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Seib & Wessel: Full David Dreier Interview
In an interview with WSJ's Jerry Seib, former Republican Congressman David Dreier, now the Chairman of the Annenberg-Dreier Commission on the Greater Pacific, explains why the U.S. must expand its free trade agreements in the Asia-Pacific region.
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the ... on Jerry Sithe of The Wall Street Journal joined today by David Dreier longtime member of the house where the Republican leadership in the house before you retire to the end of last year thanks adjoining us that he was injured you left the house and became the head of the Annenberg dryer Commission which is devoted to the expanding the flow of people trade in ideas across the Pacific ... um ... there's nothing more important that they knew right now been the envy of the Trans Pacific Partnership free trade deal ... um ... yes your assessment of how you think the TPP is moving along how close we are actually achieving something ... that will obviously at the outset I mean it looks good for so it's great to see you again Jerry and I mean I've I've I've really appreciate your great work over the years and ... I'm living in California and warning it and just a debris strewn Washington for full disclosure Randy on the street you read me here we are the ... sole of what what do which was fully haven't this is the low hanging fruit when it comes the Trans Pacific Partnership ... has already been hacked and the hard work really lies ahead ... the eleven countries that are part of this period the group you will be the single largest ... free trade bloc in the history of the world of this the proceeds ... to tip the US EU free trade agreement which will be larger when that happens ... but it's there there's gonna be a lot of work and it's not by any means a done deal and there are ... to be lots of issues that are in question a row for your paper piecing which ... I said that since China has interpreted the Trans Pacific Partnership ... has a hole in the eye ... oh we need to say since China has been part of multilateral organizations like the World Trade Organization which we saw happen in two thousand ... membership in the Asia Pacific economic cooperation group they are part of international fora ... we should welcome them into the Trans Pacific Partnership if ... they put everything on the table number one and Number two big enough and soul uphold a process which even the criteria for the most recent entries of ... Mexico Canada and now Japan and I would like to see ... South Korea and Colombia although ... there is a compelling argument be made ... Ian Muir my friend Bob Zoellick ... who was U S Trade representative and most recently the prison World Bank ... argues that we need a deal to close the deal close an agreement soon as possible but ... it's very important cheery good to be a living document and that's why ... I love the guy is subject to change not set to open the option open ... because there's so many issues every day this is changing ... I'm still a big program as part of our commission on cross border data flow ... and that that something is totally money as we look at the discussions over Edward Snowden and all of the ... flow of information that's a very very ... important challenging issue ... that was even discussed and passed predicting this Adobe new things coming up we need to make sure there is a fluidity but in the Chinese just this month said a word precedent thinking about you cannot be started this process I wrote that the spirit they buy clothes ... that clearly but um that that must mean that they there is a train leaving the station of the wasps be left behind is that this is the reality and ... well look I don't know that that is the isthe reality because it's it's not a done deal I think what's happened is ... that again since China has been part of these other international fora I think there is a desire ... to to be included ... in the warm waters ensuring that they were actually discouraging countries from joining in the past is Chinese the Chinese government was doing that ... and then again with the year when they were very critical pre critical TPP and I think that ... that ... that you know I and and I do believe ... you know ... this this term is being used to describe where we are what needs to be done is mutually assured economic destruction we know that ... usually assured destruction prevented a shooting war during the cold war ... and greater and greater economic engagement between our two countries is the single best step to ensure that we don't face a shooting war ... um ... the problem with free trading you dealt with it for two decades now is is that he always looks that about ten thousand the nose runs and the problem with a vested interest closer to the ground in this case just decide one Japanese actor Paul preached ... to the tothe very tough to get this ... how do you get all those countries come together in something as complicated as the tree ... what's what's at its beginning that the low hanging fruit has already ... been picked and is climbing up higher ... than trying to get those things like agricultural subsidies and we have problems ... in this country to show her of course something seen as being sacrosanct ... sugar rice question ... between Japan and I states out there ... you do it for you do it through really hard tough negotiations and ... that you do it when you have a desire and willingness to close the deal now we need to make sure ... that this administration pushes very hard to get trade promotion authority in the places we can see these agreements ... would allow Congress to more easily and improve investment in heaven up or down vote about amending agreement in administration has embarked upon ... and then you know I'm frankly ... I was a huge fan of Bill Clinton's ... passionate pursuit ... of these kinds of trade agreements because you know this is the best way to deal a societal problem just looking in a study that showed ... that um ... actually was the finance minister of the finance minister's Sweden ... who pointed to the fact that ... if we were to see the structural reforms ... the TPP would bring about in Japan it would dramatically enhance the rights of women and women opportunity there ... so you you look at ... global climate change you look at energy problems you look at ... the old ... human rights ... the single most powerful will be to deal with this is encouraging GDP growth ... and and so I think that when people talk about traders have an amorphous issue ... this I believe the best way to deal with the societal shelves was getting hard to get to where you just to purchase rates the ... Pres Obama and China's new president as in she's teaching and I'm ... just a week or so ago at your place in the Annenberg estate talked about ... economic issues presumably you think this idea of coming together on common vision of trans Pacific trade was part of their dialogue ... well I know they they had very important discussions on North Korea ... on the cybersecurity issue obviously on climate change ... just before the meeting there were discussions ... again an indication from the Chinese government that they were ... is interested in talking about the idea of becoming part of the trans Pacific partnership that incentives so they wanted to be talking about it ... at less ... than ever before in history have we seen the presence of our two countries actually have a retreat yesterday many ... meetings that are taken place but a retreat like this for ... two days time this amazing ... stable tremors which by the way was his dream in his vision his three decades ago a jury was telling me that the futures in the Pacific ... you know I was due to this conventional wisdom ... and he was talking about them ... I suspect that the issue of shared economic growth and increasing that that interdependence ... was a topic of discussion between the two presidents ... there's been a ... tendency in China to view what the US for first as a pivot toward Asia as a threat Ryan had he convinced the Chinese that the future not a threat to the Chinese ... national power wheel former assistant secretary for Campbell's one who was credited with this whole notion of the event ... I he's no longer in that position I met with them ... over two months ago when I was Western Washington and talked about that ... pelicans tell you that ... the pivot towards Asia ... was never ... to be that defined as an attack on China ... in in in in just one ... of the life of its own on and yes ... there were security build ups ... you know our Perth were taking place for the pivot ... but the notion of the pivot was in large part to focus on this expanded economic growth in the Trans Pacific Partnership ... was part of that bus and we have very serious problems with China there is no doubt about it ... I just mention the issue of cybersecurity ... human rights with the South China Sea I mean there's no better study for CEO will this note is for the cyber it subgroups I ever issuance so ... you know these these are very serious question is are we just got word from the White House ... you know what the ... chilly relationship of the relations because of ... because of Edward Snowden but ... it if you look at again that among the most important verse to do is to again enhance ... the economic ties between our two countries to mitigate ... and deal most effectively with these problems will miss his final question take you back to your time ... down the street in in Congress you know that's ancient history that may seem that way by one to go home yet so great ... guess is that yes the the the idea of free trade only sounds better and ... way up in the air that doesn't get them to pieces when you get down to cases here are ... a desire to have a free trade agreement with the Pacific ... nations in one with the US the same time what's the constituency for that today in United States it's a great question Jerry and and ... when the things of which I'm most proud of the names really two decades ago the night when working on the North American free Trade agreement with what she actually started ... three decades ago in a well written an ounce on the sixth of November nineteen seventy nine he envisage this quarter free trade among all the words we use analyses can receive presents so ... I felt strongly about this I was a student Peter Drucker says Milo moderate Claremon he really instilled a lot of this to me ... so I'm very passionate and you know we talk about this over the years ... I'm happy to say ... that aam Democrats and Republicans are coming together if you look at the boats we had just as I was leading on ... from a normal trade relations with Russia ... we had an overwhelming bipartisan vote in both the House and the Senate on this issue ... when we finally had the ministrations send out ... the Panama Colombia and South Korea trade agreements ... got overwhelming votes Columbia was poster admittedly the Panama in Korea deals but ... we still had strong bipartisan support for both ... there is an understanding ... person understanding ... that breaking down barriers actually enhances GDP growth because every ... ill people with a menu of course remember the famous debate between Al Gore Ross Perot the giant sucking sound ... if you look of the benefits ... we see ... today Mexico is enjoying near seven percent GDP growth ... and ... the average person years ago to fifteen years ago in Mexico ... to one room home today the average is a three room ... than in ... the middle class is growing ... in Asia right now ... the IMF ... there are five hundred million Asians ... who were considered to be in the middle class but a very conservative IMF projection ... that number in seven short years Cherry will be one point seven billion people ... economic growth has been screening that ... and Congress Democrats and Republicans ... don't have to say my party the Republicans are widely done this ... and I hope we can push to increase the present more ... if if Barack Obama more more ... Clinton like I'm convinced that we'd be a much further down the road ... well it carries you push the day is a head when I find it ... the


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Happy Tuesday! It's indeed a happy day as I am (literally this moment) at a conference in Las Vegas and have just pressed Publish on this blog post to announce that we are open sourcing ASP.NET MVC 4, ASP.NET Web API, ASP.NET Web Pages v2 (Razor) all with contributions under the Apache 2.0 license. You can find the source on CodePlex . Be sure to read all the details on ScottGu's blog.
Ya, I bolded, underlined and italicized that last part and yes, it was gratuitous. Fight me. ;)
This is the culmination of a lot of hard work by a lot of folks in our organization. It's the very reason that I came to work at Microsoft. So, what's happening here?
While the source for ASP.NET MVC has had source available since its inception, and converted to the MS-PL license in April of 2009, the developers didn't take contributions from the community. While we were open source we were not "open source with takebacks."
Today we continue to push forward and now ASP.NET MVC, Web API, Web Pages will take contributions from the community. NuGet from OuterCurve also is open source, and now huge parts of ASP.NET are as well. We shipped community code in NuGet with Visual Studio 2010 and NuGet has taken community contributions. Now we will ship community code inside ASP.NET in this upcoming version of Visual Studio.
We are opening sourcing these ASP.NET components on CodePlex using Git as our repository. CodePlex now supports TFS, Subversion (via a bridge), Mercurial and now Git.
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If you've been following our exploits, we've actually been shipping open source with ASP.NET and Visual Studio for quite a few years. We started shipping the jQuery open source JavaScript library back in 2008. Since then we've added Modernizr, Knockout, jQuery Mobile, JSON.NET, and jQuery UI. These are all shipping and available today. Betcha didn't know that.
Microsoft started using an open development style with the Windows Azure SDK last year. It's worked and worked well, so now they're expanding the style to include some of the popular frameworks like ASP.NET. This will let us get feedback and respond to it faster than ever.
Over the last four years at Microsoft I've worked closely with the community to get feedback and voices heard by the developers. However today, as we introduce more open source projects that take contributions, you can get more directly involved.
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I'm pretty jazzed that we pulled this off at Microsoft. Still, it's just the beginning. I'm looking forward to working with you! ;)
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We've all seen the shooting games in arcades, where you use tethered pistols to shoot zombies that charge towards you relentlessly. Shooting off-screen reloads your pistol, and during game-play you might notice that the slide has sort of a "blowback" movement to it. Barely noticeable. In airsoft, the highest level of realism is found in gas operated models with blowback (GBB). These are mostly pistols, but there are longer weapons with blowback available as well. Not only is the level of detailing and weight at a completely different level, but they operate like the real thing as well! But how does it all happen, and can you make it happen even better?
The first GBB systems can be traced back to Tanio Kobayashi (of Tanio Koba), a grand old
man of Japanese model gun and airsoft gun designs, who was working for MGC at the time. The principle was quite simple, having the valve open directly with the pull of the trigger. The blowback system would first propel the slide to the back, and the BB was shot with the exhaust gas. Because of the slide accelerating back, the front of the pistol would "nod" before shooting the BB, causing the BBs to consistently hit low. You also had to pull the trigger decisively to open the valve every time to produce the same amount of blowback. Squeezing slowly would open the valve slowly as well, causing sluggish operation and low fps.
Western Arms created the first system that improved lots of things all at once: The hammer was used to open the valve via a firing pin, the BB was shot out before the slide would move, and the blowback system went into hiding in the back of the slide when you racked the slide manually to get more realistic looks in the ejection port. WA have protected their intellectual property, so other manufacturers can't copy the design without licence. Tanaka Works uses the WA Magna Blowback in their lineup.
Mr. Kobayashi continued to develop his system into the "pre-shoot" system which uses a floating valve to direct gas behind the BB before moving the slide, and the nozzle also retracts into the slide when it is moved back. Tanio's design is used by Tokyo Marui in all their pistols now, and many KSC models have a striking resemblance to the principle. For Maruzen, he designed another system that has no moving parts inside the loading nozzle, but the switch valve is located in the top of the magazine.
The magazine of a GBB pistol holds the gas and BBs. The gas is commonly HFC134a (aka. duster gas) or C3H8 (Propane, aka. Green gas, Top gas etc.). Upon firing the trigger, the hammer knocks the main valve open via a firing pin. Another term for the firing pin is "valve knocker". The valve is now open. There are locking devices to keep the valve open for a certain amount of time even when the slide goes back to cock the hammer. Western Arms puts valve locks on their magazines, while others incorporate the lock into the firing mechanism to hold the firing pin (or valve knocker) out. The slide trips the lock later during the cycle to allow the valve to close.
The main valve lets the gas into the loading nozzle. Inside the loading nozzle, a switch valve (aka. floating valve, rocket valve...) directs the gas behind the BB to shoot it out of the barrel. The gas flow causes the switch valve to move forward and block the gas flow into the barrel. As the pressure inside the loading nozzle builds up, the slide is forced back by the blowback piston. It has been confirmed with high-speed video equipment, that the BB makes it out of the barrel before the slide has time to move, so the recoil does not affect accuracy!
In the WA system, the rear of the loading nozzle is the piston, and the blowback-frame in the rear of the slide wraps around the piston head. In other systems such as Tokyo Marui, the loading nozzle itself is the cylinder, and a piston is fixed to the rear of the slide. In either case, gas pressure is pushing the loading nozzle and slide in the opposite directions. Because the loading nozzle can not move forward, the slide moves back. It's a common misconception that the loading nozzle has to "stick" forward when you rack the slide manually. Don't worry: The pressure holds it forward.
The loading nozzle has a mechanical limit as to how far it can extend, and the slide moves a longer distance than that. After the blowback piston has given the slide all it can, the slide continues to move rearward with inertia, pulling the loading nozzle along. This allows the next BB to move up to the feed lips of the magazine. During the rearward movement, the slide resets the trigger mechanism, cocks the hammer and compresses the recoil spring. The loading nozzle has its own return spring(s) to retract it into the rear of the slide, but the purpose of this is mainly aesthetic. Some models don't have this spring at all, and sometimes a piston head with a tight seal makes the spring unable to retract the nozzle completely.
As the slide returns forward pushed by the recoil spring, the loading nozzle picks up a new BB from the magazine and chambers it. The pistol is then ready for another shot.
As pretty much all mechanical systems, the blowback system can be upgraded as well. The parts can be swapped for more durable ones (being as many models are designed for HFC134a, not the high pressure Green Gas), but you can also tune the performance with different valves and springs. Here's a short rundown of the effect of various parts:
The recoil spring is often changed to any pistol upgraded with a metal slide. The main purpose of a recoil spring is to push the heavier slide forward more quickly, to make the action more snappy and reliable. It's a common misconception that a stronger recoil spring would equate stronger recoil: It actually works against the slide rearward movement, which means that the shock of the slide stopping at the back is reduced.
High flow valves are a replacement for the main valve of the magazine, which means you need one for each mag. There are various models around, and you can also port the original valves if you're related to Blue Peter. The principle is quite simple: They let out gas at a higher flow rate from the magazine into the loading nozzle. It increases the muzzle velocity of the BB, rearward speed of the slide (and thus recoil as well), but also gas consumption is increased and it can lead to cooldown issues.
Piston heads are typically a reinforcement part, commonly equipped with a simple and durable O-ring instead of skirted Y-ring or cup designs. They are more resistant to malfunction at higher pressures. The PDI Winter type piston head extends further into the loading nozzle, which means that the effective stroke length is increased. You can use it the whole year around for the best performance if you have a metal slide.
The Nine Ball Dyna piston head features ports to expand the O-ring against the inside of the loading nozzle, when it's pressurized. These are popular piston heads, although the cost is many times the price of a PDI head. Dyna piston heads come with a spring for the floating valve, which improves muzzle velocity quite nicely.
Floating valves of various kinds are available, such as the Airsoft Surgeon Power Up floating valve for the KSC G series. Metallic ones are more durable than original plastic ones, and brass-made valves are heavier, so the gas flow behind the BB is improved, resulting in a higher muzzle velocity.
A largely misunderstood part is the hammer spring. While it does improve muzzle velocity, the main purpose is to reliably open the valve in the first place. When higher pressure gases are used, the valve becomes harder to open. If the hammer spring tension is insufficient, the valve does not open fully, and the blowback will be sluggish. This is easy to spot in a pistol, when you insert a full magazine and start shooting. The operation will be erratic for a few shots (with proper cycling and half-arsed strokes), but as the gas cools down lowering the pressure, the pistol starts operating properly. If the original hammer spring is not opening the valve reliably, it should be changed to a stronger one. But remember that a harder hammer spring is harder to compress, so it slows down the slide as it moves back. The trigger pull weight is also increased, and the wear to the sear as well.
Tuning a gas blowback pistol doesn't have that many variables, but it takes a lot of experience and testing to find the perfect combination for you. Whether you like to maximize the velocity, get the most recoil and realism, or just a fast-cycling stable race gun for practical shooting, the options are available!
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Disappearing for a few days…
Yeah, this scribe is getting away from the Blue Jays for a few days, getting out of Canada even. I'll be kicking back at a friend's cottage in Michigan this weekend, catching up with some of my old buddies from MSU.
Funny how it worked out that the Jays are heading to Detroit for a four-game set starting Monday. The lovely Mrs. Bastian will be dropping me off in Motown on her drive back to Toronto after our weekend by the lake.
So, I'll be back here blogging come Monday in Detroit. Until then, keep the comments coming…
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Enjoy it Jordan!
Jordan, hope the skeeters don't get you.
You can say all you like about Rios but he is no center fielder Wells would have caught that ball hit bu Crosbie.
AJ looks like he may be a little off tonight.
Hey on yahoo it said that Gaston is going to be with Toronto in 09. I think thats great. I know this year isn't going that well at all, but a full year under Gaston should be interesting.
This Duchscherer is making the Toronto hitters look more pathetic than usual.
Jordan I hope you catch some fish, Thats if they still have any fish in Michigan. LOL.
Well, let's hope AJ hangs in there and gives us a chance to come back.
Brian Dopriak was moved up to AA New Hampshire today from Dunedin and David Cooper, our first rounder, continued his rapid rise and was moved to Dunedin to replace Dopriak. Hopefully, Dopriak settles in at AA over this month and we see him in September call ups.
Both seriously deserved the promotion. Dopriak led all of the FSL in HR.'s with 27 in 106 games and was either first of in the top three in almost all hitting categories. Cooper was hitting .354 in Lansing.
It will be interesting to see who we move from Auburn to Lansing to replace Dopriak, since both Amar and McDade are burning it up in Auburn, with McDade hitting .353 and Amar hitting .349.
Nice to have such an over abundance of talent in a position player; too bad we don't have the same depth for ss and 3rd base.
Garry-opposing batters are only hitting .194 off him, so it's not just us that have difficulties facing him.
Also moving up to New Hampshire a couple of games ago is left hand pitcher Bradley Mills. Brad is one of the many pitchers we drafted in 2007, and this year has moved from Lansing to Dunedin and Now New Hapmshire. Looks like he likes AA, since he's now started twice, went 10 innings and given up 1 run, so his era is at .90
I'd bet Blevins was scared to pitch to our RBI machine Johnny Mac and therefore walked him. lol
Hey-guess you is batting 1.000 in Syracuse right now, Travis Snider, who in his first at bat in AAA hit a double and knocked in 3 runs.
sorry, for the real bad spelling. That should read "guess who"
Here comes B.J, let's all keep our fingers crossed.
Just great, Tying run is on base!
*knocked in 2 runs gsumner not 3. and it turned out to be the only runs in the game. syracuse wins 2-0. great debut for snider. 2 for 3, with a double and 2 RBI's
also i think mills has been in new hampshire for a handful of starts already. the move was a couple of weeks ago. another good looking prospect. give him a year or two, and he could be looking as another option in the rotation.
canadian-thank you for correcting my error on Snider I did mention Mills had a coupleof starts aready-another good looking leftie.
Canadian, the other item I forgot to mention for that Syracuse game is Brian Wolfe started, went 5 innings, gave up 4 hits, no runs and got 5 k's, 1 walk.
They have been stretching him out to start and it looks like its going well; in 3 starts over 11 innings, he's not given up any runs. He could be ready to go with a few more outings.
i thought that was rather interesting, stretching out brian wolfe. he was originally a starter back in the twins orgination back around 2001-03. had alot of sucess in the lower levels of the minors, but since, has been used for the most part out of the pen when he progressed up. i think he could be a useful arm, just to have incase of an injury. he has decent control, nothing outstanding when it comes to his pitches, but solid none the less.
Gsumner when I said McGowan was a poor pitcher that's just what I meant he has spent parts of four seasons with the Jays and he has a 20 and 22 record,I say Purcey will not make a starter,he might be okay in the bullpen but that's all.
You have to be patient with young pitchers. In case you haven't noticed, there's not many lefties who can bring it at mid 90's. Purcey changes speeds well from 90 to 95 with good movement, has a great slider but needs work on his changeup. When he gets that down, he's going to be special. Maybe Marcum will teach him his changeup.
He gave us a quality start tonight and most times would be or should be winning the game. I'd expect if he gave us 25 starts like that he'd win 15 games.
Remember I said it would take 5-10 starts for him to settle in. Frankly, I'm pleased with his progress.
Garry-Remember at the start of the season, I said Rickie Romero would have a break out type season. Well, guess what?
He went 7 innings against the best team in the league with a very tough lineup, gave up 5 hits, 2 runs, 3 walks and struck out 10. His era in AAA is now 2.12. He still needs to lower the number of walks he's giving up, but he is starting to look good.
By the way, Wells is 0 for 3 so far.
Although, there were some deals JP did this year I was not in favor of, the Rolen/Glaus trade wasn't one of them. Rolen had a history of clutch hitting, and although I didn't expect him to hit 30 hr's, I did expect he'd continue at or close to his career risp averages of .287BA/.517slg. In addition after Glaus asked Jp to trade him, there really wasn't a lot of choice.
Rolen's performance tonight cost us the game. In the bottom of the 4th after we'd just scored one run, with 2 guys on and 2 outs, he made no effort to get out of the way and took a walk by getting hit, leaving Johnny Mac in a do or die situation with the bases loaded. A hit would have got one run and maybe two and changed the game momentum.
As it happens, Johnny Mac has hit .667 with the bases loaded so far this year-meaning he's due to reverse to average, whereas our slugging 3rd baseman is only hitting .111 with bases loaded and due for a turn around.
We don't pay Scott Rolen $11 million per year to take walks and leave the heavy lifting to Johnny Mac.or at least I didn't think that was Rolen's job function.
If his shoulder is hurting, why isn't he being examined. Maybe he needs another operation and if that's the case, in my view, it's better to be done now and give him more time to recover for 2009.
The point is, Rolen isn't doing anyone any favors and is declining on almost a day by day game basis.
I'm sure if JP tried to trade him, we'd probably eat most of his 22 million salary for 2009 and 2010, so we might as well try to fix him now and get some value in 2009 or at least hope he starts off well next year and dump him at that time.
J.P Arenciba-An interesting tidbit on 22 year old catcher Arenciba. "Arencibia hit .440 with 10 homers as a high school junior. He batted .500 as a senior with 7 homers. His 17 home runs tied the school record, held by Alex Rodriguez. " We drafted Arrenciba in 2007.
Why we're not bumping Arenciba from AA to AA instead of Brian Jerolman is a mystery. Both Jerolman and Thigpen are struggling at AAA to maintain an average just north of the mendoza line, and Robinson Diaz has yet to hit like he did before his injury.
Arrenciba has tore it up all year between Dunedin and New Hampshire and for the year is hitting .303BA/.324obp/.544 slg. He's hit 24 hr's and driven in 96 rbi's in 105 games. He will probably be the first Jays organization player to drive in 100 runs this year and given the current pace he's on, do it in under 115 games. He' been recognized:
06/14/2008 FSL Mid-Season All-Star
06/02/2008 FSL Player of the Week
05/26/2008 FSL Player of the Week
It seems to me with the power outage we have here, we'd be pushing kids like Arenciba and Dobriak along with Snider and get them all here sooner than later. After all between the 3 of them they've hit 72 home runs, while the entire Blue Jay slugging lineup has hit a staggering 76.
I can't wait for Wells to get back and play center Rios missis to many balls that Wells would never Miss.
Funny how that is. Rios certainly has more speed than Vernon. Wells is just smarter at the position, he takes better paths to the ball and is able to get a better jump. His instincts and reactions are spot on as a center fielder. Kinda like Jim Edmonds, not a lot of speed but could get to more balls than the Cory Patterson's or B.J. Upton's of the world.
Halliday is not his old self today I dont think he will get his 14th win today,he is being out pitched by Byrd today who is averaging 10 pitches per INN.
yeah, this is pretty depressing after coming off the four game sweep. I'm a Jays fan living in a suburb of Cleveland, so you can imagine the hard time I'm getting. Hopefully Cito can right the ship and the Jays can be serious contenders next year..
It's great to have a Jays fan in Cleveland I hope they don't tease you to much,I think next year will be a lot better than this year but they have to make some changes,At third and first and DH,I would leave J.Mac at short bat or no bat he is worth the money to watch.
well Cleveland is having a pretty rough year, and because they have been pretty dominate over the Jays in recent years I get it pretty good. But I have tremendous pride in my Jays, and I go to The Prog whenever the Jays play, even though it has been disappointing recently, especially this year when I watched Halladay take a real tough loss and then watched McGowan just get lit up the next night..but man am I thankful for MLB Extra Innings..anyways, it is a shame that Overbay has never really been the same since his first year with the Jays..I also think they should just shut Rolen down and let his shoulder heal properly so he will be a asset next year..
Rios should have caught that ball. Sometimes, I think Rios is day dreaming out there. It's got to upset Halliday, 4 runs only 1 earned.
Hey, nice to see a Jays fan in Cleveland. Welcome.
A pitcher who is 6 and 10 with a 464 ERA and he is making the Blue Jays look stupid.
yes and he's really bringing it at 85 mph. these guys are playing like they're all asleep today
If the defense was on today Halliday would still have the lead.I would like to see them trade Rolen in the off season also Overbay.
I think they all have a hangover,Big drunk after 4 wins in a row now they are paying for it.
what a horrible day defensively..usually when you give Halladay a 2 run lead it's a done deal..and if you take away the 3 unearned runs the Jays are still up 2-1..just a disappointing day all around..I can't wait to see Vernon back in the lineup Monday..I'm not sure that the Jays need to get rid of Overbay and Rolen. I just think that the new offensive philosophy needs time to work..I'm extremely happy that Bito is staying on for next year..if the Jays can get healthy, they can be so dangerous..
sorry..I meant Cito..
Hey I've been saying dump Overbay and Rolen along with Mench, Stewart, Eckstein, Zaun and Wilkerson for a while. We need hr's from 1st and 3rd base and high rbi's. I think Mench and Wilkerson will have a hard time hitting in AAA. Signing Eckstein and Stewart were both mistakes.
Unfortunately, I think the other one who has to go is Matt Stairs, he just isn't what he was last year. I am not convinced we should have a dedicated DH. We've always seem to do better whne we rotate who's the DH as sort of a day off for someone.
It is a fairly significant re-load with 7-8 guys being moved, but I can't imagine moving forward with what we have.
I like Cito a lot as well, what's not to like about one of the few managers in baseball to win back to back world series. I never understood why he didn't get another job after leaving here Look at the job he's done with both Lind and League.
What the hell was Overbay thinking about, didnt anyone tell him, were down by 2.
With Lee pitchen tomorow it will be a sweep I don't think I will watch the game it pains me to nwatch thes misfits play.
you know, I never understood why Cito never got hired either..when Mike Hargorve and Charlie Manuel got fired here in Cleveland, I always thought that Cito would be a great fit..luckily for the Jays he was there when we needed him..and although Lee is a incredibly tough pitcher, I am still going to watch the game, because you never know..hopefully the Jays can pick up a win and get some momentum heading into Detroit..
oh..and Cleveland radio called Overbay getting tagged out a "bone headed play", and they also remarked that Ryan Garko would be the RBI leader on the Jays with 50 RBI, and they made sure to mention that Garko is not having a great year..just some interesting tidbits from the opposing broadcast..
how did the Cleveland fans react to loosing Sabathia?
Well, it sounds like the Cleveland radio guys know what they're talking about. I didn't watch the MaDonald throwing error, was it a real bad throw from Macdoald or did Overbay just not pick it out of the dirt like the one he missed yesterday with Rolen?
well, Cleveland fans didn't take losing Sabathia too well, even though I think it was expected..the Cleveland organization is pretty thrifty, and they just would not put out the money that Sabathia would command on the open market. I'm glad that Toronto is willing to pay its players, because it is tough watching these players grow and then watching them walk out the door because ownership is too worried about lining its own pockets.
I understand management for trading him and think it was the right thing to do for Cleveland. Sometimes I think the only guy who has it right on starting pitching is Billy Bean. Develop them, bring them up and when they're about to hit the big bucks trade them off for prospects. Pitchers are so injury prone. Imagine signing one like CC to a 5 year 120 million dollar deal and have him go down and need TJ surgury or worse, suffer an injury where they come back but not as effective.
Of all the guys who pitch at the MLB level, there's few that don't suffer at least one serious injury in their career-look at Chris Capenter as an example.
But CC has certainly helped Milwaukee, so it was a trade that worked for both.
Looks like the "call ups" from this week are enjoying their promotions.
Travis Snider: .364 in Syracuse
Brian Dopriak:.500 in New Hampshire
David Cooper: .385 in Dunedin
Cooper does appear to have an "advanced bat" as suggested in the PR announcing his signing. At each level he's been at, his Ba, OBP rises; maybe it's better lighting-lol. Check this out:
Auburn (SS rookie): .341BA/.411OBP/.553slg
Lansing( A-): .354BA/.415OBP/.521slg
Dunedin (A+): .385BA/.467OBP/.692slg
Year to date: .351BA/.417OBP/.546slg., 5 hr, 43 rbis' in 48 games.
Does anyone have a prediction for how well/bad the jays are going to play over the next 20 games against Detroit, Boston, New York, and Tampa? I think they may win as few as 6-8 games or at most 10-12 games.
The circle on Riccardi's prime blunder of this season has been completed. Reed Johnson, a solid ball-player if there ever was, gets dumped for absolutely no compensation whatsoever, lands on his feet in Chicago, where he has played great ball and has a chance to be part of a world series club and Shannon Stewart, the guy who was kept in his stead, has now been outright released………..without any compensation. Way to go Riccardi!!!
I heard that Cito is going to be back next year. If this is true, does it mean that JP will also be back? I would imagine that a new manager would want to have the flexibility to hire his own field manager etc. Therefore, if Cito is back for sure, chances are JP is also going to be back.
What is really funny rmiller215, is that Reed Johnson is Top 10 in all MLB at hitting with runners in scoring position. Hitting .369, with many clutch hits for the Cubbies. The irony is huge and it is so funny it makes me cry.
No we couldn't have used those hits, J.P.? ha ha ha hilarious. Stewart is much better for the team. frustrating
burt I think you're assuming Cito was hired by JP. I'm not sure that was the case.


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NEW YORK, May 12 (UPI) -- Jay Z was assaulted by Beyonce's sister Solange Knowles as the trio -- and a body guard -- rode in an elevator during a May 5 Met Gala after party.
Surveillance video from the moment -- published by TMZ -- finds Solange kicking and swinging at her sister's husband after she joins Jay Z and Beyonce in an elevator. Solange is soon held by Jay Z's security guard after the attack, but she continues to thrash at the rapper.
While it's still not clear what caused the argument, TMZ points out that the third man stopped the elevator at one point as if trying to keep the altercation private.
Another clip posted by TMZ finds the trio exiting the party together, but splitting ways before entering their vehicles as Solange and Beyonce jump into a car together and Jay Z walks up to a different one.
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Named for its short, white tail with a black bar at the end, this seabird begins life with blackish brown feathers and pale pinkish-yellow legs. As it matures, the feathers turn white, leaving only black edges to the wings and a hint of dull orange on the crown and nape (2). The feet of adults are pale blue (3) and the bill is large and pink, gaining a blue tip with age (2).
The short-tailed albatross arrives at its colonial nesting sites in large numbers in mid October (5). Each pair returns to the same nest as in previous years, where they court using vocalisations and displays. The nests are lined with grass and a single, large egg is incubated by both sexes for 65 days, alternating shifts whilst the other member of the pair forages to feed them both (3). The chick hatches between January and February (5) and is guarded and fed regurgitated food from both parents (3). The chick fledges between May and June and reaches sexual maturity at four years. It will not nest until six years, by which time it will have established a life-long pair bond. Successful breeders will leave the breeding grounds in May and June, but failed breeders and non-breeders leave before the new chicks have hatched (5).
Feeding mainly at night due to its diet of squid, the short-tailed albatross may also eat fish and crustaceans. It is often seen feeding behind fishing vessels, picking waste from the surface (5).
The short-tailed albatross breeds on Torishima and the Senkaku Islands, Japan. It previously also bred on several other Japanese islands, as well as islands off the coast of Taiwan. Its marine range covers much of the northern Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk. It has been recorded along the coasts of Japan, eastern Russia, South Korea, China, Alaska, and the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, as well as down the west coast of the United States (2).
A pelagic species for most of the year, the short-tailed albatross is found on bare ground surrounded by cliffs at the nesting grounds. It previously nested in open areas (5).
In Japan the short-tailed albatross is known as 'Ahodori' meaning 'fool-bird', as they would remain at their nest sites as humans walked through the breeding grounds killing them for their feathers (6). The behaviour of the Japanese feather collectors lead to the dramatic decline of this species during the 19th and 20th Centuries, culminating in its putative extinction in 1949. Fortunately, the short-tailed albatross was rediscovered in 1951, after feather-collecting had ceased due to lack of birds. Today, the enormous threat posed to many species of seabird is present for this species also – mortality caused by fishing industry practices, such as longlining. Compounding this threat is the instability of soil at the breeding sites, brought about by deforestation. Some authorities also believe that the species is now most vulnerable to natural disasters, particularly volcanic eruptions (2). The majority of the population breeds at one site (2), where the entire human population of 125 people was lost at once by an eruption in 1902 (6).
A feather-collection ban was imposed in 1906, but it was not effective. Collection only began to dwindle when numbers of the short-tailed albatross dropped so low in the 1930s that it was no longer economically worth hunting (6). It is now legally protected in both Japan and the United States, and the island of Toroshima has been established as a National Wildlife Protection Area. Toroshima has also benefited from the transfer of native plants onto the island to enhance the nesting sites. Decoys were used to attract short-tailed albatrosses to a new site on Toroshima, and by 2003, six chicks had fledged from this site. Crucially, measures to prevent entanglement in fishing gear and to mitigate longline fishing need to be introduced if this albatross, and others, are to survive (2).
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Tips to Lean on for Becoming Lean
Lean manufacturing is the goal every shop strives to achieve. But unlike earning a diploma or completing a marathon, it is not a one-time success story. Lean manufacturing is an ongoing process that is vital to the future of a successful manufacturing business. In other words, "The manufacturer that wants to grow ought to consider going lean" (from "Going Lean in Order to Grow"). The shop featured in this article made improvements in several areas of its business to achieve lean. Here's what I learned.
First, becoming lean may require rearranging equipment into cells and/or purchasing some new, more efficient equipment. This might include shop management software, quality systems or machine tools and accessories.
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Cross-training employees is another way to lean manufacturing, as well as encouraging employees to move up the corporate ladder.
Last, technology within the company should continue to advance, and the facility's size should grow with the company.
For more information about how to achieve lean manufacturing, read "Going Lean in Order to Grow."
Or here's an example of one shop that started the journey toward achieving lean manufacturing by grasping the shop's situation, observing the current processes and listening to the team on the shop floor. To read about this lean manufacturing success story, visit "How VIBCO Achieved Lean."
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Mathematical Principles of Heat Transfer
K. N. Shukla
This book presents an investigative account of Mathematical Principles of Heat Transfer. It is concerned with three aspects of heat transfer analysis: theoretical development of conservation equations, analytical and numerical techniques of the solution, and the physical processes involved in the three basic modes of heat transfer, namely conduction, convection, and radiation. A concept of mathematical modeling is developed through the use of differential equations. In doing so, the well-posed boundary value problems are constructed and the solutions are attempted.
Table des matières:
Chapter 1 Basic Concepts of Heat Transfer
1.1 Basic Modes of Heat Transfer
1.1.1 Temperature field
1.1.2 Temperature gradient
1.2 Conduction
1.3 Thermal Conductivity
1.3.1 Thermal conductivities of gases
1.3.2 Thermal conductivities of liquids
1.3.3 Thermal conductivities of solids
1.4 Convection
1.5 Radiation
1.6 Heat Transfer with Change of Phase
1.7 Units and Dimensions
Chapter 2 Conservation Equations
2.1 General Conservation Equation
2.2 Equation of Continuity
2.3 Equation of Motion
2.4 Equation of Energy
2.5 Equation of Entropy
Chapter 3 Similarity Theory and the Generalized Variables
3.1 Boundary Value Problem in Generalized Variables: A Mathematical Presentation
3.2 Method of Dimensionality
Chapter 4 Mathematical Methods for Boundary Value Problems
4.1 Separation of Variables
4.2 Integral Transform Method
4.3 Laplace Transform
4.3.1 Laplace transform-fundamental properties
4.3.2 Inversion theorem for Laplace transform
4.4 Fourier Kernals
4.5 The Hankel Transform
4.6 Finite Integral Fourier and Hankel Transforms
4.7 Limiting Cases of Laplace Transform
4.8 Green's Function for the Solution of Heat Conduction
4.9 Approximate Methods in the Solution of Heat Transfer Problems
4.9.1 Integral method
4.9.2 Variational method
4.9.3 Ritz method
4.9.4 Galerkin method
4.9.5 Least-squares method
Chapter 5 Numerical Methods in Heat Transfer
5.1 Finite Difference Method
5.2 Gauss Elimination Method
5.3 Gauss-Seidel Method of Iteration
5.4 Successive Overrelaxation Method
5.5 Derivative Type of Boundary Conditions
5.6 Stability: Analytical Treatment
5.7 Convergence: Analytical Treatment
5.8 Compatibility
5.9 Two-Dimensional Problem of Heat Conduction
5.9.1 Locally one-dimensional method
Chapter 6 Steady-State Heat Conduction
6.1 Heat Transfer in a Slab
6.1.1 Dirichlet boundary conditions
6.1.2 Temperature-dependent thermal conductivity
6.1.3 Composite slab
6.1.4 Newtonian boundary conditions
6.1.5 Mixed boundary conditions
6.2 Heat Transfer through a Cylindrical Wall
6.2.1 Dirichlet boundary conditions
6.2.2 Temperature-dependent thermal conductivity
6.2.3 Composite cylindrical wall
6.2.4 Newtonian boundary conditions
6.2.5 Mixed boundary conditions
6.3 Heat Transfer through a Spherical Wall
6.3.1 Dirichlet boundary conditions
6.3.2 Temperature-dependent thermal conductivity
6.4 Critical Thickness of Insulation
6.5 Heat Conduction through a Thin Rod
6.6 Extended Surface
6.6.1 Longitudinal fin
6.6.2 Rectangular profile
6.6.3 Optimum dimension
6.6.4 Rectangular fin of minimum weight
6.6.5 Efficiency of the fin
6.6.6 Longitudinal fin of triangular profile
6.6.7 Optimum dimension
6.6.8 Radial fin
6.7 Steady Heat Flow in a Rectangle
6.7.1 Conjugate functions
Chapter 7 Transient Heat Conduction
7.1 Infinite Plate
7.2 Infinite Cylinder
7.3 The Sphere
7.4 Composite Solids
7.4.1 For Γ= 0
7.4.2 For Γ= 1
7.4.3 For Γ= 2
7.5 Periodic Variation of Ambient Temperature
Chapter 8 Heat Conduction with Phase Change
8.1 Statement of Problem and Existence of Solution
8.2 State-of-the-Art Solution Technique
8.3 Solidification of a Semi-Infinite Liquid
8.4 Axisymmetric Melting
8.5 Spherical Melting
8.6 Dynamics of Melt Growth and Axisymmetric Melting
8.6.1 Energy equation
Chapter 9 Convection
9.1 Hydrodynamics and Thermal Boundary Layers
9.2 Similarity Solution for Boundary Layers
9.2.1 Skin friction and heat transfer
9.2.2 Laminar boundary layers by the integral method
9.3 Similarity Solution for Boundary Layers, u = cxm
9.4 Finite Difference Solution
9.4.1 Transient solution for a pipe flow
9.5 Natural Convection
9.5.1 Natural convection from an isothermal vertical plate
9.6 Turbulence
Chapter 10 Diffusive Processes
10.1 Conservation Equations
10.2 Isothermal Ternary System
10.3 Nonisothermal Binary System
10.4 Thermohaline Convection
10.4.1 Free boundaries with specified solute concentration and temperature
10.4.2 Diffusive convection
10.5 Chaos
10.6 Diffusion Processes in Material Processing and Microgravity Environments
Chapter 11 Radiation Heat Transfer
11.1 Radiation Intensity
11.2 Blackbody Radiation
11.3 Surface Radiation
11.4 Environmental Radiation
11.5 Radiant Interchange between Surfaces Separated by a Nonparticipating Medium
11.6 View Factor
11.6.1 Evaluation of integral
11.6.2 Contour integral representation
11.7 Electrical Network Analog for an Enclosure
11.8 Enclosures with Diffuse Gray Surfaces
11.9 Enclosure with Specularly Reflecting Surfaces
11.9.1 Solution for radiative transfer
11.10 Radiative Transfer in a Plane Layer
11.11 Radiative Flux
11.12 Radiation with Conduction
11.12.1 Limiting cases
11.12.2 Optically thin
11.12.3 Optically thick limit: The diffusion approximation
11.12.4 Pure scattering
B.1 Configuration factor for some common surfaces
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God save us from new dual-stick shooters on Xbox Live or the PlayStation Network... well, unless there's an interesting twist or two. Ion Assault may not look any different than the shooters we're used to on the Xbox Live Arcade, but there is one major difference: you have to earn your ammunition.
By holding down the left trigger you draw in Ion particles from the level; the more you have, the more powerful your shot will be. The particles also bounce off walls, so it's possible to grab the maximum amount, blast an asteroid near a wall, and then re-collect your shot nearly instantly when the particles come flying back. It's a neat mechanic, and adds a good risk-reward feel to the gameplay. Do you shoot many small blasts, or do you wait, defenseless, as you collect more?
The game also responds to your play style. If you clear the asteroids quickly, the game spawns enemies to try to take you down. Killing the enemy ships may be tricky, but it will also increase your score. If you want to take it slow, however, you can slowly blast the asteroids one by one and move through the levels relatively unmolested. You can also play with a friend and tackle each level cooperatively.
Each section is guarded by a huge boss, and don't expect an easy battle when you encounter one of these goliaths. The version of the game we played was nearly finished, and so far it has been a pleasant surprise. We should see Ion Assault in the next few weeks, with a $10 price point. Give the demo a try when it's released; I think you'll be as pleasantly surprised as I was.


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DRAWING BY DEBORAH DERR McCLINTOCK
Q. Identical twins are of course as genetically similar as two people can get. So answer this: If Twin A falls in love with C, wouldn't Twin B follow suit? -A. Morse
A. In surveying twins, researchers David Lykken and Auke Tellegen found only five percent agreed with the statement, "I could have fallen for my twin's fiancé (fiancée)." Half didn't even like the person.
Seems love's a little like the imprinting of ducklings, with repeated exposures to whoever happens along triggering infatuation so long as the person meets certain specs and reciprocates affection. "Nearly any opposite-sexed individual of roughly sibling-like similarity might serve as a releaser. What we do not understand is the mechanism of human sexual imprinting or infatuation."
Q. What's the "400 x 1/400 = 1" that sends umbraphiles off in pursuit of their heavenly love?
A. This lucky equation sums up the Moon being 400 times smaller than the Sun but at the same time 400 times closer to the Earth, so their discs appear exactly the same size in the sky, says New Scientist magazine. This makes total solar eclipses (TSEs) possible.
Possible, but with the path of the moon's shadow on Earth barely 100 kilometers (62 mi) wide, passing at times over sea or remote land or screened out by clouds during the crucial few seconds or minutes, TSEs are quite rare.
Mark this down on your calendar– as umbraphiles, or eclipse lovers, already know– that the next time you can expect the shadow to pass over your particular dwelling-spot is, on average, 360 years after the last time it passed by there. And if it happens to be cloudy, well, try again in 360 years. Which means the dedicated eclipse lover must be an eclipse chaser, going to where the action is.
Where? There's a TSE somewhere every year or so, such as November 23, 2003 over Antarctica. University of Arizona astronomer and umbraphile Glenn Schneider, having chased down a few dozen, told New Scientist of the majestic sweep of the lunar shadow and, finally, "the thin white glow of the Sun's corona, the solar atmosphere that can only be seen during a TSE." So if this captures your fancy, check a chart and book a flight. Or hope the 360-year wait for your hometown is just about up.
Q. Clap, clap, clap... on the ice. Is this the sound of audiences in raves over the new improved skating speeds, or a noise dreamed up in sports biomechanics laboratories? -S. Hughes
A. Lab wizards have long understood that the longer a skater's skates stay in contact with the ice, the longer in effect is the stride, giving more driving force, say Jerry Wilson and Anthony Buffa in College Physics. The new "clap skates"– invented by Dutch researchers and based on a century-old idea– have a spring-loaded hinge near the toe to allow the heel to lift off the blade, which stays on the ice longer for a better push. Then the blade slaps back up against the boot each time the foot is lifted off the ice.
Do the skates work? So well they were instrumental in new speed skating records being set at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Japan. Will they steal the show? "Probably not completely. On a long track where skaters compete against the clock, the clapping is no more than a slight annoyance.
But on a short curved track where skaters compete against each other, a surprise move to pass another skater would be well announced– clap, clap, clap– no surprise."
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A. Most people are stumped because of a mental set to stay within the "boundaries" of the square. Start with a corner dot, then draw a line through the two other dots of an edge and extend the line out beyond the matrix by the distance between two adjacent dots. Next draw a line incorporating the two diagonal dots and again extend beyond the matrix. Got the rest?
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I do not remember having any distinct religious impression until I was about eight years old. At this time there was a "big meeting," as it was called, held in the church to which my parents belonged. Two of the ministers called at our house: one had long gray hair and beard, such as I had never seen before. He came to me, placed his hand on my head, and asked me if I prayed. I said, "Yes, sir," but was so frightened that I fell down on my knees before him and began to say the only prayer I knew, "Now I lay me down to sleep." He lifted me up, saying, "You must be a good girl and pray." He prayed for me long and loud. I trembled with fear, and cried as though my heart would break, for I thought he was the Lord, and I must die. After they had gone, my mother talked with me about my soul more than she ever had before, and told me that this preacher
When my father had family worship, which was every Sunday morning, he used to sing,
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I took great delight in this worship, and began to have a desire to learn to read the Bible. There were none of our family able to read except my father, who had picked up a little here and there, and who could, by carefully spelling out the words, read a little in the New Testament, which was a great pleasure to him. My father would very gladly have educated his children, but there were no schools where colored children were allowed. One day, when he was reading, I asked him to teach me the letters. He replied, "Child, I hardly know them myself." Nevertheless, he
I still continued to repeat the Lord's prayer and "Now I lay me," & c., but not so often as I had done months before. Perhaps I had begun to backslide, for I was but a child, surrounded by children, and deprived of the proper kind I of teaching. This is my only excuse for not proving as faithful to God as I should have done.
Dear children, with enlightened Christian parents to teach you, how thankful you should be that "from a child you are able to say that you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise unto salvation, through faith which is in Christ Jesus." I hope all my young readers will heed the admonition, "Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth," etc. It will save you from a thousand snares to mind religion young. God says: "I love those that love me, and those that seek me early shall find me." Oh! I am glad that we are never too young to pray, or too ignorant or too sinful. The younger,
Why was Adam afraid of the voice of God in the garden? It was not a strange voice; it was a voice he had always loved. Why did he flee away, and hide himself among the trees? It was because he had disobeyed God. Sin makes us afraid of God, who is holy; nothing but sin makes us fear One so good and so kind. It is a sin for children to disobey their parents. The Bible says: "Honor thy father and thy mother." Dear children, honor your parents by loving and obeying them. If Jesus, the Lord of glory, was subject and obedient to his earthly parents, will you not try to follow" his example? Lift up your hearts to the dear, loving Jesus, who, when on earth, took little children in his arms, and blessed them. He will help you, if you pray, "Our Father, which art in heaven, thy dear Son, Jesus Christ, my Saviour, did say, "Suffer little children to come unto me.' I am a little child, and I come to thee. Draw near to me, I pray thee. Hear me, and forgive the many wicked things I have done, and accept my thanks for the many good gifts thou hast given me. Most of all, I thank thee, dear Father, for the gift of thy dear Son, Jesus Christ, who died for me, and for whose sake I pray thee hear my prayer. Amen."


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We're coming up on the one-year anniversary of those days, a time when
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. Dateline, July 3, 2012:
Ever since the Facebook IPO, the popular furor chided Zuck for not making a "statement" about everything that went down. The media ridiculed him for scheduling two of his life's biggest events -- the IPO and his wedding -- back to back. Of course, he's a multi-billionaire now, so Zuck should have just faxed his main squeeze the prenuptial agreement, ordered in a few pizzas and got back to work. As if the media hacks who generate all of this transparent outrage even have a clue about what a CEO like Zuckerberg does.
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He quickly became a heck of a lot more public than he used to be. Under pressure, he took Facebook's righteous social mission and chucked it out the window. Sheryl Sandberg -- as much as I love that woman -- was busy writing her book. Then she was busy promoting it. And Zuckerberg was running a public company the one way great visionaries should never run public companies ... like a public company.
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for not moving into or increasing activity in new areas fast enough. However, at the same time, I recognize we must credit Pandora's focus for much of its success.
Pandora does not allow external forces to determine the evolution of its strategy. Pandora is radio. Bottom line. Not many other bells and whistles. It has a timetable for elements that will complement this core offering. It will not speed up that process no matter how much heat it finds itself dealing with.
This focus provides an excellent consumer experience
-- all else equal -- a relatively steady business. This is not a company stopping and starting, twisting and turning, copying and backtracking.
Apple used to be this way. Facebook, prior to going public and for a short period of time after, was this way. But once a company loses that swagger, that attitude ... once the culture changes, it's not easy -- it might not be possible -- to get it back. At least not anytime soon or without significant change at the top.
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Is there a good source of information on fnh cz27 pistols?
I saw one at the gun show this last weekend for $400, it looked alright but the slide seemed weak and a bit gummy, sticking and hard to pull near the end of the cycle. I'd never seen one before and didn't want to buy a lemon as I didn't know what to look for or even the going rate, but now that I've seen it I'm quite interested.
Also curious if $400 is the going rate, I didn't get any photos as that wasn't quite allowed, but I would rate the finish at around 50%.
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I paid $500 for this one at a gun show over a year ago. It is late war production and operates like a Swiss watch. A look at completed auctions on Gunbroker shows a wide range of prices. https://www.gunbroker.com/All/Completed ... n=3&Sort=9 Adjust your expectations accordingly.
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400 sounds reasonable for a shooter-grade. I paid less than that for mine, but that was many years ago and their values have jumped considerably since then. The "weak and gummy" slide action wouldn't bother me personally, as I would anticipate having to clean out many years of gunk and residue, and I enjoy a good project, even if it's just a detail cleaning. I can't really recommend a single source for information on the CZ-27, but there is lots out there. It doesn't have the panache of the Walther PP, Mauser HSC, or Sauer 38H, but was issued in quantities that rivaled or exceeded each of those German designs. I guess you could say it was sort of the quiet workhorse of the 7.65 pistol inventory...
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So maybe it wasn't too much of a bad deal.
Very easily could have been a bad one, maybe next time.
Very easily could have been a bad one, maybe next time.
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Bought one recently at $350. Thought it was a good deal.
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Don't rush to condemn Maple Leafs for Bernier trade
The NHL trade market began to heat up Sunday afternoon when the Toronto Maple Leafs acquired goalie Jonathan Bernier from the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for winger Matt Frattin, goalie Ben Scrivens, Toronto's second-round draft pick in either 2014 or 2015 and $500,000 in salary cap space. In the instant-reaction world of social media, many Leafs supporters quickly rushed to rip the deal, lamenting both the price Leafs GM Dave Nonis paid for Bernier as well as the effect it would have on last season's starting goalie, James Reimer.
However, I'm nowhere near convinced it's time for Leafs fans to sound the air horns, duck for cover and declare this move a bomb. As a matter of fact, I think the deal has the potential to be excellent for Toronto and decent enough for the Kings. I also think that, in a flooded goaltender market, Los Angeles took the best deal they were going to get – and what the Leafs gave them isn't likely to be all that big a haul when it's all said and done.
Of course, this is the part where I issue the standard disclaimer for all trades: we won't know which team ultimately won the trade until years from now, so everybody relax already. All we're doing here is looking at possibilities.
Let's do that with this transaction: is there a possibility Matt Frattin blossoms into a second-line player with L.A.? Sure. Is there a chance the player the Kings take with Toronto's second-rounder turns into an above-average NHLer? You bet. However, is there also a chance Bernier takes an opportunity to run with the No. 1 job and uses it to realize the potential that made him the 11th overall pick in 2006? Absolutely. And there's just as much of a chance Frattin remains a third-or-fourth-liner, Scrivens stays a backup and the second-rounder doesn't pan out.
If the latter two situations come to pass, those running around like the sky is falling are going to regret not showing some patience and reserving judgment. It's very possible Bernier (who posted a 9-3-1 record, 1.88 goals-against average and .922 save percentage in L.A. in 2012-13) will prove himself worthy of the starter's role. You could easily look at the trade as putting the Leafs in the same position they were last year – with two goalies fighting it out to establish themselves as the clear No. 1 – only with a more appealing 'B' option in the 24-year-old Bernier. You could look at it as Bernier being there to push Reimer to perform even better.
Now, some will say Reimer no longer has anything to prove, that bringing in Bernier has the potential to undermine the former's confidence and take the entire team back a step with him. Again, there's a chance that's true – if you believe Reimer is that mentally weak and not up to the challenge. I think he is. I agree that this trade was Toronto dealing to address a position of relative strength, but if you can make a strong position stronger without giving away the farm to do so, why wouldn't you? If you wind up with Bernier taking the starter's job and Reimer still playing very well, don't you then have a trade asset in the years to come?
This is no disrespect to any former Leafs who are now Kings. Frattin was never a favorite of Randy Carlyle and struggled with consistency. On a deep Kings team, he has the potential to be a very good third-liner who can use his speed to kill penalties and score 15-20 goals a year. Scrivens is a fantastic team guy who can be a productive backup.
But remember some of those trade rumors we heard Bernier linked to? As in, Bernier to Philadelphia for Jakub Voracek? In the end, the Kings got far less than that.
This trade, like all trades, is a calculated gamble. The Leafs are gambling they've found a real gem who got squeezed in L.A. by Jonathan Quick's 10-year contract extension and only had to give up a backup goalie and a player who wasn't a favorite of their coach. The Kings are gambling that addressing a number of areas (including their cap outlook) is the best return they could get in a limited market.
We won't find out who was correct in their gamble for a while. Which is why it makes little sense to pronounce it a FEMA-worthy disaster today.
Editor's Note: Bernier's stats for this past season were corrected.
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Large Replacement Market in Packaging Boosts Demand for Biorenewable Materials in Asia-Pacific, Finds Frost & Sullivan
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SINGAPORE, Dec. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Asia-Pacific biorenewable materials market is estimated to grow at a rate of over 19 percent per annum till 2018, as application development and technology licensing costs come down, and customer awareness grows. With biorenewable materials likely to replace common plastics in various packaging applications, the large replacement demand presents the market in the region with added growth opportunities.
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.chemicals.frost.com), Strategic Analysis of the Asia-Pacific Biorenewable Materials Market, finds that the market earned revenues of $46.8 million in 2011 and estimates this to reach $167.0 million in 2018. The study covers poly-lactic acid (PLA), polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA), and starch-based polymers, which are bioplastics derived from renewable sources.
Asia Pacific's plastic packaging market, which comprises of both rigid and flexible packaging, accounts for over 1,200 kilo tonnes of plastics a year. It is expected to grow rapidly, boosting the demand for bioplastics particularly in flexible packaging applications. PLA is likely to experience the highest growth rate, owing to substantial capacity additions locally.
"Rising oil prices have increased the price parity between bioplastics and fossil fuel-based plastics, which are used on a large scale in the packaging industry," said Frost & Sullivan Industry Analyst Sandeepan Mondal. "This closing gap in price difference further enhances the prospects of the bioplastics market."
Moreover, the use of bio-based plastics offers several potential benefits, including reduced dependence on fossil fuels and lower greenhouse gas emissions during manufacturing. Taking advantage of this, brand owners are eager to switch to bio-based plastic packaging that highlights their environmental responsibility and appeals to the green consciousness of customers.
However, several factors can hold back the potential of biorenewable materials in Asia Pacific. Prices remain high, since application and technology development is an ongoing process. The low scale-up of manufacturing capacity also increase per unit costs.
In addition, bioplastics' inferior performance attributes, such as moisture absorption, low heat deflection temperature, and reduced resistance against chemical attacks, limit their application range. The poor execution of eco-labeling policies and insufficient composting facilities in Asia-Pacific countries also restrict the potential applications of bioplastics.
"Manufacturers must innovate technology, develop better products, and scale-up capacity to bring per unit costs down," concluded Mondal. "To encourage companies to enter the market, local governments should introduce codification for composting and biodegradability, and implement national standard certifications. This will enable the bioplastics market in Asia-Pacific to attract investments and grow steadily."
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In anticipation of its April 30 debut in Toronto, the Ultimate Fighting Championship is hosting a fan and media event on Feb. 8.
The fan event, which helps promotes UFC 129, takes place at the pay-per-view event's hosting venue: the Rogers Centre.
Attendees include UFC president Dana White, UFC 129 headliners Georges St-Pierre and Jake Shields, co-headliners Jose Aldo and Mark Hominick, and event fighters and Canadians Sean Pierson and Claude Patrick.
A press conference, which likely will stream for free, begins at 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. PT). The fan event takes place from 4-6 p.m. ET.
The April pay-per-view event marks the UFC's debut in the Canadian city, which adopted MMA legislation back in August. It's just the third Canadian city to host a UFC event following past shows at Montreal's Bell Centre and Vancouver's Rogers Arena (formerly GM Place).
Currently, Toronto's 69,000-seat Rogers Centre is configured to seat 42,000 for UFC 129. White told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that allotment is expected to go quickly when tickets go on sale next week, and additional seats may be made available depending on demand.
Regardless, the show is all but guaranteed to shatter UFC and North American MMA records for attendance and live gate.
For more on UFC 129, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.
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