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Blended Canadian Whisky | 1.75 L. | 80 proof
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80 pts.Whisky Advocate: Summer, 2011
Pale, almost peach color. Light aromas of caramel, sweet citrus. Tastes of sweet caramel, faint bite of oak on the end. Simple, but clean and pleasant. You'd have to be careful mixing this — it would get lost easily — but it should be nice on the rocks or with seltzer.
F. Paul Pacult's Spirit Journal: December 1, 2005
The pale golden/straw yellow hue is ideally pure. The first whiff of intense grain spirits reminds me amazingly of Eastern European vodka more than what I've come to think of Canadian whisky; by the later inhalation, following the seven-minute aeration period, the bouquet offers scents of cream, wild flowers, and honey. the palate entry features the cream, both in the flavor sense and the texture sense; by midpalate, the taste profile expands to include flavors of cocoa, milk chocolate, and buttercream. The aftertaste is sweet, long, and creamy. Neither profound nor distinctive, but displays enough character in its core and obvious potential as a mixing whisky to be recommended specifically for lovers of whisky cocktails.
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Recently, the North American Mature Publishers Association presented its annual journalism awards. I am pleased to say the Baltimore Beacon once again won top honors for papers in the 50,001-100,000 circulation category. And the Washington Beacon, produced by our same staff, fared similarly for publications in the 100,000-plus circulation category.
The ABC drama "Brothers & Sisters" revolves around a widow played by Sally Field and her five grown children, in whose lives she meddles incessantly. The series broke new ground last year when the 70-year-old character who plays Field's brother was diagnosed with HIV. Saul, played by Ron Rifkin, is gay and came out of the closet only a few years back. In an episode last year, he gets a Facebook friend request from a partner from more than 20 years ago, discovering the man is an AIDS activist and has AIDS himself.
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We're young, we're black, and we got some gangsta-ass music," asserts Prodigy, one half of the New York-based crew Mobb Deep, telling why America should still fear this Mobb. "And we got fans."
Prodigy and his cohort Havoc, poets from the Queensbridge Projects, earned those fans by chronicling the grimy underside of urban life on classic cuts like "Shook Ones Part II," from their 1995 breakthrough sophomore effort The Infamous, and four years later on "Quiet Storm," off 1999's Murda Muzik. But the duo then released a rather lackluster album, 2001's Infamy, which included a hip-pop duet with 112 that made many think group had gone soft. In the early part of this decade, it looked like certain death for the Mobb.
"To tell you the truth, I wasn't really feeling Infamy that much," Prodigy admits. "That's one of my least-favorite albums."
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Infamy also ended up being the last gasp for Loud, the group's record label -- not to mention the end of an era. As one of the first artists to come out on Loud, Mobb helped Steven Rifkind's groundbreaking imprint become an essential player in hardcore New York rap.
"Loud was gangsta," Prodigy says. "We built Loud -- us, Wu-Tang, Pun -- that was like a tight family over there. It was a good run. Steve Rifkind had a good run, and when he made this deal with the majors, they just ate him up. They swallowed his company up. The big fish ate the little fish. He wanted to make moves in the South, so we were like, 'Cool.' We made preparations to get up off of there and start anew."
When Rifkind went on to helm SLC Records, whose roster includes artists like David Banner and Terror Squad, Mobb Deep was without a home. The pair finally emerged from label limbo last year, however, with a double disc called Free Agents: The Murda Mixtape, which showcased new music by Mobb and affiliates such as Big Noyd and the Infamous Mobb. And the new deal that Mobb inked with Jive has resulted in its sixth full-length, Amerikaz Nightmare, which seems to have resuscitated its career. While the lurid survivalist tales of life in one of the country's most notorious projects have earned these two veteran street soldiers their stripes, it has been a while since their shots have been heard outside their 'hood. And it remains to be seen if the Mobb will move the number of units that 50 Cent has in a genre the pair popularized.
But Prodigy cites the deal with Jive as one of the group's "biggest career highlights" and says the alliance is a fifty-fifty joint venture that will allow the twosome to develop its label, Infamous Records. It certainly can't be a bad move: The label is home to some of urban music's hottest acts. "They crazy major now," Prodigy enthuses. "It is popping; they've got major money."
Beyond the cash, though, Jive has the marketing muscle that Loud lacked in its later days. Right now, Jive's street teams are hitting up billboards nationwide, generating a buzz for Amerikaz Nightmare, which is scheduled to hit the streets in mid-August. The first single, "Got It Twisted," has already received major spins from radio, and the video for the track is on heavy rotation on MTV and BET. The Alchemist-produced track loops Thomas Dolby's "She Blinded Me With Science," which provides a futuristic backdrop for Havoc and Prodigy to do their thing.
Echoing the dystopian soundscapes of Mobb's third record, 1996's Hell on Earth, Nightmare's title track demonstrates why Havoc is one of the more underrated producers. His chilling strings perfectly complement Prodigy's musings on murderous mayhem. Prodigy is confident that this joint will put to rest any notion that Mobb Deep has fallen off. "This might just top the others," he says, with a swagger in his voice. And he's probably right: The next single slated for release, "Throw Your Hands," produced by rap's man of the moment, Kanye West, will likely become as popular in the clubs as "Quiet Storm (The Remix)" was in 1999.
Mobb Deep has weathered plenty of not-so-quiet storms and has found itself the target of some of rap's finest marksmen, who question the pair's street credibility. Jay-Z fired this salvo at Prodigy on 1991's "The Takeover": "When I was pushing weight, back in '88, you was a ballerina/I got your pictures I seen ya/Then you dropped 'Shook Ones,' switched your demeanor/ Well, we don't believe you." To add further insult, Jay-Z performed the song at New York's Hot 97 Summer Jam 2001 with a backdrop featuring a picture of Prodigy as a youngster in a dance outfit.
In an earlier interview, Prodigy had taken issue with Jay-Z's lyrics on "Money, Cash, Hoes" ("New York's been soft ever since Snoop came through and crushed them"). The line is a reference to the Dogg Pound's song "New York, New York," which itself was a response to a Capone-N-Noreaga cut that featured both Prodigy and Havoc called "LA, LA." Prodigy felt like Jay-Z stood on the sidelines while the rivalry between the East and West coasts became heated. Surprisingly though, the MC says he wasn't fazed by "The Takeover."
"I was like, 'Cool, he came back,'" Prodigy recalls. "Because we keep it gangsta, they don't have no choice but to come at us. If you wanna be known, you gotta get in where we at. You've got to get our respect. A good way to get our respect is to throw a shot at us."
But Jay-Z wasn't the only rapper the crew had a beef with. On "Hit 'Em Up," Tupac made fun of Prodigy's sickle-cell anemia. Mobb responded with "Drop a Gem on 'Em," which came out after Tupac's death. After all this drama, some listeners might find it a bit disrespectful that Prodigy and Havoc rap over classic Tupac beats on the recent street release Big Mike Presents Mobb Deep West Coast: The Mixtape Vol. 1, but Prodigy insists that the record was done out of respect.
"If they do think it is disrespectful, whatever," he insists. "I'm shouting out Tupac all over that joint. I'm shouting out Biggie, Tupac. I don't know why they would take it as disrespectful. If people hold grudges, that's their prerogative. I'm sure you do have people out there who are ignorant, who think like that; I can't help them."
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Prodigy and Havoc will find out soon enough if there's any ill will after all these years, as they head to the West Coast for the first time later this year.
"They've never been to the West Coast," says tour manager Jeremiah "Ice" Younossi, of Emmel Communications/Violator Management, the powerful firm that has booked successful tours for 50 Cent and G-Unit. "This is a historical Mobb Deep tour. They've been through so many classic albums. They really are the godfathers of this type of gangsta rap that originated simultaneously with NWA on the West Coast and groups like Mobb Deep and Kool G Rap on the East Coast."
Even so, will the West Coast embrace a Mobb mentality? Prodigy thinks so.
"I mean, wherever we go, I feel the love," he says. "It's the 'hood shit. They've got to feel it in the 'hood. If the 'hood love it, the world got to love it."


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Cost of having a baby?
Just wondering how much it cost you to have your baby in the states? How is it broken down (ultrasound, etc.)? How much was covered by your insurance company?
I am just curious. I am in Canada so didn't have to worry about any of that.
I honestly dont know i had to pay 100$ for the birth my insurance took care of it. I have incredible insurance but i also pay 1500$ a month for it:(
If we had gone the midwife route it would have cost us $5000 total for everything
We are going the doctor route and I think the total cost will be $400 for everything.
With my first I had a co-pay at my first doctor's appointment ($50) and the rest of the visits were free. I had a $2500 deductible and after that 80% was covered. We ended up paying $3200 out of pocket, and her total bill was $15,000.
With my second, same insurance company, different plan I had a $25 copay at the beginning and then a $500 deductible at the time of the birth and everything after that was covered 100%. So DD2 was $500 out of pocket on a $13,000 total bill.
I didn't pay anything for either of my daughters, but if I have another one it'll be 20% -$500 credit from DHs company, so about $200-500 depending.
I paid $25 for my first pre-natal appt. and then didn't pay anything else for the rest of the pregnancies even though I was high risk and had appts. and ultra sounds every week.The hospital charged me $200 when our daughter was born but then we got that back from the insurance company a few weeks later.So in total,my pregnancy and the birth cost me $25.


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House OKs bill that would make it illegal to smoke in cars with kids present
Artie LAPOINT, UTNov. 9, 2011 4:40 p.m.
You have got to be kidding me! Is it not a right of the children this represents to have good health? The affects of second hand smoke last a lifetime. "It's against my freedom, you're limiting my freedom to smoke" B.S.! You're are limiting your children's freedom to live a happy healthy life! Children ears being pierced? Oh yeah that's a huge restriction on their life. It's part of the constitution, to give up some of your freedoms in order for protection and safety. The kids your smoking in the car with, well they're gonna grow up and probably be addicted to smoking. Look at that tons of kids in the next generation addicted to smoking. Wow some people surprise me!! I think if some parents are really gonna be stupid enough to smoke in a enclosed space with a small child, then yeah we need some law restricting that. I also agree that smoking in a car with children is child abuse. Even it isn't a law do you really want all your child to be able to remember is you sticking them in a car then filling it with smoke?
Considering Stockton, UTMarch 8, 2011 11:04 p.m.
"Why would anyone subject their children to those dangers? "
Why would anyone subject their children to the dangers of obesity? Or the dangers of contact sports? Depending on your point of view.
Why would anyone subject their children to the dangers of not getting vaccinated? Or the dangers of getting vaccinated? Again, depending on your point of view.
Why would anyone subject their children to the dangers of being exposed to violent video games, foul language or sex or nudity in movies? Or, subject them to the dangers of living in a bubble insulated from the realities of the real world?
Why would anyone subject their children to the dangers of having firearms in the home? Or to the dangers of not having the means of self-defense?
I looked for the studies you suggested. I found them. And I found the competing theories as well. I'd say the conclusions about 2nd hand smoke are about as solid as the conclusions on either side of the hypotheticals I listed above.
How many more mandates do we want from government when it comes to raising our own children?
Oh My Heck! Vernal, UTMarch 8, 2011 1:11 p.m.
I absolutely believe that no one should smoke in the car when there are children present, or even other non-smoking adults. My husband smokes, but not in my car, and never around children. He's always gone outside to smoke, too. We don't want our house to smell like an ash tray.
My youngest grandson gets sick when he is around smoke, and his parents smoke in the car. They do have the windows down some, but the smoke is still there. I have strongly suggested to them that they wait until they can be outside and not subject their 3 kids to the smoke. Their little boy just spend 2 days in the hospital with a high fever, sinus congestion, and other undiagnosed breathing problems. He doesn't have the flu, RSV or strep. I think it could be from being around the smoke. He is 1 year old. I hope this will convince them to not smoke in the car any more.
As for smokers' rights, you have the right to smoke. But I have the right to breathe, and I do not want to inhale your second hand smoke.
I hope this legislation helps.
PeanutGallery Salt Lake City, UTMarch 8, 2011 12:49 p.m.
I agree with Serenity. This bill, as with many others, is well-meaning but unwise. Just because something is a good idea doesn't mean that it should be enforced by law. Freedom is too important.
jdg fruitland, utahMarch 8, 2011 12:31 p.m.
Nobody smokes with all the windows up, how healthy is it to sit at a trafic light breathing exaust fumes waiting for the light to turn green? as far as second hand smoke, its exagerated beyond belief considering, I have been smoking for 30 years and I have been getting my 1st hand smoke and my second, go camping and breath the campfire smoke and blame your coughing on the guy smoking in the next campground. go to a demolition derby and breath all them fumes and blame your troubles on the guy smoking 10 rows behind you.
Serenity Manti, UTMarch 8, 2011 12:15 p.m.
When I first read this article, I thought that it was about time that those poor children who are riding in cars that are obviously filled with cigarette smoke are protected. Then I had second thoughts. Personally, I believe smoking is very hazardous to your health and second-hand smoke is even worse, but do we really have the right to impinge upon the rights of parents who choose to smoke in their own cars? I think not. The government, federal or state, should never obstruct people's personal, legal rights. The choice to smoke or not should be left up to the parents. The government should never, ever make laws to control people who are not breaking civil law. There are many books, advertisements, pamphlets or whatever out there to educate people about the dangers of smoking and, especially about second-hand smoke, but if people choose not to listen, that should be their choice. That's what makes this a free country, the ability to have choices.
Rifleman Salt Lake City, UtahMarch 8, 2011 10:02 a.m.
Re: Considering | 9:26 a.m. March 8, 2011
For decades the cigarette companies told us smoking was safe while they hid the real truth from us.
Today it has been proven beyond doubt that exposure to the toxins in secondhand smoke can cause asthma, cancer and other serious problems. It is easy enough to Google the studies.
Why would anyone subject their children to those dangers?
Considering Stockton, UTMarch 8, 2011 9:26 a.m.
I'm not a smoker and I hate how many cigs get littered. But I think the risks of second hand smoke are greatly exaggerated. What next, government mandates on how much junk food we can feed to our children? Or how much exercise we have to make sure they get?
But, if this reduces the number of butts flying out car windows, it will have done some real good.
Smokers, I don't care if want to smoke. But you've got to police yourselves and use a little common courtesy.
Do not huddle around building entrances forcing me to walk through a cloud of smoke to get in or out. Spread out a little.
Stop littering your butts. The world is not your ashtray and we are not obliged to provide you an ashtray. Carry a pocket ashtray. Or learn to field strip your butts. Use the ashtray in your car. But stop littering.
And even if it is legal to smoke somewhere, move away from non-smoking crowds. Only a boor deliberately breaks wind in a crowd. Step down wind a bit.
You'll find your rights get greater respect if you are courteous.
Dektol Powell, OHMarch 8, 2011 9:14 a.m.
Forcing kids to breathe the poison gas is child abuse, plain and simple. As a child I had no choice and still suffer the health effects. I have never gone back to visit the parents that forced me into breathing problems as a result of imprisoning me in the poison gas environment.
Prison sentences for poisoning children this way is too lenient for these drug addicts who care more for their fix than the health of their children.
UnKnown85 tooele, utMarch 8, 2011 8:53 a.m.
I personally agree with the premise of the law, you should not smoke in a car with children in it, its common sense. Side note: if the windows are down at moving speeds this is really not a big deal. If the windows are up and your still smoking in the car thats just disgusting. This opinion is coming from a smoker mind you.
Yet I am 100% against this law I find it ridiculous. You can not legislate morality. Whats next? You cant smoke in your own home? (Which I also find disgusting) You can't smoke with in 10 yards of a child? What if the car is a convertible?
While we are at it, lets make it illegal for your child not to do their math homework. And a law that if your kids dont get all the vitamins they need you will get a fine. Lets just fine parents of obese children!(
Chickenchaser Centralia, WAMarch 8, 2011 7:13 a.m.
Bryan et al. Perhaps, but I have noticed that many, uh huh, many folks smoke outside in respect of their children and others. I hated it when our car was filled with that stench. Someone has to stand for the kids, and if government hss to stand for kids then so be it. I cannot believe that anyone would support the gassing of children except Eichman.
Rifleman Salt Lake City, UtahMarch 8, 2011 6:49 a.m.
Re: attentive | 12:14 a.m. March 8, 2011
Getting your child's ears pierced won't cause respiratory problems in their airways and lungs but smoking does.
Why would any loving parent force their children to breath second hand smoke? Don't they understand the health dangers, or do they just want to ignore them?
My2Cents Kearns, UTMarch 8, 2011 4:48 a.m.
Don't we have enough hypocrisy and persecution in this state? What laws are broken by smoking? NONE. Who's rights are being violated and persecuted? The Smokers. Do we or any one have the right to persecute and hate for no reason?
Its time these mindset and criminal laws be stopped and most of the others repealed. There is no established right of any individual or state to persecute, hate, and tax for personal cause. How many laws must be written for a non existent crime? Rights are rights and violating rights is illegal. So is persecution. So is hate. But this one subject is the most severe of any and all hate this state chooses to focus its efforts on. It is criminal that hate and persecution is a motive for laws.
Bryan Syracuse, UTMarch 8, 2011 1:35 a.m.
So what's next? A law to prohibit smoking in homes with children present? Then a law to prohibit smoking on the porch when children are present? How about the legislature just controls everything that we do, because this is what the law is all about: control.
David B. Cedar City, UTMarch 8, 2011 12:58 a.m.
You people in Government are something else! With all that is going on in the state and the nation you worry about something like this.You keep raising cigarette taxes and you keep losing revenue and have you asked why this is happening? People are quitting because they can't afford what once was a legal product. It's nothing more than a bunch of greedy people on a power trip and the stupidity has to stop.
attentive Salt Lake City, UTMarch 8, 2011 12:14 a.m.
Along with this idea, let's make it illegal to have children's ears pierced without their consent. How many times have I seen and heard a very objecting babe in arms getting his/her ears pierced. Is that not taking away someone's rights?
attentive Salt Lake City, UTMarch 8, 2011 12:12 a.m.
Not that it isn't a great idea, but this is going to be tough to enforce.


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We're off overseas again but this time the children really are excited. After many years I've relented and said yes to the United States. NBA games for the boys! Harry Potter World for my daughter! Movie studios! The Seinfeld tour! 'Finally we're going to a place where they speak English,' notes number three, the youngest and most phlegmatic. No one had to spell it out for Dad. They've never been this up about Italy, France, Holland, Germany, Hungary and all those other places filled with art galleries and museums staffed by people who speak non-English.
Sigh. Somewhere between my childhood and theirs, someone built a bypass. All roads no longer lead to Europe, but to New York. I played soccer, hoping to be the next Pat Jennings, and religiously watched Brian Moore present English soccer on The Big Match. Money from my paper round in Darwin was spent on second-hand Agatha Christies. But my 12-year-old, a Houston Rockets fanatic, can name the starting five for just about every NBA team, and checks the results every day on the internet — when he's not watching The Simpsons or Modern Family. He has told all his friends about the games we'll see in the US, but when I first took the children by boat around Amsterdam — look, guys, your grandparents lived close by these very streets when they were your age! — they were so bored they played Uno. I feel rejected.
The price of my surrender is that we first celebrate Christmas in Holland with my relatives. I can't wait. It's said the Eskimos have a dozen words for snow, being so familiar with the stuff. The Dutch, one of the most domesticated of peoples until recently, have their own almost untranslatable vocabulary to describe the various kinds of social cosiness they've long specialised in. Gezellig is the best of them, implying lots of cosy pleasantness indoors, with the easy familiarity Jan Steen famously captured in his paintings.
I expect that will make Christmas more Christmassy than last year, when we went to the source of it all. A Jewish taxi driver didn't dare take us all the way into Palestinian-controlled Bethlehem, and it was raining to drown Noah. Soldiers ambled over Manger Square with that pregnant purposeless typical of overstuffed Middle Eastern security forces. The biggest icon was a three-storey high portrait of that kleptomaniac terrorist Yasser Arafat. Interesting it was. Christmas it wasn't. 'Happy Christmas,' a wandering clout of local youths yelled at us.
To be frank, I am glad to leave Australia for a spell. There's an unpleasantly strident tone to the political debate. A new viciousness. I know, I know — I've been right in there, too, hurling grenades and shouting of slush funds, spin and broken promises. I plead justification. I wouldn't be so critical of Julia Gillard if there wasn't so much to be critical about. I feel like the bloke who jumps in to wrestle the man-eating crocodile and comes out covered in mud. I blame the crocodile but I'm still dirty, and resent it.
Gillard is even busting up friendships. When I left the ABC's Insiders two year ago to start The Bolt Report I parted with host Barrie Cassidy on excellent terms. Tears were shed. He said kind things about me and I wrote even kinder things about him to his boss. But now? I've been dismayed by Barrie's open barracking for Gillard, and his airy dismissal of her disgraceful role in the AWU slush fund scandal. Is his friendship with Gillard's boyfriend clouding his judgment? Barrie in turn has written of the public being 'badly let down this year' by pundits too critical of Gillard. Unlike me, he's too nice to name names, but there aren't so many anti-Gillard pundits around that he needs to. Damn you, Julia Gillard! I need a new Prime Minister who — as Barrie's old boss Bob Hawke once promised — will 'bring Australians together'. Starting with Barrie and me.
While we're away, builder Brett, his team and his dog will finish the new garage with a mini-flat above for our 18-year-old. It's our cunning ploy to keep him at home while giving him more independence. Yet I again seem at odds with mainstream culture. It's a feeling I often had as the son of migrants who ping-ponged around the more remote parts of Australia, and it got worse in some ways when I married. For instance, I actually loved my mother-in-law and found mother-in-law jokes — long a staple of Australian culture — a bit off. Today, stratospheric house prices have made a joke of the one million grown children who won't leave the family home. They are the new mothers-in-law, and comic Trevor Marmalade has even made commercials for Lawson's bread giving tips for driving them out of the nest. He's from Dutch parents, too. He should know better.
I first lived in Holland as a 17-year-old and was soon checked by the remnants of the culture that had created such a bourgeois society. I was clipping my aunt's hedge when pious Neighbour Nap approached, frowning: 'Working on Sundays. We don't do that here.' This month three Moroccan teenagers from an Amsterdam club ended a soccer game by kicking a linesman, one of the dads, to death. The mayor of Amsterdam meanwhile unveiled a plan to exile anti-social citizens in public housing to what have been dubbed 'scum villages', where they'll live in shipping containers and caravans. Holland is not quite so gezellig any more, and even my impeccably leftist relatives wonder if Holland's flirtation with liberalism went rather too far. Of course, the mayor's spokesman presented scum villages as an unimpeachably liberal scheme to defend, say, gays from ferals: 'We want to defend the liberal values of Amsterdam. We want everyone to be who he and she is — whether they are gay and lesbian.' I may have chosen the wrong place for a holiday from spin.
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Advocates decry lack of braille in residence rooms and programs. KALIE SINCLAIR / Canadian Paralympic Committee
Goalball play Ahmad Ziedidavi, from Port Coquitlam, B.C., said this was one of the best-prepared Parapan cities, though the lack of braille on suite doors in the athletes' village leaves a blind person "kind of lost." By: Michael Robinson Staff Reporter, Published on Sat Aug 15 2015
Blind judo competitor Marissa Arndt, from St. Louis, Mo., says the friendliness of Torontonians has helped make the city more accessible, though she's had to rely on "landmarks" to navigate the braille-free dorm.
Despite ramps and powered doors, the absence of a few, tiny dots at the Parapan Am Village dorms may have been the Games' biggest barrier of all.
Some 325 Para-athletes with a visual impairment have competed in this year's Games, which come to a close tonight. Ontario's laws, however, do not require accessible signage, such as braille, on individual rooms.
This can put athletes like veteran Canadian goalball player Ahmad Ziedidavi in a tricky spot.
"If you want to look for your apartment suite and you don't have anybody, you are kind of lost," the Coquitlam, B.C., native said, adding that he did find braille on the elevators, but not on the residences' apartment doors.
Nevertheless, he was "very impressed" with the Village.
"I've been to Previous Pan Am games and this was one of the best," he said.
Accessibility advocate and lawyer David Lepofsky describes braille as "a bedrock accommodation" for people with vision loss.
"If a sign is posted in print so sighted people can read it, it is an obvious denial of equal treatment to not do the same for blind people in a format they can read," he said.
"This is especially so for an event like the Parapan American Games, where the government is specifically inviting blind athletes to come to Canada to compete in sports specifically meant for blind athletes."
"I did notice that there are no raised numbers or braille for the room numbers," said Tiana Knight, a Calgary goalball player. "Most places now have both, or at least one. "It is sometimes difficult when you can't read the number."
Marissa Arndt, a blind judo athlete from St. Louis, Mo., said she has relied on "landmarks" to navigate the dorm.
"My room is on the corner, so I know if I get off the elevator I can feel a metal door and my friend's room is one more door down," said the 24-year-old, who compares her eyesight to looking through a tunnel the width of a straw.
Despite assistance from volunteers or her coach, "braille would have been helpful to do it on (my) own."
TO2015 had volunteers and team officials to help blind athletes, a provision that met customer service requirements under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA).
Blane McPhail, a spokesperson for the provincial Minister of Sport, said the athletes' village "met or exceeded stringent standards put forward by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) for those buildings." He added that Toronto's efforts also "were recognized by the Americas Paralympic Committee, which called Toronto the best prepared city to ever host the Parapan American Games in March."
McPhail said many athletes have been "impressed by our commitment to accessibility."
Jennifer Ramsay, spokesperson for the Human Rights Legal Support Centre, however, panned the province for only meeting the law's minimum regulatory requirements when it comes to accommodating visual impairments.
"It is truly astonishing that an event meant to celebrate the diversity and strength of athletes with disabilities has simply complied with bottom-line building standards," said Jennifer Ramsay, spokesperson for the Human Rights Legal Support Centre.
The issue is not limited solely to the dorms.
When Lepofsky, who chairs the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance, asked for braille print programming during the opening ceremonies, he was informed that none was available.
"They told sighted people they had a print program and they told blind people you don't," he said. "This is very blistering.
"How would sighted people feel if they only gave out braille copies of the program?"
Officials referred to printing costs and the ability for spectators to read accessible documents online as reasons behind their decision.
Earlier this year, the Americas Paralympic Committee called Toronto the best prepared city to ever host the Parapan American Games.
Reproduced from http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/panamgames/2015/08/15/blind-parapan-athletes-face-more-barriers-than-most.


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For an actor who has made a career largely out of playing uptight English gentlemen, John Cleese presents himself as surprisingly laid-back. Ensconced in a plush chair, his 6-foot-5 frame stretched onto an ottoman, Cleese is the picture of comfort. It suddenly makes sense that this is the man who once listed among his hobbies "gluttony" and "sloth." Of course, with a recurring role on the hit show Will & Grace and countless film projects keeping him busy, no one can accuse Cleese of slacking off.
He greets his visitors with that unmistakable British accent, and it's impossible to not let your mind wander to myriad Monty Python characters—Gumbys, The Black Knight, a Minister of Silly Walks—instantly associated with that voice. It's a voice that's on ample display in the blockbuster-to-be Shrek 2, in which Cleese's King of Far, Far Away finds himself the unwilling father-in-law of the green ogre. Ask Cleese how he came to be cast in the part, and his answer is simple. "The phone rang," he replies with a shrug. "No more than that. I was particularly pleased, because I thought Shrek 1 was wonderful."
Unlike many cartoons, the physical traits of the king are not based at all on Cleese. "I thought they were going to base it on me, but I can't see it at all," he says. "For starters, he's short. And he's rather sort of ruddy-faced. But I was delighted, anyway, because it's the kind of work I really enjoy. I've done about six of these now. It's been quite a familiar way of working. Ninety-nine percent of the time you're absolutely on your own and very dependent on the director to tell you exactly what's going on, since it exists in his head. By and large, it doesn't really exist outside of his head. It hasn't been animated yet."
The opportunity to do something fun and lighthearted seems to have drawn Cleese to his recent projects. In addition to Will & Grace and Shrek 2, he has taken on small but memorable roles in two enormous franchises—as a decapitated ghost in the Harry Potter series and gadgets expert 'R' in the James Bond films. Later this year he will appear in the star-studded remake of Around the World in 80 Days. Not bad for an actor who started out wanting to be a lawyer and has never even heard the term "Meisner technique." "What is that? I've never ever heard of the term," Cleese asks quizzically. "I never had a lesson in my life. And I'm not exactly proud of it, but I'm not defensive about it. I think very frequently there's a kind of originality you get from people who haven't done extensive training."
It never occurred to Cleese as an undergraduate studying law at Cambridge that he would wind up with a career in show business. Although he participated in several shows, including the prestigious Footlights troupe, it was a show he did his senior year in 1963 that set him on his current path. "It was very good and, as a result, we were taken to the West End," Cleese recalls. "I was around 22 or 24 and offered a job there because we were young and they could afford us rather easily. I had a choice between earning 12 pounds a week working as an article clerk in a law firm or 30 pounds a week in the theatre. I thought, 'This sounds a bit more interesting.' "
Having taken that step, Cleese found he loved the freedom performing provided. "I like the fact that I went from project to project. You're always learning. I love to learn new things. My main complaint about comedy is, I feel I haven't learned much recently. It's sort of the law of diminishing returns. I think I do it as well as I ever did because I have much greater relaxation than I ever had. And an enormous amount of delivering the goods when it comes to comedy is to relax."
Which is not to say that Cleese doesn't take his roles seriously. "There are certain things I do—I was recently asked to make some commercials for Tasmania. I wouldn't worry about commercials for Tasmania as much as I would worry about commercials in England," Cleese admits. "They're what one of my agents calls free money because it doesn't really affect your career." At the same time, Cleese insists he gives great consideration to his preparation, no matter what the part. "I don't think my approach is very different: I start very much from the script. In fact, my weakness as an actor is probably to be too respectful of the script." A writer himself, who penned the Oscar-nominated screenplay for A Fish Called Wanda as well as co-wrote the acclaimed Monty Python and Fawlty Towers series, Cleese has the utmost respect for his fellow writers. "There aren't many good comedy writers out there now, so I'm very respectful," he notes. "It's all right to change things when I've written it, but I think sometimes when someone else has written it, I don't try to bring enough to it. I sort of rely on what's there on the paper and just try not to screw it up rather than just taking it and making it my own."
Does it ever pose a problem when Cleese writes a role for himself without realizing he'll have to perform the scenes? "To a surprising extent," he says with a laugh. "When I was writing Fish Called Wanda, I wrote that hanging-upside-down-outside-the-window scene. Then, after I'd polished it, rewritten it, argued with the director, and rewritten some more, I sort of put my actor hat on and it really was as though I hadn't quite realized I would have to do this. You get so into writing it that you forget you actually have to deliver the goods."
Cleese was most recently seen delivering the goods as the millionaire fiancé of Megan Mullally's Karen Walker on the sitcom Will & Grace. In a rare occasion of stunt casting that works, Cleese's Lyle Finster finished off the season finale marrying the self-absorbed Karen. It's a role that reunites Cleese with director James Burrows, with whom he previously collaborated on Cheers in a role that snagged Cleese an Emmy. Another appeal, not surprisingly, was the chance to be comfortable. Says Cleese, "The character was interesting to me because it was not just that he was so wonderfully depraved, but it was a very relaxed form of acting if you compare what I've done in the past, which is usually very precise and rather high-energy. And that part of it pleased me because I like doing different things."
Cleese even learned something new while working on the show. "Not to panic when you don't get any rehearsal," he says. "They've almost abolished rehearsal. The more times I play a scene the happier I am, I love to play. That helps you make your choices. Well, there isn't time for that on Will & Grace. For starters, you're getting a new script every day. You also discover that when you're actually recording the thing in front of an audience, they're giving you new lines. You say, 'Fuck, I haven't got the old ones right yet!' And Jimmy [Burrows] is so clever that he makes you look good. I didn't really feel I was good, but it was all right on the screen." BSW


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Franks Chiropractic Life Center in Watkinsville will join with hundreds of other chiropractors across the country as they host Stress Relief Day on Nov. 10 to raise money for the American Red Cross.
The center will donate its income from that day to the Red Cross as the chiropractors attempt to reach $5 million.
''Chiropractors want to provide much needed stress relief for the nation and financially contribute to the rebuilding of our country,'' said Dr. Richard Franks.
The public is invited to come to the office on Park Drive Saturday and receive a chiropractic service and education on stress reduction.
Franks offered a few tips on stress:
Don't Panic. Clear your mind and focus on things in life that matter the most.
Don't numb yourself. Don't turn to drugs, alcohol and medications to cope with stress.
Keep stress reaction in check: Stress can cause physical and mental exhaustion that leads to health problems.
Stay healthy.
Published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Wednesday, November 7, 2001.
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Dear teachers,
I would be extremely grateful if you could clear out my doubts about which tenses to use with the conjunction of time -or reason- "since".
1) I'd like to know which tense we can use (in academic English and not in everyday speech) with the time conjunction "since". Le simple past is unanimously chosen but what about the present perfect?
a) It is / has been a long time since I SAW her. 100% correct
b) It is / has been a long time since I HAVE SEEN her. (also academic ?)
(by the way are both forms "It is a long time" and "It has been a long time" formally accepted?)
c) It's been a week since I SAW my friends / I GRADUATED.
d) It's been a week since I HAVE SEEN my friends / I HAVE GRADUATED.
e) I've been cheating on you since I KNEW you. (?)
f) I've been cheating on you since I HAVE KNOWN you.
g) How long is it since you KNEW her ? (??)
h) How long is it since you HAVE KNOWN her?
i) How long HAVE you KNOWN her ?
2) Is it true that we cannot use the present tense in the main clause when "since" expresses time but can only use it when "since" introduces a reason? However, let's look at the following sentences, can't they be made of time clauses?
a) She LOOKS quite different since her illness. (time clause ?)
b) He IS SHOOTING the most expensive film since Star Wars. (correct ?)
c) My mother LOOKS younger since she dyed her hair. (time or reason clause ?)
d) He LOOKS much younger since he shaved off his beard. (time or reason)
e) She no longer VISITS since she got married. (time or reason?)
At some point I thought that the present tense could be used with the time expression "since" only with state verbs but "visits" above is a verb of process, so what is the correct answer?
Thank you very much for your help.
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From crispy mussel pancakes in Bangkok, Thailand to freshly-baked simit (a circular bread sprinkled with sesame seeds) in Istanbul, Turkey, taking it to the streets is one of the best ways to get to know a city's food scene. CNN has named its top 23 cities in the world for street food, and for the second year running, Bangkok is tops.
No Canadian cities made this year's list but Vancouver, with its Japadogs and mobile tandoor, might just be a serious contender in the future.
Here's a look at the five best cities for street eats, according to CNN:
1. Bangkok, Thailand
You don't have to worry about seeking out street food in Bangkok – vendors operate regularly all over the city. Hit the city's Chinatown — a.k.a. Yarowat — for some of the city's best street food fare, CNN says.
2. Tokyo, Japan
Don't overlook the street food when visiting the Japanese capital. The city has more Michelin-starred restaurants than any other city on the planet, but taking in the street food scene is a more affordable, and no less delicious, option.
3. Honolulu, Hawaii
Poke, the fish salad that is taking Canada by storm, is as readily available here as sandwiches are in other American cities, CNN says. The Hawaiian capital also has a "thriving food truck scene," and multicultural street food offerings, but CNN recommends getting in your car. Head out to the North Shore's Kamehameha Highway in Haleiwa for some real culinary action.
4. Durban, South Africa
The coastal city of Durban is known for its Zulu-, Indian- and colonial-influenced culture and cuisine. "The city is known for its curries, which over the generations have adapted to South African ingredients and tastes," CNN writes.
5. New Orleans, Louisiana
Local favourite Lucky Dogs was immortalized in John Kennedy Toole's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, A Confederacy of Dunces. Gas station-fare and Italian-American specialties such as muffuletta are must-tries, but as CNN writes: "More recent waves of migration have helped entrench taqueria trucks and pho noodles just as firmly into the city's street food scene."
See cnn.com for the full list.


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WMNF Bluesy Birthday: Shemekia Copeland performs the blues with the Stooges Brass Band plus Billy Seward and Soulfonic at 7 p.m. at Skipper's Smokehouse, 910 Skipper Road, Tampa. $20-$25. (813) 238-8001. skipperssmokehouse.com.
Lots of laughs: Comedian Tammy Pescatelli performs at 8 and 10:15 tonight; 6, 8 and 10:15 p.m. Saturday; and 7 p.m. Sunday at Side Splitters Comedy Club, 12938 N Dale Mabry Highway, Tampa. For pricing, call (813) 960-1197; sidesplitterscomedy.com.
'And Then There Were None': The Carrollwood Players perform an Agatha Christie murder mystery at 8 p.m. today and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at the Carrollwood Playhouse, 4335 Gunn Highway, Tampa. $18, $15 for ages 62 and older. (813) 265-4000. carrollwoodplayers.org.
Elton John: The king of glam-rock performs at 8 p.m. at the University of South Florida Sun Dome, 4202 E Fowler Ave., Tampa. $39.50-$139.50. (813) 974-3002. sundomearena.com/events/detail/elton-john.
Art of Helping Children Gala : A Midnight in Paris-themed benefit gala is at 6 p.m. at the A La Carte Event Pavilion, 4050 Dana Shores Drive, Tampa. Features can-can girls, strolling musicians, a French meal, cocktails, Parisian decor and visits from impersonators of Dalí and Picasso. Proceeds benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay. $150. (813) 769-3636. bbbsfl.org.
WMNF Rocking Birthday: Black Taxi performs with the Florida Kilos and Alexander and the Grapes at 8 p.m. at Skipper's Smokehouse, 910 Skipper Road, Tampa. $10-$15. Toll-free, 1-800-594-8499; skipperssmokehouse.com.
An Evening of the Most Romantic Love Songs of All Time: Four local vocalists sing classic love songs at 8 p.m. at the Carrollwood Cultural Center, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa. $18 for general admission, $15 for members, $16 for children and seniors. (813) 269-1310. carrollwoodcenter.org.
Saxes Gone Wild 3: Multiple jazz and R&B musicians perform live at 5 p.m. at Skipper's Smokehouse, 910 Skipper Road, Tampa. $10. Toll-free, 1-800-594-8499; skipperssmokehouse.com.
Indiana Jones Movie Marathon: AMC theaters hosts an Indiana Jones marathon at 10:30 a.m. at Veterans 24, 9302 Anderson Road, Tampa. See Steven Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in order. Tickets include a poster and a lanyard, while supplies last. $25. Toll free, 1-888-262-4386. Visit amctheatres.com/events/indiana-jones online.
Skipper's has the blues: Franc Robert and the Boxcar Tourists perform at 7 p.m. at Skipper's Smokehouse, 910 Skipper Road, Tampa. $5. Toll-free, 1-800-594-8499; skipperssmokehouse.com.
'Brinner' of Hope: Fleming's Prime Steakhouse and Roy's restaurant team up to host a benefit for the Pediatric Cancer Foundation from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the A La Carte Event Pavilion, 4050 Dana Shores Drive, Tampa. Includes mimosas and Bloody Marys and a breakfast buffet dinner ("brinner"), plus stories of hope told by past and present patients. $125. (813) 269-0955. fastercure.org.


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The plan was to leave Colorado at 3 AM this morning, but CD woke up ready to go a little past midnight. So, we hit the road around 1:15 AM and pulled into Nashville at 7:15 tonight. 18 hours in the car with 2 dogs…it was a long day. CD drove most of the way, and I promptly fell asleep as soon as we got on the Interstate. Then a certain someone woke me up just before sunrise exclaiming that our speedometer was off and had me start timing our mile splits. It's all about the numbers and race strategy for that husband of mine, whether he's on his feet or behind the wheel of a car. 🙂
I thought it would be fun to blog about my eats for the day. Chris and I don't do typical road trip food. Again, CD has a strategy. We stop 3 times, just long enough to pump gas, use the bathroom, and walk the dogs for 5 minutes. Since I'm not a fan of gas station food, I make sure the car is stocked with plenty of goodies.
As soon as we hit the road, we had some CD Balls.
CD did it again, and these were his best truffles yet! Not sure of exact measurements, but he rolled melted unsweetened baking chocolate with cocoa powder, coconut milk, stevia, and cherries into balls and refrigerated them overnight for our trip. They were delicious, but no caffeine buzz. I was sound asleep 5 minutes later.
After the speedometer fiasco, we stopped for gas, and I pulled a Polly.
I had packed 1/2 cup quinoa flakes and 1/2 cup of rolled oats in a Ziploc bag. In the gas station, I poured them into a large coffee cup and added 2 cups hot water from their coffee maker. After about 15 minutes, I had a huge cup of warm cereal. I then mashed a banana in the Ziploc bag and added it to the mix. Topped it all off with some crunchy PB. Much better than a fast food biscuit, no?
Next up, lunch.
While I cleaned the yurt, Chris cut up all of our remaining vegetables and roasted them in coconut oil. CD, I think I'm just going to let you do all the cooking from now on. 😉
A couple hours later, I had a bit of a sweet tooth and broke out the berries. We packed all of our leftover frozen smoothie fruit into individual containers. After several hours in the car, it was all thawed out and ready to eat.
Oh, and lets not forget the pups…
That was enough to get me home, and I loved that we did not waste any food leftover from our stay at the yurt.
We rolled into town, unloaded the car, and then started going through all our mail that my brother was kind enough to collect while we were away. Look what was waiting for me…
The folks over at Jay Robb were kind enough to send me some rice protein when we set up the 10% discount code for all HEAB readers. By the way, have you cashed in on the promo code yet? What? Why not? The offer expires this Monday, August 31st. Click here to read all about it and don't miss out!
After my reunion with Jay, I promptly ransacked my cabinets and was overjoyed to discover I still had some oat bran left. Along with some goods we brought home with us, I was able to make…
Since I opened the chocolate Jay Robb, I guess I'll have to keep it for myself. 😉 However, it looks like I have 5 individual serving packets of vanilla rice protein powder to share. In honor of our safe arrival back in Nashville, that is exactly what I plan to do. Leave a comment below telling me your favorite road trip eats, and I'll pick 5 random winners to receive some Jay Robb love.
Night my friends…I am super tired, and my to-do list for tomorrow is super long. Enjoy the rest of your weekend! Oh, and thank you so much for your comments regarding my interview with Katie Drummond at True/Slant.com. Every one of them made me smile.


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That first meet of the season I was really nervous. It's a different kind of nervousness when you haven't competed in awhile. I got that meet out of the way and put a meet together like I wanted to last weekend, which I think will make me more confident for the rest of the season. —Utah gymnast Corrie Lothrop
SALT LAKE CITY — Consistency is something Utah gymnast Corrie Lothrop has long been known for. Heading into No. 4 Utah's meet against No. 8 UCLA Saturday in the Huntsman Center, Lothrop has only missed four of her 119 collegiate routines.
The majority of the routines came during her freshman and sophomore seasons, when she was Utah's top scorer in the all-around. She earned Pac-12 all-around champion honors during her sophomore year and was perfect in routines as a junior last year before tearing her left Achilles early in the season.
It's that injury, which isn't unfamiliar given she tore her right Achilles prior to joining Utah, that has limited Lothrop to bars and beam so far this year. It also has slowed her ability to regain the level of consistency she had before. Heading into last Friday's win over Cal, Lothrop had fallen on her bars connection in both the Red Rocks Preview and Utah's season opening win. But she changed her release for the Cal meet and hit for a 9.9.
"That first meet of the season I was really nervous," said Lothrop. "It's a different kind of nervousness when you haven't competed in awhile. I got that meet out of the way and put a meet together like I wanted to last weekend, which I think will make me more confident for the rest of the season."
Lothrop, who was a 2008 U.S. Olympic team alternate, said the second Achilles injury reiterated how much she hates being on the sidelines and loves competing. She also said the injury grew her love for gymnastics and her teammates as she turned into their biggest cheerleader. But Lothrop also admitted not competing and training made her a bit stir crazy since gymnastics is something she's been doing for nearly 20 years.
"I was going a bit crazy and needed something to do so I started volunteering at Best Friends Animal Society," said Lothrop. "I love the animals and had so much fun walking and playing with them. I said I'll be back to volunteer when the season is over."
"Corrie is really a great team leader and person and can help us in so many ways," said Utah co-head coach Megan Marsden. "It was great to see her hit her bars routine last weekend — we knew it was just a matter of time for her."
Time is something Lothrop's had to be patient with during the rehab and as she tries to crack the vault lineup for Utah. She admits while her foot has held her back some, she isn't at the level of consistency she needs to be at to compete for a spot in the nation's best vault lineup.
"I started a new vault last year and it's better for my body all-around, but I need to work on the technical elements," said Lothrop.
During all of this, the Massachusetts native has also had to watch her dad, Don, experience the same recovery after he tore his Achilles last fall. Lothrop was adopted from China, so the injury wasn't hereditary.1 comment on this story
"It's really weird that it happened to him so soon after, and even weirder that it was the left one just like me," said Lothrop. "He's really stubborn, and not doing what the doctors say, so he's taking a longer time to recover."
Utah's co-captain Lothrop is expected to be fourth in the bars lineup and lead off the beam against UCLA. She's a second-team All-American in both events and five-time All-American overall. Though listed as a senior, she received a medical hardship and has two seasons of eligibility left.


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Only the Left Can
The peace with Jordan, a rare fruit of the Oslo Accord, is another guarantee that no sane Israeli government would ever adopt the iniquitous plan of transferring the Palestinians eastward.
We might never know whether the Geneva Initiative and the reservists who refused to serve in the territories were really the reason for Ariel Sharon's disengagement plan, or whether the virtual agreement and the refusal provided him with an excuse for fleeing from the road map to the old Bantustan scheme. But to Labor and Yahad MKs, as well as most Shinui MKs, whose roots are in the peace camp - the people whose votes will pass the disengagement plan tomorrow - where Sharon is coming from should not matter. What is important is where the Likud is going. A review of the past 11 years shows that the central stream of Israeli society, including most Likud voters, are heading down the path that Yitzhak Rabin paved.
In a soul-searching article about "faith-based Zionism" published in Nekuda recently, Israel Harel, a resident of the settlement of Ofra, noted that the Oslo Accord removed 42 percent of the Land of Israel (Areas A and B) from the State of Israel. "It's true that from a declarative standpoint, we did not concede a single inch," he wrote, "but every intelligent person knows and understands that as long as international law in its current form applies in the world, these territories, which were handed over to the Arabs via a contract signed by the government of Israel, no longer belong to the Jewish people. But we no longer talk about that ... We've repressed it, we've accepted it."
He is right. Even though rightist governments claim that the Palestinians are violating the Oslo Accord by their violence, about half the West Bank is still under the civil control of the Palestinian Authority. And even though the Israel Defense Forces enter and leave the Gaza Strip at will, from a legal standpoint, most of this territory remains under Palestinian civil and security control. The two Sharon governments have not even dared to repeal the Barak government's December 2000 decision to adopt the Clinton outline, under which the Palestinians would receive 94 to 96 percent of the West Bank.
Ten years ago this week, when Rabin signed the peace agreement with Jordan, the peace camp with one stroke of the pen liquidated Betar's vision of both banks of the Jordan belonging to Israel, as well as Sharon's idea that Jordan is Palestine. On the eve of his first visit to Amman, Sharon, then infrastructure minister, was compelled to promise King Hussein that this utterance would no longer cross his lips.
The peace with Jordan, a rare fruit of the Oslo Accord, is another guarantee that no sane Israeli government would ever adopt the iniquitous plan of transferring the Palestinians eastward. Moreover, Israel's interest in preserving relations with Jordan, as well as with Egypt, requires every government to consider the impact of its actions in the territories on its neighbors to the east and south.
The separation fence, another brainchild of a Labor government that was adopted by Sharon, restores the Green Line to Israeli and international awareness and removes the outlook that "Yesha [the West Bank and Gaza] is here," in Kfar Sava and Mevasseret. "Isn't it clear that there is a real danger that everything not included in the fence will in the future not be under Israeli sovereignty?" asks Harel, and wonders about the "absurdity" whereby the right is enraged when the High Court of Justice rules against the fence.
The fact that High Court rulings are consistently pushing the fence westward, to the Green Line, is also thanks to peace organizations and individual activists that exposed the plot to exploit the threat of terrorism to effect a land grab.
The precedent of a withdrawal "under fire," without waiting for an agreement with the enemy, was set four years ago by the Barak government. The quiet that the exit from Lebanon brought to the northern border should be credited in large measure to the backing that this step received from the United Nations, the United States and Europe, as well as to the international community's pressure on Syria to rein in Hezbollah.
If the plan for a withdrawal from Gaza and the northern West Bank is in fact executed, it will be thanks to the votes of Yuli Tamir, Amram Mitzna, Haim Oron and Eti Livni - all members of the Geneva Initiative group. The Israeli and Palestinian peace camps, the American administration and the Quartet must ensure that Sharon continues to pull the wagon leftward, in the direction of two viable states, rather than swerving rightward into a Bantustan and the perpetuation of the bloody conflict.
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Given how much I love to travel and to acquire items of minimal practical use, you'd think I'd be quite the fan of holiday souvenirs. Yet somehow, tourist tat is my blind spot: novelty pens and T-shirts proudly emblazoned with destination names do nothing for me. I once decided to start a collection of snow globes from my travels; this amounts to one lone dome languishing on my windowsill. As I usually travel with hand luggage only, it seems ridiculous to waste valuable liquid space on a water-filled plastic sphere. So when I saw that the topic for this month's Across the Cafe Table on The Travel Belles was 'my favourite souvenir', I wondered what I could possibly write about. Those lovely Moroccan tea glasses purchased in 2008 and still wrapped up in newspaper, perhaps?
Surprisingly, my favourite souvenir isn't a material object. I don't even have it any more; it only survives in photos. When I visited Singapore and Malaysia in 2010, it was the first time I'd been so far from home, and the first time I'd travelled alone outside of Europe. So I wanted a souvenir that fitted with this theme of firsts: something new and different I'd never experienced before. I chose a henna tattoo.
On my last night in Malaysia, I saw a lady sitting in the street in Kuala Lumpur's Little India. On the plastic table in front of her were photos of intricate, swirling floral designs on the arms and legs of smiling customers. Sitting down, I asked for something small on my left hand. Minutes later, a series of loops and flourishes were working their way up down my fingers and up my forearm: we clearly had different ideas of small. I had no complaints though: as I watched her artistry unfold, I marvelled at her creativity. The floral motifs creeping up my arm weren't based on any design, just her own imagination.
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A few minutes later, her work was done. She asked me for 5 Ringgit (one pound). Horrified that such a work of art could cost so little, I paid her double. Walking through the streets of KL with my newly-tattooed arm, I was careful to avoid smudging her handiwork and couldn't stop admiring it for days afterwards. As souvenirs go, it wasn't the most durable, but to me it was worth so much more than any novelty item.
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You can read about the rest of the Travel Belles' favourite souvenirs here.


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Paramount and Skydance's reboot of the "Terminator" franchise has found the Terminator's enemy/ally (depending on the plot this time 'round) in Australian actor Jai Courtney, who will be adding the role to the 50 or so other movies he'll be doing in 2014.
Variety reports that the very busy Courtney will join "Game of Thrones'" Emilia Clarke as Sarah Connor, with Jason Clarke (no relation) as John Connor, and Arnold Schwarzenegger as Arnold Schwarzenegger. Er, I mean, as the Terminator. (Whether this is the good or bad Terminator, once again, depends on whatever nonsense plot they come up with this time 'round.)
"Thor: The Dark World's" Alan Taylor will direct the film, officially titled "Terminator: Genesis," which is expected (as if you couldn't already guessed) to be the first of an all-new trilogy that may or may not be associated in anyway whatsoever with the James Cameron films or the McG sequel, "Terminator Salvation."
Will this be something with actual original ideas or just a blatant cash grab? I guess we'll find out in 2015.


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Is a product offering 99.999 percent reliability with a lifetime warranty a good deal? Not necessarily
The power utilities are selling just that. They call 99.999 percent "five nines" of reliability and power companies across the country are very proud of it. Some even promote "seven nines" of protection. When compared to power dependability around the world, five "nines" can be considered very good—it translates into roughly five minutes of no power each year or possibly just one hour of no power every ten years. In most industrial environments, one hour of no power every ten years would be manageable.
But when it comes to power, 99.999 percent reliability is much further from perfect than it appears. In fact, it can unknowingly cost pharmaceutical companies millions of dollars every year. A recent study by the Electronic Power Research Institute (EPRI) concluded this type of power ignorance could be costing the United States $250 billion every year.
Surely pharmaceutical processors wouldn't need to spend tons of money to insulate themselves from only one hour of downtime every ten years unless it threatened the safety of their employees. So why do companies spend millions on premium power, multiple feeds, elaborate load-sharing switchgear, generators and uninterruptible power supplies?
Power reliability doesn't tell the whole story
Premium power, generators and the like all seem to be viable technologies to prevent power reliability problems, especially when considering that 50 percent of unscheduled downtime is caused by power related issues. But when it comes to solving short-duration power dips, or "voltage sags" that make up 98 percent of all power glitches, these safeguards become relatively worthless. Poor power quality (PQ) or more succinctly, "Dirty Power," causes more downtime and lost production than power reliability incidents, and often can't be detected or prevented by typical defenses.Over the past three years several of the largest pharmaceutical manufacturers have been investigating the issue of Dirty Power and are shocked at what they're finding. Short-duration voltage sags, cause more downtime than any other single issue in their facilities.
Voltage sags are most often caused by weather, errant rodents, mechanical failures or human error. They can be caused by problems in your facility but most often are utility "grid events" that are totally outside your jurisdiction. To further complicate matters, voltage sags are not always detectible. In a three-phase industrial environment, a voltage sag on phase "B" won't be seen if the lights are wired on phase "A." Some voltage sags are so short they won't even cause the lights to flicker. Unfortunately, the downtime isn't always as fleeting as the voltage sag. In many cases a 0.1-second voltage sag can cause hours of lost production time.
What happens to automated production processes after a voltage sag?
At most pharmaceutical manufacturing plants, voltage sags can affect the following processes;
- all carry the potential to take the plant down for extended periods of time
- Chillers
- Mixers
- Coaters
- Compressors
- Air Handlers
- Catalytic Oxidizers
- Those that are production-constrained and need to optimize capital resources
- Plants that suffer from excessive scrap expense, requiring PQ protection to remain competitive
- Facilities that are regulated and require expensive root cause analysis for even minor anomalies
- Factories that are time-constrained by JIT contracts, requiring PQ protection to minimize finished goods inventories and punitive back charges
When considering PQ equipment, it is critical to take all aspects of the problem into consideration. Capital avoidance, scrap expense, rework expense, missed deliveries, idled direct expense and factory overheads are all impacted by voltage sags. The true cost of downtime is much higher than one might think.
As pharmaceutical producers commit to tighter process controls, high-speed digital technologies will be required to meet the rigorous demands. Many pharmaceutical processing facilities already have more computers on the factory floor than in the front office. IT departments wouldn't think of operating their mainframes without power reliability and power quality protection—shouldn't factory automation require the same level of protection?
In one instance, a large pharmaceutical manufacturing facility utilized an Allen/Bradley variable frequency drive on a catalytic oxidizer to burn off excess particulates and airborne chemicals coming from the operation of a fluid bed tablet process. During voltage sag events at the manufacturing facility, the variable frequency drive would shut down and as a result, the interlocking controls shut down the Catalytic Oxidizer, which in turn shut down the Fluid Bed process. When functioning properly, this process was a necessary step to avoid dumping excess chemicals into the atmosphere; when not functioning properly, it violated EPA laws. This put the pharmaceutical manufacturer in a difficult spot every time it experienced a Dirty Power event. While shutting down the process protected the atmosphere and avoided EPA penalty, it also came at a significant production cost for the company. Incident reports had to be written and investigations conducted to assure the EPA and FDA that no contamination took place and that no product was compromised. In addition to the time and money it cost the facility to go through investigations, the product in the fluid bed had to be disposed of, and machinery had to be taken off-line to be cleaned out, costing the plant large sums of money. As would be the case with many pharmaceuticals, the scrap material cost was insignificant when compared to the lost production and resulting profits.
Pharmaceutical processors who track the impact of voltage sags have concluded that sags account for as much as 70 percent of their total unscheduled downtime. The correlation between voltage sags and unscheduled downtime is very high from an event perspective—but the duration is not. A 0.1-second voltage sag can shut down an aseptic packaging line for 10 hours for cleaning. Many sensitive controls will actually be damaged by voltage sags as well. Variable frequency drives, custom control boards, panel PCs and other devices can be very sensitive to voltage sags. Insulating your production lines for Dirty Power can reduce damaged control equipment and cost-effectively increase your annual productivity by as much as two percent. That is a real competitive advantage.
You might be asking, "How do we get started?"
Once you accept that voltage sags could be one of the leading causes of unplanned downtime in your facility, what can you do about it? Believe it or not, the answer is not that complicated. It is a simple two-part process that every pharmaceutical processor should make standard practice.
The first step is understanding the problem. Isolating the source of Dirty Power requires a power quality monitor that can distinguish between a local event and a grid event. With information from the right power quality monitor, everyone on the team can know that they just experienced a voltage sag and whether or not it can be traced outside the facility. Armed with this information, if the sag was a gridwide event, they know that simply restarting the process is all that is required. The root cause of the event is fully understood and explained. This can save thousands, and in some case millions, in unnecessary and unexplained downtime, equipment replacement and spare parts each year.
Understanding the root cause doesn't eliminate the problem
The next step in the process is correction. Because voltage sags are so short in duration, power reliability technologies like generators, high-speed switchgear and standby uninterruptible power supplies are not fast enough to respond to sags and prevent downtime. Solving power quality problems requires equipment purposely built for the task. A Double Conversion UPS is an obvious choice, but not designed for the factory floor and very expensive to operate and maintain.
A cost effective, battery-free UPS optimized for industrial power quality is perhaps a better solution to your power quality problems. To purify power in real time takes technology well beyond batteries, flywheels or even ultra-caps. In fact, to purify power doesn't require stored energy at all; the grid can supply all the power needed to sustain operations.
Detecting Dirty Power takes high-speed monitoring. Once detected, instantaneous response is vital. To eliminate the need for stored energy requires a technology that can harvest residual power from the grid.
For example, a leading pharmaceutical manufacturer recently installed a power quality monitor that tracks voltage events while providing corroborative evidence to verify whether the event was internal or external to the facility. Due to the helpful nature of the power quality monitor data, the manufacturer soon became reliant on its power quality reports; in fact, this data is now regularly included in the facility's variance reports to the FDA. Equally important is the ability it has given the manufacturer to correlate sags with machine downtime. The data has been used to create a list of the particular processes that are affected by various levels of voltage sags and the facility can now predict which machines will be down based on the phase, depth and duration data included in the reports. On a practical basis this means the company can immediately dispatch the necessary resources to the affected area and restart the machines without having to spend time troubleshooting the problem.
A battery-free UPS optimized for industrial PQ problems
Cost-effectively deploying PQ equipment requires careful planning. Not all pharmaceutical manufacturing operations require PQ protection. In a typical highly automated facility, less than 50 percent of the total power used drives equipment that is sensitive to Dirty Power. The nature of the business is also an important consideration. Industrials that need PQ protection include
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You've probably heard that hiring your children is a great tax-saving move. Their income is taxed in their low tax bracket, and as long as you handle things correctly, your company can deduct the compensation.
But now may be the time to turn that time-honored tax technique on its head. How? Put your mom and dad on the company payroll.
By shifting your income to the older generation, you can still generate income-tax savings for the family, while your company keeps its deductions. In fact, it might turn into an even sweeter deal than hiring your kids.
Case study: To see how the strategy works, let's look at a hypothetical example: Your 70-year-old widowed mother needs an extra $10,000 to get by each year. Since she expects to earn more than $3,100 in investment income in 2004, you can't claim her as your dependent if you simply gave her the cash. Instead, since she likes to keep busy, you hire her to help with light bookkeeping in the office.
Suppose you pay your mom $12,000 a year for her services. She's in the 15 percent tax bracket, so she must pay $1,800 in tax, netting her $10,200 before other payroll deductions.
In comparison, if the $12,000 in compensation had been paid to you in your 33 percent tax bracket, you would have paid $3,960 in tax ($2,160 more than your mom would pay). Even better: You receive value for money you would have given your mom anyway.
That's not all. Being a regular employee entitles your mother to the same fringe benefits as other employees. For instance:
Health and life insurance. You can provide health insurance for your mother under your company's group plan. The coverage is 100 percent tax-free to Mom. Similarly, your company can pay for the first $50,000 of group-term life insurance coverage tax-free. Premiums paid by your company are deductible.
Retirement plans. Your mother can participate in the company's 401(k) or other qualified plan. Even though she is nearing age 70 1/2 , she can choose to postpone mandatory distributions until the year she re-retires.
Roth IRAs. While your mother can't contribute to a traditional IRA after turning 701/2 , she is still eligible to contribute to a Roth IRA. The contribution limit for 2004 is $3,000, plus she can add an additional $500 "catch-up contribution" because she's over age 50. She's not required to begin lifetime distributions. The Roth IRA payouts will be tax-free if the account has been open for more than five years.
Final note: Make sure you pay your parents a reasonable amount for the services they actually perform. If your mother earns $150 an hour for filing work, IRS auditors won't buy it. Best bet: Keep your mother's pay on par with the pay of your other employees.


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Look at all those muscles! Hugh Jackman's body is in full display with this brand new picture of the actor as Wolverine. The film opens on July 26, 2013 and the setting is Japan where Logan (Jackman) travels with a samurai warrior.
James Mangold is directing the sequel to "X-Men Origins: Wolverine."
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David Ayer's fantastic cop drama, "End of Watch," toppled Jennifer Lawrence's "House at the End of the Street" and Clint Eastwood's "Trouble with the Curve." ("End of Watch" movie review)
Over the weekend, it was a three-way tie between the new releases but as of today, "End of Watch" emerged as the victor earning $13.2 million for the No. 1 spot. (Jake Gyllenhaal interview, Michael Pena interview, Anna Kendrick and Natalie Martinez interview, David Ayer interview)
"House at the End of the Street" was projected with a $12.2 million opening for the No. 2 spot, while "Trouble with the Curve" earned $12.1 million for the No. 3 position.
Here's the Top 10 Box-Office Films from BoxOfficeMojo.com:
1 N End of Watch ORF $13,152,683
2 N House at the End of The Street Rela. $12,287,234
3 N Trouble with the Curve WB $12,162,040
4 2 Finding Nemo (3D) BV $9,641,474
5 1 Resident Evil: Retribution SGem $6,701,803
6 N Dredd LGF $6,278,491
7 19 The Master Wein. $4,391,092
8 3 The Possession LGF $2,641,990
9 6 ParaNorman Focus $2,345,630
10 4 Lawless Wein. $2,286,215
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One word -- stunning! I can't wait to see this film Christmas Day! I'm sure director Tom Hooper ("The King's Speech") will do justice to the Broadway musical we all know and love! They sing live to tape! Take a look at this featurette for "Les Miserables" and start dreaming:
Here's the full press release:
On behalf of Universal Pictures, were thrilled to let you know that the epic Extended First Look of LES MISÉRABLES has just debuted online exclusively on Regal Cinemas YouTube channel! The motion-picture adaptation of the beloved global stage sensation Les Misérables will now hit theaters on Christmas Day.
Helmed by The Kings Speechs Academy Award®-winning director, Tom Hooper, the film features an all-star cast that includes Hugh Jackman, Oscar® winner Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Aaron Tveit, Samantha Barks, with Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen. In December 2012, the worlds longest-running musical brings its power to the big screen in Tom Hoopers sweeping and spectacular interpretation of Victor Hugos epic tale. With international superstars and beloved songsincluding I Dreamed a Dream, Bring Him Home, One Day More and On My OwnLes Misérables, the show of shows, is now reborn as the cinematic musical experience of a lifetime.
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Watching End of Watch was one of my many highlights at the Toronto International Film Festival. And interviewing the cast and writer/director David Ayer ("Training Day" screenwriter) sealed the deal! End of Watch is gripping and intriguing, and will not let go until youre out of breath.
Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena star as rookie LAPD cops assigned to serve and protect the streets of South Central, Los Angeles. Following their every move is Gyllenhaals characters video camera documenting their various missions. Anna Kendrick and Natalie Msrtinez co-star.
How many kisses does End of Watch get? Check out my review:
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Fox Searchlight has announced that "Hitchcock" will be released in theaters on Friday, November 23, 2012.
Directed by Sacha Gervasi ("Anvil! The Story of Anvil!") and written by John J. McLaughlin ("Black Swan") based on the book "Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho" by Stephen Rebello," the cast includes Anthony Hopkins as Sir Alfred Hitchcock, Helen Mirren as Hitchcock's wife and muse, Alma Reville, Scarlett Johansson as Janet Leigh, James D'Arcy as Anthony Perkins, and Jessica Biel as Vera Miles. Danny Huston, Toni Collette, Michael Stuhlbarg, Michael Wincott, Richard Portnow, and Kurtwood Smith completes the cast.
According to Fox Searclight, "Hitchcock" is a love story about one of the most influential filmmakers of the last century, Alfred Hitchcock and his wife and partner Alma Reville. The film takes place during the making of Hitchcocks seminal movie Psycho.
I can't wait!
Jessica Biel Takes a Stab at Making of Hitchcock's "Psycho!"
It's Official! "Hitchcock" to Begin Principal Photography
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A Spring Lake Park man was charged Wednesday morning in the Sunday kidnapping and sexual assault of a 8-year-old girl.
John Craig Heuer, 48, is accused of kidnapping the girl from a laundry mat near Rice Street and Larpenteur Avenue in St. Paul. The abduction activated an Amber Alert and the girl was found wandering near the man's home in Spring Lake Park.
Paul Sommer, commander with the Anoka County Sheriff's department confirmed the charges of kidnapping for taking a child in St. Paul, and then charged with multiple counts of criminal sexual conduct for Heuer's conduct at his home in Spring Lake Park.
Heuer is currently in custody awaiting arraignment.
Sommer said the investigation into Heuer continues and said evidence at the scene suggests the possibility that Heuer may have done something similar in the past. However, he said it's too soon to know for sure.


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Nose. Arbroath smokies that have spent longer than usual in the reek, beautiful citrus and crystal clear malt underpin the chunkiness. Taste. Mesmerising, succulent malt that simply melts on the taste-buds, enormously sweet, yet the balance is contained by deft oak, mouth watering barley and a swift volley of peppering spices. Finish. Long, and keeps in shape - just so clean, with vanilla and a hint of cocoa adding singing in harmony to the peaty tune with near perfect bitter sweet for good measure.


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On Wednesday, I wrote that First Round Capital's Dorm Room Fund in Philadelphia was getting ready to announce some more investments.
News broke Thursday that Prayas Analytics, a startup run by two seniors at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, received $20,000 in funding from the student-run venture firm.
Prayas Analytics is an analytics company that provides brick-and-mortar retailers with store operations-focused data. Basically, its technology monitors what is happening in stores (how long customers are standing in line, for instance) by analyzing surveillance video footage, which then prompts the formation of statistical models. The models can be used to better store operations and customer experience.
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Miss. Baptists voting on personhood amendment today
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English-speaking Roman Catholics will soon be hearing new phrases at Mass
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Crystal Cathedral board sells property to local University
Crystal Cathedral board backs sale to university
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CAIRO (AP) — Hundreds of protesters remain camped outside the presidential palace in Cairo, but officials say Egypt's president has returned and is back at work. Mohammed Morsi left the palace through a back gate yesterdays as angry protesters held a massive rally demanding he rescind decrees giving him sweeping powers. Morsi's party, the Muslim Brotherhood, has called for a counter rally today


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Lesley, can you imagine having MANY, many roosters? LOL :DGail - Thank you so much. I am so glad the puzzle cooperated! :)
I love the black silhoutte against the bright background, Jan. I'm saving the larger of the other version for later. Thank you for the fun.
Jan, I know why I never keep a cockerel with my hens. They are just too NOISY!!
Hanne - He was a bit scrawny for dinner! LOL Thank you.Ardy - the puzzles decide on their own for me. Makes my job easier! Thanks so much!PJ - wondered if it might be a bit tricky, but I am so glad you liked it!
Very fun, Jan - a bit tricky with all the black pieces - but everything came into place. I very neat design idea.PJ
I don't know how you come up with all these different ideas. But I love it. Thanks, Jan.
I think he appreciates that you didn't cut him up in slices!! Thanks so very much Jan!!
Thanks so much, Jan! I am so glad!
Fun one today. Just loved it.