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Jackson's victory ends road trip on high note
After stumbling into the All-Star break, the Tampa Bay Rays are back in stride.
Carlos Peña homered, Edwin Jackson won consecutive starts for the first time since April, and the Rays beat the host Toronto Blue Jays, 3-2, yesterday, helping improve their lead in the East to three games.
"This game was definitely big for us," outfielder B.J. Upton said. "To get to where we want to be, we've got to be able to win one-run ballgames."
The Rays won for the fourth time in six road games after losing seven straight away from home.
"That's a great road trip right there," Peña said. "We're really happy about that. It's going to be a fun plane ride back."
By winning two of three in Kansas City before coming to Toronto, the Rays gave manager Joe Maddon just what he wanted.
"If I had one thing in the back of my mind before we left, it was to just win the road trip somehow," Maddon said. "You're always looking for those little growth moments and that may be one."
Tampa Bay lost seven straight before the break, including six in a row on the road, but has gone 8-5 since.
"We're getting the same quality pitching, better defense, and a timely hit or two," Maddon said. "It's kind of what we looked like when things were going well in the first half."
Jackson (7-7) gave up two runs and seven hits in five innings. He walked two and struck out three.
Tigers 14, Indians 12 - Kelly Shoppach tied a major-league record with five extra-base hits, including a game-tying homer in the ninth, but host Cleveland lost to Detroit in 13 innings.
Shoppach had two homers, three doubles and drove in three runs as the eighth player to get five extra-base hits in a game. Hall of Famer Lou Boudreau was the only other AL player to do it, with a homer and four doubles July 14, 1946, for Cleveland at Boston.
Shoppach had a chance for a great ending to his big game, but he was struck out by Casey Fossum with the bases loaded and no outs in the 12th.
Rangers 4, Mariners 3 - Josh Hamilton hit his team-leading 25th homer and collected his major league-best 104th RBI as host Texas beat Seattle.
Michael Young, out of the starting lineup because of a fractured right ring finger, had the go-ahead RBI with a pinch-hit sacrifice fly in the eighth inning and rookie Brandon Boggs homered for the Rangers.
Royals 4, Athletics 3 - Jose Guillen drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning and Kansas City completed its first three-game sweep in Oakland in 20 years.
Esteban German led off the inning with a pinch-hit single against A's closer Huston Street, then took third when Mike Aviles doubled just beyond the glove of diving right fielder Ryan Sweeney.
White Sox 8, Twins 3 - Carlos Quentin had a home run and four RBIs in a victory over host Minnesota that kept Chicago in control of the AL Central race.
Phillies 8, Nationals 5 - Chase Utley homered for the second consecutive game, providing the big blow in a five-run fifth inning, and Philadelphia beat host Washington to move back atop the NL East with its fourth straight victory.
Marlins 7, Mets 5 - Josh Johnson pitched 6 2/3 innings for his first victory in almost two years, and Florida tightened the NL East race by beating New York in Miami.
Rockies 7, Pirates 4 - Aaron Cook (14-6) tied Arizona's Brandon Webb for the National League lead in victories, Troy Tulowitzki kept up his torrid pace with three more hits, and Colorado avoided a sweep with a victory in Pittsburgh.
Reds 9, Astros 5 - Adam Dunn homered twice and Ken Griffey Jr. added a three-run shot as visiting Cincinnati snapped an eight-game skid against Houston.
Cardinals 7, Braves 2 - Chris Carpenter, who spent the past year recovering from ligament replacement surgery on his right elbow, pitched four solid innings in his first start since April 2007 and Albert Pujols drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh as visiting St. Louis beat Atlanta, which lost its fifth straight.
Cubs 7, Brewers 2 - Ryan Dempster (12-4) struck out nine and gave up one run and five hits and Ryan Theriot tripled to break open a close game as visiting Chicago beat Milwaukee for the third straight time.
Diamondbacks 7, Padres 3 - Dan Haren (11-5) pitched seven solid innings, Chad Tracy and Mark Reynolds each drove in two runs as Arizona won in San Diego.
Dodgers 4, Giants 0 - Chad Billingsley (11-9) pitched a five-hitter for his first career shutout, Matt Kemp extended his hitting streak to 17 games, and host Los Angeles moved above .500 for the first time since May 27.


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quote:Originally posted by MacTACI hope there will always be at least Zum Stammtische here in NY and I look forward to trying the Oak Chalet (thanks kozel) and Plattdeutsche (again, but 40 years later).
quote:Originally posted by KimChee43Dear Friends:Well, autumn is here. It's getting on Oktoberfest time. I've got a hankering for some really fine German cuisine. Where can it be found? We've eaten at the Berghoff and Chicago Brauhaus in Chicago. Neither one did much for us at all. Our absolute favorite used to be Dieterle's in Elgin, Illinois, but it closed years ago. We've tried Mader's and Karl Ratsch's in Milwaukee. Wasn't too keen on those either. We're willing to make a weekend road trip to find some good German food. Somebody please tell us where it is?!Many thanks.KimChee43
quote:Originally posted by spaetzelboyMom just told me about Neiderstein's yesterday . . . I am seriously bummed. Where will we go after funerals now?! This was also where my family celebrated my 40th Birthday last June. Always a good time. Even the funerals were a lot of laughs. Where else can I go for the Bavarian Platter and a pint of Dinkel Acker. Germany I guess. The word I hear on Durow's is that they sold the parking lot. Sadly, I think that was the last good thing about Durow's. I guess we can't fight the fact that the demographics are changing in the area. Plus, real estate prices are sky high. Too good to refuse. I grew up in queens, that's how I know this stuff.I have heard that the food @ Zummstantisch (can we please just say ZST from here on) is genuine enough to be excessively rich. Any input?Any of you locals still remember the Triangle Hofbrau? Miss that too.
quote:Originally posted by BBQGOops, was trying to reply re the previous quote about The Triangle Hauf Brau. We used to live in Richmond Hill and that place was a landmark. We would go there all the time. There was a guy that used to hang out there from the old show Car 54 Where Are You. It was sad to see that go.I've been trying to find a German Restaurant to go to for lunch on Sat with my mother after we visit St. John's cemetery. We too, always frequented these places after funerals. My whole family is from that neighborhood. I just tried Durow's, but the # is disconnected. Gebhardt's moved, Neiderstein's is gone and Zum Stammtisch is a bit pricey. Oh, well - Mom will just have to deal with it!
quote:Originally posted by JSOnlineBrookfield restaurant Ritter's Inn, known for its German specialties and Friday fish fry, will close later this month after 31 years in business.The restaurant, at 12525 W. North Ave., will close after a farewell celebration on June 27, it was announced today. The decision to close comes after the October death of longtime co-owner Fred Vella.

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Sharjah approves 50% traffic fine discount
Sharjah: Owners of vehicles and motorists who have accumulated fines will be able to pay 50 per cent of their traffic tickets if they opt to settle their dues before the end of April 2012.
The slash in traffic fines was approved by the Sharjah Executive Council meeting on Tuesday.
Shaikh Sultan Bin Mohammad Bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Sharjah Crown Prince, Deputy Ruler and Chairman of the Sharjah Executive council chaired the meeting which approved the suggestion made by the Sharjah Police Department.
Major General Humaid Mohammad Al Hudaidi, Sharjah Police Commander has welcomed the executive council's positive response which aims at lifting the burden of traffic violation fees registered in Sharjah.
He added that the initiative will maintain the public's safety by not violating traffic laws and regulations.
He added that the initiative will be applied on January 1, 2012. The reduction in traffic fines will be valid for four months, after which the nominal value of the fine has to be paid.
The gesture is applied for fines committed only before December 28, 2011. Any traffic violation after the set date will not be discounted.


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Some interesting news came in earlier tonight from someone close to the production of Rob Zombie's ">Halloween 2. Despite the film rolling tomorrow, yet another cast member has signed on to increase the sequel's horror pedigree, this time it's The Exorcist's Eileen Dietz.
Dietz, best known as "The Face of Evil", Pazuzu, joins the ever growing cast that includes a returning Scout Taylor-Compton, Tyler Mane, Malcolm McDowell, Daeg Faerch, Sheri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, and newcomers Ezra Buzzington, Chris Hardwick, Richard Brake, Howard Hesseman, Bill Moseley, and Caroline Williams. Look for more as we get it!
Rob Zombie's ">Halloween 2 is slated to be in theatres August 28th, 2009. Keep it here for more.
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Back in 2005 I visited Uganda with a cross party group of MPs.
We looked at aid projects orphanages and visited a refugee camp near the Sudanese border. But perhaps the most interesting meeting was with DFid - the British Ministry charged with spending billions of pounds taxpayers money on aid.
The offices were not located in the main British Embassy at Kampala because DFid see themselves as being "separate" from the government. Instead, at great expense, they had leased a suite of modern offices elsewhere. When we arrived their whole attitude suggested that a group of MPs turning up to ask questions about aid spending was an inconvenience they could do without.
Apparently since the coalition took over things have changed.
Either way the coalition was elected with one specific promise.
To balance Britain's finances.
Coalition MPs have at times found it difficult to defend policies such as the fuel tax rises, air passenger duty, cuts in child benefit, changes to pensions and much else. Most have gritted their teeth done so because of the importance balancing the books.
But the dogged insistence of the government in increasing foreign aid makes it much harder to justify cuts.
"if we are so short of money" people say, "how is it you can send even more abroad?" Its a good question.
We are giving away money which we don't have. Everything we spend beyond the tax take is simply being added to the national debt and left for future generations to deal with.
Giving away money with one hand whilst borrowing is seen by many as an absurdity. By the time the UK is in a position to start paying back the national debt some of the countries we are giving aid to will probably have a bigger GDP than us.
If the government wish to continue increasing aid then I have a suggestion. We currently spend millions every year providing housing, health care, translators, lawyers and a range of other benefits to foreign nationals who should not be in this country. If we must spend 0.7% of GDP on foreign aid we count all spending on those who shouldn't be in the UK as part of the total amount and deduct it from the bill.
My last thought is of Africa. Not poverty or the refugee camps which I have seen, but of a meal I had with a group of MPs from one of the more benighted countries there. It took place in a luxury hotel and wondering outside I saw a line of sleek looking luxury Mercedes Benzes, replete with chauffeurs, waiting to ferry the politicians of this third world, aid receiving country back to their homes.
The image comes back every time I hear calls for greater aid spending.


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Thursday, April 23, 2009
Out doing marine science
Sorry for the lack of posts lately. We have been out working on research projects and doing reef restoration projects.
In the photo above - BREAM research assistant Jessie Hallett is transplanting corals at a ship grounding site. We then monitor the corals for survival through time.
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Vietnam's first International Sailing Festival, themed Thuyen, bien, cat vang, va mat troi (Ship, sea, yellow sand, and the sun), will be held in the coastal province of Binh Thuan from January 15-18.
According to organizers, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and the People's Committee of Binh Thuan Province, the highlight of the event will be a competition between sailing teams from 26 different countries and territories – from Ham Thuan Nam to Tuy Hoa beach.
The festival will include international conferences - "Vietnam's sea tourism" and "Marketing and business of sail boats, sail yachts in future in Vietnam," and an outdoor music show featuring more than 100 international artists and beauty queens representing participating countries.
Activities will include an art installation, a panoramic landscape photo exhibition and a display of 200 sailboats, and an exhibition of international sail boat accessories.
Representatives from Vietnam's coastal cities and provinces, travel agencies, five-star hotels and resorts, and boat manufacturers, will participate in the international festival.
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Norway: Deep Sea Supply Extends Contracts with Ship Equip to Cover Whole Fleet with SEVSATs
In a fleet wide deal the 23 vessels with SEVSAT already installed has been signed for another three years along with the four new buildings scheduled to be launched in 2011 and 2012.
"We are very satisfied with the overall performance of the SEVSAT system from Ship Equip" says Technical Director Espen Sorensen. "We have used the system since 2006 and find it very reliable with a good uptime and otherwise performing to expectations. Ship Equip also has a network of service engineers that in our experience do a good job" Mr Sorensen concludes.
"Working with Deep Sea Supply and Espen Sørensen has been both rewarding and challenging" says Sindre Alnes, Sales Manager at Ship Equip. Since the first installation with Deep Sea Supply in 2006, Ship Equip has grown considerably, and the product has developed as well. The contract we signed now is for a much improved product compared to 5 years ago. I believe we are now truly capable of supporting Deep Sea Supply in their global operation Mr. Alnes concludes.
In a comment CEO Ivar Nesset adds: "We are pleased that long time customers like Deep Sea Supply renew their commitment with us. For a fast growing company like Ship Equip it is important to maintain its focus on delivering a high quality service to our existing customers. We believe that Deep Sea Supply extending their fleet contract for another 3 years is indicating that we have succeeded in doing that.
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Yesterday When I was watching a movie, after few minutes the sub titles did not sync properly with the on going dailogues in the movie, it runs too fast or lags down so that the sub title displays once the scene moves forward. How to properly sync the subtitles in VLC player ? You can not only repair or fix subtitle in VLC, but also you can also fix audio/video issues too. If the audio or video is running fast or lagging behind, there is an option in VLC to fix the issues.
You can easily adjust the subtitles to match over the video in VLC player with the default options which are provided with it. When ever you find a subtitle delay or running ahead of the video, just open the settings and fix the subtitle issue. You can do it. Just follow the steps below.
Play the video, open the settings – Tools > track synchronization > you can now increase or decrease the numbers to find the delay of subtitles.
If the subtitle doesn't run for the same time as that of the video, you can use these settings and change it accordingly. If the subtitle runs ahead of the video, faster than the timing at the video, you need to reduce the speed of the subtitle fps value. If it keeps lagging behind the video timing, then increase the speed of the subtitle fps value above 1.
Similarly, there is an option called 'advance of subtitles over video'. If your subtitle is lagging behind the video, the advance subtitle over video value should be in negative. Note down the time seconds that the video and subtitle lags and based on that enter the value. If it's say 5 seconds lag, then -5.000 s should be the value here.
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A BRITISH engineer murdered in the French Alps may have had access to some of
Saddam Hussein's secret millions, it was claimed last night.
Iraqi-born Saad Al-Hilli, 50, was gunned down with his wife, mother-in-law and
a local cyclist.
His daughters seven-year-old Zainab and Zeena, four, survived the massacre
last month.
Now French cops are looking into Saddam's withdrawal of £620million from his
central bank before he was deposed in 2003.
Detectives trying to establish a motive for the massacre have learned that
£820,000 in an Al-Hilli Swiss account came from the executed dictator.
Saad's father Kadhim, a former factory owner, left Iraq in the late 1970s with
his wife and two sons after apparently falling foul of the leader.
They settled in Pimlico, central London, with accounts containing money given
to Kadhim by Saddam said to have been frozen.
But now the implication — after a tip-off by German secret agents — is that he
was actually funnelling money out of Iraq for the tyrant, who often made
plans in case he was overthrown. Former factory owner Kadhim died last year
in Spain.
The breakthrough — sourced to a senior French detective — raises the theory
that anyone linked to Saddam's money may have been seen as a possible
informant by other beneficiaries.
Specialist police were last week questioning Geneva-based bankers about
Al-Hilli assets.
Last night Saad's brother Zaid denied links with Saddam. He said: "It's all
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Pets & vets: Alligator attack in Florida and other state veterinary news
Florida Veterinarian performs surgery on dog attacked by alligator
A stray dog apparently attacked by an alligator received treatment—including an $800 surgery—free of charge from Randy Eisel, DVM, owner of Animalife Veterinary Center in Naples, Fla., in June. The woman who found the injured pit bull and named him "Piglet" couldn't afford the veterinary bills or to keep the dog. Adopted by a Florida couple June 29, Piglet left the veterinary hospital with a clean bill of health: neutered, dewormed, vaccinated and licensed. The couple had been thinking about adopting a potbellied pig, but when they heard about Piglet's plight, they say they saw it as a sign that they should adopt him instead.STATE ROUNDUP
House Bill 251, sponsored by Rep. Alan Dick and Rep. Reggie Joule, which would have allowed out-of-state veterinarians to practice free of charge in rural Alaska, failed to pass committee. Dick and Joule have said the 350 veterinarians in Alaska in 2011 was an inadequate number to serve the number of animals that work and live with residents.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has found a number of violations of the Animal Welfare Act at Santa Cruz Biotechnology, a company that develops research antibodies, biochemicals, labware and (more recently) animal healthcare products, in Santa Cruz, Calif. A March 6 inspection found that the facility had only one veterinarian on hand to care for 10,000 goats and 6,000 rabbits, as well as an undetermined number of cattle and horses. A follow-up inspection found further violations, including goats with broken legs and another goat with an untreated skin condition that was later euthanized.
Veterinarians and students from Colorado State University's Veterinary Teaching Hospital provided services at no charge to owners of large animals who had been evacuated by a large wildfire west of Fort Collins, Colo. As of June 13, they had examined about 150 horses, 150 alpacas and llamas, donkeys, sheep, goats and calves. Veterinarians and students performed physical exams and health checks and treated any injuries uncovered.
The University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine recently diagnosed a horse located in a pasture immediately adjacent to the Dalton Municipal Airport in Dalton, Ga., with rabies. Six people who had contact with the saliva or mucus of the animal are receiving post-exposure rabies treatments. Horses and cattle in the same pasture have been given rabies vaccine and will be observed for clinical signs during the next six months.
Timber Trails Low Cost Veterinary Clinic hosted a grand opening celebration in June at its new clinic near Murphysboro, Ill. Veterinarian Angie James, DVM, will staff the clinic. Anderson says the emphasis of the clinic will be on wellness care to prevent disease and unwanted litters of puppies and kittens.
Patricia Drauch of Marcellus, Ind., recently found her 14-month-old son, Stanley, face-up in the family pool. Drauch says Stanley was blue and appeared to be unconscious, but Bear, the family's black Labrador retriever, was holding the boy out of the water on his back. The boy regained consciousness on the way to a nearby fire station, then was treated at a local hospital and later released. The family is calling Bear a hero.
A new study from the University of Minnesota Extension and the Department of Applied Economics has found that the veterinary industry contributes $1.5 billion annually to Minnesota's economy. The report, "Economic Contribution of the Veterinary Medicine Industry in Minnesota," attributes the amount to the economic activity generated by the 14,500 people in the state's veterinary industry, who collect an estimated $680 million in annual combined wages and salaries.


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Mike Ox has yet to fill out a bio.
"DA WWE IS BETTER DAN DA TNAWFUL" - You.
Not really. But that's more of an opinionated topic. What I'm wondering is why you felt the need to write that on my little B/R bulletin board...
Thanks for that compliment, Mike. I really appreciate you taking time to let me know what you think. I'll look into the website and have some connections. It's just a matter of finding time to write for them as well. Thanks again.
On the contrary, many people think I am actually great. Thanks for making an account just to say that on my board. It made my day.


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I can't for the life of me remember when I started to love Notre Dame. It's been part of me for so long it seems like it's always been there. Credit Lindsay Nelson, I think. At the earliest ages, I remember Sunday mornings and "Notre Dame Highlights". Watching Hanratty to Seymour. Theisman to Gatewood. Clements to Demmerle. And then reliving those moments with my buddies on my backyard gridiron.
New Year's Day Cotton Bowls in the late 60's against the Longhorns. New Year's Eve Sugar Bowls against the Crimson Tide in the early 70s. Robin Weber catches the greatest pass a Notre Dame quarterback has ever thrown from Tom Clements to ice the Bear. Erik Penick's 83 yard touchdown run to crush SC. Anthony Davis dancing on his knees in the end zone... Damn him to eternal hell.
Sitting in a McDonald's in Scranton, PA with my Mom, after visiting the University of Scranton, one of my potential college choices. Mom asks, "Where do you really want to go?" "Well, I want to go to Notre Dame, but I don't know whether you and Dad can afford it." And then Mom telling me she and my father will find a way to do it, if I can get in.
Dad telling me that if they were going to spend that kind of money on an education, that he'd rather see me going to Princeton where he always dreamed of being able to send one of his sons. Me looking back at Dad and trying to explain to him that although Princeton was a great school, it just wasn't Notre Dame.
Several months later being called out of class to the principles office only to find Mom standing there with tears in her eyes, holding my acceptance letter to ND. Congratulations all around from the school staff and getting to walk back to my Physics class to tell my classmates I was going to Notre Dame.
Driving west through the hills of Pennsylvania, and flatlands of Ohio and Indiana and seeing the Golden Dome for the very first time as I rolled in to Freshmen Orientation...
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Ric Flair was seen with Hulk Hogan Saturday night, reportedly at Hulk Hogan's new restaurant in Florida. The restaurant opens to the public tomorrow. Hogan posted some pictures of him with Flair and his son Nick with Flair's daughter Ashley (who is currently a WWE developmental worker). If you're interested, you can click here to view the photos.
UPDATE: Hulk Hogan has now confirmed that the pictures he took with Ric Flair and his daughter Ashley were from his restaurant at Hogan's Beach which opens to the public this Monday night. Hogan also announced that attending the opening will be Ric Flair, Jimmy Hart, Al Perez, Matt Morgan, Jim Neidhart and "Bushwhacker" Luke Williams. Hogan also hopes that Ed "Brutus Beefcake" Leslie and The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobs and Jerry Sags) will be there too.


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Recruiting Physics Students in High School
Gabriel Popkin
What would you think if your child came home from school and told you that he or she had been advised not to take physics? You would probably be shocked, but the unfortunate fact is that such advice is frequently dispensed by well-meaning guidance counselors and others who are involved in helping high school students make academic decisions. These advisors often fear physics might hurt students' GPAs, and therefore their college prospects. They may have had a negative experience with physics - perhaps during their own high school career - or they may know nothing about physics at all beyond what is in the popular media, which is largely that physics is an impossibly complex subject reserved for geniuses (see the TV show The Big Bang Theory for ample evidence of this).
About a year ago, a group of us at APS and AAPT met to discuss the issue and begin developing an information campaign that would counteract the negative publicity that we know physics often gets. Although we did not have hard data on the prevalence of students being dissuaded from taking physics in high school, we had received an alarming number of independent reports of this phenomenon occurring in different parts of the country, and felt compelled to take action on behalf of the physics education community. One of our initial decisions was to enlist physics teachers to provide information to students and guidance counselors. Many teachers are members of AAPT and APS, read our organizations' publications, and attend their meetings; in addition, they are our natural allies in this campaign.
Our efforts were also informed by focus groups conducted among high school students by John Rice of CommonSense Communications, a marketing consulting firm. This initiative, though in its early stages, has yielded some clues into how high school students think about physics, and why more of them do not take it. Rice thinks the fundamental problem is a dire lack of knowledge among high school students about how physics can help them in their careers and their everyday lives. He says, "High school students who take physics usually like it - especially if it is hands-on - however, almost all of them plan on majoring in engineering, because they know what they can do with engineering. They have no idea what they can do with physics. They do not know that they can use physics to treat cancer, design an electric guitar, or develop new sources of energy. There is a near-complete lack of connection between the physics taught in high school and any possible applications." As for those who choose not to study physics, Rice says that he thinks "They know what chemistry and biology are, but they do not know what physics is, or how it could be useful in their lives. All they know is that it is hard, and they are afraid it will kill their GPA."
Data from the America Institute of Physics show that about a third of US high school graduates take physics at some point. By comparison, over 90% take biology and over 60% take chemistry, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. The fraction taking physics represents a major gain over two decades ago, when it was around a fifth, but it still indicates that two-thirds of our high school graduates have not taken physics - not to mention all those who do not graduate from high school. If these students hope to compete in the high-tech 21st-century economy, they will be at a major disadvantage.
It also hurts their chances of getting into a good university. According to Vikki Otero, Senior Assistant Director of Admissions at the University of Colorado at Boulder, "College admissions is never just about the GPA. We are interested in seeing that students have maintained an excellent college prep curriculum. A transcript with physics is better than one without it." This sentiment is echoed by Greg Pyke, Senior Associate Dean of Admissions at Wesleyan University, a liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut. Pyke says, "Highly selective colleges and universities look for students who have taken a very demanding program in high school, which includes courses such as physics. The rigor of the program is often more important than the final grades they get." Over three-quarters of incoming Wesleyan freshmen have taken physics in high school; at Caltech, physics is a requirement for admission.
With all this in mind, we have developed a multi-pronged approach to recruiting high school students, which began with a survey of physics teachers to gather best practices for increasing course enrollments. This yielded a number of interesting and clever strategies that included making sure the chemistry and math teachers in their school promote physics to their students (since these courses typically come before physics in the curriculum); inviting guidance counselors into their classroom to observe hands-on activities; and doing fun labs and activities in high-visibility places around the time that students enroll in courses for the following year. Much of this wisdom was distilled in an article [1] in The Physics Teacher by Earl Barrett, a high school teacher with many years' experience in recruiting students to his program.
Our next effort was to develop a poster entitled "Top 10 Reasons Why You Should Take Physics." This poster uses humor and colorful graphics to communicate the many benefits of studying physics, which range from broad incentives such as "Physics teaches you how to think," to specific careers and technologies that rely on physics. We have distributed this poster to thousands of physics teachers by inserting it into an issue of The Physics Teacher as well as by handing it out at APS, AAPT, and National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) meetings.
View "Top 10 Reasons Why You Should Take PhysicsWhy Physics" Poster
These are the first steps we have taken toward filling the physics information vacuum, but there will need to be many more if we are going to ensure that every student has the opportunity to enjoy the benefits that physics has to offer. Some future efforts we have in mind are:
- Publishing an op-ed piece in The Science Teacher about the importance of physics in the high school curriculum.
- Designing a brochure for teachers to give to guidance counselors explaining the benefits their students will get from taking physics.
- Creating an online "toolkit" for teachers to recruit more students into physics classes. This will have a home on the web.
- Engaging Society of Physics Students chapters in recruiting high school students to study physics.
[1] E. Barrett, "Increasing physics enrollment in your school," Phys. Teach. 47, 399–400 (2009).
Gabriel Popkin is an Education Projects Manager at APS.
Disclaimer - The articles and opinion pieces found in this issue of the APS Forum on Education Newsletter are not peer refereed and represent solely the views of the authors and not necessarily the views of the APS.


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American Legion officials have players recite the Legion anthem before every game. Maybe it is the parents and coaches that should be reciting the anthem because over the past week, some of them have not been too sportsmanlike.
American Legion officials have players recite the Legion anthem before every game. Maybe it is the parents and coaches that should be reciting the anthem because over the past week, some of them have not been too sportsmanlike.
Last week, the game I was covering between Sheridan and Hot Springs Village was ended due to a forfeit. Hot Springs Village had a pitcher start warming up who would be making his fourth appearance in three days, which was against the Legion rules.
Even though the pitcher had not thrown a pitch, the Legion official ruled that since he took the mound, that classified as a violation of the rule. Hot Springs Village coach Justin Gregory was not happy about the ruling, and the Hot Springs Village fans and parents felt about the same way.
I am not here to say which side is right. I do know if the tournament director, Mike Moore, had not told Gregory, the pitcher would have thrown an actual pitch in the game. However, Gregory pulled the pitcher, Chase Anderson, during his warm-up and brought in a different pitcher. So Gregory was actually helped and told his mistake.
Plus Legion officials told all of the coaches before every game about the innings and appearance limit during the tournament. Officials were keeping track of the appearances and a few coaches came to the press box to check on the rules and how much their pitchers had thrown.
So Gregory had no one to blame but himself, but the Hot Springs Village parents felt otherwise. It did not take long for the officials to come off the field when a couple of parents and fans decided to tell them how wrong the decision was and that Sheridan was just getting their way.
After trailing for much of the game, Sheridan took a 7-6 lead in the seventh inning, and that is when the pitching change occurred, which led to the forfeit.
That just gave the Hot Springs Village fans some else to be upset about it and to take out on the officials. Moore wasted little time, though, in calling the cops to make sure the peace was kept. Once Moore said that and reached for his phone, one Hot Springs Village person wasted little time in going to his car and leaving.
This was not the only act that took place. Apparently after Sheridan�s game with Texarkana, the Texarkana coaches decided to confront the umpires after the game to tell them how bad of a job they did.
The strange thing was that not only did Texarkana win the game 8-3, but it was the zone championship. Because of the choice words the coaches had for the umpires, they were suspended for the state tournament that is going on right now in Sheridan.
Neither party had any room to really argue the call. Moore saved Gregory and Texarkana won its game. Also, Hot Springs Village appealed the decision and won, but Gregory did not have his team ready to play, so he conceded the game, which was a classy act, but does not fully make up for the parents and fans forcing Moore�s hand on calling the cops.
This is a Junior Legion tournament. These kids are not playing for scholarships here. They might just be auditioning for a spot on the high school team next year. This is not life or death, so the parents and coaches that are taking this like Game 7 of the World Series need to hold their temper, or else their kids are only going to repeat their ugly actions.
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11:58am: Talks have hit a snag, and a source tells Ken Berger of CBSSports that a deal is "not happening" (Twitter link).
11:03am: Doc Rivers is high on Zeller, having wanted to draft him for the Celtics in 2012, notes Jason Lloyd of the Akron Beacon Journal (on Twitter).
10:50am: The Cavs have had discussions with the Clippers about swapping Zeller for Reggie Bullock, reports Brian Windhorst of ESPN.com (Twitter link).
9:00am: The Cavaliers have been aggressively shopping Tyler Zeller the past few days, tweets Jason Lloyd of the Akron Beacon Journal. Zeller's role is in line to be reduced, since the Cavs have agreed to trade for Spencer Hawes.
Zeller, the 17th overall pick in 2012, has already seen his playing time reduced this season after he started 55 games as a rookie. He's averaging 4.9 points and 3.8 rebounds in 13.7 minutes per game. Zeller makes $1.633MM on his rookie-scale contract, and he's due a little more than $1.7MM next season.
There's been little chatter about Zeller this season, but he was reportedly involved in an early version of a proposal to the Bulls for Luol Deng this past summer. That was while former GM Chris Grant was at the controls in Cleveland, and it appears new GM David Griffin isn't quite as willing to wait for the already 24-year-old center develop into a more productive player.


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Traveling is a huge luxury in our life. The fact that we can up and jet across the Pacific Ocean at the drop of a hat seems like we have money burning a hole in our pocket.
You'll have to wait until I stop laughing ... Hang on, not yet... I'm getting there...
Okay, I think I'm functional now.
Let's start this off with one statement: I work in education. There. That should put it to rest because anyone in education is not swimming in money. My husband is self-employed. And we're raising a teenager. None of this adds up to this vision of an endless bank account.
So, no, money is not burning a hole in our pocket. We had to come up with some very creative ways to get to where we want to go.
1. Set up a Vacation Account
Our credit union gives away accounts like candy so we set up a vacation account. We already have two accounts for each adult and one for the teenager. Two of these have direct deposits so we max out the interest. Our daughter is on an "early saver" program so she gets maximum interest. The vacation account earns about .0003 percent. But we have garnered $94 on interest alone on all four numbers. That's enough for a 3 day car rental in Kona, Hawaii.
Me, I have to set it up this way because I can deposit extra money in it and forget about it. If I try to do this in the family checking account, I'll just spend it (IpromiseI'llpayitback).
2. Look over your expenses
$28.63 a month Second phone line
$19.99 a month Dial up Internet Provider that we forgot we'd been paying for two years
$91 a month Gym Membership
Adding up to $139.62 a month
Totaling $1675.44 a year.
$1651 for 5 nights at Rarotonga Beach Bungalows in Rarotonga, Cook Islands INCLUDING AIR (and breakfast) for one person on costcotravel.com
Hmm, makes giving up our second phone line, dial up internet provider and gym membership easier to swallow. This was just a handful of expenses we are looking at a whole new way. If the end result is good enough (and Rarotonga isn't?) what else can I do without? Look at your expenses and see where you can cut back - I know someone who was still paying $3 per week for her paper. Doesn't sound like much? There are 52 weeks in a year. 52 x $3 = $156 a year. $156 will come really close to getting you a two day pass into Disneyland.
3. Sell it!
A friend of mine just moved and, in the essence of time, she put stuff they didn't want to take out on the curb. HELLLLOOOOOOWWWWW! Money down the drain. Me, I've got two piles in the laundry room of stuff that is either for sale or ready to be put on sale. I make use of ebay and craigslist like crazy. Does it take time? Yes. Does it have a learning curve? Yup. Can it be a hassle? Oh yeah. Is there money in a paypal account right now after selling my daughter's outgrown soccer bag. Youbetcha. On a trip to Hawaii in 2011 we paid for the rental car with money from the Paypal account.
(True Story: My daughter sold her outgrown Barbies to help pay her way on a cruise to Alaska. Her choice, not ours, ya don't need to flame me.)
4. Earn some of it
Find a way to make some extra money. If you are good at math, tutor a student. If you know an instrument, give lessons. If you love cars, start detailing. If you know computers, offer repair services (and then give me your number because I always seem to need computer stuff done). Make crafts? Sell on Etsy or at local bazaars. If you have a nice camera, sell the prints through Fine Art America.
5. Bank the Leftovers
At the end of the month, when my check is deposited, there is usually (most of the time) (sometimes) money left over in the checking account. It's usually not much (remember the "education" part?), but even if it's $20, I transfer it to the vacation account. Then it's gone and I can't see it to spend it. If I average an "extra" $50 a month x 12 months that's $600. That's a 7 Night Cruise on Royal Caribbean from San Juan Puerto Rico with ports in St. Marteen, St. John, St. Lucia and Barbados. Still not worth it?
6. See it, Spend It - in Savings
What the he...? This ones new to me, but it works. Last week I saw a birdbath I'd wanted for two months. It was regularly $69.99. Then last week it was down to $35. I almost put it in my cart and walked to the cash register.
Instead I walked past it, past the register and out to the car to my daughter's ipod (I'm too cheap to buy a smartphone and a data plan). I opened my credit union website and transfered $35 from my checking account to the Vacation Account. I spent the money, but saved the money. It was almost the same psychological rush as buying it (after all, I'd spent the money) but 1) I don't have buyer's remorse 2) I'm that much closer to the Solomon Islands (my next
carrot dream trip). I find myself doing this at least three times on a shopping trip. It doesn't always work, but it works enough to keep doing it.
We haven't booked our next trip yet. All I know is that my daughter turns 15 in less than a week which means I have less than four summers left with her (and one of those will be a college-visiting summer). The best education I can give her (and myself; lets be selfish here) is travel.
So, no dear daughter, you're not going to get a smart phone for your birthday.


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SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – Schenectady officials announced a new anti-graffiti program in the city in effort to stamp out graffiti in Schenectady's business corridors.
Beginning in October, paint,
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will identify business, nonprofit and municipal buildings with graffiti that
need attention.
Schenectady County Center
for Juvenile Justice will transport youthful offenders to graffiti locations to
remove and cover existing graffiti. In
addition to supplies, The Home Depot will provide trained volunteers to help
those working on probation to properly remove graffiti.
Building owners and
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offers assistance to remove graffiti at no cost to them.
City IDA, which is administered by Metroplex, has committed up to $10,000
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After graffiti removal
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Are you so old that you remember when Memorial Day was called Decoration Day? Are you so ancient that you remember when Memorial Day was sacrosanct – it fell, year in, year out, on May 30th? Are you so decrepit that you remember when Memorial Day was more than the beginning of summer – when its sole purpose was to honor the men and women who died defending our country?
If the answer is yes, you'll know that Memorial Day was draped in the American flag. It was among the most deeply felt and quintessentially American of our national holidays, evoking strong feelings of patriotism and deep pride in the United States of America.
On this particular Memorial Day, though, we face a question that can no longer be ignored. Nor should it be, not even on a day dedicated to our fallen heroes. The question is this: What is the role of nationalism in an international world? Perhaps it's a bit blasphemous to pose the question at just this moment, in connection with our commemorations. But it could be the exactly right time to ask out loud whether the 21st century will be kind to those who say, "My country, right or wrong."
The fact of the matter is that as we gear up to select the next chief executive, the next commander-in-chief, the world in which the US is situated is changing dramatically. On one level we know this, of course. We know that Europe is now vigorous in its own right and entirely self contained; that countries such as China, India, and Brazil are becoming behemoths that need the US little or not at all; that Russia is becoming again what it was, distant and difficult; that the Middle East is the proverbial powder keg over which Americans have nearly no control; and that several countries in Africa remain in desperate need of outside intervention, if only to contain catastrophe.
Moreover we know full well, intellectually if not yet viscerally, that many of our most intractable problems are impossible to solve by the US acting alone. The war in Iraq, the threat of terrorism, the energy crisis and global warming – these are only some of the mountains that can be climbed only in tandem.
The issue is overarching. The issue is that we live in a world in which neither institutions nor individuals yet grasp how outmoded is our leadership, and how outmoded are the governance structures within which leaders necessarily operate. For all we think we know about globalization, about the shrinking planet, we know not a lot about how actually to accommodate it. To take just a single example, when disaster strikes, as it did recently in Mayanmar, national boundaries can preclude us from providing help. In fact, outsiders eager to parachute in with supplies in tow were reduced to being bystanders. Why? Because for weeks on end both national states and international organizations chose to abide by the old rules of nonintervention, even as they violated the much older rules of common decency.
Memorial Day is an occasion to pay homage to those who gave their lives for their country. But we are not precluded from concluding that the nationalism of times past must now be supplemented by – not supplanted by, supplemented by – an internationalism in keeping with the changing times. Nor are we precluded from finding and favoring leaders with vivid imaginations – so they can conjure how the world might work.


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``I just work towards it,'' said Hale, a Carroll junior. ``If it comes true or not, I just work my hardest and hope for the best.''
Hope definitely helps them work a little harder and concentrate a bit more.
``We want to work up to it first,'' Bertsch said. ``We want to make sure we're really consistent with the competitions before we get into all the pressure. When we do a program over and over and get it really, really consistent, then we'll know when we're ready.''
But it can be fun to dream. Bertsch and Hale will compete at the Midwest Sectionals in Cleveland this weekend, and they've already qualified for nationals in Omaha, Neb., Jan. 19-26. If they succeed there, the duo will likely qualify for Junior Nationals and start the climb toward international and senior-level competitions.
``We don't really talk about Olympics, but it's obviously every skater's long-term goal,'' said coach Alena Lushin. ``For pairs skaters, it's important to develop the right way. Our next step is to represent the U.S. in juniors grand prix and junior worlds and from there to seniors. It's a long process. We do have that goal in mind. They do have potential to be a national team and represent the U.S. in international competitions, but at this point it's very hard to say. As their coach, I would rather they learn and develop slower than rush.''
Both have careers that developed as singles skaters first. Hale has been skating for eight years, and Bertsch for seven. The odd thing is that Bertsch lives in Ann Arbor, Mich. She spends the summers in Fort Wayne to work with Lushin and Hale, and then drives down every weekend to practice on Saturday and Sunday afternoons at Lutheran Health SportsCenter.
Because she had her own pair skating background, Lunin said she recognized early that Hale would be a good pair skater. His size, strength, coordination and balance are particularly suited to pairs skating, she said. She waited until he was 15 and had matured physically to try convincing him to switch from singles. A knee injury encouraged him to try pairs as well.
Lunin started searching for Hale's partner in nearby states and found Bertsch. He's 5-foot-11, 155 pounds, and she's 5-1 and 98 pounds. They have similar coloring so many guess they are related, which can also help impress judges. A couple of tryout workouts showed they also had some chemistry. Bertsch call him Austini, and he tells her to shut up and trust him. So far he's dropped her only twice, and she says one was her fault.
Sometimes it's harder to find a partner than it is to succeed as a team, partly because there are many more girls skaters than boys, especially boys who would consider becoming pair skaters. Bertsch said her last partner kept dropping her so she decided to look for someone new.
While they weren't convinced early, Lunin said she could tell Hale and Bertsch were going to be good partners from the start.
``We kept getting better and better every day this summer,'' Bertsch said. ``I think we're still getting better, and that's what's fun about it.''
Usually, it takes teams at least two years to click, but Hale and Bertsch were good from the start. .
``Somehow it was in sync from the get-go,'' Hale said. ``We just kind of had it for some reason. I was new to pairs so I didn't know what was expected. When we first met, we both were quiet, but we got used to each other and now we can't shut up.''
Now they are good enough to dream.


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Johannesburg - The ANC and opposition parties should table a motion of no confidence in Western Cape premier Helen Zille, Cosatu said on Wednesday.
"The basis for the motion of no confidence is that the premier had by her own admission known about upcoming protest in the agricultural sector in the Western Cape," Congress of SA Trade Unions provincial secretary Tony Ehrenreich said in a statement.
He said Zille did not call farmers and labour together to deal with the threat and mitigate the risk. This was a dereliction of duty which had led to the deaths of two people, and the loss of millions of rands and investor confidence in the agricultural sector, he said.
Zille said the Democratic Alliance would welcome a debate on Cosatu's proposal.
"That's fine, Cosatu must get its alliance partner in the Western Cape provincial parliament, the ANC, to propose the motion," Zille said.
"We will debate it at the first opportunity."
Cosatu claimed the premier refused to work with labour on various socio-economic problems in the province, and took sides in the labour dispute between farmworkers and their employers.
Protests about wages and living conditions started in De Doorns at the beginning of November and spread to 15 other towns in the Western Cape.
The protests started with table grape harvesters calling for wages of R150 a day. Most earned between R69 and R75 a day.
Zille left De Doorns after people became rowdy during her walkabout in the protest-hit area earlier this month. She rejected reports at the time that protesters had chased her away.
Cosatu also called for a debate between Ehrenreich and Zille on the "crisis" in agriculture in the Western Cape. - Sapa


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DirecTV (Nasdaq: DTV) said Monday morning that it had resolved a technical glitch which saw subscribers in several major markets lose access to local broadcast TV channels, including customers in New York, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Alabama, Illinois and Maine.
"We were experiencing broadcasting issues in many areas for local channels, however, it has now been resolved," DirecTV posted on a Twitter account it uses to handle customer service issues.
DirecTV spokesman Robert Mercer told FierceCable Monday afternoon that the outage lasted for 50 minutes, and that it impacted its local channel lineup in about 40 markets. "The cause was related to a network router at our broadcast center. It has been fixed, and no further problems are expected," he added.
The outage left thousands of DirecTV subscribers unable to watch NFL games on local CBS and Fox stations. DirecTV, which has exclusive rights to the NFL Sunday Ticket package, has also suffered technical glitches in the last three weeks that impacted the streaming video version of the product it offers to subscribers who take its NFL Sunday Ticket Max service.
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Imprisoned ex-Marine's family hopes song can secure freedom
Sat, 08 Dec 2012 04:00:00 GMT —
Flint native and ex-Marine Amir Hekmati has been imprisoned in Iran for 15 months, accused of being a U.S. spy. His family now hopes a special song will be heard around the world and boost their continued pleas for Amir's freedom.
"It's an awfully long time for a dad not to see his son," Mott Community Professor Dr. Ali Hekmati said.
Dr. Hekmati says his family's pleas for Amir's release have gone unanswered. Now, battling brain cancer, he hopes the song â??I Will Fly,â?? written by Mott music professor Dr. Matt Packer, can bring his son home.
Dr. Packer said he hopes the track will reach far and wide and raise awareness about Amir's plight.
Amir Hekmatiâ??s mother, Behnaz Hekmati, said, â??I feel relieved that the community cares about Amir, they care about us.â??
For her, support from the Mott community and beyond is a glimmer of hope she hangs on to every day. She said she wishes the song will soon reach people in Iran and expedite Amir's release.
â??He really was the heart of our family,â?? Behnaz Hekmati said.
â??I really miss him. I want to hug him, you know? Just feel his skin, you know? Being away from him was so hard. Just want him to come home. Please help us."
Once complete, the song will be available for purchase on freeamir.org. Proceeds will go toward Amirâ??s defense fund.


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This past weekend I gathered my friends to celebrate my thirty-something birthday. I had chosen Frank's Kitchen based on the good reviews I have read here and on other sites as well a quick bite I had a week back.
The place was cozy and homey- just as they promise/intended. I chose it because I wanted my friends to enjoy themselves without all the pretentious bullshit that seemingly comes with your meal at other Toronto restaurants. But more importantly the service was attentive, polite- truly impeccable.
We were a good size table (around 12 people) which included a collection of true foodies, as well as vegans, vegetarians and allergies for the kitchen to contend with. Frank and his wife Shaun were so accommodating that the dinner went without a hitch! As someone with family members in the food business I have gone to my share of high-end restaurants and I never recall such an eye for service.
What about the food you ask?
Well it starts off with a selection of breads and spreads made in-house. Toasty and warm...but oh so delicious. Honestly you can make a meal of the array of treats in the bread basket. Spreads include an eggplant and olive tapenade, a roasted red pepper hummus and some cloves of roasted garlic. The murmurs at the table when they arrived and as we dove into them where one of what would be a number of times when our ruckus laughter and talk quieted down just so we could enjoy what was placed in front of us.
Now I cannot give a full review of what everyone ate there was too many of us and I was throughout the night being treated to glasses of wine and other alcoholic concoctions. So you will have to deal with only my dishes and highlights of any dishes I got to taste.
Appetizers- I had the Beef Carpaccio with a French Bean Salad in a Truffled and Shallot Vinaigrette with a Foie Gras Torchon. The crunch of the French bean was such a pleasant surprise in relation to delicacy of the beef and the foie gras which just melted in your mouth. A dish I would totally order again and many at the table who ventured for a taste agreed.
One of my vegan friends though ordered the White Asparagus Salad with Forest Mushrooms in a Truffled Vinaigrette- this dish I can recall because we all were amazed at the amount of white truffles that were generously shaved over the whole plate. She never recalled having such a wonderfully decadent meal. As someone who could never imagine herself as vegan I couldn't help but feel a twinge of curiousity when that dish was presented and thankfully I was lucky enough to get a bite. A truly lovely earthy yet vibrant dish. A lovely luxury to have on one plate white asparagus and white truffles.
Main course- I opted for the Tuna that was the special that day. Properly cooked just seared and rare in the middle the tuna just melted in my mouth. I cannot explain to all of you how wonderful this tuna was other than to say it was all gone far too soon!!! The tuna came on top of a salsa of sorts, which for the life of me I cannot remember! Which I feel horrible about because this is not to say that it was negligible it was a lovely complement but my memory escapes me- I will of course be blaming the alcohol I had consumed all that night. The tuna shared the plate with one beautifully seared and deliciously sweat scallop on top of its own salsa (with zucchini and corn....the rest escapes me)- again a lovely pairing just that my memory is seemingly failing me... The nice surprise was that the salsa for both the tuna and scallop were different. So the scallop can come off as almost it's own dish even while sharing the same plate. I just took it as a pleasant surprise a lovely bonus to an already enjoyable dish.
Dessert- This was a surprise as I did not plan on ordering any dessert. Once though laid in front of me I could not say no. Dessert was a lovely chocolate molten cake that was paired with a lovely red cherry gelato. Once you manage to get the perfect bite- of the cake, the gooey chocolate ganache-like middle and the ice cream well that was pure bliss!!! A number of my friends rushed to order this heavenly offering for themselves...it was that well received.
Overall the dishes were what some might call simple (I mean these are not original by any means)- but I though found each one of my dishes to be sublime. It seems that Frank (yes there is a Frank) does not want to complicate his dishes- rather opts to let the ingredients shine through. In his hands that night they all did.
While some might not consider Frank's Kitchen a destination restaurant- then I guess for those who live in Little Italy (and I admit I am one) this is a gem of place and we are lucky bastards to have this as a welcomed addition to the neighbourhood. I know I will be going back.


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Eleven days after a 9-3 win over the Chicago White Sox in Game 6 of the 1959 World Series gave the Dodgers their first World Series title in their second year in L.A., the team cleared the last last legal hurdle in their contract with the city of L.A. to lead to construction of Dodger Stadium in Chavez Ravine.
The United States Supreme Court denied federal review of the California Supreme Court decision affirming the Dodgers' contract with the city of Los Angeles.
We learn much more about the context of the 50 year anniversary of the Dodgers' '59 World title on a new 30-plus-page presentation on the site dedicated to late Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley — www.walteromalley.com.
The tribute is authored by Robert Schweppe, the son of one-time Dodgers' minor league operations VP Bill Schweppe. Robert also was a long-time member of the Dodgers' front office team and is on Peter O'Malley's staff. Much of the information is culled from old Los Angeles Examiner and L.A. Times archives, with many references to calls that Vin Scully made along the way.


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text: The Walker Art Center is announcing a $10 million gift from local philanthropists William and Nadine McGuire. The money comes just as the Walker has closed its doors for a year-long expansion. It is one of the largest gifts ever made to the performing arts in Minnesota history. Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer spoke with Dr. William McGuire.


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There aren't too many bands out there that can say they have been around for a decade, let alone a quarter of a century. For those few that manage to hit the twenty five year mark, some sort of celebration is usually in order. Some might go on a world tour and appeal to their aging fanbase, while others may record an album or release a collection of shelved demo tracks for the diehard followers to eat up. Of course, Therion have never been known to follow in the footsteps of others. Although the operatic symphonic metal style is all-too common in current metal culture, Therion carved out their own niche, unshackling from their death metal roots and taking a more sophisticated and experimental approach to the symphonic style. With that in mind, it's no surprise that Therion didn't decide to celebrate things the regular way; instead, they went ahead and did an album of 1960's French pop song covers. It's sure to be a head scratcher at first, and while not every fan will get it, Therion's attention to finesse and detail makes this far more than the average covers album.
The beauty of "Les Fleurs Du Mal" lies in Therion's inate ability to take the core material and work it into their own style. By this point in their career, the band has a firm and matured grip on their sound, and a strong idea of where they want to go with it. The operatic soprano, symphonic arrangements and virtuosic neoclassical guitar work is all nothing new to Therion. The fact that Therion are able to so successfully translate these tunes to their own sound is impressive in its own right. Although most of the original songs already enjoyed the backing of a 'big band' style orchestra, many of them essentially remained pop songs, or love ballads. Especially with the peppier selections, the originals have the same head-nodding quality as alot of the Beatles' earliest stuff, with the major distinguishing factor being the female French-language vocals. When you prop the original and Therion's reimagining in comparison, it's effortless to see that they're the same song. Therion puts their own signature on the cover without losing the essence of the original. Instrumental motifs and vocal melodies are retained, transformed by the symphonic metal medium. Even on the originally orchestral-led songs (such as France Gall's "Poupée de cire, poupée de son"), Therion's symphonic element is amped up in complexity. Unless you have the prior knowledge that Therion are paying contribute to France's contemporary equivalent to the Flower Power movement, you may be more easily convinced that these are Therion originals, or at least renditions of classical operatic repertoire.
Although it's about as strange a match-up as I can imagine, Therion have managed to make this experiment work. Although this is a relatively straightforward covers album, Therion have given these tunes the same tender care and consideration they would give their own music. The songs are chosen well, and the rich phonetics of the French language translate well into Therion's music. The appropriately soaring operatic melodies of "Soer Angélique" and film-score quality of "Initials BB" were two of the most memorable moments on the album. The only song here that doesn't seem to fit is their rendition of "Je n'ai besoin que de tendresse", a Claire Dixon track that could have had the staying power of the rest of the album, were it not for the ridiculously over-the-top power metal cheese direction they chose to take it in. The musicianship and production are both excellent, although anyone who has laid ears on Therion's music before shouldn't find that surprising. In particular, operatic soprano Lori Lewis' vocals sound as bright and stellar as anything of the sort you will hear in metal. A covers album this may be, but Therion have given it their greatest effort, and it really shows.
Alot of disappointed fans have gone as far as to say "Les Fleurs Du Mal" is the band's biggest misstep, and a major letdown in the scope of an otherwise illustrious career. I would hope it was a granted that Therion wasn't trying to make a revolutionary masterpiece here. Instead, here is one of the most innovative symphonic metal bands taking a step back from the composition duties in order to stretch their arms and have a bit of fun while they're at it. It's futile to compare this to Therion's real albums. Although an album of new Therion originals may have been preferable, this is a really great way for the band to commemorate the twenty five year milestone. Maybe they'll do some symphonic metal covers for Tibetan throat singing or gamelan music for their fiftieth anniversary? I hope so!


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By The Associated Press___ Dow hits record, erasing Great Recession losses NEW YORK (AP) â¿¿ The stock market is back. Five and a half years after the start of a frightening drop that erased $11 trillion from stock portfolios and made investors despair of ever getting their money back, the Dow Jones industrial average has regained all the losses suffered during the Great Recession and reached a new high. The blue-chip index rose 125.95 points Tuesday and closed at 14,253.77, topping the previous record of 14,164.53 on Oct. 9, 2007, by 89.24 points. "It signals that things are getting back to normal," says Nicolas Colas, chief market strategist at BNY ConvergEx, a brokerage. "Unemployment is too high, economic growth too sluggish, but stocks are anticipating improvement." The new record suggests that investors who did not panic and sell their stocks in the 2008-2009 financial crisis have fully recovered. Those who have reinvested dividends or added to their holdings have done even better. Since bottoming at 6,547.05 on March 9, 2009, the Dow has risen 7,706.72 points or 118 percent. The Dow record does not include the impact of inflation. Adjusted for that, the Dow would have to reach 15,502 to match its old record. ___ US stock market isn't the only one racing ahead LONDON (AP) â¿¿ U.S. stocks are not alone in racing ahead this year. Many markets in Europe and Asia are trading at multi-year highs, too, in part because of Wall Street's rally. The advances in some places have been surprising, given paltry levels of economic growth around the world. Britain's FTSE 100, for example, enjoyed its best January since 1989 with an increase of more than 6 percent even though the British economy has one foot in another recession. Many explanations have been given for 2013's roaring start, notably the relief over a U.S. budget agreement that avoided sending the world's largest economy over the "fiscal cliff" of automatic tax increases and spending cuts that threatened to drag it back into recession. Several other factors are also at play: The future of the euro appears more secure than it has been for much of the past three years. There are rising hopes that Asia will give global growth another lift. The slowdown in China, the world's No. 2 economy, seems to have leveled. And a new government in Tokyo has made revival of the moribund Japanese economy its top priority.
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ABC Radio's AM program referred on Wednesday to Stepan Bandera as "a famous Ukrainian fighter". Infamous mass murderer is more accurate. The reference illustrates the media traps in covering the potential problems confronting Ukraine, regardless of whether the Crimean Parliament succeeds with its attempt on Thursday for the semi-autonomous region to revert to being part of Russia. Bandera, who still has influential followers in Ukraine, was a Nazi collaborator who led the terrorist branch of the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN). Estimates vary, but a Holocaust scholar at Florida university, Norman Goda, says Bandera's forces helped the Germans kill more than 1.5 million Ukrainian Jews.
Yet in January 2010, the then Ukrainian president
The party, which traces its roots back to the OUN, is also virulently anti-Polish and anti-Russian. Some observers don't expect it to dominate the new government that replaced the elected, pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych in late February following street protests partly motivated by his blatant corruption. Svoboda now holds key positions, including that of deputy prime minister and the head of the national defence. There are other troubling signs for idealists in the protest movement who want closer ties with the European Union and an end to high-level corruption.
Disappointing development
Former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is a prominent figure in the new government, is another disappointing product of the Orange Revolution. She is regarded by many as deeply corrupt. One of her first acts was to appoint alleged business cronies to run local governments in eastern Ukraine. While no one knows what will happen, there is a distinct prospect that the hopes of liberal democrats will be dashed, as in Egypt and Syria. In Ukraine's case, the problem will stem from the resurgence of corrupt politicians in league with neo-Nazis rather than jihadists.
There are some indications that the invasion by Russian troops following Yanukovych's removal will be confined to Crimea, the small corner of eastern Ukraine where Russia has a lease on its Black Sea fleet's base until 2042. The agreement allows Russia to have 25,000 troops in Crimea, provided they stay on their bases. Around 16,000 regular and paramilitary troops are reportedly there, with many off-base.
As invasions go, it's been pretty mild – at least at the time of writing. There has been no massive "shock and awe" bombing of the capital, unlike the opening of the US-UK-Australian 2003 invasion of Iraq. Russia's behaviour deserves to be condemned as illegal, but so did the much more destructive invasion of Iraq in clear defiance of the UN Security Council.
But politicians in the US, the UK and Australia, who supported the invasion of Iraq, vent their outrage at this latest invasion. Most still support the 2003 invasion, although it unleashed horrific sectarian violence that continues 11 years later. To his credit, Prime Minister
Media reporting on Ukraine is not helped by graphics depicting the relative size of conventional armed forces. Before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, media graphics showed an impressive array of Iraqi forces. But the weapons of mass destruction didn't exist, nor did any operational fighter planes, and the army had the good sense not to fight. The invasion was a predictable pushover, but a formidable insurgency soon emerged. Likewise in Afghanistan, the US and its allies could not defeat a ragged band of rebels armed with old rifles and home-made roadside bombs.
Similar media graphics now give a misleading picture of the capacity of Russian forces. Yes, they should prevail in a conventional war. But Russia would almost certainly confront a serious insurgency if it tried to invade and run western Ukraine. Perhaps this explains why President
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Although Putin points to
Crimea's Parliament has declared the region is now a part of Russia, with a referendum to follow within 10 days. This is problematic. It could help if the West supported a later vote, provided it was free of intimidation from Moscow or Kiev. That would require Putin to withdraw his troops to their bases and accept a negative outcome if the Crimeans voted to stay a semi-autonomous region within Ukraine. In turn, the government in Kiev would need to give genuine guarantees to protect the rights of ethnic Russians. President Obama told Putin on Friday that Crimea should remain in Ukraine. However, parts of former Soviet satellites have broken away without dire consequences for the rest of the world.
Either way, the focus should eventually return to whether Ukraine's government will tackle corruption, control its neo-Nazi supporters and accept normal freedoms.
The Australian Financial Review