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Wednesday featured some big games for teams on the NCAA tournament bubble. Who did well? Who suffered bad losses? USA TODAY will fill you in.
South Florida: Did the Bulls just punch their ticket to the NCAA tourney? Quite possibly, after a great road win at Louisville. It's USF's second Top 50 win, and it's a road one, too. It's hard to see the Bulls missing the field with a 12-5 record in Big East play.
Cincinnati: The Bearcats dominated pretty much from start to finish, beating No. 7 Marquette handily at home. That's Cincy's sixth Top 50 win, and despite a very, very weak non-conference strength of schedule, good wins might be enough to get the Bearcats into the field.
Colorado State: Huge win over UNLV. The Rams are comfortably in the field right now, and that means the Mountain West is looking like a four-bid league. Who saw that coming?
Southern Miss: The Golden Eagles improved to 10-4 in Conference USA after their win over Southern Methodist. Southern Miss is in pretty good shape to begin with, but it couldn't have afforded a loss here.
Alabama: It was close and it wasn't easy, but most importantly it wasn't a loss. The Crimson Tide beat Auburn at home. A win's a win, and Alabama is still in good shape for an at-large bid.
Mississippi State: The Bulldogs finally broke their losing streak. It took awhile -- overtime, in fact -- but Mississippi State beat South Carolina. It's all about staying alive when you're on the bubble. And avoiding bad losses.
Texas: Wednesday's win over Oklahoma was big because the Longhorns couldn't afford a loss. Game at Kansas on Saturday is huge.
NC State: Wednesday's game vs. Miami (Fla.) was a must-win. No other chances to boost the resume until ACC tourney.
Saint Joseph's: The Hawks loss to St. Bonaventure Wednesday night. This might have been the final straw for Saint Joseph's bubble hopes.
Dayton: The Flyers fell to Richmond, moving them farther and farther away from the field. They were already approaching long-shot status, and this pushes Dayton one step closer to falling off the bubble completely.
Iowa State: The Cyclones kept it fairly close all night against No. 8 Missouri, but the Tigers pulled out the win. Iowa State is in pretty good shape, but a win Wednesday could have moved the Cyclones to a "lock" to make the field in the next USA TODAY Bubble Tracker.
Northwestern: You've got to feel for the Wildcats after yet another heartbreaking loss. They tied it up with about seven seconds left and watched Jared Sullinger win the game for Ohio State. Yet another marquee win slipped through Northwestern's fingers. The good news is the bubble is weak enough that the Wildcats may have opportunities to rebound. Win at Iowa and win at least a game in the Big Ten tourney ... might that be enough to get Northwestern in? We'll see.
Miami (Fla.): The Hurricanes are inconsistent (like many bubble teams). They got the big win over Florida State, and now they suffer the loss to fellow bubble team NC State. Good thing is ... a lot of bubble teams have been losing lately, and this may not damage Miami's chances beyond repair.
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8 Months After Rhinoplasty Still Think of It As WORTH IT.
I have had closed rhinoplasty for a deviated septum and the removal of a hump, 8 months ago.I have had the surgery in Romania.I did it because I couldn't breath on my nose and also for cosmetic purposes. In my opinion it was worth it.Pros: it boosts the self esteem.Cons: the nose has to be treated carefully: no sun exposure, attention to avoid minor accidents such as small hits. Moreover, if... READ MORE
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Which Area of my Cheeks Should Be Filled?
My cheeks look puffy when I smile, but they lack firmness when I don't. It seems like they would need a augmentation but I am not sure about which area. I am considering fat... READ MORE
Sagging After Cheek Augmentation by Fat Grafting?
Cheek augmentation using fat grafting. Long term risk for cheek sagging? Supposing one has fat grafting for cheek augmentation. If and when the fat is absorbed by the body,... READ MORE
Facial Muscle Exercise After Rhinoplasty?
I have had Rhinoplasty eight months ago for deviated septum and removal of a hump. Could facial muscle exercise such as smiling or "lifting" the cheek muscles hurt... READ MORE
How Can Sebaceous Bumps Under Skin Be Removed?
I had nodular acne three years ago. After treatment with Accutane and a follow up treatment with Retin-A, my acne is now under control. However, under my skin there are what I... READ MORE
Middle Vault Collapse After Rhinoplasty
I have had Rhinoplasty eight months ago for deviated septum and removal of a hump. Is a closed Rhinoplasty more prone to middle vault collapse than an open Rhinoplasty? I am... READ MORE
What Happens when One Bumps the Nose After Rhinoplasty?
What happens if you sometimes bump your nose, especially after Rhinoplasty? And why is it that after someone gets hit in the nose, the structure changes, looking more swollen... READ MORE
Can Retin-A Give a Facelift Effect if Used Long Term?
Does Retin-A have a Facelift effect if used long term? Does Retin-A improve skin collagen production? READ MORE
Retin-A Effectiveness Differ by Brands?
Are there any brands of Retin-A better than others with regard to the effectiveness? READ MORE
Will Ice Compromise Periosteal Remodeling of the Nose?
Does ice prevent periosteal remodeling after a bump in the nose? Is applying ice or a cold pack to the nose dangerous in any way to the nasal bone and cartilage? READ MORE
Getting Dental Crowns While on Retainers?
After orthodontic treatment, I am now wearing Essix retainers. I have to get Dental crowns for two of my molars.I am stressed about not being able to wear my retainer, because... READ MORE
Is Lip Augmentation the Procedure to Broaden Lips?
What type of procedure is needed to have more of the "red" portion of the lip be exposed? READ MORE
Exercising After Rhinoplasty?
Can I exercise after rhinoplasty? By this I mean heavy weightlifting, intensive training and protein intake. READ MORE
Bumpy Car Ride After Rhinoplasty?
I live in an area where the road is bad and bumpy. How will a car ride on a bumpy ride affect the nose after Rhinoplasty? Should I apply ice after a ride like that? READ MORE
What Would Happen to Retainers Accidentally Washed in Hot Water?
What is there to be done after accidentally washing the Essix retainer in hot water? Does the plastic distort even in a rather short moment under hot water and should the... READ MORE
Rigid Nasal Endoscopy After a Rhinoplasty
My ENT scheduled me for a rigid nasal endoscopy. How risky is this considering I have undergone rhinoplasty? Will it affect the shape of my nose (the cartilage) or hurt the... READ MORE
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Queen Elizabeth will see her income rise by five per cent next year after the Crown Estate, a vast property empire from which she draws her funds, reported record profits.
The Sovereign Grant, which pays for the queen's official duties and upkeep of royal properties, will rise from STG36.1 million ($A59.98 million) this year to STG37.9 million in 2014.
Under a new funding arrangement agreed in 2011, the grant is set at 15 per cent of the profits of the estate from two years previously. The rest of the profits go into the public coffers.
Comprising London's famous Regent Street and Windsor Park among its properties, as well as almost the entire seabed around Britain, the estate is now worth more than STG8 billion.
It announced record profits of STG252.6 million in the financial year to March 2013, up from STG240.2 million in the previous year.
Crown Estate chairman Stuart Hampson said: "We are proud that another record Crown Estate performance will again make a strong contribution to the nation's finances."
The Sovereign Grant was introduced by Prime Minister David Cameron's government to replace the civil list and separate funds for royal travel and upkeep of palaces.
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New Affordable Care Act reporting requirements
If you provide or offer health insurance benefits to your employees, you could be subject to new reporting requirements. Read More
Employers complying with ACA mandate
But firms are cutting hours to part time and passing on more health care costs to employees.
(As seen on WZZM TV 13) A survey of local employers revealed they are not choosing fines over providing health care to employees under the Affordable Care Act, but whether that continues remains to be seen. Read More
IRS extends filing date for employers' ACA forms
The holiday season is a notoriously hectic time of year. So when the IRS extended its deadline to submit some Affordable Care Act forms in the last week of December, it seemed the government agency had gifted employers the one thing no one has enough of — time. Read More
Five years of frustration
Local businesses get help with Affordable Care Act regulations.
America is now five years into the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as the Affordable Care Act. Read More
Appeals court upholds ruling on contraception mandate
An appeals court has upheld a lower court's order halting a federal mandate requiring two Christian colleges in Michigan and Iowa to provide insurance coverage for certain contraceptives. Read More
ACA exchanges face Supreme Court scrutiny
There's a lot of buzz surrounding the Affordable Care Act and the impending U.S. Supreme Court decision in King v. Burwell. Read More
Small employer survey measures ACA impact
Many small firms say they plan to stop offering health insurance by 2016.
A number of small business employers in West and Southwest Michigan are looking at discontinuing their health insurance plans, as alternative options for employees and premiums for firms increase. Read More
ACA's 'pay or play' rules coming soon
Employers could face two separate financial penalties.
After a one-year delay, the Affordable Care Act's "pay or play" rules are about to take effect. Read More
Health care evolution: A new era of taxes
As the evolution of the new era of health care continues, it's critical for us to evaluate the complexity of these new laws from a variety of tax perspectives: the insurance industry, small business, health care providers, employers and, of course, the consumer. Read More
Closely held corporations win religious freedom
Supreme Court rules companies can decide issuance of birth control.
The United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of Hobby Lobby two weeks ago in the contraception coverage case, Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, saying that closely held companies have religious freedom. Read More


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In the fall of 1995, Sue and Jerry Schlichter founded a program that now has been known to reach more than 1,000 children in the St. Louis Public School District. In an effort to enrich the lives of children in the city's most challenged neighborhoods, the two began pairing community volunteers with kindergarten students at four St. Louis elementary schools, officially beginning Mentor St. Louis. That first year, they managed to connect more than 250 mentors with 320 kindergarten students, and the numbers have only continued to grow.
"We believe every young child deserves a chance to have a guide, a friend and a mentor," says Mentor St. Louis executive director Keith Antone Willis Sr. "We have two goals: to educate and to inspire St. Louis public school children." The literacy-based program now reaches children in kindergarten through sixth grade, touching on a different theme each month, such as the contributions of African-Americans, careers, diversity and different cultures. Grade-by-grade curriculum guides are provided to help with the mentoring. The children read a book and complete an exercise in accordance with the monthly theme and then, in a typical one-hour meeting, the program uses fun and functional props, like hats and bracelets, to help with discussions.
The goal of the program is to create one-on-one pairings, but some mentors work with two students. With permission from the students' parents, mentors can do more than attend the one-hour sessions, such as taking their students on field trips. The program, in turn, encourages four monthly contacts. "This is what makes our program so special, the fact that the children have someone who genuinely cares about them, it's just a safe haven," Willis says. "And the mentors expose their mentee to a whole other world." One former participant, now in the 10th grade, wrote an award-winning essay about her mentor taking her to the synagogue and the Saint Louis Science Center. "What a powerful story," he says. Those are the kind of relationships we're talking about."
Willis says Mentor St. Louis ranks together in quality with the largest school-based volunteer groups in the St. Louis Public School District. "And we have a very diverse program. Our dedicated volunteers hail from West County, Illinois and the city and include all different cultures, religions and ages. I just sat with two sisters who have been with the program 10 years," Willis recalls. "Their brother, also a mentor, died last year, but the sisters keep coming. They mentor in the same school they attended back in 1945." And, he notes, the program not only benefits the children, but the volunteers as well. "People really enjoy mentoring students, they get something out of it."
The program has succeeded in keeping its doors open for 13 years, relying solely on grants, foundation awards and private donations. "We're a stand-alone organization. We don't have any sister organizations or funding from the United Way or Lutheran Family Services," says Willis. "We raise all of our own money through events and through the kindness of people who believe in the program." Support from the community was felt during Mentor St. Louis' endowment challenge, when an anonymous donor matched $300,000 of the $350,000 it raised.
There are just six staff members who manage more than 600 volunteers and 700 students. "We refer to ourselves as 'the little engine that could,'" Willis says. "We do a lot as a small organization. In 1996, First Lady Hillary Clinton endorsed the program as one of the best in the country for improving academic achievement."
Today, Mentor St. Louis faces two challenges: raising enough money for its ongoing enrichment programs and keeping and increasing its pool of mentors. Four hundred students are on the waiting list for a mentor, and Willis would like to see them paired with caring adults. "If we matched a mentor with every child in just the eight schools we serve, we would have 1,500 mentors," Willis calculates. "I think one of our biggest challenges is getting the word out that there is a need and this is a great program."
Willis envisages eventually having the mentoring program in every St. Louis public school. "That would be incredible. We'd have to grow the staff, and get funding to do that, but as we build the infrastructure, I really would like to see that happen," he says. "I also would love to track the students who graduate from the program, to see what kind of life they made for themselves." It's easy to conclude that their lives will be richer, thanks to the mighty efforts of the Schlichters and Mentor St. Louis.


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Villa World Limited, formerly GEO Property Group, has a new ASX code of VLW on the exchange. The group incorrectly stated last Friday it would change its ASX code to VWL. The new code took effect yesterday. Ruth Liew
The high profile mayor of Ipswich City Council,
Thomas Cook Group, Europe's second-largest tour operator, plans to sell more than £200 million ($323 million) of assets after cutting its full-year profit forecast on July 12, The Sunday Times reported. The company will seek buyers for its real estate assets, including some hotels and a European office, and its stake in National Air Traffic Services, the newspaper said without citing anyone.
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Cleveland Falls 5-3 Against Detroit - Game Recap
Detroit got 6 2/3 innings of work from Anibal Sanchez en route to a 5-3 victory over Cleveland on Saturday at Progressive Field.
Detroit won as a -131 favorite, while Over-Under bettors who played UNDER the total of 8.5 were rewarded at the payout window.
Detroit got 6 2/3 innings from Anibal Sanchez, who gave up 2 earned runs on 3 hits, while striking out 7. He earned the victory, while the Tigers got 2 RBIs from Alex Avila in the win.
Cleveland got a 4 2/3-inning outing from Justin Masterson in the loss. He gave up 2 earned runs, 4 walks and 6 hits in his time on the mound, while Asdrubal Cabrera had 1 hit in the loss for the Indians.
The battle of the bats favored Detroit as they had 8 hits, while Cleveland only had 5.
Jose Valverde pitched the final 1 inning for the save. He struck out 1 and allowed 0 hits in his outing.


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Third-cheapest 2014 truck: Ram 1500 Regular Cab Tradesman 4x2
Redesigned in 2013, the Ram 1500 is Edmunds' No. 1 pick this year among full-sized pickup trucks.
Clarke says the model offers top-notch ride quality, while "everything looks and feels very new and current."
"The Ram 1500's cabin is very quiet and refined," he says. "There was time when you had to settle for a rough and unrefined ride if you bought a truck, but that's no longer the case."
Base Ram 1500s come standard with a 305-horsepower V-6 engine, rear-wheel drive and an automatic transmission that produce a good 17 mpg/city and 25 mpg/highway in fuel efficiency.
Second-cheapest 2014 truck: Toyota Tacoma Regular Cab 4x2
This popular midsized truck has far less bed space and engine power than its larger rivals, but boasts a smaller price tag and longer list of standard amenities.
For instance, the entry-level Tacoma comes standard with a four-speaker stereo, a CD player, touchscreen controls, a Bluetooth system and iPod/USB connectivity -- items that often cost extra on competing trucks.
And while base Tacomas have just manual transmission and a 159-horsepower four-cylinder engine -- puny by truck standards -- the model does offer an impressive 21 mpg/city and 25 mpg/highway.
"The Tacoma is big enough to offer a great deal of utility, but small enough so it doesn't feel unwieldy on the road or in the parking lot," Clarke says.
Cheapest 2014 truck: Nissan Frontier S King Cab 4x2
Like the Toyota Tacoma, the Nissan Frontier is a popular midsized truck that has a smaller size -- but tinier sticker price -- than what a full-sized pickup offers.
"The Frontier is another strong pick that's enjoyable to drive and has a cabin that's a really pleasant place to be," Clarke says.
He adds that the model offers surprisingly good off-road abilities despite the fact that base Frontiers come with manual transmission and just a 152-horsepower four-cylinder engine. Entry-level models also include few amenities, lacking even air conditioning and a stereo unless you add an optional Preferred Package (list price: $1,200).
On the plus side, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rates the base Frontier's fuel efficiency at a solid 19 mpg/city and 23 mpg/highway.


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The SEC is used to having to replace a high percentage of its best players who make the move to the next level. However, this offseason could see the conference facing its biggest test yet in terms of replacing departed stars.
Only four of the 27 players who made the 2013 ESPN.com All-SEC team are returning to their collegiate programs in 2014. Nine left due to declaring early for the NFL draft and 14 became eligible for the draft due to finishing their senior season.
This tremendous amount of personnel departures means there will be a lot of room for players to move from "undercard" status to SEC "main event" status in 2014. The good news for the conference is there is a slew of candidates who the metrics and game tape indicate are more than capable of making the jump from part-time players to All-SEC team contributors.
Here are 10 of the leading contenders to be future SEC stars.
Corey Grant, RB, Auburn Tigers
2013 highlight play: 90-yard kickoff return for a touchdown versus Tennessee
Grant's open-field abilities were quite evident on the touchdown kickoff return against the Volunteers, and they led to his racking up a ridiculously high 12.5-yard mark in the good blocking yards per attempt (GBYPA) metric. This statistic gauges how productive a ball carrier is when given good blocking (which is very roughly defined as when the offense doesn't allow the defense to disrupt a rushing attempt) and the typical bar for top-flight production is in the 9- to 10-yard range.
Grant may end up splitting time with Cameron Artis-Payne and possibly Racean Thomas (the 28th-ranked player on the ESPN 300 list), but Gus Malzahn's extraordinarily creative play calling should assure he can make the most of his elite talent, no matter what the workload distribution is.
Kenyan Drake, RB, Alabama Crimson Tide
2013 highlight play: 50-yard touchdown run versus Ole Miss
Drake's explosive burst helped him to rank second in the conference in yards per rush last season (7.54) and finish first among running backs in percentage of rush plays that gained 5 or more yards (56.5 percent). These skills were especially evident in the highlight play against Ole Miss when he made a jump cut to make a linebacker miss, sped right past the box safety closing in for a tackle at the second level and then destroyed the free safety's angle of pursuit downfield.


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Fatalities involving motorcyclists in 2008 continued to increase for the eleventh year in a row. At the same time, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is reporting that overall traffic fatalities in 2008 reached their lowest level since 1961, and that the fatality rate per 100 million vehicle miles traveled continues to drop every year. Government and industry are serious about confronting these conflicting trends, and are laying the foundation to improve motorcycle safety with the help of the UNC Highway Safety Research Center (HSRC).
In June 2009, the Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF) announced the extension of its contract with HSRC to continue the MSF Discovery Project through November 2011. The landmark research study was launched in 2006 through a cooperative agreement between the MSF and NHTSA to jointly fund the $1.3 million research effort.
Officially called "The Longitudinal Study to Improve Crash Avoidance Skills," the Discovery Project's objective is to determine the effects of sustained involvement in a rider education and training system on risk management and safe riding habits.
"The Discovery Project is the first motorcycle study to objectively evaluate the benefits of rider training based upon the principles of safety renewal," said MSF Director of Quality Assurance and Research Dr. Sherry Williams. "Extending the study, enrolling more participants, and working with a respected, independent university-based research team will ensure the continuing integrity of the project. The results could very well chart the course of motorcycle rider education for decades, and most importantly, help reduce the number of motorcycle crashes."
The research is being conducted in California, where motorcyclists must take a beginning rider skills course before obtaining an operator's license. Three additional advanced skills modules are also taught at the California Motorcyclist Safety Program rider training facility in Long Beach, CA. The study enrolls motorcyclists taking this additional training.
The Center's team for this project, led by Senior Research Scientist Rob Foss, Ph.D., provides independent evaluation of research that takes a comprehensive, field-based look at the benefits of the riders' ongoing participation in the education and training system, and its subsequent affect on crash avoidance skills and real-world outcomes. "Data collection has been under way for almost a year now and is going smoothly. This extension will enable us to obtain information on more riders and to track their success in avoiding crashes after they have completed the series of classroom and practice range courses," said Dr. Foss. "Both mean that the statistical analyses will be more robust and the results of the study more conclusive."
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|President John F. Kennedy signs the Public Works Acceleration Act, intended to help areas burdened by high rates of unemployment by providing immediate jobs and enhancing economic growth. BPR is responsible to the Area Redevelopment Administration for the Act's $15-million program of highway improvements. (The funds go to 431 miles of forest highways in 28 States and Puerto Rico, 3.4 miles of defense access highway in Michigan, and 12.5 miles of public lands highways in Maine and New Mexico.)
|FHWA publishes a notice in the Federal Register seeking comments on revision of standards for information signs within the right-of-way of FAP highways. The proposed rule, published in response to a provision of the 1976 Federal-Aid Highway Act, would provide for signs, displays, and devices that give specific information, such as goods and services available near the highway, in the interest of the traveling public.


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A 19th-Century Farmhouse Steps To A New Tune.
The rural byway that once ambled past Capt. Joseph Blanchard's farmhouse in Cumberland, Maine, is now a busy suburban thoroughfare. But even in 1827, when the house was new, its Greek Revival front doorway was never for everyday use. "It was kind of the wedding/funeral/high school graduation door," remarks Roger, the home's current owner. Daily comings and goings occurred through a side "dooryard" and the ell that connected the main house to the barn. After they bought the house in 1985, Roger and his wife, Margot, shifted the center of gravity even further from the road, expanding the ell's old summer kitchen into a cooking/dining/living space. But the addition didn't fully integrate indoor functions or engage with the house's site, which stretches a bucolic half mile from the road. "We never really liked it," Margot says, and after some 20 years, she and her husband were ready for a more comprehensive solution.
"They didn't really need more square footage," says architect Scott Simons. "We just needed to fix some things they had." The first thing to go was an old garage built on the south-facing footprint of the original barn. Shifting the footprint of the new barn/garage slightly to the west opened a corner in the kitchen, which Simons expanded into a sunny dining area. At its dooryard side, the ell sports a clean, new roofline centered on a gable dormer. A full-length covered porch catches the late-day sun and creates a comfortable sense of entry.
At the heart of the project was "a classic decision about where to put the front door," Simons explains. Making a strong case for its new location, the glazed door and sidelights offer an inviting view through the building to a stone-walled patio at the east side. Located at the barn end of the ell, the entry hall also serves as the hinge point of the house, efficiently channeling both internal traffic and communication with the outside world. A mudroom at the rear of the garage keeps the entry uncluttered, while an adjacent stair leads to the barn's second-floor studio. Simons points out a built-in mail/recycling center, which keeps newspapers handy to the dining table and short-circuits the stream of junk mail. "Those are the kinds of things we talk about," he explains. "The organization of the house and how things move through the house."
More important, the renovation alters the way people move through the house. Organized and brightened, the central great room is a magnet for activity. "This is where we spend all of our time," Margot says. For the new kitchen layout, the owners opted for stock cabinets rather than custom millwork and put the savings to use outside in landscaped berms that buffer the house from road noise and create sheltered outdoor spaces.
And then there's the original house, whose major rooms Blanchard still would recognize: the winter kitchen, where a wrought iron pot hook hangs over the great open hearth; the formal parlor, which was used, Roger says, "when the parson came to call"; and, of course, the formal entry. With the completion of this project, these antique spaces became superfluous to the life of the family. Not a bad thing, says Roger, who has annexed them all as offices for his home-based business. And so what started—at least nominally—as the front of the house has now finally become the back. If he were here to see it, Blanchard might scratch his head. But he also might enjoy a cup of tea in that warm, sunny kitchen.


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Shakespeare's Monarchies: Ruler and Subject in the Romances, Constance Jordan '57, Cornell University Press, 1997. The author examines how Shakespeare, through his romances, contributed to the cultural debates over the nature of monarchy in Jacobean England. Stressing the difference between absolutist and constitutionalist principles of ru le, Jordan reveals Shakespeare's investment in the idea that a head of state should be responsive to law, and not be governed by his unbridled w ill. Drawing on representations of servitude and slavery in the humanist and political literature of the period, the author shows that Shakespeare's abusive rulers suffer as much as they impose on their subjects.
Through the Looking Glass: Women and Borderline Personality Disorder, Dana Becker '69, M.S.S. '82, Ph.D. '91, Westview Press, 1997. The author explores the relationship between gender, the experience of psychological distress currently called "borderline personality," and its diagnosis as a classification of psychiatric disorder. The anal ysis emphasizes elements of female socialization as critical to understanding the development of symptoms.
Making a Necessity of Virtue: Aristotle and Kant on Virtue, Nancy Sherman '73, Cambridge University Press, 1997. Recent moral philosophy has seen a revival of interest in the concept of virtue in the work of Aristotle and Kant. Sherman argues that Kant preserves a notion of virtue in his moral theory that bears recognizable traces of the Aristotelian and Stoic traditions, and that his complex anthropology of morals brings him into surprising alliance with Aristotle.
Naked Truths: Women, Sexuality and Gender in Classical Art and Archaeology, Co-edited by Claire L. Lyons, M.A. '79, Ph.D. '83, Routledge, 1997. This collection of essays explores how sexual difference is communicated symbolically through the visual mechanisms that regulated and reinforced gendered roles in Graeco-Roman art and architecture
Believing Identity: Pentecostalism and the Mediation of Jamaican Ethnicity and Gender in England, Nicole Rodriguez Toulis '85, Berg Publishers, 1997. The author argues that religion cannot be understood simply as a means of spiritual compensation for the economically disadvantaged Jamaican migrants in Britain. Rather, in the New Testament Church of God, the cosmology of the church resolves the questi ons surrounding identity as well as suffering. Religious participation is one way in which African-Caribbean people negotiate the terms of representation and interaction in British society.
Studies in Honor of Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway, edited by Kim J. Hartswick, Ph.D. '84, and Mary C. Sturgeon, Ph.D. '71, The University of Pennsylvania Museum. The essays in this volume were written by 26 of the students whose doctoral dissertations were directed by Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway, Ph.D. '58.
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(Mr Tebbit) I am not sure about the case. I do not
think it was a case but certainly in conditions where people are
seeking to secure better performance from a third party they are
likely to press their case as strongly as they possibly can.
181. I cannot believe that what you are telling
me is that the MoD made a false court statement.
(Mr Tebbit) I certainly was not saying that.
182. I would ask you to provide a note to the
Committee about the court documents that were put forward in that
Sir Jeremy, EDS-SCICON stated that there should be no category
one anomalies in safety critical software. Do you know how many
EDS-SCICON discovered?
(Vice Admiral Sir Jeremy Blackham) No,
I do not.
183. Would you accept from me they discovered
56 category one anomalies?
(Mr Tebbit) I should intervene
184. I have asked Sir Jeremy to answer this.
(Mr Tebbit) I do not think it is for Sir Jeremy to
answer this.
Chairman: Mr Tebbit?
185. Mr Tebbit? If you could adopt the same
strictures that I asked Sir Jeremy.
(Mr Tebbit) This is not a court of law. I think it
is reasonable for me to answer properly rather than with yes or
no answers which does make it rather difficult. I tried to explain
earlier that the techniques used by EDS-SCICON were not appropriate.
186. I will come to that in a minute. I asked
you a specific question: do you accept they discovered 56 category
one anomalies? It is very simple; you can either say, yes, you
do accept it or, no, you do not.
(Mr Tebbit) It is not as simple as that because you
preceded it by the word "safety" which immediately raises
187. In this question I have not and under the
previous question Sir Jeremy did not accept
(Mr Tebbit) Under their terms.
188.That it was flight safety critical.
(Mr Tebbit) In the terms you have just asked the last
question that is what they said but there was a different context
in which you posed the question earlier.
189. Do you accept that EDS-SCICON discovered
56 category one anomalies?
(Mr Tebbit) Under their definition they may well have
done but it was of no particular significance.
190. Earlier you said Boscombe Down did not
say FADEC was unsafe but that was it was "unverifiable"
because they could not read it.
(Mr Tebbit) Yes, correct. I do not know about "read
it", but that is correct.
191. Yes is good enough. The MoD put this line
to the Defence Select Committee. Would you accept that in fact
Boscombe Down were able to read the software and that they stated
that it was "unacceptable"?
(Mr Tebbit) I do not know what you mean about being
able to read it. They certainly looked at it using a particular
192. Did they state that it was unacceptable?
(Mr Tebbit) I have no idea whether they used that
193. In that case could you check the documentation
and provide a note to the Committee[24]?
(Mr Tebbit) I think this is becoming
rather difficult to answer because you are putting questions to
me in an inquisitorial sense and I have described what happened
already. I think I have described it very fully already, Mr Chairman.
194. It is up to Mr Gardiner what questions
he asks. He has been in order so far on that.
(Mr Tebbit) I am happy to provide you again in writing,
as all previous enquiries have been provided in writing, with
statements made by this company. I do not think you will find
them different from the previous information you have received.
195. If you could provide a specific note on
whether they used the word "unacceptable" about the
The Defence Select Committee was also told originally that the
software was not safety critical. Is that correct?
(Mr Tebbit) The Defence Select Committee
evidence given by whom. I am not sure about this.
196. That was the MoD's evidence to the Defence
Select Committee that it was not safety critical which you have
just given the same evidence to this Committee. I trust you have
no objection to that.
(Mr Tebbit) No.
197. In its legal case against FADEC's suppliers,
Textron-Lycoming, do you agree that the MoD stated that "FADEC
was truly critical in maintaining safe flight".
(Mr Tebbit) I do not know anything about the legal
198. In that case, Mr Tebbit, could you provide
us with a written note as to whether the quotation which I have
just given "FADEC was truly critical in maintaining safe
flight" formed part of the case against Textron-Lycoming[26].
The MoD subsequently advised the Defence Select Committee that
that was the case.
(Mr Tebbit) It was an arbitration case
I am advised. Sorry?
199. My understanding is that the MoD subsequently
advised the Defence Select Committee of what I have just said.
In their case against Textron-Lycoming they had made statement
that "FADEC was truly critical in maintaining safe flight".
Was that advice subsequently given although not originally given
to the Defence Select Committee?
(Mr Tebbit) You are asking me to provide
details here of what was said to a different Committee. I have
not got with me all of that information.
Note: See Evidence, Appendix 1, page 38. Back
Note: See Evidence, Appendix 1, pages 37-38. Back
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The contest will be Denver's first look at Ryan Mathews, the Chargers' rookie running back who has had an uneven season while battling high ankle issues. He'll try to use his speed to get out on the flanks against Denver, which has struggled with contain issues all season but did an OK job on Houston's Arian Foster last Sunday.
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It was always a matter of time before the News International phone hacking scandal washed ashore on the American side of the Atlantic. News Corporation is legally chartered here and listed on the NASDAQ, is physically headquartered in Manhattan, and controls several influential U.S. properties across a range of media. A News Corp. scandal like the phone hacking charges that engulfed its British print subsidiary is by definition an American scandal.
Long maintaining a pride of place amongst News Corp.'s U.S. holdings is The New York Post, which Rupert Murdoch purchased in 1976 for $30 million -- or roughly half of what the paper is estimated to bleed in annual losses.
Rupert Murdoch has bought other New York print properties over the years, including New York magazine and the Village Voice, but the Post has always been dearest to him. Murdoch is a tabloid creature at heart -- known for his love for short and punchy articles -- and over the course of nearly 40 years, the Post is the only American publication he's ever bought twice. After selling the paper in 1988 in an act of forced compliance with now-defunct media ownership laws, the American-naturalized mogul reacquired the paper in 1993 with a crucial assist from New York's then-governor Mario Cuomo.
It is during this most recent 18-year ownership stint that the Post has established an unrivaled reputation as the bottom-feeder of American print journalism. The paper's near-comical reputation for inaccuracy is so widespread that even Gretchen Carlson -- an anchor at Fox News, the Post's corporate cousin -- recently criticized its lack of credibility.
This is not surprising, considering that The Post was for years Murdoch's only U.S. print property staffed with his clan's inner-circle of favored British and Australian tabloid veterans. The paper lost this distinction when Murdoch purchased The Wall Street Journal in 2007 and installed lifetime loyalist and News International chairman Les Hinton as publisher. Hinton resigned this past July in the wake of growing controversy over his leadership role at News International between 1995 and 2007, when phone hacking is known to have occurred at the papers under his control.
Years before Murdoch installed Hinton at the Journal, he imported another Fleet Street product to New York in the form of Colin Myler. At the time of his arrival in 2001, Myler was all but unemployable in Britain. In April of that year, he had resigned after publishing an article in the Sunday Mirror that led to the collapse of an active and very expensive trial. Myler faced the possibility of criminal charges and even jail time, but in the end his paper was merely fined for contempt of court. Murdoch apparently intended to keep Myler in New York until the British public forgot about the incident, and he worked as a top editor at the Post for nearly six years. In 2007, Murdoch brought Myler back into the News International fold to edit the now defunct News of the World. The man who had left the UK under a cloud of his own scandal returned to deal with another editor's mess: Myler replaced editor Andy Coulson, who had just resigned in the wake of revelations that News of the World reporters had hacked into royal voicemails.
Myler probably wishes he had stayed in New York. Soon after his return to London, he took over the internal investigation that concluded hacking at the tabloid was restricted to one "rogue reporter." The next year, Myler personally advised James Murdoch to authorize a large out-of-court payment to a hacking victim. The disgraced editor has most recently emerged on the other side of the Murdoch divide. He now disputes the idea that James Murdoch was not exposed to the possibility that multiple reporters were involved in hacking. Myler's reversal, in which he is joined by News of the World's former head of legal affairs, Tom Crone, may result in James Murdoch being summoned for a second time before British Members of Parliament.
Soon after the News of the World scandal exploded this summer, questions emerged over whether similar illegal activity may have occurred at the Post. As a Fleet Street veteran, Myler provided connective tissue between News International and a News Corp. U.S. print operation. But Myler isn't the only Post figure to draw scrutiny. There is also the Post editor-in-chief to whom Myler reported in New York, the Australian Col Allan. The veteran editor is equally notorious for his taste and tolerance for sleaze, vengeance, and venom as he is for an ability to alienate and disgust his staff. Not for nothing is his Post nickname "Col Pot."
Among the parties to announce an interest in News Corp.'s journalistic practices in the U.S. is the FBI, which in July opened a preliminary investigation into charges that News of the World employees may have attempted to hire NYPD personnel to hack the phones of victims of the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center. Since then, the FBI has reportedly broadened its investigation and is looking into the possibility of a wider pattern of abuse by News Corp. In late July, the News Corp. legal department asked Col Allan to direct all Post staff to maintain any records related to such activity and comply with the requests of company lawyers. The paper-wide email sent out from Allan read, "As we watched the news in the UK over the last few weeks, we knew that as a News Corp tabloid, we would be looked at more closely. So this is not unexpected." According to a report in Adweek, the directive followed a series of meetings in which Post editors "pulled junior staffers [behind] closed-door[s]... and told them, 'We have to be on our P's and Q's and not engage in any kind of obvious, unethical journalistic things.'"
So far, no evidence has emerged that the Post or Murdoch's other U.S.-based outlets have engaged in the type of phone hacking that took place in Britain. In interviews, multiple former Post editors and reporters suggested such hacking was not practiced at the paper. Former Post staff paint a picture of a cash-strapped, clumsy, and somewhat lazy news desk. The paper's gossip and society scoops, they say, are acquired through a system of favors, threats, and mutual p.r. backscratching -- but not skullduggery. "It's possible to beat the Daily News with an arm tied behind your back," said one former editor. "There was no need to hire private dicks."
Nick Davies, the Guardian reporter who broke the News International phone hacking stories, is likewise disinclined to think the Post engaged in the sort of hacking that upended Fleet Street. "I just don't think it happened here," he told Media Matters during a recent investigative trip to the New York. "I think the most interesting lead is corporate espionage and the Carlucci case."
Murdoch named Paul V. Carlucci publisher of the Post in 2005. Carlucci, who is also CEO of News Corp.'s News America Marketing, is named in a lawsuit alleging his involvement in the hacking of a rival firm's computer system with the intention of hurting their business. A spokesperson for News America Marketing has denied Carlucci knew of the alleged hacking, but News Corp. settled the case in a $30 million buyout of the rival firm before this could be established. The Justice Department is reportedly reviewing the charges. Regardless of what investigators find, News Corp. may not face criminal penalties because federal computer crimes generally have a five-year statute of limitations.
Considering the professional biographies of, and allegations surrounding, Myler, Allan, and Carlucci -- as well as a known history of scandal and targeted character assassination in the Post gossip pages -- it is clear that the tabloid deserves scrutiny in the wake of the News International scandal. A serious investigation into the Post may not reveal News of the World-style hacking, but ex-staffers say the Post newsroom is full of unethical practices and methods. "It's hardly below the surface," one Post source told Adweek, a sentiment echoed in interviews with Media Matters.
It is also a sentiment echoed in lawsuits filed against the paper in recent years concerning allegations of flagrant racism and sexism in the workplace. Among the former staffers making allegations is former Post associate editor Sandra Guzman, an Emmy award-winning journalist of black and Puerto Rican descent who was hired in 2003 to help grow the paper's Latino readership. In November 2009, Guzman filed a lawsuit -- still active -- charging the Post, News Corp., and senior Post editors (including Col Allan) with discrimination and harassment and alleging that she was unlawfully terminated as retaliation for her complaints about discrimination. (The suit includes visual evidence in the form of a cartoon the Post published in February 2009 that some observers inside and outside the paper interpreted as comparing Barack Obama to a murdered chimpanzee.)
"The Post, and its parent company, News Corporation, maintain, condone, tolerate, directly participate in and contribute to a hostile work environment against female employees and employees of color," alleges Guzman's complaint. It states, "Female employees and employees of color have been subjected to pervasive and systematic discrimination and/or unlawful harassment."
Among the specific allegations:
- Les Goodstein, Senior Vice President of News Corp., repeatedly referred to Guzman as "Cha Cha #1" and "routinely stared at the breasts and butts of other female employees ... and would often lick his lips while doing so."
- Male senior editors would request sexual favors from, and carry on sexual relationships with, female subordinates -- sometimes in exchange for professional advancement.
- After Guzman interviewed Dominican baseball pitcher Pedro Martinez, Col Allan asked her if he had been, in Guzman's words, "carrying a gun or a machete" during the interview.
- A columnist used a "mocking and fake Spanish accent" when in proximity to Guzman, and a managing editor "openly made disparaging comments in the workplace about Hispanics."
- Chalres Hurt, the Post's Washington D.C. Bureau Chief, confirmed to Guzman that the Post had an unwritten editorial policy in place to "destroy Barack Obama."
Guzman's allegations are similar to those in a suit filed by Post employees Austin Fenner and Ikimilusa Livingston. Fenner, a black city desk reporter who was fired the day Guzman filed her complaint, claims that he was "subjected to discrimination throughout his employment" at the Post. Fenner alleges that he was illegally fired "based on his race and/or color and due to his opposition to the Company's discriminatory practices, including Defendants' belief that Mr. Fenner would be a supportive witness in Sandra Guzman's discrimination case."
Shortly after Fenner filed his suit, black Post assignment reporter Ikimilusa Livingston joined the complaint. Livingston added her own specific allegations of racism at the Post, including the conduct of Steve Dunleavy, a veteran columnist who retired in 2008. The complaint highlights allegations that Dunleavy routinely used racial slurs inside the office with impunity, going so far as to submit first drafts of news stories in which he referred to Hispanics as "spics." On at least one occasion, the complaint charges, Dunleavy openly referred to a black Post colleague as a "nigger."
The complaint states that the Australian-born Dunleavy is a "close friend" of Rupert Murdoch and alleges that Murdoch and Col Allan heartily toasted the columnist at a farewell party.
The allegations of Guzman, Fenner, and Livingston are further supported by the general assessments of former Post employees contacted by Media Matters. "Col Allan is an asshole to the highest degree," one former editor told Media Matters. "I wouldn't put it past him to break the law. The racism and sexism was pervasive, you definitely felt it. Women were not treated equally in the Post's coverage. The Post likes knocking people down -- especially powerful women." Another former Post reporter described Allan as a "monster" that "makes Colin Myler look like an angel."
There's no way Murdoch is unaware of the culture his editor has created at the Post. A former general assignment reporter for the paper says that he saw Rupert Murdoch on the Post newsroom floor almost as often as he did Allan, who "dealt only with senior editors and generally stayed behind his glass office walls."
Perhaps the best window into the character of Col Allan is an email he once sent, as recounted in a 2007 New York magazine profile. When the Daily News beat the Post to a story by revealing the identity of a woman who was raped and beaten in 1989 -- known as the "Central Park Jogger" -- Allan sent an email to the woman's agent, who Allan wrongly believed had chosen the News over the Post to tease his client's forthcoming memoir:
"After seeing today's daily news I am contemplating two courses of action," Allan wrote to Evans, "taking a blunt axe to the jogger--we know a lot about her," he threatened, or "taking the view this book was never written--not a sentence, not a word shared with our 2.2 million readers. Which of these two options would you recommend?"
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Jake Abel, 25, is betrothed to fashion blogger Allie Woods. The actor, who will next be seen portraying Ian O'Shea in a movie adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's best-selling sci-fi novel "The Host (2013)", popped the question in New York City. "We got engaged on New Year's," he spilled to Us Weekly.
In a separate interview with Nylon magazine, he detailed, "She turned around, and I was on my knee. It was amazing, man. Out of a million people, it was just the two of us. Three of my friends were taping the ball drop, and on 3-2-1, they all turned their cameras to us. Unfortunately, not one of them got the money shot!"
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Commenting on his growing fans, he said to Us Weekly, "So far, they've been really, really nice," adding he's lucky that his fiancee "is very supportive." "She's like, 'Wear that! It's more handsome. They'll like you more!' It's good. I got a good one," stated the star who once auditioned for Edward Cullen in "Twilight Saga".
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I'll point out from the start that it's like an Olympic event to reach Bootleggers; the many, many steps leading up to the establishment may be a tad difficult for small children to negotiate or indeed the elderly who are unsteady on their feet. I could be wrong but we did not see a lift for wheelchair users either near the entrance or in the back so if you or anybody else in your party requires some assistance, give Bootleggers a call - they might even be happy to help.
Admittedly, the 'might' in that last statement should have its own flashing neon light. As we arrived at Bootleggers, my Dad asked for a table for four and the grimacing woman (who appeared to be the manageress) asked us if we'd booked. Um, pardon me for being pedantic, but surely we would have said 'we've got a table booked under the name of' so-and-so if that was the case? Instead, we were shown to our table next to the window (to prove to the entirety of Spalding that Bootleggers IS the place to be on a Sunday night) and left to our own devices to scan the menu.
The decor of the restaurant resembled that of a fancy, American steak house with thick, heavy leather chairs galore and pictures scattered across the walls of American sweethearts from years gone by, including the ever fashionable Audrey Hepburn. The huge fish tank near the entrance was a nice retro touch and the wooden tables were wide and spacious enough for our needs. The rest of the room, on the whole, was well furnished.
I have three minor complaints regarding the overall 'feel' and appearance of the restaurant and the first of these is the lighting; although it wasn't dark outside on the occasion we visited, in the restaurant itself the lighting was non-existent and made everywhere look, and feel, very dull. Perhaps they sat us by the window to do their bit for saving electricity but still, a low wattage light would have cheered the place up no end. Another point regarding the restaurant's interior was the fact that signs directing customers to the toilets and whatnot were typed and printed from a computer. If Bootleggers wants to establish itself as a cut above other eateries of a similar nature in the local vicinity, it needs to make sure that the signposts are in keeping with the fancy decor in the restaurant itself. I appreciate that the restaurant has only recently opened but the paper signs are cheap and make the place look very unfinished. The large menu printed at the bottom of the stairs might seem like a good idea but in actuality contradicts the lavishly furnished insides; the billboard would be more suited to a seaside caff with garden furniture rather than an eatery with leather chairs and a borderline ostentatious fish tank.
Finally, the ambiance of the restaurant wasn't aided by the rather depressing music playing in the background. Now, I like a bit of 'Let It Be' as much as the next Beatles fan but I would sooner have a mix tape of relaxing, soothing songs rather than tearjerkers such as 'There You'll Be' by Faith Hill. Sadly, the music was a lot jollier than the food...
Bootleggers offer an array of spiced meats, pastas and burgers. When I first glanced over the menu, it reminded me of two restaurants, one situated in Norwich and the other Great Yarmouth, called Fatsos because of its emphasis on spicy, Mexican-influenced meals. It is kind of puzzling that Bootleggers don't refer to the Mexican inspired cooking under its heading of steak house, grill and carvery and this may cause some confusion for people who arrive on a whim and who aren't as fond of fiery foods.
At Bootleggers, the starters vary in price from £3.75 for unspecified homemade soups to Acapulco prawns, grilled in fresh lime and garlic, for £5.95. The other appetisers on the menu include regular favourites a la Frankie and Benny's, such as calamari (curiously called Texas Toothpicks for the paprika flavouring, presumably) and garlic bread. Other dishes seem unique to Bootleggers, including lamb halo skewers with haloumi cheese and spices.
The main courses offer a fairly varied choice as long as you are both a meat eater and not afraid of spices in most cases. Prices here range from £5.95 for a plain or vegetarian burger and increase to £19.95 for an Al Copone, a 20oz rump steak infused with brandy, sautéed onions and wild mushrooms, served with a mustard sauce. The main course menu is divided into six sections: ciabatta burgers, pasta, signature steaks, junior steaks, house specialities and flaming fajitas. Most of the prices on all six sections of the menu seem pretty reasonable, particularly the 'jumbo' fish and chips for £7.95, but others seemed a little steep, including the prawn fajitas, served with onions, mixed peppers and dips, for £13.95.
For reasons I'll address later, we didn't stay at Bootleggers long enough to order desserts. However, according to the Sunday carvery menu, puddings such as apple crumble, banana split, cheesecakes, gateau's and bog standard ice cream flavours are available. The carvery menu is well priced at £6.98 per head with a choice of an unspecified vegetarian choice, beef, honey & mustard glazed gammon, pork or turkey. For an extra £1.50, you can add either a pud or a starter. Bootleggers also promote a T-Bone steak night for £10.95 (normally priced at £16.95) on a Tuesday as well as two meals from a selection of ten on a lunchtime for £8.00.
Currently, Bootleggers offers a fairly mediocre range of alcoholic drinks; white wine was limited to chardonnay (the Devil's pee) and I couldn't see any cider on the menu either. I settled for a diet Pepsi, which tasted more like the sweeter, full-calorie version when it arrived and was borderline flat. My Dad chose half a pint of John Smiths, my Mum had half a larger and my Brother settled with a pineapple juice costing £1.50.
As we were visiting on a Sunday, my Dad and I decided to try the BBQ rib special which is for two to share costing £10.95. The two half rack of ribs come with wedges, onion rings and garlic bread and is available from 4pm. Ribs can be a funny thing to order in restaurants: sometimes, they are dry and elsewhere, they're severely lacking in meat. Although those trepidations did cross my mind, we decided to try the ribs anyway, the logic being that if this is a genuine steak house and grill then the quality of the meat is the key to its success.
After twenty or so minutes, my Mum and Brother received their main courses. After another minute, the waitress returned with a plate (presumably to place bones on) and a bowl of cool water with a slice of lemon on top for washing our fingers between picking at the ribs. Five minutes later, the ribs finally arrived and I felt like saying to the waitress 'is that it?'. Perhaps I was expecting too much for £11 but the portion size - for two people - was very meagre; there were two, admittedly, very large onion rings between us, four spoonfuls of wedges, a ridiculously small, semi-burnt, three slice portion of garlic bread and a limp iceberg lettuce salad with a couple of slices of tomato and cucumber and minuscule squares of onion and pepper.
Truthfully, it was possibly the worse meal out I've had in years (yes, even worse than the Wild Man!). I could barely eat the wedges or my onion ring because they had this awful, jalapeno-like flavour to them which wasn't specified on the menu. In fact, I'd go as far to say that the wedges were purchased from Iceland at a quid for a fifteen-stone bag. It also wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that my Dad and I must have shared about two ounces of meat between us; most of the ribs I had were very fatty and very sparse on the meat front. The BBQ sauce actually had a nice smoky flavour to it but that just didn't make up for the poor - well, non-existent - meat.
Although the wedges were piping hot, the rest of the meal was luke warm which is probably as a result of standing on a hot plate for many minutes longer than expected. Both my Brother and Mum's meals arrived visibly hot and both portions seemed plentiful, or at least more plentiful than the meal Dad and I shared.
My Mum opted for the Milano Mushroom pasta (£7.95), one of the five vegetarian dishes on the main course menu. Mum isn't a big fan of spicy foods and she did struggle to find something she would happily eat although, for keen carnivores, many of the steaks do not come with hot flavourings. The Milano pasta was meant to be served with a garlic and mushroom cream sauce which, in actuality, turned out to be very bland, very boring, and very lacking in garlic and mushrooms (Mum thinks she had a grand total of four pieces of mushroom in the entire bowl). The tagliatelle underneath the sauce was cooked well and had that roughness in texture that you expect from the pasta which was a good addition to the rather thick sauce . Like our rib meal, the garlic bread was apparently the best bit although Mum got the same amount as we did all to herself! Lucky so-and-so.
My Brother decided to have the Classic Sirloin Steak which was 8oz of meat served with peas, mushrooms and chips for £10.95. He requested that it was cooked medium although it was a little undercooked in the centre. The steak itself looked lovely and a good quality piece of meat but he says it was a bit tasteless, presenting the flavour of mint at some points. The eight to ten non-crispy chips were stacked on his plate as if Bootleggers were the makers of Jenga which might look pretty but is essentially pointless.
In fact, 'essentially pointless' seems to be the perfect slogan for Bootleggers. Deciding not to try a dessert, we headed off home, stopping at the local Chinese on the way. That is honestly the first - and hopefully last - time I shall ever be forced to get a takeaway after dining out anywhere!
I have to say that the service at Bootleggers was a little hit and miss; one waitress seemed to think it would be a good idea to come and take the drinks order when some of us were at the loo. Yet it was good to see that the staff were efficient when it came to dropping off the condiments before the meal arrived which is always a pet hate of mine when you have hot food and have to wait for vinegar or sauces. The cutlery on the table was heavy but noticeably new and clean.
One thing that did strike me as odd was the fact that the kitchen staff did not cut the ribs in half: as the meal is advertised as two half a racks of ribs for two people, it would have perhaps been best if the ribs had been divided before being served. Instead, my Dad fought to cut into them as the ribs were plonked in the middle of a very small plate with wedges and salad either side with onion rings and garlic bread on top. The waitress seemed a little miffed when it was pointed out to her that it would have been better if the ribs had been cut in half before serving and didn't offer to help or take it back to the kitchen to be dealt with.
One thing I did find amusing was the moment the waitress told the manageress (Mrs. Smiley who 'greeted us' on the way in) that we weren't enjoying our food. Neither she nor the waitresses confronted the situation, instead asking us at the end if we'd 'enjoyed the meal'. Urm, why ask if you already know the answer? Better still, if you'd suspected that we were unsatisfied as we were eating, why not come and ask if there was anything else we wanted instead of or in addition to? I may have left Bootleggers feeling a little more positive if someone had come and attempted to correct the issues we were having but that didn't happen.
The female toilets were fine; there was plenty of soap in the one dispenser and plenty of toilet roll but the hand dryer was positioned in a tiny space next to one of the cubicles. You wouldn't have to be very big to squeeze in the gap and I did find it off-putting to discover some printed signs above the basins discussing inappropriate behaviour that was not acceptable in the restaurant. Perhaps Bootleggers should add 'serving rubbish food' to that list...The men's toilets were apparently of a similar nature but with another printed out sign saying the urinals were not working. Some people would say that's taking the pis-
Although the bill, including drinks, came to a very reasonable £39, the quality of the food puts me off revisiting Bootleggers for the duration. I'm willing to accept the fact that the establishment hasn't been open for that long and that it could have just been a bad night for the chefs. However, if Bootleggers is to continue advertising itself as a grill, they need to reconsider the purchasing of their meat when it comes to the ribs: on the ordinary main menu, they are advertised as costing £13.95 for a rack. If they are the same as the ones my Dad and I ate, well, it's fair to say that you'd be wasting £14 by ordering them.
It perplexes me as to why Bootleggers advertise a night dedicated to such a poor quality meal. Sundays are notoriously quite slow in many restaurants (apart from Spalding's Hungry Horse, seemingly) and many eateries need to generate a level of interest to keep customers coming back. The rib night is a good idea in theory, just not practise. It's obvious that if the owners of Bootleggers want to create an honest, decent business for themselves than they need to reconsider the purchasing of some of their meat or else they will close within the next year.
We were not the only ones to be disappointed by the quality of the food and friendliness of the staff at Bootleggers; two reviews posted on qype.co.uk confirm that others in the Spalding area feel disappointed by a restaurant which offered so much promise on paper. Although there are a few pubs in the area which offer similar dishes like pasta and steaks, it would have been good for Spalding to offer something different to the slew of chain restaurants, very much like the Hungry Horse and Frankie and Benny's. Alas, Bootleggers seems to me to be a poorly advertised, poorly executed and badly run establishment that just doesn't make me want to visit again, not even to see if they can prove me wrong and make me like some of their food.
Address: 12 Sheep Market, Spalding, PE11 1BE
Phone number: 01775 714269
Parking?: Across the street; some is pay and display.
Website?: Currently, Bootleggers don't have their own site. Me thinks they will have closed down way before then anyway...
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Anyone got any views on this?
I just read on the BBC website that due to the recent cases, pg women are all to be offered a whooping cough jab between 28-38 weeks, to take place at a routine antenatal appt.
I'm 34+3 so I guess they may offer it next week when I go in - it doesn't say whether there will be any notification or info sent, or if I will just be told/offered it on the day. What do people think about this issue, it seems a sudden decision which makes me nervous but I guess there will have been a longer thought process. Plenty of people have the flu jab when pg although I believe that only offers the mother protection, not the baby (?) so I don't know if there are any risks or even if it crosses the placenta.
I was born in '76 when there was a scare about the baby wh cough jab (recently proven false) so I didn't have it and then caught wh cough. I don't know if that will make any difference.
This had been a really helpful thread about the jab (not about politics) until ladies 'up themselves' via their connections 'to power' took over. Get over yourself loves - I bet you're really the office cleaner or post lady .
God if this is what the opinions of a minor minion are - no wonder the political classes seem so odious, pocket filling and generally disconnected. We really do need another political party - but I digress.
It sounds as if we are all expected to know - how I dont know - instinctively or perhaps - we should gen up on this in our own time - just how the life and times of an MP works?
Its not really our business just how your office or MP functions.
What we should know and shouldnt be bullied into thinking otherwise is that when a directive from the government - ie the DOH issues a notice down the "levels" and that announcement causes stress and anxiety and worry - we should be allowed and encouraged to complain to our MP's - about that gov body.
This is what people have done.
The MP can then pass and feed back to where its appropriate that thier constiuents found this way of issuing a directive to be stressful.
Next time - please look at what went wrong and work on how to make it better.
We should all be looking to improve things and make them better.
I find your attitude quite shocking really, I would love to know which MP you work for - as it sounds like this attitude of ..."what do these morons expect me to do" must be coming from her/him.
I agree with VQ this has been an informative and supportive thread about whooping cough and how to make sure women get the jab they need in a timely fashion.
It has been highjacked this afternoon by people with defensive motives concerning their own connection with MPs seeking to point score off some of those like VQ who have tried hardest to be helpful to other women on here. Not on.
Just incase thats not clear Docs informed me of appointment by telephone whilst I was attending an open workshop held by my MP monthly...and relax
VQ YAY before you go I am booked in for Monday...it might have something to do with my lovely local helpful MP who coincidentally lives 2 streets away from me (he has just informed me) who knows if it was anything to do with his input or not (he certainly has a more powerful voice than little old me)
I am informed about stuff that interests me. I personally have no interest in politics. This is not a thread about politics, but Whooping Cough. I was not intending to come across as informed. I don't care if you think I am informed or not thunderbolt
I don't like how this thread has turned since halloweeny and thunderbolt have showed up, so I will say goodbye. <<slams door behind me>>
" I personally think MPs do very little, but I felt utterly helpless." You can across as someone who was quite well informed up to that statement
The surgery by now know there is info they should have had and should know how to retrieve it
if its lost in the inbox of someone on leave or in a junk filter
emails did go out last week! and a GP should know who to contact if they appear to have been missed/misplaced the email!
pathogens change every year and at risk groups change every year... they may not know exactly WHAT is going to be the new thing this year but they shouldn't be surprized that something LIKE this has happened and should know what to do to update themselves and how to respond to enquiries about the latest scare.. cause there's always something
I completely got that donna as I too have had that worry.
I did complain to my surgery after I had spoken to Public Health, and they blatantly lied to me. I spoke to my MP as I needed to talk to someone, feel that someone cared and could perhaps take it further. I have never been to an MP in my life, and I am very old! It helped. I personally think MPs do very little, but I felt utterly helpless.
something similar may happen when I'm 37 weeks and I don't want the powers that be thinking twice about me even being allowed the information as and when!
And why oh why would I for instance complain to my surgery when they have received no information from the powers that be. Its not my surgerys fault.
VQ I said that I would rather have been kept in the dark because I wouldnt have had this worry this week
"I do not think anyone has said information should have been withheld"
most have not deliberately no (although DonnaDoon said she'ld prefer that!!)
but the letters to MPs may actually be saying exactly that! so I think people need to thing about who they really should be complaining to (perhaps their individual surgery?) and how they are wording it, and who they are claiming to represent (i.e. only themselves, not all of us!)
I resent being mocked as A delicate little flower that cant cope with the worry If I was only 27 weeks I wouldnt be jarred either way trust me.
thunderbolt you did kick up a fuss because you are later in your pregnancy. halloweeney is implying that we should all be patient and wait until the protocols and supplies are in place. That happened on Monday, so why are women still being fobbed off? My argument still is that halloweeney has the luxury of time, so I am not quite sure what you are agreeing with her about? I do not think anyone has said information should have been withheld.
oh come on, what's the practical difference between an early "heads up" if not that it is held back from public knowledge for a few days
there is a distinct point where an emerging trend is deemed a risk
and yes if they sent it out to all GPs and not sent it to press until stocks were in and letters gone out, there would have been more panic as surgery staff send chinese whispers out to their pregnant relatives (which some would even if they shouldn't!)
shelly a complaint about the lack of that sort of communication should be directed at individual surgeries, not MPs about the fact that there is was an inevitable delay between the info and the application, people really need to think what they are asking of their MPs! really!
yes it is a commonly used medication, but if the protocols about WHO commonly gets a certain medication changes then that is a big deal that everyone involved needs to be sure of.
Shelly I agree that is definitely how it should have been done. But that's not the government's fault that that hasn't happened! They couldn't have given GPs the info any earlier than the public because it would have been leaked.
Halloween I have NEVER said delay it, I said they could have had a heads up, I'm sure the announcement wasn't broadcast the minute it became evident. There was a trend leading up to the announcement, nobody sat up in wide awake in the middle of the night and thought 'we MUST announce it now'.
This thread has shown that contrary to myth, pregnant women are not delicate little flowers, unless the flowers are the ones held by Dirty Den's first time killer.
And here is an example of how it should have been done, this was done on the MONDAY after the announcement by one of my local surgeries.
Anyone phoning in about it had their details taken and were told they would be contacted later in the day when the surgery knew more.
They made a list of all the pregnant women on their 'books' who were within the catchment.
Stocks were ordered.
Every woman on the list and any who had phoned in were contacted and given an appointment.
They started vaccinating today, all paperwork is in place.
Now that I would have been VERY happy with. I think many others would have been too. That is all we wanted, just to make it clear to anyone who is wondering what we are 'moaning at'.
Shelly I've HAD whooping cough and the memories of it still frighten me so believe me I feel urgenly about this too!
and I understand from personal experience how scary it is to be caught on on the borderline of something like this too!
but even to say "tell the GPs a day before the press" = tell us a day later and I do not agree with anyone who is asking for info like this to be witheld from us for even a day because we are delicate little flowers of pregnant women who just can't cope with the worry
Valium- I'm 39 weeks so more than 'qualified' to share halloweeney's opinion.
MoonHare - there is a line of communication. It isn't DOH direct to GPs; it has to filter down. This is where I agree there are flaws.
In relation to the paperwork, the doctors were emailed early this week and were told clearly that they did not need to wait for paperwork. This has been stated clearly up thread.
On Friday 28th Sept unless your Receptionist/Practice Nurse/GP had seen/heard the news that day they didn't even know vaccines were to be offered.
Surgeries could have been sent the guidance that they received on Monday 1st on 28th instead (are we expected to believe that someone sat in Dept of Health all weekend writing it? And if they did then this is even more of a shower than first appears...) then all surgeries would have known that they were allowed to administer opportunistically at the request of pregnant women who were coming up to 38 weeks. They would have also been able to advise all pregnant women that they were planning their strategy for immunisation and how they intended to let everyone know.
The point is because the GPs were not informed at all before/simultaneously with the media no practice was even able to be a tiny bit prepared, even down to just taking the inevitable phone calls from women.
halloweeney you are not in the same position as us. You cannot even have it yet at 27 weeks. Trust me, it looks very different when you are almost at term.
In this day of instant communication, there is no excuse for the delay and the blatant lies we have been told. The surgeries already have supplies, but lied to us about that, then tried the emotional blackmail route. Not good enough.
I think I have done very well not to swear.
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