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Preseason game 2. Rematch of the Superbowl. ESPN will be televising this with their Monday Night Football crew. Will be on locally on WNDY channel 23. Starters should go a bit longer in this one. Running back Kenton Keith should make his debut as well.
DATE: Monday, August 20, 2007
SITE: RCA Dome
KICKOFF: 8:00 p.m. (EDT)/7:00 p.m. (CDT)
SURFACE: FieldTurf
The Indianapolis Colts, 0-1, open the home portion of the preseason schedule by facing the Chicago Bears, 1-0, on Monday, August 20. Kickoff for the contest in the RCA Dome, broadcast nationally by ESPN, is 8:00 p.m. (EDT)/7:00 p.m. (CDT).
The last time these clubs met came before an estimated worldwide audience of 139,000,000 spectators as the Colts earned a 29-17 win in Super Bowl XLI in Dolphin Stadium on February 4, 2007. The clubs will be meeting for the 14th time in preseason action. The preseason series started in 1957, and the clubs last met in preseason action on August 20, 2005, with Chicago earning a 24-17 win in Indianapolis. The league series stands 22-17 in favor of the Colts.


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Farrell hopeful Ellsbury will return Wednesday
SARASOTA, Fla. -- Red Sox center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury was predictably sore Monday, a day after leaving the game with a jammed right heel. However, this injury is not expected to linger and manager John Farrell expressed hope that Ellsbury will be right back in the leadoff spot on Wednesday against the Marlins.
The Red Sox don't play on Tuesday.
"Jacoby came in today feeling a little bit sore after he rolled the ankle yesterday," said Farrell. "But taking him out of yesterday's game was as much precautionary as anything, so we're hoping today and tomorrow gets him ahead of it a little bit. We're going to keep him off his feet and not take any BP today, so Wednesday would be ideal that he gets back on the field."
In other injury-related news, Stephen Drew continues to improve as he distances himself from a concussion sustained on March 7.
"Stephen will go through the same day he did yesterday," Farrell said. "He took about 50 ground balls at shortstop and came out of it feeling well. After we get through today, we'll hopefully get a better read on what we can get accomplished before camp breaks."
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brownie Points, and follow him on Twitter @IanMBrowne. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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Category: European name popularity
We recently looked at girls' names popular around the world yet exotic-sounding in the U.S. and other English-speaking countries, and today we turn to the boys' version of this kind of name.
If you're looking for a name for your son that has an international flavor yet is not too obscure or difficult to understand and pronounce, you might want to consider these choices.
ALESSANDRO – A top name in Italy, makes Alexander both softer and sexier to the American ear.
ALEXEI – Russian spin on Alex or Alexander popular there, pronounced Alex-ay or (less popular) Alex-ee. Down side: Its similarity to the very popular girls' name Alexa.
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Either the Tampa Bay Rays are operating with even less money than usual or they've decided their 11th-ranked offense was more productive than the numbers show.
Why else would they bring in James Loney on a one-year, $2 million deal to be their first baseman?
Loney, 28, will never be confused with Prince Fielder. Loney had the worst offensive season of his seven-year career with a .249 average and just six homers in 144 games. Only four players who played in as many games hit fewer homers, and none played first base.
Loney scored only 37 runs and had 41 RBIs, all numbers among the worst in the game for first basemen.
Even last year's first baseman, Carlos Pena, who hit just .197, had a higher OBP (.330 to .293) and superior production with 19 homers and 61 RBIs. But he also was paid $7.25 million.
Signing Loney is a return of sorts to the Rays' 2011 thinking, when they signed Casey Kotchman to a bargain deal and he hit .306 but with only 10 homers. They brought back Pena, the franchise leader in homers, last year because they wanted more power.
Offense aside, Loney fits the pitching-rich Rays in another way. Defensively, he ranked third among all first basemen in 2012, according to fangraphs.com. The Rays value defense so highly that they don't share their defensive rankings, but you can be sure they have Loney ranked among the best.
The Rays might have a reason to value Loney's bat, too. He doesn't strike out a lot. After finishing with the second-most strikeouts in the AL last season, the Rays could be ready to rely less on homers and more on contact. Pena led the Rays with 182 strikeouts in 497 at-bats. In 434 at-bats, Loney struck out 51 times.
The Rays figure to turn to more offense-minded players to fill their holes in left field and at DH. Well, at DH, anyway.


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INSPIRED by the Tour de France, Ilkley resident, Steven Butts, has taken on his own French cycling challenge to raise funds for charity. Steven, who is head of corporate responsibility at Morrisons, will be taking part in the Trois Etapes, a gruelling three day cycle race in the French Pyrenees taking in over 27,500 feet of climbs.
The race is unique as it allows amateur cyclists to compete alongside professionals, with 15 teams, each consisting of seven amateurs and one professional rider. Participants come from all over the globe to take part and raise funds for worthwhile causes and even includes former Tour de France winner Carlos Sastre.
Steven's team are fundraising for FoodCycle, a charity which tackles food waste and food poverty by taking surplus food and using it to create communal meals for people at risk of food poverty and social isolation.
Steven said: "I'm delighted to be taking on this challenge for such an important cause. FoodCycle's community-led approach of using food that would otherwise go to waste and bringing it to those in need is vital at a time when over half a million people are living in poverty here in the UK."
Riding had taken a back seat to fell running until fairly recently, but the Ilkley cycling club, and the recent Tour de France visit, inspired Steven to get on his road bike again.
Through Steven's work, he met the founder and CEO of FoodCycle and together they convinced him to join their Trois Etapes team. Also riding in the team this year is Greg Mansell, the professional racing driver and cyclist (and son of Formula One world champion, Nigel Mansell).
If you would like to sponsor Steven, you can donate at www.virginmoneygiving/stevenbutts.
You can also find out more about FoodCycle at www.foodcycle.org.uk.


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Currently millions of pets are euthanized every year due to over population. In fact, each person in the U.S would have to take 8-9 dogs or cats per person for all of the homeless pets to be adopted. To decrease the number of pets euthanized each year it is important to educate people about the importance of spaying and neutering our pets. Also, with the help of volunteers and donations, we can help to arrange low cost spay and neuter programs, thus providing these services to those who could not otherwise afford them. Through education and spay/neuter programs we can help to combat the problem of over population. It is the national goal within animal rescue organizations that this will be a no kill nation. We will strive to do our part with your help.
For those dogs already in distress, our goal is to rescue homeless and surrendered dogs. With the support of donations and the hard work of volunteers, we can rescue and rehabilitate dogs in need. We will provide shelter, veterinary care, love, toys, food, and training for those who are in need. In addition, we work to find forever homes for each dog and, once adopted, we support the adoptive owners so the adjustment process is successful and the new family member is a permanent member.
Finally, pitbull breeds are in grave distress: of all dogs in shelters, 70-75% are pit bulls or pit bull mixes. Only 1 in 600 dogs of this breed will find a home and the remainder are euthanized. Due to the pervasive negative publicity surrounding this breed, there is a reluctance to allow one to become a family member. Yet in the past, this breed was the most popular in the country; the immortalized as the marine mascot; and was affectionately known as "the nanny dog". Through the work of dedicated animal groups such as Bestfriends Animal Society, BAD RAP and many others, this amazing breed is being given a chance to correct the negative reputation they have been unjustly branded with. Remember: a dog's behavior is a reflection of the personality traits of his or her owner and not the reverse.
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LAKEPORT -- A Clearlake man received a 26-year prison sentence Monday for sexually assaulting a girl during the course of five months beginning in December 2011.
The investigation revealed that Anthony Ellis Bugg molested his 11-year-old victim at least 30 times between January and May, deputy district attorney Edward Borg said. Investigators also discovered a film clip of Bugg assaulting the girl.
Bugg, 52, pleaded no contest to two felonies Oct. 29: committing a lewd act with a child by force or violence in December 2011 and continuous sexual abuse of a child from January to mid-May.
Judge Richard C. Martin sentenced Bugg to consecutive upper terms for the counts, finding that the crimes displayed an aggravated level of cruelty and viciousness, Borg said. Martin imposed an aggregate sentence of 26 years in state prison Monday at the Lake County Courthouse.
Investigative reports and testimony at the preliminary hearing showed that Bugg's crimes came to light after he sent an email to a suspected child molester in Nevada, bragging about his 11-year-old girlfriend but hiding behind a pseudonym, Borg said.
The Nevada man had been arrested and law enforcement was monitoring his computer accounts, unbeknown to Bugg, according to the prosecutor.
The account Bugg used to send the email was traced to a home in Clearlake, Borg said. Clearlake Police Det. Timothy Alvarado began investigating and determined Bugg lived at that residence.
Most of the assaults against the girl took place in a shed behind Bugg's home, Borg said.
Bugg will have to serve 85 percent of his sentence before becoming eligible for release. He must register as a sex offender.
Alvarado led the investigation. Clearlake Police Det. Ryan Peterson and Lake County District Attorney's Office investigator Denise Hinchcliff assisted.
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OLED: 'Glaring Confession' Iridum is Naturally Phosphorescent, Says Asensio
Shares of organic light-emitting diode technology maker Universal Display (OLED) are up 21 cents, or 0.7%, at $32.22, defying a couple of negative articles posted today by noted short-seller Manuel Asensio, who has for some years now made the company, and its stock, his White Whale, continually accusing it of being disingenuous about its claims to rights on fundamental elements of the technology.
Today Asensio posts two pieces calling into question the company's claims of innovation.
In the first essay, a rather abstruse technical piece, Asensio argues that the company's claim to have made a breakthrough with Iridium is undercut by prior research that had already revealed the "phosphorescent" properties of the material:
By the time UDC made its "dramatic breakthrough" of using one iridium compound, Ir(ppy)3, in an existing OLED, not only were organometallic iridium compounds well known to be phosphorescent, but why and how they emitted light from triplet reactions was well understood. In fact, their triplet emission capacity was so well established that scientific research had turned to the synthetic production of commercial quantities of the phosphorescent materials. In order to accomplish this virtually all humanly possible explorations of organometallic phosphorescent compounds were being measured and published including the atomic position of each of the atoms that were bonded to the iridium, the distances between these atoms, the angles at which they bonded and the distances between these bonds. Below are two examples of this work that existed long before 1998 when UDC claimed it made its "dramatic breakthough."
In a second essay, Asensio posts a copy of a December, 2012, brief filed on behalf of the company's patent claims by one Maiwal Patentanwalts of Germany in the company's ongoing legal sparring. In the brief, Asensio points out, the single sentence "The invention is… not an emitter compound" (emphasis in original, page 7)."
A fuller version of that passage in the filing is,
The invention is an OLED, not an emitter compound. Regarding the allegation that claim 1 should recite structural features that are necessary in order to obtain a phosphorescent complex, the Opponents appear to opine that th patent is directed to the provision of certain chemical species. The contribution of the present invention to the prior art is the disclosure of a technical device, namely an OLED, which emits light by phosphorescence. The invention is not, per se, directed to the disclosure of compounds which are present.
Asensio interprets that passage in the document as a "glaring confession and admission" that the company "simply added an iridium compound to an existing OLED device":
Analysts mistakenly believe that UDC had something to do with discovering phosphorescence, or phosphorescent materials, or a particular organometallic phosphorescent material well suited for OLED production, such as an iridium-based organometallic phosphorescent compound, or an OLED with an organometallic phosphorescent material. UDC has admitted that it did no such thing.
The upshot of the two posts is that Asensio believes Universal's broadest claims about owning rights to any OLEDs based on iridium phosphorescence will be thrown out, while it may maintain a narrower right to its particular OLED device, all the various parts that have to be put together to make any use of an organic compound as an LED.


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Top Navy officials sought to allay concerns about the future of the Naval Postgraduate School on Wednesday in the wake of a scathing investigative report and dismissal of two top school officials, even as top local officials and school employees worried and speculated about what the impact might be.
Navy Undersecretary Bob Work and interim NPS President Rear Adm. Jan Tighe appeared at a news conference at the school on Wednesday afternoon, and Work said the Navy remains unwavering in its support of Monterey.
"The reason why I came out here today was to assure the faculty and to assure the community of Monterey that the Department of the Navy is totally committed to the Naval Postgraduate School," he said.
On Tuesday, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus announced that NPS President Dan Oliver and Provost Leonard Ferrari had been dismissed after a lengthy investigation and a command inspection last summer that revealed evidence of mismanagement and a failure to adhere to federal statutes and Navy rules, regulations and policies.
Oliver, a retired vice admiral, was the school's first civilian president.
Work said there was nothing in the report that cast doubt on the quality of education or research at the school, but said changes were needed because the report showed a lack of compliance with procedures.
"For that reason, we felt like we had to make a change at the top," he said.
He said Tighe will "help us figure out what we need to do to make this organization better."
Tighe, a graduate of the school, said she was "honored to be joining the NPS family" and returning to Monterey. She called the transition a "critical and important time in NPS's history."
When asked how the school will prevent a similar situation in the future, Work said the Navy will "empower" Tighe to make changes, make sure oversight is a priority and work with the board to establish procedures that meet federal and Navy standards.
"We are very confident that we are on a path now to make sure that ... the issues highlighted in the inspector general report are taken care of," Work said.
In a statement, Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, said he was "shocked" to hear the news from the Naval Postgraduate School on Tuesday.
"President Oliver and Provost Ferrari provided leadership for the school but I was dismayed to learn the details of the IG report," Farr said. "While the poor decisions outlined in the report are disappointing, it is important to understand that it did not call into question the curriculum at the school. NPS remains a top academic institution and will continue to provide an excellent education for the future leaders of our military."
Monterey City Manager Fred Meurer, a retired Army colonel who has been heavily involved in advocating for the continued presence of NPS and other military institutions on the Peninsula, said he hadn't read the reports but stressed the importance of the relationship between the school and the community.
He said there has been a concerted effort by the community and the Monterey City Council, as well as the school and the school's foundation, to ensure that institutions such as NPS and the Defense Language Institute remain since the closure of Fort Ord in the early 1990s.
"Hopefully, as a result of all this, that (commitment) isn't damaged," he said.
Meurer said NPS is "really absolutely unique in terms of bringing all members of different branches of the military together to solve problems," something he said the school does better than any private university despite what he called the belief by "too many people" that it can be done elsewhere.
NPS instructor Tom Moore, who has taught at the school for two decades and currently teaches joint maritime operations for the U.S. Naval War College at NPS, said the report is "certainly a black eye for the organization," and said it was "unfortunate" the investigation occurred under the school's first civilian president.
Moore said a civilian president offered the institution more "continuity" than in the past because the top Navy brass that had run the school previously were often reassigned after short stints at the helm, usually just long enough for them to learn how to run what Moore called a "funny hybrid between civilian institution and military base."
Now, Moore said, "we may be going back to the admirals."
"I certainly think there will be more compliance by a variety of folks on campus," Moore said, suggesting that Farr and other legislators might consider offering legislation designed to allow NPS some leeway to achieve compliance with federal laws and naval rules.
An NPS official who spoke on condition of anonymity because school employees are not authorized to comment said the NPS community was "jolted" by the loss of two top school officials, but added that "business is going on as usual."
The official suggested the investigation revealed tension at the school as a result of its status as both a research and a military institution, and top school officials' efforts to answer NPS faculty requests for an easing of military rules and restrictions that made it difficult to compete with other universities and research institutions.
"I think a lot of researchers put pressure on (Oliver) to get out of the military mindset," the official said. "I believe his goal was to get more in line with other institutions and collaborate with other universities."
Last year, NPS brought in the most research grant funding of all local educational institutions with $214million. UC Santa Cruz was next with $121 million.
The official said the investigation would likely result in needed progress on getting contracting salaries and the school's foundation "in check," but suggested it would likely be a challenge to adhere to the new guidelines and recommendations contained in the report and predicted some pushback from faculty.
The investigation and the fallout caps a difficult year for the school, which saw a distinguished professor arrested and charged with murdering his wife, reported accusations from a former student alleging a professor used racial and ethnic slurs both inside and outside the classroom, and the loss of its dean of students when he died in July in a personal watercraft accident in Florida.
In addition, late last year, ousted Penn State president Graham Spanier resigned from the NPS advisory board as part of the fallout over the child abuse scandal involving former Nittany Lions assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.
Staff writer Phillip Molnar contributed to this report.
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- No Major Economic Indicators
- FOMC Meeting Begins
- NFIB Small Business Optimism Index, 7:30 a.m.
- International Trade, 8:30 a.m.
- Import and Export Prices, 8:30 a.m.
- EIA Petroleum Status Report, 10:30 a.m.
- FOMC Meeting Announcement, 12:30 p.m.
- FOMC Forecasts, 2 p.m.
- Treasury Budget, 2 p.m.
- Chairman Press Conference, 2:15 p.m.
- Jobless Claims, 8:30 a.m.
- Producer Price Index, 8:30 a.m.
- Retail Sales, 8:30 a.m.
- Business Inventories, 10 a.m.
- Consumer Price Index, 8:30 a.m.
- Industrial Production, 9:15 a.m.
There are plenty of important economic reports this week that warrant attention. There's also the Fed meeting this week. I'll be particularly focused not just on what the Fed says in its official statement and in Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's press conference following the meeting, but also the Fed's latest economic forecasts. And data on retail sales, inflation and industrial production are on tap as well.
First, the Fed meeting. Job creation, while positive, has been barely enough to keep pace with growth of the population -- but not by a sufficient amount to rehire the legions of unemployed workers, particularly those without work for a long time. The Fed is likely to be discouraged by a lack of progress on the fiscal cliff and likely will want to continue to support the economy in any way that it can.
Operation Twist expires at the end of the year. The Fed, in the statement following its last meeting, said (emphasis is my own), "If the outlook for the labor market does not improve substantially, the Committee will continue its purchases of agency mortgage-backed securities, undertake additional asset purchases, and employ its other policy tools as appropriate until such improvement is achieved in a context of price stability." Reread that carefully.
Does this mean that the Fed might start a new bond-buying program following the end of Operation Twist, perhaps in January? Which are those "other tools" might it use? What does "improve substantially" mean? How many new jobs are substantial enough? Answers to these questions, and more, are what I will be seeking following the meeting. Still, I doubt we'll get any new policy measures announced at this meeting, and we may need to wait until the minutes of the meeting are released to really know what the Fed, especially its individual members, is contemplating.
Then there is the Retail Sales report, covering November. Recall that Thanksgiving, the putative start of the holiday shopping season, fell a week earlier than usual this year. That means that shopping began sooner, and Census Bureau's seasonal adjustments might not capture that timing issue accurately. Factor in there were rampant promotions and discounting, and the shopping season becomes harder to forecast, particularly because the retail sales report does not adjust for inflation and measures items in dollars, not units.
So if a shopper buys two toasters for 50% off each instead of the one toaster she bought last year at full price, she's bought twice as much this year, even though the dollar amount hasn't changed. The retail sales report won't compensate for that, and even the CPI report on Friday can't accurately capture all discounting that happens during this period.
As usual, I will strip out auto sales, preferring to look at those separately, and I will also exclude food purchased at grocery stores and gasoline, as these can be influenced by price changes. I will look at what people typically buy at a mall, and further eliminate building supplies. These can be influenced by weather and can be more related to construction activity than what we think of as shopping.
Here's what we know so far. During the four-day Thanksgiving weekend, spending in stores and online rose 13% from a year ago to $59.1 billion, according to the National Retail Federation. Last year, sales climbed 16% during the holiday weekend. For just web purchases, online sales advanced 14% from Nov. 1 through Dec. 2 from the same period last year, according to comScore. The gain was propelled by Cyber Monday, which was the biggest online shopping day on record.
Will this continue? Maybe, maybe not. Have shoppers adjusted their habits to do much of their buying during the Black Friday promotions instead of later in the holiday season? Will decreases in consumers' attitudes weigh down spending the longer the media focuses on the fiscal cliff with no resolution in sight?
In the latter regard, we learned Friday that the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment index dropped to 74.5 in December from 82.7 in November. It's now the weakest in four months. The "expectations" component of the survey matters more when predicting consumer spending than the headline does. And this component plunged to a one-year low of 64.6 from 77.6 in October.
But we see in the jobs report that incomes are up; aggregate weekly payrolls advanced by 0.3% on the month, which, while not stellar, can at least support some increased spending. Aside from income, household's net worth has been increasing as asset values, including home prices, improve and debts are reduced.
Net worth for households and non-profit groups increased $1.72 trillion, or by 2.7%, from the second quarter to the third, to reach $64.8 trillion, according to the Fed's flow of funds report. Asset values increased by $1.3 trillion, while liabilities fell by $400 billion.
As consumers feel wealthier, they may spend more, even if their wages aren't growing by leaps and bounds. This is reflected in the falling savings rate recently, which is still a positive number, meaning consumers are still saving, just less than they had been earlier. However, even if they are setting aside less for savings each month, the total dollar amount of their net worth can increase by a greater amount if asset values climb and liabilities are reduced.
As long as home values and share prices cooperate and aggregate incomes inch up a bit, consumers might continue to spend more -- if they feel confident enough to do so. And that latter variable is what we'll have to keep a close eye on in coming months. The further we go with no resolution on the fiscal cliff, the more worries consumers may have. Perhaps the good news might be that they may have already done much of their holiday shopping?


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My gosh, David's been in the Statehouse for 25 years!
Later in my office, I stumbled onto the Vote Smart site (www.votesmart.org) and out of curiosity began to examine the senator's campaign. His list of hefty donors would make Obama's campaign manager Jim Messina jealous, and his voting record is impressive. Really impressive.
But then, under the "Issues Positions" heading, I learned that David Long had repeatedly refused to "tell citizens where he stands on any of the issues addressed in the 2012 Political Courage Test ."
Hmmm. He's playing it safe, I thought, giving my old friend the benefit of the doubt.
I remember when he visited our citizens' awareness group and assured us he was one of us. And yet as I turned off my laptop that evening, I couldn't help but wonder, why wouldn't David stand up and be counted and answer the questionnaire? Are we being "played"? See, I'm one of those old-fashioned Americans — suspicious of all politicians, especially entrenched ones.
Well now the election's over, and Long doesn't need my vote anymore, and sure enough my misgivings have been confirmed as informed voters throughout the state begin to call Long the Benedict Arnold of Indiana.
You may have heard of "Nullification," a big word that simply means that according to the 10th Amendment to the Constitution, states have the right to void a federal law within their boundaries if they deem it to be unconstitutional. Currently 14 states have passed legislation declaring Obamacare null and void within their state. Indiana could join that elite group and become number 15, boosting the momentum.
But Sen. Long, chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, steadfastly refuses to allow any discussion of Senate Bill 230 (nullifying Obamacare in Indiana), and without that discussion there will be no vote. This important legislation will die in committee, even though there are now 11 co-sponsors, strong support in the House as well as the Senate, and positive signals from our past and current governors.
It's a pretty unbelievable situation — the kind of political shenanigan we've come to expect from Harry Reid or Nancy Pelosi, not David Long. Think about it. How can one man, I don't care if he is the Senate President Pro Tempore, prohibit a public conversation at the statehouse on the hottest issue of the day? Nobody made Long king!
There's wisdom to be found in a public debate about the dangers of a menacing federal dictatorship, which could prove to be very instructive indeed.
After all, this attempt to nullify could well be the last hurrah, our final chance to dismantle this ugly mandate that will change the landscape of the United States forever! Public polls have demonstrated it time and time again. We don't like Obamacare, and we want to see something done about it. Why not allow the debate, then?
If, indeed, Long thinks nullification would only entangle Indiana in an expensive, unwinnable lawsuit, then let him voice that concern in a public forum now instead of hiding behind procedure. And if he dares to assert that re-writing the United States Constitution is the only solution to federal overreach, then God help us all!
Thomas Jefferson warned, "States should be watchful to note every material usurpation of their rights: Denounce them as they occur in the most peremptory terms, to protest against them as wrongs to which our present submission shall be considered, not as acknowledgments or precedents of right."
And so I'm watching my old friend, rooting for his leadership of yesteryear and hoping against hope that Sen. Long's first loyalty is to our Constitution, not some image, higher office or influential insider cabal.
I encourage you to contact him at 800-382-9467 or 317-232-9400. Tell Sen. Long to let the hearing commence and the robust debate begin, but do it soon. The deadline for committee reports is Feb. 21.


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Monday, September 25, 2017
Dental Hygiene
I had a complete set of xrays taken a few days ago at a new dental place. My experience there wasn`t good and I do not plan on returning. The xrays were free. I am going to soon return to my old dentist. What do I do about the situation that I need xrays from his office? I hate to tip my hand and say that I had gone elsewhere but I need to know if I have more xrays if that`ll be harmful to me. I doubt they would send them to my dentist. HELP!!
You are entitled to a copy of the dental radiographs. The office may decide to charge you for the x-rays or for the cost of copying. The office does not need to know why you are requesting a copy. It is your right as a patient.
Perhaps you had a good experience but just want a second opinion. Copies of radiographs do not always turn out as good as originals, sometimes making diagnosing difficult to impossible. Your next dentist may need to take his or her own x-rays if this is the case.
The radiation exposure from dental x-rays is minimal in comparison to other types of medical x-rays, however, it is the cumulative exposure to x-radiation that we need to keep to a minimum over one's lifetime. A full set of dental x-rays would be approximately equivalent to approximately 5 days of background radiation exposure.
Constance R Kuntupis, RDH, MA
Clinical Associate Professor of Dental Radiology
College of Dentistry
The Ohio State University


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Expect plateaus in your golf distance. You will hit plateaus and generally break through them as each concept "clicks." [...] The plateaus are approximately as follows: ~240', ~280', ~320', ~370'.
Here's a question. Which concepts are the ones that need to 'click' in order to break through each distance plateau?
I'm guessing the key to breaking through the ~320 is utilizing leg power?


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I'm happy to announce a new solution we've built to make it simple to get massive amounts of social data into the AWS cloud environment. I'm here in London for the AWS Summit where Stephen E. Schmidt, Vice President of Amazon Web Services, just announced that Gnip's new Kinesis Connector is available as a free AMI starting today in the AWS Marketplace. This new application takes care of ingesting streaming social data from Gnip into Amazon Kinesis. Spinning up a new instance of the Gnip Kinesis Connector takes about five minutes, and once you're done, you can focus on writing your own applications that make use of social data instead of spending time writing code to consume it.
Amazon Kinesis is AWS's managed service for processing streaming data. It has its own client libraries that enable developers to build streaming data processing applications and get data into AWS services like Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon S3 and Amazon Redshift for use in analytics and business intelligence applications. You can read an in-depth description of Amazon Kinesis and its benefits on the AWS blog.
We were excited when Amazon Kinesis launched last November because it helps solve key challenges that we know our customers face. At Gnip, we understand the challenges of streaming massive amounts of data much better than most. Some of the biggest hurdles – especially for high-volume streams – include maintaining a consistent connection, recovering data after a dropped connection, and keeping up with reading from a stream during large spikes of inbound data. The combination of Gnip's Kinesis Connector and Amazon Kinesis provides a "best practice" solution for social data integration with Gnip's streaming APIs that helps address all of these hurdles.
Gnip's Kinesis Connector and the high-availability Amazon AWS environment provide a seamless "out-of-the-box" solution to maintain full fidelity data without worrying about HTTP streaming connections. If and when connections do drop (it's impossible to maintain an HTTP streaming connection forever), Gnip's Kinesis Connector automatically reconnects as quickly as possible and uses Gnip's Backfill feature to ingest data you would have otherwise missed. And due to the durable nature of data in Amazon Kinesis, you can pick right back up where you left off reading from Amazon Kinesis if your consumer application needs to restart.
In addition to these features, one of the biggest benefits of Amazon Kinesis is its low cost. To give you a sense for what that low cost looks like, a Twitter Decahose stream delivers about 50MM messages in a day. Between Amazon Kinesis shard costs and HTTP PUT costs, it would cost about $2.12 per day to put all this data into Amazon Kinesis (plus Amazon EC2 costs for the instance).
Gnip's Kinesis Connector is ready to use starting today for any Twitter PowerTrack or Decahose stream. We're excited about the many new, different applications this will make possible for our customers. We hope you'll take it for a test drive and share feedback with us about how it helps you and your business do more with social data.


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Leicesters Great places and things:
London road railway station: with its listed frontage of which the signs don't make sence now.
New walk muesuem: with the mummys and dinosaws, a great one to see.
The prison: with very large walls in the south side of Leicester, actually looking like a castle.
The hospital: very big and covers the whole of Leicestershire with its A&E department.
Castle Park: looking at the roman grounds and what things use to be like.
BBC radio Leicester, the studio which you can go in to see them broadcasting their show live.
Dominoes Toys: Midlands favourite toy store and Britians largest independant toy store!
Highcross: with its 12 screen cinema de lux and 3,000 parking spaces and the largest John Lewis outside of London. This is a great addition to the old Shires.
Town hall: with the flying lions as part of a water fountain, a great place to spend your lunch break.
Charles Street: the city's main road with all the bus routes pulling in to stop there.
Belgrave road, populated by the Asian community and its many jewellery stores, also being known as the golden mile.
Belgrave hall: said to be the most haunted place in Britain, also visited by Living TV's Most Haunted.
The great central railway, having 4 stops with its tradition steam train.
Space Centre, future all in one place and learn all about space.
Abbey Park: Leicester's Abbey as it was, now being the largest newest park in Leicester, having all sorts to do for all ages.
I have lived around the Leicester area for my whole life and have have mixed views on it. To put it politely there is a very eclectic mix of people shall i say, it was the first place in the UK where ethnic minorities occupied more than 50% of the cities residencies. However i feel that is a good thing and adds a lively mix of people, and there are some great restaurant in the city due to this. Shopping in the city is currently undergoing a face lift as the inner city is being completely redeveloped. The city has the big players like House of Fraser, Marks & Spencer etc to go with the smaller local shops and fashion boutiques like Scotneys. There is a very good Rugby team in the city, the Tigers, who have been very successful over the years and are a much better side to follow than the rubbish football! Overall a decent city, however perhaps a little grubby.
Princess Charlotte - Leicester. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The Princess Charlotte is a small little indie rock music venue, in Leicester. As anyone that has read any of my music ops will know I tend to enjoy my punk and indie rock genres. This place caters for most styles of rock music, ranging from poppy types all the way through to thrashy industrial death metal. LOCATION. ^^^^^^^^^ Firstly before I say anything about the club/venue, I really should let you into a bit of information about the general area. We are dead centre of the country, in the Midlands, Leicester is the furthest place from the sea! The city has two main Universities and a few collages, so during term time the area is full of students, this probably explains why there are quite as many pubs as there are, in fact on just two smallish streets we have over 12 different pubs, great amount of choice! The city has a large multiracial population, which hasn't ever caused any trouble like it has in other cities. The people are generally very nice, although like in any area there are a few people that are not as nice as others. One of the biggest problems with the city is the lack of good live music venues, there are only three main ones which pull in some big bands then there are a few that get all the local Leicester talent. So after that little look around the city we are back at the venue, waiting with baited breathe to see what is on offer... THE VENUE ^^^^^^^^^ The Charlotte is a fairly small, in fact tiny, little venue, it only holds 400 people, but somehow this place seems to pick up some of the up and coming talent just before they hit the big time. It is quite hard to find as it is in a part of the city which is generally only offices, but it is only a 5 minute walk from the centre. When you do finally find it, it is a pretty nondescript little building, f
ormally just an ordinary little town pub, which had a back room where bands played, it has since been changed to a dedicated music venue. This at first caused the place to loose some of its atmosphere, but has recently started to become a very nice place to visit. When you first enter the venue, you are greeted with a dark dingy looking type place, with lots of different band flyers on the walls, you will either love this dark feel (Like I do) or you'll find it a bit dirty looking. On your right hand side is a nice sized bar, which normally has a good amount of bar staff, so not too long a wait to get your beverages! The bar is always fully stocked with most varieties of alcoholic and non alcoholic drinks, giving a great choice when in need of a hard drink! Just past the bar is a small seating area, but expect this to be filled quite soon before gigs. Then we have the most stupidly placed sound desk, it is slap bang in the middle of the room, meaning that the venue looses a lot of the capacity it could have had. Then right in front is the stage, this is a small stage compared with most around the country, but it seems to work okay for the bands that use it so it must be okay, and it means you are always able to see the band, without having to buy any binoculars! The toilets are to your right, and I can only mention the Mens (Obviously) but they are very small, and can get crowded, but are generally very clean. Upstairs there is a small chill out room and another little bar and a cloak room to leave your coats etc. THE NIGHTS ^^^^^^^^^^ There is a band on almost every night (More about these later), after the band there is normally a night club which opens till 2am. These club nights range from Drum and bass themed nights to Alternative rare rock nights, There are nights based on the retro theme, giving a good chance to hear some 60's music. These are normally about 2
pound to enter, or free if you have been to see a band. The sound quality for these is spot on, giving an almost live sound. The amount of people that attend these nights really varies depending on the band, but it is generally quite well attended. Every Monday night is a showcase for local talent, although some other bands sometimes sneak in!! This is free with a voucher from the local newspaper, and you can sometimes find some very good hidden gems on this night, such as when Muse played a free gig. THE BANDS ^^^^^^^^^ The sort of band that usually visits this venue are your up and coming acts, that may at the time not be very well known but some have gone on to stardom. Some bands that have visited over the years include Oasis, Offspring, Feeder, Ash, Greenday, Blink 182, Basically any well known guitar based band has played this venue at some time in their history. I have been to see various bands here, some i knew about and lots i didn't, but the quality is normally good. There are lots that i have regretted not going to, such as Stereophonics and Muse just before they hit the big time. But i have been lucky to see such great acts as Mr T Experience and Redd Kross! Basically it can be hit or miss, but most nights there is a band that you will like,even if you didn't know them before. Some nights are all ages, meaning anyone can enter regardless of age, but obviously you have to prove your age for buying Alcohol. Other nights are over 18 only. There are also a few All Day gigs, these are basically once a month, or on Bank holidays, this could be a bit of a long day, but are cheap and offer a lot of decent bands. PRICES ^^^^^^ These vary depending on the artist but range from Free Entry to about 10 pound, although most are around 5 pounds, again sometimes you can be lucky and see a very good act for a low price, when i saw Feeder it
was only 2 pound, which was very good seeing as they were quite well known at the time. The drinks are pretty good, basically Leicester prices, about a pound lower than London. There are always offers on beer and other drinks, such as buy one get one free, or pound a pint offers. So it can be a very cheap night. Most bands sell some merchandise such as CDs and T-Shirts these are generally a lot cheaper than in the shops, and you can pick up some quite rare stuff. OVERALL ^^^^^^^ I wasted a lot of my teenage years in this venue, and have seen it change from small town pub to dedicated music venue, and it has always produced a good cheap night out, so I would recommend anyone that is visiting Leicester to try to catch a band here. For listings check out the website at www.thecharlotte.co.uk Thanks for reading Please leave any comments. Kyle
I'm 29 years old. For 28 of those years I lived in Leicester. I was born in Leicester, on the Braunstone council estate. I grew up surrounded by Leicester people, I spent my teenage years discovering pubs and clubs in Leicester city centre, I was educated and worked for a long time in Leicester. The thing that confuses me about Leicester is why it took me 28 years to get round to leaving the place. Leicester is a hole. A sad, wide gap in the M1. Lets talk about Leicester people in general (yes - I am one of them. But I consider myself to be one of the few exceptions.). Leicester people are rude, unhelpful, two faced and arrogant. Their children, especially the ones from the council estates (and lets face it - thats everywhere in Leicester. Its one BIG council estate.), start comitting crimes as soon as they are old enough to wear a tracksuit. And they usually stick to crimes against the person, in and around the city centre. So if you're planning a trip to Leicester any time soon, be prepared to have your wallet stolen at knife point by some spotty psycho and his ten underage mates. I've been robbed three times in Leicester and burgled twice. Just about everyone I know in Leicester has had some trouble of this kind at some point. OK - lets talk about things to do in Leicester. Well, theres some nice parks: Castle park, Abbey park and Victoria park all of which are close to the centre. All of which will be crowded with tramps, beggars and the above mentioned fifteen year old pyschos as soon as theres a hint of sun. And they'll all be drinking, carrying knives/screwdrivers, and looking for trouble. Oh Joy! Right, pubs in Leicester. For a town that has a disproportionate amount of bars, the amount of pubs worth going to in Leicester is laughable. Just so you know - Check out Nasca and Nine Bar on Narborough Road. Also The Orange Tree on High Street and Fat Cats on Belvoir Street. Avoid the rest like the plague. All
of the others are either 'chain bars' like Bar Risa, or savagely territorial pubs populated with, yes you guessed it, fifteen year old psychos (with the added bonus of their dads! hooray!). Nightclubs - Check out Goodbye Cruel World at Mosquito Coast on saturday nights. In on high street and isn't hard to find. Don't go anywhere else. You WILL get hassled. On a more positive note, there is a lot of history in Leicester. Leicester is over 2000 years old and was originally an iron age settlement. The Romans used it as a major trading point throughout their rule, calling the place Ratae. If you look close enough you can still find ancient ruins in leicester - Danes Hill on Fosse Road, St Mary de Castro Church near Castle Park, Abbey Park etc. Leicester is a place that suffers from a large amount of small minded people and a local council that doesn't know its arse from its elbow. Look at the counsellors who've served in Leicester - Keith Vaz (liar) being a prime example. The council has a nasty habit of being thrifty throughout the financial year and then rushing spending on pointless rubbish (such as the roadworks close to Castle Park intended to 'aid congestion'. They've made congestion worse.) so that they can meet their spending limit and therefore justify requiring the same amount, or more, from the government the next year. One final thing: My housemate, Mike, changed trains last weekend at Leicester on his way from Manchester to Cheltenham. He had a 4 minute gap before his train arrived at Leicester station. Within those 4 minutes, a group of lads came out of nowhere and tried to rob him at knifepoint. Don't ever go to Leicester. Please.
Who knows about Leicester? Who care about Leicester? Nobody, really. It's a city with a fairly low profile, whose name doesn't exactly send shivers of excitement running up and down anyone's spine. Probably the only times people hear of it is when buying cheese or going to their building society. Well, I know about Leicester - and I care, *and* I love it. I'm kind of glad it elicits such a feeling of indifference because I think it's one of England best-kept secrets. It's like a pocket-sized big city, brimming with attractive streets to explore and arcades stuffed full of tiny little independent shops - a refreshing change to the tide of boring chains that make every city look the same. Leciester has those too, but in the form of The Shires, one of very, very few shopping centres to attempt to fit in with neighbouring buildings, rather than imposing itself on the townscape with all the subtlety of an air raid. The most appealing aspect of Leicester is its scale and its 'vibe'. It's a human-sized city, not so big and bustling enough so as to be exhausting, nor so small and town-like so as to be dull. It's a perfect compromise for those who want city life to be enjoyable and not a chore. It's also a green city which prides itself on its environmental credentials. Although it does have the dreaded Midlands ring road syndrome, Leicester is a great place to hang out. Compared to its rivals, it may lack the prestige, the buzz, the wealth and the grandeur of Nottingham, but it knocks Coventry into a cocked hat. For visitors to the city, I'd recommend ambling into town from the station along New Walk, and take it from there.
-> In general Leicester holds a very cosmopolitan atmosphere and in general is a relaxed place to dwell. There are things to do there to suit everyone's interests. The main qualm about Leicester is the fact that it does always seem to rain, guess that's just Britain for you! -> Eating out Finding somewhere to eat in Leicester is never a problem, so long as you like curry. Not really only joking! Leicester has a curry house for everyday of the year and there are some damn fine ones too! I'd recommend the Spice Garden located on Upperton Road (Off Narborough Road aka 'Student Land'). The are many pubs in the town center that offer all day food. With there being two universities (Leicester uni and De Montfort uni) there is good competition among the pubs for special offers on food and drink. -> Shopping There are two main shopping centers in Leicester, the Haymarket and the Shires. The Haymarket is okay; it has a Tkmax, MVC and Woolworth's. The Shires is bigger and better including many such as the Gadget Shop, Spencer's, Boots, WHSmiths, many clothes shops, Virgin, Music Box etc . . . In the high street are the basic shops that comprise any city -> Marks and Sparks, Ann Summers, Our Price, Boots, WHSmiths, HMV and New Look to name but a few. Leicester is easy to walk around, there being 4 main roads to shop on. Leicester does hold a good number of alternative stores that offer more original but more expensive products. There was a great arcade called the silver arcade but unfortunately that has recently closed down. Outside of Leicester is Fosse Park which is a retail park, this offers a number of large stores. A bus service is provided to and from Fosse Park. -> Pubs & Clubs Depending on what genre of music you're in to of course but Leicester offers a wide range of clubs. Fanclub and Oxygen are responsible for the indie / roc
k element while mainstream dance clubs such as Industria, Kudos and Zanzibar are there for 'townies'. 'Pub-wise' the situation is the same there are rock pubs and towny pubs and also neutral places such as The Walkabout Inn (An Australian style pub) and the JD Weatherspoons pubs where anyone can go and feel comfortable. -> Entertainment In Leicester there is an Odeon and a Warner Bros. cinema, which offer up-to-date films. There is also the Phoenix Arts Center that puts on plays and original films; for example films there were banned from the cinemas such as Natural Born Killers. -> Sports Facilities Leicester could do with a decent swimming pool and an affordable sport center. There is Livingwells but it is very expensive for a student like me to be a member. Filbert Street offers Premiership football and in all fairness the tickets are reasonable (Student tickets £10).
Leicester is a lively city, which is filled with friendly folk. I go regularly, and live very close. The shopping facilities are very good, offering many shopping centres with easy access. Leicester is easy to get to via it's train station, which is situated very close to the centre of the city. There are often events which can be enjoyed by families or just groups of friends, such as fairs and things like that. The DeMonfort university is excellent and offers a wide range of courses for students. All in all, Leicester isn't the best city in the world, but it comes damn close!!
Leicester has been around since the 1800 and was an impotant roman settlement. The city was built here because it was a crossing point on the river soar. The saxons came and from then on Leicester's population has grown tremendously and it is still kicking today. In fact Leicester is still growing. The city is known as the heart of england because it is vaguely shaped like a heart and it is located in the middle of leicester. The city is good and has a cool city centre. There are plenty of shops and places for you to go. This city is good.
leicester is not my favourite city. I live in the middle of a triangle of Nottingham Leicester and Derby, and Leicester is not may favourite to visit. The main reason I don't like Leicester is that there is no real layout to the shops. They are miles apart and you spend ages trekking from one end of the town centre to the other just to visit the shops you want. It is also very easy to get lost, becasue of the sprawling nature of the layout of the shops. It takes a very long time for you to become familiar with the general layout; even the tiny alleyways which run off the market place take a while to become ingrained in your head. It seems like a very old fashioned town layout and many of the streets are dark and pokey. There is also a real element of bad-tempered people who accost you in the street when you are shopping, shouting and swearing. These people seem to be about mainly over the weekday lunch period and are less in existence at weekends. They also seem to frequent the market place. There are also a large number of tramps on the edge of Leicester, especially near the train station and court area around New Walk, so expect to be asked for money if you go to these areas Once you know your way around, Leicester isn't too bad, but I would still prefer Nottingham as it is cleaner, more modern and better laid out.
I was born in Leicester 30 years ago, and have moved about a lot. But I have to say, Leicester is always home. The culture is extremely diverse, with one of the largest asian communities in the Country, The Golden Mile along Melton Road is full of Sahri shops, sweet shops and wonderful Indian jewellery. The Divalli celebrations in October are fantastic. We also have a large Carribean culture, and the Carribean festival in August is the second largest in Europe. The smell of Jerk Chicken around Victoria Park is enough to convert even the hardiest vegetarian! Ans lets not forget the Irish community. If you've never experienced a Paddy's Day in Molly O'Grady's you've not lived. The city centre is growing daily, with new pubs and restaurants fitting into every spare space they can find. Leicester will be a 24 hour city within 10 years. There are also the great museums, for the historically minded. With the Newark, The Jewery Wall, and Abbey park ruins, to name a few, there's always something to see. And as for shopping - well what can I say. Stray away from the main shopping complexes (the shires, the haymarket, and Gallowtree Gate) and you will find the most wonderful little shops. From the trendy St Martins Square, to the newly-restored victorian Silver Arcade, there is something for everyone. Easy to get to by road or rail, Leicester will always be home to me.
I've just moved to Leicester from Southampton and I have to say that I love it here. I'm from Stoke originally anyway, but Leicester is as much home now as Stoke ever was. Theres a great selection of shops in the city centre catering for almost every taste, and there;s so many great secondhand shops along Narborough Road and King Richards Road that I love browsing in. The takeaways here are really cheap as well - a bucket of chicken from our local takeaway could last us 3 days there's so much in it! The people here are really friendly as well - it's a bit of a nightmare doing the shopping with two babies in tow because everyone wants to stop and say hello to them! The Shires centre is the main shopping precinct, but there's a load more shops in the city centre as well that are great. There;s always a bargain to be had somewhere. There are some bad areas as in every city, but Leicester seems really laid back - to the point of being horizontal. The pace of life seems a lot less frantic here. For anyone moving up from the South that are a bit worried about moving to the midlands - don;t be. It's a great place to live, everyone is really friendly and the house prices are a bargain!
I lived in Leicester for over five years, and absolutely loved every minute of it. Leicester is a city that is neither to big nor to small, it is big enough to hold a plethora of nightclubs varying from heavy metal and grunge to the regular townie club. Less to hazard very large ethnic community and the city is much enhanced because of it. Every type of religious festival is celebrated with gusto, even the Hindu festival of light has the largest ceremony outside of India celebrated in the city of Leicester. If you live or visit Leicester around this time of year, the festival of light is a site to be seen an inexperienced to be had by anyone. When I first move to Leicester it was very much in decline, the UK was in the middle of recession and this city was to, these days it is picked up a lot, there are a couple of multiplex cinemas and several large shopping centers. I like Leicester because it is a city that is not big enough to require more than a few hours to get from one end to the other, but is big enough to house all but the very largest of shops. Leicester has the largest covered market in the UK and many a bargain can be had. Every type of food stuff can be purchased for very little money here and the atmosphere is very very good. The city has a number of art centers and theaters offering culture from the type most normal people appreciate to the type most people would see as a waste time. I love Leicester, if you want to eat out you can eat like a King for not very much money (try the balti houses that do not have a liquor license) you can get almost any type of food to take away on Evington Road, and the donner kebab in the picnic on Evington Road are to die for.
Think of Leicester and most people think boring. Or don't have an opinion! which is even worse! However there are many things which Leicester has to offer which are often overlooked, often this is mainly by the people who live there! Like who knew you could visit the dungeons? Or the market is the largest in Europe? Well I certainly didn't, and I have lived there all of my life! Leicester is fantastic for shopping - as well as the basic high street chain stores, if you dive into the area known as 'The Lanes' then there are numerous small shops which offer beautiful gifts or great individual clothes! My favourite shop is Voodoo, on Silver Street near to St Martins Square, a great alternative clothing shop! And also Rockaboom, also in St Martins Square is a great record shop, CDs are often far cheaper there than in HMV or Virgin. And as for going out at night - there is something for everyone! The goths and rockers can go to Oxygen, and there are a variety of clubs and bars such as The Square and Kudos for those who want to dance and socialise! and Zanzibar is fun if you want to count the number of people in patent white leather!! Give leicester a chance, it definitely grows on you!
personally, i think leicester is a great place to live in. it is very cultuarally diverse and it is also a university city so there is a great mix of attitudes and ideas within it. on top of that, it offers all the services you could hope for in a city of its size, along with a supposedly world renowned market (which im sure no-one outside of leicester has ever even heard of before). it is a very big market though. however, if youre a tourist looking for fun i would recommend going somewhere else. unless, of course, your idea of fun is eating a lot, in which case there is a HUGE variety of cuisines to try in the HUGE number of restaurants, or you like staring at big clocks all day (leicesters main tourist attraction is a tower with a clock on it). by the way, if THAT is what you find interesting i would recommend getting help... or alternatively visiting Big Ben instead... it is (surprisingly) much bigger if, on the other hand, youre just looking for a night out then you could do a lot worse than going to leicester. admittedly there arent that many places to go (getting stuck in a rut of where you go out to is a depressingly common occurrence here) but there is a place for pretty much everyone (just please dont go to Zanzibar because its a bit of a dirty meat market). and i cant actually think of any other reason why you would want to come here, apart from because its nice!
I lived in Leicester for three years while i was at De Montfort University, and beleive it is second only to Nottingham in the Midlands. Being the geographical centre of England ( there is a plaque somewhere in the city which states this ) means it is very easy to travel to, it takes 1hr 15 from London on the train, with services every 1/2 hour. The city itself is famous for its market and its sports. The largest undercover market in Europe, althougth most of this is textiles and fruit/veg; Gary Linikers dad even has a fruit/veg stall here. Last season was the most successful in the history of the Foxes, winning the league cup again and ammassing the most amount of points in the Premiership, next year could be even better. The support for the Foxes is huge, if you live near the ground however on a match day you will bw able to hear the crowd, and you won't be able to park. The tigers (rugby) have just won the title again, the Riders (basketball) are becoming more popular, and the foxes (cricket ) are doing alright. Leicester is also growing very fast on the nightlife aspect, in my final year at least two bars a month opened. The best of these include Revolution, a chilled out vodka bar, Time bar, a great cocktail bar right next to the station, and Turkey Cafe, the most relaxed place in town. For music The Charlotte is still the best, playing host to many new and upcoming bands. The best clubs include Flaming Colosouss, and Junction 21, the specialist nights such as bubblelove very popular. However, most bars close at 12, and clubs at 2am, the nightlife still has room for improvement. Popular phrases in leicester include; cheers me duck, and innit. Renting as a student isn't too expensive, the averge is about £35 a week in the popular Narbourough road area, and finally the best place to go for information on Leicester is the Mercury's website at http://www.thisisleicestershire.com


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A year ago today, Vallejo Police Officer Jim Capoot said goodbye to his family as he headed to work.
A few hours later he was shot to death after a vehicle and foot pursuit of a bank robbery suspect. Just 45, Capoot was the first Vallejo officer killed in the line of duty in more than a decade and the fourth in the city's history.
Capoot's death hit Vallejo hard, not because he was a police officer, but because he had dedicated his life to helping others, as a former Marine, as a family man, as the girl's basketball coach at Vallejo High School, and -- yes, as a police officer.
Such deaths are life changing, not only for the victim's family and friends, but in this case an entire community, most of whom had never heard of Jim Capoot. The outpouring of support, messages of anguish and sympathy was as incredible as it was sincere.
Today at 11 a.m., there will be an observance ceremony for Capoot at Vallejo City Hall. It won't bring him back, but it may provide those he left behind one more step in their healing. The public is invited.
That in the wake of Capoot's death Vallejoans continue to be outraged and shocked by the violence in this community is important, because it means that they have not given into it. Just 24 hours before today's ceremony, police were giving details of a brutal assault by a teenage suspect against a 65-year-old Vallejo woman. Among those details were that passersby became involved in aiding the victim and offering police information that led them to the suspect's arrest.
In this space we have written numerous times about the ongoing violence that has afflicted this city. It began long before Jim Capoot's tragic death and will continue long past other anniversary observances of it. We will not dwell on such violence today, except to say that this anniversary must serve not only as a reminder of a dedicated public servant, but also as a reminder that his death must lead to a greater community effort to avoid similar ones.


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THE Kremlin says an adoption deal with the US will remain valid until 2014 despite a new Russian law banning the practice, but only adoptions cleared by Russian courts before the ban will be allowed.
Last month, President Vladimir Putin signed a law banning Americans from adopting Russian children, as part of a harsh response to a US law targeting Russians deemed to be violating human rights.
Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on independent Dozhd TV that the adoptions agreement would remain in force until 2014 due to its provision that it should be valid for a year after one of the parties terminates it, which Russia did on January 1 2013.
He added that all new adoptions and those which had not been approved by the courts before the new law took effect, would be banned.
"In cases when certain judicial procedures haven't been completed, a complete ban on adoptions by US parents will be enforced," Peskov said. "The agreement isn't a mechanism that obliges Russia to provide its children for adoptions."
Peskov said those Russian children whose adoption by US families had been cleared by Russian courts would be allowed to leave.
More than 50 Russian children were preparing to join their new families in the US when the ban on adoptions was passed, but it wasn't immediately clear how many of them had a court order allowing them to leave Russia.
Russian and US diplomats have been in intense talks over the issue.
"We are very hopeful that we will be able to complete the cases of adoption that had been begun before the law was passed. So that's something that we will be working on with the Russian government," US State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said on Thursday.
Originally published as Russia allows court-approved US adoptions


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PASADENA -- Ever wonder what a football team looks like after it rams into a brick wall? You should have been here Wednesday night after Stanford lost the Rose Bowl.
There were brick scars all over the bodies of Cardinal players after they lost to Michigan State, 24-20. Many of those scars belonged to Tyler Gaffney, Stanford's top running back.
"Everywhere I looked," Gaffney said, "there was a green defender."
Which, if you happen to be wearing a white and red uniform, causes lots of problems unless your team is perfect in every other way. But on a perfect California afternoon here, Stanford's football team was far too imperfect. On a beautiful 78-degree day, the Cardinal could not make enough ugly yards.
For the first time all season, the Stanford offense scored just one offensive touchdown -- and it happened in the game's first four minutes. After that ... hello, green brick wall. After rushing for 67 yards in the first quarter, Gaffney gained just 24 yards on 18 carries the rest of the way.
Two plays defined the Cardinal's offensive day, really. Both were fourth down plays. Both are bound to be much discussed between now and next season's opening kickoff.
In the third quarter, score tied at 17-17, Stanford faced a fourth-down-and-three situation at the Michigan State 36-yard line. After a timeout, Cardinal head coach David Shaw decided to dial up Gaffney's number behind the same stout offensive line that had helped Stanford convert eight of 12 fourth down situations during the regular
This time, there was nothing. Negative nothing, if that's possible. Gaffney lost three yards. Spartan tacklers swallowed him up.
"They get in the backfield right away," Gaffney said, explaining the play in present tense. "And that immediately disrupts the run, leaves myself no space to figure something out. They're big and strong. So when I lower a shoulder, I'm not getting too much."
Minutes later, early in the fourth quarter, Michigan State took a 24-17 lead. Stanford made it 24-20 by kicking a field goal, then regained possession with 3:06 left on the clock and one timeout. The Cardinal huddled up, ran three plays and, after taking its final timeout, faced another fourth down situation on its own 34-yard line with 1:46 remaining. They needed a single yard to make a first down and keep the drive going.
Shaw ordered up another run between the tackles, this time by fullback Ryan Hewitt. Again, brick wall. Hewitt was stopped for no gain. Michigan State took over on downs, knelt down and clinched the victory.
Afterward, Shaw was questioned about whether his strategy to huddle up on the Cardinal's last drive rather than run a two-minute drill had shown enough urgency.
"There was enough urgency," Shaw answered. "We just didn't get a first down."
He also confirmed that the interior running plays were called on both fourth downs because they've been Stanford's strength all season long and for the last several seasons.
"Absolutely," Shaw said. "Because when I don't do that, everybody goes crazy -- we should have done this, we should have done that. So I don't worry about any of that stuff. I'm going to put the ball in the hands of our guys and put it on the offensive line. ... We got beat today by a really good football team."
That realization didn't make the loss sting any less for the Cardinal. Some of Stanford's players, frankly, seemed stunned at how Hewitt was stopped -- and how their season ended.
"We were ready for the two-minute drill after we made that first down that I knew we were going to make," said wide receiver Devon Cajuste. "I was kind of shocked. I had no emotion."
Gaffney had that same feeling. On the last fourth down play, he was lined up deep and followed Hewitt into the line, trying to help push him the necessary yard.
"Fourth and one is what we preach on, what we do," said Gaffney. "It's what Stanford football is all about. You have to give it to Michigan State for stuffing that. Because everybody in the building knew exactly what was coming. A run was coming up the middle. And it was a test of wills. And they got the better of us."
Of course, one way to open up more space inside is to loosen up the defense with some long pass plays. Cardinal quarterback Kevin Hogan completed a couple of them, including a 51-yarder to Cajuste. More often, the throws just missed, often owing to Michigan State's physical defensive backs.
"To beat a team like that, you've got to hit more than a couple deep balls," Shaw said, "because it's one-on-one outside, there's a lot of contact on some of those."
Officials did let a lot of bumping go -- but that was true for Stanford's defense, as well. The Cardinal defenders probably played well enough to win, causing two turnovers and scoring a touchdown. They just didn't have the offense to push them over the finish line.
Even so, Stanford concluded one of the school's better football seasons, with an 11-3 record, losing to a Big Ten champion with a 13-1 record. Those who excoriate Shaw for calling two interior rushes on the two fourth down plays are missing the whole point. When you build a team to implement power football, you want to play power football. And the Spartans were happy to engage.
"Push came to shove, we started shoving back a little bit," said Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio.
It might be that simple. In a matchup of two brawny defensive units who had carried their teams throughout the season, Michigan State was brawnier. And the Spartans built a brick wall when it mattered.


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WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS — When defending Greenbrier Classic champion Jonas Blixt posted his 6-under-par 64 in the morning hours of the first round Thursday, he thought somebody would beat it.
As the winds picked up and the course dried out, the Swede's number slipped out of reach. Blixt and most of the small horde at 5 under took advantage of a soft course and no wind.
"If you can go out there and play [with] no wind, it definitely helps," Blixt said. "You can attack everything and you don't really have to consider anything, but I feel like you never really know [about the weather] here."
He knew a lot about his short game, and the four-hole birdie binge that put him into the lead.
Playing the back nine first, he was 2 under when he chipped in from 23 feet on the par-4 16th. He hit to within 3 feet for birdie on the par-5 17th, sank a 21-foot putt on the par-3 18th and a 10-footer on the par-4 first.
On other holes, he was nearly automatic in saving pars. He hit just nine of 14 fairways and 10 of 18 greens in regulation, but his chipping was so proficient he needed only 22 putts. He almost chipped in for a birdie at the eighth, with the ball tapping the flagstick and stopping 2 feet away.
It was pretty much the same formula he used to win the 2013 Classic. He was third in that field in scrambling percentage, first in putting average, one-putt percentage and strokes gained/putting.
Blixt, who finished tied for second at the Masters this spring, had missed three of the last four cuts. He said his short game was not up to snuff.
"I've been working a lot on my ball-striking this year," he said. "I think that has showed — if you look at my stats this year, I haven't been chipping or putting as well as I have in the past. But I worked quite a bit on it last week, and I feel like I'm coming back to where I've been before."
A crowd of eight players are tied for second at 65 — James Hahn, Jason Bohn, Joe Durant, Chris Kirk, D.A. Points, Patrick Rodgers, Jim Renner and Danny Lee. Only Renner and Lee had afternoon times, and birdied their final holes to get within a stroke of Blixt.
Rodgers, the Stanford star and college player of the year who just turned pro, is looking to earn full PGA Tour membership without going through the Web.com Tour. He also is looking to join the FedExCup playoffs with a tournament victory, such as Jordan Spieth did last summer.
It helped that Rodgers eagled the par-4 first hole, canning a 118-yard approach. He shot a 4-over 30 on the front nine, generally the tougher side on the Old White TPC.
"I had a great up-and-down on 18 and made a 15-footer for par, and I was trying to build on that momentum," he said. "I hit a great drive down the middle and had just a little flip gap wedge down in there and flew it right behind the hole.
"It's been a really long time since I made one from the fairway, so it was great to see it drop."
Kirk, entering the week in seventh place in the FedExCup list, had a bogey-free round and went 2 under on the par-3s. Points also went 2 under on the par-3s, and both birdied the third and eighth — no small feat.
Hahn has made 24 cuts in a row over two years, but has only four top-10s to show for it.
"I did make a bogey on the first par-5 on the back nine and that kind of fired me up a little bit," he said. "I wasn't playing overly aggressive up to that point, but, taking a quick peek at the leaderboard, I saw Jonas Blixt was 6-under … I felt the need to be a little more aggressive and take advantage."
Bohn has two career PGA Tour victories and three top-10s this year, and Durant is a 50-year-old who tied for sixth last week — on the Champions Tour.
Those who recorded the 65s in the afternoon wave, Lee and Renner, are among the Web.com Tour graduates from 2013. Lee struck with the putter, hitting from 33 and 19 feet on Nos. 7 and 8, respectively, and adding a 17-footer on the 10th.
Like Rodgers, Renner also scored a 4-under 30 on the front nine, which he played last. Like Blixt, he had one chip-in, on the par-4 second from 13 ½ feet.
"That kind of is what got me going a bit," Renner said. "Gave myself a bunch of opportunities, and I was lucky enough to roll a few in."
Eight are tied for 10th at 66, including Steve Stricker. Thirteen players are tied for 18th at 67, including veteran Davis Love III, Patrick Reed, Keegan Bradley and Bobby Wyatt, fresh out of college golf.
Bubba Watson is part of the group at 68. FedExCup points leader Jimmy Walker is at 70, which is one shot off the cut line to this point. Also at 70 are former Classic champs Scott Stallings and Ted Potter Jr.; Tom Watson and Nick Faldo are among the players at 71.
Marshall graduate and West Virginia Amateur champion Brian Anania is at 73.
In the Greenbrier's role in the Open Qualifying Series, Hahn, Bohn, Renner and Lee hold the four qualifying spots for the British Open, with plenty of golf remaining. Rodgers and Durant miss out because of lower positions in the Official World Golf Ranking.
Kirk and Points are already in the Open, along with leader Blixt.
Reach Doug Smock at 304-348-5130, email@example.com or follow him at twitter.com/dougsmock.


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The Willits bypass route that would best support our local economy-and be the most cost-effective, least environmentally damaging and safer route-is an at-grade two-lane bypass route along the existing railroad right-of-way in my opinion.
This viable bypass route could maintain both the railroad, provide a new north/south highway route through town, and directly connect with Highway 20. It would cost much less than the current design, which cost is increasing each year. Last year the total cost was estimated to be over $357 million and growing.
Matter of fact, over the past decades, Willits, Ukiah, Fort Bragg, Point Arena, and the county have politically and financially supported the proposed "Caltrans bypass" through the Mendocino Council of Governments (MCOG) to the tune of $36 million. These funds could have paid for a substantial amount of the cost of an at-grade two-lane bypass route, or for other local transportation needs in the county.
I sincerely doubt that the citizens of these cities and the county approve of these millions of dollars of their local transportation funds being squandered on the Willits bypass.
Astonishingly, millions of dollars of these local funds were used by CalTrans to purchase more than 2,000 acres of private land in the Little Lake Valley for mitigation of the Willits bypass project. This is a substantial land conversion from private to public ownership that was never anticipated, and so never evaluated in the environmental review process.
For example, the CalTrans environmental reports and mitigation plan claimed there would be no significant impact to farmland. However, of the lands purchased by CalTrans, 1,264 acres are agricultural lands in the Little Lake Valley. The majority of this agricultural land was protected by the Agricultural Preserve Program, but has now been converted out of the protection of the Williamson Act.
CalTrans' conversion of private agricultural land for public ownership at this grand a scale was not considered in the environmental evaluation of the proposed project. This is one reason why the California Farm Bureau joined the federal lawsuit to stop the Willits bypass.
Furthermore, the Willits bypass is required to meet the following federal safety standard: "An important goal of the Federal Highway Administration is to provide the highest practical and feasible level of safety for people and property associated with the Nation's highway transportation systems and to reduce highway hazards and the resulting number and severity of accidents on all the Nation's highways."
However, the proposed two-way two-lane Phase 1 Willits bypass design appears to be unsafe along the six miles (with one mile of viaduct) primarily because of the following two elements: freeway speeds with no median barrier or parkway; and no emergency access.
A "Typical Cross Section" design for the Willits Bypass Phase 1 available on the project website (www.dot.ca.gov/dist1/d1projects/willits) shows the paved two-lane, two-way Phase 1 (shaded area) and the unpaved Phase 2.
CalTrans admits that improved safety would not occur until the Phase 2 four-lane Willits bypass is built, sometime in the future: "The purpose and need of the project, including improved safety, will be met when the four-lane bypass is constructed. Right of way has been purchased for the four-lane project, the four-lane project is being mitigated for, and fill for the four-lane project is being placed in phase one."
However, CalTrans has previously asserted that a two-lane bypass was unsafe: "Further, we discussed the need to build a facility that was safe for the motoring public. Our projections indicate a two-lane facility would result in twice the number of accidents that would occur on a four-lane freeway. You suggested a two-lane facility with a median barrier. As I indicated at our meeting, there is no way CalTtrans would consider such a facility.
"In addition, considering that the statewide average collision rates for four-lane divided facilities are substantially lower (0.45 accidents per million vehicle miles) than the collision rates for two-lane conventional highways (1.17 accidents per million vehicle miles), the matter of improved safety (which is also a component of the project's purpose and need) must be balanced with environmental considerations."
The "Viaduct Cross Section" design for over one mile of the proposed six-mile, two-way, two-lane Willits bypass Phase 1 is available on the project website, and is shown here.
Ironically, now CalTrans is planning to build a two-way two-lane Phase 1 Willits bypass project without a median barrier, which is expected to almost triple accidents, as well the severity of those accidents with head-on collisions, which will endanger public health and safety. CalTrans justifies the lack of a median barrier by stating it is not normally considered for two-lane undivided highways: it is an obstacle, it inhibits emergency vehicle access, and it may have other issues to consider such as traffic handling during routine maintenance work.
CalTrans plans to have a soft barrier, like a "rumble strip" instead. Remember the decades of carnage on the Ridgewood grade until the median barrier was installed. Imagine being trapped for hours in a serious traffic accident on the viaduct, with no emergency access.
In spite of this, CalTrans fails to provide an analysis that demonstrates the currently designed two-way, two-lane Phase 1 Willits bypass with a soft-barrier rumble strip will improve safety over and above the existing Highway 101/Highway 20 through Willits. In fact, CalTrans has only analyzed the four-lane Phase 2 design for safety, and relies on that analysis instead of providing any evidence to support the proposed two-way, two-lane Phase 1 Willits bypass project.
Unfortunately, there is no demonstration that the proposed two-way, two-lane Phase 1 Willits bypass will provide the highest practical and feasible level of safety for people and property, or will reduce highway hazards and the resulting number and severity of accidents.
CalTrans admits Phase 2 funding may occur at some unknown date in the future. Yet CalTrans seems to rely on Phase 2 to correct the expected safety problems of Phase 1.
It is my understanding that compliance with federal highway safety regulations cannot rely on unknown future events that may in fact not occur. Reliance on some future planned project will not lower the increased traffic collisions, and the consequent increase in accident injuries and death, resulting from the lack of safety design in the current proposed project.
CalTrans is aware of this inconsistency with the Purpose and Need: that the proposed two-way two-lane bypass will not improve safety, and will most probably significantly degrade safety. In fact, compared to existing conditions, the proposed project appears to provide just the opposite of public health and safety.
The two-way, two-lane Phase 1 Willits bypass, through increased freeway speeds, no median barrier and lack of emergency access along six miles of highway (including over one mile of viaduct), should be expected to cause a significant degradation to highway safety.
Indeed, let us all look forward to the possibility of finding "a better way" around Willits. Most citizens are open to being part of a community dialogue on a new transportation future to appropriately meet our local traffic needs, as well as interregional traffic, balanced with the interests of the local economy, agriculture of Little Lake Valley, our shared natural environment, and public health and safety.
I respectfully request that the city councils of the four cities in the county and the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors conduct public meetings to discuss the current design of the two-way two-lane Phase 1 Willits bypass and weigh its consequences-and to consider rescinding their support of the current design of the two-way, two-lane Phase 1 Willits bypass and direct their MCOG representatives to ask for a reconsideration of MCOG support for the current design. In addition, to ask Caltrans to redesign the Willits bypass to be the best for our local economy, the most cost-effective, the least environmentally damaging, and the safest route; to consider an at-grade, two-lane bypass route along the existing railroad right-of-way with a direct connection to Highway 20; and to get the approximately $20 million in MCOG funds that have not yet been spent by CalTrans returned to MCOG for our local transportation needs.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Bob Whitney is a Willits resident.
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