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Detours Professional 3.0 is available for immediate purchase at the online Microsoft Store. Detours Professional includes a commercial use license that allows the use of Detours in commercial products and in production environments. Detours Professional includes support for either 32-bit or 64-bit processes on x86 and other Windows-compatible processors.
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Innovative systems research hinges on the ability to easily instrument and extend existing operating system and application functionality. With access to appropriate source code, it is often trivial to insert new instrumentation or extensions by rebuilding the OS or application. However, in today's world systems researchers seldom have access to all relevant source code.
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Hello all.
Just setup a brand new OSS 4.0 on CentOS 4.4.
Install ran smoothly.
This is suppose to be a demo box for French people.
I've put Carlos's 3.1.2 translation pack (the one available in this thread).
Result is strange (either with FF or IE with french as default language) : parts of calendar seems translated (month/days are in french, not hours) but nothing else in the user interface.
As anyone seen that too ?
Any clue where I should dig (I'd like to avoid to remove the english messages version and replace it by the french one) ?


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Gainesville, FL (SportsNetwork.com) - The top-ranked Florida Gators concluded
the regular season with yet another victory in SEC play. The Gators became
the first team to make it through an 18-game SEC schedule undefeated with
an 84-65 victory over the 25th-ranked Kentucky Wildcats on Saturday. Patric
Young had 18 points and seven rebounds for Florida (29-2, 18-0 SEC), which
extended its program-record winning streak to 23 games. Casey Prather and
Scottie Wilbekin tallied 15 and 13 points, respectively. The Gators, who
have won a school-record 32 straight home games, shot 59.6 percent from the
field and went 9-of-15 from beyond the arc. Julius Randle ended with 16
points and 10 boards for the Wildcats (22-9, 12-6), who turned the ball
over 14 times. James Young added 14 points.
Final Score: (2) Wichita State 67, Missouri State 42
St. Louis, MO (SportsNetwork.com) - Cleanthony Early scored 20 points and No.
2 Wichita State rolled to a 67-42 win over Missouri State on Saturday that
moved the unbeaten Shockers into the final of the Missouri Valley Conference
tournament. The Shockers (33-0) will face Indiana State in Sunday's final.
They are one win away from tying UNLV's 23-year-old record for best start
to a season. Tekele Cotton added 13 points for Wichita State, which held the
fourth-seeded Bears (20-12) under 32 percent shooting. Gavin Thurman had
nine points to lead Missouri State. The Shockers haven't lost since falling
to eventual champion Louisville in the Final Four last year. UNLV made it
to the NCAA tournament perfect in 1990-91 and was 34-0 before losing to Duke
in the Final Four. The top-seeded Shockers beat Evansville by 22 on Friday
in their tournament opener and led by as many as 38 on Saturday.
Final Score: Oregon 64, (3) Arizona 57
Eugene, OR (SportsNetwork.com) - Jason Calliste and Johnathan Loyd connected
on consecutive 3-pointers during a late 14-1 run as Oregon bolstered its NCAA
tournament chances with an upset of No. 3 Arizona on Saturday. Calliste had 18
points and Loyd scored 16 in the Ducks' 64-57 victory -- their seventh
straight win to end the regular season. Their 3-pointers stretched a two-
point lead to eight with under three minutes to play. Arizona went almost
eight minutes between field goals before T.J. McConnell's three made it a
59-54 game with 1:56 left. The Wildcats later pulled within four points but
missed a chance to get closer when Nick Johnson was blocked down low by Ben
Carter. Calliste made two free throws at the other end to make it a 63-57 game
with just 28.9 seconds left. Seven Oregon seniors were honored in their final
home game, including Calliste and Loyd, and Ducks coach Dana Altman said the
energy in Matthew Knight Arena helped carry his team down the stretch. Senior
Mike Moser added 10 points and 10 rebounds for the Ducks (22-8, 10-8
Pac-12), who were seen as a bubble team by many observers coming into the
game. Aaron Gordon scored 21 points to lead the Wildcats (28-3, 15-3), who
had a five-game winning streak snapped. Arizona clinched the Pac-12 regular-
season title with a win over Stanford last Sunday and will have a
first-round bye in next week's conference tournament. The Wildcats out-
shot Oregon overall 42.3 percent to 41.2 percent but the Ducks made 10 of
their 19 3-point attempts.
Final Score: (4) Duke 93, (14) North Carolina 81
Durham, NC (SportsNetwork.com) - Jabari Parker went out with a bang in perhaps
his final home game at Duke, tallying a career-high 30 points to lead the
fourth-ranked Blue Devils to a 93-81 drubbing of North Carolina that ended the
No. 14 Tar Heels' 12-game win streak. Three days after being dealt a
startling 10-point loss at ACC also-ran Wake Forest, Duke (24-7, 13-5 ACC)
bounced back from that result and avenged last month's 74-66 setback to the
Tar Heels behind big efforts from Parker -- widely believed to be
declaring for this year's NBA Draft -- and Rodney Hood to clinch the No. 3
seed in the upcoming ACC Tournament. Parker added 11 rebounds while going
10-of-17 from the field, while Hood delivered 24 points on an 8-of-13
shooting rate. Marcus Paige scored 24 points for North Carolina (23-8, 13-5),
which shot 59.6 percent as a team but was badly beaten on the glass,
recording 20 rebounds to the Blue Devils' 34 and giving up 20 second-chance
points to its Tobacco Road rival. Bryce Johnson finished with 15 points
and nine rebounds in the Tar Heels' first loss since a 76-61 defeat at
Virginia on Jan. 20. North Carolina will be the ACC Tournament's fourth seed.
Final Score: (6) Villanova 77, Georgetown 59
Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) - Darrun Hilliard picked up 19 points and
five assists as No. 6 Villanova took down Georgetown, 77-59, on Saturday.
JayVaughn Pinkston added 13 points and seven boards for the Wildcats (28-3,
16-2 Big East), already the owners of the No. 1 seed in the upcoming
conference tourney, who finished the year with six consecutive wins and 12 in
their last 13. Ryan Arcidiacono had 11 points and Kris Jenkins contributed 10
and five boards for Villanova, which posted its highest win total since going
30-8 in 2008-09. Markel Starks totaled a game-high 20 points for the
Hoyas (17-13, 8-10), losers in four of six to end the regular season.
D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera had 14 points and Aaron Bowen scored 13 in defeat.
Final Score: West Virginia 92, (8) Kansas 86
Morgantown, WV (SportsNetwork.com) - Juwan Staten had 24 points, nine assists
and five rebounds as West Virginia held off eighth-ranked Kansas for a 92-86
win at WVU Coliseum on Saturday. The Mountaineers (17-14, 9-9 Big 12) led by
as many as 25 in the second half, but saw that lead evaporate to just five
with less than a minute to go. WVU went 7-for-8 from the line down the
stretch to seal its first-ever win over Kansas. Eron Harris added 28 points
on 5-of-7 shooting from 3-point range and Devin Williams finished with 22
points and 13 rebounds for the Mountaineers, who will face Texas in the
opening round of the Big 12 tournament. Andrew Wiggins provided his most
impressive performance of the season, pouring in a season-high 41 points to go
with eight rebounds, five steals, four blocks and two assists. The highly-
touted freshman was 12-for-18 from the field and finished 15-for-19 from the
free-throw line. Perry Ellis added 14 points for Kansas (23-8, 14-4). The
Jayhawks dropped two of their last three regular-season games, but had already
secured the top seed in the upcoming Big 12 tournament. Kansas will play the
winner of Oklahoma State/Texas Tech in the quarterfinals of the Big 12
Final Score: (10) San Diego State 51, (21) New Mexico 48
San Diego, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - San Diego State couldn't stop Cameron
Bairstow, so head coach Steve Fisher turned to a 1-3-1 zone. New Mexico never
had an answer. Xavier Thames had 23 points and five steals and No. 10
San Diego State clinched the Mountain West regular-season title with a
51-48 victory over 21st-ranked New Mexico. After Alex Kirk's jumper staked
the Lobos to a 41-25 advantage with 12:04 left, the Aztecs (27-3, 16-2
MWC) switched to the zone and Bairstow, who had 19 points to that point,
netted just one the rest of the way. Bairstow had 26 points in New Mexico's
58-44 triumph over San Diego State on Feb. 22. San Diego State, meanwhile,
closed the game on a 26-7 run. Dwayne Polee II, who anchored the zone,
tallied four of the Aztecs' eight steals in the final 12 minutes. The
Aztecs, who won despite shooting 39.6 percent (19-of-48) from the floor
and missing all nine of their 3-point attempts, closed the year with four
straight wins. Kirk finished with 14 points and 11 rebounds for New
Mexico (24-6, 15-3), which had its six-game winning streak snapped.
Final Score: (11) Louisville 81, (19) Connecticut 48
Louisville, KY (SportsNetwork.com) - Montrezl Harrell had 20 points and 11
rebounds as No. 11 Louisville thrashed 19th-ranked Connecticut 81-48 to earn a
share of the inaugural American Athletic Conference regular-season title. Luke
Hancock scored 16 points and freshly named Wooden Award finalist Russ Smith
dished out a personal-best 13 assists for the Cardinals (26-5, 15-3
American), who joined No. 15 Cincinnati atop the league standings. Cincinnati
won a coin flip to claim the top seed for next week's conference tournament.
UConn is the No. 4 seed and will play Memphis in the quarterfinals. DeAndre
Daniels had 17 points and eight rebounds for UConn (24-7, 12-6), while leading
scorer Shabazz Napier was held to nine points on 2-of-13 shooting,
including 1-of-10 from 3-point range. Napier is also a finalist for the Wooden
Award. Louisville's defense stifled the Huskies, limiting them to season-
worst 29.4 percent shooting and forcing 22 turnovers.
Final Score: (12) Michigan 84, Indiana 80
Ann Arbor, MI (SportsNetwork.com) - Nik Stauskas put the finishing touches on
a terrific regular season, depositing 21 points in 12th-ranked Michigan's
84-80 triumph over Indiana from Crisler Center. Stauskas reached double
figures for the eighth consecutive game for the Wolverines (23-7, 15-3
Big Ten), who had already clinched the outright Big Ten regular season
title. Glenn Robinson III added 20 points and Jordan Morgan shot 7-of-8 for
15 points and 10 rebounds. Will Sheehey paced Indiana (17-14, 7-11) with 17
points, while Troy Williams and Yogi Ferrell netted 16 apiece as the
Hoosiers' three-game winning streak over the Maize and Blue came to an end.
Final Score: (13) Creighton 88, Providence 73
Omaha, NE (SportsNetwork.com) - Creighton senior forward Doug McDermott saved
his best collegiate performance for his final regular-season game. McDermott
tallied a career-high 45 points on Creighton's Senior Night, as the 13th-
ranked Bluejays cruised to an 88-73 triumph over Providence on Saturday
at CenturyLink Center. McDermott shot 17-of-25 from the floor, including 5-
of-7 from 3-point range, as he moved into 7th place in NCAA history with
3,011 points, passing both Oscar Robertson and Hersey Hawkins following his
fantastic effort against the Friars. With the win, Creighton secured the
second seed in the upcoming Big East tournament, giving the Bluejays a bye
into the quarterfinals, where they will meet the winner of the first-round
matchup between DePaul and Georgetown on March 13. Austin Chatman chipped in
11 points and seven rebounds for the Bluejays (24-6, 14-4 Big East), who
snapped a two-game slide by shooting an impressive 64.7 percent (33-of-51)
from the floor. Bryce Cotton paced Providence (20-11, 10-8) with 23
points, while LaDontae Henton had 21 points and seven boards for the Friars,
who were looking for a season sweep of the Bluejays after besting them at home
on Jan. 18. Providence will play St. John's in the quarterfinals of
the Big East tournament on Thursday.
Final Score: (15) Cincinnati 70, Rutgers 66
Piscataway, NJ (SportsNetwork.com) - Sean Kilpatrick scored five of his 24
points in the final 1:08 as No. 15 Cincinnati secured a share of the inaugural
American Athletic Conference regular-season title with a 70-66 win over
Rutgers. The Bearcats were down 64-63 after a 6-0 Rutgers run. Myles Mack
used a shot fake and hit from just inside the arc on the right wing to give
the Scarlet Knights the lead with 3:18 remaining. Justin Jackson and
Kilpatrick carried Cincinnati down the stretch. After putting back his own
miss from in the paint, Jackson threw a bounce pass to Kilpatrick, who drew a
foul on a layup. His free throw made it 68-64. Rutgers then benefited from
a questionable goaltending call to draw within two. On the next Cincinnati
possession, Kilpatrick, a finalist for the Wooden Award, slashed through
the lane for a game-sealing layup. Jackson finished with 10 points and 11
rebounds for the Bearcats (26-5, 15-3 American), who were joined atop the
league standings by 11th-ranked Louisville after the Cardinals routed No.
19 Connecticut on Saturday. Cincinnati won a coin flip to claim the top seed
for next week's conference tournament. J.J. Moore had 19 points and Kadeem
Jack added 15 with 12 rebounds for Rutgers (11-20, 5-13), which ended the
regular season having lost six of seven.
Final Score: (16) Iowa State 85, Oklahoma State 81 (OT)
Ames, IA (SportsNetwork.com) - DeAndre Kane scored 27 points to go with eight
assists and seven rebounds to lead 16th-ranked Iowa State to an 85-81 overtime
win over Oklahoma State. Georges Niang added 22 points and six rebounds
and Melvin Ejim scored 12 points and pulled down eight boards for the
Cyclones (23-7, 11-7 Big 12), who finished fourth and will play Kansas State
in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament on Thursday. Marcus Smart
scored 27 points and Markel Brown added 26 points and 12 boards for the
Cowboys (20-11, 8-10), who fell into eighth place in the conference
standings. OSU will face ninth seed Texas Tech in the opening round of the Big
12 tournament on Wednesday.
Final Score: (20) Memphis 67, (18) SMU 58
Memphis, TN (SportsNetwork.com) - Joe Jackson totaled 15 of his team-high
18 points after intermission, as No. 20 Memphis used a strong second half to
dispatch 18th-ranked SMU, 67-58, at FedEx Forum. Austin Nichols contributed
14 and nine rebounds for the Tigers (23-8, 12-6 AAC), who shook off a 13-
point loss to Cincinnati their last time out and avenged a 15-point loss to
the Dallas-area program in early February. Fifth-seeded Memphis will take
on fourth-seed UConn in the quarterfinals of the AAC tourney on
Thursday. Nic Moore recorded 16 points and seven assists for the Mustangs
(23-8, 12-6), who dropped their final two games after winning three straight.
Markus Kennedy and Nick Russell each had 13 in the setback. SMU rose to the
third seed due to tiebreakers, and will face sixth-seeded Houston in the
Final Score: (23) Oklahoma 97, TCU 67
Fort Worth, TX (SportsNetwork.com) - Buddy Hield scored a game-high 24 points
to go with eight rebounds and four assists in No. 23 Oklahoma's 97-67
dismantling of TCU. Cameron Clark and Isaiah Cousins scored 18 points
apiece and Ryan Spangler finished with 10 for the Sooners (23-8, 12-6 Big
12), who secured the second seed in the upcoming Big 12 tournament. Oklahoma
will face the winner of Baylor/TCU in the quarterfinals on Thursday. Jarvis
Ray scored 18 points, Kyan Anderson finished with 17 points and Karviar
Shepherd scored 10 for the Horned Frogs (9-21, 0-18), who haven't won a
conference game since taking down Oklahoma March 9, 2013.
Final Score: Illinois 66, (24) Iowa 63
Iowa City, IA (SportsNetwork.com) - Jon Ekey rose up from the wing and buried
a contested 3-pointer with 0.5 seconds left to lift Illinois to a 66-63 win
over No. 24 Iowa on Saturday. Ekey, who finished with 12 points off the
bench, knocked down a trey with three minutes left to give the Illini a
63-59 lead before Roy Devyn Marble and Gabriel Olaseni converted back-to-back
layups to tie the game at 63-apiece to set up the late-game heroics. Rayvonte
Rice paced Illinois (18-13, 7-11 Big Ten) with 15 points, while Nnanna
Egwu and Kendrick Nunn scored 14 and 10 points, respectively, in the
Illini's fourth win in their last five games. Aaron White led Iowa (20-11,
9-9) with 12 points and eight rebounds in the setback. Adam Woodbury and
Mike Gesell each netted 11 points, while seniors Marble and Melsahn Basabe
scored eight and six points, respectively, in their final game at Carver
Hawkeye Arena. Iowa has lost two straight to close the regular season and
five of its last six overall. The loss also snapped a 30-game home winning
streak to unranked opponents.
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'55-57 Chevrolet Rear Axle Housing - Bringing Up The RearWritten by Eric Geisert on May 1, 2012 A weekend performance upgrade
For decades the '55-57 Chevrolet rear axle housing was the choice for many hot rods. After all, they were plentiful and since they were all parallel leaf spring applications there were only two small brackets to trim off before installing the rearend in the hot rod of your choice.
Measuring about 60 inches from flange to flange, they were a bit wide for early hot rods, which may explain the number of hot rods with some sidewall showing outside the fender in the '60s and '70s. However that measurement was spot-on for many postwar cars so these rearends were among hot rodders' favorite rear axle swaps. At the time you got modern drum brakes, easy-to-find gear sets, and best of all, a price that was approaching free.
Of course that was 55 years ago, and today things have changed dramatically. The supply of original '55-56 rearends has dried up and those who are found are, well, 55 years old. Pitted housings, non-limited slip, small axles, bearings, and drum brakes that are no longer modern, are all features you can find on a '55-57 Chevrolet rear. As a matter of fact, not only have these rear axles fallen out of favor with early street rods, even the Tri-Five bunch is removing them in favor of a more modern unit.
Longtime STREET RODDER reader Don Prieto (all-around hot rodder back to the days when his Cacklefest digger was really a race car!) owns a prime example with his '56 Nomad. It's a neat car with ample power and a great look but he wanted to improve the old Chevrolet's street manners. It was time for improved suspension and brakes along with a limited-slip differential to handle the horsepower under the hood and provide better handling through better traction.
While the subject of our conversion is a '56 Chevrolet, it should be noted this swap would be very similar on all Chevrolets from 1934-57 and virtually any other car or truck with parallel leaf springs. And if you are wondering, yes, Strange Engineering also has bolt-in rear axles for later coil spring cars.
To that end, a bulletproof Strange Engineering S60 bolt-in rear axle was ordered, along with performance shock absorbers from Performance Online. The original 1956 parallel leaf springs are still the main components of the rear suspension, but we will have superior brakes and shocks improve driveability, along with a gear set that will handle all the horsepower we can throw at it.
The S60 rear was developed by Strange Engineering for extreme street performance, particularly street/strip cars. Back in the day, the 12-bolt rear was king for the GM crowd, but today's modern motors can easily overpower the old 12-bolt. The S60 incorporates Dana 60 components. The 9.750 ring gear will endure tremendous abuse, equal or better than the 9-inch Ford. The S60 is equipped with strong 35-spline axles so there is no need to upgrade axles and these rearends are available as complete units with no brackets, ready for your fabrication or there is also a long list of bolt-in housing for most popular cars. The very cool aluminum rear cover is the crowning touch to a true performance housing. We ordered the bolt-in variety of the Strange S60 with a 3:54 gear set, this way all the brackets were in place for our '56 Chevrolet installation. Inside we selected the Trac-lock limited-slip option and on each end of those big 3-inch tubes we have drum brakes but several disc brake options are available too.
The installation was really very straight forward, being a true bolt-in swap. The only fabrication consisted of making new hard brake lines for the housing; the rest of the project was done with wrenches. The process is simple enough that just following the photos will show you how easy the swap really is, but always remember the safety side of things when you are working under a car. Axle housings are heavy so if you are working on a lift remember to put safety supports under the front bumper, and if you are working on jackstands be certain the vehicle cannot move after removing that rear weight. Use proper jacks and supports to raise and lower the housing and be certain the springs are completely unloaded before removing the shackles.
Since removing the rear housing involves dropping both leaf springs now would be the perfect time to replace both the front spring-eye bushing and the rear shackle bushings. We used a set of urethane bushings, U-bolts, and lowering blocks sourced from Performance Online. Our new adjustable gas shocks are also from Performance Online and will go a long way to controlling those springs. These changes along with the additional grip offered by the limited-slip differential helped us reap substantial performance gains.
A quick test-run through our slalom course bears that out. Our times dropped dramatically. On our 420-foot, seven-cone slalom our times dropped from 7.53 seconds to 6.51 and our average speed increased from 38.3 to 44.2 mph. Pretty impressive results when you consider there was no fabrication involved, just simple bolt-on goodies.
And so, as it may be time for you to consider a similar third member swap, follow along and you can see this is a simple and rewarding weekend job. We'll give you time to get that done, then next issue we'll show you a very cool front suspension upgrade.
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The parking brake cables must be removed. Remove the brake drum to access cable. Note how much smaller the brake shoes are on the stock rearend.We removed the upper and lower shock nuts, compressed the shock, and removed it from the lower mount. The stock '56 upper mount goes through the floor so access is inside the car.The new upper bushing is slipped into place; the urethane bushing will go a long way to better handling.After lowering the spring we moved to the upper shackle bolt where the air ratchet removes that nut too.We lifted the Strange Engineering S60 rear axle assembly into position using the same fixture and transmission jack.After removing the old shackle and most of the bushing material, a propane torch was used to melt out any remnants. Always be aware of gas tanks and gas tank vents when using a torch under your car.
A Performance Online lowering block is used between the housing and the spring. The hole in the lowering block corresponds with the spring center bolt.After the U-bolts are tight we cut the excess material off using a cut-off wheel in an air grinder, leaving about 1/2 inch of stud below the nut.New U-bolts go over the 3-inch axle tubes and through the stock Chevrolet lower spring plates. The longer U-bolts have plenty of thread, making it easy to pull the spring up.The Performance Online adjustable gas shocks were first bolted to the upper mount then extended to align with the mounting stud on the lower spring plate.Our Snap-on Impact made running the nuts up on the U-bolts an effortless job. Pull the nuts off evenly to prevent binding the spring plate.Next we fed the parking brake cable through the backing plate to make the proper connections and adjustments.We fabricated new brake lines from mild steel tubing using a double-inverted flaring tool and a simple tubing cutter.The third member was then filled with the appropriate gear lube, in this case high-performance Lucas Oil was used in our brand-new Trac-lock–equipped Strange S60 rearend.


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today I made the upgrade from 4.0.2 NE auf 4.0.3 and I upgraded my Outlook connector as well.
Now it happens that some mails appear empty in Outlook. The header is downloaded and I can open it, I even see attachments, but no text.
Outlook just now complained about a problem with the zimbra.zdb file. Is it possible that this is corrupt?
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - The Oakland Athletics were the biggest
surprise in baseball last season, winning 94 games and the American League
West due to a late surge.
While they lost the ALDS in five games just like they did in four of their
previous five playoff appearances, 94 wins was still quite an
accomplishment for a team that was supposed to be in rebuilding mode.
A's general manager Billy Beane was once again responsible for turning his
expensive assets into valuable young players, just like he did in trades of
Mark Mulder and Dan Haren in the past.
He received lefty Tommy Milone (13-10, 3.74 ERA) from the Washington Nationals
for Gio Gonzalez, righties Jarrod Parker (13-8, 3.47 ERA) and Ryan Cook (14
saves, 2.09 ERA) from the Arizona Diamondbacks for Trevor Cahill and 2012 Gold
Glove outfielder Josh Reddick (32 homers, 85 RBIs) from the Boston Red Sox for
Andrew Bailey.
The Athletics were active on the trade market again this offseason, dealing
shortstop Cliff Pennington to Arizona for outfielder Chris Young and first
baseman Chris Carter (16 HRs) to the Houston Astros for shortstop Jed Lowrie.
Oakland finished seventh in the majors in home runs last season, mainly due to
the efforts of castoffs like Brandon Moss (21 HRs), Seth Smith (14 HRs), Jonny
Gomes (18 HRs) and Brandon Inge (11 HRs).
Moss had just 15 homers over 678 major league at-bats with three organizations
prior to bopping 21 in 265 at-bats last season, so he'll have to prove that
wasn't a major fluke if he wants to hold onto Oakland's starting first base
Below we take a capsule look at the 2013 edition of the Oakland Athletics,
with a personnel evaluation and prognosis included therein:
2011 FINISH (94-68) - First Place (AL West)
KEY OFFSEASON ADDITIONS: John Jaso (C); Jed Lowrie (SS); Hiroyuki Nakajima
(SS); Chris Young (OF)
KEY OFFSEASON SUBTRACTIONS: Chris Carter (1B); Cliff Pennington (SS); Jonny
Gomes (DH); Brandon McCarthy (RHP)
PROJECTED LINEUP: Coco Crisp (CF); Jed Lowrie (3B); Yoenis Cespedes (LF);
Brandon Moss (1B); Josh Reddick (RF); Seth Smith (DH); Scott Sizemore (2B);
John Jaso (C); Hiroyuki Nakajima (SS)
PROJECTED ROTATION: Brett Anderson (LHP); Jarrod Parker (RHP); Tommy Milone
(LHP); Bartolo Colon (RHP); A.J. Griffin (RHP)/Dan Straily (RHP)
PROJECTED CLOSER: Grant Balfour
MANAGER: Bob Melvin
In order for the Athletics to contend with the Rangers and Angels for the AL
West crown again, they will need their young pitching to take a step forward.
Jarrod Parker is the most important of these pitchers since he profiles as a
future ace with his 92 mph fastball and plus slider and changeup.
The right-hander had a 2.96 ERA in the first half but he slumped in July and
August with a 5.34 ERA and 4.71 ERA, respectively. However, he showed the
ability to adjust and went 4-1 with a 2.63 ERA over 41 innings in September
and October. He also held Detroit to six runs while posting an 11/2 K/BB in 12
2/3 postseason innings.
Tommy Milone has an underwhelming fastball (87.4 mph average) but he gets by
with excellent command (3.81 K/BB).
The lefty is a neutral GB/FB pitcher who pitched much better at home last
season as he gave up six homers at O.co Coliseum, compared to 18 on the road.
He had a 2.74/4.83 home/road ERA split.
A.J. Griffin, who went 7-1 with a 3.06 ERA in 15 starts last season, and Dan
Straily, who led the minor leagues in strikeouts but struggled in a brief
stint with the A's, are the wild cards.
Neither player was a highly touted prospect from the jump before having some
minor league success.
Success from their young pitchers will be even more imperative for the A's in
2013 after Oakland let Brandon McCarthy (3.29 ERA last two years) sign with
Arizona this offseason.
The rotation's lone veteran Bartolo Colon, who is coming off a 50-game
suspension for testosterone use, is unlikely to duplicate last season's 3.43
ERA. Colon had the highest contact rate in baseball last season at 89 percent
and the lowest swing-and-miss percentage at eight percent.
Speaking of young arms, Brett Anderson, whom Beane acquired from Arizona in
2010 in the aforementioned Dan Haren trade, has a 3.57 ERA in 406 major league
innings and he is still just 25 years old.
However, the lefty was limited to 112.1 innings in 2010 due to elbow
inflammation and has thrown 118.1 innings over the past two seasons due to
Tommy John surgery in 2011.
He returned last season and went 4-2 with a 2.57 ERA and 1.03 WHIP in 35
innings, but suffered an oblique strain and missed his final two starts before
returning for one playoff start.
The odds are against Anderson getting through 200 innings without suffering
some kind of injury.
The Athletics are holding competitions at three of the four infield spots,
with Scott Sizemore, Josh Donaldson, Jed Lowrie, Hiroyuki Nakajima and Jemile
Weeks all in play.
Weeks, last year's Opening Day starting second baseman, hit .221 in 444 at-
bats last season and has already been optioned to Triple-A.
Sizemore is coming off a torn ACL, but he is the favorite to win the second
base job after batting .249 with 11 homers and a .345 OBP in 93 games with
Oakland in 2011.
Donaldson, a converted catcher, could start at third, but he hit .241 with a
.289 OBP in 274 at-bats last season.
Nakajima hit .302 with 162 homers across 4,562 at-bats in Japan, but he is
hitting under .200 this spring and has four errors at shortstop.
Lowrie, who blasted 16 homers in just 97 games last season, could pass him on
the depth chart or start at third himself. The problem: the 97 games
represented a new career high for the oft-injured infielder.
Amazingly, the only infielder with a guaranteed role is the 29-year-old
Brandon Moss, who was nothing but minor league depth until last June.
X-FACTOR: YOENIS CESPEDES: Good pitching is important, but the Athletics
ranked in the top five in the American League in ERA every year from 2008-11,
including No. 1 in 2010, and had zero playoff appearances to show for it.
That's because their American League ranks for runs scored during that span
were 14th, 9th, 11th and 12th, respectively. Last season, Cespedes gave
Oakland a legitimate middle-of-the-order threat to go with the pitching.
Cespedes hit .292 with 23 homers, 82 RBIs and an .861 OPS in 129 games, and he
improved mightily as the year went on. The outfielder had a 3.0 K/BB and
batted .263 prior to the All-Star break, but he improved that K/BB to 2.0
post-break and hit .311.
The Athletics have consistently been one of the top teams in the American
League when it comes to preventing runs; they just haven't been able to score.
Even though it finished seventh in the majors in homers last season, Oakland
hit just .238, which ranked 28th in baseball.
And most of those home runs came from unexpected places or from players who
are no longer with the team. If Oakland doesn't get close to 200 home runs
again, its going to be tough to win more than 84 games.
The A's will be helped by the addition of the lowly Houston Astros to the
American League West, but remember that so will the other three teams in the
Texas lost Josh Hamilton, but he stayed in the AL West by going to the Angels.
Los Angeles will have Hamilton, a full season of Mike Trout and a more
comfortable Albert Pujols in 2013.
Letting Hamilton go will hurt Texas offense, but it softened the blow by
adding catcher A.J. Pierzynski and DH Lance Berkman, and it still has Adrian
Beltre, Ian Kinsler, Elvis Andrus and Nelson Cruz.
At this point, the As seems closer to the Seattle Mariners, who also beefed
up their offense by picking up Michael Morse and Kendrys Morales, than the
Angels or Rangers.
Of course, thats where they were in spring 2012 as well, and we saw how the
season played out.
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Jean T. and Robert E. Wildman
Jean and Bob are being recognized with a Hall of Fame Special Service Award for their decades of support to Bulldog teams as well as the Butler University Athletic Department. This support has been many faceted, including supporting the Bulldogs both on and off the field of play. Their contributions, many of which go unnoticed, have allowed Butler Athletics to grow and prosper, and now allow us to recognize their participation as meeting the standard of being truly exceptional and bringing honor to Butler University.


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Dennis Wood wrote:.... The lens mount issue is already resolved.
Andy Gordon wrote:Here's a quick sample you can freeze frame to see how much deeper the Brevis DOF is than it should be. The difference is huge. My Rode videomic was on the cam as well. Noise is pretty obvious.
Hope you can see the dramatic difference in bokeh. Much more film like if you ask me with the POC20. The Brevis is nice and sharp, but the DOF is way too deep for an f1.4 lens...
I've nearly got my own adapter working, just need to fix the oscillation so it's circular, the grain is pretty obvious at the mo.
Light loss is the same since you have to stop down the Brevis to f4 to remove the haze.
I'll post some daylight comparisons at the weekend if anyone's interested.
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Shrek 3
|Release Date: May 18, 2007
|Running Time: 92 mins.
|MPAA Rating: PG
|Box Office: $320,706,665.00
|Genre: Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sequel
Mike Myers
Cameron Diaz
Eddie Murphy
Antonio Banderas
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Summary:Being king isn't for everyone--especially if you're a prickly ogre who smells like the shallow end of a swamp. When Shrek married Fiona, the last thing he wanted was to rule Far Far Away, but when his frogger-in-law, King Harold, suddenly croaks, Shrek is quickly fitted for the crown. Now, unless the reluctant would-be king can find a suitable replacement, he'll be royally screwed for the rest of his days. As if Shrek didn't have enough on his plate, Princess Fiona has another little surprise on the way. With his head spinning and his belly in knots, Shrek sets off on a quest to find the only other possible heir to the throne, Fiona's long-lost cousin Artie, an underachieving medieval high s... Full Summary >>
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ARCA Safety Initiative - Arca . . .The Safest SanctionWritten by on November 1, 2007 Contributors: Bob Costanzo, Meg Bestell-Eide The 54-Year-Old Sanction Has Put Together One Of The Most Innovative Safety Programs In Racing
It's five minutes before the start of final practice at USA International Speedway in Lakeland, Florida. Marc Williams leans against the tailgate of a Ford F-250, taking the last drink from a water bottle under the hot Florida sun. He tosses the bottle into a nearby can and begins to make sure the equipment in the back of the truck is ready to go. The truck is outfitted with state-of-the-art hydraulic extrication equipment and rescue tools that would make any paramedic worth their weight in stethoscopes drool.
As 40 ARCA/REMAX Series race cars take to the track in anticipation of the Construct Corps/Palm Beach Grading 250, Williams and his team of safety specialists keep a watchful eye over every corner of the 0.75-mile paved oval, ready to spring into action at a moment's notice.
At first glance you might think that Williams is part of the track's safety crew, but it doesn't take long to notice the flashy purple and black ARCA logo adorning his truck, also known as a first response "chase" vehicle. He heads up the Hardcore Motor-sports ARCA Safety Initiative, an innovative program that has been part of every ARCA race since the beginning of the 2006 season.
The vertically integrated safety program is designed to support the established track safety crews where ARCA races both at and away from the racetrack. An 11-year ARCA race official and former fire marshall, Williams is a full-time ARCA employee dedicated to running the Safety Initiative. His job involves coordinating efforts with host speedways' respective safety teams, as well as working closely with ARCA RE/MAX Series race team personnel and at other ARCA-sanctioned racing events.
Williams takes his job seriously, very seriously. "I take it personally when somebody gets hurt, no matter how minor," says the Michigan native. "I love what I do and I care about each one of these guys."
In fact, Williams has been unofficially using his professional safety background in his race official duties long before the Safety Initiative took on its full time status.
"The Safety Initiative is a project we have been working toward for some time," says Joe Wells, ARCA's VP Competition. "Putting this program in place will allow us to take on an even greater role as it relates to the safety elements in ARCA. It has always been our goal to be as responsible as we can be in our role as a sanctioning body."
Williams and Wells make no bones about the fact that the Safety Initiative would never have taken off if it weren't for the sponsorship from Hardcore Motorsports. The Brighton, Michigan-based high-performance parts retail sales company, owned by Bill Wells and Nevie Richardson, jumped on board the program for one very simple reason.
"As team owners in a number of different racing series, we see firsthand the everyday need for a strong and solid safety program," commented Bill. "We feel the Hardcore Motorsports ARCA Safety Initiative will benefit all teams, drivers, and crews through a combination of information and education."
Bill says the program is all about taking ARCA safety to a new level. A sanctioning body selling a sponsorship to cover the costs for their own safety program, the concept itself is a new level and puts ARCA light years ahead of other sanctions when it comes to safety.
"Safety is, and always has been, the primary focus of our competition department," says Ron Drager, ARCA president. "Our ongoing safety initiative will benefit tremendously from the support Hardcore Motorsports is lending in terms of personnel, equipment, and education. ARCA has benefited greatly from the many recent safety advances in motorsports brought about by industry leaders, and this initiative provides resources to elevate the level of our internal program."
A primary objective of the program involves information and education, as series officials and supporting entities hold various seminars and instructional conferences during the course of the year. For example, the Hardcore Motorsports ARCA Safety Initiative recently traveled to Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa, to take part in a 16-hour incident response training session. The session, with a focus on hands-on experience, applied textbook skills and knowledge to potential at-track emergency scenarios.
"It was a very effective way to share information and interact with the track's safety team regarding all aspects of safety, fire, and rescue," said Williams. "The more we communicate with track safety teams and learn from each other, the more effective we'll all be when we work together on race weekends."
In addition to Williams, instructors included Kentucky Speedway Safety Director Charles Williams and Chicagoland Speedway Care Center Manager Linda Ptack.
Under cold and windy conditions, Iowa Speedway team members participated in a variety of potential emergency situations, including windshield removal, fire suppression, rollovers, extrication of drivers, and much more.
"We did everything from putting out fires to cutting roofs off cars for extrication," says Williams.
In addition to the hands-on experience on Sunday, several tabletop discussions took place in a classroom-type setting Saturday, allowing the free flow of information and opportunities to work with different team members.
"The class was very beneficial because the focus was a hands-on experience," says Gale Nungesser, director of operations at Iowa Speedway. "Learning what we can from textbooks is always a great idea, and to be able to apply what we learn from the books to real-life scenarios was beneficial to all.
"The experience allowed us to work and think together as a team. Since the class ended on Sunday, we've already received several phone calls asking if we could do this again next year."
Not only does Williams and his team travel to tracks for seminars such as the one at Iowa, but they also attend all the open tests with the Hardcore Motorsports ARCA Safety Initiative truck and trailer. The test sessions allow for initial inspection on all safety-related items from fuel cells to head-and-neck restraints.
"We have developed a detailed process designed to examine every aspect of safety equipment on the racecar during testing," says Williams. "The process involves several ARCA inspectors, including myself, culminating in the final approval for a car to be cleared for competition."
Current Crafts-men Truck Series driver Chad McCumbee has driven in a variety of different sanctions: go-karts, Allison Legacy cars, late models, ARCA, NASCAR trucks, and Nextel Cup. He has seen a lot of different safety crews and programs during his 12-year racing career.
"Having the same people at the track every week makes a huge difference," says McCumbee. "You have consistency, they know what they need to do and need to accomplish, and there is no way that can't be a plus."
The consistency McCumbee talks about is key to a successful safety program. But it wasn't always that way. "In the old days when I first started doing this, you'd go to a certain racetrack and they would really be up on safety," says Frank Kimmel, eight-time ARCA Series champion. "They'd have a good truck and good fire extinguishers and everything they should have. Then you may go to another venue that's not as equipped. Maybe it's a lower-budget track and maybe they're just not able to bring in that kind of thing. They may be getting volunteer help that's used to dealing with a modified car or a dirt late model or something like that. Those volunteers have no idea what it's like to get in and out of one of these types of cars."
Kimmel and his fellow competitors are excited about the continuity the program brings to the touring series. "Now we have the people that Marc himself has trained and you have the same general crew and core group at every single race. It has stepped up the entire program."
The strides the program has made in just its year and a half of existence is all the more impressive when you consider that ARCA resides in a world devoid of $20,000,000 sponsorships and private jets for every driver. "ARCA is still very small in what they're able to spend and the amount of people they have work for them and everything," says Kimmel. "For them to step up and bring in the Hardcore Motorsports company, get a sponsor, and have a full-on, out-and-out safety crew has been tremendous."
The success of the Safety Initiative at the RE/MAX Series level has led the sanctioning body to expand the program to their other touring series, the ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series for 2007 and beyond. Circle Track readers may recognize the name Terry Kibler, ARCA's new Truck Series safety inspector. Kibler, who already has a racing and emergency services background, also serves as the safety director at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. Essentially, he will serve as the safety liaison between the Truck Series and the tracks they visit.
With the addition of Kibler, accolades from the drivers and financial support from Hardcore Motorsports, the future is bright for the ARCA Safety Initiative. As McCumbee says, "They are definitely on the right track."
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It's not uncommon to see a Safety Initiative member (in red shirt) talking to racers in the garage area.As Kentucky Speedway's track safety crew tend to the wrecked car of Justin Marks, the red Dodge of the Hardcore Motorsports ARCA Safety Initiative helps coordinate the cleanup.The ARCA Safety Initiative wouldn't have been possible if not for the support of Hardcore Motorsports, a Michigan-based high-performance parts retailer.The Hardcore Motorsports ARCA Safety Initiative Dodge, ready for action in the infield of USA International Speedway in Lakeland, Florida.Fully stocked with the latest safety equipment, the ARCA Safety Initiative truck can run multiple air tools at one time.


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Hey guys and gals, I spent most of the month in Arizona chasing deer, I connected on this buck, it was a great experience, I learned alot about my family, gear and deer! I will be back down there chasing bear hopefully this summer and coues next year when I am eligible. What an outstanding start of the new year for me.
Here is a few of him on hoof
I put multiple days into this buck, he was the best mule deer I found and I wanted him BAD!


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From the kitchen of Barb Schlafer
1 to 2 cups chopped onion
2 cups Hellmann's mayo
2 cups (8 oz.) shredded Cheddar cheese
2 cups (8 oz.) shredded Mozzarella cheese
Combine all ingredients in shallow baking dish.
Top mixture with pepperoni and sliced ripe olives if desired.
Bake at 325 for 25 minutes or until bubbly and cheese is a golden color.
Serve warm with rye chips or crackers. Enjoy!!
- I choose sweet onions.
- Serve on crackers, pretzel chips, pita crisps, veggie sticks, or a French Baguette - sliced and toasted.
- Add a little minced garlic, maybe crab instead pepperoni???
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Alvin G. "Duke" Schulz, 77, of Le Mars, Iowa passed away on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at Plymouth Manor Care Center in Le Mars. A Memorial Service will take place at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at the Mauer-Johnson Funeral Home in LeMars. The Rev. James Strickland of the Church of the Nazarene will officiate. Burial will follow at a later date at Hillsidde Cemetery in Merrill, Iowa. Visitation will begin at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday at the funeral home. Memories and expressions of sympathy may be directed through www.mauerjohnsonfh.com
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There is no legal way to do it, including the option that you mentioned.
Title pretty much sums it up. But is there an easy way to convert the Dundjinni djx(?) objects into PNG format? Other than place them on a blank map and copy them.
There is no legal way to do it, including the option that you mentioned.
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The Vintyri (TM) Project
Thanks Mark. I've just begun to discover Photoshop and it's versatility and was wondering how I could port some across. I'll just have to have a look here and on the Dundjinni forums to pick up symbols and stuff that I want.
As Mark said, the djx files on Dundjinni are copyrighted and they can't be easily converted to png. But there are only about 500 djx symbols and there are about 70,000 user created png symbols on the DJ user Forums that are free to use. Learn to use the search function on the DJ forum it is a great way to find things.
I have over 2,000 symbols and maps I made at DJ and I have posted hundreds of them here in the Mapping Elements Thread.
Here is a link to the mapping elements I posted here, http://www.cartographersguild.com/sh...les-and-Chairs
And here is a link to the Preset Thread at DJ: http://www.dundjinni.com/forums/foru...TID=11512&PN=2
This is a link to a Search list I created when I did a search for "Weapons": http://www.dundjinni.com/forums/sear...I=TC&FM=8&OB=1
Anything specific you need just let me know.
My Battlemaps Gallery http://www.cartographersguild.com/al...p?albumid=3407


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May 29, 2016
Hundreds of school kids got to see a professional version of the classic tale, The Three Little Pigs.
The Dallas Children's Theatre presented two shows Friday at the MSU Riley Center. Officials say there are lessons to be learned from the story, like responsibility and the value of preparation, in addition to seeing a familiar story come to life.
"The whole idea about the arts and all the aspects that link to that, both rhythm and music but as well parts of the literature that they are studying," said Dennis Sankovich, executive director of the MSU Riley Center. "We tie everything back to the school classroom."
The Riley Center brings in about a half dozen of these types of educational shows for children each year, in addition to family shows that are open to the public.
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Recently, Pharm Exec had the opportunity to sit down with Lewis-Hall to learn about the experiences, both professional and personal, which brought her the HBA award and built her career in linking the profession of medicine to the larger politics of public health.
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If her uncle's adaptability to his own condition instilled in Lewis-Hall an enterprising attitude, then the rest of her family's reaction taught her selflessness, cooperation, and generosity of spirit: "In our house, there were stairs that led up to the bedrooms. My uncle would wait [there] in the evenings if he was too tired to walk up with his crutches. My dad would be out late driving a cab ... and I would hear him come in and literally carry my uncle up the stairs. It was the idea that we were always there for each other and literally carried each other on our backs to make things happen," she recalls. "It was profound learning about being part of a community, and for me, now, being part of a workplace."
One other person became a crucial part of the family unit that Lewis-Hall observed in her early years—Dr. Settles, the family physician. "I saw my uncle treated and moved along not just by the love and attention of the family, but by the medical care he received," she explains. "By age six, I was hooked. I really knew that some way, some how, I was going to be a physician."


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The Book Thief (2013)
The Book Thief SynopsisWhile subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refuge is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.
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Thinking outside the 5-sided box
Reformers are trying to transform a Defense Department that wastes billions and may not be prepared for future security threats. But management inertia, infighting, and arcane accounting and procurement procedures may torpedo their best efforts
From the moment they landed in Afghanistan, American forces worked to blend into a dusty, windswept warscape from another time. Crack U.S. fighters trained to strike with stealth and lasers instead grew beards, donned scarves, and rode horses trained to charge into machine-gun fire. They used pack-mules to transport equipment at night past minefields, and along narrow trails that dropped away into harrowing mountain chasms. Preparing to attack Taliban stronghold Mazar-e Sharif, they helped anti-Taliban Afghan soldiers with food, taught them tactics.
At a briefing of junior and senior officers at the National Defense University in January, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told the rest of the story of the battle for Mazar: "On the appointed day, one of the [Special Forces] teams slipped in and hid well behind the lines, ready to call in airstrikes, and the bomb blasts would be the signal for others to charge.
"When the moment came, they signaled ... coalition aircraft and looked at their watches. Two minutes and 15 seconds, 10 seconds-and then, out of nowhere, precision-guided bombs began to land on Taliban and al-Qaeda positions. The explosions were deafening, and the timing so precise that, as the soldiers described it, hundreds of Afghan horsemen literally came riding out of the smoke, coming down on the enemy in clouds of dust and flying shrapnel.... And they rode boldly-Americans, Afghans, towards the Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters. It was the first cavalry attack of the 21st century."
Mr. Rumsfeld wasn't just entertaining senior troops with a gripping war story that day. He was addressing the need for the "transformation" of the American military. He held up the victory at Mazar-a strategic domino that ultimately toppled the Taliban from power-as an example of what American ingenuity could achieve. But he also pointed out the need for the whole Department of Defense, not just troops on the ground, to break free from Cold-War thinking-and from a bureaucratic quagmire that swallows fresh ideas the way a black hole swallows matter.
"The way the Department of Defense runs," said Mr. Rumsfeld, "... is broken. It is not serving the department or the country well. And yet it is inexorable. It just rolls along, like the freight train coming from San Francisco with the wrong things for New York."
George W. Bush's 2003 defense budget, passed quietly by the House last week with little of the usual interparty swordplay, may help. The $393 billion, two-bill package is the largest real increase in defense spending since 1966, and the largest defense budget, period, in more than a decade. The core "non-war" budget raises military pay, funds ballistic missile defense ($7.8 billion), increases key readiness accounts ($4.6 billion), bankrolls procurement ($73 billion), and allots more than $56 billion for military systems research and development.
That's a promising start. But DOD critics-and some government reports-say money alone won't jumpstart the management inertia that plagues the department. Instead, they say infighting, parochialism, and arcane accounting and procurement practices may torpedo the Bush-Rumsfeld vision of a "transformed" U.S. military.
"American forces are, on the whole, extremely flexible at tactics but more rigid institutionally," writes Johns Hopkins University Professor of Strategic Studies Eliot A. Cohen in the current issue of Foreign Affairs. "Although some stirrings are visible, the services have generally been unwilling to explore moving beyond old forms of organization."
Why do the armed services need transforming when the point of the American military spear is proving so sharp in Afghanistan? Because defense analysts worry that the new century will usher in threats from far more able adversaries.
Among them: China. Though it lags seriously behind the U.S. in firepower, China's military expenditures may have increased by roughly 40 percent between 1990 and 1995, according to an Army Strategic Studies Institute report issued in March. China also "appears to be developing a war-fighting, as opposed to a deterrence-oriented, nuclear weapons doctrine."
Another threat: North Korea. Now capable of firing ballistic missiles at U.S. interests, the communist nation worries national security analysts. They also are concerned with Russia's ability to maintain a coherent state-and thus maintain control over its significant supply of tactical and strategic weapons. Add to those worries a vast number and variety of "asymmetric threats," such as the 9/11 attacks.
"It is entirely possible that within a generation, more than one aspiring regional power will have both the motivation and the means to pose a sizeable military threat to U.S. interests," wrote then-Defense Secretary William Cohen in his 2001 Annual Defense Report. That report, issued prior to the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks, also warned of state-sponsored "terrorists capable of increased levels of violence [that] directly threaten American lives."
It was Sept. 11 that triggered the first serious sea change in U.S. military policy. President Bush "shook the defense department loose from the psychosis that America is incapable of asserting our own interests as we see fit, without getting permission from the UN and other countries," said J. Michael Waller, vice president of the Center for Security Policy in Washington, D.C.
Yet, despite 9/11-inspired urgency, the Pentagon "still is not on a war footing," Mr. Waller notes. "It's still taking an obscenely long time for procurement. There are emergency exceptions, but overall, you have this sense of business as usual, of military bureaucracy."
Mr. Rumsfeld agrees. "Almost every day in meetings, I am confronted by people who come to me with approaches and recommendations and suggestions and requests that reflect a mindset that is exactly the same as before Sept. 11th."
It's not that DOD's people aren't bright and hardworking-most are. But, as U.S. Comptroller General David Walker told Congress in March, there is little incentive to upset the status quo. DOD's half-million civilian employees are not rewarded so much for great performance as they are for just sticking around. Meanwhile, decades of policymaking-sometimes concurrent and conflicting-have produced layer upon layer of paperwork, and more hoops to jump through than the Cirque du Soleil.
To understand the difficulty of change, it helps to look beyond weapons and recruiting counts at the vastness of the agency that protects American freedom. Over 1.4 million active-duty service members operate in more than 140 countries. DOD maintains the equivalent of small cities in most of those lands-more than 80 such mini-cities in Europe alone-along with 50 Army forts, 66 Air Force bases, and 81 Navy and Marine Corps bases stateside.
From these installations, and from 318 Navy ships, U.S. forces fight terror, project power, hunt drug traffickers, monitor despots, police borders, rescue disaster survivors, deploy spies, train foreign troops, patrol seven seas, even search for comrades lost in wars past. Then there are the American peacekeepers who blanket the planet, deterring aggression.
Maintenance and logistics groups repair, process, and transport everything from infrared goggles to toothpaste. Meanwhile, military schools staffed with hundreds teach troops about weapons, nuclear power, electronics, computers, intelligence, medicine, transportation, supplies, food service, administration, and special warfare. Add to that the vast network of human resource and "quality of life" operations that attempt to keep America's all-volunteer force paid, fed, and happy.
The management and procurement structure powering this behemoth consumes more than double the dollars spent annually by the militaries of all other NATO nations combined. Yet, according to the September 2001 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), DOD's financial systems "would struggle to meet the standards of generally accepted accounting principles."
In March, for example, the General Accounting Office (GAO) reported that the DOD last year couldn't exactly tell whether $1.1 billion earmarked for spare parts was actually spent on spare parts. Also in fiscal year 2001, the defense department made $146 million in "illegal" financial adjustments, while the Navy blew $64 million on fraudulent government purchase card expenditures.
Some current acquisition programs already are treading the path of cost overrun and delay. For example, R&D costs for the new F-22 fighter, in development since 1995, are expected to exceed by $557 million the contract price of $18 billion, according to the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Production costs are expected to shoot through the $37.6 billion contract cost cap to $43 billion. Meanwhile, F-22 flight testing is behind schedule, so the Air Force extended the schedule and reduced the test requirements by almost a third, the GAO reported.
The 2003 defense bill lists more than 50 acquisition and modernization programs-from buffing up the radar-jamming, Vietnam-era EA-6B Prowler to developing the new DD-X family of stealth-capable ships. GAO defense analyst Allen Li says he hasn't seen much to convince him that those programs will fare better than the F-22. DOD program managers, he said, often commit financially to a project before they know how well an article will work. "They're now recognizing that that's not a good thing to do and are looking at how private industry does it. But I haven't seen any success stories so far that show their words are turning into action."
Past attempts to bring DOD in line with the best practices of private enterprise have been costly disasters. Take Corporate Information Management (CIM), for example, a 1989 reform initiative expected to save billions by reforming DOD procurement, finance, and other key management areas. By 1997, after spending eight years and $20 billion on CIM, the savings had yet to materialize. DOD eventually abandoned the initiative.
Even bureaucracies created to overcome change-resistance have resisted change. In 1997, the DOD established a Defense Management Council that included high-ranking military representatives and senior executives from the Office of the Secretary of Defense. This civilian-like "board of directors" was designed to break down organizational "stovepipes" and create cooperative approaches to DOD struggles. But "the council's effectiveness was impaired," the GAO reported, "because members were not able to put their individual military services or DOD agencies interests aside to focus on department-wide approaches to longstanding problems."
Mr. Rumsfeld has tackled some of those problems since taking office last year. A Washington veteran who served as defense chief under Gerald Ford, his acerbic manner at first chafed at underlings when he reentered the job. But after 9/11, Mr. Rumsfeld's no-nonsense rhetorical style and utter disdain for political hokum came across as just what the country needed. (His candor so charmed the press that the liberal magazine Vanity Fair recently featured the conservative defense secretary on its cover. The photo, which also pictured Gulf War masterminds Dick Cheney and Colin Powell, imparted the distinct impression that, well, grownups were now in charge of matters of state.)
Some changes so far on Mr. Rumsfeld's watch: In April, he reorganized the military theater commanders-in-chief (CINC), assigning every part of the globe, including the continental United States, to a combat command. This sweeping change, the first of its kind in more than half a century, unifies force structure, supplanting a system in which "functional" and combat CINC responsibilities overlapped. Now there is no confusion about who's in charge.
Feminists are also no longer in charge at the Pentagon. The DACOWITS (Defense Committee on Women in the Services), as conservatives knew and hated it, is gone. The committee was launched 50 years ago to address the needs of the growing number of female service members. But over time, it morphed into a tax-funded feminist lobby that pressed hard for such political goals as putting women in ground combat, while branding dissenters as "anti-woman." Rechartered in March, DACOWITS now will focus on real military women's issues such as family separation and childcare.
Mr. Rumsfeld also chucked the Pentagon's two-theater war doctrine in favor of an approach that calls for the military to be ready to fight multiple regional conflicts and respond to large-scale "asymmetric" attacks such as those on the World Trade Center and Pentagon.
Important changes all, each ushered through quickly with executive support. But other changes to DOD management may have to run the bureaucratic gantlet: Pentagon officials thought "transformation" was such a good idea that they established a new office to manage it-the "Office of Transformation."
Can another internal DOD jurisdiction really be an effective agent of change? Or will it only add more hoops?


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IATA issues positive statement on air cargo growth
March 01, 2011 - LM Editorial
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced international scheduled traffic results for January showing a 9.1 percent growth in air freight compared to January 2010.
"We begin the year with some good news. January traffic volumes are up—8.2 percent on January 2010 and 2.6 percent on December. With most major indices pointing to strengthening world trade and economic growth, this is positive for the industry's prospects," said Giovanni Bisignani, IATA's Director General and CEO.
He added – predictably – that industry leaders are closely tracking events in the Middle East.
"The region's instability has sent oil prices skyrocketing," he said. "Our current forecast is based on an average annual oil price of $84 per barrel (Brent). Today the price is over $100. For each dollar it increases, the industry is challenged to recover $1.6 billion in additional costs. With $598 billion in revenues, $9.1 billion in profits and a profit margin of just 1.5 percent, even with good news on traffic 2011 is starting out as a very challenging year for airlines."
This concern was shared by U.S. air cargo executives, who told LM that they are keeping a watchful eye on the situation.
"Fuel is our second largest expense behind salaries, wages, and benefits," said Matt Buckley, Southwest Airline's senior director, cargo and charters. "Rising fuel costs have a significant impact on our bottom line, and thus will ultimately result in increased shipping costs."
Robbie Anderson, president, United Cargo, told LM that fuel is United's largest expense at 26.6 percent and, as a result, is a constant focus for efficiency.
"The rising drumbeat of fuel prices created an increase of $517 million in United's fuel costs in the fourth quarter alone," he said. "Consider that each run up of 1 dollar in the price of crude carries a $100 million incremental cost to United. That is pretty startling."
And according to IATA, the timing for such a complication is ill-timed. Air freight in January was 39 percent above the low point reached at the end of 2009 and some 6 percent above the pre-recession peak of early 2008. Freight has, however, fallen 2 percent since its May 2010 peak at the height of the re-stocking bubble.
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Which tripod, Berlebach, Geoptik?
Posted 06 January 2013 - 06:50 AM
An alternative would be Berlebach Planet (11 kg) or Berlebach Sky ( 9 kg, but rather expensive).
Can anybody report on the Geoptic, any comments?
with many thanks in advance
Posted 06 January 2013 - 04:11 PM
Not knowing the length of your 160 makes it hard to recommend a tripod. But, just guessing, I would think it is fairly long. The Geoptik 105 looks pretty short at it's minimum height. The less one has to extend the legs, the more stable it will be. It is a very nice looking tripod, but I would recommend the Berlebach Planet. Lots of members have the Planet and are quite happy. It also is a beautiful tripod. Hopefully others will chime in with their experience. I am still new at this so I can't speak with much experience but my Planet is very solid and very gorgeous.
Best, Linda B.
Posted 06 January 2013 - 04:54 PM
I agree the Geoptik would be just too short.
Posted 06 January 2013 - 05:23 PM
thanks for you comments, actually, 800 mm hight is sufficient since I use an fork mount. I agree, the Berlebach Planet is very nice, but I would prefer a lighter Tripod.
Posted 06 January 2013 - 05:29 PM
I'd also put one of Rob Miller's Tri36L (or Tri36M) on your shortlist. From what I read, it's the one tripod that matches (if not exceeds) the Berlebach Planet while being considerably lighter.
I agree the Geoptik would be just too short.
800 mm hight would be sufficient, so from that point of view the Geoptik is fine.
Thanks for drawing my attention to the Rob Miller's tripos, where can I find detailed specs? It seems that they are made of metall, aluminum or so. In terms of vibration damping carbon tubes are much better. Does he make carbon version?
Posted 06 January 2013 - 05:54 PM
I am not understanding how a fork mount makes the short tripod workable with a 160mm refractor. How long is your telescope? I am also in a learning mode. That doesn't make sense to me. Please, someone explain. And yes, the Miller tripods look good.
Best, Linda B.
Posted 06 January 2013 - 06:20 PM
You can take a look at Thomas' scope here A 160 mm f/6.5 binocular telescope.
In the thread, his mount wasn't a fork mount. So he must have a new mount
Here is an example of fork mount that I have for 6" binoscope. The scope wasn't binoscope in the photo but 5" f/7 scope. His scope may be a little longer than 5" f/7. The tripod height in the photo is about 45 inch. The fork mount lifts OTA above the tripod enough so that he does not need the high tripod, assuming that he observes seated on star chair.
Posted 06 January 2013 - 11:27 PM
I'd also put one of Rob Miller's Tri36L (or Tri36M) on your shortlist. From what I read, it's the one tripod that matches (if not exceeds) the Berlebach Planet while being considerably lighter.
I agree the Geoptik would be just too short.
I use the Rob Miller TRI36L with my Mach1. It's (obviously) extremely well engineered and stable. If I am not mistaken it can carry ~300lb. and it only weighs 8lb. I would definitely recommend putting it on your short list.
Posted 07 January 2013 - 01:15 AM
Thank you for the clarification and the link to Thomas' bino project. It makes a lot more sense to me now. I was picturing one very very long telescope. Thanks again.
Best, Linda B.
Posted 07 January 2013 - 01:26 AM
I am understanding better now about your telescope. I visited your previous thread about your project. Your big binocular scope is beautiful. Good luck with your tripod search.
Best, Linda B.
Posted 07 January 2013 - 05:24 AM
thanks a lot for your kind comments, your folk mound looks very interesting.


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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Has Jayson Werth stopped laughing?
He was hammered in Philadelphia after signing as a free agent with the
Washington Nationals before last season, ripped for taking the money and
leaving a playoff team, Werth now has a lot more money and his Nats nearly won
100 games.
As for the Phillies, they didn't nearly win 100 games, they barely won 80.
Funny game, baseball.
The postseason is about to begin for the lucky few (and as for that extra
wild card, turns out it was pretty cool after all. It made the races more
interesting down the stretch).
While a lot of the usual suspects - the San Francisco Giants, New York Yankees,
Detroit Tigers - are still playing, the most intriguing group has to be the
Nationals. But what about the Oakland A's? (more on them later)
What a great story. A doormat in Washington since arriving (returning really)
in 2005, the Nats drafted well and traded well and became what they are today,
a World Series contender. Think about that. Only the Nationals (formerly the
Expos) and the Mariners have never played in the Fall Classic. That could
change soon.
Tell me, if you could have any roster in baseball right now, wouldn't you take
Washington? Stephen Strasburg, Bryce Harper, Gio Gonzalez, Michael Morse,
Werth, the Zimmermans, Ryan and Jordan. Give me them.
Of course, Strasburg has been shelved, and the Nats will take a ton of heat if
they run out of pitching, but they're still capable of causing plenty of
damage. Will they win it all? Can't make that call right now.
Same thing with Oakland. If the Nats are story No. 1, the A's are No. 1A.
Picked to be the runt of the litter once again, all the A's did was sweep the
two-time American League champion Texas Rangers this week to win the West.
Unstinkin' believable.
Thirteen games behind the division-leading Rangers on June 30 - with the lowest
payroll in baseball to boot - maybe the A's are story No. 1.
It doesn't really matter, both are obviously worthy.
We're not going to predict a Nats-A's World Series (at least not yet). Instead,
let's wait a bit and see how things play out and then make a wrong prediction a
week or two from now. That I can guarantee.
While we celebrate the winners at the end of every season, and rightfully so
for a job well done, the losers are just set adrift.
How did you know when your favorite baseball team was done? All you had to do
was listen to a sports radio update over the last week or two.
The deep voice rattled off the stories of the day and then gave the baseball
scores. But only a few scores, of the games that mattered. Didn't hear a score
for your team, it wasn't because they didn't play, it was because it didn't
And for fans of teams that were out of it long ago, I hope you didn't get
excited about being a spoiler.
Being a spoiler means your team stunk. "Hey, we can keep so and so from
clinching on our field if we sweep this series." Whoop de doo.
Maybe your team did, but then the team it did it to clinched a playoff spot in
the next city it went to and your team went to play golf.
It's about making the postseason and winning it all. That's what we remember.
And speaking of remembering, this writer took some flak from fans of the
Pittsburgh Pirates and fans of the Kansas City Royals for saying "way back" in
the spring that those teams, while the chic pick of some experts, would
flounder again.
But, for a while there, it looked like the Bucs were going to prove me wrong.
And, even though I'm not a Pirates fan, I wish they would have.
Pittsburgh was rocking for a good part of the season. The Pirates were winning
close games, drawing some crowds and bringing some summer excitement back to
western Pennsylvania. Heck, there was even plenty of playoff talk.
Then, it went away. The Pirates pulled a Stricker (a new term that I bet
catches on) and started losing and losing badly just when their fans needed the
Another losing season in Pittsburgh. What is it now? Twenty straight seasons?
And for the Royals, barely 70 wins. Not quite gonna do it. And I won't even
talk about the Chicago Cubs or the Los Angeles Angels.
There's always next year for baseball fans. We hang our hat on it.
But let's worry about that come spring training. For now, let's just enjoy
If your team is part of the postseason show, good for you. Have fun because
you never know when, or if, it will happen again.
Drew Markol has been a sportswriter and columnist for several Philadelphia-area
newspapers for over 25 years.
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|Chad Stroh is Outstanding Wrestler at Chase County
|Written by Brenda Johnson Brandt
While wrestling in a weak bracket at the Chase County Invitational at Imperial, Neb. Saturday, Jan. 17, 125-lb. junior Chad Stroh bumped his season record to 22-0 and earned the Outstanding Wrestler award for the tourney.
As a team, the Dragons placed fourth, only seven and a half points behind the second-place team.
Mark Edmonds also placed first, at 103 lbs., while Seth Baker (135 lbs.) and Luke Garrett (160) both took second and Skyler Dittmer (130) finished third.
In the junior varsity tournament at Imperial, four Dragons found success. Parker Redfern (135 lbs.) and Brandon Price (145) both placed first, while Mitch Wittman (171) and Casey Sage (189) finished second.
Coach Duane Stroh said some individuals wrestled well, but as a whole, they just didn't take advantage of opportunities like they did the previous week when the Dragons won the Boulder Valley Invite.
Some questionable calls made a difference in several matches, according to coach Stroh.
Sidney won Saturday's varsity tournament with 135.5 points, followed by Ogallala 107, Chase County 105.5, Holyoke 99.5, Chadron 89.5, North Platte 89, Hitchcock County 72, Bridgeport 56, Garden County 53, Cambridge 42, Wray JV 26, Perkins County 8 and Dundy County 2.
This week, the Dragons will return to Imperial for dual action Thursday, Jan. 22 at 7 p.m., and Saturday, Jan. 24, they're fired up for the always-competitive Lexington, Neb. tournament.
Individual results from the Chase County Invite follow:
Varsity tourney
103 lbs.—Mark Edmonds placed first, bumping his season record to 18-1. He pinned Dane Aurich of Sidney in 3:35 and tech falled Keith Cochran of Chase County 15-0.
119 lbs.—Brian Strong had a rough day, according to coach Stroh. He defeated Justin Broberg of Chadron in a major 10-2 decision, but then lost two matches. Broberg went on to place third. Strong lost a 3-13 major decision to a tough Ryan Roach of Sidney and lost a 5-7 decision to Cody Richards of North Platte in a match in which the ref got confused, according to coach Stroh.
125 lbs.—Chad Stroh placed first, pinning all three of his opponents in the first period. Coach Stroh said he made Chad earn 11 points before going for the pin. He pinned Gatlin Moul of Ogallala in 1:34, John Haun of Sidney in 1:08 and Taylor Hoeft of North Platte in 1:09.
130 lbs.—Skyler Dittmer placed third. He pinned Anthony Rodriguez of Cambridge in 1:49, got caught in a cradle and was pinned in 1:24 by Omar Martinez of Wray on a questionable call, pinned Colten Scherbarth of Chadron in 1:30 and pinned Issaih Rivas of Ogallala in :47.
135 lbs.—Seth Baker placed second in a really good day on the mats, said coach Stroh. He won a 12-3 major decision over Garrett Frederick of Chadron, pinned his cousin Justin Lueth of Chase County in 3:59 and lost a 0-7 decision to Hunter Roseberry of Sidney.
Coach Stroh said Baker is much-improved and is wrestling well. He's especially pleased with Baker's performance the last two weeks, in which he's had six wins and two losses.
145 lbs.—Broc Pelle entered what coach Stroh called "by far the toughest bracket in the tournament," and competed hard. He was pinned in 2:31 by Jeremiah Lueth of Chase County, and "just got out of his mojo," said Stroh. He then lost a 4-6 decision to Riley Kosmicki of Perkins County.
160 lbs.—Luke Garrett placed second. He was sick during the tournament and had a rough day, but still managed to get to the championship, said coach Stroh.
He pinned Levi Campfield of Wray in 2:21, earned a come-from-behind pin in 5:10 over McCabe Johnson of Garden County and lost the championship to Will Brown of Chadron in a 1-16 tech fall.
Junior Varsity tourney
135 lbs.—Parker Redfern placed first, pinning his way through the championship. He pinned Christian Miyamoto of Perkins County in 3:27 and pinned Isaac Johnson of Cambridge in 1:02.
145 lbs.—Brandon Price placed first, bumping his record to 7-6. "He looked like a world champion," praised coach Stroh, adding Price is getting better all-around every week. He pinned Andrew McCurdy of Cambridge in 2:28 and pinned Andrew Jacobsen of Sidney in :35.
171 lbs.—Mitch Wittman placed second. Coach Stroh noted he just keeps getting better every week. He was pinned by Jesse Callahan of Hitchcock County in 2:59, then pinned Jared Hensen of Wray in 3:26.
189 lbs.—Casey Sage won his first match ever and finished second in the tourney. He was pinned in 2:27 by Kyle Christofferson of Sidney and pinned Curt Lewin of Chadron in 1:48.