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Michel Camilo Replaces Gato Barbieri at Blue Note Performances, 12/3 & 4
Gato Barbieri has had to cancel tonight's and tomorrow's performances at the Blue Note. In his place will be the Michel Camilo Trio featuring Cliff Almond (drums) and Lincoln Goines (bass). The performances will take place tonight and Tuesday, December 3 & 4, 8 pm & 10:30 pm at The Blue Note located at 131 West 3rd Street, New York, NY 10012. Tickets are priced at $45 table seats, $30 at the bar.
A native of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Camilo studied for 13 years at the National Conservatory. At the age of 16 he became a member of the National Symphony Orchestra of the Dominican Republic (NSODR). He moved to New York in 1979, where he studied at Mannes College and The Juilliard School. In 1985, he released his debut album, entitled Why Not?, made his Carnegie Hall debut with his trio, and toured Europe. Spending a significant portion of time back in his native Santo Domingo, he served as the musical director of the Dominican Republic's Heineken Jazz Festival, a post he held until 1992. His early albums – Michel Camilo, ON FIRE, and ON THE OTHER HAND – all reached the top of the nationwide radio play charts.
Since that time, Camilo's recordings on various labels have included RENDEZVOUS (1993), ONE MORE ONCE (1995), THRU MY EYES (1997), SPAIN (2000), TRIANGULO (2003), LIVE AT THE BLUE NOTE (2003: his first live album), and SPIRIT OF THE MOMENT (2007). Camilo also remains active as a composer, writing music both for his own recordings and for larger settings, including works for piano and orchestra as well as several film scores, among them the score for the award-winning European film Amo Tu Cama Rica.
A Grammy, Emmy, and Latin Grammy Award winner, Camilo has been a featured soloist, arranger and composer with the Danish Radio Big Band and has appeared as soloist with numerous prominent symphony orchestras, often performing classical repertoire and his own compositions. He has also performed at the Royal Albert Hall, The White House, and various legendary jazz venues in New York, including the Blue Note, The Beacon Theater, Radio City Music Hall, and Avery Fisher Hall. In addition, he regularly tours the Caribbean, Europe, Israel, Japan, and South, Central, and North America.
The performances will take place tonight & Tuesday, December 3 & 4, 8 pm & 10:30 pm at The Blue Note located at 131 West 3rd Street, New York, NY 10012. Tickets are priced at $45 table seats, $30 at the bar.
Doors open at 6 pm nightly. Reservations highly recommended – available online or by calling the club at 212-475-8592. Reservations held no later than 30 minutes prior to showtime. Seating is first come, first served. We DO seat incomplete parties. American Express® Preferred Seating available at www.bluenotejazz.com. Full dinner menu available and full bar with all premier liquors, domestic, and international beer available nightly. There is a $5 food/drink minimum per person, per set. No reservations are accepted for the bar – it is only available at the door, the night of the show.
2012-2013 Announced Shows
HEADLINERS – 8pm & 10:30pm
11/29-12/2 Cassandra Wilson $35-55
12/3 & 4 Michel Camilo $30-45
12/5-9 David Sanborn $30-55
12/10 Kendra Ross $10-15
12/11-16 Medeski, Martin & Wood $30-40 w/ guests Aiyb Dieng (Tu), Nels Cline (Wed), Marc Ribot (Th), Bill Evans (Fr), & Marty Ehrlich (Sat)
12/17-1/6 Chris Botti $40-75
12/31 Special NYE show after Chris Botti:
Royal Family Presents the Nigel Hall Band w/ special guests $20
1/8-11 Donald Harrison, Ron Carter, & Billy Cobham Trio $20-35
1/15-20 Benny Goodman Reinvented: 75th Anniversary Celebration,
1938 Carnegie Hall Concert $15-35
1/22-23 Sonny Fortune $10-20
1/24-27 Omar Sosa & Paolo Fresu Duo $15-25
1/29-2/3 Diane Schuur $20-35
2/5-10 Ron Carter Quartet $20-35
2/14-17 Rachelle Ferrell $30-55
2/19-24 Double Feature: Karrin Allyson + Raul Midón $15-25
3/5-10 The Jazz Crusaders featuring Joe Sample, Wayne Henderson,
& Wilton Felder $30-55
3/12-17 Afro-Cuban All Stars $30-45
3/26-31 Double Feature: Kyle Eastwood + Larry Coryell w/ Richard Bona
& Kenwood Dennard $20-30
4/2-7 Dee Dee Bridgewater, Christian McBride & more!
Monterey Jazz Festival On Tour $30-45
4/9-14 Al DiMeola & Gonzalo Runalcaba Duo $30-55
4/16-21 Hiromi Trio Project featuring Anthony Jackson & Simon Phillips $20-45
4/22-25 Maceo Parker $20-35
4/26-28 Arturo Sandoval $30-45
4/30-5/5 Michel Camilo $20-45
5/7-5/12 Take 6 $30-55
LATE NIGHT GROOVE SERIES – Friday/Saturday 12:30 am – All $10 except where noted
11/30 Michael Feinberg feat. Ari Hoenig
12/1 The Z Three
12/7 SoNuvo
12/8 The Flowdown
12/14 International Orange
12/15 Sophistafunk
12/21 Ray Angry $15
12/22 Jef Lee Johnson
12/28 Queen AaMinah
12/29 Spiritchild & Mental Notes
1/4 Eva Cortés
1/5 Matt Geraghty
1/11 Marika Hughes & Bottom Heavy
1/12 Spokinn Movement
1/18 Phony Ppl $12
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1/25 Krissy Krissy
1/26 Nue Jazz Project
2/1 Sinkane
2/8 Amanda Ruzza
3/9 Shea Rose
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3/22 Dara Tucker
3/29 Charmaine Amee
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12/9 Mark Gross & Blackside
12/16 Akiko Tsuruga
12/23 Marlene VerPlanck
12/30 Sony Holland
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By Lee Smith
Aug 6, 2006
|The bolt anchors at the top of this face are horrible. There are four anchors. The top 2 are well back from the face and you would need triple length runners or longer to get your top rope into the right position. The 2 lower anchors, as mentioned in the description, will side load your biners badly. The rock is all scratched up around these bolts, evidence that people are in fact clipping them instead of putting in a sling.
By Lee Smith
Sep 1, 2006
|Somebody put chains on the bolts above this face. Although they improve the carabiner side loading problem, you still need to equalize them, otherwise only one bolt is used and the other is not in play.
By Stich
From: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Sep 2, 2007
|The further left you go, the easier the climbing gets near the top. Aim for the finger crack near the top.
By Jeremy Hakes
From: Golden, Colorado
Jul 11, 2008
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|Just throwing out a feeler here - how would people feel about this being a sport route (bolted)? I think it would be a great route to have 4 bolts or so placed so it could be led from the bottom instead of always TR. There isn't much for trad gear, but it would make a great sport route, IMHO.
By Tom Hanson
Jul 11, 2008
I suggest you read several of the comments under the Lookout Mountain main page here.
I would not advise adding any bolts to this crag and you might agree after reading other's posts.
By Matt Bolt
From: Lakewood
May 14, 2009
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b R
|If you're going to break out the rack to hit up some of the other climbs here, might as well get a thrill on this climb. You can double protect about 15 feet off the deck and then run it out to some decent cam placements where the crack begins to angle into the center. I'm giving it 1 star for the climbing and 2 stars for the thrill.
By percious
From: Bear Creek, CO
Jun 15, 2012
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b R
|Sketchy gear. I ended up pulling off to the arete on the left where the holds are more secure after placing a blue Metolius in the overlap. I could not find a location for two pieces despite my best effort and breaking off part of the overlap on the left side. Don't lead this unless you are comfortable soloing 5.7 slab.
By Walt Barker
From: Reno NV
Jul 29, 2012
|Thought about leading this, but upon closer TR inspection, it has really sparse gear. It could be done though.
By Chris Cavallaro
Jul 30, 2012
|So, are there STILL TR bolts on top to facilitate easy TR setup? Sorry to ask, but you never know these days.
By Walt Barker
From: Reno NV
Aug 11, 2012
|Yup, anchors are still present, lots of gear options, too.
By Dave Clark 5.10
From: Golden, CO
Jul 20, 2014
rating: 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b PG13
|A crack system that wanders up the face provides quite adequate trad protection (despite some of the previous comments to the contrary). Take your small cams, and this is a reasonable trad lead, as long as you can handle 20 feet of exposure on 5.6 slab to the first gear placement. Well-protected from there to the top. Take a couple longer draws to equalize the uneven anchors.
By Ben Coryell
Oct 21, 2016
The far left slabs of Lookout Mountain Crag are now much safer. We trundled some huge blocks today. Everything should clean up with a good rain! Most of the remaining debris is loose soil and smaller rocks.
There are still two bolts remaining; however, it would probably be best to bring a static line to set your anchor with. In the meantime, be careful out there!


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I'd like to start off, first and foremost, by saying that I don't believe EA is the worst company in the country. Whether you agree with their business practices or not, many games you love wouldn't exist if not for funding from EA. Now that that's out of the way, I would like to directly respond to a blog post by EA's COO Peter Moore.
Mr. Moore, I appreciate your attempt at reaching out towards gamers and acknowledging many mistakes your company has made. That being said, many of the comments you made in your blog post show that you and your company are out of touch with what gamers really want, what they expect, and what EA needs to do to repair their reputation. There is no doubt that EA makes many quality games, but the anti-consumer tactics EA uses is the main reason why your company is being voted as the worst. Specifically, I would like to address a few of the bullet point comments you made.
Many continue to claim the Always-On function in SimCity is a DRM scheme. It's not. People still want to argue about it. We can't be any clearer – it's not. Period.
I'm sorry, but giving the same response to a legitimate complaint is not going to make it go away. As we've seen, SimCity can be played offline indefinitely and requires no online functionality outside of saving. The only logical conclusion that can be made is that SimCity's "always on" DRM is to prevent piracy. EA has had multiple excuses for the radical anti-piracy measures and I give EA a lot of credit for trying to make things right by offering a free game to those impacted by server issues, but the fact of the matter is that the move was very unpopular and offering up excuse after excuse didn't help anything.
Some claim there's no room for Origin as a competitor to Steam. 45 million registered users are proving that wrong.
Now, this is where the blog post gets absurd. Of course there are going to be 45 million registered users when Origin is the only way to download EA games on PC. If EA's games were available on Origin and Steam, I would be surprised if there were even 5 million registered members on Origin. It's clunky, slow, and no one likes it. Forcing it on consumers by not publishing EA games on other direct distribution sources was, is, and will always be a complaint about Origin that is undeniable. Origin is the best example of EA inconveniencing and marginalizing its customers to turn a larger profit.
Some people think that free-to-play games and micro-transactions are a pox on gaming. Tens of millions more are playing and loving those games.
While it is true that tens of millions of people have played games with micro-transactions and free-to-play models, I can guarantee that the number of people who "love" those games for those reasons are a very small fraction of that number. Beyond that, including a model like this makes sense on a mobile platform where it is more likely to be played by a casual gamer, but forcing micro-transactions into a game that I already payed $59.99 for is, again, marginalizing the consumer. I'd also like to use this section to talk about EA's position on DLC and online passes. Online passes hurt a lot of people who legitimately purchase games brand new. Despite the fact that I bought a game like Battlefield 3 brand new, I am unable to loan it to anyone else or play it online on any other console other than my own. In addition, announcing DLC before the game even comes out and releasing it on day one makes it seem like the content has been cut out of the main campaign and is being sold at a premium on its own. I shouldn't have to pay $90 to get the full experience of a game.
We've seen mailing lists that direct people to vote for EA because they disagree with the choice of the cover athlete on Madden NFL. Yes, really…
This is barely worth mentioning and is just deflecting from legitimate criticisms that people have with EA.
In the past year, we have received thousands of emails and postcards protesting against EA for allowing players to create LGBT characters in our games. This week, we're seeing posts on conservative web sites urging people to protest our LGBT policy by voting EA the Worst Company in America.
This final bullet point is actually where I would like to praise EA. For all the things they do wrong, supporting gamers' rights to create LGBT characters is a noble cause that should be celebrated. Regardless of your stance on the issue, the fact of the matter is that LGBT people exist here in real life, so why shouldn't they exist in games? If anything, it adds to the reality, believability, and immersion of games. No one is forcing you to use a LGBT character, but I give kudos to EA for having the options for those that would like to.
As I previously stated, I fully acknowledge that EA makes some great titles, but the way many of these titles are handled is what drives customers away. From SimCity's server issues to Dead Space 3's shoehorned microtransactions, customers are being alienated by EA at multiple levels. While I'm glad that EA has decided to take the time and address these issues, many more remain unexplored and Mr. Moore's responses only further the point that I'm trying to make: EA refuses to look at what the problem really is and, until they do, they're just going to be voted the worst company in America again, year after year.
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Q: How long can a baby be on breast milk only, with the addition of no solid food or liquids? I don't want to feed my baby anything but breast milk until I have to, but am not clear whether there is a maximum after which it becomes less healthy to do so.
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Q: If you are a midwife, how do you feel when your clients refuse services like ultrasound?
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A: I support my clients' right to make informed choices about the use of technology such as ultrasound. We discuss the possible risks, possible benefits and alternatives—including the option of refusing. I am comfortable with clients refusing ultrasound. Ultimately the client makes the choice and takes responsibility for the consequences of her decision, if any.
— Anita Jaynes, CNM
A: I have no issues with clients refusing screening or any other services, as long as I have provided full information on the risks, benefits, false positive/false negative rates and complete details on what the screening test entails and feels like. I also ensure that the woman and her partner know what the test is for, and what the consequences might be of having it (e.g., further testing and/or decision-making).
I believe that my role as a midwife is to provide women with the information and support to make their own choices; this does not include judgment on my part, or applying any coercion to facilitate a certain decision. I have only just recently completed my training, and spent time as a student with a wonderful group of midwives who applied this philosophy to all their clients—no woman was coerced in any way to undertake any form of screening (or any other type of care) that she did not want. Trusting women to make choices that fit within their unique terms of reference is what I feel I should be doing when I support them. I feel very strongly about this aspect of midwifery!
— Neroli Moore, Registered Midwife
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Trendy Birth: An Odd Dichotomy
Recently the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) released a statement against homebirth, calling it, among other things, a dangerous popular trend in modern times. Oddly enough the latest trend in birth truly isn't homebirth (an occurrence that has existed since the beginning of time) but elective cesareans, or "Too Posh to Push," as the media has dubbed it. A few years ago ACOG released a statement about elective cesareans, acknowledging the serious risks to choosing major abdominal surgery for birth, but stated that it was a choice that should be left up to the doctor and his patient.
When I started looking into existing research on both issues I was quite fascinated to note that, contrary to ACOG's opinion, quite a bit of good research shows the safety of homebirth. In fact the one study used as the reason to restrict homebirth was actually flawed to the point of uselessness, due to, among other things, poor controls. Other than that one flawed study, used as the basis for ACOG's opinion, I could find no other studies that showed homebirth to be riskier than hospital birth for low-risk women. In addition to the latest large study on homebirth published in the British Medical Journal in 2005, I also found over ten years worth previous studies that showed the safety of homebirth for low risk women attended by midwives.
Conversely, one of the sad benefits of the latest trend toward elective cesareans is that we now have enough of a population to determine the pros and cons of an extreme choice like elective cesarean. The results show some very extreme negative risks that are punctuated by increases in maternal and infant mortality.
So why, if there is this laundry list of serious risks to elective cesarean, but no real studies showing serious risks for low risk moms having homebirth, is ACOG coming out full force against homebirth, but not against elective cesarean? Very strange, and very scary.
— Amy V. Haas, BA, BCCE
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Reliever Cabrera impressing Halos in Classic outings
PHOENIX -- Fernando Cabrera was basically an unknown at Angels camp, spending only a few weeks with his new team and giving up four runs in three appearances before leaving for the World Baseball Classic.
But while pitching for Puerto Rico, Angels coaches have begun taking notice.
Cabrera, the 31-year-old right-hander obtained on a Minor League deal this offseason, hasn't allowed a run while serving as a quasi-closer for his native country, which is off to the championship round at San Francisco's AT&T Park as the Pool 2 runnerup. And though it's only four appearances -- and a grand total of two innings -- Angels manager Mike Scioscia has noticed Cabrera's improved stuff.
"The first couple times he pitched in games and threw bullpens for us, you could see he just wasn't where he needed to be," Scioscia said. "But over the course of some bullpens, over the course of game action, I know his velocity has picked up a little bit. We'll get a chance to look at him at some point."
If Puerto Rico advances to the championship game, Cabrera won't return to Angels camp until Wednesday, at the earliest, giving him eight days in Arizona until the Angels break camp for three exhibition games against the Dodgers in Southern California.
That isn't much time to crack the Opening Day roster. But the Angels have cut several relievers of late and Cabrera has extensive Major League experience, notching a 5.24 ERA in 175 1/3 innings from 2004-10. Last year, he posted a 4.10 ERA for the Mets' Triple-A affiliate.
Assuming Garrett Richards gets one of the two open bullpen spots -- with Scott Downs, Sean Burnett, Kevin Jepsen, Ernesto Frieri and Jerome Williams in, and Ryan Madson starting the season on the disabled list -- Cabrera could compete with the likes of David Carpenter, Mitch Stetter, Nick Maronde, Chad Cordero and Kevin Johnson for the last one.
"Cabrera definitely will have an opportunity to see where he is and move into our depth chart," Scioscia said, "and we'll go from there."
Alden Gonzalez is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Gonzo and "The Show", and follow him on Twitter @Alden_Gonzalez. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The purpose of the Transfer Articulation Tools is to facilitate the educational progress of students by eliminating duplication of degree requirements where possible. The following tools will serve as the basis for guiding students as they develop their academic plans.
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Don't miss out on a lower price on this hotel
Get an overview of this hotelGlitzy hotel with casino, 50 meters from the beach
Popular property highlights
From beach to boulevard
JW Marriott Cannes is on Boulevard de la Croisette, the famous promenade linking downtown Cannes to the beach. Guests can shop for luxury brands as soon as they step outside, or cross the street to join the sunbathers on one of the world's most fashionable stretches of sand.
Rooftop Riviera views
The hotel's rooftop terrace is home to Le Panorama cocktail bar and a pool overlooking Cannes beach. Guests can keep enjoying those dramatic views over dinner at JW Grill Cannes, where friendly staff serve up prime steaks and fresh seafood. Guests who fancy a flutter then head for the casino.
Rooms with star quality
For all their modern touches, including WiFi (surcharge), rooms are styled to evoke the glamour of Hollywood's golden age, using movie-inspired decor to make guests feel like screen stars. Most open onto private balconies - great for enjoying the sea air before chilling out in front of the flat-screen TV.
Guest Highlights
- Good location
- Pool
- Helpful staff
- Clean guestrooms
- WiFi could've been better
JW Marriott Cannes
Renovations & Closures
- Swimming pool
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
JW Marriott Cannes features an outdoor pool and a fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant and a café. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the hotel's bars, which include a poolside bar and a bar/lounge. Public areas are equipped with high-speed wireless Internet access (surcharge).
Business-related amenities at this 5-star property consist of a business center, limo/town car service, and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 12917 square feet (1200 square meters) include a conference center. This luxury hotel also offers a casino, a rooftop terrace, and spa services. Limited parking is available onsite for a surcharge.
- Poolside bar
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Coffee shop or café
- Business center
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- 24-hour front desk
- Multilingual staff
- Elevator/lift
- Number of floors - 5
- Year Built 1992
- Restaurant
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Casino
- Concierge services
- Express check-in
- Fitness facilities
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Pool umbrellas
- Rooftop terrace
- Luggage storage
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Total number of rooms - 261
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Meeting rooms 17
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Porter/bellhop
- Free grocery shopping service
- Pool sun loungers
- Conference space size (meters) - 1200
- Number of meeting rooms - 17
- Conference center
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Conference space size (feet) - 12917
- Shopping on site
- Smoke-free property
- Spa services on site
- Outdoor pool
- Wedding services
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Soundproofed rooms
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Wireless internet access ( EUR 15 per day )
Available in some public areas: Wireless internet access ( EUR 15 per day )
Self parking (surcharge), Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Pay movies
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Premium bedding
- Private bathroom
- Air conditioning
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Phone
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Turndown service
- Separate bathtub and shower
- Slippers
- Bathrobes
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Satellite TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Soundproofed rooms
- Free newspaper
- Room service (limited hours)
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Separate bedroom
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- In-room climate control (heating)
- WiFi (surcharge)
Where to Eat
JW Grill Cannes - This restaurant serves a daily buffet breakfast for a fee, and features beautiful beach views. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
A complimentary grocery shopping service is offered and room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool and a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Water skiing nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
- Parasailing nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
Spa Services
- Manicures and pedicures
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Facial treatments
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-in time ends at 5:30 AM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children 12 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for EUR 60.0 per day.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of EUR 30 per pet, per day
- Restrictions apply
- For more information contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 2.20 per person, per night
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: EUR 35 per person (approximately)
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: EUR 15 per day (rates may vary)
- Fee for wireless Internet in public areas: EUR 15 per day (rates may vary)
- Self parking fee: EUR 35 per day
- Valet parking fee: EUR 40 per day
- Pet fee: EUR 30 per pet, per day
- Late check-out fee: EUR 100
- Rollaway bed fee: EUR 60.0 per day
Hotel Name
- Cannes JW Marriott
- JW Marriott Cannes
- JW Marriott Hotel Cannes
- Cannes Palais Stephanie Hotel
- Jw Marriott Cannes Hotel Cannes
- Palais Stephanie Hotel Cannes
- JW Marriott Cannes Hotel
We should mention
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Children 12 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section).
National Rating
This property has received its official star rating from the French Tourism Development Agency, ATOUT France.


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A 24-year-old Vallejo woman came to the rescue of a woman trapped inside a car after a crash on Interstate 80 in Pinole last week, the second time she's rushed to help a motorist in need over the past two years.
Keenia Williams was driving home after working out with a friend around 8:30 a.m. Jan. 22, when she saw a truck hit a car on a stretch of roadway on Interstate 80 near Richmond. The car overturned and landed on its roof, trapping the female driver inside, according to California Highway Patrol spokesman, Officer Sean Wilkenfeld.
"I saw the accident from a few cars back and when I get there, the door is jammed," Williams said. "So I yank the door wide open and reach in for her seat belt, and it wasn't coming off."
Williams said she didn't even think before springing into action, even as she saw smoke coming from the vehicle and worried about the car catching on fire.
"I was just thinking 'I gotta do this. I gotta help her,'" said Williams, who is unemployed. "I just hoped that whoever was inside ... was not dead. "
Eventually, other motorists stopped and helped Williams pull the driver to safety. The woman, also from Vallejo, suffered minor injuries and was taken to the hospital, according to the CHP.
It wasn't the first time Williams rushed to the aid of a motorist in need on the freeway. On Oct. 19, 2011, she was driving in San Francisco when she saw a big rig crash and catch fire on Interstate 280 near the Mariposa Street exit.
With her 5-year-old daughter in the car, Williams pulled over, jumped over leaking fuel and ran to the driver. She pulled the man to safety, placing her coat on top of him to protect him against the early-morning chill.
Later, when the driver regained consciousness, he asked to see Williams, thanking her and telling her that he would never forget her. Williams, who is Christian, considers both incidents signs from God.
"I don't know what's going on," she said. "I'm like, 'One time? OK. But two times? C'mon!' ... I have to look behind me. Do I have a cape on or something?"
After the 2011 crash, Williams was honored by the city of San Francisco and the California Highway Patrol. It was not immediately clear whether CHP would honor her again, calling Wednesday's accident relatively minor.
"You'd be amazed, when the average Joe is put in a critical accident, what they're capable of doing," said Officer Jeremiah Wilkerson, a California Highway Patrol spokesman.
Regardless of awards, Williams is searching for meaning in both incidents, especially because of the many challenges she has overcome, growing up poor in San Francisco's Bayview neighborhood and becoming a parent at 17.
"I see this as a sign and I'm trying to figure out what God wants from me," she said.


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Perhaps it's because I am pessimistic about his return. But why shouldn't I be pessimistic after watching a decade of knee issues with JO and JBender? Tell me how much money was wasted on those guys.
Just because I think his ability to pass, dribble and defend are at best average in the NBA I am labeled a Granger hater. But I hardly ever get an argument back on the points.


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The numbers for Brandon Inge this spring don't appear to be all that great on the surface – a sub-.300 on-base percentage should impress no one – but he's doing exactly what should be expected of him, and that's produce against lefties.
We're all well past the point of expecting Brandon to be a plus hitter. Even in his peak years (2004-2006), he was 'only' good for an OPS in the mid-to-upper .700's. The numbers he's put up this spring – .240/.296/.440 – would probably be on the extreme high end of what could be expected of him in a full season. They could probably pass for a full-time second baseman with average (to slightly above) fielding prowess, but it's how he's accumulated these numbers that show us why he shouldn't be expected to replicate them as an everyday player.
Inge's lefty-righty splits are currently pretty extreme. Versus righties this spring, he's batted for a slash line of .154/.214/.231 (.445 OPS). Versus lefties, those numbers jump to .333/.385/.667 (1.051 OPS). The problem here, though, is that he's had an even number of opportunities against each type of pitcher (14 PA's versus right-handers, and 13 PA's versus left-handers). An everyday player wouldn't be afforded that luxury. Generally speaking, about 70-75% of starting pitchers are right-handed, so an everyday player would face in the neighborhood of 2.5 times as many righties as lefties.
I still think Brandon Inge is the best option the club has at third base every time a left-handed pitcher shows up on the schedule. Even last year, when his power completely left him, he still managed a .339 on-base percentage versus left handed pitchers. Neither Miguel Cabrera nor Prince Fielder will be the designated hitter full-time, we've known that for sure for a while, but each player should see a number of games there anyway. I say: split the DH duties between the big fellas when a lefty is on the mound (probably about 50 games, or 25 each), use the other one at first base, and slide Brandon in at third.
It's seems there's never any middle ground for Brandon Inge. Some fans love him and want to see him in the lineup everyday wherever possible, and some hate him and wish to see his immediate release. But I'm in that middle ground; convinced he's one of the best 13 position players in camp, but also convinced that he's likely not one of the nine 'regulars'.
I know Brandon won't like it himself – he's always thought of himself as an everyday guy – but he's a platoon player now. No more, no less. His batting numbers really showed that last season (forcing a trade for Wilson Betemit), and they're continuing to in the same direction this spring.
Matt Snyder is the editor of The Tigers Den. He can be reached on Twitter @snyder_matthew.


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Paying children to eat fruit and vegetables increases consumption and cuts waste in schools, a study by researchers from Cornell and Brigham Young universities finds.
But whether money changing hands is a good incentive for healthy eating remains a debated question — for one, at the Produce for Better Health Foundation.
The study on children at 15 Utah elementary schools by David Just and Joseph Price, "Using Incentives to Encourage Healthy Eating in Children," was published in The Journal of Human Resources.
Rewards for eating at least one serving of fruits or vegetables were 5 cents, 25 cents or prizes in separate groups of children surveyed at five lunches over two to three weeks. Some got them immediately; others had to wait two weeks.
On average, any incentive at all increased the share of children eating at least one serving from 33.6% to 61.3%. The amount of produce thrown away was reduced by 0.11 servings per child — a 33% drop.
The incentive program, if implemented, would add $42 for each student to the cost of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program. The federal program costs $50 to $75 annually per student for a serving of fruits or vegetables as a daily snack. The incentives function mainly by reducing waste, according to the researchers.
Reaction to the concept at the foundation's Fruit & Veggies — More Matters Facebook page is largely negative. Most of the 18 comments posted Dec. 27-30 reject such incentives or express doubts.
Elizabeth Pivonka, president and chief executive officer of the Produce for Better Health Foundation, had her own doubts.
"On one hand, I'm supportive of almost anything that will help kids eat more fruits and vegetables," she said. "If it gets them to try something that they hadn't tried, and they like it, they'll eat it for the rest of their lives. And of course we don't want to waste the good fruits and vegetables that are being served in school lunch.
"On the other hand … I'd be interested in researching incentives that don't cost anything, like extra recess or a non-snow snow day."
Price, an associate professor of economics at Brigham Young University, was a speaker at the foundation's annual conference in 2012.
"Based on what I heard from Dr. Price in 2012, peer pressure to participate seemed important," Pivonka said. "So I wonder if getting some of the student athletes or other key student influencers to eat more would be a less expensive way of getting other kids to eat more fruits and vegetables. Perhaps the money would be better spent on nutrition education, which is also greatly lacking in schools."
After rewards ended, so quickly did the increased consumption by the Utah students. It returned to prior levels — but not lower.
Whether a longer term study would produce similar results remains unclear.


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I was listening to a podcast on radiolab that just blew my mind. I'll repost a post I just made on fb, and add some more words to it.
Did you know that while most human's usually have 3 cones of colour perception (R,B,G - Trichromads) and people who are colour blind only have 2 (B,G - Dichromads) there are a few humans out there who have FOUR? (R,B,G,Y - Tetrachromads) - One lady when interviewed by Radiolab, described the sky as having shade of red and purple in it, she was a tetrachromad - While most of us would only see one shade of yellow, she would see a whole spectrum. Bees and many types of bird are also tetrachromads, but unlike humans they perceive a spectrum of colour that includes Ultra violet light. In the link below you can see our conception of how a bee might see flowers compared to us. But what animal sees the most in a rainbow? Some species of Mantis shrimp can have up to 16 cones of colour perception, four cones dedicated to ultra violet light alone. If a mantis shrimp were to stare at a rainbow, it would see a tonne of different colours that we have no perception of.
It blows my mind to think about stuff like this. You can't even imagine the colours that it sees, because you've never seen them. Interestingly, science now has the ability to give colour blind people a third colour cone in their eyes. When interviewed the scientist was asked if it would be possible to give humans a fourth colour cone? He said yes! One day we'll be able to get cone implants in our eyes that will allow us to see millions of new colours that we've never even dreamed of.
A link to the bees eye view: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ ... ly-us.html
Mantis shrimp: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantis_shrimp
It's amazing how colourful a mantis shrimp is to our eyes, imagine what a mantis shrimp would look like to another mantis shrimp. I dare say it would be one of the most colourful beings on the planet.


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Albert's Organics hires sales manager
Peter LeBlond, most recently with Gentile Bros. Co. in Cincinnati, has joined Bridgeport N.J.-based Albert's Organics Inc. as key account/mass market sales manager for Albert's Organics West in Vernon, Calif.
Albert's Organics is a full service wholesale distributor of organic fresh produce, said Simcha Weinstein, director of marketing.
Better Life Produce prepares for expansion
Andy Difani, most recently with L&M Cos., Raleigh, N.C., has been named director of sales for Better Life Produce Inc., Los Angeles. Difani, who has 25 years of experience in the organic produce industry, said he plans to help Better Life Produce expand all facets of its operation including sales, distribution, purchasing and consolidation.
The company also is seeking new customers, he said.
The firm provides a full line of organic fruits and vegetables.
Coosemans L.A. grows NatureSweet line
Coosemans L.A. Inc., Los Angeles, continues to build on its line of NatureSweet brand specialty tomatoes, said Alan Pollack, general manager for Coosemans. Coosemans offers red, yellow and orange fruit in the form of teardrop and grape tomatoes.
"We are promoting and specializing in NatureSweet Cherubs, Sunbursts and Glorys," he said. "They are very consistent in size, color and taste."
Coosemans also has launched a program with BC Hot House Foods Inc., Langley, British Columbia, involving its sweet 100 cherry tomato on the vine, Pollack said.
Also, Nick Pollack has joined the company as a salesman. He previously was with Coosemans L.A. Shipping.
Frieda's adds three finger lime retail packs
California-grown organic finger limes, a favorite of chefs and consumers, now are available from Los Alamitos, Calif.-based Frieda's Inc. in three retail pack sizes — 50-gram, 4-ounce and 8-ounce clamshells — with Frieda's signature green-and-purple label, said Karen Caplan, president and chief executive officer.
The company also is gearing up for Hatch chili season and continues to promote The Year of Purple campaign for 2013 by highlighting the health benefits of purple-hued specialties.
"We are featuring Stokes Purple sweet potatoes, champagne grapes, fiore viola, sangria artichokes and more," she said.
Also at Frieda's, Bailey Papazian, a recent Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo graduate, has joined the company as product development coordinator.
Fruit Distributing Corp. celebrates 55 years
Commerce, Calif.-based Fruit Distributing Corp. of California is turning 55 in August, said Jeff Weisfeld, owner and president.
His father, Harold Weisfeld, moved to San Francisco from Texas in 1953 then came to Los Angeles in 1958, where he set up shop as H. Weisfeld Corp., a buying broker.
Thanks to his Texas connections, he became the first broker to bring Texas grapefruit and Texas valencia oranges to California, Jeff Weisfeld said.
The company assumed its current name around 1960. Jeff Weisfeld started working at the firm in 1985 and assumed the reins in 1998. Harold Weisfeld, 83, still comes into the office every day.
The company's major commodities are Texas citrus, potatoes, onions tomatoes and Mexican winter vegetables.
Also at Fruit Distributing, Sean Hire will return to head up the deciduous fruit department after a 1.5-year stint at Unified Grocers in Commerce. John Elibarri, who is new to the produce industry, joined the company as a salesman and will focus on Texas citrus.
Great West Re-Pack now its own company
Commerce, Calif.-based Great West Produce has formally created a separate company for its repack division — Vernon, Calif.-based Great West Re-Pack — said chief executive officer Paul Villa. Headed up by Jeff Johnson, the division, which has been around for five or six years, now offers its services to other companies.
"Other wholesalers, importers and growers are starting to use us," Villa said.
The company repacks onions and citrus into consumer packs and can pack avocados or any hard-skin product.
Harvest Sensations delivers specialties
Los Angeles-based Harvest Sensations LLC has been achieving success in the retail segment with fresh herbs, beans and kale salads, said Terri Fletcher, director of foodservice and retail business development.
However, the majority of the firm's business is on the foodservice side, where the company focuses on all specialties, including asparagus, beans, herbs and specialty potatoes.
Interfresh adds staff, grape program
Interfresh Inc., Orange, Calif., has hired three salespeople, said president Chris Puentes. Brian Campos and Yadira Gonzales, most recently with Producers Choice LLC, Los Angeles, now are part of the company's sales staff and will focus on the company's melon program. Interfresh offers cantaloupes, honeydews and mixed melons.
Ken Vida, most recently with Goroda Imports, Uruapan, Mexico, will work on expanding national avocado sales.
Interfresh also has opened a field office in Dallas where Frank Bonaparte hopes to expand sales, and the company launched its first branded table grape program this summer, shipping red and green seedless grapes under the Patriot label, Puentes said.
Finally, the firm will have an "I (heart) berries" strawberry program out of central Mexico from November through April. The program should be helpful for Midwest sellers, since the berries will cross in Texas, Puentes said.
Chili roasts follow Melissa's book launch
Coinciding with the release of its newest book, "Melissa's Hatch Chile Cookbook," Los Angeles-based World Variety Produce Inc. is hosting Hatch chili roasting events at Bristol Farms, Gelson's and Sprouts supermarkets in the Los Angeles area this summer, said Robert Schueller, director of public relations.
Hatch chilies are becoming more popular every year, Schueller said.
The cookbook, written by Ida Rodriguez, Melissa's corporate chef, and Sharon Hernandez, the company's co-owner, has more than 150 unique and classic Hatch chili recipes for stews, casseroles, bloody marys and chocolate chip cookies. Hatch chilies are available in August and September.
Progressive expands in asparagus, fries
Progressive Produce Corp., Commerce, Calif., is significantly expanding its asparagus program and its foodservice line of Hollywood Fries, said Jack Gyben, vice president and partner.
The company continues to invest in acreage in Mexico to expand its availability of asparagus and to solidify its year-round supply, Gyben said.
"It's made us a more significant player in the asparagus supply world."
Progressive Produce put together its Hollywood Fries program to deliver a consistent frying performance to its foodservice customers on a year-round basis, he said.
It involved identifying and growing specific high-performance seed varieties that allow customers to confidently and consistently provide high-quality french fries and fried potatoes, Gyben said.
Ready Pac introduces organic salad bowls
Ready Pac Foods Inc., Irwindale, Calif., has introduced an organic extension of its Ready Pac Bistro Salad Bowls, said Tristan Simpson, senior director of marketing and corporate communications.
Four recipes within the Bistro Organic line have recently launched — organic cranberry walnut, organic chicken Caesar, organic Southwestern style and organic honey and mustard baby spinach.
"We have also had great traction with our Ready Snax line this year," she said.
The trend toward increased kids' snacking, along with research suggesting that children's propensity to snack on fresh fruits and vegetables increases when paired with a flavored dip, makes Ready Snax "the optimal choice for promoting healthy snacking among kids," she said.


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It's August, and that means one thing around here: Leo's birthday is coming up. Maybe it's because I like to throw parties or I'm obsessed with my dogs (or both), but it's a priority for me to acknowledge my dogs' birthdays. Leo's big day is the day before my best friend Carrie's, which means a dual birthday party to ensure a better turnout. (For some reason, Carrie is more popular than Leo; she always draws a crowd.) Last year's celebration combined their interests: Carrie's abiding love of Elton John and my dog's passion for dancing. We picked a perfect party playlist, invited all of our friends (both human and canine), and baked two cakes, one for dogs and one for humans.
I should mention to those of you who are rolling your eyes at me as you're reading this, I know throwing a birthday party for your dog is borderline ridiculous. But here's my rationale:
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After seeing the collections of interesting vintage handbills and magic posters, I found a slight mix of both. This handbill is designated FD-65 and headlined Big Brother & The Holding Co., Canned Heat Blues Band, and Congress of Wonder at The Avalon Ballroom June 8th-11th, 1967. Copyright 1967 Family Dog Productions. I bought 11 different handbills or post cards from Family Dog Productions and they just arrived today. These will look great displayed with my posters and take less space and smaller frames.


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DETROIT --ĀHe gets it. Max Scherzer gets it.
The Detroit Tigers right-hander may be in the midst of his best season, statistically speaking, earning him plaudits and praise from every corner of the baseball world, and deservedly so.
"He's at the top of his game," Tigers manager Jim Leyland has said.
Scherzer may be doing something, in terms of wins and losses, that's only been done three in the last 50 seasons, drawing comparisons to iconic pitchers that tickle his fancy, and stroke his ego.
He's already been written in for the American League's starting gig in the All-Star Game, in some quarters, and the AL Cy Young after that.
"There's a reason why he's 12-0 -- he's really good," Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon told reporters, after Scherzer remained unbeaten with the Tigers' 6-3 win Friday night.
When you come right down to it, though, Scherzer knows that he cannot take sole credit -- as much as people would like to give it to him -- for his historic 12-0 start to this season. He knows he's not here without a ton of offensive support and a little luck, to go along with very good, very solid, very consistent pitching on his part.
That's why he's been so unerringly consistent in his message after each and every successive win, repetitively responding to questions with essentially the same answer, one that's a large part humble, and an equally large part realistic.
"It's nice to be (insert current win total here)-and-0. I'm not going to lie," is the essence of what he's said each and every time.
You think I'm kidding, exaggerating for effect? Not even a little bit.
Here's proof:
At 7-0 ... "If I were 0-7 but pitching well and giving the team a chance to win, I'd still be proud of that," he said then.
At 8-0 ... "You can have as much success in the league but that's all it comes down to, your next start," Scherzer said that day.
At 9-0 ... "It's nice. Don't get me wrong -- I love being 9-0 --Ābut it's more important that we won," he said afterward.
At 10-0 ... "It's special to be 10-0," Scherzer said later. "But at the end of the day, I don't measure my success on being 10-0. I measure my success on everything else I do on the mound."
At 11-0 ... "(What does it mean) to me personally? Not much," he said at the time. "To be 11-0 means that everybody else around me has done their job."
And then Friday night, when he went to 12-0:
"All I thought about is winning today. My personal record is more a reflection of the team," Scherzer told reporters. "I don't get caught up in the win-loss record, because it's kind of fluky. (Thursday), Doug (Fister) goes seven innings, one run and gets a no-decision. I go six and (give up) three and get a win. So that's why it's a fluky stat."
Therein lies Scherzer's reluctance to claim more than his share of the credit for this.
He knows that he gets an ungodly amount of run support -- more than any other pitcher in the American League, at 6.31 runs per start -- meaning that the offense should get a large share of the credit for what's seen as his "personal" success.
Does he deserve some credit, maybe even the lion's share? Yes. Absolutely.
Does he deserve all of it? No.
And that's been his point for nearly three months.
You cannot judge a pitcher solely on their win-loss record, as dazzling as it may be.
If you want to come along and say that Scherzer deserves mention among the game's best because of his WHIP or strikeout-per-nine inning rate or strikeout-to-walk rate or his batting average against, you'd probably be more accurate.
He's top three in the AL in all of the above.
Wins and losses are more a product of a good offense, good timing AND good pitching. All together.
Yes, it shows a pitcher who's consistently taken his team deep into starts, and turned games over to the bullpen with his team on top. That's not all it shows, though.
"It just also shows how good of an offense we have. I haven't had some of the best times and they've picked me up," Scherzer said. "The win-loss record is a fluky stat at times, especially when you're on a good offensive team like I am. But at the end of the day, I judge myself not necessarily on record but how I pitch. Right now I'm pitching well, based on other things besides win-loss record."
How deceiving can it be?
Scherzer is 12-0 with a 3.10 ERA, which ranks 28th-best in baseball.
Kansas City's new ace, James Shields, has a 2.99 ERA, but is just 3-6.
Washington's phenom, Stephen Strasburg, has an ERA a full half a run better than Scherzer's -- at 2.41 -- yet has eight fewer wins and six more losses.
Why is that significant? Strasburg is dead last in the majors, among qualifying starting pitchers, ranking 98th in run support at 2.61. Shields is 59th at 3.94.
"You're not 11-0 unless you're pitching good. I'm sure you've had some games in there where he caught a break where we've scored at the right time," Leyland said less than a week ago. "(He's) probably caught a couple breaks but we've also done very well obviously."
How about a better example: Cole Hamels of the Phillies is living through the opposite extreme as Scherzer, as far as success, approaching records for losses by the end of June that predate World War II.
Hamels is 2-11 on the season, thanks to run support of 3.18 that ranks 87th in baseball -- and is about half what Scherzer gets.
The tough-luck Phillies starter has recorded 11 quality starts, just one fewer than Scherzer has, and has allowed just two more home runs than Scherzer's 11, which rank as the most on the Tigers. (For reference, Scherzer has allowed as many homers as Justin Verlander and Doug Fister combined.)
Hamels has a MLB-worst six losses in quality starts. Scherzer, obviously, has zero. (Anibal Sanchez and Fister have three each, Verlander two, Rick Porcello one).
Scherzer is in a three-way tie for the most "cheap wins" in baseball, picking up two wins in games in which he did not record a quality start.
"Trust me -- when you're winning games, they're scoring 6-7 runs for you and you're 10-0 with a 3.00 ERA, you're on top of the world," Hamels was quoted by ESPN's Jerry Crasnick. "You don't have to think much; you just go out and react. When players have to get through the grind, that's when you can tell they're good. That's what I'm trying to do."
That's much the same sentiment as the one espoused by Verlander, who's gone through his own struggles this year, just a season and a half after being lauded for an historic campaign in many of the same ways as Scherzer is now.
"Funny game. That's why there's hot and cold streaks in sports. That's the way it is. When you're hot, you try to extend it as long as you can, stay in that rhythm. When you're not, you try to get it out, get back to where you're supposed to be, as quick as possible," Verlander said after his last start.
"It's not easy. When it's going right it is easy. When it's going wrong, it seems like everything kind of goes wrong."
Everything's going right for Scherzer right now. No question about that.
He's striking people out at the nearly the same voracious rate he did a year ago.
He's keeping people off the basepaths, cutting down on his walks and hits allowed.
He's keeping his delivery in a consistent, repeatable arm slot, something he'd struggled with on a game-to-game basis throughout the early portion of his career. Now, he may be making those tweaks on an inning-by-inning basis. The inconsistent, on-again, off-again "Mad Max" persona hasn't shown up this season, at all.
He's not overthinking things, either, something that the cerebral Scherzer (to this day one of only two big-league athletes I've ever heard discussing the Big Bang theory on a game day) had been known to do.
"He's a really bright guy, in a lot of areas. A very smart kid," Leyland said. "I think he's fine tuned it to where he's not overloading the computer."
And ... he's getting a boatload of help from his offense.
Just look at Friday night. Miguel Cabrera hit two monster home runs, trumped only in magnitude of the blast from Prince Fielder that hit the catwalk on the roof of Tropicana Field in Tampa.
"I don't know if Miggy was 4-for-4 or 5-for-5, but it was a lot-for-a lot," Scherzer told reporters. "You got to see first-hand today the best player in the game hitting two home runs on three pitches. ... It's the offense that set me up."
Does he love that love from the bats? "Oh, my gosh, yes," he laughed last week.
Max gets it. He gets it's not just him.
He gets that he's doing his job very, very well, but he's winning because everyone's doing their jobs well when he's on the mound.
As for the All-Star Game start?
I have a feeling Max "gets" that, too.
He deserves it -- for all the right reasons, in addition to his 12-0 record.
Matthew B. Mowery covers the Tigers for Digital First Media. Read his "Out of Left Field" blog at opoutofleftfield.blogspot.com.
Most wins to start a season without a loss, since 1919
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Season.....Player .................................Start
1959..........Roy Face, PIT.......................17-0
1937..........Johnny Allen, CLE................15-0
1969..........Dave McNally, BAL...............15-0
1986..........Roger Clemens, BOS...........14-0
1956..........Brooks Lawrence, CIN..........13-0
1978..........Ron Guidry, NYY...................13-0
2013..........Max Scherzer, DET..............12-0
1929..........Tom Zachary, NYY................12-0
1939..........Atley Donald, NYY................12-0
1941..........Elmer Riddle, CIN.................11-0
1973..........Roger Moret, BOS................11-0
1985..........Andy Hawkins, SD................11-0
1985..........Dennis Lamp, TOR...............11-0
1997..........Roger Clemens, TOR...........11-0


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Each Sunday for roughly the last 20 years, I have invited thousands of my closest friends to share the joys, and occasionally tears, that are my family.
After I started writing the column it wasn't long before the household learned, at least to a limited degree, they had become minor celebrities in their hometown.
Aaron, our eldest, said being an Aylworth was like the "Cheers" theme song about a place "where everybody knows your name." That may explain why not one of my seven widgets still lives here.
Aaron once told me about a job interview when the first words out of his perspective employer's mouth were, "Are you a widget?"
After about 10 years of running the column, my bosses, in their editorial omniscience, decreed that I needed a picture attached to it.
I never disagree with my bosses because they are fonts of unlimited truth and wisdom, and they also sign my checks, but if I were to doubt one of their edicts, it would be about this genuinely awful, horrid and ghastly photo of me.
In case you missed the point, I am not fond of the image they chose. What makes it worse is when people come up to me in the store or on the street and say, "I recognized you right away. You look just like your picture in the paper." Oh, groan.
Often people will see me and go up to the beautiful woman at my side and ask, "Are you the saintly Susan?" Instantly she responds, "Don't believe everything you read."
If the conversation lasts a whole sentence longer, Susan explains, "When he first called me that in print, I told him never to do it again. See how much clout I have?" In defense of my bride, I say here officially and for the record, nothing nice I have ever said or written about Susan comes anywhere near describing how truly glorious she is, but sometimes a little bit of local fame can be a touch embarrassing.
Susan and I were at the jewelry counter of a large department store when the saleswoman, who I had never met before, looked me in the eyes and said, "Oh, I love you!" With Susan standing at my side there was a little disquiet in that declaration, but my distress faded when she turned to my lady and said, "And you're the saintly Susan!"
I confess I like fans. There is an ego boost that comes from being told people appreciate my work.
I will never forget the recently widowed woman who told me while her husband was slowly dying of cancer, they made a ritual of reading my column every Sunday.
"It was the once a week we knew we would laugh together," she told me in a note. I still get a lump in my throat.
Susan and I were in a monster warehouse store last week when a checker, named Idalia, recognized my name and told Susan I was her favorite writer. There is no accounting for taste.
Still, it is fun. Like the song says, "Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name."
Roger H. Aylworth is a staff writer with the Enterprise-Record. His column appears every Sunday and he can be reached at 896-7762 or @RogerAylworth on Twitter.


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2009 Suzuki Equator - Road Test - Project Truck
Meet Our New Project!
Suzuki was nice enough to loan us one of the company's new Equator trucks to drive and give it the Sport Truck treatment. We are going to transform this truck into a corner-carving beast that will have enough power to fry the tires at will and still look good parked at the show. We're going to add a full Stillen power package, which includes an intercooled supercharger and a high-flow exhaust system. For the suspension, we're going to have Shaughn Reid and the crew at Streetshock rip out the factory stuff and fabricate a full QA1 coilover setup with a four-link out back. Max at Bio Kustomz will do his magic on the spindles for a few more inches of drop and some Toyo rubber on 20-inch MB Gunner wheels will round out the suspension. To add some flash to go along with our power and handling, Eightball Rods and Choppers and Steve Vandemon are going to sand, tape, and paint a new two-tone scheme on the truck.
Before any of that happens, we drove the truck in stock trim and were very impressed. The truck is based off the Nissan Frontier platform, so the performance is pretty much the same, but the exterior styling has been changed a bit. Suzuki decided to make the front end of the truck look a little more truck-like and we think it's an improvement over the Nissan. Powering the Equator is a 24-valve DOHC 4.0L V-6 that puts out 261 hp to the flywheel, which is backed by a five-speed automatic transmission. This combination makes for one very peppy truck that not only has plenty of power, but also scored an average of 19 mpg even with our heavy feet.