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India's Supreme Court barred Italy's ambassador from leaving the country on Thursday and demanded that he explain why his country is refusing to return two Italian marines to stand trial for the killing of two Indian fishermen, according to the Press Trust of India.
The court had allowed the marines to go home in February to vote in national elections and to celebrate Easter with a written promise from Italian Ambassador Daniele Mancini that they would return to stand trial. Italy announced on Monday it would not send them back.
The dispute has damaged relations. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said there will be consequences if Italy does not back down.
Indian Foreign Minister Salman Kurshid said the matter "will be treated with urgency and it will be treated with determination to ensure that we don't suffer."
Kurshid said the government would wait for the Supreme Court to make a ruling.
The court demanded on Thursday that Italy explain why it was reneging on its promise, banned Mancini from leaving India without its permission and insisted he file his response by Monday, PTI reported.
The marines, Massimilian Latorre and Salvatore Girone, were part of a military security team aboard a cargo ship when they opened fire on a fishing boat in February last year, killing the two fishermen. The marines said they said mistook the boat for a pirate craft.
Italy maintains that the shooting occurred in international waters and that Rome should have jurisdiction. India says the ship was in Indian territorial waters.
The Italian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday that Italy would not return the marines because India's decision to try the pair there would violate their rights, in particular the principle of immunity for foreign state actors. The ministry said it would be open to international mediation.
Singh told Parliament on Wednesday that Italy's actions "violate every rule of diplomatic discourse" and said they had damaged bilateral relations that were built on trust.
A spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday that he called on both sides to peacefully resolve their issues in accordance with international law. Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi welcomed Ban's statement and said Italy was prepared to reach a solution with India.


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Hyatt Shares Decline After Renovation Costs for Hotels Reduce Earnings
Hyatt Hotels Corp. (H), the chain controlled by the Pritzker family, fell more than 3 percent in New York trading after reporting a decline in earnings before some items because of renovation costs.
First-quarter earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, excluding items such as gains on sales of real estate and discontinued operations, fell to $109 million from $112 million the year earlier, the Chicago-based company said today in a statement. That trailed the estimates of analysts including Patrick Scholes of FBR Capital Markets Corp., who predicted an increase to $121 million.
"The Ebitda miss was primarily from lower-than-expected operating profit from owned hotels as renovation disruption was greater than most anticipated," Scholes, based in Arlington, Virginia, wrote in a note to clients today.
Hyatt is spending as much as $400 million to upgrade its properties. The company said on Feb. 17 that displacement from renovations will hurt results through the third quarter of this year. Interruptions have been slightly higher than previously expected, Chief Financial Officer Harmit Singh said today during a conference call with investors.
"We want to finish renovations as soon as possible," President and Chief Executive Officer Mark Hoplamazian said during the call. The hotelier expects to start seeing "gradually higher results" in the fourth quarter, he said.
Stock Slump
Hyatt fell $1.56, or 3.5 percent, to $42.58 at 4:15 p.m. in New York Stock Exchange composite trading. The stock has lost 7 percent this year.
First-quarter net income climbed to $10 million, or 6 cents a share, from $5 million, or 3 cents, a year earlier. The hotelier was expected to earn 5 cents, the average estimate of nine analysts in a Bloomberg survey.
Revenue increased to $875 million from $841 million a year earlier. Revenue per available room, or revpar, for hotels owned or leased for at least a year climbed 8.1 percent at full- service hotels in North America and 11 percent overseas.
"Their level of growth will be lower than at some other companies because of the renovations that are under way," David Loeb, an analyst at Milwaukee-based Robert W. Baird & Co. said in an interview before the earnings were released. "It's a good long-term strategy but will hold them back a bit in the short term."
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Backpackers bolster a game as Australian as a pint of Guinness
The Padraig Pearse Gaelic football club trains among the gum trees of Edinburgh Gardens.
Photo: John Donegan
IT'S a typical Australian scene. At Edinburgh Gardens on a Thursday evening, red and yellow cones are being set out around a small cricket ground as a group of young footballers jog, huddled together, around the cones.
"Go!" they yell. The frontrunners peel off and sprint to the back. "Go!" Another pair sprints off. "Go!" A single bloke peels off to sneak a leak against the back of the changerooms.
Yet as they pass, you notice this group of footballers aren't wearing the jumpers of Carlton, Carey Grammar or Uni Blacks, but the Irish county shirts of Kerry, Donegal and Roscommon. They're not bouncing footballs, but kicking soccer balls up to themselves as they run. Then you notice the cones don't ring the ground, like they would around an oval, but form a straight line down the wings. Two witch's hats mark out the goals at each end. There's nothing Australian about it at all, except for the towering gum tree serving as a corner post.
This is the Padraig (pronounced "Porrig") Pearse Gaelic football club, and today this cobbled-together team of Irish immigrants, backpackers and odd bods starts its winter-long season with the 18th annual seven-a-side competition at Gaelic Park in Keysborough. This year, the comp has grown to 300 players representing 16 teams from Victoria, NSW, Queensland and Tasmania. There's men's football, women's football, and hurling teams. Most of the teams are named after Ireland's founding fathers - patriots who took the fight up to the English: Padraig Pearse, Wolfe Tones, Garryowen, even the Sinn Fein club. And then there's the club called Hobart.
The boys finish their laps with a 200-metre sprint, and as they stand, hands on hips, one points at me and barks: "Who's this?"
"Ah, this man's from The New York Times," one wag says. Much laughter all round.
"No lads," another calls out, "he's from the immigration office - run!" They're rolling on the ground now. Ah, the Irish.
It may be fun and games on Thursday night but today it will be all business. Then it's back to their chief sponsor, the Quiet Man Hotel in Flemington, where they always go after a Sunday game.
While the much-maligned international rules series has raised the profile of Gaelic football in Australia, there's one very significant reason why in recent years this competition has witnessed a boom period - Irish backpackers.
They are the greatest boon for Padraig Pearse's long-time coach Vinnie Reid. Especially when two of his stars - the Rabbitte brothers - appear as if by magic a couple of weeks before the state championship game.
Then disappear just as quickly. "The young fellas will be here now until April, May, and then they're away to Queensland, Darwin, you know, for the finer weather," Reid says. "You can't blame them - they're only in the country for a year. We'd have a panel (list) of maybe 30 players at this time of the year, and then in July, August, we're down to the bare minimum."
Aidan Moloney, 28, is a stalwart of the club, an Irishman who came to visit and stayed. "It's always good at this time of year," he says, following the play. "There's loads of Irish around Melbourne."
Moloney says Padraig Pearse, in the gold and green of Donegal, is luckier than some clubs. "We've got a core of 10 to 15 lads that are Irish that live in Melbourne, and a few Aussies thrown in for good measure."
There's healthy competition among Melbourne's five football clubs for talent, with posters lining the walls of backpacker hostels, and advertisements placed on the internet sites and in the fortnightly paper for Irish expats, the Irish Echo.
So, what about the standard?
"Obviously, it's not as good as home, you know," says Conal Rabbitte, one of the famed brothers. "You'll get a team, and you'll have, like, a few great players, and a few average players and a few poorer players, but out here, it's not really about that. I mean it is a competition you want to win, but it's more about enjoying it."
You don't need to be Irish. Scotty Dowell, 25, is a welder from Moonee Ponds who began his Gaelic football career by beer-addled accident.
"I grew up playing Aussie rules in Euroa. I met a few of the Irish boys in the Quiet Man one night, and they told me to come down to training. I thought they were talking about Aussie rules, then I saw the round ball and thought they were going to play soccer. Then they started kicking it around, I joined in, and that was five years ago now."
Dowell plays corner back - "back pocket, really" - but is clear about what's made him stick with the Irish game. "It's more what happens after the game, I'd say."
He admits having backpackers leave mid-season can frustrate, but knows the advantages. "I went to Ireland for two weeks and didn't pay for one night's accommodation. It's good, really, it just gives you a bit of a chance to see what other people have done in their life. And it keeps me fit."
They train under grey skies on Thursday night, and as the light fades, and the midfielders stand hands on knees, spitting into the dirt, Giles from Castlerea in County Roscommon talks to Jimmy from Dublin on the sidelines.
"Dis ground's fookin' mental," Giles says.
"Aye, but I tink it's from running on dat cricket ting (the pitch) dat does me," Jimmy replies.
"Your man Kieran over der. He can play."
"Oh, he can now."
"When'd he get here?"
"Oh, he came over from Perth last week. I tink he was in Sydney for a while."
"Jaysus, Jimmy, we won't have a bad fookin' team dis Sunday."
"No, we won't."
It's a typical Australian scene, really. Except it's really not.
The Padraig Pearse seven-a-side tournament is on today at Gaelic Park, 324 Perry Road, Keysborough, from 9am. Entry is $5. Barbecue and full bar on site. Anyone, male or female, interested in playing Gaelic football or hurling can call Jane Murphy on 0401 195 291.
Men's and women's football and hurling
The Garryowen is an 18th century Irish tune that was embraced as a military marching song. It's also a rugby union club in Limerick.
Women's football
O'Malley, a 16th-century figure known as the Pirate Queen, was famous for plundering English ships, supporting Irish rebellions and fighting back the English at Hen's Castle.
Men's and women's football
Pearse was the hero of the 1916 Easter Rising, in which he declared Ireland a republic and raised the tricolour flag before being executed. He helped to found the Irish Volunteers, a native Irish militia that evolved into the IRA.
Men's football only
Wolfe Tone, who is regarded as the father of Irish republicanism, died of a self-inflicted wound after being sentenced to death for his part in the rebellion against English rule in 1798. In recent decades, the Wolfe Tones have been a cracking band that plays traditional Irish tunes.
Hurling only
The shamrock, or three-leaf clover, was used for its medical properties. It's said to have been used by St Patrick to symbolise the Trinity, and it's said to bring good luck.
Men's and women's football and hurling
Sinn Fein, Ireland's oldest political movement, was founded in 1905 as a focus for Irish nationalism. The party won the election of 1918. Its MPs declared Ireland a republic the following year.
Men's and women's football
St Kevin was born to a wealthy family in Ireland in 498. He was known for his patience and disdain for the company of women. St Kevin's monastery at Glendalough, near Dublin, is one of the chief pilgrimage destinations in Ireland.
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Far Rockaway Woman Robbed In Apartment Elevator
A Far Rockaway woman was robbed of her jewelry two weeks ago inside the elevator of an apartment building she was visiting, allegedly by a man who lives in the same building, police say.
A spokesperson for Queens District Attorney Richard Brown identified the victim as 36-year-old Mariah Velazquez, who was robbed of a platinum diamond bracelet and gold ring at about 8 a.m. on January 22 inside 14- 10 New Haven Avenue.
The defendant, identified by Brown as Hector Cabrera, 24, allegedly followed Velazquez into the elevator and ripped the bracelet from her wrist. He then allegedly attempted to pry the ring from the victim's finger.
When Cabrera failed to remove the ring from the victim's finger, Brown said, he simply demanded that she take it off, which she did immediately.
According to court records, Velazquez told police that she surrendered the jewelry because she feared for her personal safety.
Cabrera was charged in Queens Supreme Court with third degree robbery and was held on a $10,000 bond pending his next court appearance, Brown's spokesperson said.


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Milwaukee Defeats Cleveland 121-84 - Recap
Milwaukee cruised to victory on Friday, running Cleveland out of the gym and running up a 121-84 score at Quicken Loans Arena.
Milwaukee was a favorite by 5 points and came through with an ATS victory for bettors. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 206.5.
Milwaukee got 28 points from Brandon Jennings and another 20 points from Ersan Ilyasova. Beno Udrih contributed 10 assists, while Ersan Ilyasova cleaned the glass with 10 rebounds.
The Cavaliers got a 29-point performance from Kyrie Irving, who was supported by 19 points from Alonzo Gee. Kyrie Irving had 5 assists in a losing cause for Cleveland, while Tristan Thompson grabbed 11 rebounds.
The Bucks hit the break leading 71-44 before taking care of business in the second half.
The rebound battle favored Milwaukee as they grabbed 52 boards, while Cleveland only had 41.
Milwaukee looks to continue their winning ways next game with a battle against the Grizzlies. The Cavaliers will aim to get back on the winning track at New York.


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Living in "Hamsterdam"Submitted by jennifer on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 6:45am.
Some of you may know I work in the office of City Councilwoman María Quiñones-Sánchez. The Seventh Councilmanic District starts a few blocks above Girard Avenue and slices up along the west side of Frankford and then Kensington Avenue, neatly avoiding any meaningful concentration of wealth or gentrification (Northern Liberties, Temple, Fishtown). If you think there is something fancy that might be in the district, like a beer garden or coffee shop or condoized factory, it turns out to be on the other side of the line. Instead the district sweeps in the remnants of our industrial corridors and the poor, vibrant but brutalized communities who were left living in that tiny two-story factory housing after successive waves of flight.
I work on housing and land issues, with a subspeciality in the variety of ways deeds are forged or otherwise stolen, and those stolen houses sold, mostly to unsuspecting unsophisticated Spanish-speaking victims who just want somewhere affordable to live. I try to figure out how to keep a slumlord's 400+ properties in foreclosure from being turned over to speculators or abandonment. I field calls from people trying to legitimately buy vacant lots, for side yards to keep the dealers out, or because they're the dealers and want to control the block. The names on those deeds are often Jewish people who left sixty years ago and then died. Nothing's ever probated, and there's no way to legally get almost any of those lots to people who can secure and care for them.
There are a lot of vacant properties in Kensington - the aerial view on Google maps is a beautiful deep green - and the work involved in trying to navigate the broken city systems that deal with those properties, and to push policy reforms to unbreak those systems, it's endless (my boyfriend can tell you he has to fight to get me to stop thinking about lots so I can fall asleep). All that's another news story.
This post is about Philadelphia Weekly's new list of the 'top ten' drug corners in Philadelphia. The last list, in 2007, had corners that were scattered around the city. 2011's are all compounded in the same tiny wasted stretch of Kensington where you find all those lots I dream about: "from Lehigh to the south to Westmoreland, roughly a half-mile stretch, and from Kensington Avenue to N. Fifth Street, a distance just less than a mile." It's a blunt tool, picking ten drug corners based mostly on arrest frequency, but it captures something bigger and truer: I know all these blocks, and the 10 corners featured are surrounded by 10 and 10 and 10 more of the same. "No area of the city came close to Kensington and Fairhill in terms of the density and brazenness of the drug selling."
This is Hamsterdam.
But what does it mean to have a de facto Hamsterdam in Kensington when people, families, senior citizens, all still live there?
Mayor Nutter Can't Have It Both Ways on ImmigrationSubmitted by davidcbennion on Fri, 07/30/2010 - 12:27am.
Mayor Nutter spoke at an immigrant rights rally at Welcome Park yesterday organized by the Pennsylvania chapter of the Reform Immigration for America campaign. The rally was intended to show that Philadelphia is a welcoming city to immigrants, in contrast to Arizona, where the anti-immigrant law SB1070 was implemented in part yesterday.
WHYY News reported that Mayor Nutter said he was excited by the decision of Judge Bolton to strike down key elements of Arizona's immigration law.
Nutter got cheers from the assembled crowd when he said, "Immigration for some has become the new segregation in the United States, that's what's really going on, people need to pay attention to what this is about."
But what is really going on in Philadelphia? What is this really about?
Living with fear of the people you need to protect you: Immigrant communities respond to local collaboration with ICESubmitted by jennifer on Mon, 06/21/2010 - 10:20am.
Our Stories Give Us Power: Guadalupe Hernandez from Center for Constitutional Rights on Vimeo.
We are still waiting on a decision whether the city will keep allowing ICE, the federal immigration enforcement agency, to access its arrest database, called PARS. (Dan wrote last week about how our DA, who got national exposure this weekend for his many other progressive ideas, may be the swing vote to change this destructive policy.)
A lot of the discussions about whether local law enforcement should assist with immigration enforcement work are pretty abstract. Some argue that once people are in the criminal justice system, they are fair game - even though being arrested doesn't mean you are guilty of any crime. And there are differing ideas and prejudices about what rights non-citizens have.
But all this is pretty academic. Immigration status is not binary ('legal,' 'illegal'). Some people are in the process of obtaining status, some families are mixed, sometimes names and arrest records get mixed or messed up.
In the real world, in Philadelphia's neighborhoods, different things become clear. In many situations, like fights and domestic incidents, people do get arrested but are never charged with a crime. Frequently even the victim or a witness can get pulled in, later released once the police work through language and other issues to figure out who the culprits really are. Victims - of theft, abuse - refuse to call police or make complaints when they think local law enforcement may be communicating with ICE.
I am hoping that the decision makers vote to end the contract to allow ICE to access the PARS database, and pull back from the broader 'Secure Communities' program. In order to effectively deal with crime, which is our local responsibility, we need to build the trust that these collaborations destroy.
The community groups Juntos, New Sanctuary Movement, and the Philadelphia Storytelling Project have created a series of testimonies showing the human consequences of these policy decisions.
And many of these groups have organized a community forum for this Sunday June 27, 2-4 pm at Annunciation B.V.M. Church at 10th and Dickinson in South Philadelphia, where people will come together to tell politicians and the city why to say no to PARS access and Secure Communities. Please come out and listen.
Positive Steps for our Justice SystemSubmitted by Dan U-A on Mon, 05/24/2010 - 10:02am.
Last week, Pew's Philadelphia Research Initiative released a report on Philadelphia's prison population. The report, "Philadelphia's Crowded, Costly Jails: The Search for Safe Solutions," comes to some important conclusions, and I would encourage everyone to check it out.
As part of the release of the report, Pew and Penn Law had a really amazing event last week, examining the findings of the report. There was a panel that included Seth Williams, Everett Gillison, Michael Jacobson, Director of NYC's Vera Institute of Justice and the Rev. Ernest McNear. And in the audience, audience, asking and answering questions were a pretty amazing array of people, from Ellen Greenlee, Pamela Dembe, the President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and Seamus McCaffery, to Third Circuit Chief Judge, Ted McKee and Prisons Commissioner Louis Giorla.
I believe the event was taped, and when I find a link I will put it up. It really was something to have a gathering of so many stakeholders and judges, that a submitted question from the audience comes from the Chief Judge of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
What was amazing was that there really was some very broad agreement the most important conclusion of the study:
One conclusion that emerges—and is shared by many in the city's criminal justice system—is that the size of the population in the Philadelphia Prison System is largely within the power of policy makers to control and likely can be further reduced without jeopardizing public safety.
How can this be done? The report lists a number of important policies, which will take leadership in instituting, because they seem somewhat counterintuitive.
First, the report suggests that we simply may want to release a number of suspects on their own recognizance (without bail), as many other cities do. As the report notes, and Mr. Jacobson discussed, DC and New York release a higher number of people without bail, and yet, defendants appear for court at a higher rate.
Second, we should resist the temptation to throw people in jail for technical violations of their probation, and instead figure out some alternative punishment. As Mr. Jacobson again noted, when you defund your probation and parole systems, overworked officers simply do the easiest thing: throwing people in jail as soon as they see a violation. They are too busy to do anything else.
Third, divert non-violent people with addiction or mental health issues out of our prison systems.
All of these are easier said than done, especially when you tell a public that is already freaked over crime, that you are going to release more people, let more people out of jail without bail, have to build more day centers, etc. But, that is what leadership is about right? Again, I would encourage everyone to check out the report.
Then, yesterday, the Inquirer had a story about the DA's efforts to modernize their data systems, and do things like actually track outcomes:
During her 18 years in office, District Attorney Lynne M. Abraham insisted she would not "do justice by the numbers." And the Philadelphia court system's administrator, David C. Lawrence, similarly said, "We're not in the research business."
That meant overall conviction rates for violent-crime cases in the Philadelphia courts were unknown - until The Inquirer drew on raw court data to report that nearly two-thirds of all defendants accused of violent crimes walked free of all charges.
Abraham's successor, District Attorney Seth Williams, has now obtained a $492,000 grant to equip his office with software that, for the first time, will be able to routinely produce conviction data.
Eventually, his office plans to make the results publicly available on what it says will be a greatly retooled office website.
As the article notes, it's not just the ability to track conviction rates, but the reason for which those convictions potentially fail, and other important data.
Frankly, I agree with my friend Lynne Abraham in a sense: You cannot do justice purely by numbers. But, that sure doesn't mean you shouldn't collect the data, or that this is simply academically interesting (as David Lawrence suggests). Examining data will not only let prosecutors or defenders see where their respective success rates lie, but will also let all of us analyze the system for systemic failures, and even hidden abuses. On the police side of things, NYC is a constant example of why we should want data:
Blacks and Latinos were nine times as likely as whites to be stopped by the police in New York City in 2009, but, once stopped, were no more likely to be arrested. The more than 575,000 stops of people in the city, a record number of what are known in police parlance as "stop and frisks," yielded 762 guns.
Of the reasons listed by the police for conducting the stops, one of those least commonly cited was the claim that the person fit the description of a suspect. The most common reason listed by the police was a category known as "furtive movements."
Ah, the old furtive movement… Anyway, numbers matter. This doesn't mean we ignore basic principles of our justice system. But, in 2010, we absolutely should be measuring outcomes, and collecting information that allows us to see the best and worst parts of our justice system.
And finally, in another piece of the article, there is a little snippet that a public interest lawyer anywhere can appreciate:
In the future, Philadelphia prosecutors should be able to update their cases, issuing subpoenas and swapping information with defense lawyers during pretrial discovery, with a few keystrokes.
Whether they are defenders, prosecutors, or civil legal aid attorneys- public interest attorneys are forced to spend times on things that shouldn't take nearly as long as they do, because there is not the same level of support staff as at a firm, and because it is hard to justify big investments in technology. So, something like this just makes so much sense.
And, as Ellen Greenlee notes, it cannot be only the DA's who make these advances:
Ellen Greenlee, director of the Defender Association of Philadelphia, which provides representation for those too poor to hire a lawyer, said her staff needed to upgrade its technology as well.
"We're still on paper," she said. "For the system to function at all, it's necessary for all the stakeholders to communicate. They can't let us lag behind."
Sorry for the rambling. Between seeing just about every stakeholder at the Pew event, for the release of a really hopeful report about reducing the number of people in jail, to the District Attorney actually tracking outcomes, the last week has been a hopeful one for our criminal justice system.
A new DA!Submitted by jennifer on Mon, 01/04/2010 - 1:40pm.
It's a new day, and we have a new DA (and a bit of comic relief, as Seth Williams and Michael Nutter sparred onstage at the Kimmel Center this morning over which of their slogans owed what to whom).
I sat in the front row and looked up as Pennsylvania's first African-American District Attorney was sworn into office.
He joins the police chief and the mayor in committing to stem what the mayor calls a genocide of young African-American men in Philadelphia: over 700 killed in the past three years.
The mayor charged Seth Williams with Frederick Douglass's words:
If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
Seth has family, friends, supporters, and his sense of what must be done, all propelling him. I hope that he will hold close his own words, that "justice without mercy is evil," and always struggle actively with the power that he now holds.
Congratulations, Seth! And congratulations to everyone who brought about this historic day.
Julio Maldonado Deported to PeruSubmitted by davidcbennion on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 7:50am.
Julio Maldonado was deported to Peru on Thursday, October 22, 2009, after arriving in the U.S. 38 years ago at the age of 3.
He and his cousin, Denis Calderon, had been victims of an attack based on their ethnicity in 1996. Julio was wrongfully convicted of aggravated assault, incarcerated for a total of 8 years, and then deported.
Untermeyer Believes There's No Racism in PA Justice System; Mum about Tooth Fairy & Santa ClausSubmitted by Sam Durso on Thu, 10/22/2009 - 3:46pm.
Here's today's Elections 101 lesson: when some candidates are desperate, they'll say anything.
Hence Michael Untermeyer Republican for District Attorney (formerly, Democrat for Sheriff), unwilling to go gently into that good night, burns and raves:
There is no racial profiling regarding death penalty sentencing in Pennsylvania."
The PA judiciary, that pristine priesthood, blemished by racism?
Say it ain't so! So, facts be damned, Untermeyer did.
Thus, at a news conference outside the Constitution Center, state Sen. Anthony Williams, NAACP president J. Whyatt Mondesire and the Rev. Audrey Brunson, president of the Black Clergy of Philadelphia and Vicinity stated the obvious common sense that most Philadelphians are evolved enough to understand:
Sen. Williams cited a 2003 study by a blue-ribbon commission that was appointed by the state Supreme Court to investigate race and gender issues in the criminal-justice system.
Will Seth Williams Help Stop the Wrongful Deportation of Julio Maldonado?Submitted by davidcbennion on Thu, 10/22/2009 - 9:10am.
I've lived in Philly just over a year now, and for most of that time I've worked as a staff attorney for a local nonprofit helping immigrants and refugees stay in this country with their families. I have worked in the field for about three years and I've seen a lot of messed up things in that short time. Doing this work is a good way to develop a thick skin. But almost three months ago, I learned about a local case that made my jaw drop.
Julio Maldonado and his cousin Denis Calderon were victims of a racial attack in Northeast Philly in 1996. Julio had come to the U.S. at the age of three from Peru and had been a lawful permanent resident since age seven. He lived in New York and was visiting Denis's home in Philly. Denis's family was the first Latin@ family in the neighborhood.
Throwing away the key?Submitted by jennifer on Mon, 07/06/2009 - 9:21am.
Representative Brendan Boyle's bill, introduced in early June, would largely end parole for repeat violent offenders. The bill was spurred by outrage over shootings of police officers, and has the support of the governor and Philadelphia's likely next DA, Seth Williams.
There's an essential logic at the heart of the bill: if someone is in jail, he or she can't commit crimes outside. That logic can be extended indefinitely: the longer someone is in jail...
But you can't imprison a person forever because they may commit future crimes. (The NY Times has explored the problems with attempts to indefinitely detain sex offenders in a disturbing series of articles.) Inevitably the criminal justice system has to draw a line as to when a term of imprisonment will end. This bill can't end the risk that a police officer will be killed by someone who has been released from prison unless no one is released from prison (another bit of obvious logic).
There are several lines of criticism of this bill: it will cost a lot at a time when we are looking to cut the prison costs that have ballooned in recent decades, it is unjust and possibly unconstitutional to count juvenile crimes when those convictions did not include the same procedural protections afforded to adults.
But it seems to me that the problem the bill responds to--a breakdown in the parole system whereby people who still pose great risk to others are released--is not fixed at all by the bill. My guess is that Seth Williams supports the bill because it seems to devote prison resources to people who--because of their demonstrated criminal histories--need to be there the most, thus shifting those limited resources away from first time or low level drug criminals who don't really need to be in jail.
I'm not sure that the blunt tool of Rep. Boyle's bill is the way to do this. We already have a multiple-strikes rule that sets sentencing parameters for repeat violent offenders: this could be tweaked if we decide terms should in fact be longer (though, as noted, you have to face the fact of release at some point and can't use a bill like this to create political cover forever). And it seems more productive to look hard at the parole system to ensure that parole is only granted where there is both evidence of rehabilitation and a lack of factors in a person's criminal history that demonstrate continued risk.
To do otherwise--to simply remove the possibility of parole--is to abandon further the rehabilitative purpose of imprisonment and instead simply and literally embrace warehousing.
Board of Ethics sues Dan McCaffery, Reaches Agreement with Seth WilliamsSubmitted by Dan U-A on Tue, 05/12/2009 - 6:18pm.
This is not the press you want before election day:
The Philadelphia Board of Ethics just hit Dan McCaffery's campaign for District Attorney with a lawsuit, claiming he and his treasurer "deliberately violated the city's campaign finance law" by taking in too much political action committee money in 2008 and misstating the amount the campaign took in from a PAC run by his law firm.
So, the board alleges that McCaffery took too much money from PACs in 2008. There is a $100,000 dollar limit, and he artificially split a donation from his own firms PAC to get around that. And now he is being sued over it. Being sued is not the press you want pre-election day, so I suspect you will see a settlement soon enough. Frankly, it is strange that even got this far. Do you really want a lawsuit saying you are deliberately violating the law 7 days before an election?
Then, the board announced that they reached an agreement with Seth Williams over sloppy bookkeeping from last year. They fined him $3,750, and noted that he subsequently 'unsloppified,' and had cooperated with the board. Not the best press either, but, it is also the same thing we knew. Sloppy bookkeeping in 2008 that has since been fixed.
From a horse race perspective, what is most interesting to me is how much freaking money McCaffery has raised from PACs. Just look, for example, at how much money he received as a result of John Dougherty shaking the electricians tree:
IBEW Local 351 Pennsylvania PAC Fund, Hammonton, NJ 08037, 03/27/2009 $10000.00
IBEW COPE, washington, DC 20001, 04/02/2009 $2500.00
Local IBEW 98 Committee on Political Education, phila, PA 19130, 04/02/2009 $10000.00
IBEW Local 743 political Education Find, reading, PA 19608, 04/01/2009 $5000.00
IBEW COPE International, Washington, DC 20001, 04/30/2009 $10000.00
Local 98 IBEW Cope, 09/04/2008, $10,000.00
IBEW Cope, 09/22/2008, $1,500.00
Philadelphia Phuture PAC, Date 12/31/2008, $5,000.00
Obviously, there is nothing wrong with a union spending money on a campaign. But, what it shows is kind of instructive when you compare Dan McCaffery's and Seth's campaign reports.
McCaffery raised $230,000 this calendar year. All of his donations are listed in seven pages, because most of the money came in big checks from building trades PACs.
Seth raised basically the same amount, about $250,000. His donations take up 26 pages. Why? Because while he certainly got some big checks, he is relying on scads of smaller dollar donors.
Ask yourself who is better positioned? Someone with lots of individuals donating money, or someone with big checks directed by a couple of people?
Brett Mandel, Judicial Slate Fill Out Philly For Change Reform Ticket with Seth WilliamsSubmitted by Sam Durso on Thu, 05/07/2009 - 7:21pm.
Congratulations to City Controller candidate Brett Mandel who last night joined District Attorney candidate Seth Williams on the Philly For Change Reform Ticket for the May 19 Democratic Primary, winning the vote for endorsement with 85% of ballots cast.
Congratulations too to the victorious Philly For Change Judicial Slate including Court of Common Pleas candidates Christine Adair, Dan Anders, Greg Coleman, Joyce Eubanks, Angeles Roca, and Diane Thompson, Municipal Court candidate Dawn Segal, and Delaware County Court of Common Pleas candidate Nancy Rhodes Koons. The judicial slate was unanimously approved for endorsement at last night's meetup.
Poll: Seth Williams Up 22 PointsSubmitted by Dan U-A on Tue, 05/05/2009 - 2:10pm.
I was sent this today.
Research 2000 Poll for the Seth Williams Campaign
400 voters, 5% MOE
Seth Williams: 37%
Dan McElhatton: 15%
Dan McCaffery: 13%
Michael Turner: 2%
Brian Grady: 2%
Well, that is pretty good news. It doesn't mean Seth is going to win, but, it is a nice place to be.
Obviously, there are a still a lot of undecideds. In all likelihood, many of those undecideds just will not vote at all in an election like this. When the undecided were then asked who they were leaning to, most still said no one (92%), followed by 6% for Seth, and 1 percent each for the Dan's.
What I take away from the poll is this: We are in a real position in the City for transformative change, very, very soon. But it cannot be done without all of us helping.
Later today, we will have info up about the fundraiser. If you want to help, send me an email: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Something new in the DA raceSubmitted by jennifer on Fri, 05/01/2009 - 8:54am.
Yesterday at City Hall, Seth Williams unveiled a policy paper that really makes me proud to support him. You can read it here.
In it, he pledges to use the DA's office to protect consumers against fraud and predatory business practices. He'd use a underutilized tool, the state Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law (or "CPL"), which gives the DA the power to levy fines and penalties and ultimately shut down abusive businesses. Potentially, the DA can wield the same regulatory power as the state Attorney General.
This is a big deal. People in neighborhoods all over Philadelphia are victimized by scams and frauds, and only particularly large or widespread problems get the attention of the US Attorney or the State Attorney general, who must deal with severe resource constraints. But the DA is right here, already in these neighborhoods, and the CPL will allow them to quickly respond to problems with relatively low administrative costs (it's a civil tool with a lower burden of proof than a standard criminal fraud prosecution).
The plan also will build important ties between the DA, the community, other branches of government, and nonprofit legal services. There's a legacy of conflict from Lynn Abraham's tenure, which this plan will help wash away.
And since one of the most intractable problems in dealing with crime in Philadelphia is the lack of trust between many communities and law enforcement, this plan can start helping bridge that mistrust. That's crucial.
Mostly I am proud of the vision this plan reflects: justice isn't just retribution, justice is a process. The first line of the plan states,
"There is a clear and compelling link between financial stresses individuals face and crimes that are committed. If the City of Philadelphia is going to reduce crime -- and not just increase arrests and convictions -- it must do more to address the victimization of its residents by abusive business practices that can lead to crime, but ultimately weaken our community."
This is progressive thinking. It's thinking that acknowledges root causes, and sets out to do something about them. It's a vision of the DA's power that is constructive and not merely reactive. And I think it shows a very important humility that has been lacking from the DA for years now: dealing with crime is a difficult process of trying to piece together neighborhoods that are broken. It's a little bit of what Obama invoked in that now-old speech:
For alongside our famous individualism, there's another ingredient in the American saga. A belief that we are connected as one people. If there's a child on the south side of Chicago who can't read, that matters to me, even if it's not my child. If there's a senior citizen somewhere who can't pay for her prescription and has to choose between medicine and the rent, that makes my life poorer, even if it's not my grandmother. If there's an Arab American family being rounded up without benefit of an attorney or due process, that threatens my civil liberties. It's that fundamental belief — I am my brother's keeper, I am my sister's keeper — that makes this country work. It's what allows us to pursue our individual dreams, yet still come together as a single American family. "E pluribus unum." Out of many, one.
And I'm glad there is some of that sensibility being brought into this election.
Twenty days left!: Seth Williams to announce new endorsements and policy tomorrow at City HallSubmitted by jennifer on Wed, 04/29/2009 - 1:38pm.
Tomorrow on the Fourth Floor of City Hall at 11AM, Seth Williams will be holding a pretty exciting press conference.
He'll announce the endorsement of important Philadelphia progressive groups spanning from gay rights to poor people's organizing: Liberty City Democratic Club, ACORN, Americans for Democratic Action, Neighborhood Networks, and Philly for Change. These endorsements are a major vote of confidence from a lot of different and important constituencies, and I think reflect Seth's attention to how crime and the criminal justice system affect people's lives in different ways beyond a simple binary of victim and perpetrator.
He'll also unveil a new policy paper, dealing with economic justice. The proposal shows a great vision of how the DA's office has power to positively affect the lives of many more Philadelphians than it has in the past.
Also: stay tuned for another YPP-sponsored benefit for Seth coming up on May 8th. Email email@example.com to get on the host committee!
Seth Williams Endorsed by the InquirerSubmitted by Dan U-A on Mon, 04/27/2009 - 1:29pm.
Next to the job of mayor, Philadelphia district attorney is the most important elected office in the city.
The district attorney manages a staff of 300 lawyers and a $30 million budget, in a criminal-justice system that handles more than 1,000 cases per week. In a city plagued by gun violence, the job is critical to public safety and quality of life.
Lynne M. Abraham chose not to run this year for the job she's held since 1991. Five Democrats, all of whom have served as assistant D.A.s, are vying for the job in the May 19 primary.
The Inquirer's endorsement goes to SETH WILLIAMS, who came close to defeating Abraham four years ago.
... and the beat goes on...


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Nick Cox <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Re: st: Questions for random data generation and value label
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I think everyone who replied understood your wording.
The common element to our replies is that your wording is _not_ enough
to define a soluble problem.
It so happens that the uniform distribution can be defined by its
range, but the converse is not true. Just knowing the range of a
variable does not define it as uniform (it might be uniform or
triangular or beta, for example).
It so happens that the normal distribution can be defined by its mean
and SD, but the converse is not true. Just knowing the mean and SD of
a variable does not define it as normal.
Similarly, knowing the mean, SD and range of a distribution does not
define it as anything in particular. In fact, that would be an unusual
way to define a distribution, as there are two scale (dispersion,
spread) parameters.
If we're wrong, you need to show why.
In addition, you haven't addressed a question raised in replies. Does
your variable have finite support in principle?
On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 8:28 PM, Yu Xue <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
> Thanks Maarten, David, Nick, Joerg !
> Let me use an example to describe my question more clearly.
> There is an actual data that has three variables: Var1, Var2, Var3.
> Each of them has continuous numeric values. And I get the max, min,
> SD, mean for each of them, and save them in several macros, and then
> clear the memory.
> Then, I want to generate a synthetic data, which also include three
> variables: SynVar1, SynVar2, SynVar3. And they keep the same max, min,
> SD, mean of Var1, Var2, Var3, respectively as in actual data.
> Hope I describe it clearly.
> Thank you very much
> On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 12:48 PM, Joerg Luedicke
> <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
>> The normal distribution has support -infinity,+infinity, so it is not
>> clear what you mean with 'range' here. Do you want to draw from a
>> truncated normal distribution?
>> Joerg
>> On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Yu Xue <email@example.com> wrote:
>>> Thanks Maarten!
>>> What I want is Normal Distribution. Is there a way to randomly
>>> generate a variable with specific mean, SD, and range,
>>> Thanks!!
>>> Mark
>>> On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 10:35 AM, Maarten Buis <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
>>>> On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 4:20 PM, Yu Xue wrote:
>>>>> I already checked "-help random_number_functions-", but I still can
>>>>> not find the answer to my question.
>>>>> I knew that I can use a formula similar like this:
>>>>> Var=a+int((b-a+1)*runiform()), to keep a specific range in [a,b]
>>>>> and use another formula: Var=invnorm(uniform())*SD+mean, to keep
>>>>> specific Standard deviation and mean.
>>>>> But I do not know how to generate a "Var" with all specific range, SD, and mean.
>>>>> Please note that I do not generate a sample data from the actual data,
>>>>> what I want to generate is synthetic data (totally fake data).
>>>> What distribution do you want to draw your new variable from? Do you
>>>> want it to be normally (Gaussian) distributed, gamma distributed, beta
>>>> distribed, Fisk distributed, Laplace distributed, ... The number of
>>>> choices is huge, but without choosing your distribution you cannot
>>>> draw your random numbers.
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Princeton Review lists Brandeis as #1 for colleges with students most engaged in community service!
Community Voices
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Just started using Dart. Anybody else used that before?
What's your opinion of it?
Any pointers as to its strengths/weaknesses, comments in general?
So far, my only concern has been with the preset pub.bat which somehow needs to be used through commandline to package your svn repo which is a bit odd to use...


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Would you rather have Baby 2 weeks early and be 1.5 lbs smaller or have Baby 2 weeks late and 1.5lbs bigger?*EDIT*
Last time I posted this, we got some pretty interesting replies. Let's see everyone's answers now. LOL
This isn't about inducing, or anything else. Most of us DO wait until Baby is ready. 8) This is just a fun post about IF you had a choice of picking between these two things, what would you pick, not forcing your child to be born. LOL We have to lighten up a bit, here, Ladies. 8D
After having 3 preemies (2 at 32 weeks and 1 at 28 weeks), Im going for LATE 1.5 lbs bigger!!
My biggest baby at all was 4 lbs.
I want a big fat little cherub! :D
Well, I would do whatever my OB recommended. I trust his judgement entirely.
Whatever the baby decides. Late though. I had my son at 39 weeks and 4 days (he came on his own) and he weighed 7lb even.


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Alone among the PIIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain), Greece was running a massive structural deficit before the crisis. Ireland and Spain in particular were torpedoed by the financial crisis, despite running prudent fiscal surpluses in 2007, which was the only bubble-cooling option available to their governments in the absence of monetary levers. The Irish and Spanish were not partying on Germany's tick, but were instead trying to manage the structural flaws in the Euro. The Greeks on the other hand were using Germany's credit card to pay the settlement of their civil war.


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Location: Molecular Characterization of Foodborne Pathogens ResearchTitle: Prevention, control, and treatment: food, animal, and human) Author
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Technical Abstract: It is estimated that non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) cause twice the number of illnesses annually in the U.S. compared to E. coli O157:H7. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's FoodNet Program have shown that six STEC serogroups (O26, O45, O103, O111, O121, and O145) cause greater than 70% of illnesses caused by non-O157 STEC. Similar to O157:H7, cattle and other ruminants are reservoirs for non-O157 STEC. Outbreaks caused by non-O157 STEC have been linked to contact with animals, person-to-person transmission, and to contaminated water, produce, mutton, and beef. Preharvest measures to control E. coli O157:H7 appear to also control non-O157 STEC; however, additional research to address this is needed. Research shows that non-O157 STEC are not more resistant than O157:H7 to acid, heat, or to chemical decontamination treatments. Because food of bovine origin has been linked to illness caused by STEC, and the top six non-O157 STEC can cause illness as severe as that caused by O157:H7, the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) declared the top six as adulterants in beef, and a verification sampling program is being initiated to test for these pathogens in beef samples collected from federally inspected establishments. The FSIS Microbiology Laboratory Guidebook method (MLG 5B.01) for testing for the top six non-O157 STEC was released in November 2011. The method consists of enrichment of beef samples, PCR assays targeting the stx1, stx2, and eae genes and assays to determine the O groups, followed by immunomagnetic separation, plating, and confirmation. Testing will help to ensure that meat contaminated with pathogenic strains belonging to the top six non-O157 STEC serogroups will not be released for human consumption.


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Airedales, Poodles, Bearded Collies or Labs. Don't know which to pick. Please help us with some insight.
My wife and I would like to become 1st time dog/puppy owners this spring. Here's what we're looking for:
- Large Breed
- Low Shedding
- Hypo-allergenic
- Will get along with my friends' Golden Retriever and Labs
- Likes to wrestle, fetch, and play tug-of-war
- Will be OK with a small house/small yard or large apartment (may be in either in the spring)
- Will be protective, but not unpredictably aggressive
- Will be adaptable to a changing brood/family. We will likely start having kids in the coming year or two.
- A dog that doesn't typically get separation anxiety
I've been researching for about 6 months now, and still can't decide. Every time I lean Airedale, I read something about them not being great with kids or easily getting seperation anxiety. Poodles seem nice, but are really pricey. Bearded's seem to shed too much, and Labs shed and have allergens that might be an issure for me. Any advice is appreciated.
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I actually recommend you have a look at the English Pointer.
If you have the time to excercise it i think it would be perfect.
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Holly answered on 12/18/12. Helpful? / 0
I recommend the Standard Poodle for you. It meets your list of needs nicely. Labs will NOT do well without a suitable yard & tons of exercise. 'Dales are harder dogs who really need an experienced owner..and a definite job to do.
Poodles may be expensive, but if you are going through a good breeder, you have a better shot at getting a great fit for you.
Contact your local breed clubs & see of you can meet breeders of all your picks & see what they have to say.
Member 904338 answered on 12/18/12. Helpful? / 1
Divide your purchase price by the average life span, about 12 - 14 years...pretty inexpensive investment!
I raised and showed both poodles and Labradors and my poodle puppies were sold for the exact same price as my labs. Doesn't really matter the breed, a good pup from well bred, health tested parents will average around $1200 -1500, in those breeds you listed.
You can find any dog for less, but do not buy ANY DOG unless you have proof in hand of passing scores in all pre breeding health testing on BOTH parents. It is not worth the heartache when that cheaper puppy falls victim to crippling hip dysplasia, hereditary blindness, or the like. You can find the testing necessary for each breed by a search on the AKC.org site.
Of the breeds you listed, I also agree a well bred standard poodle seems to fit your criteria the best.
Member 641257 answered on 12/18/12. Helpful? / 2
Out of your 4 choices I would go with the Bearded Collie, with the poodle comming in at a close 2nd.
Have you talked to any owners of Beardies? From the ones I've met they don't shed anywhere near as much as your average dog.
You may also want to talk to poodle owners as well. The reason why I put poodles 2nd is because of their temperment. As a whole they do have a genreraly biddable additude; but it seems to be a bit all over the place. Some are great and tolerate anything, others are nice but turn into anxious freaks when their owners leave, and others are just plain mean to anyone who tries to touch them. Alot of it is how they are raised, but it's not always easy to predicte how they will behave from one poodle to another.
Davy answered on 12/18/12. Helpful? / 1
Out of those four, I think the poodle would be best suited to your needs. Follow Toto's advice about the health checks/certifications. Putting up the money now it will save you a bunch of heartache and possibly more in vet bills in the long run. Make sure you read up on positive training methods to help your pup be the best he can be. I recommend Before and After you get your Puppy by Ian Dunbar. Socialize the pup(especially with kids, men and strangers) and make sure you also train it to be ok being alone as well (crate training helps)
Obi answered on 12/19/12. Helpful? / 1
There are exceptions to every breed- Just because you get a lab, for instance, doesn't mean it'll be great with kids or not have separation anxiety. A big portion of their personalities rest on how you raise, train and socialize them.
If you see changing lifestyles happening in your future and might possibly not have a yard I would probably get a small breed dog, as it won't be fair to a large breed who needs consistent exercise to be cooped up all day- which would result in destructive/undesirable behavior which is a huge reason why so many people surrender their dogs to shelters- however having said that you need to make sure you teach your future children how to interact with small dogs so not to injure them.
No dog is 100% hypoallergenic, but among the ones that are considered so- Havanese are generally good with kids and friendly with strangers. I personally think Cavalier King Charles Spaniels are the ultimate kid/family dog and they shed minimally (althought they do shed)
Bailey answered on 12/20/12. Helpful? / 0


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Wow, Trevor, what wonderful pictures! I had no idea this tiype of land existed in China. Those pictures from the dessert are amazing....... How did you like your camel ride? After riding one in Egypt, I decided that is one thing I would NEVER do again!!! What a rough SOB he was, and nasty too, kept wanting to turn his head around and bite me. (my camel only had one hump , so maybe that was the difference... haha). Anyhow, I am so glad that you are getting around to visit all these places.....keep it up. Love...Aunty Helen
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the European Union on Tuesday for ramping up sanctions against Iran, saying such measures were having a strong impact on the Iranian economy.
"I want to commend the EU for the tough sanctions that were adopted yesterday against the greatest threat to peace in our time," Netanyahu said in an address to EU diplomats.
"These sanctions are hitting the Iranian economy hard," he added. "We'll know they are achieving their goal when the centrifuges stop spinning and when the Iranian nuclear programme is rolled back."
EU governments agreed on Monday to further sanctions against major Iranian state companies in the oil and gas industry, and strengthened restrictions on the central bank.
Andrew Standley, the EU ambassador to Israel, said in public remarks at the meeting with Netanyahu that "Iran's nuclear programme is a concern not only to Israel but also to the region and the wider international community".
Iran says it is enriching uranium for peaceful purposes only. Israel, widely believed to be the Middle East's only nuclear power, believes Tehran intends to build atomic weapons and has consistently urged the West to ramp up sanctions.
Western countries have rejected Netanyahu's demand to set a red line for Iran's nuclear programme that could trigger military action against it.
Amid concern in the West that Israel could strike on its own, Netanyahu signalled at the United Nations last month there was more time for diplomacy, saying Iran would be on the brink of nuclear weapons capability only next spring or summer.
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Model Reviewed:Adams CB2
Summary:I have had ping irons, then went to the Nike MachSpeeds which I absolutely loved, but once I got my hands on the CB2's I don't think Ill ever change Irons again. The feel and the trajectory of the ball is just perfect for me and how I play. The first round I played with these I shot my lowest Score ever, didn't swing any harder or tried anything different but immediately noticed the difference. Now I'm hitting PW 150 yds on a bad day close to 160-165 on a good day, and easily over 200 yds with my 4 iron. I love these, I love how they feel like blades and your able to shape these clubs close to the way you would an expensive blade iron.
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Summary:I play to a 5 handicap, and have used pretty much everything out there. I am a club junkie for sure, and wanted to share my thoughts on these.
Overall a great club ... the feel of them is hard to compare with. It feels so sweet off when you catch them, similar to a blade in every way. a little forgiveness of course, which is nice as well.
They are beautiful clubs, some of the best out there. The black is great to look at.
They hit a little higher than a more standard players iron, with the combo of the KBS shaft. That is the only thing I would say could be a challenge if you hit a high ball.
Distance wise, hitting longer than most players clubs for sure ... 5 to 10 yards per shorter irons and similar in the longer ones.
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Similar Products Used:all irons, mostly players forged, tourstage, titliest, mizuno.
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Overall Rating 4 of 5
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Summary:recently purchased set of adams cb2 was previously useing taylormade tour burners found them a bit heavy been playing 39 years and with out doubt the adams cb2 are as good a club as ive used find the kbs tour shafts a great engine for these clubs a bi pricey maybe but cant ever see me changeing mind would like to try them with project x 6.o mght cut the distance down a touch pitching the 7 iron about 180
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Summary:I play to a 7 HC, my home course has a 132 slope. Played Mizuno's for years, last set being MP52. I never thought I would play another brand of irons....until these. Adams has hit a homerun with these. They are a good looking set of sticks with that forged soft feel every bit as smooth as the Mizunos, which is saying alot. They place about 3-5 yards longer than my Mizunos and are very easy to work. They short irons are deadly accurate and spin well. Not sure of the swingweight for each club but the Adams feel a bit lighter, still very solid and you can feel the club head through out the swing. Great sticks!!
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Do you want to propose a public art project in Greater Boston? Hunting for funding? Unfamiliar with Boston's city standards and permissions for public art installations? Looking to network with other public artists from the Greater Boston area?
New England Foundation for the Arts and the Boston Arts Commission want to help you get your project off the ground. Join us on Wednesday, January 23, for a public art grants workshop to learn about public art funders, NEFA's Fund for the Arts and the Edward Ingersoll Browne Fund. NEFA's Public Art Coordinator, Elysian McNiff, and the Boston Arts Commission Director, Karin Goodfellow, will share insights about the process and expectations of Greater Boston-based public art funding and field questions to provide feedback on the application process. Questions about Boston-based public art permitting and installation will also be answered.
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On Sunday morning when we did the clubhouse march there it was. My two Pirates uniforms: a traditional home white with Pirates across the chest and the alternative black with a sharp 'P' on the breast. On the back of each was Berger and the number 60. If I was doing this for a living and saw #60 I wouldn't unpack my bags too quickly.
We had our choice of numbers. For the past three years I wore #56 with the Pirates, Tigers and Yankees and have all three uniforms at home hanging in a remote closet with no foreseeable avenue to ever wear them again. I could have opted for the number of my favorite player as a lot of guys do during camp. Most popular this week are #9 for Bill Mazeroski and #21 for Roberto Clemente. If I would have gone that route I would have chosen #21 with the Pirates and #15 with the Yankees for Thurman Munson. Never had a favorite Tiger except for those that had bad days against the Yankees and good ones against the Red Sox so a Tiger number didn't matter.
I wore #56 the last three years because I didn't want to disgrace the memory of my past favorites, Clemente and Munson, with my play on the field and figured 56 was politically correct for someone born on May 6. This year I went to #60 for my age and to commemorate the 1960 World Champion Pirates- my earliest baseball memory.
I figured nobody else would do this as nobody wears #60. Except of course for a bloke named Bill Goodrich, of Pittsburgh, whose #60 was hanging a few stalls away from mine. Goodrich is 60 years old and vividly remembers the 1960 World Series. Newman!! We now have two #60′s in camp which has to be some kind of record that even the Elias Sports Bureau doesn't track.
And with the doubleheader sweep, the longest blast I've ever hit in a baseball uniform and a couple of defensive stops to help win a game my mind all day was 2200 miles away in Hollywood, California on the production set of Paramount Studios.
Nothing makes a parent prouder than seeing a child reach a goal. Not even a 335 foot shot to the right field wall. My son Jason, 32, has longed to be a television comedy writer. He got knocked around for a few years as everyone in that trade seems to do but at 6:30 am pacific time this morning production began on his first script, the culmination of a dream, an episode of the ABC comedy, Happy Endings, that will air in March.
A huge tip of the Pirates cap to Jason and no matter what happened today in Bradenton, you had a better day than me. Proud of you lad!
Keep reading, with Part 1 on Berger's Return to the Pittsburgh Pirates Camp and Part II Return to the Pittsburgh Pirate Camp.
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Located in Melbourne Central Business District within a short walk of Etihad Stadium, Atlantis Hotel, Melbourne is within a mile (2 km) of other popular sights such as Melbourne Aquarium. This 4-star motel has 232 rooms and welcomes guests with a restaurant, an indoor pool, and free in-room WiFi. Located in central Melbourne, the motel is also near Melbourne Cricket Ground and Melbourne Central.
Enjoy a leisurely bite to eat at Atlantis Restaurant, the motel's onsite restaurant. Order from room service to satisfy your hunger without leaving your room. For your convenience, a buffet breakfast is served for a fee each morning from 6:30 AM to 10 AM.
All of Atlantis Hotel, Melbourne's 232 rooms are air-conditioned and have an array of amenities, including refrigerators, coffee makers, and free newspapers. Guests can expect free WiFi and 32-inch LCD TVs with cable channels. Bathrooms have hair dryers and free toiletries. Other standard amenities include laptop-compatible safes, phones, and ironing boards.
Property features
Guests staying at Atlantis Hotel, Melbourne enjoy an indoor pool, a fitness center, and a sauna. If you drive, self parking is AUD 20 per night, and there's also limo/town car service. The 24-hour front desk has staff standing by to help with dry cleaning/laundry, concierge services, and luggage storage. Additional amenities include free WiFi in public areas, 2 meeting rooms, and conference space.
- Walking distance to Etihad Stadium
- Free WiFi in rooms and public areas
- Onsite dining
- Indoor pool
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Hotel Amenities
In addition to an indoor pool, Atlantis Hotel, Melbourne provides a sauna and a fitness center. The motel offers a restaurant. This 4-star property offers access to a business center, limo/town car service, and meeting rooms.
A computer station is located on site and wireless Internet access is complimentary. Event facilities measuring 2164 square feet (201 square meters) include conference space. This business-friendly motel also offers tour/ticket assistance, concierge services, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge.
Atlantis Hotel, Melbourne is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour front desk
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Business center
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Concierge services
- Conference space
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Free WiFi
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Computer station
- Luggage storage
- Total number of rooms - 232
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Number of floors - 18
- Meeting rooms 2
- Restaurant
- Conference space size (meters) - 201
- Number of meeting rooms - 7
- Conference space size (feet) - 2164
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Television in common areas
- Fitness facilities
- Laundry facilities
- Sauna
- Indoor pool
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Indoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Refrigerator
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Self parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Phone
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower only
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Desk
- Iron/ironing board
- Cable TV service
- Free WiFi
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Free newspaper
- Private bathroom
- Room service (limited hours)
- Cribs/infant beds (surcharge)
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
Where to Eat
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 6:30 AM and 10 AM.
Atlantis Restaurant - This restaurant serves breakfast only.
Late night fare is available from room service (during limited hours).
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the motel include an indoor pool, a sauna, and a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-out time is 10 AM
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Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Cribs (infant beds) are available for AUD 10 per night.
- Pets not allowed
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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.
No rollaway/extra beds available
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: AUD 12 for adults and AUD 6 for children (approximately)
- Self parking fee: AUD 20 per night (in/out privileges)
- Crib (infant bed) fee: AUD 10 per night
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This property has been awarded a star rating from the Australian Star Ratings Agency, Star Ratings Australia.