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Capital City
This Valletta hotel in the capital city is within 1 kilometre of St. John's Cathedral, Manoel Theatre, Grand Master's Palace, and other historical sites.
Bastion pool deck
Located on 7 acres of gardens, surrounded by 16th century Valletta bastions, the hotel offers an outdoor pool, fitness room, and a restaurant and bar.
Cable television
Hotel Phoenicia Malta's 136 guestrooms feature earth tones and offer cable television, high-speed Internet access, and minibars.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
Hotel Phoenicia Malta
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
The hotel is set amidst seven acres of terraced gardens, and on-site facilities include a casino, a fitness room, a mini-golf course, a hair salon, and a jewelry store. There is an outdoor swimming pool, as well as an outdoor spa tub. A roundtrip airport shuttle is available for a surcharge. Business amenities include a business center and one meeting/conference room. The hotel also provides exhibit space, banquet facilities, plus a 300-seat grand ballroom. A professional conference executive and guest relations desk can organize group events like boat charters and golf days, as well as reserve taxis and book entertainment tickets. Complimentary wired and wireless Internet access is available on the property.
- Poolside bar
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Fitness facilities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Coffee shop or café
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Business center
- Multilingual staff
- 24-hour front desk
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Hair salon
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Barbecue grill(s)
- Bar/lounge
- Elevator/lift
- Number of floors - 4
- Number of restaurants - 3
- Wedding services
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- Concierge services
- Shopping on site
- Total number of rooms - 136
- Outdoor pool
- Laundry facilities
- Garden
- One meeting room
- Luggage storage
- Free valet parking
- Free self parking
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Pool umbrellas
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Picnic area
- Porter/bellhop
- Free reception
- Year Built 1947
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Children's pool
- Outdoor seasonal pool
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Free self parking, Free valet parking
Room Amenities
- Phone
- Minibar
- Daily housekeeping
- Turndown service
- Private bathroom
- Bathrobes
- Free toiletries
- Slippers
- Shower only
- Desk
- In-room safe
- Electric kettle
- Free WiFi
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Room service (24 hours)
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Down comforter
- Rollaway/extra beds (free)
- Heating
Where to Eat
The Phoenix Restaurant - Serves creative cuisine, with menus drawn from classic French culinary techniques, and embraces newer, lighter cooking styles incorporating the freshest regional ingredients. Offers an elegant, warm, and informal ambience with spectacular panoramic night-time views of the Marsamxett harbour. Sunday lunch served from September to March, and al fresco dining on the terrace from April to October.
Pegasus Brasserie - Informal contemporary style restaurant, serving modern, bistro style cuisine in a relaxing atmosphere.
Palm Court Lounge - Located in the heart of the hotel, this cool, contemporary retreat offers morning coffee and pastries, afternoon tea, and early evening refreshments and cocktails before dinner. Elegant and peaceful atmosphere to meet with collegues, and the best spot for people-watching. Wireless Internet access is complimentary.
Club Bar - Unique cocktail bar with earthy decor inspired by Malta's colonial past and the history of Malta adorning every wall. Serves every alcoholic and non-alcoholic concoction imaginable, and a selection of favourite light meals and snacks. Open every night of the week.
Pool Deck - Built into the Valletta Bastions beside the hotel's pool, featuring beautiful views of the harbour and Malta's skyline. Offers innovative and fresh summer dishes, seasonal cocktails, and a selection of healthy drinks and juices.
Nearby Things to Do
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Water skiing nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Miniature golf on site
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children 12 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Free rollaway/extra beds!
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- Destination fee: EUR 0.50 per person, per night
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: EUR 17 per person (approximately)
- Airport shuttle fee: EUR 50-80 per vehicle (roundtrip)
- A late check-out fee will be charged
Hotel Name
- Hotel Malta Phoenicia
- Hotel Phoenicia
- Hotel Phoenicia Malta
- Malta Hotel Phoenicia
- Malta Phoenicia
- Malta Phoenicia Hotel
- Phoenicia Hotel Malta
- Phoenicia Malta
- Phoenicia Malta Hotel
- Hotel Phoenicia Malta/Valletta
- Phoenicia Hotel Valletta
- Hotel Phoenicia Malta Valletta
- Phoenicia Malta Valletta
We should mention
This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, 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.


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TORRINGTON >> Six students from Torrington High School were selected to participate in the Connecticut Music Educators Association Northern Region Music Festival.Chloe Vollaro - Bass Clarinet - CMEA Northern Region Concert Band
Tom Killackey - Trumpet - CMEA Northern Region Jazz Ensemble
Jasmine Bailey - Tenor Sax- CMEA Northern Region Jazz Ensemble
This is the first time in school history that two students from THS were selected to the CMEA NR Jazz Ensemble.
Julia Hageman Petitt - Soprano - CMEA Northern Region Chorus
Michaela Bottari - Soprano - CMEA Northern Region Chorus
Stephanie Bramble - Flute - CMEA Northern Region Concert Band
The CMEA Northern Region Music Festival will be held at New Britain High School on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 18-19, 2013.�
Also, as a reminder, the high school choirs and ensembles will present the annual winter concert on Thursday, Dec. 13 at 7 p.m. at Torrington�Intermediate School. The concert is free and all are welcome.

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Kroc Center Art Show
Tuesday, May 8, 2012 7:30 am - 10:00 pm
The Salvation Army RJKCCC located at 527 E. Liberty St. Ashland will be hosting an Art Show May 4-13, 2012 during normal business hours. All who have participated in a previous Kroc Center Art Class and would like to enter their work in the show are welcome. The art work must be from the class taken at the Center. Work by artists of all ages will be accepted. Art work for the exhibit will be selected from that which is entered, based on available space, quality of the work and presentation. Flat work must be matted or framed. Three-dimensional artwork will also be accepted.
Entry forms: Available at the Welcome Center desk in The Salvation Army Kroc Center. Entry forms must be completed and attached to your work.
Artwork Drop-off: Bring your work to the Kroc Center for Bea North by 4:00 pm on Saturday,
April 28, 2012. If appropriate, please bring a display stand for your three dimensional work.
For more information call 419-281-8001 or visit www.ashland.salarmykroc.org.
527 E Liberty St
Ashland, OH 44805
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Notes on the Work
John Adams's Chamber
Symphony (1992) exhibits
Nancarrow's influence more
strongly than any of his prior
works. Whereas Ligeti's encounter
with Nancarrow's music helped
him re-imagine his already
extraordinarily complex music
around a core pulse, John
Adams's music had always been
built on pulse: his prior works
focused on pulsing rhythms and
the "massed sonorities" of many
instruments speaking as one.
With Chamber Symphony, his
first work for chamber orchestra,
Adams instead chose to treat the
ensemble as a "democratic"
group of soloists. This required
an approach to pulsation that
could embrace a multitude of
distinct voices. Through
Nancarrow-like rhythmic layering,
Adams's many parts seem to
move independently while sharing
at their foundation the same
unifying pulse.
Written nearly 15 years later, the
first movement of Son of Chamber
Symphony heads into similar territory,
with lines suggesting different
downbeats and contradictory
feelings of the meter. However,
the frenetic energy of the original
Chamber Symphony's first movement
is replaced here by a confident
swagger: this is lean,
concise music with a heavy and funky groove. Nearly the entire
movement is built out of the
three-note motive from which
Beethoven constructed the
Scherzo to his Ninth Symphony.
Like Beethoven, Adams spends
the entire movement re-using the
same tiny lick to myriad ends.
In contrast to the first movement's
obsession over small
rhythmic cells in many layers,
the second movement focuses
on a single, slowly unfolding
melody. As in his related movements
from Naive and
Sentimental Music and Gnarly
Buttons, Adams develops a set of
melodic turns and gestures that
allow the tune to spin on, without
ever quite coming to rest or
repeating itself. Here, too, there
is a sense of layering: as the
movement unfolds, Adams juxtaposes
starkly different and wholly
independent music against the
original tune, which becomes a
sort of protagonist always
appearing in new situations.
The third movement of Son of
Chamber Symphony is a classic
Adams finale: a driving beat over
which the composer imagines a
kaleidoscope of short rhythmic
motives. Although the movement
draws most explicitly on Nixon in
China, this sort of simmering,
contagiously energetic rhythmic
texture is central to many of his
other works as well, and is one
of Adams's most successful and
identifiable signatures. Each gesture
seems to pull the music in a
different direction, to assert its own
sense of meter or tempo, but the
effect of Adams's high-speed
arrhythmia is one of overwhelming
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Dear Soapdom,(As far as the Young and the Restless is concerned) I really wouldn't mind giving you my two cents now and then though. Kevin and the 'chipmunk' story line bores me. My favorite part is waiting for Ashley to find out there's no baby. Now, how stupid could they all be? There's been no movement for what seems like a year. But they continue to make her look fatter.
I really missed Traci and am always glad when she reappears for a while. And lastly, I don't like the new Adam, but read a wonderful article written by the very articulate 'old' Adam as to why he left.
Just waiting for Drucilla to return from the 'dead' and cheer up Lily. That's it.
By the way I LOVE Billy and Chloe. Mac is kind of boring. But whoever cast Billy as Jack's little brother did such a good job finding such a look-a-like. Great character and actor. Daniel and Amber too.
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•••Series premieres: "Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell," 11 p.m. Thursday, FX (comedy talk show); "Stars Earn Stripes," 8 p.m. Monday, NBC (military-inspired celebrity competition); "Hotel Hell," 8 p.m. Monday, Fox (Gordon Ramsay helps struggling inns); "United Bates of America," 9 p.m. Monday, TLC (19-kid family); "Gallery Girls," 10 p.m. Monday, Bravo (NYC art world); "Big Tiny," 10 p.m. Tuesday, TLC (dwarf siblings); "The Week the Women Went," 10 p.m. Tuesday, Lifetime (gender roles experiment); "The Burn with Jeff Ross," 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, Comedy Central (pop culture talk show); "Oh Sit," 8 p.m. Wednesday, CW (musical chairs/obstacle course hybrid).Season premieres: "Grimm," 10 p.m. Monday, NBC; "Intervention," 10 p.m. Monday, A&E;"Storage Wars Texas," 9 p.m. Wednesday, A&E.Sneak preview: Vet sitcom "Animal Practice," 10:30 p.m. (approximate) Sunday, NBC.Series finale: "The Closer," 9 p.m. Monday, TNT. Followed by premiere of spin-off, "Major Crimes."Season finales: "Common Law," 10 p.m. Friday, USA; "The Glades," 9 p.m., and "Longmire," 10 p.m. Sunday, A&E; "Teen Wolf," 10 p.m. Monday, MTV; "Rizzoli & Isles" (midseason finale), 9 p.m., and "Franklin & Bash," 10 p.m. Tuesday, TNT; "Destination Truth," 9 p.m. Tuesday, Syfy; "The Glee Project," 10 p.m. Tuesday, Oxygen.Specials: exhibition football (Steelers vs. Eagles), 7:30 p.m. Thursday, CW; "Martian Mega Rover," 10 p.m. Thursday, National Geographic (documenting Curiosity's development); "Roast of Roseanne," 10 p.m. Sunday, Comedy Central; "Inside Fenway Park: An Icon at 100," 10 p.m. Tuesday, PBS.Of note: Discovery Channel's 25th annual Shark Week begins Sunday.W.Va. alert: A crew investigates a possibly haunted dentist's office in Huntington on "The Dead Files" season premiere, 10 p.m. Friday, Travel Channel.Reach Amy Robinson at firstname.lastname@example.com.
It's 'Hell' on AMC
here.)The Western is set during the building of the Union Pacific Railroad in the traveling workers' camp that gives the show its name. Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount), a former Confederate soldier, ends up at Hell on Wheels while seeking revenge on the men who killed his wife and son.Among those he encounters there are freed slave-turned-rail worker Elam Ferguson (rapper/actor Common); railroad investor Thomas Durant (Colm Meaney); Lily Bell, the widowed wife of the railroad's surveyor; The Swede, Durant's security chief; Irish brothers Sean and Mickey McGinnes; the Rev. Nathaniel Cole; Eva, the "tattooed harlot" and former Indian captive; and Joseph Black Moon, a Cheyenne Indian Christian convert.I was initially a bit resistant to the show, as I'm not all that interested in Westerns. I let all 10 episodes of season one pile up on my DVR before I watched them.It's a good, although not great, show. While some episodes in the middle lost my attention a bit, there was enough that was interesting about each episode to make me curious as to where the next one would go.And even if the action (which can get a bit violent at times) does lose your interest at points, the show is still beautiful to look at. Marvin Rush's cinematography is excellent and nicely fits the mood, and Paul Healy re-creates the era well as the set designer.The music also is quite appealing. Mumford and Sons, Gillian Welch, Ralph Stanley and Jack White's The Dead Weather, have all been included, and back-to-back Oscar-winner Gustavo Santaolalla has created a fabulous title theme that captures the gritty feel of the show. It's nominated for an Emmy, and rightly so."Hell on Wheels" isn't on par with AMC juggernauts "Breaking Bad," "The Walking Dead" and "Mad Men," but it's still a very worthy entry into AMC's ever-expanding canon of quality television. OLYMPICS SCHEDULE THURSDAYNBC primetime: track and field, diving, beach volleyball and BMX cycling, 8 p.m. to midnight.NBC: volleyball, water polo, swimming, track and field, canoeing and beach volleyball, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; rhythmic gymnastics and javelin, 12:35 to 1:35 a.m.NBC Sports: soccer, basketball, synchronized swimming, wrestling and field hockey, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. MSNBC: equestrian, field hockey, taekwondo, handball, volleyball and basketball, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.CNBC: boxing, 3 to 4 a.m. and 5 to 8 p.m. FRIDAYNBC primetime: track and field, BMX cycling, volleyball and diving, 8 p.m. to midnight.NBC: canoeing, water polo, swimming, synchronized swimming, rhythmic gymnastics and wrestling, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Dream Team (1992 men's basketball) special, 3:30 to 4 p.m.; track and field and water polo, 12:35 to 1:35 a.m.NBC Sports: taekwondo, boxing, wrestling, basketball and field hockey, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.MSNBC: volleyball, handball, wrestling and soccer, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. CNBC: boxing, 3 to 4 a.m. and 5 to 8 p.m. SATURDAYNBC primetime: track and field, diving and volleyball, 8 p.m. to midnight.NBC: volleyball, cycling, canoeing, rhythmic gymnastics and wrestling, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Olympic special, 3 to 4 p.m.; basketball, 4 to 6 p.m.; wrestling, 12:30 to 1:30 a.m.NBC Sports: track and field, 4 to 8 a.m.; taekwondo, soccer, track and field and handball, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.MSNBC: pentathlon, field hockey, basketball and taekwondo, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.CNBC: boxing, 3 to 4 a.m. and 3:30 to 6 p.m. SUNDAYNBC primetime: closing ceremony, 7 p.m.NBC: marathon, 6 to 9 a.m.; basketball, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; water polo, wrestling and volleyball, 12:30 to 6 p.m.NBC Sports: pentathlon, basketball, handball and volleyball, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.MSNBC: Wrestling and cycling, 7 to 11 a.m.CNBC: boxing, 3 to 4 a.m. and 8:30 to 11 a.m.
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1) Continuous Run Time:
The most important attributes when you are shopping for a paper shredder is not just the sheet capacity, but the continuous run time, which is the duration of non-stop shredding prior to overheating. When a shredder overheats you will likely wait 30-60 minutes before it can restart again. This run time rating is not always shown on some paper shredder descriptions. The longer the run time, the better and more expensive the motor is and therefore more durable. Better shredders will have a run time of 8 mins or more. Some shredders are called heavy duty and can have a run time of 15 mins or more.
2) Quiet Operation:
Secondly, look for a quiet motor that runs <58db or less. This means the motor is using an induction motor and not a universal motor that is used by shredders that are louder. Most smaller, light duty shredders will use a universal motor because it's less expensive and lighter than induction motors. The larger capacity shredders may use either motor types. You can also tell by the weight of the shredders since induction will weigh almost twice as much as a universal motor.
3) Shred Speed:
A faster speed is important not because it can shred paper faster, but it means that the components are made of more durable parts. A speed of 7.5 ft/min or more is a decent rating.
4) Shred or Cut Type:
There are many types of cutters out there and they can be confusing to most. There are really just 3 types of cutters in the market, but some have alternative names. The 3 types of cuts are strip cut, cross cut and micro cut. Strip or straight cut means the blade makes a thin straight cut from top to bottom of a sheet of paper. Cross cut means the blade can make cross section cuts along a strip of paper. This is also called confetti cut because the cross sections resemble confetti. Diamond cut is another name for this, but it's trademarked and the shredded paper resemble diamond shapes.
5) Shred Size and Security Level:
Although there are only 3 shred types, there isn't really an industry standard that is regulating what the shred sizes are for each type. Shred size is the final shredded paper size that falls into the waste bin. Every manufacturer seems to have their own standards and sizes. The smaller the cut size the higher the security level.
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Auto Start and Stop, Reverse mode are must-have features. Some shredders have auto stop when a jam is detected. This helps prevent the motor from grinding further and strip the gears. The better shredders will have warning indicators to let you know the bin is opened and overheat detection.
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A NELSON man has died in a quad-biking accident in Australia.
Former soldier Scott Thompson, 27, had been travelling and working in Victoria state with his girlfriend, Sami Allott.
Australian police said he was struck by a truck near the town of Bungador yesterday morning.
His family have paid tribute to 'a joker who loved life'.
Mr Thompson, a former student at Bradley Primary School and Colne Primet High School, worked as an upholsterer before joining the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment in 2010.
Stationed at Weeton Barracks, near Blackpool, he served as a Kingsman in Cyprus before leaving last year to go travelling with Miss Allott, from Burnley.
His mum, Lynne, 54, said he was enjoying travelling with 'the love of his life'.
Speaking from the family's home in Sansbury Crescent, Nelson, she said: "He had never a fear. He was born like that.
"He was working on a farm out there and we had been in touch on Facebook all the time.
"Sami rang me at half four this morning (Tuesday), just screaming down the phone. I was gutted. I still can't believe it.
"Scott wanted us to go over there at Christmas but we couldn't make it so they promised to come back here next Christmas.
"He was a joker who loved life, loved going out with his mates, drinking, playing football. He was obsessed with the gym.
"He was a daredevil though. He thought he had nine lives."
His sister Kirsty, 24, added: "He was always smiling, he just had a warm face. He looked after me all the time."
Mr Thompson and Miss Allott, also 27, had been together since 2011 and left the UK last September.
They visited Dubai, Thailand, Singapore, and Indonesia, where they spent two weeks working with orangutans.
Most recently they went to Melbourne where they met up with Mr Thompson's friend Ryan Monk, from Colne, and found jobs labouring on a farm outside the city.
Police in Colac, Victoria, said the accident happened on a rural road at around 11am yesterday (midnight UK time) (TUES).
In a statement, the police said: "Investigators believe a truck was travelling west on the Colac-Timboon Road around 11am when a quad bike pulled out of a nearby driveway and into its path.
"The truck and the quad bike collided, killing the rider, a man believed to be aged in his 20s.
"The truck driver, a man aged in his 50s, escaped injury."
Mr Thompson's dad, Stephen, 55, said the family were unsure when his body would be able to return to the UK.
He said: "The Foreign Office has sent us a bereavement package but we haven't heard anything from the police in Australia.
"We believe Sami and Ryan are going to formally identify the body today."
A Foreign Office spokesperson said it was providing consular assistance to the family.
Mrs Thompson said the family had been inundated with messages from Scott's friends in Burnley and Pendle.
She said: "I won't believe it until he's home. I miss him. I don't know what to say, I really don't.
"I want him home with me. He was so well-respected locally. I'm not just saying that because I'm his mum; I know he was."
As well as his sister Kirsty, Mr Thompson is survived by two brothers; Chris, 34, and Justin, 29.


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The poster for the 66th Festival de Cannes.
Speculation about this year's Cannes Film Festival (or, more properly, Festival de Cannes) continues to mount weekly as organizers in France begin trickling out details about the 66th edition. Exactly 10 days ago, the festival announced Baz Lurhmann's 3D adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby would open Cannes May 15 and prior to that came the first major announcement that Steven Spielberg will lead the main competition jury. Today, the festival unveiled its official image of the 66th edition, which it dubbed "A Head-Turning Poster."
The image features Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman photographed while shooting the 1963 film A New Kind of Love by Melville Shavelson. The festival noted that the poster is a "chance both to pay tribute to the memory of Paul Newman, who passed away in 2008, and to mark its undying admiration for Joanne Woodward, his wife and most favored co-star." Woodward and Newman's first film together, The Long, Hot Summer by Martin Ritt, was featured in the 1958 Cannes Film Festival in competition—also the year of their marriage. Newman, himself, directed Woodward in two later films in competition, The Effect of the Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1973) and The Glass Menagerie (1987).
The poster for the 65th Festival de Cannes.
This year's poster selection marks the third straight year featuring an American as Cannes' primary image. Last year, the festival chose a black and white image of Marilyn Monroe for the event's 65th edition, featuring the iconic star in the backseat of a car holding a birthday cake giving a seductive blow to the lone candle. Cannes's 2011 poster featured a 1970 photo of Faye Dunaway taken by Jerry Schatzberg. Schatzberg, incidentally, won the Palme d'Or three years later for his film, Scarecrow.
Photographed by Brigitte Lacombe, Juliette Binoche served as the primary focus in the poster for the 2010 Festival de Cannes. Binoche is the last non-American holding front and center and also the last time an actor with a film programmed in the festival appeared in its primary image. Binoche starred in Abbas Kiarostami's Certified Copy that year.
Speculating the Cannes Lineup
Of course, beyond the poster, it will be details of the 66th Festival de Cannes lineup that will truly grip film fans and the speculation business is naturally in full tilt. Last week Deadline.com gave its predictions not only of what will appear in the festival, but also anticipated high-profile features it believes will not be screening this year on the Croisette. Surprisingly, the Hollywood trade said Nicole Kidman starrer Grace of Monaco by Oliver Dahan will not join the lineup and Danish bad-boy Lars von Trier—who was declared "persona non grata" at the 2011 event after a Nazi-filled rant—will not be ready with Nymphomaniac. Pedro Almodóvar, who has screened his latest films in every Cannes over the last decade, is predicted by the online publication to not be headed to the South of France with his latest, I'm So Excited.
The poster for the 64th Festival de Cannes.
So what will head to Cannes? Indiewire gave dozens of possibilities this week, including some that Deadline said will likely be no-shows. Their 40 titles are more of a "wish list" than predictions, though there is a good chance a chunk of their list will make its way to Cannes.
Among those titles are the Catherine Breillat-directed Abuse of Weakness, based on her novel of the same name about a con man who stole money from her following a stroke. Isabelle Huppert stars in the film as well as in another good possibility, The Bastards by Claire Denis. Steven Soderbergh's Behind the Candelabra almost seems a given. The Liberace biopic stars Michael Douglas and Matt Damon. Now supposedly at the end of his film career, Candelabra would recall the Palme d'Or win Soderbergh received for his first film, sex, lies and videotape. A Cannes stalwart, Sofia Coppola will likely screen her latest look at female youth, The Bling Ring, and another even bigger Cannes icon, Woody Allen, is a likely presence with his Cate Blanchett starrer Blue Jasmine.
Lee Daniels received hails and boos last year with The Paperboy, and though his latest, The Butler with Forrest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey, is not believed to be as camp as last year's turn, the flamboyant director is never predictable. The West Memphis Three case has been enshrined through the Paradise Lost series and this year's encompassing doc by Amy Berg, West of Memphis. Now it's time for the Hollywood-ish narrative version from Canadian director Atom Egoyan and starring Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth. A film about the break-down of American justice just may have a good chance in Cannes. Also high on the possibility list, according to Indiewire, are Bennett Miller's Foxcatcher, Alfonos Cuarón's Gravity, the Coen Brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis, and the still not-quite-titled new work from Terrence Malick (and really, if it's ready to go, how could they not?).
Cannes will unveil its choices in the coming weeks. Also likely to hit the Croisette will be selections that debuted Stateside at Sundance, SXSW and New Directors/New Films. Last year's Sundance feature winner, Beasts of the Southern Wild, went on to screen in Cannes, winning its director Benh Zeitlin the Camera d'Or and it later picked up a steady stream of accolades and nominations during the long awards season, including Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress.
The poster for the 63rd Festival de Cannes.


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The first qualifying session was run in wet conditions, and season-long Lotus racer Marco Sørensen lined up for the Race 1 grid in ninth place with Melker down in 14th. Come the race, though, it was clear that the qualifying times were not representative of the Czech team's speed despite the changeable weather conditions. On Lap 2, though, bad luck struck Sørensen and he crashed out at Luffield along with several other cars due to gambling on slicks on a wet track. Melker also went off there but was able to rejoin, and when the red flags came out due to the number of stricken cars and the flooding, he was up to fifth. Come the re-start, the conditions remained wet and Melker kept his head down to finish a brilliant third on his Renault 3.5 debut.
In Saturday afternoon's second qualifying, Sørensen saw a return to form and secured second, while Melker was down in 18th. Race 2 wasn't affected by rain. At the start, Marco immediately seized the lead and built a gap over Sam Bird while polesitter Jules Bianchi fell back. The Dane looked set for a commanding win, but on the penultimate lap he suffered a puncture and was forced to retire. Nigel also experienced the blues, retiring after eight laps due to a technical problem.
Lotus remains fourth in the team standings with 102 points, 72 behind leaders Tech 1 Racing, while Sørensen drops to fifth in the drivers'. Robin Frijns leads with 131 points.
Marco Sørensen: "I can't believe this happened, we were so close to another victory. The team did a great job and I am really happy that we had so much control of the race. There is no doubt that we have the speed, now we just need the last bit of luck."
Nigel Melker: "My first race in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series and I've got my first podium finish. I can be happy with that, but it was a difficult race. I struggled in qualifying and I was a bit lucky during the race, I must admit. But there was absolutely no room for mistakes. I'll be in Hungary and perhaps [at another meeting] after that. I'll need to speak about it with Lotus."


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Liverpool fans' concerns over ownership a common bond with Red Sox fans
LIVERPOOL, England — Fans of Liverpool Football Club want a new striker on the pitch. Red Sox fans want a new strikeout pitcher.
And they are both vying for the attention – and checkbooks — of team owner John Henry and chairman Tom Werner.
These are trying times for the fans of two different Fenway Sports Group franchises that operate 3,126 miles and one big ocean apart. But as different as the fans of the Liverpool Reds and Boston Red Sox are, they are in many ways remarkably the same.
It's been 22 years since the venerable Liverpool Football Club last celebrated a league title and even though Henry and Werner came to the financial rescue of the club when they purchased it two years ago, LFC continues to struggle on the field and stumble off it.
Although the Red Sox owners restructured Liverpool from top to bottom, the club finished in eighth place last season and currently resides in 11th place in the 20-team Premier League.
And whether you're a Sox fan from Southie or a scouser rooting for the Reds, you'll accept nothing less than a championship caliber club and an all-in effort from the people who run it.
Effort, for the rabid fan bases, means having ownership invest money in the team by spending on top talent. How much Henry will spend to improve the squad is a hotly debated issue for fans of both teams and ownership has a lot of work to do to win back fans this winter.
The 69-93, last-place Red Sox have started the rebuilding process, most notably by throwing millions around for a couple of free-agent replacement parts at the baseball winter meetings in Nashville.
Come January, Henry and Werner are going to have to pry open the wallets to make good on a colossal gaffe in Liverpool that took place on the transfer deadline day last August, the equivalent of baseball's trading deadline. That's when Liverpool decided to dump high-priced Andy Caroll, but failed to bring in a replacement striker, making Henry and Werner look foolish, frugal, and without a plan to LFC fans everywhere.
But like some Red Sox fans, Liverpool fans for the most part are willing to be patient, especially after the chaos under the stewardship of former American owners Tom Hicks and George Gillette.
"These American owners a lot better than the last ones,'' one fan said outside of Anfield, LFC's beloved home. "As long as they rebuild it, then I can't see any problems. They made one mistake really with [Andy] Carroll going out.''
But many remain skeptical until they see results.
"The initial excitement [of Henry's purchase of the club] depreciated a bit because funds weren't available in the transfer window … We've had owners from the States before,'' said another fan who sells Liverpool memorabilia before the matches. "We're all a bit concerned about that.''
Like Red Sox fans who saw $262 million worth of star players shipped to Los Angeles in August, Liverpool fans understand you can't only throw money at the club's problems.
"I like these American owners,'' one fan said inside the popular Anfield pub The Albert, "Spending money is easy, but spending the right money on the right players takes an awful lot more … we'll give them time.''
For the most part, Liverpool fans like the direction new manager Brendan Rodgers is taking the club, and are getting excited about the long-term outlook of the young team LFC has been fielding this season.
"It's going to take us a little while to get back out there [with the top teams],'' one Liverpool fan based in London said. "There's a lot of 'we want success immediately.' But you have to live in the real world. We nearly went bust. If it weren't for John Henry, we wouldn't be Liverpool.''
Like their cousins across the pond who might be questioning the dollars given to outfielder Shane Victorino, LFC fans know the cost of talent, and the cost of overpaying players who underperformed under the pressure of playing for a franchise that is constantly in the sports spotlight.
"The money that was spent last year especially just seems like a lot of money that could have been put to better use,'' one Liverpool fan said at Anfield. "I think that's what's going to be the feeling all-around because we know the price of players, we can see what other teams are buying them in at, so I think the owners themselves would feel a little disappointed.''
While LFC fans aren't force-fed Red Sox baseball, like many believe NESN and Fenway Sports Group has done with the soccer club in the US, don't think the baseball team's demise over the last two seasons has escaped the attention of the Liverpool faithful.
"We were led to believe they made a massive difference in the Red Sox and they're the best thing since sliced bread now,'' one fan at The Park pub said. "I didn't realize [the Red Sox] wasn't doing very well, I thought it was doing really good.''
There's been speculation that the closure of Henry's investment firm might mean the 63-year-old Red Sox owner would lack the financial resources to support both the local baseball team and Liverpool. Henry and Werner have denied that allegation, but there are some fans who think the owners need to choose one franchise or the other.
"I think they should put all their money into Liverpool,'' one diehard LFC fan said outside Anfield. "I think they should sell the baseball team and whatever they've got, put it all into Liverpool Football Club.''
Henry didn't initially realize the impact the Liverpool purchase would have on Red Sox fans when he bought the club in Oct. 2010.
"Since we bought Liverpool, there has been this continual back and forth in Liverpool about the money we spend in Boston, and in Boston about the money we spend in Liverpool,'' Henry told WEEI in September. "I don't think we anticipated that. I think that's been the biggest issue. There hasn't been a financial issue, but there's really been an issue between fan bases about where money is spent.
"Of course, right after we spend $476 million to buy Liverpool, which many people think is a bargain price, I guess, we spent how much on Adrian [Gonzalez] and Carl [Crawford]? That provoked such an outrage in Liverpool. We were shocked about that. The fact that we went out and signed these free agents caused that. Then we went out and spent $150 million or so on buying players in Liverpool, and it provoked that here. That's really a mistake on our part, not to recognize that that was going to create issues with both franchises.''
The issue of spending remains a hot topic in Merseyside.
"John Henry, all I want to say is can you get the checkbooks out in January?'' one fan proclaimed regarding the upcoming transfer window. "If you don't get the checkbooks out, I don't want to know … and buy some players, some forwards.''
Werner said the club is committed to spending more to improve the Liverpool squad next month.
"Our intention is to strengthen, but actions will speak louder than words,'' Werner said in November. "We are playing better and better each week. Obviously, we have made some mistakes in the past, but our intention is to deliver, strengthen the squad and move forward.
"We know that January is a challenging time and I don't want to say we've got x or y but, hopefully, the fans will be pleased with what we do accomplish.''
Both Red Sox fans and players noticed the declining day-to-day involvement of ownership at the ballpark last season. But in Liverpool, the issue looms larger because Henry and Werner are based in the US and rarely make the trip overseas to see the matches.
Last season, Henry and Werner were ripped in the British press for missing the FA Cup semifinal match against crosstown rival Everton, having flown back to the United States to catch the Red Sox' home opener instead.
"The owners don't come as often as we like to see them,'' a fan said before the start of an LFC match against Anzhi. "I don't think they fully understand the club and Liverpool is a massive, massive club, they don't fully understand, I don't feel anyway, if they did, they'd put a bit more into it.''
How much more time and money Henry and Werner have to put into the Sox and Liverpool is the big question. It's difficult to be in two places at once.
"They need to make more of an effort and come to the smaller games,'' one fan at The Albert said. "It's all very well and good to come to the big games like Man City and Man United, but they need to be coming to the smaller games as well and they certainly need to be putting their hands in their pockets … I think they should sell the Red Sox and put all of their money into Liverpool.''
Henry and Werner continue to deny all reports that indicate they might be putting the baseball team up for sale.
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SJS symptoms progress over time. Early symptoms may include:
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Your doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. This will often result in a diagnosis.
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Stevens-Johnson syndrome. Johns Hopkins Medicine website. Available at: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/wilmer/conditions/stevens-johnson.html. Accessed October 3, 2016.
Stevens-Johnson syndrome. Patient UK website. Available at: http://www.patient.co.uk/doctor/stevens-johnson-syndrome. Updated November 2, 2012. Accessed October 3, 2016.
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis. EBSCO DynaMed Plus website. Available at: http://www.dynamed.com/topics/dmp~AN~T114705/Stevens-Johnson-syndrome-Toxic-epidermal-necrolysis. Updated April 1, 2016. Accessed October 3, 2016.
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Scientific Name: Branchinecta lynchi
Description: Vernal pool fairy shrimp are the 1-inch-long relatives of lobsters and crabs, all of which are crustaceans. They are translucent and have 11 pairs of appendages.
Life History and Reproduction: This fairy shrimp is one of many species specialized for a short life cycle in seasonal ponds called vernal pools. Each winter, during the rainy season, dry depressions fill up with water and the fairy shrimp hatch. They grow to maturity over several weeks, eating algae and plankton. Before the vernal pool dries up again, the females produce hardy resting eggs, called cysts, which survive the dry season and hatch when the rains come again. This strategy allows them to avoid predators which can't survive in such a temporary habitat.
Typical Lifespan: It takes 41 days to reach maturity, after which point the fairy shrimp must reproduce before dying at the end of the rainy season. Typically, the young hatch in December and live until May unless temperatures become too warm.
Diet: Vernal pool fairy shrimp swim around upside down eating algae and plankton growing in the vernal pool. In order to digest their food, they must produce a thick, glue-like substance to mix with their meal. They use their legs to filter feed or to scrape food from hard substrates.
Predation: Fairy shrimp are an important food source for waterfowl. Wildlife that eats or tramples the eggs is actually beneficial to the fairy shrimp. The eggs are hardy enough that they can withstand the harsh treatment and remain viable until they are deposited in a new location.
Habitat and Range: Habitat is limited to vernal pools in Oregon and California. Occasionally these tiny crustaceans will be found in habitats other than vernal pools, such as artificial pools created by roadside ditches. They can be found in densities of 200 shrimp per liter of water.
Fun Fact: Vernal pool fairy shrimp have 11 pairs of appendages which are used for swimming, breathing, and feeding!
Conservation Status: Federally listed as Threatened. Habitat destruction and alteration are the biggest causes of decline, but a recovery plan for vernal pool ecosystems has been put in place California and Southern Oregon.
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After its successful premier, Evita made it on Broadway next year and took everyone by storm. The musical was declared as 'the Best Musical' by Tony Award and Olivier Award simultaneously. It also won accolades for its exceptional musical score and intelligently written book. In 2006, the musical has been revived by the West End Productions. It is now touring all across Europe with its excellent theatrical dynamics. Evita New York NY show will aptly capture the true spirit and strength of the Ms. Peron. She rose to popularity as the first lady of Argentine but more because of her philanthropy. She made tremendous contributions in securing the rights of labor, women and other minorities in her country. This musical which was created to pay homage to her has gradually been able to mark its presence in the pop culture. The most recent examples of this influence were cited in 'the Simpsons' and 'Glee'. Catch this masterpiece live at New York with your Evita New York NY Tickets.
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INTERNATIONAL tourist arrivals have exceeded one billion for the first time, a UN body says.
The number of international tourist arrivals grew by four per cent to 1.035 billion in 2012, up from 996 million in 2011, the Madrid-based United Nations World Tourism Organisation (WTO) said in an annual survey.
Despite economic instability, international tourism "managed to maintain its course", the UN body's Secretary General Taleb Rifai told reporters.
The organisation predicts international tourist numbers will grow in 2013 although at a slightly lower rate of 3-4 per cent.
Global tourism figures were hit hard by the 2008 global financial crisis, with the rise in international arrivals that year slowing to 2.1 per cent after jumping 6.6 per cent in the previous year.
Arrivals plunged by 3.9 per cent in 2009, in the worst performance in 60 years, as the outbreak of the swine flu virus also deterred travellers.
But international tourism arrivals bounced back, rising 6.6 per cent in 2010 and by five per cent in 2011 even though global economic crisis hadn't ended.
The Asia-Pacific region posted the largest growth in visitors in 2012, with the number of foreign tourists up by 14 million or 6.5 per cent to 233 million.
Growth was highest in South-East Asia, up by 8.7 per cent over 2011.
Tourist numbers climbed 4.1 per cent in emerging economies compared with a 3.6 per cent rise in advanced economies.
The only region to report a decline was the Middle East with 2 per cent fewer arrivals because of political instability in popular tourist spots such as Egypt and Syria.
Asia and Africa are expected to post the greatest growth in tourist numbers in 2013.
The agency predicts tourist arrivals will increase by 5-6 per cent in the Asia-Pacific region this year and 2-3 per cent in Europe.
The tourism forecast comes a week after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicted the global economy will grow slightly less in 2013 than expected.
The UN World Tourism Organisation predicts international tourist arrivals will rise by an average of 3.8 per cent each year between 2010 and 2020 and will reach 1.8 billion in 2030.
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Spina bifida is a serious birth defect. It affects the spine. Normally during pregnancy, a structure called the neural tube, which eventually forms the brain and spinal cord, closes completely. In cases of spina bifida, the bones of the spine fail to close, leaving part of the spine exposed. Cases of spina bifida range from mild to severe and, most often, surgery is used to correct the problem. In some cases, however, surgery can't completely resolve the problem.
Doctors aren't really sure what causes spina bifida, but it might be caused by a combination of genetics and environmental causes. Many researchers also believe that a lack of folic acid in the pregnant mum's diet may be responsible for most neural tube defects.
Spina bifida is very serious. It can lead to severe physical and mental disabilities.
Doctors believe that getting an adequate amount of folic acid before and during pregnancy is important to prevent spina bifida and other birth defects. Talk with your doctor about taking folic acid supplements when you are planning on becoming pregnant.
Spina bifida is most often diagnosed before birth during a routine ultrasound. This is beneficial because treatment within the first twenty four hours after birth, for those who need it, is most successful. The signs of spina bifida range from a small dimple or lump of fat on the outside of the skin above an abnormal separation of the spine (mild spina bifida), to a small bulge of spinal nerves under the skin (moderate spina bifida), to a sac containing spinal nerves and membranes outside the body (also called open spina bifida or myelomeningocele).
Some very mild cases of spina bifida are asymptomatic (have no symptoms) and may require no treatment. For mild to severe spina bifida, surgery may help correct the problem. However, even after surgery, children who suffer from severe spina bifida may be at a higher risk for paralysis, bowel and bladder problems, seizures, mental retardation, and other problems.
Your doctor will diagnose and treat your child's spina bifida. He will also discuss long-term care options with you.
Written by Rebecca Stigall for Kidspot, Australia's parenting resource for family health. Sources include Better Health Channel, NSW Health and Health Insite.
Last revised: Wednesday, 20 January 2010
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As spring gives way to summer, what better time to explore Washington DC's US Botanical Gardens? The Botanical Gardens, Conservatory, National Garden, and Bartholdi Park are all free and open to the public 365 days a year! While you're in the area, take a stroll by the U.S. Capitol Building and its Reflecting Pool out front, or stop by one of the many Smithsonian Museums along the National Mall. The National Gallery of Art also includes multiple indoor atriums with tall domed ceiling with indoor gardens to enjoy.
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The holiday countdown is on! With just a few more things to hit on your "to do" list, you're on a holiday (jelly) roll and almost at your goal—the opportunity to wind down at the end of the year and relax with your family and friends. Here are just a handful of helpful organization hints to make it through the homestretch this year, and make it even easier on yourself next year. Go on and take a peek:
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It's that time of year when it's fun to check the mailbox and look for season's greetings from family and friends. As you exchange holiday cards this time of year, keep track of information about family and friends with a simple spreadsheet. It'll help you in more ways than one:
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- Stay on top of the little ones' ages and everyone's hobbies and interests. Add a column to jot notes so you'll have a reference to go to for gift ideas that are age-appropriate and practical.
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I think that we are an example of catching lightning in a bottle with our current roster...beamed for OKC really... Both are possible ways to build a contender, but neither are guaranteed... I don't think one way is more effective/efficient than the other... Outside of the big markets, you have to do one or the other b/c you are unable to buy the top talent... The Pacers were built similarly in the 90/2000's which lead to a contending team nearly annually...
And do you think that the Heat is not a super-team that could topple and draw new viewers in? I mean the Dallas series had a 10.6 to the Thunder series of 10.2. And while they weren't an 11.4, I think the Heat is more established as a superteam. I think it can happen. Most likely not with the Pacers because of market size. That and the Pistons were a dynasty in the NBA and in the last 20 years.
But there could be a team that can break that 11.4 mark. I agree that the Pacers are most likely not that. But that doesn't mean that they can't be successful in the NBA (which I know you are not arguing). Their mold is a viable one. And it is a lesson that you can find success in this league through more ways than tanking.
Tanking does have a better success rate I would argue though. Tanking or bottoming out, lottery picks are the best way to win. But it does not come risk free.
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Billups (3rd pick overall)
Hamilton (7th pick overall)
Ben Wallace (undrafted)
Prince (23rd overall)
Rasheed Wallace (4th pick overall)
OK so out of the 5 Pistons starters 3 were high draft picks, they also had Darko (2nd pick overall), imagine if instead of Darko they got either Wade, Melo or Bosh? call me crazy but the "Pistons way" is harder to pull off than the "OKC way".
What finding former lottery picks that either burned their bridges, never matured, or were given away for trash...and then having them gel together and become what they were drafted to do...together...united. Yeah that seems a lot harder than tanking and waiting on your superstars to grow.
I don't think there's a Pacers way of building.
What Larry did is extremely difficult. Having tons of patience, drafting guys that are winners/solid basketball players/good people/team-oriented players, and building a team that is sufficient in many categories (e.g. length, size, shooting, speed, iq) but weak in few with only one top-10 draft pick, and that is a #10 pick, is nearly impossible.
Who here thought we could do this with a #10, #13, #17, #17 and #40 while signing a #18 and trading for a #26? Maybe Warren Buffett reads PD, but I doubt there are many others.
*edit*- Vogel and staff deserve a lot of credit too. I knew we had playoff caliber talent even when O'Brien was here, but it still takes a good staff to recognize how to effectively use players, and an even better staff to make a team that is greater than the sum of its parts.
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Paul Georges don't grow on trees.
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We still have a weak bench :<, besides the center position, and a hit/miss Hans, the rest are lacking. We'll see what happens if/when Lance moves to the 6th man role.
And you couldn't dream up a visual who would look less likely to do so.
"Look, it's up to me to put a team around ... Lance right now." Kevin Pritchard press conference
And as Miami proved last year, your bench is pretty much irrelevant in the playoffs. All you need is for one guy to get kind of hot in each playoff game off the bench and you're fine as long as your starting 5 can pull the weight they are supposed to.
Garbage players get 1st round picks, (WTF)! All of the NBA must hate the Pacers! LOL
Which is assuming that Vogel abandons everything he's shown in the past as far as playing the entire bench as a unit. I hope he does but I want to see it to believe it. If we severely cut down the rotation and always intermingle the starters with the bench when we are forced to go that route, I'll be much more inclined to believe we'd have a shot against Miami.
"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
I hope nobody follows the "Pacers way", that was painful to watch, the "Pacers way" is also hard to pull it off, the Bucks are trying to do the same thing and they are just mediocre and The Bobcats tried and failed.
Vogel has already done this. When was the last time we had 5 bench players out there together with no starter that wasn't garbage time? I honestly can't think of it. One of Paul or Lance has been out there at all times since end of December I'd say.
OKC has not won a title.
For every OKC, there's 20 years of the Clippers wallowing away with their countless lottery picks. Each has it's benefits, each has it's drawbacks.
In all honesty, we are spoiled, we went through about 4 or 5 years of being terrible and we act like we wandered the desert for years. Compared to Clippers fans, Cavs fans, Grizzlies fans, Charlotte fans, Orlando fans, I could go on, but I'll stop, the point is we're really actually pretty lucky. We had 15+ years straight of playoff caliber teams following by 5 or so years of being down. That's not too bad at all in the sports world.
When they got Wade? and the year before they drafted Butler at 10th and they used him to get Shaq.
They also tanked to get Rose and ended up with Beasley.
And it's funny that the year they tanked was the year they got a low value asset.
I believe everybody was tanking for Lebron that year, they also knew that prospects like Melo, Wade and others were going to be there, many called that draft "one of the best drafts ever".
I didn't say they did win the title.
Garbage players get 1st round picks, (WTF)! All of the NBA must hate the Pacers! LOL


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SACRAMENTO — Two bills that would have provided more information for consumers shopping for an elderly care homes and increase state scrutiny of those homes have been killed by the Senate Appropriations Committee due to their potential cost, officials confirmed Friday.
One bill, AB 1571, authored by Assemblywoman Susan Eggman, D-Stockton, would have requested the department create a user-friendly search engine to allow all public documentation for each residential care facility for the elderly in California to be viewed online. A budget analysis by the state assembly's Committee on Appropriations for the bill stated it would cost roughly $1 million to implement and about $700,000 per year to maintain the website.
The second bill, authored by Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, would have required the department to complete investigations into complaints at care facilities for the elderly in a specified time frame.
The bills were two of several included in a package of legislation unveiled in January to force the Department of Social Services to revise several of its practices. The legislation was prompted in part by the revelation that 19 residents at Valley Springs Manor in Castro Valley were abandoned in late October when the department abruptly shuttered the facility.
However, on Thursday the state's senate Committee on Appropriations, spearheaded by State Sen. Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles, killed the bills due to "fiscal reasons," according to a spokeswoman with his office.
A breakdown of expenses included "potential significant" costs for technology upgrades to update care facility information on a website as well as cross checking information with other departments.
Gov. Jerry Brown had previously proposed several budget initiatives — which totaled $7.5 million to fund 71.5 full-time equivalent positions at the department — to help with oversight activities.
"We're disappointed," said Christian Burkin, spokesman for Eggman's office. "Clearly the bill advanced the conversation and the department has made some changes in response to what she has introduced … but it's still not enough."
Burkin did stress that despite the setback, Eggman would reintroduce legislation next year to try and further reform the department.
Skinner's office was not immediately available for comment.
In a joint committee hearing in February, department officials announced to concerned legislators they planned to develop an easy-access database, whose first phase was launched on June 13.
The revamped website did include some additional information for consumers to peruse, including how many times a facility had been visited over the past few years and how many citations or complaints a facility received, but many details about the types of complaints and resolutions have not yet been added.
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I found a site called cowboom.com and I believe it's where best buy sells the stuff they took in on their electronics trade in program and they sell off the used stuff. Ipads seem to start at about $200 w/ free shipping.
was curious if anyone has heard anything about them or done anything with em?


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Boiler Room Theatre Kicks Off 13th Season With NOISES OFF, 2/15-3/9
The Boiler Room Theatre, Williamson County's original and longest-running professional theatre company, will kick off its 13th season with the side-splitting farce, Noises Off. The production will run from February 15th through March 9th at the theatre's iconic namesake venue in the historic Factory at Franklin, 230 Franklin Rd., Building Six, in Franklin, Tennessee.
Noises Off, Michael Frayn's slapstick play-within-a-play, follows the on-and off-stage antics of an acting troupe as they stumble from bumbling dress rehearsal to disastrous closing night. Everything that can go wrong does, as actors desperately try to hang on to their lines, their performances and the furniture. Add a slippery plate of sardines and many slamming doors, and you have the most hilarious backstage farce ever written.
Directing Noises Off is the Boiler Room Theatre's Co-Founder and Managing Director, Corbin Green. "This is a show we've wanted to produce since we opened the theatre almost 13 years ago and it's one of the most challenging shows I've ever directed," said Green. "Comedy is all about the timing, so it is vital that the director is laser focused on every detail of the show to ensure that every line, every movement, and every prop is in exactly the right place at the right time to get the laugh."
The cast of Noises Off will be playing on an enormous, free-standing, two story set. The entire structure will rotate for the second act, allowing the audience to see the play-within-a-play presented from two perspectives - on stage and backstage.
"This show is going to be spectacular because of the amazing cast and production team that we've assembled," said Green. "The level of talent we have involved in this show is unbelievable - it is such a funny and creative mix of people. The chemistry on stage and off is going to make this show an absolute must see."
The ensemble cast features Matt Baugher (Frederick Fellowes), Britt Byrd (Brooke Ashton), Laura Crockarell (BeLinda Blair), Flynt Foster (Garry Lejeune), Taylor Green (Poppy Norton-Taylor), Patrick Kramer (Lloyd Dallas), Josh Lowrey (Tim Allgood), Wesley Payne (Dotty Otley) and Dan Zeigler (Selsdon Mowbray). Joining Director Corbin Green on the production team for Noises Off will be Anthony Popolo (Set Design) and Katie Delaney (Costume Design).
Performances will be held every Tuesday, Friday and Saturday evening during the run at 8 p.m. There will be a Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. on February 24th and there will be one Thrifty Thursday show at 8 p.m. on March 7th. Ticket prices are $27 for adults, $25 for seniors (age 60 and up) and students (age 13 through college with valid ID), and $21 for children ages 3 through 12. Matinee prices are $2 less respectively. All Tuesday shows are two-for-one ($27 for two tickets; no other discounts apply). Thrifty Thursdays allow guests to beat the weekend crowds and grab tickets at the bargain price of $17. Tickets may be purchased by calling the Boiler Room Theatre at 615-794-7744 or ordered online at www.boilerroomtheatre.com.


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Study shows 'kids learn best when they are allowed to select their own books'
Combating the "summer slide" can be easier than most educators and parents think. Studies have demonstrated that rather than forcing a summer reading list on children, allowing them to choose reading material of interest to them proves to be a more effective tool.
'Flipped' hits the big screen August 27
This coming-of-age novel written in 2001 by Wendelin Van Draanen is set to be released later this month. The novel, featuring a complicated middle school romance, will be released as a tie-in paperback on August 10 with a special photo REPLACE and a Q&A with the author.
Let's Read. Let's Move. Philadelphia kicks off in First Book style
The citizens of Philadelphia have come together to engage their children in activities focusing on reading, exercise and eating healthy through the Let's Read. Let's Move. initiative. First Book donated a total of 170,000 books to the cause in Philadelphia with 400 books to kick off the launch.
'Precious' producers to tackle 'Judy Moody' next
Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer is making its debut on the big screen with production starting this month! This eight-book children's series has been translated into over twenty languages and even inspired a spin-off series for boys with Judy's brother Stink as the main character.
Screen Actors Guild Foundation launches book auction
The Screen Actors Guild Foundation has launched a book auction to benefit children's literacy. From August 2 until August 17, you can bid on books autographed by famous actors. Proceeds from this online auction will go to the Clothes Off Our Back Foundation to benefit children's literacy initiatives.


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Recreational players often make the mistake of trying to hit the ball in doubles at the same pace they would in singles match.
Success in doubles requires a well- placed ball and team. Players often have to take pace off the shot in order to execute the better shot. Chipping the ball to an opponent's feet or lobbing over the net players are common shots in doubles that have a high success rate even though they're lacking in power.
More: Move Like Federer With This 5-Step Footwork Drill
Blasting the ball at an opponent can result in a return volley too fast to handle. Your level of control also drops when you try to whack the ball instead of taking some pace off.
6. Ease your way forward
The best place for any doubles team is at the net. From there, you can carry out the volley -- the easiest technical shot to play -- which forces your opponents to try a passing shot.
More: How to Steal a Set in Doubles
You also have the largest amount of court to aim when you're both at the net,? leaving your opponents with the smallest amount of court to aim at.
7. Follow basic doubles rules
Doubles is much more of a game of tactics and court position than singles. It's important to understand and implement some of the basic best practices of doubles match play.
More: 3 Shots You Need for Doubles - and 3 You Don't
Each player in the team should understand their job in each of the four basic situations that occur (server, servers partner, returner & returners partner). As soon as you do this you will find your win-loss ratio take a sharp improvement.
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Officials with domestic tile manufacturer Crossville Inc, have announced that the company has diverted a total of 40 million pounds of fired porcelain since launching its Tile Take-Back® program and TOTO USA partnership.
These recycling initiatives are based on the company's proprietary process for recycling fired porcelain products, including post consumer materials. Through Tile Take-Back®, Crossville is able to recycle previously installed tile collected from its distribution network, as well as scraps that result from tile cutting during installation, sizing, or sample creation.
Through its TOTO partnership, Crossville receives pre-consumer fired porcelain toilets that do not meet quality standards; prior to the partnership, these cast-offs were being sent to landfills for disposal.
All 40 million pounds of diverted material have been or will be recycled into feed stock to manufacture new tile, leading Crossville to maintain net waste consumption at its plants for a third consecutive year. Net waste consumption is achieved by using more waste than is created during production.
Between both Tile Take-Back® and the TOTO USA partnership, Crossville achieved the following in 2013:
Since the Tile Take-Back® launch in 2009, the company's cumulative recycling totals include nearly 18 million pounds of fired scrap produced at Crossville's plants; more than 300,000 pounds of scrap and post-consumer tile; and 20.9 million pounds of scrap porcelain from TOTO USA.


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Citigroup Breach Triggers Congressional Response
Posted on Jul 11, 2011 by Linoma Software | | Categories: General, Data Security
The data breach at Citigroup in May - a breach which reportedly exposed an estimated 200,000 customer accounts - has motivated members of the U.S. Congress to re-introduce legislation to penalize the very organizations that have been victimized by hackers. What are the next steps your company should take?
New bills to protect consumers' personal data
Two bills are proposed by both House and Senate legislators.
First, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) has introduced the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2011. The new bill provides:
- Tough criminal penalties for individuals who intentionally or willfully conceal a security breach involving personal data;
- A requirement that companies that maintain personal data establish and implement internal policies to protect data privacy and security; and
- A requirement that the government ensure sensitive data is protected when the government hires third-party contractors.
This act would also require, under threat of fine or imprisonment, that businesses and agencies notify affected individuals of a security breach by mail, telephone or email "without unreasonable delay." Media notices would be required for breaches involving 5,000 or more people. The FBI and the Secret Service would need to be notified if the breach affects 10,000 or more people, compromises databases containing the information of one million or more people, or impacts federal databases or law enforcement.
But that's not the only security bill that has businesses concerned.
In the House, Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-Ca) is holding hearings in preparation of a bill she's named The SAFE (Secure and Fortify) Data Act that would also require "reasonable security policies and procedures" to protect consumers and enable disclosures to victims and the Federal Trade Commission within 48 hours of a data breach.
Companies no longer viewed as the victims
All this sounds good from the consumer's point of view. But what about the expense - and potential penalties - suffered by the "owners" of the data: the businesses themselves?
While these bills may address the public's interest for notification -- and indeed they would bring some semblance of a national standard - they also represent an interesting shift in the liabilities that companies will face. How is that?
Though we currently have no federal data breach notification law, federal policies now view the companies that experience a data breach as the victims of crime. However, under the proposed legislative bills, companies that do not act quickly to appropriately secure the personal data of customers - or fail to report a data breach in a reasonable amount of time - would not only suffer the theft of data, but also be held liable for its loss.
This is a significant shift. Companies are now being viewed not as the owners of consumer data, but merely guardians and trustees whose job it is to protect that data or face criminal penalties. And the message is clear: if companies won't take adequate precautions to secure the sensitive data of our customers, they'll pay a hefty price.
Where does your company stand?
In a world in which diligent hackers have the power break into seemingly secure networks and systems, what can your company do?
The challenge is first to determine exactly what qualifies as adequate precautions.
A review of the HIPAA HITECH security provisions that took effect last year provides some insight about what the government considers adequate protection.
HITECH strongly recommends the use of encryption technology. Encryption is a good place for your company to start, especially when dealing with the data your company stores on its servers. If sensitive data itself is kept securely encrypted, a data breach doesn't expose the content of the information itself.
Secure managed file transfer protocols - which send data using encryption - is the second place to focus attention.
If data is encrypted when it is being securely transmitted between business partners, the value of that data should it be breached - through hacking, theft, or other malicious actions - is worthless. Encryption and secure managed file transfers can dramatically minimize the holes of technical breaches, significantly reducing an organization's liability.
Preventing exposure
The Citigroup data breach has rekindled the momentum for a nationwide, cross-industry data breach reporting standard. This standard will not to eliminate the physical breaches themselves. What's needed is legislation to encourage companies secure the underlying data that is the target of the hackers.
Isn't it time for your company to take a serious look at its liabilities and to investigate how encryption and managed file transfers can close these important security holes?


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Game Time Start: 8:30 PM EST
Where: AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX
Officials: M. Davis, N. Buchert, D. Guthrie
Media Notes: Indiana Notes, San Antonio Notes
Local TV: FSI
Local Radio: WIBC 93.1 FM
NBA Feeds:
- NBA Audio League Pass (available free to NBA All-Access members)
- NBA League Pass Broadband (subscription req'd)
REMINDER: Per PD policy, please do not share a link to, describe how to search for, request a link to, or request a PM about streaming video of a NBA game that is not coming directly through the NBA. Not even in a "wink-wink, nudge-nudge, know-what-I-mean" round-about sort of way. Thank you
Season Records: (W-L)
30-20 (Away: 14-13) 35-14 (Home: 20-4)
Upcoming Games: Apr 01 Apr 03 Apr 04 Apr 06 Apr 07 at vs at vs vs 7:00 pm 7:00 pm 7:00 pm 7:00 pm 7:00 pm
Projected Starting Lineup: C PF SF SG PG HIBBERT WEST GRANGER GEORGE COLLISON Projected Starting Lineup: C PF SF SG PG BLAIR DUNCAN LEONARD GREEN PARKER
Kyrylo Fesenko, getting into wacky hijinks in Point Place, WI, out
Oddly no one...yet...
Minimally Relevant Video:
Semi-Relevant Video: If there happens to be video evidence of the Pacers ever
beating the Spurs, I can't find it. So instead you get this...
Eight Points, Nine Seconds PreviewReview: Tim Donahue: Breaking Down a Breakdown
Jonathan Auping identified an Jordan Crawford And-One as summing
up the lack of effort the Pacers put forth last night. No doubt, that
play was ugly.
But in looking at that play, I found the play before it to be more
troubling, particularly when you consider what Jared Wade had to
say about lack of execution in his piece on the Pacerss search for
an identity the other day.
I broke down the two plays here, narrating my thoughts, as well as
throwing in some audio I had picked up from Frank Vogel and David
West. Theres only so much you can get from this kind of navel-
gazing, but its occasionally worthwhile to thoroughly dissect a play
like this.
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48 Minutes of Hell: Jesse Blanchard: Looking back at the trade
The Indiana Pacers will be in town this weekend, reuniting George Hill with
the organization that drafted and nurtured his game through the first three
years of his NBA career.
Back in the summer, when the trade was made, a home game against the
Indiana Pacers would have been billed as George Hills much anticipated
return, however, the much anticipated part becomes more muted with
each sign of progress from Spurs rookie Kawhi Leonard.
Instead, Hill returns an ex-flame whom we recall fondly; though one that
rarely crosses our mind at all these days. Thats not so much a slight at
Hill as it is a testament to how perfect a marriage the San Antonio Spurs
and Kawhi Leonard have been.
It was only two years ago that national pundit and local fans were pushing
the Spurs to trade Tony Parker in favor of the cheaper, younger, and up
and coming George Hill. But moving Parker then, even for a promising
defensive big man, would have opened up a whole new set of problems
San Antonio would have had to address. And with another season with
almost no statistical growth relative to his career numbers, coming off
the end of his rookie season, the cheaper and up and coming labels for
George Hill will have diminished some.
His time with the Spurs was always going to be limited so long as they
employed Parker and Manu Ginobili. Hill was the Spurs fourth best player
playing the same position as two of its best three players, and while he
was a nice luxury, his skill set overlapped with theirs and ultimately
provided nothing unique to the Spurs, just varying degrees of better
and worse.
The Same, But Better
To accommodate Hill, the Spurs resorted to three guard sets, which hurt
them against opponents with larger wings, as we saw in Memphis. The
further Hill moved away from defending his natural point guard position,
the less valuable his defensive prowess was. And again, defensive point
guards are a nice luxury but can be a tad overrated in terms of impact.
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Ford commercials have been getting a lot of play lately. The premise is that Ford's vehicles have a lot of options, so you don't have to choose between and/or. They're comedic. It's a campaign, so there are many spots. One has a couple extolling the Ford Escape's foot-activated lift gate and great gas mileage…and transitioning to a daydream about a bed or breakfast. Another has a couple talking about the Ford Focus' voice-activated system and great gas mileage, and imagining going to a Chinese restaurant and eating sour chicken (not sweet and sour chicken). The conclusion is that "And" is better.
I had the opportunity to hear Bill Weldon, the VP of Global R&D for Elanco speak at the Reciprocal Meat Conference, the annual meeting of the American Meat Science Association in Auburn, AL. He made so many great points during his talk that I could easily write several commentaries from his content. However, the points he made about having animal welfare AND productivity made me think of the Ford ads. "And" is better.
Mr. Weldon spoke of not only the added increment of the 9 billion people on earth who we will need to feed in the years ahead, but the other 3 billion people who will have a higher standard of living and will be interested in more animal protein in their diets. He talked about the progress in efficiencies that we have experienced in the past several years but that we are experiencing diminishing returns from these gains. Add the restrictions brought on by regulatory or activist activity and the issue is exacerbated. So if you decrease the productivity of animals, you have to increase the number of animals and hence increase the resources required.
He made the point that there are three types of buyers today: food buyers, lifestyle buyers and fringe buyers. He maintains that the food buyers are 95 percent of the population with the lifestyle buyers (those who buy organic and natural, for example) making up another 4 percent. The fringe group represents 1 percent of the buyers. They are the vegans and vegetarians. Someone in the audience stated that they have 99 percent of the microphones.
Mr. Weldon's talk title was about making safe, affordable and abundant food available worldwide. He spoke of studies in Kenya with which he has been a cooperator. In these studies, the meat and milk test group of students had test scores five times better than their control counterparts. But in this country, we are dealing with the anti-science population who think that if they can't pronounce it, they don't want to eat it. I wonder how many of these same people would take vitamins if we used their scientific name rather than their simple letter connotation. I bet many would be scared off. Most of those individuals would definitely not want deoxyribonucleic acid in their cells until they realized that it was DNA.
Janet Riley from the American Meat Institute also gave a talk at the meeting and she showed a slide that talked about all the negative health effects from the consumption of dihydrogen monoxide and a petition to ban the substance. The petition reads: Dihydrogen monoxide is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and kills uncounted thousands of people every year. Most of these deaths are caused by accidental inhalation of DHMO, but the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide do not end there. Prolonged exposure to its solid form causes severe tissue damage. Symptoms of DHMO ingestion can include excessive sweating and urination, and possibly a bloated feeling, nausea, vomiting and body electrolyte imbalance. For those who have become dependent, DHMO withdrawal means certain death.
Of course, we all know that dihydrogen monoxide is simply H20 or water!
Bill Weldon asked at the end of his talk, "How will you help tell the story?" It was a powerful message which resonated with the 650 meat scientists and students in the audience. After hearing the talk, I definitely think that "and" is better.


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