vomiting and fatigue. As the wastes and toxins build up in the body, the patient will often feel nausea, vomiting and fatigue. In addition, the patient loses his weight quickly.
◆ Hematuria. It is another shrinking kidney symptom to warn the person some problems, such as urinary tract infections.
If these symptoms occur, you should do some tests to detect whether your kidney has begun to shrink. The diagnosis of your shrinking kidney is very important, because it can warn us many problems in your kidney.
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Supreme Court Sides With Samsung In iPhone Patent Dispute With AppleThe Supreme Court unanimously sided with smartphone maker Samsung on Tuesday in its high-profile patent dispute with Apple over design of the iPhone.
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Supreme Court Strikes Down Abortion Clinic Buffer Zones, May Impact San Francisco LawAfter the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a Massachusetts law that requires buffer zones around entrances to reproductive health clinics, Bay Area legislators and abortion rights supporters are looking into whether similar local laws will be impacted by the high court's decision.
Supreme Court Ruling Jeopardizes Hope To Overturn Affirmative Action Ban At California Public Universities The effort to overturn California's ban on affirmative action at state public universities suffered a severe blow with a Supreme Court decision announced on Tuesday.
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NRA, SFPD Officers' Group Sue City Over New Gun Control MeasuresThe National Rifle Association is suing on behalf of the San Francisco Veteran Police Officers Association over the city's upcoming ban on the possession of gun magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds.
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Gov. Brown's Appeal Of Inmate ReductionThe U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday rejected an appeal by Gov. Jerry Brown of a court order that requires the state to reduce the population of its overcrowded prisons by about 8,000 inmates by Jan. 27.
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Read on only if you don't mind reading spoilers for the film.
- DEBUNKED: Natalie Portman will return as Jane Foster. [1]
- CONFIRMED: Jaimie Alexander will return as Sif.[2][3]
- Stellan Skarsgård will return as Erik Selvig.
- CONFIRMED: Ray Stevenson will return as Volstagg.
- CONFIRMED: Zachary Levi will return as Fandral.[4]
- CONFIRMED: Tadanobu Asano will return as Hogun.
- CONFIRMED: Idris Elba will return as Heimdall.
- Kat Dennings will return as Darcy Lewis.
- CONFIRMED: Anthony Hopkins will return as Odin.
- Alice Krige will return as Eir.
- Clive Russell will return as Tyr.
- Benicio del Toro will return as Taneleer Tivan/The Collector.[5]
- Chris O'Dowd will return as Richard.
- Jonathan Howard will return as Ian Boothby.
- Clark Gregg will return as Phil Coulson.
- Elena Satine will return as Lorelei.
- Daniel Radcliffe is talking with Marvel about doing a movie.[6][7]
- LL Cool J will have a role in the film.[8][9][10]
- Josh Brolin will return as Thanos.[11]
- CONFIRMED: Cate Blanchett will have a role in the film.[12][13]
- Alice Eve may portray the Enchantress.[14]
- Emily Blunt, Charlize Theron or Jessica Chastain will portray the female villain.[15]
- DEBUNKED: Samuel L. Jackson will return as Nick Fury [16]
- Adrianne Palicki will appear as Mockingbird in the film.[17]
- CONFIRMED: Tessa Thompson's role is Valkyrie.[18]
- Pom Klementieff will appear as Mantis.[19]
- CONFIRMED: Benedict Cumberbatch will appear as Doctor Strange.[20]
- Benedict Wong will appear as Wong.
- CONFIRMED: Surtur, The Enchantress and The Excutioner will be the film's antagonists.[21]
- Ragnarok will appear.
- Balder could appear, and take the throne after Loki's ousting.
- Beta Ray Bill could appear and will a partner of Thor to defeat Surtur.
- Sigyn, Loki's wife will appear in the film.
- The Midgard Serpent could appear.
- Thunderstrike could appear.
- Thor-Girl could appear.
- Hercules could appear.
- Valkyrie could appear.
- Thanos could appear
- DEBUNKED: Odin will not return, as Anthony Hopkins revealed that Loki had killed him, but Hopkins can still appear as a cameo to show scene when Loki is killing Odin.[22]
- Despite this, and claiming to be done with the role, Anthony Hopkins is still contracted for one more picture. It is possible that Thor may venture to reclaim Odin's soul from Hela.
- Someone from Guardians of the Galaxy can appear.
- Valkyrie will "be wearing war paint on her face, much like a Native American warrior."[23]
- Hulk will have a one-shoulder armor.[23]
- Spider-Man might appear.[24]
- The Elders will appear.[25]
- Doctor Strange will have a bigger role.[26]
- CONFIRMED: Ragnarok will be the storyline.[27][28]
- The Tree of Yggdrasil will be the start of Ragnarok.[29]
- Loki may cause Ragnarok by disturbing Surtur the fire demon, and frame Thor by lying to Asgardians to think that Thor had killed Odin because of what happened to Frigga.[30]
- The film will explain how Thanos got the Infinity Gaunlet.
- DEBUNKED: Thor may pass of the mantle as the God of Thunder to Sif, while he and Jane Foster become king and queen of Asgard.[31]
- The end of the film may lead directly into Avengers: Infinity War, Part I.
- DEBUNKED: A teaser for the film will be shown in Captain America: Civil War.
- The film will have humor.[32]
- Hulk will be smarter.[33]
- Heimdall will possess the Soul Stone, which may be the reason why Hela will try to kill him.[34]
- The Soul Stone will be introduced.
- CONFIRMED: The film will use elements from Planet Hulk.[23]
- The Grandmaster will run a gladiatorial game.[23]
- Thor will sacrifice himself to stop the cycle of Ragnarök and will give Mjolnir to Valkyrie.[35]
- Ragnarok is a planet where it's Gladiator meets Mad Max aesthetic.[36]
- On the planet, the God of Thunder & Green Goliath will team-up Avengers-style to fight their way out of the endless arenas, which are run by the all-powerful Grandmaster. He'll also have some major firepower in the form of an enforcer named Skurge, who is said to play a vital role in the film's plot. Additionally, during his battles in the arena, Thor will come across the beautiful warrior Valkyrie, who will earn his respect and join his cause to find a way off the planet. Also, at a later point, Skurge will apparently have a change of heart and lend a hand to Thor and company as they escape the hellhole.[36]
- The mid end credit scene from Doctor Strange will appear.
- Sakarr will appear.[37]
- DEBUNKED: Adam McKay, Gareth Edwards and Matt Reeves may direct the film.[38][39][40][41]
- DEBUNKED: Kenneth Branagh may return to direct the film.[42][43]
- ↑ http://www.comicbookmovie.com/thor/thor_ragnarok/natalie-portman-not-returning-as-jane-foster-in-thor-ragnarok-a137428/
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- ↑ [2]
- ↑ Heroes Reborn: Zachary Levi Talks Mundane Powers And Nerd Culture
- ↑ [3]
- ↑ Daniel Radcliffe interviewed by Edith Bowman
- ↑ [4]
- ↑ [5]
- ↑ [6]
- ↑ Thanos: Josh Brolin Booked For Marvel in 2016 and 2017
- ↑ [7]
- ↑ Cate Blanchett In Talks for Marvel's 'Thor: Ragnarok' (EXCLUSIVE)
- ↑ Exclusive: Alice Eve Talks 'Before We Go' and Interest in a Marvel Role
- ↑ http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Thor-3-Female-Villain-Chris-Hemsworth-Has-Casting-Idea-98597.html
- ↑ [8]
- ↑ Supanova star Adrianne Palicki won't rule out Thor: Ragnarok role as she promises to return to Gold Coast
- ↑ LR HOT RUMOR: Tessa Thompson's Role in 'THOR: RAGNAROK' Revealed!
- ↑ Will Mantis Be In Thor: Ragnarok? | Newsbite | That Hashtag Show
- ↑ 'Thor: Ragnarok' Set Photos Tease a Possible 'Doctor Strange' Connection
- ↑ villains for several marvel products might be out
- ↑ [9]
- ↑ [10]
- ↑ SCHMOES EXCLUSIVE: Who are The Elders in 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' and 'Thor: Ragnarok'?
- ↑ [11]
- ↑ [12]
- ↑ Marvel Studios hands 'Thor 3' to one of their execs-turned-screenwriter
- ↑ [13]
- ↑ [14]
- ↑ [15]
- ↑ [16]
- ↑ [17]
- ↑ [18]
- ↑ [19]
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 SCHMOES EXCLUSIVE: What is Ragnarok? Skurge and Valkyrie Details Revealed
- ↑ [20]
- ↑ We the Economy: Adam McKay on Income Inequality & Marvel Plans
- ↑ [21]
- ↑ [22]
- ↑ MAREVLOUS DA7E 87: Marvel Calls On Adam McKay And A 17 Year Old Kid
- ↑ Berlin: Kenneth Branagh Says 'Cinderella' is 'Not about a Man Rescuing a Women' (Q&A)
- ↑ Does Marvel Studios Want Kenneth Branagh Back to Direct 'Thor: Ragnarok'?


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Sharapova savours sweet success of candy venture
Maria Sharapova says her business ventures have provided the education which her tennis career never allowed time to achieve.
And Sharapova, one of only two women on Forbes magazine's list of the world's 100 highest-paid athletes last year, said no venture had offered as steep or satisfying a learning curve as her Sugarpova candy brand that debuted last year.
"One of the things that I have really picked up over the many years I have worked with different brands and people is that I never really had a solid education in my career, but I have always liked to listen and I have liked to learn," Sharapova said after booking her third-round berth at the BNP Paribas Open.
"That was my way of learning, is through being in so many different types of meetings, whether they were creative ones, whether they were with advertisement agencies."
Sharapova, according to Forbes, made US$22 million in endorsements last year.
All of it helped prepare her for her own candy venture, Sugarpova, which she said was still growing. Sharapova said three new products were to be introduced in the next three weeks and new markets were being added.
She didn't need too much time out in the chilly wind at Indian Wells, sweeping into the third round with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Francesca Schiavone.
The second-seeded Russian dropped her first service game as they traded breaks in the first three games, then settled in to seal the victory in just 61 minutes.
"Once I started being a little bit more aggressive I felt like I had an edge on her," Sharapova said.
Sharapova, runner-up last year to Victoria Azarenka, advanced to a third-round match against Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro, a 6-1, 6-1 winner over Silvia Soler-Espinosa.
Third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska also booked her third-round berth, rolling past US wild card Maria Sanchez 6-2, 6-1.
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SCHLADMING, Austria (Reuters) - American skier Ted Ligety picked the right occasion to win the first super-G of his career, becoming the discipline's world champion on Wednesday.
Ligety, the best giant slalom specialist on the Alpine ski circuit and ready to defend his world crown in the shorter discipline next week, made the best of a course suiting his technical skills to win in one minute 23.96 seconds.
It was the American's third major title after the combined Olympic gold in Sestriere in 2006 and the giant slalom world gold in Garmisch-Partenkirchen two years ago.
"It's wonderful. I can't believe it. It was a tough race, slippery with tough turns but I kept fighting. I think my love for free skiing must have helped me today in those difficult conditions," said Ligety, whose only World Cup podium in a super-G was second place in Val d'Isere three years ago.
"Last year I was not so lucky here, losing the giant slalom globe in the last race, but this is for sure a sweet moment. It means a lot to me and to the U.S. team after the hard crash of Lindsey Vonn yesterday," he added.
Olympic champion Vonn broke her shin and tore knee ligaments in a tumble during the women's super-G on Tuesday and will miss the rest of the season.
The technical nature of the men's course on the Planai piste also favored unheralded Frenchman Gauthier De Tessieres, who took silver despite entering the competition as a reserve.
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Paes tight-lipped about partner for Olympics
"That is for the All Indian Tennis Association (AITA) to decide,'' said Leander Paes about his partner for the 2012 Olympics.
Chennai: Having split with Mahesh Bhupathi for the third time, Leander Paes on Sunday declined to state who he will partner at the London Olympics later this year, but asserted that his priority would be to stay injury-free through the rather cramped season.
"Both are my priorities," he said, referring to his ambition of winning an Olympic medal and also a Grand Slam tile that eluded him last year. "But this summer season will be very tricky as we have the French Open, followed by Wimbledon, then the Olympics and then within two or three weeks, the US Open."
"I didn't win a Grand Slam title in singles or doubles last year. And this being an Olympic year is definitely a time when I will peak.
"I have come pretty close to it (Olympic medal in doubles) in the past, along with Ramesh Krishnan at the Barcelona Olympics," he said.
While Bhupathi is to partner Rohan Bopanna at the Chennai Open starting on Monday, Paes has opted to pair with Serbian ace Janko Tipsarevic of whom he spoke in glowing terms.
"He is a phenomenal athlete, he is in the top 10 now. He is a great guy and I haven't played with him much, but I hope we can do well," said Paes.
However, when queried about his partner for the London Olympics, he said: "That is for the All Indian Tennis Association (AITA) to decide. I am not going to answer it right now.''
Paes dwelt at length on the next generation of Indian tennis and lamented that for the promise and potential, the young guns were still to fire at the highest level while not enough support was being accorded to them.
Three home players, led by Somdev Devvarman, currently the highest ranked Indian at 85, besides Yuki Bhambri and Vishnu Vardhan have been given wild cards in the singles main draw.
"We have to ask ourselves this question. How much support are we giving them? Somdev is a great talent. His tennis is top class.
"Yuki Bhambri is another good talent. He was world junior no 1 and not many Indian players have that talent. But we have not heard as much of him as we would have liked.
"Vishnu Vardhan is another talent. The guy won a Davis Cup match. The guideline while extending a wild card to a young player is not whether he would go on to win, but you have to look at whether the guy is working hard on his game.
"We need to nurture six, seven, eight players. We need more players that can keep India in the Davis Cup World Group. We have always played some of the best tennis in Davis Cup regardless of our ranking. We have always punched above our weight," he said.
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Lufa Farms in Montreal, Canada, grows vegetables on two sprawling rooftop greenhouses today and is expanding to two more. Photograph: /Lufa Farms
Many shoppers like the idea of buying local. After all, it can mean fresher and healthier foods, stronger local economies, direct contact with food producers and in some cases — but not always — lower carbon emissions.
But most of us have only a few options for participating in the local food movement: visiting the farmers market or signing up for a community supported agriculture (CSA) subscription. As the movement continues to grow and evolve, however, social entrepreneurs are experimenting with novel ways to make local agriculture an integral part of urban life.
Here are 10 of the most intriguing projects currently underway:GrowUp Box, London, UK
In a 20-foot shipping container, GrowUp Box farms tilapia in tanks and uses the waste to fertilize greens, which are cultivated in vertical columns. Photograph: GrowUp Box
Kate Hofman and Tom Webster are giving new meaning to the phrase "box lunch" with their reinvented shipping container, the GrowUp Box.
Inside the 20-foot container, tilapia are farmed in tanks specially designed to ensure the fish enough room to grow, while on top, greens are cultivated in vertical columns. The water from the tilapia tanks circulates through the columns, where the fish waste provides nourishment to about 400 plants. The fish and greens are sold to area restaurants.
The project's parent company, GrowUp Urban Farms, consults with people looking to build their own boxes and is set to start building the first commercial-scale aquaponics farm in London soon, Hofman said.


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Afghan farmers say no to opium, yes to pot
- By Joshua Keating
Joshua Keating was an associate editor at Foreign Policy
A major victory has been scored in war against opium cultivation in Afghanistan. In the Northern Province of Balkh, once home to 27,000 acres of poppies, opium cultivation has been nearly eradicated. Balkh's achievement can be attributed largely to stepped up enforcement, prosecution of poppy farmers, and the increasing prevalence of an alternative crop. And that crop is… marijuana.
As The New York Times reported Sunday, many farmers in Balkh are switching to cannabis, which has been cultivated in the region for over 70 years. Other than poppies, farmers say that cannabis is the only crop they can grow that will feed their families. Farmers can earn almost twice as much for the stuff as they do for an equal amount of legal crops like cotton. Balkh's tough-on-drugs governor, Atta Mohammed Noor, has held back so far, but he has no plans to allow the cultivation to continue:
Mr. Atta says he has a plan to eradicate cannabis next growing season. Farmers have begun to harvest their current crop, and officials say they do not want to destroy the farmers' livelihood without giving them time to plant an alternative.
"Marijuana is not difficult to control, like poppy," the governor said in an interview in October in his vast, opulent office in Mazar-i-Sharif. "It's very easy to eradicate. It's a very simple issue."
Perhaps, but that doesn't answer the question of why he would bother. Is it really worth spending Afghanistan's meager financial resources (and the United States' for that matter) trying to eradicate a profitable and non-harmful alternative to one of the country's greatest social ills? Atta says the province is still waiting for development money to help farmers grow alternative crops. That would be a good step of course, but in the meantime can we really justify punishing farmers for finding their own alternatives?
Balkh's farmers aren't the only ones thinking differently about Afghanistan's poppy problem. Last week the European Parliament endorsed a proposal to license a limited number of Afghan farmers to grow poppies for use in medicines, such as morphine. Similar schemes have worked in the past in Pakistan and Thailand. The idea is not without its problems. It would be hard to justify allowing one village to grow poppies while eradicating them in another. And even under the most optimistic projections, farmers would still earn far less legally then they would by selling to drug traffickers. Still, it's promising that some leaders are looking for creative new ways to, as Ethan Nadelman suggests, limit the harm caused by illegal drugs rather than perpetuating an endless war to eradicate them.


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XI'AN, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Chinese archeologists have found remnants of tea leaves in tea sets unearthed from the family graveyard of the country's first known anthropologist, a man who lived 900 years ago.
The finding challenge the traditional theory that infused tea became popular only in modern times, said Zhang Yun, a researcher with Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archeology.
Pieces of green tea were found in a dozen bronze, porcelain and stone tea sets unearthed from a cluster of 29 tombs in Lantian County, he said.
Zhang led the excavations that lasted from December 2007 to December 2009, which produced a variety of sacrificial objects.
"In one of the tea sets, which contained a bronze cup and a filler that filters tea, we found about 20 pieces of remnants of tea leaves," said Zhang. "The tea leaf remains green, a sign that it was infused instead of boiled before it was served."
The archeologists also found stone kettles next to the tea sets. "These, too, were common kitchen utensils because water boiled in stone kettles was considered tasteless and therefore ideal for preserving the fragrance of the tea."


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[Q] I remember when creatine first came out, you were supposed to try to take it with grape juice to spike insulin. Why is that important? Does it matter if I take it without juice?
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On the other hand former IPS officer YP Singh said that Sanjay Dutt has been given a very mild jail sentence.
New Delhi: While some Congress and Samajwadi party leaders have come out in support of Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt after the Supreme Court sentenced him to five years in jail in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts case and said that he should be pardoned, the BJP has questioned the proposals. While pointing that the law is the same for everyone, the BJP said that Sanjay Dutt has been convicted and sentenced by the country's judicial system.
BJP leader Balbir Punj said that if Sanjay Dutt is pardoned then it will send out a wrong message that people can get away even after committing heinous crimes. He added that people will also see such a pardon as the children of influential parents getting preferential treatment.
Reacting to Press Council of Indian Chairperson Markanday Katju's statement that Dutt should be let off, Punj said that the former Supreme Court judge seems to have forgotten that he is no longer a part of judicial system. "He is now the Chairperson of PCI and he should concentrate on his present work.
The Supreme Court has upheld the conviction and awarded the jail term after taking into account all the evidences. The court gave Dutt to present his side of the story too and only after that the verdict was pronounced. The court verdict must be honoured," he said while adding that he had sympathy for Dutt.
On the other hand former IPS officer YP Singh said that Dutt has been given a very mild jail sentence. The Mumbai Police had a very strong case against Dutt and he was linked to those involved in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts, he said.
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AB InBev, U.S. Antitrust Case to Stay Hold Until April 9Tom Schoenberg and Sara Forden
Anheuser-Busch InBev NV and the U.S. Justice Department obtained a second postponement of the government's antitrust lawsuit seeking to block the brewer's purchase of Grupo Modelo SAB as settlement talks continue.
U.S. District Judge Richard Roberts in Washington suspended the case until April 9 in a one-page order, when the two sides must brief him on a possible resolution. The order, signed March 18, was made public today.
"There's no point in the judge insisting on the case being actively litigated when the parties have told him they are well on the way to a possible settlement," said Allen Grunes, an antitrust lawyer with Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP in Washington, who isn't involved in the case.
AB InBev and the government sought the delay in a joint filing last week, citing "substantial progress" toward a settlement. They said the talks are based on a revised proposal for Modelo to sell control of all Modelo brands in the U.S., and a brewery it built in Piedras Negras, Mexico, to Constellation Brands Inc., a winemaker and beverage distribution company.
The Justice Department is reviewing Constellation's plan to boost brewing capacity by about 70 percent at the Piedras Negras plant to ensure Modelo-brand products will remain viable as competitors in the U.S. beer market, two people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be named because the talks are confidential, said March 8.
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An independent beer supply that can meet U.S. demand is critical to resolving regulators' antitrust concerns that Leuven, Belgium-based AB InBev's proposed $20.1 billion purchase of the rest of Mexico City-based Modelo would hurt competition and lead to higher prices, said the people.
The plant's sale is the key element the revised proposal AB InBev submitted Feb. 14 to resolve the U.S. lawsuit. Under the plan, Constellation would pay $2.9 billion for production assets and perpetual rights to Modelo brands in the U.S. The revised deal may make Constellation, which now isn't a beermaker, the third-largest brewer in the U.S.
AB InBev, the world's biggest brewer, controls almost half the U.S. beer market, while Modelo's Corona is the country's biggest-selling imported brand.
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Under the revised deal, AB InBev also gave up an option to buy back a stake in Crown Imports LLC, the U.S. distributor of Corona and the other Modelo brands. Crown, owned jointly by Modelo and Constellation, would be entirely owned by Victor, New York-based Constellation as part of the plan.
AB InBev agreed to buy the 50 percent of Modelo it didn't own in June 2012, seeking to increase its penetration of emerging markets. Beer sales are rising at a faster pace in Mexico than in developed economies such as the U.S., the world's second-biggest beer market by volume after China.
Constellation and Crown Imports, which had filed to intervene in the case, agreed to the April postponement, according to the filing. The judge had agreed to an earlier delay so talks could continue.
The Piedras Negras brewery, just across the border near Eagle Pass, Texas, is the crown jewel of Modelo's manufacturing network, Constellation Chief Executive Officer Robert Sands said in a Feb. 14 interview.
The plant's current production can meet about 60 percent of the supply needed for Modelo brands in the U.S., Sands said. Constellation plans to invest $400 million to expand the plant's capacity to about 17 million hectoliters so it can satisfy all U.S. demand.
AB InBev agreed to supply Constellation during the expansion with the additional beer it needs through a three-year supply contract.
The case is U.S. v. Anheuser-Busch InBev NV, 13-cv-00127, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia (Washington).


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Get an overview of this hotelArt Deco Istanbul hotel in Zeytinburnu with free parking
Popular property highlights
Located in Zeytinburnu, this hotel is 0.7 mi (1.1 km) from Zeyport and within 3 mi (5 km) of Marmara Forum and Atakoy Marina. Blue Mosque is 6.2 mi (10 km) away.
Hotel Features
A restaurant, a bar/lounge, and a coffee shop/café are available at this hotel. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a snack bar/deli, a 24-hour business center, and coffee/tea in a common area.
All 228 rooms feature modern comforts like TVs with cable channels, plus free WiFi and free wired Internet. Guests will also find coffee makers, free bottled water, and hair dryers.
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Hotel Amenities
Dining options at the hotel include a restaurant, a coffee shop/café, and a snack bar/deli. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A 24-hour business center is on site at this 3-star property.
Public areas are equipped with complimentary wired and wireless Internet access. This Art Deco hotel also offers multilingual staff, coffee/tea in a common area, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
- 24-hour front desk
- Number of floors - 7
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Coffee shop or café
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Total number of rooms - 228
- Multilingual staff
- Luggage storage
- Restaurant
- Snack bar/deli
- Year Built 2007
- Area shuttle (surcharge)
- 24-hour business center
- Free self parking
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Television in common areas
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
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Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Television
- Cable TV service
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
Where to Eat
Wok and Co - Overlooking the garden, this restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available.
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 6 AM and 10 AM.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- In-room accessibility
- Accessible bathroom
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-in time ends at midnight
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is noon
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Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Pets stay free
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Pets allowed (no fees)
No rollaway/extra beds available
No cribs (infant beds) available
- Resort fee
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- Fee for buffet breakfast: EUR 9 per person (approximately)
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* The Vegas Summer League, featuring 16 NBA summer teams, started last Wednesday and will continue through Friday, July 15. Inside Carolina has put together game-by-game stats and schedules for each Tar Heel involved at http://northcarolina.scout.com/2/393303.html for your convenience. Jawad Williams (Golden State), Ed Cota (Washington), and Kris Lang (Portland) are playing in Las Vegas.
Lang played in his third VSL game last night. It was an 82-60 loss to Dallas, Portland's first loss, as Lang scored one point (0-0 FG, 1-3 FT), grabbed two boards, had two assists and picked up seven personal fouls in 20 minutes. Also for Portland, 7-3, 310-pound South Korean center Ha Seung-Jin joined Lang in the physical contact with nine PFs in 19 minutes with another boost from 7-3 Bosnian center Nedzad Sinanovic, as he put together six fouls in 16 minutes. The Portland bench was hit with four technical fouls during the game that had 70 fouls called. Maybe watching Travis Outlaw, Sebastian Telfair and Martell Webster go 10-for-44 from the floor was just a little too much for everyone.
Meanwhile, on Friday the summer league action will shift to the Rocky Mountain Revue in Salt Lake City, Utah, and the Minnesota Summer League at the Target Center in Minneapolis.
Rocky Mountain Revue Notes: Jason Capel (6-8, 227) is on the roster of the Charlotte Bobcats along with Raymond Felton and Sean May. ... The Utah Jazz summer roster includes Melvin Scott. ... The Atlanta Hawks will be in Utah with Marvin Williams along with Clemson's Sharrod Ford. ... Dallas, San Antonio and Seattle will also be part of the Revue.
Minnesota Summer League Notes: The host Timberwolves will feature first-round pick Rashad McCants, Okla. State's John Lucas and Nick Horvath from Duke. ... Houston, Indiana, Milwaukee, New York and Toronto are the other teams that will be in Minneapolis. ... Tim Pickett (Florida State) is on the Toronto roster.
Southern California Summer Pro League Notes: Former Tar Heel Makhtar Ndiaye is participating at the SPL as a member of the national team of Senegal. Statistical information at the event's website could not be verified in order to be reported. ... During the proceedings at Long Beach State over the weekend, former Laker great and hall-of-famer James Worthy was inducted into the SPL Hall of Fame in a ceremony that included Lakers' General Manager Mitch Kupchak. ... The Lakers, Heat, Grizzlies, Raptors and Mavericks make up the SPL's "NBA Division" along with the Senegalese national team.
* Joe Wolf, coach of the CBA's Idaho Stampede, is taking advantage of his connection with another former Tar Heel, Stampede part-owner and Denver coach George Karl. Wolf is working as an assistant coach for the Denver Nuggets team in the Vegas Summer League.
Wolf will also be evaluating players in Las Vegas, as well as in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the Rocky Mountain Revue, and the Summer Pro League in Long Beach, Calif., in preparation for the CBA Draft on Sept. 30.
* The Enquirer-Journal (Monroe, N.C.) reported last week that North Carolina graduate Brian Reese has taken a position at Porter Ridge High School (Indian Trail, N.C.) with duties as coach of the boys junior varsity basketball team and as an assistant coach for the varsity squad.
Reese ('94) recently turned 34 and has played pro ball through 2001 in France, Belgium, Finland, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Australia, Iceland and England, along with summer trips to Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. "Wherever I could get playing time, I would go," said Reese to The Enquirer-Journal. "I went all over."
Reese became aware of the Porter Ridge HS coaching opportunity through former Tar Heel Bobby Jones while working at a basketball camp this summer. The article noted that there was talk that Jones was being considered and might take the job, but he eventually recommended Reese instead.
"Now that I'm a coach, I'm not worried about what I did in the past," Reese explained. "If anyone knows me, fine. If they don't, I just want to deal with the kids one-on-one as a coach and help them improve their games and teach them the fundamentals of the game."
* When the four Tar Heels that were recently drafted into the NBA decided to go pro they knew the uniform color would no longer be Carolina blue. But the number on that new jersey with the different color was still to be determined. For Marvin Williams it turned out his No. 24 would stay since it was available when he arrived in Atlanta after being the second player selected in the 2005 NBA draft. Sean May had the same situation when he checked in at Charlotte. May will therefore be wearing No. 42 as a Bobcat, as he did at North Carolina.
Raymond Felton found out that his No. 2 belonged to Melvin Ely (Fresno State) in Charlotte. Felton made a slight adjustment and is going with No. 20 to start his career as a Bobcat. Felton and May have already been involved in mini-camp in Charlotte and, according to the team website, assistant coach JB Bickerstaff likes what he has seen so far. "Sean and Raymond have done a great job of picking up things and making changes on the fly. Besides their basketball talent, I have been most impressed with their ability to pick up things and how quickly they have learned," Bickerstaff said.
Rashad McCants went to Minnesota as the 14th overall selection of the draft and discovered that the No. 32 that he became so familiar with as a Tar Heel was the property of veteran Fred Hoiberg (Iowa State). Maybe a turnabout of his No. 32 reverse-tribute to Michael Jordan was a consideration, but to no avail since Trenton Hassell has No. 23 in Minnesota. So, when the Minnesota Timberwolves begin mini-camp workouts on Tuesday, McCants will be sporting ... No. 1 on his uniform to start his pro career. According to Timberwolves.com, McCants also had a message for the fans on what they should expect now that he has arrived: "Look forward to getting excited, entertained, and thrilled!"


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The 23-year-old's talent shone like a beacon at Kiawah Island in South Carolina as he returned to world number one by adding the USPGA title to his US Open last year. The first came by eight shots and so did the second, this time a championship record margin over England's world number 98 David Lynn in what was the performance of his life.
This one also had the added satisfaction of leaving Woods trailing in his wake. Closing with a 66 to follow a 67 earlier in the day - the third round had to be completed first - McIlroy, who admitted during the summer that he may have taken his eye off the ball during a run of four missed cuts in five starts, becomes the fifth youngest player in history to win two majors.
The only four to beat him were Young Tom Morris nearly 150 years ago, John McDermott just before the First World War, Gene Sarazen just after it and Seve Ballesteros. The previous biggest margin was Jack Nicklaus' seven strokes at Oak Hill in 1980.
Joint halfway leader Woods, who missed McIlroy's initial success in Washington through injury, finished down in 11th place, his Sunday destined to be remembered most for him being attacked by a prickly pear cactus.
It was England's Ian Poulter who staged a stirring last-round comeback that threatened for a while to turn the final major of the season into a thriller, but in the end it was 38-year-old Lynn, playing only his second major and with one victory in 370 European Tour events, who finished strongest to claim the runner-up spot and with it a debut in the Masters next April.
Lynn was always there or thereabouts during the week - a week that also nearly brought an early demise when he came close to stepping on an alligator - and birdies at the 16th and 17th meant he walked away with a cheque for over £557,000.
He has also leapt into the reckoning for the Ryder Cup with two weeks of Europe's race to go.
Poulter birdied the first five holes, six of the first seven and from six shots behind teeing off narrowed his deficit to just one.
Runner-up to Padraig Harrington in the 2008 Open, Poulter's burst came unstuck on the back nine, however, and he had to settle for a share of third with another Englishman, Justin Rose, Swede Carl Pettersson and defending champion Keegan Bradley.
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Defiant Roberto Mancinci has warned Manchester United the title race is far from over.
His Manchester City side were left clinging on for a draw after being outplayed by Liverpool yesterday, leaving them a daunting nine points behind their bitter rivals at the top of the Premier League.
Yet the City boss believes United could choke when the pressure is on – just as they did last season when they blew a massive lead on the run in.
"The title isn't over, no. Absolutely no way - I believe we can still win it because of last season, and also for the way we have played this season," he insisted.
"Two games and the Championship is open again. I don't see why this can't happen again this year. Last year we caught up eight points in six games, this year we still have 12 games.
"Probably now we need to win most if not all of the games, but this is football, it is not finished and we are confident it can happen."
Mancini was frustrated as his side blew a lead against Liverpool after Edin Dzeko's opener, and in the end were grateful for a Pepe Reina mistake that gifted them a point they didn't deserve.
But he insisted he can see an easy route back into the title race, with United still involved in a draining Champions' League programme. "Ok, Liverpool played better than us but the last month we have played really well and we are confident," he added.
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Mancini admitted his side were lucky to get a point after Liverpool created the better chances, but he did complain his side were knocked out of their stride by Daniel's Sturridge's first half equaliser, after the visitors refused to kick the ball out of play with Dzeko prone on the turf.
"Probably they should have kicked the ball out because our players were distracted as they did not know the problem with Dzeko, and anyway, it was a foul on him...and it should have been a red card if Kompany's was against Arsenal!" he joked.
But Dzeko was clearly feigning injury as he remained down for almost two minutes, and Sturridge - who is likely to be ruled out of the England squad to face Brazil with a thigh problem - revealed the referee had ordered the Reds to play on.
"From our viewpoint the referee told us to play on and not to kick the ball out. The referee said it's not our job to kick the ball out, it's the referee's job," the striker said.
"If the referee had said to kick it out, we would have kicked it out. And if the referee says play on, we will do exactly what he says. We played on and we scored."
Sturridge was impressive in his developing partnership with Luis Suarez, and afterwards, his manager Brendan Rodgers admitted the injury is a frustration given his current form.
"I think he'll be a doubt for Wednesday now, which is a shame because he was outstanding, with the pace and power he had and the understanding he has already with Suarez," Rodgers explained.
"He is with the medics at the moment, he'll have a chat with our doctors and see how serious it is. England may want to look at it, but at the moment he's struggling."
Rodgers admitted his frustration at again having victory snatched from his side after giving away a lead with a mistake, just as they did at Arsenal in midweek.
But he believes the Reds still showed massive promise, and said: "Yeah we deserved to win, it was an outstanding performance. We were absolutely brilliant here and maybe our only complaint is that it was typical of our season really - we were brilliant but our mistakes have cost us.
"That's been the season for us, large parts of the game we had real dominance, but there was one costly mistake. And it was a mistake, lets be clear about that, but I can't fault the players. †
"It was an absolutely brilliant finish by Aguero, unbelievable, but of course we are disappointed that he was even in that position to score. That's all part of our growth though, and we will eliminate those mistakes, because we have shown the desire and commitment was there."
Rodgers was also dismissive about City's claims his side should have kicked the ball out when Dzeko was rolling around on the turf.
"The first goal was quite clear really. Dzeko thought he had a free kick, but we are talking a couple of minutes later, there was no injury to Edin Dzeko and the referee told a couple of our players, Daniel Sturruidge and Steven Gerrard to play on," he explained.
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The conservative case against the death penalty has come to Kentucky. It is a compelling one.
Two Republican state representatives, David Floyd of Bardstown and Julie Raque Adams of Louisville, joined with six Democrats, including some of the chamber's most liberal members, to sponsor House Bill 330. They want to abolish the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment without parole for both inmates already sentenced to death and others going forward.
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Since debuting on this blog a number of entrepreneurs I coach have called to say how pleased they were to see me "doing something useful." While I appreciated the thought, I ultimately focused on what a number of them suggested with regard to future blogs: "Why not just tell your readers what makes a serial entrepreneur tick and be done with it?" My initial response was, "Explain what makes these guys tick? I'd rather grapple with the Gordian knot or Proteus."
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Apart from feeling that "idiot" is too harsh a term to describe a misguided or foolish business builder, I find Mr. Zell's "definition" precisely on point. What he did not address, however, is why a serial entrepreneur is driven to chronically test his limits. To start addressing this issue –and the more general question of what makes serial entrepreneurs tick— I will look at Mr. Zell himself. Setting aside his incredible string of successes (that date back to 1969 or earlier), we see a man with an extraordinarily complex character: ● He is a fiercely private man – in an almost paranoiac way— as though he took Andy Grove's advice regarding "how to survive" literally. ● He is crusty, often profane, and always combative. The nickname he gave himself –The Grave Digger— is thought by many to allude to something other than his penchant for buying distressed property and, after refurbishing it, selling it for a huge profit. Some say that the moniker refers to Mr. Zell's eagerness to dig a grave for anyone with the temerity to oppose him. ● He expresses love passionately for the select few he feels deserve it. Any business professional Zell truly values receives a unique music box (re-designed annually) as Christmas gift. I once coached someone who received several of them. No "tombstone" award, or citation in that man's office, instilled a greater sense of status in him than those music boxes. Yet the value of Zell's music boxes pales in comparison to how he has kept the memory of his late partner, Robert Lurie, alive. Among other things, Zell created research institutes bearing his and Mr. Lurie's names at The University of Michigan and The Wharton School.
Every time I read or hear about Mr. Zell I am reminded of a remark Freud made in his famous book, The Interpretation of Dreams: "An intimate friend and a hated enemy have always been indispensable to my emotional life…" Zell, it seems, has always had both. I often wonder to what degree this "orientation" to the world helps drive him to constantly testing his limits, while avoiding the delusion (that can come after attaining a goal), that it is possible to rest on one's laurels and continue to derive psychic satisfaction. I'll let you decide while I prepare to expand my analysis of what makes serial entrepreneurs tick for subsequent postings. All I ask, while you mull over if, or to what extent, Zell's unique interpersonal attributes have caused his entrepreneurial passion, is to consider how many super-successful serial entrepreneurs share the attributes –paranoia, enemies, adored intimates— that seem to define Mr. Zell's character. Three prototypic examples I know of are: Robert Edward "Ted" Turner, III, Steven Jobs, and Lawrence J. Ellison. As you mull this issue over, be assured that I know that one swallow does not make a summer, and four serial entrepreneurs who share a unique mix of attributes do not make a psychological law. Or do they?
Note To Female Entrepreneurs: Most of the points I advance regarding the character structure of male entrepreneurs are irrelevant to you. In the norm, you are "built" differently and are driven by unique needs. I discussed this point in every entrepreneurship course I taught, and wrote about it in my last book, Reclaiming the Fire: How successful people overcome burnout. Yet I was never 100% positive that men and women develop an entrepreneurial spirit for non-overlapping reasons until I was captivated by how my daughter Katie developed businesses and business plans. In contradistinction to Sam Zell (and her daddy), Katie is never a curmudgeon, profane, or anything but wholly embracing of all people and most animals. I will discuss this "sex-difference" in detail in subsequent blogs.