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Big day, numerically speaking. Not so much for economic data, as the only data out today will be Consumer Sentiment just before 10:00 Eastern.
Equity futures are higher, dollar lower, bonds lower, oil higher and pushing $100 a barrel (ouch), gold & silver are higher, while food commodities have moved to the bottom of their recent ranges.
The mainstream media really disgusts me. The brewha over Perry's mental lapse – real people call it a brain fart – has completely overshadowed any real issue, including the narcissistic and psychopathic behavior of Cain who belongs in prison for his actions, not running for President. Perry's lapse is even competing with the Penn State debacle for media space which again shows you how this country prefers appearance over substance, while the moral decay continues to appear everywhere money is involved – like in college where the football team is far more important than the education – sick.
In politics, Ron Paul is the only one even close to the right answers and yet we know it's a beauty contest financed by central banks, it's certainly not a substance contest – sick.
The headline on Bloomberg says, "ECB as Last-Resort Lender Will End Crisis: Silva."
The European Central Bank can stop the spread of the continent's financial crisis with "foreseeable, unlimited" purchases of Italian and other government bonds, Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva said.
"The European Central Bank has to go beyond a narrow interpretation of its mission and should be prepared for foreseeable intervention in the secondary market, not as the central bank has done up to now," Cavaco Silva said yesterday in an interview at Bloomberg headquarters in New York. He said government leaders are unlikely to move fast enough to find solutions.
"It has to be able to be a lender of last resort," said Cavaco Silva.
No moral hazard there, right? And the scheme he's proposing for Europe is exactly what our central criminals in the U.S. are already running. Here's the scheme – the bankers indebt the people of nations for using their own money systems. The creation of money by governments is a debt owed to private individuals (which is completely insane). The people must work to pay back principal and interest on that debt. But there's so much debt they can't, the math is impossible. So, according to criminals like Silva, the central bankers should just create money from nothing to buy up that debt!!!
Now let make this appear as stupid as it is… Why not just have the GOVERNMENT create money in the first place, without debt? Do you see the circular nature of what he is proposing and what the U.S. is doing? The circle feeds the private few at the expense of the many – all for no justifiable reason whatsoever! Insane, and once again we are talking about the ROOT problem, not only economically, but we're talking morally and we're talking about the proper rule of law. The markets are so far from "free" that it is laughable. Go look at the Constitution – Congress is supposed to "regulate the value thereof," that clause does not give them permission to sell THE most important line in the Constitution out to a few private bankers – sick.
The events in Fukushima will impact this planet and humanity for thousands of years, yet our own "regulatory" agency, the NRC, is so special interest corrupt that they can't even consider any changes to course. Arnie Gunderson does an excellent job of describing what's happening in the nuclear industry and how they are ignoring lessons learned:
Fukushima and Its Impact Upon the Westinghouse-Toshiba Designed AP1000 Atomic Power Plant from Fairewinds Associates
Energy production is supposed to serve mankind, not jeopardize its existence. Our government is allowing special interest money to steer our energy policy in an insane direction. The NRC is a part of the Department of Energy, the third item Perry forgot in that debate. And on that point, he and others are right in calling for the breakup of the agency.
I'll leave this short update with a reminder of how improper money production has pulled our eyes off what's truly important.
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Yet the gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education, or the joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages; the intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public officials. It measures neither our wit nor our courage; neither our wisdom nor our learning; neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country; it measures everything, in short, except that which makes life worthwhile. And it tells us everything about America except why we are proud that we are Americans."
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Leitao resigns: Cavs coach out after 10-18 season
After helming the UVA men's basketball program's worst season since 1967, and a loss in the opening round of this year's ACC Tournament, Dave Leitao announced Monday, March 16, that he is resigning his post as head men's basketball coach.
UVA has reached a financial agreement with Leitao which will see the four-year coach receive $2.1 million in severance pay.
Says athletic director Craig Littlepage in a press release, "Dave has been a respected colleague and a fine University representative in the local community during his tenure here. He brought a great deal of leadership, discipline and integrity to his coaching responsibilities."
Littlepage further announced that a national search for Leitao's replacement will begin immediately, though he says many candidates are currently involved in post-season play.
Leitao entered UVA with high hopes of turning the Cavaliers into a perennial Atlantic Coast Conference contender. Leitao was the University's first African American head coach, and he certainly had the coaching pedigree and the resum© for the job. Leitao served as an assistant under legendary University of Connecticut head coach Jim Calhoun and took the DePaul Blue Demons to an overall record of 58-34 and a first-round win over Dayton in the 2004 NCAA Tournament.
At first it seemed as though Leitao may have righted the Good Ship Wahoo, turning in a 15-15 record his first season with big wins at home over ranked opponents North Carolina and Boston College. Then, with the guard tandem of J.R. Reynolds and Sean Singletary as his on-court generals, Leitao coached UVA to their best season in five years with a 21-12 record in 2007, which included a stunning upset at home over the #8 Duke Blue Devils, and an NCAA Tournament bid.
But what was once sweet began to turn sour in during the 2007-2008 campaign, when the Cavaliers went 17-16 and missed out on both the NCAA and National Invitational Tournament. Leitao and company had to settle for the third-tier College Basketball Invitational, in which they ultimately lost to the Bradley Braves at John Paul Jones Arena before a crowd numbering in the hundreds.
While this season saw its high points with an overtime win over ranked opponent Clemson, and a season-split with intrastate rival Virginia Tech, the Cavaliers hit far more low notes, including a loss at home to Liberty. The last time the Flames defeated the 'Hoos was 1998, which proved to be the final season for head coach Jeff Jones.
It wasn't always the case that ACC coaches got the axe after a mediocre start. Before becoming the third-winningest coach in NCAA history, Mike Krzyzewski had an overall winning percentage of .447 in his first three seasons at Duke. But college basketball is big business now and a team's success has a big impact on the university at large. A 2004 Cornell University study study found that if a public university's team makes it into the NCAA Tournament, alumni giving for that school goes up an average of $5.60 per alumnus.
So with Leitao fallen, who will rise to take his place? UVA may not have to look far. Many potentially attractive coaching candidates are already in the Cavalier family, including one who was once top man on the sidelines of University Hall:
Jeff Jones: Yes, UVA already hired and fired as head coach him once already. But Jones had an overall winning percentage of .584 in his eight seasons as the 'Hoos head coach, which included five NCAA Tournament bids, and an unforgettable run to the Elite Eight round of the 1995 tourney. And guess who's back in the Big Dance again this year? Jones has led his American University Eagles to two consecutive Patriot League championships, and will tip-off against Villanova in the first round of the NCAAs on Thursday, March 19.
Jim Larranaga: The onetime assistant to Cavalier legend Terry Holland during the Ralph Sampson era rose to national fame when he led the 11th-seeded George Mason Patriots all the way to the Final Four–- the lowest seeded team to ever advance to the national semifinal. Larranaga has thus far rebuffed offers to coach at higher profile schools, but might he be enticed to come back to Charlottesville?
Marc Iavaroni: Next to Dallas Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle, Iavaroni is the only UVA alum with NBA coaching experience, having coached the Memphis Grizzlies for one-and-a-half seasons until he was fired this past January. But Iavaroni has learned coaching from some of the greats, including having served as a graduate assistant to Holland, and as an assistant coach to Mike D'Antoni when the Phoenix Suns went all the way to the Western Conference Finals in 2004, and again in 2005. Iavaroni also has an NBA Championship ring as a member of the 1983 Philadelphia 76ers.
But should Craig Littlepage decide to go outside of the UVA community as he did in the cases of Leitao and Pete Gillen, there are several up-and-coming coaches in the college ranks who could fit the Cavalier bill:
Anthony Grant: In three seasons just down the road at Virginia Commonwealth University, Grant has become a star on the rise. Under Grant, the Rams have won two Colonial Athletic Association championships and dispatched of the sixth-seeded Duke Blue Devils in the most memorable buzzer-beater game of the 2007 NCAA Tournament. The Rams are back again this year and ready to butt heads with the UCLA Bruins on Thursday, March 19.
Tommy Amaker: Though he's already had two shots at the big time as head coach of Michigan and Seton Hall, Amaker may finally have gotten over the coaching hump this year in his first season as the head coach at Harvard. Amaker's Crimson beat three of the teams in this year's NCAA Tournament field including UVA's ACC foe Boston College. Could this Duke alum and former assistant to Mike Krzyzewski swallow his Blue Devil pride and come home to his native Virginia?
Steve Donahue: Speaking of the Ivy League, Steve Donahue has accomplished something at Cornell that no other coach has accomplished since 1944: win consecutive Ivy League titles at a school not named Penn or Princeton. Once again the Cornell Big Red are headed to the Big Dance, and hope to pluck some juicy fruit from the March Madness tree when they play the third-seeded Missouri Tigers on Friday, March 20.
Brad Greenberg: As if the Virginia-Virginia Tech rivalry weren't interesting enough, how much more fun would it be if the coaches on either sideline were brothers? That's what would happen if UVA hired Brad Greenberg, brother of and former assistant coach to Hokie head coach Seth Greenberg. Greenberg is currently in his second season as head coach at Radford University, where he just won the Big South Conference championship and a trip to face the North Carolina Tar Heels in the first round of the NCAAs on Thursday, March 19. Greenberg's Radford squad nearly beat the Cavaliers on their home court when the 'Hoos eked out a 68-66 win over the Highlanders in November.
–updated March 29 at 3:28pm. The print edition of this article misstated George Mason's seeding in the 2006 tournament, and the year in which VCU beat Duke. Those errors have been corrected in this online edition.
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Fox News reporting Leito was fired and UVA is in the hole for 2.1 million. Is anyone else disgusted. First UVA has lost tens of millions of dollars from their endowment, academic positions are on hold , buildings are on hold, all departments including the medical school are cutting back and what do they do waste 2.1 million firing their basketball coach. When will this insanity stop and UVA get back to it's true mission--EDUCATION !
totally agree - this is pathetic. And how is it a resignation if we are paying him off?
Can we get a credit for the $$$$$$$$ we paid Gillen to leave and have him return?
This is why I direct my giving directly to my degree department.
Since almost all the money from sports comes from VAF and not UVa you are talking about two different pots of money. Secondly basketball's and football's excess revenue help fund all other sports at UVa. The endowment and sports have nothing to do with each other and it's misleading to relate the two.
Sports have paid more for education and it's almost never the other way around. Donors who give to sports do so with their own hard earned money. The fact that you don't like it shouldn't amount to a hill of beans.
Good luck Dave
I don't like it either, but do you know how these contracts work? Here are the options: they fire him outright and pay the rest of his contract, which I assure you is a lot more than $2.1 million. They keep him, the program probably keeps tanking, and nobody's at the new arena. Or, they give him money to go away, a new coach and some new hope comes in, selling tickets (at a total likely greater than $2.1 million). None are particularly appealing, especially not now. But this was the cleanest and easiest way to deal with it. My apologies if you do know better and were just venting frustration.
Diagoliv, you say:
"Donors who give to sports do so with their own hard earned money."
I believe donors are encouraged to give to what will give them prestige and name recognition, as well as giving because there is a genuine need. The leaders of UVA work very hard to direct the money to what they value most. In recent years with the monstrous stadiums and arenas their value system has been made very clear.
Nope BG, donors at UVa Sports give lots of money to get the best seats and parking places. They give big money to get in sky boxes and legally drink their booze. They give all this money so they can also go to the NCAA's and bowl games. They really like to win- when they don't win, they pay huge money to get rid of coaches they don't like.
The sports complex you dasdain were built with ZERO state money, this is not the case in many states. Private money is just that and freedom of choice is what Jefferson would have wanted. Next time you go to a concert remember that basketball fans built that arena not your ticket price. Just in case you shouldn't go to U2 as a protest as well.
Perhaps, now that it's more difficult to get into UVA we'll see a new breed of alumni whose priority is academics and the arts, not expensive sky boxes.
Buffalo Girl,
sports, in some for mor another, have been an important and essential part of schools and society for generations upon generations. For sports programs across the nation to be bringing in as much revenue as they do is truly a blessing. Therefore as previoulsy mentioned by Jim, tough choices have to be made for the greater good of the program.
And you mentioned monstrous edifices. Ponder this one for a second, who do you think benefits when JPJ host huge events as frequently as they do??
You don't really like sports do ya?
D, you said "Next time you go to a concert remember that basketball fans built that arena not your ticket price."
I'll bet that arena is far from paid for and UVA is desperate to fill it ---
for God sakes, don't bring Jones back. His tenure at UVa ended much worse than Gillen's or Leitao's, Jeff constantly snarling at real and/or imagined critics, while under his lead the athletic department began to resemble a scene from Caligula
quote: "I don't like it either, but do you know how these contracts work? Here are the options: they fire him outright and pay the rest of his contract, which I assure you is a lot more than $2.1 million. They keep him, the program probably keeps tanking, and nobody's at the new arena. Or, they give him money to go away, a new coach and some new hope comes in, selling tickets (at a total likely greater than $2.1 million). None are particularly appealing, especially not now. But this was the cleanest and easiest way to deal with it. My apologies if you do know better and were just venting frustration."
Jim is correct. Just like we paid a large chunk of change just to say bye-bye to the former city school superintendent a few years back in the city.
Good riddance. You can get away with being a petulant jerk if you win games, but a loser with that kind of sideline and public demeanor has got to go.
what was the deal on jones leaving the 1st time? he lost some games but sounds like the off the field issues killed him. lets hear some dirt.
Buffalo Girl-you are clearly not here to win friends and influence people. The ship has long since sailed on the planning of the JPJ and it was built with private funds. Everyone who gave any cosideration to the issue of the size of the thing wondered how a 14,000 seat facility would be filled when UHall was not filled at the end of Gillen's campaign. Most everyone thought the plans for the JPJ included at least 1,500-2,000 seats more than could reasonably be expected to be filled, and they were right. It is a white elephant until UVA can find a high end coach capable of doing more with less and competing with UNC and Duke (and regularly beating everyone else in the conference). That's a given. Gillen was not that coach, and Leitao has proven he isn't either. The economic situation and Craig Littlepage's shaky standing with donors to the revenue generating sports meant a change had to come, sooner than expected.
And this whole episode has been very educational, meeting the criterion of the sole purpose of the University in the eyes of some (maybe one). Lessons in applied economics abound. Sometimes if you build it, they will not come.
People would make libelous remarks on the Internet?
what's this world coming to? :)
Students pay for UVa football and basketball teams, also, by the way!
Student activity fees help pay for these teams! My point is that
intercollegiate athletics isn't just a self-sustaining thing that operates independantly from the academic part of the university.
Buffalo Girl,
Get off your high horse. UVA has decided to play Big Boy Football and Big Boy Basketball - not Ivy League. You think anybody gives Cal-Berkeley a hard time for their athletics programs, which are at least as successful as UVA's? Of course not. Athletics only enhances a school's name recognition and marketability.
If you want "academic purity", go to Harvard (or better yet, some school with NO athletics programs). UVA didn't spend $90M expanding Scott Stadium, nor $125M on the JPJ Arena, to use them to host debate teams and science fairs. And the fans didn't donate all that cash to watch such nonsense, either.
--Glenn, CLAS 1990
So you're saying I'm not a professional? But I stayed at Holiday Inn last night! For the record, I love Jeff Jones. He once patted my head as a young lad when I saw him around town.
UVa should hire a big name coach with no history of NCAA infractions. The next coach is going to inherit a program that will probably have only a few scholarship players and virtually no recruiting pipeline. It's going to be hard for any incoming coach to recruit after this debacle, let alone a mid major coach. Littlepage should bring in someone who can recruit on his name alone. That would be Tubby, Izzo, or Capel. All are rumored to be looking, but Tubby seems the most likely. He goes where the money is. You can be the greatest coach in the world, but if you can't recruit, you're dead in the ACC.
That's what should happen. What will happen is another mid major coach hire. I'd put my money on either Siena's coach (Fran McCaffery) or Butler's coach (Brad Stevens, who has a .873 winning percentage).
There you go. Free of charge.
Your Friend from Old Main,
Sounds like Buffalo Girl should check her hubris at the door.
bd, you said"Buffalo Girl-you are clearly not here to win friends and influence people." Certainly won't influence the sky box crowd, and no way am I interested in making friends. What I am interested in is pointing out the obvious, the big bucks at UVA are going to sports and I question that as a matter of priorities when academic departments are under severe budget constraints as are needed building projects.
It can't get any worse than my time at UVa. At my last home game as a student, the lone fourth-year they honored was a walk-on. Scott Johnson, Darryl Presley, Melvin Whitaker, Courtney Alexander...all of them left the team due to legal problems. Hell, even Harold Deane got arrested. I'm just glad we're talking about the team's performance on the court rather than in court.
buffalo - uva does not need new bldg projects. many are just a waste of money when existing facilities are fine. more than a few of these projects are vanity plays by casteen or big donors. clean up the current bldgs, they are fine. interestingly, most students never step foot in many of these new bldgs
BG if money is so constrained how do you explain the south lawn project (125 million), the new cancer hospital, the research park,or the addition to the education school. UVa has spent 100's of millions on education in the past few years. Any project that gets delayed now is because of the endowment and not sports spending. Your dislike of sports has clouded your reason and made you utter nonsense that is untrue and disingenuous.
The University's education spending is the envy of any public institution in the nation but if you had done an ounce of research you would know that. Fine institutions can have good sports-the nations top overall college sports program is Stanford(it has been for years). That is UVa's model for sports and it's a great one. We have great swimming, lacrosse, baseball, tennis and many other non-revenue sports.You are trying to make this an either we spend money on education or we spend it on sports. UVa has been able to do both and not short change either.
As for new coaches, I take VCU's Grant.
I have to say I'm surprised to have been in the minority on this topic. For the record, I didn't like Leitao either and was looking forward to the end of his tenure.
I get all the points that have been made but aren't you at all miffed that someone who has failed at his job walks away with millions? It's such a repetitive story, is there no way to structure these contracts to reward performance like they do with NFL players? Or is that already there as well as the pot of gold in on the back-end?
"You think anybody gives Cal-Berkeley a hard time for their athletics programs, which are at least as successful as UVA's? Of course not."
Well, there was the matter of people sitting in trees for a year or two to try to prevent construction of a "student-athlete high performance center."
Wow! Not a single email defending Leitao. No sad goodbyes. Maybe Littlepage has actually been paying attention. I've been a season ticket holder for football for years, and I'm not coming back this season. Face the facts people: UVa is a lacrosse/soccer/baseball (and women's basketball) school. Thank you very much to football and men's basketball for financially supporting those teams. If football and basketball can win more than they lose and not have players embarass the school with bad behavior, I'd be happy. I have played and I have coached (some poor, and some championship teams). Everybody chill out, they are called "games" for a reason.
I thought the same as "You Know Hoo." Wouldn't UVa be attractive to a BIG name coach: ACC, great town, chance to build a big time program, etc.? The only hitch: are the administration/VAF/boosters too much of a pain for a big time coach? I don't know...just asking.
On the other hand, in my ten years of living here, I suspect the correct tagline below the V-sabre should be "Uncompromised Mediocrity."
At least the football coach is a great guy with a winning personality, awesome communication skills and devotion to the community that lines his pockets!
Iavaroni or - sit down for this one - Bobby Knight. You want to turn the program around, there's nobody better than Knight. Too bad Rick Carlisle is employed - he'd be the best choice by far, and he's a great (not just good) coach. Jeff Jones would be a good hire, not a great hire, but I doubt he'd even consider it as long as Littlepage is calling the shots.
Nope, no sad goodbyes for Leitao. He did a very poor job, berated the players publicly, alienated the team's best player (Singletary) almost immediately upon his arrival in Charlottesville, and proved that he can't recruit his way out of a paper bag. I doubt that anybody's going to line up to hire this guy. The ACC is Big Time College Basketball, and if you can't get 1 or 2 great players to come in every year you aren't going to win. Leitao was clearly not up to the task, he wasn't a nice guy, and he's walking away with $2.1 million. Why should any of us be sad for HIM?
But in all honesty, firing Leitao is a good move, but firing Littlepage would have been much better for the long-time health of the athletic program. He has yet to demonstrate that he knows what he's doing - the only sensible thing I've seen him do is pressure Groh to fire his son as offensive coordinator.
As for the expensive buildings for athletics, I know for a fact (because my wife used to work with him, and this had been his dream for YEARS) that Carl Smith was going to donate his $25 million for NOTHING other than expanding Scott Stadium and building a much more modest football stadium at UVA-Wise, which is near where he grew up. His not-so-quiet hope was that the generous donation would cause people to nudge him into the College Football Hall of Fame. It didn't, though he was an excellent player in his day.
So that donation wasn't diverted or directed by anybody but the donor. UVA either accepted it and enlarged/upgraded the stadium, or they weren't going to see the money. The Chemistry Department wasn't going to smell that cash, nor was the Medical Center. I imagine the expansion has already contributed tens of millions of dollars to the athletic department - the extra ticket sales and concession sales, plus the ability to book acts like DMB, the Stones, and U2 make that cash register fill up in a hurry. JPJ was also privately funded, and if you've never been inside it is an amazing place with the best acoustics I've ever heard in an arena.
So the "that money should have gone to education" argument holds no water - whether it should have or not, it wasn't going to. Maybe some people think it's an abomination that the University even has an athletic program, and that it is a cash cow, but this is the world we live in and there are a lot of us who are glad there's a new stadium and arena plus some excellent teams (baseball, lacrosse, tennis, etc).
On the flip side, Smith's wife Hunter was able to direct another large sum to the University to build an Arts building - and to fund a band to replace the Pep Band (a singular act of kindness that should put HER in the College Football Hall of Fame!).
Wonder if people looking at their 401K's would agree with Mr. Ratcliffe arguing in the DP for spending big money on a new coach
"Sure, it will be expensive. But it's like our better halves often remind us when they're in pursuit of that one ensemble to die for: ââ?¬Å?It's investment shopping, dear. This outfit will stand the test of time."
Music Lover, you say "proved that he can't recruit his way out of a paper bag." whereas Reid in the DP says today "it is a virtual certainty that Tristan Spurlock- a highly-rated recruit..will not be coming to Charlottesville." sources say that Spurlock was attracted to Virginia almost entirely by Leito and ..Courtney.
My vote is for Grant. The guy has style, respect, class and motiviates his team. Most important he has shown his potential! Of course having Maynor didn't hurt either. :)
Two words... Tubby Smith
Also, there is a lot to be mad about - earmarks, excessive executive bonuses, bailouts, war, hunger, our draconian heathcare system. Don't get too worked up over a basket ball coach. I sometime wish that people had this much passion over stuff that really mattered (not intended as a shot at anyone on this message board - I'm also referring to myself).
I like Tubby but it might be very hard ($$$$) to get him out of Minnestota
I think UVA should do what they are asking everyone else to do in these trying times. At the hospital, the RN's/MD's and staff are trying to do more with less. I think this would work well in the basketball arena. Have Debbie Ryan coach both the Men's and Women's Bball teams. She seems to be the only coach left who can win anything around here.
Countyguy thinks Stanford has the best overall sports program. What planet is he from? Try the Florida Gators. The only school ever to hold both the football and basketball national title simultaneously. However, even Billy Donovan can't make chicken soup from chicken crap. There lies the problem with UVA. UVA can occationally score a great STUDENT athlete like Ralph Sampson, the Barber twins and Long but not enough at one time to make for a great team. The schools that have the huge money sports machine rolling are the ones that have made the commitment to pay for the best coaches available. Look at what Nick Sabin did in one year at Alabama though not up to the Gators standard.
Countyguy thinks Stanford has the best overall sports program. What planet is he from? Try the Florida Gators.
Stanfurd routinely wins the Sears Director's Cup for overall athletic success. There are more than two sports, you know.
TS is spot-on. You have to pick and choose your battles.
I vote for Debbie Ryan.
Or Tubby Smith.
But really, you have to assume the program has their eyes fixed on a big catch after firing a guy after one losing season, and two years after winning ACC Coach of the Year and a share of the ACC regular season title. Perhaps I'm giving them too much credit, though. Maybe this is just the same old wahoo-wah.
WestBerkeleyFlats, I can't stand folk's that quote one's comments. Also, "STANFURD" winning the Sear's cup(big deal) is important to the few spectators of cross crountry, volleyball and synchronized swimming where "Stanfurd" excels. Football and basketball is where the money is as everyone knows.
BG gets my vote.
Why does everyone else in Charlottesville just want to spout the company line? Don't you all get tired of it? My guess is that all ye anonymous commentators except BG get a pay check from UVA.
The VERY BEST choices: Ivaroni and Carlilse. Ivaroni would be a very popular choice, and could even hire Andrew Boninti as a bench coach.
County Farmer does title nine ring a bell? That's part of the point of non revenue sports. I would rather have UVa'a academic ranking then Florida's football and basketball championship. I think most people here would. Stanford is perhaps the finest institution in the nation and they have the best sports program. Stanford has earned 95 NCAA National Titles since its establishment, the second-most by any university; 78 NCAA National Titles since 1980, the most by any university; and 393 individual NCAA championships, the most by any university. They have it all- and before you turn your nose up on non revenue sport might I point out that Tiger Woods went to Staford. He making more than any Florida athletes you are so fond of.
Add to that list John McEnroe, Jim Plunkett and John Elway. Throw in some US Presidents,Supreme Court Justices, senators, astronauts, and a slew of Olympians and you start to make Florida look pretty weak by comparison. Then add the Noble winners, the tech revolution leaders, and just for grins finish with Bill Walsh of the 49ers.
Stanford is the model for UVA not Florida- it isn't even close
Damn countyguy do you dream these numbers in your sleep? Why would anyone remember those stats from year to year??? Did you attend Stanford cause your making UVA look like a community college? :D
Stanford could no more be the model for UVA than Palo Alto could be the model for Charlottesville. Countryguy has never visited Stanford, because if he had, he would have noticed something called Silicon Valley in Palo Alto and a famous street called Sands Road. Charlottesville does not have Silicon Valley nor does it have Sands Road, nor does it have a city like San Francisco nearby. Charlottesville's got a place called Richmond, and folks, all this is why UVA is not and never will be Stanford.
So why are the ââ?¬Ë?Hoos too good to play George Mason, but would want to steal our coach?
As far as the dump goes, The Hook deserves the most credit for the clean up. In the view of most, the land would still be a mess if not for Hook reports. The county finally jumped when they saw your articles. Of course, the county now assumes credit for the successful mission. The community extends a warm thank you to The Hook. You truly made a difference for the good of the environment. As a result, the county will never again look the other way in such a case.
How come when talking about the 20 year murder case, Mr. Morris' children are never thought about only the ones he "raised"?


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Rum Nation Demerara Solera N° 14
Review: Rum Nation Demerara Solera N° 14 (84/100)
a review by Chip Dykstra (Aka Arctic Wolf)
Posted January 22, 2013
Rum Nation is an Italian company created by Fabio Rossi, who began his life in the spirits trade as a Oenologist (one who has studied winemaking). After his studies, Mr. Rossi left the wine business and started up a whisky company in Edinburgh (Wilson and Morgan) acting as an independent bottler of Single Malt Scotch Whisky. His interest turned to rum and in 1999 Fabio Rossi founded Rum Nation. His company is headquartered in Italy; but Fabio purchases select rums from various distillers in the Caribbean and the Americas. As a result Rum Nation provides a rather unique assortment of rare limited edition rum bottlings.
One such bottling is Rum Nation Demerara Solera N° 14.
This is quite an interesting rum. According to my correspondence with Mr. Rossi he buys aged bulk Demerara rum (roughly four to six years) from Guyana (Demerara Distillers Limited) which has been blended with various portions from each of the Single Wooden Pot (Versailles Still) and Double Wooden Pot (Port Mourant Still). You can read about these marvelous ancient stills here: Demerara Distillers' Diamond Distillery Tour.
The bulk rum purchased by Rum Nation is taken to the Nebbiolo area of Italy where it is transferred to sherry butts (PX and Oloroso) and aged for a short period of time (about 12 to 14 months). After aging, a few liters of 1997 vintage EHP (Enmore) rum is added before it is bottled. (EHP is the marque for DDL's ancient Wooden Continuous Coffey Still.) Based upon the information as provided to me, I can reckon the Demerara Solera No. 14 is approximately a five-year old rum. The recipe is rather simple and includes rum from each of the now famous ancient wooden stills from Demerara Distillers Heritage Plant. (I do believe the bulk rum used in the blend contains rums from other stills as well, but I have no information regarding the exact proportions, or exactly which other stills contribute to the Demerara Bulk Rum. )
Mr. Rossi provided me a 200 ml sample of this rum such that I would have a chance to review it here on my website.
In the Bottle 3.5/5
The bottle presentation for the rum is pictured to the right. It is pretty standard fare with professional labeling in a tall bar room style of bottle. I have a bit of a bone to pick over the use of the word 'Solera' in the name of the rum and upon the label. Based upon what I was told about how the rum was constructed and aged, I see no evidence of Solera style aging used during any portion maturation of the rum. Simply calling the rum Demerara No. 14 would in my opinion be better. Although I like the corked bottle and label, I felt that the misleading use of the word 'solera' detracted from the presentation.
In the Glass 8.5/10
When poured into my glencairn glass the Demerara rum displays rich copper tones with a hue reminiscent of a shiny new penny. The rum seems just a touch oily as it lays long slender slow-moving legs down the inside of my glass after it is tilted and twirled. The initial aroma from the glass is full of oak tannins and sap which have been tainted with a spicy toffee, orange peel zest, and butterscotch candies. Baking spices in the form of vanilla, cinnamon and spicy cloves mingle in those breezes above the glass. The breezes also contains a mildly acrid or astringent musty component which is actually much nicer than it sounds and seems to work well in the overall profile of the rum. I find that I am enjoying the firm spicy aroma which I would like to describe as full of funky 'navy rum' charm.
In the Mouth 51/60
The Demerara No. 14 is a little hot and spicy in the mouth. It has a fresh woody flavour combining wood spices with tobacco and tangy orange peel zest. A firm butterscotch toffee, mild vanilla flavours and light baking spices complement the hotter spices and serve to smooth out the flavour. As the rum breathes, and I sip a little more, I receive impressions of canned peaches and apricots as well as some lightly sour or tart apples. The orange peel flavour has evolved into a likeness of marmalade and some almond flavours have developed as well.
What we have is exactly what the nose implied, a funky 'navy' style rum. If you like rums like Pusser's Navy Rum, then you will like the Demerara No. 14. (Although this is a little less spicy than Pusser's.) I did a little mixing and found that the rum really shines in cocktails. The rum has the ability to push its funky navy flavour through the mixed drink, even when mixing with cola.
In the Throat 12.5/15
The rum tickles the tonsils with butterscotch and peppery spice in a medium length finish. Flavours of cinnamon and cloves are left over on the palate with perhaps a left over impression of liquorice too.
The Afterburn 8.5/10
That funk navy charm I discussed in the review makes the Demerara No. 14 Rum very interesting when it is sipped. This same funkiness pushes through the cocktail experience making even the standard rum and cola drinks something a little different. Despite the funkiness, I would describe the rum as easy-going. The wood spices never become too hot, and the candied butterscotch never becomes too sweet. This is a pleasant well-balanced rum (which is what my score of 84/100 implies).
If you are interested in comparing more scores, here is a link to my other published Rum Reviews.
Suggested Recipe
Rum and Cola Classic
2 oz Rum Nation Demerara Solera N° 14
2 oz Coke Classic
Cinnamon and ground nutmeg
Mix in an Old Fashioned Glass filled with ice
Sprinkle the top with Cinnamon and Nutmeg
And remember, the aim is not to drink more, it is to drink better!
My Final Score is out of 100 and you may (loosely) interpret the score as follows:
0-25 A spirit with a rating this low would actually kill you.
26-49 Depending upon your fortitude you might actually survive this.
50 -59 You are safe to drink this…but you shouldn't.
60-69 Substandard swill which you may offer to people you do not want to see again.
70-74 Now we have a fair mixing rum or whisky. Accept this but make sure it is mixed into a cocktail.
75-79 You may begin to serve this to friends, again probably still cocktail territory.
80-84 We begin to enjoy this spirit neat or on the rocks. (I will still primarily mix cocktails)
85-89 Excellent for sipping or for mixing!
90-94 Definitely a primary sipping spirit, in fact you may want to hoard this for yourself.
95-97.5 The Cream of the Crop
98+ I haven't met this bottle yet…but I want to.
Very loosely we may put my scores into terms that you may be familiar with on a Gold, Silver, and Bronze medal scale as follows:
70 – 79.5 Bronze Medal (Recommended only as a mixer)
80 – 89.5 Silver Medal (Recommended for sipping and or a high quality mixer)
90 – 95 Gold Medal (Highly recommended for sipping and for sublime cocktails.)
95.5+ Platinum Award (Highest Recommendation)


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On a twisting road that runs behind the main campus of Johns Hopkins University, there's a building that contains the entire known universe. Or at least pictures of it.
The building is the Space Telescope Science Institute, home to the team that ran the Hubble Space Telescope for years. This space will house the operations for the James Webb Space Telescope when it launches in 2018. Currently, it also stores the Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes (MAST). And MAST is more than just the Universe's photo album; it's becoming the archive of record for nearly all astronomy imagery and data.
About 30 miles southwest of STSCI's Baltimore locale, there's another federally funded set of research to deal with another sort of big data. The Office of Information Technology at the National Institutes of Health is working to implement changes to the Institutes' networks and infrastructure. The hope is to allow researchers inside and outside its Bethesda campus to make better use of the high-performance computing resources, massive databases of genomes, and other research data.
Both the STSCI and NIH, despite vast differences in focus, are representative of the shifting demands of computational research. Today, organizations must move beyond the silos that have prevented collaborating researchers from getting to data—and knowledge—that could drive new science. Spaces like these have become hubs of collaboration for scientists in their respective fields, and they are facing ever-growing demands for both raw information and ways to turn that data into knowledge. There is imminent need. Hosts must provide computing power on demand to both perform large-scale analysis of existing data and to open up resources to allow more open research beyond institutions' walls.
This is driving an evolution in how these organizations build their networks and computing infrastructure, moving toward something that looks a lot like that of Google and other Web giants. It's also requiring a bigger investment in high-speed networks, both internally and externally.
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There are some fundamental obstacles that STSCI's MAST and NIH's research networks both face. First is the scale of the data. At STSCI, the big data is petabytes of imagery and sensor data from NASA's space telescopes and other astronomy missions, as well as data from ground-based astronomy. At NIH, the "big data" that is most often in play is genomic data—a single individual's genome is three billion base pairs of data. Hundreds of thousands of genomes are being analyzed at a time by researchers hoping to find patterns in genes related to cancer or other illnesses.
With all that data comes a big—and growing—demand for access. MAST currently serves up, on average, between 14 and 18 terabytes worth of downloads per month to scientists through its various applications. Much of this needs to be transformed from raw data into processed imagery before it's delivered, based on calibration data for the telescopes that collected it. (About half of that is from the Hubble Space Telescope.) Similarly, the demands at NIH aren't necessarily for raw genomic information, but for analysis data derived from it. This requires access to high-performance computing resources that researchers themselves may not have.
This is a challenge to the openness of research using these massive data stores. Most of the work served by both STSCI and NIH is done by networks of researchers who are just as likely to be across the street from the institutions as they are on the other side of the globe. They not only need access to data and computing power, but these individuals need ways to collaborate around projects. It has led the institutions toward providing an increasing number of collaborative tools on top of their mission-specific applications.
From "human jukebox" to petabytes on disk
STSCI has been serving up images from the Hubble Telescope since before there was a World Wide Web. I remember fetching some of the earliest public Hubble images, of the Shoemaker-Levy comet colliding with Jupiter, in 1994 using Gopher. But back then, aside from a small number of low-resolution images posted via Gopher and FTP, the majority of Hubble's data was stored to optical disk. "We started writing to 12-inch LMSI optical platters back in 1992," said Karen Levay, STSCI's Archive Sciences Branch chief. "Then we switched to (12-inch) 6.5 gigabyte optical platters by Sony—we had four jukeboxes of those online and another collection offline." For everything that didn't fit into the jukeboxes, accessing meant a technician fetching the right platter from the library. "We referred to it as the 'human jukebox,'" she said. It wasn't until 2003 that STSCI moved to keeping all its imagery on spinning disks, using optical disks only for backup.
Today, STSCI's archives have "crested the petabyte level in terms of capacity," said Gretchen Green, STSCI's chief engineer for Data Management Systems. That number, she told Ars, doesn't even include the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) data that STSCI is preparing to take on. This ground-based telescope imagery (being used in the search for asteroids and comets) will add another two to three petabytes of imagery data to the archive by itself. For even more storage, MAST has become the archive of record for many previous NASA astronomy missions, such as the Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE) and the Swift gamma ray and X-ray space telescope. It's also helping with other space agencies' observation data, including the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton X-ray telescope.
While Levay says that the archive currently handles between 14 and 18 terabytes of downloads a month across all its sources, a significant portion of that has to be transformed before it can be delivered. (That doesn't include requests from scientists who want their data mailed to them on CD-ROM—still a frequently used option.)
As the MAST archive has expanded, it has required other sorts of technology shifts beyond an improvement in storage. "We've had four different incarnations of hardware," said Ron Russell, STSCI's Principal Technologist. "We had VMS, then Ultrix, then Sun Solaris 7, 8, 9, and 10."
That last hardware generation was installed in 2003. A hardware refresh last year retired Solaris in favor of Linux Red Hat and Windows Server, and the group pitched Sybase in favor of Microsoft SQL Server—mostly for the economics of it, Russell said. There's also a smattering of MySQL and PostgresQL databases for various projects at STSCI, and one application uses an XGrid of Apple XServers for image processing.
Storage has been a major focus, for very simple reasons: the data sets aren't getting any smaller. While the Hubble data stored grows on average at about one terabyte per month, new projects are bringing in more data that will make Hubble's archives seem small in comparison.
Not all of that new data is imagery. The Galaxy Evolution Explorer, an all-sky ultraviolet survey satellite mission launched in 2003, will soon have its data added to the MAST archive. This includes a database from the spacecraft's photon detectors that records the time, vector, and energy level detail of every photon intercepted by the sensor. "They're now gathering the photon list—the project ends in April," said Green. "It's a 100-terabyte database."
And then there's the Webb Telescope, which will be managed by STSCI. It will have a mirror six times the size of Hubble's. The Webb will collect massive quantities of new data, and it will be able to detect galaxies so distant that they will be visible as they were when first formed in the early post-"big bang" universe. That research is going to mean potential petabytes more imagery for researchers to process and add to the archive.


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Investors Sure Love Them Some Jive Today
Shares of Jive are getting a lot of love today, in part because of a positive mention over the weekend by our friends over at Barron's. As of 2:20 pm ET, Jive's share price was up 7.5 percent to $18.36, which is nearly as high as it has traded ever, which was earlier today. Not bad for a company that priced at $12 a share less than three months ago.
Jive, you'll remember, is the social enterprise software company whose cloud-based and on-premise-based software enables employees at large companies to collaborate and share information as readily as they do on Facebook or Twitter. Investors who might have been shut out from Facebook's IPO filing may want to go after a smaller, more accessible target that's just like Facebook — social — but which also has a clear, concise and limited mission to make workplaces more productive.
Last week, Jive reported quarterly results for the first time, and there's certainly plenty to like. Its net loss wasn't quite so bad as analysts had expected, while sales grew 53 percent and spurred its billings — a key metric for cloud companies who sell their software on a subscription basis — up 46 percent during the year. It signed new customers like Thomson Reuters, Starbucks and Verizon in the last year.
Jive went public late last year, only days before Zynga went, too, and so a lot of people missed out on Jive's excitement.
All the love from the markets has me wondering who will be next among the cloud companies to take the public plunge. Workday, the cloud-based HR software company run by Aneel Busri, which last October raised $85 million at an implied valuation of $2 billion, was last seen looking for bankers to get it through an IPO sometime this year.
Workday will no doubt get a lot of attention due in no small part to the acquisitions of Taleo by Oracle last week and of SuccessFactors by SAP in December. But it will also get a lot of attention for the fact that many of its most recent institutional investors are the same ones who invested in Facebook: Fidelity, T. Rowe Price, Morgan Stanley and Janus among them. That makes for a nice tasty Facebook comparison right there. We'll find out soon enough if investors see it that way.


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Uber, the smartphone-based car service that has been shaking up taxicab and limosine markets around the country, scored a big victory on Tuesday as the DC City Council passed legislation that officially recognizes "digital dispatch" car services. The new law comes just months after Uber rallied to defeat legislation that the firm said was designed to hobble Uber in order to shield incumbent taxcab operators from competition.
The new legislation "not only improves transportation in the District, but also serves as an innovative model for city transportation legislation across the country," wrote Travis Kalanick, Uber's CEO, in a triumphant blog post. Uber singled out Councilmember Mary Cheh, the lead sponsor of the legislation, for being "tireless in her efforts to craft a pro-innovation, pro-rider piece of legislation." Just months before, Uber had blasted Cheh's earlier proposal, which would have required "sedan" services like Uber to charge at least 5 times the minimum taxi rate, effectively pricing Uber out of the taxicab market.
That proposal prompted a backlash from Uber's loyal customers and drivers, and Cheh shelved the legislation. Uber then sat down with Cheh and negotiated a new version of the legislation that Uber was willing to endorse.
According to DCist, "Uber's pricing model will not be regulated, though its drivers will be required to submit trip data back to the DC Taxicab Commission, and the company will have to better inform its customers that drivers are rating them just as much as riders review drivers." It also combines the application process for taxicabs, sedans and limosines.
While Uber is now on firm legal footing in DC, it is still facing legal challenges elsewhere in the country. Recently Uber has been crossing swords with regulators in Chicago. In California, Uber and some other transportation startups were recently slapped with $20,000 fines for violating regulations in the Golden State. Officials are currently considering updates to California regulations that could legitimize Uber and other services like it.


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About me
I come from San Juan, Puerto Rico, and was born deaf with Moderate to Severe Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss. I graduated from Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico (PUPR) with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering (2009), and a Master of Science in Manufacturing Engineering with emphasis in Pharmaceutical Processing and Quality Management (2013) from the same university.
I have worked at Accenture Federal Services since 2013, and am a Technology Consultant in Business and Technology Integration in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) within the Health & Public Sector group, specializing in technology delivery and Section 508 accessibility testing. People might be surprised to learn that long before I joined Accenture Federal Services, I participated in a 10-week summer internship at NASA GSFC (Goddard Space Flight Center) as Network Space Operation Analyst in Greenbelt, Maryland. My experience in NASA was a total blast-off! (Pun intended.)
My deaf lifestyle
Deafness is just a way of life, a lifestyle. Deaf people can do everything that a hearing person can do, except hear. People without disabilities cannot imagine what their life looks like without sound, since they were never in our shoes until they suddenly become deaf or gradually lose their hearing when they get older. There are many ways to overcome communication barriers by different means either via technology like text messages, instant messaging, email, and video relay service. Or the old-fashioned way, pen and paper, even gestural.
How Accenture supports me
Accenture has truly excelled in fostering an inclusive culture for me as a deaf employee, and has supported me since Day One. During job interviews, the company provided a sign language interpreter. For my four-week training in St. Charles, I had a Communication Access Real-Time Translation operator or stenographer who facilitated my participation. On an ongoing basis, Accenture provides the platform to incorporate software tools I use daily to suit my communication needs, including real-time remote interpreting service for virtual and live team meetings (FedVRS). The company's support extends beyond my daily work, even providing interpreters at networking events to help me communicate, socialize and connect with fellow colleagues. All of these things help pave the way for my career growth.
"Accenture has truly excelled in fostering an inclusive culture for me. As a deaf employee, Accenture has supported me since day one."
Challenges I still face
The main challenge I face daily is trying to "hear" and understand what people are saying when they talk to me. There are multiple ways that I can overcome this obstacle. For example: If I am in a meeting, I can request a remote video relay service at a moment's notice, so a remote interpreter can interpret for me during meetings to facilitate communication and my participation. If I am in a group with friends in a restaurant or at a networking event, I ask them to speak one at a time and repeat what they said to ensure that I completely understand.
While Accenture is very inclusive with persons with disabilities, there are still some challenges to overcome. I have found that sometimes if people are not educated about how to work with someone with a disability, they may be hesitant to do so. Fortunately, in my case, I've had the right manager to see beyond my disability and help me to feel comfortable working with my team. I encourage all of my colleagues to learn more, ask questions and understand that just because someone has a disability, it doesn't prevent them from delivering high performance.
Two challenges I commonly encounter are understanding speech in a noisy environment, and communicating effectively on the phone. In some ways hearing in one ear is comparable to a partially sighted person seeing in two dimensions, i.e. there is no ability to discriminate different sounds, direction or filter out "noise" that you don't want to hear.
Even with the now widespread use of new technology such as Skype, SMS, videoconferencing, etc., it still surprises me how much many people still rely on the phone to conduct day-to-day business. Whether a daily conference call with an offshore team, a global webcast, or an unexpected call from a colleague with whom you have never spoken, it can amount to a considerable challenge if you cannot effectively communicate on the phone.
Neither of these challenges can be completely overcome. Obviously, I try to avoid using the phone when there are alternatives available. If this is not possible, I usually request real-time remote interpreting on conference calls. For large, in-person team meetings, I request an on-site interpreter and include at least one other person in the meeting who can help facilitate by taking meeting minutes and repeating important messages.
Never, ever give up
My advice to anyone with a disability is to never ever give up and always face all kinds of obstacles. Be fearless in the face of overwhelming odds stacked against you. My life is a constant challenge and I always stay ahead of it. There are always multiple solutions for a single problem. A good saying I have adopted is, "When facing a mountain, go on either side, go above, dig below, or plow through; just don't get stuck!"


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LONDON (Reuters) - This time there was no escape for world No.1 Rafael Nadal.
For the fourth match in a row at this year's Wimbledon he got his fingers burned when losing the first set - only this time he was engulfed by player with dynamite in his strings.
How the tournament organisers must be slapping themselves on the back for handing Australian upstart Nick Kyrgios a wildcard.
On Tuesday the 19-year-old world number 144 took his dream Wimbledon debut to dizzy new heights with a spellbinding display on Centre Court to outplay the twice champion using a barrage of aces and crunching baseline winners.
His 7-6(5) 5-7 7-6(5) 6-3 win was the first by a player ranked outside the top 100 over a world No.1 at a grand slam since Jim Courier lost to Andrei Olhovsky in 1992.
Olhovsky never did much else but Kyrgios's victory, sealed with a 37th ace, felt as though it could be a seminal moment in the evolution of men's tennis - a warning shot to the "big-four".
Yes, Lukas Rosol and Steve Darcis, also ranked outside the world's top 100, ended Nadal's previous two Wimbledon campaigns, but they played probably the matches of their careers to do it.
Kyrgios's career is just beginning and the way he overwhelmed Nadal with a fearless brand of tennis, who knows where his first Wimbledon adventure could end up?
"He is acting to me like he can win the whole tournament," three-times Wimbledon champion John McEnroe said after witnessing a match that will enter Wimbledon folklore.
"The last guy that I saw like that was Boris Becker, a teenager who just believed that he would beat everything that was put in his way."
While magnanimous in defeat, Nadal offered a few words of caution.
"It's easier when you are arriving. Everything is new, nothing to lose. Everything is good. We'll see if he's able to improve and play at a very high level for a long period of time, but I wish him all the best."
Nadal won the French Open aged 19 and has gone on to capture 13 more grand slam titles.
Kyrgios described himself as "just a normal 19-year-old kid" on Tuesday but said some pre-match comments from his mother Norlaila that Nadal would be a match too far for her son had fired him up for the biggest day of his life.
"I was actually reading a comment that she thought Rafa was too good for me," he said. "It actually made me a bit angry.
"I'll just text her a smiley face!"
Kyrgios's exploits topped what had already been a dramatic eighth day of the championships including defeat for Maria Sharapova and the sight of distressed world No.1 Serena Williams serving a game of double faults in a third-round doubles match with sister Venus, before retiring with an illness.
Roger Federer's vintage Wimbledon continued, though, as he glided past Spain's Tommy Robredo 6-1 6-4 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals of the grasscourt slam for a 12th time.
The 32-year-old, yet to drop a set in four rounds, dazzled the Court One crowd with his artistry, making the game look ludicrously easy against the 22nd best player in the world.
"I feel physically in tip top shape," Federer, who now faces an all-Swiss quarter-final against Davis Cup team mate Stanislas Wawrinka, told reporters, although his mood may have been soured later as Switzerland lost to Argentina at the World Cup.
While Federer is facing an unusually busy schedule at Wimbledon because of weather interruptions, Wawrinka will be playing a third match in three days on Wednesday.
Australian Open champion Wawrinka beat Feliciano Lopez 7-6(5) 7-6(7) 6-3 without any major alarms although the match ended with the players in a heated argument at the net.
Big-serving Milos Raonic celebrated Canada Day by becoming the first man from his country to reach the quarter-finals at Wimbledon in the professional era, beating Japan's 10th seed Kei Nishikori 4-6 6-1 7-6(4) 6-3.
Wimbledon's second Tuesday is usually reserved for the women's quarter-finals, but with the schedulers playing catch-up after this year's rain delays, only two took place.
Czechs dominated the bottom half of the women's draw where Lucie Safarova's 6-3 6-1 defeat of Ekaterina Makarova set up a semi-final clash with compatriot and 2011 champion Petra Kvitova who defeated unseeded Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 6-1 7-5.
With a Czech finalist guaranteed, the top half of the draw took a further twist when Russian firebrand Sharapova, despite saving six match points, had her hopes of celebrating the 10th anniversary of her sole Wimbledon triumph with a sequel, rudely ended by dogged German Angelique Kerber.
The screaming fifth seed threw everything in her formidable arsenal Kerber's way, but after recovering from a wasteful opening set tiebreak to level, she went down 7-6(4) 4-6 6-4.
Though not the victory the French Open champion craved, she showed true champions' spirit to haul back a 5-2 deficit in a thrilling finale to a match she might have gone on to win had she taken a point to level at 5-5.
Instead, despite blowing a 0-40 advantage in the final nerve-jangling game Kerber sealed victory when Sharapova flailed a backhand over the baseline.
"I was a little bit nervous because I was thinking, you know, if it's now 5-5, everything starts from zero," Kerber, who faces 20-year-old rising star Eugenie Bouchard in the quarter-final on Wednesday, said.
A day after Bouchard became the first Canadian to reach a Wimbledon quarter-final in the professional era, compatriot Milos Raonic underlined the country's upward curve with a four-set victory over Japan's 10th seed Kei Nishikori.
Not a bad way to celebrate Canada Day, although Raonic will not be partying with Kyrgios to face on Wednesday.
Last year's runner-up Sabine Lisicki made sure there would be two Germans in the women's quarters when she overcame a shoulder injury to beat Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova 6-3 3-6 6-4.
She will face Romania's "Miss Consistency" Simona Halep after the third seed raced to a 6-3 6-0 win over Kazakhstan's Zarina Diyas. Halep reached the French Open final earlier this month and began the year with a quarter-final run in Australia.
(Reporting by Martyn Herman; editing by Clare Lovell)
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Top attractions in Rome
Colosseum, Roman Forum & Palatine Hill Priority Access Guide
Rome: Borghese Gallery Ticket with Escorted Entrance
Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel Tour
Rome: Trevi Fountain Underground Experience
Ancient Rome and Colosseum Small Group 3-Hour Walking Tour
Roma Pass: 48 or 72-Hour City Card
Ciampino or Fiumicino Airport Private Transfer to Rome
City Sightseeing Rome Hop-on Hop-off Bus & Free Audio Tour
Rome: Colosseum, Roman Forum, Palatine Hill Fast-Track Tour
Rome: The Underground - The Catacombs
Vatican & Rome City Pass with Free Transportation
Top sights in Rome
The 10 Things You Need to Do In Rome
So, the Eternal City is on your bucket list? Prepare to mix and match 2500+ years of history and discover your own version of Rome. You could fall in love with this city without ever seeing a museum -- but here are some of the more notable sights.
Vatican City
Vatican City is the world's smallest independent international state, a walled-off enclave within Rome. It's home to 842 people, the Sistine Chapel, and St Peter's Basilica.
Vatican Museums
Some of the world's most important relics -- the Sistine Chapel, for example -- are located inside the Vatican Museum. A guided tour here is worth every penny.
Sistine Chapel
Located inside the Apostolic Chapel, within the residence of the Pope, Michelangelo's ceiling fresco in the Sistine Chapel is a sight to see. Also, spend time studying The Last Judgement on the altar wall.
Roman Forum
This is where to go when you want to see Roman ruins. The Roman forum itself was once a marketplace or plaza, and is surrounded by the remnants of ancient government buildings.
Tour this famous amphitheater and reflect on the incredible architecture from 72 AD. The Colosseum is more impressive than any football stadium you've ever seen, AND it's 2000 years old.
Palatine Hill
It's thought that Palatine Hill is where Rome began. Excavations show that people have lived there since 1000 BC, and the ruins are steeped in mythology.
St Peter's Basilica
This tourist attraction is also the center of the Catholic world. The stunning St Peter's Basilica was built on the site where Peter, the apostle and first pope, was buried.
Raphael Rooms
Raphael's 16th century frescoes line the walls of the Palace of the Vatican's four public reception rooms, also called Raphael Rooms.
Galleria Borghese
Known to be one of the best museums in Rome, the Galleria Borghese is a 17th century villa is located in the sprawling Borghese park. You'll see antiquities, Renaissance art, and early Baroque pieces.
Trevi Fountain
Rome's world-famous Trevi Fountain depicts the mythological Neptune, backed by two Tritons. A fun place to grab a gelato, throw a coin in the fountain, and people-watch.
Planning Your Rome Visit
How long should you stay in Rome?
We can promise you won't get bored! You could manage to hit a lot of attractions in 4-5 days, or you could stay for months. Rome is incredibly walkable -- meaning it's easy to get a sense of the city just by exploring the neighborhood where you decide to stay. You'll quite quickly discover hidden-gem Italian restaurants or accidentally stumble upon Roman ruins.
How much money do you bring?
The big attractions charge you an entrance fee. Colosseum tickets start at 10€ to tour the inside. You can plan on seeing a lot of the ruins and churches from the outside for free, and you will find delicious Italian food for reasonable prices. One very cool free activity: the Casa del Cinema at Villa Borghese. The city of Rome subsidizes the outdoor film screenings here. Buy some wine and pizza, sit on the grass, and take in a free movie.
Where is the good shopping?
This completely depends on your budget and style. You'll probably walk down Via Connotti on your way to the Spanish Steps. That's where to go if you're looking for the great designer houses of Italy, like Prada and Gucci. Alternatively, check out the Mercato Monti in the neighborhood near the Colosseum. It's open daily for your fashion and trinket flea market fix.
One more thing to know about how old Rome is...
Roman tradition suggests the city was founded in 753 BC, and archaeologists suggest that inhabitants were settled there even earlier!
Good to know
- Language
- Italian
- Currency
- Euro (€)
- Time Zone
- Country Code
- +39
- Best time to visit
- Rome is in southern Italy, so winter weather is mild. One tip: keep major Catholic holidays in mind. It may mean things are closed; more likely, it will mean huge crowds. Whether or not you want to see Easter at the Vatican, it will help your hotel (or flight) plans if you know in advance.
Things to Do in Rome
Top Attractions in Rome
Cities in Italy
Other Sightseeing Options in Rome
Want to discover all there is to do in Rome? Click here for a full list.
What people are saying about Rome
We were very happy with our guide on this tour - he was very knowledgeable, answered all of our questions, kept the tour moving, kept it interesting for our 12 & 14 year old girls, and also helped entertain / interact with the 3 & 6 year old also in our tour group. He was energetic, fun, and seemed to be sure that EVERYONE got what they wanted out of the tour. He definitely knows his stuff, and I would recommend this tour to anyone - including families with teens or kids.
I did the tour with my son (10 years) on a Sunday morning and we had a perfect last day in Rome. Our guide was very friendly and professionnal regarding the anecdotes of the history of the Via Appia. Some small parts are a bit more tricky to ride because of the car traffic. Overall I recommand the tour to everyone who can ride a bike.
Loved Pasquale and the tour! Pasquale was a great guide! I've visited both places 20 years ago without a tour, and it's so much more meaningful to have a knowledgeable and interesting guide. Pasquale was amazing interacting with my 8 year old son and keeping him engaged. Highly recommend!!
This was such an amazing tour and what a fantastic time to go while it was so quiet! We were so happy with our tour guide Lumi, she was so knowledgable and funny - she really made the tour special! I learnt a lot from the tour and would definitely recommend!
We had a wonderful tour with Lumi! who went out of her way to make the tour both interesting and fun, we learnt so much and thoroughly enjoyed every moment. I would highly recommend to anyone wanting to have a lovely memory. First class all round!


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Six-Episode TV Land PRIME Original Series Premieres On Wednesday, March 10th At 10:00 p.m. ET/PT
Los Angeles, CA, January 27, 2010 � TV Land brings together former couples from around the globe � some of whom are from Australia, British Columbia, Canada and the U.S. � to reunite for one week to share feelings about their dramatic, emotional and often-times sudden break-ups and entertain the possibility of rekindling the relationships in the TV Land PRIME Original Series, "First Love, Second Chance." The six-episode series gives viewers a candid look at former sweethearts � some separated more than 20 years ago � who have a chance to reignite the passion and love they once shared or to see if their break-up was truly meant to be. The series premieres on Wednesday, March 10th at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.
Each week, TV Land documents one couple's week-long journey as they move-in together, meet close friends and family and try to push beyond the past transgressions to spark a new romance. At the end of the week, they send each other a dramatic video diary that spells out their true feelings, sometimes putting their new relationship in jeopardy.
"We have all probably wondered what happened to our first loves. This show gives the viewers an emotional and relatable look at what can happen � good and bad � when you find that person and see if it was truly meant to be," states Larry W. Jones, president, TV Land.
"First Love, Second Chance" was produced for TV Land by ITV. Andrew Hoegl, Jonathan Singer and Keith Cox serve as executive producers. Marco Bresaz is the executive in charge in production for TV Land.
Here is a look at the couples who will be featured in "First Love, Second Chance:"
Wednesday, March 10th at 10:00pm ET/PT
Garry & Star Lynn
Garry was an Australian exchange student in a forbidden romance with the host family's daughter, Star Lynn. Now, nearly 30 years after their relationship came to a sudden, dramatic end, they're giving their love a second chance.
Wednesday, March 17th at 10:00pm ET/PT
Chris & Pam
Pam was a hot, young bartender. Chris was her favorite customer. When he moved to Florida, he broke her heart. After years as a party animal, Chris hopes that Pam will see that he's changed and that she will give him a second chance.
Wednesday, March 24th at 10:00pm ET/PT
Shane & Angela
Years ago, Shane gave Angela a promise ring. But when he moved away, she began dating other men, so Shane ended their relationship. Twelve years later, they will decide if they can learn to trust each other again and make good on their promise of love.
Wednesday, March 31st at 10:00pm ET/PT
Chris & Hollis
Chris was a champion skateboarder who fell in love with Hollis when they were teenagers. But when Chris gave in to the temptations of fame, they broke up. Now, 25 years later, they have to decide if they are ready to give their love another try.
Wednesday, April 7th at 10:00pm ET/PT
John & Deanna
Their passionate romance began in college�and ended with Deanna's jealous outbursts. Two decades later, Deanna has learned to control her feelings but is that enough for John to forgive and forget?
Wednesday, April 14th at 10:00pm ET/PT
Chris & Breanne
When his college sweetheart Breanne couldn't say those magical three words, a broken-hearted Chris broke up with her. Now, ten years later, Breanne lives in LA and Chris lives in Vancouver and works as an Arctic explorer. Chris is on an expedition to see if Breanne can finally say the words he has longed to hear.
TV Land and all related logos and titles are trademarks of Viacom International Inc.
About TV Land PRIME and TV Land
TV Land PRIME is TV Land's programming destination designed for people in their forties and the exclusive home to the premieres of the network's original programming, contemporary television series acquisitions and movies. TV Land PRIME is part of TV Land, a network dedicated to presenting the best in entertainment on all platforms for Adults 25-54. Consisting of original programming, acquired shows, hit movies and full-service Web site, TV Land is now seen in over 95 million U.S. homes.
About MTV Networks
MTV Networks, a division of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), is one of the world's Leading creators of entertainment content, with brands that engage and connect diverse audiences across television, online, mobile, games, virtual worlds and consumer products. The company's portfolio spans more than 150 television channels and 400 digital media properties worldwide, and includes MTV, VH1, CMT, Logo, Harmonix, Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, Nick Jr., TeenNick, AddictingGames, Neopets, COMEDY CENTRAL, SPIKE, TV Land, Atom, GameTrailers and Xfire.


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Tuesday, 14 July
ECAP Drop-In **UPDATED INFO**
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ECAP Support – More Ways to Contact Us
ECAP Tuesday Sessions at ACE Closed – Contact Us via Phone & Email
Please find below an update on how to contact ECAP during the Covid-19 emergency – you can now ring ACE 0131 557 6242 at any time and leave a message, and we will get back to you.
ECAP/Edinburgh Claimants are continuing our support for and solidarity with claimants as well as all those up against the authorities – but due to the emergency coronavirus situation we have had to completely close our Tuesday drop-in sessions at ACE. Instead we are switching to advice, support and solidarity via phone and email. Please see below….
How to Contact ECAP – Until Further Notice
Please note this is an update on earlier announcements….
Ring 0131 557 6242 any time and leave a message. We will aim to ring you back within two days. Best to leave a short message with your phone number, please speak your number slowly and repeat it.
Ring 0131 557 6242 any Tuesday 12 noon till 3 pm to speak to us right away. We will be staffing the phone via a phone re-direction and can take your number and ring you back (if for some reason the re-direction has not worked and you get the answerphone please leave a message as above).
Email us at email@example.com any time, we aim to reply within two days. If you don't have email you could ask a friend to contact us on your behalf. Please leave a phone number if possible.
If either of these are impossible you can either put an envelope through the door of ACE addressed to ECAP or write to us at ECAP, c/o ACE, 17 West Montgomery Place, Edinburgh EH7 5HA – but please note we can only be sure of picking up mail approximately once a week.
Please do contact us if you have an ongoing problem which is not yet resolved. Please don't hesitate, it will help us if you get in touch.
The struggle continues.
Food / Money / Benefits Emergency?
The Scottish Government has more than doubled the amount in the Scottish Welfare Fund and extended who can apply, to support people hit by the coronavirus situation and abolished the 3 times per year limit for Crisis Grants. You can apply for a Crisis Grant or a Community Care Grant plus a foodbank referral. To apply in Edinburgh, ring 0131 529 5299 or apply online. For more info see ecap's SWF page. If knocked back contact us.
Plus check out our new Coronavirus Support page.
We are a group standing in solidarity with all those being treated unfairly. Our website is here.
Every Tuesday between 12 and 3 pm we hold an advice and solidarity drop-in here at Ace (Cancelled for the foreseeable future - we are still contactable by phone and email). We welcome those experiencing problems including work related, dole, council services, housing, debt or poverty.
We are only volunteers, not professionals, but will share our knowledge as best we can and always try to campaign collectively against the unfairness in our society.
Check out the ECAP leaflet below.
Our drop-ins can get very busy so please come early and prepare for a bit of a wait! Free food is often available as well as information about what we have here at ACE including any events and campaigns we're involved in.
If you'd like to volunteer, or just hang out and provide a friendly ear to listen, please come along or get in touch.


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EXTRA DATE ADDED - Thursday 28th September
THE GIN SOCIETY returns to Manchester Cathedral!
After the sold out event of March, we will be back this September. Join us at the stunning Grade I listed building for a GINTASTIC time. Tickets cost £7.50 + booking fee.
Thursday 28th September 2017: 6.30pm - 11pm - NEW DATE
Friday 29th September 2017: 6.30pm - 11pm
Saturday 30th September 2017: Afternoon Session 12noon - 4pm
Saturday 30th September 2017: Evening Session 6.30pm - 11pm
How The Gin Society Festival works
Your ticket permits entrance to the festival at the time and date stated on the ticket. You have to be aged 18 or over to be allowed entrance. If you're lucky enough to look under 25, you will be asked for ID. Sorry, but no ID, no entry!
Once in the festival, you will be given your own The Gin Society gin goblet and a Gin Guide booklet that will tell you something about all the different gins we have for you to try, as well as recommended mixes and garnishes.
You will then be able to purchase Gin Vouchers to explore our world of gin - voucher cards come in values of £5, £10 or £20. Our standard single gins (25ml) are £5 with complimentary mixer and garnish, while our prosecco cocktails (200ml) are £10.
There will be entertainment for you to enjoy; gin connoisseurs and fellow gin lovers happy to share their enthusiasm; and, if you should feel a little peckish, there's a food offer too.
We doubt you'll have any unused vouchers, but it's not a problem if you do. We will gladly cash them back in for you or, alternatively, you can donate them to the local charity we are supporting at the individual festivals.
Still need any more information on the festival? Send us an email and we'll see what we can do for you: firstname.lastname@example.com . Alternatively, any info you want may be found in our Frequently Asked Questions.
What's included in the ticket fee?
Your ticket provides entrance to the festival and you will be given your complimentary The Gin Society glass on arrival with a booklet of tasting notes. Both are yours to take home as a souvenir.
Cost of the gins and payment?
You will be able to buy vouchers on arrival with which to purchase your selected gins. A standard single gin, mixer and garnish is £5, prosecco cocktails are £10. The vouchers are £5, £10 or £20, but please remember that any unused vouchers may be redeemed for cash when you leave, or they can be donated to the local charity we have selected for each individual festival.
Is there an age limit for this event?
Yes, the Festival is for people aged 18 and over only. Sorry, but we are not permitted to admit anyone under the age of 18.
Will I need ID?
We operate the Challenge 25 scheme, meaning if you are lucky enough to look under 25 you will be asked for ID. Sorry, but we won't be able to let you into the Festival if, on request, you can't provide proof of your age. Refunds can't be given in that circumstance, so please bring make sure to bring ID with you.
Are we allowed to go out and come back into the festival?
Yes, of course, but you will need your complimentary festival glass with you to gain re-admittance.
Will there be food and entertainment at the festival?
Yes, the festival will feature a Vintage DJ to set the tempo whilst you're sampling your gins and there will be a selection of foods available. Wherever possible, all foods are sourced locally to the individual festival.
Is seating available?
Yes, some seating is usually available. But we carefully select venues you may not have visited before, so you may find interesting to wander around whilst you enjoy your gins.
Does the ticket have to be used by the person named on it?
No, anyone 18 and over may use the ticket (with proof of ID if required).
If a festival is sold out, do you have a waiting list?
Yes, we have a waiting list in case we have any returned tickets. All our tickets are sold via Eventbrite, and it will be advertised if the waiting list is in operation.
I can no longer make it to the festival, can I get a refund?
Yes, we realise plans sometimes have to change, so we are happy to arrange a refund up to 3 days before the festival. Or it is fine to pass your ticket on to a friend, as long as they are aged 18 or over. To arrange a full refund please email us at email@example.com
How do we get our tickets?
All our tickets are sold through Eventbrite. Unless you have the Eventbrite account and mobile app, you will need to print the tickets sent to you by Eventbrite as part of your confirmation email on your purchase of the tickets. If you do not receive your confirmation email from Eventbrite, please email us on email@example.com and we will try to sort it out for you.
Do we get sent paper tickets for the festival?
No, your tickets are included in your purchase confirmation email sent to you from Eventbrite. YOu can either download and print it or use the e-ticket via the Eventbrite App.
Rule of Three Events, producers of The Gin Society Festivals, reserve the right to carry out photography and/or video recording at their events for publicity purposes and to reproduce images and footage on our website, social media and print. By entering into this Agreement, you agree that Rule of Three Events and any party authorised by Rule of Three Events may use such images in perpetuity and in any format whatsoever. You further agree that any copyright in these materials is owned by Rule of Three Events.
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