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The world turned its back on the Jews of Europe during the Nazi Holocaust. Many of those who miraculously survived became a part of a reborn Jewish state. But the ghosts of their horrific past linger, and far too many are living out their last days in poverty and loneliness.
Israel Today is proud to be among those providing physical aid, as well as emotional and spiritual comfort, to Israel's Holocaust survivors.
But, we need your help!
How special it is to inform these precious souls that it is thanks to the kind donations of Christians that we are able to provide aid and comfort, when so many of them have been left scarred by their treatment at the hands of supposedly "Christian" nations.
We'll supply a Holocaust survivor with several gift coupons that can be cashed in a number of Israeli supermarkets.
Passover is coming and still there are many Holocaust survivors who can't afford to buy food for the holiday.
Passover is a holiday that celebrates the time when the Israelites were freed from their captors in Egypt, and into the promised land of Israel. We remember this time of captivity and freedom that our ancestors experienced, thousands of years ago. But for some, a time of imprisonment in the hands of anti-Semitic captors is a real life experience. This season is a very real celebration of freedom for those who went through the horrors of the Holocaust.
Lidia is a survivor from Russia who immigrated to Israel in 1998. She lives in a small Jerusalem apartment and receives a meager monthly pension. Every day she has one hot meal from a soup kitchen. Passover is Lidia's favorite season. She identifies with the Jewish people who left Egypt for the Holy Land. Jews in Russia felt like slaves under communist Russia, feeling the enormous pressure to hide their Jewish identity.
Every month, Leo has to choose between buying medicine or food. Riddled with ailments, he walks around his apartment in Israel with tubes trailing behind him. He has TB from hiding from the Nazis, a withered hand from a Nazi bullet, plus epilepsy, asthma, and a pacemaker. Trying to save money to pay for food, he takes less of his medicine than prescribed which take a toll on his health, and oftentimes the result is an asthma attack. He has a pair of eyeglasses only because a German woman who read about his impoverished situation sent him money to buy a pair.
Rivka lost most of her family to the Nazis in Ukraine. Now she lives alone in a deteriorating apartment not too far from Tel Aviv. She is blind among other ailments and life is hard. Although she is not homeless, there's never enough money for utilities or home expenses. She is barely keeping her head above water every month.
There are some 20,000 survivors living in Israel and that number is rapidly decreasing, as most survivors are now in their 80's. Many of them have very little money or food, stand in line at soup kitchens daily, wear used clothing, and struggle with many physical, emotional and psychological ailments. Some can't pay their bills and have their power cut off by the electricity company, leaving them cold and in the dark. Others, in desperation, dig through garbage cans. How can we turn a blind eye while they live in humiliation and shame?
These precious souls have gone through so much. They survived the Holocaust, where they were taken from their homes and lost many loved ones. Moving to Israel afterwards was a tremendous battle, as the ships were either sent back or the travelers were put in detention camps by the British. Many fought for Israel's independence and in the wars that followed. They found the strength after everything they went through to work hard and raise families in Israel, only to live their final days in pain, loneliness, and poverty.
Israel Today is giving grocery gift certificates to poor Holocaust survivors, as many live in similar or worse situations to Lidia, Leo, and Rivka. Join Israel Today in our effort to give food vouchers to those in need.
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12/16/12 I don't know what it is about winter vacation, but Howard, who does not love going to the movies the way I do, suddenly agrees to see almost anything I suggest. Blame our sudden film buff frenzy on ease of access. When we're at our house in Chatham getting to the movie theater seems less difficult than it does in New York City, though in actuality, that's not true. In the city, we can walk to many movie theaters. Here we have to drive. But the ticket prices outside of the city are certainly cheaper. And except for Christmas Day or the opening of a blockbuster new film, we can be pretty sure of getting tickets right before the show. If we want to see a movie in New York City on a Saturday night, we have to make sure we have bought tickets (over the Internet these days or even with a phone app) by 10 a.m. that morning.
Part of the charm of going to the movies in Chatham, NY is the Crandell movie theater, a relic from the old days of small town theaters. Though the place was fairly decrepit from the first time we went there over 20 years ago, the price was right: I believe in 1995 or so adult tickets were $3.50. They now cost $6. Also, we just drive into town a few minutes before the movie starts, and go to the window, and slip our money into the till. They show a lot of junk — they need to make a profit. But most of the really good films play there also. It's mostly a matter of being upstate (and being free) the same weekend there's a movie we want to see.
A few years ago, the owner died suddenly, intestate, and the theater closed for several months while the family negotiated with Chatham Film Club. Backers like the Ellsworth Kelly Foundation (yeah, famous artists can be community minded) put together enough cash to buy the building. Local businesses have provided fuel, paint, and workers. The seats have been replaced, and the whole place feels spruced up.
Originally built as a Vaudeville venue, the Crandell has a 13 foot deep stage, dressing rooms (!), organ lofts on either side, and a 112 seat balcony (which, I believe, is almost always closed off. Sigh.)
So we went to see The Hobbit right before Christmas. Unlike most of the world, at least according to box office figures, we didn't like it. We both felt that Jackson had melted Tolkien's magic into a huge video game with obvious jokes and overdone battle scenes. Gollum is amazing, though.
Seeing anything at the Crandell, though, is fun. We're wondering what's coming next.

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Williston-Elko (3-2, 1-0 Region 4-A) won its region opener in blowout fashion Friday night against North (2-2, 0-1).
Quarterback Dalton Mundy found two ways to score, completing 6 of 7 passs for 137 yards and three touchdowns while running for another. Christian Sapp caught a pair of the touchdown passes with Marcell Wright catching one, and Andrew Milligan ran 11 times for 137 yards and two more scores. Nate Cunningham also had a big night in Williston-Elko's running game with nine carries for 96 yards and a touchdown.
The Blue Devils will host Wagener-Salley (4-1, 1-0) next Friday.
Wardlaw (4-0) stayed unbeaten on the year behind another stellar performance by Malik Lee.
The junior ran for 212 yards and three touchdowns on six carries in Friday's game, and quarterback Holton Manley ran once for a 79-yard score. Rycharde Coats also had a high average with two carries for 68 yards and a touchdown. Daylen Morris and Hammond Manley also found the end zone for the home team.
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Best Buy customers returned Samsung tablets after mistaking them for iPads...
Amid the flood of court documents being released as part of the ongoing Apple vs Samsung courtroom drama, Ina Fried from AllThingsD notes the following line (emphasis mine):
Samsung was forced to release a bunch of documents it had been keeping under seal that show the likeness between its products and Apple's. Examples outlined in the documents include comments from Samsung workers discussion similarities with Apple's products and reports Samsung got from retailer Best Buy that Samsung tablets were being returned because customers thought they were getting iPads.
It's Best Buy customers plural, so we know it's more than one. But no number is given, so we don't know it's more than two. We have not idea how many Best Buy stores the customers were spread over either. It makes for a great headline or pull quote. It may or may not make for good evidence in court. But it almost certainly will get some attention online, and be the subject of a few jokes.
But seriously, how many people really bought a Samsung tablet thinking it was an iPad, took it home, and then at some point discovered it wasn't? And at what point did they discover it wasn't? How many really didn't know vs. how many had second thoughts and decided they wanted an iPad instead?
And does that say more about Samsung copying Apple design motifs, Best Buy not properly interacting with their customers to assure they're getting what they want to get, or customers just being inattentive? Remember how hard it was for our own Seth Clifford to buy an Android tablet at Staples?
It's going to get sillier before it gets saner, folks.
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Best Buy customers returned Samsung tablets after mistaking them for iPads...
Many, many, many people are tech illiterate.
This is particularly true of people buying devices such as a tablet, which is really designed not to be "techy."
the camera can go either way. i.e. portrait and landcape mode
video is more a convention for playing on computers/tvs than a proper direction. look at facetime where portrait mode works better
this has nothing to do with tech. they are simply illiterate. Not to mention that in every store i've ever seen tablets are locked up or high on a shelf so high that only employees can reach with a ladder so you can't steal them which means these people are asking for the wrong thing on purpose.
It does happen. Some people don't really know what an iPad is. They just see a slate and call it an iPad.
Yes, the name iPad is just that ubiquitous.
I want to believe that those who purchased Galaxy Tabs and thought they were iPads are being 100% honest, but it's kind of hard to mistake a product when the placard beneath it says the name of the product and most of the Best Buy's I have visited have even had small posters behind the Galaxy Tabs and iPads that clearly identify the products.
Sheesh, I can see being that inattentive buying a can of Dr Skipper instead of Dr Pepper, but when dropping a couple hundred dollars I make sure to know exactly what I'm getting.
All this says is that there are some extremely stupid consumers who either can't see very well since the shelf tags & packaging don't say iPad anywhere (oh & if you can't tell the difference by looking at them, please never drive a car). Or said consumers read tech blogs & thought it might be funny to act like uneducated idiots to a retailer.
"Like OMG... I thought it was like... Well um an 'i' type thingy & um like OMG um... This is like a store & you sell stuff right? OMG can I order a pizza with my iPod 6 Mac Touch Google thingy?"
Nice link bait from Ida. It's her stock in trade basically. But I simply refuse to believe people are this patently stupid as Apple seems to think. This ridiculous nonsense over Samsung copying our stuff is just stupid at this point. Especially when Apple continues to Photoshop everything & try to present it as fact.
You really are ignorant aren't you? The world doesn't revolve around YOU. Is it really that hard to stop and think for a minute, the various scenarios that can happen? While this isn't a huge dillema, it's certainly plausible.
Take, for example, older people. Many aren't tech savvy. They hear about iPads on tv and see people with them. Since iPads are clearly the dominant tablet, that's what a lot of non tech savvy people refer to them as. It's certainly plausible that some people would go to a store and purchase a tablet, only to bring it home and find out from someone that it's not actually an iPad. I've heard so many people refer to any smartphone as an iPhone as well. They just don't know. There are people who are interested and just go out and buy stuff without consulting with anybody, even a store clerk for that matter.
I know this is hard for you to process, but it's a fact. Oh, and the whole car analogy that someone else said is utterly ridiculous. It's not the same as buying a car and thinking its a Mercedes Benz. The group of people I am describing just aren't tech literate.
Rob's comments shouldn't even be dignified with an rebuttal. Everyone here knows that Rob is actually a part of the Geek Squad team. Neglecting his duties and trolling on iMore is how Rob passes the day.
Speaking of which, I'd like to thank Rob personally for keeping me employed through these tough times. Because of Rob and his squadmate's shear incompetence at performing the simplest of duties, I have more work than I can handle. Yes, that's right. Rob breaks it and I fix it.
I'd would like to thank Rob for the opportunities he's created for me. Without incompetent idiots like Rob, I would have never been able to pay off my mortgage in 15 years. Thanks buddy. I could have never done it without you.
Just remember, short bus people are special too.
Perfect examples of the iMore crowd. And typical Apple customers who believe themselves superior intellects. Reality is far different so it's good Apple makes dumbed down products.
Oh & hate to burst your bubbles but I don't work for Best Buy. I just know idiots when i see them. You two are fine examples.
I've had that happen to me too with my PlayBook. The difference is that they're just asking us how we like our "iPad" and we explain to them how it's not an iPad and inform them of the difference.
This post is talking about people actually going to best buy, picking up a tablet, walking to the cash, paying for it, going home, opening it, and THEN realizing it's not an iPad.
There's a big difference between those two scenarios. Consumers aren't always the smartest people, but to believe that a large number of people made the mistake of actually BUYING the tablet and not knowing it wasn't an iPad until they got home is a bit far fetched in my opinion.
so i guess it's like going to buy a "car" and thinking you have a Mercedes Benz. LOL.
That's Ludacris. Either those people are hired by Apple just to help drive a nail in the coffin or they are just flat out stupid. In the case of the latter. Those people need to stick with rotary phones and Discmans for their social and media connections.
i say u let a day pass in a best buy store by the returning register and see what happenes? then tell us if this is fake or not... :) have fun...
This happens a lot in emerging markets. Here in Indonesia I frequently see shop windows with iPhone and Samsung boxes side by side - the similarity is ridiculous, and it isn't difficult to sell the cheaper brand as being 'just the same'. These shops pre-fill the devices with pirated apps and games; a lot of these people don't have internet or even a home PC, so the device contents never change.
It is very, very rare to find such shops staffed by people who know what an App Store is, never mind advertise the fact, so people going from dumb old Nokias to a modern smart phone have no idea what the possibilities are.
So ur telling me that the customer walk into the store, picked up the tablet, bought it without even taking a few seconds to read the name of the device on the box, walked out with it and realized AFTER opening the box??! And still couldn't read what's on the box WHILE opening it??! Wtf??!! Who would spend hundreds of dollars on something and not know what it is until opening it?? I call complete BS on this story, sorry it's way too far fetched for me to buy.
Most people are stupid. And most of the ones buying at Best Buy are on the lower end of stupid.
But no, like someone else said, they lock these things up. They have to ask to buy them. What really happens is they save money by buying the cheaper tablet thinking they all do the same thing. They get home and find out or are informed that nope, it's not quite an ipad. They then return them saying, sorry, but it's not an ipad.
Heck, that sums up the kindle fire. People hear tablet and think ipad. They order it and quickly find out it's no ipad.
It's probably android fanboy reps that push these crap tablets, and when these people get home they are berry disappointed.
People have been led to believe that iPad is a generic, like Android. They believe it is a category of products. They see a bunch of rectangles that look like iPads, and ask a sales person who is desperate to get some commission. He says it is just like an iPad. It runs all the apps and works the same way, just a lot cheaper than the Apple model. Making certain elements "exactly" like the iPad is done precisely to confuse people into thinking it is a legitimate, iPad generic. That is how everything else is sold. It is exactly how non-tech people think. Apple has tried to make the item unique; Google has tried to make it generic.
Tim Cook actually discussed this the other day, (and it was covered on TiPB):
"And what competition? Apple has seen many tablets. 100s of them over the last year. They've yet to see any of them gain any traction. When it comes to apps and experience, Apple feels most customers aren't looking for a tablet. They're looking for an iPad."
I think Tim would disagree with you, that consumers DO know the difference...and they want an iPad.
The difference between thinking you saw an iPad and in this case buying a tablet thinking it is an iPad is different. Given that you have to ask for the tablet you are purchasing in most stores and especially Best Buy, I doubt that the average customer says "I want to buy this tablet." When the average consumer purchases something, and moreso when they are spending a large amount, they will just say the name of the product or Apple tablet if they want an iPad. I'm thinking that this has more to do with wanting to return a product and quickly coming up with some sort of excuse to return it.
Here's a true story that happened to my mom at a Verizon store last year that I had the pleasure to witness...
She walked in wanting to buy an iPad 2.. The guy across the counter immediately started pushing the Xoom, and I was actually quite baffled by this, as she did quite clearly say iPad 2, and those two product names do not sound similar at all..
.. Until I realized that the Xoom was being served up with a nice two year contract. And the way the salesman was pushing it, he was simply trying to confuse my mother about the products for about 15 minutes (he even used the words, "they are pretty much the same thing"). Had I not been there, she might have actually purchased the Xoom thinking she was getting an Apple product, since the commission-based service rep was pushing it as such. And yes, I know I'm evil for not stepping in right away, I just wanted to see what this a-hole would say to get her money.
In this case, I wouldn't fault her for being misled. It's a different scenario when someone picks up a product and takes it to the register without bothering to read the big "iPad" on the sides of the box. It's quite another when a salesman pushes the contract-based product by making bold comparisons to the iPad that someone not tech-savvy wouldn't immediately understand.
So no, I wouldn't blame Samsung for that. I would guess the fault lies more with Best Buy Mobility, but either way, there isn't enough information to know for sure.
I think what most likely happened is that those customers knowingly bought the Samsung tablet thinking they would enjoy the iPad experience without buying the iPad, for whatever reason. I don't think that stupidity is a factor. I mean, seriously, how could anyone not notice the missing iconic Apple logo?
Comparably sized Samsung tablets seem to match the iPad price points; therefore, cost doesn't seem to be the motivation--that is, assuming they'd bought and returned the larger screen tablets.
So, it probably didn't take them longer than 10 nanoseconds after booting the thing up to realize their mistake: That a "tablet" is not an iPad. What to do? Return the beast and declare ignorance.
And it's also possible that Best Buy placed greater emphasis on selling Samsung tablets vice Apple's iPad, especially if they stood to earn a greater share on the sale of a Samsung tablet.
I was "hoovering" the house when I suddenly realized my HOOVER is a MIELE. Shock, horror, what to do? I won't be returning it because it is so much better. Yes we adopt trade names as adjectives and I am sure that most people consider a tablet to be an iPad. Heck, I bet people GOOGLE search even if using Yahoo or some other search engine. Ubiquity my friends.
I've worked with tech illiterate people, but since you have to get assistance from a sales person to even buy a tablet at Best Buy, someone asking for an iPad and getting a Samsung Tablet would have to be dealing with A) An idiotic and illiterate sales person and/or B) Be blind and unable to read "Samsung" or "Apple" on either box themselves in order to mix the two up. It's impossible to mix up the two, unboxed. It's even more impossible to mix them up looking at each one. Even someone who didn't speak English knows the difference between the Apple logo on a box and a box that doesn't have it. So this won't have any bearing on the case. It's just proof that tech illiterate idiots work at Best buy and tech illiterate customers shop there.
More than likely a large number were purchased by non-tech savvy grandparents and wives as gifts, that were returned and exchanged for what the recipient really wanted. Although easy to find now, iPad 2s were constrained for months after release, so I can see a lot of people being convinced that this tablet computer is pretty much the same thing, AND available to take home and wrap up.
Wow. You can't blame on Samsung for people thinking the tablet was an iPad. Its the customer's fault in the first place. They should have checked if it was an iPad. I mean it says iPad on the side of the box! It's not that hard to get Samsung and Apple products to get mixed up. Whats next? People getting the GSIII while they think its an iPhone?
Maybe it's me, but doesn't it show the name "Samsung" on the box? I refuse to believe that anyone spending that kind of money will make such a mistake. Instead of admitting they changed their mind, which they have a right to do, they opt to say that they mistook it for an iPad when the box clearly indicated that the device was a Samsung device. Of course, I have no proof to back my assertion. For those who say that it's possible the buyers didn't know what an iPad was, why in the heck would they be out spending hundreds of dollars on a product they know nothing about? I'm sorry, but I'm not accepting their excuse as legit.
For those who are not getting how this happens:
"Mom/Dad, can I have an iPad?"
"Sure. It will be your Arbor/Bastille Day present!"
*days later*
"Mom/Dad, why did you get me this? It's not an iPad."
"Well it looked the same, and it was cheaper."
"Can we go back together to exchange it and I will show you what I want?"
And this is just one really common one. I'm sure there are lots of others.
Also, I wonder how many of these were on purpose. Just to emphasize the similarities.
Apple in court: "See Judge! All these Galaxy Tabs were (suddenly) returned by people thinking they were iPads!"
I dont know, I would think that the first inclination I was buying a Samsung tablet instead of an Apple iPad is the word SAMSUNG across the back instead of a big Apple. Same as I know I'm not getting a Ford Focus when I buy a Toyota Prius by the word, Toyota. Second indication might be the word Samsung on the box, instead of Apple. I know I'm buying Milky Way instead of Snickers the same way and I dont have to be a candy techie to know which confection I'm getting.
So these people supposedly never saw the box, never saw the back of the device, spent hundreds of dollars and never heard anyone say the name of what they were buying and didn't make sure they were buying what they thought they were.
Okay, I'm not buying it. Either they got it home and the person they bought it for wanted an iPad so they came back and 'bought the wrong one' or they are shilling for Apple. Otherwise on a purchase like that it does not happen. You get a box with a new purchase not just the tablet and every box has the corporate name/logo on it.


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Here is a pic i took with instagram a couple of months ago when i was going into work at 5 am. http://instagr.am/p/Q-3gy4PMsh/
I don't know if the rules are we have to take the pic now or if we can post old ones but I'll share it anyway :-)
Weekly Photo Contest: Instagram!
It's time to announce this week's photo contest -- Instagram! Instagram is one of the most popular photo sharing networks so it's time we have a contest focused around Instagram! There is no theme requirement for this week's entry, all we ask is that you post your photo to instagram, tag it with #imorecontest, then share it in our forums!
Congrats to ToddFSU for winning last week's avatar photo contest!
Speaking of Instagram, the network has recently made some changes that translates @mentions to Twitter. For example, let's say your friend is @bob on Instagram and @sexy_bob on Twitter. If you mention Bob in your Instagram post as @bob and choose to share to Twitter, Instagram will automatically change the mention to @sexy_bob before posting to Twitter. Pretty cool! For all the details, check out Instagram's blog post on the matter.
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In addition to a thumbs up from the iMore crew and all of us yelling about how great of a photo star you are, the winner of this week's photography contest will receive a $30 iTunes gift card allowing you to stock up on some of those photography apps you've been dying to buy!
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This is the latest of our 30 team previews, which will run through March 19. Previous: Miami Marlins preview. Next: Baltimore Orioles preview.
New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman kicked off his offseason shopping by re-signing Hiroki Kuroda, Andy Pettitte and Mariano Rivera to one-year deals.
The moves solidified the pitching staff—and guaranteed the return of two guys born in the 1970s and another (Rivera) who could start the year as baseball's last active player born in the '60s.
The Yankees followed that up with additional short-term deals: re-signing 39-year-old outfielder Ichiro Suzuki and bringing in third baseman Kevin Youkilis, who will be 34 at the start of the season.
Cashman's crash: GM breaks ankle, leg in skydiving accident
The Yankees have pushed back Father Time to this point, but these deals illustrate just how much they've struggled to get younger. Last season, according to baseball-reference.com, the Yankees fielded a lineup with an average age of 32.7 (the oldest in team history).
Most teams have only a few, if any, players remaining from their 2005 roster, yet these Yankees seemingly are your father's Yankees—Pettitte, Rivera, and shortstop Derek Jeter, who will be 39 in June, all debuted with the club in 1995.
First baseman Mark Teixeira will be 33 in April and is signed through 2016, while third baseman Alex Rodriguez, who turns 38 in July, is signed through the following year.
With the farm system not ready to produce any impact players anytime soon, this aging group—which did have the most wins in the American League last season—must stay healthy and productive. That could be asking a lot, considering Rodriguez is expected to miss at least the first half of the season after hip surgery, Rivera is coming back from a torn ACL and Jeter is playing on a surgically repaired ankle. Rivera and Jeter are expected to be ready for opening day, though there now is concern about Teixeira's strained right wrist.
However, center fielder Curtis Granderson, who recently suffered a broken forearm, will be sidelined until May. That leaves a void that will be addressed internally (Matt Diaz, Juan Rivera) for now but eventually might necessitate a trade.
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Since the Yankees' stretch of playoff seasons began in 1995—broken only by an 89-win, third-place showing in 2008—they've managed to thrive, thanks to their huge financial resources.
But that could be a problem because managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner is looking to avoid paying the luxury tax in 2014, which means trimming payroll from $210 million in 2012 to $189 million by the start of the 2014 season.
The out-of-character belt-tightening made planning for 2013 difficult for Cashman, who already owes Rodriguez, Teixeira and CC Sabathia at least $68 million annually through 2016, plus $21 million to Rodriguez in 2017. The Yankees' new ways became evident when they were outbid for catcher Russell Martin by the Pittsburgh Pirates, of all teams. That leaves the Yankees with Chris Stewart, Francisco Cervelli and prospect Austin Romine behind the plate.
It's difficult to imagine the late George Steinbrenner, luxury tax or not, not going all out for premier free agents like Josh Hamilton and Zack Greinke. But the Yankees' biggest offseason pickups were Youkilis and DH Travis Hafner.
Outspending the opposition was a strategy that has served the Yankees well since 1995. But it remains to be seen whether they can win baseball's toughest division after suddenly turning frugal.
MCNEAL: This season will be Yankees' last stand
1. RF Ichiro Suzuki
2. SS Derek Jeter
3. 2B Robinson Cano
4. 1B Mark Teixeira
5. CF * Curtis Granderson
6. 3B Kevin Youkilis
7. DH Travis Hafner
8. LF Brett Gardner
9. C Chris Stewart
* Will start the season on the disabled list
LHP CC Sabathia
RHP Hiroki Kuroda
LHP Andy Pettitte
RHP Phil Hughes
RHP Ivan Nova
RHP Mariano Rivera
Mr. Dependable: CC Sabathia. The pool of candidates isn't deep, thanks to injuries and uncertainty. The Yankees hope Sabathia will be the reliable ace he has been since joining the team in 2009. During his time in pinstripes, he never has had an ERA-plus lower than 124. Last season, Sabathia led the AL with a 4.48 strikeout-to-walk ratio. In a season full of question marks, Sabathia is the exclamation point.
X-factor: Kevin Youkilis. When Rodriguez's hip injury was discovered to be more severe than originally believed, New York signed Youkilis to fill in at third base. However, Youkilis was just an average player last season and the Yankees are already short on run production. If Youkilis can't regain his 2010 form (157 OPS-plus) or even his 2011 form (123), the lineup will be in trouble. If he can, the team won't miss Rodriguez.
On deck: Brett Gardner. A 29-year-old with five seasons of major league experience isn't a typical breakout candidate, but Gardner could become a major contributor after missing the entire 2012 season with an elbow injury. Gardner had a .345 on-base percentage and a league-leading 49 steals in 2011; in 37 plate appearances last season, he produced a .323/.417/.387 line.
— Anthony Witrado
OFFENSE: The Yankees scored 804 runs last year (second in the majors) but have lost a lot of offense to injuries and free agency. Getting Gardner back healthy will provide the speed dynamic they lacked last season.
DEFENSE: Teixeira and Cano form an elite right side of the infield, and Gardner can be a top outfielder. Jeter and Rodriguez have lost range on the left, and Youkilis isn't much of an upgrade. But this is still a very good overall unit.
ROTATION: They aren't as deep as the Tampa Bay Rays and have slipped behind the Toronto Blue Jays, but the Yankees are still strong. Sabathia, Phil Hughes and Ivan Nova combined for 43 wins last season. Re-signing Pettitte and Kuroda plugged holes.
BULLPEN: Rivera is 43, but nobody in baseball is better conditioned. Rafael Soriano will be missed, but David Robertson stepped up last season. And New York has a solid lefty tandem in Boone Logan and Clay Rapada.
BENCH: The Yankees usually feature the league's best bench because they have the means to acquire spare parts and big-name veterans. But not this season. Eduardo Nunez is decent in the infield, but the outfield needs more depth.
A major league scout analyzes LF/CF Brett Gardner:
"He might be the key to the Yankees' season. He brings speed to a lineup desperately in need of it, and it makes sense to move him to center and (Curtis) Granderson to left because Gardner has elite-level skills. He's not that young (he will turn 30 in August), but he is by Yankees standards. It's tough to imagine (Derek) Jeter repeating last season at his age, so having this guy getting on base and stealing really could make a difference."
The Yankees set a single-season team record with 245 homers in 2012, when nine players hit 15 or more. That speaks volumes about how an aging, lumbering team has come to rely even more on the long ball to win games.
What could go right: Even with their relative payroll limitations, the Yankees still have the financial resources to overwhelm the rest of the AL East at the trading deadline. That could allow them to plug holes and overcompensate for any age issues, helping them reach the playoffs again.
What could go wrong: Age and injuries have to take their toll at some point, right? If the Core Three of Jeter, Pettitte and Rivera finally runs out of gas, the Yankees could miss the postseason.
Bottom line: No team is attempting to milk more out of aging veterans, but it's tough to imagine New York completely unraveling. The Baltimore Orioles are for real, the Blue Jays are much improved and the Rays are always formidable, but the Yankees remain the team to beat in the AL East.
Pete Williams is a freelance baseball writer. This feature also appears in Sporting News' 2013 Baseball Yearbook.


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- Preprint (157)
- Conference Proceeding (1)
- Working Paper (1)
- Kollisionen schwerer Ionen (27)
- heavy ion collisions (22)
- Kollisionen schwerer Ionen (13)
- heavy ion collisions (11)
- Quark-Gluon-Plasma (9)
- Quark Gluon Plasma (8)
- UrQMD (7)
- equation of state (7)
- Zustandsgleichung (6)
- "Antiflow" of antiprotons in heavy ion collisions (1994)
- In the framework of the relativistic quantum dynamics approach we investigate antiproton observables in Au-Au collisions at 10.7A GeV. The rapidity dependence of the in-plane directed transverse momentum p(y) of p's shows the opposite sigh of the nucleon flow, which has indeed recently been discovered at 10.7A GeV by the E877 group. The "antiflow" of p's is also predicted at 2A GeV and at 160 A GeV and appears at all energies also for pi's and K's. These predicted p anticorrelations are a direct proof of strong p annihilation in massive heavy ion reactions.
- "Pressure equilibration" in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions (1997)
- We study the time scale for pressure equilibration in heavy ion collisions at AGS energies within the three-fluid hydrodynamical model and a microscopic cascade model (UrQMD). We find that kinetic equilibrium is reached in both models after a time of 5 fm/c (center-of-mass time). Thus, observables which are sensitive to the early stage of the reaction differ considerably from the expectations within the instant thermalization scenario (one-fluid hydrodynamical model).
- "Soft'' transverse expansion and flow in a multi-fluid model without phase transition (1997)
- Abstract: We study transverse expansion and directed flow in Au(11AGeV)Au reactions within a multi-fluid dynamical model. Although we do not employ an equation of state (EoS) with a first order phase transition, we find a slow increase of the transverse velocities of the nucleons with time. A similar behaviour can be observed for the directed nucleon flow. This is due to non-equilibrium e ects which also lead to less and slower conversion of longitudinal into transverse momentum. We also show that the proton rapidity distribution at CERN energies, as calculated within this model, agrees well with the preliminary NA44-data.
- 12C emission from 114Ba and nuclear properties (1995)
- We investigate the influence of nuclear masses, radii, and interaction potentials on 12C radioactivity of 114the best representative of a new island of cluster emitters leading to daughter nuclei around the doubly magic 100Sn. Three different models are considered: one derived by Blendowske, Fliessbach, and Walliser (BFW) from the many-body theory of alpha decay, as well as our analytical (ASAF) and numerical (NuSAF) superasymmetric fission models. A Q value larger by 1 MeV or an ASAF potential barrier reduced by 3% are producing a half-life shorter by 2 orders of magnitude. A similar effect can be obtained within BFW and NuSAF by a decrease of the action integral with less than 10% and 5%, respectively. By increasing the radius constant within ASAF or BFW models by 10%, the half-life becomes shorter by 3 orders of magnitude.
- 3- Continuum States of O16 in the Eigenchannel Reaction Theory (1966)
- The complete 3- part of the S matrix for O16 has been computed in the one-particle, one-hole approximation. In the continuum states the isospin invariance is totally broken; analogous partial cross sections for protons and neutrons show large differences.
- A Microscopic calculation of secondary Drell-Yan production in heavy ion collisions (1997)
- A study of secondary Drell-Yan production in nuclear collisions is presented for SPS energies. In addition to the lepton pairs produced in the initial collisions of the projectile and target nucleons, we consider the potentially high dilepton yield from hard valence antiquarks in produced mesons and antibaryons. We calculate the secondary Drell-Yan contributions taking the collision spectrum of hadrons from the microscopic model URQMD. The con- tributions from meson-baryon interactions, small in hadron-nucleus interac- tions, are found to be substantial in nucleus-nucleus collisions at low dilepton masses. Preresonance collisions of partons may further increase the yields.
- A self-consistent equation of state for nuclear matter (1993)
- The authors formulate a phenomenological extension of the mean-field theory approach and define a class of thermodynamically self-consistent equations of state for nuclear matter. A new equation of state of this class is suggested and examined in detail.
- A Stopped delta-matter source in heavy ion collisions at 10-GeV/N? (1994)
- We predict the formation of highly dense baryon-rich resonance matter in Au+Au collisions at AGS energies. The final pion yields show observable signs for resonance matter. The Delta1232 resonance is predicted to be the dominant source for pions of small transverse momenta. Rescattering e ects consecutive excitation and deexcitation of Delta's lead to a long apparent life- time (> 10 fm/c) and rather large volumina (several 100 fm3) of the Delta-matter state. Heavier baryon resonances prove to be crucial for reaction dynamics and particle production at AGS.
- Analysis of reaction dynamics at RHIC in a combined parton/hadron transport approach (1999)
- We introduce a transport approach which combines partonic and hadronic degrees of freedom on an equal footing and discuss the resulting reaction dynamics. The initial parton dynamics is modeled in the framework of the parton cascade model, hadronization is performed via a cluster hadronization model and configuration space coalescence, and the hadronic phase is described by a microscopic hadronic transport approach. The resulting reaction dynamics indicates a strong influence of hadronic rescattering on the space-time pattern of hadronic freeze-out and on the shape of transverse mass spectra. Freeze-out times and transverse radii increase by factors of 2 3 depending on the hadron species.
- Analytical relationship for the cranking inertia (2004)
- The wave function of a spheroidal harmonic oscillator without spin-orbit interaction is expressed in terms of associated Laguerre and Hermite polynomials. The pairing gap and Fermi energy are found by solving the BCS system of two equations. Analytical relationships for the matrix elements of inertia are obtained function of the main quantum numbers and potential derivative. They may be used to test complex computer codes one should develop in a realistic approach of the fission dynamics. The results given for the 240 Pu nucleus are compared with a hydrodynamical model. The importance of taking into account the correction term due to the variation of the occupation number is stressed.


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Accountancy students at KIMEP University in Kazakhstan will be given an exemption to part of the coveted ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) qualification after the university became the first in the country to secure accreditation from the global accountancy body.
KIMEP students studying the Bachelor in Accounting and Audit and Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Accounting will have exemption to the ACCA F6 paper on Principles of Taxation. In practice, this means KIMEP students will be exempt from sitting the F6 paper should they decide to complete the ACCA global accountancy qualification.
Altyn Shakirkhanova, ACCA Market Head in Kazakhstan, said: 'This is a positive step for KIMEP and ACCA. The majority of ACCA students come from KIMEP, a leading university in Kazakhstan specializing in degree in finance, accounting and economy, with some 75-80 per cent of ACCA students having graduated from there, so it is not surprising that elements of the degree programmes there are aligned with the ACCA qualification. It is encouraging for the students themselves to know that they are on the first step towards securing the ACCA qualification.'
The F6 exemption will cover students on the Accounting and Audit degree at KIMEP studying from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2020, while those studying the Business Administration and Accounting programme from 1 January 2014 and 31 December 2017 will also secure the exemption.
Dr. Chan Young Bang, President of KIMEP University, commented: 'This is a significant recognition of the quality of KIMEP University's Accounting and Audit program, as well as the confidence that ACCA has in the program's graduates. It is a significant milestone on the path to attaining all nine possible exemptions. Moreover, this exemption is vital for the training of the qualified accounting professionals essential for Almaty's status as an international business center.'
Dr. Tomas Balco, LL.M., FCCA, Director of Central Asian Tax Research Center at KIMEP and a member of ACCA's Global Forum of Taxation said: 'KIMEP has been seriously addressing the importance of aligning the academic program with requirements of professional qualifications. As a result I am pleased to say that KIMEP graduates can currently obtain exemptions from up to 5 ACCA exams. This is very important, since such graduates become more attractive on the job market, where the ACCA qualification is required. They can complete the ACCA exams much faster than their peers from other Universities and can then focus fully on their professional a careers and private life, rather falling asleep and waking up feeling the stress of passing or failing the next ACCA exam.'
The business community in Kazakhstan appreciates the importance of the ACCA qualification and a young professional will not be promoted to a Manager level, unless he obtains full ACCA qualification.
KIMEP University now continues the efforts of accrediting additional courses and assuring up to 9 exemptions for our students and also additional preparatory courses, so they can graduate from KIMEP with full ACCA qualification either from the existing Bachelor program or from a newly established specialized Master's program in accounting, which will be launched in September.
KIMEP underwent vigorous assessment of its degrees by ACCA to secure the F6 exemption. Students of Tax in Kazakhstan and Tax Law of the RK will secure the exemption.
The ACCA Qualification has been officially benchmarked as being equivalent to the UK Master's degree, one which requires four years' study.
For more information, please contact
JUDr. Tomas Balco, LL.M., FCCA,
Director of the Central Asian Tax Research Center
Tel: +7 701 785 7089
Mr Altyn Shakirkhanova, Market Head – Kazakhstan,
Mob.: +7 701 288 52 13
Notes to Editors
- KIMEP is non-profit institution of higher education. Its mission is to develop well- educated citizens and to improve the quality of life in Kazakhstan and the Central Asian region through teaching, learning, the advancement of knowledge in the fields of business administration and social science, and through community service. In addition, KIMEP aspires to serve the international community by welcoming foreign students to study and by developing extensive international linkages.To fulfil this mission we offer graduate and undergraduate degree programs of the highest level of international educational standards in business, economics, finance, accounting, public administration, political science, international relations, journalism and mass communication.
- ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) is the global body for professional accountants. We aim to offer business-relevant, first-choice qualifications to people of application, ability and ambition around the world who seek a rewarding career in accountancy, finance and management.
- We support our 162,000 members and 428,000 students in 173 countries, helping them to develop successful careers in accounting and business, with the skills required by employers. We work through a network of over 89 offices and centres and more than 8,500 Approved Employers worldwide, who provide high standards of employee learning and development. Through our public interest remit, we promote appropriate regulation of accounting and conduct relevant research to ensure accountancy continues to grow in reputation and influence.
- Founded in 1904, ACCA has consistently held unique core values: opportunity, diversity, innovation, integrity and accountability. We believe that accountants bring value to economies in all stages of development and seek to develop capacity in the profession and encourage the adoption of global standards. Our values are aligned to the needs of employers in all sectors and we ensure that through our qualifications, we prepare accountants for business. We seek to open up the profession to people of all backgrounds and remove artificial barriers, innovating our qualifications and delivery to meet the diverse needs of trainee professionals and their employers.


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Thursday, July 4, 2013
Garrett Lynch is the valedictorian at Costal Christian Prep for the class of 2013. The University of South Carolina will be Lynch's next destination this fall, where he plans to major in Pre-Pharmacy.
Lynch believed the University of South Carolina was his best choice because he really liked the campus and thought it was the best fit for him and his future.
He describes the Gamecocks as determined and that's what he will have to be in order to finish with a degree in Pharmacy.
When Lynch was asked what he will miss most about his alma mater he returned praises of "the family atmosphere and the amazing teachers."
Blake Lipscomb is the salutatorian of Costal Christian Prep for the class of 2013. Libscomb will be enrolling at Clemson University in the fall where he will major in Pre-Engineering.
Blake rattled off a few reasons for why he chose the Tigers; such as the students are among the happiest in the country, it is a top 25 public institution and it has been a life-long goal for Blake since he was 5 years old.
He describes the Tigers as superior, and one thing people may not know about Blake Libscomb is Britt Robertson of "Under the Dome" is his cousin.
Blake will miss the friends he's had since the sixth grade and the outstanding teachers at Costal Christian.
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Backup Strategies for Your Data
IT (Information Technology) recommends that all computer users regularly back up their data in order to prevent information loss in the case of a disk failure. We recommend at the very least backing up files that are frequently changed, especially if they are important (e.g., term papers, resumes). This page outlines some strategies that can help you avoid losing any of the data stored on your personal computer.
A basic backup strategy involves copying important files to a location not on your hard drive. Having more than one copy of important data is insurance against the loss of that data in an event such as a hard drive or system failure. To make your backup strategy more complete, you should try a trial restore of your backup before data loss occurs.
There are many options available for backing up your data. The option you choose will depend on what your backup needs are and how much effort you are willing to put into data backup. Choose a backup scenario that most closely matches your needs:
I would like to back up my files on to a device that I can carry around with me:
Storage devices drives that plug into a USB port are a convenient technology for backups. They do not generally require any extra software and are very portable. A USB storage device can serve as an external repository for important data as a protection against an event such as the failure of your hard disk. USB storage devices come in a variety of sizes including large external drives. The USB flash drives generally do not have the storage capacity to perform full backups of a hard disk or file system or to keep archives of past backups. If you need to backup very large amounts of data or your entire hard drive you will need to use an external USB drive. These often come with software to do automatic backups from your system to the drive.
To back up files using a USB storage device:
To retrieve or restore files from a USB storage device:
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I would like to back up a large amount of data (but not my whole hard drive) on to a CD or DVD:
A CD or DVD-ROM is a convenient format for backing up data. Large amounts of data may be stored on a disc (on average, a CD can hold about 750 MB and a DVD can hold 4.5 GB). It is possible to back up all your data files to CD or DVD by spanning multiple discs, but this is a time-consuming process and could require many discs.
To back up files to a CD:
In many operating systems, you can copy files to a CDRW by using file system drag-and-drop. If you have a writable CD drive but your operating system does not support drag-and-drop CDRW writing, you must use CD burning software to copy your files to CD.
To restore or retrieve files from a CD:
Restoring or retrieving files from a CD does not require CD burning software or a writable CD drive. With the backup CD inserted into your CD drive, find the drive's icon and copy the files to your desired location by dragging and dropping or using a file copy utility.
I would like to back up my data to a secure network location.
IT provides file storage space to faculty, staff, and students at GVSU. All student accounts have 1 Gigabyte and faculty/staff accounts have 100 Gigabytes of storage. The drive letter assigned to this storage space is N: The storage space is provided at no charge. All files saved in this location can be accessed via FTP or through vpn.gvsu.edu.
You should be aware of how much space your backed-up files take up so that your backup doesn't get cut off when it exceeds your quota. Files will not work for full system backups or for archiving previous backups.
There are three ways of connecting to files saved on your N: drive:
Should a GVSU faculty/staff member ever need to backup their full hard drive?
If your computer hard drive should fail, Information Technology will reload the operating system and all standard GVSU software.
- Keep all the disks for software you have installed on your machine to reinstall. IT does not have copies of software available.
If you have questions call the IT Help Desk at 616-331-2101.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
From the Old World - Wordless Wednesday
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What a great photo! I love the background, props and frame, too. Any idea of the age of the photo?ReplyDelete
Great photo!!!ReplyDelete
Dontcha just love the frames on these old photos? I have several with amazingly beautiful, flowing artistry around the edges. The backgrounds are just great! Grandma's brother looks very tired -- like he works very hard.ReplyDelete
Maybe I have been too influenced by recent articles I read by footnotemaven on her Shades of the Departed website, but, please forgive me, is he alive in this photo?ReplyDelete
You know, Margel, I just don't know. I have a picture of my great-grandmother that I am fairly sure was done after her death. I'm iffy on this one. IF this is my great-uncle, then no, because he lived to be an elderly man. If this is another Pytor Pereksta, then maybe.ReplyDelete
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Well, this weekend was my first successful weekend at NOT blogging. And I have to admit, it was kind of nice.
There were a few times in which I was wonder what was up in blog land. And I did still check in on Twitter, which I typically have open if my computer is on. But I didn't go to Google Reader at all and I also didn't open my blog up.
Work this weekend was actually pretty okay. We were relatively slow (as far as weekend mornings go) because it's spring break this coming week at both the university in town and the elementary and secondary school.
I will say that silly daylight savings didn't make for good sleeping. I kept waking up throughout the night, worrying that for some reason I wouldn't wake up at the right time or something. I honestly think I woke up once an hour. Not fun.
This post is a bit boring but... what can I say? It was just one of those weekends. LUCKILY, I have fun things coming up this week, so stay tuned!
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The price for enough gas to ride to Alaska? About $1,300. The experiences gained by the journey? Priceless.
Six of the seven riders who embarked on a cross-continent ride to Alaska on July 12, made it to their destination, an epic ride that was the envy of many motorcyclists in the area.
According to ride organizer Darrell Wilson of Lexington, everyone is back safely at home after three weeks of hard riding and hard laughing.
Only one hiccup befell the group, a flat tire "180 miles away from any help."
"We were on the Ice Fields Parkway in Canada," Wilson said. "There was no cell service and nothing at all around. A person in a truck saw us and stopped and gave us a ride to where there was a pay phone — they still have them up there. The owner of a Harley Davidson dealership came out himself at 11:30 at night and picked up the bike. The next day the bike was repaired and we left."
Other than that, the ride was the experience of a lifetime, despite some uncooperative weather.
"As far as the trip up, there's only one way to explain it. We got some rain, then it started raining, then it rained some more, then it really started to rain," he said with a laugh. "The first four or five days, rain is about all I remember."
Which claimed one rider, who returned home through what Wilson described as a torrential downpour on just the second day.
"Don't know what happened to him," Wilson said. "He just dropped out of the group and we didn't see him anymore. We stopped along the side of the road when it was raining so hard we couldn't see and that's the last we saw of him. Six of us continued on."
And what a trip it was.
"We entered Canada in Manitoba, and rode from one side of Canada to the other, from Manitoba to British Columbia," Wilson said. "Then coming back, we split up and some of us went to Sturgis, (S.D.) but I'd been there so I wanted to see something new."
Which led him through places like Denver, Yellowstone National Park, Santa Fe, N.M., Amarillo, Texas, and Cheyenne, Wyo., on his return trek.
As for the journey to Alaska, he said one thing sticks out about Canada.
"They have mosquitoes that are so big they could carry a large dog away," he said. "I went through a lot of bug spray. They're so big they even brag about them on T-shirts."
For Wilson, the ride was about the experiences, sights and sounds.
"I'm so glad I had the chance to see the Rockies in Canada," Wilson said. "If you think the Smoky Mountains are really impressive, the glaciers up there on the Rockies dwarf anything I've ever seen. They're so majestic that words can't express it."
Once they arrived in Alaska, Wilson said the first thing they saw was a "huge" grizzly bear on the side of the road when they entered the state.
"That's when I realized we weren't at home any more," he said, laughing. "It was larger than a minivan. That thing was huge."
The group was escorted into Hyder, Alaska, just across the border from British Columbia, by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Once in Hyder, they were treated to a meal by the handful of town residents.
Wilson said it was the experience of a lifetime, but required determination to ride around 500 miles a day for weeks on end.
"There was nothing romantic about this trip," he said. "It was a hard ride. We took with us our clothes, some money, a debit card, a full tank of gas and a motorcycle.
"We came back with memories and experiences I wouldn't take anything for. It was just amazing. And furthermore, I can say I did it."
For Wilson, the grandeur of the land is inspirational.
"You can't really sit down and explain to people how majestic this world is," he said. "There are people who sit at home and dream of the chance of riding a motorcycle to Alaska. There are a lot of riders who would die just for the chance. But you have to be willing to ride in the rain, be hungry, wet and miserable while having a good time at the same time."
A 25-minute video of the trip has been posted online at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kYscStrZtQ&feature=youtu.be.
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