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Known for its liberal views and open-minded attitude, the residents of Amsterdam welcome you to this cozy city. You'll adore the lovely canals and old European charm that make up the enchanting city of Amsterdam. Because the city planning hasn't changed much since the 19th century, you'll appreciate the architecture and historic homes that color the city. And you can't leave without seeing the windmills!
Amsterdam's bustling city center is easily negotiable by foot or bicycle, with 160 canals, 1,281 bridges and 90 islands all reclaimed from the sea. Founded on Calvinistic principles, today the entrepreneurial spirit of the Dutch culture lives on with a lively arts scene and cafes. The city's strong work ethic produced a society supportive of Dutch masters like Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Van Gogh that fill the museums today.
The original religious zeal has been transformed into the uniquely Amsterdammer gezellig frame of mind. According to DutchAmsterdam.nl, "Locals and foreigners alike will tell you that the word cannot be translated. Its meaning includes everything from cozy to friendly, from comfortable to relaxing, and from enjoyable to gregarious."
The Van Gogh Museum has attracted more than 2 million visitors since it opened in 1973. The museum boasts the largest collection in the world of the artist's work. It is separated into five chronological sections of van Gogh's career, such as "Early Life," "Paris," etc. Among the collection are van Gogh's greatest paintings including The Bedroom and many self-portraits.
This extraordinary museum is not only dedicated to Anne Frank, but also the millions of people who lost their lives in the Holocaust. Frank's House, the "Secret Annex," is preserved as it was when she lived here many years ago; many of her posters still hang on the wall. Her diary and the bookcase, or "door" to the Annex, are also displayed. Anne Frank's House serves as a memory of our history which never should be forgotten.
The Amsterdam boat tours are incredibly informative and reasonably priced. There are several companies that offer different tours: jazz cruise, night cruise, architecture cruise, red-light cruise, and more. The tour, which is presented in multiple languages, points out main museums and sights. This is a wonderful way to discover Amsterdam's treasures.

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Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that he is pressing Canadian and American officials to commit to launch negotiations to eliminate restrictive Canadian wine taxation policies that put New York wineries at a competitive disadvantage. Canadian tourists spent a whopping $933 million shopping in Western New York in 2011, but wine sales at Niagara County and Western New York wineries are undermined by onerous Canadian taxes and fees assessed on New York wines purchased by Canadian residents returning from travel in the U.S. In contrast, when New York tourists travel to Niagara-On-The-Lake in Canada, the United States does not impose high taxes on wine upon return, which affords Canadian wineries a huge business opportunity.
During a personal meeting with Canadian Ambassador Gary Doer in April, the Ambassador requested that Schumer help advocate for the Canadians to be invited to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade negotiations. In that same meeting, Schumer secured a commitment from the Ambassador that if Canada joined Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations, the Canadian government would launch formal talks to terminate Canada's restrictive wine taxation policies. Elimination of Canada's anticompetitive wine tax practices would provide a massive boost to winery and tourism businesses in Niagara and across western New York and the Rochester-Finger Lakes region.
Canada is expected to formally join the TPP talks later this year. Schumer is urging the Canadian Ambassador to make good on his personal commitment to negotiate a resolution of the wine tax disparity in the context of TPP talks. Schumer also has asked U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk to commit to specify elimination of high wine taxation barriers as a TPP negotiating objective. It is estimated that some Niagara wineries business would double if the Canadian tourists that already visit the Niagara Wine Trail could bring New York wine back to Canada without being hit with huge taxes and fees.
"Niagara wineries are missing out on barrels of business because of burdensome taxes on Canadian customers who visit New York wineries. That is why I've secured a commitment from Canadian leaders to address this restrictive wine tax in new trade negotiations, and am urging the Canadian government to fulfill this commitment and uncork potential for winery businesses in Niagara and across Upstate New York," said Schumer. "In April, I met with Canadian Ambassador Gary Doer and he agreed to work with Administration officials to eliminate barriers to equitable cross-border commerce in wine, if Canada joined key trade talks. Canada is now expected to join these talks, and I am urging the United States and Canada to formalize that personal agreement to eliminate Canada's high wine tax that discourages Canadian tourists from buying New York wines and act as a barrier to business growth at Niagara wineries."
Schumer noted that wine purchased by Canadian residents returning from day or weekend travel to the U.S. is subject to a series of onerous federal and provincial taxes and fees. These charges can easily add up to 50 to 150 percent of the value of the wine -- which means Canadian visitors, more often than not, come to taste New York wines but not to buy.
Today, Schumer joined leaders of the western New York wine industry, vineyard owners and members of the Niagara Wine Trail - a group of 16 historic and award-winning wineries located between the Niagara Escarpment and Lake Ontario - at Freedom Run Winery in Lockport, NY in Niagara County to announce renewed efforts to eliminate restrictive Canadian wine taxation policies that put New York wineries at a competitive disadvantage. Many of the vineyards in the region are family-owned small businesses that have garnered local, national and international recognition for their high quality wines. Wine Spectator rated Larry Manning, Niagara Wine Trail's vice president who hosted the event at his family-run vineyard, as one of New York's top makers of red wine. Schumer was also joined by Oscar Vizcarra, Niagara Wine Trail's president, who owns Becker Farms and Vizcarra Vineyard, a fifth generation family operation near Gasport, NY. Jim Bittner, president of the Niagara County Farm Bureau, and owner of The Winery at Marjim Manor also appeared in support of Schumer's push to increase competitiveness between in Canada and Niagara County.
"At Freedom Run Winery we are always looking for ways to expand our business. By allowing Canadians to bring back some of our wines duty free, I am confident we could see a huge growth in sales. I am excited that, thanks to Senator Schumer's efforts, this important issue is now one step closer to being resolved," said Larry Manning.
"As the President of the Niagara Wine Trail I am well aware of the impact that the Canadian tax issue has had on our area wineries. This is an issue we have been working on for years and is a top priority for our wine trail and our region. Through Senator Schumer's efforts we are finally seeing real progress towards a solution that will help our entire tourism industry and in particular our local wineries," said Oscar Vizcarra.
"Creating a level playing field with both free and FAIR trade in wine tourism will be a boost for the entire international region, leading to broad growth and more visitors to the US and Canadian wine and culinary destinations. Arrowhead Spring Vineyards looks forward to the opportunity to sell wine to Canadian tourists, just as Canadian wineries have been allowed to sell to US tourists free of duties and tariffs. I want to thank Senator Schumer for securing a commitment from the Canadians to address this issue," said Duncan Ross owner of Arrowhead Spring Vineyards.
At Schumer's request, USTR Kirk has raised the issue of Canada's protectionist wine taxation policies with Canadian counterparts. However, to date, there has been on measurable progress on eliminating the wine tax disparity between New York and bordering Canadian provinces. Because of high taxes and fees, Canadian tourists come to taste New York wines, but not to buy. Schumer is asking USTR to adopt as a specific negotiating objective the elimination of inequitable wine taxation practices that are impeding cross-border commerce. Schumer also is requesting that both USTR and the Government of Canada commit to begin formal negotiations on this issue at Canada's first TPP negotiating session later this year.
The state's wine industry has proved to be one of New York's most resilient. In each of the past 10 years the New York wine industry has experienced 10-15% annual growth. The retail value of all this production is estimated to be $1.1 billion annually, which is a figure that is likely to rise because New York's growers are increasingly producing higher value wine. This industry has a particularly powerful impact on New York's rural economy by increasing tourism at a rate of 4.1 million people annually and adding a $6B boost to the state's economy every year. Overall, the industry directly employs 36,000 people in New York. New York State is the third largest producer of wine by volume in the country, with over 200 million bottles produced annually, 255 wineries statewide, $420 million in sales, and 15,000 employees.
Canada will formally join the TPP negotiations later this year. The TPP negotiations were launched in 2009. Currently, the negotiations include Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Malaysia, New
Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam, as well as the United States. Canada and Mexico have been invited to join the negotiations and are expected to formally do later this year.
Copies of Sen. Schumer's letters appear below:
July 2, 2012
The Honorable Ron Kirk
United States Trade Representative
600 17th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20508
Dear Ambassador Kirk,
I write today to bring to your attention restrictive Canadian wine taxation policies that undermine economic growth in upstate New York and put New York wineries at a competitive disadvantage. As the United States prepares for Canada's formal entry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, I respectfully request that USTR commit to specify elimination of high wine taxation barriers as a TPP negotiating objective.
As you know, U.S. residents returning from a short visit to Canada are permitted to bring two bottles of wine duty free into the United States. Canada allows no commensurate duty exemption. In fact, wine purchased by Canadian residents returning from day or weekend travel to the U.S. is subject to a series of onerous federal and provincial taxes and fees. These charges can easily add up to 50 to 150 percent of the value of the wine -- which means Canadian visitors, more often than not, come to taste New York wines but not to buy.
Mr. Ambassador, you and I have spoken previously regarding Canada's protectionist wine taxation policies, and I appreciate that you have raised the issue with your Canadian counterparts. However, to date, there has been no progress on eliminating the wine tax disparity between New York and bordering Canadian provinces. The status quo is not acceptable.
I understand USTR is beginning a 90-day consultation period with Congress to solicit views on U.S. negotiating objectives with respect to Canada. I respectfully request that, during this period, USTR meet with my office to discuss the issue of Canada's protectionist wine taxation policies. My expectation is that the United States will adopt as a specific negotiating objective the elimination of inequitable wine taxation practices that impede cross-border commerce.
The TPP negotiations present a unique opportunity for the United States and Canada to come to an agreement to terminate provincial wine taxation schemes that discourage Canadian tourists from buying N.Y. wines, undermine N.Y. wineries' economic growth, and provide Canadian wineries with a huge tax advantage. Elimination of anticompetitive wine tax practices should be a U.S. priority, and I respectfully request that USTR commit to begin formal negotiations on this issue at Canada's first TPP negotiating session. In a separate letter, I have asked the Ambassador of Canada to the United States, Gary Doer, to make the same commitment.
While I welcome the inclusion of Canada in the TPP talks, I expect the United States and Canada ultimately to come to a formal agreement to eliminate barriers to equitable cross-border commerce in wine before TPP negotiations wrap up. New York wineries must have the opportunity to compete on equal footing with their Canadian competitors.
Thank you for your attention to this matter. Please contact Stacy Ettinger in my office to schedule a time to discuss the issue of Canada's protectionist wine taxation policies.
Charles E. Schumer
United States Senator
Source: http://www.schumer.senate.gov/Newsroom/record.cfm?id=337177


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Nationals' top prospect goes 3-for-4 with longball at Bowie
By Brendon Desrochers / MLB.com | July 27, 2011 11:48 AM ET
"It was against a lefty who was kind of mixing it up on [Harper]," said Senators manager Tony Beasley in reference to Bowie starter Michael Ballard. "He left a curveball middle-in, and [Harper] hit it out to right-center field."
Hitting coach Troy Gingrich described it economically: "The pitcher had him 0-2 and missed his spot."
The one-out, bases-empty clout gave the Senators a 2-1 lead. Harrisburg first baseman Tim Pahuta immediately followed with a home run of his own, and Ballard's day was done two batters later. The blast was Harper's second of three hits on the day. His ninth-inning single preceded catcher Devin Ivany's three-run blast that turned out to be needed insurance in the three-run win.
The three hits in four at-bats equal his Harrisburg high for hits set July 6 against Erie. This was also the first game in which the 18-year-old had scored as many as two runs, and he picked up his third stolen base.
"He swung the bat well, played solid defensively, stole a base, went first to third," said Beasley. "I'm really happy with the way he's approaching the game. He's under control, and he's not just doing things -- he's doing things with a purpose."
For Harper, this was the culmination of a week of improved offense for the first overall pick in the 2010 Draft. He is 10-for-29 (.345) in the last seven games and has all four of his Double-A extra-base hits in that span.
"About a week ago, we'd just noticed that he'd been going through a period of adjustment where he's been trying to do too much," said Gingrich. "When he gets anxious, he loses his front side a little bit, and his swing gets longer. We talked about it and did a few things in the cage. Ever since Richmond, he's started doing better."
This hot stretch comes on the heels of a 1-for-25 stretch from July 7-20 in which Harper struck out eight times and also went 0-for-3 in the MLB Futures Game in Phoenix.
"His mental approach has been solid, but he gets frustrated every now and then, because he's 18 and he wants hits," said Beasley.
The clout came in Harper's 63rd at-bat for Harrisburg, and Harper didn't homer in his last 60 at-bats for Class A Hagerstown before his promotion. The outfielder had hit 14 in his first 198 at-bats of his professional career with the Suns.
Harper's homer comes not a day too soon for a Harrisburg team that has seen its once-large Eastern League West Division lead shrink to a half-game over Bowie entering Wednesday. The Senators also got the bad news Tuesday that slugger Bill Rhinehart had been traded to the Reds as part of a deal that sent Jonny Gomes to Washington.
Rhinehart left the Eastern League with 21 home runs, second only to former teammate Tyler Moore. He was also second in the league in slugging and OPS behind Portland's Chih-Hsien Chiang.
"His bat's been outstanding," said Beasley of Rhinehart, who joins Double-A Carolina in the Southern League. "He's a power bat that's hit third for us. I don't know that you can replace it, but that's what it's all about: a player creating value for himself, creating a situation that's conducive for him to play at the Major League level."
The win gave Harrisburg a series victory for the first time since Harper's first series with the club, a four-game sweep of Erie from July 4-7. The Senators were 6-11 since then, entering the three-game set in Bowie, where they won two.
Beasley does not attribute the recent run of poor play to the added media focus or any distractions Harper's arrival might have caused.
"We've obviously had extra attention with the added media and fan base," he said. "That has nothing to do with how we've played on the field. We've had a tough stretch, faced good opponents. The team in Bowie is really hot right now. We had six games in four days in extreme heat in Richmond. We've had to face a lot of tough lefties, just finished facing three left-handed starters here, and we have a lot of left-handers that we depend on."
Harrisburg now heads back home to welcome last-place Binghamton to Metro Bank Park for a four-game set.
With 40 days left in Harper's first professional season, his manager is looking for continued improvement and more of what he's already seen.
"Just keep learning the dos and don'ts," said Beasley. "He's starting to apply to his game the things we've been talking about. He can process information and apply it. For a kid that's 18 years old that's as athletic as he is -- we just want to hone all of those abilities, to make sure things are clicking properly at the right time. I've been really impressed with how he's handled himself."
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Halloween: Do Muslims Celebrate?
As a kid, my parents didn't have an issue with my going out on Halloween and trick-or-treating. They didn't even hassle us much about bringing home too much candy. Their main concern was probably the same one my sisters and I had: what if we bit into an apple with a razor blade into it?? That was the fear much of America seemed to have in my day -- as if kids of our generation actually had an iota of interest in healthy apples when presented with so many other, more decadent options.
It didn't dawn on me until years later that there are significant chunks of the American public who avoid Halloween, either because it elevates violence (and candy corn), or because of its roots. There are Christians who avoid celebrating Halloween because of its ties to pagan traditions. Plenty of Orthodox Jews don't celebrate, either.
But a couple weeks ago, as I was agonizing over what costume my kid should wear on Halloween, I started wondering about her Muslim friends and classmates, and whether I'd seen them in our little neighborhood parade in the past.
As it turns out, the issue of whether or not to celebrate Halloween is one that many Muslims think about.
"You have posed a very controversial question in the Muslim/Arab world," wrote Liali Albana, in response to my query.
Albana lives in Princeton, New Jersey, and grew up celebrating, although her parents had reservations.
"We thought [of it as] a fun secular celebration that included dressing up and free candy," she wrote. "What more could a kid want?"
These days, Albana says she strongly discourages her son from celebrating, because it's not one of the two main holidays celebrated in Islam. And he's fine with that.
"The fact that he goes to a private school helps a lot too," she wrote, noting that the school organizes alternative activities so that kids don't feel left out. "He often asks me, 'Mommy, what's the point of scaring people? Why do they have a holiday that scares people?' And add to that the idea of mischief night, and you realize that it really is not a harmless holiday. It does not teach us any valuable or moral lessons. It is exactly the opposite. It teaches us that scaring others, throwing eggs at their door, wrapping their porch with toilet paper, and eating a lot of candy is alright. Not to forget the fact that Halloween is a holiday that is still significant for alot of pagan rituals and witch craft."
Ameena Ghaffar-Kucher is Muslim and is organizing the trick-or-treating in her Manhattan building, but she's also an academic who studied 70 Pakistani students in a public high school in New York City. In her dissertation she wrote:
Not surprisingly, none of the youth had any plans on celebrating Halloween, but what was a little unexpected was the way two students, Basaam and once again Tanveer talked about the holiday. Both of them referred to Halloween as a "holiday of the devil" and then laughed as if they were in on a secret that others did not know about. Their reaction implied to me that they thought that they were "superior" because they had no desire to engage in this "pagan" holiday. Yet, to me, their reaction seemed to be a defensive mechanism to cope with their positioning of outsiders--a consequence of the racism in the aftermath of September 11th.
Ameena told me that none of the kids she observed followed Thanksgiving either, or Valentine's Day. In her opinion, "it is a class thing."
"Kids from working class families seem to have a much more restricted view of what is considered "haraam" and "halaal" - and I mean this beyond food!" she wrote. "Beyond class, I think some (national) groups have more restrictive notions of Islam (e.g. Pakistanis are more restrictive than, say, Lebanese Muslims etc)."
It's not just Muslim immigrants who have second thoughts about celebrating. Ibrahim Abdul-Matin, author of "Green Deen," is black, and his early associations with Halloween are distinctly unpleasant.
"I grew up in NYC at a time when murders were at an all time high, when shootouts and automatic gunfire was normal to hear at night, and when my schoolyard was littered with crack vials," he wrote. "On Halloween kids took it as an opportunity to act extra wild; they would beat people up, steal stuff, etc, Halloween was an excuse to be stupid, crazy, and dangerous - another reason i wanted nothing to do with it."
Abdul-Matin is married to an Indian-born Muslim, and they don't plan to celebrate, when they have kids, or to create an alternative event.
"I think parents who secretly felt left out, or who want to be "normal" force the normative experience or the fear of not being left out on their kids. I think folks have to be clear - this is not what we do. End of story."
However, Paula Desrochers-Yakout says she lets her kids dress up, provided they wear "halal" costumes, "such as a pumpkin or a Disney character."
"Halloween just seems American and taking that away to me just seems to be one more thing that makes them different and not really appreciate being Muslim," she wrote. "I want my kids to love being Muslim – not to feel like they are SO different than those that they go to school with. I want them to be PROUD that they celebrate Eid but also have one thing in common that they have fun with."


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First the big numbers and then some observations:
Saturday: The 2.0 overnight on NBC (regional coverage of Pittsburgh-Philadelphia, Chicago-Los Angeles) was the best for any regular-season game on any network, excluding Winter Classics, since a 2.3 overnight for three-game regional on ABC (1/12/02), also making it the best on NBC since the network began broadcasting the NHL again in 2006.
The 2.0 overnight was up 67% compared to last year's 2011-12 NHL on NBC regular-season average (1.2), which includes the 2012 Winter Classic, and up 82% vs. coverage during the comparable weekend last year, which featured Chicago-Detroit (1.1; 1/14/12; overtime).
Sunday: The NHL on NBC (12:30-3:15P; Phil-Buff) earned a 1.4 overnight rating, up 27% from the same Sunday last year (12:30-3:15P; Wash-Pitt/O.T.; 1.1).
Excluding Winter Classics, it tied last year's Hockey Day in America early game on 02/19/12 (12:30P; 3-gm reg'l) as the best overnight delivery for a Sunday broadcast regular-season NHL game since 03/26/00 on ABC (1P; 3-gm reg'l; 1.5).
So much for any backlash from the lockout. I had a feeling hockey fans, starving for their game, would forgive and forget quickly.
If anything, the high ratings show that the sport leagues can abuse us all they want with their labor disputes. At the end of the day, we'll come crawling back because they still are the best games in town.
And one more thing: Opening last weekend was the perfect storm for the NHL. They started their season on the first Saturday since August that didn't feature any college or pro football. As a result, the NHL had an ideal opportunity to lure viewers who wanted to watch sports of any sort.
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Venezuela will hold a special presidential election to select Hugo Chavez's successor on April 14, the National Electoral Council said.
Candidates have until the afternoon of March 11 to register, council President Tibisay Lucena said in televised remarks. Council members decided on the time frames today after holding a minute of silence for Chavez, who died March 5, she said.
"The republic is going through difficult times," she said. "It's fundamental to recognize the historic relevance of the path we're about to go down, and its importance to the stability and strengthening of our democracy."
Chavez's handpicked heir, acting President Nicolas Maduro, will run. The opposition will rally around a single candidate, Miranda state Governor Henrique Capriles Radonski, the opposition alliance, known as the Democratic Unity Table, said in an e-mailed statement today.
Capriles thanked the opposition for its proposal in a comment on his Twitter account, adding that he will speak publicly about his decision in "coming hours."
The governor in the October presidential election lost to Chavez by 11 percentage points. Maduro enjoys a 46.4 percent to 34.3 percent advantage over Capriles, according to a survey taken Jan. 31 to Feb. 20 by Caracas-based polling company Datanalisis. The poll has a margin of error of 2.4 percentage points.
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HI, I'm Dr Steve. Has anything changed on your house about the time he started doing this/
It is possible that some thing has caused some anxiety issues in your dog. It is often very difficult to determine what was the cause of this behavior issue.
The noises that seem to set him off may be causing or increasing the anxiety that is bothering him.
what can i do to calm him. if i pick him up and tell him it ok he is shaking
Unfortunately this is a behavioral issue that can be difficult to stop. There isn't any easy or very effective behavioral training that helps reduce anxiety. I have had clients use antianxiety medicines to help reduce the anxiety or stress that sets him off.
and what kind of anxiety meds and where do i get them.
I have used clomiacalm or reconcile . These are both pills that are given once a day for 2-3 weeks to determine if they are helping. If they see, to work, then I use thme for 2-3 months to help him realize that noises are not going to hurt him and after that time period, he may be fine without the meds.
These are available from your vet who can help figure the correct dosage. Of course you will need to discuss this possibility with your vet to be sure there is nothing else that he may feel could also be involved.
do i get these from his vet
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For the first time since Game 6 of the 1918 World Series, the Cubs and Red Sox finally played each other again at Fenway Park. The Red Sox won 2-1 nearly 93 years ago in a game that took only 1:46 to complete. In Friday night's "re-match," the Red Sox piled up a little more offense. Just a little bit.
The Sox scored 15 runs on 19 hits, out-slugging the Cubs 15-5. Jon Lester allowed five runs in 6.0 innings but received the win despite allowing 12 hits. As of late, Lester has not been sharp. He has now allowed 14 runs in his last three starts (2-0).
Doug Davis, however, was much worse than his counterpart on Friday night. He was lit up for seven runs (all earned) on eight hits and three walks in 3.2 innings.
Mike Cameron was the only Red Sox regular who failed to record a hit. Everyone else had at least two, led by Adrian Gonzalez's 4-6 effort. He finished with four RBI, while Kevin Youkils (3-5) added three more, including two of them on a massive HR over everything in left field in the fourth inning.
Dustin Pedroia busted out of his slump, going 2-4 with three runs scored and two walks. Meanwhile, Jacoby Ellsbury remained hot, going 3-6 with two runs scored and two RBI.
Jarrod Saltalamacchia is quietly having a good stretch (his season average is up to .236), and he continued it Friday night with a 2-3 effort that included a double, home run, and two walks. He scored three times in all.
Even Carl Crawford got in on the act, going 1-5 with a two-run single in the eighth inning as the Red Sox blew it open off Jeff Samardzija. They scored five times in the frame to take a 10-run lead.
Scott Atchison tossed three scoreless innings of relief for his first career save.
Youk provided the dagger in the fourth inning with a two-run shot to give the Red Sox a comfortable 8-2 lead. He went 3-5 in all with two doubles and the home run.
Cameron did walk, but he went 0-3 and is only hitting .152 this season.
W: Jon Lester (6-1)
L: Doug Davis (0-2)
SV: Scott Atchison (1)
Tags: Adrian Gonzalez, Chicago Cubs, Doug Davis, Jon Lester, Kevin Youkilis, Red Sox


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I had someone say that Sassy is a Shar-pei/Pit Bull mix. I don't see it.
I see Shar-pei/lab.
Any ideas?
I had someone say that Sassy is a Shar-pei/Pit Bull mix. I don't see it.
I see Shar-pei/lab.
Any ideas?
Well, we really don't know for sure. She was an opps puppy, so we never say mom or dad. She's not really wrinklely like most Shar-pei's I've see in the dog shows. But she does have Shar-pei fever, one of the gentic issues that Shar-pei have. I've always called her a mix, but for all we know she's a pure bred.
here's a few more shots of her full body
and a puppy pic
Okay puppy picture (and tail) maybe shar pei x lab. I think what people are seeing as pit bull is really shar pei
id say sharpei X lab
I'd love to do on of the doggy DNA tests, but I don't really trust them. She has thick coat alot like a lab. But she has the point little ears and square head of the shar-pei. Her tail does curl over her back, but in pictures it's are to capture. Not many people around here have Shar-pei's. I think she's a pretty dog, but alot of people call her ugly.
I vote Lab x Shar pei.
Does she have Webbed feet ?
Does she have wolf teeth or smaller teeth?
Does she love water, and drinking from the faucet?
Not guaranteed tests, but indicative of Lab tendencies.... when taken together...
My girly, Avery Rain is a pure bred horse coat fawn dilute Shar-Pei. From the pictures I am seeing your doggy looks to be part brush coat Pei and small percentage Lab. The Pei gene was obviously stronger, however, that is not a pure bred Pei coat. And the face is not pure Pei. The coat looks yellow lab. It is HIGHLY unlikely to me that there is any pit in your doggy. No Pit at all. Beautiful pup
I honestly don't see -any- pit in her, just large chunk of Shar pei, she's a cutie though!
Omg that puppy pic!!!!! O.o
I don't think Pit. The coat isn't like a Pit Bull and I don't really see other features. Lab seems more likely.
Shar Pei seem to have dominant genes. I've seen a rott and shar pei mix which looks basically shar pei face, wrinkles, features. My parents Pit and Pei mix also has evident Shar Pei features at only 1/4 Shar Pei.
Wisdompanel DNA test is fairly accurate it's just that the breeds have to be typed for them to give true results.
What is Shar Pei fever? Why is she over weight? I've heard of the fever but don't know what it causes.
Such a cutie! I agree that probably mostly Shar-Pei w/some Lab. Put some floppier ears on that head and she is definitely part lab!
She has one-a dem faces ya wanna squish and kiss all over! =)
OMG, she is GORGEOUS. I just want to grab those big mushy lips and kiss them!
I vote Shar Pei/Lab as well.
with Jack (Greyhound) & Lela (Chow/Beagle x)
My friend has a Shar Pei x Lab but he tends more towards the lab but has the Shar Pei ears and a bit wider face than a lab but not as much as your dog.
Familial Shar-Pei Fever (FSF) is a hereditary inflammatory disorder seen in Shar-Pei. It is inherited as an autosomal recessive condition.
here's a great website with information about it.
I know she's heavy. It's an issue we're dealing with at the moment. I've cut back food, treats. And we giver her plenty of excersice.
She's in early stage kidney faillure do to the Shar-pei fever. It attacks the kidneys and her joints.
I have a shar pei mix & I would definitely say that your dog is a shar pei mix. My dog doesn't have a lot of wrinkles either, but he has the same big broad nose, curled tail, small ears, and short stature as your dog.
A lot of people thought our shar pei mixes were part pit, they have weirdly similar heads.


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Your review: In the ad on these dampers it is stated that there is a rubber gasket. All 3 of my 4" dampers arrived without any gasket at all. The dampers are nice and the gasket was the selling point for me as I checked several other web sites for back draft dampers. I even paid a higher price for these than I would have from another supplier, aprox $23 total for the order because of what was stated in this ad. I don't like to pay extra for something that turns out to be not what is advertised. Global needs to correct this ad and correct the problem with the supplier and customer. If not, I will not be making any future purchases from this business. Customer service says it all about a company. *** Global Comment: The stock was examined the solution is that we modified by using the same gasket material used in our motorized dampers since 1995. They tested well. This may also be the long-term solution.
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Posted by languageandgrammar on June 3, 2008
Two of the most popular trends in language are: 1) turning nouns into verbs and 2) making the argument that common usage is all that is needed in order for a word to become accepted. The non-word efforting is a good example of both.
Effort is a noun, meaning (for this discussion) an exertion of strength or power either in a physical or mental sense. Examples include it was an effort to mow the lawn and solving that math problem was quite an effort. Effort is not a verb meaning to exert an effort, so statements such as I'm efforting to get the project done on time is an incorrect way to use the word effort.
Many nouns that have been misused as verbs have quickly gained acceptance, especially by online dictionaries. That's how nouns such as dialogue have become commonly used verbs. Effort, though, has not yet appeared on dictionary.com as a verb, so as long as we effort, I mean make an effort, we can avoid at least one noun being incorrectly used as a verb before it appears in most dictionaries.
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3 Responses to "Efforting"
June 16, 2008 at 3:12 pm
I don't know how you could get through this post without reference to Calvin and Hobbes: verbing weirds language
Reply from Paul: I hadn't seen this, but it's a great addition. Thanks.
September 20, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Stupid, made up word. But, more excusable that "prolly", which I have seen used in print.
December 19, 2009 at 7:42 pm
The difference is that supposedly intelligent people use "efforting" in real language. "Prolly," on the other hand, is merely slang and is not used in business meetings as "efforting" often is.
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The ASU Sun Devils took on Stanford Cardinal in the third installment of the Pac-12 Championship Saturday night.
After keeping close with Stanford for most of the first half, ASU failed to score in the second half, losing in front of a national audience 38-14.
The Sun Devils reached the title game for their first time since the creation of the championship game two years ago.
Senior runningback Marion Grice sat out the game for the second straight week, allowing sophomore D.J. Foster to take over the main duties. Foster seized the opportunity, scoring twice on big plays of 51 yards and 65 yards.
Junior quarterback Taylor Kelly completed 17 of 25 passes for just 173 yards and one touchdown.
The high-octane offense that Sun Devil fans have become accustomed to seeing sputtered on the cold December night.
ASU was only able to muster up a total of 311 yards against a stout Stanford defense. The Cardinal never found trouble getting their offense going, using a balanced attack to gain more than 500 yards.
ASU dropped its first home game after going 7-0 during the regular season.
The win over ASU will send Stanford to its second consecutive Rose Bowl appearance.
The Sun Devils will now travel to San Diego for this year's Holiday Bowl against the Texas Tech Red Raiders on Dec. 30.
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Isn't it a pain when you have to open and close your CD drive when you already have a CD in it you want to use? There is a better way. All you do is create shortcuts to your drives in the quick launch toolbar.
First, double click the "My Computer" icon on your desktop to open it. Then click and drag each CD drive to the quick launch area on the taskbar. (If the quick launch is not displayed, right click the taskbar. In the menu that is displayed open the "Toolbars" pop-out and make sure "Quick Launch" is checked.)
After you have the shortcuts in the quick Launch area, right click them and select "Rename." Give each shortcut an appropriate name, for example, DVD, CD-ROM, CD-RW, etc.
Now if you have any CD in the drive its icon will be displayed for the shortcut and you can click the icon to either autorun, or listen to the music. Much easier than waiting for the drive to open and close again.
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There seems to be two extremes among viewers of this movie: you either
love it or you don't. I found myself torn between being incredibly
bored and incredibly turned off by Sandoval and his aimless friends who
seem to fill the day with bongs, booze, and absolute drivel. It's even
more aggravating to learn that Sandoval is a dead beat dad who chooses
all this over caring for his young son. If you hate these types of
people in the real world, there's no chance they're going to win your
respect here.
And they shouldn't. The movie was almost over when the point of all this finally starts to become clear. About the time when Sandoval and his equally braindead girlfriend run out of money and pack up with the expectations that they'll just hit the road and do whatever, only to return to where they started. These kids are naive to the point of being pathetic. Though the tagline says that the future is dependent upon it's youth, I'm not sure this was the best example of the critical flaws. This is more like worst case scenario.
Whether it was worthy of the accolades received at the SXSW screening, I think this probably won the hearts of pretentious hipsters that pack the festival.
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'Desert Son' seemed like a movie with an idea, but not much is there to
back it up. It was intended to be a thriller, I suppose, but the
audience is supposed to rely on much of what the filmmakers give,
without much explanation as to why. Everything just seems to happen.
The story begins with teenage Phillip being abandoned by his vindictive stepfather in the middle of the desert. Eventually, he's discovered by Lucy, a teenage runaway who shares an abandoned house with another runaway, Jack.
Even with unconvincing storytelling, this movie would have been far more tolerable had Jack not been the most annoying character in the history of film. Without explanation, he loathes the world, including at times, Lucy. Naturally, he's not very welcoming when Phillip shows up.
Still, having nowhere else to go Phillip is permitted to stay (very much to Jack's chagrin), permitting that he learns and helps in their methods for survival. And then somewhere along the way, Jack, as God's gift to humanity, goes on a sudden killing spree. Luckily, Lucy and Phillip are there by his side, yelling at him and not doing much else.
Great acting! Great story! Great movie! .... NOT.
D.O.P.E. focuses on the similar rise and falls of four first, second
and third generation skateboarders. Dennis Martinez and Bruce Logan
came from the generation of gymnast-styled skaters (think headstands
and 360 flatground spins) in the 1960s, a style that was ultimately
rendered obsolete once the legendary Dogtown skaters in the early to
mid 70s. The team included the rambunctious and talented Jay Adams,
among others. And in the 1980s, Christian Hosoi dominated as one of the
top vert skaters.
However, while each of these skaters found commercial success in doing what they loved, the dramatic ebbs of skateboarding's commercial excess forced those in skateboarding to realize their own mortality, which goes with the territory of "celebrity." Each of the former skaters in this very direct, cautionary documentary recounts their descent into heavy drug abuse which eventually landed them in prison. In Hosoi's case, this was something already documented in "Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi." Jay Adam's drug use, too, is to some extent already documented in Stacey Peralta's Z-boy documentary, which begs the question as to why the subject must continuously be revisited, especially when there a few incidents like these in recent pro skating (saying a lot about the drug cultures of the 70s and 80s).
Granted, this film is trying to make a point about the consequences of life in the fast lane. A lot of these pro skaters were very young when skateboarding started gaining commercial success, and were being turned into celebrities as soon as their early teens. There is a substantial amount of interview footage, though Martinez and Hosoi seem to be the most willing and most open about their past. It isn't really a film for skate fans as the documentary spends most of its time going into great detail about each of the skater's descent into addiction. It presents little about skateboarding itself, but instead focuses on the personalities, and gets a bit too overzealous.
What kind of impact this will have on the young viewers the filmmakers hope to reach (this being freely distributed to high schools) is unclear. Many are probably aware of Hosoi and Adams, and possibly Bruce Logan because of the continued existence of the Logan company. But, why Martinez is chosen is puzzling, especially when Dave Hacket and Jeff Grosso, both pro-skaters from Hosoi's era, fell into the same trap, but were not included. Chances are younger viewers would heed the lessons of their more recent idols.
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'Neon Maniacs' reminds me of Rick Sloans awful 80s horror movie,
'Hobgoblins'. The former is not quite as bad, and hence never really
popped up on any Worst Of Lists, but it is that kind of 1980s dubious
horror in that, despite the urgency of the situation (hideous monsters
who "live so that others may die"), the characters carry on like it's
just any other day. And this happens right from the start in 'Neon
Maniacs,' where the music and opening credits are more appropriate for
a sappy drama than something where a park massacre occurs not more than
five minutes into the movie.
The Neon Maniacs are these demonic creatures that look like a Mad Max rip off. Kind of post-apocalyptic, though it's not clear where they come from or whether there is any purpose for being there. Their idiosyncrasies sound like something out of 'Gremlins.' They don't like water. They only come out at night. They live under the Golden Gate Bridge. That's pretty much all anyone can tell about them.
Ditched by her oversexed friends in the park on her birthday, one teenager, Natalie, is lucky enough to narrowly survive the killing spree. Of course, the cops, who don't conduct any sort of crime scene investigation and are led by a detective who looks like a Jake and the Fat Man reject, and well, the rest of the neighborhood think that either the kids went missing or Natalie had something to with their death.
Meanwhile, the Neon Maniacs, forced to disappear into the night when the cops showed up and rescued Natalie that night, aren't about to accept a loss and call it a day, they take pride in their undefeated record! So they follow her around the streets of San Francisco, which definitely ruins at least one date, but thankfully puts a halt on a pretty cheesy school dance (yeah, they even find time to do normal teenage stuff!).
Enter the pseudo-heroic shy, fashion-victim soft-rocking boyfriend and a horror movie fan that is the only one who really investigates what is going on (Natalie spends a lot of time by the swimming pool when she's not going ga-ga for the boyfriend), and someone finally realizes that, oh yeah, there's these things and they're wreaking havoc on our city. Of course, even this is fleeting and it looked like Neon Maniacs might have been left open for a sequel. Luckily, that never happened since there were already enough bad 80s horror movies by 1986.
Regardless of the filmmakers never having explained the origin or purpose of the band of villains they call Neon Maniacs, nor even that the movie operates on the nauseatingly unoriginal plot of their teenage prey left to their own vices to figure out how to stop them. Even with these, a horror movie, even a dated one like this, can be entertaining. But when you combine it with the fact that half the time, it doesn't seem like anyone's reacting like their are psychotic weapon welding monsters running around the neighborhood, there's no reason to care about what goes on on-screen. It would've been perfect material for an MST3K episode.
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It may be an obvious disclaimer, but don't expect much from this
kidnapper caper. There's plenty to make this an unconvincing story, but
I'm sure that viewers will mostly be interested in its nostalgic
factor, particularly since it's young stars include pre-fame Stephen
Dorff and 80s mischief comedy regular, Ami Dolenz. Dorff plays Fraser,
a smart, shy teen who is smitten with the untouchable bubbly blonde
cheerleader, Ginny Grafton. Of course, he goes to great lengths to play
hero when she is kidnapped by two bumbling drug dealers when Ginny and
her obnoxious jock boyfriend (Danny Nucci) inadvertently interfere in
the deal. A young, rugged looking Michael Dudikoff plays Mac, who was
on the receiving end of this failed drug deal and is blackmailed by
Fraser, who happened to be hiding in the trees waiting to photograph
his dreamgirl skinny dipping at the lake, but instead, caught Mac, the
kidnappers, and Ginny on film instead.
Fraser blackmails Mac into helping him rescuing Ginny, but the film breaks from the thrills of the chase with incessant father-figure bonding between Fraser and misunderstood Mac as well as Fraser's hopeless quest (a little late in his years) to get a girl to like him. In particular, Ginny - who seems caught up in her own world to even give much care to the fact that she's been held for ransom by Rowdy (Peter Deluise) and Kurt (William Lucking). Fraser's sensitivity seems to overtake much of the film, and aside from a few humorous moments between the dufus kidnapping duo, the rest of the movie becomes irritating, so concentrated on Fraser's desperation.
If they had a written a decent story and stuck to the whole caper aspect of the movie, this might've been a pretty decent (though likely still obscure) story.
Dylan Moran plays one of the greatest sitcom characters Bernard Black -
an unkempt irritable chain-smoking-and-drinking bibliophile who owns
Black Books, a bookstore. He takes the same approach to the value of
books and despise for superficial customer desires as Jasper Fforde
does in his novels about literary detectives. Bernard's constant
companionship is, on the one hand, flat mate and coworker Manny (Bill
Bailey). Lovable and slightly oafish, he is Bernard's polar opposite.
And among them both, is neutral Fran (Tasmin Greig). It's a rather
ordinary setting with not so glamorous characters who all seem to share
some kind of amusing social awkwardness.
Consumers of American television should break from the confines of poorly written sitcoms to indulge the refreshingly situational Brit-coms. Among the best of them are 'The Mighty Boosh,' 'Garth Merenghi's Darkplace' and this -- 'Black Books.' Running only three seasons, it had the unique quality of hitting it's prime at the start of the first episode before somewhat running out of situational humor by the final six episodes. The dialog is its shining quality, and perhaps the best of it were those episodes co-written by Dylan Moran and Graham Lineham.
If Thrasher Magazine's Hall of Meat were videotaped incidents instead
of stationary pictures of the aftermath, they'd be... well, they'd be
viral video on the Internet, which is where Mtv seems to get much of
it's material for the latest in morbid entertainment (and probably a
good lesson in ways of taking care of yourself when on a board, bike or
The show is fairly standard MTV material - it starts out with a pretty stern disclaimer followed by the "extreme" montage opening credits, full of nasty falls and hook scream-core. Jacoby Shaddix (of Papa Roach) is your typical loud, animated all-American host in stereotypical garb and body decoration (including eye makeup!) and serves up plenty of fodder for the numerous spoofs on the show that now circulate the Internet. He tends to be the more annoying element of the show, but if you have the stomach (or are prepared to get desensitized) for a lot of the cringe-worthy snap, crackling and popping of body parts upon impact many a young athlete (if you formally define all of these activities as sports) face at some point, it can be entertaining.
It's MTV playing the cheap in order to add another show to its list of music-less fare, and entertaining as it may be, the twenty or so episodes (as of this writing) add very little variation.The setup is usually the same - five people are selected each week to recreate their harrowing events of utter pain, usually something that comes after telling how long they've been doing that sport, what they were doing that day, and then the mess that followed the third or fourth decent attempt of a trick. It's usually followed by pictures of emergency-room side shredded faces or X-rays of hardware in bones followed by at least 10 replays of the fall.
It's better taken in moderation, and not just because some of those disgusting body kinks caught on tape are sometimes too horrific to watch on the first try.
At age 13, skateboarder Ryan Sheckler was a novelty when he beat Eric Koston on the street course at X-Games. But at age 18, he's a just another painfully dull teenage celebrity. The relationship with his parents appears to exist purely as business deals and his friends look like a carefully selected entourage of trust fund babies. Skateboarding, in fact, has become an aside. Assuring audiences that he's trying to live life as the normal teenager despite circumstances (a stupid comment to make once releases are signed to allow the superficial voyeurism to begin with), Life of Ryan is your typically scripted "unscripted" Reality-TV show where otherwise idiotic teenage drama is milked for all its worth. Even Ryan's friends (including fellow skateboarders) look increasingly bored of the nauseating discussion of girlfriends and divorce. It's all Ryan all the time.
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Screenwriter Larry Kreton adapts Fresh Horses, originally a play, for
the big screen. Perhaps it was the desire to recreate something via
casting decisions with the Pretty in Pink duo, McCarthy and Ringwald
re-teaming for similar roles, or just in the failure of this particular
play to translate so neatly to film, but something was missing that
makes Fresh Horses instantly forgettable.
McCarthy never seems to offer much emotion, even in the roles intended to be more romantic. He's just the inert character with some pre-determined purpose that has to be filled for two hours or so. Here, he plays Matt Larkin, the college preppy who breaks off his engagement when he falls for the mostly unsympathetic Jewel (Ringwald, written to be an almost complete dimwit), a girl who is essentially his opposite and fits the "broken home" stereotype that he feels obliged to rescue. Of course, despite urgings from his best friend Tipton (Ben Stiller in a role probably better suited for Paul Rieser) to quit playing it safe all the time and live a little, his friends are suspicious of Matt's new love interest.
The movie might disappoint those looking for something similar to McCarthy and Ringwald's previous romantic pairing in Pretty in Pink, since there is so little sincerity and direction. And, neither of the leads are particularly likable - from beginning to end, Matt can't seem to decide for himself what he wants or has the guts to act on it; and Ringwald's character, too, is at times so ignorant and so shady. It doesn't exactly make for a particularly interesting love story.
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Based on Issac Assimov's science fiction tale, The Android Affair is
the story of a state-of-the-art medical teaching facility where
surgeons learn to perfect their craft by practicing on androids. One
surgeon is assigned to an android (Griffin Dunne) with a heart problem.
But the android, more interested in the world beyond the testing
facility, convinces the surgeon to help him escape so that, at least
for a day, he can see the world outside.
So it kind of starts out like the typical story of the Android who wants to explore human feelings and emotions, and exhibits at least some capability of doing so. But the remainder of the movie is a fairly ridiculous cat-and-mouse thriller where the head of the medical school (Ossie Davis)sends his goons to track down the surgeon and android when he learns of their escape. As the surgeon will soon learn, the android is much more than just a life-like robot with a heart problem. The second half of the movie, where the bulk of the action occurs, becomes fairly ridiculous mostly because the action feels pretty unbelievable and the dialog gets fairly sappy. But for a cheap, c-grade science fiction production, it isn't the worst thing that's ever been made.
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Nameberry guest blogger Andrea, whom many of you may know for her intelligent and thoughtful advice on our message boards, and who most recently blogged for us on royal baby names, now focuses her attention closer to home, with this report on naming trends in the midwest.
On a recent Saturday somewhere in North Dakota, an athletic field was filled with fledgling 4-year-old soccer players, learning how to kick the ball and congratulate teammates when they did (or didn't) make a goal. Behind them were their proud parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and volunteer coaches, all hollering at once:
"Maddox, where's your soccer ball?" "Yay, Logan. Yay, Logan!" "Hustle, Camden, hustle!" "Chloe, take a time out." "Go, Ethan!" After awhile the hard "C's" and "an" ending names started to blend together. I could imagine next year's preschool or kindergarten teacher mixing some of them up the way their soccer coach occasionally did.
Feeling that geographical names have become kind of ho-hum? It's true that many people have tired of Paris and some of the over-visited names from the American West like Cheyenne, Sierra, Dakota and Dallas. But that's no reason to write off the whole category—we can renew our passports and look a bit farther afield for some fresher, more interesting and exotic choices from the global atlas.
AILSA — Ailsa Craig is the name of a rocky island off Scotland, and Ailsa has long been used as a Christian name–as all of us namberryites well know
ÁLORA— A picturesque Spanish town near Malága, overlooking citrus orchards and olive groves
ANDORRA — A small country located in the Pyranees—could work as an updated Andrea
CORTINA—Cortina d'Ampezzo is one of the most famous and beautiful ski resorts in Italy; a more feminine namesake for Courtney?
ELANORA –This name of an Australian suburb is used as a girls' name in that country
ELBA—The Italian island best known as the site of Napoleon's exile; possible update of Ella?
GENOA –Picturesque birthplace of Christopher Columbus, native version is GENOVA; a possible newer path to the Gen nickname
IBIZA (ih-BEETH-a)—Another interesting island name, though a little bit lispy
ISCHIA (IS-key-a)—An Isla-like Italian island name
JAVA — This Indonesian island name was recently used by Lost hunk Josh Holloway for his daughter
LILLE — (LEELE) –We've seen the growing popularity of double-L names, now here's a French city with three of them
LIXA –An old Portuguese city with a modern-sounding name
LULEÅ — A city on the northern coast of Sweden; birthplace of the founder of the Nordstrom department store chain
LUCERNE –A Swiss canton and lake name, with the possibility of a Lucy nickname
LUZA – A Russian town on the Luza river—but too much like loser?
We recently looked at girls' names popular around the world yet exotic-sounding in the U.S. and other English-speaking countries, and today we turn to the boys' version of this kind of name.
If you're looking for a name for your son that has an international flavor yet is not too obscure or difficult to understand and pronounce, you might want to consider these choices.
ALESSANDRO – A top name in Italy, makes Alexander both softer and sexier to the American ear.
ALEXEI – Russian spin on Alex or Alexander popular there, pronounced Alex-ay or (less popular) Alex-ee. Down side: Its similarity to the very popular girls' name Alexa.
It's a curious thing that, even when people prefer quirky or unusual names, they often prefer the same quirky or unusual names. Why is Clementine such a darling, for instance, while brother name Clement languishes? Why are Nora, Cora, and even Florence hot, while the equally lovely Flora is ignored?
In the nameberry spirit of promoting great unusual, underrated, unappreciated names, we bring you the latest in a series of names nobody's using…..but should be.
CAIO – Variation of an ancient Latin name that means "rejoice", Caio – pronounced not kay-oh or chow but kye-oh – takes the trendy Kai one step further. Contemporary artist Caio Fonseca is a noted bearer.
CALANDRA – One of the Cal– family of Greek girls' names popularized by Calista Flockhart, Calandra means "lark" and has a formal, elegant feel.
COLETTE – The new movie Cheri with Michelle Pfeiffer may at least bring this name of the scandalous French writer back into contemporary consciousness. Out of the Top 1000 for more than two decades, Colette is derived from Nicholas.
When we think of Scandinavian names, what usually comes to mind are the familiar and accessible ones that have been imported from Norway, Denmark and Sweden, like Eric and Ingrid and Lars and Dagmar. But Finnish names, while still Scandinavian, are a world unto themselves, loaded with double vowels (and sometimes consonants) and tricky accents and pronunciations. Yet though this nomenclature includes clunkers like Hongatar and Kiputytto, there are many others that have a unique and quirky charm all their own. I remember that when we were researching the foreign variations of names for The Baby Name Bible, I always kind of looked forward to seeing what the Finnish take would be on a classic–like Viljo for William, Maiju for Mary.
One reason for the sparse representation of Finnish names here is the small number of Finnish-Americans in the US. There are currently about 700,000 people of that ethnicity, which is only 0.2% of the population. Nor have many celebrities publicized Finnish names–there has never been a Finnish movie star equivalent of Ingrid Bergman, for example–the only Finnish names people might recognize are Esa-Pekka Salonen, the contemporary classical conductor, or perhaps father-and-son architects Eliel and Eero Saarinen.
Another element that sets these names apart comes from the fact that the Finnish language is very different from that of the other Scandinavian countries, with their Norse roots; Finnish has more in common with Hungarian, Estonian, Turkish and the languages spoken in the Asian part of Russia. But–for you vowel lovers– double vowels are its most distinctive feature. Pronunciation can be a little tricky, but here are some simple rules: A is pronounced as in arm, E as in egg, I as in it, O as in on, U as in pull, J=Y, and W=V.
So, while the current most popular names in Finland are quite international in flavor–Maria, Olivia, Sofia, Amanda, Matilda, and Julia are all in the Top 10–here are some more traiditional choices that would be usable but still highly distinctive here:
EEVA (EH-vuh)
LILJA (LEEL-yah)
MAIJA (MIGH-yah)
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Aria award-winning singer Alex Lloyd has recently become a father but don't expect him to write a song about it.
Lloyd's wife Amelia gave birth to baby Jake three weeks ago and the 27-year-old artist has been taking time to adjust to fatherhood.
"It is awesome, like nothing I have ever felt before at the risk of sounding like a cliche," Lloyd said.
"It is not all about me anymore which is nice. It is all about him really."
Lloyd's third album, Distant Light, was released in September last year, reaching gold status in its first week.
The latest single from the album, Beautiful, will be released nationally on April 5.
The album was two years in the making and comes on the back of the hugely successful album Watching Angels Mend, which has now gone triple platinum.
Despite Lloyd's obvious excitement at becoming a father, fans shouldn't expect him to write songs about it.
"I am not one to go: all
right this is my first child and I am going to write a song about it," Lloyd
"I just don't do that."
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PITTSFORD, N.Y. – Se Ri Pak noticed the looks after playing a practice round Monday.
"A couple other players, a couple of caddies they were looking at me like, 'What are you doing here?'" the LPGA Hall of Famer said.
Indeed, Pak's presence at the Wegmans LPGA Championship just six weeks after suffering a torn labrum in her left shoulder stunned many. "I don't even expect that I'd (return) this quick," the 34-year-old native of South Korea admitted.
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So imagine everyone's surprise to find Pak's name near the top of the leaderboard at Locust Hill Country Club after Thursday's first round of the year's second major. Pak hit 14 of 18 greens in regulation and shot a 2-under-par 70, which is one shot off the lead.
"Low expectations helps a lot," Pak said before flashing the smile American golf fans first saw in 1998.
That's when she came out of relative nowhere as a 20-year-old to win the McDonald's LPGA Championship and U.S. Open at Blackwolf Run in Kohler, Wis., where the Open returns this July 5-8. After her April 24 fall down some stairs forced her to withdraw from the Mobile Bay Classic in Alabama, an MRI revealed the labrum tear. Making it back in time for the Open was Pak's initial hope.
But the early diagnosis among doctors on whether she needed surgery was like trying to read a putt on a tough green. It was unclear.
"The worst news for me was they talk about the surgery; the best news was I don't have to (have it)," Pak said.
The woman who started the golfing boom in South Korea rested for a couple weeks, did rehabilitation exercises and just two weeks ago started taking full swings again. She isn't wearing a brace but does have her shoulder taped. She iced her left elbow after Thursday's round. She gets some residual soreness in it but says her swings are pain-free.
"I don't feel any, but still you're kind of careful," Pak said.
Going down to dig out a shot in the thick rough could be troublesome, but Pak missed six fairways Thursday and still made only two bogeys, on Nos. 3 and 6. After that, it was all pars and birdies, including a string of three birdies on Nos. 10-12.
A winner of 25 LPGA events, the last coming two years ago, she has captured the LPGA Championship three times (1998, 2002 and 2006). In 2007 at age 29, Pak became the youngest woman inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame.
She has four top-10s in Rochester, the highest being a third, but those all came between 1999 and 2003. She hasn't fared well at Locust Hill lately.
"I know the golf course pretty well, but it doesn't make it easier," Pak said.
Still, she's happy to be back. "I wasn't sure when I could come back. For me, it's very lucky and exciting," she said.
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How to Fill Out Your NCAA Bracket, According to Ken MasseyBy
The NCAA basketball tournament brackets are set: Florida, Arizona, Wichita State, and Virginia were awarded the four regional top seeds. Let the office pools commence! For help, we sought advice from Ken Massey, one of the foremost minds in quantitative sports analysis. A math professor at Carson-Newman College in Tennessee, his Massey Ratings have been around since the 1990s—the Bowl Championship Series has incorporated his college football ratings since 1999. His rating system focuses on who beat whom, when the game was played, and where. It has a strength-of-schedule element that Massey claims is "better than RPI." Using the same math he used in football, Massey has expanded his approach from football to other sports, including college hoops.
Massey's algorithm doesn't use detailed sport-specific box-score analysis that somebody like Ken Pomeroy might. All those details roll up into the final result, he says. The effect of who wins is all that matters, and his rating system follows that logic. A team that wins two games by 3 points each is rated higher than a team that wins one game by 20 and loses the next by 1.
Margin of victory is secondary, he says. It also has diminishing returns. The difference between a 30-point win and a 20-point win has less value than the difference between a 12-point win and a 2-point win. "Wichita State has dominated this year," he says, because of its huge margins of victory while going undefeated, despite playing an easy schedule.
Here's the bad news. Massey's work suggests that no matter how much extra data people add to their models, the probabilistic forecasts reach a ceiling in their ability to accurately predict games. Historically, favorites win about 70 percent of the time, and that's about as high as anybody is going to reliably get. Extra details about the game's statistics are only marginally helpful in predicting outcomes. Massey believes these details would have more importance to coaches and teams, who could use the additional data to help their in-game strategy—but it wouldn't do much for regular people trying to win a bracket pool.
Specifically for 2014, his ratings (through games as of March 15) made Arizona the favorite, with a 14.5 percent chance to win the title. That's not very good: The top team typically has a 22 percent to 25 percent chance to win it all. Some years, favorites have had chances higher than 30 percent. Having a top team in the mid-teens will only make it harder to fill out a winning bracket: Even the favorite is kind of a long shot.
Massey believes his ratings alone can help you do pretty well in a typical pool. In order to win the pool, you're going to have to take chances. Two teams stand out in particular: Oregon, which is seeded seventh in the West Region, started strong this year and then faltered. If the Ducks can "right their ship," Massey says, they're poised to make a deep run. He also likes Virginia Commonwealth, a No. 5 seed in the South Region. The Rams reached the Final Four three years ago, and his data suggest they have a shot again this year.


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