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Fort Lauderdale Restaurant Reviews
Welcome to our Fort Lauderdale restaurant reviews guide where you'll find top restaurants off the beaten path, both locally owned and chain. In fact, some of the best restaurants in the Fort Lauderdale just might be the little mom and pop operations flying under the radar. For some of the best picks in Fort Lauderdale, you've come to the right place.
Our Fort Lauderdale restaurant reviews guide can help you make sense of the thousands of options out there. Happy eating!
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Hot Dog Heaven(04/29/2011)
"This is way better than the other hot dog places so far!"
Tower Deli(04/03/2011)
"Great potential but falls short of what a Brooklyn deli should be. Went for breakfast on a Sunday. There was a short wait but turnover was quick. The wait staff took our order and we enjoyed our coffee while we waited a longer time than what should have been normal. We could excuse that with the num... "
Da Big Kahuna Restaurant & Tiki Bar(03/09/2011)
"loved it! best mahi i've ever eaten. the staff was incredible; all the servers were friendly and GORGEOUS. the only thing better than the service was the amazing ocean view. highly recommended! - Carolina :)"
Vicinos Italian Kitchen(02/28/2011)
"The best short rib grilled cheese sandwich I have ever tasted.The burgers also Rok"
Silver Pond(01/30/2011)
"Food was terrific; dishes are different than what you'd normally find on menus in South Florida Chinese restaurants. Service was too nonchalant; four dishes came out one at a time, with too much lag between and to start with. Took 40 minutes to get all the food, on a Sunday evening before 6p.m. W... "
Ole Ole Mexican Grill and Cantina(01/23/2011)
"Ole Ole has the BEST Tuna Dip and the best Salsa of any Mexican Restaurant I have tried. All my friends love the Tuna Dip and Salsa so much that WHENEVER we get together for a party, etc., one of us picks up a take-out quart of each, along with bags of their fresh, hot tortilla chips which they are... "
Bravo! Gourmet Sandwich(01/19/2011)
"We love this place they got really good sandwich, the bread its warm and crispy and they have different homemade sauces to add on.... love the roasted pork !!"
Flanigan's Seafood Bar and Grill(01/07/2011)
"Great casual place where the food is always good, plentiful and served at a great price. The garlic rolls are a must have!"
Tokyo Blue(01/07/2011)
"Was eager to try new place on beach. Decor was exciting. Service young and keen. Food well presented, fresh and tasty. Unfortunately 18% compulsory service charge when I would have preferred to have given 20% voluntarily left a bad taste in my mouth."
Coco Asian Bistro(01/04/2011)
"fantastic meal, great atmosphere... brought mom in for a bday meal, and she loved the donuts with a candle!"
Cafe Emunah(01/03/2011)
"Every time we come to Fla. we have at least one meal at Cafe Emunah and we are never dissappointed! The food is delish, creative, fun and healthy. Everything is very fresh. The staff is super nice, helpful and attentive."
Junmae Take Out Chinese Food(12/31/2010)
"Junmae opened up next to where I lived when I was a kid. (I'm 35 now). I hadn't eaten there since I was 16 and moved away. I came back to the area a few years ago and found that it had been sold to another family. However, the quality is just as good! Hands down this is the best Chinese food in the ... "
Thai Spice Restaurants(12/30/2010)
"How ridiculous!! $40.00 for crispy snapper special!! $2.50 for brown rice. Capital Grill is more reasonable. This is Thia food not a Parisian experience."
Off the Hookah Restaurant & Lounge(12/06/2010)
"I recently went to Off The Hookah with some work friends to grab a bit to eat, Let me tell you the food was incredible I got a Filet cooked just the way i like it Pittsberg style my friends all got sushi the only problem with the whole experiance is deciding what to eat because everything was so gre... "
Da Big Kahuna Restaurant & Tiki Bar(12/04/2010)
"This is the best spot on Fort Lauderdale Beach! Great food (try the crab dip), awesome cocktails (try the jungle juice!) friendly service! Highly recommended and will definitely be back!"
Da Big Kahuna Restaurant & Tiki Bar(12/02/2010)
"Great oceanfront spot right on the beach.. Excellent food and cocktails, and they have a fantastic hula show on the weekends with a fire dancer"
Palm American Grille(11/18/2010)
"Fabulous Food and great atmosphere. Make sure you save room for dessert...it is the best part. The peanut butter and jelly cookie cobbler is probably the best thing I have ever ate in my life."
Ole Ole Mexican Grill and Cantina(11/14/2010)
"This is the BEST MEXICAN restaurant in the entire world! Ive been going there for 13 years and it has not let me down"
Off The Trax Restaurant & Lounge(10/25/2010)
"I enjoy listening to the live band on Thursday night. The band provides a relaxing setting to an already nice atmosphere."
Off The Trax Restaurant & Lounge(10/23/2010)
"I have eaten and dined at Off The Traxx restaurant several times and the food has always remained AMAZING! The prices are really reasonable and the specials are extremely affordable. I have already recommended this restaurant to several of my friends and family members. Everytime I visit I fall more... "
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With the 2011 Herbalife World Football Challenge friendly only two days away, whitecapsfc.com examine Manchester City FC's strikers in part five of their six-part series on the English Premier League (EPL) club. With the upcoming match between Vancouver Whitecaps FC and City set for Bell Pitch at Empire Field on Monday night, strikers will be the main attraction heading into the July 18 friendly.
With City's attack firing on all cylinders throughout the 2010-11 EPL campaign, their strikeforce are back and ready to improve on last season's 60-goal output. With highly coveted transfers in sight, up-and-coming young talent ready to be showcased, and a collective knack for scoring goals, City's attack should be locked and loaded to display their embarrassment of riches again this season.
Starring in the feature role of primary striker with is 25-year-old Bosnian striker Edin Dzeko. After departing German Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg in January, Dzeko made 21 appearances for 'The Citizens', immediately displaying his natural scoring touch with six goals. City will be expecting even more from the two-time 'Bosnian Footballer of the Year', who brings a wealth of experience and skill to City after claiming the 2008-09 German Bundesliga title with Wolfsburg before capturing the 2009-10 Bundesliga 'Top Scorer' award with 22 goals. Having appeared for Bosnia & Herzegovina 37 times since 2007, Dzeko's 'Midas touch' turned Man City's 2011 English FA Cup run to gold, as he tallied twice for City against Notts County FC in the fourth round.
Along with Dzeko on their North American tour is a group of young, talented forwards that will be highlighted throughout the World Football Challenge. With the following five strikers all under 21 years of age, City will have plenty of energy and enthusiasm at the top of their formation against Whitecaps FC.
20-year-old Italian forward Mario Balotelli joined City in 2010 after spending three seasons with Italian Serie A giants Internazionale. In that time, Balotelli made 86 appearances with Inter and scored 28 times before moving to England. Balotelli made 28 appearances for Man City during the 2010 campaign and added 10 goals, a performance that earned him the 2010 'Golden Boy' award. Balotelli is also a member of the Italian national team, having already made two appearances for the Azzurri.
Also looking to impress is Swedish striker John Guidetti. After joining City in 2008, Guidetti has spent the majority of his time on loan with Sweden's IF Brommapojkarna and England's Burnley FC throughout the past two seasons. Guidetti has been a key member of the Swedish youth national teams, finding success at every level. Guidetti scored eight goals in 11 appearances for Sweden's U-17 squad, five goals in five appearances with his country's U-19 squad, and is a key member of their U-21 side.
But City's pride and joy of their future offence rests in the hands of 17-year-old Spanish sensation Denis Suarez. After acquiring the talented striker from Real Club Celta de Vigo in May, Suarez will be making his inaugural debut for the East Manchester side. Suarez has played for Spain's U-17 national team and will play for City's reserve side this upcoming season.
City are also proud to have Andrea Mancini - son of manager Roberto Mancini - in their ranks. After being loaned to the EPL club in 2008, Internazionale released the younger Mancini, who went on to spend time with Italian clubs AC Monza Brianza 1912 and AC Bellaria Igea Marina during the past couple of seasons. Andrea joins 21-year-old Northern Ireland international Ryan McGivern, who also has spent time on loan with Morecambe FC, Leicester City FC, and Walsall FC in England. As a member of the City youth team, McGivern won 2008 English FA Youth Cup title and has already featured for Northern Ireland's senior squad on 12 occasions.
With Dzeko and the rest of the City strikers ready for the World Football Challenge, Whitecaps FC will need an impressive defensive effort to handle the EPL club's offensive gems. However, City will not be the only side with quality strikers at the helm, as Whitecaps FC will have Designated Players Eric Hassli and Mustapha Jarju to choose from. With the opportunity to see fantastic strikers apply their trade under the bright lights of Bell Pitch at Empire Field, fans should be ready to see many exciting moments during Monday's game.
On Monday, July 18, at 7 p.m. PT, Vancouver Whitecaps FC host this year's English FA Cup winners, Manchester City FC, in an international friendly match as part of this year's Herbalife World Football Challenge. Fans can purchase tickets at all Ticketmaster Ticket Centres, online at ticketmaster.ca, or Charge-by-Phone at 1.855.6.GO-CAPS (1.866.646.2277).

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Polls mask Labor morass
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This week's improved polling results hide the reality of a party still out of touch with voters.
Compulsory voting, a relatively small talent pool and the relentlessly adversarial nature of the parliamentary system ensure that Australian national politics will always be "competitive". That is, even when a government has won by a landslide, the opposition can normally be expected to appear to have a shot at victory come the next election because only a few percentage points makes the difference.
Note the use of the words "appear to". Opinion polls operate along the same lines. The AgePoll published this week was a good example. Superficially the poll, taken last weekend, looked like encouraging news for the ALP.
In fact, it gave the appearance that Labor was well and truly back in the game. After preferences, the ALP was on 52 per cent, the Howard Government on 48 per cent.
That's how the numbers broke down but the poll by ACNielsen really didn't give Labor supporters all that much to smile about. Indeed, it pointed up the ALP's fundamental weakness as the party drags itself through the 10th year of the Howard era.
The ALP's problem is this: even when the Government's support falls in big numbers, which is what happened in this poll, with the Coalition's primary vote dropping from 47 to 41 in the space of a month, too few voters are willing to move over to Labor.
Of the 6 per cent of voters who deserted the Government, only half transferred their support to the ALP. Two per cent shifted to the Greens and 1 per cent to miscellaneous minor parties or independents.
This left the ALP with a primary vote of 39 per cent. Sure, Labor could count on the bulk of preferences from Greens voters to go its way but it is not going to be able to build a parliamentary majority unless its primary vote moves closer to at least 42 to 43 per cent.
Many new voters - this poll suggests that it's one in three - do not see the ALP as a desirable first alternative."
The last time Labor won a federal election, in 1993, it secured 44.9 per cent of the first-preference vote. Since then, the best that it's managed was 40.1 per cent in 1998, Kim Beazley's first election as leader, when - similar to this week's AgePoll - the ALP got a majority of the two-party preferred vote (51 per cent) but fell well short of winning a majority of seats.
It's easy - and it's fair enough for a lot of voters to do this - to dismiss Labor's weak levels of support as the party's own problem. Too bad for the ALP if it can't attract enough Australians to its cause. But there is a broader significance to the ALP's chronically low primary support.
If Labor continues on its present path, Australia will end up with an electoral system at the national level that only gives the impression of being an even contest. What it will really be is a system in which victory for the Coalition will be virtually assured.
Labor will be unlikely to cop a thrashing, will still command what are regarded as decent levels of support and reasonable numbers in Parliament, and thus will be able to kid itself that with a few tweaks here and there, a bit of extra marketing, it will succeed next time. It's always next time.
Labor simply has to sort itself out. Its strategists and its leadership cannot afford to look at the detail of the AgePoll and see it as acceptable.
The ALP has a palpable inability to win over younger voters in the sort of numbers it needs. According to the poll, it is only breaking even, after preferences, with the Coalition among voters aged under 25. Its primary vote in this age group is an appalling 36 per cent, well below the Coalition's 41 per cent and not, for a major party, all that far ahead of the Greens' 18 per cent.
This suggests all sorts of bad things for Labor down the track because it means that many new voters - this poll suggests that it's one in three - from what might be regarded as the progressive end of the political spectrum, do not see the ALP as a desirable first alternative. They are beginning their voting lives as critics, not supporters, of the Labor Party.
When you look at the way the ALP sometimes behaves, it's not hard to see why they make these choices. A lot of senior Labor figures have privately expressed a degree of bewilderment at the media focus, a good deal of it coming in recent weeks from this newspaper, on the party's internal battles over branch stacking.
That's because the culture of the party, with its endless soapie-style dramas and unresolved conflicts, has so overwhelmed their world view that they find it too hard to step outside and have a look back.
If they could take that step and get a dispassionate view of the ALP, which is how the vast majority of Australians see it, they would find themselves gazing at an often bewildering maze of factions, sub-factions and tendencies nourished by inexplicable personal enmities, conflicting ambitions and, occasionally, ideological differences.
They would see an organisation that devotes an enormous amount of time and energy to infighting.
They would also see leaders such as Steve Bracks and Kim Beazley who appear unconcerned or unmoved by all of the desperate claim and counter-claim, stacking and counter-stacking that's going on right now.
They might even be able to climb into the mindset of quite a few voters, who see the Labor Party as a sometimes great and perhaps even occasionally decent political organisation that knows more about damaging what people now refer to as its "brand" than just about anything else - including winning federal elections.
Somewhere in the ALP there are enough talented people with enough good ideas to actually make a difference to the party's fortunes. Some of them are even involved in branch stacking.
But that will not count for much if Labor cannot climb out of the faction-ridden morass in which it has placed itself.
It is not as though the Howard Government has a special quality that makes it, unlike any government that has gone before, unassailable. There is a degree of softness in its support.
An Ipsos poll conducted this week suggested that one-quarter of Coalition voters believed that the recent 0.25 percentage point rise in interest rates represented a breach of the Prime Minister's election campaign promise to keep interest rates low.
For a relatively disciplined, confident opposition a result like that would give it something to work with - the chipping off of some of the Government's support base. The question is: where would the disaffected Coalition voter go?
Shaun Carney is an associate editor of The Age.
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Freemont cottonwoods and why rainbows come now
The sun never gets higher than 42 ̊
Scott Ellis 7:04 a.m., Nov. 18
There's nothing like a tough economy to get employers to remember that their employees are people, too.
That's the underlying theme that emerges from a new study of the nation's employers by the Families and Work Institute and the Society for Human Resource Management.
The study documents an increasing commitment in recent years to offer more opportunities for workers to manage when and where they work. The 2012 National Study of Employers finds that since 2005 there have been significant gains in workplace flexibility among the 1,126 employers it surveyed who had staffs of at least 50 workers.
Specifically, the percentage of employers offering flex-time options that allow workers to change their starting and quitting times within a range of hours increased from 66 percent in 2005 to 77 percent today.
More employers (77 percent in 2005 versus 87 percent today) also are allowing workers to take time off without the loss of pay to attend to important family or personal needs.
Today, 63 percent of employers allow their workers to work from home on occasion, compared with just 34 percent five years ago. And, 93 percent of employers now give their workers a chance to manage their time, compared with 78 percent in 2005.
Coincidentally, a significant portion of the past seven years has found the nation's economy to be sluggish and staggering. Perhaps when companies need to gain loyalty among their key workers — as in an economic downturn — they are more open to adding worker-friendly programs.
"It seems that employers are dealing with the lingering economic instability by trying to accomplish more with fewer people," says Ellen Galinsky, president and co-founder of Families and Work Institute and an author of the study.
"Most of the gains allow employees to work longer hours or adjust those hours to care for their personal and family responsibilities while getting their work done. Although some may have expected employers to cut back on flexibility entirely during this economic downturn, we are seeing employers leverage flexibility as they look toward the future."
Despite an increase in some flexibility, employers also have clamped down on allowing employees to take a career break for personal or family responsibilities (73 percent in 2005 compared with 52 percent today).
Fewer today also allow workers to switch from full-time to part-time and back again while remaining in the same position. Fifty-four percent allowed this in 2005, yet only 41 percent now do. And, fewer employers (86 percent in 2005 vs. 73 percent in 2012) offer programs that allow workers to gradually return to work after childbirth or adoption.
It is easy to see what has happened during tough economic times. Companies have had to trim their payrolls, and now that they believe they have highly productive staffs, they want to maximize that asset.
"It is clear that employers continue to struggle with fewer resources for benefits that incur a direct cost," says Ken Matos of the Families and Work Institute. "However, they have made it a priority to grant employees access to a wider variety of benefits that fit their individual and family needs and that improve their health and well-being."


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Day 201 - Russell
Day 201 - Russell (3rd person I approached)
July 20, 2014 - Today was one of those days that I recognize if I wasn't so passionate about this project, I might have skipped the day. Maybe it was the rain and clouds, although I enjoy rain. I was happy to have a lazy day off, and bond with my couch. Alas, if I don't get groceries, I don't eat. The first two people I approached, both named Dave, were willing to chat, but not comfortable having a picture taken. I got my groceries, went home and had a nap. Always satisfying.
Somewhat refreshed, I headed back out to find today's story. And buy cookies. Cookies punctuate a good nap with a deeper satisfaction. I spotted Russell at a deli, eating and looking at his phone. I walked right past him and then decided to go back. I told him what I was doing and asked if he would chat with me.
"I'm sorry, I can't," he said. I thanked him and said goodbye. As I turned and walked away, he called me back.
"You know what, I'll talk with you." I told him I understood that if he wasn't comfortable, he didn't have to chat with me.
"No, it's okay, I have a few minutes," he said. I showed him the Facebook page and we had a conversation about the project and why I was doing this. He thought it was good idea.
Russell was born in Niagara Falls, Ontario. When he said "Niagara Falls" it was with an air almost of authority.
"I'm extremely proud of where I'm from. Niagara Falls is an amazing place and my family are all still there. I have one sister and we're very close. There's only year between us, and we've always gotten along well," he said. Russell went to elementary school there. He also completed half of his high school grades in Niagara before coming to BC (British Columbia).
"I came to BC when I was fifteen. I lived in Burnaby, and finished high school here," he said as he continued eating. I asked why he made the move to BC.
"I was playing soccer, and I came here for that." It was then that I realized who he was. I even remembered the first initial of his last name. Russell plays for the Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club (*Fact Check - see link below). I had a brief flash of 'should we continue the chat' but as fast as the thought crossed my mind, it left. To compensate for my lack of soccer knowledge, I shared a story about the time my uncle and cousins took me to a 'football' match in Scotland. I was ten years old and no one had told me the teams switched sides at half time. I ended up cheering for the 'wrong' team. Russell understood the potential gravity of the situation I described. He asked me to tell him about my story. I laughed and said that this was about him, and that if we had time at the end I'd talk about me. He wasn't having it. I gave him the high level, Cole's notes version and quickly turned it back to Russell.
At the tender age of four, Russell started to play soccer.
"I'm Italian and German, so soccer is a big part of my family's life. I did okay in school. I liked Math a lot, but not so much that if I wasn't playing soccer I would have become a mathematician. It's hard when you're travelling for forty two days out of an eighty day semester. I ended up missing a lot of school. But I did what I needed to do to graduate high school. Soccer was important but so was doing well in school," he said. Russell had been playing soccer in provincial championships when he was spotted by a Whitecaps scout.
"It's kind of complicated to explain, but in the provincials there are scouts there from all over. A rep from the Whitecaps approached me and that's how I came to BC. You get billeted by a host family and I went to school in Burnaby and worked hard at training as well," he said.
I asked Russell about leaving his family to come to BC.
"My father played soccer when he was younger, but he never left Niagara to play. He's in really good shape and I've seen him play, and he's skilled. I think that because of that, my parents have being very supportive in me leaving to pursue my career. For some there can be an added pressure to perform well for the parents. I don't feel pressure to play well for my father. I play for me, and my family are proud of what I do for myself. Of course I want my parents to be proud of what I do and what I accomplish, but there's no pressure to play for them," he says with confidence. After graduating from high-school, Russell went to play for the Whitecaps, before turning eighteen. I wanted to know how it felt to have reached that level in his career so quickly.
"I don't think I fully appreciated where I was at. It wasn't until it was taken away about a year later because of an injury, that I actually recognized exactly what I'm doing. I'm very fortunate, I get paid to do what I love doing, every single day," he said.
Russell had finished eating, and gathered his belongings, and his lunch plate.
"Well, I have to get going," he said. He took care of his plate and garbage and I walked him to his car, in order to grab a photograph. I asked him if he thought about what his future would be; playing soccer for as long as he could or playing for a certain number of years and then going into something else.
"I love this city, I really do. Vancouver is a tremendous place where anything is possible. Whatever you want to do, it can happen here." Russell is twenty-one. He's got a lot of football matches ahead of him. #notastranger
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I am in Illinois, 5 years ago my parents past away. at that time I took my third of an Anuity they had. and was sent a statement from John Hancock stating a cash bases of the entire annuity. This put my in a higher tax brackect and I over paid about $7,000 in taxes. I did not find out about this until rencently. I know that I can not refile tax becuase it has been over 3 years. John Hancock has admitted they where wrong and has since reissued the correct cash bases letter to me. Do I have any recourse with John Hancock?
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In theory you may have a right of recovery against John Hancock for the overpayment of federal and state taxes (including an interest factor) caused by their erroneous reporting. The parties receiving the remaining 2/3 may have a similar basis for a complaint. You may wish to discuss this situation with the other party(ies) to determine if you can cooperate in seeking recovery. You should discuss your situation with an attorney in your jurisdiction to identify potential strategies for recovery and to obtain information regarding the cost/benefit of proceeding. It would be helpful if you walked in with a calculation of how you were harmed by the erroneous report (show comparative tax computations).


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Clemson eliminated
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Turning Point: Clemson had a chance to answer Fullerton's three-run seventh in the bottom of the inning. The Tigers got two runners on against starter Lauren Gagnier, and reliever Adam Jorgenson walked No. 9 hitter Adrian Casanova to load the bases with two outs. But leadoff man Herman Demmink, who singled in each of his first three at-bats, grounded back to Jorgenson to end the threat.
The Hero: Freshman DH David Cooper went 5-for-5 with a home run, four RBIs and a go-ahead RBI single in the top of the eighth inning as Fullerton overcame a 6-3 deficit. It was the first five-hit game of Cooper's career.
You May Not Have Noticed: Lefthander Ryan Paul, who became Fullerton's closer when Vinnie Pestano was lost for the season in May, began the game at the team hotel. He was battling a stomach flu and arrived at the game late. He struck out lefthanded hitter Andy D'Alessio with a runner on second base and no outs in the ninth inning to help preserve the lead.
OMAHA–Cal State Fullerton's time at the
College World Series has proven gut-wrenching, and not only because
each of the Titans' three games has come down to the final at-bat.
A stomach virus hit junior righthander Lauren Gagnier on Sunday and the bug wound up affecting six family members and friends associated with the team. It struck
junior lefthander Ryan Paul on Monday night.
Gagnier and Paul both pitched in
Tuesday's 7-6 come-from-behind win against Clemson. Fullerton trailed
6-3 before scoring three times in the seventh inning and once in the
eighth to advance to Wednesday's 5 p.m. ET rematch with North
Carolina. The four-hour, five-minute win for Fullerton was the
third-longest nine-inning game in CWS history.
"I'm very proud of my warriors
today," Fullerton coach George Horton said. "We had some
real special efforts, and we found a way to come out on top."
The list starts with Gagnier. Horton
initially believed Gagnier's sickness, which kept him the clubhouse
for the first seven innings of Fullerton's comeback win Sunday
against Georgia Tech, was caused by the pitcher's eating day-old
pizza that hadn't been refrigerated. The subsequent sicknesses
brought forth an apology.
Gagnier battled for 6 2/3 innings, allowing all six runs Clemson (53-16) scored after being handed a 3-0 lead heading into the bottom of the first inning. But his resilience helped
save a thin pitching staff that began the game with Paul still in his
hotel room.
Paul got to the park in the middle
innings and came on to face the lefthanded hitting Andy D'Alessio
with the tying run on second base and no outs in the bottom of the
ninth. D'Alessio ranked second nationally with 23 home runs and
already had driven in two runs with a ringing double off the wall in
the bottom of the first inning. Paul struck out D'Alessio on a slider
in the dirt, pumped his fist and then knelt down behind the mound.
"It was nausea and the other end,"
Horton said. "We had to stick a cork in Paul in that inning."
No other Fullerton players were sick,
but several still produced gusty performances. Righthander Wes
Roemer, who will start tomorrow against North Carolina, recorded the
final two outs of the game in relief of Paul to earn his first save
of the season. Sophomore righthander Adam Jorgenson came in after
Gagnier to fire 1 1/3 scoreless innings that included extricating the
Titans from a two-on, two-out jam he inherited in the seventh inning.
"Jorgy has saved me four earned
runs already in the College World Series," Gagnier said. "He
saved me two against North Carolina and then two more today. I've got
to get him a present or something when we get back."
Jorgenson (2-0), a sophomore who had
pitched 41 1/3 innings all season, played an unlikely but important
role on a roster loaded with experience. So did freshman DH David
Cooper, the only hitter in Fullerton's starting lineup that wasn't a
junior or senior.
Cooper went 5-for-5 with four RBIs. His
biggest hit came in the eighth inning off Clemson closer Daniel
Moskos. The lefty-lefty matchup was a change for Cooper, normally
Fullerton's DH against righthanders. He fought off a curveball by
lofting a single over the extended glove of shortstop Stan Widmann
and into shallow center field to send home the deciding run.
"These guys mean a lot to me,"
Cooper said. "They're like my older brothers setting good
examples and teaching me how to work. It's important to me to help
let them live to see another day."
Cooper's key hits came in all innings.
His RBI single in the first inning helped chase Clemson starter Jason
Berken after three runs in 1/3 of an inning. Cooper stroked a two-run
home run as part of a three-run rally in the seventh that ended the
game for Tigers reliever P.J. Zocchi, who threw six strong innings of
relief of Berken and allowed two runs.
"He stepped up big," said
third baseman Evan McArthur, who had two hits and drove in the
game-tying run in the three-run seventh.
"He wasn't fazed by the pressure
or the atmosphere of this stage and allowed us to play another day.
That's tough for a freshman or any player for that matter. He's just
another Titan doing the job."


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The EuroScience Initiative is a multi-year programme for collaborative research at the intersection of computing and the sciences, focused on new computing paradigms, computational science and intelligent environments. Investing a broad range of resources and expertise from Microsoft Research over multiple years, working in collaboration with universities, partners and government through new forms of public-private partnerships, the initiative aims to encourage increased innovation and productivity in support of the Lisbon Agenda goals to drive growth and job creation in Europe's knowledge-based economy. The Initiative also encompasses a range of activities contributing to Europe's intellectual capital, including fellowships, scholarships, an award programme and a series of scientific workshops.
"By bringing computing technology and the sciences closer together, the EuroScience initiative will accelerate progress in key areas such as the life and physical sciences, engineering and agriculture," said Gates.
Microsoft Research Centres of Excellence
An important part of the EuroScience programme is investment by Microsoft Research in a network of centres of excellence (CoEs) tied to key research institutions and groups in Europe that have created a hub of knowledge in a particular research area.
The first of these, whose opening was also announced today, is a centre for Computational and Systems Biology, created as a joint venture between Microsoft, the Italian local and central governments, and the University of Trento. At the Trento centre, researchers will focus on creating the next generation of computational tools to enable biologists and others working in the life sciences to better understand and predict complex processes in biological systems, which could lead to new and faster insights into the origin of disease, new therapies and better vaccines.
"This initiative will support the establishment of new kinds of converged scientific research," said Letizia Moratti, Italian Minister of Education, University and Research. "The Trento centre has the potential to bolster new economic growth in the Trentino region and beyond, as well as underpin traditional industries such as agriculture and agriscience."
Additional Microsoft Research CoEs will be established in the coming months. Discussions are underway with select research institutes in France, Germany and the UK.
EuroScience Research Programmes
The EuroScience Initiative has three research programmes at its core:
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A group of 50 marine research scientists, from 20 different institutions, are tagging large predatory sharks, especially Great Whites, for the purpose of finding out more about these fascinating predators. The name of the Non-profit organization is Ocearch.
Last August off the coast of Cape Cod they caught this 13-foot female juvenile Great White, towed it to their research boat and did a series of tests on the shark. They also attached a satellite beacon on its dorsal fin and released it back into the ocean. Every time the shark breaks the surface of the water with it's dorsal fin, it's suppose to send a signal up to a satellite known as a ping. These pings are displayed all over the globe, and you can track them in real time using their application. It's a free open source program that you can download. Just search "shark tracking" and you should be able to find it.
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This staff member supervises student employees at the King Library Circulation and Government Information & Law / Instructional Materials Center (GIL/IMC) Desks and directly provides a variety of services to users. This position may also troubleshoot problems related to circulation, reserves, and digital equipment circulated to patrons. This position receives and processes government documents and law materials, including unpacking shipments, checking in, labeling, barcoding, maintaining catalog records and keeping statistics, and assists with clerical office duties and special projects as needed.
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Supervises 1-3 student employees at the Circulation and GIL/IMC Desks, ensuring a high quality of customer service and monitoring for possible inaccuracies or errors in procedure. In concert with IMC staff, hires and trains new student employees. Creates and maintains student work schedules, including finding substitutions for time off. Requires knowledge of library collections in King, particularly those in GIL/IMC.
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WASHINGTON — Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and a Republican powerhouse in the 1990s, announced that he was joining the race for the party's presidential nomination to challenge President Barack Obama in 2012.
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House Speaker John Boehner became animated Tuesday over the proposed Keystone Pipeline, castigating the Obama administration for not having approved the project yet.
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The deeply conservative Gingrich ranks among the best-known Republicans in the still-forming group of candidates for next year's contest for the White House.Story: The 2012 GOP presidential field
He also brings considerable negative political baggage: three marriages, resignation under an ethics cloud while leader of the House and a tendency to shoot-from-the-hip when speaking.
In 1994, Gingrich led the Republican Party to its first House majority in 40 years. But any Republican candidate could face insurmountable difficulties in defeating the incumbent Obama, who remains personally popular with Americans and has seen his job approval rating rise notably in the early days after the killing of al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden.Story: Poll: Economy fears temper Obama's bin Laden bump
Obama was expected to raise as much as $1 billion to finance his bid for re-election and has proven himself a highly effective campaigner.
History would suggest a difficult path for Gingrich. While many former presidents and candidates for that office have served in the House, the last president to have served as House Speaker was James K. Polk, a Tennessee Democrat, in 1844.
Successful presidential candidates more often move into the job from the vice presidency, the Senate or the governorship of one of the 50 states.Story: Lesser-knowns get spotlight at GOP presidential debate
Gingrich has made no secret of his White House ambitions. He has been raising money and assembling a campaign team for months and has traveled frequently to states that hold early presidential primary elections or caucuses. Doing well in early primaries is considered necessary for a candidacy to prosper.
"I have been humbled by all the encouragement you have given me to run," Gingrich wrote Monday in his official announcement on Facebook and Twitter. He said he would talk more about his bid Wednesday on Fox News.
Comeback attempt
Getting into the race marks a comeback attempt by the former congressman from Georgia who stepped down from the House after four tumultuous years in the top position as speaker.
A spending fight between Gingrich and President Bill Clinton led to a shutdown of part of the federal government in 1995 and 1996. He left Congress in 1999.Story: Iowa GOP donors court New Jersey's Christie
Since then, he has established a network of nonprofit and lucrative business ventures. He also has churned out a steady stream of books and made frequent speaking engagements.
In recent months Gingrich has lambasted Obama's federal health care reform law and has criticized the Democrat's foreign policy as "clueless."
Gingrich is dogged by extramarital affairs and having been married three times. He has been working to make inroads with social conservatives critical to the Republican primary base, highlighting his conversion to Roman Catholicism after marrying his third wife, Callista.Story: Gingrich's third wife to take central role in presidential bid
He also has been criticized as a glib political figure who is not long on consistency in public statements. He calls for a muscular approach to combating terrorism. But he was widely mocked recently for an about-face on Libya policy. First he said he would "exercise a no-fly zone" and get rid of Moammar Gadhafi. Two weeks later, he said: "I would not have intervened. ... I would not have used American and European forces."
This year has been highly unusual in that possible Republican candidates are very late in announcing their intentions.
While the initial field is expected to be crowded, it also is more divided than usual, given that the mainstream of the party faces a splintering off of ultraconservative Tea Party factions and others with extreme populist or libertarian messages.Story: Big GOP donors adopt wait-and-see 2012 tack
According to Gallup polling records dating back to 1952, when Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower was the party standard-bearer, the Republicans never have been without a leading candidate at this stage in the campaign cycle.
So far and in addition to Gingrich, only former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum have taken the first official step by forming campaign exploratory committees. About a dozen Republicans are believed to be contemplating a candidacy.
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BAKERSVILLE, N.C. — Jeff Pollard trudged up the steep slope and stopped at a desiccated, rust-brown tree. Two months earlier, workers had tagged this Fraser fir as ready for market.
It was going to be someone's Christmas tree. And now it was dead.
"Never get paid back for this tree," he said with a shrug. "Eleven years of work – gone."
The culprit: Phytophthora root rot, a water mold that, once in the soil, makes it unfit for production.
Pollard has been growing Fraser fir in these western North Carolina mountains for nearly 40 years. To him, it's "the ultimate tree."
But this persistent problem has him looking to a species from the birthplace of old Saint Nicholas himself for a possible alternative. And he's not alone.
Growers in Oregon, the nation's No. 1 Christmas tree producer, have been experimenting with the Turkish fir for more than 30 years. That species and the Nordmann fir, also native to Eurasia, have shown promising resistance to root rot.
"Phytophthora is a problem in most areas where true firs are grown," said Gary A. Chastagner, a plant pathologist at Washington State University. "It's a national problem."
Oregon leads the nation in Christmas tree production, with nearly 7 million harvested in 2007, the latest figures available from the National Christmas Tree Association. North Carolina was a distant second, with about 3.1 million trees cut.
One study estimated the losses to Oregon's nursery and Christmas tree industries of up to $304 million a year if Phytophthora is not contained.
In North Carolina, the No. 2 producer, it costs farmers up to $6 million a year, said John Frampton, a Christmas tree geneticist at North Carolina State University.
To date, no fungicide has proven effective to control Phytophthora on Christmas tree plantations. So once it's in the soil, that's it.
Katie McKeever, a Ph.D. candidate in Chastagner's lab, is working under a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to create a nationwide collection of Phytophthoras from Christmas trees to understand regional variation in pathogen populations. The goal is to challenge various firs with different Phytophthoras to determine mechanisms of resistance and ultimately develop genetic markers that can be used to identify trees that are resistant to the disease, Chastagner said.
But until native trees can be modified to have greater resistance, Pollard and others are looking to other species. He sold his first Turkish fir trees last year.
Of course, the Turkish fir is far from bulletproof. It tends to bud out earlier than Fraser fir, making it vulnerable to late-season frosts. And deer find it irresistible.
"They'll walk by Fraser fir to snack on the Turkish fir," Frampton said.
After the success of his first sales, Pollard ordered enough Turkish fir seedlings from Oregon for a full rotation. He expects to plant them this spring.
On a recent sunny afternoon, Pollard stood on a hillside as seasonal workers cut, baled and stacked trees – some of which he's waited 17 years to harvest. Looking down, his hands were stained with fragrant sap.
"That sap, it kind of runs in your blood," he said. "These Fraser fir are to the mountain people what the buffalo was to the Plains Indian. … These Christmas trees have kept family farms in families. And we're very thankful for them."
Pollard's two sons, David and Jeff, have joined him in the business. At 61, he knows he has to prepare for the future.
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IAN Smith has a dream – to lead Moseley back to the lofty heights of English rugby's top-flight.
Since taking over as head coach of the famous Birmingham side at the start of the 2004-05 season, Smith has slowly helped mastermind Moseley's revival.
The dark days of administration, the sale of their 125-year home and a last-ditch takeover are now a fading memories
Since Smith took charge, Mose have smashed a host of club records, gained promotion from National Two and started to once again establish themselves in National One.
However Smith believes that by 2013, the club will be knocking on the door of the top flight.
"I think in five years we'll certainly be looking at the top of our division and obviously pressing, if it's available, to get into the Premiership," insisted the ex-Scotland flanker.
"I think the club are ambitious but we've got to work on the infrastructure and finance to make sure we do what we say we are going to do.
''It's about doing it in a sensible fashion. As a club we are moving slowly, which is wise but you obviously get to a point where you need to strengthen certain areas.
"It comes down to professionalism, you want the environment around the players to be very professional because to me the first team is the product.
''For all Moseley's community programmes, the club shop and the commercial side of it – the first team is the product, that's what people see and that's what needs to be done properly.
"At the moment we are where we are financially, we are doing the best we can but we must ensure that the environment around the players is spot on, then it's up to them. "Our home form last season didn't do us any favours with regards to sponsorship and crowds so we have got a responsibility to get that right."


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In April at the Athens NIKE Camp and at the preceding Atlanta Elite 11 regional workout, Summerville (S.C.) quarterback Reid McCollum emerged as a legitimate Division I-A quarterback prospect.
The 6-foot-4, 205-pounder, who is the quarterback for Rivals100 wide receiver A.J. Green, stepped out of Green's large shadow and showed that he is a worthy prospect on his own.
McCollum showed excellent footwork and a quick release on his way to being named the quarterback Most Valuable Player at the Athens NIKE Camp.
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McCollum still is waiting on his first scholarship offer, but feels that many schools are close.
"We just got done with spring practice and a lot of schools came by and told me that they liked what they saw," he said. "Some said that an offer is likely on the way. I'd say that Duke, Virginia, South Carolina and North Carolina State (are close to offering). Those are the ones that said they were looking at offering me."
McCollum grew up a Gamecocks fan and has frequented games in Columbia his entire life.
"I've always been a big South Carolina fan," he said. "(Gamecocks head coach) Steve Spurrier came by the school last Friday and watched a little bit of practice. He told my coach that he liked what he saw. He was the only head coach that came by."
McCollum will attend South Carolina's one-day prospect camp June 9.
McCollum, who threw for nearly 3,000 yards and 25 touchdowns during his junior season, talked about playing with Green.
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GREENWICH, Conn., Nov. 29 (UPI) -- A trio of Connecticut financiers accepted a check for a $254 million Powerball drawing on behalf of an anonymous client, a friend of one of the men said.
Brandon Lacoff, Greg Skidmore and Tim Davidson of Belpointe LLC, based in Greenwich, accepted an oversized check Monday for $108 million -- the after-tax lump sum amount of the winnings. Tom Gladstone, a longtime friend of Lacoff, said the three men did not purchase the ticket and were accepting the check to keep the winner's identity a secret, The Stamford (Conn.) Advocate reported Tuesday.
"I called him last night and said, `Brandon, I saw you on Friday and you did not tell me that you won the lottery.' He said, `we are just representing the guy,'" Gladstone said.
Gladstone said he didn't know if the real winner was a client of Belpointe when the winning ticket was purchased "but he sure is now."
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BEIJING: AirAsia was ranked top in the highly influential aviation industry magazine Aviation Week's "Top-Performing Airlines 2012" report.
The leading Asian low-cost carrier said in a statement that it even beat out other longer-established and renowned airlines such as Singapore Airlines and Ryanair, Europe's largest low-cost carrier.
"AirAsia was also ranked highest in the US$250 million-US$2 billion (RM787.1 million-RM6.3 billion) annual revenue category.
"This award is based on a statistical analysis of an airline's financial and operational performance. AirAsia emerged top overall with 81 points, Ryanair received 78 and SIA came in at 70 points," the statement said.
"This is just amazing. To beat airlines such as Singapore Airlines and Ryanair and all the other global industry players is almost beyond words. Who would have thought 10 years ago that in just over a decade, AirAsia would reach such celestial heights," AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes said in the statement.
"The award is also a triumph for Malaysia and Asean. AirAsia is firmly placing Malaysia on the global aviation map. Yes, we have world beaters in our country – and not just in squash and badminton!
"AirAsia is demonstrating to the world what Malaysia can achieve as long as we put our minds to it and strive together," he added.
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic has launched another scathing attack on Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola, who was the Paris Saint-Germain striker's coach when the two
were at Barcelona. In an interview with German weekly Der Spiegel, Ibrahimovic said: "He's a great coach but as a person? He's a coward, he's not a man," adding:
"he's got no balls."
How so? The big Swede contends that Guardiola never told him why he was eventually dropped to the bench. "I was sacrificed for [Lionel] Messi but he didn't have the decency to tell me to my face," Ibrahimovic explained. While he doesn't deny that Messi is a "brilliant player", Ibra points out that at that point, he had scored more goals than the Argentine.
In the interview, the Sweden international also compares Jose Mourinho, his coach while at Inter Milan, to Guardiola: "I would have given my life for Mourinho; he is capable of handling all of the different personalities within a squad and he has always taken on difficult challenges, like he is now with Chelsea. But Guardiola avoids them. Why has he chosen Bayern Munich? Because it's a team which functions well even if he's not there. He's a joined a team which is already complete and although he's signed new players, they don't need them."
>Ibra also remarks on Real Madrid's signing of Gareth Bale from Tottenham Hotspur over the summer for 100 million euros [$136 million]. "100 million for Bale? He's not worth that amount. The whole system is sick. The contracts we sign are madness. No player is worth that amount of money."


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Overseas Update
For New York Liberty fans looking for up-to-date information on their favorite Liberty players as they continue to compete overseas, the following is a quick recap of how several players have fared with their European teams. The summary covers games played from February 11-27, 2013.
Croatian League/EuroLeague (Leilani Mitchell - Novi Zagreb)
Second-ranked Novi Zagreb beat Tresnjevka 112-68 in Croatian League play. Leilani Mitchell contributed 14 points (on 6-for-7 shooting from the field), six rebounds, five assists and four steals.
Hungarian League/ EuroLeague (Plenette Pierson - Good Angels)
Good Angels defeated UNIQA Euroleasing 85-86 in overtime. The Good Angels remain undefeated at 10-0 in the Hungarian League. Plenette Pierson contributed 14 points, six boards and six assists in the matchup.
In the Euroleague playoff opener, Good Angels defeated Perfumerias 82-68. Pierson led all scorers with 23 points. The Good Angels advanced to the Final Eight of the EuroLeague after closing out the series 2-0 against Perfumerias. In the 64-74 victory, Pierson had 17 points, eight rebounds and four assists.
Russian League/EuroLeague (Quanitra Hollingsworth UMMC Ekaterinburg)
UMMC Ekaterinburg defeated Dynamo-GUVD 57-83. In 14 minutes, Hollingsworth contributed six points on three-for-three shooting from the field.
Turkish League/EuroLeague (Cappie Pondexter - Fenerbahce; Essence Carson - Istanbul Universitesi)
In Turkish League play, Fenerbahce defeated TED Ankara 78-88. Cappie Pondexter scored 12 points and dished out three assists.
Top-ranked Fenerbahce was then edged by Tarsus Bid 87-84, marking only their second loss in Turkish League action. Pondexter had 19 points and shot 50 percent from the field.
In another Turkish League game, Fenerbahce defeated Ceyahn Bid 96-81. Pondexter led her team in scoring with 21 points.
Fenerbahce began EuroLeague playoffs against UNI Gyor. In the first game, Fenerbahce won 93-61. Pondexter had four points, four rebounds and four assists. Fenerbahce closed out the series and clinched a Final Eight berth, defeating UNI Gyor 68-77. Pondexter posted 13 points, five rebounds, three assists and three steals.
Galatasaray defeated Istanbul Universitesi 84-39. Essence Carson chipped in four points and three rebounds. Istanbul Universitesi then defeated TED Ankara 71-66. Carson led her team with 20 points, nine rebounds, and four assists.
Istanbul Universitesi controlled the entire game in an 82-61victory over Besiktas. Carson recorded a double-double with 18 points and 13 rebounds.
Brazilian League (Alex Montgomery - Recife)
Sport Recife is 6-0 to start the season and coming off back-to-back wins over Santo Andre and Guarulhos. Recife defeated Santo Andre, 68-65 behind a 16-point effort from Alex Montgomery. She also chipped in four rebounds and four steals. The squad most recently defeated Guarulhos 92-51 as Montgomery added 10 points, six rebounds and three assists.
For the season, Montgomery is averaging 12.2 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game.


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You might want re-think your next beer pong game. You're probably better off eating lunch on a public toilet seat than playing the popular drinking game.
Students at Clemson University decided to study the germ content on beer pong balls, which fly from hand to table to floor to other hand to cup full of beer that you have to drink night after night.
Check out the results:
There are up to 3 million germs on the balls including bacteria such as salmonella, listeria, staph, and e. Coli. This germ count is found after the ball went from a persons hand, to the ground, to a cup of beer. You can't always rely on the beer to "kill off" the germs.
While 90% of germs are generally harmless, there's a pretty good chance that eventually beer pong players are going to get sick from the game – and not just from drinking too much beer. Owner of BPONG, Billy Gains, who puts on national beer pong tournaments says he is not surprised by the results. After tournaments, people complain about coming down with "pong flu."


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Wanting advice on best way to dispose of salt water, citric acid, & other similar taxidermy products. My shop is near my house so I could go directly to septic tank, or I could go directly to lateral lines which would be the simplist way. My concern is if I went directly to my septic tank the salt would build up or kill the nessasary bacteria. And if I go directly to my lateral lines which run in my backyard I'm concerned that the high amount of salt that is used for taxidermy would kill my grass. So if any of you guys have other options or have tried one of the ways I've described w/no ill effects please comment. Pre-Thanks Matt.
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Matt, since you aren't on a municipal waste treatment line, the holding tank is unfortunately your safest bet. You'll just need to have it pumped out when it's full. If you're just doing a small volume in shop tanning for yourself, you probably aren't dumping enough to worry about and your septic might do just fine.
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Keith had some good advice. Unfortunately, disposing of chemicals, even if they are safe, is a lot like taking Aspirins. One or two Aspirins are good for you - a bottleful can kill you are or at least make you terribly sick. Salt however, remains the biggest problem for the home tanner. And yes, you should not dispose of chemicals into a septic system. You WILL kill your bacteria and ruin its effectiveness. A holding tank would be ideal. For very small amounts some Taxidermists tell me they simply dump it in their driveways, where they will salt in the winter anyway. City sewage is still the best option.
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Before classes could even begin for the fall semester at Albion College, instruction was already under way Aug. 20-21 at the Nancy G. Held Equestrian Center. At the head of the class was three-time Olympic dressage rider Steffen Peters, who conducted the weekend-long symposium to share his training methods with the assembled crowd.
Representing a range of ages and experience levels, nearly 150 auditors from four states converged in Albion with pens and notebooks in hand, ready to learn from the talented 46 year-old horseman, whose three bronze medals at the 2010 World Equestrian Games were the first individual medals for an American dressage rider since 1932.
Peters did not disappoint them. With straightforward and clear instruction, he guided six horse and rider combinations through the tenets of his training system while providing informative (and occasionally humorous) commentary to the audience.
Simple, logical, and intentional are the fundamentals that Peters stresses, points which he emphasized over and over while working with the horse and rider pairs who were selected to demonstrate his techniques. He wanted to make sure that each rider gave cues to the horse in the most straightforward and fair manner so that the horse understood exactly what was being asked of it and could begin to anticipate the riders' wishes. Consistency in those cues and repetition over time is the root of horse training, according to Peters.
Occasionally, in order to show his methods to the audience rather than tell, Peters climbed into the saddle himself and demonstrated his meaning. As horses responded to his requests with improved and enthusiastic performances, the appreciative audience murmured and applauded.
"To have a rider of his caliber come to Albion and teach for a weekend is special," said Held Equestrian Center director George Halkett. "He's an active competitor himself and next year is an Olympic year so he's busy preparing, but he was willing to take the time to come here and help to educate everyone in the audience as well as the riders."
A native of Germany, Peters became a United States citizen in 1992 and has represented the United States at every Olympic Games since 1996. But it wasn't until he found his current equine partner, Ravel, and began to break previous American competition records that he became an equestrian celebrity and demand for his instruction increased to its current high level.
"Steffen Peters is probably the biggest name in American dressage right now," said equestrian recruitment coordinator Randi Heathman '03, who also rode her own horse in the symposium." Once you watch him ride and teach, it's easy to see why he's so successful; he really does have a simple and logical system to what he's doing and it clearly works."
Auditor response to the symposium was likewise positive and, when surveyed at the end of the weekend, nearly all said that they would happily return to Albion for another such educational weekend in the future.
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Psychological illness among Muslims is regarded as a special problem. Many doctors do not know how to deal with the situation, while treatment concepts and patient-focused services are lacking in Germany. By Cigdem Akyol
Yilmaz A. is 60 years old and came with his wife to the Ruhr region of Germany from eastern Turkey some 36 years ago. Mr A., who's Kurdish, worked as a welder. The couple had three daughters, and lived quietly in the middle of the Ruhr his only link to his home country being a satellite dish so that he could watch Turkish television.
His family isn't particularly religious. Neither his wife not his daughters wears a headscarf. Mr A. never goes to the mosque, preferring instead the tearoom. Ten years ago, he lost his job and did not look for a new one. He began to lose himself in thought and his psychological state became unbalanced.
Mr A. says that, for a long time, he didn't know what was wrong with him. Neither did his doctors. Only later did a psychiatrist recognize his symptoms as being those of clinical depression and, since then, he has been taking the anti-depressant drug Fluoxetin.
Lack of interest in the needs of the Muslims
Mr A. is just one of 15 million migrants living in Germany. Among them are some 3.5 million persons of Muslim faith, who have turned Islam into Germany's second largest religious community. For far too long, the majority society has not interested itself in the life led by "the foreigners" apart from their work in the coal mines and on the construction sites.
Talk has always been in terms of "us" and "them," while reservation and mistrust have characterized both sides. Yet, the migrants are also a part of this society, with all their strengths and also with their troubles and difficulties. It is only natural that mental illness afflicts members of this group as it does others.
Psychotherapy for Muslims, however, remains a side issue in the West. There are statistics for almost every detail of Muslim life, such as education levels and even Internet behaviour, but hardly anyone has shown concern for their mental well-being.
There are no statistical surveys on mentally ill Muslims. When German Health Minister Ulla Schmidt recently presented a report on mental illness in the country, Muslims were not mentioned. "This disregard also contributes to the rise in the number of clinically depressed Muslims," says Meryam Schouler-Ocak, director of the psychiatric outpatient clinic at the University Psychiatric Clinic of the Charité Hospital and head of the Berlin Alliance against Depression.
Problems of comprehension
There are studies showing that individuals with an immigrant background are rarely recommended psychotherapeutic treatment. Many attempt to deal with their suffering within the family for fear of not being properly understood. "This is why we have to make a greater effort with these patients," says Schouler-Ocak.
The Rüsselsheim-based therapist team, Ibrahim Rüschoff and Malika Laabdallaoui, have written a book called "Guide for Muslims," offering both specialists and patients information on dealing with such difficult situations. Some patients travel all the way to Rüsselsheim from other German states or even from abroad out of a sense of shame, reports Rüschoff, who works as Assistant Medical Director for Neurology, Psychiatry, and Psychotherapy and also runs a private practice together with his wife, who's a qualified psychologist,.
Cultural differences
In a cultural environment that stresses saving face and in which the concept of honour holds a high place, those suffering from psychological difficulties are willing to travel a long way in order not to encounter anyone they know.
The reasons for this secrecy lie not only with the culture, but also with the religion. The private sphere in Islam is greatly valued. Intimate details and family life are not topics of discussion with outsiders. Practicing Muslims fear that their problems are not taken seriously enough and that they therefore can't expect any help, explains Rüschoff.
This could simply be seen as a reflex to avoid therapy, but Rüschoff believes that the mistrust is not entirely groundless. "Therapists are themselves mirrors of society and also hold many prejudices against Islam," he says. Some doctors might regard the wearing of the headscarf as unnecessary or not take seriously other religious practices. The consequences are dire. "Patients fear that one of the aims of therapy is to eliminate their faith, and they therefore avoid treatment," states Rüschoff.
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Psychological illness among Muslims is regarded as a special problem. Many doctors do not know how to deal with the situation, while treatment concepts and patient-focused services are lacking in Germany. By Cigdem Akyol


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Normal, boring political party posters were given a fresh look on Tuesday with perfectly matched, eye-catching posters placed directly underneath showing the party leader in question cradling a beloved pet and imploring the passers by to "Upgrade a Life".
The posters were in fact a clever publicity campaign by local advertising agency, the Hardy Boys, on behalf of the National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA).
NSPCA spokesperson Christine Kuch explained on its facebook page: "Elections are generally a time when South Africans reflect on issues that are important to them. Our aim with this campaign is to remind voters that the welfare of all animals should be one of those issues."
Kuch added that while the organisation was not endorsing any political party she hoped more parties would include the welfare of all animals on their election manifestos in future. "Jobs, economic empowerment and the environment are tremendously important issues. But we believe strongly that how a nation treats its animals is as important. It's a measure of the country's maturity and compassion."
The campaign has quickly garnered attention from social media users.
Nathalie Tane posted on the organisation's facebook page, "I love it ! If you did it for just one political guy, then yes it would not have worked. When I saw the first one…an ANC one, I thought " what the hell???…but then I saw a DA one and INKATHA one, and then it dawned on me….what the real message was about !!!! not about politics, but animals. WELL DONE SPCA !!! WE LOVE IT !"
The topic soon began trending on twitter with users posting their favourite pictures online:
Nice one @NSPCA_SA – having some fun around election time. #Elections2014 pic.twitter.com/gD14EzBHJK"
— Ramagoshi (@KoketsoSachane) May 6, 2014
What a brilliant campaign! For all SA animal lovers out there 🙂 Hole in 1 NSPCA – National Council of SPCA's!… http://t.co/pfoZXEuBDF
— Langebaan Estate (@LBNGolfEstate) May 6, 2014
Rad campaign for @NSPCA_SA – having some fun around election time. Brilliant! #Elections2014 pic.twitter.com/SLHKNiAvUl
— Hylton Warburton (@hyltonwarburton) May 6, 2014
Other social media users since pointed out that the NSPCA campaign looks like it may have been based on an overseas campaign.
A good ad should be inspiration, not a blueprint. Looks like the Hardy Boys lifted a campaign from overseas. pic.twitter.com/tFvGcep1Ah
— Johann Schwella (@johannschwella) May 6, 2014


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Johnny Cueto vs Julio Teheran Tilt Ends in Atlanta 1-0 Win
Cincinnati wasted a 11-effort from Johnny Cueto and fell 1-0 on Sunday against Atlanta at Turner Field.
Atlanta was favored by -110 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 6.5.
Ian Thomas earned the victory for the Braves, throwing 1/3 innings of work, striking out 0, walking 0, and allowing 0 hits and 0 earned runs. That effort was supported by 1 RBI from Freddie Freeman in the win.
Cincinnati's starting pitcher Johnny Cueto worked 8 innings, giving up 3 hits and 0 earned runs while striking out 1 in the loss. They got 2 hits from Ryan Ludwick in a losing cause.
The battle of the bats favored Atlanta as they had 7 hits, while Cincinnati only had 5.
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Temecula House Fire's Death Toll Rises To 5The bodies of five adults been found in the rubble of a board and care facility that burned in a suspicious fire, authorities said Tuesday.
Officials Warn Of Upcoming Bad Fire SeasonPeople living in wildfire-prone areas are urged to clear the brush from around their homes and create an evacuation plan.
Agencies Get Up To Speed On Latest Firefighting AircraftWith more frequent red flag alerts combined with Southern California's extreme drought conditions, state and federal agencies are getting up to speed on the latest firefighting aircraft.
Intense Winds Have Firefighters On High AlertAs high winds continue to blow through Southern California, the Red Flag fire warning has firefighters on high alert.
Horton Blazes Trail As CAL FIRE's First Female Chopper PilotWhen lives are on the line and homes are in danger, Desiree Horton swoops into action.
CAL FIRE Reactivates Firefighting Air Tanker Fleet California officials have reactivated the state's 22 firefighting air tankers days after one of the aircraft crashed in Yosemite National Park, killing the pilot.
Four-Alarm Fire Chars Jurupa Valley Uniform Supply HouseA four-alarm fire did significant damage to a uniform supply house in Jurupa Valley on Sunday afternoon.
LA County Receives 'Super Scoopers' Ahead Of Potentially Tough Fire Season Los Angeles County firefighters are ready for what some say could be a particularly harsh fire season, and they've got the hardware to back it up.
2 Firefighters Hurt In 65-Acre Blaze Near GlendoraTwo firefighters have suffered heat-related injuries as crews continue to battle a 65-acre blaze in the Angeles National Forest above Glendora.
Running On Empty: Fighting Fires The drought is making a difficult fire season even tougher, forcing Cal Fire to rethink the way firefighters use water.
Running On Empty: Cal Fire Chief Ken PimlottThe drought has forced firefighters across California to rethink the way they fight fires.
Fire Near Hemet Scorches About 80 Acres A brush fire was burning Wednesday in the Aguanga community near Hemet, officials said.