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We were suppose to be on an Escorted Group Journey to Russia but we never had anyone from C&K with us.We had a local guide but only for 6-8 hrs. a day.If there had been an emergency it could have been a disaster.
At last minute our hotel in St.Petersburg was changed from a 5 star hotel to a Marriott Courtyard which was in the middle of nowhere!The hotels listed in catalog are not where you wind up!
In C&K's catalog they say all departures are guaranteed which is not true.We had previously booked a trip to Croatia and it was canceled 2 months before departure due to not enough people signed up.We were not told until 2-3 months before if the trip to Russia was going to take place and then of course airfare was higher.
I could go on but I have pointed out the major flaws.
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Editor's note: This article is one in a two-part series on the UK's immigration problems.
LONDON, UK — Last month, a fleet of vans spread across London plastered with images of handcuffs under the blunt tagline "In the UK illegally? Go home or face arrest."
Days after they hit the streets, uniformed border agency officers began making identification spot checks at subway stations in the capital.
On Thursday, the Home Office — which spearheaded the campaign — began live tweeting arrests of suspected visa overstayers, complete with photos of suspects with faces blurred, an #immigrationoffenders hashtag and ongoing tallies of the day's arrest count.
Read more: UK: Go home? Come off it!
The publicity stunts seem designed to project the image of a lean, mean deportation machine serious about cleaning up Britain's immigration system.
In fact, behind the tough talk lies an agency in disarray.
The UK Border Agency, or UKBA, the Home Office branch tasked with immigration, is drowning in a backlog of 500,000 unprocessed immigration cases.
That includes asylum seekers, people trying to join family members who have emigrated to the UK, as well as British-born spouses, students, businesspeople and others trying to lawfully navigate the arcane immigration system — be they first-time applicants or those who've lived and worked here for years.
For immigrants residing here illegally — the targets of the recent campaign — a parliamentary committee concluded there was no comprehensive program to trace the whereabouts of people suspected of overstaying their visas.
As a result, tens of thousands have simply gone missing from the system, while the UKBA expends scarce manpower trying to track down people who may have left years ago.
It will take the agency 37 years to clear its caseload at its current rate, according to the parliamentary committee.
A more accurate slogan for those vans might have been: Send yourselves home, please, as we most likely won't get around to it.
Wait times for processing have spiraled out of control. Applications that the UKBA's own guidelines say should be processed in three to 12 weeks are taking as long as a year.
During that time, applicants remain in limbo, without passports or, in some cases, permission to work.
"Once you send in your application, your life is basically suspended," says Jan Brulc, communications manager at Migrants' Rights Network, a London-based NGO.
"The stories you hear are just horrible — people who aren't able to work because they don't have their documents, people who don't receive information from the Home Office about what's happening to their applications."
The loss of travel documents can have devastating personal and professional consequences. The UKBA holds onto passports for months while decisions are pending. Getting a passport back before the process is done requires canceling the application, going to the back of the line and starting again.
The delay affects people from all walks of life, from those scrounging to make a living at minimum wage jobs to those in the most elite sectors of business and education.
Originally from India, Arpita — not her real name — moved here in 2002 to pursue a master's degree, then a doctorate, then work in international aid. She handed her passport to the UKBA to apply for permanent residency in October.
In late January, with the application still pending, she received a call from her sister in India that their mother was terminally ill with liver disease. After frantic phone calls to the Home Office produced no reply, she visited the Croydon office herself.
Although she no longer cared about the status of her application, she was told she couldn't have her passport back until a decision was made.
That was the afternoon of Jan. 30. Her mother died that night.
The next morning, she learned she had been granted permanent residency.
She's now eligible to apply for UK citizenship. After her experience, however, Britain no longer feels like home. She requested that GlobalPost not use her real name because of what she describes as the backlash toward migrants in the country.
"The current political environment and how they treat migrants — I don't feel part of it," she said. "I waited for permanent residency for 10 years and now I feel like I don't want it anymore."
Other applicants GlobalPost contacted for this story did not want to speak publicly about their experiences for fear it might jeopardize their applications.
They're waiting in a very long line.
Net migration to the UK was 216,000 in 2011, the most recent year for which figures are available. The government wants to bring the annual figure below 100,000 by 2015.
Last month, parliament identified 510,000 open and unresolved cases spread across 12 different channels throughout the UKBA. The Home Office says the actual number is 40,000 cases lower.
A Channel 4 documentary aired in April found the agency in chaos.
Reporters working undercover at the UKBA's Sheffield office found cases shoved unalphabetized in stacks of neglected crates. One asylum case submitted in 1998 waited 14 years for resolution.
Tasked with a March 31 deadline to clear its backlog, the office reshuffled its classification system to give the appearance of progress, without making a significant dent in the work.
The Home Affairs Committee publicly confronted UKBA in March with charges of incompetent case management and fudging public data to hide mistakes.
"We are astonished that the agency provided this committee and its predecessors with information that turned out to be patently wrong on so many occasions over the last six years," a blistering report read.
"The agency appears to have tried to sweep its mistakes under the carpet in the hope that they would remain unnoticed."
More from GlobalPost: Are America's secretive ways destroying its relationship with Europe?
The government says it's taking action. In response to the committee's findings, Home Secretary Teresa May announced she would dissolve the UKBA and bring its work back within the Home Office.
The agency would be split into two units: an administrative sector to process visa applications and an enforcement arm to deal with those violating their visa terms.
"It will take a long time to clear the backlogs we inherited — but through the changes we have made we are in a much stronger position to do so," Immigration Minister Mark Harper told GlobalPost in a written statement.
In the four months since May's announcement, however, the UKBA website remains up and running and UKBA badges are still on officers' uniforms. A statement posted May 1 on the UKBA website says the content of its website will be moved "over time" to the main UK government site.
Those looking for reassurance the decision to reform the agency wasn't just political window dressing won't find it at the Home Office.
"Most of us will still be doing the same job in the same place with the same colleagues for the same boss and with the same mission to keep Britain's streets safe and our borders secure," Home Office Permanent Secretary Mark Sedwill wrote in a leaked internal memo.

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We are in St. Louis, MO and got probably 2-3 inches! Dh and I work for a school so we are off bc thy called it but still have to go to run an errand with the kids! Any snow where you are?
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Yes 3 so far and 3-4 more today plus blowing snow in NW Ohio
Yes Chicago area . I have no clue how many inches but a lot . I'm tired of shoveling
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No snow here...it is very rare in my area...I think they were talking about flurries one day though...we are due to get a blast of artic air in the next couple of days...I want spring!...lol
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We got snow here in NY. Not sure how many inches, but schools are closed and my boss closed our office today, so yaay for a long weekend.
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no snow here lol. its 40º. it was 70 on Wednesday..... I love living in the south
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De La Rosa slated for season debut Thursday
De La Rosa slated for season debut Thursday
SAN FRANCISCO -- Jorge De La Rosa admits having Opening Day excitement in the dying days of the Rockies' season. De La Rosa is scheduled to make his season debut for the Rockies in Thursday afternoon's finale of four games with the Giants. It will be his first Major League appearance since May 24, 2011, when he suffered a left elbow injury that required Tommy John surgery. Twice, De La Rosa had injury rehab assignments halted because of tightness and swelling in the elbow. But De La Rosa was pain-free and mostly effective in three recent starts, one at Rookie-level Grand Junction and two at Class A Modesto. An excited De La Rosa, 31, said he'll just have to battle an old demon when he finally takes the mound.
Before finding his form with the Rockies -- he is 39-28 with a 4.38 ERA and the team is 50-35 in his starts -- he bounced through four Major League organizations and the Mexican League. A major issue was a lack of ability to control his emotions. There will be plenty of emotions Thursday. "It's really exciting to be back in the game," De La Rosa said. "But at the same time I have to be calm, don't get too excited on the mound. That will be real hard for me, but I will try to stay calm and make my pitches." Rockies manager Jim Tracy said De La Rosa built himself to 95 pitches during his rehab assignment, but he will be watched closely Thursday. He'll have two or three starts before season's end. De La Rosa and Tracy each said it's unclear if the Rockies believe the starts will be enough to give De La Rosa full confidence going into next year, or if the team will recommend he pitch in winter ball in his native Mexico. Tracy is happy, even if it's for just a few games, to have a rotation that simultaneously includes De La Rosa, fellow veteran left-hander Jeff Francis and right-hander Jhoulys Chacin, who missed more than three months with a nerve issue in his chest. The Rockies were counting on De La Rosa and Chacin being together and effective earlier, and they signed Francis as a free agent in June. De La Rosa had hoped to be back in May. "I haven't seen him for 16 months, and I've missed him," Tracy said.


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In the heat of summer in our household, we search desperately for wines that are not too potent. And yet as our summers get hotter, our wines get stronger. Sunshine is converted into sugar in grapes which is fermented, by increasingly powerful yeasts, into more and more alcohol.
I remember red bordeaux with labels stating unashamedly 10.5 and 11 per cent alcohol but nowadays percentages of less than 13 are becoming a rarity even in the temperate climate of Bordeaux. In warmer wine regions, in Australia and California for example, the trend in potency has also been upwards, but from a higher base. As long-serving winemaker Bob Lindquist of Qupé in Santa Barbara told the New York Times recently, "It used to be anything above 14 per cent was really up there. Now, 15 is the new 14."
The general planetary tendency towards stronger and stronger wines is particularly pronounced in the better quality wines of California. Here winemakers, encouraged by a culture which is fearful of chewy tannins or even a whiff of the leafy aromas they have been taught to associate with underripeness, are apparently obsessed by giving grapes longer and longer 'hang time' in the vineyard.
The most common reason given for this now-popular practice is that winemakers are concerned that flavours build up more slowly in their grapes than sugars do and so, also anxious to soften the tannins in the grapes on the vine, they have to pick grapes later and later in the ripening cycle – even waiting until they start to shrivel and turn to raisins on the vine.
This can boost grape sugar levels to such an extent that the resulting wine would be unpalatably strong, so it is now common practice among ambitious, rather than unscrupulous, California winemakers to add water to the fermentation vat to 'bring back' the final alcohol percentage (see Adding water to wine). Indeed California's winemaking regulations were specifically changed recently to allow producers to add water 'to replace that which was lost from grapes through field dehydration'. Some producers resort to more sophisticated, and expensive, means of reducing alcohol such as those used to produce seriously low-alcohol wines, but most use simple dilution, and are by now well skilled in the ways of reducing alcohol without reducing flavour.
So far so good (except for the headaches that can result from high-alcohol wines) but California's grape growers are becoming increasingly dissatisfied with recent developments. Much more often than in Europe, the business of growing wine grapes is quite distinct from that of making wine. Professional growers sell their produce to winemakers, usually being paid on the basis of weight. Not surprisingly, grape growers are increasingly loth to keep grapes on the vine so long that they dehydrate and lose weight, only to see the winemakers make up the difference from the faucet. This is currently a hotly debated issue, particularly in the Napa Valley.
Some growers have even accused winemakers of deliberately adopting extended hang time in order to pay less for the grapes. I have also heard the theory that the high-profile winemaking consultants typically responsible for making the most famous and expensive California 'cult Cabernets' are spread so thinly that they are not able to devote the time needed to soften tannins by careful work in the winery, so softening them in the vineyard by extending hang time is a useful replacement.
Whatever the reasons, the phenomenon of increasingly potent wines is undeniable. A calculation of average alcohol levels in Napa Valley Cabernets between 1970 and the 2001 vintage shows that while in the early 1970s the wines averaged about 13 per cent alcohol, in 2001 the average was 15.1 per cent. And for Zinfandels and some grape varieties originally from the Rhône, it is not at all uncommon to see alcohol levels at 15.5, 16 or even 17 per cent on California labels. It is worth bearing in mind that US wine labelling laws allow a tolerance of one per cent either way on wines over 14 per cent (and two per cent on wines of 14 per cent or below), so a wine labelled 15 per cent could quite legally be 16 per cent in reality.
However, these increasingly prevalent high-alcohol wines are effectively un-exportable, at least to Europe. The problem for California wine exporters is that wines with more than 15 per cent alcohol may be exported into the EU only if they come from a country that has hammered out a bi-lateral wine agreement. And there are so many contentious transatlantic trade issues outstanding between the EU and US – American beef and 'champagne', anyone? - that the necessary horse-trading between Brussels and Washington has been lumbering on for almost 15 years without any sign of conclusion.
I asked James Hocking of Vineyard Cellars, the specialist importer of fine California wine into the UK, how this prohibition affects his business. "It's impossible," he sighed. "Most Zinfandels made in 2001 and 2002 from our producers are completely out. Luckily 2003 and 2004 were a bit cooler, but it's all very difficult, even for some Chardonnays."
And it's likely to become increasingly difficult if summer temperatures continue to rise and extended hang time continues to be so popular, particularly since the EU ban applies to the actual alcohol level of the wine rather than what's written on the label.
But the increasingly potent wine phenomenon is by no means limited to California. Temperatures have been rising everywhere, which has naturally inflated alcohol levels – even in England. There has also been a tendency for blockbuster wines to perform well in the comparative tastings than dominate wine criticism today, which has encouraged many winemakers all over the world to make increasingly powerful wines. So how do other warmer wine-producing countries cope with the increasing need to export these knockout drops to the continent with the world's keenest wine importers?
Chile and South Africa put in the necessary time in Brussels in the last few years and have made the required concessions so that they can send as much wine over 15 per cent alcohol as they like to the EU, although in the UK additional excise duty is payable on all wines over 15 per cent alcohol.
The Australians hammered out their bilateral wine agreement 11 years ago, promising to phase out the use of such terms naughtily borrowed from Europe as Burgundy, Chablis and Hermitage. In return, they too can send us their mushrooming category of dry reds over 15 per cent alcohol, but they are supposed to put the words Special Late Harvested on the label somewhere. This is all part of a sub-clause of the original agreement, surely intended for sweet white wines, for wines made from "fresh ripe grapes of which a significant proportion has been desiccated under natural conditions in a manner favouring the concentration of sugars in the berries".
One possible solution to the worrying issue of ever more potent wines is to use yeasts which have been genetically engineered to result in wines with the softness that modern winemakers seek but perceptibly lower alcohol levels, but this would be highly contentious.
Some industry observers believe that alcohol levels can be tamed in the vineyard, either by fine-tuning the ratio between bunches and leaves on the vine, or with more precise irrigation regimes. Others seem perfectly happy with the status quo.
According to George Hendry, Napa Valley grower and winemaker, referring to northern Europe's century-old practice of chaptalisation to boost final alcohol levels, "Bordeaux has to add sugar. We have to add water. We can make the alcohol level whatever we want it to be."


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Matt Coughlin and the Growlers, Vince Mtz. & The Great Blue Yonder , James Coates & The Lost Souls @ The Tractor | 12/21 | 8pm | $6
What could be more awesome than this photo? Maybe seeing something like this at The Tractor? A native of Montana, Matt Coughlin has been a musician for many years now, and his brand of folk music is more than fitting for his new hometown of Tacoma. The new music is tight, funky, country, and soulful all in one dainty little package, and the band should wow the crowd at the Tractor Tavern tonight.
4 The Love of Music CD Release with Shabazz Palaces, THEESatisfaction, Macklemore, Champagne Champagne, Cloud Nice, Mad Rad, Fresh Espresso, Mash Hall, Meez, and more at Neumos | 12/21 | 8 pm | $15 ADV | 21+
Seattle hip-hop is definitely for the children. You probably knew that already after having attended one of the many other benefits hosted by local rappers, such as Black Friday's All For One Benefit featuring The Physics and Jake One, among others.
Tuesday at Neumos sees a truly incredible gathering of hip-hoppers of all the scene's many sub-genres and factions in celebration of the 4 the Love of Music CD release. The compilation benefits Rainer Vista Boys & Girls Club's Music Program, which runs after school and during the summer to serve underprivileged youth. 100% of the proceeds from both the album and the concert go straight to the program.
If that wasn't reason enough to buy a CD or go to the show (how about both?), check the bill. Seattle's hip-hop scene is rather fragmented and splintered in what seems like a thousand different directions, and very rarely do all the factions unite on one stage. Everybody is represented here: forward-thinking groups with indie appeal like Shabazz Palaces, hard-partiers Mad Rad and Fresh Espresso , retired (?) 808-loving headbus'as Mash Hall, teenage girl obsessin Macklemore, the hella gangsta d-boy stylings of Meez, and many more.
There's something here for everybody, including booze — Sailor Jerry will be providing some adult refreshments, and proceeds of the sales of their rum go straight to Boys & Girls Club. Drink up, enjoy a multitude of great acts, and cop a CD on Tuesday. – Joe Gustav


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|Public company
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|February 1, 1968
|508-3, Kakeomachi, Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture, Japan
Key people
|Akio Mitsuoka, (Representative Director and President)
Number of employees
|580 (As of March, 2008)
|Mitsuoka Motors website
Mitsuoka Motors (光岡自動車) is a small Japanese automobile company. It is noted for building unique cars with unconventional styling, some of which imitate British vehicles of the 1950s and 1960s.[1] It is primarily a coachbuilder, taking production cars, like the Nissan March, and replacing various aspects of the bodywork with its own custom designs. It has also produced a sports car, the Orochi. Mitsuoka Motors is also the principal distributor of retro-classic TD2000 roadster in Japan. Mitsuoka was recognised in 1996 as the 10th Japanese auto manufacturer to be registered in Japan since Honda in 1963. It bases its current cars on Nissans and other Japanese car manufacturers. Mitsuoka Motor launched in the UK in 2015 under sole distribution of T W White & Sons and launched the Mitsuoka Roadster (Himiko) at the London Motor Show in 2016.[2]
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- BUBU 50 Series (a series of three-wheeled microcars)[3]
- BUBU 356 Speedster[4] (a copy of the Porsche 356 Speedster)
- Convoy 88
- Dore
- Galue
- Galue 204
- Le-Seyde (a Nissan Silvia-based coupé in the spirit of the Zimmer)
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- Microcar K-1
- Microcar K-2 based on the design of the FMR Tg500
- Microcar K-3
- Microcar K-4[5]
- Nouera
- Orochi
- Ray
- Ray II
- Ray III (similar to the Riley Elf Mk.3)
- Mitsuoka Ryoga - 1998-2004, a "classically" styled sedan originally based on the Primera and later on the smaller Sunny.
- Type F (a restyled Zero1)
- Yuga (a London Taxi copy)
- Zero1[6] (a Lotus Super Seven copy with Eunos Roadster drivetrain)
- ^ Hiroko Tashiro and Ian Rowley (2008). "In Japan, a Car Apart from the Pack". Bloomberg Business Week website. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
- ^ Watanabe (1 June 2015). "Announcement, on opening the First Dealership in Europe. Launching Himiko in the UK market" (PDF). www.mitsuoka-motor.com. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ "Mitsuoka BUBU Series". Mitsuoka-motor.com. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
- ^ "Mitsuoka BUBU 356 Speedster". Mitsuoka-motor.com. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
- ^ "Mitsuoka Microcar K-4". Mitsuoka-mc.com. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
- ^ "Mitsuoka Zero1". Mitsuoka-motor.com. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
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- Mitsuoka Motors Japanese website (Japanese)
- Mitsuoka Motors UK website (English)
- Mitsuoka Motors global website (English)
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ATTACK ATTACK! - sold out
The Plot in You, Dangerkids, Closer to Closure
Palladium Upstairs
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A Cardiff, Wales, band brought together by a strong love of punk, grunge, and new wave, Attack! Attack! UK first started blowing audiences away in 2007. Their frenetic electro-screamo brand of 21st century attitude was a quick success, and by 2008, the band signed a deal with American label Rock Ridge and released its debut (a self-titled affair) that same year. In addition to garnering attention from the professionals in the biz, Attack! Attack! UK also managed to create quite a buzz with the civilians and colleagues in the rock music universe, sharing stages with such names as Lostprophets, Go:Audio, and Funeral for a Friend. The members of Attack! Attack! UK were no strangers or newbies to the scene, however. Neil Starr (vocals, guitar), Will Davies (bass), and Ryan Day (drums) had earned their stripes and honed their chops as part of such former outfits as Dopamine, Adequate Seven, Midasuno, and Petes Sake. In addition to a strong reception to their album from the rock press, Attack! Attack! UK landed the band a rather high-profile festival appearance, storming the stages at 2008's Reading and Leeds Festivals in England. ~ Chris True, All Music Guide
The Plot in You
What started as a side-project of former Before Their Eyes (Rise Records) guitarist/vocalist, Landon Tewers, quickly became his main focus.
After parting ways with BTE, a solid line-up for the band was formed and work on their debut EP was underway. "Wife Beater" (InVogue Records) was both heavy as well as haunting, where lyrically Tewers gives you a look inside the lives of people he has come into contact with over the years.
After signing to Rise Records in 2010, the band has been steadily writing for the first full length, which will be released in early 2011.
Dangerkids is an American rock band from Dayton, Ohio, formed in 2012. The current lineup includes five members: Andy Bane, Tyler Smyth, Jake Bryant, Jake Bonham, and Katie Cole.
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GTAC 2013: How Do You Test a Mobile OS?
This is the problem that confronted Mozilla when the user decided to venture into the world of FirefoxOS. Where to start and how to do it was going to prove an interesting task. In this webcast, the presenter going to show how they solved this problem and how they created a new framework.
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What a beautiful year 2014 is in spite of its naivité. It has rained sporadically for the past 48 hours and I. AM. ALL. ABOUT. IT.
Little did you know that the girl who lives in the Sunshine State secretly hates sunshine and swoons over overcast anything with periodic drizzle and a totally taunting thunderstorm. Give me gray. Give me rain, Give me thunder claps that shake the building.
So, in essence: I'm happy. I'm working. I'm still in the holiday spirit. And I'm determined to capture life on this wee little blog. Without further ado, here's what I love right now:
My husband and I were fortunate enough to get PAID on New Year's Eve. All I can say is: Miss Shanda Leer and Salvatore the Sommelier had a glorious evening atop Disney's Contemporary Resort.
// My Shoebox //
A glorious app that continuously stores your iPhone photos without omitting the ones you delete. Download that shiz: My Shoebox.
// Burrito Red Sauce //
Be it within an "authentic" Mexican restaurant or at- dare I say- Taco Bell, you should ask for this. It's often free of charge and tastes good on basically everything,
// Publix Digital Coupons //
C'mon. You can literally just click on these on your phone and voila! No scissors. No anything. Just do it.
// Home Free //
I meeeeean..... Just watch this mess and tell me you're not impressed by that ridiculous low note in the end.
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Editor's Note: This is the final in a two-part series that began last week. Part one, which ran Feb. 3, discussed the emerging understanding that the cardiovascular system of men and women are different due to the effects of sex hormones (especially estrogen in women).
In today's installment, I discuss emerging new trends in assessing and then treating heart disease in women. Remember that the heart has its own supply of blood and oxygen by way of arteries that lie on the surface of the heart. These arteries vary in size from the larger ones that branch off the aorta to very small in size. Researchers are not sure why, but women are more likely than men to develop heart disease involving these small vessels. The reason may be linked to a woman's decreased estrogen levels at the onset of menopause (that time in a woman's life when the ovaries begin to slow down their production of estrogen).
Generally speaking, in men the larger heart vessels become narrowed or blocked because of atherosclerosis and "hard plaques" where fatty deposits build up leading to decreased blood flow to the heart muscle causing the crushing pressure-type of chest pain known as angina. Women, on the other hand, may be developing atherosclerosis as they go through menopause but their angina is more likely to be vague and felt as fatigue, nausea and/or dizziness because the smaller vessels become blocked before the larger ones; a women's symptom complex of heart pain can frequently be less dramatic and, therefore, draw less attention and less urgency. When women seek care, their providers may be misled by the symptoms and a diagnosis of heart disease may be missed. In fact, a large proportion of women who have a first heart attack would say they never had any warning symptoms.
So, what are women to do?
Women need to realize that they, unlike previous generations of women, will have many more years ahead of them living without the protective effects of estrogen. This situation added to the existence in some women of abnormally elevated cholesterol really puts them at risk. Women, especially post-menopausal and perhaps even peri- or early menopausal, need to be pro-active and make sure that a cardiac work-up is considered if they experience vague symptoms that don't add up to another diagnosis or respond to other therapies. The vague symptoms of "dis-ease" may actually be your signature cluster of cardiac symptoms.
Whereas the Framingham Risk Factor analysis is an excellent tool for estimating the risk of a heart attack in men, it falls short in accuracy for women. A newer tool is the Reynolds Risk Score that includes parameters to increase accuracy for women. It is a simple questionnaire but it substantially improves the ability to predict cardiovascular risk in women, so much so that if used consistently, 20 percent to 25 percent more women at higher risk for heart disease could be identified early and then offered preventive therapies.
In addition to the Reynolds Risk Score, the standard angiogram may not be a sufficient diagnostic tool for women who experience chest pain. Instead, the Calcium Heart Scan may provide more useful information for women as it identifies "soft plaques" of atherosclerosis in the smaller vessels. Those plaques are more vulnerable to rupture and blockage of a vessel. The Heart Scan is a simple, non-invasive, affordable screening test for women to consider if they are deemed to be at risk for heart disease.
Treatment for "small vessel" disease includes much of the standard heart disease therapies with some additional modalities; but open-heart surgery is not one of them. The bottom line is for women to start taking care of themselves as well as taking care of their families; partaking in a healthy diet, making time for aerobic exercise several times a week, learning how to deal with life's stresses, making time to get adequate rest/sleep and getting regular check-ups.
As always, questions and comments are welcome.
Agnes Oblas is a nurse practitioner with a private practice and residence in Ahwatukee Foothills. For questions, or if there is a topic you would like her to address, call her at (602) 405-6320 or e-mail her at firstname.lastname@example.com. Her Web site is www.newpathshealth.com.


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"A one pot dinner, chicken, potatoes and carrots. Comfort food that's great for a cold winter's evening. Serve with a side salad and a thick slice of crusty bread. Makes good leftovers too. I don't cook with any added salt, and I found the gravy powder was salty enough for us, but if you like, you can add salt to your own liking. You can also substitute sweet potatoes in place of the white ones for added nutrition."
Chicken and Potato Skillet Dinner
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- 2 tablespoons margarine (can substitute for olive oil if you wish)
- 1 whole chicken, cut into pieces (I used 8 thighs this time)
- 1 tablespoon paprika
- 1 tablespoon chicken bouillon powder (I used Bisto chicken gravy powder)
- 1 tablespoon garlic, minced (can use 1 tsp garlic powder)
- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 onion, cut into thin rings
- 1 1⁄2 cups unsweetened apple juice
- 4 potatoes, cut into bite sized pieces (you can peel if you wish)
- 4 medium carrots, peeled and sliced
- 1 cup sour cream (I use fat free)
- 2 tablespoons flour (I used whole wheat, just for the extra goodness)
- 2 tablespoons fresh chives, chopped
- Melt margarine over medium heat in a large skillet. Add chicken and cook for about 15 minutes until browned, turning occasionally.
- In a small bowl, combine paprika, gravy powder, and pepper. (If using garlic powder instead of fresh, add this too.).
- Sprinkle over chicken pieces . Add garlic and onions. Pour apple juice into skillet.
- Cover and reduce heat to medium-low. Cook for 10 minutes.
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Nintendo of America and various third-party GameCube publishers met at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco recently to show off some of the bigger games scheduled to ship for the console in the next several months. One of the titles with the most clout there was Nintendo's own Mario Kart: Double Dash. Following, IGN's Fran Mirabella III delivers his latest impressions.
Nintendo's E3 2003 demo returned in identical form to the Gamer's Summit. Perhaps Nintendo just wanted to give the press a little more time with the version in a less crowded environment, but with no improvements it seemed almost pointless, as the company has since promised more speed and the return of the power slide and complementary boost. Nonetheless, I took some more time with the title and thought you dedicated IGN readers would find it interesting to hear my perspective, now, almost two months after I've last played it. Is there still hope? Did we miss something last time around?
No, the truth is that playing Mario Kart: Double Dash again only reaffirmed my previous thoughts on the title. It really is just too slow, and this is pretty much the industry perception, as I heard several others commenting on the sluggishness of Double Dash. I returned to play the game and made sure I chose the 150cc speed class. Optimistically, I was ready to jump off the starting line when the light flashed to green. It wasn't long before I felt as if my hopes for the title took a nosedive off a cliff edge. I crawled off of the white line, almost as if I was in some sort of terrible surreal world, where nothing worked properly and moved in slow motion. This was Mario Kart on GameCube as Nintendo first intended to show it, and playing it again alarmed me to the fact that the development team has either been working on the project at an surprisingly slow pace, or that they really aren't sure what gamers want out of the franchise.
Well, call me crazy, but the word frantic is the first theme that comes to my mind. Mario Kart has always been fast-paced and hard on the nerves. I remember I used to lap my buddies in past Mario Karts, but that didn't mean you'd won quite yet; anything could happen, and you were always kept alert for the dreaded lightning bolt or blue shell. That fear is sort of still there, as these power-ups have returned, but because the pace of the game is so dreadfully slow, it's incredibly easy to become detached from the game world. If the final game were released at this speed, Sunday morning mass at your local religious establishment would suddenly seem like a thrilling alternative.


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Female or male gynecologist
Whats your preference,or it doesn't matter?
i have a female gyno. but she doesnt deliver so now that im pregnant i have to go to a male one asa im not pregnant i will go back to her, which i did with my first child.
I have had both.Doesn't matter to me.Currently I have a male primary care doc and he does my internal exams.I don't think because a doc is female makes her more qualified to deal with womens needs.My male doc is very understanding and compassionate towards me.Love him! :)
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You know when I first got pregnant I went to the gyno for the first time and saw a female, it was horrible. I went once to her, she was so rough. After that I go to a male doctor who is Indian and very small frame with very small hands...he is very gentle. LOL Love him!
I don't care except that the male doctors bring in nurses to chaperone and I like as few people as possible staring at my crotch.
It doesn't matter to me... Ive had both, currently my OB-GYN is a male.
I don't like having to go to a gyno period. when it's a guy they always have a nurse in there too so i guess it really doesn't bother me either way. I just don't like going haven't been since i had my tubes tied in 08. Probably should do something about that i guess.


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ExxonMobil Corp. said Friday that it has appealed a $150 million judgment awarded to dozens of families whose wells were contaminated during a 2006 gasoline spill.
An underground storage tank bled about 26,000 gallons of gasoline over 37 days in Jacksonville – a small, affluent community about 20 miles north of Baltimore.
Under the judgment, most of the families who sued ExxonMobil received about $1 million each for emotional distress, plus the value of their homes and lifetime medical monitoring. Jurors found that the spill was accidental and did not award punitive damages.
"We agree with the jury's finding that this incident was an unfortunate accident and not a fraudulent or intentional act," ExxonMobil spokesman Kevin M. Allexon said in a statement. "We believe, however, that compensation should be limited to actual harm caused by the spill, and the jury's verdict goes well beyond reasonable compensation."
Attorneys for Irving, Texas-based ExxonMobil were not available for additional comment, Allexon said.
Stephen L. Snyder, the attorney for the plaintiffs, said ExxonMobil "dodged a bullet" by avoiding punitive damages and that the appeal makes the company look greedy. Around 90 famillies sued the company over the spill.
"I think they ought to be ashamed, but they don't care," Snyder said.


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The Passenger Vessel Association reminded its members that applications for Federal Ferry Boat Discretionary Grants are being accepted through Friday, June 12. This competitive solicitation is different than an earlier one involving funds contained in the Economic Stimulus Act.
This second pot of funding was contained in the Omnibus Appropriations Act for fiscal 2009. That law provides $67m for these grants, but a significant portion of the money is set aside or earmarked for specific recipients. Nevertheless, slightly more than $19m will be awarded on a competitive basis.
Federal Ferry Boat Discretionary Grants can be used for capital costs only (not for operating expenses). Eligible projects include construction of ferry boats, ferry terminals and shoreside facilities, and maintenance structures. The law requires a non-federal match of at least 20 percent.
Eligible ferries must be publicly owned or publicly operated or majority publicly owned that provide substantial public benefits. This provides an opportunity for a private company to be involved in an application if it has a partnership with a public entity.
Completed applications must reach the Federal Highway Administration Headquarters by June 12, 2009, but first they must go through your State Department of Transportation, followed by submittal to the appropriate division office of the Federal Highway Administration. Therefore, an applicant must work swiftly.
If a proposal submitted previously for the Economic Stimulus round of grants is not selected under that solicitation, the appropriate State will be notified and asked if it wishes to update the application and apply under this fiscal year 2009 solicitation. Thus, there is no need to submit for a second time a proposal that was previously submitted for the Economic Stimulus round competition.
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The Athletics for the span of eight seasons from 1999-2006, defied the idea that a small-market team could not consistently contend. They won four American League West titles during that time and made the playoffs as the wild card on two other occasions. General manager Billy Beane's ability to build a team by finding economic inefficiencies in the player market became immortalized in Moneyball, Michael Lewis' seminal book.
However, Moneyball has been replaced by Losingball since the Athletics won the AL West in 2006 and beat the Twins in the ALDS before being swept by the Tigers in the ALCS. The Athletics have had three straight losing seasons, winning no more than 76 games in any of them, and are 41-44 this year, which puts them third in the division and nine games behind the first-place Rangers.
With the recent track record of losing, it is fair to question whether the Athletics can get back to those days where they spent nearly a decade as a power despite having a small payroll and playing in one of the major leagues' worst venues. That the Athletics are still hanging around .500 as the All-Star break approaches gives reason for optimism says second baseman Mark Ellis, the lone holdover from the '06 team on the active roster as right-hander Justin Duchscherer and infielder Eric Chavez are on the disabled list and likely to miss the remainder of the season.
"There are some really good pieces to build a team around," Ellis said. "We certainly have the makings of a very good team."
Ellis is referring to the Athletics' pitching staff and left-handed starters Brett Anderson and Gio Gonzalez, right-handed starter Trevor Cahill, and closer Andrew Bailey. Cahill has 2.9 SNLVAR and Gonzalez has 2.7 while Anderson has been limited to six starts this season because of an elbow injury. Bailey has 1.584 WXRL after being the AL Rookie of the Year last season. Anderson and Cahill are just 22, Gonzalez is 24, and Bailey is 26.
The young pitching goes beyond those four as left-hander Dallas Braden, on the disabled list with a sore elbow, threw a perfect game in May and is 26 and right-handed starter Vin Mazzaro is 24. The Athletics also have four players in their lineup 26 or younger who are performing decently in first baseman Daric Barton (.297 TAv), shortstop Cliff Pennington (.274), catcher Kurt Suzuki (.269), and right fielder Ryan Sweeney (.267).
"We have three top-of-the-line young starting pitchers in Anderson, Cahill, and Gonzalez, and this franchise has shown in the past that you can go a long way with three above-average starting pitchers," Ellis said, referring to the former Big Three of Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder, and Barry Zito. "We have a very good closer and some good players who hit at the top or bottom of the lineup. So there are some pieces."
Yet Ellis readily points outs that the Athletics don't have all the pieces necessary to complete the puzzle of a contending team. They are last in the AL with 52 home runs, and Suzuki is the team leader with 10.
"We just don't have the No. 3 and No. 4 hitters you need in the middle of the order," Ellis said. "You need those kinds of guys if you're going to win a championship. It's just too hard to win ballgames without any power. Those type of guys cost a lot of money, so if we can develop some then I really think we have a chance to be very good again."
The Athletics hope they have two boppers on the doorstep of the majors at Triple-A Sacramento in first baseman Chris Carter and right fielder Michael Taylor. Carter has hit 17 home runs in 343 plate appearances, but Taylor has gone deep just three times in 276 trips to the plate. Carter's translated TAv is a pedestrian .265 while Taylor's is just .227.
Athletics manager Bob Geren realizes he is working under the handicap of not having a legitimate power hitter. However, he feels his team has held its own by excelling in other areas.
"Our strength is our young pitchers and I see those guys continuing to make good strides, and we'll have an even stronger staff when Brett Anderson gets back healthy," Geren said. "We struggled to score runs last month in interleague play, but we also went through a stretch where we faced guys like (Tim) Lincecum, (Matt) Cain and Zito with the Giants, (Ryan) Dempster and (Carlos) Zambrano when we went to Chicago, and (Chris) Carpenter and (Adam) Wainwright when we went into St. Louis. Nobody scores many runs off any of those guys.
"Other than that stretch, I really think we've held our own this season, and I think we're only going to get better. We're moving in the right direction."
Kirk Gibson was one of the more fiery players in the game back in his days as an outfielder that included winning the National League Most Valuable Player award in 1988. Thus, he always seemed out of place in his role as the Diamondbacks' bench coach, sitting passively in the dugout beside former managers Bob Melvin and A.J. Hinch.
Gibson admits he did not always like what he saw during the past three seasons when the Diamondbacks were often playing poorly. However, he also thought it was his place to keep quiet publicly in deference to the manager.
Now, Gibson is the manager, at least on an interim basis, after Hinch was fired last week. Gibson vows that things will be different now that he is in charge.
"We've got a lot of real good ballplayers but (we) don't win ballgames," Gibson said. "I'd rather have a lot of bad ballplayers that win ballgames. That's kind of what I'm looking forward to doing. To see a fiery team on the field playing with fire, that will not make me mad."
Gibson wants his team to play with more of an edge and to improve its understanding of what it takes to win games. He also wants to remedy the fact that the Diamondbacks have the highest relief ERA and batters' strikeouts in the major leagues.
"We're not just going to keep doing the same thing that's not being successful," Gibson said.
While Gibson played with a lot of intensity as a player, he won't necessarily be getting ejected from games three times a week as the manager. He is 53 and knows how to keep his emotions more in check.
"You learn how to compose yourself as you mature, and I'd like to say I've matured," Gibson said. "You get savvy, and there's different ways of delivering your intensity. Certain people can deal with it, some can't. But you utilize all your skills for the given situation. That's not to say I won't have a blow up. Time will tell. I don't expect it, but it certainly may happen."
The Padres were 48-33 at the midpoint of their season, quite a contrast from their 35-46 mark at the same time last year and not bad for a team that most prognosticators thought would win no more than 75 games this season. Yet, the Padres are on top of the National League West despite a $37 million payroll that is the second-lowest in the major leagues, ahead of only the Pirates' $34 million.
"We pitch well and play good defense," Padres manager Bud Black. "We're playing good baseball. We're not beating ourselves. And someone always gets a hit. There are a lot of guys on the highlight film."
The Padres are first in the major leagues in runs allowed (3.28 a game), second in defensive efficiency (.713) but just 23rd in runs scored (4.13) after finishing ninth, 12th, and 28th in those categories last season. They have also won 13 games in their final at-bat in 2010, including nine walk-offs.
First baseman Adrian Gonzalez is the only Padres player on the NL All-Star team, though. That does not sit particularly well with the Padres, especially in light of their fine pitching as they feel rookie right-handed starter Mat Latos, closer Heath Bell, and set-up man Luke Gregerson are all deserving of participating in the July 13 Midsummer Classic at Anaheim.
"It's insulting," Bell said. "I don't think it's insulting to me, it's insulting to our pitching staff, the best staff in the National League. And insulting to the Padres organization. We've been in first place for how long this season?"
On the other end of the spectrum, the Yankees were expected to be the best team in baseball this season. Thus, it was no surprise that they reached the midpoint of their season with a majors-best 50-31 record. However, manager Joe Girardi thinks the best is yet to come.
"We're in first place," he said. "We're on pace to win 100 games, but I feel we can play better. I don't think we've hit on all cylinders yet. Our starting pitching has been really influential in our record, but we can pitch better in the bullpen and I think we can hit more. But that being said, we still have the best record in baseball."
The Twins, like the Athletics, used to be looked at as a model small-market franchise as they won five division titles in the last eight seasons. However, the perception is different now that the Twins have moved into Target Field this season and sport a club-record payroll of $97 million. Thus, the fan base is not happy that the Twins have fallen out first place in the AL Central with nine losses in their last 14 games, putting them one-half game behind the Tigers.
"You can find a negative in anything; you can find a positive in anything," Twins first baseman Justin Morneau said. "I've learned over the course of my career the more often you look at the positive, the better off you're going to be. You can find something negative every single day. You can win a ballgame and come out with something negative. But if you focus on the positive, it doesn't wear you out mentally as much."
Still, so much was expected of the Twins coming into this season. Furthermore, they held a 4 ½-game lead on June 11.
"We're definitely not playing great baseball right now," center fielder Denard Span said. "It doesn't take a genius to see that."
The Royals, meanwhile, are a distant fourth in the AL Central and trail the Tigers by eight games. Yet as a team that has not been to the postseason since winning the franchise's lone World Series title in 1985, the Royals are ecstatic to at least be within sight of the top three teams after winning four straight series and nine of their last 12 games.
"We're in it," manager Ned Yost said. "Things happen. Yeah, I really believe it. Why can't we make a run? We've made a little bit of a run. We keep winning series, we keep playing the way that we're playing, who knows what can happen?"
Yost replaced the fired Trey Hillman on May 14. The Royals have gone 26-23 under Yost after starting off 12-23 under Hillman.
"If you think you're out of it, you're out of it," Yost said. "There's not a guy in that clubhouse that thinks we're out of it. I mean, we're not even at the All-Star break and we're eight games out. There's no telling what can happen. But we have to continue to pitch the way we've pitched. We've got to continue doing what we've been doing. There are a lot of things that have got to go right for us, but, heck yeah, we still think we're in it."
MLB Rumors and Rumblings: The Rangers' chances of landing Mariners left-hander Cliff Lee or Astros right-hander Roy Oswalt are dimming because the sale of the club is unlikely to take place before the July 31 non-waiver trading deadline. … If the Mets are unable to work out a trade for Lee, they will consider staying with their current rotation and instead try to shore up the bullpen. The Mets will not make a play for Oswalt because they do not want to commit to any player signed beyond this season due to their financial difficulties. … Add the Rockies to the list of teams interested in Orioles infielder Ty Wigginton. … Left-hander Dontrelle Willis is said to be leaning toward sitting out the rest of the season after being designated for assignment by the Diamondbacks than attempting to sign with someone—the Marlins are the early-line favorites—as a free agent in the off-season. … If Rick Porcello gets back on track at Triple-A Toledo, the Tigers would consider trading a starting pitcher, either Jeremy Bonderman or Armando Galarraga. … Buck Showalter has emerged as the clear favorite over Eric Wedge to become the Orioles' next manager. … The Astros plan to go with a combination of Oswaldo Navarro and Angel Sanchez at shortstop with Tommy Manzella and Geoff Blum on the disabled list. … Brent Lillibridge is emerging as the regular second baseman for the White Sox despite manager Ozzie Guillen's insistence that Gordon Beckham is still the starter. … Jayson Nix has taken over the Indians' second base job. … The Mariners plan to limit right-hander Jason Vargas' workload in the second half of the season as he has already pitched 101 innings. He worked a combined 143
Scouts' views on various major leaguers:
White Sox second baseman Gordon Beckham: "I really think the White Sox need to send the kid down to the minors. He's really struggling, and he's pressing more and more. The kid has talent, and I wouldn't give up on him. He wouldn't be the first guy to come up to the majors, have some success then need to go back down for a refresher course."
Rockies center fielder Dexter Fowler: "He looks like a totally different hitter than before they sent him down to the minors this year. He's letting the ball travel farther into the strike zone, and he's not jumping at everything. He just seems very comfortable now."
Pirates reliever Evan Meek: "I know some people are complaining that he's on the National League All-Star team, but the kid has pitched as well as any reliever in the league. He throws 95 mph with movement, and his slider just kind of disappears when it gets to the plate. For me, he's a closer in waiting, and I think he's ready to move into that role if they trade Octavio Dotel.
Mets right-hander Mike Pelfrey: "He's really made great strides this year, but he still can come unglued at times when things go wrong. He has the stuff to be a top-of-the-rotation guy, but he needs to learn to keep his composure better."
Marlins right fielder Mike Stanton: "He's struggling and that's not surprising because he was a high strikeout guy in the minor leagues, but you can see the tools and you've got to remember that he is 20 years old. He might not be tearing it up right now, but you can see the ability and he'll make the adjustments as the season goes on."
Yankees right-hander Javier Vazquez: "Remember when everyone in New York was in a panic over the guy? He is what he is, a guy who throws strikes and attacks hitters' weaknesses. He isn't going to make your jaw drop, but he is going to win his fair share of games. Pitchers like him are going to have the occasional bad start. His came early in the season, and to his credit, he didn't get buried by all the pressure that the media and fans were putting on him."
Three series to watch with probable pitching matchups (all times Eastern):
Braves (49-35) at Mets (47-37), Friday-Sunday July 9-11
Tommy Hanson vs. R.A. Dickey, 7:10; Tim Hudson vs. Mike Pelfrey, 4:10 p.m.; Derek Lowe vs. Johan Santana, 1:10 p.m.
Padres (49-34) at Rockies (45-38), Friday-Sunday July 9-11
Kevin Correia vs. Ubaldo Jimenez, 9:10 p.m.; Wade LeBlanc vs. Jason Hammel, 8:10 p.m.; Clayton Richard vs. Jeff Francis, 3:10 p.m.
Twins (45-38) at Tigers (45-37), Friday-Sunday July 9-11
Francisco Liriano vs. Justin Verlander, 7:05 p.m.; Nick Blackburn vs. Jeremy Bonderman, 4:10 p.m.; Carl Pavano vs. Armando Galarraga, 1:05 p.m.


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When you see Jane Elliott's magnificent designs, you might ask "Will I be able to actually knit something so complex?" The answer -- You certainly will! Jane writes her patterns in exquisite detail. Jane's patterns are written to make her designs accessible to anyone who can read and execute basic knitting techniques. Every stitch is spelled out in every row. You simply follow the pattern row by row, and you end with a magnificent work of art.
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I love the new Showtime series Episodes, and I hope it's a hit. I'm also pretty into Showtime's other newbie Shameless. So last week when someone asked, I told them I was extremely optimistic about TV's midseason offerings. Until last night, when I watched three new shows I'd recorded and I began to think I was somehow mistaken.
But let me backtrack. I did a little research on TV shows, as in how many get made versus how many ever make it to our living rooms. Turns out, apparently anywhere from 70 to 100 pilots get produced a year with the idea that they'll become TV shows. So that's a ton of them right out of the gate. Then the networks fuss and plot and plan and come up with the shows they think have the best chance becoming a popular series. Now the math goes like this: about a third of the pilots get bought by each network, and less than a dozen of them get a real-live shot at airing. So we have to assume that by the time all that whittling down is finished, we're watching the cream of the crop. The very best. Distilled and purified like the finest wine so we get – presto – the funniest comedies, the most gripping dramas, the most provocative crime shows. You get the drill. So having decided that Episodes and Shameless were pointing TV in a good direction (and personally, I'm not sure anyone can top Modern Family, Mad Men or Glee) I caught some more newbies. And they made me wonder what the networks had turned down.
Well one shows promise – I think. Not so much the other two.
I'm exaggerating slightly, because I know some of the new shows are not targeted to me and thus I won't be able to connect. This is probably the case with the first one, The Cape. Which may actually do very well among the folks it's meant for – only I'm probably the wrong gender and the wrong age. I'm guessing this is why it was so unintelligible. I couldn't begin to tell you what it's about or why it's novel.
Now David Kelley has created some incredibly watchable TV. He brought us Ally McBeal and The Practice and Boston Legal – popular shows which I enjoyed quite a bit. His latest, Harry's Law, stars Kathy Bates as a lawyer who's gotten so bored with her white-collar law job that she decides to take to the streets – literally. She opens a makeshift law firm that also doubles as a shoe shop, and takes on inner-city criminal cases that nobody wants or that seem unwinnable. Despite the fact that the show feels implausible, the cast is excellent and Kelley is known for a few wacky departures in his shows. Who knows…maybe this one will work. I hope it does. I think we need to watch it for a while and see what happens because it's super-hokey now, but it could get more intriguing later. So let's put that on the try-back -later shelf.
To be fair, lots of pilots can seem discombobulated at first because they have so much plot information to get across in such a short period of time they trip over themselves and we end up taking the fall.
Which is not an excuse I can even submit for the third show I saw, because it doesn't appear to have a plot or even one single redeeming quality. It's called Perfect Couples. Which is so silly and inane and badly written (again, not the actors' fault but none of them could dig their way out, either) that I wonder who was bribed or blackmailed to air this program. Plus, I want nothing more than to like every TV show and movie I watch. Of course, it's still early and I could be totally off in my assessment, so let's toss this one out to you. For today's featured poll, voice your choice and let us know which of these new midseason TV shows is your favorite:
1) The Cape
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The Open Budget Survey assesses and documents the state of budget transparency and accountability worldwide, provides standards that governments can use as guides for improving their budget systems and processes, and establishes benchmarks against which governments can measure their progress. Since 2006 the Open Budget Survey has amassed the largest, most comprehensive database on budget transparency in the world. This means that in addition to its value as a yardstick, the Survey serves as an important foundation for furthering research into the causes and consequences of a lack of budget transparency and into potentially effective actions that governments, donors, and civil society actors can take to move toward more open and responsive budgeting. Use the links below to access the complete databases of the different rounds of the Survey, the Open Budget Questionnaire on which the Survey is based along with guidance on how it is administered, and background information on public finance management and budget transparency.


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DJ Khaled is an American record producer, radio personality, rapper, DJ and record label executive who has a net worth of $15 million dollars. A producer, DJ, and executive, DJ Khaled is also a radio host in Miami, Florida. He has released five studio albums, and had three singles reach Platinum and one reach Gold. He is the current president of Def Jam South.
Born Khaled bin Abdul Khaled on November 26, 1975, in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, he is currently a radio host for the Miami-based urban music radio station WEDR, as well as a DJ for the hip hop group Terror Squad. Once he made his debut on the rap scene with the release of the album Listennn… the Album in 2006, he went on to generate five more studio efforts that go as follows: We the Best (2007), We Global (2008), Victory (2010), We the Best Forever (2011), Kiss the Ring (2012) and Suffering From Success (2013). With his debut, he landed at the number 12 position on US Billboard 200, while his third album's single "I'm So Hood" earned him a platinum record in 2008. The same year, he also received the DJ of the Year awards both at the Ozone Awards and BET Hip Hop Awards. It was in 2009 that DJ Khaled took on his position as president of Def Jam South record label, and shortly after became the founder and CEO of We the Best Music Group.


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SAB TV's popular show Jeannie Aur Juju is a romantic comedy which has Vicky and his genie that are in love with each other facing life and its daily challenges.
This time Ali Asgar who essays the role of Vicky in the series has penned his thoughts for the upcoming track. Ali who is a believer in luck had some thoughts about how 'luck' could be shown as a game changer in the series in a playful way.
Ali said, "I have deep faith in luck and its repercussions on our lives. Personally, I have faced some good & bad experiences that I would credit to the luck factor. This was a wonderful opportunity wherein it allowed me to set my ideology as a part of this show. The ongoing track will see a lot of funny incidents wherein even Jeannie's magic will not be of any help. It's going to be a hilarious take on how luck can change things instantly and am sure the viewers will definitely like this new twist in the tale."
Watch how luck meddles with 'Jeannie Aur Juju' and creates a cascading comedy.


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Parent company of the F1 team, Just Racing Services Ltd, has called in the administrators after failing to secure new investment.
FRP Advisory was appointed joint administrators to the company and will review all the options for the company, including trying to secure new finance. No redundancies have been made, however the future of the 212 employees at the company will depend on the investment outcome.
Previously known as Marussia F1, the team went into administration in 2014 and then exited into a company voluntary arrangement in February 2015.
Sister company of Just Racing Services, Manor Grand Prix Racing Ltd (which owns the rights for the team to race in the F1), is not in administration. However the outcome of the insolvency procedure on its parent company could affect Manor F1's presence in the new season – which starts in March in Australia.
Joint administrator, Geoff Rowley, said in a statement:
"The team has made significant progress under its new ownership since the start of 2015, the highlight of which included securing a constructors' championship point in the preceding F1 season, but the position remains that operating a F1 team requires significant ongoing investment."
"During recent months, the senior management team has worked tirelessly to bring new investment to the team to secure its long term future, but regrettably has been unable to do so within the time available."
If you are an employee of the business, please listen to the video below as it will tell you your rights as an employee of an insolvent business. There is a link at the end of the video to the Government website which expands further on what you need to know. Questions should be directed to FRP Advisory who are handling the administration.
Manor F1 goes into administration
6 January 2017
Parent company of the F1 team, Just Racing Services Ltd, has called in the administrators after failing to secure new investment.
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Final Four Preview: Who Flames Out When Things Heats Up in The Big Easy?
If you thought the venom was bad during the BCS title game, expect things to be kicked up a notch (Emeril-style in honor of the Big Easy) with in-state rivals Kentucky and Louisville in town. I'd peg over/under on the number of fights on Bourbon Street this weekend at 27.5. While there isn't the same hate in the day's second game, CBS made Ohio State and Kansas the late tilt because it was sure to produce ratings across the country. While we all love the Cinderella story of VCU and Butler from last year, it's Final Fours like this that will be remembered 20 years from now.
No. 1 Kentucky vs. No. 4 Louisville
On paper, this doesn't look like much of a game. Kentucky is the vastly superior team which has dominated other schools all season. Last Sunday was the latest display, when they flipped the switch after an early deficit to Baylor and proceeded to run them out of the gym. Louisville's road to the Final Four hasn't been so easy. You could argue this is a less talented team than last year's group, who some, myself included, pegged for the Final Four. They play a lot of close games and have done well to win those in recent weeks. They're currently riding a eight-game winning streak. The Cardinals may not have Kentucky's talent, but coach Rick Pitino has his players leaving everything on the floor. Before I get more into the analysis of this game, let it be known I think Kentucky should and will win as they did when these teams faced off earlier in the year. Louisville had some injuries back then, but Kentucky's youth has matured since that time as well.
The best chance Louisville has to win is to play their usual 2-3 matchup zone. Although the Cardinals went away from it to beat Florida, they can't match Kentucky's athleticism. The Wildcats showed an inability to solve a zone when they played Vanderbilt in the SEC Tournament. Since that Vandy zone was an unexpected coaching move, look for Pitino to mix up his defensive looks to keep Kentucky off-balance. Also look for Louisville to extend their full-court defense more than their usual token pressure. While Kentucky's point guard Marcus Teague has improved, he's still prone to turnovers.
The other question surrounding this game is will Kentucky and coach John Calipari be tight? They're clearly the more talented team and the expectation all year has been for them to win it all. They've done a good job playing loose this season, but now the lights are the brightest. Calipari still hasn't won a national title. Will the pressure get to him against his team's biggest rival? Calipari has had the most talented team on the floor in his final game of the last three seasons and walked away a loser. The nerves can't be ignored. You can tell Louisville is loose by the way Pitino has handled the press this week. His team is playing with house money and no expectations right now. Where does tightness affect you the most in a basketball game? When you need to show patience against full-court pressure or zone defense.
No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 2 Kansas
The second game of the night is also a rematch from earlier in the season, but with a major caveat. The first meeting between these two teams was missing a big piece, literally, in the absence of 270-pound Jared Sullinger. That game can be thrown out the window given the impact Sullinger has on his team's ability to win. Ohio State was predicted to be a national title contender before the season started, so their role as the favorite in this game means they're finally living up to expectations. It's reminiscent of UConn's run in 2004 after entering the tournament under similar circumstances.
I'd like to start out by congratulating Kansas for getting here. Few will argue this is Kansas' least-talented team in Bill Self's tenure. Perhaps the lack of pressure is the reason Self has done his greatest work. I always grind on Self for not meeting the expectation of his seeding, so I won't shy away from giving him credit now that this team has exceeded expectations. It almost fell apart against North Carolina last weekend, largely in part to Tyshawn Taylor. While he scored more points than he had in his previous three games, he still picks the worst moments to appear as Mr. Hyde. He takes some terrible shots and makes some really dumb turnovers that I'm sure take a few years off Self's life.
Enter Aaron Craft stage left. Craft is one of the best on-ball defenders in the country. (I won't say the clear best so as not to offend the well-researched folk on Twitter who proclaim love for VCU's Briante Weber.) The guy is on you're a** for every minute he's on the floor. That is likely to frustrate the sh*t out of Taylor and lead to more than a few agonizing moments for Jayhawk fans. Kansas would be well-served to open the door for Elijah Johnson to handle the rock more and let Taylor play off the ball. Johnson has clearly shown that he's got the biggest pair on the Jayhawk team. He can handle the pressure.
On the other side of the ball, Kansas has shown they have no problem throwing a gimmick zone defense out there to stop an opponent when their man-to-man defense is struggling. Self pulled a triangle-and-two zone out of his a** against Purdue and North Carolina and it worked both times. The similarity between both of those opponents was a point guard who can't shoot well and that's Craft's weakness as well. Thomas Robinson won't be able to guard Deshaun Thomas outside of the paint and bringing Kevin Young on to guard Thomas would remove Jeff Withey from the floor. The major difference is that Thad Matta knows Self is willing to go to that defense and has had a whole week to prepare for it. If Ohio State is unable to score against that zone, then Matta will be fully responsible for his team's offensive failure.
Vegas Best Bets
Louisville-Kentucky Under 136.5 – I never expect good shooting performances in domes as we saw with last year's combined 34% shooting effort.
Ohio State (-2.5) over Kansas – Kansas has been on the verge of losing the last three games and now finally face a team who will make them pay for their mistakes.


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Canadian Condo Craze will Collapse onto Taxpayers
Conventional wisdom is that this is the market at work. This is not the market at work. This is manipulation of a government system of open-ended mortgage insurance that is poorly supervised. What is going on here is a deluge of hot money from abroad that is creating an artificial, and potentially dangerous real estate bubble.


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Travelers choose the Caribbean for many reasons, only one of which is to escape the woes of winter. Subtract that and you still get balmy weather, beautiful waters, friendliness, food, and the sense of well-being that such a vacation can bring. If you add substantial savings to the equation, you have good reason to consider the Caribbean during the off-season. Here are some of those savings:
Club Med has seven-day, all-inclusive getaways starting at $675 in its resorts, including those in Turks and Caicos, the Dominican Republic, and Martinique. That's seven nights for the price of three.
(The fine print: Prices are land-only for selected dates through June 16 and Sept. 2-Nov. 3.)
Call 800-CLUB-MED or visit www.clubmed.com and click on Share a 7-day Weekend.
Another all-inclusive operation, SuperClubs' Breezes Resorts, is wooing families with nightly rates starting at $74 per person, coupled with Kids Stay Free and Single Parents Special programs. Through Dec. 24, children ages 2-13 stay, eat, and play for free, a $50 daily savings. The single supplement is waived for single parents traveling with youngsters during this same period. Both promotions are combinable and available at Breezes Puerto Plata Resort, Spa & Casino; Breezes Punta Cana Resort, Spa & Casino; and Breezes Curaçao Resort, Spa & Casino.
(The fine print: The Kids Stay Free offer is for one child per paying adult. A three-night minimum stay is required for both offers.)
Call 800-GO-SUPER (467-8737), visit www.superclubs.com, or see a travel agent.
Dominica is rapidly becoming known for its ecotourism, adventure possibilities, and good prices. For instance, the Garraway Hotel is offering a Sweet Sisserou Special June 15-Sept. 15 that includes seven nights in a deluxe room, airport transfers in a private taxi, full daily breakfast, and a private full-day island tour with a guide. The package is $995 per couple. If you book before June 15, the hotel will upgrade you to a superior suite and add a candlelight dinner for two. And if you're wondering, the sisserou is a rare
Call 767-449-8800 or visit www.garrawayhotel.com. For more Dominica information and deals, call 888-645-5637 or visit www.dominica.dm.
Montpelier Plantation Inn, a secluded resort in Nevis, is featuring a Summer Special that offers one complimentary night with breakfast and afternoon tea when booking four nights or more. That's a savings of $280.
(The fine print: The special is valid June 1-Oct. 31, for new bookings.)
See a travel agent, call 869-469-3462, or visit www.montpeliernevis.com.
The Turks & Caicos Club's three-night Snorkel Away on Grace Bay package, available through Oct. 31, gets you a one-bedroom oceanfront suite; a half-day of snorkeling Provo's barrier reef; unlimited daily snorkeling off the club's beach and reef, with snorkeling equipment provided; breakfast and lunch daily; a gourmet dinner; and several other amenities. The price is $1,995 per couple.
Go to www.turksandcaicosclub.com/package/snorkeling.html or call 649-946-5800.
Wimco Villas upscale properties are discounted as much as 40 percent until mid-December. For example, on St. Barts, a three-bedroom villa with a bath in each bedroom is priced at $9,200 in season, but is available now for $5,800 a week.
Call 800-449-1553 or visit www.wimco.com.
During Dive Into Adventure Bonaire, June 17-24, some of the world's most prominent marine biologists, conservationists, naturalists, underwater photographers, and diving pros will lead dive and dive-related adventures. Land-only packages including seven nights' accommodations at one of the host hotels, breakfast daily, six days of one-tank boat dives, unlimited shore diving, round-trip airport transfers, hotel taxes, and service charges start at $619 per person. Bonaire also has several attractive packages throughout the off-season.
Call 800-BONAIRE (266-2473) or visit www.infobonaire.com.
Visit www.uniquediscounttravel.com or call 800-669-0757.
Call 888-TOURS-ABC (868-7722) or visit www.clubabc.com.
Call 800-874-8686 or visit www.edgewaterbeachresort.com.
When not included, hotel taxes, airport fees, and port charges can add significantly to the price of a trip. Most prices quoted are for double occupancy; solo travelers will usually pay more. Offers are subject to availability and there may be blackout dates. Contact Richard P. Carpenter at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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DELRAY BEACH, Fla. - Police say two people were shot and wounded in a parking lot near Delray Medical Center Thursday night, prompting a lockdown of the hospital while they searched for the gunman.
David Goldstein, a dispatcher with the Delray Beach police department, told The Associated Press that Delray Beach authorities got initial calls of a shooting at 8:41 p.m. and police immediately locked down the hospital but found no suspect in a full sweep of the building.
He said police continued a search for a suspect late Thursday night, aided by a helicopter and agents from other law enforcement agencies in the region.
Police did not immediately identify the two who were shot, but said preliminary information indicates their injuries did not appear critical.
A medical center operator told AP the hospital had no immediate statement.
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The first warning from Ed Hervey came in the opening 20 seconds.
"This might be a little tough for me," he said, "so you have to bear with me."
He then had to stop and collect himself - trying to control the emotions.
"I thought I got this all out last night."
The unquestioned emotional leader of the Edmonton Eskimos has retired at the age of 33 to become a West Coast scout and community ambassador for the club.
"I am leaving the game knowing that I can still play, but it is time for me to move on.
"I am not moving on from force - like some may speculate - but I am leaving because I just know that it is time for this team to move in another direction.
"And I would never stand in the way of that direction.
"By me stepping aside, this will in fact help improve the play on the field and will help improve this organization for years to come."
And then a tear promptly rolled down his right cheek.
For eight years, Hervey was one of the fastest receivers in the league - even last year when he clearly had lost a step from a major injury in 2005.
His role, however, diminished sharply last year - leaving his future as a main topic of debate throughout the winter.
It wasn't until last weekend, though, when he visited his mother and sister in Nevada did he decide to leave the field for the next chapter of his football career.
"They were the reason why I played the game," he said, his voice barely holding together.
"The game of football - financially - bought everything that my family and I needed."
Quietly, without anyone really knowing, Hervey had sent portions of his pay cheques to his family countless times over the years.
Growing up in Compton - one of the roughest neighbourhoods in the U.S. - money wasn't a luxury for the Hervey family.
But life has drastically improved.
"My family is doing much better and I have the game of football and the Edmonton Eskimos to thank for that," he continued.
"I saw it (last weekend).
"My mother pulled me to the side and said do something for yourself now.
"And this is the ultimate position as a career opportunity.
"The sky is the limit with the growth that can happen with this position.
"You can rest assured I will only try to find not only great players, but character players that will come here and live and breathe this tradition and continue it."
Edmonton Eskimos head coach Danny Maciocia freely admits the team has overlooked the western part of the continent in its search for football talent.
"There is a lot of great football being played in the West Coast," he said.
"And Ed is well connected."
Maciocia can only hope Hervey finds a group of players who come close to matching the desire and talent that he showed on the field.
"I thought I had coached the ultimate warrior in Mike Pringle," continued Maciocia.
"Ed is cut from the same fabric as a Mike Pringle.
"To me it has been a privilege and an honour to play in three championship games and win two of them with Ed."
* 8 years with Eskimos
* 118 games
* 6,715 receiving yards
* CFL All-star: 2003, 2005
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"The goal is to be balanced. The more balanced you are, the tougher it is for the defense to guess where you're going to go."
"We're still trying to get everybody to click. But its nice to know you can always run, so you're able to control the ball and the clock."
"Its impossible for a couple guys to pull something like this off. We appreciate the fans and the support they gave, as well as the players on the field."


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Beverly police log, June 18-19
The following was taken from the Beverly Police Department logs for Monday and Tuesday:
Monday, June 18:
1:43 p.m. Police responded to a vandalism-related disturbance involving a party in the Nexus Program at 6 Echo Avenue.
2:30 p.m. A bicycle was stolen from the parking lot at 230 Elliot Street.
3:20 p.m. Police responded to a report of identity theft. Victim came to police station to report contact form received from IRS about someone filing taxes with his social security number.
4:34 p.m. Police took a report of a past burglary at 13 Blaine Avenue.
4:44 p.m. A fence was vandalized at 824 Hale Street.
11:35 p.m. A pair of motor vehicles were broken into at 20 Cabot Street.
Tuesday, June 19:
1:18 p.m. Police responded to a report of larceny on Elliot Street.
2:39 p.m. A motor vehicle was vandalized at 38 Grant Street.
David Gauthier, homeless, was arrested on the basis of a warrant.
Monique Lefave, of 660 Weathersfield Street in Rowley, was arrested on the basis of a warrant.