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After A Bloody Century, Has Europe Changed?by
Europe's Twentieth Century
By Mark Mazower
Driving east from Paris a couple of weeks ago, my family and I stopped at Verdun to see the vast killing fields of World War I. Next day, farther east, we explored a bombed section of the old Maginot Line, France's fabled fortifications that failed to thwart Germany's invasion in the spring of 1940. The death toll in Europe's first half of this century, from wars and state-sponsored killing, reached 60 million. And yet here we were, at the end of the same century, gliding across the Rhine into Germany, not stopping for border checks or customs. Simple as crossing from Ohio to Kentucky.
Now that Western Europe has buried ancient rivalries and built a half-century of peace--and forged a Continental currency--is the bloody first half of this century relevant anymore? Are Europeans simply democrats who lost their way for a few decades? Those are the questions raised in Mark Mazower's Dark Continent. And as you might imagine from the title, this historian at Britain's University of Sussex finds plenty of darkness in Europe's soul. Unfortunately, he ultimately seems to get overwhelmed by the dark details and to lose his focus.
Nevertheless, he starts the book with two provocative points. First, Adolf Hitler, often viewed as a madman who hijacked a nation, was in fact a politician who appealed to longstanding European racist and antidemocratic values, ones that can still be seen at work in the former Yugoslavia. Second, democracy in most parts of Europe has shallow roots and a history of failure. In fact, until the Pax Americana that followed World War II, only a handful of European countries, most of them small, had democratic traditions.
To see just how fragile Europe's democracy has been, Mazower takes us back to 1919. In retrospect, it was a brief shining moment--one with chilling parallels to our own post-cold-war era. Following the Versailles Treaty, a host of new republics sprang up from Lithuania to Bulgaria. The new League of Nations vowed to oversee this nation-building, and Western powers and investors lined up to offer support.
Things deteriorated rapidly. Just like today, Western largesse was more talk than action. And many of these states found themselves at odds with minorities: Czechs discriminated against ethnic Germans, Greece deported more than 1 million Muslims to Turkey, and Turkey oversaw the killing of perhaps 1 million Armenians. Meanwhile, as economies sank into the Great Depression, politicians were likely to blame troubles on Jews.
European democracy was feeble to start with, Mazower writes. And the Depression buried it--not only in the East but also in much of the West. After this failure of democratic capitalism, many politicians welcomed the more vigorous "New Order" rising in Germany. Indeed, Mazower says that it was only Hitler's excesses--from death camps and the reintroduction of slavery to a lost war--that turned Europeans once again toward democracy. "European hearts and minds were not so much won by the Allies as lost by Hitler," he writes.
Call me simplistic. But as I read his impressive chapters on the interwar era, I expected Mazower to make the case that in a coming recession, nationalist demagogues could rise again and tear down Europe's carefully crafted union. Why else grab our attention with the foreboding Dark Continent title? But instead, the historian leads us on a long-winded ramble through the century, where he seems to lose sight of his thesis. Toward the end, he brushes off the threats to peace from a broken-down Russia or a Germany still marked by the last war. Europe, he maintains, has not yet forgotten the ordeals of this century and won't risk repeating them until the memories fade.
So, where now for Europe? This small chunk of land dominated world history for nearly half a millennium, from Columbus' first voyage to the Battle of Stalingrad. Europe's vigor, Mazower argues, has been rooted in utopian ideologies, each of them, whether Christianity, universal communism, global democracy, or a Thousand-Year Reich, presenting its own vision as an End of History. These ideologies pushed Europeans into countless frays, convulsing it and much of the world.
If Europe is to be a growing force in the 21st century, its next mission is clear as an Alpine pond. It must lasso the East into its orbit, just as Napoleon and Hitler tried to do, but by using free markets this time instead of armies. Only by incorporating that region can Europe spread its wealth and grow--while at the same time reducing the risks of new dictatorships and wars. Trouble is, says Mazower, such action requires fervent commitment to a utopian ideology, something he sees as lacking today in Europe.
Not surprisingly, Dark Continent finds grounds for pessimism. The author describes apolitical people, much like their cousins across the Atlantic but less sure of their place in the world. He quotes a Belgian diplomat who jokingly calls Europe "an economic giant, a political dwarf, and a military worm."
But if Europe's worm status as a military power prevents it from acting decisively in the former Yugoslavia, it also lessens chances of another Verdun. Indeed, even by Mazower's reckoning, Europe concludes the century as an economic giant largely at peace. There are worse ways to begin a new millennium.


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By Bruce Horovitz, USA TODAY
Albert Levy is a doctor to the wealthy. His Park Avenue office, in a building where co-op apartments start at $3 million, speaks to his success. As the nation lurches through this financial crisis, he's paying a price for that status: calls at all hours from stressed-out patients, including a trio he received concerning one family Sunday:
•Call No. 1: A desperate call from the wife of a 48-year-old patient recently laid off by Credit Suisse, the international bank that sliced its workforce amid the credit crisis. Her husband had suffered an apparent heart attack, she said, and they were in a hospital emergency room.
•Call No. 2: The husband phoned. He described his acute chest pain and asked Levy to join them at the hospital.
•Call No. 3: This call came from hospital staff. Levy conferred with an emergency room doctor and they decided it wasn't a heart attack. It was acute anxiety. Or indigestion.
IDEA CLUB: Is a 'moral hazard' looming in the bailout
As a nation, we are struggling emotionally to digest each day's dour economic news. Record home foreclosure filings — more than 2 million January through August. The stock market's Dow Jones industrial average down 18.4% this year. Retirement and college savings crumbling. Then there's that looming $700 billion bailout for the financial industry.
"The feeling of self-failure is tremendous," says Levy, a family physician for 28 years. "Some people feel that at least if they have a real heart attack or stroke, they have a good excuse not to bring money home."
The credit crisis of recent weeks — and economic decline of recent months — is pitting clients against brokers or financial advisers. It's making workers feel insecure in their jobs. And it often leads to quarrels among spouses with different views over how to handle their finances.
Unlike many other forms of stress — such as an upcoming presentation at work or a visit from the in-laws — financial stress doesn't go away quickly.
Often, a plummeting portfolio or free-falling 401(k) results in behavior that touches an entire family. Fewer family treats. Less family time. And that inner inkling to turn to vices.
"We've never had this much activity, not even after 9/11," says Ann Clark, CEO at ACI Specialty Benefits, a national employee counseling service. "Everyone is asking for help."
Calls for financial-related consulting to the company are up 85% compared with this time last year, Clark says. Until last week, holiday stress was to be the topic of the pamphlets, brochures, newsletters, Internet seminars and podcasts the company planned for October. That plan has been scrapped for a series of new material: Coping During Difficult Financial Times.
"People don't want to hear about the holidays," Clark says.
'Hope has been taken away'
USA TODAY talked with readers about how they're coping. We asked psychologists, counselors and family doctors what people should do to rise emotionally above the flood of depressing news.
"The dream is gone," says Steven Berglas, an executive coach and graduate business professor at the University of California-Los Angeles. "Hope has been taken away."
Few know that better than Rick Shultz, who oversees leasing at a General Motors dealership in Medina, Ohio. The 55-year-old and his wife, Denise, semi-retired a few years ago to a dream home they designed and built by a golf course. Shultz was forced to return to work this year after his investment portfolio hit the skids.
On Sunday, over a breakfast of sausage and gravy, Shultz and his wife made the toughest decision of all: to put their dream home up for sale and move somewhere less expensive.
It was the retirement home they'd designed together. It's 50 steps from the 10th green at the Fox Meadow Country Club and has nearly 20-foot cathedral ceilings. There are speakers in every room, so music carries throughout the house. There's a hot tub adjacent to the master bedroom.
"We cried over it," says Shultz, who admits he cried the most. "It was a very emotional decision."
Since the Wall Street meltdown, emotion seems to be playing a big role in many financial and non-financial decisions by USA TODAY readers:
•Landscaper Thomas Tilden of Auburn, Pa., was mowing a lawn last week when he got a frantic phone call from his 80-year-old mother. She had most of her savings in a Merrill Lynch brokerage account and feared it was about to disappear.
"It took a good 20 to 25 minutes for me to calm her down," recalls Tilden, who assured his mom that the brokerage with her money wasn't disappearing but being merged into Bank of America.
Before the call, his mom was so upset, Tilden says, "She went to the bank and took a bunch of money out, just in case."
•During a recent Wednesday night poker game, Tim Baer was asked how he felt about his life.
The information technology sales specialist from Alexandria, Va., recalls he ducked the question, in part because the economy has him so worried. Baer and his wife, Wendy, have good jobs with hearty paychecks. But, he says, "What's worrying me is that I'm not doing enough. I feel powerless."
So much so, he says, he has an "irrational fear" that some day all their money will be gone and they'll be living out of a cardboard box.
"I'd feel great about my life if not for this stuff going on in the market," Baer says. "It's zapping my energy."
•For Air Force retirees Barb and Scott Ellestad and others in their community in Mesquite, Nev., the financial meltdown has changed the way they socialize.
Several friends of the Ellestads who live in their retirement community have pulled back from getting together in recent weeks as their stock portfolios have shrunk. Friends who used to go out with the Ellestads three times a week now join them once — or not at all.
"They're isolating themselves because they've lost so much money in stocks," Barb Ellestad says. To help maintain the friendships, the Ellestads host more dinners at their house.
•The night after the stock market suffered its first big drop, Howard Miller, a marketing consultant from Irvine, Calif., came within a whisker of selling all of his stock mutual fund shares and switching into cash investments.
He sat with his wife, Sandely, in their home office and posed the stomach-churning question: "Should we sell everything?"
They ultimately opted not to, but the stress hasn't gone away.
"My oldest daughter has noticed that I'm more anxious," Miller says of 13-year-old Kimberly. "She looked at the expression on my face the other day and told me to chill out."
•Tonya Macklin is a single mom in the Boston area who works two jobs, seven days a week. She lost her home last year when she no longer could afford the payments and filed for bankruptcy protection. Shortly after, she was hospitalized for seven days for exhaustion. "That was really hard on my daughter," Macklin says of her 10-year-old, Jade Ashley Brooks.
Macklin has trouble sleeping at night. "I just put it in God's hands. I go to bed praying each night that things will someday get better."
Anxious, fearful clients
So are some financial planners.
Peggy Cabaniss, president of HC Financial Advisors in Lafayette, Calif., figures she was on the phone about 10 hours a day last week trying to calm her 150 clients after big stock market drops.
One anxious client, in his 50s, cashed out of all of his securities.
"I normally try to talk clients out of doing anything that drastic," she says. "But after losing so much money in real estate, the stock market was his last straw."
She's receiving referrals from psychiatrists — as she did after the dot-com bubble burst in 2000 — to help their patients develop financial plans.
Scott Ford, founder of Cornerstone Wealth Management Group in Hagerstown, Md., is hearing from fearful clients who never before phoned him. "This is where we really earn our money," he says. "We have to hold our clients' hands through this."
No more so, perhaps, than doctors, employee counselors, psychologists and psychiatrists.
A woman supposedly seeing Levy for a physical exam this week spent most of the time crying about her husband losing his analyst job at Lehman Bros. They plan to move back to Texas, and she's not ready for that.
"She used up an entire box of Kleenex," says Levy, who found nothing wrong with the woman during the exam. "She simply needed to talk."
Nancy Molitor, a Chicago psychologist, has been in practice for 20 years and can't recall a time like this. "The tendency is to overreact and make poor decisions or underreact and do nothing."
One of Molitor's clients, a retired woman in her 60s, has become a gambling addict in the midst of the financial crisis.
One couple Molitor sees have stopped having sex. The wife is angry at her husband because she's suddenly being forced to go back to work for the first time in 30 years, Molitor says. "If you don't know who to blame, you tend to take it out on the person you live with."
Children aren't immune to the stress.
Clinical psychologist Rosalind Dorlen is seeing a client in Summit, N.J., whose son is terrified he'll have to leave his private school and stopped sleeping.
Mary Alvord, a psychologist in Rockville, Md., is seeing a couple whose 6-year-old daughter accidentally overheard her parents arguing about money. The panicked girl burst into tears.
A fuller explanation eventually came out, Alvord says: The girl had misinterpreted her parents' argument and thought they no longer could afford to buy food.
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Less than two weeks of recovering poppy husk from brother of the Youth Akali Dal's joint secretary, the Mansa police on Monday evening recovered boxes of Indian and foreign made liquor from an aide of the YAD leader and arrested a driver of a local councillor.
Even as police see no hand of the Akali Dal in it, the Congress candidate from Bathinda had complained to the Election Commission of India accusing the police of trying to protect a Mansa councillor who allegedly supplied the liquor.
In Bathinda, one of the 15 hyper-sensitive constituencies in the country, the police late on Monday arrested one Atma Singh, a driver of Shiromani Akali Dal's councillor from Mansa Atamjit Singh Kala, and recovered five liquor boxes (each box containing 12 bottles) from the car of the councillor.
Another accused, Balwinder Kumar of Mansa is a veterinary doctor posted at Ubbha village and is considered close to YAD joint secretary Nirwair Singh. The police failed to nab Kumar but recovered 10 boxes of liquor stored at Solitaire, Ralla Colony.
The Congress candidate from Bathinda, Manpreet Badal had filed a complaint with the Election Commission of India accusing the administration of being hand-in-glove with the SAD-BJP alliance.
Jaijeet Singh Johal, Congress in-charge for Mansa district and brother-in-law of Manpreet, said, "Mansa councillor Atamjit Singh Kala was taken into custody by police after he was seen distributing liquor in Gandhi Basti by Congress workers but later a case was registered against his driver."
Mansa SSP Bikrampal Singh Bhatti said, "One of the accused is at large and he will be arrested soon."


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This week, some of the world's top investors gathered in New York for the Ira Sohn Investing Conference to provide some good stock picks for charity.
But there wasn't any talk about high-fliers such as LinkedIn (NYSE:LNKD). Rather, the conference was full of value ideas with some of the picks appearing quite gutsy. But good investing is often about being a contrarian.
Here's a look at some of picks:
MBIA (NYSE:MBI): This one is a favorite of ErezKalir, who is a manager of Sabretooth Capital. His presentation was aptly titled — "Economic Death as a Special Situation."
Excited now? MBIA was once a top company, providing insurance for municipals and structured investments. But in 2008, the company nearly imploded because of its high exposure to subprime mortgages.
Even though MBIA has massive liability exposure, it may be overblown by investors. Consider that the company had highly sophisticated contracts with its clients. Besides cases go through the court system over the next few years, MBIA may be able to recover money through fraud claims.
Aon (NYSE:AON): In light of the disaster in Japan as well as the destruction by tornadoes in the U.S., the insurance industry does look dicey. But Steve Eisman, who is a money manager at Frontpoint Financial Services, believes that such things will benefit investors.
If anything, there should be less pricing competition in the sector, which should help to boost returns for the next few years. And one company that could benefit nicely is Aon, which is a broker. Thus, as premiums expand, so should commissions.
Aon also has a massive global footprint, with operations in over 100 countries.
Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT): The company seems like a has-been, and the stock has been dead money for the past 10 years.
But Greenlight Capital's David Einhorn thinks there is value for investors. After all, the price-to-earnings ratio is a dirt-cheap 9.8.
Keep in mind that Microsoft has several franchise businesses, such as its Windows platform, Office Suite and server tools. All these generate huge amounts of free cash flow.
What's more, Microsoft should benefit from some major trends in technology, especially cloud computing. It is one of the few companies that has the global scale to help customers.
Yet as expected, Einhorn rattled the cage of Microsoft and called for the CEO, Steve Ballmer, to step down. He calls him the head of "Charlie Brown" management.
Tom Taulli's latest book is "All About Short Selling" and he has an upcoming book called "All About Commodities." You can find him at Twitter account @ttaulli. He does not own a position in any of the stocks named here.


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- Hotel: Hotel La Jolla
- Restaurant: Miguel's Cocina
- Hotel: Westin San Diego (formally the Wyndham at Emerald Plaza)
- Restaurant: Pacifica Breeze Cafe
- Restaurant: Aloha Sushi
- Restaurant: Point Loma Seafoods
- Restaurant: Americana Restaurant
- Restaurant: Roy's La Jolla
- Restaurant: Bronx Pizza
- Bar: Altitude
- Restaurant: Celadon Royalty Thai Restaurant
- Bar: Longboard Grill (in Pacific Beach)
- Restaurant: Cody's All American Cafe
- Bar: Maloney's Tavern
- Restaurant: Donovan's Steak and Chop House
- Bar: Moondoggies
- Restaurant: Gaslamp Strip Club
- Bar: Wine Steals
- Restaurant: George's at the Cove
- Park/Outdoor: Balboa Park (San Diego Zoo, Museums, The Prado)
- Restaurant: Hash House A Go Go
- Golf Course: Encinitas Ranch Golf Course
- Restaurant: Jack's La Jolla
- Golf Course: Four Seasons Aviara Golf Course
- Restaurant: Jake's Del Mar
- Golf Course: Torrey Pines Golf Course
- Restaurant: Just Fabulous Kensington
- Rehearsal Dinner: Ben's at the Gaslamp
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Ponte Family Estate Winery35053 Rancho California Road
Temecula, CA 92592, US
Hotel La Jolla7955 La Jolla Shores Drive
La Jolla, CA 92037, US
Westin San Diego (formally the Wyndham at Emerald Plaza)400 W Broadway
San Diego, CA, United States
Aloha Sushi7731 Fay Ave
La Jolla, CA, USA
"This is a cute sushi/hawaiian grille restaurant in La Jolla. If you go on a Wednesday... you will get the "all you can eat" special. That includes all sushi (not sashimi though), rolls (rolls that aren't market price of course... they have a large selection of rolls) and certain appetizers. Go and eat till you are waaay full. You can easily eat $100 worth of food for the 'all you can eat' price of $25pp! Try the 'Rock Lobster' roll, the 'Coconut Dynamite Bowl' (mixture of crab, shrimp, fish, pineapple and tomatoes broiled off in a coconut aioli sauce, and served over bed of rice) and the 'Stuffed Tomatoes' (spicy scallops wrapped with raw tuna)! Sooo good!"
Americana Restaurant1454 Camino Del Mar
Del Mar, CA, USA
"The Americana is an outdoor/indoor cafe that has great selections for breakfast! They also have nice lunches and dinner as well. If you go, order a Bloody Mary. They are nice and spicy. Yummy. It's also a 2 minute drive from where we live."
Bronx Pizza111 Washington St
San Diego, CA 92103, US
"This is probably the best pizza in San Diego. There are only a handful of places in San Diego county that have real "new york" pizza and this is one of them."
Celadon Royalty Thai Restaurant3671 5th Ave
San Diego, CA 92103, US
"This restaurant is in the Hillcrest area of San Diego. If you like Thai food, this is one of the places to go to in SD! Yum!"
Cody's All American Cafe8030 Girard Ave
San Diego, CA 92037, US
"We've never been to this restaurant, however, we've heard great things about it! It's a popular, New American restaurant in beautiful La Jolla. Cody's presents exceptional food that is refreshingly uncomplicated. This lovely seaside cottage is La Jolla's prime spot for relaxed ocean view dining serving breakfast and lunch daily."
Donovan's Steak and Chop House4340 La Jolla Village Dr
San Diego, CA 92122, US
"This is a steakhouse in La Jolla that people like to frequent. We've never been there, but we've been told that they are the best steakhouse in San Diego."
Gaslamp Strip Club340 5th Ave
San Diego, CA 92101, US
"The strip club is a very unique and cool restaurant in the downtown area where you cook your own steak. It's a great place to bring friends and have fun while you eat! Their drinks are very unique as well."
George's at the Cove1250 Prospect St
La Jolla, CA 92037, US
"George's is an excellent and beautiful restaurant that overlooks the ocean in beautiful La Jolla. It's pricey, but worth it. There are three distinct dining experiences with spectacular ocean views at Georges at the Cove in La Jolla Village. George's California Modern is a sophisticated but relaxed indoor environment that has an inventive California cuisine menu that changes daily. With a more casual bistro menu, the Ocean Terrace has the region's best rooftop dining, while George's Bar gives casual diners a choice of inside or outside."
Hash House A Go Go3628 5th Ave
San Diego, CA, USA
"What can I say about this restaurant... but WOW. The portions are HUGE and the breakfast/brunch is great (you must go for this). Don't eat anything before you go though... and you'll see why when you get there. The music is kind of loud here, so if that's not your style, then you may not like it... but it's totally worth it and it's fun! You can't make reservations either :("
Jack's La Jolla7863 Girard Avenue
La Jolla, CA, United States
"There are 3 different restaurants and 4 cocktail lounges in this cool restaurant. Jack's restaurants can be pricey, however, if you go downstairs to "Jack's Grille," you can sit by the lounge/firepit and enjoy a few cocktails while eating some appetizers without breaking the bank. Also, if you go to the mid-level 'beach bar' during happy hour, beer and well drinks are discounted!"
Jake's Del Mar1660 Coast Blvd
Del Mar, CA, United States
"Jake's Del Mar is another one of our favorite restaurants. If you love seafood - this is the restaurant to go to! Their food is amazing and the view is great since it's right on the beach. Ask to sit at a window seat if the wait isn't too long. It's worth it."
Just Fabulous Kensington4116 Adams Avenue
San Diego, CA, United States
"This is one of our favorites! Just Fabulous is a very small restaurant in the Kensington area. It's very cute and unique - but most importantly... it has delicious food. Their Kobe Beef burger is Anonymous's favorites. I like the Thai Chicken Pasta or the Kobe Beef Bolognese."
Karl Strauss Brewery & Restaurant1044 Wall St # C
La Jolla, CA, USA
"If you like John Harvards... you will like Karl Strauss. They brew their own beer here and their food is pretty good as well."
Miguel's Cocina1351 Orange Ave
Coronado, CA, USA
"Miguel's is a mexican restaurant that is located in the courtyard of the El Cordova Hotel, directly across the street from the Hotel Del Coronado (you should walk over and take a look at this historic hotel. it's huge and the beach is beautiful). The main restaurant is outside on the patio and it's always packed. Expect at least a 45 minute wait on a popular night. If you have time, put your name on the list and walk next door to get a mojito at the Brigantine!"
Pacifica Breeze Cafe1555 Camino del Mar
Del Mar, CA 92014, US
"This is the outdoor cafe portion of Pacific Del Mar (with a totally different menu). They have tasty breakfasts and lunches... and course, a great view. Pacifica Breeze Café has quickly become a celebrated coastal gathering spot for casual, outdoor dining. Overlooking a glittering Pacific Ocean and the ever charming Village of Old Del Mar, the eclectic bistro-style cafe draws young and old alike to its large, sun-filled patio for breakfast and lunch on Del Mar Plaza's mid-level. Devoted enthusiasts of the Breeze sip coffee and espresso favorites, indulge in hearty breakfast fare, or delight in tantalizing soups, salads and sandwiches during lazy afternoon hours, with a full range of micro brews, wines and cocktails available."
Point Loma Seafoods2805 Emerson St
San Diego, CA 92106, US
"This is a place where you can order fresh seafood for lunch - and buy some to take home. It's always busy! The scallop sandwich is sooo good. Point Loma Seafoods branched out and began selling hot food once made only for the employees. As with their standards of quality and freshness, it all began with just the simplest idea. "The freshest thing in town" was made."
Roy's La Jolla8670 Genesee Ave
San Diego, CA 92122, US
"Roy's is an Asian Fusion/Hawaiian restaurant in the La Jolla area. They have creative drinks and delicious seafood. Roy Yamaguchi's Hawaiian Fusion Cuisine blends fresh local ingredients with European sauces and bold Asian spices, always with a focus on seafood. Each evening you'll find a tantalizing range of appetizers, entrées, fresh fish dishes and desserts."
Altitude660 K Street
San Diego, CA, United States
"We've only been here once, but it's a cool outdoor skybar on top of the Marriott in the downtown area. The happy hour prices are nice and the view is great. You can see all of Petco park from the skybar."
Longboard Grill (in Pacific Beach)1466 Garnet Ave
San Diego, CA 92109, US
"This is a pretty good dive bar in the Pacific Beach area. It's spacious and the drink prices are pretty good. Check it out if you are in the PB area."
Maloney's Tavern777 5th Avenue
San Diego, CA 92101, US
"A multi-room bar/restaurant pub with the Old World charm of an Irish pub, but it works. Packed with TVs and beer taps, this underground bar caters to the post-college crowd."
Moondoggies860 Garnet Ave
San Diego, CA 92109, US
"This is a bar in Pacific Beach. They have an outdoor area with a firepit... It's pretty popular bar in this part of San Diego"
Wine Steals1243 University Ave
San Diego, CA 92103, US
"This is a San Diego wine bar that we thought was really cool. Their philosophy is : to combine wine buying with wine tasting in a casual and fun atmosphere. So, you can sip, nibble, or drink at our traditional Zinc-countered bar while shopping for affordable, off-the-beaten-path wines in the retail store. The focus is on unpretentious wine exploration. You can buy wines by the glass here, or venture to the back where you can find a bottle, pay a small corkage fee and sit and order a board of artisan cheese. It's very social and they place music while you chat with your buddies and sip some wine."
Balboa Park (San Diego Zoo, Museums, The Prado)1549 El Prado
San Diego, CA, USA
"This is a very popular spot for tourists because it has everything rolled into one. It is the nation's largest urban cultural park. Home to 15 major museums, renowned performing arts venues, beautiful gardens and the San Diego Zoo, the Park has an ever-changing calendar of museum exhibitions, plays, musicals, concerts, and classes—all in the beautiful and timeless setting of this must-see San Diego attraction. There are several restaurants in Balboa Park, however, the Prado is the most popular. The Prado, an award-winning, full-service restaurant located in the House of Hospitality, offers charming indoor and outdoor dining. This restaurant has good food, creative drinks... and arguably the best mojitos in San Diego."
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Encinitas Ranch Golf Course1275 Quail Gardens Dr
Encinitas, CA 92024, US
"Encinitas Ranch offers 18 championship holes in a unique setting carved from a magnificent sweep of bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Golfers are greeted by the wide, forgiving fairways of the front nine, but will find the back nine requiring precise tee shots for lower scores. Dramatic elevation changes add excitement to an already challenging course, while four sets of tees accommodate golfers of all levels."
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Four Seasons Aviara Golf Course7100 Four Seasons Point
Carlsbad, CA 92011, USA
"It's not exactly 'affordable'... (ahem) however, we've heard it's an amazing course. If you can do it... why not? Honoured with Golf Magazine's 2004 Gold Medal Resorts Award and #18 on Golf Digest's Top 75 Golf Resorts, Four Seasons Resort Aviara Golf Club offers one of the finest golf facilities available in southern California. Aviara's memorable 18-hole coastal layout was designed by Arnold Palmer. The 7,007-yard, par-72 course is sculpted around the natural topography, with water hazards positioned as visual extensions of the lagoon. The club includes a 32,000 square foot (3,000-square-metre) two-story Spanish colonial clubhouse with a complete golf shop."
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Torrey Pines Golf Course11480 N Torrey Pines Rd
San Diego, CA 92037, US
"This golf course is only a 2 minute drive from our house! Home of the 2008 U.S. Open, Torrey Pines stirs the imagination of golf enthusiasts all over the world. Situated atop cliffs towering above the Pacific Ocean in San Diego, California, golfers marvel at the views of the coastline and deep ravines. Nature lovers can spot wildlife and the famous Torrey Pines trees that are indigenous to the area. Torrey Pines boasts two 18-hole golf courses, the North and South Courses. Along with fabulous golf, the facility offers one of the largest on-course golf shops in the nation, advance golf reservations, expert instruction, driving ranges and first class lodging and dining nearby."
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Russian drivers can now turn right on red (at some intersections)
- By Leon AronLeon Aron is the director of Russian studies at the American Enterprise Institute and the author, most recently, of Roads to the Temple: Truth, Memory, Ideas, and Ideals in the Making of the Russian Revolution, 1987-1991.
The following is a guest post from Leon Aron, director of Russian studies at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C.
Suddenly there is a tiny bright spot on the decidedly bleak social canvass of Vladimir Putin's Russia. For the first time in history, the Russians will be able to turn right on red.
To be sure, after a year and half of discussions, it is still an "experiment," confined to only a few intersections in Moscow and the southwestern city of Belgorod. Yet amid Putinism's increasingly rigid dichotomies and the state's relentless strangulation and subversion of independent civil society institutions, first and foremost NGOs, the government ceding at least one iota of decision-making to its citizens by leaving it up to them to interpret the law and make their own choices is something to cheer.
Besides, one of the Moscow intersections at which the experiment is taking place is Andropov Prospekt, named after the Soviet Union's longest-serving KBG chief and general secretary from 1982 to 1984.
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Look on the road! It's a car! It's a bike! It's ... an ELF?
It hasn't made its debut yet in Key West, but the first Organic Transit light electric vehicle, the ELF, has been purchased, by well-known local environmental horticulture extension agent Kim Gabel.
Looking like a cross between an Egg car, and a reversed trike, the mango-colored ELF combines the ease of a car with the benefits of a bike. It's a solar/pedal hybrid that allows the rider to pedal or cruise on battery power, or both at the same time. The base price is $5,000, the company website states.
The lithium iron phosphate battery can be charged with the rooftop solar panel or via an electrical wall socket. The ELF can travel 1,800 miles on the energy equivalent of a gallon of gas, or 20 to 30 miles on one battery charge, at up to 20 mph.
Drawbacks include the lack of windshield wipers and the fact that the motor cannot be charged while in use.
The idea of purchasing one came to Gabel last year, as she was trying to find a more environmentally friendly way to commute from her home on Big Pine Key to her office in Key West.
"I first heard about the ELF last year," Gabel said. "And I kerplunked my money down in January. I took possession at the factory in Durham, N.C., and brought it home last Sunday."
Since returning home with the ELF, Gabel has practiced riding around her neighborhood, past the ubiquitous Key deer, which mostly don't look twice at her colorful, alien-looking vehicle. She also hasn't received many comments from passing motorists and cyclists.
"It's more like I get stares from people who try to get their whole family to look at this thing going down the road. You can tell they're wondering how it operates."
Part of the attraction of the ELF, for Gabel, is its simplicity. She doesn't need a motorcycle license or other type of permit, and can ride on both bike paths and roads.
"When riding on the road, I usually see what the speed limit is. If I can keep up with traffic, I'll ride in the middle of the road. If I can't, I stick to the side of the road so that I don't frustrate the motorists behind me."
"We always encourage biking whenever possible as a healthy activity that's fun and good for the environment," said Chris Tittel, spokesman for the Florida Department of Health in Monroe County. "Statistics show that approximately 6 percent of Monroe County residents bike to work. It would be great to see that number increase."
Other features of the ELF are its three-speed transmission, LED headlights, taillights, brake lights and turn signals. It has side and rear-view mirrors and disc brakes.
Between the seat and the floorless "trunk," the ELF can carry up to 350 pounds, which works for Gabel.
"The important thing is, there's room in the back to carry beer," she said with a laugh.


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First round of playoffs in alpha league and last week of regular season in beta league, where I abolsutely need to win (vs the 1st place guy), if not I'm out of playoffs.
I know I'm ****ed in at least one of the two because basically in alpha league I have half the players of my opponent in beta league.
For an incredible series of events I end up to win in both leagues, in alpha by just ONE point. But the other guy has Rob friggin' Ninkovich (what an ass DE!) who was awarded half a sack instead of a full one: I knew it was coming.
Tonight Yahoo inserted the corrected stats and Ninkovich is awarded a full sack. They haven't updated the scores as of yet but by tomorrow I'm going from winning by one point to losing by one point.
A big thank to Elvis Dumervil who laid an egg on me, Bradshaw and Chris Johnson with yet another pathetic effort and Welker who had a mediocre game: can't believe that if he got three more yards in the last kickoff, I'd be at least tied with the other guy.
For the record I sit Mike Wallace, Knowshown Moreno and Green Bay defense.
Second time I've been screwed up by corrected stats!!!
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SAIT Blasted Over 'Obscene' Executive Salary Hikes And Bonuses
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Generous salary hikes and performance bonuses for SAIT executives have faculty and staff representatives warning it could poison upcoming contract negotiations.
The report for the 2011-2012 academic year reveals the school's three vice-presidents each received a salary increase of 26 per cent, boosting their base pay from $182,000 to $230,000. Each VP also received a $58,000 pay-for-performance bonus.


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TAMPA BAY – The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy to a three-year contract extension worth $3.5-million per season, vice president and general manager Steve Yzerman announced today.
Vasilevskiy, 21, appeared in 24 games with the Lightning last season, posting a record of 11-10-0 to go along with a 2.76 goals-against average and .910 save percentage. The Tyumen, Russia native also posted one shutout in his second season with the Lightning. Vasilevskiy played in eight Stanley Cup playoff games in 2016, registering a record of 3-4 to go along with a 2.76 goals-against average and .925 save percentage. He appeared in all seven of the Lightning's Eastern Conference Final games against the Pittsburgh Penguins.


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Yahoo! News Declares N.B.S. (Celtics) Victory Over Ice Cube (Lakers), Cites JTTS
From Yahoo!
From "official" creations like the Chicago Bears' "Super Bowl Shuffle" and the Atlanta Hawks' "Nothing Can Stop Us" to the independent Indianapolis Colts rhapsodizin' of Lil' Ronnie and Syracuse Orange fans' cringe-inducing '03 effort "Cuse Yourself," there are way, way more anthem failures than success stories. (Want to hear some more negative examples? Uproxx gotcha.)
Which is why it was so refreshing to hear, via Boston hip-hop blog Jump the Turnstyle, that Cambridge, Mass.-based crew N.B.S. (Natural Born Spitters) had dropped a Boston Celtics-themed NBA Finals anthem that didn't, y'know, stink.
And on the wack-ass track that Ice Cube took time off from his new sitcom to record…
Unfortunately for those big-timers the song is pretty outdone, because it's six mostly underwhelming minutes of lackadaisical verses laid over the completely overused "Beamer, Benz or Bentley" beat, closed out by a verse from a dude named Lil Rob who seriously sounds kind of like if Konnan from the nWo was a rapper. There are a couple of decent lines, I guess — Chino comparing Rajon Rondo(notes) to Smeagol from "Lord of the Rings," Ice Cube making fun of Paul Pierce(notes) needing his wheelchair and calling Larry Bird an "overrated nerd" (c'mon, son) — but mostly, it's just three times as long as "Who Are We?" and half as interesting.
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Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter officials investigating puppy's meth overdose
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - The Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter's Field Services Department this week investigated reports of a puppy that had possibly overdosed on methamphetamine.
Officers received an emergency call from VCA Veterinary Hospital in Santa Cruz Tuesday regarding a puppy they had in their care. Based on statements made by the person with the dog, as well as the dog's behavior, the veterinarian believed that the dog was under the influence of methamphetamine. The person who brought the dog to the veterinarian was evasive and tried to take the dog back, shelter officials reported.
An animal control officer made contact with the person via phone, and told them they would not be taking the puppy home and that the Animal Shelter would be taking custody of it.
The officer responded to the veterinarian's office and rushed the puppy to the Animal Shelter Veterinarian, who immediately began emergency treatment on the dog.
Based on tips of whom the owner could be, the animal control officer went to several known transient locations in search of the owner and additional puppies suspected to be in the litter.
The officer was unable to locate them, but began spreading the word that animal control was looking for the suspected owner to answer questions on how one of her puppies overdosed on methamphetamine.
On Wednesday, animal control officers went with Santa Cruz city park rangers to conduct multiple sweeps in the area in search of the owner and the other puppies. Six hours of searching did not turn up the woman or the dogs.
Animal control officers are still seeking the owner. Meanwhile, the puppy believed to have overdosed is recovering and will be adopted out.


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Long Time and No Post - there's a reason for that, I've been doing "my own thing" with my own Rules and Miniatures Range - and I had become thoroughly disillusioned with Pirate Wargaming, Freebooters Fate just wasn't cutting it for me and neither was Cutlass (both were too fantasy) and Legends of the High Seas was too simplistic.
I tried Ospreys "On the Seven Seas" - but (to be frank) it was s**t, so I sold off all the Miniatures and the Rules I purchased during the "Nickstarter" and moved on - putting Pirate Gaming behind me for a time.
Move Forward to Today - and Firelock Games have started their Kickstarter for their new Game "Blood and Plunder", the game play looks great and the Miniatures are gorgeous.
Blood and Plunder by Firelock Games
COULD THIS be "the one" - the game I've been searching for FOR YEARS. Anyone who knows me, knows I am irrationally picky over me Pirates - if its fantasy pirates, they have to be vibrant and interesting - if its historical, it has to be accurate and exciting (although, being accurate IS exciting for me LMAO).
Blood and Plunder as it seems, has the accurate thing in spades - From the Official blurb - "Blood and Plunder is designed to transition seamlessly between land, naval and amphibious combat using a uniform rule set and scale. And if you're worried this seems too grand to be practical, you'll be glad to know that a standard game (on or off a ship) can be played on a small kitchen table with 13-50 models in less than 2 hours"
It ALMOST sounds to be too good to be true - but they have Benerson Little (an American who's focus is naval history, in particular Pirates and the Golden Age of Piracy in the Caribbean) - ALWAYS a good sign when rules designers get an expert on board.
Oh, and one last thing - theres already a Blood and Plunder Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1709737852637624/


text: Changsha Sicily Hotel offers accommodation in Yuelu District. It features free WiFi in all areas. The hotel is a 10-minute drive from Changsha West Railway Station, Yuelu Academy and Orange Island. Changsha Railway Station is located a 20-minute drive away. It takes 1 hour to drive to Changsha Huanghua International Airport. The guestrooms offered by the property are all equipped with air conditioning and a flat-screen TV. The private bathroom is fitted with shower. An electric kettle is available. Sicily Hotel Changsha has a 24-hour front desk offering free luggage storage. Parking is available for free.


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Inspired by the lyrics and lifestyle of Jimmy Buffett, the hotels sense of place and attention to detail make it the perfect setting for guests who want to escape the everyday, engage their senses and make lasting memories. Anyone who has ever dreamed of escaping to a tropical island and sipping a margarita will enjoy being immersed in the Margaritaville experience at this hotel.
The beachfront hotel features barefoot elegance with 162 guest rooms, including 24 Corner King Executive rooms with wrap-around balconies. The Margaritaville Beach Hotel is offering activities the entire family can enjoy; Beach Crafts, Sea Shell Hunts, Painting Parties, Limbo Contest, Beach Bingo and more! Rent beach bicycles and tour Pensacola Beach by peddle, or climb aboard a kayak or paddle board available for rent on the Gulf Side and Bay Side Dock. If you're looking for adventure make sure to check out our Adventure Activities with Dolphin Cruises, Paddle Drift, Snorkeling, Sunset Cruise, Sailing, Fishing and unique trips for special occasions. See our Events Calendar for a list of activities that will be happening during your stay.
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Named after "Frank and Lola," a 1982 Jimmy Buffett song about a couple on their second honeymoon in Pensacola, the restaurant features a delicious menu and also has a full service bar in an upscale, casual atmosphere. Frank & Lola Love Pensacola Café offers indoor and outside seating, and is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
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Saturday: 12pm-10pm, and Sunday: 12pm-9pm (*Some Saturdays may be closed for private events, please check our events calendar for details or contact 850-916-9755).
The adjacent LandShark Landing Beach Bar offers hotel guests the opportunity for fun and sun. Offering snacks, beverages, volleyball, hammocks under palm trees and a fire pit. Seasonal Times may vary. Learn more.
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Sex Toys, Tupperware Parties & Getting Your 50 Shades of Grey On1comment
I'm a member of a book club, a women's potluck group, and a "ladies club" where each month the host decides our activity (ex. bowling, wine tasting, clothes swap, etc). So I consider myself fairly covered in a planned girls night out. So I was totally unprepared, but awesomely surprised, when a friend threw me a surprise sex toy birthday party. It's like the tupperware parties of our parents' generation, except you are persuaded to buy vibrators, nipple toys and sex swings rather than cool tupperware. Our host gave a fun, revealing presentation and happily explained the latest in vibrators, lube, and also gave helpful tips for orgasm and arousal. I have to say – it was really fun. You definitely get to know your girlfriends better when you pass around an array of dildo's and discuss which one you prefer.
This was pre "50 Shades of Grey", but ever since Christian Grey introduced Anastastia Steele to his red room of pain, women are purchasing sex toys more than ever before. Thank you E.L . James? Luckily the people at Adam & Eve totally have you covered. Thanks guys!
I think it's fair to say that women don't often discuss the nitty-gritty details with each other. Wait, I take that back. Women talk about their love lives and sex in detail, but discussing vibrators and sex toys is often rare and vague at best. It tends to turn women into geishas, covering their mouths and giggling profusely.
Which is what was great about the sex toy party. With a representative to go through and explain each product, (and often her own personal experience with the products) our group of women really started to ask some revealing questions. All sorts of stories about size came up (sorry guys, it does), and then from greatest night of sex ever or worst experience ever are shared and laughed about. In the moment, awkward sex is horrible. But if it can be rehashed over wine, cheese and vibrator sales pitches, it's hilarious.
Maybe the thing about the "50 Shades of Grey" phenomenon is that if women weren't directly talking about kinky sex, sex toys, and what turned them on, they are were definitely into reading about it and making specific purchases. The night of my sex toy party (that sounds a little creepy, but it was pretty g-rated minus a row of vibrators on my friend's coffee table), it was interesting to see what women were most interested in. I'd say every woman there was curious about the remote controlled vibrating panties. They are exactly what they sound like: a pair of panties with a built-in small vibrator. The remote control can be held by the woman or whomever she chooses to give it to (choose wisely ladies), and the remote activates the "10 pulse-pounding functions" from up to 80 feet away. There was something sexy yet naughty and a little dangerous about being completely out of control about what was happening in your panties to this group.
Surprisingly, women didn't seem to want vibrators that looked like penises. Those big, fleshy-looking penis vibrators were off-putting to everyone at my sex toy party. Personally, they seem a little agressive. We all preferred pink or purple plastic items overly the big and fleshy. In my experience (I have since been to 2 sex toy parties) if the women wanted a penis, then an actual penis was in order. Otherwise, a smaller plastic, vibrator was the choice. Women aren't really into fooling themselves that it's the real thing. Then again, they are always selling them, so some women out there are.
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A damp start here and forecast more rain and high winds for the rest of the week - joy.
What: just an hours easy run
Why: easier day
Last hard: 21/4
Last rest: 27/4
Morning! Windy again today, had an unusual but pleasant 3 mile run this morning, hopefully earning the high calorific content of my breakfast!
Evening, Raining here too, all wrapped up with the fire on.
Wabo - beautiful pic of your gdaughter!
What: 9km easy with mates.
Last hard: Saturday
Last rest: yesterday.
morning all,
Wabo - lovely pic!
Stray - all the best, you'll soon be back!
what - 6 or 7 easy
why - hard reps last night, legs mushed today
last rest - 10 days
last hard - yesterday
lyric - not sure
Yesterdays lyrics: 'Hearts on Fire' by John Caffery taken from 'Rocky 4'
What:4.5M Steadily
Why: Bit tired as I was up at 1:10 am with Geordie who was 'needing' !
Garden was cleared yesterday and it does look so much tidier now.
Dry and a bit windy at the moment.
Lyrics: Mmm not sure.
Back later
Wabo: very very cute. She looks like she's hatching a plan
Straycelt & Ale: sorry to hear you are both unwell.
stickless: hope your friend is ok! Enjoy the training weekend with Tine.
what: nowt
why: sore throat, high RHR, troubled breathing, think I'm getting a cold
last hard: Saturday
last rest: Thursday
lyrics: no
Lovely weather here
Contradictory forecasts for Monday (HM - 1st race)
What: tempted but should be resting
Why: tomorrow will be last run before CW week
Last rest: yesterday (even went to sleep on couch in evening, much to Elspeth's disgust)
Last hard: Mon 28Lyrics:
SC that's a bummer!
Hope you son get over it chickadeee.
Got wet walking Grace but it stayed dry for my run - quite dark and miserable looking but reasonably warm. Was tempted to run for longer but the cycling is increasing my training volume by quite a lot and I know that I still have some residual tiredness from VLM and it wouldn't take too much to push me over in to ill health so commonsense prevailed.
morning all
birkmyre did my garden Monday it does feel good eh?
what: rest day, some squats and stretches is all
why: race tomorrow evening
last hard: yesterday am
last easy: sunday
have a good day all
Wabo: It sure does. Cross Training I now call it Oh and a cracking pic yesterday of your grand-daughter.
MissB jumped 1metre yesterday for the high jump. We'd a technical discussion last night on 'the take off plant of the foot when jumping'
Sorry been AWOL for a while what with a trip to the UK. Relatived out. Did get some sunshine though and a nice trip to Bath. Now we have a break from weddings for the next 4 months as well...3 in 4 months was too many!
Managed Whitstable parkrun too. Was on for 25 mins, but then the wind going back along the sea was too strong, so made it in just under 27. Happy with that considering the conditions. Also ran to the top of one of the hills in Bath. Not far, but a lot of uphill!
Hoping to get out today before we head off for a trip up the Rhine (4 public holidays in May means lots going on!).
Wabo she is cute!
SC sorry to hear of your troubles
LMH good to hear the sensible hat is on.
Birks I miss my garden
Chick Hope you feel better soon.
Have a good day all.
Hi all, thanks for the messages of support. TKD will continue to teach. Will be able to do the patterns etc, etc, but destruction and sparring will have to go! C'est la vie.
Lyrics: Nope
What: Bit of 1, 2, 3 cha cha cha,
Why: Still on enforced rest
Last Hard: Friday
Last rest: Yesterday
sc sorry to hear your news, you seem to have your head around it
lol re comments about cleo and trouble - not for me!
What: Just under 5 miles slowWhy: was meant to be 5, but couldn't breathe so had to cut it short
Last hard: breathing! Anyone know anything about whether hayfever can induce asthma or SOB?
Lyrics: nope
Hope you're all enjoying the sun
What just shy of 5 miles mainly run with brief walk breaks
Why: manness ensues
Last Hard: the hill
Lyrics No
emzap - yes, hay asthma can indeed occur occasionally in hayfever sufferers. Hayfever, asthma and eczema are common partners too - if you have one you are more likely to get one of the others.
(I just had hay asthma once in my early 20s, on a very hot Easter w/e (while trying to do all the Welsh 3000s over 2 days. Never bothered me again. and generally have above average peak flow rates)
OH thanks for that. I have had eczema forever and only recently started getting hayfever...I have a feeling it's bringing on the SOB Fingers crossed it's a short lived thing!
What work
Why needed a day off running
Lyrics no
NZC forgot to congratulate you on your Rotarura time, very respectable indeed.
OH seems like you well and truly showed those Welsh lumps whose boss
Off to Bristol for work tomorrow so will try and sneak something in early.
emzap - you could see if an antihistamine helps?
SC - sorry to hear that but I expect your students will be pleased
Wabo - little one is so cute
What - 8.5m tempo
Why - running with a club mate who wanted a fastish session....
Last hard - Tonight (just)
Last rest - Mon
Take care
Another wee 5 miler tonight.


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Kelly Carlin was generous enough to sit down and tell us whatever we wanted to know about growing up with the funniest guy in the world as your dad. She is currently performing "A Carlin Home Companion: Life, Love and Laughter with George", which is about exactly what it sounds like.
Our conversation with Kelly was thoroughly enjoyable , insightful and often funny. And I am very proud to say that contained inside this episode is what Kelly described as her "favorite question ever", so there's that. Plus we get to hear George Carlin sing "Everything is Okay Anyway".
If you aren't familiar with Mike MacRae, get ready. His mind-blowingly hilarious Rip Torn impression is in full force in this weeks "Hollywood Drunk Tank: Oscar Edition!", and leads off the show. Rip tells about the time he got kicked out of the Oscars for heckling Jeff Bridges, and how sick he is of seeing foreigners prancing around the Oscar stage.
Sean Young got herself kicked out of the Governors Ball that she wasn't invited too after she slapped a security guard when she got caught. But Rip tells us that Sean is no stranger to the Whoscow. In fact, Rip and Sean used to be old drinking buddies, people used to call them "Young & Torn". It is an episode of Drunk Tank that is not to be missed, and remember, Celebrities-their just like you, except drunk and fucking beautiful!
See you March 24th for Left, Right & Ridiculous at the Hollywood Improv Lab! Special guests Frank Conniff, David Feldman and more!
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Comedy andEverything Else Episode #168
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False Equivalencies : Did you know that going on a three day tirade that uses lies and misinformation to slander and sexually demean a female law student is exactly the same thing as calling Sarah Pallin a "twat"? Well according to a lot of people who don't
have a clue, it is. Yes because, if you don't think about it, a bomb throwing Governor with a penchant for misinformation, hate rhetoric, and dog whistle politics is exactly the same thing as law student testifying on behalf of women's health.
We also find out that making an ironic joke about sexuality is exactly the same thing as a well thought out, deliberate, ugly, slanderous, misogynistic, mean spirited, continual three day character assassination and campaign of intimidation by the most powerful media figure with the biggest megaphone in the country, against a powerless citizen.
As I have explained on my KPFK show, ridicule aimed at the powerful is called "comedy". Ridicule aimed at the powerless is called "bullying". I have not heard anyone else in the media make that point, and am always stunned to see people on television talking about this without ever mentioning this fact.
Don't worry, we didn't stop watching the bachelor, and yes, it got even dumber. Why Stef and I like to poke fun at thisparticular reality show is hard to say.
Maybe it is because it turns normal dating rituals and norms on its head. Or maybe it is because it is fun to watch people try to pretend there isn't a camera crew in their face the
entire time they are trying to fall in love for ever.
Maybe it's because they just say and do lots of mind blowingly dumb stuff that brings us joy to make fun of? Either way, we play two more clips from the show and make fun of them.
We are joined by my good pal and hilarious comedian Keith Lowell Jensen who treats us to my favorite knock-knock joke of all time.
Comedy & Everything Else # 167 Becky Pedigo, Heather Peters & Honda Hybrids
This Week:
Beck Pedigo is the star of her own Comedy Central Special and now the Author "Killing Me Softly With Jazz Hands", her collection of stories about traveling the country doing stand up comedy. Yes she is darkly sarcastic and describes her comedy as a shot of Tequila, and I have to agree. Plus becky and I had an argument on facebook, and we relive it and resolve it.
Heather Peters bought a Honda Civic Hybrid and cuz they are supposed to get 50 miles to the gallon, but like me, she got waaaaaay less than that. Honda, like all good corporations, decided to screw over its customers and not compensate them for the shitty performance their cars deliver. Well, Heather decided to take them to court, small claims court, and BEAT HONDA to the tune of $9,800 !!!
Jonathan Corbett, the host of DREAM TWEET sits in and provides a big dose of hilarity.
Comedy & Everything Else ep. #166 Jon Dore and Abby Londer.
Comedy andEverything Else Episode #166
"DORE on DORE!" Its not really a contest, just a regular show where we talk about stuff and make jokes and our guest is hilarious comedian Jon Dore.
I guess I just like the sound of "Dore on Dore!" Its sounds exciting, like there is going to be a fight! But there isn't a fight. Sadly we get along swimmingly and laugh a lot. Our regular listeners will know Jon from performing that crazy comedy sketch on Conan Obrien with Rory Scoval where they both did their stand-up acts acts simultaneously.
Jon is not only an accomplished comedian, but also the star of The Jon Dore Television Show! It originally aired on the Comedy Channel in Canada, but has subsequently been picked up by the IFC channel here in the states.
Also: Ever wonder why there isn't a comedy festival in Los Angeles? Well, so did Abby Londer and she decided to do something about. Yep, she is starting a Los Angeles Comedy Festival!
And special thanks to Jonathan Corbett, host of DREAM TWEET!, for sitting in and being funny!
And the inimitable Mike Macrae knocking it out of the park again with Paula Dean.


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Community members and visitors alike should mark their calendars for this exhibition of original art work by kids from across the United States. The top 36 entries will be on display in the Visitor Center from August 2nd - 22nd. Have your students or kids enter the Junior Duck Stamp contest!
K-12 students attending public, private, or home schools in the United States and the U.S. Territories are eligible to enter.Submit your Junior Duck Stamp entry to a state contest by: March 15th
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By Giuseppe Muro
Arsène Wenger will vote for Sir Alex Ferguson as his Manager of the Year.
The Manchester United boss, who is a nine-time winner of the award, has guided his team to a record-breaking 19th league title as well as taking the Old Trafford side to this month's Champions League Final at Wembley.
For Wenger, who has himself received the coveted prize on two occasions, Ferguson's achievements are unrivalled this season.
"I believe [my decision on who to vote for] will be quite easy," he said.
"It can only be Ferguson for the overall achievement [of Manchester United]. They are in the Champions League Final and they have won the championship."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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Java Moss Wall
So.... I found directions online to make a Java Moss wall using Java Moss, plastic mesh and suction cups. It gave no information on time frame for the moss to start growing through the mesh.... I've had it done and in the tank for almost a week now and I haven't noticed it growing yet... :( It's on the back wall of our 30 gallon tank.. we're running a Marineland 300 filter, quad T5HO lighting and our water is testing out great. I'm dosing the tank with liquid CO2 and a quality plant fertilizer. Am I just being impatient or have I done something wrong????? I've attached a photo of our new tank set up... please be kind, I know it doesn't look like much but this is my first go at a live planted tank!http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/...ps26f038ff.jpg
Looks good, just give it a couple of weeks.
Java moss grows very slowly. You just need to wait. It will get there eventually.
Where did you get that clear intake pipe for your filter?
Grow it in a Tupperware or something emergent.. it will grow 20x faster
Java moss doesn't grow like normal plants. While you aren't looking the mass suddenly gets larger. Waiting and watching won't help it. Ignoring it until it's past time to trim it works best. At least for me.
That said, I don't see any moss on the screen.
Thank you everyone for all of your feedback!!! :)
The moss is between two pieces of the mesh.... it's under the top/front layer. This is what holds it in place and keeps it from floating away.
The clear pipes on each side of the tank are old school HOB heaters.... I'm still waiting for our new heater to arrive. I was lucky enough to find a submersible heater that has the controls on the outside of the tank..right on the cord!
i just did a 1/2 rock 1/2 java moss wall... i roughed up the plastic mesh with sand paper and 'sewed' the moss onto it...
IMG_0835 by laq997, on Flickr
is there a reason you didn't do this *she says worrying that her wall will fail*
I've been wanting to do this on my back wall as well. From what I've seen on directions, the best technique is to spread the moss around the in small patches across the entire mesh. It seems to grow a little better and you should see faster results.
Looks like you'll have to get some more or do what Steven_P says or incubate it in a dedicated container.
What kind of mesh did you use? I've been looking at http://www.papermart.com/Product%20P...tGroupID=19024
I had good luck growing java moss horizontally for a number of weeks which helped it grow quicker and then hanging it.
Any updates?
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Transmission Developments : Press Releases
- Transmission Developments | 21-Mar-2012
New textbook information resource for synchronous belt technology
Handbook Timing Belts - Principles, Calculations, Applications - This new publication, originally written and publi...Read Full Article
- Transmission Developments | 23-Nov-2011
Transdev adds Esband™ and Werner GRAF endless flat belts
Transmission Developments has signed a UK distribution agreement with the endless flat belt specialist Max Schlatte...Read Full Article
- Transmission Developments | 30-Mar-2011
Transdev backs triple winner in Young Engineer of the Year
Last May, when Transdev published its story about the help that it had given to Andrew Cowan as the intermediate le...Read Full Article
- Transmission Developments | 04-Mar-2011
Transdev adds aluminium machine frame profiles and accessories
Transmission Developments, the leading mechanical power transmission specialist has expanded its product range wit...Read Full Article
- Transmission Developments | 13-Sep-2010
True Tales of the Sea – according to Transdev
Earlier in the summer, the Matthew, a 15th century full sized replica sailing ship that was built in 1997 to commem...Read Full Article
Transdev backs triple winner in Young Engineer of the Year
Last May, when Transdev published its story about the help that it had given to Andrew Cowan as the intermediate level winner of the National Science and Engineering Competition, nobody could have anticipated the success that the past year has since brought him.
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Transdev backs triple winner in Young Engineer of the Year Andrew Cowan
Poole – UK, March 2011: Last May, when Transdev published its story about the help that it had given to Andrew Cowan as the intermediate level winner of the National Science and Engineering Competition, nobody could have anticipated the success that the past year has since brought him. With his impressive Search and Rescue Robot that features a traction system using the Poole based power transmission specialists BRECOflex ® ATK10 series timing belts with special Linatex® high grip bonded backings, Andrew has now been awarded the senior level UK Young Engineer of the Year prize at this year's competition - and is the only competitor to have won a prize in every age category for three consecutive years.
In the busy year since Andrew received the intermediate level prize, he has refined and improved the robot's design and functionality by adding a water cannon, high resolution camera, touchscreen sensor monitor and joysticks to control the robot and camera. Last November Andrew was invited to exhibit his project at the ICT Education Show in November as a guest contributor to the Design and Technology Association's stand having earlier won a British Science Association Crest Award which requires more than 100 hours of project time linked with mentors from industry such as Transdev.
Now 18 years old and studying for an MEng in Electronic Engineering at Southampton University, Andrew topped his efforts in the 2011 Science and Engineering Competition finals at the Big Bang Fair in March with the senior level engineering prize after being shortlisted with five other candidates in a 'Dragons' Den' style presentation playoff to a celebrity judging panel. As the UK's new Young Engineer of the Year Andrew will be an ambassador for engineering throughout the UK, encouraging and inspiring young people to pursue a career in engineering. Ian Osborne, Transdev's Chairman commented, "Transdev are delighted to have been involved in helping Andrew with his thoroughly deserved award for the Search and Rescue Robot project and wish him continued success for his future career in engineering."
With a central V-guide for guaranteed self- tracking, BRECOflex ® ATK 10 series polyurethane belts are used with low profile flangeless pulleys that do not protrude above the belt line which was an important design consideration for the Search and Rescue Robot's track transmission mechanism. These heavy duty belts are part of the BRECOflex POWER range which feature continuous helical tension members with 'S+Z' twist to further reduce belt run-off and provide superior resistance to the heavy side loads that the vehicle might experience. Whilst the application is somewhat unusual Transdev have supplied BRECOflex polyurethane belts in similar applications for film industry models but more common uses include high speed conveyors and high torque engine power transmission systems in both endless and jointed belt versions.
Linatex® natural rubber belt backing is one of several materials that Transdev supplies as an adhesive bonding across its wide range of polyurethane and rubber belts with toothed, vee or flat profiles. In addition to Linatex® , which is most often selected for product conveying applications to restrict slippage, Transdev also manufactures adhesive applied belt backings such as Supergrip that can provide a ribbed high friction surface where an incline or diagonal conveyor is used. Bonded backings are also available to provide other surface characteristics including low friction facings that allow slippage as well as other materials that offer improved maximum resilience, increased lifetime with reduced belt wear rates.
A wide range of belt facing materials are also available using Transdev's in-house vulcanising process where a high vacuum autoclave process can offer even higher levels of durability as well as a seam free bond for the face material as well as the belt. The process is used for application areas to remove or significantly reduce any tendency for material delamination where fast reversals and high friction are apparent. Transdev also offers extensive in house machining facilities to produce belts with flights, pockets, slots and holes for belt lengths up to 70 metres and widths to 600 mm.
Details of the National Science Competition can be found at http://www.nationalsciencecompetition.org/


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The Old Wives' Tale HTML version
I.4. Elephant
"Sophia, will you come and see the elephant? Do come!" Constance entered the
drawing-room with this request on her eager lips.
"No," said Sophia, with a touch of condescension. "I'm far too busy for
Only two years had passed; but both girls were grown up now; long sleeves, long
skirts, hair that had settled down in life; and a demeanour immensely serious, as
though existence were terrific in its responsibilities; yet sometimes childhood
surprisingly broke through the crust of gravity, as now in Constance, aroused by
such things as elephants, and proclaimed with vivacious gestures that it was not
dead after all. The sisters were sharply differentiated. Constance wore the black
alpaca apron and the scissors at the end of a long black elastic, which indicated
her vocation in the shop. She was proving a considerable success in the millinery
department. She had learnt how to talk to people, and was, in her modest way,
very self-possessed. She was getting a little stouter. Everybody liked her. Sophia
had developed into the student. Time had accentuated her reserve. Her sole
friend was Miss Chetwynd, with whom she was, having regard to the disparity of
their ages, very intimate. At home she spoke little. She lacked amiability; as her
mother said, she was 'touchy.' She required diplomacy from others, but did not
render it again. Her attitude, indeed, was one of half-hidden disdain, now gentle,
now coldly bitter. She would not wear an apron, in an age when aprons were
almost essential to decency. No! She would not wear an apron, and there was an
end of it. She was not so tidy as Constance, and if Constance's hands had taken
on the coarse texture which comes from commerce with needles, pins, artificial
flowers, and stuffs, Sophia's fine hands were seldom innocent of ink. But Sophia
was splendidly beautiful. And even her mother and Constance had an instinctive
idea that that face was, at any rate, a partial excuse for her asperity.
"Well," said Constance, "if you won't, I do believe I shall ask mother if she will."
Sophia, bending over her books, made no answer. But the top of her head said:
"This has no interest for me whatever."
Constance left the room, and in a moment returned with her mother.
"Sophia," said her mother, with gay excitement, "you might go and sit with your
father for a bit while Constance and I just run up to the playground to see the
elephant. You can work just as well in there as here. Your father's asleep."
"Oh, very, well!" Sophia agreed haughtily. "Whatever is all this fuss about an
elephant? Anyhow, it'll be quieter in your room. The noise here is splitting." She
gave a supercilious glance into the Square as she languidly rose.
It was the morning of the third day of Bursley Wakes; not the modern finicking
and respectable, but an orgiastic carnival, gross in all its manifestations of joy.
The whole centre of the town was given over to the furious pleasures of the
people. Most of the Square was occupied by Wombwell's Menagerie, in a vast
oblong tent, whose raging beasts roared and growled day and night. And
spreading away from this supreme attraction, right up through the market-place
past the Town Hall to Duck Bank, Duck Square and the waste land called the
'playground' were hundreds of booths with banners displaying all the delights of


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Special Series Part 5: How to find "commercially reasonable" valuation in power contract terminations.
Brett Friedman and Justin Harlow work at Risk Capital. Contact them at firstname.lastname@example.com and firstname.lastname@example.com, respectively.
Special Series Part 5: How to find "commercially reasonable" valuation in power contract terminations.
Contract termination should be easy. Consult the applicable master agreement, calculate the close-out amount, and send or receive a check. If only it were so. The well-publicized demise of key players in the energy industry has led to many counterparties failing to perform on their contractual obligations.
In the course of calculating settlement amounts, it has become apparent that many sections of the governing agreements, particularly those sections dealing with termination and settlement calculation, are maddeningly vague and unclear. Disputes and litigation have resulted, with many cases yet to be resolved.
Whereas the contractual language that defines an "event of default" is often clear (although even this seemingly straightforward topic can be subject to interpretation and dispute), the guidelines regarding the calculation of a "settlement amount" following an event of default often are not. The language within the majority of master agreements used in electricity trading remains murky and open to interpretation. Phrases such as "commercially reasonable valuation" or "settlement amount must be determined in good faith" are commonplace in electricity trading master agreements but are not clearly defined. In the absence of clear guidelines or standard industry practice, the settlement process often turns out to be litigious, protracted, and costly.
In this discussion, we investigate the guidance offered in the key electricity master agreements regarding the calculation of settlement amounts following an event of default and subsequent termination. We also illustrate what we perceive to be a "commercially reasonable" or "good faith" approach to determining settlement amounts.
Let's start by examining the three major contracts most common in power trading: the ISDA Master Agreement, the Western States Power Pool Agreement (WSPPA), and the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) Master Power Purchase and Sales Agreement (the EEI agreement).
Interpreting the ISDA Master Agreement
So what does all this contractual jargon mean from a financial perspective? Is there really any concrete guidance here to assist us in determining a commercially reasonable "close-out amount," or do we have to rely on our own interpretation of commercial reasonableness? As is usual with power contracts, the answer lies somewhere in the middle ( see sidebar, "A Reference: Reading The Fine Print," below).
First we are told to act in good faith and use commercially reasonable procedures, , behave in a fair, reasonable, truthful, and equitable manner. In fact, the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) demands "honesty in fact and the observance of reasonable commercial standards of fair dealing." An assumption of good faith runs through all aspects of the ISDA as well as all other power contracts, from original execution, to the decision to terminate, to the determination of a fair and reasonable settlement amount. That should not be taken lightly; duplicitous or disingenuous behavior in negotiation, termination, and settlement is forbidden.
Second, the ISDA seems to provide for contract replacement over time if instantaneous replacement is deemed to be commercially