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I've changed my plan a little bit from what I described in yesterday's post. I realized that no I'm not Superman and I can't afford to spend several months on this project. In other words, a few simplifications were in order.
First of all, I decided not to test every sector for every factor. Instead I will test the entire target universe for all 107 factors, then afterwards determine if individual sectors are covered by the stock factors. If not, then I will further test those sectors.
In addition, I won't be testing for rising/falling interest rates at this stage but instead I will do so during RS optimization. A separate project will be initiated to discover what factors work best in various economic conditions.
Stock Ranking Systems
So now I would like to show my "test environment". Believe it or not, I have 107 individual ranking systems, each with one stock factor corresponding to what is in the spreadsheet (see last post). Skeptics can view the screenshot below.
Test Universe
The test universe is the same as I described in the last post except I have removed the sector rule.
The first step will be to backtest the complete target universe, even stock-IDs only. Note that the same screen is used to test the target universe as the individual stock factors. The Rule Rank>80 is disabled for the universe backtest. The backtest setup and results are shown below. The stock universe backtest Alpha is 7.5% so individual factors have to perform much better to ultimately be chosen for the ranking system.
Stock Factor Tests
Once the universe results have been downloaded and cut/pasted into the factor-discovery spreadsheet (see previous post) then I can proceed with backtesting each individual factor. The ranking system is selected from the Main Settings Tab. The rule Rank>80 is enabled on the Rules Tab. The screen setup is shown below. The Backtest Tab setup is the same as for the universe backtest.
And now I'm away to the races! I should be finished the first round of testing (all 107 factors) in 4-8 hours.


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Would be nice to have a decent server/'game pc' with Xenserver. Are there other people who want to donate some hardware or chip in some €€ to buy the required stuff?
Hardware needed:
- CPU that supports virtualization
- enough ram (min 4gb)
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W. found a server for a good price (300euro) in exchange we help with an openvpn setup:
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You've seen the Aura Media Unit featured here before, but this is the Aura Credenza and it might just be the answer to your storage issues. Wood veneer and lacquer mix well for contrast, and the three drawers plus an open shelf and two cabinets will hold all sorts of stuff. Removable shelves and a cord escape means it would fit well in an office or living area, hiding your printer and/or other electronics without sacrificing a streamlined, elegant look. I might just have to buy one for my own home office, especially as it's on sale.
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Six Los Angeles defense attorneys have agreed to settlements totaling $129,500 for allegedly overbilling the county while representing indigent defendants, the district attorney's office announced Thursday.
In addition, the prosecutor's office has filed civil lawsuits against three other court-appointed defense attorneys who have refused to repay alleged overcharges of $58,000.
The actions come 14 months after county Auditor-Controller Mark H. Bloodgood disclosed that 64 court-appointed defense attorneys had apparently been overpaid more than $340,000.
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NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 22, 2012 - TCT 2012 (Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics), the annual scientific symposium of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation will provide significant clinical research updates to technologies and practices in interventional cardiology that will directly affect patient care. The complete agenda for the conference is now available at: http://www.
At TCT 2012 (October 22-26 in Miami, FL), late breaking data from clinical trials on the next generation of stents, interventional cardiology techniques, and the interactions and effectiveness of new medicines will shed light on the best ways to treat patients.
Several hundred abstracts will also be presented on a variety of interesting topics including studies on the latest valve replacement procedures, the impact of gender on angioplasty and other procedures, and new developments in plaque excision. Additional newsworthy abstracts will focus on comparisons of new stents and trends in identifying which entry points in the body are best for catheter-based procedures.
In addition to the oral and poster abstracts, TCT will feature several late-breaking clinical trials and first report investigations. The topics of those late-breaking studies will be announced in late September.
TCT, the world's premier educational meeting specializing in interventional cardiovascular medicine, gathers leading medical researchers and clinicians from around the world to present and discuss the latest evidence-based research developments.
Members of the media may register for TCT 2012 here:
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The Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) is an independent, academically focused nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the survival and quality of life for people with cardiovascular disease through research and education. Since its inception in 1991, CRF has played a major role in realizing dramatic improvements in the lives of countless numbers of patients by establishing the safe use of new technologies and therapies in interventional cardiovascular medicine. For more information, visit www.crf.org.


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There are some companies that do animal removal in ways that are just not good, while there are others like Wildlife and Pest that do animal removal in ways that you can feel peace about. Make sure that you are reading up on all of the reviews that are out there on the various animal removal services around you, so that the decision that you make on which service to go with can be one that you feel good about.
There are some companies that promise to do good things for the animals that they are removing, but that just do not care about taking the humane route when removing them. And that is why reading reviews is so important. You will need to check out all of the reviews that you can find, and you will need to make sure that you know which people are telling the truth, and which ones are lying. Find a good company by doing your research, and you will feel great about having them do the squirrel removal that you need done. Squirrels can be big pests, but that does not mean that you will want them to be killed in order to make them leave your home.
Find the right company by doing all of the research that you can on the companies in your area, and then have them do the job. Have them do the humane squirrel removal that they promise to do, and you will feel great when you see them follow through on their promises. It is important that you do your research to find the right company, so that all will get done well for you and the squirrels alike
So look into all of the different animal removal companies around you as soon as possible, even if you do not currently have squirrels pestering you. It is best to know which company to go with even before you need their services, so that you can feel great when you have them work for you. You will want to know which company you will be choosing ahead of time, so that you can get them to come in quickly and get the job done. It will be less time wasted with the squirrels at your place and bugging you, and that will make you feel great. You will be glad to know who you should be going with right away.


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UAW & IAM Union Members Rally at GE Aviation Headquarters for JSF Engine
October 14, 2010
EVENDALE, Ohio -- More than 2,000 members of the United Aerospace Workers (UAW) and International Association of Machinists (IAM) joined Ohio Governor Ted Strickland and other political leaders at the GE Aviation headquarters here to rally for the F136 competitive engine for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) F-35 aircraft.
The F136 engine, being developed by GE Aviation and Rolls-Royce, supports more than 1,000 jobs in southern Ohio. The engine, nearing completion of its development program, is scheduled to begin flight tests on the JSF F-35 late next year.
Speaking at the rally were: Ohio Governor Ted Strickland, U.S. Representative Jean Schmidt (2nd Congressional District), U.S. Representative Steve Driehaus (1st Congressional District), Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory, Gary Jordan, UAW president of Local 647; Ken Lortz, UAW, 2B Director; Matt Louiso, IAM local president; Scott Ernest, general manager of Supply Chain for GE Aviation; and David Joyce, president & CEO of GE Aviation.
The compelling benefits for competing JSF engines have led to 16 years of bipartisan Congressional support for the F136 engine. The U.S. Government Accountability Office has twice concluded that competing JSF engines could save $20 billion over the life of the program.
# Ohio Governor Ted Strickland emphasized that funding the F136 is "not a complicated" decision. "This engine deserves on this (JSF) airplane. Give our pilots and our nation the benefits of competition."
# U.S. Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-Ohio 2nd District), who has supported the F136 through five budget cycles, said that funding competing JSF engines is a national security issue. "The F136 engine has the potential to save lives," she said.
# U.S. Rep. Steve Driehaus (D-Ohio 1st District) described his on-going discussions with President Obama over funding the F136 engine. "This is about jobs, economy, and national security, and it's just that simple."
# Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory described the confidence he has in GE jet engines, which extends to the F136 engine.
# Gary Jordan, UAW Local 647 president, urged UAW and IAM members to be proud of the GE Aviation heritage in Evendale, which includes the F136 program. "Competition will elevate the best engine for the Joint Strike Fighter," he said.
# Ken Lortz, UAW 2B Director, called any effort to cancel the F136 a "grave mistake." He described the American aerospace industry as envied around the globe. "Cancelling the F136 would take GE and the UAW out of the fighter engine business, where we have such a rich heritage."
# Matt Louiso, IAM local president said the F136 program will "enrich the lives of this community for years to come."
# David Joyce, president and CEO of GE Aviation, thanked the UAW, IAM, and the Ohio political delegation for its continued support. After describing the many storied fighter engines created in Evendale, he added, "Our future in fighter jet engines depends upon the F136 program."
# Scott Ernest, general manager of the GE Aviation supply chain, emphasized the successful performance of the F136 engine in development test, adding "this engine was born to run!"
The F136 engine is not included in the President's 2011 budget. However, in May, the full U.S. House of Representatives voted for F136 funding in its Defense Authorization Bill. In addition, the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense also voted to continue funding the F136 development.
The F136 development is underway at GE Aviation in Evendale, Ohio; and at Rolls-Royce in Indianapolis, Indiana. Development is 75% complete. The engine will begin flight tests in 2011.
The F136 is one of the most powerful fighter jet engines in aviation history. It will compete head-to-head with an engine from Pratt & Whitney on the JSF aircraft.
Almost $3 billion has been invested in the F136 engine, and $1 billion is needed to complete its development. Cancel now, and $3 billion in taxpayer money is wasted.
The JSF aircraft program is the largest procurement in U.S. history. JSF aircraft will replace nearly all of the current tactical fighter jets in the U.S. inventory. JSF production may reach as many as 5,000 to 6,000 aircraft over the next 30 years.
GE Aviation, an operating unit of GE (NYSE: GE), is a world-leading provider of commercial and military jet engines and components as well as integrated digital, electric power, and mechanical systems for aircraft. GE Aviation also has a global service network to support these offerings.
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Did you read the article? This has been a long time coming. The "dumbass lights" are there to accommodate the local residents. Some of the folks along the Bruce Watkins Drive were booted off of their land, out of their homes, twenty+ years ago. They were compensated pennies/dollar what their properties would have been worth in todays $. All the community asked for was reasonable access to the highway that divided their neighborhoods. Besides, I-49 is meant to be a link between the South and the new Gardener Hub. Linking that to the North (Canada) is easy via I-435/I-29.
I think over/under passes and on ramps are plenty reasonable in terms of access. As for being displaced, it's never fun, but it's rare that they essentially leave the road as inefficient as they're leaving it simply because of that. As for pennies on the dollar, I think 20 years should always make a difference. In this case, if you're saying that while so many people are having a hard time selling homes, perhaps the vitality of that corridor has as much to do with the traffic that the new BRW Drive has brought as anything else. It's a double-edged sword to say the least. Look how many businesses and towns are just giddy about it... I'll admit I get the concept, but sometimes I think that it's a bit overplayed - like the $100M trolleys..
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"Refreshing summer salad, with savory bacon. I like to serve this on top of sliced tomatoes. (A small dollop of sour cream or yogurt, or a few crumbles of goat cheese may be placed on the same dish as salad, if desired.) This is a recipe of my family."
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- 14.79 ml dill (more if using fresh dill)
- 6 piece bacon, fried and crumbled
- 1. Cook bacon while slicing the cucumbers and onions into thin slices. Drain bacon, and set aside. Combine cucumbers with the onions in a large bowl. Toss while sprinkling with sea salt. Let sit at room temperature for 30 minutes to rest. While resting, prepare dressing.
- 2. In another bowl, combine sugar, lemon juice, apple-cider vinegar and canola oil (or olive oil) to make dressing . Mix well.
- 3. Drain off any liquid that may have come off cucumbers and onions while resting. Add the dill and dressing to the cucumbers and onions, and toss gently. Let the salad rest at room temperature for about an hour to absorb flavors. You may chill if using canola oil (Olive oil does not chill well).
- 4. Before serving, toss, again, gently, and sprinkle with cooked, crumbled bacon.
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It's Friday night and I'm buzzing in through the back door of Mo's Place, (21940 Kingsland Boulevard, 281-392-3499, www. mosplacekaty.com), the only honky-tonk on the lost highway of I-10 West, way out I-10 West. Mo's has a large, circular bar with a bandstand and dance floor on one side, and billiards, and a smaller bar on the other. Holding court tonight with a crowd of regulars is a large, leather-clad biker whose name is Spider (or, as I call him, "Mr. Spider, Sir"). A Mo's Place regular for the last 15 years, Spider was once banned for a month for riding his Harley through the club. "It was worth it, hell, yeah! You can still see the skid marks on the concrete!" he bellows before inexplicably launching into a version of "Blue Christmas." No one seems to notice anything out of the ordinary. Winding down "Blue Christmas," to a smattering of applause, Spider tells me, "What I like best about this place is the people and the camaraderie." I nod appreciatively. "Also the women's asses," he adds, laughing. Mrs. Spider, standing alongside him, simply shakes her head and grins.
Nearby, athlete Jim Whitehead is preparing for his 8 a.m. golf game tomorrow by having a few Bloody Marys. "It doesn't improve my swing," he offers, "but it definitely improves my attitude."
There actually is a "Mo" who owns Mo's Place -- he's Moses Jelouear, who came to Houston in the early '70s from Persia to attend the University of Houston to study electronics. But a fascination with country music in the Urban Cowboy era and a new career goal sent him back to study bar and restaurant management. This led to jobs at Houston clubs such as Cowboys, Fox Hunter and Remington's. In 1989, he finally opened Mo's Place, which has expanded in square footage several times since then. There are live bands on a regular basis, and word is Mo's has hosted acts including Tracy Lawrence, Mark Chesnutt, John Conlee and Tracy Byrd.
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"My dream was to own my own nightclub, and it came true," he says affably. Jelouear is genuinely grateful for his club's success, an attitude he is passing down to sons Mo Jr. (he of the dimples that drive the cowgirls wild) and younger brother Joseph -- known as "MoJo."
I ask if there's the possibility sibling rivalry will boil over for eventual control of the honky-tonk. Mo Jr. thinks not. "I've been around this place all my life, but I don't think my dad will retire until he's 99!" he laughs. However, little brother might have other plans.
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"Bottom line, will you have to kill your brother to inherit this place?" I ask.
"No, he'll die a 'natural' death, then I'll take over, ha-ha!" MoJo offers gleefully. Mo Jr. is at the other end of the bar and doesn't hear our conversation.
Mo's is the embodiment of a "where everybody knows your name" joint, and strangers, like me, are taken right in. Everybody does seem to know everyone, even, I find out, beyond their faces. While I'm at the urinal, a loquacious barfly named Rick comes in and points to a photo taken years ago. It shows four bikini-clad ladies, but only from behind. Like a teacher at the Penthouse School of Etiquette, he points to each rear end on the poster and identifies each woman by name.
Tonight there are no motorcycles roaring through Mo's Place, or appearances by orangutans, baby lions, horses or other creatures the regulars tell me have been inside the bar before. But there's still enough action to keep Norman from New Orleans entertained. "I'm a drinker, and probably one of the oldest people here!" he says happily in a melodic Louisiana accent. After fleeing his city the night before Katrina struck, Norman landed in Houston and soon began looking for a new neighborhood bar. He found Mo's, and hasn't traveled east on I-10 since. "These people took me in right away. And I appreciated that. I love all of them...especially the women!"


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Clifford Chance has elected finance partner Malcolm Sweeting as its new senior partner.
Sweeting, who will take the reins from incumbent Stuart Popham, saw off the challenge of tax partner Jonathan Elman and German corporate finance partner Daniela Weber-Rey.
Reports had suggested that voting would go to a second round, but a firmwide email from Popham last Thursday morning (4 November) confirmed Sweeting's election.
Details of the vote have not been revealed to the partnership.
Sweeting, who has been a partner at the magic circle firm since 1990, and who will begin his four-year term on 1 January, told The Lawyer that partners had been "genuinely engaged" in the election process.
He added: "I don't think we're a firm driven solely by profits. We're a firm with a vision and we're prepared to invest in it. People genuinely recognise that.
"Yes, profitability needs to get better, but it doesn't need to outstrip other firms', and that's the general view.
"I take the view that we do want a legacy we want to leave behind and we aren't solely driven by numbers.
"The reason for this is that's the way partners behaved in the '80s and '90s, and we're the beneficiaries of that."
In a statement, Popham added: "I've always considered it a privilege to serve as senior partner for this great firm and I know that Malcolm feels the same.
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A newly released photo of Kim Myung-min as Anthony Kim of "The King of Dramas" is attracting the attention of netizens.
On the photo, Kim Myung-min is seen as a smartly dressed man who is eyeing the ring on his right pinky finger. Despite the simplicity of the pose, he exudes an air of superiority and confidence, which is reminiscent of Kang Mae from 2008 hit drama "Beethoven Virus".
In addition, like Kang Mae, Anthony Kim also wears a pinky ring, albeit on his left hand. Nevertheless, the similarities are stirring interest. Will the "Master of Transformation" successfully showcase a totally new character in the upcoming TV drama? That remains to be seen.
"The King of Dramas" is set on the entertainment business and revolves around the life of Anthony Kim, a brilliant CEO of a drama production company who would do everything and anything for money. Korean actress Jung Ryeo-won stars as the aspiring screenwriter Lee Go Eun, while Super Junior's Choi Si-won portrays the egoistic and arrogant top STAR, Kang Min.
Directed by Hong Seong-chang from a script written by Jang Hang-jun, "The King of Dramas" started production on 14 September in Yeouido, Seoul for an early November premiere on SBS.
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Yehey.com is a Philippine portal and search engine.Yehey! is one of the most recognized internet portals in the Philippines and was created to be the website that caters to the information and communication needs of Filipinos online by providing the widest selection of Philippine based topics and interests. Starting with just three computers and cardboard boxes doubling as chairs, the company has evolved into a seasoned industry player that offers Filipino internet users world class internet experience.
Features of the Website
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Date: Tuesday 22 jun 04
Time: 18.15 - 21.00 (6.15pm - 9pm)
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Tickets: £25 members, £30 single, £55 double, £300 for 12
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SOCHI, Russia — A crowning achievement of Vladimir Putin's Russia kicked off Friday with a celebration of its past greatness and hopes for future glory, most especially for a raucous group of Russian athletes who marched into the rollicking opening ceremony of the Sochi Olympics with a message.
To the best athletes in the world, who they've invited to the edge of the Black Sea to compete on ice and snow, they sang: you're "not gonna get us."
The ceremony hit a bump early on when only four of the five Olympic Rings materialized in a wintry opening scene.
Five large, glowing snowflakes emerged from a whimsical opening meant to depict the four seasons. They floated to the top of Fisht arena and, one by one, started to morph into the rings. But only four joined together while the fifth remained a snowflake, apparently stuck behind the rest of them.
The five were supposed to join together and erupt in pyrotechnics to get the party started. Instead, they were eventually darkened and moved out of the arena, just as Putin was introduced.
But everything worked fine for viewers of the Rossiya 1, the Russian host broadcaster.
As the fifth ring got stuck, Rossiya cut away to rehearsal footage. All five rings came together, and the fireworks exploded on cue.
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The good
- Child star in the making: We loved the little girl who floated into the stadium to open the proceedings and floated out of the stadium to end the first segment on Russia. Her name is Liza Temnikova. She's 11-year-old and lives in nearby Krasnodar. According to her bio, both her parents are taxi drivers and she dreams of becoming an Olympic gymnast.
- Venezuela: Their flag-bearer, Antonio Pardo, captured our hearts by bouncing into the stadium like Tigger. His back story makes him all the more impressive. Diagnosed with a brain tumour at age eight, he was forced to undergo major surgery and was given only three months to live. The surgery gave him severe hemiplegia, paralysing the left side of his body. He had to learn to walk again but, ultimately, achieved a full recovery. Now 43, he only started skiing competitively in 2011.
- Team Canada duffel coats: Love them. They may have been the sharpest looking team of the night. Kudos to the The Bay.
- Zdeno Chara: It was wonderful to see the big Slovak carry his country's flag into Fisht Stadium. Professional athletes sometimes get ripped at the Olympics for not caring as much. The fact he missed two games with the Boston Bruins — and the NHL club granted him leave – shows how much the Games matter to him.
- Special effects: The projections on the floor were cool — from the map of the world to the construction scenes — but we particularly loved the athlete constellations near the end of the ceremony. The fireworks, even without the accompaniment of Tchaikovsky, were spectacular.
- The cauldron: Organizers seemed to take a cue from Vancouver and selected several Russian stars to light the cauldron: tennis great Maria Sharapova, pole vaulter Elena Isinbaeva, wrestler Alexandr Karelin, gymnast Alina Kabaeva, figure skater Irina Rodnina and hockey legend Vladislav Tretiak. There was no ride in a pick-up to the cauldron, but it was still well done.
The bad
- ABCs: Anyone else have trouble figuring out why the show started with a presentation on the Russian alphabet?
- Olympic malfunctions: Four years after one of the four mechanical legs of Vancouver's cauldron failed to rise from the floor, Sochi was hit by a malfunction of its own in the opening minutes of the ceremony. Five snowflakes were supposed to transform into five Olympic rings, twinkling and sparkling with small fireworks. Only four of them worked.
- Athletes parade: While we applaud the decision to bring the athletes in early — since the Olympics are all about them and the decision allowed them to enjoy the show, too — it didn't make for gripping TV.
- The mascots: We like them — we really do, especially the plush ones you can buy as children's gifts — but the dancing life-sized versions after the parade of athletes seemed rather pointless.
- Independent Olympic Participants: The three athletes who should be representing India here aren't, instead marching under the banner of "Independent Olympic Participants" after the IOC suspended India for violating the Olympic charter. To make matters worse, the athletes were dressed in this bizarre garb that made their upper bodies look rabbit-like.
- Latvia: They get our vote for worst uniforms of the night. They'd have looked more at home in Burger King than in Fisht Stadium.
Bev Wake, Postmedia News
"It didn't show on television, thank God," Jean Claude-Killy, the French ski great who heads the IOC coordination commission for the Sochi Games, told The Associated Press.
Producers confirmed the switch, saying it was important to preserve the imagery of the Olympic symbols.
Just after the sun set over the Caucasus Mountains and along the seashore just outside Fisht Stadium in the wet-paint-fresh Olympic Park, Russian TV star Yana Churikova shouted to a crowd still taking their seats: "Welcome to the centre of the universe!"
For the next two weeks, it certainly is for the 3,000 athletes who will compete in 98 events, more people and contests than ever at the Winter Games.
It will be, too, for all those worried the games will be a target for terrorism, fears of which were stoked during the ceremony itself when a passenger aboard a flight bound for Istanbul said there was a bomb on board and tried to divert the plane to Sochi. Authorities said the plane landed safely in Turkey.
The show opened with a hiccup, with the malfunction in the lighting of the five Olympic Rings, marring what's traditionally a key moment in the ceremony.
Also missing from the show along with the fifth ring: Putin's repression of dissent, those fears of terrorism and inconsistent security measures at the Olympics, which will take place just a few hundred miles (kilometres) away from the sites of an insurgency and routine militant violence. Also looked over: the tensions with the United States over neighbouring Ukraine, NSA leaker Edward Snowden and Syria.
And the poorly paid migrant workers who helped build up the Sochi site from scratch, the disregard for local residents, the environmental abuse during construction, the pressure on activists, and the huge amounts of Sochi construction money that disappeared to corruption.
But for all such criticism, there was no shortage of pride in what Russia has achieved with these games. The head of the Sochi organizing committee, Dmitry Chernyshenko, captured the mood of many Russians present when he said, "We're now at the heart of that dream that became reality."
"The games in Sochi are our chance to show the whole world the best of what Russia is proud of," he said. "Our hospitality, our achievements, our Russia!"
The opening ceremony and subsequent games are Russia's chance to tell its story of post-Soviet resurrection to the world, and dispel the anger, fear and suspicion that has marred the buildup to these most expensive Olympics ever.
The ceremony was a celebration of Russia and presented Putin's version: a country with a rich and complex history emerging confidently from a rocky two decades and now capable of putting on a major international sports event.
Putin was front and centre, accepting the invitation from IOC President Thomas Bach to open the games from his his box high above the stadium floor. Earlier, he looking down as the real stars of the games — those athletes, dressed in winter wear of so many national colours to ward off the evening chill and a light man-made snow — walked onto a satellite image of the earth projected on the floor, the map shifting so the athletes emerged from their own country.
Every athlete who makes it to Sochi is honoured with the title Olympian, but who might be deemed the stars of Sochi at the closing ceremony?
Well, American snowboarder Shaun White is certain to wow crowds in the Krasnaya Polyana resort halfpipe. On the ice, Canadian hockey players Sidney Crosby and Jonathan Toews will try to add another gold medal to their collection of Stanley Cups. In the rink, American's Ashley Wagner and Gracie Gold will try to dethrone South Korean marvel and defending goal medallist Yuna Kim.
As always, Greece — the birthplace of Olympic competition — came first in the parade of nations. Five new teams, all from warm weather climates, joined the Winter Olympics for the first time. Togo's flagbearer looked dumbstruck with wonder, but those veterans from the Cayman Islands had the style to arrive in shorts!
Canada entered midway through the march. Women's hockey star Hayley Wickenheiser carried the Maple Leaf to lead representatives from Canada's 220-athlete team. It's Canada's biggest team ever assembled for a Winter Games.
"To represent the best of Canada is such an honour, it's chilling," Wickenheiser said. "There is so much excitement."
Canada looked sharp in outfits designed by Hudson's Bay, featuring a red coat with toggle style buttons and a black stripe adorning the hip line.
The women in the Canadian contingent wore black mock turtlenecks and wool V-neck sweaters, while the men sported a tailored white dress shirt, wool cardigan and red and white striped ties. Black bottoms rounded out the ensembles
"I wish our Olympians the best of luck as they take on the world in Sochi," Prime Minister Stephen Harper posted on his Twitter account.
Not all of Canada's athletes marched into Fisht Olympic Stadium. The men's hockey team hasn't arrived yet, figure skaters are in the middle of the team competition and skiers and sliders are staying too far away from the host city.
The smallest teams often earned the biggest cheers from the crowd of 40,000, with an enthusiastic three-person Venezuelan team winning roars of approval as flag bearer and alpine skier Antonio Pardo danced and jumped along to the electronic music.
Only neighbouring Ukraine, scene of a tense and ongoing standoff between a pro-Russian president and Western-leaning protesters, could compete with those cheers.
That is, until the Russians arrived.
Walking in last to a thundering bass line that struggled to overcome the ovations from the hometown crowd, the Russians reveled in all the attention. Their feeling could perhaps best be summed up by Russian singers Tatu, whose hit "Not Gonna Get Us" accompanied them to their seats.
Russians place huge significance in the Olympics, carefully watching the medal count — their dismal performance in Vancouver four years ago is on the minds of many. These games are particularly important, as many Russians are still insecure about their place in the world after the end of the Cold War and the years since that have seen dominance of the United States and China.
Perhaps cuing on those feelings, it didn't take long for the classic Russian pride to come shining through at the opening ceremony.
As Churikova rallied the crowd to scream "louder than ever," she told the fans in their cool blue seats their keepsakes from the night would last 1,000 years. When explaining the show would be hosted in English, French and Russian, she joked that it didn't matter, because in Sochi, everyone "speaks every language in the world."
The official ceremony opened with the Russian alphabet projected on the stadium floor, as a young girl told the story of her country's heroes and their globally renowned achievements: composer Tchaikovsky; artists Kandinsky, Chagall and Malevich; writers Tolstoy, Pushkin and Chekhov; Mendeleev and his periodic table; the first spaceship Sputnik and Russia's space stations.
In a nod to Russia's long history, the anthem was sung by the 600-year-old Sretensky Monastery Choir, a symbol of an increasing rapprochement between the state and the Russian Orthodox Church. The monastery is led by Tikhon Shevkunov, who is known to be Putin's confessor and one of the nation's most influential clergymen.
The show cleared its first chance to focus on one of those issues Putin would prefer to avoid talking about without so much as a wink, as Tatu performed and steered clear of the very real anger over a Russian law banning gay "propaganda" aimed at minors that is being used to discriminate against gays.
The women in Tatu put on a lesbian act that is largely seen as an attention-getting gimmick, but on this night, they merely held hands, stopping short of the groping and kissing of their past performances. At MTV awards in 2003, the duo performed with dozens of young women dressed in tightfitting schoolgirl uniforms that they stripped off in the end.
This time, their lead-in act was the Red Army Choir MVD singing Daft Punk's Grammy-winning "Get Lucky."
Still, IOC President Thomas Bach won cheers for addressing the gay rights tensions in his opening speech Friday, telling the crowd it's possible to hold Olympics "with tolerance and without any form of discrimination for whatever reason."
While some world leaders stayed away, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was in Sochi. Ban has spoken out about the anti-gay law, but did not refer to it at the opening ceremony.
Asked whether Putin might arrive at the ceremony from the air, like stunt actors playing James Bond and Queen Elizabeth II did at in London, the ceremony's director, Konstantin Ernst, said "it's hardly worth hoping for that."
But with the Russian president safely in his box alongside Bach, who will carry the Olympic torch to light the cauldron for the games, after the flame's unprecedented journey to the North Pole, the cosmos, Europe's highest mountain peak and beyond?
"It's the biggest secret ever," ceremony director Konstantin Ernst said, with a smile.
— With files from The Canadian Press


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The nation's top fishery managers and advocates met in Washington on Tuesday to find ways to fix a troubled fishery law enforcement system that's been plagued by mismanagement.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration head Jane Lubchenco said that her agency's law enforcement agency needed to be "good partners" with fishermen.
She said they needed to be accessible, but also tough enough to protect the country's marine resources.
The summit, which includes industry representatives and environmentalists, aims to gather ideas for more effective enforcement.
Northeast fishermen have long complained of unfair treatment and excessive fines.
This year, the Commerce Department's Inspector General found the impression was justified. His office also said millions in fines from fishermen were badly mismanaged and misspent. Steps have since been taken to improve oversight of the money.


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Classics professors are an endangered species, and they have only themselves to blame, three California state university classics teachers argue in this often-tedious but ultimately sensible collection of essays.
Too many pages are devoted to faculty infighting about issues of no interest to the general reader and to the inane arguments of multicultural, postmodern, deconstructionist and/or feminist classicists who have turned off generations of students. The red meat of the book comes at the end Victor Davis Hanson's stirring condensation of his book Who Killed Homer?
Hanson makes the case for classics that his leftist colleagues should be making with their students namely, that Western civilization's great accomplishments in human freedom and democracy got their start in ancient Greece, which was unique in its embrace of free inquiry, social dissent, self-criticism and democratic institutions. Yes, it used slaves, sequestered women and enfranchised only a small proportion of the population, but it was way ahead of every other society of its time, and we are its beneficiaries.
The epilogue is worth reading if only for gossip value and comic relief: it recounts the wacky episode of a feminist rival claiming on the internet to have given the names of Hanson and Heath to the FBI in connection with the manhunt for the Unabomber.
A flavor of sour grapes permeates the book, as the authors resent the status, perks and light class loads conferred on tenured professors at research universities in return for the production of arcane articles read by only a handful of specialists. It may be quixotic to expect research universities to reward good teaching more than original research.
In the case of the classics, however, it is difficult to do interesting original research. After all, the texts are a couple of millennia old and scholarly commentary has been accumulating for many centuries. What is desperately needed is teachers who can make the texts relevant to students, whose enrollment in classics and dead languages has plummeted in recent decades.
"There are now five or six classics professors in the country for every senior classics major," Hanson notes. From 1962 to 1976, high school Latin enrollment plunged by 80%, from 700,000 to 150,000.
The authors are surely correct in observing that only a rededication to teaching and to classical ideals can save classics departments from extinction. However, they should tell their publisher how to spell "Western" on the dust jacket.


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Creepy Crawlers program offers "Lunch for a Bear"
Carbon County Environmental Education Center presents "Lunch for a Bear" at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 17. The program is open to 2, 3, and 4 year olds. Each session focuses on some aspect of the natural world.
Participants will take a look at these amazing mammals with the use of preserved specimens and taxidermy mounts to learn some interesting things about them. There will be songs and games.
Call (570) 645-8597 for more information or to register for the program.
CCEEC is located at the west end of Mauch Chunk Lake Park, just outside of Jim Thorpe, along the Lentz Trail Highway.


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Winless Nuggets Head to Philadelphia in Search of First Victory
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The Denver Nuggets are the last NBA team still searching for a victory.
They'll try to finally enter the win column when they open a three-game road trip against Allen Iverson and the Philadelphia 76ers at the Wachovia Center on Friday.
Denver (0-3) has lost its first three games by a total of six points, with their latest defeat being perhaps the most costly.
The Nuggets learned after a 109-107 loss to New York on Wednesday that forward Kenyon Martin will be out indefinitely after an MRI revealed loose cartilage in his left knee.
Oddsmakers have made Philadelphia -3 point spread favorites (NBA Odds) against Denver, the over/under has been set at 207 total points (View Sports Books).
``I won't be out the entire season, but I have no idea at this point,'' said Martin, who appeared in a career-low 56 games in 2005-06 after microfracture surgery on his left knee.
He also has no idea how or when he got hurt.
``That's the most frustrating thing,'' Martin said. ``I have no clue. None whatsoever. How I did it or what day I did it.''
Eduardo Najera replaced Martin in the lineup in Wednesday's loss and finished with 12 points.
``It's very difficult to lose him. He's been a leader and he sets the tone with his aggressive play and personality,'' Najera said. ``It will take some time for us to adjust.
``I think that Martin is irreplaceable, but combined all our big guys can do a pretty good job.''
The Nuggets are deep at power forward this season with the addition of former No. 1 overall pick Joe Smith on the roster.
The Nuggets blew a 91-79 lead with eight minutes remaining in Wednesday's loss to continue a disturbing pattern. They also wasted a nine-point lead with five minutes left in a season-opening 96-95 loss at the Los Angeles Clippers last Thursday and a seven-point lead in the fourth quarter of a 112-109 loss to Minnesota in the home opener the next night.
The lone bright spot was Carmelo Anthony's highest scoring output of the season. Anthony scored 37 points and made 15-of-18 free throws after managing only six trips to the line in the Nuggets' first two games.
Denver is allowing 105.7 points per game - one of the worst marks in the NBA - and will have to try to find a way to slow down Iverson.
He leads the NBA with 31.4 points per game and had another big game Wednesday in a 106-104 loss at Toronto. Iverson finished with 35 points and 10 assists, but the Sixers lost their second straight.
Philadelphia shot 49 percent and outrebounded Toronto 53-45.
``That is the most frustrating part. We shoot 50 percent and they shoot 40 percent. We outrebound them and still lose by two,'' Iverson said. ``That's tough and it's hard to say anything negative about us, or our performance, but when it is all said and done they got the win.''
Forward Chris Webber is off to a slow start for the Sixers, averaging 10.0 points on 34 percent shooting. Webber averaged 20.2 points last season - the 10th time he's averaged at least 20 points.
Philadelphia and Denver split their two meetings last season, with the visiting team winning each time. The Sixers have won four of the last six matchups at home.
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Filing the seed coats of morning glory seeds with a nail file or emery board and then presoaking them in water helps "prime" the seeds so they germinate faster.
Secret Success with Seeds
Growing your own transplants from seed may not be the easiest or fastest way to garden, but I like it just the same. While most seeds, such as broccoli and marigolds, are pretty easy to start indoors, others, such as morning glory and pepper, sometimes need extra attention. Over my years of seed starting I've found some techniques that work well to get seeds up and growing fast. Some of these techniques are well known, and others are somewhat improvised.
Keep Them Warm
While many seeds can germinate in cool soils, I've found that keeping the soil temperature around 70F provides the best germination for most seeds. You can buy heating mats or cables to keep the pot and soil warm while the seedlings begin to grow, but I like to start my seeds above our furnace. This time of year it's still cranking away, eating up oil (and emptying my pockets of cash). The space near the furnace provides a perfect seed-starting area. I place plastic trays of peppers, tomatoes, and other warmth-loving crops on a shelf above the furnace, and the seeds literally germinate in a few days. Of course, be careful not to get the trays too close to the furnace, or they'll melt, and water diligently because the soil dries out quickly.
Pregerminate the Tough Ones
I also like to pregerminate (start them before they go in the soil) some of the larger seeds, such as morning glory and artichoke, that take a little longer to germinate on their own. I file the seeds with a nail file enough to break the seed coat. Then I soak them in warm water overnight. The seeds swell as they absorb water, and I plant them the next morning. With this method, I get not only faster germination, but a higher percentage as well.
Keep Them All Bright
Whatever the seeds, once germinated, I place the seedlings literally inches away from the grow lights in the same furnace room. They grow quickly in the warm room, so I have to move the lights up a few times a week to keep them from touching the lights. Also, I start fertilizing with a seaweed mix after the true leaves emerge. I tried using deodorized fish emulsion once, but while the plants loved it, my family cursed me for days because of the faint, but noticeable fish smell in the house. For spousal harmony, I now use that fertilizer outdoors only.
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The story focuses on a physically abused, homeless young woman who finds herself pregnant and has to resist pressure from those who don't agree with her choice to keep her baby.
Director Ronald Krauss says he incurred a great deal of resistance, not only in getting the movie made, but distributed, and feels that was due to the movie's anti-abortion message.
"A lot of people in Hollywood actually went out of their way to make sure this movie would not come out." Krauss said. "People tried to pay me off. But I just kept saying, 'No. No. No.' And then I came across someone who was willing to help me."
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A.J. Burnett pitched seven innings, Damion Easley drove in three runs, and the Florida Marlins took advantage of sloppy defense by St. Louis to win, 8-2, at Miami yesterday, ending the Cardinals' seven-game winning streak.
Burnett (3-5) allowed five hits and two runs, struck out seven, and reached 100 miles per hour at least once on the radar gun.
It was perhaps his best performance since returning in June after reconstructive elbow surgery forced him to miss the 2003 season.
Larry Walker hit his first home run since joining the Cardinals last week, and his seventh of the season.
But little else went right for the Central leaders, who lost for just the sixth time since the All-Star break.
Giants 7, Pirates 0 -- Jason Schmidt pitched a four-hitter with 11 strikeouts for his NL-leading 15th win, and visiting San Francisco defeated Pittsburgh.
Edgardo Alfonzo, Marquis Grissom, and Michael Tucker each drove in two runs to help the Giants avoid a season sweep by Pittsburgh. Barry Bonds had an RBI double.
Padres 5, Cubs 4 -- Khalil Greene singled home the go-ahead run in the 11th and visiting San Diego beat Chicago to move within a game of the wild-card lead.
The Padres tied the game at 4 in the eighth on Brian Giles's RBI single off Mike Remlinger after Nomar Garciaparra hit a two-run homer in the seventh to give Chicago the lead.
Reds 6, Dodgers 5 -- D'Angelo Jimenez singled in the go-ahead run in the eighth and Cincinnati rallied past visiting Los Angeles. The Reds scored three times in the eighth off Darren Dreifort (1-3), including a two-run homer by Wily Mo Pena, his 19th.
Braves 4, Brewers 2 -- Jaret Wright won his ninth straight decision and J.D. Drew hit a go-ahead homer to help host Atlanta beat Milwaukee.
Andruw Jones and Johnny Estrada also connected off Ben Sheets (9-9), who struck out 13 after fanning 18 Braves during a game in May. Atlanta improved to 20-6 since the All-Star break.
Rockies 3, Phillies 1 -- Shawn Estes allowed one run in six innings and Royce Clayton hit a two-run homer to lead visiting Colorado, which took three of four in the series, keeping the Phillies 3 1/2 games behind Chicago in the wild-card race.
Mets 2, Astros 1 -- Astros starter Andy Pettitte allowed just one run but struggled with his control and didn't make it out of the sixth as host New York beat Houston.
Expos 7, Diamondbacks 5 -- Tony Batista hit his 20th homer and drove in four runs, leading host Montreal over Arizona to complete a three-game sweep of the Diamondbacks.


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by InvestorPlace Staff | February 22, 2012 10:02 am
Customer satisfaction—an economic indicator pegged to customer evaluations of goods and services purchased in the U.S.—has been tracking gradually upward, more or less with the pace of economy recovery, according to data released this week by ACSI LLC, producer of the American Customer Satisfaction Index.
Nationwide, the ACSI edged up 0.1%, to 75.8 on a scale of 100, for the fourth quarter of 2011, in keeping with the yearlong uptick in 2011 of 0.7%. Gross domestic product grew by 2.8% in Q4, and spending increased by 2%—figures that point to a 2.8% spending increase in the first quarter of 2012.
Most retail sectors showed improvement in 2011, although index scores for drug stores—identified by ACSI as "health and personal care stores"—slipped slightly for the second year in a row, down 1.3% to 76. (The specialty retail category, by contrast, scored 79 in 2011, while gasoline stations scored 74.)
It turns out that, for 2011, smaller drug stores, indentified in
ACSI scoring as "all others," generated notably more customer satisfaction, with a score of 82 (a 1% increase), than the big chains, which scored as follows:
Check out the ASCI's full list of charts here[5], or take a look at individual sectors here[6].
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When she was a girl growing up in Paris, her playmates mocked her because of her flowery first name. "I think all my life I have fought for my name," says Primrose Bordier. If so, le jour de gloire est arrivé. Today Primrose's name, seeming exquisitely suitable, is at the top in the highly competitive field of designing household linens.
She doesn't brag about it, but the splash of catsupy red she wears in her buttonhole is her country's highest civilian honor, the Légion d'Honneur—bestowed for her contributions to French textiles. Primrose, in her 50s, is also the model for the heroine of Le Bon Plaisir, a book by Françoise Giroud, now being made into a film starring Catherine Deneuve. These are only symbols of her achievement: Her charming but never sappy designs for Descamps, the French textile giant, are turning up in elegant bedrooms and baths around the world, making the collaboration one of the major success stories in the home-furnishings industry. On these shores, everyone from Jackie O and Barbra Streisand to Donna Summer and Yoko Ono beds between Bordier's oh-so-Continental sheets. "She is one of the great designers of our time," says Harold ("Max") Messmer, president of Cannon Mills. The New York firm ships Primrose's linens to some 15 major department stores across America.
Primrose is not about to rest on her laurels. Early this summer, in a blur of activity, she met buyers at Paritex, the sprawling textile fair held every year outside Paris. The star designer was in elegant white, her lips marked in racy red lipstick. The tailored white was on purpose: Bordier, a brilliant colorist, takes great care not to clash with her work. As for her props, the half-dozen display beds were immaculately made up in Descamps linens and comforters, with matching towels and bathrobes laid out in neat piles. With a knot of buyers at her heels, she chatted up her latest designs, including sheets in abstract patterns a la Jackson Pollock and her winter 1984 line of colors: nighttime shades of mica and inky navy, sun colors of strawberry and periwinkle, and Sahara shades of mango and pebble gray. "Making these colors is dog's work," she said. "Nothing I do happens by accident. I am a purist and I won't give in on a single detail."
When she's not whirling off to New York or Tokyo on business, Bordier works in a sunlit penthouse office, two minutes from the Arc de Triomphe and a brisk 10-minute walk to the Avenue Victor Hugo, where she grew up at No. 21 in a vast apartment with her parents, Marcel, a doctor, and Germaine, who served as a nurse at Verdun during World War I. Primrose shared the dormitory with her nanny and two brothers. "My mother thought she had three boys," she says. "If I complained when one of them hit me, she said, 'I had a brother, too. Fight it out yourself.' As a result I fought very young and I learned to negotiate because I always needed one with me as protection."
Life was also sometimes hard at the neighborhood convent school where the nuns—still in mourning for Marie Antoinette some 150 years after the fact—deemed plum a suitably grave color for their charges. "Plum now is considered a very pretty color," says Primrose. "But when you are 5 years old and you have a yellow complexion and you wear a plum-colored uniform with a melon-shaped hat on your head, well, you are a mess, that's certain."
In 1947, after a year at drawing school, Primrose went to work at a textile design studio. "At that period a young girl was supposed to marry," she remembers, "Otherwise she had no social position. But my parents had lost their money in the crash, so I had no choice. I think they would have preferred me to be the good little bourgeoise in the family."
Bordier created her first sheet design, white cotton trimmed in plaid, at Cosserat, a velvet firm, in the mid-'50s. "In France at that time," she explains, "there were no colored sheets, and terry-cloth towels were extremely ugly." After a stint at Printemps (France's Bloomingdale's), Primrose struck out on her own, fighting to convince manufacturers to invest in the mammoth machines needed to turn out her printed sheets. She signed her first contract with Descamps in 1965.
The partnership has had its rough spots, but as marriages go, it's a succès fou. Since 1972, when Descamps opened its first boutique, the company has expanded to 192 stores in 14 countries around the world, the vast majority of whose sales are Bordier designs. Gross sales this year are expected to reach $48 million.
At the end of each day, Primrose's English chauffeur, John, whisks his mistress to her home in the Villa Montmorency, a sylvan enclave in Paris' exclusive 16th arrondissement. "I am a snob," she said, smiling. "I have an English driver." Primrose adds, as if to explain, "My life is divided into three parts. As a little girl I survived, then I hibernated. And then I lived."
For the past 17 years, away from her work, Primrose lived happily as Mme. Charles Gombault, wife of the retired editor of France-Soir, France's most popular newspaper. Last month her husband died at 76, of complications following heart surgery, and Primrose was suddenly faced with a fourth stage in her life.
Earlier that month Primrose headed to New York, her fifth trip to the States this year, for Bloomingdale's Fete de France. Along with Marc Bohan of Christian Dior and Givenchy, Bordier was one of the stars of the show. Still, she likes to keep things in perspective. "I am not fighting against cancer or working for UNICEF," she says. "What I am doing is not that important. A towel is a towel, after all, and sheets are only sheets."


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Hoda Kotb and her co-host on the "Today" show Katie Lee Gifford announced their plans for the New Year that will "shine a light" on difficult issues in 2014.
The morning show staples each took a vow for this year's edition of their "Shine A Light" campaign on Thursday.
While Kotb took a vow to serve children's fight against cancer with an inspirational music video, Gifford plans on making a coffee table book to encourage victims of Hurricane Sandy to make new memories.
During the Jan. 9 episode of the "Today" show, Kotb described her "Shine A Light" effort with tears in her eyes.
"As a cancer survivor myself, I know what it feels like as a grownup, but what I can't even fathom, even now, is what it feels like to be a kid… Struggling with this grown-up disease," the 49-year-old television personality said, recalling her visit to St. Jude's Children's Hospital in 2007.
"[Cancer] is something they shouldn't have to deal with," Kotb continued. "And all you want to do is reach out and help and hug."
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He was short, fat and slow, yet proceeded to ride slowly off every set of lights, then catch up at the next set, weave to the front of the queue, and repeat. I got in front on an open stretch, holding a relatively relaxed pace, when I realise he's riding about a foot from my rear wheel. Now, it's dark, there's cars, trucks, cyclists etc in front and to the side of me, the last thing I want is this tubby fool riding like that - fair play if it's someone I know, but if I have to react suddenly, I don't want to collect him and be ridden over.
So, I momentarily lock the back wheel, and all hell breaks loose. I have this fool screaming at me, at the next set of lights raising his fists, and then for the next mile or so repeatedly grabbing and shaking my shoulder whilst riding, trying to get me to stop and "sort it out".
Aggressive and violent behaviour is just pathetic, and the guys a menace. So, if you commute along the North Embankment, watch out for a short, fat 40 something, with anger issues riding a ribble with panniers and mudguards. And give him the widest berth you can. The guys a menace, and really should be taken off the road.
If he's on here as well, I'd be delighted to give him an education as to how I do actually know how to ride a bike, contrary to every expletive filled sentence he was screaming for about 3 miles. I feel sorry for his boyfriend, who was probably subjected to some really angry sex.


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In 1996, Michael Ansley and his former college roommate asked their fathers for loans to buy their own franchise (Buffalo Wild Wings, then known as BW3) unit near Ann Arbor, Mich.
"We were young and didn't know what we were doing," he recalls. "But we learned how not to run a restaurant and where not to put it." Within a decade, Ansley had grown to 22 Buffalo Wild Wings units throughout Michigan and Florida. The entrepreneur is also involved with the franchise side of Bagger Dave's Legendary Burger Tavern in Michigan.
Ansley's business endeavors generated $45 million in revenue in 2010 and close to $60 in 2011. But his markets have faced difficult and challenging times during the past couple of years. Still, he's optimistic and offered this insight on the economy, his markets, and how he comes by capital.
How has the most recent economic cycle affected you, your employees, your customers?
We weathered the storm nicely. When we went public in 2008, it wasn't a good time so we sold to family, friends, and employees as long-term investments. We've seen our customers suffer, but they've been loyal to us.
Are you experiencing economic growth/recovery in your market?
Definitely in Michigan. Florida is still a little weak since it depends so heavily on tourism and construction.
What did you change or do differently in this economy that you plan to continue doing?
We remained focused on growth. Initially we panicked and did a wing promotion in Detroit that we regretted. We won't be doing that again. We went back to our base, focusing on our guests and reinvesting in our restaurants. We've put $1.3 million in refreshing and audio/video in our current restaurants.
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Last year, talented soprano Laura Arbella came along to the Alford Manor House to entertain the audience as they enjoyed a sumptuous afternoon tea with sandwiches, cakes, tea, coffee and alcoholic drinks.
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"It is Brazil's time," an exuberant President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva exclaimed when his country won the bid to host the 2016 Olympics. A rowdy crowd at Botequim Carioca Brazilian Bar & Grill agreed, hoisting caipirinhas and cold drafts while celebrating news of Latin America's first Summer Games.
Botequim is setting some precedents of its own. For instance, it is the first outdoor café beneath those towering, near-tenantless condos on Biscayne Boulevard (across the street and one block north of the American Airlines Arena). According to its website, Botequim is likewise the "first upscale Brazilian appetizer restaurant in the U.S.!" That's harder to believe than a tag team of Obama and Oprah coming up empty-handed, but we'll grant there are no other upscale Brazilian appetizer restaurants in the neighborhood — and no other restaurants in sight at all. Signage is up for an eventual Ziggy's Pizzeria on the next block, but for now, Botequim has this field to itself.
The restaurant is divided into two rooms with floor-to-ceiling glass windows fronting them. The entrance room is busy, thanks to a colorful bar stocked with lots of cachaça for caipirinhas. Botequim prepares this bouncy Brazilian cocktail straightforwardly and stiff (just right) — $7 each, but Thursday and Friday happy hours (5 to 8 p.m.) bring two for one. Now that summer has passed, the weather at these hours is ideal for relaxing at outdoor tables sprawled on an elevated patio overlooking Biscayne Boulevard.
Botequim Carioca Brazilian Bar 877-902-2224; botequim-carioca.de. Lunch and dinner Tuesday through Thursday noon to midnight, Friday and Saturday noon to 1 a.m., Sunday noon to midnight. Closed Monday.
The sidewalk below is bricked in an abstract pattern that is part of a lengthy, recently completed art project composed by the late Roberto Burle Marx, a legendary Brazilian landscape architect. Looks like Lula has a point.
Most starters can be categorized as meat, fried food, or fried meat. Pasteles appear to be the most popular. These fried half-moon pockets come filled with either melted Catupiry cheese (a silky Brazilian cream cheese); blandly seasoned ground beef; shrimp and Catupiry; or two of each in the pastel misto. We especially enjoyed six cleanly fried, savorily seasoned salt cod dumplings, known as bolinho de bacalhau, and a hefty portion of costelinha de porco. The latter item brought small, greaselessly fried pork ribs piled alongside thick sticks of fried yuca; the only negative was a side of barbecue sauce, which tasted like it was poured from a jar of Open Pit.
Other appetizers include yuca fries with Gorgonzola dressing; yuca fries stuffed with shredded jerked beef; barbecue sausage with rosemary toast; and fried chicken dumplings filled with cheese. Among the few non-fried starters is an escondidinho de camarão, a bowl of baby shrimp (the teeny, tasteless ones) in tomato-based sauce beneath cassava cream and melted Catupiry cheese. The other ingredients more than compensate for the shrimp. Avoid casquinha de siri, an "exotic crab specialty" of shredded shellfish mixed with breadcrumbs and Parmesan cheese. The muddy-colored mass was too fishy and salty.
A series of grilled meat plates that sound like main courses is offered as appetizers for two. These include a "baby rodizio" that can "start" the meal with sirloin, skirt, and flank steaks; pork loin; barbecue sausage; and yuca. Diners may also traipse the heavy fantastic via grilled strips of either picanha steak, chicken, or shrimp topped with sautéed onions and melted cheeses.
This is not exclusively an appetizer menu. Many of the same meats offered as starters come in main courses. The signature steak, for both Botequim and Brazil, is the intensely flavorful cut of top sirloin called picanha. Here it's plated with dark, crunchy, delectable (if greasy) onion rings and "mystery rice" streaked with egg bits and imbued with a seductively smoky taste derived from numerous bacon nubs. Other steaks, including filet mignon and what turned out to be a somewhat tough New York strip, come accessorized in various ways — with tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese, with fried eggs, or au poivre with Piedmontese rice, etc. Entrées also include a fried chicken treatment, fried fish with tartar sauce, and a couple of pastas.
One of the few noteworthy non-steak items is cozido (a combo plate of boiled meats and vegetables), which is served exclusively for lunch the first Sunday of the month. The feijoada is another, and it just wouldn't be right to visit Botequim and not sample this meaty black-bean stew that is Brazil's national dish. Here the beans are simmered slowly with sausages, smoked pork ribs, and jerked beef, and served sizzling-hot in a sizable black tureen (menu says it's for two, but it can feed four). Mini-tureens of add-ins include rice, flavorfully cooked in stock; fried pork chicharrones; shreds of refried collard greens; and roasted grains of manioc flour called farofa, which gives the dish a cassoulet-like texture. A peeled, sliced orange is usually offered as well, but we didn't get one. The feijoada's tangle of smoky, salty, seductive tastes is the culinary equivalent of capoeira.
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The menu boasts "Brazilian-style processed draft beer." Choose between a garoto (small glass) or a tulipa (slightly larger glass), either claro (light) or escuro (dark). If you don't speak Portuguese, remember these terms, because the menu doesn't translate them. When told the draft brews were Coors (claro) and Killian's Irish Red (escuro), we wondered what was meant by "Brazilian-style." On one occasion, a server explained that the apparatus that stores and pours the drafts, and keeps the brews frosty, is from Brazil. On a return visit, the waiter ascribed the Brazilian nature to the type of glasses used, an explanation that made sense because they were indeed distinctive vessels for beer. On the other hand, the draft Killian was ice-cold and topped with a noticeably foamy head.
Prices are as inviting as a Brazilian bikini. A bowl of black-bean stew is $3; soup du jour, onion rings, and croquettes cost $5 to $6; and the rest of the appetizers range from $8 to $14. The grilled meat starters for two run $13 to $25. Main courses are $16 to $28, the high number representing filet mignon and the feijoada para dos. Portions are generous, the fare is bulky, and the number of plates needed to sate is few. An "executive" lunch menu brings many of the same steaks, as large as the dinner servings and plated with mounds of starchy sides for $14 to $16.
Dessert offerings, $4 to $7, encompass familiar treats such as molten chocolate cake, tiramisu, and profiteroles, but the last are different from the usual round cream puffs. These come as two soft chocolate squares, angled in a martini glass, that are creamier, puffier, and airier than the archetype. And they are scrumptious. Lighter, more Latin licks are likewise proffered, such as papaya cream drizzled with cassis, guava jam paired with Catupiry cheese, and a champagne flute of limoncello swirled with lemon gelato.
Speaking English isn't necessarily the staff's strong suit, but service is warm and friendly, as is the general vibe. Botequim is the sort of place that might inspire you to linger over coffee, espresso, or after-dinner drinks. This is especially true weekend nights and evenings of events at the arena, when crowds pile into the restaurant, excitement fills the air, and festive patrons spill onto the outdoor patio and party like it's, um, 2016.


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