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OAKLAND — The A's did not have to kiss any baseballs Tuesday night to celebrate a victory. The crowd at O.co Coliseum took care of all the love.
And then some.
"They came out in full force from the get-go," said A's designated hitter Seth Smith, "and got jacked up and got the adrenaline flowing."
And that was before the first pitch.
After the game began … well, there are several ways for a baseball team to recover from a two-games-to-zero deficit in a best-of-five baseball series against the Detroit Tigers. One way is to enter the airspace of the Hegenberger Road Patchy Grass Zoo and Clamor Society, then soak up the vibes and let the assembled multitudes help you make great defensive plays and wicked pitches and powerful swings of the bat on the way to winning.
If the atmosphere at the Coliseum is the same for the next nine innings as it has been for the last seven games there — all A's victories — we might indeed get to that Game 5.
Tuesday's victory was also a retort of sorts to the events of Sunday in Detroit. Toward the end of a Tigers' victory, Detroit reliever Al Alburquerque had induced a grounder back to the mound and then kissed the ball before tossing it to first base. Some of the A's were angered by the gesture, others puzzled and amused.
The paying customers at the Coliseum, meanwhile, simply decided to turn up the volume knob to 11. In the first postseason game there since 2006, the A's took a first-inning lead on a single by Yoenis Cespedes and added another run on a homer by Smith in the fifth inning, while riding starter Brett Anderson's no-nonsense pitching performance into the late innings for the bullpen to finish off the job.
The players deserve credit for that stuff. But all of them gave at least some credit to the 37, 090 fans who showed up and kept the Coliseum rocking all night long.
"I think we get a kick of how into the game they are," said relief pitcher Sean Doolittle. "The way they play off what we're doing is awesome. If one of our hitters gets ahead in the count, 2-0, they're on their feet yelling. When one of our pitchers gets ahead in the count 0-2 against a batter, same thing."
Meanwhile, when center fielder Coco Crisp climbed the outfield wall for a ridiculous home run take-away catch and Cespedes dove for another preposterous defensive gem, the decibels seemed to push each man the final few inches to grab each ball.
It was a reminder how, under certain circumstances, a sports venue can become a mystical force of some sort and sweep away the participants. Across the bay, tidy AT&T Park can be quite noisy for Giants' games but seldom if ever crosses the pandemonium bar. On Tuesday, the Coliseum did that about five times. In the first inning alone.
You can also give some credit, believe it or not, to the A's for choosing not to unleash the upper deck tarps. The team handled the public relations part of that unpopular choice awkwardly. But here was the end result: Rather than having 36,000 or 41,000 people spread out in patches over 55,000 seats — as occurred in 2000 and 2002 during division series games before the tarps were installed in 2005 — the announced 37,090 customers on Tuesday night were all concentrated in the lower decks near the field.
Some audiologist or sound expert can figure out the exact acoustical ramifications of that configuration. But in terms of decibels produced on the field of play, everyone agreed it was pretty awesome.
That included the Tigers. Max Scherzer, who will start Wednesday's Game 4 for Detroit, was in the dugout watching Tuesday night and noticed a change from the regular season.
"We've come here several times, and they have good fans, but they usually don't have this many people," said Scherzer. "That's probably the most rowdy atmosphere I've seen here — or probably at any ballpark I've been to. Kudos to them."
It's true that attendance throughout the regular season was dismal. But as the A's caught fire in late summer, the seats mysteriously began to fill. On Tuesday, the raucous atmosphere continued into the later innings with the silly "Bernie Lean" dance — and then into the bottom of the ninth, when A's reliever Grant Balfour entered the game, the left field tribe did their arm-churning deal to signify the rage with which their hero pitches. Balfour then retired the side.
Could this really carry over two more days?
"Being back here with our fans, we're feeling really good," said Doolittle.
"They stay with us, not just when we're ahead but when we've been down one or two," said catcher Derek Norris.
Does he even remember the last time the A's lost at home?
"I don't know," said Norris. "And I don't want to know."
The actual date was Sept. 16, more than three weeks ago, in the final game of a series against Baltimore. Might have been the last time the place was quiet. Might be the last time it's quiet in a while.
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With temperatures expected to dip into the 30s overnight Friday, Cardboard City participants were exposed to just one of the challenges that face those who live on the streets.
With temperatures expected to dip into the 30s overnight Friday, Cardboard City participants were exposed to just one of the challenges that face those who live on the streets.
Participants spent the night in cardboard boxes to simulate homelessness to get a feel for what it�s like, remind them how fortunate they are and raise money to help those in need, organizers said.
Camp Lejeune resident Jill Bright brought her three children to spend the cold night in a cardboard box.
�My son asked where the mattresses were and I told him there weren't any,� she said. �'Man, it's rough being poor,' he said.�
Bright said she wanted to show her children that they have everything they need and teach them to care for people who don't.
To help raise money and awareness for Family Promise of Onslow County, dozens of people camped out in cardboard boxes and tents at Trinity United Methodist Church on Marine Boulevard. The church is a member of the Family Promise group, which helps homeless families with children remain intact while they transition to self-sufficiency.
Among those who took part were church youth groups, clubs, civic organizations and concerned families. The participants had to raise at least $100 through self-donation, pledges or fundraisers in order to set up camp.
Participants were allowed to bring only sleeping bags, tarp, medications and essential toiletries. Outside food, electronic and entertainment items and anything deemed nonessential were not allowed. Strictly forbidden were alcoholic beverages, illegal drugs, glass bottles, weapons, iPods, MP3 Players and cellphones. Chaperones, however, had cellphones in case of an emergency.
Family Promise Board Member Sheila Bath said the organization decided the event, in its second year, was just different enough that it might catch people's attention.
�When you tell people you're going to spend the night in a cardboard box they suddenly listen to you,� she said. �It's a good way to raise awareness and money.�
Homeless is defined as being without a safe warm place to sleep, eat and care for children. Two to three million people a year experience homelessness. Children make up 25 percent of the nation�s homeless, and young people with small children is the fastest growing homeless demographic, according to national statistics provided by the U.S. Housing Department.
In Onslow County, school officials have identified more than 400 students who are homeless or living with extended family members. More than half are homeless due to evictions and foreclosures.
To combat homelessness and prevent families from falling apart, Family Promise unites local churches to provide shelter, meals and support services to families without homes.
Host congregations provide lodging and meals for up to 14 individuals, usually three to five families for one week every two to three months on a rotating schedules. Families stay at the church at night and spend the day at a central day center where they care for their children, look for jobs or training and go to work or school.
Family Promise is part of CANDO � the Community Advisory Network Developing Onslow County.
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What if I Don't Acquire Affairs to Biking to the U.S. Yet?
VWP travelers are not appropriate to acquire specific affairs to biking to the United States afore they administer for an ESTA Biking Authorization. As anon as VWP travelers activate to plan a cruise to arrangement the U.S., they are encouraged to administer for biking approval through the ESTA website. Applicants are not appropriate to amend their destination addresses or itineraries if they change afterwards their ESTA Biking Approval has been granted.
Does the ESTA Biking Approval Agreement Access to the U.S.?
An ESTA Biking Approval alone authorizes a adventurer to lath an airline or abode for biking to the U.S. beneath the Acceptance Waiver Program. Afterwards they arrive, travelers who acquired an ESTA Biking Approval may still be denied access (also alleged "admission") at a U.S. anchorage of entry, such as an American airport. An accustomed ESTA is not a agreement of accommodation at an American airport. In all cases, the American airport admiral accomplish the final assurance whether a adopted adventurer can access the U.S. or not. You still acquire to authorize to the achievement of the analytical administrator that you are advantaged to be accepted to the U.S. beneath the Acceptance Waiver Program.
Can I Change My Biking Itinerary?
It is accessible to change an beat on an absolute ESTA Biking Authorization; ESTA is brash so that you can amend locations of it at any time. Travelers who did not get an ESTA approval may be denied boarding by the airlines, acquaintance delayed processing, or be denied acceptance to the U.S. at the American airport.
What If I Already Acquire a Accurate B1/B2 Company Visa?
While the ESTA Biking Approval is completed online with no interview, there are Visas that crave a U.S. Embassy interview. The Acceptance action has abstracted procedures, which about crave an appointment, biking to a U.S. Embassy, an annual with a Consular Officer, processing time, and the transaction of an appliance fee. If a adopted civic already went to the U.S. Embassy and has a accurate B1/B2 Company Acceptance pasted in their approval it is not all-important to get an ESTA Biking Approval because the adventurer will be entering with a B1/B2 Company Acceptance and not through the Acceptance Waiver Program. Keep in apperception that an accustomed ESTA Biking Approval is not a Visa.
Can I Re-Apply for an ESTA Biking Approval if Denied?
Yes, but you acquire to delay at atomic 10 canicule to reapply and your affairs acquire to acquire changed. Unless there is a change in a absolute fact, re-application will not change the result. Keep in apperception that applying for an ESTA Biking Approval with apocryphal advice can could cause a adopted civic to be assuredly barred from anytime entering America. The ESTA arrangement is brash to try to anticipate individuals from alteration and manipulating an ESTA access until they acquire an approval.
What If I am Denied an ESTA Biking Approval and Acquire No Afflicted Circumstances?
There are three types of responses to an ESTA application; approved, awaiting or biking not accustomed (denied). Applicants who acquire a "pending" acknowledgment are brash to analysis the website 72 hours later. Applicants who are denied will be appropriate to go to a U.S. Embassy to administer for a academic nonimmigrant visa, such as a B1/B2 Visa, which may yield months.
Can a Adventurer Find Out the Reason Why an ESTA Appliance was Denied?
The U.S. Dept. of Homeland Aegis has declared that travelers may acquaintance the DHS Biking Redress Inquiry Affairs (DHS TRIP at dhs.gov) but there are no guarantees that advice about a abnegation will be divulged. U.S. Embassies and Consulates are not appropriate to accommodate abstracts about an ESTA abnegation nor boldness the affair that acquired the ESTA denial.
What If I Acquire a Criminal Record?
Only those able to biking beneath the VWP are acceptable to pre-register through ESTA. Persons who acquire been arrested and/or bedevilled are about not acceptable for VWP and apparently crave a academic Visa, such as a B1/B2 Visa, to biking to America. If a adopted civic has accustomed tickets for dispatch (which don't usually aftereffect in an arrest or conviction) they are apparently still acceptable for the VWP and ESTA. If a adopted adventurer has been denied access into or abandoned from the U.S., they crave a academic Visa.
Do Any Added Countries Acquire a Similar Program?
Australia has a affairs alleged the Electronic Biking Authority (ETA) that mandates travelers to abide an ETA appliance electronically through a website requesting permission to biking to Australia. Airlines may debris to acquire cartage who do not acquire either an accustomed ETA or Acceptance to access Australia.
How Long Will the ESTA Appliance Abstracts be Stored? Who Can Access It?
The ESTA Biking Approval is accurate for two years or until the traveler's approval expires, whichever comes first. The American government will advance the advice for at atomic 15 years to acquiesce retrieval of the advice for law enforcement, civic security, or investigatory purposes. Advice submitted through ESTA can aswell be aggregate with any U.S. government organization.
What Advice Does the Airlines Get?
Airlines will acquire acceptance of a passenger's ESTA cachet acceptance the "Advance Passenger Advice System" (APIS) which shows whether the ESTA approval has been accepted for a Acceptance Waiver Affairs traveler. It is recommended that the adventurer book out the ESTA appliance approval in adjustment to advance a almanac of their ESTA appliance amount and to acquire acceptance of their ESTA status.
What About Children?
Accompanied and unaccompanied children, behindhand of age, are appropriate to access an absolute ESTA Biking Authorization.
What if a Aberration was Made on the ESTA Application?
The ESTA website will ask applicants to analysis their appliance afore arrangement it. Also, there is an amend action for assertive advice such as email address, blast number, or flight information. If an appellant makes a aberration that cannot be "updated," he will charge to abide a new ESTA application.
What if I Alone Acquire a Abutting Flight Through the U.S.?
Visa Waiver Affairs visitors who acquire a abutting flight in the U.S. are appropriate to either acquire ESTA Biking Approval or a Acceptance from a U.S. Embassy in their approval to biking through the U.S. even for a one hour stop. If a adventurer is alone planning to stop in the U.S. en avenue to addition country, the adventurer should access the words "In Transit" and his final destination in the abode curve beneath the branch "Address While In The United States" on the ESTA application.
What Are the Questions on the ESTA Biking Approval Application?
The adventurer acquire to accommodate (in English) biographical abstracts including name, bearing date, country of citizenship, country of residence, email address, sex, blast number, approval information, destination abode in the U.S., biking advice (round cruise airline ticket, flight amount and city-limits breadth you are boarding) as able-bodied as questions apropos catching diseases (chancroid, gonorrhea, granuloma inquinale, HIV, leprosy, lymphogranuloma venereum, syphilis [active], tuberculosis [active], and others), concrete or brainy disorders, biologic addiction problems, arrests, convictions, accomplished history of acceptance abandoning or denial, and above-mentioned deportations from the U.S. The adventurer will aswell be asked whether they are gluttonous plan in the U.S., acquire anytime been abandoned or approved to get a acceptance by artifice or misrepresentation. The adventurer will be asked if they acquire anytime bedfast a adolescent of a U.S. Citizen accepted aegis of the child, and whether they acquire anytime asserted amnesty from prosecution.
Do I Select "Business" or "Pleasure (Tourist) at the Airport Anchorage of Entry?
After the ESTA Biking Approval is granted, the adopted adventurer will be interviewed by government admiral at the aboriginal American airport they land. The administrator will ask what the adopted adventurer will be accomplishing in America and the analytic can yield up to four hours in a bedfast ambience alleged "secondary inspection." The administrator may ask the adventurer "what abroad are you accomplishing in America?" again to try to get "the real" answer. If the adventurer is alone traveling to be a tourist, they are not accustomed to do any business, including affair with any attorneys, applying for a coffer account, affair with absolute acreage agents, or added business consulting activities. Even admitting the adventurer is traveling to conduct just one business affair while in America, they are appropriate to abode it and access as a business visitor. The business company is accustomed to participate in day-tripper activities, but the day-tripper company is not accustomed to participate in any business activities. Therefore, if any business ability be conducted while in America, it is best to acquaint the government admiral about it at the airport to abstain getting accused of lying, put anon on a even aback to your home country, and barred from America for life.
What Abroad Do Can the Airport Admiral Accomplish Me Prove Afterwards I Land?
The airport admiral will ask the adventurer affidavit of a adopted abode (address on adopted driver's license), whether their ambition is to abandon at the end of the arrangement (round cruise airline ticket), whether the adventurer has a job (letter, paystub, business card) and ancestors in their home country, (marriage certificate, childrens' bearing certificates), and whether the adventurer has the money to biking about America (bank account or acclaim cards with coffer letter assuming acclaim limit). The airport admiral are aswell appropriate to ask breadth the adventurer will break in America (hotel anxiety or friends/relatives' homes) and acquire been accepted to aces up the buzz to verify all of the above information.
Can I Be Searched in the American Airport? Am I Advantaged to Acknowledged Representation?
While getting interviewed at the American airport, all baggage (even bound bags) can be searched, as able-bodied as the traveler's physique and his/her corpuscle buzz (including argument letters and buzz numbers) and laptop (including harder drive). The admiral may "google" a traveler's name and analysis out their myspace, Facebook or hyves pages. The adventurer is not accustomed to be represented by an advocate or even alarm their advocate while in "secondary inspection." Bathroom visits, baptize and aliment may be limited, so it is best to adapt for such an break while still on the even afore landing.
Do I Still Acquire to Go Through the "US-VISIT" Affairs at the American Airport?
Foreign travelers accession at American airports and seaports acquire to still be photographed and fingerprinted every time they access the U.S.
Who Should I Ask For Help to Fill Out the ESTA Application?
The advice a adventurer provides on the ESTA appliance can abide in their book with U.S. authorities for a minimum of 15 years – apparently longer. If a adopted adventurer has some questions about how to acknowledgment the questions so as not to be assuredly barred from America, it would be advisable to them to pay for a acknowledged arrangement with an American Clearing Advocate who is a affiliate of the American Clearing Lawyers Association (AILA). Beware of crooked clandestine websites that action ESTA appliance abetment for $49.99 – they are usually not accustomed to convenance clearing law and are allurement travelers to pay for a archetype of the appliance questions, which are chargeless on the dhs.gov website.
If I Am Denied the ESTA Biking Approval Will it Effect My Ability to Access a Acceptance at the U.S. Embassy?
When the ESTA Biking Approval is denied, the adopted adventurer acquire to accomplish an arrangement at a U.S. Embassy in their country to administer for a academic Visa. The U.S. Embassy is operated by the U.S. Department of State and there are no expedited procedures for those who acquire been denied ESTA Biking Authorization. Because the ESTA affairs is so new, it is absurd to adumbrate how abominably a abnegation of the ESTA Biking Approval will appulse a traveler's appliance for a Acceptance at a U.S. Embassy or appulse their approaching biking to America in general. American Clearing Attorneys are in abutting acquaintance with their adopted audience and will allotment the abnegation advice with anniversary added starting in January 2009. Currently there are no government behavior acclimation this breadth of the law, or opportunities to address a denial.
When Is the a "New" ESTA Biking Approval Required?
A new ESTA Biking Approval is appropriate during the two years if (1) the adventurer is issued a new approval (2) the adventurer changes his name (3) the adventurer changes his or her gender (4) the traveler's country of citizenship changes or (5) the affairs basal the traveler's antecedent responses to any of the ESTA appliance questions acute a "yes" or "no" acknowledgment acquire afflicted (such as a new arrest).
Can an American Clearing Attorney, Biking Abettor or Employer Fill Out the ESTA Application?
A third party, such as a relative, biking abettor or American Clearing Attorney, is acceptable to abide an ESTA appliance on account of a VWP traveler. Be acquainted that the adventurer is still amenable beneath the law for the answers submitted on his or her account by a third party.
Over 68,000 travelers acquire already voluntarily registered by application the ESTA online arrangement in the endure few months. Applicants are reminded to access a new "e-passport" which has an dent computer dent able of autumn biographic advice from the abstracts page, as able-bodied as added biometric information, if registering with ESTA.
The columnist is Advocate Danielle Nelisse, buyer of the Law Offices of Danielle Nelisse. She has been practicing U.S. clearing law back 1999. She specializes in U.S. citizenship, allowable abiding abode through marriage, and plan visas. She has a agents of translators who allege German, French, Spanish, Dutch, Russian, Chinese, Japanese and added languages.


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International Relations: Concept Mapping with Inspiration
Students will gain a better understanding of current events and reading material through concept mapping with Inspiration.
- To gain knowledge of a current event (i.e., Iraq's nuclear program-for energy or weapons?)
- To create a concept map of their assigned reading.
- To compare/contrast Neo-realism vs. Realism and Neo-liberalism vs. Liberalism.
- Teacher models how to use Inspiration software using a current event and problems and solutions.
- Together as a class, add facts to concept map and discuss problems regarding those facts.
- Class brainstorms solutions to address how to predicts what's going to happen.
- Individually, students use Inpiration to create a concept map of their assigned reading in textbook. They will define what the different topics are and the different theories within those topics.
- Students will then create Venn diagrams to discuss Neo-Realism vs. Realism and Neo-Liberalism vs. Liberalism.
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- Routinely and efficiently use online information resources to meet needs for collaboration, research, publication, communication, and productivity.
- Select and apply technology tools for research, information analysis, problem solving, and decision making in content learning.
- Collaborate with peers, experts, and others to contribute to a content-related knowledge base by using technology to compile, synthesize, produce, and disseminate information, models, and other creative works.
- Laptops
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Dear Annie: I'm in love with a wonderful man who has a couple of habits I can't seem to get past no matter how often I tell myself they aren't important.
Dear Annie: I'm in love with a wonderful man who has a couple of habits I can't seem to get past no matter how often I tell myself they aren't important.
My partner is 47, smokes heavily, does not exercise and spends a good part of each day playing online poker. I am by no means a health fanatic or a model of productivity, but I do my best to stay in shape and live a relatively healthy, active life. His habits don't hurt me personally, but I can't help finding them distasteful and a turn-off. And that's the last thing I want to feel about someone I'm in love with.
I also believe in letting people be who they are. So am I even within my rights asking him to change these habits "or else"? Or am I being too demanding, considering his otherwise excellent qualities? I'm afraid that the way I feel about these quirks will eventually overshadow the beautiful, positive feelings I have for him. That is depressing to contemplate.
— Hoping for Change
Dear Hoping: These "quirks" do affect you if you live together or share finances. Secondhand smoke can be deadly for you, and someone who plays online poker might have a gambling problem. You cannot force a person to stop smoking, but you can refuse to live in that environment. You also cannot demand that he stop gambling, but if he is addicted and unwilling to quit, you will have an ongoing issue about money. He may have wonderful qualities that you appreciate, but we don't see him as a long-term partner unless he is willing to work on these things.
Dear Annie: I'm 12 years old and started middle school in the fall. I've begun hanging out with a group of four other girls. I never really talked to them until this year. These girls have been together since kindergarten, and it seems that one of them doesn't fully accept me. She has put up a wall between the other girls and me, and I doubt she'll be ready to take it down for a long time.
I'd like to be fully accepted and want to tell them that, but I don't want to be pushy and unkind. What do I do?
— On the Wrong Side of the Wall
Dear Wrong Side: You seem to have a solid grasp of the situation, but we don't recommend you pit yourself against the other girl. She has "seniority," and her friends will back her position if forced to take sides. Instead, get to know her better. Find something you admire about her, and tell her. She needs to see you as an ally and not as a threat to her position within the group. It will take a little while, but in the process, you could be making a friend for life.
Dear Annie: Years ago, I could have written the letter from "Tired Daughter," whose mother is an alcoholic. Setting boundaries is good advice.
My parents divorced to protect my younger brothers from my mother's drinking and bipolar behavior. When I had kids, I would never leave them with my mother or force them to visit. They saw her occasionally, and I found that she was content simply to hear about their accomplishments and receive occasional pictures to show off.
Sometimes Mom would call me, drunk and swearing. If she would not stop, I would hang up. After a few times of that, she no longer called when she was inebriated. I continued to visit her weekly and had a fairly good relationship within the necessary restrictions. When she died, I had no regrets.
Tell "Tired" not to listen to Mom's negative stuff. She can change the subject or try to reason with her. If it's a bad day and that doesn't work, leave. I hope this helps. You can't control her, but boundaries help.
— Been There
Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to firstname.lastname@example.com or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611.


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There is always so much to bring home from these conferences—creative ideas, fresh perspective, new friends, and always, inspiration. After all, BlissDom Canada is a weekend filled with some of the smartest women in the blogging, writing, and social media world, so it's hard not to feel inspired and excited about what you'll do next. Yes, the first few days back after a blogging conference are hard and wonderful... they're wonderful because you get to re-connect with your family and those hugs you receive from the kids? Priceless. The first few days back are also hard because you're not face-to-face in the same room with so many fabulous people.
Yummy Mummy Club. Erica Ehm hosted a fabulous dinner for all her bloggers, and to have us all in one room was amazing. I learned a few things—like the importance of a properly used M-dash—and how incredible all the YMC bloggers are. Seriously. I fell in love with Dr. Kim Foster, and Sarah, and laughed with Connie, and couldn't get over how hot Erica looked, like an even more gorgeous Maria Tomei. It was a great night filled with laugher, wine, and discussion.
Also, full props to Ali for making everyone rock the sock-boots look so well! She's fashion savvy, that Ali, and I miss her already...
Saturday morning I was excited to give a session on How To Price And Value Your Services, and I worried that people wouldn't come to my table for my three sessions. I was happily mistaken, and a lot of great people came to listen to me speak on how to get paid from blogging and the different ways to make money through social media. Thank you to all the fabulous people who came to hear me speak!
The day just flew by... I am thankful I got to spend time with the people I love, even though it felt like the entire conference lasted less than a day! The costume party was great fun, as usual, and Sharon had the most amazing costume ever—she was 50 Shades of Grey, and she is 50 shades of awesome, always.
Thanks for everything, Bliss Chicks... and to everyone who attended? I hope you truly loved it!
P.S. Gav and Ali, I'll be over soon enough for that brunch...


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Madden 09 is eerily accurate
Talk about any other sports here.
Moderators: Mr. Crackerz, JREED, Guybrush, 32
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haha what game did u watch... eerily inaccurate more like. Man, the Lions would be the worst team this season if those 2 Missouri teams didnt want the title so bad.
ahh hello, wass meant to be a joke. LOL. and 1 point off is pretty close after flipping it. haha.. I love madden 09 (xbox360) but the this waaaay off


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Hello again,
So its been a few days since I last posted because I moved from my dorm to my home. Just a quick update today. It seems that Treasure Trooper got rid of a number of accounts because of fraudulent activity. Stupid people, its a simple process and you make easy money, just be honest! The biggest problem is people putting in fake phone numbers, but I got a free one that is an online voice mail and fax line that allows me to receive for free. Its pretty good, I'll post the link soon!
Other than that not much else to tell. My cash dropped because of fraudulent accounts from my referrals, but I'm still about $50 in Treasure Trooper, and have cash in my other Party Poker account, so its looking good!
Cash Total: $125.72


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Restaurant Maydanoz serves all kinds of Eastern-Mediterranean foods originating from the Mediterranean part of Turkey (Antalya, Adana, Antakya, Mersin), but also large parts of countries such as Syria, Lebanon, Israel and Greece.
We mainly focus on the Turkish Mediterranean cuisine. Our restaurant's name 'Maydanoz' is Turkish and simply means 'Parsley'. Parsley is a much-used herb in our Turkish Mediterranean cuisine.
Besides the several main courses that we prepare on our typical charcoal grill, we offer you a wide selection of different 'mezze'. As well-known from the Spanish cuisine (tapas), in the Eastern Mediterranean cuisine these small starters are being called 'mezze'. Mezze can be served either cold or warm.
You will find all of these delicious dishes on our menu. All of our dishes are being prepared with only fresh ingredients and biological herbs (we import these herbs from Eastern Turkey ourselves).Restaurant Maydanoz has recently been awarded with a 9 (out of 10) by the well-known Dutch food critic Johannes van Dam. Also, the independent Dutch food critic's website IENS.nl awarded Restaurant Maydanoz as Amsterdam's best Turkish restaurant over the years 2012 ,2013,2014,2015 and 2016


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...follow the Star
("for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him;" Matthew 2)
add 3 oz steaming espresso
dusted with cinnamon
Gingerbread Spice Simple Syrup
(adapted from here)
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1 tablespoon molasses
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 3-4 thinly sliced pieces of fresh ginger
- 8 whole cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon peppercorns
- 1/2 teaspoon whole allspice
- Mix all ingredients together in pan
- Heat slowly to melt sugar
- Bring to rolling boil, then reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes.
- Remove from heat, strain into container, and cool
- Store covered in refrigerator
Gingerbread Espresso Latte
- 2 tablespoons gingerbread spice simple syrup
- 3 oz espresso
- 4 oz whole milk, heated and frothed
- dusting of cinnamon
- (add a drizzle of chocolate syrup if you need an extra ahhhhhh......)
Cookie recipe can be found HERE.
from www.coffeefacts.org
(maybe this recipe is cappuccino and not latte; it's good by either name)
Cookie recipe can be found HERE.
from www.coffeefacts.org
(maybe this recipe is cappuccino and not latte; it's good by either name)
This blend is basically a mixture of 1/3 of espresso, another 1/3 steamed milk and the rest of the ingredients are frothed or foamed milk. It is known because of its thick layer of milk foam which is its significant identifier. Compared to its latte counterpart, this blend is quite stronger in terms of its taste. You could actually order two sub-types of this blend which are the wet or dry. Dry blends have more foam mixture rather than the steamed milk while wet blends are those with more milk than froth.
There are different foreign term for this blend specifically in French, German and Spanish which means it is likewise known and loved worldwide. This coffee type is often a great breakfast beverage. The recipes on how to make this blend include double shots of espresso and garnished with steamed milk and NOT foam or froth. This is actually a very filling drink due to the generous amount of milk in its serving. In some baristas or café, you would see froth or foam on top of the coffee which is only used for presentation sake. The usual artistic toppings for latte are the leaf or heart shape.


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White Rye Leaven Bread
Today I went back to Andy's Pain au Levain with Light Rye which I made last spring. At the time I didn't know there was a difference between light rye and white rye. I know it now, but I still have access only to White, so that's what I used again. This bread acted like a balloon all through the preparation - I was very careful not to puncture it, and quite worried that it would deflate instead of rise in the oven, but it didn't. Just spring and more spring.
When it was time to shape, I didn't really - it's hard to shape a balloon - just kind of pressed it a little and then folded it up and flipped into a lined basket. I didn't think it would score, so I just ran my razor over some lines that had opened up during proof. So not a tidy bread.
After it came out of the oven, the sun was out and it was sort of pretend warm, so I took it outside to photograph. When it hit the colder air, the loaf started singing like crazy. I set it on the table and a hawk flew overhead. I wasn't fast enough to catch it on the wing, but then it settled down in an oak to rest.
Then walked back through the garden, which is looking more like a garden in waiting this time of year.
My oven is waiting too it seems. When will it be spring?
Didn't have to wait long to cut into the bread though, as it cooled quickly what with its trip outside.


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Sarasota Memorial Health Care System is committed to providing the highest quality medical care possible to those who need our medical services.
The pre-registration process will assist us in preparing for your upcoming hospital visit. Pre-registration is not required, but doing so will expedite your check-in by reducing questions during the registration process.
Please complete pre-registration within three (3) full business days prior to scheduled service. If you find you have questions or need additional assistance with the pre-registration process, please call our Pre-registration Department at (941) 917-6775.
Do I need a doctor to receive medical services?
Yes, a physician order is required to receive most medical services with the exception of Emergency Room, Urgent Care or Walk-In Medical Services. If you need a physician, our HealthLine Physician Referral Service is available to assist you with a referral, as well as help with making an appointment. Contact the HealthLine online at email@example.com or call at (941) 917-7777 between 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. for this free and confidential service.
How do I know if my insurance plan will cover the medical service(s) I require?Sarasota Memorial has contracts with most major medical insurance companies. Patients should verify coverage with their insurance company. See list of Health Insurances Accepted at Sarasota Memorial. Co-payments are due at time of service.
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Your protected personal health information is accessed on a need-to-know basis by Sarasota Memorial registration personnel in order to make your admission and stay as convenient and expedient as possible. Our Notice of Privacy Practices provides legal assurance and pertinent information regarding patient rights and confidentiality of the use of your health information. You will also receive a copy of this brochure when you check-in at Sarasota Memorial.
What should I bring on the day of my visit?
Please be prepared with your physician order, insurance card(s), driver license and/or photo identification. Co-payment is required at this time. Scheduled inpatients are advised to bring a copy of their Advanced Directives or Living Will for hospital records. Please leave any personal valuable items at home.
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Anybody in here follow Jones Soda(JSDA)? I have to do a study for a grad class in financial methods (for engineers, I'm not an accountant). Scouring over balance sheets and income statements, strategy, competition, etc and ultimately making a recommendation on the company (and the stock). I know they were flying high a few years ago, anybody know the story as to why they plummeted? Tried to be too big too fast? Obsessed with growth? I haven't had the time to really dig in...just curious if somebody around here was in the know.
I was going to pick SIRI but I'm too emotionally involved with this stock and with the merger, lack of easily comparable competition, the Liberty deal etc it was going to prove too much given the amount of time I have to work on the project.


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Are you ready to tell your boss to shove his job? Have you had enough of the 9-5 grind and constant commuting?
Has it ever crossed your mind to start your own business but the risk has always worried you? Well these fears are justified. Most small businesses fold in their first couple of years. Many reasons come to mind, commonly the financial commitment. One way to decrease the risk is to investigate the option of Affiliate Marketing.
As you get involved in Affiliate Marketing you can reduce the risk by over 90% and also develop a sound home business.
By becoming an Affiliate Marketer you essentially promote products and services for a merchant. As an Affiliate Marketer you will have access to literally thousands of products and services. If you chose this business you should be aware that you will be required to put in some hard work and be driven to succeed.
As an Affiliate you will simply drive traffic to the merchant's sales page and they will be responsible for all the stock, delivery and payments. By increasing the website traffic you will increase the commissions paid to you.
It is strongly advisable to get involved with an Affiliate Program that is well respected and established. Two of the most respected Affiliate companies are ClickBank and Commission Junction. These Affiliate giants are similar in what they do but are also quite diverse in many ways.
Commission Junction sells many types of products and has an excellent Affiliate program which makes many people a very good living online. ClickBank is equally powerful in the Affiliate Marketing industry but only sells digital products. This has an advantage as all the products you will promote are available to the customer instantly after the purchase.
If you are an imaginative person and are self motivated it is well worth contemplating a profession in Affiliate Marketing. It is possible to create a solid work from home business with limited risk to your finances. Start up expenses are minimal and all that is needed is access to a computer with an Internet connection. By promoting high quality products and services for your merchants you will soon demand respect and develop a solid home business.


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Charles Perrault
Translated from the French
by Christopher Betts
Oxford University Press: 256 pp., $29.95
There's no reliable way to score the game, but it's at least arguable that the European fairy tale has been the source for more popular entertainments than any other narrative tradition -- more than Greek tragedy, the Bible, the Arabian Nights, even the plays of Shakespeare. The enchanted world has inspired works as various as Rossini's Cinderella opera ("La Cenerentola") and Tchaikovsky's "Sleeping Beauty," Jerry Lewis' "Cinderfella" and Stephen Sondheim's "Into the Woods." The Disney animated features, which soften the terror and boost the romance, have had a profound influence in shaping (some have said warping) the minds of children worldwide.
And where the storytellers go, critics are right behind them, Rumpelstiltskins spinning ingenious interpretations out of every theoretical straw that floats by: Freudian, Jungian, Marxist, Christian, feminist, postmodernist -- you name it.
Most of the classic tales were familiar to European mothers and grandmothers centuries before the earliest written versions in Italian, by the fabulists Gianfrancesco Straparola (published 1550) and Giambattista Basile (1636).
Yet the collection that would have the widest and most lasting impact was that by a French courtier named Charles Perrault, published in 1697, that established the brief, moralistic genre later exploited by the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen.
Perrault was an iconoclast, a rebel against the tyranny of classical education in the 17th century, who set out to prove that myths based on European folk tales could have as enduring and profound an appeal as the stories of the Greeks and Romans. A new translation of his little book, by Christopher Betts, proves him triumphantly right about that, if any proof were needed.
Parents who read fairy tales to their children know how terrifying they are. Most fairy tales have a happy ending, but it usually comes only after one or more characters have died a horrible death or spent a long time in durance vile. People who haven't read them since they were children themselves will scarcely believe that such shocking, gruesome stories are permitted in the hands of the young: Fathers who want to marry their daughters, ogres that dine on little children and a serial killer who murders his brides and locks up their corpses in a secret chamber are standard fare.
And that's exactly why the appeal of fairy tales has never diminished. Children are thrill addicts who relish imaginary gore -- and have no interest in theories about why they do so. Only a child can hear the story of "Little Red Riding-Hood" and see it as a straightforward, "what happens next" narrative. We didn't need Freud to tell us that there were powerful sexual currents in a story about a little girl who ends up in bed with a cross-dressing wolf, who amazes her with the prodigious size of various parts of his anatomy.
The most influential of modern fairy-tale theorists was Bruno Bettelheim, who propounded the thesis in "The Uses of Enchantment" (1976) that fairy tales are fantastic psychodramas that enact the real fears of children and end with the reassurance that all will be well in the end, when they grow up. Most American children slay their demons and satisfy their appetite for righteous mayhem with cartoons and video games, but in Perrault's day, European children had direct experience with the horrors portrayed in fairy tales. In the reign of Louis XIV, France was ravaged by famines; thus the story "Hop o' My Thumb," in which the parents abandon their little sons to die in the forest because there isn't enough food for all, wasn't a bizarre, monstrous fantasy but a plausible reality.
Unlike the other great narrative traditions, fairy tales generally have been treated as anthropological phenomena more than as literature. There's no such thing as a definitive text of the major stories; the books read by most children are modern retellings, frequently bowdlerized to protect the sensibilities of the parents. Betts' integral, authoritative translation of Perrault's "Histoires ou Contes," which renders the prose tales in lucid, polished style and (for the first time, Betts writes in his introduction) the poetry in galloping rhyming verse, captures the full measure of the tales' suspenseful power. No matter how many times we've heard the stories, we still long for Cinderella's wicked stepsisters' comeuppance and delight in Puss in Boots' ingenuity in tricking the ogre into transforming himself into a mouse so he can gobble him up.
Yet much of the charm of Perrault's versions lies in their depiction of life during the reign of the Sun King, delightfully captured in 26 engravings by Gustave Doré and reprinted in this edition. The grandmother's rustic hovel in "Little Red Riding-Hood" could be a set for a pastoral ballet at Versailles; Perrault's ogres are landed gentry in grand châteaux, who serve baked children at their tea parties. This gloss of Gallic charm domesticates the savagery of the enchanted world in a way that Disney would later emulate with a sentimental, distinctly American optimism.
James is the author of several books, including "The Music of the Spheres" and "The Snake Charmer: A Life and Death in Pursuit of Knowledge."


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So, you're thinking about opening a
title insurance agency. Well, before you
open the doors for the first time, a review
of the laws and rules affecting insurance
representatives and the operation of Florida
title agencies could be very beneficial to
you. After all, you want to maintain a
successful title agency. Insurance laws are
located in Title XXXVII of the Florida Statutes and
in Chapters 69B y 69O of the Florida Administrative Code.
Here's a quick overview of laws and procedures that new (and not-so-new) agents frequently inquire about, along with the applicable cites, for opening a title insurance agency. If that's not for you, maybe you want to check out the guidelines for opening major lines insurance agencies - bail bond agencies and adjusting firms coming soon.
Florida law prevents you from naming your agency anything that would be misleading or deceptive in any way. Names chosen should not imply that the agency is an insurance company, governmental agency, or any other national or state organization. We will not allow any agency to use a name that does not meet this criteria. If you use the words "title insurance," "title guaranty," or "title guarantee" in your agency's name, you must follow it with the word "agency" in the same size and font. [s. 626.602 y 626.8413, Estatuto de la Florida]
No individual or business can act as a title insurance agency unless it possesses a title insurance agency license. You apply for a license through Mi Perfil after creating an account using the agency's information (Federal Employer Identification Number, etc.). [s. 626.8411, 626.8412, y 626.8418, Estatuto de la Florida]
Title insurance agencies do not require branch licenses. The license of the main office may be used for each branch location, which means that a violation discovered at one branch could affect all the locations. In addition, each branch location that does title insurance work must designate an agent-in-charge (see below) and notify us of the identity of the person designated. Offices that perform closings only do not need to be licensed and do not need a licensed title agent at that location.
You can download forms on our web site, www.MyFloridaCFO.com/Division/Agents. Any completed form should be submitted to the address or fax number listed on the form.
The agent-in-charge for a title insurance agency must be a licensed and appointed title agent or an attorney in good standing with the Florida Bar. You designate your agent-in-charge when you apply for licensure through the agency's Mi Perfil account. [s. 626.172 y 626.0428, Estatuto de la Florida]
On a related matter, you are required you to notify us within 30 days if you or the agency have a change in name, address (including e-mail), or telephone number. This is quickly and easily done by logging in to the Mi Perfil account for you or the agency. Don't forget to log in for both if both have changes to be made! [s. 626.551, Estatuto de la Florida]
Your agency license does NOT authorize you to transact insurance. A license is issued when an applicant meets all of the eligibility requirements mandated by the statutes; however, authority to transact insurance is not established until you are appointed by the insurance company or companies. [s. 626.8412, Estatuto de la Florida]
Before you can be appointed by a title insurance company, you will need to obtain three things: 1) a fidelity bond in an amount, not less than $50,000, acceptable to the title insurance company; 2) errors and omissions insurance in an amount acceptable to the title insurance company in an amount not less than $250,000 per claim and an aggregate limit with a deductible no greater than $10,000; and 3) a surety bond in an amount not less than $35,000 made payable to the title insurer or title insurers appointing the agency. The surety bond must be for the benefit of any appointing title insurer damaged by a violation by the title insurance agency of its contract with the appointing title insurer. If the surety bond is payable to multiple title insurers, the surety bond must provide that each title insurer is to be notified in the event a claim is made upon the surety bond or the bond is terminated. The surety bond must remain in effect and unimpaired as long as the agency is appointed by a title insurer. The agency must provide written proof to the appointing title insurer or insurers on an annual basis evidencing that the surety bond is still in effect and unimpaired. [s. 626.8419, Estatuto de la Florida]
Each licensed title insurance agency must pay $200 as an administrative surcharge by the end of January every year. Failure to pay this amount can result in administrative action and/or a fine being assessed against the license of the title insurance agency. You will be e-mailed an invoice at the beginning of January that will have instructions on paying the surcharge.
Florida Statute sections
626.561 Reporting and accounting for funds
626.8473 Escrow; trust fund
627.780 Illegal dealings in premium
Florida Administrative Code rules
69B-222 Unlicensed insurance personnel
69O-186.003 Title Insurance Rates
69O-186.008 Escrow Requirements
69O-186.009 Reconciliation of Escrow Accounts
69O-186.013 Recopilación Estadística de Seguros de Títulos
You can find all this information, any more, online such as the Estatutos de la Florida y Administrative Code (rules). Our web address is www.MyFloridaCFO.com/Division/Agents. Be sure to check out the various Preguntas Frecuentes (FAQs) we have received and provided answers to help guide you, such as one especially for title insurance.


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Paul Pogba substitution tactical, not because of injury - Jose Mourinho
Riyad Mahrez saw a transfer deadline move to Manchester City fail as Leicester stood firm over their £95 million valuation of him -- and then he refused to train.
Puel says Mahrez needs to get his head right but what's next for Leicester's mercurial talent? ESPN FC's club correspondents have their say on whether their team should consider a summer move.
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MAN CITY: Yes
Pep Guardiola wants more options out wide to stretch opponents, particularly against tight, defensive teams, which is why Mahrez would be an ideal fit for Manchester City. His ability to beat a player and score goals from the wing would provide an alternative to Raheem Sterling and Leroy Sterling which City don't have, and he has a proven quality to play on the quick counter-attack, which Guardiola's side so often use to good effect. The biggest question mark would be whether he would be effective helping with the high press but the City boss clearly thought he was worth taking a risk on in the January transfer window and may rekindle interest in the summer. -- Jonathan Smith
MAN UNITED: No
Mahrez is a good player who would add to most teams in the Premier League, but he is not what Manchester United need. Jose Mourinho has already said he is not looking to buy more attacking players after signing Alexis Sanchez from Arsenal. He has already got Juan Mata, Anthony Martial, Jesse Lingard and Marcus Rashford to fill the wide roles. Mahrez is productive going forward, but it's debatable whether he would fit into Mourinho's system. Mourinho demands that his wide players work hard defensively -- as Martial, in particular, has found out -- and that is not the strongest part of Mahrez's game. -- Rob Dawson
LIVERPOOL: Yes
Mahrez was touted as Philippe Coutinho's replacement during the January window, but sources had told ESPN FC that there was no interest from Liverpool. In terms of his playing style and attributes, the Algerian would be a decent fit in Jurgen Klopp's front three, which is currently looking light of options following Coutinho's departure. But even if Liverpool were to view Mahrez as a stop-gap while prime are unavailable, Leicester's eye-watering asking price for the 26-year-old would mean it's a fair bet that any move would be a club-record transfer. With that in mind, it's likely Liverpool will just continue to pursue their first-choice targets. -- Glenn Price
CHELSEA: Yes
Chelsea have struggled in attack this season. No one is sure yet if Alvaro Morata is physically and mentally capable of becoming a worthy successor to Diego Costa and, in terms of creation, it often falls upon Eden Hazard to provide all of the imagination in Antonio Conte's 3-4-3 system. Conte is unlikely to still be at Stamford Bridge this summer, but Chelsea's need for another player who can commit defenders and create for themselves and others will be just as urgent. Mahrez fits that bill perfectly, and already has great chemistry with former Leicester City teammates N'Golo Kante and Danny Drinkwater. Wages are unlikely to be an issue for Chelsea, though Leicester's valuation would be if they can't be persuaded to compromise. -- Liam Twomey
TOTTENHAM: No
Of course Mahrez would fit at Tottenham. He's a skilful, speedy match-winner who scores great goals, and that's exactly the kind of player Mauricio Pochettino has been missing from Spurs' front four for over two years. But the club has just signed one in Lucas Moura, leaving competition for places suddenly very healthy, and, if reports are to be believed, the Brazilian cost a mere £70 million less than Leicester's asking price for Mahrez. As Pochettino is fond of saying nowadays, Spurs "sign opportunities" and at the Foxes' valuation, Mahrez isn't one. -- Dan Kilpatrick
ARSENAL: No
Before January, Mahrez looked like a decent option for the Gunners as a replacement for Sanchez. But with the arrival of Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Arsene Wenger already has more attacking players than he can fit into his lineup. Arsenal need to focus on strengthening the defensive side of the squad this summer, and Mahrez simply doesn't fit their needs at the moment. -- Mattias Karen
BARCELONA: No
Barcelona quickly knocked back suggestions they were in for Mahrez in the summer when he was rumoured to have been spotted at El Prat airport. That was before they had signed Coutinho, though, and even if a deal for the Algerian may have made sense then, it certainly doesn't now. Ernesto Valverde already has his hands full trying to work Coutinho and Ousmane Dembele into his side, while Antoine Griezmann is a much more likely summer target. -- Sam Marsden
REAL MADRID: No
Predicting what might happen during the looming summer shake-up at Real Madrid is a mug's game, but at the time of writing it seems very unlikely that the La Liga giants would move for Mahrez. He was mentioned in the local rumour mill during his spectacular 2015-16 with Leicester, but he has mostly slipped from notice now and the Algerian would not have the usual profile preferred by Bernabeu chief Florentino Perez, especially as his country will not be at the summer's World Cup. Paris Saint-Germain's Neymar or Chelsea's Hazard are much more likely targets for the next big Galactico signing. -- Dermot Corrigan
BAYERN MUNICH: No
Bayern president Uli Hoeness is keen for more German internationals at the club. That's where the Bavarians' transfer focus headed last summer with the additions of Niklas Sule, Serge Gnabry and Sebastian Rudy to their star-studded squad. And in January, Bayern beat keen competition from Premier League clubs and Barcelona to sign the hugely talented German midfielder Leon Goretzka from Schalke. Goretzka's arrival in the summer adds another attacking midfielder to the mix, so Mahrez is simply not needed. Bayern will be looking to offload midfielders rather than sign them, with Arturo Vidal looking the most likely to depart in the summer. And even if there was a hole in the squad, Bayern are not renowned for signing players of dubious character, if all the mess surrounding Mahrez's failed move to Guardiola's Manchester City is to be believed. -- Mark Lovell
PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN: No
As good a player as he is, there is no longer space for Mahrez at PSG. With Kylian Mbappe, Edinson Cavani and Neymar in the Ligue 1 leaders' front three, there is no obvious starting berth for the Algeria international at Parc des Princes. A return to France could still be a good idea as there are a few stages in Ligue 1 bigger than his one in Leicester but Paris is no longer one of those options. -- Jonathan Johnson
NEWCASTLE -- Jose Mourinho has said his decision to substitute Paul Pogba during the defeat to Newcastle was not because of an injury.
Pogba was replaced after 66 minutes with United 1-0 down at St. James' Park, a result that left Mourinho's team 16 points behind Manchester City.
There had been speculation in the build-up that the 24-year-old suffered an injury in the warmup leading to the midfielder cutting short his preparations for the game.
But Mourinho insisted afterwards Pogba was fit to play and was replaced with Michael Carrick because he wanted someone "to do the simple things."
Asked if Pogba was injured, Mourinho told Sky Sports: "No, no, no, nothing. No, no problems."
Pogba was also substituted during his last start -- the 2-0 defeat to Tottenham 10 days ago. He was left on the bench for the 2-0 win over Huddersfield last weekend before returning to the team against Newcastle.
Mourinho was critical of his team's defending for Matt Ritchie's goal in the second half, a situation Pogba contributed to by failing to jump with Florian Lejeune to win Jonjo Shelvey's free kick.
Pogba was substituted moments later but asked to talk about the former Juventus man's performance, Mourinho declined to single him out.
He said: "I don't analyse players individually.
"We train we work, we organise, the players have their individual jobs when they defend zonal.
"The players they know there is responsibilities but I am pretty sure you already watch that goal on TV a few times, I didn't.
"So you know more than me and you know who lost the challenge in the air, you know clearly that so I think it is bad if you don't put me in a position where I have to criticise a player. By yourself you make your own analysis."
Rob is ESPN FC's Manchester United correspondent. Follow him on Twitter @RobDawsonESPN.


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Y Combinator's Winter 2013 class is putting their money on hardware startups.
They recently voted on which of their peers were most likely to succeed, and the top two were both hardware companies, YC founder Paul Graham tweeted yesterday.
Unfortunately, Graham didn't specify which companies they were.
"That's actually fascinating...," serial entrepreneur Jason Calacanis said in response to the tweet. "The hardest things to pull off sometimes have the biggest upside i guess."
Y Combinator is one of the most prestigious and important startup incubators in Silicon Valley. Twice a year, it invests a small amount of money in a hand-picked selection of startups.
But YC's W13 class is much smaller than its last batch. In its Summer class, YC produced more than 80 companies, but decided to limit its Winter class to less than 50 startups.
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Local artists finding worldwide market online.
Among Pat Groome�s art supplies are color coordinated pieces of broken dishes.
Taylor Davis refers to her bedroom as her pop-up shop. The 23-year-old designs jewelry on her off time, but she�s found an audience for her work as far away as Italy.
Pat Groome of Gastonia keeps her �shard-art� supplies in a storage shed in the backyard but her finished pieces have a global following.
Theresa Neumayer makes soaps and balms from her Gastonia home but ships the creations to customers in Australia, Sweden and Germany.
The three local artisans are a few of the area�s smallest sellers marketing their products on Etsy, the world�s largest online marketplace for handmade and vintage goods.
The Etsy expansion
The 7-year-old website is growing.
Its sellers took in $81.9 million in October, a 73-percent increase from the same month last year, according to the company�s folksy �weather report,� which it posts on the site�s blog to keep virtual shop owners apprised of the company�s stats.
A special blog posting reported Etsy�s Black Friday through Cyber Monday sales jumped nearly 80 percent year-over-year, with a third of the orders coming from first-time buyers.
On Cyber Monday, more of the site�s merchants made sales than at any time in Etsy�s history, says a company�s blog posting attributed to CEO Chad Dickerson.
The website doesn�t have a traditional newsroom with sanitized press releases and formulated quotes. Instead, blogs come from company heads like Dickerson.
The site includes a CEO bio page like those members can set up. It includes his birthday and his �favorite materials,� which include hops, barley and malt.
�It�s not stagnant at all�
Local users say what feels like an easygoing Etsy philosophy makes the site appealing for artists and craftspeople. They also applaud the more sophisticated functions that make marketing, e-commerce and consumer research seem easier than they are.
Groome set up her Etsy shop, Pieces of Plates, in 2009 but says she didn�t put too much effort into online sales until last year.
A maker of mosaic flower pots, utensil holders, picture frames and other pieces, she began selling her handmade goods mostly as a way to clear out space so she could make more.
She admits her work has limited appeal but Groome found West Coast collectors had more interest in mosaic work crafted from broken china. The website introduced an audience who never would have connected with the Gastonia shard artist otherwise.
And the retired accountant likes the way Etsy�s numbers add up.
Sellers pay 20 cents to list an item in a personalized virtual shop. That 20 cents keeps the flower pot or the picture frame online for four months or until it sells. When someone buys an item, the website collects a 3.5-percent commission.
That�s far below the 20- to 50-percent commission you can expect from consigning goods in brick-and-mortar stores, Groome says.
The tools the site offers give her some pretty detailed information. Groome can keep track of the places she�s shipped pieces � California, New Jersey, Las Vegas and Canada to name a few.
And she can easily check on which Pieces of Plates specialties get the online attention.
�The brains behind Etsy are constantly giving you new options, new ways to communicate,� she said. �It�s not stagnant at all.�
Connecting with customers
Taylor Davis, founder of the Taylored Designs shop on Etsy, saw orders spike as Christmas approached.
She started selling on Etsy in October and said response was slow at first. Then she started to pick up an order a day. Then she had two or three pieces selling every day. The week before Christmas saw even more interest.
Her chunky gold chain necklace has sold out every time she stocked up. The same is true of the North Carolina charms, which have shipped to Hawaii and Florida.
A resin chain bracelet shipped to Italy.
Etsy also gives her more opportunity to communicate with fans in other cities, states or countries.
Taylored Designs isn�t just a take on her name. It�s a promise that whenever possible she can work with buyers to customize pieces. Etsy makes that easier by letting shoppers directly contact sellers with a site-sponsored messaging system.
Davis, who graduated from Queens University with a degree in sports communication, also works full time at Belk corporate offices. After work and dinner, she usually puts in three or more hours on the jewelry making shift.
She calls that balancing her workload.
�It�s kind of like having a second full-time job,� Davis says. �But it�s so much fun it doesn�t feel like work to me.�
The best part, she insists, is finding � or being found by � a group of people who love the jewelry as much as she does.
�They do everything�
Theresa Neumayer�s husband is a graphic artist who creates websites.
But Neumayer, maker of FaeryKiss Naturals soaps, lip balm and calendula salve, decided Etsy was easier than selling from her own dedicated site.
�They do everything,� she said. �All I needed was a PayPal.�
It was as simple, and perhaps more so, as displaying her all-natural creations at farmer�s markets or festivals
Neumayer has been selling on Etsy for around three years. Her products move off area store shelves more quickly than from the website but the soap maker still gets giddy about the real-world clientele she�s found with her virtual store.
Shipping to India proved to be unreliable. A number of Australians are fans of FaeryKiss Naturals. Etsy also gave her an option to translate the store site into German.
As helpful as the exposure, Neumayer says, is the community of other handmade sellers she�s found on Etsy.
She attributes a lot of business success to the stories and advice her fellow artisans share.
Among the best information came from a fellow soap maker � one of thousands on Etsy, Neumayer says.
The woman�s French Garden soap hadn�t been selling.
She changed the name to French Hussy and started selling out.
Neumayer put the same philosophy into practice with her �Dirty Hippie� soap that smells of patchouli and nag champa. That name works far better than �Peace.�
�Water Nymph,� it turns out, also outsells �Sea Breeze.�


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New giving platform helps donors direct their dollars to high-impact nonprofits
Target audience: Nonprofits, cause organizations, foundations, NGOs, social enterprises, businesses, educators, journalists, general public.
Guest post by Tamara Schweitzer
Social Impact Exchange
The giving season is upon us and it's the time of year when many around the country are thinking about the greater social good and gearing up to make their charitable donations. With crowdfunding platforms and the opportunity to donate online through social media outlets, the act of giving to charities and discovering new causes has never been easier. But it's not always easy to determine where those dollars can do the most good, or to truly know if those donations are having a real impact.
The Social Impact Exchange, a national membership association dedicated to building a capital marketplace to help scale high-impact social solutions, hopes to change that with the launch of the Social Impact 100 (S&I 100). The S&I 100 is the first-ever broad index of U.S. nonprofits working in the issue areas of education, youth, poverty and health that have evidence of results and are growing to serve more people in need. Continue reading


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I've been pleased with the some of the new dramas on television these days. Revenge (ABC) is one of my favorite shows, as it Scandal (ABC). I've been a fan of Covert Affairs (USA Network), as well as Burn Notice (USA Network).
If you know these shows, I'm sure you've noticed a pattern to their premises. All of them are about women who live life on the in the dark corners of government, or within the pinnacle of power, and must avenge those who would hurt their loved ones.
A new show premiered last night: Red Widow, on ABC (Sundays, 10pm). I'd been looking forward to it for quite some time. In the first place, I loved the concept: Marta Walraven ( Radha Mitchell) a normal mother of three happens to be married to the Russian mob, but doesn't know until her husband is on the non-legitimate side of the family business until he's gunned down in her driveway.