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Habitación my agradable con una nevera pequeña. La puerta de la ducha goteaba y se formó un gran charco. No había menú de servicio de habitaciones o lista de teléfonos en la habitación. El aparcamiento tenía un cargo de 40 dólares la noche. un robo.
Cuartos de baños con clase y preciosos, habitación limpia, buenas camas y personal estupendo.
Excelente ubicación, con muchas tiendas y restaurantes a poca distancia a pie. Muy elegante el vestíbulo y la zona de comedor.
Precio hola para pasar la noche!
Cómodas y limpias. Un bonito gimnasio. No es barato. El personal de recepción no parecía contento.
Habitación limpia y acogedora. Ubicación excelente, especialmente para el hospital. El personal amable y profesional.
Cama cómoda, el control de temperatura en la habitación funcionaba bien Agua del grifo sabía a estanque
The breakfast was to die for. Something different every day, from Eggs Benedict to eggs and mushrooms, and always delicious. The house itself was charming, and the owners were very friendly and accommodating. Also ideally located for the University of Pennsylvania, which was where I needed to be. I really enjoyed it, and would definitely stay there again. It's a house, so the doors aren't necessarily the greatest at blocking out sound. There was a noticeable gap at the bottom of my door, and I could easily hear anyone in the hallway. It didn't bother me, and no one was loud late, but it could be a problem if you're very susceptible to noise. Also, some people might not be comfortable with walking back alone from the university area at night: it's about a mile and tends to be pretty quiet, passing the edge of a cemetery and a park. I have no reason to think it's unsafe, but if such things make you nervous, be aware.
La habitación estaba muy bien equipada y al centro se llega bien paseando.
El Hotel esta bien de precio lo unico es que le haria falta una renovacion ya que en su epoca tuvo que ser un gran hotel
la calidad, la ubicacion y el servicio no
la localizacion cercana a la Penn Univeristy. Las habitaciones amplias. El servicion gratuito de internte. El "health club". Las instalaciones en general el servicio de habitaciones anda algo despistado. El servicio del club esta totalmente desbordado, completa y absolutamente.
Mi habitación ruidosa, ascensor, sobreventa. Vestíbulo sucio. Me sentí inseguro
Large room. Kitchen was nice to have Walls had some visible repairs. Sheets had a small hole. For the prices your paying you shouldn't see those kind of issues. Overall very clean. Must have gotten a bad room. But was disappointed in the quality to cost ratio.
Room was huge...bed comfortable. .all room amenities were perfect. Pool was nice and morning breakfast was great. Also very clean. No bar....no restaurant. ..Valet parking fee was ridiculous for each day which made the booking price not so affordable.
View from the room and location for my needs The parking situation SUCKS. Be prepared for either LONG walks for your car or the expense of valet parking. The long flight of stairs to the lobby is a challenge for the elderly. Otherwise it was a good stay.
That there was miscommunication between kayak and the Hilton about the pricing because I was charged extra
The Hilton on City Ave is making an effort to improve as evidenced by the renovations. Walking off the elevator onto the floor my room was located it is clear that changes are being made. The room looked very nice with new furniture and a modern design for the shower. The beds were very comfortable. Unfortunately the remodeling was eclipsed by doors to the rooms on my floor making a tremendous amount of noise when closing. I was awaken late at night and early by people shutting their room doors. The noise was can be heard through out the whole floor. The front desk staff, while friendly were useless. On 3 separate occasions I asked about a car rental. One time I was told a bellman would call me with details. No call. It was not until the third time that I got the right info. However, the rental options were unsatisfactory ( no fault of the hotel). I could have been given the correct info the first time.
Great art deco water current was low. 1 restaurant
Location to where I needed to be. The bar food was outstanding. Young bartender very accomadating. Bar and Bartender very, very busy; manager just standing around not helping out.
The staff/hosts for the dining room were very rude,further more at breakfast time no allocation of staff to specific tables,this caused much confusion,as they did not know who was serving who or clearing which table.
We have stayed here many times but not in recent years. They have improved the interior and as always the staff were professional.
Misleading Location, it was listed as a city hotel but was a long way from the city.
No free wireless internet access in room.
We stayed one night after a show at the Tower Theatre The room was clean and the staff friendly and helpful. No real complaints.
Close to where we needed to be, this is a well run hotel with no major deficiencies. The small charge for parking is an annoyance, and the lot is unconventionally managed, but this proved to be no problem to us.
bed was ok.. kitchen smelled like fried fish. constant noise from water heater and pipes. constant noise from guests. bathtub was dirty. television didn't work all the time.
NothIng Run down looking building, several people bringing prostitutes into the building, another customer complaining but being told compensation comes at check out rather than resolve the issue. Avoid this place as best you can.
Nothing!!! Condom wrappers found on the bed, smells like poop in the room, floors are gross and dirty, found rats, no heat, no tables or chairs, People selling drugs outside, people yelling at night really loud, no working TV..
They didn't even change the bed sheet
There was absolutely nothing that I liked here. Phone lines down. The name of the hotel doesn't match the name on the outside of the building. The parking garage smelled of human waste. There was no shower curtain. The bedding had cigarette burns in them. The doors didn't lock properly. It rained. So did the ceilings. The AC was stuck on. I genuinely expected Dexter to come in and kill me. I didn't sleep.
Rooms are dirty, no towels or soap, broken doors drawers, mildew on carpet and ceilings, smells terrible. Staff was rude
Everything about this hotel was absolutely horrible. The staff was so ignorant and rude. Hotel needed extreme updates. Room was so dirty. Had maintence knocking on our door at 7am telling us to clean someone else's fried chicken trash that was in the hallway. This place is the real life American horror story hotel. This hotel should be closed.
Price last minute on a weekend. This hotel is a mess. I tried to check in on the phone as we were stuck in traffic and wouldn't be arriving until after midnight. I waited on hold for 15 minutes because they were "changing staff". When we arrive we drive past it twice because it doesn't look like a hotel. There was some ghetto party that was letting out when we arrived and it was like walking into a zoo with people out front yelling profanity and all of them drunk. The parking was blocked by these same folks who were too drunk to get their cars successfully out of the parking lot. The lobby is straight out of the 70's and you get a key fob with the room number on it (nothing screams patron security). The rooms are dull and out dated. No modern emeritus (not even the basics). The shower tiles was proven in several spots. The shower towels were ripped on the edges and frayed. No additional pillows or towels to be found anywhere. Oh and the toilet was clogged when we arrived and glogged again during our stay (not from our doing). In the morning before check out we were awakened by what can only be described as another ghetto room party in the room down the hall. Screaming, yelling and laughing all heard as clear as day from several rooms down the hall. I have received significantly better service for $170 and much cleaner and safer accommodations! Probably could have spent half the money at a bargain chain hotel and felt more taken care of and safer. Save your money if you are looking at this place. It's not worth $50 and you spent three times that bc it's in the city and they jack the rates up on the weekends.
Gentleman at the front desk in the morning was very patient and accommodating Sheets and blankets were scratchy and appeared unwashed, toilet didn't flush properly, AC fluctuated between extreme heat and cold, walls were paper thin, door didn't lock properly, no one was at the front desk in the evening, music playing all night in the hallway, phone didn't work, no one answered the phone when we called, felt very unsafe and feared our items being stolen
I loved that the hotel was cheap and in the greater Philadelphia area. I didn't like that it was dirty, my TV didn't work, there was no iron or ironing board, no shampoo/conditioner, and it was an old-school key lock which made me feel a bit less safe than typical.


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The Treasury, along with the Council of Financial Regulators, this week told Australia's financial services sector that it had two months to comment on proposals to use a central clearing house in the management of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives.
Derivatives are an investment product which derives its value from the movement of other asset values or interest rates. OTC derivatives are traded directly between banks and institutions but there is currently no way of tracking them.
The consultation paper also called for legislation to ensure Australian regulations complied with global standards.
"Rapid growth in over-the-counter derivatives markets over the past decade and longer has been accompanied by an increasing awareness of the systemic importance of these markets, and of the potential risks inherent in market practices," the report said.
"These risks were most starkly demonstrated during the peak of the recent financial crisis in 2008. As a result, authorities have been developing a global regulatory agenda to drive substantial reforms in the functioning of OTC derivatives markets."
There were $US19.5 trillion in outstanding over-the-counter derivatives in June 2011, according to the Bank of International Settlements. The OTC products, originally designed to allow banks and investments houses to hedge risks, had instead been used to place huge and risky bets on markets.
For example, global insurer American International Group lost $US18 billion through OTC derivatives linked to the subprime mortgage market in 2007 and 2008. The US government in turn was forced to bail the company out with an emergency $US85 billion loan which was later expanded to $US152 billion.
The Council of Financial Regulators is comprised of the members from the Reserve Bank, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Treasury to ensure co-ordination and co-operation among the regulatory bodies.
Australian banks suffered modest losses through OTC derivatives during the financial crisis, largely because they did not engage in the sort of in-house, or "proprietary" trading common in US and European banks. Proprietary trading involves betting a bank's capital on a variety of markets - and increasing its risk profile - in order to increase revenues.


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Docket: 02N-0276 - Bioterrorism Preparedness; Registration of Food Facilities, Section 305
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On behalf of the members of the Pet Food Institute (PFI), thank you for the opportunity to present these preliminary comments on the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) efforts to develop regulations for implementing the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 (PL 107-88). PFI represents the manufacturers of commercial dog and cat food that produce approximately 97 percent of the dog and cat food sold in the United States. PFI's membership includes national and multinational companies with a large variety of brands, smaller pet food makers who may only conduct business in one region of the country, and affiliated members that provide materials and services (ingredients, equipment, laboratory analysis) to the pet food industry. The following comments have, as agency personnel requested, been filed as separate documents for each section/docket number currently under review. This introductory text is the same for each comment document. The need for additional precautions to protect the United States from bioterror attacks is apparent. The events of September 11th have focused the attention of policymakers, government agencies and the public on the greater need for security here in the US. As a part of that need, Congress passed this law intended to bolster current protections and, in some instances, create new layers of protection over the food and feed supply. However, though its goals are laudable, there are numerous unintended consequences and important considerations that must be reviewed before the law is fully implemented. It is with those points in mind, PFI offers comments on the four sections currently in the rulemaking process. Where appropriate, we have also offered suggestions to rectify situations that might arise due to the unintended consequences we will describe. Nothing in these comments should be construed as a criticism of the important work currently underway to protect our nation and its food supply. PFI members fully support the efforts to bolster our security and maintain what is the envy of the world – the safest and most affordable food supply for all consumers. Section 305 (Registration of Facilities) Members of the Pet Food Institute agree that it is necessary for the FDA to have complete information on facilities engaged in food production, distribution, or other related services. However, the complexity of registering thousands of facilities, coupled with the information technology challenges posed by such a task, should encourage the agency to permit firms to register once from their corporate headquarters. PFI would urge the agency to consider a system in which a firm can register all its manufacturing plants, distribution centers and other locations at one time, using one form. Each facility would be assigned its individual registration number but this centralized format would permit a more orderly flow of information to the agency in a shorter period of time. In addition to this proposal, PFI would also request the agency take into consideration that additional problems associated with registering foreign entities associated with US firms. Under other provisions of this law, their activities are reported to the agency whenever materials are imported for use in the United States. Therefore, we would request the same provisions suggested above, centralized registration, apply to firms with operations located outside the United States. The agency needs to provide clarification for the following terms described in the Act: "farm", "warehouse", and "agent in charge". Precise definitions of these terms will permit affected firms to accurately determine which facilities require registration. PFI would urge the agency to also consider an exemption under this section for facilities engaged in product research and development. Many of these facilities, including product development labs, are located outside the United States. By reducing the number of facilities that require registration, the agency can focus its efforts on those firms actually engaged in the production of materials for further processing or direct consumer purchase. On behalf of the members of the Pet Food Institute, thank you for taking our comments under consideration as you develop these important rules to protect our nation's food and feed supply. We look forward to commenting on the proposed rule and stand ready to offer any additional information required by the agency.


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Phillip C. Brooks was born in Hopkinsville, KY, the son of Henry and Carrie Brooks. Brooks, a physician and surgeon, acquired his pre-med and medical education at Howard University. He later returned to Hopkinsville, where he owned and operated Brooks Memorial Hospital, beginning in 1944. In 1958, Clinton Reynolds, a white race car driver was treated by Dr. Brooks at the Brooks Memorial Hospital. Complaints were filed with the Kentucky Medical Association asserting that Reynolds had waited for more than an hour to see a white doctor at Jennie Stuart Hospital, before being treated at Brooks Memorial Hospital [Jet article online at Google Book Search, 09/18/1958, p.26]. Dr. Brooks was the brother of Garland H. Brooks. For more see Profiles of Contemporary Black Achievers of Kentucky, by J. B. Horton.
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I had an Envato artist (non-AJ) offer to buy one of my tracks. I named a price and never heard back. To this point the track has earned about a third what I was going to charge him, and eventually it'll probably surpass that. I'm reluctant to pull a popular song. You never know how much it will eventually earn, and who knows…maybe a bigger fish will want to buy it later. Plus I would feel the need to replace the sold track with one very similar. And that's "chewing your cud twice," something I don't like to do. As a musician OR as a cow.
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To me this has the making of a great reggae tune. Why not listen to a little reggae to get in the mood, and then remix your tune with a "rasta vibe." You could speed it up a little, maybe use more closed hi-hat instead of open, add some echo to the guitar, and tighten everything up. A little bit of a loose groove is appropriate for reggae, but as has been pointed out, your song lacks a "pocket" as it stands now. I would make it longer too. Why not? More money for you.
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I think (but don't quote me on this) that it just stays live as it was until a reviewer gets to it, and once they have made the changes it moves over, this way there is no downtime on the item.
I was told that you don't need to attach audio files if you just want to have the reviewer add some new keywords or move a song to a different category. Yet when I try it and click submit, it just takes me to the song's page and I get no indication that anything has happened. Am I missing something?
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Stephen Kelaher, a senior leading negotiator in Pact's city office has negotiated recent deals with Westaff, TRC and Hill McGlynn, which are recruitment agencies that have doubled in size and taken additional area to accommodate the growth they are expecting in their businesses.
Pact managing director Matthew Cook said employment growth in the recruitment sector was a strong leading indicator by six to 12 months in white-collar employment growth and therefore leasing take-up in the CBD.
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Worst case scenario: you donate your kidney to your sick husband only to discover that he cheated on you with your friend while you were recovering from the surgery.
British woman, Samantha Lamb, endured this particularly heinous form of betrayal from her husband Andy. Although Andy denies being unfaithful and claims he was merely helping Samantha's friend Clare "train her dog" (is that a sexual euphemism?), Clare owned up to the affair and admitted "she was in love" with Andy. So, what did Samantha do? "I cut up his clothes, put them in black bin bags and left them outside the house," she told TheMirror.
Either way, the damage is done. Beyond done. The couple has since called it quits and Samantha would like her kidney back:
"As soon as I went through with it, I knew I had done the wrong thing…I can't believe he now has a second chance to live to see his grandchildren grow up. I would definitely go through the operation again — but I wouldn't give the kidney to him. I hate him. If I could I'd take it back and give it someone else. Obviously I don't want people to be put off putting their names on the organ donor list. But all I want from him is his name on the divorce papers."
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While Sen. Bob Bennett understandably has taken his Republican Party's line in opposing much of Democratic President Barack Obama's agenda, he must feel some empathy toward the president now since Bennett is a victim of the same right-wing nonsense that has been aimed at Obama the past few months.
Just as the more outrageous of the critics of Democratic health care reform have insisted, erroneously, that the legislation contains death panels that will "pull the plug on grandma," right-wing hyperbole now is pushing inaccurate claims about Bennett's health care reform plan that attempts to be an alternative to "Obamacare."
The Healthy Americans Act, which Bennett is co-sponsoring with Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, was recently attacked by the conservative think tank Club for Growth as a government-run "health care nightmare," even though the bill, whose supporters include some of the most conservative Republicans in the Senate, would keep health care in the private sector.
The Club for Growth claims the Congressional Budget Office has estimated that the Bennett-Wyden plan would cost the federal treasury more than $1 trillion, but the independent Factcheck.org has issued a report debunking that claim. In fact, it says just the opposite is true, that the Bennett-Wyden plan would save money over time.
Then there is the claim by Cherilyn Eagar, who is challenging Bennett for the Republican nomination next year, on her Facebook page.
"We've made several unsuccessful attempts to draw the attention of our local media to the dangers of the Wyden-Bennett health care bill, particularly the section about the non-church-owned insurance requirement to cover abortions and the grants that will be made available for setting up comprehensive school-based health clinics," which would, Eagar wrote, "provide abortion counseling and condom distribution."
First of all, Section 212 of the Bennett-Wyden bill says centers would provide primary health care services including health assessments, diagnosis and treatment of minor acute or chronic conditions and Healthy Start benefits. Nowhere does the bill state that these centers will be used for abortion counseling and condom distribution.
Moreover, Bennett has been a consistent supporter of the Hyde Amendment, which is the law of the land and prohibits the spending of tax money for support of abortions. The bill does nothing to change that.
The claim on Eagar's Facebook page about the non-church-owned insurance requirement to cover abortions is based on a section in the bill that states insurance providers must offer plans that are "actuarially equivalent" to the Federal Employee Health Benefits Plan offered to members of Congress and all federal employees.
Under the Bennett-Wyden bill, an individual would have to opt in and pay more money to purchase insurance with supplemental coverage for abortion. Abortion coverage is not included in the basic level of coverage that would follow the FEHBP model. It would be considered an "add on" or supplemental and no taxpayer dollars would be used for such an "add on" to one's health care plan.
So fewer individuals are expected to opt for the "add on" coverage because it would cost more money.
Those complexities are ignored in the sound-bite criticisms.
It remains to be seen whether the GOP delegates at next year's convention will read and understand the senator's health care proposal or be seduced by sensational and inaccurate attacks.


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Jane Lynch Named 2011 Emmy Awards Host!
After much speculation, Jane Lynch has officially been named as this year's Emmy Awards host.
The "Glee" star released a statement in which she revealed her excitement over the gig, telling, "I am tickled pink to be hosting the Primetime Emmys. I'm looking forward to singing, dancing and sporting my finest tracksuit."
Executive producer Mark Burnett seems just as eager to see the Emmy Award-winning actress front the show, as he told, "Jane was my first — and only — choice as the host for this year's Primetime Emmys, and I am glad she said 'yes.' She has incredible comedic timing, and is a charismatic, talented actress whose energy leaps off the screen and stage. I am thrilled and excited to have her as our host."
You can catch all the excitement when the Emmys airs Sunday, September 18 on FOX.


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This Is the Way the World Ends? Volcanoes Could Darken World
Are you worried about the end of life as we know it? Then don't just look to the sky for that catastrophic asteroid that could be heading our way. The end may come from right beneath your feet.
Super-volcanoes have probably caused more extinctions than asteroids. But until now it has been thought that these giant volcanoes took thousands of years to form -- and would remain trapped beneath the earth's crust for thousands more years -- before having much effect on the planet.
But new research indicates these catastrophic eruptions, possibly thousands of times more powerful than the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, may happen only a few hundred years after the volcanoes form. In other words, they may have a very "short fuse," according to researchers at Vanderbilt University.
Such an event could make thermonuclear war or global warming seem trivial, spewing untold tons of ash into the atmosphere to block sunlight. The result would be many years of frigid temperatures, wiping out millions of species. A super-volcano that erupted 250 million years ago is now believed to have created the greatest mass extinction the world has ever seen, wiping out up to 95 percent of all plant and animal species. Some renegade scientists believe it was a volcano, not an asteroid, that killed off the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.
But is global suicide lurking right below our feet? Is a super-volcano about to blow its top? Not as far as scientists can tell. Such a volcano results from the accumulation of a giant pool of lava just a few miles below the ground, and there is no known formation anywhere on the planet that is expected to erupt in the immediate future.
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|Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir (2008)
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|Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
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Based on business professionals, your air conditioners consume the most power than every other electrical home appliance you may have. Actually, nearly 50% of what you pay for utility are used up by your air conditioning unit.
In order to reduce your energy charges, you'll have to do more than using a smaller amount of your air conditioner or changing it along with a more inexpensive one. You will probably have to observe appropriate servicing in your air conditioning system along with consider changing insulating material and temperature adjustments in your house.
To help you conserve power charges out of your air conditioner, below are great tips.
1. Bring out your house fans
If it's a normally colder day, draw out your house fans and utilize them as an alternative to your a/c. They use up much less energy when compared with air conditioners, but could still make you stay comfy on a cooler day.
You can also consider using an attic fan to blow away hot air from the attic. This could subsequently lessen heat inside the house; thereby, preventing the increase of temperature inside your home.
2. Start at a increased thermostat temperatures
When starting and starting up your air conditioning unit, start off the temperature at a hot temperature and gradually work your way to the temperature you'll be comfy with.
Starting in the cold wouldn't normally cool your house more quickly. It might only trigger your cooling unit to function double time and use up more electricity.
3. Keep lights and TV's faraway from air conditioning units
The air conditioner could feed on the hot air coming from lamps as well as the TV and force it function more and consume much more of your electricity.
4. Use window blinds, shades, along with other kinds of covers
Think about using any type of window covering for the house windows that are facing the east, south, and west. In covering these windows you're helping to lessen heat coming within your property and prolonging the reduced temperature in the room. Plus, it actually helps your air conditioner never to work far too much.
Having an air conditioner doesn't imply you'll leave all the cooling duties to it. You need to play your behalf - not only in cleaning as well as the proper maintenance of the device, but additionally in ensuring your ac doesn't work far too much and use up more power than required.
Let's face the facts - owning and operating your HVAC system requires some money. It's the chief thing which makes for a substantial utility bill. In the Myrtle Beach area, we all relax a little easier as soon as the extensive sizzling summer months have ended so we can watch our power bills decrease. Therefore conserving money on your Heating and cooling system is one thing most people are quite curious about. Air Professions presents sound advice - air conditioning contractors - regarding keeping your system running economically all year.


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He is one of the most and admired and respected actors of his generation, with a legendary reputation for the thoroughness of his role preparation.
In the same Oscar-winning performance he put on another 40lbs to show the self-destructive La Motta in decline.
His saxophone playing in 1977's New York New York, in which he was cast alongside Liza Minnelli as a post-World War II musician, was said to be of a virtuoso standard.
Then there were the silk boxer shorts he supposedly wore in true method-acting style to get the measure of Al Capone in The Untouchables.
De Niro, now 60, built his reputation with a series of violent, often psychotic, characters living at the margins of society - Travis Bickle In Taxi Driver (1976), Max Cady in Cape Fear (1991), Rupert Pupkin in The King Of Comedy (1983).
He has shown his versatility with a string of comedic roles, never more darkly so than as the demonic Louis Cyphre in Alan Parker's voodoo thriller Angel Heart (1987).
De Niro first came to wider public attention as the young Vito Corleone in the flashback sequences of The Godfather, Part II (1974), which won him the Oscar for best supporting actor.
His subtle, mature performance matched the intensity of his hero Marlon Brando playing the older Corleone in the film's 1972 prequel.
De Niro's first success with his long-time collaborator Scorsese had emerged in 1973 with Mean Streets, a story of small-time hoods in New York's Little Italy. The film's environment and themes would provide further fuel for their creative relationship over the following few years.
De Niro returned to the Manhattan immigrant tableau in Sergio Leone's epic historical saga Once Upon A Time In America (1984).
His 38-year film career began in the mid-1960s after a New York acting apprenticeship with Lee Strasberg and Stella Adler.
Following stints in off-Broadway theatrical productions, he made early screen appearances in Brian De Palma's low-budget Greetings (1968) and The Wedding Party (1969, made in 1963).
He also went on to feature in De Palma's Hi, Mom! and Bloody Mama (both 1970), Jennifer on My Mind, Born to Win and The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (all 1971).
His other major films include The Deer Hunter (1978), The Mission (1986), Casino (1995), as well as recent comedies Analyse This (1999) and its 2002 follow-up, Analyse That.
While his critics accuse him of choosing less demanding roles of late, there is little doubt about the box office potential of the Analyse franchise, reflected in his reported $20m salary for last year's sequel.
The son of New York artists, he is as well known for his desire for privacy off-screen as for his fastidiousness in performance.


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Capsul'in is the first empty Nespresso compatible capsule that works in the full line of Nespresso machines that I have used. The Ne Cap design does not work in the Nespresso Citiz and the Nespresso Pixie machines that used a new design standard for the capsules which included a raised ridge at the base of the Nespresso capsule. The Capsul'in design also features a raised ridge on the base of the capsule, making it work well with the newest and currently most popular machines that Nespresso has to offer.
The Promise of Nespresso Compatible Capsules
The promise of empty Nespresso Compatible Capsules is that users can take advantage of the amazing simplicity of the Nespresso machine design, its consistent quality and its convenience to brew up capsules filled with your own favorite espresso blend in a more economical way. Other empty Nespresso compatible designs have offered some savings and have delivered on the ability to use your favorite espresso blend, but as far as capturing the convenience of the Nespresso machine system, they fell short. I didn't think hauling my old Nespresso Essenza out of the basement very convenient, and given the popularity of the newer machines, I found that I just couldn't get behind the idea.
Having universal compatibility, the Capsul'in system has promise and was worth trying.
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The ROASTe Blog has a great post on when to stop pulling your shot and walks through some steps to figure it out yourself. The process involves pulling a shot into several glasses where you'll get a "slice" of the shot in each, then taste what happens. I have done this for drip brew and have tested this type of time-slicing on French Press, but not on an espresso shot.
Their conclusion is that when the shot starts to "blond" from dark brown to the lighter and more transparent color in the finish is a good time. What's right for you though? Read their whole post to learn more, and figure it out for yourself. Even if you are already pulling the perfect shot, you may just learn a lot in the process.
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If you go to Starbucks and order a specialty drink, you have to watch this and think about it next time you feel the urge to order that super triple, extra whip, decaf coffee drink at Starbucks and tip the Barista the $0.07 that you got as change. I am sure it's a tough job when the line is out the door, but Chris did get fired for this one. Nice video, even though we get a shot of him just in his undies and a Starbucks apron.
After the jump is Part 2; where Chris confirms he got fired....... and then sets it to music....
Nespresso has been pushing (down) the limits on small size brewers with the Citiz and then the Pixie introductions in the last few years, but they are now reapplying that capability to a fully automatic espresso and steamed milk machine that can crank out Lattes and Cappuccinos with the push of a button. The newly designed Nespresso Lattissima+ is a small, full featured brewer that uses the familiar Nespresso capsules, fresh milk and some incredible engineering to crank out cafe style drinks in short order. The result is a machine that is about the same depth and height as a Nespresso Pixie and only about two Pixies wide. (It would fit perfectly on my counter - we're working on getting a review unit in.)
Nespresso has a long tradition of issuing limited edition capsules that tend to experiment with various themes or delve into new territory that push the envelope for flavor, or distinct character. A study in contrasts can be seen in last year's Kazaar (Kazaar Review), an "11 on a 10 scale" for intensity of an all-robusta blend and Onirio (Onirio Review), a lightly roasted, delicate as a flower blend that was anything but intense in its punch, but formidable in its flavor.
With the launch of the Nespresso Dhjana, their sustainability message escorts the new capsule blend to market. The coffee is 100% sustainably sourced, with a goal of soon having all of Nespresso's coffee procured in the same way. It's been a long term project for them to build a better supply chain and in doing so, assuring high quality coffee through high ad low harvest years.
Dhjana is a blended espresso that has a very classic approach; add a few parts bold, and slightly acidic coffees, and build flavor profile as well as overall impact by adding back a little bit of Robusta. Nespresso has done this with Colombian, Costa Rican, Brazilian and a little bit of Indian Robusta. We got ours on day 2, and have been drinking it regularly, and have blasted through a couple of sleeves already.
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UPDATE: See our Review of Nespresso Dhjana
Nespresso's Limited Edition Dhjana will be shipping today, as Nespresso has already started its world wide rollout of the newest capsule. Focused on sustainability, the message around Dhjana is that the coffee beans for this blend area from Nespresso's Ecolaboration project where their coffees are farmed in a way that makes economic and ecological sense for the entire value chain.
The flavor story is one of classic balanced espresso with Brazilian, Costa Rican and Columbian Arabicas, balanced with a hint of Robusta from India. Roasted and rated an "8" on their intensity scale of 10, this should be an exciting one.
The above image is from overseas, look for a Nespresso.com re-do this morning in the US, that will allow you to oder the newest Nespresso variety; Dhjana.
You can brew Nespresso Dhjana on any Nespresso capsule machine, including their smallest machine the Nespresso Pixie, or their equally thin machine the Nespresso Citiz. Don't have one? Check out Nespresso's store on eBay for great deals on reconditioned Nespresso machines.
The Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte is back. Actually it has been news for a while (it launched nationally yesterday), but it seemed like sacrilege to talk about it before Labor Day. Anyway, this Fall flavor is in stores and ready to enjoy. This year, Starbucks has a fun capability of creating a pumpkin carve out of your face for your Facebook Page Profile Pic. Head over to their FB page, and get started on the little routine. Once you create your FB picture, you can also print out a guide to carve your face on a real pumpkin.
Nutrition Information on the Pumpkin Spice Latte
Starbucks Facebook Page
Want to make your own at home? Check out this Pumpkin Spice Latte Recipe
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Nespresso will be releasing their Dhjana Limited Edition Grand Cru, and it sounds like it will be a complex blend of several varieties that sound pretty enticing. The strong blend (an "8" on the Nespresso Intensity Scale), will be a blend of Arabica coffees from Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica and a Robusta from India. The Indian Robusta should provide enough kick to make it a full bodied strong flavored blend that balances out the acidity from the Colombian and Costa Rican coffees.
Nespresso is touting their sustainable coffee production platform with this launch citing that all of the coffee is sourced from a new "AAA" program called Ecolaboration. The program offers financial and training assistance so that small farmers can grow high quality coffees in a sustainable manner. By 2013, Nespresso has pledged to get all of its coffee from the program. Clearly, it's a tough job and one that has a long investment cycle, because they started the program about a decade ago.
Look for more news on Nespresso Dhjana in the coming days. We have confirmed with a representative of Nespresso that the release in teh US will be on September 12th.
Starbucks announced that they are going to be going the way of the KCup and starting in November, you can buy a select set of Starbucks Blends in the KCup format. So while they haven't ruled out the idea of introducing their own Nespresso type machine, the move into the KCup single serve format is certainly an acknowledgement that the KCup will offer a much more attractive return on investment.
Last year, there were 2.9 Billion KCups made, and even a fair share of that market is a pretty good return at about $0.60 each retail price. The work isn't going to be hard, and the returns should be all but guaranteed..... if Starbucks can capture even 20% of the market, that's 150,000,000 KCups, or about 5 million pounds of coffee, and if they made even $0.20 each KCup , that's $30 million gross revenue. Not bad for very little investment if Keurig/Green Mountain handles the KCup packing.
Starbucks expects to grow the business into a billion dollar franchise according to their press release. That means that they will need to roughly double the KCup market. That's pretty ambitious.
Starbucks will be selling KCups in the following varieties and configurations: Breakfast Blend, Pike Place® Roast, House Blend, Sumatra, and French Roast. In addition, two selections of Tazo® tea will be available in K-Cup® Portion Packs: Tazo® tea Awake and Tazo® tea Zen. Starbucks® coffee K-Cup® Portion Packs will be available in 10-count, 16-count, and 54-count packs. Tazo® tea K-Cup® Portion Packs will be available in 10-count and 16-count.
If Starbucks were to go the single serve espresso capsule route, the investment would be steep, and the market much smaller. I haven't seen the Starbucks Sirena tearing up the market, so if that's any indication, they face a tough road of trying to push out a new espresso machine that may or may not catch on. So while the logical thing would be to try to deliver the in-store drink experience in a proprietary espresso-based machine, the fastest route to market share and income is straight through KCup valley.


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• The Championship play-off final is – financially speaking – the biggest game in British sport. While Leicester are now just three wins away form promotion after a 2-0 win over second place Burnley (who are nine points off the chasing pack behind them) the four teams that'll be contesting the £120 million game at Wembley on 24 May are far from decided.
• The injury to Charlie Austin took the wind out of the QPR sails at the turn of the year and the West London club continue to puff their cheeks in third, a late Junior Hoilett strike earned the R's a 1-1 draw at Blackpool. After a disappointing set of recent results, a Patrick Bamford inspired Derby won for just the second time in seven: the Rams beat struggling Charlton 3-0. Wigan have impressed since Uwe Rosler took charge but the Latics played their 51st game of the season today and required an 88th minute goal from Nick Powell to earn a point at Bolton. Gallingly for Rosler's team, Jordi Gómez then missed an injury-time penalty that would have snatched victory.
• Nigel Adkins' Reading are the side with most to fear, however. The sixth placed side went in to today's match against Huddersfield having failed to win any of their last six home games. Nahki Wells put the visitors ahead only for a Pavel Pogrebnyak penalty to earn the home side a point.
• The division's form team are Bournemouth who beat a very much out-of-form Birmingham 4-2 at St Andrews. Two goals from the excellent Lewis Grabban helped put the Cherries four up, Federico Macheda scored twice in the second half to give the score a more respectable polish. Bournemouth's late surge – they are now five points behind Reading – was helped by Brighton's 2-0 defeat at home to Middlesbrough and Ipswich's 1-1 draw with Nottingham Forest.
• Noteworthy results elsewhere at the bottom saw Barnsley beat fellow relegation strugglers Yeovil 4-1 at Huish Park, Doncaster beat troubled Leeds at Elland Road, and Millwall grabbed one point from the jaws of three by conceding a late Blackburn Rovers equaliser in their 2-2 draw.
• Watford tore apart Sheffield Wednesday 4-1 at Hillsborough. Wednesday, now safely lodged in mid-table, have – you feel – got the beach towels out.
League One
• Kenny Jacket's Wolves have one hand on the League One title after Liam McAlinden's 81st minute goal gave them a 1-0 victory over MK Dons. Wolves are now six points clear of second place Brentford, held 0-0 at Oldham, and early season pace setters Leyton Orient who lost 1-0 at home to Bradford. With both London sides wobbling, Rotherham, who beat Bristol City 2-1, and Preston North End, who beat Crawley 1-0, are far from out of the automatic promotion running.
• For the past few seasons League One has been every bit as polarised as the Premier League and this year is no different. While 20 points separate fifth from ninth, just two points separate the bottom six in League One, and just eight points split the entire bottom half of the table. Notts County were the only team to win in the bottom six today – the Magpies beat Colchester 2-0. Ronan Murray and Haydn Hollis scored the goals. The U's are now just three points clear of the drop after a poor run of results in March.
League Two
• Congratulations to Ross Willcox. The Scunthorpe manager become the Football League's first manager to claim a 24-game unbeaten start. Second placed Iron drew 0-0 with Wycombe at home and remain two points behind leaders Rochdale who were held 0-0 at fourth place Fleetwood. The previous holder of Willcox's record was Preston's William Suddell in 1889, pub quiz fans.
• Portsmouth's new manager Andy Awford, their third manager this season, made a winning start to life in the Fratton Park very hot seat. Pompey won 2-1 at Newport County who had two men sent off. The result lifted Portsmouth five points clear of relegation from the Football League.
• Basement club Torquay are in danger of being cut adrift after losing 1-0 at Southend, while Northampton slipped a further point behind Wycombe after Bury dished out a 0-3 thrashing at Sixfields.


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to Build a Rabbit Cage
make all my own cages and have always done so. I've
made hundreds over the last 40 years, and now they're
second nature to me. I use all wire cages because
they are self-cleaning and odor-free. Making a cage
is very simple. Aside from a table or workbench to
work on, you need:
you prefer, you can use j-clips instead of hog rings.
I like the hog rings best because they're easier
to remove if you make a mistake (and I make plenty)--you
just cut the rings with your cutters. Hog rings also
have many other uses, such as repairing hockey shin
cages are all 30" deep, 36" long, and 18" high. But
they can be any size you want. For example, a dwarf
rabbit has plenty of room in a 24" x 24" cage. The
bottom wire for the floor should be 1" x 1/2" mesh
(to prevent tiny feet from getting caught and broken),
while the sides, front, and back can be 1" x 1" mesh.
The top can be 1" x 1" or 1" x 2".
are directions for making a 30" x 36" cage.
need to fold (bend at a right angle) the 18" x 132" piece
of woven wire in three places. To fold the wire,
I lay the wire on a table (or bench) and bend the
wire down along the edge of the table or workbench.
Fairly easy to do. For the first fold, measure 36" across
the piece of woven wire and fold. From that first
fold, measure another 30" across and fold again.
From the second fold, measure 36" and fold the third
time. The remaining "side" of the piece of woven
wire should now be 30". You've made the sides of
the cage. Making a cage that is essentially one piece
saves time and hog rings.
attach a hog ring to the edge of the 30" side and
connect the ring to the edge of the 36" side. Continue
attaching hog rings at 4 - 5" intervals, connecting
the edges together. Attach the floor with hog rings
place at 4" intervals and do the same for the top.
Voila ! Your cage is put together.
comes the door. Cut the opening for the door 2" from
either side of the 36" length of your cage (depending
on whether you want your door opening to the left
or right). The opening should be about 13" wide,
2" from the bottom, and 2"from the top. Now you
need a door. Cut a piece of wire 1" bigger all around
than your door opening. Connect it to the cage with
hog rings.
make my own door latches (bunny-proof, too) from
heavy galvanized fence wire. They are difficult to
make because they have to be bent for an exact fit
and the wire is very stiff. I recommend buying ready-made
door latches. They are very cheap, and they can be
purchased from any place you can get rabbitry supplies.
cut the feeder opening the same way as the door opening,
just be sure it is 2" above the bottom of the cage.
I think all feeders are about the same size, so the
opening should be 2" x 8".
that is a basic rabbit hutch!
favorite supplier of rabbit feeders, bottles, door
latches, etc. is
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prices are reasonable and the service is fast and
efficient. I use the all metal feeders and the LIXIT
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The earliest reference to a system of seven archangels as a group appears to be in Enoch I (the Book of Enoch) which is not part of the Jewish Canon but is prevalent in the Judaic tradition, where they are named as Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Uriel, Raguel, Ramiel and Sariel. While this book today is non-canonical in most Christian Churches, it was explicitly quoted in the New Testament (Letter of Jude 1:14-15) and by many of the early Church Fathers. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church to this day regards it to be canonical.
In the late 5th to early 6th century, Pseudo-Dionysius gives them as Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Camael, Jophiel, and Zadkiel.[1]
The earliest Christian mention is by Pope Saint Gregory I who lists them as Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Uriel (or Anael), Simiel, Oriphiel and Raguel. A later reference to seven archangels would appear in an 8th or 9th century talisman attributed to Auriolus, a "servant of God" in north-western Spain. He issues a prayer to "all you patriarchs Michael, Gabriel, Cecitiel, Oriel, Raphael, Ananiel, Marmoniel ("who hold the clouds in your hands").[2]
Archangels in current church traditions
The Catholic Church recognizes three archangels, the three mentioned in its canon of Scripture: Gabriel and Michael, mentioned in the New Testament, and Raphael, mentioned in the book of Tobit, where he is described as "one of the seven angels who stand ready and enter before the glory of the Lord",[3] a phrase recalled in Revelation 8:2-6.
Some strands of the Eastern Orthodox Church, exemplified in the Orthodox Slavonic Bible (Ostrog Bible, Elizabeth Bible, and later consequently Russian Synodal Bible), recognize as authoritative also 2 Esdras, which mentions Uriel. The Eastern Orthodox Church and Eastern Catholic Churches of the Byzantine tradition, venerate seven archangels and sometimes an eighth. Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Selaphiel (Salathiel), Jegudiel (Jehudiel), Barachiel, and the eighth, Jerahmeel (Jeremiel) (The Synaxis of the Chief of the Heavenly Hosts, Archangel Michael and the Other Heavenly Bodiless Powers: Feast Day: November 8). [4]
As well as Uriel, the Book of Enoch, not regarded as canonical by any of these Christian churches, mentions (chapter 21) Raguel, Sariel, and Jerahmeel, while other apocryphal sources give instead the names Izidkiel, Hanael, and Kepharel.[5]
In the Coptic Orthodox tradition the seven archangels are named as Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Suriel, Sedakiel, Sarathiel, and Ananiel.[6]
In Anglican and Episcopal tradition, there are three or four archangels in its calendar for September 29 feast for St. Michael and All Angels (also called Michaelmas: namely Gabriel, Michael and Raphael),[7] and often, Uriel.[8][9][10][11][12]
Other ideas
Although in the Book of Enoch, Remiel is described as one of the leaders of the 200 Grigori, the fallen angels, the leader is identified as Semjaza and therefore this is a different angel. Other Names derived from pseudepigrapha and recognized by Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches are Selaphiel, Jegudiel, and Raguel.
Seven angels or archangels are given as related to the seven days of the week: Michael (Sunday), Gabriel (Monday), Raphael (Tuesday), Uriel (Wednesday), Selaphiel (Thursday),Raguel or Jegudiel (Friday), and Barachiel (Saturday).
Various occult systems associate each archangel with one of the traditional "seven luminaries" (the seven naked-eye moving objects in the heavens: the Seven Classical Planets): the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn;[13] but there is disagreement as to which archangel corresponds to which body.
According to Rudolf Steiner, four important archangels also display periodic spiritual activity over the seasons: Spring is Raphael, Summer is Uriel, Autumn is Michael, and Winter is Gabriel.[14] Following this line of reasoning, Aries (astrologically ruled by Mars) represents Spring, Cancer (ruled by Moon) represents Summer, Libra (ruled by Venus) represents Autumn, and Capricorn (ruled by Saturn) represents Winter. Therefore by association, Raphael is Mars, Uriel is Moon, Michael is Venus, and Gabriel is Saturn. Rudolf Steiner's Northern Hemisphere indications regarding the seasons and their placement in the Zodiac will be the opposite in the Southern Hemisphere, making Michael the Autumn archangel - with Mars in Ares; Raphael the Spring Archangel - with Venus in Libra; and in mid-winter Gabriel in Cancer; Uriel presides in Capricorn during mid summer in the south.
The seven archangels figure in some systems of ritual magic, each archangel bearing a specific seal.
It could also be argued that each one of the seven archangels represents one of the heavenly virtues, in the same way that each of the seven princes of hell represents one of the deadly sins.
Notes and references
- ↑ A Dictionary of Angels, Including the Fallen Angels by Gustav Davidson, 1980, Free Press Publishing
- ↑ Julia M.H. Smith, Europe After Rome: A New Cultural History 500-1000. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. Page 77
- ↑ Tobit 12:15
- ↑ http://oca.org/saints/lives/2013/11/08/103244-synaxis-of-the-archangel-michael-and-the-other-bodiless-powers
- ↑ James F. Driscoll, "St. Raphael" in The Catholic Encyclopedia (New York 1911)
- ↑ Tasbeha.org Doxology of the Heavenly Orders
- ↑ Oremus.org website. Retrieved September 15, 2008.
- ↑ Saint Uriel Church website patron Saint web page. Retrieved September 15, 2008.
- ↑ Lesser Feasts and Fasts, p. 380.
- ↑ Anglican.org website Michaelmas page. Retrieved September 15, 2008.
- ↑ St. George's Lennoxville website, What Are Anglicans, Anyway? page. Retrieved September 15, 2008.
- ↑ Christ Church Eureka website, September Feasts page. Retrieved September 15, 2008.
- ↑ Morals and Dogma (of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry) by Albert Pike (1871, 1948, L. H. Jenkins)
- ↑ The encyclopedia of angels, p.45, by Rosemary Guiley, Infobase Publishing, 2004.
- Godwin, Malcolm. Angels: An Endangered Species, New York: Simon & Schuster 1990/ London: Boxtree 1993.
- Benor, Daniel J. Healing Research, Volume III — Personal Spirituality: Science, Spirit and the Eternal Soul, Bellmawr, NJ: Wholistic Healing Publications 2006
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Astronomers of the international CLUES collaboration have identified "Cosmic Web Stripping" as a new way of explaining the famous missing dwarf problem: the lack of observed dwarf galaxies compared with that predicted by the theory of Cold Dark Matter and Dark Energy.
High-precision observations over the last two decades have indicated that our Universe consists of about 75% Dark Energy, 20% Dark Matter and 5% ordinary matter. Galaxies and matter in the universe clump in an intricate network of filaments and voids, known as the Cosmic Web.
Computer experiments on massive supercomputers have shown that in such a Universe a huge number of small "dwarf" galaxies weighing just one thousandth of the Milky Way should have formed in our cosmic neighbourhood. Yet only a handful of these galaxies are observed orbiting around the Milky Way. The observed scarcity of dwarf galaxies is a major challenge to our understanding of galaxy formation.
An international team of researchers has studied this issue within the Constrained Local UniversE Simulations project (CLUES). The CLUES simulations use the observed positions and peculiar velocities of galaxies within Tens of Millions of light years of the Milky Way to accurately simulate the local environment of the Milky Way.
"The main goal of this project is to simulate the evolution of the Local Group - the Andromeda and Milky Way galaxies and their low-mass neighbours - within their observed large scale environment", said Stefan Gottlober of the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam.
Analysing the CLUES simulations, the astronomers have now found that some of the far-out dwarf galaxies in the Local Group move with such high velocities with respect to the Cosmic Web that most of their gas can be stripped and effectively removed. They call this mechanism "Cosmic Web Stripping", since it is the pancake and filamentary structure of the cosmos that is responsible for depleting the dwarfs' gas supply.
"These dwarfs move so fast that even the weakest membranes of the Cosmic Web can rip off their gas", explained Alejandro Benitez LLambay, PhD student at the Instituto de Astronomia Teorica y Experimental of the Universidad Nacional de Cordoba in Argentina, and first author of the publication of this study.
Without a large gas reservoir out of which to form stars, these dwarf galaxies should be so small and dim that they would be hardly be visible today. The missing dwarfs may simply be too faint to see.
The study of Benitez Llambay and colleagues is published in the February issue of Astrophysical Letters.
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Sunday that his government will compile a timeline for returning land leased to the United States for military use near Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture.
"The government needs to proceed in a responsible way," Abe told reporters in Fukushima Prefecture.
Under a bilateral deal reached last April, leased areas south of the U.S. Air Force base would be returned to Japan as soon as replacement facilities are provided in Okinawa, or when U.S. Marines stationed in the prefecture are transferred overseas.
A government source said the same day that Tokyo and Washington are considering a plan that would return five such facilities and areas in early April.
Japan apparently wants to accelerate the return of the facilities in the belief that Okinawa will reciprocate by giving it the green light to conduct landfill operations needed to replace U.S. Marine Corps Air Base Futenma. But the U.S. side remains reluctant to explicitly state when those sites may be returned, the source said.
On a TV program earlier in the day, Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said the central government would speed up its planning process for the land return. Okinawa hosts the bulk of American bases and troops stationed in Japan.
As for replacing the Futenma base, Onodera expressed hopes that Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima will decide by January whether to allow landfill work in the Henoko area of Nago to proceed so the replacement facility can be built. Abe's administration formally submitted the application on Friday.
"Usually, (such a decision) can be made within six to eight months," Onodera said, urging the governor to make up his mind before the Nago mayoral election in January 2014, which might see him replaced, causing yet another delay.
He meanwhile repeated that the central government will continue explaining to the Okinawan public its plan to lessen the impact of U.S. military facilities in the prefecture. "The reclamation application is the first step toward obtaining Okinawa's approval" for the Futenma relocation, he said.
Unsurprisingly, Nakaima said Saturday that he will need more time to decide the matter.
"It will take eight to 10 months to review the content (of the application) and decide whether to approve it or not," Nakaima told reporters in Ginowan after meeting with Ichita Yamamoto, state minister for Okinawa affairs.
The move was not an unusual one in the Futenma saga, which has dragged on for well over a decade. With local resistance as strong as ever, the government's chances of getting Nakaima's say-so look pretty bleak.
According to officials, neither Nakaima or Yamamoto brought up the landfill issue during the meeting. Yamamoto told the governor of the government's plans to devise ways to develop Okinawa's information technology industry, among other economic revitalization incentives familiar to such talks.
Nakaima, for his part, again voiced his displeasure with the Abe team's plan to hold a ceremony on April 28 to celebrate the 61st anniversary of the San Francisco Peace Treaty, which restored Japan's sovereignty following its defeat in World War II and subsequent occupation. Okinawa, which was not returned to Japan's jurisdiction until 1972, after decades under U.S. control, despises the day.
"I cannot share the (government's) thinking. I'd like (it) to be sensitive toward the feelings of Okinawa residents," he said.
Noting the tremendous difficulties Okinawa had to overcome in the recent past, Yamamoto said he nonetheless plans to attend the government-sponsored ceremony in Tokyo while paying heed to the sentiments of Okinawans.
Earlier Saturday, Yamamoto held discussions with Nago Mayor Susumu Inamine and other local government leaders in northern Okinawa.
At the meeting in Nago, Inamine strongly protested the government's application for land reclamation in the city's Henoko district.
"The application was made in a way that deceives Okinawa residents. Local people are very angry about the (central government's) heavy-handed approach," Inamine said.
Yamamoto promised to relay the mayor's criticism to the prime minister's office and to the defense minister.


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His fine motor skills are exceptional and that's where we are running into problems. He can open things we didn't think he was capable of (gates, jars, outlet covers-you name it). He is obsessed with wires, cords, and anything electrical.
Originally Posted by meemee
my dd doesnt like me questioning her - and i have tried what i feel everything. humour, wrong answers, acting i dont know. she has always been a poetry fan and she i guess picked up her alphabets from dr seuss's ABC book. the only way i knew is from her to pointing to shop signs and saying the alphabets at 18 months. yet if i ask her seh will purposely answer wrong or ignore my question.
does anyone have any suggestions of me finding out what she knows?
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Britishmum is thinking of moving to Mass.
I am just outside of 128, NW of the city.
Originally Posted by Queen of Cups
Hi, everyone! Its been quite awhile since I popped in on this thread - I'm glad its still going!
DS is almost one year and just constantly amazes me... He's got a decent vocabulary - 8-10 words plus a few more signs. He started walking at 10.5 months, and has now figured out how to pop open the lock on the back screen door. Eek! When he figured that out last week, he crawled out into a rainstorm. I found him happily crawling around on the deck in the rain. I told my mom about it and she sternly said, "You HAVE to start treating him like a gifted child! He can figure things out." She's right... He's been stacking blocks lately and can stack 3-4 before they tip over. He's also suddenly able (willing?) to follow directions, which is so cool - knowing that he totally understands what I'm saying and can act on it. This morning while eating breakfast he kept pointing to pictures on his placemat and waiting for me to tell him the name of each object - its a Sesame St mat with a different object for each letter of the alphabet.
I'm expecting another baby in November, and I'm hoping that DS will adjust well to that. He LOVES other kids and babies, so I hope he'll mostly be excited.
And about sleep - Killy sleeps okay, but not as much as I'd like! About 10 hours a night with a 2-3 hour nap on good days...
Originally Posted by Lyci
Thanks for the ideas for ds and his "machine" obsession. We can't vacuum with him in the house unless we have time for him to spend 1 hour investigating the inner workings of it. My mom found a toy vacuum at a garage sale but ds is more interested in taking the batteries in and out then playing with it. I like the idea about taking things apart, I'll have to find him his own tools though, he would be totally into that.
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I have also noticed that my DD (16 mo) is resistant to direct questioning about what she knows. I know she knows colors, because she identifies them herself all the time. However, if I happen to ASK her what color something is, the answer is virtually always wrong--and she knows it's wrong, judging by her rather amused expression. Also, we know she can count a little (she will carry two sticks around saying "Two, two" and so on) but after a brief period when she counted objects with me, she is now totally silent when I try counting things and leaving pauses for her. It's often the same with shapes, too--she self-identifies them but does not respond correctly to "What shape is this?" (I do wonder if some of this is not understanding the words "shape" or "color"--think about that! Kind of abstract.)
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Originally Posted by loraxc
I'm curious if your kids followed the "standard" language acquisition patterns (slowly acquiring words till they hit about 50, then a huge language explosion, followed closely by word combining, followed by short sentences). DD hasn't at all. She has hundreds of words which she has acquired very steadily since about 11 months, but until recently just recently used them individually. Now she seems to have sort of skipped the "word combining" stage and gone straight to sentences, though I can't understand them all the time.
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Oh! She talks and crawls in her sleep, and occasionally will stand up and walk in her sleep. Eyes totally shut, and she just jabbers and wiggles away. It's totally nuts! Sometimes she just sits up and just screams at the top of her lungs and there's absolutely nothing I can do with her because she's not awake and not really asleep. She won't even nurse then until I can get her to wake up, and sometimes I can't.
Originally Posted by eilonwy
and BooBah refuses to sleep under a blanket unless she's *freezing* (and she rarely is-- she's daddy's girl). The one time I can remember her climbing back under the blanket, she was so cold that she shocked me awake. :LOL She still talks or sits up and screams in her sleep, but she doesn't actually wake up to nurse if she's not under something.
Originally Posted by lckrause
I don't see the big deal about her being in second grade at 6... lots of kids started it at 6 (and turned 7 during the fall/winter) when I went to school. I'm sure she could handle it academically. Does she have any social issues that make you think grade 2 would be a bad fit?
Originally Posted by Britishmum
Dd - Hmmmmm. But did God even invent George Bush?
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dd - But why did he invent George Bush?
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Socially I think there are ages when it's not a big deal, but when you hit puberty, I think it is much more of an issue. JMO, but it's not something I would do, especially if you have a good thing going at home anyway.
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Tired-- I was a young student, and quite frankly it wasn't a big deal. The only time I can remember being upset about it was in Kindergarten; the teacher made a big deal about birthdays and I noticed right away that the kids were all turning six before I turned five. The next youngest child in my class turned six three weeks before my fifth birthday, and in my little head three weeks was *forever*. I came home and demanded that my mother change my birthday.
Originally Posted by eilonwy
If I could afford it and my kids got a place at a "gifted" school, I'd probably consider it, especially for BeanBean.
Originally Posted by NoHiddenFees
:LOL Why indeed?
Last summer DD1 made an animal parade of all her HABA figures. Along one side she set up a row of trees and shrubs. A guest asked her what kinds of trees they were and she answered, using her sweetest voice, "A peach tree, and apple tree, [a couple more things], and that jackass bush. I was very pregnant at the time and actually hurt myself laughing.
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Soprano Camilla Kerslake will top the bill at a candlelight concert to raise funds for Rosemere Cancer Foundation at Blackburn Cathedral.
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Thank you BBC 1Xtra for giving us the heads up on this artist set to make waves for 2013! Birmingham based singer/songwriter Jacob Banks just stirred up a sea of various emotions here at FD HQ; after downloading his EP The Monologue, and watching a few videos, one of which being him singing a mashup of of Rihanna's Stay and Kendrick Lamar's Don't Kill My Vibe for BBC Radio 1Xtra's Hot for 2013 Live Lounge Special. I'm telling you, when Rihanna sings Stay live or recorded it sounds nice, you know, you get the point; now when Jacob Banks gives you this version? It's all over!
It's hard to believe he's only 21 years of age, Jacob's musical influences and sound are pure timeless soul, with inspiration from legendary artists from the likes of Marvin Gaye, Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder and Curtis Mayfield. We're now fully fledged fans and waiting with baited breath to see what he's gonna bring this year! Watch vid for his single Kids On the Corner below as well as the Radio 1Xtra clip; let us know what you think.