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La Mar Cebicheria Peruana is the first New York City restaurant from globally renowned Peruvian chef Gastón Acurio. The high-end Peruvian steakhouse has locations scattered across the globe—from Lima to Sao Paulo to San Francisco—and serves up authentic favorites, from steak dishes like Lomo Saltado, to seafood like shrimp and seared yellowfin tuna, to a wide, creative variety of cebiches. La Mar overlooks beautiful and historic Madison Square Park, and the menu offers Gastón's haute Peruvian cuisine, focusing on largely on seafood and showcasing bright flavors, color, texture and the best ingredients. The cocktail menu is built around Pisco, the national spirit of Peru, and the wine list highlights American, South American and Spanish selections.
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Details and Trailer for Trials HD DLC Add-on 'Big Pack'by Garnett Lee, Dec 18, 2009 11:20am PST
Trials HD gets a big injection of new content next week with the release of the 'Big Pack' DLC on Dec. 23. For your 400 Microsoft Points you get:
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- Five new tournaments including all the new tracks -More than 50 new crazy physics objects: Car, rocket turbine, gravity field, wind, motor and many others! These objects will also be available on the level editor for users to utilize in creating their own tracks.
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Portland >Lodging > Hotel deLuxe
729 SW 15th Ave, Portland, OR | Directions 9720545.520924 -122.687775
Mon. - Sun. 24 Hours
Neighborhoods: Goose Hollow, Neighbors West - Northwest
Old-Hollywood glamour hounds love this posh throwback, located just off the beaten downtown track in quiet Goose Hollow. Be careful, after a few champagne cocktails, you may never want leave the seductive little Driftwood Room bar.
Cute Hotel – We were in town for my wedding, and all of my family and bridal party stayed at this hotel on referral from my caterer, Rafati's. I have nothing but compliments about the hotel staff. Rooms were generous and very clean, beds comfy - our whole stay was a delight.
Great place to stay – The room we stayed in was vey clean and people very cool we will be back again. It was a celebration for my brothers birthday, THANKS!
Perfect Finish to a Perfect Night – Guys, I gotta tell you this is THE hotel to take the ladies to. Period. You walk in - big romantic pictures on the wall. SCORE. Bar in the lobby. SCORE. The room was spotless, the interiors were period and romantic. 100% quality service. The best hotel I've stayed at lately. Bar none.
Period hotel makes for a memorable anniversary weekend – My husband and I live in PDX and were looking for a local hotel for a weekend stay that had something special. We also knew that we wanted to spend more time "in" than "out'. Hotel deLuxe has that "something special". It honors Hollywood's golden era with lovely decor. The room was excellent with attention to detail in its setup and appointment. The staff made us feel very welcome. We ate at the restaurant which was good (not knock-your-socks-off quality but good) and enjoyed the bar (smaller, cozy) and tried a few of the special themed drinks (i.e.: "The Elizabeth Taylor") which were great.
I definitely would go back and also would recommend it to others who want something special that boutique hotels offer.
What are you doing for New Year's Eve? Hotel deLuxe! – We stayed at the Hotel Deluxe for the Past 2 New Year's Eves. They nailed it this year! Between the wonderful rooms. I love all the great amenities (pillow, i pod and spiritual menus to name a few). The champagne was flowing, hors d'oeuvres were amazing ie blue cheese poppers, Stolen Sweets was the best possible choice for a band, and Nuvrei passed desserts YUM, The Hotel staff from the top down was amazing. The drinks in the driftwood were divine. They have an amazing Happy Hour. We are already saving our pennies for next year!
A gem in Portland – Love this hotel. My husband and I stayed here on our wedding night, including four days preceding the wedding, and arranged a discount rate for our group of out of towners, from whom I heard only complimentary reviews. The only disparaging thing I could say is that the exercise room is puny and depressing--then again the hotel decor harkens back to old hollywood and doesn't really inspire a workout. I also thought the marlene deitrich room was fun, but not worth the extra cost. We stayed in another executive level suite prior to the wedding, which we thoroughly loved and were kinda sorry we bothered to move for the post-nuptials. Staff members, in particular the valets, were incredibly pleasant and helpful. We also organized a large post-wedding breakfast for our wedding party at Gracie's, and they nailed it with great American standards and attentive service. As for the swanky Driftwood Lounge, I love that it's retained its original funkiness since the makeover. For cleanliness, Portland quirk, old glamour style and charm, and convenience of location, this is a great choice.
My Favorite Hotel in Portland! – it doesn't get any better than this especially for their great prices. The lounge downstairs has the perfect setting,,,it's dimmed lighting, very mellow and almost a 70's feel. The rooms are very clean and cozy and the service is fantastic! You can even bring your dogs here,,,you won't find many places that you can bring your doggies along in Portland. Hotel Deluxe is fabulous and I look forward to spening many more nights there in the future. You should check it out.
Beautiful!! – My husband and I stayed here on our wedding night. The lobby was amazing, the Driftwood Lounge is gorgeous, and they left champagne in our room for the occasion. The bed was SO comfortable and the staff was very friendly but not in a fake annoying way. My only complaint, which isn't really a complaint but I think is worth mentioning is that the rooms are really small. I read this in other reviews and it's true. :) We didn't mind but I think if I were staying in the room for more than one night it might bother me. The bathroom was also VERY small. 1912 hotels were made much smaller! The room was lovely and we enjoyed staying there, but it's definitely cramped.
Superior service at this gorgeous hotel! – I stayed at Hotel deLuxe for 4 nights and loved every minute of my stay. The decor was wonderfully clever and of high quality with a twist on old Hollywood. Comfortable, clean and beautiful rooms. The service was excellent and every member of the staff that I met was incredibly helpful and eager to please. I'm surprised that the rates are not higher, and would recommend taking advantage while this lasts! Fantastic hotel, and I will definitely stay here again and again.
Is this right? – I paid $120/nt! WOW any other city this would be $300/nt +tx . Unique boutique style hotel with superb decor and service. Nearly super location, a little out of DT but still very accessible to all that DT has to offer. Very very clean and quiet. Yes the room is a little small with a huge bed. But what does one need with huge hotel rooms? The view is good from the top story and the elevators fast. Driftwood room does what Doug Fir Lounge only wishes it had: real soul.
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Based on documents released by the school, the NCAA has found that the Oregon football program between 2008 and 2011 committed major violations, mostly through its connection to recruiting services provided by Will Lyles.
"There were underlying major violations coupled with failure to monitor violations involving the head coach (2009 through 2011) and the athletics department (2008-2011)," NCAA enforcement staff wrote in a recent report.
Now I have no inside information here, and don't know what exactly will come of these transgressions, but it's hard to ignore the timing of these findings when considered in light of former head coach Chip Kelly's recent exodus to the NFL. Whether the peculiar timing of Kelly's departure was merely coincidental or a strategic move away from a sinking ship, what's clear is that he got out at just the right time, the kind of fortune oddly similar to what former USC head coach Pete Carroll experienced in 2009 when he bolted for the pros.
Of course, most know that USC football is currently on probation, but many forget that Carroll managed to get out of LA just before any of the sanctions were handed down, sanctions that were issued as the result of rules broken under Carroll's less-than-watchful eye.
Again, I don't have inside information here; I don't know why Pete Carroll left for Seattle when he did, or if Kelly got out of Oregon because he saw the rocky road ahead. And, really, I don't even care. What I do know, though, is that due to probation, USC football is struggling in a big way, and that for similar reasons Oregon football is likely soon to follow. What I also know is that despite Carroll's hand in USC's past violations, he got out of town completely unscathed, no worse for the wear, and that Kelly has managed to escape his collegiate post with much the same luck.
It seems obvious that these coaches should in some way be held responsible for the cheating they either condoned or failed to prevent. They, however, are not.
Here's what I'd ordinarily consider obvious logic: If one is the leader or top dog overseeing an athletic program, business or any other official organization, and under their watch certain violations are committed, that person should not be able to jump ship to avoid punishment or penalty, but rather should be held responsible for their role in said offenses. Here's the real kicker, though: Carroll and Kelly didn't just escape penalty for the violations they allowed or committed, one could argue they actually profited from them.
Think about it this way: Had Carroll moved to suspend Reggie Bush for the benefits he received, USC's product on the field would have most likely suffered in a big way, and with fewer wins and accomplishments to his name, who knows if Carroll still would have landed the job in Seattle. And though it is mostly conjecture at this point, it appears Kelly and Oregon benefited hugely from the recruiting services provided by Lyles and others. Again, had Kelly been forced to play with less talent and, as a result, won fewer games, he may never have been under consideration for the job he now has with the Eagles. In each of the aforementioned cases, then, one could claim that both coaches cheated in an effort to win and build impressive resumes, and then parlayed those resumes into bigger and better jobs just in the nick of time, before they could be held accountable for the transgressions they allowed/committed.
But instead of punishing the real violators on their way out the door (admittedly, this can be hard/complicated to do), the NCAA has historically chosen to focus its attention on penalizing the programs, where the residual damage can be costly. Here, major money is lost, players completely uninvolved in the past incidents are penalized, and new, often innocent, coaches are undermined. I'm not suggesting the institutions or programs that foster these specific violations should go undisciplined, but that their leaders should be held accountable as well and, most importantly, prevented from profiting off of the dishonest culture they've created.


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What do you call carbonated soft drinks?
Edit to give props to tonkarunguy for the link(of course when he did it ,it workedLOL!)
Local Lingo for Carbonated Soft Drinks
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Local Lingo for Carbonated Soft Drinks
What do you call carbonated soft drinks?
Edit to give props to tonkarunguy for the link(of course when he did it ,it workedLOL!)
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You only use the image tags to display an image, Tom. That link points to a HTML page, so you just enter the link in your post with no tags, or alternately enter a link to an image with image tags:
That map is way cool, and I now see that all my fellow Connectictians also call it soda, but I had always wondered why someone would call ANY drink a coke, when coke refers to ONE brand . . . until someone pointed out that Kleenex was just one brand and so was Ping Pong and many other similar instances of one product being so closely associated with a generic category. I think I read that 'Coke' was the most identifiable brand name in the world. Talk about MARKETING success.
by the map my family was in the minority in the bay area. if my brother had a bottle of 7-up i would ask him, "can i have a drink of your coke." never thought it was wierd at the time but now it sounds strange
I have to admit that map fascinates me!
1. Why does that one big Nebraska county say pop over soda?
2. Why does the region in Missouri and Illinois stand out as soda people?
3. Was it ever made clearer that Arizona is a suburb of California and New Mexico of Texas?
4. Why is the tip of Oklahoma's Panhandle so coke, and the Colorado county right above it so pop?
American sub-cultures are so ill-understood and this map is a treasure trove of information!
>American sub-cultures are so ill-understood and this map is a treasure trove of information!<
oh ma gawd! you sound so like a teacher. with a pinch of geek. arrow points to guy smiling which means im just kidding
Still a tad too wide!!
Slowcoach thaks for the fix-me-up...old dogs and new tricks can be pretty funny to watch.
Tafnut Loves the map for it's multi faceted sociocentric subcultural nuances.....I think it's just a new definition of Red and Blue States!!
Can some one over lay the Political Red and Blues????
Not quite.
Texas 254 counties
Georgina 159 counties
Kentucky 120 counties =
On a technicality :
Virginia 95 counties + 39 indepenent cities = 134
After studying the map, I am verrry sceptical about some of the local abberations in purported nomenclature for soft drinks.
As a native Okie, I believe the "pop" term is much more commonly used than "coke" as reported..There are three contiguous counties in SW Oklahoma credited with varying percentaes of "coke" I was born and raised in one of those counties, one quarter mile and four miles from the other two . I attended school in all three and we all said "pop"
The big yellow county in north central Nebraska is Cherry county, county seat Valentine. I cannot speak to local nomenclature in Cherry county but several years ago when Coca Cola introduced "New Coke" and classic "old" coke became difficult to impossbile to find, I stumbled on a treasure trove of "old coke" in a rural convenience store in Valentine. I bought all my trunk would hold, brought it home and kinda hid it in my garage, planning to ration it out until Coca Cola came to its senses. My teen age daughter threw a pool party and decimated my stash of old coke.
She has long since been forgiven.
Always that it was strange when someone ordered a Coke but really wanted a Fanta. Some places I have been - including CA, which does not reflect this on the population map slowcoach linked - every carbonated drink is referred to as coke. Waiter/waitress then asks what kind of coke, to which one replies Pepsi, Sprite, Fanta and/or whatever else you have over there.
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AbstractThis project will teach you the basics of analytical chemistry, which is a must for students who want to go into chemistry or materials science. The molecules in objects we see all around us are constantly attracting each other. Different materials can be attracted or repelled depending upon their molecular structure. We can utilize the different attractive forces between substances to separate a mixture of compounds. Chromatography is a method to separate mixtures and identify each compound in the mixture. You will separate ink components found in different marker using a strip of paper, chalk and different liquids.
The objective of this project is to compare different chromatography substrates and solvents to see which combination performs best for separating ink components.
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Matter makes up everything in the universe. Our body, the stars, computers, and coffee mugs are all made of matter. There are three different types of matter: solid, liquid, and gas. A solid is something that is normally hard (your bones, the floor under your feet, etc.), but it can also be powdery, like sugar or flour. Solids are substances that are rigid and have definite shapes. Liquids flow and assume the shape of their container; they are also difficult to compress (a powder can take the same shape as its container, but it is a collection of solids that are very small). Examples of liquids are milk, orange juice, water, and vegetable oil. Gases are around you all the time, but you may not be able to see them. The air we breathe is made up of a mixture of gases. The steam from boiling water is water's gaseous form. Gases can occupy all the parts of a container (they expand to fill their containers), and they are easily compressed.
Matter is often a mixture of different substances. A heterogeneous mixture is when the mixture is made up of parts that are dissimilar (sand is a heterogeneous mixture). Homogeneous mixtures (also called solutions) are uniform in structure (milk is a homogeneous mixture). A sugar cube floating in water is a heterogeneous mixture, whereas sugar dissolved in water is a homogeneous mixture. You will determine whether the ink contained in a marker is a heterogeneous or homogeneous mixture, or just one compound.
In a mixture, the substance dissolved in another substance is called the solute. The substance doing the dissolving is called the solvent. If you dissolve sugar in water, the sugar is the solute and the water is the solvent.
For this project, you will be making a small spot with an ink marker onto a strip of paper. The bottom of this strip will then be placed in a dish of water, and the water will soak up into the paper. The water (solvent) is the mobile phase of the chromatography system, whereas the paper is the stationary phase. These two phases are the basic principles of chromatography. Chromatography works by something called capillary action. The attraction of the water to the paper (adhesion force) is larger than the attraction of the water to itself (cohesion force), hence the water moves up the paper. The ink will also be attracted to the paper, to itself, and to the water differently, and thus a different component will move a different distance depending upon the strength of attraction to each of these objects. As an analogy, let's pretend you are at a family reunion. You enjoy giving people hugs and talking with your relatives, but your cousin does not. As you make your way to the door to leave, you give a hug to every one of your relatives, and your cousin just says "bye." So, your cousin will make it to the door more quickly than you will. You are more attracted to your relatives, just as some chemical samples may be more attracted to the paper than the solvent, and thus will not move up the solid phase as quickly. Your cousin is more attracted to the idea of leaving, which is like the solvent (the mobile phase).
In paper chromatography, you can see the components separate out on the filter paper and identify the components based on how far they travel. To do this, we calculate the retention factor (Rf value) of each component. The Rf value is the ratio between how far a component travels and the distance the solvent travels from a common starting point (the origin). For example, if one of the sample components moves 2.5 centimeters (cm) up the paper and the solvent moves 5.0 cm, as shown in Figure 1 below, then the Rf value is 0.5. You can use Rf values to identify different components as long as the solvent, temperature, pH, and type of paper remain the same. In Figure 1, the light blue shading represents the solvent and the dark blue spot is the colored solution sample.
When measuring the distance the component traveled, you should measure from the origin (where the middle of the spot originally was) and then to the center of the spot in its new location. To calculate the Rf value, we then use Equation 1 below.
Equation 1:
In our example, this would be:
Note that an Rf value has no units because the units of distance cancel.
Polarity has a huge affect on how attracted a chemical is to other substances. Some molecules have a positively charged side and a negatively charged side, similar to a magnet. The positive side is attracted to the negative side of another molecule (opposites attract), and vice versa. The larger the charge difference, the more polar a molecule is. The reason for the unequal charge is that electrons (which are negatively charged) are not shared equally by each atom (in water, the negative electrons are more attracted to the oxygen because of its atomic structure). Some molecules, like vegetable oil, are neutral and do not have a charge associated with them; they are called nonpolar molecules. Polarity affects many of a molecule's properties, such as its affinity to water. Water is a highly polar molecule, so other polar molecules are easily attracted to it. A molecule is called hydrophilic if it dissolves well in water (hydrophilic essentially means "loves water"). A nonpolar molecule, such as oil, does not dissolve well in water, and thus it is hydrophobic ("fears water"). Oil would rather stick to itself than to water, and this is why it forms a layer across water instead of mixing with it.
Soap can clean oils off of your body because soap has both polar and nonpolar properties. A soap molecule has a nonpolar, and thus hydrophobic, "tail" made up mostly of carbon and hydrogen atoms, but it also has a polar (hydrophilic) "head." The nonpolar body of the soap mixes easily with the nonpolar oils, but not with the water. The polar head is attracted to the water, so the soap/oil mixture is rinsed off. The negatively charged oxygen of the water is not attracted to any of the "tail's" hydrogen because the carbon and hydrogen share electrons almost equally, so there is not a major charge difference (the carbon-hydrogen group is neutral).
The picture below shows water molecules bonding with one another (hydrogen bonding). The negatively charged oxygen atom (red) on one water molecule is attracted to the positively charged hydrogen atom (white) on another water molecule.
Below is a picture of a fatty acid (a component of fat molecules) bonding with water. The hydrophobic tail is not attracted to the water, and thus it stands upright out of the water. The hydrophilic head is attracted to the water, which bonds to it. Many fatty acid molecules bonded together can form a layer above the water. Carbon atoms are represented by black circles.
Chromatography is used in many different industries and labs. The police and other investigators use chromatography to identify clues at a crime scene like blood, ink, or drugs. More accurate chromatography in combination with expensive equipment is used to make sure a food company's processes are working correctly and they are creating the right product. This type of chromatography works the same way as regular chromatography, but a scanner system in conjunction with a computer can be used to identify the different chemicals and their amounts. Chemists use chromatography in labs to track the progress of a reaction. By looking at the sample spots on the chromatography plate, they can easily find out when the products start to form and when the reactants have been used up (i.e., when the reaction is complete). Chemists and biologists also use chromatography to identify the compounds present in a sample, such as plants.
Terms and Concepts
- adhesion, cohesion forces
- capillary action
- adsorptive properties (adsorption chromatography)
- polarity of molecules
- hydrophilic, hydrophobic
- miscibility
- stationary phase, mobile phase
- Rf value
- paper chromatography
- adsorptive chromatography
- solvent
- How does the polarity of a substance affect how far it travels up the chalk/paper?
- Are the polarities of the chalk and the paper different? If yes, how will this affect the spreading of the different inks?
BibliographyHere are some basic chemistry and chromatography resources:
- Andrew Radar Studios staff. (n.d.) Chem4KIDS. Retrieved March 18, 2013 from http://www.chem4kids.com
- Carpi, Anthony, Ph.D. (2003). Chemical Bonding. Visionlearning. Vol CHE-1 (7). Retrieved March 18, 2013 from http://www.visionlearning.com/library/module_viewer.php?mid=55#dipole
- Clark, Jim. (2007). Paper Chromatography. Retrieved March 18, 2013 from http://www.chemguide.co.uk/analysis/chromatography/paper.html
- Waters Corporation Staff. (2012). High Performance Liquid Chromatography. Retrieved November 29, 2012 from http://www.waters.com/waters/nav.htm
Materials and Equipment
- rubbing alcohol
- water
- nail polish remover or turpentine
- at least 30 pieces of thin chalk (same size)
- at least 30 identically sized strips of chromatography filter paper; filter paper can be purchased online at the Science Buddies Store.
- Note: Filter paper is recommended for this project, but for a more in-depth discussion of which types of paper and solvents can be used at home for paper chromatography experiments please see the Paper Chromatography Resources page.
- ruler
- pencils
- at least three different types of black markers (including a permanent marker)
- a small dish and/or wide-mouth jar for the solvent
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Experimental Procedure
Note: To make sure you can compare your results, as many of your materials as possible should remain constant. This means that the temperature, brand of solvents used, size of paper strips/chalk, where the ink is placed onto the chalk/paper etc. should remain the same throughout the experiment.
- Take a piece of chalk and etch a small ring two cm from the end.
- Take the black marker and thinly trace inside of the etched ring.
- Place the chalk upright in a small dish of solvent with the ink on the bottom (the ink should be above the solvent level, it must not be submerged or touching the liquid).
- Let the solvent rise up the chalk until it is almost at the top.
- Remove the chalk from the dish and mark how far the solvent rose with a pencil.
- Analyze the separated ink components:
Measure the distance the solvent and each ink component traveled from the starting position, then calculate the Rf value for each component. (If there are not different colors in the ink, you should use a different marker.)
- Using your knowledge of polarity and the results from your first trial for this marker brand, predict the order this ink will separate for each solvent and stationary phase.
- Repeat this experiment for each brand of marker five times.
- Repeat this experiment for each solvent five times.
- Repeat this experiment with paper instead of chalk. Instead of etching into the paper, use a ruler and pencil to draw a line across it horizontally two cm from the bottom. Place a small dot of ink onto the line. Then tape the paper to a pencil and hang it into the dish of solvent so it is barely touching. See Paper Chromatography: Basic Version for more details on the procedure for paper chromatography.
For all of these questions, be sure to consider molecular structures and polarity.
- Which ink components were the most polar for each brand? Least polar? How do you know?
- How did the separation order differ for each solvent system, marker brand, and solid phase? Why?
- How did the Rf values differ for each solvent system, maker brand and solid phase? Why?
- Which combination of solid phase and solvent separated out each brand of marker the best?
- Were your initial predictions correct?
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- If you really want to impress the judges, study the different types of molecular bonding (covalent, ionic, double, triple) and study polarity in depth. This will help you better understand why different components move different distances depending upon the stationary and mobile phases used. For information on bonding, see:
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Sports Fans Coalition fights to make sure that fans have access to games both on television and in the stadium. Because fans have spent billions and billions of dollars financing sports stadiums, we deserve to see our local teams play. So we fight against all media blackouts and for affordable seating in public stadiums. In addition, we fight for a college playoff because of the corruption that exists in the BCS bowl system and the unfair way that revenues are distributed to our schools. Finally, we fight against work stoppages, such as the NBA lockout. Fans have spent billions on stadiums – the least owners and players can do is play ball.
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- Media blackouts – Given the investment fans have made on stadiums, they deserve to see their local games on television. This means ending the blackout rule requiring the stadium to be sold out, which often punishes fans who can't afford tickets but have had to pay taxes on the stadium. SFC also opposes retransmission disputes between media companies that lead to blackouts or lack of competition. Corporations should settle their disputes behind closed doors and make the games as accessible as possible to the fans.
- College football playoff – Unfortunately, the NCAA outsources the postseason of its most popular sport to corrupt bowl committees and the BCS. Not only is the method of determining the champion inequitable, the way the revenues from the postseason are distributed are inequitable, leading many athletic departments into debt. A college football playoff would be fairer to the fans and the taxpaying public.
- NFL, NBA Lockouts – Work stoppages are the ultimate sign of disrespect toward sports fans. Sports bring communities together and stopping the games because of differences between owners and players in how to divide up profits threatens the good will between the public and the teams. Further, because taxpayers have spent billions financing stadiums, if the leagues can't figure out a way to play ball, some of that money should go back into the community.


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"Cisco is a great competitor, but they don't have our holistic view," said Patrick Sweeney, executive director product management at the Dell SonicWall division which markets firewalls and other security gear as he described a strategy to optimize the identity management assets gained through Dell's acquisition of Quest last September for $2.4 billion. Cisco isn't Dell's only major security competitor — HP and IBM also loom large when it comes to winning large customers. One reason Dell wants to articulate an IT security strategy now is because the company earlier this month announced a buy-out agreement in which Michael Dell and equity investor Silver Lake would acquire Dell for $24.4 billion -- and Dell enterprise customers are eager for information about the implications of this.
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Quest, now part of the Dell Software Group, brings to Dell a range of new products, including identity and access management software. By embedding this kind of security, for starters, in a broad range of IT and security gear, it could help Dell extend security services.
Bill Evans, director of product marketing at Dell Quest, said Dell's direction is to advance the "concept of embedded security" to virtually any type of device, wireless or fixed, so that the enterprise can easily establish the policies and controls they want for access and identity management. Quest's audit and activity monitoring capabilities mean that "we have user-activity monitoring" that can be used by enterprises or cloud services, said Evans. "Cisco doesn't have an identity business."
Dell is also combining its security efforts in other ways. The Dell SecureWorks managed security service, which provides threat monitoring for enterprise customers, can now manage Dell SonicWall firewalls for customers as well in its security operations centers, points out James Brooks, product manager there. SecureWorks, which has expertise in monitoring botnets and cyberattacks to protect enterprise customers, itself was acquired by Dell in 2011. There may be more managed services to come.
Sweeney said Dell, as the "No.2 vendor of servers in the World," has enormous presence on the enterprise and cloud infrastructure side. The thousands of sales people at Dell are now organized to make the case for Dell's end-to-end security to CIOs and other high-level management.
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LONDON, April 23- The loud welcome given by investors to this week's deal for Novartis and GlaxoSmithKline to trade more than $20 billion of assets could trigger more pacts in the pharmaceuticals sector and beyond.» Read More
March 17- Beauty products retailer and distributor Sally Beauty Holdings Inc said "fewer than 25,000" credit-card records may have been taken in a recent data breach. Sally Beauty said on Monday that an investigation by forensics firm Verizon had discovered the evidence that card payment data may have been removed.
BOCA RATON, Fla., Feb 23- Investors are growing impatient with the makers of global brands like Cadbury chocolate, Campbell Soup and Tide laundry detergent, as these stalwart consumer products companies try to boost profits through cost cuts and brand makeovers while smaller rivals take risks and grab market share.
Feb 13- Avon Products Inc said on Thursday it could end up paying as much as $132 million to settle a U.S. bribery probe into its efforts to develop new markets, the first time the beauty-products company has given an estimate for a penalty.
US multinational companies are dealing with an increasingly big headache when it comes to sales and profits: currencies.
Feb 13- Avon Products Inc said on Thursday it may cost as much as $132 million to settle a U.S. bribery investigation into the beauty products company's efforts to develop new markets overseas.
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Joining CD tracks, quickly adding items to playlists, and iTunes device limits
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That's not very convenient if you happen to be traveling. In my case, I'll have a MacAir, an iPhone and an iPad with me. Back home will be my iMac and a couple of Touches. Then I have a cottage with an old Mini in it - if I forget to "deauthorize" it when I leave, it's "wasting" an authorisation.
No doubt the five machine limit is wired into a lot of Apple's content agreements, so changing it might take some effort. But surely it would be simple to remotely deauthorize a single device?
Posted 11 March 2013 - 04:26 AM
I like CanAmSteve's suggestion of making it easier to manage the authorizations. But actually giving us a few more would solve a lot of headaches.
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With the 11 update, the shortcut stopped working. It actually shows up next to the command in the drop down but doesn't actually work. I've tried deleting it and starting over (my shortcut was the same as the view options shortcut, but worked when all my tracks were selected). No other combo of keys seems to get this work as a keyboard shortcut.
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i have a problem with my itunes. i have no library. some how when i downloaded the cd's they were not but into a library. now they are in the songs list. i don't know how to get them into playlists or a library. how do i get songs out of itunes and on to a cd?
I think the first thing you need to do when you have iTunes open is to click on "View" in the desktop menu bar at the top of your screen. Click on "Show Sidebar". Your "Library" should then appear. Click on File at the top of the screen and then click on New and slide cursor onto Playlist. A new unnamed playlist will appear below. Give it a name. Then, drag and drop the songs you want to burn onto a blank CD into this new playlist. Open the new playlist to see if the songs you want are there. Leave the playlist open and insert a blank CD into your machine. Go to File up above and click on "Burn Playlist to Disc". As far as I know, this is the only way there is now to burn a CD so that it plays on any stereo or car system. Good luck.
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If cats, with their superior stealth, razor-sharp claws, keen night-vision and misanthropic temperament weren't already terrifying, they will be now with this suit of black spiked battle-cat armor. Etsy artist schnabuble, ordinarily in the business of creating fantasy costumes and accessories for adults, created the fearsome suit of armor. It looks incredible, but we can't help feeling that it was a bit irresponsible unleashing such a menace upon the world. What if it can't be stopped?


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Benitez seeks refuge at Old Trafford
Rafa Benitez and Fernando Torres' finest afternoon in English football came at Old Trafford. A Saturday lunchtime in March 2009 saw their Liverpool team pump Manchester United 4-1. United led through Cristiano Ronaldo but Torres was soon terrorising Nemanja Vidic, who was eventually sent off for one desperate challenge too many. It was the same week that the Liverpool pair had shared the joy of destroying Real Madrid 4-0 in the Champions League. Their stock had never been higher. It has never reached those levels since.
In different colours, Benitez, the unwanted interim, and Torres, the most public and costly of transfer failures, arrive at Old Trafford off the back of another European night, but a 1-0 defeat to Steau Bucharest finds them at a nadir rather than their 2009 zenith levels. As Benitez grumblingly directed from the sidelines, Torres put in another performance to remind of how risky it is paying £50 million for one solitary footballer. Sluggish and on a wavelength somewhere over the Carpathian Mountains rather than in Bucharest's National Stadium, Torres tottered around aimlessly. He was by no means Chelsea's only misfire, since Juan Mata and Eden Hazard were both quiet but this was another Blues performance of the walking dead, a team marking time until something changes.
The Europa League and FA Cup are all that remains of a season of seven trophies, and the former is a consolation. Chelsea is an unhappy club, a confused club, and many of their recent performances have followed those emotions. Benitez might now actually be more popular at Old Trafford than he is at Stamford Bridge. Sunday, though, may provide Chelsea with an opportunity to puncture another's clubs ambitions, and reduce Manchester United to a single target.
Talk of a treble was little but hype, and especially at such an early juncture of the season, and so a plain old double will have to suffice for Manchester United. That in itself, would still look difficult for United. Chelsea are no mean opponent and Manchester City lie in wait at some point. The Premier League title will remain the priority, and especially after last season's last-minute denial.
Chelsea may consider that for all their civil war, there might be one raging at United too. Though in Wayne Rooney's case, his latest fall-out with Sir Alex Ferguson looks like a singular battle against the system rather than the bemusement with Benitez that lies at the heart of Chelsea's current battle. Rooney faces a test of his professionalism in the light of his latest reverse. Being dropped from his team's biggest match of the season is not something that happens to the indispensable, the star players. His cause has not been helped by his team matching Madrid without him until Nani's red card.
Ferguson's managerial career, right back to his East Stirlingshire days, have been built from turning a reverse into a positive, a feeling of being wronged against into a unifying force. Manchester United feel a definite sense of injustice after the intervention of red Mancunian's least favourite Turkish insurance agent. They are also seeking to win their first FA Cup since 2004. A trophy Ferguson made his own in the 1990s, it has evaded him since the rolling over of Millwall in Cardiff nine years ago. Only Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes of his current squad have won the trophy. Rio Ferdinand missed out when banned for his missing of a drugs test, Rooney did not arrive until the following summer.
And then there is the decided enmity between the two managers. Benitez has barely concealed his contempt for Ferguson, even getting swept into the rather childish Liverpudlian trait of never referring to his knighthood. "Mr Ferguson" meanwhile has been viciously dismissive, sarcastically calling Benitez a "genius" at one point, and "clown" in the next breath. "I'm not going to kick anyone when they are lying down," was Sir Alex's latest comment on someone he now views as a former rival though Ferguson would clearly relish robbing Benitez of a career opportunity. His opponent would enjoy helping whittling away a treble into a single.
Manchester United player to watch - Wayne Rooney
Even if he should be sat in the stands, or even back in his Prestbury armchair, there is little doubt of the name on everyone's lips ahead of this game. Ferguson said on Friday that Rooney will be a United player next season, even giving his word that he would be, but Chelsea might be the type of club that may fancy Rooney if he should become available. For the moment, and in the light of Robin Van Persie looking somewhat tired of late, Rooney should be required and able to prove a point to his doubters, a group that would look to include his manager.
Chelsea player to watch - Marko Marin
If there is a player to embody the Benitez tenure at Chelsea, it is Marin. Benitez's belief in rotation and a big squad have been nixed by the rather bare resources on offer at Stamford Bridge. There is definite quality on offer but not quantity and the German is yet to suggest he offers the former. One of a trio of playmakers bought in the summer and much the lesser to Hazard and Oscar, Marin's performances have too often been confused and ineffective. With the battle for fourth place on, and Bucharest to be beaten, Marin will most probably play a role at Old Trafford.
Key battle: Jonny Evans v Fernando Torres
Nemanja Vidic is not the type to be readily afraid yet Torres used to give him the heebie-jeebies. Torres, deep in his gloom, may even have hoped to take on his old whipping boy but even that may not be granted to him. Vidic played two games in quick succession against Norwich City and Real Madrid, something supposedly beyond him in his long recovery from serious injury. In his stead will come Evans, unlucky not to play against Real in what has been his best season in United colours. Perhaps Demba Ba will play instead. Perhaps even Torres would be happy with that. His last visit to Old Trafford was the scene of the horrendous miss – in September 2011 – that may just personify his disastrous move to Chelsea.
Trivia: Manchester United have faced Chelsea 11 times in the FA Cup, and won eight of those encounters. Their last meeting was in the 2007 final, where Didier Drogba's extra-time goal won a truly dreadful match. United defeated Chelsea four times in the 1990s in this competition, including in the 1994 final.
Stats: Chelsea have only lost one of their last 38 FA Cup games outright, winning 31 and drawing six. (Opta)
Odds: United are 1.72 favourites, Chelsea a decent price at 4.50, and a draw and henceforth a replay is on offer at 3.75.
Prediction: Both teams' Euro hangovers to have an effect, and a high-scoring draw and a replay to result, something which is probably less of a concern to Ferguson than Benitez.
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They just won a title that would not have been possible without the strong defense and stunning shooting of a 24-year-old kid with a limitless ceiling.
Yet they send the kid packing for an aging nut whose greatest hits have occurred on the heads of fans.
They just won a title with a locker room bathed in the soothing light of unselfishness, teamwork and a quiet temerity.
Yet they cut the power and added the darkest of moods, a guy who has made a career out of hoarding the ball, the attention, and the anger.
Tell me again, why did they get rid of Trevor Ariza for Ron Artest?
Explain to me, please, why they wouldn't even negotiate further with Trevor Ariza before quickly agreeing to sign Ron Artest?
Artest is a better player, but that's not the point.
Ariza was a better fit, and that's what wins championships.
Artest is a strong defender, but if the Lakers need someone to quietly hound a guy during a routine inbounds pass and be willing to make a small play to win a big game, that's Ariza.
Artest is a good shooter, but if the Lakers need someone willing to stand in the shadows for three quarters and emerge to make a big three-pointer before disappearing again, that's Ariza.
Artest will supposedly make the Lakers tougher, but what is tougher than showing up every day and playing hard every play and fighting your way to a championship?
Ariza has a ring, Artest does not, so the Lakers are giving up wins.
Ariza is young 24, Artest is an old 29, so the Lakers are giving up age.
Ariza shot 48% from the three-point line in the playoffs while Artest shot 28%, so the Lakers are giving up clutch.
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