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Delray Beach, FL – June 15, 2017 – Just like Delray Beach itself, the 111 First Delray condominium project appeals to a variety of people who appreciate the best. That is why, even before construction begins this summer, new sales are continuing at a rapid pace while the project is already over 50% sold! What makes 111 First Delray so widely appealing is our location one block south of Atlantic Avenue and just a few minutes to the beach and crystal-clear Atlantic Ocean by bike or trolley. If you enjoy a dynamic lifestyle with a veritable array of cultural activities and venues at your fingertips, 111 First will provide without doubt the finest home to fulfill all your wishes.
Offering delectable award-winning restaurants, unique art galleries and boutiques, Delray is also a live entertainment and theatre hub. Recently named "The Most Fun Small Town in America," there is no shortage of things to do in Delray Beach. Whether you are into fine dining, wine tastings, festivals, arts, beautiful beaches, or cultural experiences beyond compare, there is literally something for everyone who will live at 111 First Delray, a 70-unit luxury project designed to provide today's perfect upscale lifestyle, where you can live, work, and play, all at the same prestigious address.
Downtown Delray Beach, long known for its eclectic community and vibrant atmosphere, has blossomed into a cultural mecca. The Art Walks invites you to explore the heart and soul of our art scene on the first Friday of every month. The historic downtown also features the Green Market, a Saturday morning destination as an open-air marketplace located at the Old School Square Park. Here, you will find more than 65 vendors featuring the finest local farm-to-fork produce, 100% grass-fed and finished (antibiotic and hormone free) Florida beef, poultry, pork, lamb, fragrant artisan baked goods, plenty of gluten free vegan and sugar free products, fresh cut flowers, plants, and other gourmet fare.
Another outstanding festival is Savor the Avenue, Delray's major food and wine event each year. Just take a short walk from 111 First to the famed Atlantic Avenue and join hundreds of guests and most of Downtown Delray's finest restaurants serving delicious food and wine at Florida's longest dining table. It runs more than five blocks and is 1,300 feet long, stretching from Swinton Avenue east to Fifth Avenue.
Couture and shopping is a vital part of the local lifestyle. This is never truer than during Fashion Week, when the city comes alive with even more flair and style.Celebrate spectacular fashion, local designers, art, and beauty at the annual Delray Beach Fashion Week, where the newest styles take center stage at runway shows, designer showcases, a fashion luncheon, Stiletto Race, and a Boutique Pop Up Shopping Event.
In addition to the cultural, gastronomic, and artistic attractions, the walkability and proximity to the beach also make 111 First Delray an amazing address to live in. As a town, Delray remains one of the only "downtowns" across the United States with a beach attached, allowing locals to soak up the sun on one of Florida's Top 10 Beaches (Travel Channel 2015 & 2016), or go boating by day, and enjoy the night life found on Atlantic Avenue when the sun sets. 111 First's location is tough to beat!
All this and more is yours to enjoy at 111 SE 1st Avenue, where 111 First Delray will offer luxurious resort-style living with attractive amenities ranging from the residents-only pool deck to the top floor state-of-the-art fitness center, with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the pool. The variety and versatility of our floor plans, and the quality of the residences themselves have proven to be irresistible to discerning buyers.
Our one, two and three-bedroom units will all have luxurious standard features such as Bosch appliances, wood-look porcelain plank flooring, quartz countertops, modern technology, and security. Community amenities range from a beautifully landscaped pool deck with cabanas, a fire pit, and a covered entertainment deck with TVs, to summer kitchens, pool tables, and secure and covered parking. Additional features include private balconies (some units offer private roof decks with 360-degree views), integrated home automation, lightning fast internet speeds, and low HOA dues.
Priced from the $400k, 111 First Delray is scheduled to break ground this summer, after which prices are expected to rise. Now is definitely the time to consider living an amazing Delray-Centric lifestyle at 111 First Delray, just a block from Atlantic Ave and minutes from the beach.
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text: Ever since you were a little girl, you've probably imagined how your wedding would look. A dress like Grace Kelly's, a venue like Princess Diana's and a groom like George Clooney. When the time comes and the day you've been waiting for your whole life is finally right around the corner, achieving the wedding of your dreams can be more stressful than whimsical (especially when you start looking at price tags). Through my daily musings on Pinterest (follow Spa Week!), I have found pinboards full of bridal inspiration, ideas and crafts. Yes, do-it-yourself projects that are not only beautiful, personal and heartfelt, but are also major money savers. Check out my personal DIY wedding faves, sure to make jaws drop. 1. The Invitation Depending on the size of your wedding, a personalized invitation could save you lots of cash on printed cards. Plus the heart-shaped thumbprint adds a perfectly romantic touch (get it, touch!?)… without being corny, like me. Photo via Pinterest. 2. Romance Novel Flower Bouquet We've talked about "unconventional bouquets" before in past Wedding Wednesday posts, but these flowers really say "I love you." Using a book of poems, love letters or, hey, even one of the Twilight novels, tear out your favorite pages and follow the step-by-step guide on 100LayerCake.com. All you'll need are some scissors and a glue gun to create these romantic buds. 3. Reception Signage All of the materials needed to make these adorable chalkboard signs are available for cheap at your local hardware store. Just snag a small can of paint in one of your wedding colors and a can of some special spray-can chalkboard paint and craft away (directions found on MakeProjects.com)! When you're done, decorate your signs with pretty chalk and things like the reception menu or directions to the dance floor… customization is key! Photo via Pinterest. 4. Thoughtful Table Cards The seating arrangement: a delicate tango of properly placing your friends and family at a dinner table while avoiding a major meltdowns and character clashes. It can be stressful deciding who sits where and next to whom. Once you've got it all figured out, decorate your dining tables with these thoughtful cards. Each card is personalized with numbers that have sentimental meaning for the bride and groom. Diffuse potential table feuds by sharing the love. Photo via Pinterest. 5. Party Pinwheel Another great reception table accessory is this pinwheel centerpiece. Chose fun patterned paper from the craft store (or ever wallpaper swatches from the paint store) and follow the easy how-to on WeddingChicks.com to create these whimsical decorations. Plus, they make for a great take-away for younger guests. 6. Couples Cornhole Who doesn't love cornhole!? Take this tailgating favorite from the parking lot to the reception hall by painting the silhouettes of the bride and groom on each cornhole board. Get the make-your-own instructions here. Photo via Pinterest. 7. Limoncello Party Favors Delight your wedding guests with a taste of personalization they will really enjoy. Limoncello is an Italian liqueur, usually served as an aperitif or after dinner and is an easy and delicious gift to give and make. All you need is the step-by-step recipe from StyleMePretty.com (who actually made this recipe at her own wedding).


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Farmingdale State - 83, NYU-Poly - 75
Brooklyn, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State men's basketball team improved to 15-5 overall, 11-2 in conference play with an 83-75 victory over NYU-Poly last night in Brooklyn, N.Y. Senior guard Ryan Davis (Flushing, N.Y.) led the Rams with 25 points, including 11-of-12 from the free throw line.
Farmingdale State led 38-24 at the half, after the Fighting Blue Jays struggled shooting in the first half (25.9%). Davis led all scorers with 13 points at the break.
In the second, the Rams increased the lead to 20 points with 17:54 left to play and held a double-digit lead for most of the half. With 3:49 left to play and a 69-53 lead for Farmingdale, NYU-Poly went on a 10-2 run to cut the lead to eight, 71-63, with 1:44 remaining.
The Rams responded with a basket by senior guard Christian Nunez (White Plains, N.Y.) on the next possession to push the lead back to 10 points. Poly tried to intentionally foul Farmingdale over the final 1:34 to stay in the game, but the Rams knocked down 10 of their 12 free throws to secure the win.
Nunez finished with 17 points, while senior forward AJ Matthews (Brooklyn, N.Y.) pulled down a game-high 21 rebounds and added 19 points.
For Poly, freshman guard Jamel Gist (Brooklyn, N.Y.) scored a game-high 28 points with 12 rebounds.
The Rams will face the College of Mount Saint Vincent on Saturday, February 2nd in a Skyline game at 3:00 p.m.


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Our mouthwatering Brain-Boosting Breakfast series continues with celebrity chefs and restaurateurs creating healthy, brain-boosting breakfast ideas to help keep kids going throughout the day. Today's recipes come from kiddie-chef extraordinaire Catherine McCord, founder of Weelicious.
Take the craziness out of weekday mornings! With all moms pack into their early morning routines, it's easy to place a bowl of cereal in front of the kids and call it breakfast. But lil' ones' first meal of the day is their most important, preparing their minds for tasks throughout the day. With two tots of her own, Weelicious's Catherine McCord knows a thing or two about juggling food, kids, and packed schedules. She's providing us with five different kid-friendly morning meals that are quick to prepare and bound to become household favorites!


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Man Sues Wife For Being Naturally Ugly, Using Plastic Surgery To Trick Him Into Marriage, Wins $120,000
Jian Feng divorced his wife after she gave birth to an "incredibly ugly" baby (his words) that didn't resemble either one of them, causing him to accuse her of cheating. That's when she admitted to spending almost $100,000 on plastic surgery to undergo the transformation seen above. It was money well spent. Jk jk, beauty is only skin deep or whatever. *eying picture again* No, it really was money well spent.
She had the work done before she met her husband and never told him about it after they met.
Mr Feng filed for divorce saying his wife had deceived him and convinced him to marry her under false pretenses.
The judge agreed with him and awarded him the damages.
Wow, what a dick. I mean, sure, I can KIND OF understand the feeling of being deceived, but come on -- you called your baby ugly. That's f***ed up. Besides, most babies ARE ugly (except yours, Geekologie reader -- yours was cute). Also, where's the picture of the dude? I've got the feeling he's not much of a looker himself. If I were her I'd superglue a soup can to his penis and counter-sue for being a cyborg.
Thanks to xer, who called me ugly. Oh yeah? WELL STICKS AND STONES, XER. *sobbing* I'm a f***ing monster.


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I was in need of some Cinco de Mayo inspiration, so I busted out the most appropriate book in my collection—Robb Walsh's The Tex-Mex Grill and Backyard Barbacoa Cookbook. Flipping through the pages, nothing was grabbing my attention, until I reached a recipe almost the very end—"Ancho-Raisin Salsa."
Thinking of a salsa primarily as a dip for tortilla chips, this sauce doesn't fit the bill. Instead, it's a deeply earthy sauce that's made from first steeping an ancho chile and raisins in coffee, all then pureed with a little bit of cocoa powder. Next, onions are sauteed and the ancho mixture is added back in along with garlic, vinegar, and Worcestershire.
The resulting medium-thick sauce had incredible character—it possessed a rich complexity that started off with an earthy and slightly bitter bite, which then combined with a fruity sweetness and a little tanginess. Though not a dipping kind of salsa, the flavors of this ancho-raisin sauce were well-matched to a beefy and hearty grilled skirt steak, and even better when that steak was piled into flour tortillas and enjoyed as fajitas.
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Spike TV will air a "UFC Prelims" special in conjunction with June's UFC 131 show.
Sources close to the event today confirmed the plans with MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).
However, the fights haven't been chosen for the broadcast, which precedes the night's pay-per-view broadcast. But lightweights Yves Edwards (40-16-1 MMA, 8-4 UFC) and Sam Stout (16-6-1 MMA, 5-5 UFC) and featherweights Dustin Poirier (9-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) vs. Rani Yahya (16-6 MMA, 1-0 UFC) are leading candidates.
UFC 131 take places June 11 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. "The Ultimate Fighter 13" coaches Junior Dos Santos and Brock Lesnar are featured in the heavyweight headliner.
The UFC 131 "UFC Prelims" special will be Spike TV's fifth of 12 scheduled for 2011 (UFC 126, UFC 128, UFC 129 and UFC 130 also got/gets them). ION Television also has aired specials when Spike TV hasn't, such as with UFC 127.
Spike TV's recent UFC 126 broadcast, which coincided with the UFC's annual Super Bowl weekend show in February, set a series record with two million viewers. But UFC 128 scored just 1.3 million.
The UFC first offered a PPV teaser broadcast for UFC 103 in 2009, when the UFC went head-to-head with a boxing PPV broadcast featuring Floyd Mayweather vs. Juan Manuel Marquez. The specials proved effective enough at generating last-minute PPV buys that officials from the UFC and the organization's longtime cable partner decided to make them a regular offering. In addition to prelims on Spike TV, ION Television and Facebook recently joined the mix, as well.
The latest UFC 131 card now includes:
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- Shane Carwin vs. Jon Olav Einemo
- Donald Cerrone vs. Mac Danzig
- Demian Maia vs. Mark Munoz
- Kenny Florian vs. Diego Nunes
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- Yves Edwards vs. Sam Stout
- Dustin Poirier vs. Rani Yahya
- Anthony Perosh vs. Krzysztof Soszynski
- Darren Elkins vs. Michihiro Omigawa
- Jesse Bongfeldt vs. Chris Weidman
- Joey Beltran vs. Dave Herman
For more on UFC 131, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of the site.
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If you want to try the best craft beers America has to offer, hit the road and head to these seven cities.
Don't throw away those empty beverage cans. With a few basic tools and a little imagination, you can put them to all sorts of uses.
Besides not wasting all of it at the bar, there's a lot booze can teach us about money.
Today we found brilliant uses for beer, simple moves that will make you richer, and questions to ask if you feel stuck.
Break out the dirndls and lederhosen — we've got your frugal, fun Oktoberfest party covered. Prōst!
Beer for breakfast? Sure, when it's in a donut. Learn how to make those and lots more delicious entrees and sides, all featuring brewskis.
Don't drink away your savings. You might be surprised what the average American spends covering that bar tab each year.
Today we found some fantastic articles on saving money on beer, inexpensive date ideas, and saving more on dental care.
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One or two reasons to drink beer are generally enough. Here are eight or nine more to remind you that beer is good (in moderation).
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Sandra Bullock appeared on The Today Show this morning to assert her perch on the catbird seat of America's heart. Did she succeed?
Okay, so maybe that wasn't entirely her intention. However, Bullock's husband troubles did not leave her unsullied, and the whole Nazi-sympathizer taint isn't so easy to wash off — even if she never knew about it, it's hard not to get a little of that stink on your hands. But Bullock was sweet as pie in her interview, talking about her work in NOLA, her adopted 7-month-old son Louie (her "little Cajun cookie"), and her wonderful friends. First, here's the new mom talking about poop. Because what can a morning-show audience relate to more than a shitty diaper?
She doesn't get into the whole Jesse James scandal, but she does touch on the idea of privacy. As Matt Lauer points out, Bullock managed to keep out of the spotlight during a very, very public separation. Bullock explains that it's all about her friends, who know that if "they screw up... I will cut them."
Throughout it all, Bullock seems almost excessively normal, which is kind of her thing. She is poised, but not quite as polished as some stars, and that's why we, as a country, loved her so much in the first place. It's good to see her back.


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Arthropodaärthrŏp´ədə [key] [Gr.,=jointed feet], largest and most diverse animal phylum. The arthropods include crustaceans, insects, centipedes, millipedes, spiders, scorpions, and the extinct trilobites. Arthropods are characterized by a segmented body covered by a jointed external skeleton (exoskeleton), with paired jointed appendages on each segment; a complex nervous system with a dorsal brain, connective nerves passing around the anterior end of the digestive tract, and a ventral nerve cord with a ganglion in each body segment; an open circulatory system with a dorsal heart into which blood flows through paired openings (ostia); and a greatly reduced body cavity (coelom). Because the jointed exoskeleton blocks growth of the organism, it must be shed periodically. This phenomenon, called molting, or ecdysis, is a characteristic feature of the phylum; it permits rapid growth in size and significant change in body form until the new exoskeleton, secreted by the animal, has hardened. Arthropods are mainly terrestrial, but aquatic representatives are well known. There are five subphyla.
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Defrag: Reporting Bugs, Upgrades and Keys, Boot from VHD
Microsoft tech troubleshooter extraordinaire Gov Maharaj and I help walk you through troubleshooting solutions to your tech support problems. If you have a problem you want to send us, you can use the Problem Step Recorder in Windows 7 (see this for details on how) and send us the zip file to email@example.com. We will also be checking comments for problems, but the email address will let us contact you if needed.
[01:26] - SBS 2011 email body blank redux.
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[22:56] - Running Vaio SVE15118FN on Win7 and has very slow startup time.
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About the audio problem: I had this kind of problem too.
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Thank you for answering my question regarding a failing hard drive.
I have a brand new HD ready to go. However, one thing I forgot to mention is that my system was upgraded from Windows 7 using the downloaded version of Windows 8 upgrade so I don't have the installation media.
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While attending the last in a series of events to celebrate what the Institute for the Fiduciary Standard christened as Fiduciary September, one comment stood out: The No. 1 compliant in Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration cases is breach of fiduciary duty.
I've been covering quite extensively the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) efforts to write a rule to put brokers under a fiduciary mandate since the Dodd-Frank Act gave the agency the go-ahead to do so. The debate over how the agency should write such a rule—and whether one should be written at all—has been relentless during this two-year process.
The comment about fiduciary failures being the biggest complaint in FINRA arbitration cases was made by Marcus Stanley, policy director for Americans for Financial Reform. He argued that fiduciary advice for retail clients is particularly "pressing" due to the rise of complex structured products and because of the large volume of fiduciary breach complaints to FINRA.
A FINRA spokesperson confirmed to me the same day of Stanley's assertion that fiduciary duty is indeed the biggest complaint in arbitration cases.
This fact highlights one of the biggest problems that arises in the debate over whether brokers should be held to the same fiduciary standard when giving retail investment advice as advisors under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940: The undying confusion among investors about if, and when, a broker is a fiduciary. Also at issue, and perhaps more importantly, is their inability to understand what acting as a fiduciary actually means.
As Tom Giachetti, chair of the Securities Practice Group at Stark & Stark, told me, the "discussion (noise) about fiduciary standards for brokers" must stop because "the public, those for whom the 'noisemakers' seek to benefit, will never understand it." Advisors, he declared, must "stop trying to hold brokers to such a [fiduciary] standard. Unless the advisory community is prepared to take on clients who have $10,000 of investable assets, brokers are their source for investment advice. Non-fiduciary services [and] commission compensation does not equate to dishonesty, but it does require the seller to maintain supervisory procedures to make sure that the recommendation was appropriate for the investor."
Indeed, after I wrote the original article for AdvisorOne.com on the FINRA fiduciary arbitration stats (See "Breach of Fiduciary Duty No. 1 Complaint in FINRA Arbitration Cases"), one reader commented that brokers' ability to "pick and choose" when they are operating under a fiduciary standard or a suitability standard has only added to investor "confusion and increases arbitration."
Brokers, the reader said, "do not want to adopt a fiduciary standard because operating under a 'suitability' standard is more profitable. So be it. Let them keep their profits. Don't change the standards." Changing the standards, the reader argued, "will only cloud matters further for uninformed investors. The solution is simple: Require brokers to issue a statement with ALL transactions and services that they do not operate within fiduciary standards."
Stanley of Americans for Financial Reform cited during his remarks that the SEC staff study on putting brokers under a fiduciary standard as mandated under Section 913 of Dodd-Frank "contains extensive documentation" regarding investors' inability to understand the difference between a broker and an advisor. He argued that the principles-based fiduciary standard under the Investment Adviser Act of 1940 is "inherently flexible and it can be adopted by brokers." But, he said, "we have to make sure that flexibility doesn't mean watering down" such a standard.
This is where the biggest sticking point lies—putting brokers under the Advisers Act fiduciary standard. Kevin Carroll, managing director and general counsel for the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA)—Wall Street's trade group—declared from the audience that the panels at the event jointly held by the Institute for the Fiduciary Standard and the CATO Institute were behind the times and asked, "How do you implement a fiduciary standard" for brokers? "We don't want the [Investment Advisers Act of 1940] standard imposed on us," he told the panelists. The issue now is: "How do you articulate a [fiduciary] rule for both industries?"
Former SEC Chairman Harvey Pitt, who sat on the same panel with Stanley, agreed that "many customers don't understand the differences in suitability [standard for brokers] versus fiduciary duty and many lawyers don't either." But Pitt argued that a fiduciary standard can be "simple" and not result in a voluminous regulation like the Dodd-Frank Act. Pitt told me in a separate interview that he believes brokers should be held to the same fiduciary standard as advisors, but "with carve outs." The real "issues," he said, "are what services the professional is providing and what are the customers' expectations."
Pitt stated in his comments during the panel discussion that "if all you do is execute a transaction, not [make] a recommendation, you can define that in fairly simple terms."
However, Ron Rhoades, assistant professor and chairman of the financial planning program at Alfred State College, another panelist with Pitt and Stanley, argued that "brokers have always been fiduciaries under state common law." If an advisor or broker is providing "personalized investment advice you are a fiduciary—period." And, he said, the advisor or broker "must ensure that the client understands" that fiduciary standard. "Any educated investor is going to insist on the fiduciary standard," Rhoades said.
While SEC Chairwoman Mary Schapiro told me in a previous interview that the agency's fiduciary rulemaking is moving forward internally, Rhoades said what's holding up the process is two of the five SEC commissioners' reluctance to release the final request for comment from the agency economists regarding the SEC's economic analysis of a fiduciary rule.
But Schapiro will more than likely not be at the helm of the agency next year, raising yet another question mark on when, or if, a fiduciary rulemaking process will move forward. If Daniel Gallagher's comments are any indication—the newest SEC commissioner—a fiduciary duty rule for brokers isn't high on the agency's agenda.


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La Fortuna de San Carlos, Arenal Volcano National Park 824417, Costa Rica
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Montana de Fuego Hotel is located in La Fortuna de San Carlos, one of the most beautiful regions of Costa Rica.The hotel is immersed in 45 hectares of primary and secondary forest, at the foot of the majestic Arenal Volcano, which makes it a true oasis of peace, enriched by an exuberant vegetation and diverse fauna.
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Our family of 5 spent the first two nights of our Costa Rica vacation at the Montana de Fuego resort, which is at the base of Arenal Volcano. The rooms are actually rustic cabins with fantastic views of the volcano. We rented two units, one for us parents and one for the 3 kids. The folks who run the resort were extremly helpful and cheerful. Each room had air conditioning, TV and phone service, which made it all that much more comfortable for us. The pool was very nice and included a jacuzzi. While there, we booked a canopy tour directly with the tour company. The tour is a thrilling run, very high above the jungle. If your nervous with heights, you may rethink it. The kids loved it. We also enjoyed the hot springs (don't miss this) and had a very nice, inexpensive meal in the local town "La Fortuna". Although we did not do this, you may want to consider renting a car so that you can spin around the other side of the volcano to see lava flows and Arenal Lake. The volcano did erupt several times while we where there and booms and smoke were visible from the resort. Also, I enjoyed watching the many humming birds and other exotic birds visiting the resort. Overall, I rate the Montana de Fuego a 4 star resort and highly recommend you stay for 3 nights so as to take in all the sights.


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My Unavoidable Halloween Post
Here's to a Happy Halloween! Ava drew this in the computer on Noggin's site last year for Halloween.
Belt out your best witch's cackle right now.
Pirates are the Big Thing this year at the Jenkins household. Although Ezra keeps changing his mind. First it was pirate, then Spider-Man, then robot, then skeleton, then back to Spider-Man, then pirate....you get the picture. I tried to convince him to be a 'robot pirate' but that just confused him all the more. Although I do have to say that that's not a bad idea for a costume. I might have to try it out myself....
Vintage magazine image from the collection of Glen Mullaly. Check out his artwork, too! Great artist. Glen is a constant contributor to The Retro Kid.
Don't forget to check out my former identities: Ghosts of Halloween Past. Mom found that one photo of me with that funny bunny outfit when I was one, but it's now deep in the confines of all my stuff from the Big Move. I promise I'll post it when I find it.
My Obligatory Nightmare Before Christmas Post: Yes, I love this movie. Here, I remind you of said love and then point you to my two-part discourse on the film:
Nightmare Before Christmas (Part 1)
Nightmare Before Christmas (Part 2)
And lastly, I want to wish Ollie Johnston, the last surviving member of Disney's Nine Old Men, a very happy birthday. He's a youthful 95!
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Campaigners are submitting a petition to the government today in the hope that hundreds of people executed as witches will be posthumously exonerated.
The Times earnestly reports that the family behind a well-known costume hire company in the UK decided to try and achieve justice for the dead, in an altruistic and noble move unsullied by any sort of media agenda. Because that would be a bit tacky, wouldn't it?
Historian and witch expert Dr John Callow obligingly collected some ghastly tales of miscarriages of justice which occurred before the 1735 Witchcraft Act put a stop to the executions of accused witches. 2,000 people were executed in Scotland and 400 in England after being accused of unholy tampering with crops and cattle. The petition mentions the likes of East Lothian midwife Agnes Sampson, burned at the stake in 1591 after an unexplained shipwreck brought suspicion of Satanic malfeasance upon her.
Other cases mentioned are equally horrific in their senselessness, although all the gruesome tales pale somewhat beside what whiffs of a magnificently cynical attempt to gain publicity for a load of tatty fancy-dress clobber that smell of old socks on the back of the tragic deaths of hundreds of innocent people. Although we may just have burned our Halloween toffee.
In other news, residents of West London are reporting an unusually large bonfire under construction in the car park of Broadcasting House. "There appear to be two chairs on top of it," noted one observer, "but I can't think why they'd do that." ®


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A huddle of grey houses, prodigiously brightened with floral displays in summer, makes up BEDDGELERT. A sentimental tale fabricated by a wily local publican to lure punters tells how the town got its name: Gelert's Grave (bedd means burial place), an enclosure just south of town, is supposedly the final resting place of Prince Llywelyn ap Iorwerth's faithful dog, Gelert, who was left in charge of the prince's infant son while he went hunting. On his return, the child was gone and the hound's muzzle was soaked in blood. Jumping to conclusions, the impetuous Llywelyn slew the dog, only to find the child safely asleep beneath its cot and a dead wolf beside him. Llywelyn hurried to his dog, which licked his hand as it died.
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One of my biggest pet peeves are people who double park. I've always wanted to find an amazing way to get back at them. Well, this guy succeeded.
Watch as he gets back at a bunch of double-parking asshats by "painting" parking lines on their cars and leaves a note. Then watch as the drivers get back to their cars, get pissed off, and then read the note left on the windshield.
The note tells them it's fake spray paint and can be easily wiped off. In every case the driver does what you'd expect a complete schmuck would do. Continue to be pissed off.
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Teen Idol Corey Haim Found Dead Of Drug Overdose This Morning
Sad news: '80s teen star Corey Haim died of an overdose, according to the LAPD.
Actor and 80's teen idol Corey Haim was found dead in his Los Angeles apartment this morning, Mar. 10, according to the LAPD. He was 38. Corey had been living with his mother, Judy, who was battling breast cancer according to Radar Online.
Corey's agent and family friend, Mark Heaslip, told TMZ that just after midnight, Corey went into his mother's room and woke her up, just before collapsing in front of her. The ambulance arrived 20 minutes later to take Corey to St. Joseph's hospital in Burbank, CA, where he died. Police arrived at the hospital around 4 am to investigate.
Canadian-born Haim starred in the films Murphy's Romance, The Lost Boys, License to Drive and Dream a Little Dream. He and his frequent co-star Corey Feldman earned the name "The Two Coreys" and even starred in an A&E 'reality' called The Two Coreys from 2007 to 2008.
Haim has a history of struggling with drugs and financial issues. He filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July 1997 and went to rehab over 15 times, including a stint in 2000. A year later, the troubled teen actor was hospitalized for a drug-induced stroke.
He's admitted to using hard drugs and prescription pills. "I did cocaine for about a year and a half, then it led to crack," he said.
"I started on the downers which were a hell of a lot better than the uppers because I was a nervous wreck," he said. "But one led to two, two led to four, four led to eight, until at the end it was about 85 a day — the doctors could not believe I was taking that much. And that was just the Valium — I'm not talking about the other pills I went through."
Corey Haim and Corey Feldman were in talks to star in The Lost Boys 2 in 2007, but Haim was still struggling with addiction. At the time, Feldman said he refused to have further contact with Haim until he got sober. —Corynne Steindler
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Finland Eyes Programming Classes for Elementary School Students
Finland Eyes Programming Classes for Elementary School Students
Beyond Mindcraft: Games That Inspire Building and Exploration
1. Garry's Mod
Garry's Mod (GMod) is a sandbox game like Minecraft but instead of building and exploring, students use a fun physics engine that simulates things like gravity and mass. They also use a virtual toy box of assets from Valve Software's popular games. The tool is a step up in complexity from the elegant simplicity of Minecraft, but with Garry's Mod,students are exposed to physics concepts while having madcap fun.
2. Kerbal Space Program
Kerbal Space Program has a robust physics engine too, but it's more focused than Garry's Mod. Players purchase rocket parts, put them together, and then see if they can get a ship into orbit, to one of two moons, or even to another planet. These aren't easy tasks, so play is focused on trial and error testing, and, like Minecraft, seeking help from the community is part of a successful strategy.
3. Sound Shapes
Sound Shapes is a visually stunning platform puzzle game set to a rich musical soundscape. Even better: students can create and share their own levels – like interactive sheet music — using sounds and objects unlocked by playing the platform game. It's an accessible entry point into musical composition as well as game design, and provides an experience that builds on the creativity of Minecraft while offering something wholly unique for music lovers.
For creative kids who want to get their hands dirty, check out DIY, a site where students can find things to build, instructions for how to build them, and ways to share their creations with others. All projects are aligned to 50 skills that run the gamut from outdoors to indoors, and feature various challenges to complete and cool badges to earn and display.
Computer programming is a great next step for students who love to mod Minecraft or toy around with the redstone resource (which simulates basic logic and circuitry). One solid entry-level tool is Stencyl, a game creation program focused on codeless, cross-platform game making. By snapping blocks of code together, students can create games that can be published and played on a variety of platforms including mobile phones.
Codecademy is a web-based, self-paced site that teaches actual industry-standard languages like PHP, Javascript, Python, Ruby, HTML, and CSS. While students don't create publishable games like they would in Stencyl, their learning is purpose-driven and contextualized, e.g. JavaScript for web development or Ruby for app development. And students do get to see their code's output directly onscreen.
Minecraft has introduced a lot of youth to games as well as the critical thinking, problem solving, and creation skills necessary for self-motivated learning. The games and sites on this list have the potential to extend that learning, providing fresh outlets for self-expression in the digital world and beyond.


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The Mapleson Cylinders - Program Notes
|Wagner: DIE WALKÜRE [Includes RealAudio Selections]
|Band 5
Act III: Ride of the Valkyries excerpt : "[Ho]jotoho!" ... "Sind die And'ren schon da? Hojotoho! Hojotoho!"
Marie Van Cauteren (s), Gerhilde
Mathilde Bauermeister (s), Ortlinde
Camille Seygard (s), Helmwige
Marie Maurer (s), Grimgerde
Marguerite Marilly (s), Siegrune
Carrie Bridewell (ms), Rossweisse
Ernestine Schumann-Heink (a), Waltraute
Louise Homer (a), Schwertleite
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra--Alfred Hertz
February 21, 1903 (?)
This cylinder is found in a plain container dated "Feb. 21, 1903," but it overlaps with the undocumented Band 6, which on the basis of recording speed can be grouped with Bands 3 and 8, firmly documented for the same date. (It also overlaps with Band 7, which we ascribe to January 16, 1903.) Two hypotheses are possible to resolve the conflict: (1) this cylinder is in the wrong container, and actually stems from February 12, 1903, or from an earlier season; (2) the fact that Band 6 matches the speed of the other February 21 cylinders is coincidental, and it actually was recorded on February 12 or in an earlier season. Neither Band 5 or Band 6 matches the speed of Band 9, certainly recorded on February 12, so that doesn't help. In favor of the first hypothesis, one can note that this is one of the two cylinders Mapleson gave Seltsam at their first meeting, and, like the other one (the Queen's aria from Huguenots), it might have strayed from its proper container into another one. (This leaves a loose end, however: what was originally in the container dated "Feb. 21, 1903"? If it was Band 6--or the Ernani cylinder from the same date that doesn't have a marked container--the exchange must have taken place before the cylinders left Mapleson's hands, as both Band 6 and that Ernani cylinder belong to the Favia-Artsay group of cylinders, not the Seltsam collection.) In favor of the second hypothesis: the speed of Band 5 is quite close to that of the other February 21 cylinders; the sound of Band 6 is markedly fainter than the other two "Ride" recordings, and it thus might plausibly be relegated to 1902. With some diffidence, we adopt the second hypothesis.


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Optical Quality, Threshold Target Identification, and Military Target Task Performance After Advanced Keratorefractive Surgery
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01097525
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : April 1, 2010
Last Update Posted : March 13, 2015
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|Condition or disease
|Myopia Myopic Astigmatism
|Procedure: WFG PRK Procedure: WFG LASIK Procedure: WFO PRK Procedure: WFO LASIK
|Not Applicable
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|224 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Optical Quality, Threshold Target Identification, and Military Target Task Performance After Advanced Keratorefractive Surgery
|Study Start Date :
|April 2010
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|October 2014
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|October 2014
|Active Comparator: Wavefront guided (WFG) PRK
Procedure: WFG PRK
|Active Comparator: WFG LASIK
Procedure: WFG LASIK
|Active Comparator: Wavefront optimized (WFO) PRK
Procedure: WFO PRK
|Active Comparator: WFO LASIK
Procedure: WFO LASIK
- visual outcomes [ Time Frame: 12 months postoperatively ]
Visual outcomes will be measured in terms of:
- number of eyes achieving uncorrected visual acuity (UDVA) 20/20 or better.
- number of eyes maintaining one Snellen line of corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA).
- number of eyes within 0.50 diopter of manifest spherical equivalent.
- objective image quality [ Time Frame: 12 months postoperatively ]as measured by wavefront aberrometry
- military task performance [ Time Frame: 6 months postoperatively ]as measured by threshold target identification and night firing range
- visual performance [ Time Frame: 12 months postoperatively ]as measured by contrast sensitivity
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|21 Years to 55 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Normal, healthy active adults with access to medical care at Walter Reed Health Care System.
- Male or female at least 21 years old at the time of the pre-operative examination, and have signed an informed consent. The lower age limit of 21 years is intended to ensure documentation of refractive stability.
- Myopic spherical manifest refractive error from -1.00D up to -10.00D inclusive, with no more than 4.00D of manifest cylinder refractive error.
- Inclusion based on pre-op Central Corneal Thickness (CCT) will be assessed according to Residual Stromal Bed Thickness
- BSCVA of at least 20/20 in the study eye.
- Soft contact lens users must have removed their lenses at least two weeks prior to baseline and follow-up measurements.
- Hard contact lens users (PMMA or rigid gas permeable lenses) must have removed their lenses at least four weeks prior to baseline and follow-up measurements.
- Refractive stability must be documented by previous refractions. Spherical and cylindrical portion of the manifest refraction must not have varied by more than 0.50 diopters over the previous 12 months.
- Exhibits strong motivation for keeping the follow-up visits.
- Available for evaluation at Walter Reed during the 1 year follow-up period
- If selected, willing and available to undergo testing at Ft. Belvoir during the study period.
- All service members must have a signed command authorization to receive government sponsored refractive surgery. The signed command authorization will be included in the original application.
- Access to transportation to meet follow-up requirements.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Residual, recurrent or active ocular diseases or congenital corneal abnormalities in either eye such as iritis, uveitis, keratoconjunctivitis sicca, herpetic keratitis, vernal conjunctivitis, lagophthalmos, corneal scarring, anterior basement membrane disease, recurrent erosions, glaucoma, previous steroid responder, occludable chamber angles, visually significant cataracts.
- History of any previous eye surgery or trauma, including previous refractive surgery.
- Dry eye as reflected by Schirmer's test, subjective complaints or symptoms of dry eye, findings during slit lamp exam that would be consistent with dry eye (e.g. superficial punctuate keratitis).
- Corneal thickness insufficient to allow the residual remaining stromal bed to be no less than 300 microns in each eye. The residual stromal bed thickness will be determined by subtracting both the LASIK flap thickness and depth of the ablation from the total central corneal thickness measured by pachymetry.
- Female subjects who are pregnant, breast-feeding or intend to become pregnant during the study. This is standard of care exclusion for refractive surgery at the Walter Reed Refractive Surgery Center because of the medications that are routinely given as part of the procedures. Standard of care analgesia consists of medications (e.g. narcotics) labeled as Pregnancy Category "C" by the FDA. Teratogenic effects are not known, however, physical dependence in the neonate may occur if the mother is given narcotics. Female subjects will be given a urine pregnancy test prior to participating in the study to rule out pregnancy.
- Concurrent topical or systemic medications that may impair healing, including corticosteroids, antimetabolites, isotretinoin (Accutane), amiodarone hydrochloride (Cordarone) and/or sumatripin (Imitrex).
- Significant corneal neovascularization.
- Progressive myopia or keratoconus.
- Medical condition(s), which, in the judgment of the investigator, may impair healing, including but not limited to: collagen vascular disease, autoimmune disease, immunodeficiency diseases, and ocular herpes zoster or simplex.
- Patients with known sensitivity or inappropriate responsiveness to any of the medications used in the post-operative course.
- Any physical or mental impairment which would preclude participation in any of the examinations.
- Inability to meet the mandated follow-up visit schedule for any reason such as duty hours, impending deployments, or PCS.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01097525
|United States, Maryland
|Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
|Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20889
|United States, Virginia
|Fort Belvoir Community Hospital
|Fort Belvoir, Virginia, United States, 22060
|Principal Investigator:
|Kraig S Bower, MD
|The Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University
|Responsible Party:
|LTC Bruce Rivers, Director, Warfighter Refractive Eye Surgery Program and Research Center at FT Belvoir, Fort Belvoir Community Hospital
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|April 1, 2010 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|March 13, 2015
|Last Verified:
|March 2015
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Kyrie Irving had an actual root canal Thursday.
A day later, it only felt like he was giving one to the Jazz.
Irving, the third-year Cleveland point guard, erupted for 17 points in the third quarter, as the Cavaliers blasted Utah in the second half to pull away with a 113-102 win at EnergySolutions Arena.
"He got his rhythm and he's that kind of player," Jazz coach Ty Corbin said after his team had fallen to 12-26 on the year. "He just decided to take it upon himself to pick it up there and we didn't match his intensity."
Then again, maybe the pain Utah felt Friday was more like a hip flexor strain the injury that kept leading scorer Gordon Hayward out of the lineup for the first time this season.
Hayward was instrumental in the Jazz's victory Tuesday night over the Oklahoma City Thunder. He scored a career-high 37 points, including the team's final 17 of the game to seal the win. But after struggling through shootaround Friday morning, Hayward was held out against the Cavs, showing his value in another way.
"We need all of our pieces and Gordon is a big part of what we're doing," Corbin said of the fourth-year swingman. "Him being out, we knew we had to step up, not just one guy, the team had to step up and rally around each other."
In the first half, the Jazz did a good job of spreading Hayward's scoring duties around. Forward Richard Jefferson had 11 points, Enes Kanter had 10, and Derrick Favors, Alec Burks and Trey Burke each had 7, as Utah took a 49-46 lead in to the locker room.
But the Jazz missed more than just Hayward's scoring especially in the second half Friday.
"He brings a lot of leadership and he takes a lot of responsibility when the game's like that," said Kanter, who finished with 15 points and 10 rebounds off the bench, his fourth straight game in double figures.
The Cavs opened the third quarter on a 10-2 run, forcing a quick timeout by Corbin to steady his team.
Midway through the period, Utah trailed 65-62. That's when Burke headed to the bench with his fourth foul. Then the Cavs really got rolling.
Dion Waiters hit from 3, Irving sank back-to-back triples, and Jarrett Jack added the exclamation, hitting from behind the arc as the buzzer sounded.
"I mean, he's an All-Star," Burks, who had 16 points and five boards in the start, said of Irving. "He got it going. What more can you say?"
"His team feeds off him," said the rookie Burke. "Once he hit a couple threes, got to the line a couple times, that's when they went on their run."
Cleveland scored a sesaon-high 39 points in the third and outscored the Jazz 19-8 with Burke on the bench to close out the quarter.
Cleveland pushed the lead as high as 20 in the fourth. Former Jazz guard C.J. Miles had his best game in three tries against his old team, scoring 17 points in 23 minutes. Cleveland's newest acquisition, forward Luol Deng, made his first appearance of the Cavs after being traded from Chicago earlier in the week. He finished with 10 points.
With the win, the Cavs improved to 13-23 on the year.
For the Jazz, Burke had 17 points and six assists and Jefferson finished with a team-high 18 points.
An ultrasound performed Friday confirmed Hayward had a muscle strain in his left hip. With no game until Monday, the Jazz will rest their co-captain. He is being called a game-time decision against Denver.
"Anytime you have one of your guys out, especially a guy who's as important as Gordon has been, we want to make sure we're doing the right thing to give him time to recover," Corbin said. "He'll have two days and we'll see what's going on Monday."


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Jewish World Review Dec. 6, 2006 / 15 Kislev, 5767
Occult hand strikes back
By Paul Greenberg
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When I opened the e-mail from a reporter at the Chicago Tribune back in 2004, I knew the game was up. He was doing a story about the Order of the Occult Hand, and wanted to know how it got started. I knew we'd be caught eventually, and eventually had arrived. I decided I might as well come clean:
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Suicide truck bomb blast wounds 8 in Pakistan
A Pakistani official says police shot a would-be suicide truck bomber in the country's northwest, detonating his explosives before he could hit a nearby police station.
Police officer Muhammad Ismail says Tuesday's explosion in the city of Bannu wounded five policemen and three civilians.
Ismail says the bomber, who was killed in the blast, had about 500 kilograms (1,102 pounds) of explosives in the truck. He says the attacker apparently wanted to drive the vehicle into the police station some 50 meters (yards) away.
Bannu is located just outside the North Waziristan tribal region where a mix of Pakistani, Afghan and al-Qaida-linked militant groups are based.
Pakistani Taliban spokesman Ahsanullah Ahsan claimed responsibility for the bombing in a phone call to The Associated Press.


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Amazing Biographies: Writing About People Who Change the World
After reading about historical figures and other important people that have changed the world, children choose someone that they consider to be "amazing"either someone they've heard about or someone they knowand create a book page that highlights this person.
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Amelia Earhart completed her solo flight from Honolulu to Oakland in 1935.
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While European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi's lack of direct and drastic action on Thursday disappointed markets, he's thrown down the gauntlet in challenging Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann's opposition to a plan for the ECB to reenter the bond markets.
Bloomberg reported Friday that Draghi took the unusual step of calling out Weidmann by name in his Thursday comments about tactics the ECB could use against the financial crisis. Among those tactics is a resumption of bond purchases, something the ECB had halted in March but which is now being discussed again.
Draghi announced a bond purchase plan currently being worked out by the ECB, although its actual execution remains weeks away—a fact that put a damper on markets. However, the ECB said that it would buy Italy's and Spain's bonds on the market, provided that the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) also buys bonds—directly from the two countries' treasuries—and does so only under stringent conditions.
After his announcement about the plan, Draghi was quoted saying, "It's known that Mr. Weidmann and the Bundesbank have their reservations about programs that buy bonds."
Weidmann has been known to oppose such an action, conditions or no, and two German members of the ECB's Governing Council had quit the central bank in protest over its bond-buying program. Still, being called out in public as the sole member of the ECB to stand against the action is a violation of previous policy; the ECB does not reveal votes of individual policymakers or minutes of its meetings so that members are protected from political pressure.
Public disagreement wasn't lacking in the Bundesbank's approach to the matter, however. After Draghi referred to a bond-buying program in a London speech several days ago, a Bundesbank spokesman repeated the German central bank's opposition to any such action.
On Aug. 1, Weidmann himself was quoted saying, "We are the largest and most important central bank in the eurosystem and we have a greater say than many other central banks in the eurosystem." He added that the ECB's independence "requires it to respect and not overstep its own mandate"—which, according to Weidmann, does not include buying bonds.
The Bundesbank's opinion and Weidmann's vote both carry a lot of weight. Although Weidmann is only one voice on the ECB's 23-member council, that voice carries. Julian Callow, chief European economist at Barclays in London, said in the report, "The Bundesbank veto matters a lot in this. We need to know exactly how the Bundesbank is appraising things."
According to Alexander Krueger, chief economist at Bankhaus Lampe in Dusseldorf, the market's lackluster reaction to Draghi's policy announcement on Thursday can be explained by Draghi's apparent override of Weidmann's position against bonds. Krueger was quoted saying, "That's why investors are disappointed. The ECB can't just take random measures against the Bundesbank's will. The country with the largest economy needs to be part of any package." Of course Weidmann is not the only policymaker from Germany opposed to the policy; his predecessor, Axel Weber, and Juergen Stark, former chief economist for the ECB, both resigned last year over the original bond purchase program that began in May of 2010. And in Germany the notion is unpopular with the general public as well.
That was reflected in an article in the German daily Bild, which criticized the plan and said, "No more German money for bankrupt states, Herr Draghi!" The Bild, according to a Telegraph report, also threatened to reclaim the Prussian helmet it had presented to him months ago that was intended to remind him of German virtues, saying, "Otherwise Bild wants the 'Pickelhaube' back."
Still, public opinion on his side or not, "Weidmann was unhappy before but he's probably even more unhappy now after being name-checked like that by Draghi," said Jacques Cailloux in the report.
Cailloux, chief European economist at Nomura International in London, added, "The Bundesbank has to live with being outvoted, but it remains to be seen whether it really goes to the wire, blocks the program and refuses to buy the bonds."
Whether it is characterized as a "random action" or not, the bond purchase program is believed by some to hold the key to quelling the crisis. Charles Diebel, head of market strategy at Lloyds Banking Group in London, was quoted saying, "All of the announcements, if transferred into actual activity, would be close to the big bazooka approach that the markets are looking for. Market disappointment is hardly surprising in this context but we may well find this lays the groundwork for the grand plan in coming weeks."
Holger Schmieding, chief economist at Berenberg Bank in London, concurred, and was quoted saying, "Whatever the short-term gut reaction of markets, the ECB announcement constitutes serious progress." He added, "The chances have risen substantially that the worst of the current wave of euro crisis could soon be over."
Still, all is not smooth sailing from here on. One condition for the bond purchases is that the country must ask for them. Neither Mario Monti, prime minister of Italy, nor Mariano Rajoy, prime minister of Spain, have indicated that their countries will do so. In fact, Monti said in the report, "I don't know if the Italian government will ask for activation of this instrument." Rajoy declined to comment on the possibility that Madrid will ask for aid.


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Leagues prepare for day when gay athlete comes out
- NHL partnership with You Can Play advocacy group is seen as latest sign of progress
- NFL security making plans to deal with security concerns
- Cyd Zeigler of OutSports.com says ideal time for first athlete to come out is during the offseason
Locker rooms, on one level, are really nothing more than giant closets, places for athletes to hang up their clothes. So how come no active gay male athlete has come out of any of the cavernous closets of North America's four major team sports?
The day is coming when that will happen, maybe even some day soon. And leagues are working publicly, as well as behind the scenes, on how all of that might unfold.
Thursday the NHL took a public step toward inclusion when it announced a formal partnership with You Can Play, an advocacy organization dedicated to ensuring equality and respect for all athletes regardless of sexual orientation.
"Our league is ready for this and our players are ready for this," Philadelphia Flyers scout Patrick Burke told USA TODAY Sports. "The culture of the sport, when it comes to LGBT issues, is so far ahead of the other sports that I have no doubt that there will be openly gay athletes in the NHL in the near future."
Burke is the son of longtime NHL executive Brian Burke and co-founder of the year-old You Can Play, which will work with the NHL and the NHL Players' Association to enable players to seek counseling or ask questions on matters of sexual orientation on a confidential basis through the NHL's Behavioral Health Program.
Other leagues are also taking steps. The NFL's, NBA's and MLB's collective bargaining agreements ban discrimination based on sexual orientation. NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said the league's rookie symposiums will include sessions on inclusion and tolerance. He also said NFL senior vice president of player engagement Troy Vincent met last week with three organizations representing the LGBT community, including You Can Play, as part of ongoing dialogue.
Should an NFL player or players come out, "Our league and team security people would be ready to monitor any kind of public reaction that might not be appropriate, including scrubbing social media" for potential threats, Aiello said. "We would assist the player in dealing with any adverse public reaction of any type, if there is any. Hopefully there wouldn't be and it would be a non-issue, which it should be."
The NBA has partnerships with the Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network and the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and unveiled multiple public service announcements in 2011 to address anti-gay language and anti-LGBT bullying. NBA spokesman Michael Bass said sessions on LGBT issues are part of Team Awareness Meetings and rookie orientation.
"This has been our policy for some time now," Bass said, "and we are in full support of the NHL's actions here."
All of which leaves open the question of how soon male gay athletes might come out in North America's major team sports. Toronto Maple Leafs winger James van Riemsdyk said he thinks Thursday's announcement means that day is sooner than later.
"It hasn't happened yet, but this kind of partnership could make someone comfortable enough to want to come out," van Riemsdyk told USA TODAY Sports. "We are on the right path for something like that happening."
Patrick Burke says too much media emphasis is placed on when it might happen, even as he lays groundwork for it to happen.
"I think the one thing that gets lost in the shuffle in all this media stuff is that there are real people behind this," he said. "This is their life and this is their struggle, this is their livelihood, this is their career. People say, 'Oh, you should come out,' but this is how guys pay for their kids' college. This is important.
"And I think too often we talk about this in the abstract and people lose sight of the fact that we've got athletes in professional sports right now who are struggling with this and are afraid of being discovered. And too often we talk about these guys in the abstract like they don't exist. In a weird way, we are talking about the fact they do exist while making it seem like they don't, by not considering how what we say might affect them."
Burke is careful to say that he will never comment on whether he has spoken with active gay athletes, but he said he has asked retired gay athletes about what active gay athletes might be thinking these days.
"And they're all saying the same thing," Burke said. "If they're close, all this media hype could do one of two things. It could be the nudge they need to take that step and come out. Or it could push them so deep in the closet so they'll never come out."
Patrick Burke's brother Brendan came out in 2009 when he was manager of the Miami (Ohio) men's hockey team. He died in a car accident in Indiana in 2010. Patrick Burke later wrote a tribute to his brother for leading gay sports web site OutSports.com, which included the phrase: "If you can play, you can play."
Patrick Burke decided those words neatly encapsulated his broader idea of inclusiveness — that only ability matters. The board of his You Can Play organization includes his father, Brian, former general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Patrick Burke believes his father's standing in the NHL helped to advance LGBT causes in the league.
"He is annually ranked as one of the most influential guys in hockey," Patrick Burke said. "He hunts, and chews tobacco, all these stereotypical masculine things. So for people to know that Brian Burke, who vehemently supports fighting in hockey, for him to say that he'd be happy to have a gay player and he was happy to have a gay son, I do think that helps."
It also helps that NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman knew Brendan Burke well as a child when his father was one of Bettman's vice presidents.
"The strong feelings that Patrick has stem from how much he and his family loved his brother," Bettman told USA TODAY Sports. "They look back on things in his life that could have been different. They want to make it better for anybody who is part of the LGBT community who is looking to do things in life and is worried whether or not they will be included and feel welcome."
Bettman says there is no way to predict when the NHL's first active gay player will come out, "but I was having a conversation with Patrick. We were talking about his brother and what he said to me, which was most poignant, was: 'I hope the next generation wouldn't have to deal with some of the things that my brother had to deal with.'"
NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr doesn't take any particular pride in the NHL being first with this sort of formal agreement.
"I would hope at some point this won't be a big story," he told USA TODAY Sports. "You shouldn't get extra credit for doing the right thing."
Cyd Zeigler is a manager of OutSports.com who covers these issues on a daily basis. He thinks the ideal time for an athlete in a team sport to come out is during the offseason, when there would be less disruption for a team.
"The right time is always when the athlete is ready to do it — period, full stop," Zeigler told USA TODAY Sports. "I don't think the team's desires should ever be primary to the athlete's needs, but they're a consideration. And if an athlete can work in conjunction with a team and figure out what the best time for both of them is, that's the right time.
"If an athlete was ready 10 years ago, it would have been fine then. It's fine if they come out now. I try not to get too stuck in talking about if 2013 is the right time because sports is ready. Whether sports or a team or a league is ready is completely irrelevant: The most important thing is when that athlete is ready."
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We Try the New Lay's Chips Flavors: Sriracha, Chicken & Waffles, Cheesy Garlic Bread
It's not often that Lay's lets its customers choose a new chip flavor they want the company to produce. In fact, this is the only time they've ever done it. And I think it's fair to say that America responded to the challenge—to the tune of almost 4 million flavor submissions. With the help of some celebrity judges, Lay's narrowed the staggering list of entries down to just three.
And they couldn't be much different from one another: Chicken & Waffles, Cheesy Garlic Bread, and Sriracha. My guess is that you just formed an opinion about which one you will like best. I know I initially did. But I had to grab a bag of each to find out for sure.
Chicken & Waffles
I didn't grow up eating chicken and waffles. The first time I tried the then-peculiar combination was on a road trip in college that passed through Atlanta. It was there, on Peachtree Street, that I tucked into a big plate of sweet waffles and salty fried chicken at Gladys Knight's Chicken and Waffles. At the time it felt like perfect drunk food (to be fair I was probably drunk) but now it just seems like perfect food. I crave that trifecta of salt, sugar, and fat all wrapped up in the comforting textures of crispy skin, juicy meat, and fluffy buttermilk batter.
I was excited to try Lay's interchiptation of the dish but also apprehensive that it might fall flat. In the end, I was pleasantly surprised. The balance of sweet and salt is spot on; these are hard chips to stop eating. The waffle flavor is very clearly in the frozen Eggo camp, which isn't necessarily a criticism. There's no maple syrup listed on the bag but I taste a lot of it on the chip. The chicken flavor takes a moment or two to surface but does so just in time to keep the sweet waffle from becoming cloying.
Cheesy Garlic Bread
Here's a chip flavor that I would never have submitted in a million years of chip flavor submitting. Okay, in a million years I'd have probably at some point submitted it, but definitely not in first 500,000 years. And it's not for a lack of enjoying cheesy garlic bread. That stuff's darn delicious. I assumed a garlicky, cheesy chip would leave me missing the crisp crust and chewy, doughy center of the real deal. I was wrong.
First off these chips nail—and I mean absolutely nail—the flavor of Italian-American garlic bread. Sure it's cheesy (there are 5 different kinds of cheese) and garlicky, but what really makes this chip shine is how buttery it is. Not everyone knows that a copious amount of butter is the key to good garlic bread, but the mad scientists at Lay's certainly do.
"Okay", I thought, "here's my chip". I love that bright red rooster sauce drizzled on untold dishes, am addicted to anything vinegary, and eat up spicy food like it's going out of style*.
Imagine my surprise then when I bit into my first Sriracha chip, and then my second, and then I stopped. Were they bad chips? Certainly not. In fact they offered a pleasing balance of real spice, tangy vinegar, sugar, and salt.
Did they taste like Sriracha? Certainly not. I closed my eyes and tasted another chip, tonguing around the corners of my mouth for even a hint of red chile, but I couldn't find it anywhere but on the back of the bag. Frantically questioning my understanding of Sriracha, I reached for the green-capped bottle and squirted some into the center of my tongue. A few swishes later confirmed that yes indeed, Sriracha does taste like red chiles (and is also really spicy when squirted directly onto a tongue). I'm not saying it's the most complex of Asian chile sauces, but chiles are the first ingredient on my bottle of Sriracha and the primary, overarching flavor.
The chips, in my opinion, just don't have it. Once I was able to move beyond what the chips were supposed to be, I actually ended up enjoying them, especially when smothered with a creamy, cooling dip.
*Don't worry, I checked with Kenji and it's not.
The Verdict
I started this tasting with the assumption that the Sriracha chips would get my vote. In the end, it wasn't. So which of the other two finalists makes it into my winner circle? Unable to make a clear decision, I spent the weekend heavily snacking, weighing the remaining contents of each bag, promising to vote for whichever bag had been most emptied. The result? Let's just say my top chip and I are leaving on a Midnight Train to Georgia.
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