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City Code & Charter Online Code & Charter City Charter (Chapters 1 - 15) Chapter 10 Public Utilities and Franchises Article 2 Franchises
Section 10-201 Control by Charter Provisions.
Section 10-202 Property Nature of Franchises.
Section 10-203 Authorization of Industrial Tracks.
Section 10-204 Agreements with Railroads.
Section 10-205 Limited Time.
Section 10-206 Nonexclusiveness.
Section 10-207 Method of Granting.
Section 10-208 Effective Date.
Section 10-209 Specific Conditions.
Section 10-210 Conditions and Restrictions.
Section 10-211 Additional Conditions.
Section 10-212 Written Acceptance.
Section 10-213 Statements.
Section 10-214 Records.
Section 10-215 Nonabandonment.
Section 10-216 Assignments.
Section 10-217 Forfeiture.
Section 10-218 Common Transportation Terminal.
Article 2 Franchises
Every franchise hereafter granted shall be expressly subject to all the provisions of the foregoing sections and the power of control and regulation as authorized by such sections cannot be limited, divested or granted away. Subject to the initiative and referendum such power of control and regulation shall be exercised by the Council and may be exercised by the Council through its agents. [May 3, 1913, new sec. 65; rev. 1914, sec. 159; 1928 pub., sec. 159; 1942 recod., sec. 10-201.]
Every franchise granted under this Charter shall be taken and deemed as property and shall be subject to taxation as property. [Ch. 1903, sec. 100; am. May 3, 1913, sec. 67; rev. 1914, sec. 166; 1928 pub., sec. 166; 1942 recod., sec. 10-202.]
The Council shall have power on application or assent in writing of the owners of a majority part in extent of the lots or tracts of land fronting on each side of that portion of any street or part of a street on which it is desired to construct railroad tracks for spurs, sidings or switches, other than those for street railways, to grant revocable permits for the use of streets for that purpose, subject to sections 10-108 and 10-206 of this Charter. [Ch. 1903, sec. 102; am. May 3, 1913, new sec. 68; rev. 1914, sec. 167; 1928 pub., sec. 167; 1942 recod., sec. 10-203.]
The Council shall have power and authority by ordinance duly passed to agree with any corporation, firm or person constructing a commercial railroad and desiring to enter the City, upon the extent, terms and conditions upon which the streets, alleys, or public grounds of the City may be appropriated, used or occupied by such railroad and upon the manner, terms and conditions under which the cars and locomotives of such railroad may be run over and upon such streets, alleys and public grounds; such agreement shall be subject to the provisions and requirements of sections 10-101 to 10-103, 10-105 to 10-108, 10-201 to 10-209, 10-212 and (e) and (f) of Section 10-210 of this Charter.
No exclusive right for the aforesaid purposes shall be granted to any corporation, firm or person and the use of all such rights shall at all times be subject to regulation by the Council.
In addition to the other requirements of this Charter every ordinance granting such right shall be upon the condition that such grantee shall allow any other railroad company to use in common with it the same track or tracks throughout their entire length between the extreme limits for which the franchise is granted including any private rights of way which may intervene upon obtaining the consent of the Council expressed by ordinance prescribing the regulations for such use, and the compensation therefor, each paying an equitable and proper proportion of the construction, maintenance and repair of the tracks and appurtenances and any private right of way used by such railroad companies jointly, such proportion to be fixed by the Council. [Ch. 1903; sec. 103; am. May 3, 1913, secs. 69 and 70; rev. 1914, secs. 168 and 169; 1928 pub., secs. 168 and 169; 1942 recod., sec. 10-204.]
Franchises may be granted for a limited time in and upon the streets, highways and public places and property of the City of Portland, in the manner and subject to the conditions hereinafter contained. [May 3, 1913, new sec. 71; rev. 1914, sec. 170; 1928 pub., sec. 170; 1942 recod., sec. 10-205.]
No exclusive franchise shall be granted nor shall any franchise, lease or rights be granted for a longer period than twenty-five (25) years. [May 3, 1913, new sec. 72; rev. 1914, sec. 171; 1928 pub., sec. 171; 1942 recod., sec. 10-206.]
Every franchise shall be embodied in an ordinance, which shall contain all the terms and conditions of the proposed grant, and shall be filed with the Auditor. Thereupon such proposed ordinance shall be published in full, once in the City official newspaper. There shall also be published, in a conspicuous place in such daily newspaper of the City having a circulation in excess of fifteen thousand (15,000), as the Council may direct, a notice prepared by the Auditor, that an application has been made for a franchise, giving the name of the applicant, the character and location of the proposed grant, and requesting any person having any objections to such proposed franchise or any provisions thereof to file the same in writing with the Auditor within twenty (20) days from the first publication of such notice. If the request is made therefor, the Council shall fix a time for a hearing upon such objections and give reasonable notice of the time thereof and not less than five (5) days. All of such publications and notices shall be at the expense of the applicants for such franchises.
Such ordinances shall not come up for first reading until after the expiration of the said twenty (20) days.
If such ordinance shall be amended, it shall be republished in the City official newspaper in full as amended.
No such ordinance granting a franchise shall be put on final passage within thirty (30) days after the first reading nor within twenty (20) days after any amendment thereto, and the affirmative vote of four (4) Commissioners shall be required to pass the same. [May 3, 1913, new sec. 73; rev. 1914, sec. 172; 1928 pub., sec. 172; 1942 recod., sec. 10-207.]
No franchise shall take effect until sixty (60) days after its passage unless it shall receive a majority of the votes cast thereon at a referendum election held for that purpose within a less time. The filing of a petition for referendum shall defer the taking effect of a franchise until after the election. A petition signed by two thousand (2,000) registered voters shall be sufficient to call a referendum upon any franchise ordinance. [May 3, 1913, new sec. 74; rev. 1914, sec. 173; 1928 pub., sec. 173; 1942 recod., sec. 10-208.]
Every franchise granted by the City of Portland shall contain full and explicit statements of its conditions in the following particulars:
(a) In case of railroads and street railways it shall specify plainly the streets or other public places or parts thereof to which they apply. Any other franchises shall state the boundary of the district or districts within which they shall be exercised.
(b) The amount and manner of payment of the compensation to be paid by the grantee for the right. The Council shall make an estimate of the cash value of any franchise upon the filing of the application, or an estimate for what it may consider fair compensation to the City for such franchise, and the same shall be entered upon the minutes of the proceedings of the Council and published with the published copy of the franchise. In lieu of a money valuation the Council may at its option declare what will be a reasonable reduction of fares, rates or charges, either at the beginning or progressively from time to time, to be made by the grantee in compensation for the grant.
(c) The time of beginning the construction or other work thereunder, the estimated total cost of such work, the monthly or yearly sums of money to be expended thereon, and in case of franchises to transportation companies or other franchises covering certain streets or portion of streets, the time within which the work under such franchise shall be completed upon such streets or portions of streets, respectively.
(d) Every grant of a franchise which provides for or permits the changing of rates, fares or charges shall contain a provision fixing the maximum that the holder can collect for services rendered by virtue of said franchise and the operation of the plant or property thereunder; subject, however, to the power of regulation prescribed in Section 10-108 of this Charter.
Rates, however, shall always be uniform to all persons of like classes, under similar circumstances and conditions.
[May 3, 1913, new sec. 75; rev. 1914, sec. 174; 1928 pub., sec. 174; 1942 recod., sec. 10-209.]
Every franchise granted by the City shall be subject to the conditions and restrictions hereinafter provided, to wit:
(a) That the City may in lawful manner and upon the payment of a fair valuation lawfully ascertained, purchase, condemn, acquire, take over and hold the property and plant of the grantee in whole or in part; if such purchase or taking over be at the expiration of the term of the franchise such valuation shall not include any sum for the value of the franchise or grant under which such plant and property is being operated.
(b) That upon payment by the City of Portland of a fair valuation, as above stated, the plant and property so acquired shall become the property of the City without formal execution of any instrument of conveyance; provided, however, the City may at its option compel the execution to it of an instrument of transfer and conveyance.
(c) That upon the acquisition of any such plant or property the right of the holder of any such franchise pursuant to which such plant or property was operated shall cease and determine, and the acquisition by the City of any such property or plant shall operate to divest the holder of any such franchise of all right, title and interest therein.
(d) No franchise shall be granted without fair compensation to the City therefor, either by way of direct payment or by reduction of rates, fares or charges, and in addition to the other forms of compensation to be therein provided, the grantee may be required to pay annually to the City such part of its gross receipts as may be fixed in the grant of said franchise. This provision shall not exempt the holder of the franchise from any lawful taxation upon its property nor from any license, charge or imposition not levied on account of such use.
(e) Every franchise and all things constructed thereunder or used in connection therewith, other than rolling stock and power, shall be subject to common use by any person or corporation, including the City, operating a similar public utility whenever it shall be advantageous to the public upon payment or tender of fair compensation for such use. The compensation for the franchise itself shall be payable only to the City and not to the holder of the original franchise.
The Council shall have power to determine what is a fair compensation and to regulate the manner of such use subject to judicial review, but no judicial proceedings shall suspend or postpone such use if the person or corporation desiring such common use shall deposit in the court such sum as the court on a preliminary hearing may determine.
Such compensation shall not include any remuneration for the franchise or rights conferred by the City, except that the new user may be required to pay a ratable part of any tax or public charge imposed upon the original grantee by reason of said franchise, in addition to such other payment to the City as the Council may deem equitable.
(f) The holder for the time being of any franchise to construct or operate railways in the streets or public places shall keep those portions of streets or other places occupied by such holder in good order, as required by the Council, and shall pave, improve, or repair and maintain from time to time in the manner and within the time directed by the Council, that portion of the street occupied by it lying between the rails of any track and extending one foot outside of such rail and portion of the streets lying between the tracks.
In addition any franchise granted to any street or other railroad, for the operation thereof, may provide that the holder thereof for the time being shall pave, repave and keep in repair at the time and in the manner required by the Council any street or part thereof used pursuant to such franchise for the whole or any part of the entire width of the street.
Failure or neglect upon the part of any holder of a franchise to do the work in the manner and within the time required by the Council, shall constitute an offense punishable by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) for each and every day such refusal or neglect shall continue.
The enumeration and specification of particular matters which must be included in every franchise granted shall not be construed to impair the right of the City to insert in such franchise such other and further conditions and restrictions as the Council may deem proper for the public welfare. [May 3, 1913, new sec. 77; rev. 1914, sec. 176; 1928 pub., sec. 176; 1942 recod., sec. 10-211.]
Every grantee of any franchise, right or privilege shall within thirty (30) days after the ordinance granting the same shall be enforced, file with the City Recorder a written acceptance of the same, and a failure on the part of the grantee to file such written acceptance within the time specified shall be deemed an abandonment and rejection of the rights and privileges conferred, and the ordinance granting the same shall thereupon be null and void; such acceptance shall be unqualified and shall be construed to be an acceptance of all the terms, conditions and restrictions contained in the ordinance granting the same. [May 3, 1913, new sec. 76; rev. 1914, sec. 175; 1928 pub., sec. 175; 1942 recod., sec. 10-212; am. May 20, 1986.]
Within ninety (90) days after this Charter shall take effect, the holder of any franchise shall file with the Auditor a full and correct statement of the franchise, rights and privileges owned or claimed to be owned, and shall designate the same by the numbers and titles of the ordinances by which such franchises were granted, and any holder of any franchise, on failure so to do, shall be guilty of an offense punishable by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10) and not more than one hundred dollars ($100) per day while such refusal or neglect continue. The holder of every franchise, and the grantees of every franchise hereafter granted, on sale, transfer, mortgage or lease being made of such franchise, shall within sixty (60) days thereafter file with the Auditor a copy of the deed, agreement, mortgage, lease, or other written instrument evidencing such sale, transfer or lease, certified and sworn to as correct by the grantee, in person, if an individual, or by the president or secretary or authorized agent, if a corporation.
Every sale, transfer, mortgage or lease of such franchise, whether voluntary or involuntary, shall be deemed void and of no effect unless the grantee shall, within sixty (60) days after the same shall have been made, file such certified copy as required by this Section and consented to as provided in Section 10-216 of this Charter, also unless the Council agrees to such sale by an ordinance expressly passed for that purpose, as provided by Section 10-216.
The Auditor shall file all such documents and shall make and keep an index of the same in a book to be kept by the Auditor for that purpose, which book shall be a part of the public records of the City. [May 3, 1913, new sec. 80; rev. 1914, sec. 179; 1928 pub., sec. 179; 1942 recod., sec. 10-213.]
The City officer responsible for accounting shall keep a separate record for each grantee of a franchise from the City rendering service to be paid for wholly or in part by users of such service, which record shall show in the case of each such grantee:
1. The true and entire cost of construction, of equipment, of maintenance and of the administration and operation thereof; the amount of stock issued, if any; the amount of cash paid in, the number and par value of shares, the amount and character of indebtedness, if any; the rate of taxes, the dividends declared; the character and amount of all fixed charges; the allowance, if any, for interest, for wear and tear or depreciation; all amounts and sources of income.
2. The amount collected annually from the City treasury and the character and extent of the service rendered therefor to the City.
3. The amount collected annually from other users of the service and the character and extent of the service rendered therefor to them. Such books of record shall be open to public examination at any time during City business hours. Such information, in addition to any further data which may be required by the City, under this Charter, shall be furnished by the grantees or holders of such franchises upon request, and at such grantee's own cost and expense.
4. In case any grantee or holder of a franchise fails or refuses to furnish such information when requested so to do on petition being presented on behalf of the City to the circuit court, such court shall have jurisdiction to compel such grantee or owner to furnish such information and tax the costs of such application against the defendant in such proceedings and in addition may impose a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) for every such offense. All fines collected under this Section shall be paid into the General Fund. The procedure on such application shall be as far as possible analogous to that on mandamus.
[May 3, 1913, new sec. 81; rev. 1914, sec. 180; 1928 pub., sec. 180; 1942 recod., sec. 10-214; am. May 20, 1986.]
No abandonment, nonuser or failure to comply with the terms of the franchise shall release the holder from any of the obligations thereof without the consent of the City expressed by ordinance which shall be subject to the referendum. Notwithstanding such abandonment the provisions of the franchise may be enforced, but upon abandonment, nonuser, or failure to comply with any of the terms of the franchises, the City may by ordinance declare a forfeiture, whereupon all rights of the holders of the franchise shall immediately be divested without a further act upon the part of the City, and in case of a franchise for occupancy of streets, the holder shall be required notwithstanding such forfeiture, to remove its structures or property from the streets and restore the streets to such condition as the Council may require or as may be stipulated in the grant; and upon failure to do so the City may perform the work and collect the cost thereof from the holder of the franchise. The cost thereof shall be a lien upon all the plant and property of the holder of the franchise, prior to any other lien except that of City assessments or general tax, and the City may collect the same as a City assessment or in any other lawful manner. [May 3, 1913, new sec. 83; rev. 1914, sec. 182; 1928 pub., sec. 182; 1942 recod., sec. 10-215.]
No franchise shall be sublet or assigned, nor shall any of the rights or privileges thereby granted or authorized be leased, assigned, sold or transferred without the consent of the City expressed by ordinance which shall be subject as other ordinances to the referendum. [May 3, 1913, new sec. 79; rev. 1914, sec. 178; 1928 pub., sec. 178; 1942 recod., sec. 10-216.]
All franchises or privileges heretofore granted by the City which are not in actual use or enjoyment or which the grantee thereof has not in good faith commenced to exercise within the time required by the terms thereof are hereby declared forfeited and of no validity. This Charter shall in no wise validate any contract, privilege or franchise not heretofore a legal and valid obligation of the City. [May 3, 1913, sec. 82; rev. 1914, sec. 181; 1928 pub., sec. 181; 1942 recod., sec. 10-217.]
It shall be the policy of the City of Portland to create a common transportation terminal, both land and water, embracing both sides of the harbor for its full extent in the City, which shall be subject to entry and use throughout its full extent by all common carriers on equal terms, as far as the property, rights and jurisdictions of the City may apply to secure same; and all such property, rights and jurisdictions of the City within one thousand (1,000) feet of meander line specified in Section 1-104 of this Charter shall be subject to use and demands for such common terminal purposes and needed connecting roadways, tracks and appurtenant facilities; provided that the public docks may be furnished with warehouses subject to lease.
All proposed franchises, grants, privileges, and public improvements and other improvements as far as the jurisdiction of the City may extend, affecting such territory must be considered in relation to said common terminal and adapted thereto in a systematic way, and shall to that end be submitted to the City Engineer and the official or officials in charge of the public docks for approval. Without the approval of these, it shall require a four-fifths vote of the Council to pass such measure. If the Council pass such measure without the approval aforesaid, the Mayor shall have the measure placed upon the ballot at the next ensuing regular election for approval or rejection by the people.
No grant or franchise affecting this territory shall confer any superior right that may operate to defeat the purpose of this act to protect the common access on equal terms in said territory and any provision in any grant or franchise contrary to said purpose shall be null and void.
The purpose of this act is to provide connections for and means of interchange of traffic upon the lines or tracks of all common carriers, public or private, with the greatest facility and economy and the least obstruction, inconvenience and cost possible. The City Engineer and the official or officials in charge of the public docks shall at once draw up such plan and elaborate and extend it from time to time to meet the purpose of this act as public needs develop.
In pursuance of the policy established by this amendment, the Mayor shall cause to be made an inventory of all public properties and rights within the one thousand (1,000) foot limit defined herein, and to have said properties defined and recorded, especially between meander and harbor lines, and utilize the same to the fullest possible extent in the development of the terminal plan herein provided for. And where, in such development, the City may lack jurisdiction for control, the Mayor and Council are required to use, under wise discretion, their best efforts to secure the jurisdiction and control necessary.
All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. [June 2, 1913, new sec. 93-1/2; rev. 1914, sec. 183; 1928 pub., sec. 183; 1942 recod., sec. 10-218.]


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The addition of long-acting beta2-agonists to inhaled steroids compared to higher doses of inhaled steroids alone as maintenance treatment for chronic asthma
When asthma is inadequately controlled with inhaled corticosteroids, either adding medication such as long-acting beta2-agonists (LABAs) or increasing the dose of inhaled corticosteroids is recommended. The purpose of this review was to establish the benefits and safety of adding long-acting beta2-agonists or increasing the dose of inhaled corticosteroids in patients with asthma that is inadequately controlled on their current dose of inhaled corticosteroids. This review analysed data from identified randomised controlled trials comparing the addition of long-acting beta2-agonists to inhaled corticosteroids versus increasing to a higher dose of inhaled corticosteroids in asthmatic children and adults.
Based on the identified trials:
1. There is a modest advantage in adding long-acting beta2-agonists to inhaled corticosteroids, compared with increasing the dose of inhaled corticosteroids, in preventing exacerbations but many patients (more than 70) need to be treated for one to have an exacerbation prevented. The results apply particularly to adults, as no group differences were observed in children. Reduction in symptoms and use of rescue beta2-agonists as well as improvement in lung function tests also slightly favour the combination of long-acting beta2-agonists to inhaled corticosteroids over a higher corticosteroid dose.
2. Apart from an increased rate of tremor and less oral thrush, there is no apparent difference in the risk of side effects or rates of withdrawal from treatment because of side effects between the treatment options, but the long-term side effects of inhaled corticosteroids were seldom monitored. However, the trends towards an increased risk of moderate and severe exacerbations in children receiving combination therapy raises concern about this therapy, particularly in view of the modest improvement shown.
Authors' conclusions:
In adolescents and adults with sub-optimal control on low dose ICS monotherapy, the combination of LABA and ICS is modestly more effective in reducing the risk of exacerbations requiring oral corticosteroids than a higher dose of ICS. Combination therapy also led to modestly greater improvement in lung function, symptoms and use of rescue ß2 agonists and to fewer withdrawals due to poor asthma control than with a higher dose of inhaled corticosteroids. Apart from an increased rate of tremor and less oral candidiasis with combination therapy, the two options appear relatively safe in adults although adverse effects associated with long-term ICS treatment were seldom monitored. In children, combination therapy did not lead to a significant reduction, but rather a trend towards an increased risk, of oral steroid-treated exacerbations and hospital admissions. These trends raised concern about the safety of combination therapy in view of modest improvement in children under the age of 12 years.
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In asthmatic patients inadequately controlled on inhaled corticosteroids and/or those with moderate persistent asthma, two main options are recommended: the combination of a long-acting inhaled ß2 agonist (LABA) with inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) or use of a higher dose of inhaled corticosteroids.
To determine the effect of the combination of long-acting ß2 agonists and inhaled corticosteroids compared to a higher dose of inhaled corticosteroids on the risk of asthma exacerbations, pulmonary function and on other measures of asthma control, and to look for characteristics associated with greater benefit for either treatment option.
Search strategy:
We identified randomised controlled trials (RCTs) through electronic database searches (MEDLINE, EMBASE and CINAHL), bibliographies of RCTs, clinical trial registries and correspondence with manufacturers until May 2008.
RCTs that compared the combination of inhaled LABA and ICS to a higher dose of inhaled corticosteroids, in children and adults with asthma.
Data collection and analysis:
Two authors independently assessed methodological quality and extracted data. We obtained confirmation from the trialists when possible. The primary endpoint was the number of patients experiencing one or more asthma exacerbations requiring oral corticosteroids.
Main results:
This review included 48 studies (15,155 participants including 1155 children and 14,000 adults). Participants were inadequately controlled on their current ICS regimen, experiencing ongoing symptoms and with generally moderate (FEV1 60% to 79% of predicted) airway obstruction. The studies tested the combination of salmeterol or formoterol with a median dose of 400 mcg/day of beclomethasone or equivalent (BDP-eq) compared to a median of 1000 mcg/day of BDP-eq, usually for 24 weeks or less. There was a statistically significantly lower risk of exacerbations requiring systemic corticosteroids in patients treated with LABA and ICS (RR 0.88, 95% CI 0.78 to 0.98, 27 studies, N = 10,578) from 11.45% to 10%, with a number needed to treat of 73 (median study duration: 12 weeks). The study results were dominated by adult studies; trial data from three paediatric studies showed a trend towards increased risk of rescue oral steroids (RR 1.24, 95% CI 0.58 to 2.66) and hospital admission (RR 2.21, 95% CI 0.74 to 6.64) associated with combination therapy. Overall, there was no statistically significant difference in the risk ratios for either hospital admission (RR 1.02, 95% CI 0.67 to 1.56) or serious adverse events (RR 1.12, 95% CI 0.91 to 1.37). The combination of LABA and ICS resulted in significantly greater but modest improvement from baseline in lung function, symptoms and rescue medication use than with higher ICS dose. Despite no significant group difference in the risk of overall adverse events (RR 0.99, 95% CI 0.95 to 1.03), there was an increase in the risk of tremor (RR 1.84, 95% CI 1.20 to 2.82) and a lower risk of oral thrush (RR 0.58, 95% CI 0.40 to 0.86)) in the LABA and ICS compared to the higher ICS group. There was no significant difference in hoarseness or headache between the treatment groups. The rate of withdrawals due to poor asthma control favoured the combination of LABA and ICS (RR 0.65, 95% CI 0.51 to 0.83).
Health topics:
Child health > Lungs & airways > Asthma (chronic): combination/additive drug treatment
Lungs & airways > Asthma (chronic) > Combination/additive drug treatment
Ducharme FM, Ni Chroinin M, Greenstone I, Lasserson TJ
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Airways Group
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Ducharme FM, Ni Chroinin M, Greenstone I, Lasserson TJ. Addition of long-acting beta2-agonists to inhaled steroids versus higher dose inhaled steroids in adults and children with persistent asthma. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2010, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD005533. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005533.pub2
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The Butter With A Cult Following.
There's only one butter that'll make us forget about cheese. A butter so good that we'll eat dangerous amounts of it, spread very liberally on a fresh baguette. Nothing else needed.
If you haven't tried Rodolphe le Meunier Butter, you're truly missing out. The maker, Rodolphe le Meunier, has even been regaled as a "French Butter Rock Star".
But why exactly is this butter so delicious? And how is it made?
It all starts with milk from carefully selected, healthy cows in Normandy, France. The milk is inoculated with bacteria and fermented for a few hours. The pasteurized cream is then churned the old-fashioned way in a wooden baratte. Once thick enough to handle, the butter is molded by hand and lightly salted.
This butter is incredibly fatty, creamy, and high in moisture (sometimes, when you open the butter you can see little droplets of water on the wrapper). It's a butter so incredibly indulgent and satisfying that it's almost closer to a flavorful cheese than generic butter.
Rodolphe le Meunier Butter now produces his classic butter in select flavors, following the current French trend of artisanal, high quality flavored butters. Come to BKLYN Larder, and try the Classic Salted, Espelette Pepper, and Maple.


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"""
__MT_pre__match_contains.py_____________________________________________________

Automatically generated AToM3 syntactic object (DO NOT MODIFY DIRECTLY)
Author: levi
Modified: Sun Aug  9 23:45:38 2015
________________________________________________________________________________
"""
from ASGNode import *

from ATOM3Type import *

from ATOM3String import *
from ATOM3Boolean import *
from graph_MT_pre__match_contains import *
class MT_pre__match_contains(ASGNode, ATOM3Type):

   def __init__(self, parent = None):
      ASGNode.__init__(self)
      ATOM3Type.__init__(self)
      self.superTypes = []
      self.graphClass_ = graph_MT_pre__match_contains
      self.isGraphObjectVisual = True
      if(hasattr(self, '_setHierarchicalLink')):
        self._setHierarchicalLink(False)
      if(hasattr(self, '_setHierarchicalNode')):
        self._setHierarchicalNode(False)
      self.parent = parent
      self.MT_label__=ATOM3String('', 20)
      self.MT_pivotOut__=ATOM3String('', 20)
      self.MT_pivotIn__=ATOM3String('', 20)
      self.MT_subtypeMatching__=ATOM3Boolean()
      self.MT_subtypeMatching__.setValue(('True', 0))
      self.MT_subtypeMatching__.config = 0
      self.generatedAttributes = {'MT_label__': ('ATOM3String', ),
                                  'MT_pivotOut__': ('ATOM3String', ),
                                  'MT_pivotIn__': ('ATOM3String', ),
                                  'MT_subtypeMatching__': ('ATOM3Boolean', )      }
      self.realOrder = ['MT_label__','MT_pivotOut__','MT_pivotIn__','MT_subtypeMatching__']
      self.directEditing = [1,1,1,1]
   def clone(self):
      cloneObject = MT_pre__match_contains( self.parent )
      for atr in self.realOrder:
         cloneObject.setAttrValue(atr, self.getAttrValue(atr).clone() )
      ASGNode.cloneActions(self, cloneObject)

      return cloneObject
   def copy(self, other):
      ATOM3Type.copy(self, other)
      for atr in self.realOrder:
         self.setAttrValue(atr, other.getAttrValue(atr) )
      ASGNode.copy(self, other)

   def preCondition (self, actionID, * params):
      if self.graphObject_:
         return self.graphObject_.preCondition(actionID, params)
      else: return None
   def postCondition (self, actionID, * params):
      if self.graphObject_:
         return self.graphObject_.postCondition(actionID, params)
      else: return None
   def preAction (self, actionID, * params):
      if actionID == self.CREATE:
         self.autoIncrLabel(params)
      if self.graphObject_:
         return self.graphObject_.preAction(actionID, params)
      else: return None
   def postAction (self, actionID, * params):
      if self.graphObject_:
         return self.graphObject_.postAction(actionID, params)
      else: return None
   def QOCA(self, params):
      """
      QOCA Constraint Template
      NOTE: DO NOT select a POST/PRE action trigger
      Constraints will be added/removed in a logical manner by other mechanisms.
      """
      return # <--- Remove this if you want to use QOCA

      # Get the high level constraint helper and solver
      from Qoca.atom3constraints.OffsetConstraints import OffsetConstraints
      oc = OffsetConstraints(self.parent.qocaSolver)

      # Constraint only makes sense if there exists 2 objects connected to this link
      if(not (self.in_connections_ and self.out_connections_)): return

      # Get the graphical objects (subclass of graphEntity/graphLink)
      graphicalObjectLink = self.graphObject_
      graphicalObjectSource = self.in_connections_[0].graphObject_
      graphicalObjectTarget = self.out_connections_[0].graphObject_
      objTuple = (graphicalObjectSource, graphicalObjectTarget, graphicalObjectLink)

      """
      Example constraint, see Kernel/QOCA/atom3constraints/OffsetConstraints.py
      For more types of constraints
      """
      oc.LeftExactDistance(objTuple, 20)
      oc.resolve() # Resolve immediately after creating entity & constraint

   def autoIncrLabel(self, params):

      #===============================================================================
      # Auto increment the label
      #===============================================================================

      # If there is already one, ignore
      if not self.MT_label__.isNone(): return

      # Get the maximum label of all MT_pre__ elements
      label = 0
      for nt in self.parent.ASGroot.listNodes:
          if nt.startswith('MT_pre__'):
              for node in self.parent.ASGroot.listNodes[nt]:
                  currLabel = 0
                  try:
                      currLabel = int(node.MT_label__.getValue())
                  except:
                      pass
                  if currLabel > label:
                      label = currLabel
      # The label of this instance will be the max label + 1
      self.MT_label__.setValue(str(label + 1))

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Q: auto Refreshing of row count by clicking on dynamic search button in search In search the search button is dynamically created,we doesn't know the code of the button.our requirement is when we click on the search button we should get the row count. we are getting it .but every time we should refresh the page to get it updated.
if we want to use partial triggers and all stuff we are not able to find the button code.

A: I understand that you do not have properties exposed for the button as it is a declarative component.
In such cases you can do partially refresh using your backing bean (programmatically)
I see that your button has binding backing_search.qryId1 , similarly create binding for outputText
Now in your listener method in your backing bean, write the code to partially trigger the outputText.
Code for partially triggering,

    AdfFacesContext adfFacesContext = AdfFacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
    adfFacesContext.addPartialTarget(bindingOfYourOutputText);

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Jürgen Osterhammel retired from the chair of modern and contemporary history at the University of Konstanz in Germany in early 2018. He is now a Distinguished Fellow at the Freiburg Institute of Advanced Studies in Freiburg im Breisgau. He holds an honorary doctorate from the European University Institute, Florence, and is a member of the Order Pour le Mérite (German Order of Merit). His awards include the Leibniz-Preis (2010), the Toynbee Prize (2017) and the Balzan Prize (2018).


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What is your pump up song? What do you think Rahm's pump up song is?
Today is a big one for Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. He worked hard on his first city budget, and today he puts on his best suit, maybe puts some product in the old hairstyle and tries out a different cologne. A cologne called "Victory."
The City Council is expected to vote overwhelmingly in favor of the new 2012 Chicago budget. According to some reports, we could be seeing a 48-2 vote margin, reminiscent of the rubber stamp days of Daley. However, the aldermen appear to have had much more involvement in this first Emanuel budget, and many are signing on because of mayoral compromises made after a series of budget hearings. (For a look at how the proposed revenue increases will affect you, check out our short video with own Steve Edwards and Sam Hudzik, who break it all down). Bottom line: This process has not been as "shove it down your throat" as it has been in the past.
Even so, it will be interesting to see who votes "no" in the end. Personally, I'm hoping that the council brings back Helen Shiller (former 46th ward alderman) to honorarily vote no, almost like ringing the opening bell for the NYSE.
But back to Rahm - this is his moment. He'll have bigger (and smaller) moments in the future, but this is his first budget. I have a feeling he'll frame it in his home office. And, of course, there will be a ton of fist pumps alone, behind closed doors.
What do you think the mayor's "pump up song" is? Pump up song, you ask? Yeah. You know, what's the song he plays to fire him up for those big moments, the one that gets him ready for the big vote today?
Well, the reason I ask is because Comcast SportsNet Chicago is running classic basketball games in place of real games this fall. Actually, they've been doing it for a while, but it just seems like replacement programming now.
Anyway, last night, they showed the famous Game 5 of the 1989 NBA Playoffs between the Chicago Bulls and Cleveland Cavaliers, the one where Jordan jumps over Ehlo and hits the game-winner at the buzzer.
At the end of the game, Jordan is interviewed by James Brown (now on CBS football), and James asks "Now I know you have a song that you listen to before every game to get you pumped up. Tell us what it is..." Jordan then says "Anita Baker, Giving the Best."
Wait, what? Huh? Anita Baker? This song?
Anyway, this got me thinking. What is Rahm's pump up song? And more importantly, what's yours? When you have that big meeting, show, interview, moment. What song do you listen to at your proverbial locker? Please don't say Anita Baker.


Both SPANZ and Mount Cook Airlines had services that connected Christchurch and Alexandra, though both operators included other stops; SPANZ stopped at Oamaru and Timaru while Mount Cook's flights were via Queenstown and Mount Cook. Goldfields Air was the first airline to introduce a direct service and the next airline to operate to Alexandra also tried this route. This is Pacifica Air 's story.
In early December 1986 Skeggs Food Limited applied to the Air Services Licensing Authority to conduct a Category "B" air transport service between Nelson and Wellington, and Nelson and Christchurch using a 12-seater Beechcraft Super King Air aircraft. The man behind the airline, Cliff Skeggs, was at that time the Mayor of Dunedin, and owner of Skeggs Foods and Pacifica Shipping and he hoped to improve Nelson's air service.After the collapse of Air Albatross Nelson was left with a single daily Friendship flight to Christchurch in the middle of the day and with Coast Air operating twice daily on the route with an 8-seat Piper Navajo. Like Air Albatross, it had over extended itself with its Twin Otter and had downsized to the Navajo. With the announcement of the Pacifica service Coast Air's chief executive, Phil Heaphy, announced that Coast Air would continue servicing Nelson until Pacifica got started before concentrating on its Greymouth-Christchurch services. Competition was also found on the Cook Strait flights to Wellington in the form of Air Nelson.
The Beech, which was to be called the Spirit of Nelson, was to offer two flights a day between Nelson to Christchurch and two flights a day between Nelson and Wellington. But Cliff Skeggs was cautious noting that the public had lost confidence with the Air Albatross collapse. The airline intended leasing its aircraft to test the market. He also noted that the new airline, like Pacifica Shipping, would be run by a very small team.
The airline had hoped to commence operations on the 23rd of March 1987 but in the event the aircraft did not arrive in New Zealand until the 28th of April. Services began on the 11th of May 1987 when the newly registered Beech 200 Super King Air, ZK-CGS (c/n BB-301), began Pacifica Air's operation. The company initially planned to operate for a three month trial period and initial responses were encouraging, particularly on the Nelson-Christchurch sector. The Nelson-Wellington flights, which were not so convenient for business traffic, had not attracted the same level of patronage.
The day after arrival on Beech Super King Air ZK-CGS, taken at Christchurch on 29 April 1987.
The increase in patronage was encouraging enough, however, that a second aircraft was added to the fleet in the form of a Swearingen SA226TC Metroliner II, ZK-MES (c/n TC-231), the Spirit of Nelson II, which entered service on the 21st of September 1987. The additional aircraft meant that the airline could offer a more extensive timetable, including peak hour flights to Wellington.
Swearingen Metroliner II, ZK-MES at Christchurch on 9 September 1987.
What do you think??? Was Mount Cook Airlines move predatory? Their timetable with the existing Air New Zealand service shown below.
The competition was not the only turbulence Pacifica Air had to weather. In early December the Beech was struck by lightning and was out of action for nearly two weeks while awaiting a power control unit which had to be sent to Australia for repairs. While the Beech was out of service, the Metroliner had an inflight engine shut down. Unfortunately, the fault necessitated an engine replacement which had to come from the United States leaving the airline without an operational aircraft for some days. Chartered aircraft were used to move passengers and by the 6th of January 1988 both Pacifica Air's turboprops were back in the air.
Also on the 6th of January 1988 the airline started a new route from Christchurch to Alexandra and Wanaka. The first flight was operated by the Metroliner but normally a nine-seat Piper Pa31-350 Navajo Chieftain, ZK-FOP (c/n 31-7405227) was used. Marketed as the Edgewater Express the service was designed to fly guests to Wanaka's Edgewater Resort hotel as well as other holidaymakers and visitors. Once again the new air service was operated on a three month trial with two flights being operated on weekdays and with a single flight on Saturdays and Sundays. At the time the Central Otago air service started Pacifica Air formalised their connection with Ansett New Zealand.
Another shot of Swearingen Metroliner II, ZK-MES at Christchurch on 26 April 1987.
Piper Pa31-350 Navajo Chieftain, ZK-FOP, at Christchurch on 28 February 1988.
Early in the new year a Cessna 402B, ZK-EHS Utililiner (c/n 402B-0217), was leased and operated out of Nelson replacing the more expensive Beech King Air. Cracks were starting to appear and in the end Mount Cook Airlines competition and new Airways Corporation charges proved too much.
Cessna 402B Utililiner ZK-EHS taken at Nelson in April 1988 with the Pacifica Air flag to the left of the aircraft.
Initially, cutbacks were made to flights between Nelson and Wellington, and then, a week later, the announcement that the company would withdraw entirely from Nelson on the 7th of June 1988. Pacifica Air was philosophical about the move. The company's general manager, Rod Grout, expressed regret about having to withdraw from Nelson to the Nelson Evening Mail but, he noted, "We believe that Mount Cook Airline and Air New Zealand have recognised the need to provide cheap, regular services to the Nelson community that they should continue to operate at the current levels. Should they fail to do so, Pacifica would have to evaluate the possibility of reintroducing its service." With the Metroliner out of work Air Nelson looked at leasing it for a one period as it took over Air New Zealand's West Coast services and some Nelson-Christchurch and Nelson-Wellington services. However the lease did not eventuate and eventually the aircraft was exported.
"The Edgewater Express" being flown by Piper Chieftain ZK-FQW departing Alexandra on 1 December 1988.
The Christchurch-Central Otago route continued to operate using Piper Pa31-350 Navajo Chieftains ZK-FOP and ZK-FQW (c/n 31-7952206). The company also used Piper Pa23-250 Aztec ZK-DHB (c/n 27-3735) on this service. This service too, however, was not sustainable and on the 27th of February 1989 Pacifica Air ceased scheduled operations and ending its Christchurch-Alexandra-Wanaka service. As a postscript a third Piper Pa31-350 Chieftain ZK-CGS (c/n 31-7852068) was registered to the company but this was not used by them on a schedule.
Piper Pa23-250 Aztec ZK-DHB at Christchurch on 24 February 1988.


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Q: iOS app with YouTube v3 API and youtube-ios-player-helper can't autoplay videos I am having a problem autoplaying videos with the youtube-ios-player-helper pod provided by Google/YouTube. Here is the relevant part of my app (iOS 10, Swift 3):

*

*a ChannelVideosViewController that displays video thumbnails as UIViews with an UITapGestureRecognizer that in turn segues to my PlayerViewController and passes the videoId from the API call

*a PlayerViewController as follows:
var youtubePlayerView = YTPlayerView() // player for videos
var youtubeVideoID = String() // videoId from API passed by ChannelVideosViewController

override func viewDidLoad() {
// ... skipping UI stuff

view.addSubview(youtubePlayerView)
youtubePlayerView.load(withVideoId: youtubeVideoID, playerVars: ["autoplay":1,"modestbranding":1,"showinfo":0,"rel":0])
}

With the code above the helper library successfully loads the videos and plays them in fullscreen when I press the "big red button" but I want to autoplay the videos directly after I segue into the view. Is there a way to do this?

*

*"autoplay":1 from the YouTube docs doesn't seem to cut it for iOS.

*youtubePlayerView.playVideo() doesn't do anything

A: Based on this github the autopilot doesn't work with the iOS player, as a workaround try this one:
(void)playerViewDidBecomeReady:(YTPlayerView *)playerView{ [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:@"Playback started" object:self]; [self.playerView playVideo]; }

For more information, check these threads:

*

*AutoPlay Not working properly

*Using YTPlayerView to play embedded YouTube video in iOS

A: Conform to YTPlayerViewDelegate protocol like this:
self.youtubePlayer.delegate = self
Now use this delegate method to play video automatically when player is ready:
extension ViewController: YTPlayerViewDelegate {
    func playerViewDidBecomeReady(_ playerView: YTPlayerView) {
        self.youtubePlayer.playVideo()
    }
}

It works perfectly in my case.


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Sin Fronteras On Tour es la segunda gira musical de la cantante mexicana Dulce María en su carrera como solista en apoyo a su segundo material discográfico, Sin Fronteras (2014), lanzado en julio de 2014. El tour inicia el 12 de septiembre de 2014 en Porto Alegre, y finaliza el 26 de diciembre de 2015 en Chilpancingo, con un total de 18 presentaciones
</span>

Participaciones especiales
 Henry Mendez (26 de julio de 2014 - Durante "No Regresa Más")
 Manu Gavassi (14 de septiembre de 2014 - Durante "Antes Que Ver El Sol")
 Valesca Popozuda (22 de abril de 2015 - Durante "Shots de Amor")

Setlist

Sin Fronteras On Tour
 "Sí Tú Supieras"
 "Cementerio de Los corazones Rotos"
 "Dicen"
 Medley RBD 1: "Inalcanzable" / "Aún Hay Algo" / "Sólo Quédate en Silencio"
 "Corazón En Pausa"
 "Lágrimas"
 "Después de Hoy"
 "Yo Sí Quería"
 Medley: "Déjame Ser" / "Más Tuya que Mía" / "Lágrimas Perdidas"
 "Quiero Poder" "
 Luna"
 "En Contra"
 Medley RBD 2: "Tenerte y Quererte" / "Otro Día Que Va" / "Me Voy" / "Celestial"
 "No Pares"
 "Ingenua"
 "Te Quedarás"
 "Antes Que Ver El Sol"
 "Shots de Amor"
 "Inevitable"
 "Lo Intentare"
 "Ya No"
 "O lo haces tu o lo hago yo"

Sin Fronteras On Intimate Tour
 "Sí Tú Supieras"
 "Cementerio de Los corazones Rotos"
 "Lágrimas"
 "Después de Hoy"
 "Yo Sí Quería"
 "Shots de Amor"
 "En Contra"
 "No Pares" ²
 "Antes Que Ver El Sol"
 "Te Quedarás"³
 "O Lo Haces Tú O Lo Hago Yo"
 Medley RBD: "Inalcanzable" / "Aún Hay Algo" / "Solo Quedate en Silencio"
 "Inevitable"
 "No Regresa Más"

¹La orden del selist fue alterada durante los shows.
² Durante el show de Bello Horizonte, en Brasil, Dulce invitó a una fan para cantar la canción No Pares junto con ella, pues la fan le había contado a ella durante un encuentro con la cantante que la música la ayudó a superar el cáncer que tuvo.

Fechas

Referencias

Giras musicales de 2014
Giras musicales de 2015

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The last time I went to a Royals game at Royals Kauffman Stadium (it'll always be Royals Stadium to lifelong fans like me), it was 1996. Mike Sweeney was riding the bench. Johnny Damon was lifted for a pinch-hitter when the opposing team brought in a left-handed pitcher. And the place was as quiet as a library.
On Saturday night, I finally returned. The Royals were in first place, powered by a young and hungry starting pitching staff, the bats of a bunch of people who never got a chance elsewhere like Desi Relaford and Raul Ibañez (superstars Mike Sweeney and Carlos Beltran have been hurt much of the year). But the weather looked threatening and they'd just lost 4 straight, two to the traitor Johnny Damon's Boston Red Sox and a doubleheader to the Baltimore Orioles. You can explain away the losses to the Red Sox. You're happy to take one of three from them. Baltimore's a different story. Maybe the Royals were fading.
Yet, 25,930 still turned up for the game. A year ago, the attendance would have been half that. There have always been much better things to do in Kansas City on a Saturday night than to go watch the Royals lose.
I knew things were different when earlier that day, I'd gone to the grocery store and I saw people wearing Royals hats and t-shirts. Those had become nearly as common in St. Louis as in Kansas City. Royals hats had become something worn by the fashion-conscious because their royal blue color looked good with the rest of their outfit. Most of them probably didn't even know that hat had anything to do with a pro sports franchise. Then, on the way to the game, I saw ticket scalpers stationed along the exit ramp off I-70 near the stadium. I haven't seen people scalp Royals tickets in, well, forever.
The stadium itself is electric. I remember the Royals' division championship season of 1984. George Brett was still in his prime, and Bud Black was electrifying hitters and the rotation was rounded out with rookies like Bret Saberhagen, Danny Jackson, and Mark Gubicza, none of whom is a hall of famer, but all of whom showed signs of brilliant careers to come. It wasn't a great team, but it was a fun team to watch.
There was more fire in that stadium on Saturday than I remember seeing in 1984. Well, at the start of the game, that is. The word "Believe" floated across the scoreboard, fading out to highlights of the still-young season like Ken Harvey muscling out home runs and Michael Tucker and Desi Relaford making diving catches in the outfield. A left-handed pitcher wearing number 32 took the mound. Twenty years ago, the Royals had a left-handed pitcher who wore number 32. His name was Larry Gura. He was good for 15-18 wins and made the All-Star team a couple of times.
This guy's name was Chris George. If he can pitch like Larry Gura, I thought, this is gonna be a good year.
George retired the first batter on two pitches. The crowd was electric.
By the end of the inning, it was like a library again.
Chris George had a no-hitter through four innings. A walk here and there and a balk here and there had gotten him into trouble, but an umpire can call a balk if there's a guy on first base and he doesn't like the way you scratched yourself. Just ask my cousin. He was the perennial league leader in balks throughout the 1980s, pitching for Cleveland and Chicago. I think Chris George must have known that, because he pitched out of those situations. George impressed me. He's definitely a finesse pitcher–he didn't register higher than 88 MPH once that night–but he mixed up his stuff enough to keep Baltimore guessing and he racked up plenty of strikeouts.
But then Baltimore scraped together a couple of runs. The Royals came back in the bottom of the inning, with a couple of speed demons on first and second and the smooth-hitting Joe Randa at the plate. Randa stroked a double to center field. One run scored. Desi Relaford rounded third and was halfway home when he noticed his third base coach screaming for him to hold. He tripped, tried to make his way back, and was tagged out to end the inning.
That got the crowd's attention.
The next inning, Baltimore's slugging young right fielder, Jay Gibbons, hit a two-run bomb to right field. Well, the way the wind was blowing that night, I probably could have hit something that would clear the right field. fence. But it counts. Baltimore was up 4-1. But there's some life in the Royals' bleachers. Before Gibbons had rounded the bases, his homerun ball was back on the field.
By then, the temperature had dropped more than 30 degrees since the start of the game. The fans were shivering. Many had left. I stayed, only hoping there was as much life left in the Royals' lineup as there was in that fan who'd thrown the ball back on the field.
The Royals rallied for three runs in the seventh off a Baltimore left-hander named Ryan and the immortal Kerry "Freak Boy" Ligtenberg, acquired from Atlanta in the offseason. Ligtenberg puts up good numbers, but every time I've seen him pitch in person, he's given up a busload of runs. He didn't disappoint. By the time Freak Boy managed to put out the fire, the game was tied, 4-4.
D.J. Carrasco, one of the best of the Royals' young flamethrowing relievers, held Baltimore hitless in the top of the 8th.
But this was to become the neverending inning. Between Baltimore meetings on the mound and Kansas City hits, the bottom of the 8th drug on for what seemed like 30 minutes. I swear that by the time the inning ended, MacDougal looked like Tom Hanks in Castaway. And the Royals had a 4-run lead. There's no reason to bring in your closer to protect a four-run lead.
Except so much time had passed since the last time Mike MacDougal pitched, the rookie probably had two kids in college. And, well, when you're Kansas City, you have to give the fans something exciting to watch. Royals fans used to pay to see George Brett, no matter how the rest of the team was playing. And Mike MacDougal is the kind of guy fans want to see.
So in the top of the 9th inning, the bullpen door opened, and MacDougal ran onto the field. The scoreboard went black. "Mike" appeared on the screen in white letters as "Rock You Like a Hurricane" blared on the stadium's speakers. The word faded to show MacDougal striking out a couple of batters. "MacDougal" appeard in white letters on a black screen, followed by still more strikeouts. An animated baseball trailed by flames lit up the scoreboard. A few more highlights from MacDougal's spectacular 10 prior saves showed up.
By now the crowd was pumped. And so was the team.
MacDougal's a bit wild, but that's a big part of his mystique. The guy can throw 103 miles per hour. He generally tones it down into the mid-90s because his pitches have more movement at lower speeds. When someone can throw 100 miles per hour, he tends to be effective. But he's more effective when nobody–not the batter, not the catcher, not even the pitcher himself–knows where the ball's going to end up. It's harder to hit when you're afraid for your life.
MacDougal gave up two hits, but his control was on. He threw 21 pitches, and 13 of them were actually strikes. Despite the two hits, he managed two outs without giving up any runs. The final Baltimore batter fouled off a pitch that registered 46 miles per hour on the gun.
He struck him out on the last pitch.
And the stadium sounded like anything but a library.
I knew the Royals would be good with a fellow Wake Forest alum as the closer!
Not really, but hey, after living through the Miracle Braves of '91, I think anything can happen. The Royals seem to have good young pitching, and that's where it all starts. Let's hope they don't turn into the Marlins, by ruining promising young careers.
They made an art form of ruining young pitchers in the Tony Muser years (Dan Reichert, Chris Fussell, Jeff Austin, Mac Suzuki, but the worst crime of all has to be Jose Rosado), but Tony Pena's been very strict about watching pitch counts and not overworking his young pitchers. To the point where he'll pull the guy in the 7th or 8th even if he has a shutout, if he thinks he's thrown too much. And most of his veteran pitchers aren't good enough to overwork.
And the best news is, as long as they keep attracting fans, there's no danger of them having to sell anyone off.
Great observations. It's the details that make life, or baseball in this case, interesting!
Speaking of the Royals, I watched their Minor League affiliate team the Wichita Wranglers play the Frisco Roughriders yesterday afternoon 🙂 Frisco is just north of us here in Plano, TX and the new Roughriders ballpark is a great place. Small enough that everything is close and practically every seat is a good one – great place to bring my 6-yr old son. Minor league ball is also alot of fun to watch.


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MITO, Japan (AP) — Japan has proposed raising its catch quotas for Pacific bluefin tuna, a fish so highly prized for sushi and sashimi that its population is at less than 5% of historical levels.
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Danone makes children happy
Making a healthy diet – and therefore being healthy –possible for so many people, that is the mission of Danone. This topic has always been closely linked to the company history and its products. But the company also wants to be a role model on the subject of exercise and therefore regularly initiates the Danone Nations Cup, the top event for kids in the world of international football.
The Danone Nations Cup under the patronage of Zinédine Zidane is the largest mixed football competition for children aged 10 to 12 in the U12 category. It is his intention to make a dream come true for as many children as possible across the world. Over the last 16 years he has already brought 2.5 million children together worldwide. "Taking part in a tournament of this size and having the opportunity to play in Marocco this year is the stuff of dreams for all these children", says Zinédine Zidane. Following France, South Africa, Poland, Spain, the UK and Brazil last year, Morocco will welcome the 400 young finalists at the end of next October.
Franck Riboud, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Danone, started this initiative in the year 2000 as a world event organised by the Danone group which make the values which Danone stand for tangible and which is to bring together young players in terms of mutual exchange and respect. "Through this event, Danone's objective is to transmit the values it stands for: proximity, openness, humanism and enthusiasm. This competition is an incredible melting pot where dreams are within everyone's reach. There is an incredible mind-set and a solidarity chain that goes well beyond all differences", says Emmanuel Faber, CEO of Danone.
Zinédine Zidane, Danone Nations Cup's loyal ambassador, has supported the younger generation since the beginning in order to share his unique experience and team spirit, fair play and passion for the game: "Children are present in order to win while respecting each other as well as the rules. It is also a great opportunity for them to learn something about cultures and mostly, to travel for the first time."
Danone has been present in Morocco for 60 years. The national competitions are sponsored by the royal Moroccan federation of sports in school and the royal Moroccan football federation. These institutions are constant and reliable partners of the tournament who want to encourage thousands of young people to practise sports on a regular basis. Social responsibility is thereby at the heart of the innovative and developmental projects of La Centrale Laitiére-Danone. Organising the international finals of the Nations Cup is evidence of the company's commitment to a balanced diet and regular exercise.
This Nations Cup is therefore a unique and unforgettable experience around sports, values and emotion which can look back on a long success story and for this reason has gained credibility in the world of international football. This recognition has constantly increased over the years with the involvement of each country and renowned ambassadors such as Vicente Del Bosque from Spain, Cafú from Brazil, Dimitri Berbatov from Bulgaria, Hagi from Romania, Michael Ballack from Germany and David Trézéguet from Argentinia among others.
Emmanuel Faber says: "For Danone it is more than a competition, it is the perfect illustration of our mission to bring health to as many people as possible through food. Throughout the competition our goal is to educate the public and the participants to adopt healthy eating and physical activity."
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Technology is continuing to change the way we buy and sell products. Osudio helps companies succeed in the ever-changing world of e-business. We are entrepreneurs at heart. We translate complex e-business requirements into easy-to-use online environments. Having worked in e-business since the 90s, we understand what works, what doesn't and what drives growth. Osudio helps you reach B2B and B2C clients with seamless experience in every channel where they are active. Our business is about people and how they interact with technology. That's why we place such a high value on UX and digital communication skills. We are constantly searching for the right balance between cutting-edge user experience and robust technology. Osudio helps clients create user-friendly environments which easily guide buyers to digital transactions or to bricks-and-mortar shops. We provide a comprehensive range of services that include: digital strategy & consultancy, user experience design, e-business operations and IT services. So over the last 20 years, Osudio has helped Europe's top companies evolve their business model so they can stay at the forefront.
For our clients, standing still is not an option. They look to us for guidance. Our job is to earn their trust, build a lasting partnership and help them move forward. To make this a reality, we need to create an atmosphere where success can happen. An atmosphere where we are straight, open and honest with one another. An atmosphere where passion, creativity and innovation takes hold. That's what you can expect at Osudio. So let's be straight and let's move forward. All of us, together.
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In order to support (IT) uniformity but allow local brand communication, Osudio and Danone Baby Nutrition developed the 'Glue' concept: Global Language Unified Experience. This concept allows local variants of the Danone Baby Nutrition brands to communicate along the local brand values but obtain efficiency and synergy on the (IT) delivery domain.
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