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The ANC is a national liberation movement. It was formed in 1912 to unite the African people and spearhead the struggle for fundamental political, social and economic change.
The ANC's key objective is the creation of a united, non-racial, non-sexist and democratic society.
This means the liberation of Africans in particular and black people in general from political and economic bondage. It means uplifting the quality of life of all South Africans, especially the poor.
The ANC is in an alliance with the South African Communist Party (SACP) and the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). Each Alliance partner is an independent organisation with its own constitution, membership and programmes. The Alliance is founded on a common commitment to the objectives of the National Democratic Revolution, and the need to unite the largest possible cross-section of South Africans behind these objectives.
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28 March 2013
The ANC rejects with contempt the damaging and malicious claim by the Mail and Guardian that South African soldiers were sent to the Central African Republic to protect ANC business interest. We believe that this accusation is calculated to damage the image of the ANC and to sow distrust in noble decisions of the South African government that derive from public and transparent policies.
We want to put it on record that the ANC as an organisation does not have business interests in CAR. Secondly, the deployment of soldiers in CAR was a government decision deriving from our foreign policy and endorsed by both the African Union and the United Nations. The ridiculous accusations by the Mail and Guardian insinuate that the South African government, the African Union and the United Nations collectively conspired in the interest of the ANC and sacrificed South African soldiers.
What is most disturbing with the accusation are blatant lies that suggest that a company linked to the ANC has business interest in CAR. We have established that the said company has no business activity in CAR. While their accusation is false, we believe that South Africans have a right to do business anywhere in the world including the continent of Africa.
With these accusations, it is clear that the Mail and guardian has opted to play on the emotions of the public and undermine the price paid our soldiers in the interest of peace and stability in the continent. They are pissing on the graves of gallant fighters who put their lives on the line in service of our country and our continent.
Given the seriousness of this accusation, we will consider all options at our disposal including approaching the courts of law for recourse and to honour those who are fallen whose sacrifice has been rubbished by the Mail and Guardian.
The ANC calls on the public not to be misled and join in bowing our heads to mourn our heroes and extend our collective condolences to their families and loved ones. For us this is national tragedy that calls for all South Africans to reach to their families to give them support.
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With snow still piled high and more promised, it's hard to believe that spring is near. But it is. Temperatures have been warming up little by little, and before you know it, it'll be time to plant the petunias. To help you get in the spring mood—and plan this year's landscaping and gardening—visit the Chicago Flower & Garden Show at Navy Pier March 15-23.
No matter how much garden space you have, or even if you think you have no space at all, you'll come away with good tips. You'll see more than 25 different kinds of gardens, everything from gardens to attract birds, gardens that specialize in one type of flower like tulips or hyacinths, even gardens that grow on a rooftop or up the side of a building. Wander the exhibit floor or attend seminars that specialize in various growing methods. The kids can participate, too. In the Kids' Activity Garden, they can make a container garden to take home with them or play on a swing or in a sandbox.
If you love cooking or watching cooking shows, plan to watch Garden Gourmet cooking demonstrations by top Chicago-area chefs using home-grown ingredients. On Sunday, March 23, the Garden Gourmet stage will feature the Chicago Area Retail Bakers Association Regional Cake Decorating Finals.
Attend the show, get inspired, and get into the spring mood at the Chicago Flower & Garden Show.
Visit the Chicago Flower & Garden Show web site for show schedule and ticket prices. Save $2 per ticket when you order online by March 14.
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Release Date: Sep 14, 2012
Genre: DramaSuspense/Thriller
Rating: (R)
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This movies presented many ethical dilemnas/issues for each of its main and secondary characters. Not one of them stood up and did the "right thing." The movie is a clear statement of the moral values of our capitalist system, i.e., all is OK in the name of money...amazing, really, but true.
I went to see this film with my girlfriend and we both really liked it. I did not really know anything about this film before I saw it and I was pleasantly surprised by it. I thought that the story was interesting and well told by the characters and the setting of the film. The screenplay is very effective and I could tell that he actors were enjoying themselves and having fun with the material. The film was very involving and I was on the edge of my seat throughout the whole thing. I thought that the cast was absolutely great and Richard Gere was the perfect leading man, he nailed this character. Overall, I think this film is worth seeing in the theaters.
I liked this film, even though I realize that the filmmakers these days are milking the story of a fallen Wall Street financial wizard whose sins have caught up with him. I think the film had pretty interesting plot twists and the story was told in a nice pace and directed very well, I was quite impressed. The film also had a great cast and that definitely helped this film a lot. Richard Gere is naturally good at these kind of roles and I saw some real depth in his character and it was a real pleasure to watch Gere perform in this film.
This is a drama about a hedge fund magnate who makes a mistake and it forces him to ask for help from a very unlikely person, the film is directed by Nicholas Jarecki and stars Richard Gere, Tim Roth and Nate Parker. I think the film was alright but i do not think it is worth the price of the movie ticket. The plot of the film is not original at all and I think that hurts the film but in the same time the movie is pretty interesting and I liked the twists. The movie has a bit of suspense throughout and it really picks up in the end so you will not get bored watching it. The cast is pretty great and I really enjoyed watching Richard Gere and Tim Roth, overall this film was quite enjoyable.
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Lieutenant General Sir Nick Carter developed the Future Force 2020 plan - the new structure of the Armed Forces.
15:52, UK, Thursday 20 February 2014
Lieutenant General Sir Nick Carter has been named the new Chief of the General Staff, the effective head of the British Army.
He will succeed General Sir Peter Wall to the post in September.
The Queen first had to approve the decision.
Announcing the appointment, the Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said: "I look forward to working with Sir Nicholas as we deliver our programme of reforms to create a leaner, more efficient Ministry of Defence and more agile, adaptable Armed Forces.
"I pay tribute to the leadership Sir Peter Wall has shown during a period of significant turbulence as we have re-shaped the Regular Army, begun to rebuild the Army Reserve, while conducting operations across the globe, including Afghanistan and Libya."
General Carter completed three tours of Afghanistan in quick succession, the final one as the Deputy Commander of Isaf.
He currently has the job of Commander Land Forces.
Significantly he is also responsible for developing the Future Force 2020 plan - the new structure of the Armed Forces following a need to dramatically cut the budget outline in the 2010 Strategic Defence Review.
He was commissioned into the Royal Green Jackets in 1978 and saw service in Northern Ireland, Cyprus and Germany.
He was appointed commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion The Royal Green Jackets from 1998 to 2000 and, during that time, undertook two operational tours in Bosnia and Kosovo.
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I've been running arch linux for quite a few months and it has been the best distribution i've used. However, sometimes, it just decides to freeze. I may be using the computer, the bottom bar shows the CPU load is at 0.30, perfectly normal, then all of sudden it starts going up, 1, 3, 5, 10 and goes beyond 20 if I let it. The whole system becomes unresponsive and I can't even kill X. I'm pretty sure it's my browser the one which is doing that, since when I realize the load is going up, I can kill it and everything goes back to normal. However this happens both with firefox and chromium, which leaves me thinking it might be a flash bug, however, everything is up to date and I don't see anyone else complaining about it. Is there some way I can profile it to make sure what is the process taking over the CPU?
Sometimes the CPU cooler is not properly mounted, so you need to check the CPU temperature.
If you have some issues and you don't know what it is, then the best approach is the black-box testing. To do that, remove some components, sound-cards, drives, GPU and so on. If you still have issues try another OS.
Sounds like hardware I/O failure; the reason the load average goes up is because multiple process are trapped in uninterruptible sleep. It also tends to max out the CPU1 because the kernel is busy looping trying to access a hardware device that is malfunctioning.
In short, the kernel does not deal with the situation very well because there not much point in trying to compensate for failing hardware on a low level. You will probably find lots and lots of evidence of the problem if you look in the system logs afterwards. Chances are you have a hard drive with some bad blocks on it; this may be repairable, although you have not described the problem in sufficient detail2 for me to offer an opinion.
If the problem is bad blocks, you can check decisively by running
1. Note that CPU usage and load average are not the same thing, although the way this is reported by some tools can be confusing.
2. How long has this been recurring, how often does it happen, how long does it last.
What graphics chipset do you have? Newer kernels have a huge problem with some Intel graphics chipsets, like Intel 82845G "Brookdale". Do this:
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The Sunderland boss praised his squad to the hilt after Adam Johnson's goal downed champions Manchester City.
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There's been so much ridiculousness in the world lately. Have you seen the news? So much negativity. And it's played in my house. And it makes my father rage. And I have a short fuse after too much of him yelling at the TV.
There's been tough changes at work, too. Not a lot of us are very pleased with the changes.
I had a meltdown last night.
I cried the hardest I've cried in quite awhile. I felt lightheaded, sick, and cold...I couldn't catch my breath. I felt so lost, I didn't know what to do. I wanted to hide, to go away, but knew that there was no point...nothing would be changed when I'd eventually come back.
I had an amazing support system, though. I did. I have amazing loves in my life, and I'm so thankful they were there. A couple of them didn't even know that they were lifting my spirits when they wrote to me, they didn't know what was going on. My boyfriend tried to reason with me logically (kudos to him, although I question him trying to do so with a sobbing, hormonal mess of a woman at the time!)...and he reminded me of what I had learned at the de-stressing training I'd attended. You need to focus on you. I still feel like I need to save the world, and when I can't, I feel totally lost, powerless, weak.
He reminded me to smile, even n the face of all of this.
So, this morning, I was gentle with myself.
I made my customary green tea, and I made some old-fashioned oats with unsweetened applesauce, banana, and strawberries. I did 30 (30!!!!) minutes of stretching out with some yoga music, and my peppermint candle on the warmer. I made an egg white omelette with swiss cheese, quinoa, and broccoli, and am thoroughly enjoying it.
I'm taking care of me, even though the world outside of mine is still a question mark...work is a question mark (what will it be like today? will I make it?), politics are a VERY big question mark...how my parents will be feeling when I see them tonight will be a question mark...
But I need to remember that it is absolutely more than okay to take care of your own little corner of the world, of yourself, so that that, too, does not fall into disrepair.
I decided to type this up and share this because we ALL need to remember to TAKE CARE and BE GENTLE with ourselves! It can be so, so, so very, very hard to remember, and, if you're like me, sometimes you feel guilty and selfish for even thinking about it...please, make yourself that cup of tea. Warm up your favorite candle. Cuddle with your pets. Hug a friend. Paint. Read that book you've been meaning to get to.
Just...take care, everyone. Take care, and love...moreover, remember to love yourself...so that the love may spread to others, too. Do your best. No one can ask for more than that. And don't beat yourself up if you fall short. There's no shame in an honest attempt.
My dad did apologize before he and my mom left for appointments today. I didn't want to tell him that I melted down last night, but he mentioned that I looked like I was "feeling blah".
It's so hard when tensions are so high everywhere...I'll probably have to come back and re-read this more than once for myself.
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The massive celebrity photo leak that hit the web over the weekend has taken an even more illegal turn, and it could even have viewers of the material in hot water, as one of the celeb victims claims she was underage in the posted photos. On Tuesday, TMZ revealed that the stolen photos of Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney were allegedly taken when she was under the age of 18. An attorney for the Olympic champ, who turned 18 this past December, promptly took action to get the pics removed from a pornography site.
According to Fox News, naked photos of Maroney, who was a member of the 2012 US Olympics gymnastics team known as the Fierce Five, also turned up on Reddit as part of the massive weekend hack. But once the Olympian's legal team got involved, the social networking site sent a message to its users stating: "Effective immediately: any images/galleries/torrents/megadumps/etc containing McKayla Maroney or Liz Lee will be immediately due to the fact that they were underage (<18) in the photos taken." The site warned users that images of Maroney or Lee, a star of MTV's "My Life As Liz," would be considered child pornography.
Maroney initially claimed the naked pics were fake, and thanked fans for standing by her. "The fake photos of me are crazy!!" she posted on Twitter. "Was trying to rise above it all, and not give 'the creator' the time of day." While Maroney hasn't admitted that the photos are real, the threat that she is being depicted in pics taken when she was underage had Reddit moderators in a panic.
Other victims of the attack, including pop star Ariana Grande and Nickelodeon alum Victoria Justice, have also gone on record as saying the photos posted of them online were fake. Justice, who starred on Nickelodeon's "Victorious," promptly took to Twitter to post:"These so called nudes of me are FAKE people. Let me nip this in the bud right now." The star then added: "pun intended."
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Seymour, August 30 –It was a perfect day for some great racing action Sunday night a the Seymour Speedway. Point chases remain tight entering the final race of the season this Sunday, September 6.
The Coors Light IMCA Stock Cars were the first up with 23 cars on the starting grid. Jason Bork found the lead spot after the first lap and set the pace until the lone caution of the race appeared on lap 8. Chas Van Ooyen dipped to the inside out of turn 2 on the restart and took control of the race with point leader, Travis Van Straten following into the runner up spot. Bork, Kyle Frederick, Mike Schmidt and Rod Snellenberger were behind.
Van Straten moved inside pn lap 10 and for the next five laps it was a side by side duel for the lead. Van Straten was finally able to inch ahead and finally into sole procession of the lead on lap 16 and then drove off to collect his 8th feature win here and # 41 for the season on local tracks. Van Ooyen ran home second with Frederick taking thirds place. Phil Hiles battled with Snellenberger the last half of the race and took fourth. Bork rounded out the top 6.
Van Straten holds a 28 point lead over defending champ, Rod Snellenberger, entering next weeks final race and will lock up his first Seymour Stock Car title b y starting his heat race next week.
The O'Reilly Auto Parts IMCA Sport Mods entered the night with three drivers in the title hunt, and left with a shuffle in the standings but with the same members.
Russell Franks sped into the lead of the feature event at the start and opened a big margin on the field before the only caution appeared on lap. The flag man got hit by a rock and had to leave the stand to get checked out, which caused a brief red flag period. He was OK.
Franks now had the field right behind for the restart with Scott Besaw, Tailar Ness, Kevin Bethke, Travis Arenz, and J.J. Andersen behind. Defending champ, Jeremy Cota, was able to hook up outside and quickly moved into third place. He moved inside and chased down the leader and took over the top spot on lap 11. Once in front, Cota sped off and collected his fourth straight feature win and 8th of the season. Franks was left to defend the runner up spot for the rest of the race, with Arenz, Bethke, Ness and point leader, Lucas Lamberies, all looking to move up. Arenz was able to work by on the final lap to take second from Franks, who completed his strongest finish in third. Bethke, Ness and Lamberies rounded out the top six.
The win by Cota and 6th place finish by Lamberies, shuffled the pair in the standings putting Cota back into the lead by only 1 point, 531-530, entering next weeks finale. Arenz is still third with a mathematical chance if there are major problems with the top 2.
The Turbo Blue Street Stocks also have a tight three way battle for this years title. A mere 5 points separated the trio entering the night and it is now 7 before next week decides it. Rick Kaufert set the pace from the pole for the opening lap before George Tabalske took charge and opened a slight lead. Harley Diedrick moved into third and challenged Kaufert for a few laps before taking over the runner up spot on lap 5. Diedrick pulled behind the leader after a couple more laps was alongside and then into the lead. At the half way point. The rookie contender stayed in front while the field started to tighten up for second place. Tabalske held the spot until point leader, Allan Schlueter, broke loose and used the outside line to take over second and on lap 15 powered into the lead. The other point chasers, Jeff Jungwirth ad Lexii Ashcraft were right behind in the battle for second with Diedrick and Matt Warner. On lap 18, entering tunr three, contact between Jungwirth and Diedrick brought out the first caution of the contest, with Diedrick having to join the rear of the field. Jungwirth was able to continue in the lead pack.
Schlueter now had Jungwirth and Ashcraft right behind for the final 2 lap dash. Paul Ambrosius was now in fourth with Warner in fifth. Schlueter took off and collected the white flag prior to a mix up out of turn 4 near the back of the field which ended the race with another caution with Jungwirth, Ashcraft, Ambrosius, Warner and Patty Winkler rounding out the top six.
The win was Schlueters fifth of the season and puts him 5 marks ahead of Jungwith and 7 over Ashcraft entering the final night.
The Budweiser IMCA Modifieds started off with Lance Arneson working from the second row to the lead after the opening lap followed by Trevor Spaulding, Jerry Wilinski, Chad Guyette, Rob Charapata and Konnor Wilinski. A spin brought out the only caution of the race on lap 2, and Arneson continued to set the pace after the restart. Jerry Wilinski moved into the runner up spot and point leader, Eric Scribner, followed into third. On lap 5, Scribner took over the second spot with Eric Arneson and Chad Bartel moving forward.
Scribner closed in on the leader, but after a couple laps, Lance settled into a solid pattern on the outside and Scribner did the same on the inside, and the margins stayed pretty much unchanged to the finish. Plenty of action for third place with Bartel moving into fourth on lap 11 and into third one lap later. Facing a huge gap to catch the leader, Bartel just set out to reel them in. Wilinski, Eric Arneson and Mike Wedelstadt ran together for fourth.
Arneson was able to hold off a late race charge by Scribner to win his first feature here since June 12, 2011. Scribner added 2 points to his lead entering the final chapter next week by taking second. Bartel ran out of laps to mount a serious challenge and finished third. Eric Arneson finished fourth and still holds second in the standings. Wedelstadt had an interesting day, running Oshkosh in the late afternoon, where he finished second and won the overall series title, making the run to Seymour in time for the feature, and finishing fifth to keep him in the hunt for the track title here. Jerry Wilinski rounded out the top six and moved into fourth in the standings ahead of son, Konnor, who did not finish the race. But, both father and son are basically still in the point hunt.
Taylor Becher set the pace for the opening 2 circuits of the 4 Cylinder night cap before Joe Minks moved into the lead on lap 3. Debris caused the only caution of the race on lap 6, and on the restart, Minks lost power entering turn one, which caused the field to scramble to avoid the car through turn 2, before he stared again. In the scramble, point leader, Kasey Gross, was able to emerge as the leader with Tyler Hungerford, Carle King and Becher filling in the top four.
The top three just happen to be the point chasers as well so the battle for position was tight the rest of the way. Gross was able to maintain the lead to the finish, his 4th of the season, with King wrestling the runner up spot from Hungerford with 2 laps remaining.. Becher had his best finish in fourth with Les Lungwitz fifth and first year driver, Skyler Bork earning his best finish of the season rounding out the top six.
The point chase will see Gross still in the lead with 526 points, which is 15 ahead of a tie for second between, King and Hungerford at 511. Tanner Westphal, who dropped out of the feature on lap 6, still has an outside chance sitting in third with 497.
With the Coors Light IMCA Stock Car division already locked up, almost, there will be four titles to decide next Sunday during the final race of the 2015 campaign at the Seymour Speedway. Racing has been very strong all season and the competiiton should increase to decide the best of the best next week.
We appreciate you choosing the Seymour Speedway for you weekly racing schedule and hope to see you all next week during the Labor Day weekend season finale.
20 Lap Feature l Lance Arneson, Oconto 2. Eric Scribner, Lena 3. Chad Bartel, Shiocton 4, Eric Arneson, Oconto Falls 5. Mike Wedelstadt, Fremont 6. Jerry Wilinski, Seymour
8 Lap Heats First l.Scribner 2. Bartel
Second l. Lance Arneson 2. Konnor Wilinski
20 Lap Feature l Travis Van Straten, Hortonville 2. Chas Van Ooyen, Appleton 3. Kyle Frederick, Oconto 4. Phil Hiles, Appleton 5. Rod Snellenberger, Pulaski 6. Jason Bork, Appleton
8 Lap Heats First l. Jamie Van Ooyen, Appleton 2. HIles
Second l. Van Straten 2. Chase Parker, Hortonville
Third l. Chas Van Ooyen 2. Bork
20 Lap Feature l. Jeremy Cota, Oconto 2. Travis Arenz, Sheboygan 3. Russell Franks, Richland Center 4. Kevin Bethke, Neenah 5. Tailar Ness, Denmark 6. Lucas Lamberies, Clintonville
8 Lap Heats First l. Troy DeGrave, Luxemburg 2. Bruce Beland, Eagle River
Second l. Arenz 2. Cota
20 Lap Feature l. Allan Schlueter, Oconto 2. Jeff Jungwirth, Oshkosh 3. Lexii Ashcraft, Oshkosh 4. Paul Ambrosius, Seymour 5. Matt Warner, Kimberly 6. Patty Winkler, Larsen
8 Lap Heats First l. Gary Kasperik, Tigerton 2. George Tabalske, Denmark
Second l. Ashcraft 2. Harley Diedrick, Freedom
15 Lap Feature l. Kasey Gross, Gleason 2. Carl King, Clintonville 2. Tyler Hungerford, Freedom 4. Taylor Becher, Hortonville 5. Wes Lungwitz, Oshkosh 6. Skyler Bork, Appleton
8 Lap Heats First l. Gross 2. Joe Minks, Menasha
Second l. Hungerford 2. King
Seymour, August 30 – 9 AM - Second last day of the month and second last race of the season TONIGHT at the Seymour Speedway. Looks like a perfect day for racing action on the 1/3 mile banked clay oval.
Point chases will heat up even more with both weeks full point shows in all divisions. Four of the five are too close to call.
The only division close to a championship decision is the Coors Light IMCA Stock Car division. Travis Van Straten holds a firm 24 point margin over defending, and six time champ, Rod Snellenberger. Van Straten has 7 feature win on the season here and believe last nights win at Shawano gives him a 30 win season. Hot Rod has 3 feature flags. It will be Van Stratens first Stock Car title here. He was the 2009 Sport Mod title holder. In the very competitive division, this one won't be over til it's over.
The rest of the division titles are all up for grabs.
Budweiser IMCA Modifieds have Eric Scribner holding a slim 5 point (450-445) margin over Eric Arneson. Scribner has 2 feature wins this season here and Arneson has been a consistent top five runner all season. Both are looking for their first Seymour Speedway title.
Lucas Lamberies has led the O'Reilly Auto Parts IMCA Sport Mod standings since mid season. Defending champ, Jeremy Cota, has won the last three features to inch to within 4 points 495-491, entering the final 2 weeks. The pair have a combined feature win total of 12 out of the 15 run this season. Cota has 7 and Lamberies 5.
The Turbo Blue Street Stocks is not only a 4 point lead for first, but only 5 separate the top three. Allan Schlueter has moved back into the point lead holding a 495-491 margin over Jeff Jungwirth with Lexii Ashcraft only one behind in third at 490. Schlueter and Ashcraft have 4 wins each this season and Jungwirth has 2 entering tonights contest. Either one of these tough competitors would be first time Seymour Speedway champions.
Kasey Gross started the season slow but has come on over the past couple weeks in the 4 Cylinder division, to move out to a 486 lead over a 473 point tie for second between Tanner Westphal and Tyler Hunfgerford. Carl King is one more back in third at 472. That's only 15 points separating these four drivers. Gross leads in the win columns with 3. Westphal and King each have 2 and Hungerford has 1 for the season, so far. Either one of these 4 with be first time track champions here.
The racing action has been very close and competitive at the Seymour Speedway all season and the end of the season chase for the Championships should amp that up a bit more.
Tonights running order:
Coors Light IMCA Stock Cars.
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Turbo Blue Street Stocks
Budweiser IMCA Modifieds
4 Cylinder
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Make sure not to iss a single lap as the 2015 season comes to a close over the next 2 weeks. Championship runs always add to the excitement.
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First baseman Bobby Bradley has been named the Most Valuable Player of the rookie level Arizona League. Bradley was a 2014 third-round pick by the Cleveland Indians out of Harrison Central High School (Gulfport, MS). The 18-year-old dominated the Arizona League by winning the circuit's triple crown with league leading totals in batting average (.361), home runs (8), and RBI (50). Bradley helped lead the Indians (Goodyear) to a league-best 37-16 record and a berth in the AZL championship game against the Giants to be played on Labor Day at Goodyear Stadium. First pitch is 7 p.m.
Indians manager Anthony Medrano was named as the AZL Manager of the Year. Medrano, who played 14 minor league seasons, is in his fourth season as manager of the Arizona League club. He posted a 89-79 mark over his first three seasons.
The hometown Arizona Diamondbacks AZL affiliate placed three players on the All-Star Team; 2B Henry Castillo; OF Matthew McPhearson; and RHP Yefrey Ramirez.
The Arizona League consists of 13 teams that play at spring training complexes in the greater Phoenix area and is completing its 26th season.
1B – Bobby Bradley, Arizona Indians (Cleveland Indians)
2B – (tie) Henry Castillo, Arizona Diamondbacks (Arizona Diamondbacks)
Josh Morgan, Arizona Rangers (Texas Rangers)
3B – Gavin LaValley, Goodyear Reds (Cincinnati Reds)
SS – Yu-Cheng Chang, Arizona Indians (Cleveland Indians)
DH – Fran Whitten, Tempe Angels (Los Angeles Angels)
Catcher – Sherman Lacrus, Arizona Rangers (Texas Rangers)
OF – Alex Verdugo, Arizona Dodgers (Los Angeles Dodgers)
OF – Michael Gettys, Peoria Padres (San Diego Padres)
OF – Matthew McPhearson, Arizona Diamondbacks (Arizona Diamondbacks)
LP – Thomas Pannone, Arizona Indians (Cleveland Indians)
RP – Yefrey Ramirez, Arizona Diamondbacks (Arizona Diamondbacks)
L Relief – Joe Palumbo, Arizona Rangers (Texas Rangers)
R Relief – Ronald Dominguez, Peoria Mariners (Seattle Mariners)
Manager of the Year – Anthony Medrano, Arizona Indians (Cleveland Indians)
Most Valuable Player – Bobby Bradley, Arizona Indians (Cleveland Indians)


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I'm having issues with comment spam
My blogs are having a bad time with comment spam. While Akismet and other safeguards are intercepting almost all of the ~5000 attempted spam comments per day, the small fraction that get through are still a large absolute number to deal with.
There's some danger I'll need to restrict comments here to combat it. (At the moment they've been turned off almost entirely on Text Technologies, which may be awkward if I want to put a post up there rather than here.) If I do, I'll say so in a separate post. I apologize in advance for any inconvenience.
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Some stuff on my mind, March 10, 2015
I found yesterday's news quite unpleasant.
- A guy I knew and had a brief rivalry with in high school died of colon cancer, a disease that I'm at high risk for myself.
- GigaOm, in my opinion the best tech publication — at least for my interests — shut down.
- The sex discrimination trial around Kleiner Perkins is undermining some people I thought well of.
And by the way, a guy died a few day ago snorkeling at the same resort I like to go to, evidently doing less risky things than I on occasion have.
So I want to unclutter my mind a bit. Here goes.
1. There are a couple of stories involving Sam Simon and me that are too juvenile to tell on myself, even now. But I'll say that I ran for senior class president, in a high school where the main way to campaign was via a single large poster, against a guy with enough cartoon-drawing talent to be one of the creators of the Simpsons. Oops.
2. If one suffers from ulcerative colitis as my mother did, one is at high risk of getting colon cancer, as she also did. Mine isn't as bad as hers was, due to better tolerance for medication controlling the disease. Still, I've already had a double-digit number of colonoscopies in my life. They're not fun. I need another one soon; in fact, I canceled one due to the blizzards.
Pro-tip — never, ever have a colonoscopy without some kind of anesthesia or sedation. Besides the unpleasantness, the lack of meds increases the risk that the colonoscopy will tear you open and make things worse. I learned that the hard way in New York in the early 1980s.
3. Five years ago I wrote optimistically about the evolution of the information ecosystem, specifically using the example of the IT sector. One could argue that I was right. After all: Read more
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Thoughts and notes, Thanksgiving weekend 2014
I'm taking a few weeks defocused from work, as a kind of grandpaternity leave. That said, the venue for my Dances of Infant Calming is a small-but-nice apartment in San Francisco, so a certain amount of thinking about tech industries is inevitable. I even found time last Tuesday to meet or speak with my clients at WibiData, MemSQL, Cloudera, Citus Data, and MongoDB. And thus:
1. I've been sloppy in my terminology around "geo-distribution", in that I don't always make it easy to distinguish between:
- Storing different parts of a database in different geographies, often for reasons of data privacy regulatory compliance.
- Replicating an entire database into different geographies, often for reasons of latency and/or availability/ disaster recovery,
The latter case can be subdivided further depending on whether multiple copies of the data can accept first writes (aka active-active, multi-master, or multi-active), or whether there's a clear single master for each part of the database.
What made me think of this was a phone call with MongoDB in which I learned that the limit on number of replicas had been raised from 12 to 50, to support the full-replication/latency-reduction use case.
2. Three years ago I posted about agile (predictive) analytics. One of the points was:
… if you change your offers, prices, ad placement, ad text, ad appearance, call center scripts, or anything else, you immediately gain new information that isn't well-reflected in your previous models.
Subsequently I've been hearing more about predictive experimentation such as bandit testing. WibiData, whose views are influenced by a couple of Very Famous Department Store clients (one of which is Macy's), thinks experimentation is quite important. And it could be argued that experimentation is one of the simplest and most direct ways to increase the value of your data.
3. I'd further say that a number of developments, trends or possibilities I'm seeing are or could be connected. These include agile and experimental predictive analytics in general, as noted in the previous point, along with: Read more
DBMS2 revisited
The name of this blog comes from an August, 2005 column. 8 1/2 years later, that analysis holds up pretty well. Indeed, I'd keep the first two precepts exactly as I proposed back then:
- Task-appropriate data managers. Much of this blog is about task-appropriate data stores, so I won't say more about them in this post.
- Drastic limitations on relational schema complexity. I think I've been vindicated on that one by, for example:
- NoSQL and dynamic schemas.
- Schema-on-read, and its smarter younger brother schema-on-need.
- Limitations on the performance and/or allowed functionality of joins in scale-out short-request RDBMS, and the relative lack of complaints about same.
- Funky database design from major Software as a Service (SaaS) vendors such as Workday and Salesforce.com.
- A whole lot of logs.
I'd also keep the general sense of the third precept, namely appropriately-capable data integration, but for that one the specifics do need some serious rework.
For starters, let me say: Read more
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Notes and comments, July 2, 2013
I'm not having a productive week, part of the reason being a hard drive crash that took out early drafts of what were to be last weekend's blog posts. Now I'm operating from a laptop, rather than my preferred dual-monitor set-up. So please pardon me if I'm concise even by comparison to my usual standards.
- My recent posts based on surveillance news have been partly superseded by – well, by more news. Some of that news, along with some good discussion, may be found in the comment threads.
- The same goes for my recent Hadoop posts.
- The replay for my recent webinar on real-time analytics is now available. My part ran <25 minutes.
- One of my numerous clients using or considering a "real-time analytics" positioning is Sqrrl, the company behind the NoSQL DBMS Accumulo. Last month, Derrick Harris reported on a remarkable Accumulo success story – multiple US intelligence instances managing 10s of petabytes each, and supporting a variety of analytic (I think mainly query/visualization) approaches.
- Several sources have told me that MemSQL's Zynga sale is (in part) for Membase replacement. This is noteworthy because Zynga was the original pay-for-some-of-the-development Membase customer.
- More generally, the buzz out of Couchbase is distressing. Ex-employees berate the place; job-seekers check around and then decide not to go there; rivals tell me of resumes coming out in droves. Yes, there's always some of that, even at obviously prospering companies, but this feels like more than the inevitable low-level buzz one hears anywhere.
- I think the predictive modeling state of the art has become:
- Cluster in some way.
- Model separately on each cluster.
- And if you still want to do something that looks like a regression – linear or otherwise – then you might want to use a tool that lets you shovel training data in WITHOUT a whole lot of preparation* and receive a model back out. Even if you don't accept that as your final model, it can at least be a great guide to feature selection (in the statistical sense of the phrase) and the like.
- Champion/challenger model testing is also a good idea, at least if you're in some kind of personalization/recommendation space, and have enough traffic to test like that.**
- Most companies have significant turnover after being acquired, perhaps after a "golden handcuff" period. Vertica is no longer an exception.
- Speaking of my clients at HP Vertica – they've done a questionable job of communicating that they're willing to price their product quite reasonably. (But at least they allowed me to write about $2K/terabyte for hardware/software combined.)
- I'm hearing a little more Amazon Redshift buzz than I expected to. Just a little.
- StreamBase was bought by TIBCO. The rumor says $40 million.
*Basic and unavoidable ETL (Extract/Transform/Load) of course excepted.
**I could call that ABC (Always Be Comparing) or ABT (Always Be Testing), but they each sound like – well, like The Glove and the Lions.
It's time to change around Monash Research's mailing lists
Email delivery of posts has been screwed up; multiple people tell me they haven't gotten their email for months. (In the future, please tell me of such difficulties!) So it's time for a change, and I'm asking for your advice as to what you'd suggest for our mailing list.
Yes, I'm asking via a blog post, even thought the core problem is that people who want to see my posts via e-mail aren't getting them. Please work with me on this anyway.
My two basic questions are:
- What should be the frequency of delivery? To date, it's been nightly (at least in theory).
- What delivery technology should be used? To date, it's been FeedBlitz.
1. The nightly scheduling has been an artifact of an RSS-to-email link that no longer seems stable. So I'm thinking of just manually pasting each post into a list email, in which case:
- Posts could be sent without delay.
- Every post would be delivered by separate mail. (As opposed to having only one post per night be mailed, while others just get linked to.)
It's a bit more work for me, but probably nothing dire. Does lower latency sound good to everybody?
2. The main technical options seem to be: Read more
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Analyzing big companies is hard
Analyzing companies of any size is hard. Analyzing large ones, however, is harder yet.
- I get (much) less substance in an hour on the phone with a megacorp than I do when I talk with a smaller company.
- What large companies say is less reliable than what I hear from smaller ones.
- Large companies have policies, procedures, bureaucracy and attitudes that get in the way of communicating in the first place.
Such limitations should be borne in mind in connection with anything I write about, for example, Oracle, Microsoft, IBM, or SAP.
There are many reasons for large companies to communicate less usefully with analysts than smaller ones do. Some of the biggest are:
- For reasons of internal information flow, the people I talk with just know less than their counterparts at smaller companies. Similarly, what they do "know" is more often wrong, since different parts of the same company may not hold identical views.
- That's when we talk about real issues at all, which can get crowded out by large companies' voluminous efforts in complex positioning, messaging, and product names.
- Huge companies have huge bureaucracies, and they hurt.
- A small company C-level executive can make smart decisions about what to say or not say. A large company minion doesn't have the same freedom.
- Just the process of getting access to even a mid-level spokesminion at a large company is harder than reaching a senior person at a smaller outfit.
- Large firms are clearest when communicating with their existing customers and those organizations' key influencers. They're less effective or clear when opening themselves up to competitive comparisons.
- If a company wants to behave unethically in its analyst dealings, there are economies of scale to doing so.
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Please disregard any intentions I expressed of traveling in October, in particular a trip to visit 20 or so California clients. I'm under doctor's orders not to fly for several weeks, and also don't feel like driving (or walking) any significant distances. Any meetings I have in the very near future will either be telephonic, or else within a few minute's drive of my home office in Acton, MA.
The story behind this is:
- Istanbul sidewalks have a lot of knee/shin-height metal poles to separate streets and driveways from sidewalks.
- I stumbled over one of the shin-height ones.
- I have some pretty dramatic bruising, and associated pain.
- Bruises + plane flights = risk of blood clot.
Fortunately, that's all it is — no fracture, and the sprain per se is mild. But about 4 doctors and nurses have told me this is really unusual bruising. Nobody has offered a precise opinion as to how soon it will clear up, but I gather the good case is 2-4 weeks and the bad case is twice that.
I should have plenty of opportunity to blog.
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Integrated internet system design
What are the central challenges in internet system design? We probably all have similar lists, comprising issues such as scale, scale-out, throughput, availability, security, programming ease, UI, or general cost-effectiveness. Screw those up, and you don't have an internet business.
Much new technology addresses those challenges, with considerable success. But the success is usually one silo at a time — a short-request application here, an analytic database there. When it comes to integration, unsolved problems abound.
The top integration and integration-like challenges for me, from a practical standpoint, are:
- Integrating silos — a decades-old problem still with us in a big way.
- Dynamic schemas with joins.
- Low-latency business intelligence.
- Human real-time personalization.
Other concerns that get mentioned include:
- Geographical distribution due to privacy laws, which for some users is a major requirement for compliance.
- Logical data warehouse, a term that doesn't actually mean anything real.
- In-memory data grids, which some day may no longer always be hand-coupled to the application and data stacks they accelerate.
Let's skip those latter issues for now, focusing instead on the first four.
DBMS2 analytic glossary — a new project
Enterprise software terminology is too often mired in confusion. I hope to lessen that by publishing a series of web pages that define and describe various industry terms, with one or several paragraphs per subject, and plenty of internal and external links.
Absent a better name, I'll refer to this as an "analytic glossary". I want users of the analytic glossary to learn or confirm:
- What terms mean.
- Which products exemplify which product categories.
- Which additional subjects to look into.
I will do or closely direct the core writing myself. I may hire outside help for ancillary tasks, such as adding links, or for various kinds of wordsmithing.
All this presupposes a site redesign, which hasn't begun. But I've started to draft the content. As I do, I'll post it here. And I very much want you to comment.
If you think I got something wrong or left anything out — even if it's just a nuance — please speak up! Later, when the glossary pages are live, I'll link them back to the original blog post discussions. Thus, your comments will be part of the permanent glossary record. Read more
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Chael Sonnen shot down rumors he was headed to WWE following his loss to Anderson Silva at UFC 148. The following is an excerpt from an article by the USA Today:
Sonnen also shot down rumors of a potential move to the WWE. He said he'd go to the WWE as a fan, "but I go back to my promoter Dana White at the end of the night," he said.
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EUGENE, Ore. - Freshman Cathleen Santoso carded the best round in Oregon women's golf history, carding a remarkable 9-under, 63, on the Vistas Course of the Wesbrook Village Golf Course. Santoso is currently in second on the leaderboard at 11-under at the Westbrook Spring Invitational, fueling the No. 22 Ducks to an incredible day of golf.
Oregon is in first place in the 14-team field after firing rounds of 279 (-9) and 274 (-14), sitting at 23-under par (553) entering tomorrow's final round. The Ducks opened the day by besting the program record for low round, a 281 at the 2011 Stanford Intercollegiate, by two strokes with a 279. Oregon broke the record yet again in round two, dominating the Vistas Course with a 14-under round of 271.
Santoso's second round, Oregon's second round team score and 36-hole team score each set Westbrook Invitational tournament records.
The Ducks lead No. 35 Ohio State by nine strokes entering Monday's third and final round. Santoso trails Ohio State's Jessica Porvasnik by one stroke on the individual leaderboard. To put Oregon's opening rounds in perspective, if the Ducks were to shoot just an even par round tomorrow, they would break the school record for lowest tournament in program history by seven strokes.
"The team did a great job of staying patient," said head coach Ria Scott. "It was clear that other teams got off to a hot start, but our Ducks just stuck to their plan and executed. Cathleen was absolutely due to go low. She has been burning edges on her putts for awhile now."
Santoso got off to a strong start, albeit a modest one compared to her second round, carding a 70 (-2) in the first round. She had one bogey and 14 pars, while making birdie on holes No. 4, 7 and 17. The Sydney, Australia, native absolutely tore up the course on her second round to break the school record.
She opened with a 31 (-5) on the front side before closing with a 32 (-4). Santoso didn't have a single bogey on the card. She birdied holes No. 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 17 and 18 to smash the school record for low round by two strokes. Santoso's carded nine rounds at or below par this season. Her previous career low round was a 69, which she carded twice.
Junior Cassy Isagawa is in third place individually at 8-under par (136). She carded her 10th and 11th rounds at or below par of the season, firing back-to-back 68s (-4). Isagawa birdied six holes with two bogeys in the opening round before making five birdies and one bogey in the final round. She birdied the par-three third hole and the par-five fourth hole in both rounds. Isagawa improved her team-best season round average to 71.7.
Sophomore Caroline Inglis kept two clean scorecards and is tied for 10th through two rounds at 2-under par (142). The Eugene native carded consecutive 1-under (71) rounds and made 28 pars on the day. She birdied two holes on the front nine and three on the back side.
Senior Raphaela Dyer is tied for 31st place at 2-over par (146), making her first appearance in the lineup since the season-opening Mary Fossum Invitational. She carded a 74 (+2) in round one with 10 pars and birdies on holes 7, 12 and 17. In the second round, Dyer was at 4-under through 13 holes before closing at even par (72). She made five birdies in round two.
Junior Cali Hipp fired a 2-under par (70) opening round, but fell to 42nd on the leaderboard after a 78 (+6) in round two. The Caldwell, Idaho, native made three straight birdies in the morning and finished with five on the round to break par. She made 10 pars and a birdie on the 11th hole.
"What's most exciting about tomorrow is that there is still potential for this team to improve," said Scott.
Monday's final round will tee off at 7:30 a.m. (PT) with a shotgun start. The Ducks are in pursuit of their first tournament win of the season.
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2. Ohio State - 281, 278 - 559 (-17)
3. College of Charleston - 286, 285 - 571 (-5)
4. Wisconsin - 286, 288 - 574 (-2)
5. Indiana - 287, 292 - 579 (+3)
6. Oregon State - 283, 297 - 580 (+4)
7. Nebraska - 295, 287 - 582 (+6)
8. Kansas State - 294, 290 - 584 (+8)
T9. Iowa - 291, 294 - 585 (+9)
T9. Illinois - 292, 293 - 585 (+9)
11. Washington State - 294, 292 - 586 (+10)
T12. Colorado State - 295, 293 - 588 (+12)
T12. Tulsa - 297, 291 - 588 (+12)
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"I tend to gravitate toward roles where the woman is in a command [position]. I am not really ever accused of being shy or meek."
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Marisol Nichols has become one of America's most recognizable actresses thanks to her high-profile role as CTU Associate Special Agent Nadia Yassir on 24. "My character is half-Pakistani and half-American, which is interesting," she says.
Marisol has also flourished on the big screen, having turned in well-received roles in films such as Vegas Vacation (1997), Scream 2 (1997), Big Momma's House 2 (2006), and Delta Farce (2007).
Marisol Nichols BiographyMarisol Nichols was born November 2, 1973, in Chicago, Illinois. The eldest of three children, she displayed a rebellious streak early on. "I was one of those kids in class who was bored with the teaching," she recalls. "I didn't understand a lot. I missed some things early on. So, eventually, I started just not going." Marisol's truancy eventually led to drug and alcohol abuse, and later, a life-changing epiphany. "I remember being 17 and looking around at some of the people that I was hanging out with, and I had this realization that if I didn't knock this off now it would become my life," she recalls. "At 17, I quit everything."
Marisol soon replaced her rebellious behavior with more productive activities like acting, which she tried for the first time in junior college. "I figured I could be an extra and learn about acting," she says. Instead, Marisol ended up getting the lead role on her very first audition. "As soon as I started doing it, I thought, 'This is fantastic! This is what I was looking for!'" she gushes. "I changed all my classes to theater classes. I found what I was interested in." Marisol's interest also allowed her to win the National Speech Theater Championship Award, which in turn led to a full scholarship to study drama at Eastern Michigan University.
marisol nichols on erDespite the generous offer, Marsiol decided to turn her back on the world of academia once again in favor of the bright lights of Los Angeles. Although she would eventually flourish, Marisol is the first to admit that her initial foray into showbiz wasn't all fun and games. "I went a whole year without working, just auditioning and auditioning," she says. "Nothing happened. But every time I asked myself the question: Is this really what I want to do in my life? The answer was always 'Yes.'"
Luckily, her perseverance paid off in 1996 when she landed her first of several guest-starring roles in shows such as My Guys, Due South, Beverly Hills 90210, and ER. Marisol built up her success the following year when she made her big-screen debut in Vegas Vacation alongside Chevy Chase, Randy Quaid and Wayne Newton.
marisol nichols in scream 2Her outstanding performance in the film paved the way for roles in other big-budget blockbuster hits including Scream 2 (1997) starring Courteney Cox and Neve Campbell, Can't Hardly Wait (1998), Jane Austen's Mafia (1998), and Bowfinger (1999). Marisol also filled her increasingly busy schedule with appearances in popular TV shows such as Alias with Jessica Alba, Friends, Law & Order, Cold Case, and Nip/Tuck.
By now a proven commodity, Marisol was given the opportunity to star in her own show in 2005 when she was signed on to play Detective Karen Bettancourt on Blind Justice. Although the show only lasted one season, she landed on her feet the following year with an 11-episode run on In Justice, a liberal-minded crime drama featuring Kyle MacLahlan.
marisol nichols joins 24Those shows were just a prelude to 2007 when Marisol landed the dream role of Nadia Yassir on 24. "I just auditioned, and I gotta tell you -- it was the fourth time that I auditioned for a role on 24," she says. "I felt like, they don't like me, they don't want me. But apparently they did, and they just couldn't find the right role."
Marisol Nichols next starred in Delta Farce (2007), a big-screen romp starring Larry the Cable Guy. "I like doing comedies," she says, "especially after working on a drama."
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Business executives by day, volunteers by night and weekends, husband-and-wife pair Scott Patti and Margaret Murphy pitch in to help Catholic Charities New York rebuild the lives of homeless adults, newly arrived Americans and children.
The couple built successful careers in the apparel business, Scott as president of Bill Blass and Margaret with Nautica Sportswear. But they were looking for more meaning in their lives, they said, and a way to give back.
They found this through Catholic Charities and its volunteers programs.
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For the past three years, the couple has made sandwiches and distributed meals to homeless teens and adults during Catholic Charities-sponsored "Midnight Runs" through some of New York's poorest neighborhoods. They grab Christmas wish lists and match them with gifts during Catholic Charities annual St. Nicholas Project Shopping Day. And they make weekly phone calls through Catholic Charities' English as a Second Language program to new residents born all over the world, from Haiti and Poland to Italy and Czechoslovakia, to help them master their new tongue.
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Aka doesn't need italicising. It can be written and will be understood both with and without periods, although I see it usually written without.
Style guides will differ on the periods. As a counter-example to the somewhat heavyweight CMOS, the Guardian recommend to use aka without periods. Unusually, the guide also shows it in capitals, but a quick look in the paper shows nine lowercase aka without periods and one uppercase AKA without periods. (Edit: I asked the style guide editors and they recommend AKA because it's pronounced as individual letters.)
So: italics are not needed, and follow your own style guide (if you have one), or pick a style and apply it consistently.
This abbreviation, a.k.a., isn't derived from foreign words in the first place, so there was never a need to italicize it.
Moreover, the common abbreviations that were originally derived from foreign words, such as etc., i.e., and e.g., are considered a standard part of the English language, and most sources don't recommend italicizing those, either.
Regarding writing a.k.a. with periods, CMoS "recommends the following general guidelines in nontechnical settings" (when I would have expected to find these used in more technical or formal settings):
The abbreviation a.k.a., meaning "also known as", need not be italicized, but it should have periods after each letter indicating it is an abbreviation.
Italicization helps when periods are omitted: so you do not mistake it for a word, probably even a typo or neologism. Beyond that, ital. is not an issue of grammar in this case.
I think it needs some kind of indication that it is an abbreviation. Even then not everyone will understand it, so in cases of doubt it's best to write it in full. (I associate it with the UK's satirical magazine 'Private Eye').
Don't use italics. Italics are for foreign words, but a.k.a. is English ("also known as").
However, I do recommend that you include periods after every letter as a guide to pronunciation.
You need some indication that it is an abbreviation rather than a word (as most answers agree). Italics usually indicate a foreign origin, so are probably inappropriate, but full stops after each letter would be fine, and capitals (AKA) would be even better. However, the abbreviation does have a flavour of police bulletins: spelling it out in full would be my preference.


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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The University of Alabama women's cross country team captured its third team title of the season and its third consecutive Crimson Classic championship while the men finished seventh hosted by Alabama at the Harry Pritchett Running Park.
"I've been very pleased with how the women's team is coming along after each meet," distance coach Adam Tribble said. "They are continuing to improve and I am really excited about where they are headed."
In the 5-kilometer women's race, sophomore Katelyn Greenleaf finished second overall with a time of 17:22.22 while classmate Meropi Panagiotouran a 17:28.32 en route to a third place finish.
"Katelyn and Meropi both did a really nice job, finishing right there together," Tribble said. "Even after being passed there at the end, Katelyn did a really good job of still fighting it off. Both of them did a nice job fighting today. The whole team did."
Freshman Hannah Waggoner, who ran a 17:45.39, finished 13th. Rounding out the scoring for the Tide, Rebecca Stover (17:48.74) finished 18th and Kimberley Ficenec(17:53.44) placed 21st.
The men finished seventh with 175 points over an 8-kilometer course, paced by junior Matt Airola, who ran a season-best time 8-kilometer time of 25:23.43 and finished 19th.
Other scorers for the men included a 24th place finish by sophomore Parker Deuel (25:30.53), sophomore Gil Walton (25:48.65) with a 39th place finish. Sophomore Eric Sivill (25:58.47) placed 48th and freshman Conner Thompson(25:58.88) finished 50th.
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Breaking down the in-state rivalries in 2013: BYU at Utah State
Hill will run first and throw second under Robert Anae's new up-tempo offense. Jamaal Williams may or may not see the field after the stinger he sustained in the Utah game, so Michael Alisa and Paul Lasike will likely pick up the slack in the run game.
Cody Hoffman returns for his senior season as BYU's primary receiving threat. Hoffman racked up more than 1,000 receiving yards last season and shouldn't have a problem matching last year's total as long as he can get open, though his play this season has thus far been limited because of a tweaked hamstring muscle and a one-game suspension. Ross Apo and JD Falslev are also expected to make major contributions as receivers.
On defense, linebacker Kyle Van Noy returns, and Van Noy can accurately say he scored more points in the Poinsettia Bowl against San Diego State than the entire Cougar offense did. He's been able to achieve on a very high level again this year with multiple pass breakups and quarterback hurries, though matching last year's total number of tackles and sacks could be difficult.
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This will be a good game and "I Beleive That We Will Win" but the Boise
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Go Aggies! Win Out!
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All three in-state teams fairly evenly matched. Great time for football in the state of Utah. Go Cougars!
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I think the byu and Utah state game will bring a lot of by showing some of the
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I also think byu has a good defense that it will be interesting to see if thy can get to Utah stat's qb.
I also think it could be a long game if those on byu's o line don't protect Tyson hill !!!
I think this is gone to be a fun game !!!
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Despite Utah State's rise recently, BYU has still beat USU last 2, 12 of the last 13, 22 of last 24. I love USU's team and root for them throughout the year, but I think BYU has their number. Without Gary Anderson, and an improving offense by BYU I think BYU will pull out the win here. This will be the toughest defense that USU faces all year.
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"This will be the toughest defense that USU faces all year."
You clearly haven't seen much of USC's defense. KVN is special, I'll give you that, but after that the dropoff in talent and ability is steep in comparison to USC. USC has a defensive roster full of players that could go toe to toe with KVN in speed, strength, and talent every day of the week, and twice on Sunday. BYU's defense is tough, but if USC can't keep Keeton and the USU offense out of the endzone, you can bet BYU won't be able to.
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With Obamacare, the topic of medical deductions and credits has gotten even more convoluted. But of course, it is important to understand the rules. In fact, you may get some juicy tax benefits.
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The first thing to realize is that you do not have to be a business owner to get a deduction for your medical expenses.
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You provide employee insurance (you may also be eligible for a tax credit)
OK, then what about Obamacare? There are two main parts for business owners to think about:
Personal Coverage: Most people will need to get a policy, unless you already have a plan (such as through your business or spouse's employer). This is whether the person is employed or not – or self-employed. The coverage is fairly wide. You also need to provide coverage for your spouse and dependents (for children up to 18 years old).
If not, you will be subject to a penalty, which comes off your tax return. It is $95 per adult and $47.50 per child. In all, the maximum is $285 or 1% of the overall income (for 2014), whichever is greater. The penalty amount also increases over the next few years.
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To commemorate Mentor's Day at Brooklyn's Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH), Citizen IBM asked a P-TECH student to share his thoughts about his relationship with his mentor.
My name is Kiambu Gall, and I am a P-TECH student with a mentor. What is a mentor, you ask? Well, a mentor is someone you look up to, someone that trains or advises you; it can be your teacher or even a tutor. My fellow P-TECH students and I are given a mentor to help us out with school and teach us certain things about the business world. My first thought when I heard this was that it would be boring and a waste of time. But later on I realized what an opportunity this was for me and my fellow students.
The day I was going to meet my mentor, I was kind of nervous because I didn't know what type of personality he would have. After I met him, I wasn't nervous anymore because he was a cool person. We talked about his job and what he does exactly, and then we talked about school and my goals for the future. Later on that same day, I developed a comfortable relationship with my mentor. I didn't feel as though I had to have a blank expression on my face every time I talked to him, like I do with most adults. My mentor told me something about him that made it easier for me to get through school. He said that when he was in school he didn't really get high grades in math. When he told me that, it released some of the pressure that I felt. It didn't make me think I didn't have to get high grades, but it made me know not to stress over getting low ones.
Even after our mentors leave we still get to talk to them on a website called MentorPlace. MentorPlace enables students to talk to their mentors through the internet. This program helped me get to know my mentor even more. He told me things that were inspirational, and things that helped me do my school work even better. I also gave him some advice on how to do things, and he listened to me. If I needed help or didn't understand something, I would just ask my mentor. Sometimes I go on MentorPlace just to ask my mentor how his weekend was, or find out where he's traveling.
Having a mentor has helped me understand being a high school student, and is teaching me about business life.
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Well I know what the answer is going to be the next time they're asked if they have any firearms.
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This really 'urinated' (I dont's want the Mods to mod me....) me off when it happened!
That is one reason why that state just voted in a very strong 2A state level law this year. Apparently, most of the residents of that state were very 'urinated' off that it happend.
For example.... here is a video... "They were a 'little bit threatened, because our weapons were bigger than thier weapons.... (says it all)"
OK - I'll post one more time on this. And I am glad the OP posted this.
This was a 'test case' where Federal, Coast Guard, State and Local LEO violated everyone's 2A rights! Granted, most of the N.O. LEO were crooked and looting too, if they even stayed....
My opinion is that N.O. is a progressive left city (dispute me on that...) and it was easy for the LEO to gun grab there. Might be different later...
Now take 'Sandy' in NJ and NY and NYC... all places where the 2A rights are already restricted to the point of non existence. Don't hear the MSM talking about the crime and crime and crime and robberies and assualts happing there now, do you? It is happening.
Katriana was a test case for the brady bunch, and a bunch of appointed and/or endorsed 'officials' who did or do not understand the rights of citizens!
This will happen to you. Be prepared to 'give away' the only (wink) shotgun your family has... and let them move on.
They, after 'they' take your protection, will not be there to protect you when the mobs come. I used to be 'they'. I know what I speak of.
For all of you sworn LEO or higher Federal Officers, search your personal soal on this one! Afterall, most of you have family somewhere that you would expect the LEO to defend, when you are not there.... are they just as interested as you are to protect your family when you are not there?
Seems like we need to start looking into getting a hold of "give away" weapon for when they come..... Altho if they check BATF records before they come they will know exactly what you have unless purchased prior to BATF form requirements......
This is exactly why some States like Texas passed laws that make it Illegal to disarm law abiding citizens during natural disasters/national emergencies.
All you Feds and LEO... tell me I am incorrect! Most LEO cannot tell you what the 4th Admendment Right is... unless they read it off of a card... (Dudes! I'm not making fun of you............. your unions are).
I'm retired, from my official duties, and I am 'one of you' and now from the rest of 'you' and tired of being 'encroched on' for my 2A rights! I have respect for your LEO/Federal mission, but, when you go tactical, remeber that you are only acting on 'politically correct intel' and it may very well overtly violate the rights of the people you interact with, in the carrying out of your duties = not always right!
Edit add: to take the edge off of this ... Please be safe out there!
I bought twice the amount of guns and ammo I thought I would ever need in a SHTF scenario. Unfortunately half were stollen on my way home from a recent range trip. If the government confiscates my weapons under threat of arms my family will not be defenseless. I do not advocate breaking any laws, only preparing for contingencies durring SHTF scenarios.
A cache of food,water and other supplies that will not easily be found are essential to survival. I have over a ton of food storage. I can't hide it all but I won't have it all out in my living room waiting for troops to "redistribute" it either. I will abide by our constitution and if that makes me a criminal or terrorist my only hope for my children's future would be enough of a "resistance" from the general populace to take back what is rightfully our's, freedom.
It's been said before but freedom isn't free and Americans may one day again have to spill blood on our soil to honor those that have fought for the freedoms we use to enjoy and are slowly eroding.
The scariest part of it all? How oblivious my generation is to it all, and really how little they could care.


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