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It is best to stay overnight when making an excursion to Ha Long Bay, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and Vietnam's most famous natural attraction. From Hanoi, the closest major city, visitors can only arrive by private car or bus — there's no airport in Ha Long Bay — with a commute that averages four hours. Rather than spending an entire day traveling to and from Ha Long Bay, many visitors book an overnight cruise to make their visit more enjoyable, and one of the most popular choices among affluent travelers is Paradise Cruises.
Upon arrival at the main harbor on Tuan Chau Island, I was immediately welcomed by the Paradise Cruises staff. The cruise line is owned by Dao Trong Tuyen, who also owns a great deal of property around the island. Paradise Cruises debuted the Paradise Suites hotel to complement its cruise offerings in November. Since its completion, guests have the option to stay one night on the bay and one night on the cruise. Because my time was limited, I only booked the cruise, on what I discovered was the creme de la creme of all the ships in Ha Long Bay.
Out of the eight ships in Paradise Cruises' fleet, the newest and grandest vessel is Paradise Peak. Unveiled last year, Paradise Peak is both luxurious and elegant, with wood paneling, an expansive sun deck, a dining room with an outdoor bar, a spa with Jacuzzi tubs and a quiet library. The ship has only eight suites, with the minimum suite averaging a whopping 1,150 square feet. My suite, Thien Cung, came equipped with a private sun deck at the ship's hull, a second separate balcony, a dining nook, a comfortable double bed and an impressive, en-suite bathroom with a rain shower and a separate Jacuzzi tub.
Unlike other cruise lines, Paradise Peak offers premium wines, a fitness center and a la carte dining (no buffets, thank you very much) with fresh seafood. It is a good fit for couples, although my boat contained a mixed bag of passengers: a trio of Asian-American friends, a single traveler from France, a young couple from Barcelona and a family of four from Spain. The cruise finds a consistent target audience among society royals, CEOs, honeymooners and affluent families.
When we set sail past less-than-glamorous junkets and cruisers, I wondered with a touch of guilt: Why does anyone need all this space? Is it even worth the splurge? (Rates start at $725 per night during the low season.)
It wasn't until we stopped at our first excursion, Surprise Cave, that I received my answer. Surprise Cave was founded as a tourist attraction in 1901 and has three stunning limestone chambers. We arrived at the cave amidst a cattle call of backpackers, traveling groups, disorder and mayhem — the cave was brimming with hundreds of tourists. When we disembarked, I paid close attention to the other boats out at bay, and discovered that many of them offered limited amenities and space. Many of the ships looked as ancient as the limestone outcrops we had just visited. I took a moment to revel in my luxurious surroundings and stopped feeling guilty right then and there.
Overall, I found the experience to be quite a treat. We took a trip to the Pearl Farm, a small floating factory where visitors can learn about pearl production in the area. The morning of our departure, we anchored near a floating village, where two kids, no more than 10 years old, were selling shells in a wooden fishing boat. I dropped them two cans of soda, which resulted in us waving to each other repeatedly from across the water. Instead of visiting the village, I stayed on the boat and cranked up my air conditioning, choosing to enjoy the luxurious offerings of the ship rather than venture off to explore the sights. It was certainly a good example of the aphorism "you get what you pay for," and I was quite content onboard.


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Maine is one of about a dozen states in which purple paint on a fence post has a specific meaning. If you see it, turn around. Here's why.
There is a cache up north that is at a "blue post", as indicated in the hint, in Maine, this means "No Treaspassing".
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28 U.S. Code § 129 - West Virginia
West Virginia is divided into two judicial districts to be known as the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia.
Northern District
(a) The Northern District comprises the counties of Barbour, Berkeley, Braxton, Brooke, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Grant, Hampshire, Hancock, Hardy, Harrison, Jefferson, Lewis, Marion, Marshall, Mineral, Monongalia, Morgan, Ohio, Pendleton, Pleasants, Pocahontas, Preston, Randolph, Ritchie, Taylor, Tucker, Tyler, Upshur, Webster, and Wetzel.
Court for the Northern District shall be held at Clarksburg, Elkins, Fairmont, Martinsburg, and Wheeling.
Southern District
(b) The Southern District comprises the counties of Boone, Cabell, Clay, Fayette, Greenbrier, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mason, Mercer, Mingo, Monroe, Nicholas, Putnam, Raleigh, Roane, Summers, Wayne, Wirt, Wood, and Wyoming.
Court for the Southern District shall be held at Beckley, Bluefield, Charleston, Huntington, Lewisburg, and Parkersburg.
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 194 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 113, 36 Stat. 1129; Mar. 23, 1912, ch. 63, 37 Stat. 76; Aug. 22, 1914, ch. 265, 38 Stat. 702; Feb. 27, 1922, ch. 83, 42 Stat. 398; June 22, 1936, ch. 695, 49 Stat. 1805; Aug. 23, 1937, ch. 737, 50 Stat. 744; June 29, 1938, ch. 817, 52 Stat. 1245).
Words "with the waters thereof," after the list of counties in each district, were omitted as unnecessary, and in view of the absence of such words in similar sections relating to other States.
Provisions relating to special terms of court were omitted as covered by section 141 of this title.
A provision that the term at Fairmont be held "when suitable rooms and accommodations for holding terms of the court shall be furnished at Fairmont free of cost to the United States or until, subject to the recommendation of the Attorney General of the United States with respect to providing such rooms and accommodations for holding court at Fairmont, a Federal building containing such suitable rooms and accommodations for holding court shall be erected at such place," was omitted as obsolete on advice of the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts that Federal accommodations are now available.
Provisions respecting court accommodations at Beckley and Lewisburg were omitted as covered by section 142 of this title.
Changes were made in arrangement and phraseology.
1983—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97–471, § 1(1), struck out references to Parkersburg, Wirt, and Wood counties and inserted references to Braxton, Pocahontas, and Webster counties.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97–471, § 1(2), struck out references to Braxton, Pocahontas, and Webster counties and inserted references to Parkersburg, Wirt, and Wood counties.
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John Habib's City Sports: Numbers down in Ruth League baseballBy JOHN HABIB
New Hampshire Union Leader
May 03. 2013 11:47PM
Manchester Babe Ruth Baseball begins its 62nd season Sunday fielding eight teams of 14- and 15-year-olds in the Woodlock League but only three teams of 13-year-olds in the Lebel League.
Gary Ulbin, the organization's president, reports that 112 kids will participate in the Woodlock circuit, a mere 42 in the Lebel.
"We went from 68 kids last year to 42 this year competing on the 13-year-old level," said Ulbin. "We didn't see this coming until we held 10 registration dates and saw that only 12 or 13 (13-year-old) kids had signed up by the end of March. We did get a late rush of kids registering for the league after the hockey and basketball seasons ended, but not enough to match last year. Our Woodlock League numbers are down just eight players from last year."
Once he determined he had only enough players to field three Lebel teams, Ulbin reached out to other communities.
"We hooked up with Bow, which also had a low turnout on the 13-year-old level," Ulbin said. "We're going to play two of their 13-year-old teams. Our Lebel teams will play a 14-game schedule, which is what we normally play. We've built in some flexibility to possibly add more games and have dates available for make-up games."
Ulbin attributed the low turnout to a "combination of reasons.
"It's my understanding that the turnout for Little League Baseball in Manchester was down last year and again this year," he said. "I don't have the exact numbers, but I know Manchester South and Manchester East (Little Leagues) are down this year. Throw in lacrosse, soccer, AAU baseball and kids just losing interest in baseball, and that all adds up. The low turnout is not just happening in Manchester; it's all over the state."
Ulbin said Goffstown doesn't have a 13-year-old Babe Ruth program and Salem "is hurting in all age categories.
"We're staying ahead of the curve, and I'm happy to say we adjusted in time to field a competitive 13-year-old league this season," he said. "We're hosting a New England Babe Ruth Regional tournament at Gill Stadium in July, and we strongly believe we're going to field a competitive team."
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GARDE BURGESS, president of the Youngsville Athletic Association, confirmed recently that his association terminated its Youngsville Hawks Pop Warner football program.
"It was done for many reasons, but the primary reason was the dwindling number of kids playing football and having too many football teams and other sports in the Manchester area," said Burgess.
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THE AMOSKEAG Rugby Football Club will compete in the second annual Kyle Warren Memorial Cup game today in Pembroke at the Northeast Athletic Complex on 326 Buck St.
Staff Sgt. Kyle Warren, a native of California who moved to New Hampshire in 2003, died in 2010 in Afghanistan of injuries sustained when his military vehicle was attacked by insurgents with an improvised explosive device.
As part of this year's tribute to its fallen comrade, Amoskeag will host the Fort Drum (N.Y.) Barracks Rangers, with whom Warren had ties. Pregame ceremonies will commence at 2:45 p.m., with the game scheduled to start at 3.
Earlier today, at 10 a.m., the Amoskeag RFC men's, women's, and "old boys'' teams will face the Worcester (Mass.) RFC. Donations will be collected for the Wounded Warrior Project in honor of Warren throughout the day.
"Kyle played rugby for Amoskeag for four seasons prior to enlisting in the Army," said Alexander Gatzoulis, a club spokesman. "The (Fort Drum) match will start with 15 Amoskeag ruggers who had the honor of playing beside Kyle when he was a member of our team. Kyle died in service to us all, and to our great nation. He will forever be remembered by his friends at Amoskeag RFC."
Checks made out to the Wounded Warrior Project can be sent to the Amoskeag Rugby Football Club, c/o Alexander G. Gatzoulis, 27 Bay St., Manchester, NH 03104.
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RUNNERS who like to mix a little tequila with their post-race sports drinks have a couple of options in the city this weekend.
Jillian's Billiards Club in the Millyard will serve as the starting and finishing point, as well as the site of the post-race party, for today's Total Image 5K/10K. The event, which is preceded at 9:30 a.m. by the Little Amigos Race for kids 12 and under, starts at 10. Race-day registration starts at 8:30. The post-race Cinco de Mayo celebration at Jillian's - which includes a buffet, cash bar and half-price margaritas - runs until 2 p.m.
Proceeds from the event benefit Easter Seals New Hampshire's Child Development Center and Dartmouth-Hitchcock's Norris Cotton Cancer Center. In addition donations will be collected for Jeff Bauman, who lost both legs in the Boston Marathon bombing and subsequently helped investigators identify the suspects.
On Sunday, it's Millennium Running's turn to throw a Mexican-themed bash, this one the Cinco de Miles 5K, which starts and ends at Shorty's Mexican Roadhouse in Manchester. About 1,500 runners will weave north on Bicentennial Drive, cross into Hooksett and then wind back to the restaurant. The sold-out race starts at 9:30 a.m., with the party to follow.
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JUST BEYOND the city border, the Educational Farm at Joppa Hill in Bedford is raffling a signed Tom Brady Patriots jersey to raise money for the farm. Tickets are only $25 each, and only 300 will be sold. The winner will be drawn at the farm's benefit auction at the Bedford Village Inn on Sunday, June 2. You do not have to be present at the drawing to win. For tickets, go to www.theeducationalfarm.org, click on the "Donate" button, and be sure to write "Tom Brady jersey" in the subject line and include your mailing address. Specify the number of tickets you want, and they will be mailed to you.
"City Sports" appears on Saturday in the New Hampshire Union Leader. Email staff reporter John Habib at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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A new trailer for Syfy's upcoming thriller "Helix" shows the team of scientists who could save the world assembling in the Arctic.
"What's it doing to him," Billy Campbell's Dr. Alan Farragut asks as he and others look over a victim.
"It's changing him," another scientest answers.
"Into what?"
Into ... something ... really ... nasty. A virus is changing people into zombies, aliens or some other kind of supercharged killers.
"Helix" could be something we've seen before, but it comes from "Battlestar Galactica" creator Ron Moore so I have to say it's the first Syfy drama in quite a long time that I am actually looking forward to seeing.
According to Syfy, the scientests are "pulled into a terrifying life-and-death struggle that holds the key to mankind's salvation ... or total annihilation."
"Helix" also stars Kyra Zagorsky as Dr. Julia Walker, Jordan Hayes as Dr. Sarah Jordan, Hiroyuki Sanada as Dr. Hiroshi Hatake, Catherine Lemieux as Dr. Doreen Boyle, Neil Napier as Dr. Peter Farragut, Mark Ghanime as Major Sergio Balleseros and Meegwun Fairbrother as Daniel Aerov.
"Helix" premieres at 9 p.m. CT Jan. 10 on Syfy.
Moore serves as exec producer with Lynda Obst ("Contact") and Steven Maeda ("Lost," "CSI: Miami," "The X-Files").
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Which Summer Tour Gives You the Most for Your Money?
This article originally appeared on Vulture.
If you are looking to spend mountains of money in order to see a famous person dance around a stage, then you have plenty of options this summer: Bey and Jay, Drake and Wayne, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, One Direction, and more. But if you are only looking to spend as much money as you have to—if you would like to get the best bang for your concert buck—then we have you covered. Using the best of our mathematical abilities, and a good amount of set-list-peeking and YouTube-watching, we've ranked this summer's biggest blockbuster tours in order of worst deal to best deal.
Please note: Ticket prices can vary city to city by a few dollars. We've done the best we can to assemble the average tour ticket prices in general rather than by specific city. Fees are also included in the average ticket price.
Luke Bryan
Average ticket price: $164.20
Set list: 22 songs
Openers: Lee Brice, Cole Swindell, Dierks Bentley, Brantley Gilbert
Hits included: "This Is How We Roll," "Crash My Party," "That's My Kind of Night," "Play It Again"
Added surprises: He rides in a pickup truck that's on fire, and who knows, he might fall off the stage at your show.
Cost per song: $7.46
Worth it? It depends on how drunk you get, but probably not.
Average ticket price: $130.95
Set list: 18 songs
Openers: Slash
Hits included: "Dream On," "Sweet Emotion," "Cryin'," "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)"
Added surprises: It's an oldies-packed set that eschews most of the band's newer, less well-received material. Plus you get to see Slash play "Sweet Child O'Mine" if you show up early.
Cost per song: $7.28
Worth it? It depends on how much you like Aerosmith deep cuts. It's a pricey ticket.
Bruno Mars
Average ticket price: $99.00
Set list: 15 songs
Openers: Pharrell, Aloe Blacc, Nico & Vinz
Hits inlcluded: "Treasure," "Billionaire," "Grenade," "Gorilla," "Locked Out of Heaven"
Added surprises: Killer graphics (think the massive gorilla videos he used at last year's VMAs) and indoor mini-fireworks.
Cost per song: $6.60
Worth it? Here's why we say no: He's been touring in support of the same 2012 material for a very, very long time. Wait until Mars releases new stuff before catching his show. You'll be glad you did.
Average ticket price: $158.08
Set list: 25 songs
Openers: Raury, Kid Cudi, Childish Gambino
Hits included: "The Way You Move," "Hey Ya!," "Int'l Player's Anthem," "Ms. Jackson"
Added surprises: A gigantic projection-screen cube, setpiece throwbacks to the duo's humble beginnings, and special guests at nearly every show.
Cost per song: $6.32
Worth it? If you're a fan of Outkast, go. If not, you can miss this one.
Lady Gaga
Average ticket price: $111.06
Set list: 18
Openers: "Lady Starlight, Hitsune Miku, Crayon Pop, Babymetal
Hits included: "Bad Romance," "Just Dance," "Telephone, "Poker Face"
Added surprises: A section during which Gaga reads letters that fans throw at her, and she throws in the occasional cameo (T.I. popped up in New York for "Jewels N Drugs").
Cost per song: $6.17
Worth it? No, and this is coming from a huge Lady Gaga fan. Save your money for the greatest-hits tour and avoid this Artpop-clogged spectacle.
Katy Perry
Average ticket price: $117.43
Set list: 20 songs
Openers: Capitol Cities, Kacey Musgraves, Tegan and Sara
Hits included: "Teenage Dream," "Dark Horse," "Roar," "I Kissed a Girl"
Added surprises: Balloons floating around the arena; a brief "Vogue" cover; a section that pays homage to Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats.
Cost per song: $5.87
Worth it? This is an arena spectacle like no other this summer, and the price is certainly right. Go dance the night away.
Miley Cyrus
Average ticket price: $109.85
Set list: 21 songs
Opener: Lily Allen
Hits included: "Party in the U.S.A.," "Can't Be Tamed," "Wrecking Ball," "We Can't Stop"
Added surprises: Miley actually switches her covers up nightly, but she's done Arctic Monkeys, Coldplay, and Dolly Parton proud, and she brings out a guy dressed as Abraham Lincoln during "Party."
Cost per song: $5.23
Worth it? Yeah, just let the cheesy show wash over you. You know you'll have fun.
John Legend
Average ticket price: $87.88
Set list: 20 songs
Openers: Marsha Ambrosius, Mapei
Hits included: "All of Me," "Ordinary People," "Let's Get Lifted," "Where Did My Baby Go"
Added surprises: Covers of Bruce Springsteen and Simon & Garfunkel songs, plus a firm emphasis on the music over the spectacle.
Cost per song: $4.39
Worth it? If you like emotions, sure.
Lauryn Hill
Average ticket price: $85.53
Set list: 20 songs
Openers: None
Hits included: "Killing Me Softly With His Song," "Ex-Factor, "How Many Mics," "Ready or Not"
Added surprises: Three Bob Marley and the Wailers covers; a Stevie Wonder cover; an acoustic set in the middle.
Cost per song: $4.28
Worth it? By all accounts, Ms. Hill has gotten her live shows back on track, and it's hard to say no to a legend.
One Direction
Average ticket price: $87.65
Set list: 23 songs
Opener: 5 Seconds of Summer
Hits Included: "Little Things," "Kiss You," "Live While We're Young," "What Makes You Beautiful"
Added surprises: Fireworks! And Niall plays guitar during some of the songs.
Cost per song: $3.81
Worth it? For the tweens in your life, sure; and for your inner child, also sure.
Paul McCartney
Average ticket price: $134.25
Set list: 39 songs
Openers: None
Hits Included: "Hey Jude," "My Valentine," "Lady Madonna, "8 Days a Week"
Added surprises: You get to hear McCartney do Beatles and Wings classics—you don't need anything else, you greedy person.
Cost per song: $3.44
Worth it? It is always worth it for Sir Paul, but at these prices, it is especially worth it.
Beyoncé and Jay Z
Average ticket price: $138.47
Set list: 45 songs
Openers: None
Hits included: Where do we even begin? "Crazy in Love," "Partition," "99 Problems," "Drunk in Love," and "Single Ladies"
Added surprises: Never-before-seen home-videos of Blue Ivy; Beyoncé wears a wedding dress; there are fireworks and gigantic flamethrowers, too.
Cost per song: $3.08
Worth it? Every penny and more.
Robyn and Royksopp
Average ticket price: $69.50
Set list: 24 songs
Openers: Zhala
Hits included: "Happy Up Here," "Indestructible," "Dancing on My Own," "Do It Again"
Added surprises: Robot costumes; a full-scale laser light show; Robyn wears high-top sneakers.
Cost per song: $2.90 per song
Worth it? Yes, and we shouldn't even have to tell you this.
Miranda Lambert
Average ticket price: $53.03
Set list: 21 songs
Openers: Justin Moore, Thomas Rhett
Hits included: "Platinum," "Fastest Girl in Town," "Automatic," "Priscilla"
Added surprises: She wears a bunch of different outfits and has some of the best live vocals around, country music or otherwise.
Cost per song: $2.53
Worth it? Her disposition permeates the room when she walks in, so yes.
Average ticket price: $59.10
Set list: 50 songs (some full-length, some snippets)
Openers: What So Not, DJ Mustard, Milo & Otis
Hits included: "Bangarang," "Kyoto, "Wild for the Night"
Added surprises: Skrillex performs in a spaceship; lasers and fog; some Diplo and Daft Punk "covers."
Cost per song: $1.18
Worth it? There are songs on iTunes that cost more than the $1.18 cost of hearing one song at a Skrillex concert. Why not?


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Founder Vincent Porpiglia had the DreamWater formula created at a contract lab in 2007, but funding from friends allowed him to do only a test production and sales run. Then, in 2009, while visiting an uninterested investor in New York, Porpiglia met David Lekach, a Miami native whose family founded retailer Perfumania. Lekach, a former investment banker, invested in the business and became CEO. He also brought in two other partners: His brother Joseph Lekach and childhood friend Adam Platzner. After that, sales took off rapidly, reaching $2 million in 2010 and around $6 million in 2011. It's distributed in Target, Walmart, Walgreens, CVS, airport retailers and other chains.


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Just as the love potion in "L'Elisir d'Amore" turns out to be cheap red wine, the Met's new production of this Donizetti opera offers no magic, just a momentary buzz.
The singing of superstar soprano Anna Netrebko aside, there was more sparkle in Monday's opening-night audience — whose couture-clad VIPs included Courtney Love and Regis Philbin — than in Bartlett Sher's redo of this slight 1832 comedy.
It's a love story about the peasant Nemorino, who's too shy to approach the witty, rich Adina until he gulps the high-proof potion and his boozy confidence catches her eye.
Though "Elisir" is generally regarded as a tenor showcase — everyone from Caruso to Pavarotti sang it — this performance was dominated by Netrebko's Adina.
With a voice really too glamorous for the part — it's like carpooling in a Jaguar — the Russian diva ravished the ear with both coloratura fireworks and lyrical melodies. She dominated every scene effortlessly, too, with an enchanting blend of magnetism and wacky energy.
Next to her, Matthew Polenzani's Nemorino seemed a little plain. In the opera's hit tune, "Una Furtiva Lagrima" ("A Hidden Tear"), in which the hero realizes Adina finally loves him, every note was pristine.
But what you heard was well-crafted singing, not a cry from the heart.
Ambrogio Maestri brought a rich, booming baritone to the role of the conniving Doctor Dulcamara, his expert mugging winning him most of the night's few laughs.
As Belcore, the studly soldier who flirts with Adina, Mariusz Kwiecien distorted his light baritone by trying to sing too loud. His acting went over the top, too: All that groping and pawing crossed the line between "randy" and "rapey."
For this, his fourth assignment at the Met, Sher traded the wit and charm of this gentle love story for noisy butt-slapping and skirt-twirling. Singers flailed around aimlessly while villagers tripped over each other.
Worse, the staging's visually stale. During an interminable scene change in the first act, one spectator whispered over the onstage banging and crashing, "How old is this production, anyway?"
Indeed, the opening night looked like a revival, with faded flats and generic peasant costumes that might have been unearthed from a damp warehouse in the wilds of New Jersey.
Musically, things weren't much better: Maurizio Benini coaxed a fizzy, bright sound from the Met orchestra in faster numbers, but the all-important love songs were rushed.
For the Met, this "Elisir" was anything but a vintage night.


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U.S. stocks extended the worst monthly drop since May 2012 as investors weighed a smaller-than- forecast increase in consumer spending and prospects for military action against Syria. European shares dropped and Portuguese bond yields surged amid concern the nation will struggle to meet its deficit target.
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index lost 0.2% to 1,634.57 at 10:14 a.m. in New York to extend its loss for August to more than 3%. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index retreated 0.9% and the MSCI Emerging Markets Index gained 0.7%. Portuguese yields jumped to a five-week high. Ten-year Treasury yields were little changed at 2.76%, with the benchmark note poised for a fourth month of losses. West Texas Intermediate oil slipped 0.4% to $108.35 a barrel as silver and gold retreated. The yen strengthened against most of its 16 major peers.
Concern that conflict with Syria will disrupt Middle East oil supplies eased as U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron failed to gain parliamentary backing for military action. U.S. consumer spending increased for a third month in July, a Commerce Department report showed. In Portugal, the Constitutional Court said late yesterday that it opposed a plan to end labor contracts for some state employees.
"If you are a creditor of Portugal, that news doesn't sound very good," said Luca Jellinek, head of European rate strategy at Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank in London. "It's the third time the court turns down budget-saving measures. But I don't think ultimately it's going to derail what's going on in Portugal. It just makes it less efficient and harder to slim down the state."
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The S&P GSCI dropped 0.5% as silver declined to $23.46 an ounce. Gold retreated to $1,394.48 an ounce, narrowing this month's gain to 5.2%.
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Forgot to post a write-up about this match, but it was decent viewing. Yangju looked fairly equal in terms of skill and effort, so that's a promising sign for next season.
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The recent dramatic revelation about W. Mark Felt–the former top FBI man who has confessed to being Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's secret source during the Watergate scandal–has yielded what seems to be the final chapter in the Deep Throat saga, and thus the conclusion to a three-decade-long whodunit rich in detail, psychology and irony.
But Felt's role as the most famous anonymous source in US history was even more complex and intrigue-loaded than the newly revised public account suggests. According to originally confidential FBI documents–some written by Felt–that were obtained by The Nation from the FBI's archives, Felt played another heretofore unknown part in the Watergate tale: He was, at heated moments during the scandal, in charge of finding the source of Woodward and Bernstein's Watergate scoops. In a twist worthy of le Carré, Deep Throat was assigned the mission of unearthing–and stopping–Deep Throat.
This placed Felt, who as the FBI's associate director oversaw the bureau's Watergate probe, in an unusual position. He was essentially in charge of investigating himself. From this vantage point Felt, who had developed espionage skills running FBI counterintelligence operations against German spies in World War II, was able to watch his own back and protect his ability to guide the two reporters whose exposés would help topple the President he served.
Felt at different points became an FBI plumber–in the parlance of the Nixon White House, a "plumber" was an operative who took care of leaks–even though he was the number-one leaker. He was in the perfect spot to deflect any accusations that might implicate him and to misdirect suspicion. And when President Nixon and his top aides became convinced that Felt was a key source for the Washington Post–they still couldn't touch him, because of what he knew about their skulduggery.
The Felt memos do not cover the entire time period (from right after the June 17, 1972, break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters to November 1973) during which Felt assisted Woodward. But when placed alongside the recent disclosure and the previously available accounts–most notably, the Woodward and Bernstein book All the President's Men; Felt's 1979 memoir, The FBI Pyramid (in which he denied he was Deep Throat); and the Nixon White House tapes–these memos (snapshots from inside Felt's world) significantly expand and shift the view that historians and the public now have of the unique, secret space Felt occupied during Watergate.
Immediately after the June break-in, Woodward covered the arraignment of the five burglars. Two days later he called Felt, whom he had been cultivating as a mentor and contact for two years. Woodward had gotten a clue from Watergate burglar Bernard Barker's seized address book that Howard Hunt of the White House might have been involved in the break-in. He was hoping that Felt could confirm his suspicion about Hunt, or steer him off if he was wrong. Felt reported that Hunt was definitely involved in the burglary. He added that things were going to "heat up." Later that day, a nervous Felt assured Woodward that "the FBI regarded Hunt as a prime suspect in the Watergate investigation for many reasons." Thus, Felt had a hand in the first Post front-page story that tied the White House to the break-in.


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Astrange voice boomed through the interstate telephone line: "Lora, this is Gov. John J. McKeithen of Loos-i-ana. We have a fine school down here — and a good football team. Why don't you come down and give us a visit?''
That conversation heralded a new day in LSU football. It's now four decades since Lora Hinton and Mike Williams became the first black football players at LSU.
A hot commodity from Chesapeake, Va., Hinton, in a scenario that in retrospect seems almost pre-ordained, was the first to sign — belatedly — an athletic grant-in-aid with LSU in 1971.
Williams, of Covington, would be the second, and he would immediately make his presence felt. At a time when freshmen were ineligible, Williams started every game as a sophomore cornerback in 1972, making dramatic plays and eventually being selected All-Southeastern Conference and All-America.
The two forge a startling contrast with the LSU teams of today that is startling. Four decades ago, there were two black faces on an LSU squad of more than 60 bodies; today, nearly 70 percent of the LSU football team is black.
In the early '70s, times were changing.
The issue of color for the pair in sports today isn't so much black and white as it is purple and gold.
Hinton for years has stayed close to LSU football by working as a marshal for games at Tiger Stadium. Hinton, who is a regional representative for a national food outlet and who remained in Louisiana after his playing days, said with a faraway look in his eyes, "Saturday nights in Tiger Stadium is hard to leave. Really hard.''
Weeks after this season's Alabama game, it's still a sore subject for Williams. Wearing an LSU sweatshirt at his home in Covington, he said disgustedly: "We should have beaten Bama. We were the better team that night!''
These aren't simply LSU trailblazers. They are intensely loyal, happy with the memories of their time and experience there, engaged with Tigers football — LSU zealots, purple and gold through and through.
Because of time, place and circumstance, neither was born to be a Tiger.
Author Michael Oriard, in his book "Bowled Over: Big-Time College Football From the Sixties to the BCS Era," points out: "At the end of the 1960s, football was not yet indelibly black. In 1968 about a quarter of the players in the NFL were African-Americans (about the same as in Major League Baseball, with the NBA at 50 percent).
"The college game had marquee black players like O.J. Simpson and Leroy Keyes, to be sure, but after two decades of gradual change, few Northern teams were even as integrated as the NFL, and the South barely had begun to desegregate its football programs. But big-time college football was on the verge of a dramatic racial transformation.''
When the 1960s opened, no school in the South or border areas had integrated athletic programs — not in the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Southwest Conference or the SEC. It began changing in fringe states to the South — first at Maryland, in Texas with SMU and Baylor, and Kentucky and Tennessee in the SEC.
A decade later, there were still inroads to be made in the SEC, where half the schools still had not brought in black athletes, and at LSU, where progress had been made — but not in football. There's a dichotomy in tracking racial progress at LSU, which accepted black students as far back as 1953 and black athletes in the late '60s but no black football players until 1971, one of the last SEC schools to do so.
By the time Hinton and Williams reported to the Tigers, LSU already had black athletes competing in track, basketball, baseball, wrestling and gymnastics. Few, perhaps, but they were there.
Charlie McClendon's football regime was not oblivious to the coming change.
The staff was on alert to find the right trailblazer, one who could handle the pressure. Some of his staff members said McClendon had sought the counsel of coaching friends like Woody Hayes and Duffy Daugherty about the matter, and they felt LSU's first black football player would be under a microscope.
Against all odds, that would be Hinton.
Hinton had schools up and down the East Coast vying for his name on an athletic grant-in-aid, despite the fact he had not played his senior season at Great Bridge High School because of a knee injury. But his potential — as a student and a player — was so great that major programs were willing to take a chance.
The Wildcats under coach Billy O'Brien were a regular stop for college recruiters, and one of Hinton's teammates, tight end Chuck Mamoudis, had recently signed with LSU. Here's where fate seemed to step in.
Mamoudis' mother was originally from New Orleans and had moved to Chesapeake a couple years before. Mamoudis' brother, visiting the family in Virginia, was present at a New Year's Eve party, which Hinton also attended and in which his exploits were a hot topic of conversation.
Hearing of this potential, Mamoudis' brother eagerly said he knew someone who knew McKeithen, then heavily involved with LSU football, and would let him know of Hinton.
Thinking no more of it, Hinton was stunned a few days later when he received the call from the governor. It changed his life — and LSU football.
Williams was just as much of a long shot, even though he grew up just 50 miles from Tiger Stadium. Doug Hamley, responsible for recruiting that area of the state, tried to sell the Covington High running back/defensive back on LSU in 1970, when he watched Williams shut out an all-state quarterback.
"Coach, I'm just a junior. I'm not ready for college ball yet,'' Williams told Hamley.
LSU didn't come back. A year later, Tulane and most of the state schools tried to lure Williams. He eventually signed with Southeastern Louisiana to be close to home — and his girlfriend.
Then, at the Louisiana All-Star football game, played in July in Tiger Stadium, Hamley and another assistant coach, Don "Scooter'' Purvis, talked to Williams again. They told him SLU was in a different conference from LSU and, according to rules of the day, he still could sign with the Tigers.
Williams asked for the rest of the weekend to think it over. That Monday, he called Hamley and told him he was coming.
Being the football team's first black players — and among a distinct minority in the school as a whole — wasn't a major concern for Hinton or Williams.
Both had been among the first black students at their high schools, which helped. And it wasn't as if there were just a few black students at LSU; there were hundreds.
"We didn't all just hang out with each other,'' Williams said. "I met a black woman not long ago who went to LSU at the same time as me. We had never met. Lora and me weren't alone at LSU.''
As far as relationships with white students, both had the attitude that, if anyone didn't want to be around them, then don't come around. That seldom happened. And they felt then, and now, that LSU supported them fully.
Hinton recalled an incident on his recruiting trip when linebacker Warren Capone and offensive lineman Tyler Lafauci took him out. Entering a bar, a Baton Rouge policeman prevented the 17-year-old Hinton from following his friends. The others came back, argued with the officer, then said they were all leaving.
"We went out and got some pizza,'' Hinton said. "Had a great time, too.''
Hinton did have one ugly moment. It came during the recruiting process, when he says a coach from a northern school said to his mother, " 'All right, let him go down there to be knifed or something.' My momma freaked out, didn't want me to go," Hinton said. "But I did want to go, and finally she let me.''
The worst incident Williams can recall came at a restaurant in Jackson, Miss., where LSU was having a Friday night meal before a game with Ole Miss. While everyone else was being served steak, Williams got a lump of fat on his plate.
When it was pointed out to McClendon, the coach picked up the plate, brought it to the manager and told him unless Williams got what he ordered, the entire party — more than a hundred people — was leaving.
A steak and salad were hustled over almost instantly. "It was good, too," Williams recalled. "Real good."
Hinton and Williams say — insist, really — there was never an untoward incident or moment where they were made to feel unwelcome at LSU, by their teammates, by the student body or by the fans. That's in contrast to stories elsewhere as to how pioneering black athletes were treated.
Nobody who lives in Louisiana could believe it is a utopia in race relations. But since LSU already had black athletes in other sports — or perhaps because it had been four years since Nat Worthington at Kentucky, then Lester McClain a year later at Tennessee broke the color line in the SEC — some of the outrageous rancor may have peaked. But Hinton and Williams staunchly maintain their LSU experiences were positive.
"Look, times change, people change," Williams said.
Asked pointedly about any distasteful experiences at LSU, Hinton answered, "Quite to the contrary. What I got out of LSU was great experiences and great friends for life.''
"I think they all looked out for us at LSU," Williams said. "I know this: Coach Charlie McClendon was as fair a man as could be. We were treated pretty bad on the football practice field, but we all were."
That bad knee hindered Hinton throughout his LSU career. He redshirted as a sophomore in '72, then became a three-year letterman who contributed to the team, but not to the extent his potential indicated.
"Lora was really a great prospect," then-assistant coach Lynn LeBlanc said. "We could see it from time to time, but that doggone knee never let him get to where he could have been."
Williams, on the other hand, was an instant sensation. How good was he?
"He really was one of the great Tigers," recalled Purvis, his position coach. "One of the best I ever had."
It should be noted Purvis also coached Williams' predecessor, three-time All-American Tommy Casanova.
Williams held down a cornerback spot from the opening game of his LSU career. In the 10th game of the '72 season, he pulled off one of the storied plays in Tigers annals.
In a driving rainstorm, described by Dan Hardesty of the Baton Rouge State-Times as "the wettest game in all of LSU history,'' the Tigers made one of nine field goal attempts in a struggle at Florida. In that lake of a football field, Gators speedster Nat More caught a screen pass at the Florida 20-yard line, then splashed down the sideline. Williams gave chase and caught Moore 79 yards downfield at the LSU 1.
On the next play, the soggy football was fumbled, and Williams recovered to salvage a 3-3 tie.
"When I looked at the film, I couldn't believe what I did, either,'' Williams said. "Moore was about a 9.3 sprinter. I was about 9.8. But I kept gaining and gaining ... until somehow I caught him.
"People still ask me about that play.''
As opposed to the football field, Williams had some missteps in life. He played nine seasons with the NFL's San Diego Chargers and somewhere along the line got involved in drugs.
"It overtook my thinking," he said in his home in Covington, where he lives on his NFL pension. "I thought I could handle it. I couldn't."
Williams spent years in incarceration — and even more years regretting his decisions. None of his LSU coaches could believe it was the shy, retiring player they knew.
"He was a good, responsible kid," LeBlanc said.
"He was conscientious, responsible," said Jack Salter, his high school coach. "Mike was the kind who was always first to practice, last to leave, always did the right thing, always wanted to know what he was supposed to do. Then he'd do it. It was hard to believe that he of all people would do something so wrong.
"On the other hand, he made a mistake, and I don't know of anyone who could say they haven't."
Hinton and Williams were trailblazers, to be sure, especially for youngsters in the black community, who saw them as pioneers who cleared the way. The memory of what it meant to others brings a tear to Williams' eye when he remembers one moment.
Just retired from his NFL career, Williams was one of the luminaries at a preseason 1984 LSU fan gathering. Almost immediately as his name was announced, the arms of two notable young Tigers wrapped around him. They belonged to Dalton Hilliard, who would finish his college career as LSU's all-purpose yards record-holder, and Eric Martin, an All-American receiver.
"If it weren't for you, Mike, we wouldn't be at LSU," Hilliard uttered earnestly.
"That was a long time ago," Williams said, "but it still touches me when I think about it."


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U.S. Rep. Edward Markey�s campaign for the U.S. Senate got a major political boost Friday as Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino threw his endorsement behind the Democrat who is running against Republican Gabriel Gomez in the June 25 special election.
In a spirited endorsement at the IBEW union hall in Dorchester, Mr. Menino cited his agreement with Mr. Markey on proposed gun-control measures and said criticism from the Gabriel campaign that Mr. Markey has been in office a long time are misplaced.
�I�ve been in office a long time. It�s a good thing. You have the experience to get the job done right the first time,� said the five-term mayor, who stood on crutches, still recovering from leg problems. �I�ll have your back in Boston, and you will have our back in Washington,� Mr. Menino told Mr. Markey, to the delight of about 100 union supporters.
Mr. Markey called the mayor an early leader in efforts to make the country safer by getting assault weapons and high-capacity ammo clips off the streets, and said he supports �common-sense� gun laws. �We have a joint commitment to a democratization of access to opportunity through education, through health care and the breaking down of discriminatory barriers,� Mr. Markey added.
The mayor said the special election may draw a low turnout, but that could help the Democrat. �I think a low turnout means Ed Markey is going to win big because of all the excitement they have,� he said.
The mayor�s endorsement, Mr. Markey said, was an honor and comes like �a jolt of electricity� for his campaign.
The candidate also dismissed a comment from Mr. Gomez Friday in which the Republican called Mr. Markey �pond scum� over a campaign ad criticizing Mr. Gabriel as an attempt to distract from the issues.
The tone of recent campaigning was reflected by some reporters who tried to get Mr. Markey to responding in kind. �What word would you use to describe Gabriel Gomez if he is calling you pond scum?� asked one reporter after the endorsement.
�He is attempting to distract from the issues by attacking in a way that is kind of from the traditional Republican playbook,� Mr. Markey said, adding �I don�t think that the people of Massachusetts want to hear any name-calling. I think people want to hear how this election and who the next senator is, is going to affect their family.�
The Markey ad in question criticizes Mr. Gabriel for his involvement with a group that last year launched campaign ads against President Barack Obama�s re-election, and claimed in a video called �Dishonorable disclosures� that the president took too much public credit for the killing of Osama bin Laden and compromised national security by taking that credit.
The Markey campaign ad at one point shows a split screen of Mr. Gomez and bin Laden�s faces, which the former Navy SEAL turned private equity investor specifically said was offensive.
Mr. Markey defended the ad, saying it was from the video that Mr. Gomez was defending last year when he was a spokesman for the group trying to claim the president had politicized the killing of the terrorist leader. �I disagree with that,� Mr. Markey said.
Meanwhile in a new ad, Mr. Gomez refers to the Democratic candidate as �Dirty Ed.�
Mr. Markey addressed reports of his missing many votes in Congress while campaigning this year, saying his focus has been on campaigning for the Senate. �My goal is to make sure that for the 150 days of this campaign that I am all across the state campaigning,� he said.
Mr. Gomez, meanwhile, was making a campaign swing through Central Massachusetts Friday, with stops at Assabet Valley Regional High School, E.L. Harvey and Sons in Westboro, a catering store in Milford, the Milford Police Department and other stops Hopedale and Mendon.


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BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. (Feb. 25, 2008) - The ETSU women's basketball team pressured, attacked and stormed its way to a 12-point victory over Gardner-Webb 88-76 Monday night inside Paul Porter Arena. The win locked up a number one seed for the Lady Bucs in next month's Atlantic Sun Tournament as well as guaranteeing ETSU at least a share of the conference crown.
With the victory, the Lady Buccaneers improved to 17-11, 13-2 in A-Sun play, while Gardner-Webb saw its record fall to 12-15, 8-6. ETSU has now won four straight, 11 of its last 12, and will be bringing home a regular season conference title back to
The Lady Bucs received a lot of help from their starters Monday night as all five scored in double figures, including senior Nichelle Akers' (
After being upset at home a month and half ago by the Runnin' Bulldogs, the Lady Bucs wanted to come out early and make a statement. ETSU did just that as they opened up forcing GWU to turn the ball over four times in the opening four minutes, resulting in a 10-2 advantage. Four of the five starters scored for the Lady Buccaneers as they netted six points off those miscues. From there, Belcher pushed ETSU's lead into double figures, 15-4, when she converted on a three-point play at the 15:21 mark. The Lady Buccaneer intensity on the defensive end continued as they forced GWU into 13 turnovers with less than 10 minutes coming off the clock and led 27-11. Gardner-Webb never had an answer for ETSU's charge as the Lady Buccaneers saw their lead balloon to 20 on six different possessions, the last being 54-34, when Belcher hit a jumper with 43 seconds left before half.
The Lady Buccaneers were plain amazing after the first 20 minutes. ETSU shot 50 percent (21-42) from the floor, forced G-Webb into 20 turnovers and out-rebounded them 21-14. The pressure defense from the Lady Bucs worked as they scored 20 points off those Runnin' Bulldog mistakes and tallied 10 steals as well. Ironically, Gardner-Webb was also 50 percent from the floor (13-26), but went 0-for-4 from behind the arc and grabbed only one offensive rebound. On the other hand, ETSU grabbed nine boards on the offensive end and converted those into 15 second-chance points. Four Lady Buc players reached double figures in scoring with Evans leading the way at 13, and Margaret Roundtree lifted GWU with eight.
In the second half, ETSU let Gardner-Webb creep back into the contest with a 14-6 run over the first six and a half minutes. The Runnin' Bulldogs got to within 10 during the spurt, 60-50, when LaTroya Pope hit a jumper with 13:23 left on the clock. Then, with ETSU leading 64-54, the Lady Buccaneers posted a 9-0 run over the next two minutes and thirty seconds to go back up 19, 73-54. Evans would give ETSU its largest lead of the night 79-58, but that did not last long. Gardner-Webb made things interesting by going on an 18-4 spurt to get to within seven, 83-76, but ETSU had enough gas in its tank to come away with another conference victory.
As a team, the Lady Buccaneers shot 45.1 percent for the game (32-71) and Gardner-Webb was a tad better with its 46.7 clip (28-60). ETSU forced 28 turnovers on the night and converted them into 27 points. Wiles and Belcher combined for eight of the Lady Bucs' 18 steals as they each had four apiece. The Lady Bucs finished with a plus-three advantage on the boards, 41-38. Again it was Belcher and Wiles leading in the category with eight.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police launched a massive manhunt Thursday for a former Los Angeles officer suspected of killing a couple over the weekend and opening fire on four officers early Thursday, killing one and critically wounding another, authorities said.
The search for Christopher Dorner, who was fired from the Los Angeles Police Department in 2008 for making false statements, began after he was linked to the weekend killing in which one of the victims was the daughter of a former police captain who had represented him during those disciplinary proceedings.
Early Thursday, police came under fire in two separate shootings in Riverside County, east of Los Angeles.
Hours later, Los Angeles officers guarding a "target" named in an online posting by Dorner shot and wounded multiple people in Torrance who were in a pickup but were not involved, authorities said. The extent of their injuries was not released. It's not clear if the target is a person or a location.
From Christopher Dorner's manifesto:
Wayne LaPierre, President of the NRA, you're a vile and inhumane piece of shit. You never even showed 30 seconds of empathy for the children, teachers, and families of Sandy Hook.
Loves Piers Morgan:
…give Piers Morgan an indefinite resident alien and Visa card. Mr. Morgan, the problem that many American gun owners have with you and your continuous discussion of gun control is that you are not an American citizen and have an accent that is distinct and clarifies that you are a foreigner. I want you to know that I agree with you 100% on enacting stricter firearm laws.
The killer is also a huge Obama supporter and fan of gun-control.
Loves Obama:
You disrespect the office of the POTUS/Presidency and Commander in Chief. You call him Kenyan, mongroid, halfrican, muslim, and FBHO when in essence you are to address him as simply, President. The same as you did to President George W. Bush and all those in the highest ranking position of our land before him. Just as I always have. You question his birth certificate, his educational and professional accomplishments, and his judeo-christian beliefs. You make disparaging remarks about his dead parents. You never questioned the fact that his former opponent, the honorable Senator John McCain, was not born in the CONUS or that Bush had a C average in his undergrad. Electoral Candidates children (Romney) state they want to punch the president in the face during debates with no formal repercussions. No one even questioned the fact that the son just made a criminal threat toward the President. You call his wife a Wookie. Off the record, I love your new bangs, Mrs. Obama.
Pro Gun Control:
Who in there right mind needs a fucking silencer!!! who needs a freaking SBR AR15? No one. No more Virginia Tech, Columbine HS, Wisconsin temple, Aurora theatre, Portland malls, Tucson rally, Newtown Sandy Hook. Whether by executive order or thru a bi-partisan congress an assault weapons ban needs to be re-instituted. Period!!!
Mia Farrow said it best. "Gun control is no longer debatable, it's not a conversation, its a moral mandate."
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Live à la Estée Lauder
The proximity to Grasse can have been no accident – Estée Lauder once lived here in Cannes and created perfumes and cosmetics for her world famous cosmetics range. Her signature turquoise blue can be found inside the property and adorns the walls in the stairway. A room is also dedicated to the designer herself, showcasing art and photographs of her life and works. The Roche-Cline mansion is one of the most exceptional buildings of the belle-époque and, with ten rooms and six bathrooms, offers plenty of space for guests.
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— From NBC's Domenico Montanaro
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Oh to be a fly on the wall inside the extended "lunch" the rules committee is taking. The scene here is full of speculation and buzz. No one seems to actually know what's going on, and there is hopeful anticipation that the committee will come back with a decision. The longer the members are out, the more possible that reality becomes. Or, the more divided they really are and the less chance something on Michigan is accomplished before late tonight, if not tomorrow or much later. The committee was due back at 4:15 pm ET.
By the way, does this remind anyone of 12 Angry Men, or rather, 30 Angry Men and Women?
Rules committee members have told First Read they'd like something close to unanimity--a 15-13 vote would not be good, one member told us. It would show yet another sign of a party divided. (15-13 because only 28 are voting members. The two co-chairs do not vote unless there is a tie. Actually, on Florida and Michigan, only 27 would vote, since committee members cannot vote on resolutions from their state.)
Inside the meeting room, onlookers -- guests, members of the media, members of the DNC -- are up chatting and speculating. They are abuzz on the floor and hanging from the balcony, leaning over the railing.


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house pool design. Monday , February 19th , 2018 - 17:42:56 PM
Aesthetics: The swimming pool shapes are no longer restricted to the boring rectangles. They come in many shapes like circles, oval, oblong, figure of eight, or just any fancy shape. The colour of the tiles being used too includes a myriad hue of blues and greens. Some artists have lent their creativity and made breath taking murals and mosaics based on related subjects like mermaids, the underwater scenery, fishes and other aquatic animals, or simply the waves of the seas.
The most frequent motive for obtaining a swimming pool is for family fun and leisure. A backyard pool is a great place to cool off during the summer, have fun with the kids and throw some inflatable toys around. If this is your only reason for wanting a pool, then the simplest, least expensive swimming pool designs will suffice. If your budget is large, then you may want to invest in some luxury, but otherwise an above-ground pool or a shallow in-ground pool would be enough to meet your needs. A pool that′s at a constant depth of 4 feet is sufficiently deep to splash around and swim the occasional lap in, but also shallow enough to provide safety for the whole family.
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St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman is urging residents to "buy local" this holiday season and remember locally-owned, independent retailers on Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year.
Coleman is also asking residents to remember to check out the Central Corridor on Saturday for free horse-drawn trolley rides, face-painting, chamber music and other festivities.
To bring attention to local retailers, Coleman and his wife Connie on Monday, Nov. 19 visited the shops at Victoria Crossing, on Victoria and Grand avenue.
The Twin Cities Metro Independent Business Alliance (Metro IBA) and Buy Local Twin Cities have launched a "holiday buy local" effort, with events highlighting the benefits of keeping more consumer dollars within the community. More information is available online at www.buylocaltwincities.com/ and www.facebook.com/MetroIBA.
Businesses along the Central Corridor, or Green Line, are participating in a "Go Green Saturday" promotion on Saturday, November 24. Expect to see free hayrides, carolers, holiday movies, face painting, balloon animals, hot cider and hot chocolate.
Among the events, the Baroque Room at 275 E. 4th St. in Lowertown will offer a free gallery art showing and chamber music from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., with free hot cider provided by Golden's Deli.
From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., horse-drawn trolleys will take passengers through Mears Park, the St. Paul Farmers Market and other Lowertown destinations.
Also free are bus rides along University Ave. for the entire day, redeemable with a special pass found at www.gogreensaturday.com.
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From new tenant mixes to new store concepts, NH retailers getting creativeBy MICHAEL COUSINEAU
New Hampshire Union Leader
April 21. 2018 5:33PM
Speedy go-karts are replacing jockeying grocery carts in Seabrook.
Macy's is creating a store within a store in Manchester.
And developers are working to woo retail stores to sit alongside hotels or residences in places such as Salem and Bedford.
Welcome to the World of Retail 2018.
"Retail has to get creative," said Nancy Kyle, president and CEO of the New Hampshire Retail Association, which represents retailers big and small. "Anything to get people in the door."
Think Chunky's Cinema and Pub and Cowabunga's, an indoor children's play area, at the former Lowe's home improvement store on Huse Road in Manchester. A Tucker's restaurant also is coming to that site.
In Seabrook, NH1 Motorplex took over 49,000 square feet once occupied by a Shaw's supermarket - and attracts some of the same customers.
People point out "the fruit was over here and the bakery was over there," said Michelle Doucette, a manager at Motorplex.
She works in the same Seacoast Shopping Center where Cardi's Furniture & Mattresses and Ocean State Job Lot filled space vacated by Walmart, which relocated elsewhere in Seabrook.
The recent opening of Cardi's has "definitely helped" draw people into the indoor go-kart business, Doucette said.
Come next Sunday, the Bon-Ton Store at the Steeplegate Mall in Concord will close as the chain liquidates its stores, according to two employees.
And Macy's, with full-size department stores in enclosed malls around the country, is putting the state's first Macy's Backstage store within its current store at the Mall of New Hampshire in Manchester.
Backstage, which offers discounts up to 80 percent, will hold its grand opening June 2 and occupy 13,700 square feet, or less than 10 percent of the overall store footprint.
"Stores with a Backstage within existing locations have seen a lift in performance of almost seven percentage points," according to Michelle Israel, Macy's senior vice president of off-price.
Bob Sheehan, whose Massachusetts firm, KeyPoint Partners, does an annual report on the retail health of southern New Hampshire, said the off-price retail segment has been a successful format as shoppers look for bargains for name brands.
The TJX Companies, parent of TJ Maxx and Marshalls among others, has "been one of the best performing retailers in the country," Sheehan said. "Since the recession kicked in back in '08, they pretty much rode through the recession unharmed."
Sheehan said the off-price stores are "Amazon-proof" because it would be difficult for the internet retailer to acquire enough inventory of discounted merchandise.
Israel wouldn't say whether Backstage was designed to counter Marshalls and TJ Maxx.
"Backstage is for the Macy's customer who likes the thrill of the hunt and appreciates amazing deals," she said. "It is a different experience than a regular full-line Macy's, but one that our customers have been asking for and enjoy shopping."
Macy's plans to open 100 Backstages this year.
Sheehan's latest report said southern New Hampshire for the year ending July 2017 "finished the year with positive net absorption of 352,400" square feet of vacant space, producing the lowest vacancy rate since 2008.
He said it was too early to say what this year's report will yield, but he named some of the retailers that will be giving up space around the country, including Toys 'R' Us, which is liquidating, as well as some redundant locations with the marriage of Rite Aid and Walgreens.
Some vacated retail locations take years to fill.
Guitar Center opened up on Manchester's South Willow Street in a former Sports Authority, which left in 2016 when the sporting goods retailer was liquidated.
In Salem, developer Joe Faro is working on securing stores, a cinema and other tenants for his Tuscan Village project on the site of the old Rockingham Park racetrack.
Faro this month mentioned L.L. Bean and Boston Interiors as possible tenants to go along with a planned medical office complex, hotel and residences spread over Tuscan Village's 120 acres.
Woodmont Commons in Londonderry is planning for residences, shops and restaurants off Route 102 while a Bedford development, called Market and Main, on South River Road has plans calling for a cinema, hotel, medical offices, restaurants and retail space.
Kyle thinks similar projects are in the offing.
"Almost definitely you're going to see these whole communities sprouting up," she said. "These little self-contained worlds."
New Hampshire retailers - especially those right on the Massachusetts border - enjoy one other advantage: "Compared to all of the other states, retail in New Hampshire is doing extremely well because of our lack of a sales tax," Kyle said.


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Oliver Kahn remains wary of the effect Pep Guardiola could have on Bayern Munich's style of play and subsequent results, when the Spaniard signs for the Bundesliga leaders in the summer.
Rising to prominence for his focus on youth team players in addition to his introduction of a devastatingly effective brand of possession football, Guardiola became one of the hottest coaching names available after he stepped down from his Barcelona post last summer.
Although die Roten won the race to hire the sought-after 42-year-old, Kahn has moved to quell the hype around the appointment, stating it may well prove to be far from a bed of roses.
"Guardiola brought up players from youth to professional levels, but Bayern's players need not possess the same level of automatism as Barcelona's do," wrote the former Germany international in his column for Bild.
"To internalise his systems will not happen in one day. Unlike [ex-Bavarian coach] Louis van Gaal's single-minded usage of the ball to achieve an end result, Guardiola's system is more flexible, with possession central to play.
"Anyone not willing to participate in this collective movement will find it very hard in his system. For example, part of his success lay with Lionel Messi's use as a 'false number nine', but it is interesting to see if Bayern can play in the future like that.
"Guardiola and sports director Matthias Sammer must develop and implement a consistent philosophy. Doing so will be a decisive factor in the battle to be Europe's number one team."


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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States was re-elected Monday to another three-year term on the U.N. Human Rights Council in the only contested election for the organization's top human rights body.
The U.S. was competing with four countries for three open seats belonging to the Western Group on the council. Germany and Ireland were also elected by the 193-member General Assembly. Greece and Sweden lost out.
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice said her country was "pleased and proud to have been re-elected to a second three-year term."
"I'm proud to say that, today, the Obama administration's leadership of the Human Rights Council has delivered real results. Today's vote affirms that active U.S. leadership in the Human Rights Council and throughout the United Nations system will continue to pay real dividends for Americans and for the rest of the world," Rice said following the vote.
Germany's U.N. Ambassador Peter Wittig also praised the vote, thanking member states for their support.
"It was a good sign that we had a healthy competition at least in the Western Group, we could explain and promote our human rights agenda and we believe this also should also be an example for other regional groups," Wittig said.
African, Asian, Eastern European and Latin American countries put forward uncontested slates, meaning candidates were virtually certain of winning one of the 18 open seats up for grabs in this year's election on the 47-member council.
Several human rights groups have criticized a number of the candidates as unqualified, including Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kazakhstan, Pakistan and Venezuela.
On Monday, Venezuela's U.N. Ambassador Jorge Valero said his country's efforts to become a member of the council had "unleashed a truly unusual campaign."
"It's important to emphasize that Venezuela has committed itself to defend the sovereignty and liberty of people," Valerio said in an apparent allusion to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's comments that Venezuela would oppose any actions or aggressions against allied countries such as Syria or Cuba.
The five Western nations competing for seats were all deemed qualified by the rights groups as was Estonia, which was elected from the Eastern Europe group.
Also elected Monday were Argentina, Brazil, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gabon, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Montenegro, Pakistan, South Korea, Sierra Leone and the United Arab Emirates. They begin three-year terms on Jan. 1, 2013.
Jamil Dakwar, the director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Human Rights Program, welcomed the U.S. re-election to the council.
"Despite an imperfect human rights record, U.S. membership on the council helped turn the tide on key issues, especially in the area of LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) rights, freedom of speech and association, and women's rights," Dakwar said in a statement. "Now that the Obama administration has won a second term, human rights at home and abroad should be a high priority." The Human Rights Council was created in March 2006 to replace the U.N.'s widely discredited and highly politicized Human Rights Commission. But the council has also been widely criticized for failing to change many of the commission's practices, including putting much more emphasis on Israel than on any other country and electing candidates accused of serious human rights violations.
Former President George W. Bush's administration boycotted the council when it was established because of its repeated criticism of Israel and its refusal to cite flagrant rights abuses in Sudan and elsewhere. But in 2009, then newly elected President Barack Obama sought to join the council, saying the U.S. wanted to help make it more effective.
Rice said Obama's decision was vindicated Monday when the U.S. was re-elected to serve on the council with 131 votes.
"The United States is clearly of the view that the Human Rights Council clearly has its flaws ... including its excessive focus on Israel, but it is also a body that is increasingly proving its value and we've been proud to contribute to some of what we think are some of the finer moments of the Human Rights Council it's approach to Syria, it's approach to Sudan, it's approach he situation in Libya with the commission of inquiry."


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Current Law Students / Re: Best 1L Prep Book?« on: June 23, 2009, 03:44:29 PM »
There really are none that can "prep" you for law school.
And I vehemently disagree with Unbiased Observer's suggestion about reading E&E books. Don't do it. There is virtually no gain to you and a lot of risk like thinking you already know the material, looking like an a-hole to your classmates, etc. If you want to keep your mind sharp, read some good periodicals like NYT, WSJ, Economist, etc. But take it from me as a recent graduate (and currently preparing for the bar), you are wise to savor the weeks before law school begins and relax and enjoy the freedom you have while it lasts . . .
To each their own. However, I would strongly encourage the use of the E&E's and other study guides. They do a great job of getting you to think about law school hypos, and illustrating the exceptions to blackletter law.
I would also strongly recommend signing up for the LEEWS seminar and purchasing the LEEWS Exam Primer. This helped me significantly and I was top 10% at a top 20 largely in part to the help and direction the LEEWS seminar gave me.
Hope this helps. Good luck.


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Hello ladies, I have been MIA for some time now due to no internet coverage.
Anywho....My son had his 9 month check up this morning. Up until today my sons doc has been very breastfeeding supportive. My sons weight has hit a plateau and is currently 20lbs 9oz and is 29inch tall. His doctor feels as if he should be putting on more weight and she feels as if his 8+ nursing sessions a day is too many. He currently only has baby food at dinner and munches on things like graham crackers and puffs here and there through out the day. She said that she wants me to bring it down to only 3 nursing sessions a day and no night nursing's!! I was in such shock I said nothing. I am upset and confused. He isn't under weight and he is meeting all his milestones perfectly. She made another appointment in 6 weeks for him to come in for a weight check.
Should I wean him down to three? Should I add more food?(I am afraid that more food will force him to wean which I don't want) Should I just keep on doing what I am doing and deal with the doctor differently?


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JetBlue and the city continued their long courtship Wednesday as executives from the popular airline toured Worcester but again stopped short of announcing service here.
City Manager Michael V. O'Brien took the three executives to Worcester's residential neighborhoods, research laboratories and corporate offices. Public officials remained optimistic at the end of the visit.
"To quote them," Mr. O'Brien said in an interview, "the next time they visit, they'll bring a plane with them."
At a press conference at the Beechwood Hotel Wednesday afternoon, Martin J. St. George, JetBlue Airways' senior vice president of marketing and commercial strategy, said the company may have a decision on Worcester by year's end.
"We've been studying this market for several years," he said, "and we have a long list of markets we're studying. We're hoping to make a decision later on this year."
JetBlue goes through a very deliberate process before launching a new market, he explained.
"We've gone to many cities and had conversations similar to this, many of which we chose to open, some of which we did not," Mr. St. George said.
City officials sought to woo JetBlue today with blue cookies, blue centerpieces and blue flower arrangements. They talked about adding blue stripes to the roads connecting the highway to Worcester Regional Airport, and dispatching a blue shuttle to bring passengers from Union Station to the airport.
The Worcester community, Mr. O'Brien said, is ready to support JetBlue and make the company successful here.
Public officials and Massport, which owns and operates the airport at a cost of $5 million a year, have been working to lure JetBlue since the collapse of Direct Air last year left the airport without passenger service. A name brand like JetBlue, Lt. Gov. Timothy P. Murray said today, could bring the airport "to a whole new level."
Earlier this month, Massport officials said JetBlue was considering two flights a day, seven days a week, from Worcester to the Florida cities of Orlando and Fort Lauderdale, starting in 2014. Scott Laurence, JetBlue's vice president of network planning and partnerships, confirmed the airline would start with leisure destinations before business ones.
Worcester is similar in size to some of JetBlue's other markets, including Providence, where it started service last year. JetBlue runs three flights a day from Providence.
"I think that's going to expand very quickly," Mr. Laurence said. "Worcester could follow right in that path."
Massport has spent $9 million on upgrades at Worcester Regional Airport, with plans to spend $9 million more. It has also started work on a $30 million project to install a Category 3 landing system. The process could take six years.
Mr. St. George said the landing system upgrades were important but added, "I don't think we're going to wait till that happens."
JetBlue's very public consideration of Worcester as a potential destination is unusual in that most companies like to keep such deliberations secret until they're ready to make an announcement. CEO David Barger has tweeted about visiting the city and even tweeted a recent T&G story with the headline "New Massport boss optimistic about JetBlue and Worcester."
"We don't like to play corporate games," Mr. St. George said. "We're very transparent."
JetBlue, which accounts for 25 percent of the traffic at Boston Logan International Airport, flies to 75 destinations in the Americas.
The visit to Worcester today included meetings with business leaders and college presidents, key members of the market JetBlue may potentially serve.
"They wanted to get to know our community better," the city manager said. "They wanted to understand the fabric of our community."


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Each dual degree program offers a different learning experience. Read on to learn more about how the School of Medicine partners with other schools throughout Emory University to offer dynamic programs.
Following the second year of medical school and after passing Step 1 of the U. S. Medical Licensing Examination, students are admitted in advanced standing into a graduate training program where they begin working on the PhD under the direction of a thesis advisor. Students in the graduate years present clinical cases and journal articles at the MD/PhD Clinical Research Conference as well as satisfy all the academic requirements of their chosen program of graduate study. Students in the graduate years are also encouraged to seek out opportunities for clinical experiences in their area(s) of interest.
The MD/MPH program is designed to be completed within five years, four of which are spent primarily in the School of Medicine. The year spent in the School of Public Health follows the Clinical block of the new medical school curriculum (see "MD Curriculum") and completion of the MD/MPH program satisfies the Discovery Phase requirement. Entry to the MPH year is contingent on satisfactory evaluation of academic standing and professional conduct in the School of Medicine.
Between 32 and 42 credit hours, depending on the degree concentration, are required to achieve the MPH degree. This includes core courses in biostatistics, epidemiology, public policy, healthcare management, environmental health, and behavioral sciences, plus additional hours of directed studies/thesis. A thesis project representing original analytic work concerning a public health problem is required for most of the MPH degree concentrations.
Emory University School of Medicine and Rollins School of Public Health cooperate in an exciting dual-degree MD/MPH program to prepare physicians for leadership roles in public health. The MPH degree is a valuable addition for students who have special interests in any of the public health disciplines. Students who choose this path are automatically accepted into the MPH program provided they successfully complete the medical school curriculum prior to the MPH year.
Students typically complete the first three years of the MD program, followed by a year in public health, followed by completion of the final MD year in the School of Medicine (see "MD Curriculum").
For more information about the public health disciplines offered at Emory, please contact:
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*Please note that curriculum revision is an ongoing process and changes may be made at any time.
Investigators undertaking clinical and translational research must couple their knowledge of medicine and biology with analytic sciences including statistical reasoning, decision analysis, probability theory, analytical epidemiology, and informatics. They must also have an understanding of the principles of evidence-based medicine, implementation science, bioethics, clinical trial design, regulations involving human subjects and animals, scientific and grant writing, and responsible conduct of research.
All students in Medicine at Emory complete a 5-month Discovery Phase, which gives students an opportunity to participate in research in their individual areas of interest. Students with an interest in a robust program in bioethics simply replace the 5-month Discovery Phase with the MA-Bioethics Program, adding an additional year to complete the MA course requirements (5 years total is required for the MD/MA degree). Entry to the MA year is contingent on satisfactory evaluation of academic standing and professional conduct in the School of Medicine.
Other Programs for Medical Students
The medical school curriculum allows great flexibility for medical students to pursue outside opportunities, typically coinciding with the Discovery Phase and in between the third and fourth years of medical school. For example, the Juris Master (JM) program at Emory Law School and the MD/MBA program at the Goizueta Business School both utilize the time from the traditional curriculum's 5-month Discovery Phase period, adding an additional year to complete the course requirements (5 years total is required for the MD/JM and MD/MBA degrees). Entry to each program is contingent on satisfactory evaluation of academic standing and professional conduct in the School of Medicine, as well as separate application to the respective school's program.


text: Conveniently located in the heart of Central Massachusetts and owned/operated by the Massachusetts Port Authority, Worcester Regional Airport's amenities include a $15.7 million passenger terminal and over $12 million worth of airside improvements such as lighting systems, navigational aids and a new control tower. The airport is currently serviced by JetBlue with daily flights to Orlando and Fort Lauderdale. Worcester Regional Airport serves Worcester County, the second fastest growing county in Massachusetts, along with the Boston Metro West region and the bustling Interstate 495 corridor. Worcester Airport offers travelers comfort and accessibility and features four jet way gates, two ramp level gates, baggage carousels a TSA installed passenger and baggage screening system and extensive general aviation services and amenities including a fixed-base operator.