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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Jason Vargas threw seven scoreless innings, Raul Ibanez homered in his second game for Kansas City and the Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 4-0 Wednesday.
Vargas (8-3) allowed four singles and two walks while striking out five, allowing only two runners from a diluted Twins lineup to reach second base.
Mike Moustakas and Jarrod Dyson hit RBI singles in the second inning against Kevin Correia (4-10), and that was all Vargas needed. The Twins were shut out for the sixth time this season and lost for the seventh time in their last nine games.
Twins first baseman Joe Mauer has gone on the 15-day disabled list after hurting his side in Tuesday night's game against the Royals.
The Twins said Mauer has a right oblique strain. He apparently suffered the injury when he doubled in the fourth inning, a hit that ran his hitting streak to 12 games.
Mauer had hit .320 with 13 RBIs in his last 19 games. The Twins called up Chris Colabello from Triple-A Rochester to take his place on the roster. Colabello was hitting .275 with six home runs and 27 RBI in 36 games with the Red Wings.
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My in-laws know that I love to cook. When they come to stay, I try to do as much cooking as I can.
Lunch and dinner, OK, you can't make individual meals.
But breakfast...
I'll ask:
"What would you like for breakfast?"
Invariably, I get:
"Oh, it doesn't matter, anything is good" (Actually I get the same response if we are going out to dinner or lunch: "Anything is OK..."
My wife and I disagree. I say that it's rude to just say "I don't care, anything is OK"
My wife says it's being polite.
What say you?
I don't know, it's just funny.
I am pretty sure it is an attempt to make sure nobody ever becomes vegetarian.
Bring on Europa!
A new video, released with the photo [of Europa], suggests that it's time we explored Europa in greater detail. Could this be a hint of things to come?
Many think the answer to that is "yes." It was recently announced that Rep. John Culberson is the new leader of the House of Representatives Commerce, Justice and Science appropriations subcommittee. Part of this committee's duties includes funding bills for NASA and NSF.
But why is Culberson so important? The Representative is passionate about planetary science and has been vocal about his support for an exploratory mission to Europa.
"I'm certain that there's life elsewhere in the universe," says Culberson. "And I'm also certain that the first place we will discover life on another world is Europa. It will be discovered in the oceans of Europa. And it will be a robotic mission designed and flown by NASA that discovers it."
Culberson also says that his plans include getting "maximum funding" for a Europa mission so that it's "the biggest and best we've ever flown."
Now I should have some clean bikes. 3000psi 2.4gpm
Excellent short article, esp in light of recent events.
Give a man a fish and feed him for a day.
Don't teach a man to fish….and feed yourself.
He's a grown man.
And fishing's not that hard.
Thanksgiving snow? Yes, please!
Gonna be interesting:
A grand jury has reached a decision on whether to indict Darren Wilson, the white Ferguson, Mo. police officer whose fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager sparked days of turbulent protests, sources close to the process said.
Sources said that press conferences are being prepared by the county prosecutors' office and the Missouri governor. Those press conferences will likely come later today.
The announcement gave no indication of whether Wilson, 28, will face state charges in the August shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown, which triggered a frank conversation about race and police interaction with African-Americans.
(Timeline of events after the death of Michael Brown)
The grand jury's decision is the latest turn in a case marked in the national consciousness by the stunning images of protesters looting stores and police wearing riot gear and deploying tear gas in the days after Brown's death. Details of the grand jury's deliberations have leaked out in recent weeks, angering the Brown family and protesters who saw it as a signal there would be no charges filed.
Or fair play?
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Netanyahu making a speech 370.
(photo credit:Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post)
A military strike on Iran and neutralizing its nuclear threat would benefit the
Arab states in the Middle East and ease tension throughout the region, Prime
Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said in an interview published Tuesday in the French
Magazine Paris Match."Five minutes after [an attack], contrary to what
the skeptics say, I think a feeling of relief would spread across the region,"
said Netanyahu, who has been calling for the US and the international community
to draw a clear "red line" beyond which Iran would not be allowed to pass in
pursuit of nuclear capability."Iran is not popular in the Arab world,
far from it, and some governments in the region, as well as their citizens, have
understood that a nuclear-armed Iran would be dangerous for them, not just for
Israel," he said.The interview appeared on the eve of Netanyahu's
scheduled visit to France on Wednesday where, in addition to meeting France's
leaders in Paris, he will also be traveling to Toulouse to participate in a
memorial service at the Jewish school where a terrorist in March murdered a
rabbi and three school children.This will be Netanyahu's fourth visit to
France, and his 33rd trip abroad since taking office in 2009. The only countries
he has visited more times than France during his current term in office are the
US (9 visits) and Egypt (6 trips).During his two-day visit to France,
Netanyahu is scheduled to meet French President François Hollande, Prime
Minister Jean- Marc Ayrault and Foreign Minister Laurent
Fabius.Netanyahu will travel to Toulouse with Hollande.Asked in
the Paris Match interview whether he was concerned that the terrorist
responsible for the murders in Toulouse explained his act by saying that "the
Jews have our brothers and sisters in Palestine," the prime minister responded
that "nothing can justify the massacre of children. This is pure
barbarism.""Any attempt to explain, justify or excuse such behavior is
absurd," Netanyahu said. "All civilized people must unite in the battle against
terrorism and start by unanimously condemning it. I am going to Toulouse to
demonstrate my solidarity with the victims of terror, Jewish and non-Jewish, and
call for action against terrorism and those countries that support
it."This will be Netanyahu's first serious meeting with Hollande, whom
he met once only briefly in 2003.The two have, however, held a number of
telephone calls since Hollande defeated Nicolas Sarkozy in French elections
earlier this year. Netanyahu said he will be looking to discuss "concrete steps
to intensify the sanctions against Iran," as well as the "convulsions in the
region" and terrorism."I think we must do more together to fight
terrorism," he said. "One mustn't reduce this to a matter of religion. This is a
fight between moderates that want modernity and others, radicals, who by force
would like to force values on us and take us back to past times that were more
unhappy."Netanyahu underlined in the interview what is already becoming
a theme in his re-election campaign, that although he is perceived as a "hawk,"
Israel has not gone to war once during the seven years over two terms that he
has served in office."Your enemies keep away when they know that you
won't hesitate one minute to defend yourself," he told the magazine. "That is
how I have been able to preserve the peace so far. I hope that I will one day
have the opportunity to seal the peace."Reuters contributed to this
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PanARMENIAN.Net - The vice-speaker of Armenian parliament Eduard Sharmazanov issued comments in response to Azerbaijani President's statements on Nagorno Karabakh problem.
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Two weeks ago, I was running with a group of 13-year-old Sharon Middle School runners. Four miles into a six mile run, one of the kids slowed to allow me to catch him. And when I did, he said to me - "You know what the easiest part about running is? Stopping."
I laughed at the time…but as I thought about it later, it occurred to me what a significant comment this was.
He's right. In running, as in life, it is much easier to stop when things get difficult. And particularly when your legs are heavy and your lungs are gone and everything in your body is screaming at you to "Give Up!"
But then there are the whispers.
The ones that only some hear. The soft voices that override the primal screams shouting at you to quit. The ones that quietly insist that you "Keep moving."
Kelly Putty hears those whispers.
Ms. Putty lives with her husband Shane and her six children in Nashville and is the founder and director of the
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, a child advocacy organization whose goal is to inspire ordinary people to make a difference in the life of a child in need.
"Ordinary Hero came about through a series of eye-opening experiences over the course of a couple of years," Ms. Putty told me in an email dialogue. "We decided to adopt internationally (but) our adoption was taking much longer than expected. We had hearts to give and no little one to give it to so we decided to take our family and serve down at the homeless shelter. It was through this experience that our eyes were opened to the needs of homeless children."
And how does it work?
"We have a large
following and a
with lots of information, but mostly through our Waiting Children page," Ms. Putty said. "Once added to our database, people receive monthly emails identifying waiting children that need to be adopted. And it is life changing on many levels, not only for the child who receives the help, but also for the one who helps."
Because of her efforts, Kelly Putty has moved this cause significantly forward. But it's not where she is going that makes her so extraordinary. It's where she has come from.
When she was 16 years old, Kelly Putty left to run a few errands at the local mall. As she was returning to her car, two men came up behind her, stuck a knife in her neck and threatened to kill her if she made a sound. They drove to a secluded area and, for the next several hours, took turns savagely beating and raping her.
All but surrendering to the inevitability that she would soon die, Kelly Putty summoned every ounce of resilience remaining in her battered body and, when one brief moment of opportunity arrived, she escaped. But she could not flee the emotional effects of that terrible night.
"It wasn't until almost two years of trying to deal with the emotional and physical results of the attack that I finally realized I couldn't do it on my own anymore. I went to church with my now husband, and the pastor said there was a God that would relieve me from the weight of having to carry the pain. That day I went to the altar and cried out to God.
"And over the years I have come to realize that because of the attack I experienced as a young girl, I can now relate to other children in need. I actually feel like I relate to them in some strange way. Because I know what it is like to feel your life spinning out of control - you feel helpless and have lost all hope of survival. Well, I did survive. And now I make it my mission to bring hope to other children in need. I show them how to be a survivor."
Incredibly, Kelly Putty has even forgiven her attackers, both of whom remain in prison today.
"I learned that being unforgiving only made me bitter and caused me to keep reliving the attack. During a church service one night I accidentally came upon the mother of one of my attackers and was asked to pray for her. I relived everything for a split second and then asked for God's help. And I suddenly saw her as a mother broken over what her son had done. It helped me look at the dark hearts of my attackers and not the act. So I prayed for her."
Tell me. How do you measure the level of strength and hope that Kelly Putty carries? And how can you possibly define the intensity of her perseverance or the power of her conviction?
Especially when it would have been so easy to just stop.
I'll tell you how. You don't measure it. And you don't define it. You just stand back and admire it.
Because you are unlikely to ever see it again.
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Yeh everything was lovely . The staff was lovely and freindly
When we order the pizza it was covered in oil and it was not nice
the bar area
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staff very helpful and accomodating. i requested early check in and got it . this is rarely ever given in dublin. would definately return to this hotel.
Very good restaurant, plus five bars in the hotel. Good staff. Hotel was clean and our section was quiet, not sure about all the rooms.
Can think of nothing I didn't like.
Good location,lovely hotel and bar. Excellent staff
Weren't warned about noise from nightclub at check in but when we commented on it the next morning the response was excellent. Very professional and friendly
The room was large and spacious It was so cold though and no hot water for a shower The heater in the room only heated the carpet underneath and there was no radiator in the bathroom Needs updating
Freezing cold No hot water for shower
Room was freezing took ages to heat up & the shower was broken
The staff was great. When we needed to request a new room because the non-smoking room had an overpowering smell indicating it had been used for smoking, the staff found us another room that worked well.
My room was large and well appointed, with surprising amenities, like a four post bed and fireplace.
Staff very kind; hotel close to the centre and to Dublin Airport
Clean. Modern decor and rooms didn't look like they were last updated in the 70s (like Bewleys). Everything was in order.
My credit card didn't go through. Receptionist was happy to process manually. As she was doing so I pointed out she had input the expiry date incorrectly. I got a bit of a 'shut up know it all' look and was told that 'it shouldn't matter'. Obviously the card declined and she said she would 'try it my way'. When the transaction went through with a surprised 'looks like you were right' I was left pondering what I could have done with those extra 4 minutes of my life. Ooh, write this review?
Excellent rooms good location
But do not stay here at the weekend unless you intend to go the bar below as the music will keep you up
I arrived at the hotel to find there was a debs organised for the night. I was expecting lots of noise and a terrible night sleep - but the hotel staff ensured it went off without a hitch and I got a great nights sleep in a lovely room! Very impressed.
location was very convenient. staff was hospitable and efficient. breakfast was good enough, not too good. access to out city trip is very good. nice room.
Party on and got no sleep, very noisy. Party went until 3am
Hotel overbooked and 2 of our group had no room available even though our booking was in the system. We had to accommodate the 2 ladies in our room until 8 pm. We were asked to move to another hotel at our own expense. When we declined they suddenly had a room free. After a night of excessive noise pollution from a night club and 21st birthday party till 4 am we realised why they hadn't originally let this room. It was not fit for human habitation due to the noise of the function room directly below. Noise started again at 8 am from young residents who had been at the party. No staff intervened- it was a horrific night and no apology was offered upon check out until I complained very forcefully. The whole situation was handled very badly by the management. We were looking forward to a nice night away and we were stressed from the minute we arrived until the minute we left.
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Not a big choice of food in the bar, no draught beer. Nowhere quiet to sit and drink
From the beginning of the reception to the end, the Hotel Manager/Wedding Planner ensured that everything went to plan She was excellent as was all of the staff Full marks to all involved The meals and food in general was lovely I cannot say enough about this Hotel and will certainly recommend it Five Stars*****
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a bit pricey without breakfast included but possibly reflects Dublin prices and the area
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only complaint was shower not good but reported to reception and they said they would look into this.
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In the CBS News 60 Minutes interview, to be broadcast on Sunday, he talked about his battle with alcohol and drugs. Also appearing, among the eight Kennedys on the show, were his sisters, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend and Kerry Kennedy Cuomo, and his brothers Christopher and Max. CBS News called it the largest gathering of third-generation Kennedys for a television interview.
Robert Kennedy Jr said he warned his children about the dangers of drinking alcohol, particularly for Kennedys. "I talk to them about my own experience and they're all aware of that," he said in the interview at Hickory Hill, the Kennedy estate in McLean, Virginia. "I tell them that it's in their genes. I feel in many ways that I was born alcoholic."
Alcohol and drugs have played a role in many of the political dynasty's scandals and tragedies, including speculation that Senator Ted Kennedy was drunk when he drove his car in 1969 into a pond at Chappaquiddick, killing Mary Joe Kopechne. The Senator has denied being drunk at the time.
David Kennedy, another son of Robert F Kennedy, died in 1984 from an overdose of cocaine and prescription drugs in Palm Beach, Florida.
Michael Kennedy, one of his brothers, reportedly went into rehabilitation when his wife caught him in bed with their children's baby-sitter and he blamed the incident on an alcohol problem. The episode was revealed earlier this year but a police investigation was dropped when the teenager refused to press charges against 39-year-old Mr Kennedy.
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Hi, I've been running XP 32bit on my PC. But I'm about to install Windows 7 64 bit on a new 128GB SSD. I'll re-install programs that I use frequently onto the SSD as well. I'd be grateful for some advice:
I'm planning to leave some programs (eg my son's gaming programs) on the HDD. Will Windows 7 automatically include these in the program list?
I'm thinking of leaving My Documents folders on the HDD. I'll certainly leave any video and picture files on it. Can I configure Windows 7 to open My Documents folders on another drive, when I click on "My Documents" from the Start Menu?
Can I leave Windows XP on my HDD? Ie as long as I reset my Bios to boot from the SDD, I'm guessing that it won't affect the operation of Windows 7.
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2.Yes but not the My Documents you mention "I'm thinking of leaving My Documents folders on the HDD"
3.Not sure what you want to achieve. Dual boot? http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/8057-dual-boot-installation-windows-7-xp.html
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The popularity of the lightweight devices will then grow around the world, overtaking shipments of laptops on a global level in 2015.
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Richard Shim, an analyst for market research firm DisplaySearch, forecasts that a total of 21.5million tablets will be sold in the run-up to Christmas this year.
Just 14.6million laptop computers are expected to ship over the same time period - the first quarter ever that tablets will have outsold notebooks.
Over the course of the year as a whole, according to Mr Shim, around the same number of laptops and tablets will be sold in North America - 56million.
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Next year, around 80million tablets are expected to be sold in North America, against 64million laptops.
In 2015, the rest of the world will catch up with America, as 276million tablets are sold globally while 270million laptops are shipped.
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During a recent conversation with a CIO of a multi-billion dollar enterprise and his top executives, it became apparent that amid all the new technology advancements like cloud computing and Big Data, organizations are struggling to seek the concrete advantages in applying these technologies to their own real-world scenarios. Even more worrisome is the situation that occurs when an organization cannot leverage any of the already-proven solution approaches or services to address a specific problem or a concern and the situation remains unresolved over time.
These issues could very well be rooted in the way an organization goes about solving problems. Or they can reflect the inability of their service provider and technology vendor to identify the need for change and the implementation of the right solution.
Both of these issues lead to the same common and even bigger issue - an inability to map real-life organizational problems with the application of the right technology that will help factorize these issues distinctively. A greater concern is the possibility that the technology vendor or the partner you are counting on could still be using old methods to support you and is just "milking" the situation.
Situations like these are in clear contrast to the many technology innovations and evolutions occurring all around us. With the overall continual progress in new technology, day by day we should be seeing new ways and possibilities of technology being applied to organizations. But, taking cues from the above example, this may not really be happening, which in effect causes a dent - a depression into the natural benefit cycle of technology evolution. This in turn means that their ability to innovate - meaning 'going beyond just applying the new technologies' - will be yet a distant dream unless organizations know or at least their partners know and understand what these advancements really mean and can advise how to apply these intelligently.
It's quite possible that in some corner of the organization, a particular group may see success in one or another technology-led initiative. However, to ensure that these feats are not one offs or not futile in the future, adoptions of new technologies like cloud computing, Big Data, mobility and social collaboration in an enterprise or an ISV environment must be aligned to well-crafted strategies. Only after getting these strategies right can an organizational innovation process move ahead successfully and in such a way as to avoid many frustrations.
(Enterprises as well as ISVs that need help in identifying these strategies, can take a look at PersisTrends, a report that provides additional and new technology area specific recommendations.)
With the right strategies in place, CIO teams can drive specific projects that help realize and enforce a brand new vision. Of course, organizations may look up to their technology partners to define the innovation model through org-specific and well-articulated projects.
These projects should be targeted to solve particular problems and have the ability to show measured value over time. This puts the onus on technology partners and service vendors to leverage existing assets and also not be blind to the present reality or future changes. As long as these projects are designed in such a way as to benefit both the business side and the cost side of the equation, they will bring more maturity and stability to the innovation process - and organizational feats won't be an exercise in futility anymore.
To illustrate the new technology benefit cycle, let's imagine new technology evolutions and experimentation on the left side of a chart; and 'real feats' on the right side, while 'possible organizational innovations' dangle in the middle. Whether you are on the receiving side (enterprise or an ISV) or on the provider side (service vendor or technology partner) - from the perspective of your current approach it's indeed worth evaluating where you will end up drawing the circle between the two dimensions in the illustration above.
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