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Dr. Chameides is the Dean and Nicholas Professor of the Environment at the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, a recipient of the American Geophysical Union's Macelwane Award, and, "in recognition of extraordinary service," was named a National Associate of the National Academies. With a Bachelor of Science from Binghamton University and a Ph.D. from Yale University, Chameides is considered one of the leading experts in global, regional, and urban-scale environmental change, causes, impacts, and paths towards sustainable development. He has authored or co-authored more than 130 scientific publications, and 6 books, and blogs at TheGreenGrok, the Huffington Post, and the site of Popular Science magazine.
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Formerly Executive Producer of CNN's Science, Tech and Weather Unit, Dykstra supervised a staff responsible for coverage of the traditional sciences, technology, the environment, space, and weather for CNN's television, internet, and radio platforms.
His award-winning work includes a 1993 Emmy award for coverage of that year's Mississippi River floods, and several Cable/Ace awards. He shared in a 2004 Dupont-Columbia Award for the network's coverage of the Indian Ocean Tsunami, and a 2005 George Foster Peabody Award for CNN's coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. He was the Executive Producer of two recent investigative documentaries for CNN: "The Truth About Global Warming" in October, 2007; and "Broken Government: Scorched Earth" in February, 2008.
Dykstra is a former Board member of the Society of Environmental Journalists, and Chaired their 1998 National Conference. He serves on the Advisory Board of the Colorado University School of Journalism's Ted Scripps Fellowships, and the Panel for the John Oakes Awards for Environmental Journalism at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. He is a former jurist for the Keck Media Awards at the National Academy of Sciences. From 1978 to 1991, he worked for Greenpeace, and developed the media program for the US chapter of this international environmental group.
Formerly President and CEO of The Weather Channel, Mike Eckert oversaw its growth from startup cable-television network to major distributor of consumer weather information. He also served as president and CEO of Pathfire, a software/services business that helped video and TV industries evolve from an analog to a digital base before being sold to DG Fast Channel in 2007. Eckert is an entrepreneur-in-residence at the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC). He attended both Northern Illinois University and DePaul University.
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Barbara Pyle was the Co-creator & Producer of Captain Planet and the Planeteers, the world's first animated eco-cartoon for children. She joined Turner Broadcasting in 1980 and pioneered environmental television programming. She has produced more than 35 films, winning over 75 awards. She served as CNN's Environment Editor and created Earth Matters, CNN's weekly environmental news program. In 1997, she was the first member of the media to receive the world's most prestigious environmental honor, the United Nations Environment Programme's Sasakawa Environment Prize. In 1988, Barbara was named one of the first United Nations GLOBAL 500 Laureates. Both awards were received "for outstanding achievements in protecting the global environment."
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Welcome to Tsuribashi-so, an onsen Japanese-style inn on Izu Peninsula. Being one of the most popular Japanese resorts, Izu is famous for its green tea and natural hot springs. Come enjoy our home-grown "mattcha" green tea and 11 kinds of onsen baths. Tsuribashi-so is truly the place to experience the Japanese culture.
Kawazu Cherry Blossom Festival
The Kawazu Cherry Blossom Festival, held from February 10 to March 10, was not so known few years ago but today it is a famous event known throughout Japan.
The event draws two million people every year. Please come to enjoy it.
Tsuribashi (suspension bridges)
The Kawazu River runs through the hotel property and there are three suspension bridges in the property. The name of the hotel comes from these bridges.
Hotel Information
· Number of Guest Rooms: 41
· Total Capacity: 160 guests
· Banquet rooms: 2
· Check In: 3:00 PM-8:00 PM (Please call us if you are late for check-in.)
· Check Out: 10:00 AM
· Baths: Large indoor baths, outdoor baths, rooftop baths, tunnel baths, and green tea bath (extra)
· Bath Hours: 24 hours (indoor baths), 6:00 AM-11:00 PM (outdoor baths in the new building) and 6:00AM-10:00 PM (outdoor baths in the main building)
· Free parking
· Pick-up service from Kawazu Station: 3:00 PM-5:00 PM
· Payment: Cash only
· Cancellation Policy: No charge if cancelled 4 days before your date of stay.
· Shuttle bus to the Amagi Tunnel leaves at 10:00 every morning. Make your arrangements until the day before, at the front desk.
Room Rates
· All rates include tax. (Please refer to JHN Travel site by clicking the below button.)
· Single guests are accepted with an extra fee.
· There are very few restaurants within walking distance of the hotel.
· You can take food to your room.
· Please make dinner arrangements once your reservations are confirmed.
· For breakfast, please ask at the time of check-in.
· No vegetarian menu is available. Choice of fish or meat.
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CommScope's COVID-19 Customer & Partner Hub Visit
Today, we opened a new, multi-million dollar R&D and Operations center in Bangalore, India, dedicated to innovation for our customers worldwide.
The Ulsoor, Bangalore site – which houses a state-of-the-art lab and testing facilities – becomes ARRIS's largest global development center outside of the US. It's an IP creation hub that unites world-class engineers from the former ARRIS and Pace sites in the region (following ARRIS's January 2016 acquisition of Pace). Now, they can more easily collaborate on the technology to drive the next era of broadband and video experiences—from Gigabit Internet to 4K TV, and Wi-Fi.
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98 Degrees, NKOTB & Boyz II Men Are Going On Tour Together
Your favorite boy bands are joining forces for The Package Tour and it kicks off May 31! Is this going to be the best tour ever?
If this doesn't blow your mind then nothing will. New Kids On The Block just announced during the Jan. 22 episode of The View that they're going kicking off their 2013 summer tour with 98 Degrees and Boyz II Men. Co-host Sherri Shepherd couldn't contain herself when she heard the news, she was even wearing an "I Love Donnie" t-shirt too!
What The Guys Had To Say About Going On Tour:
Jordan Knight: "These guys are classic man." All of the bands sat on The View stage and talked about the upcoming tour. Nick even said he's going to bring his 4-month-old son, Camden, on tour with him.
Elizabeth Hasselbeck on 98 Degrees video for "The Hardest Thing" that was shown on The View: "That's from 1999, you can tell by the ripped turtlenecks."
Drew Lachey on the 98 Degrees having kids: "Jeff's got a whole basketball team."
The most awesome part was when all the guys started singing together at the end.
Plus, New Kids On The Block said they're recording new music!
Fans Take To Twitter
Shawn from Boyz II Men said: "We've always talked about putting this together. And now to do it and see our fans excited, it's a beautiful thing. It's gonna be a lot of pent up energy."
Boyz II Men also announced their residency at the mirage in Las Vegas starting Mar. 1.
Do you think you'll go to this concert?
NKOTB, Boyz II Men, & 98 Degrees 'The Package Tour' Dates:
May 31 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
June 1 Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum
June 2 Boston, MA TD Garden
June 4 Ottawa, ON Scotiabank Place
June 6 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
June 7 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
June 8 Auburn Hills, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills
June 9 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena
June 11 Pittsburgh, PA Consol Energy Center
June 13 East Rutherford, NJ Izod Center
June 14 Washington DC Verizon Center
June 15 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
June 18 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena
June 19 Charlotte, NC Time Warner Cable Arena
June 20 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
June 21 Orlando, FL Amway Center
June 22 Fort Lauderdale, FL BB&T Center
June 25 Cincinnati, OH US Bank Arena
June 27 Houston, TX Toyota Center
June 28 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
June 29 Oklahoma City, OK Chesapeake Energy Arena
June 30 St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center
July 5 Los Angeles, CA STAPLES Center Arena
July 6 Las Vegas, NV Mandalay Bay Events Center
July 7 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion
July 9 Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome
July 12 Rosemont, IL Allstate Arena
July 13 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
This tour is going to be insane!
— Chloe Melas
More NKOTB Tour News:
- NKOTB, Boyz II Men, & 98 Degrees Tour 2013 — Fans React On Twitter
- Boyz II Men Surprises Fans At NKOTBSB Tour Stop In Orlando — The Crowd Goes Wild!
- New Kids On The Block & The Backstreet Boys Are Touring Together — NKOTBSB


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4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Most suspicious white powder: A substance later determined to be sugar shuts down the main post office on Seminole Trail for several hours early July 2, WINA reports. Hazmat teams remove the sugar and isolate two employees exposed to the glucose-based granules.
Most suspicious timing: Hmmm, Fourth of July week when the holiday falls on a Wednesday, precluding a three-day weekend?
Worst week for traffic fatalities: Pedestrian Esperanza de Jesus Tolentino, 62, is struck and killed June 26 by an SUV driven by Albemarle police Sergeant Pam Greenwood, 35. And RN Jessica Lester, 25, dies June 29, a week after the Honda Accord in which she was a passenger June 21 was run over by a cement truck on Route 53.
Testiest: The Hook catches the fiery end of Coy Barefoot's June 26 WINA show on which developer Wendell Wood accuses Charlottesville Tomorrow's Brian Wheeler of calling him a liar and not knowing where the controversial 30 rezoned acres are that were part of the National Ground Intelligence Center deal. Wheeler points out that Wood hasn't read his website, and Wood agrees, still sounding steamed when Barefoot abruptly ends the show and cuts to CBS news.
Best Spy Center expansion benefit: Albemarle Fire Rescue gets a $401,000 grant to go toward a $1 million ladder truck at its Hollymead fire station– which covers NGIC.
Worst news for living-wage-seeking workers: Hard-to-picket Wal-Mart is likely to become the region's largest employer by 2009 with an average wage of $10.28 per hour, plus benefits, Brian McNeill reports in the Daily Progress.
Worst identity theft: Nurse Gloria Ann Jennings, 47, is arrested for allegedly stealing an elderly home-care patient's identity to obtain a credit card and buying $10,000 worth of jewelry, the DP reports. Jennings faces eight felony charges.
Biggest bite: Pit bull owner Eric F. Johnson gets six months in jail for failing to control his two dogs, which mauled a woman walking in Nelson County in December. Johnson must also pay the woman's $8,400 in medical bills, which include rabies shots because the dogs' shots weren't up to date. The victim is suing him for $1 million, according to the DP.
Most hopeful sign for peace in the Middle East: On June 15, Albemarle teens Paul Michel and Mohammad Rasool each win full rides to Case Western Reserve University for taking the grand prize in a National History Day competition. Their project was on the Arab-Israeli crisis. Michel and Rasool are Jewish and Muslim, respectively.
Leakiest: The recently completed $105-million renovation of the state Capitol in Richmond fails to prevent water damage in the governor's and speaker's offices.
Latest sacrificial lamb: Historian David Shreve, 46, plans to take on incumbent Congressman Virgil Goode for his 5th District seat, a seat Goode has held onto for 10 years by consistently creaming challengers, most recently Al Weed– twice. Bob Gibson has the story in the Daily Progress.
Most surprisingly contested race: The Thomas Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Directors race has three candidates– Rich Collins, who was arrested for trespassing in front of Whole Foods during his House of Delegates run, former City Council candidate John Pfaltz, and former vice-mayor (and married to a former mayor) John Conover– vying for two seats.
Newest collegiate moniker: Randolph-Macon Woman's College officially becomes Randolph College July 1, a move that was controversial, but not as lame as the change three years ago in Fredericksburg when Mary Washington College became "the University of Mary Washington."


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Snort snort snort the cocaine (x3)
Snort-y snort snort the cocaine
Drop the biggest bump I ever hit
Yo fucking chop another kid
I wanna do it til my face falls off
Til my tongue's so numb that the taste fall off
I do blow
And boy I do it viciously
Lie to my face and that mother fucker's history
Cocaine cocaine
China bright, snow white
Rolled to a rave
And steal a mother fucker's glow light
Keep my dough right
Man these white lines bite
Make me bleed out my mother fucking eyes tonight
So highhhhh
Nose like a power vac
Girls rub me down just to get into my powder sack
On the power track
So I drink to my health
Lift the rail off the mirror and I wink to myself
No needle in my vein
I got to maintain
A bitch like me is doing cocaine
Snort snort snort the cocaine (x3)
Snort-y snort snort the cocaine
Snort snort snort the cocaine (x3)
Snort-y snort snort the cocaine
I like to do the cokey-coke
You'll never see me smokey-smoke
Never buy, already brokey-broke
Pass me a dollar and I'll roll it up
For me though
Were gonna sell and cut tonight
Uhhh huhhh
I'm gonna yell and fuck tonight
Uhhh huhhh
I'm gonna press my luck tonight
Uhh huhh
Motha fuckas better duck tonight
Uhh huhh
Doing lines off my face with a bendy straw
Pick up my whole car in half with a bendy saw
There ain't enough room for me in this town
And once my dick gets hard it'll never go down
A to the N to the DER to the SON
When it comes to getting gacked we stay number one
While others split a grab, we be sniffing a ton
And we never fucking stop until the bag is done
I walk in the party with my dick in my hand
And straight to the bathroom with my dick in my hand
You wanna step up I got the brick in my hand
Then leave your ass face down with my dick in my hand
Denis A. I hit the yay all day
Went to your party must stay all day
Hit you in the brain
Leave your face ug-lay
Andersons give a fuck what ya'll say.
Philip Anderson looking for action
Dear God on the floor
Call the chain reaction
Step up
You better learn how to act son
No go
You better hit the track bud
Arnold A., but the girls call me Arny
Do more blows than the Columbian army
Made my name in the hyrdogame
Now I play all day on my hydroplane.
Tell me if your nose froze
Girls with no clothes
Then your face pushed in
For that shit that you stole
We cut your shit with ay jack so products bump
And it sits a hundred grand out the back of my trunk
When no radio play you can't fuck with Philip A.
Andersons mother fucker till my dying day
While you were horse faced, running
Tryin to get the crowd hyped
We was in the back
Sippin yack
Startin fist fights
I hit the light when I spit at your girl
Turn around and do a line
And I spit on your girl
That's the sound of my laughter
My grove takes my life
To a live firecracker
Never sleep
All my dreams end in disaster
Life in the fast lane just got faster
What's your name?
Arny A., call me Mr. What
Last to pass out
And the first to fuck
And whatchya do?
Sell snow
Man, all the blow
The mother fucking pipe,
Pipe arose me though
What's your name?
Denny A., soft soother with the luga
Hit more keys than the ones on your computer
Whatchya do?
Anything, anywhere, anytime and place
You try to shake my hand I'll punch you in the face
What's your name?
Philip A., known as bobby flay
Cuz I cook that coke up everyday
And whatchya do?
Drink, fuck, snort, shoot and fight
Ya fuck with Phil ya gonna fuck all night
What's ya name?
Anderson, the family's here
The one that you love, and hate and fear
And whatchya do?
Known to party every night and day
Try to make us leave but we're still gonna stay


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New 'Begin Again' Trailer Features Adam Levine Song, 'Lost Stars' [VIDEO]by Thomas Chau | PopCrush
The new movie trailer for 'Begin Again' has been released, and it features a brand new Adam Levine song titled 'Lost Stars' off the film's soundtrack. Levine both stars and contributes music to this independent dramedy.
'Begin Again' stars Levine, Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo and Hailee Steinfeld. The Weinstein Company, the studio releasing the movie, describes the project as a story about "when lost souls meet and make beautiful music together." The movie is directed by 'Once' helmer John Carney.
Knightley and Levine play Gretta and Dave, two long-time college sweethearts and songwriting partners who find their relationship tested when Dave discovers new fame as an artist in New York City. Dan (Ruffalo), a down on his luck record label executive, discovers Gretta and tries to find redemption by making her into a star.
The film will be released in theaters everywhere July 2.


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Introduction to Breast Cancer
Learning that you have breast cancer can, quite literally, stop you in your tracks. You may feel frozen in time, replaying over and over again in your mind the moment your doctor told you the news. It's normal to feel a range of emotions including fear, shock, depression, anger and even guilt.
Slow down, take a moment and breathe. The emotions you are feeling are completely understandable. And if you are feeling nothing, that's OK, too. Oftentimes, when a woman hears the diagnosis "breast cancer," she goes temporarily numb.
Take comfort, though, in knowing that, as of 2010, more than 2.5 million breast cancer survivors are in the U.S. Experts report that the death rate from breast cancer has been decreasing since 1991, due to public awareness, earlier detection and advances in treatment.
The truth is, nothing is fair about breast cancer. But you can find plenty of help and reasons for hope. Turn to your family and friends. Choose a healthcare team you trust. Prepare for a battle and be strong.


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This paper explores the numerous challenges materials scientists and engineers face, from the time it takes to bring new materials to market to the difficulties delivering suitable formulations and testing against specified criteria, and how those can be resolved.
Optical-based in vivo imaging of vascular changes and vascular leak is an emerging modality for studying altered physiology in a variety of different cancers and inflammatory states. A number of fluorescent imaging probes that circulate with the blood, but have no target selectivity, have been used to detect tumor leakiness as an indication of abnormal tumor vasculature. Inflammation is also characterized by distinct vascular changes, including vasodilation and increased vascular permeability, which are induced by the actions of various inflammatory mediators. This process is essential for facilitating access for appropriate cells, cytokines, and other factors to tissue sites in need of healing or protection from infection. This application note investigates the use of three fluorescent imaging probes, to detect and monitor vascular leak and inflammation in preclinical mouse breast cancer models.
Quantitative pre-clinical fluorescence imaging transcends the boundaries of traditional optical imaging of biological structures and physiology by providing information at the molecular level about disease states and therapeutic response. Fluorescent Pre-clinical Imaging Agents and FMT® (Fluorescence Molecular Tomography) Quantitative Pre-clinical Imaging Systems represent powerful tools for research and drug development in the imaging of biological processes and pharmaceutical activity in living animals.
Extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) is a key component in the regulation of embryogenesis, cell differentiation, cell proliferation, and cell death. The ERK signaling pathway is altered in various cancer types and is frequently investigated as a target for therapeutic intervention. This application note describes how a live cell FRET assay to study ERK signaling was performed on the Operetta CLS™ high-content analysis system. The optimized design of the FRET-based biosensor, the high-quality imaging of the Operetta CLS system and the easy-to-use image analysis tools of the Harmony® software contribute to the robustness of the high-content assay.
Fluorescent dyes have been used for many years to label cells for microscopy studies, and a variety of dyes in the visible fluorescence spectrum are available to label different cellular compartments and organelles. Efficient delivery of the fluorophore to the cell without excessively modifying surface proteins or perturbing cell function is the major biotechnological challenge. In addition, researchers have taken on the challenge of in vivo imaging, focusing on near infrared (NIR) dyes that fluoresce in a spectral region better suited for in vivo imaging due to reduced background and higher tissue penetration.
With the potential to treat a wide range of disease, from organ damage to congenital defects, stem cell research and tissue engineering form the underlying basis of regenerative medicine. Significant advances in the science of skin regeneration, for example, have now made it possible to develop and grow artificial skin grafts in a lab for treatment of burn victims. Other therapeutic applications include the use of stem cells to treat and repair central nervous system diseases such as ischemia and cerebral palsy, cardiovascular diseases, as well as autoimmune diseases including type I diabetes.
The promise of high-content screening is the acceleration of discovery by extracting as much relevant information as possible from cells. Nevertheless, a large percentage of high-content screens analyze only a small number of image-based properties. As a result, valuable information from precious cells and disease models is not utilized. As nearly all screening approaches require a nuclear counterstain such as Hoechst to facilitate segmentation, phenotypic profiling of the nuclei can offer new and additional perspectives on assays at no extra cost.
Drug induced liver injury (DILI) is a major reason for late stage termination of drug discovery research projects, highlighting the importance of early integration of liver safety assessment in the drug development process. A technical approach for in vivo toxicology determination was developed using Acetaminophen (APAP), a commonly used over-the-counter analgesic and antipyretic drug, to induce acute hepatocellular liver injury.
Cells constantly sense their environment and their response is a spatio-temporal summation of all signals. To maintain physiological stability, cells need to adjust to environmental changes, a process called homeostasis. One of the most important processes involved in maintaining homeostasis is autophagy, and its significance was recognized by the award of the Nobel Prize for Physiology in 2016 to Yoshinori Ohsumi for the discovery of its underlying mechanisms. Although this is not fully understood, it is believed that autophagy can prevent tumor development by degrading, for example, damaged organelles and protein aggregates.
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Epifluorescence (2D) imaging of superficially implanted mouse tumor xenograft models offers a fast and simple method for assessing tumor progression or response to therapy. This approach for tumor assessment requires the use of near infrared (NIR) imaging agents specific for different aspects of tumor biology, and this Application Note highlights the ease and utility of multiplex NIR fluorescence imaging to characterize the complex biology within tumors growing in a living mouse.
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OGR-24 Successfully Completed
On 13-Oct-2004 the final stub was returned for the OGR-24 Project, conclusively determining the optimal 24 mark Golomb Rule after four years of crunching by distributed.net participants.
RC5-64 Successfully Completed
On 14-Jul-2002, after 1757 days of searching the winning key to RSA Labs' RC5-64 project was successfully recovered by distributed.net. 0x63DE7DC154F4D039 was returned by a P3-450 in Japan running Windows 2000.
dnetware Now Available
distributed.net has introduced a range of items with our graphic designs called dnetware. These items are suppplied by CafePress.com who handle the order processing, manufacture and delivery. Check out the full range at our dnetware page along with order facilities and dnetware FAQ.
distributed.net and United Devices join forces
Distributed Computing Technologies, Inc, distributed.net, announced on November 27th, 2000 that it has entered a strategic partnership with United Devices, Inc. Based in Texas, United Devices is a leading commercial developer of distributed computing technology.
Under the terms of the alliance, distributed.net and United Devices will continue to exist as two independent companies that serve different, yet complementary, purposes. The two companies will maintain a cooperative relationship, working together to further the development and adoption of large-scale distributed computing.
Fourteen distributed.net members will join the ranks of United Devices' development and strategic teams in Austin, Texas and Berkeley, California, where a new development team will be consolidated. "As our popularity and scale have grown, so have our time requirements," said Jeff Lawson, co-founder of distributed.net. "This move is a very natural progression for us all and enables the team to focus full time on what we love doing the most."
Project OGR
The OGR project restarted with new clients on Thursday July 13, 2000 around 22:00 UTC. The first pass of OGR-24 has been completed and distribution of OGR-25 was started on August 1, 2000. The verification second pass of the OGR-24 stubspace is currently being done in parallel with OGR-25 distribution.
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It would not be fun standing in Congressman Vern Buchanan's shoes. At least not for us.
He represents Florida's 16th congressional district, a compilation of five mostly Republican counties whose constituents make up the largest concentration of Social Security, Medicare and veterans benefits recipients of any mid-size metro area in America.
In other words, a lot of his constituents are on the taxpayer dole for portions of their incomes. And more than 33% of these constituents, as retirees, are living on their savings and dividends.
On top of that, even though Buchanan's district is primarily a Republican stronghold, a sizable portion of those Republicans, as we have learned, are "center Republicans," moderates who readily accept an activist government in everyone's lives.
With such a constituency, Buchanan, after six years in office, has figured out that his longevity in Congress is tied to moderation. He can't be associated with, say, a Ron Paul or a Louie Gohmert of Texas. They're too far right (although for our taste they've been among the few who really have had the courage to do what is right in Congress).
So it really was no surprise when Buchanan voted to accept House Resolution 8, the fiscal cliff bill, that raised tax rates on 1% of Americans and didn't cut one cent from federal spending. In fact, it codified increasing federal spending.
It was a politically safe vote: Raise taxes only on 1% of Americans; make permanent the Bush income-tax cuts for everyone earning less than $400,000 to $450,000 a year. Only a few get hurt; nothing happens to entitlements. The only constituents Buchanan irked with his vote are the die-hards who wanted Congress actually to reduce its spending.
Nonetheless, we had to ask the congressman: Why that vote? Why not take a stand against Congress and Obama as usual?
"Either way, you couldn't win," Buchanan told us. "I didn't like it. It was either that bill or go over the cliff. Let us all drown or save 98% or 99%. I voted to save the 98%.
"It was the least of two evils," he said. "I thought going over the cliff was a worse option. I called a lot of people, and about 80% of the people said this was the way to go."
As Buchanan sees the situation, the fiscal cliff vote wasn't the Rubicon. He called it "the small battle in the war."
"The debt ceiling is the war," he said.
And when that is confronted in another 60 days, Buchanan's true beliefs and courage will be tested as these have never been tested before.
So far, in our records, with all due respect, Buchanan has capitulated on two important fiscal tests. He voted in 2008 in favor of "TARP," the first economic stimulus bill that bailed out badly managed banks at taxpayer expense; and he took the politically safe path on the recent fiscal cliff vote.
Asked what he thinks Republican House members will do on the next debt-ceiling vote, he told us: "My sense is we're going to have to find a way to deal with the deficits. If there is not a substantial move in the right direction, it's going to be nuclear."
Asked whether he would side with shutting down the federal government, or hold firm on not raising the debt ceiling if Obama and the Democrats don't agree to substantive cuts in federal spending, Buchanan was smart and crafty enough not to make any commitments just yet.
"I don't think it's going to be business as usual," he said.
That would be a shock to the world.
In our lifetimes, none of us has ever seen Washington actually reduce its spending below what it spent in a previous year. But everyone in Congress knows that is what must occur.
Congressman Buchanan, since his first election in 2006, has filed legislation calling for a federal balanced-budget amendment. He introduced another bill recently saying Congress will not receive a pay raise until it balances the budget.
Let's hope, for our grandchildren's sake, he has the courage to call President Obama and the Senate's bluff on the debt ceiling. Either Obama and the Senate cut federal spending in a serious, meaningful way, or the Republican House will not raise the nation's borrowing limit, sending the federal government into default on its debt and shutting down the government.
Those who are grandparents and great-grandparents know the pain for the nation must come now or on the backs of our children and grandchildren.
We created this mess. We should pay the price.
To our readers: Give Buchanan the courage to win the war. Urge him to stand firm on the debt ceiling.
+ Historical treasure
Longboat Key and the local arts scene lost a treasure last week — Jim Herrington.
Herrington lived in Emerald Harbor for the past 20 years with another Longboat Key treasure, Carol Camiener. He died last Thursday at age 84.
In Detroit, probably everyone born before 1980 knew Herrington. He was a TV-news icon as the longtime political reporter and talk-show anchor for WXYZ-TV.
Ted Simon, another Detroiter and Longboater, recalled after Herrington's memorial service Sunday at Temple Beth Israel that when he went to a restaurant with Herrington in Detroit, it was almost useless to think he'd get to talk to Herrington. Fans practically mobbed the popular TV newsman.
On Longboat, Herrington didn't live as a celebrity. Unlike a lot of bombastic broadcasters, Herrington was modest. He liked to garden at his home. You would have no idea who he was or what he did unless you asked.
But once you triggered him on the word "politics," oh my, you could sit for hours listening to Herrington tell rich, colorful stories about American politics, American history and the politicians. He interviewed all of the presidents from Truman through Clinton, and when he spoke about them, he talked about them, not himself, and did it from his "he-was-there" vantage point.
To ride in a car one-on-one with Herrington was to take a graduate course in American history and political science — far, far more interesting than any book could ever be.
Herrington left TV journalism in the early 1990s when he saw TV news devolve into fluffy, mindless entertainment. He couldn't take it.
In his adopted home on Longboat Key, he still made a difference, but in a quieter way. Herrington was a devoted supporter of the Longboat Key Center for the Arts and the arts in general.
One of the best stories Herrington ever told was what he said to his colleagues at his send-off party: "Don't worry about what the competition is doing. If you lead, they'll follow!"
They just don't make newsman like Jim Herrington anymore. Indeed, they don't.
"I have never understood why it is greed to keep the money you have earned but not greed to take someone else's money."
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They came from all over to hear her speak. Old Cuban ladies with wrinkled faces and pristine makeup. Young students with iPhones and digital cameras. Men and women who fled Cuba decades ago and just last year, on makeshift rafts and planes.
When Cuban dissident and blogger Yoani Sanchez entered the room to speak Monday, dressed simply in white, they all stood up in applause and the politics that divide Cubans, even here in Miami, temporarily disappeared.
"In the Cuba that so many of us dream of, there is no need to clarify what type of Cuban you are," she said. "We'll be just Cubans. Cubans, period."
The crowd of several hundred stood on their feet, chanted "Freedom!" and applauded.
Sanchez, a Cuban mother and wife who turned to blogging just five years ago, has gained a following and accolades worldwide for her candid descriptions of modern life in Cuba on her blog Generation Y. In 2008, she was named one of the "100 Most Influential People in the World" by Time magazine. She is currently on an international tour that has taken her to three continents after being allowed to leave Cuba for the first time in nearly a decade.
She went to Brazil, where boisterous protesters backing the Cuban government called her a "mercenary" financed by the CIA and even tugged at her hair. She incited controversy when, in an ironic tone, she suggested the U.S. should let five Cuban men convicted in 2001 of attempting to infiltrate military installations in South Florida free because of all the money Cuba could save and spend on more important matters than campaigning for their release.
She has met with young Cuban-Americans born in the U.S. with dreams of a homeland they have known only in photographs and stories. And she has shaken hands with some of the most powerful politicians in Washington, while calling on the U.S. to end its longstanding embargo against the communist island.
But the most anticipated stop of her 80-day tour has been Miami, the heart of the exile community.
When she arrived last Thursday, one of Sanchez's first stops was to La Ermita de la Caridad, a shrine to our Lady of Charity of El Cobre, Cuba's patron saint. She walked along a stretch of Miami's shoreline she called the city's "Malecon," a reference to Havana's coastal boulevard.
After spending the weekend catching up with her sister, brother-in-law and niece, Sanchez made her first public appearance. The site was aptly chosen: Miami's Freedom Tower, a golden yellow Mediterranean style building where thousands of Cubans fleeing the 1959 communist revolution were processed, given food and connected with social services. A line of men and women who did not have tickets but hoped to still get in stretched down the block.
Among them were sisters Magaly Consuegra, 65, and Maria Santa Cruz, 74.
"This is a historical building for us," said Consuegra, who remembered standing in a line in that same spot, when she first arrived five decades ago. "I admire her so much because she had the courage that so many Cubans don't have."
Consuegra came when she was 15 and sometimes, she regrets that she did not stay or go back, like Sanchez has vowed to do. There are an estimated 1 million Cubans in exile in the U.S., most in Miami, almost one-tenth the size of the island's population.
Enormous box trucks drove by repeatedly, the words, "Welcome Yoani Sanchez" stretching along the side. Others held signs calling for Raul Castro to step down as president and for the years of communist rule to end.
Just one small group of about a dozen exiles held a protest, demonstrating against Sanchez's position against the embargo and her comments on the Cuban spies. But they dispersed before the event began as a few rain clouds rolled in.
Sanchez told the story of leaving Berlin on a train the first time she left Cuba years ago. She struck up a conversation with a young man who asked her, "You're from Cuba? From the Cuba of Fidel or from the Cuba of Miami?"
"My face turned red, I forgot all of the little German I knew and I answered him in my best Central Havana Spanish, `Chico, I'm from the Cuba of Jose Marti,'" Sanchez said, referring to Cuba's most famous national hero and poet.
"That ended our brief conversation," Sanchez said. "But for the rest of my life, that conversation stayed in my mind. I've asked myself many times what led that Berliner and so many other people in the world to see Cubans inside and outside the island as two separate worlds, two irreconcilable worlds."
While she is widely read outside her country, within Cuba she is less well known and has been publicly chastized by the government.
She said she was standing there, before exiles, "to make sure that no one, ever again, can divide us between one type of Cuban or another."
"Without you our country would be incomplete, as if someone had amputated its limbs," she said.
Sanchez lived in Switzerland in 2002, but soon decided to return, believing she was better off with her family and vowing to live in Cuba freely. Since starting her blog in 2007, she had tried to leave dozens of times to accept prizes and speak at universities, but was consistently denied an exit permit. In October, Cuba eliminated the permit that had been required of islanders for five decades and she was allowed to leave.
Cuban authorities can still deny travel in cases of defense and "national security," and some dissidents face restrictions. Her visit has been seen as a test of the new law, one of the most significant reforms Castro has made in his ongoing revision of the economy, government and society.
Before she left the Freedom Tower, she was bestowed with keys to the city of Miami, perhaps the only Cuban still living on the island to receive such an honor. And in a display of the unity she'd just spoken on, people in the audience commented how it seemed to be the first time they could recall where Cubans from so many different generations, who had arrived at different times, and had different opinions on the embargo were all under one roof, applauding the same speech.
Alejandro Barreras, who runs a blog in Miami called On Two Shores, said he sat behind a man who had yelled at him not so long ago for attending a concert of Carlos Varela, a Cuban folk musician. Now they were sitting one behind the other, equally captivated by Sanchez's words.
"You can't help but feel hopeful," he said.
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text: In advance of his special lecture at the Aquarium on March 18th, we chatted with photographer Brian Skerry about what inspired him to pursue a career in photojournalism and how his work inspires others to protect our oceans! What first interested you about photographing marine wildlife? From a very young age, I was captivated by marine wildlife. There was something mysterious to me about the sea and the creatures that lived there and I had a great desire to spend time with these animals and learn more about them. If you had to pick one subject to photograph for the rest of your life, what would you choose? A difficult question for sure, but I think I would say sharks. For me, these animals represent the perfect blend of grace and power and I've never tired of photographing them. If the folks who engaged with your photographs could take away one thing about our oceans and their future, what would you hope for it to be? That Earth's ocean is a very, very special place, but it needs our help to survive. How have you seen the areas your work represents change in recent years? I began simply wanting to make beautiful pictures of animals or places that interested me. While I still have this desire, I have seen many problems occurring in our ocean and I feel compelled to tell these stories too, as a way of effecting positive change. How does your new book, Ocean Soul, help to further your mission to increase protection of special ocean places? A book has a long shelf-life so it can attract new readers over time. A book like this also allows me to tell my story; my journey of ocean exploration, the animals and places I've seen and how I have begun to connect the dots with species and ecosystems. Join us for Brian Skerry's Upcoming Lecture! What: A lecture from "Ocean Soul: A Photojournalists Journey," book signing to follow When: March 18, 2014 at 7 pm EST Where: National Aquarium A livestream will also be available online. Tags: brian-skerry, brian-skerry-interview, brian-skerry-lecture, Conservation, interview, marjorie-lynn-banks-lecture-series, national-aquarium-lectures, national-geographic, photography, photojournalism, underwater-photography, wildlife-photography Categories: News Previous Post Next Post


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Mosque With Terrorist Ties Raided With Cultural Sensitivity
In the Obama Administration's shameless effort to appease Muslims, a federal raid on a southFlorida mosque with terrorist ties was conducted under new rules of engagement to assure cultural sensitivity towards Islam.The culturally sensitive raid led to the arrest of a Pakistani imam (Hafiz Muhammed Sher Ali Khan) at a Miami mosque and five others, including his sons, daughter and grandson. All were charged with providing financial and material support for the Pakistani Taliban. The terrorist organization is associated with Al-Qaeda and has claimed responsibility for numerous attacks against American interests, including a 2009 suicide bombing at a U.S. military base inAfghanistan.Khan founded an Islamic school that supports the Taliban's jihad while living in Pakistan and continued controlling and funding it as an imam in Miami, according to the federal indictment. He used the school to provide shelter and support for Taliban soldiers and to train children how to kill Americans in Afghanistan, the indictment says. The rest of the family helped create a network that flowed money from the U.S. to Pakistan to purchase guns for the Taliban, according to the feds.Considering the seriousness of the charges it's inconceivable that federal agents made cultural sensitivity a priority during arrests. The unbelievable details of how the "kindler, gentler arrests" went down are featured in a local newspaper that reports federal agents actually waited for prayer service to end before moving in out of respect for Muslims. They also took their shoes off before entering the mosque as per Islamic tradition.The Obama-appointed federal prosecutor in charge of the area, U.S. Attorney Wilfredo Ferrer, went out of his way to assure that the case has been handled under the administration's new rules of engagement to show more sensitivity toward religious practices. He stressed that most Muslims are "as American as apple pie" and should not be branded by the alleged terrorist actions of just a few.As part of its nationwide outreach efforts, the Obama Administration has conducted a series of meetings with Muslim groups throughout Florida, including training workshops to help law enforcement officers become more sensitive about Arab, Muslim and Sikh communities. Ferrer, who prosecutes federal crimes in the entire region, says Muslims shouldn't feel isolated because he's their U.S. Attorney too.


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ALISO VIEJO, CA—More than 90 percent of participants in Les Mills group fitness classes in the United States visit their clubs at least twice a week specifically to take part in the classes, a survey by AC Nielsen found. Almost 40 percent visit at least four times a week to take part in the classes.
The average of at least 2.9 visits a week by Les Mills participants compares with International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association estimates that club members go to their clubs 1.75 times a week on average.
AC Nielsen's on-line survey questioned the 1,000 respondents for an average of 16 minutes each on their awareness, behavior and attitude towards the Les Mills programs.


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FastSoft E 10 optimizes transfer times, especially for large files
Data center administrators are always looking for ways to accelerate throughput so they can get data to users faster. Unfortunately, many approaches require some sort of installation on the client end, which can be especially annoying if one of the installations goes badly.
FastSoft E 10
Pros: Easy to set up and use, no client-side installationCons: The two-piece device takes up 2U of rack space
Performance: A-Ease of use: AFeatures: B+Value: B+Government price: $9,995
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FastSoft has a way around that problem. The company's E-series Internet Accelerators can significantly decrease file-transfer times on the server end with no client-side installation required.
FastSoft does this by optimizing the TCP layer, which is used in pretty much every piece of traffic on the Internet. When left to its own devices, TCP uses an algorithm called additive increase/multiplicative decrease (AIMD), which pushes the limits of the available bandwidth by increasing the packet rate in small intervals until it starts losing packets. At that point, it drops its rate significantly — sometimes by half — and then starts the slow build all over again. You might not notice a difference with small files, but transfer times for large files can be affected considerably.
FastSoft developed FastTCP, which adjusts the flow of TCP packets by maintaining an optimal rate for most of the transfer. The larger the files being transferred, the more the technology tends to shine. And it works for every computer attached to a network that has a FastSoft E 10 appliance on the front end.
To better understand the difference between the two methods, imagine you're driving a car. With AIMD, the only two options for speed control are pressing the gas pedal all the way down or taking your foot off it entirely. The car's speed will increase until there is a chance of crashing because you are going too fast, then it will drop significantly because you have to take your foot off the gas. With FastTCP, you are able to control how much you use the gas pedal, and you can cruise at a speed just under the threshold at which you'd have problems.
The FastSoft E 10 system uses two appliances that each take up 1U of rackmount space. The E Series is a 22-inch-deep server that does the work of the accelerator device. The Bypass Unit is attached to a 1U plate but is only about as big as an optical drive. Because the system is situated between the router and the rest of the network, the Bypass Unit is designed to allow access even if the E Series unit should lose power or experience other problems.
Although we agree this is an essential part of any in-line system, we don't understand why the Bypass Unit wasn't integrated into the other device, especially because it looks like there's enough room in the server box. It seems like a waste of a 1U spot, and it could put a strain on a network's available rack space.However, the FastSoft system was easy to deploy. We just set a computer's network adapter to the same subnet as the E Series, connected it to the management port and opened a browser to its IP number. Then it was a matter of hooking up the Bypass Unit between the router and the rest of the network and connecting the E Series unit to it, and we were ready to access it via the network to enter licensing information and turn on the accelerator.
We installed a File Transfer Protocol server program on one of the servers in our test network and timed file transfers to a computer outside the network running an FTP client. Because we knew that we'd only see significant improvement in transfer speeds for larger files, we started with an 80M graphics file as our baseline. We transferred it from the server to the client several times with the acceleration option of the E 10 turned off and on in order to get a good average for each method.
The result was a 23 percent reduction in file transfer times when the acceleration was switched on. With a 750M video file, the improvement increased to 47 percent. From this we concluded that relative transfer times would continue to improve as the file size increased. Also, we theorized that in a more closed system in which the clients' environment and settings were more optimally maintained, the improvement could be even greater.
The FastSoft E 10 has a government price of $9,995 — a good deal for a device that can handle up to 10 megabits/sec of throughput and shows noticeable improvement in transfer rates via regular TCP. For larger networks, FastSoft has accelerators that can handle up to 1 gigabit/sec of throughput. For data center administrators who want to move files faster without installing anything on the client side, the FastSoft E-series might be just what they need.
FastSoft, 626-357-7012, www.fastsoft.com
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text: Yes, it's about that time of year, the time to get in on the "end of the year" lists. At The Extremo Files, I'll be profiling the year's best in exploration, with assistance from some of the most knowledgeable chroniclers around. Today's edition: The Best in Caving. We've teamed up with Caving News, the web's go-to site for all things speleo: scientific discoveries, conservation issues, and updates of daring adventures around the world. Scott Falkingham, the caver who runs the site, selected five caving expeditions that pushed the boundaries in 2012 and exposed new subterranean frontiers. He explains his picks in this gallery. Above: Andy McKenzie climbing in Cueva Jadibamba. (Photo Credit: Nicholaus Vieira) 2012 Peru Caving Expedition The first item that comes mind is an expedition to Peru during which an international team of cavers rewrote the list of the world's highest caves. During the first three weeks of the expedition, the team explored the Cajamarca region of northern Peru, tipped off by the disappearance of the large Rio Jadibamba into the limestone. Exploring in water barely above freezing, the team pushed the main system to about 800 meters in length and 40 meters in depth. Several other holes were also discovered, often with the help of local intel, though time constraints left a number of them unexplored. In the second half of the expedition, the ten cavers discovered more than 100 caves in the Puyo valley, all of them at elevations in excess of 4,500 meters (14,760 feet). One cave, Puna Mach'ay was surveyed at an elevation of 4,862 meters (15,951 feet), making it the second highest in the world. -- Scott Falkingham, Caving News Above: Cavers Andy McKenzie and Alan Warrild in Cueva Jadibamba. (Image Credit: Nicholaus Vieira)Australian caving godfather Alan Warrild rigging a -115m shaft. (Photo Credit: Nicholaus Vieira) The Call of the Abyss, Arabika Massif, Abkhazia Next up would be two related expeditions. In early August, Ukrainian cave diver Gennady Samokhin, extended the depth of Krubera-Voronja, the world's deepest known cave, by another 5 meters (16 feet) during a 50.5-meter (166 foot) dive in the cave's main siphon. The cave, located in Abkhazia's (Georgia's) Arabika Massif, is now surveyed to a mind-boggling depth of -2,196 meters (-7,205 feet). Part of the Ukrainian Speleological Association's "The Call of the Abyss" Project, Krubera-Voronja has been the subject of an ongoing international expedition since 2000, which has involved more than 50 cavers from 11 different countries. Later that same month in the same region, cavers on another expedition pushed Sarma Cave to -1,830 meters (-6,004 feet) deep, increasing its lead as the second deepest cave by 70 meters. One of the largest karst areas on earth, the relatively unexplored Arabika massif contains several hundred caves. With a handful already surveyed to more than 1,000 meters, this is a region full of potential. -- Scott Falkingham, Caving News Above: The mountains of Abkhazia. (Photo Credit: Flickr/Argenberg) Lechuguilla Cave, Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico The big news in the U.S. this year has been the exciting discovery made in Carlsbad Caverns National Park's Lechuguilla Cave. An eight-day expedition in early May resulted in the discovery of a new section of cave passages with large rooms, deep pits, and many new leads. The new area, dubbed Oz, was discovered after cavers successfully climbed a dome called the Kansas Twister, which measured in at 164 meters (535 feet), taller than a 50-story building. Only opened in by diggers in 1986, cave explorers have already surveyed over 130 miles (210 km) and loads of exciting leads still remain to be explored. -- Scott Falkingham, Caving News Above: Derek Bristol and Adam Weaver surveying below the Wizard, a formation filled dome over 100 feet overhead, inside New Mexico's Lechuguilla Cave. (Photo credit: John Lyles)Derek Bristol and Adam Weaver surveying in the Oz borehole inside the Lechuguilla Cave. (Photo credit: John Lyles) Sistema Sac Actun, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico The final selection I have is the discovery of a connection between Mexico's Sistema Sac Actun and Sistema Dos Ojos which together have a combined length of 303.35 kilometers (188.49 miles), and bump South Dakota's Jewel Cave to become the second longest (albeit primarily underwater) cave system on the planet. In a strange twist, the connection between these mainly underwater cave systems was actually made by "dry cavers," exploring on the surface. -- Scott Falkingham, Caving News Above: A large chamber inside Dos Ojitos, part of the Dos Ojos system in Mexico. (Photo Credit: Peter Sprouse)Terri Sprouse surveying under the dripline toward Dos Ojos Cave, in Mexico. (Photo Credit: Peter Sprouse)Honorable Mentions Other notable caving news from this year includes the participation of Italian cave divers in the recovery effort following the Costa Concordia disaster, the discovery of the "Frozen Deep," the largest chamber in England's Mendip Hills, and the French/Swiss expedition to Papua New Guinea during which 11 kilometers (6.8 miles) of new passage were explored. -- Scott Falkingham, Caving News Above: Alison Moody in front of the Grotto, a feature in the "Frozen Deep", a chamber about 30 meters (100 feet) high, 36 meters (120 feet) wide, and 60 meters (200 feet) long discovered by diggers in the Mendip's Reservoir Hole, England. (Image Credit: Nick Chipchase)Nigel Cox in the In the "Frozen Deep", a newly discovered chamber in the Mendip cave system in England. (Image Credit: Nick Chipchase)


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Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Wordless Wednesday (Pair of Three Edition)
5 comments:
- Marni's Organized Mess said...
Um, wow! They are cute, but not for that, I am cheap...
What would you do with a $75 gift card? I have a giveaway on my blog right now for just that!
Come on over and enter to win! It's only going until the end of tomorrow…. hurry!
- December 15, 2010 at 12:43 AM
- Denise Kline said...
Those pictures are pretty. I'm following you from Bloggy Moms.
- December 15, 2010 at 2:56 PM
- Colette S said...
Those are pretty, but I'd rather it not be so expensive. Wow. !
- December 15, 2010 at 8:06 PM
- Kristi {at} Live and Love...Out Loud said...
I'm beginning to think someone stole the other 2. $58 is a little steep! I'm inclined to think that someone walked away with them.
- December 16, 2010 at 11:50 AM
- Unknown said...
PAIR of 3? Niiiice. Perhaps the artist should have saved 1 and made it a Pair of 2 (although Pair of 2 would be redundant!).
Better? The artist should have billed them as a SET of 3! Slightly less than $20 a piece.
- December 16, 2010 at 4:06 PM


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2010 Dominio de Berzal Blanco
A fairly traditional winery in Rioja produces this wine from 50-year-old viura vines, blended with a little malvasia. The nose is aromatic, as you'd expect. On the palate it is reminiscent of Chablis, but the flavors are more gentle and rounder, especially toward the end. A bit of steeliness re-awakens in a slightly citric finish; very dry. Recommended.


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Andrew Friedman: Reloading the Rays, Not Rebuilding.
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I really do not know how Tampa Bay Rays Vice President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman keeps doing it. For a long span of this off season it was almost as if the Rays entire front office staff closed their doors until almost January.
It was if the Rays staff wanted to sit there lurking as the MLB Free Agent market set its ceilings and cellars for positional and pitching. Then like a top of the food chain predator, Friedman awoke from his Rip Van Winkle slumber and proceeded to hand pick his replacement fruit from the still bountiful MLB player trees.
Evan as other free agents started getting plucked with vigor from the tree by other teams in haste, Friedman acted more like a customer in the produce aisle thumping the exterior of players like a ripe melon. His first move of the off season Friedman went out and signed promising ex-Nationals right-hand reliever Joel Peralta on December 17,2010 to help fill the first piece of the Rays Bullpen overhaul.
In his now classic under a cloak of secrecy Rays style, Friedman was also concluding one trade deal with the San Diego Padres to ship one of his big ticket arbitration eligible Jason Bartlett on the same day as the Peralta singing. Still lurking in the darkness was a thunderous trade of Rays starter Matt Garza to the Chicago Cubs on January 8, 2011. Friedman made out like a bandit on both trades bringing back a bountiful treasure trove of both MLB quality players, plus some high caliber prospects that will help reload the Rays farm system for the next Rays reload.
The trades of his two highest dollar arbitration eligible players helped Friedman free up just over $ 10 million to pursue some big fish for other Rays glaring holes in their Bullpen, plus a big bat to protect Evan Longoria in the Rays line-up. But the Tampa Bay sun was shining bright on Friedman as two of his other arbitration eligible players Centerfielder B J Upton and reliever Andy Sonnanstine both signed one year contracts freeing up Friedman from any possible arbitration hearing duty this Spring.
Just as you thought Friedman might take a deep breath and relax for a brief moment, Friedman went out and got his intimidating back-end of the Bullpen reliever in RHP Kyle Farnsworth on January 15. Friedman then possibly made a few decoy moves in signing complimentary pieces RHP Dirk Hayhurst and 2B Daniel Mayora to minor league deals with a Spring Training Invites.
Then in Friedman style, just when you thought that the MLB cupboard was starting to become mighty bare, Friedman signs Tampa Bay native and defensive First Baseman Casey Kotchman to a minor league deal. The Kotchman deal might have been another Friedman diversion as his next deal had some around the MLB wondering if the Rays were in fact rebuilding or just simply reloading.
One day after Kotchman signed, the Rays announce their biggest off season signing of the season, a duo signing of Lf/DH Manny Ramirez and LF/DH Johnny Damon to one year contracts that are very team friendly. Ramirez and Damon's combined salaries will cost the Rays around $ 7.25 million (not including Damon's attendance incentives), which still is only $ 1.75 million LESS than the Rays paid Pat Burrell for his services through mid-May 2010.
If you even include Farnsworth's $ 3 million base salary (not including games finished incentives), the three signings will sneak just under the projected off season arbitration figures of traded players Bartlett and Garza ( $ 10.5 million). Only Friedman could trade away two important cogs of the Rays roster and get so much back in return, plus prospects who will help keep the Rays payroll in check for a long time.
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But that is the magic of Friedman. Somehow he can come into a do-or-die cost-cutting scenario with only a bale of wheat or hay and come out in the end spinning a strand of thin gold into a tight ball. You have to seriously wonder just how savvy and creative Friedman was as an investment banker if he can do all of this with a significantly reduced Rays payroll (proposed ceiling between $40-50 million).
Pull up the Rays 40-man roster going into Spring Training, including their under the radar Spring Training Invites. On February 15, 2011 when Rays pitchers and catchers begin their first 2011 workouts, it will be just over 60 days since Friedman's first signing of Peralta. Just think about the level of talent already assembled, and we still have over 10 days for Friedman to still daze and confuse us before that first workout.
Not since that first Rays blunder under Friedman's watch when the Rays tried to sneak Josh Hamilton through the Rule 5 Draft, has Friedman toughened up and taken a firm stand that he will never be surprised like that again. Deal for deal, salary for salary, I truly think Friedman might have gotten the most money back on his entire player investments since taking the Rays reins.
Besides the tarnish of the Burrell debacle, there is nothing but shine to Friedman's trade and Free Agent moves. Since his emergence on the MLB scene, Friedman has been simply golden. Gifted with a crack Scouting Department, piles and piles of correlated data and visuals, plus an eye for talent, Friedman has made the Rays a role model for team competing on a shoestring budget.
But do not be surprised if in the next 10 days, before February 15th if Friedman doesn't pull another off-the-cuff deal that seemed to come out of nowhere. But then again, that is okay, Friedman is not rebuilding the Rays, he is just helping them reload
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That is a lot of moves by the Rays while still balancing out the checkbook. But I hope the trade of Garza wasn't a steal for Tampa, I'll be happy with an even swap ;)
That deal will come down to if you want to win now…or wait for the prospects you traded to get to the MLB level.
The Garza deal was a decision by the Cub's brass to get the pieces now to stack up to the Reds and Cardinals and hoist themselves to the next level.
Do not discount the addition of Fernando Perez. The guy is lightning in a bottle quick and can be a great asset to the Cubs.
Based on a scenario of now versus tomorrow, the Cubs are winners in that deal/ But the fulcrum will change in 2012 or 2013 to show the Rays might be winners in the long run.
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I think that for this year, the Rays won't be much of a contender. But if all of these prospects blossom properly, they certainly will be a contender for years to come. I for one have always preferred the "Win now" mentality and have never really understood why teams sometimes trade today for tomorrow. But sometimes it works, and other times it flops. I guess we'll see with the Rays.
In 2011, the Rays will send James Shields, David Price, Jeff Neimann, Wade Davis and (hopefully) Jeremy Hellickson to the mound to start the season.
All five were groomed within the Rays farm system. None were brought in via a trade. It is a pure example that a farm system can produce your rotation, if you wait for it to mature.
Most people forget the Rays were considered non-contenders in 2010, but ended up having the best record in baseball, plus won their second A L East title in 3 years.
I always wait until September to bang on the drum, but I am patting the bongo now that you should not discount this team….yet.
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At the top levels of Pershing, it's not uncommon for executives to have several decades worth of longevity at the firm. Chairman Brian Shea and Chief Relationship Officer Jim Crowley, both of whom had major roles at Pershing Insite 2013, which ended Friday, fit the pattern, as does new CEO Ron DeCicco and COO Lisa Dolly.
In an interview with DeCicco (left) and Dolly during the conference, both acknowledged that for executives at Pershing, it's common practice to get experience in different divisions within the firm, which provides a strong base for taking on higher-level executive positions.
However, they also were quick to say that among those veterans, Pershing likes to sprinkle in "fresh blood" from the likes of Mark Tibergien, who was brought in to run Pershing Advisor Solutions in 2007, and more recently John Brett, who earlier this year was named to head Pershing's managed accounts business. In addition to a long career at Merrill Lynch, Brett most recently ran MetLife's broker-dealers, who cleared through Pershing.
"We supplement our homegrown talent with people from the outside, like Mark Tibergien," said DeCicco, who assumed Shea's position as CEO earlier this year.
"It's a special culture," said Dolly, which she called "highly collaborative," suggesting that if an executive wanted to oversee any particular Pershing operations, it's important to have "sat in someone else's seat." While DeCicco said "we're a metrics-driven organization," as an example of that collaboration he cited the fact that he and Dolly share an office.
As for his priorities, DeCicco says they're "driven by our customers," and since Pershing doesn't sell its own products, the company's overarching goal is to make its customers the "most competitive in the marketplace." He sees "advancing the advisory model" as one of Pershing's top priorities, especially those advisors who are dually registered. He also sees threats to Pershing's RIA and broker-dealer businesses since the "younger generation is more likely to get advice online," which partly explains Pershing's ongoing investment in technology, especially mobile tech.
Dolly sees the human capital issue as a major challenge for advisors. "Mark [Tibergien] has helped us out greatly there," she said, mentioning that she had attended that day a lunch at Insite that focused on how advisors can attract and recruit more female advisors, especially through coaching and mentoring. "Mark and his team has helped us" realize the importance of women not just as advisors, but as clients, she said, citing the sheer size of woman-controlled wealth and household assets in the country.
Addressing the issue of regulation, another big challenge for advisors, DeCicco said that when it comes to restoring investor trust in financial institutions that was damaged by the financial crisis, "regulation can't do it alone." While he said that "as an industry we have to take responsibility" for that damaged trust, he called for more collaboration between Congress, regulators and industry groups to create true "investor-centric" regulation rather than the all-too-often instances of "agency-centric" regulation, where regulators compete against each other, such as in the fiduciary rulemakings now under way at the SEC and the Department of Labor.
Dolly said "we can be helpful from an educational standpoint," which is why so many Pershing staffers participate in industry associations like FINRA.
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A South African safari ends in hundreds of digital photos of giraffes, hippos and natural wonders for a new widow who shocks herself by falling in love en route. Anna Farrell's son and daughter send her on the trip to help heal her grief at the sudden death of her husband. A friend who was to accompany her has an accident and Anna goes alone—but not for long. Back home in England, Jonathan Farrell, separated from his wife and his two young sons, is contacted by a mysterious young woman who begs his help with a scandal but then refuses to tell him what it is. Jonathan is a sort-of-working freelance journalist who nonetheless manages to support a household and his lifestyle easily between gigs. He worries about finding work but lack of income never trims his sails. I wonder if this magical freelance existence is a recurring theme with Fraser?
In any case, the mystery contact keeps calling and then turning into a no-show, Jonathan enlists a friend—another freelance journalist who has plenty of work–to help him explore the elusive caller's hints; Jonathan's mom is wined and dined in style on safari; and Jonathan's sister Sophie tries to sort out her troubled friends, adolescent kids and other domestic complications. Anna's new beau is connected to the mystery caller and to a glamorous former model who is still tabloid fare and who can't keep a confidence. Jonathan finds out what the terrible secret is and discovers something even more horrible and deadly that puts him in danger. Friends fall in and out of favor and the family obsesses over what to say to each other and when to say it.
Shifting Sands has a more believable plot resolution than Unfinished Portrait, the Fraser mystery with Rona Parish as the sleuth. But the stakes never feel high enough, the danger never gets tense enough, the misleading clues are finally disappointing and harsh reality is never very messy or inconvenient. After two books, my impression is that Fraser writes light, comfortable mysteries that provide an afternoon's entertaining read but won't keep you up late at night or unsettle your mind with pictures or threats too vivid to let you fall asleep. Predictable, quasi-modern cozies for those times when life is challenging enough and an undemanding genre book is the perfect respite.
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Around the Horn: Davis eyeing left-field job
Former seventh-round Draft pick gets chance with Braun's shift to right
This is the ninth installment of an Around the Horn series that has already bounced around the diamond to cover the starting rotation, the bullpen, second base, right field, first base, center field, catcher and shortstop
PHOENIX -- If you want to know about his rise from collegiate bench warmer to seventh-round Draft pick to presumptive starting left fielder for the Milwaukee Brewers, Khris Davis has a suggestion.
"Call Rick Vanderhook," Davis suggests. "He's seen me at my lowest."
His "lowest" was in 2007, when Davis was a highly-touted freshman at Cal State Fullerton and Vanderhook, who is now the Titans' head coach, was an assistant in charge of hitting and outfield play. Davis arrived with a reputation for power but hit zero home runs and slugged just .288 in 125 at-bats that season, and watched his playing time diminish.
Flash forward to 2013 and Davis was slugging .596 in the Major Leagues, trailing only Hanley Ramirez, Miguel Cabrera and Chris Davis (no relation) among big leaguers who logged at least 20 plate appearances.
Khris Davis was so good as a fill-in for the suspended Ryan Braun that the Brewers are moving Braun to right field and giving Davis a chance to win everyday duties in left.
"Khris had never failed before he got to college. Never," Vanderhook said. "It's hard. When you get to that next level, sometimes it's a completely different world."
Vanderhook has a long history with the Davis family, playing against Khris' dad, Rodney, from the time they were 12 years old. Rodney Davis went on to play in the Minor Leagues for the Dodgers. Vanderhook played at Fullerton and then went straight into coaching, helping develop at least 17 hitters who went to the Major Leagues.
He knew Davis could be special because of his "stupid" power, especially to the opposite field.
Khris hit a lot of home runs in high school, and as you see with a lot of guys in professional baseball, it normally takes time to develop power [at more advanced levels]," Vanderhook said. "He had it, but I don't think he knew how to use it."
Davis had no trouble winning power-on-power matchups against hard-throwing pitchers in high school, but had to learn to hit pitchers who could pitch in college.
It proved a difficult adjustment.
"When you got 2-and-0, you didn't get the fastball. You got the changeup," Vanderhook said. "So he ended up taking too many bad swings and just had to learn how to stick with [an approach]. He struggled with it, and then when he didn't have success, he had to learn with not having success.
"He obviously learned well."
Davis came back better in 2008, hitting four home runs with a .205 on-base percentage and a .462 slugging percentage in 93 at-bats. In 2009, he became a full-time starter and hit .328 with 16 home runs and 58 RBIs, a .412 on-base percentage and .642 slugging percentage in 232 at-bats.
The Brewers made him their seventh-round Draft pick that June and Davis kept on hitting. In his first full professional season, he smacked 22 home runs at Class A Wisconsin, a club record since tied by another power prospect, Victor Roache. In 2011, Davis hit 17 more homers and set a career high with 84 RBIs between advanced Class A Advanced Brevard County and Double-A Huntsville. In 2012, he missed some time with a calf injury but advanced all the way to Triple-A Nashville and the prestigious Arizona Fall League.
In 2013, Davis rode a strong Spring Training (six Cactus League homers, plus another tape-measure shot in an exhibition against Team Canada) to an Opening Day roster spot with the Brewers. He struggled with sporadic playing time and was returned to Nashville, but came back to the Brewers after Braun was suspended and became Milwaukee's regular left fielder down the stretch.
He's vying with Logan Schafer, Caleb Gindl and other outfielders in camp to seal the job for 2014.
"We're not saying that this is Khris' job coming into camp," manager Ron Roenicke said. "Those other guys are going to be fighting for a job, too."
That's just fine with the soft-spoken Davis.
"Every year, I definitely want to earn what I deserve," he said. "The opportunity that's in front of me, I see it. But I have to kind of let it come to me. I feel like I could create a lot of pressure, but if I let it [happen], I think I could do really well."
Davis speaks clearly and calmly and deliberately. He prides himself on his laid-back demeanor and says he admires other athletes who carry themselves the same way, like NBA star Kevin Durant or NFL quarterback Russell Wilson.
"Always cool, calm," Davis said. "I respect those personality traits in athletes."
It might help him as a hitter. The Brewers love Davis' patient approach, which saw him swing at only 31.1 percent of pitches outside the strike zone last season, fifth-best among the team's hitters with at least 50 plate appearances, and see 4.05 pitches per plate appearance, trailing only Rickie Weeks.
"I think there's an instinct part in hitters," Davis said. "I learned quality ABs in college, like producing good outs. College brought that out of me. Before, I think I was pretty immature, wanted to get a hit every time. I mean, I want to get a hit every time now, but it's different."
Speaking of difference, Davis knows his circumstances have changed dramatically from this time last year.
"No one expected me to break camp last year," he said. "I definitely feel like I'm being watched, and it's definitely different."
His old coach is one of those watching.
"The normal fan doesn't understand how hard it is just to get to the Major Leagues for one day," Vanderhook said. "Most guys are playing 400-500 Minor League games, and then that jump from Triple-A to the Major Leagues is the biggest jump of anything in any sport. When guys achieve that goal, it's a big deal."


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