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Seventeen artists will fill the Roseville Brewing Company with their art on April 26, 2014. Two of those artists include Andrea Martin and Suzanne McClelland along with curator Gayle Rappaport-Weiland, photographer Philip Venable, scratchboard artist Ann Ranlett and others with ceramics, jewelry, fine art, mosaics, and much more. The Art & Brew event will offer a full range of displayed art for sale with portions of the proceeds dedicated to benefit the Placer SPCA which is also anticipated to be on site with their pet mobile.
Andrea Martin is an artist "inspired by the shapes and colors of flowers, calming landscapes and the way light can make ordinary objects look extraordinary." Her primary mediums are watercolor, oil, acrylic and mixed media but she is foremost known for her vibrant floral watercolors. She says that the transparency of watercolors allows her to "capture the essence of flower petals" in a way that truly speaks to her and clearly she hears the call because many of her florals radiate a sense of beauty. The colors are often both vibrant but peaceful much like the calming essence of a garden in bloom.
Andrea explains, "my goal when I paint is to capture what I feel when I look at something and to invoke that same feeling in someone else when they look at my paintings." Her landscapes also often imbue a sense of calm and tranquility in a way that makes someone want to reach deeper into the blessings of nature. She is also currently experimenting with combining various mediums with other materials to create some very exciting new results.
The Art & Brew event appeals to Andrea Martin because of the unusual and enticing combination of art and beer. Wine and art are often paired together in exhibits and receptions but beer is not so often the expected companion for art shows. However, Andrea appreciates the art of craft beer and The Roseville Brewing Company is a true craft beer brewery. She enjoys a good IPA and says her husband is a major beer lover and they both anticipate that Art & Brew attendees will feel the same way about the pairing – a great idea.
The Placer SPCA benefit also makes the partnership even more rewarding. Andrea has been a lifelong cat lover although their home is currently absent a pet. It seems the love for cats will soon give way to fulfilling a parental promise to get a puppy for the family this year. When attending the Art & Brew event, interested art patrons may be required to search her out at the Placer SPCA pet mobile that may be on site with adoptable canines and felines.
Fellow Art & Brew artist Suzanne McClelland also does not currently have a pet; however, her last four-legged fur baby was a "wonderful beagle" who shared her home for 17 years. True animal lover McClelland finds that "working with shapes, design, color and various techniques on canvas and pastel papers" is exciting and rewarding. She is an artist, a teacher, a designer and an art consultant and her message to the world is to "enjoy the Journey of Possibilities."
Suzanne describes her work as "contemporary with a traditional flair" and is often classified as abstract. Her favorite mediums have become soft pastel and acrylic on canvas after beginning with oils in the early '80s including studying with abstract oils artist Dwight Eberly.
McClelland's love for abstract designs and vibrant color make much of her work bold and direct in their statement. While the images are classified as abstract they clearly have a sense of pattern and meaning as well as movement. However, the vivid and bold aspects of her work do not overpower the subtleties and a story unfolds in the layers of color and shape.
While Suzanne McClelland admits that she is not much of a beer drinker herself, one is likely to find some good craft beer chilling in her frig due to her husband's appreciation of beer. The art of craft beer won't be entirely lost on her sensibilities because most artists tend to appreciate all forms of artistry whether on the canvas, in the kitchen, in the garden or wood shop, or at the brewery. Dedicated and inspirational artists can be found in all manner of arts and crafts and the Art & Brew event will be brimming over.
Please see the slideshow above for images of Andrea Martin's and Suzanne McClelland's works. You can find out more about Art & Brew from the general announcement article here or from curator Gayle Rappaport-Weiland at (916) 435-4096 or email@example.com. Other Art & Brew articles featuring photographer Philip Venable can be found here, scratchboard artist Ann Ranlett here and event curator and artist Gayle Rappaport-Weiland here.


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Skirt steak is a long strip of meat from the diaphragm of the cow. It's an often overlooked meat because of its fatty connective tissue and odd shape. Many skirt steak aficionados say that it has to be marinated in order to break down all of the connective tissue…it's too tough, but that's simply not true. Yes, skirt steak tastes great with a marinade of say beer, lime juice and cilantro like in this recipe, but it's fantastic with just a hefty sprinkle of salt and pepper.
Skirt steak is for true meat lovers. If you like cuts of meat with a super beefy taste – this is it. In my opinion, this is probably the beefiest tasting cut of the cow. This long, fibrous strip of meat is often used for fajitas because it "has" to be marinated. In my experience using this cut – and I use it quite often – a marinade doesn't really work. Skirt steak has to be cooked to medium rare or it will be tough as nails. You can really only taste the marinade on the outside and, if it's marinated too long, the meat gets mushy.
So for this non recipe, I'm going to show you the best way to prepare a skirt steak with only 3 ingredients.
Step 1: Grab a skirt steak at your butcher or grocery store. They're typically about 1 ½ pounds.
Step 2: Lay it out on a cutting board and find the thin silver skin on the backside of the meat. Try and peel as much of that off as possible.
Step 3: Cut the skirt steak into manageable portion sizes. If you're grill is big enough, just leave it be.
Step 4: Start your grill. High heat is the only way to go with this…let it heat up for at least 10 minutes.
Step 5: Liberally salt and pepper both sides of the steak. I only use kosher salt.
Step 6: Grill; 3 or 4 minutes a side until medium rare.
Step 7: Let rest at least 10 minutes.
Step 8: Slice thinly against the grain.
Step 9: Stuff your face.
The best part of skirt steak is the fatty layer that becomes beautifully caramelized while it's grilling. This steak is truly perfection.

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College Hockey:Atlantic Hockey commissioner DeGregorio signs three-year extension
Bob DeGregorio has signed a three-year contract extension to remain as commissioner of Atlantic Hockey through 2016.
"We in the Atlantic Hockey Association are very pleased to secure Bob DeGregorio's services over the next three years," said Atlantic Hockey executive committee chair Lou Spiotti in a news release. "Bob has played a critical role in the growth and development of the league. His leadership has been pivotal through some of the most demanding and challenging phases of Atlantic Hockey's climb to success. We feel quite fortunate to be able continue this very successful partnership."
The league first started with nine teams in 2003-04, when DeGregorio was named commissioner, and after the 2004-05 season, dropped to eight. In 2006-07, he led the league through its first expansion adding Air Force and Rochester Institute of Technology to the league. After the 2009-10 season, DeGregorio was instrumental in the league's last expansion with the additions of Robert Morris and Niagara.
During DeGregorio's tenure, the league has had three different schools earn victories during the NCAA tournament, topped by RIT's run to the 2010 Frozen Four.
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ZF-10970: Zend_Mail does not create multipart/alternative messages with plain+HTML where the HTML has embedded images.
Hello world
Patch to implement this new feature.
I noticed a typo in my original code after a refactor... count() was still included after pushing it out to a variable rather than checking the array directly. Very minor change.
Ping? Some kind of feedback would be nice :)
Thank you Colin for this nice patch, I also had the problem to attach inline images, and your code produces mails that are more compatible to mail clients.
Thanks a lot, Colin. Your patch solved an issue with inline images in a HTML mail in Mail on OSX.
The author of this patch is a god amongst men.
While I appreciate the kudos, I believe gods have the ability to commit to upstream subversion, but sadly I do not. I cannot even smite the maintainer for not acknowledging it thus far... :p
Very good. Thanks Colin. It saved my day. Multipart/related is definitely required for some mail clients (Thunderbird at least).
I just had one issue when patching in Eclipse. If you get the error "Call to a member function getParts() on a non-object in ... Abstract.php on line 239". It just means that the patch partially succeeded on Mail.php file. You have to add this line to the __contruct(): $this->_htmlRelatedAttachments = new Zend_Mime_Message();


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As Factory Jobs Disappear, Workers Have Few Options
By STEVEN GREENHOUSE
Published: September 13, 2003
CANTON, Ohio, Sept. 12 — For nearly 30 years, Jim Greathouse was part of the blue-collar elite, a tool-and-die man who sometimes earned more than $50,000 a year because his job, making the precision metal molds that factories use to shape parts, required such exacting skills.
But in June, Mr. Greathouse, 55, lost his job at the Hoover vacuum cleaner factory here, and with so many other factories laying off people, he is at a loss about what to do.
"What does it do when you take away all these jobs from people who support families, who raise families?" he asked. "Manufacturing has been the strength of this country. If we can't make anything here anymore, what does that do? The fabric of this society is falling apart."
Mr. Greathouse has a lot of company. In three years, Ohio has lost more than 160,000 factory jobs, representing one-sixth of its total. That is but a small fraction of the 2.7 million manufacturing jobs lost nationwide in those three years, many of them because of imports. Some economists say that even with a boom all those jobs are not likely to return.
Factory unemployment has snowballed into a huge social and political issue across the Midwest, after manufacturing in the region boomed in the 1990's. President Bush gave a speech about manufacturing losses on Labor Day in Ohio, and the Democratic presidential candidates are pressing the issue.
A wide range of figures suggests that the economy is likely to surge, but economists predict unemployment will remain almost unchanged at nearly 6 percent through the 2004 presidential election.
With its century-old stone buildings and handsome brick factories, Canton was long a booming industrial center, but the area has been hit by so many factory closings, bankruptcies and layoffs that many workers are losing hope. Many of the unemployed are reluctantly turning to less steady or lower-paying jobs like hospital aide. Some are studying computer technology.
"I've applied for many jobs, and they politely tell me I'm too old, that they're hoping to find someone they can train and keep for a long time," said Patty Reich, who lost her job as a metallurgical technician at the Republic Steel mill. "For someone like me who is unemployed at age 54, we don't have too much light at the end of the tunnel."
Ask laid-off workers what is to blame for the woes, and they point to imports, low wages in China, the strong dollar, production moving overseas, President Bill Clinton for embracing the North American Free Trade Agreement and President Bush for focusing only recently on the crisis.
Robert White, a laid-off steelworker who voted for Mr. Bush three years ago, said: "He's slowly getting his eyes awakened to what's going on. The air has been going out of the balloon for a long time, and he's trying to stop it. But the air is almost out of the balloon."
In the last three years, Stark County, which includes Canton, has lost 3,500 factory jobs, more than 10 percent of the total. Two years ago in Massillon, just west of Canton, the lone rubber glove factory in the nation shut, moving production to Malaysia and India and throwing 200 people out of work. Last year, Hess Management of Austin, Tex., shut the Danner Press printing plant, costing 325 workers their jobs, and 700 steelworkers at Republic Technologies on the east end of town lost their jobs when Republic filed for bankruptcy.
This year, an automobile parts company laid off 150 workers, and Hoover, a division of Maytag , 200. Last week, the largest employer in the region, Timken, warned 1,300 workers at three ball-bearing plants here that their jobs were in danger unless costs were reduced.
"If you draw a line across the top third of this state, the manufacturing part of the state, you see a lot of pain, anger and frustration," said John Russo, director of labor studies at Youngstown State University.
Mr. Greathouse, a wiry, muscular man who went into factory work after dropping out of Kent State University, asked: "When you have C.E.O.'s who think of moving jobs offshore, what are you doing but terrorizing the people who lose their jobs? This is a form of terrorism, also. The country is getting weaker and weaker."
Having just bought a three-bedroom house for $99,000, he said, he might have to consider personal bankruptcy, because he was having problems paying his mortgage and support for his former wife. He has applied to numerous tool-and-die shops with no luck, so he is thinking of returning to college, but says he first needs to speak with a vocational counselor for career advice.
Alice Hall, who worked for 15 years as a janitor in a steel mill, saw her house undergo foreclosure and has told her 16-year-old daughter that they can no longer afford the girl's dance lessons. Ms. Hall, a small, soft-spoken woman, is taking remedial mathematics and English classes to help prepare for work as a hospital aide.
"They told me go into medical," she said. "That's a field where you can always get a job."
But entry-level medical jobs may pay just half the salary of her old job. On a recent afternoon, Ms. Hall sat in the steelworkers' union hall across from the rusting Republic mill with 12 other laid-off workers seething with anger — at their former employer, at greedy chief executives and at the lack of health insurance.


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Dead forum!!!
Hmm...This forum seems dead!! Why doesn't anyone post here?
I BLAME IT ON JKII.NET! JK.net flooded empty faster than a pool with the side smashed out when JKII.net opened it's doors @@
Hmm...But because JKII.net has so many post, it is becoming unmanageable!
1. The forum is not dead.
2. Most SWU posts end up in the Cantina, over thataway -->
All the forums are dead except for the Knights of the old republic and the new mmo forum areas
Actually, even the KOTOR and Jedi Knight forums are dead compared to what they used to be. Hell, when I joined back in 2006, it was in decline even back then. It all was way more alive back then, than now.
The new MMO sub forum is pretty dead right now. I mean, we got a few new members because of it. But it's all stagnant and come to a standstill.
I think the admin have said they have ideas how to promote the forum, if anyone is looking for badges. ;)
Not many "Classic" people is my reason. LA's classic stuff is better than their new....ideas.
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1. Freshman Daniel Drummond is ineligible for the first 10 games of the 2010 season due to "violation of NCAA rules." Drummond was expected to compete for time at B-back.
2. Josh Nesbitt is sitting out spring practice as he recovers from offseason ankle surgery. He'll be fine for fall camp. However, this means...
3. The QB position is the one to watch this Spring. Nesbitt will be the starter, but now that Jaybo Shaw is gone, who will be the #2 QB? Tevin Washington, Jordan Luallen, and David Sims will get plenty of reps. In the fall, look for freshmen B.J. Bostic and Synjyn Days to get a look, although my gut tells me that the primary backup will be Washington, Luallen, or Sims. Then again, there are several good reasons I'm not a coach, so anything can happen.
4. The 3-4 is alive at Georgia Tech. New defensive coordinator Al Groh has already been running around the practice field taking a very hands-on approach to coaching up the D. Stay tuned...the addition of Groh is a major steal for Tech...you'll see.
5. Yesterday Tech ran...wait for it...wait for it...the shotgun. Yes, I said shotgun. Paul Johnson has obviously been hit on the head with something heavy. I can only imagine an opposing defense crapping its collective pants when Tech rumbles all over them on the option, only to line up in the shotgun after the D is totally confused. I will be following this development closely and will ask Paul Johnson about it at my earliest opportunity.
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Changi Airport opens new hawker centre
Published: 12/08/2014 - Filed under: News »
Foodie alert! Travellers passing through Changi Airport Terminal 3 should check out the newly opened Singapore Food Street.
Located on the third level of the departure hall, the new hawker facility occupies a space of around 1,000sqm and features 13 stalls offering over 200 popular dishes. To those who are unfamiliar with the hawker culture in Singapore – it refers to the open-air complexes selling local favourites at cheap prices.
Singapore Food Street has been designed with Peranakan-themed décor. For example, stalls are housed in nostalgic 1960s-style pushcarts.
Travellers visiting Singapore Food Street will be able to sample diverse dishes including Bak Kut Teh (pork rib soup) and Odeon Beef Noodles – a mainstay local dish featuring noodles drenched in herbal beef broth, and served with brisket.
"The Singapore Food Street is a strong addition to Changi Airport's diverse range of dining offerings. It brings to the airport Singapore's colourful hawker food culture, which is a big part of the average Singaporean's lifestyle. We look forward to bringing in more exciting dining options to satisfy the preferences of our diverse group of passengers," said Ivy Wong, CAG's senior vice president, airside concessions.
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This hawker center has drawn a controversy in Singapore after Strait Times newspaper wrote that many of the stalls don't even have any direct links to the original famous stalls. Die hard fans call this a deliberate misrepresentation.


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JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli activist says Israeli soldiers fired a rubber bullet at an Israeli protester, and soldiers unleashed a dog toward a Palestinian in two separate incidents in the West Bank.
Jonathan Pollack, a pro-Palestinian Israeli activist, says the Israeli woman was protesting alongside Palestinians against Israeli policies in the West Bank when she suffered the head injury from a rubber bullet. She was evacuated to a Palestinian hospital. Her condition was not known. The military had no immediate comment.
At another demonstration Friday, an Israeli army dog chased down a Palestinian protester and dragged him along the ground. A military official said the protester had hurled rocks at Israeli soldiers. The official spoke anonymously according to army regulations.


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8"x10" book of 39 hand-colored pinhole photographs that tell the story of a woman and her swans. All images were made in a Quaker Oats box converted to a pinhole camera.
—Nancy Spencer and Eric Renner are co-directors of Pinhole Resource, a nonprofit pinhole photography archive and educational institution dedicated to sharing information about pinhole photography. Spencer and Renner were co-editors of "Pinhole Journal", published from 1985-2006. They give lectures and workshops internationally. Their photographs are exhibited internationally and collected in major museums throughout the world, including the Museum of Modern Art, the California Museum of Photography, the National Gallery of Canada, George Eastman House, and Bibliothéque Nationale. Spencer is the author of "Under the Blue" (Flying Monkey Press, 2008,) and "Flight " (with Rebecca Wackler, Flying Monkey Press, 2008). Renner is the author of "Pinhole Photography: Rediscovering a Historic Technique" (Focal Press, 1995; Fourth Edition, 2008) and "American Disguise" (Flying Monkey Press, 2007). Spencer and Renner live in the Mimbres Valley, New Mexico, inside a pinhole camera.
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Stephen Hagen Named To National All-Star Lineup
March 24, 2011
LUBBOCK, Texas - Texas Tech junior first baseman Stephen Hagen was named to the College Baseball Foundation National All-Star Lineup as one of the top 16 players in country, the College Baseball Hall of Fame and Diamond announced Thursday.
Hagen (Lakebay, Wash.), who was also named the Big 12 Player of the Week, batted .500 (9-for-18) with three multi-hit games, including a 5-for-6 performance with two doubles and a home run against then-No. 14 Baylor.
Hagen led Tech to the series victory over the Bears taking two-of-three in Waco. He started the week going 2-for-3 with a two-run homer in a midweek game against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (3/15). In the middle game of Tech's series against Baylor, Hagen became the first Red Raider this season with a five-hit game and with three extra-base hits (2 doubles, homer) while scoring three runs and finishing a triple shy of hitting for the cycle.
He finished the week going 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI against Baylor in the series finale, which Tech won 10-6. Hagen finished the week with a 1.000 slugging percentage and with a .550 on-base percentage.
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Chuckie now lives outdoors, but has been cared for and fed by neighbors who unfortunately can't adopt him. Lately, the poor guy has not been feeling well; the neighbors pitched in and took Chuckie to the veterinarian where the lonely pooch has been diagnosed with an upper respiratory infection and heart worms.
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Ed. Note: This is Part 3 of Sean Hogan's three-part series on the 2012 Nationals Draft. Parts 1 and 2 can be found here and here.
If they fall to #16, grab them up immediately
OF Byron Buxton (Appling County HS, GA) – Currently the #1 guy on my board. Very athletic, with great tools across the board (Keith Law rates both his speed and arm as an 80… an 80 arm is Ankiel/Harperesque). Buxton is one example of when you should NOT be scared off by the label of "toolsy." Only an injury or an outrageous salary demand will drop him to the Nats.
RHP Mark Appel (Stanford University) – The draft is all about taking guys with the right tools and molding them into major league ballplayers, and Appel is the perfect example. He's the safest option at #1 overall due to his projectability, but doesn't necessarily have ace potential as it stands. Law says that he is more hittable than he should be, so he could be a minor project for an organization's pitching coaches.
C Mike Zunino (University of Florida) – The best college bat on the market led the SEC in TB, H, R, 2B and HR last season. Did I mention he is a solid defensive catcher? His swing is currently a little too long, and he's struggling in SEC play this season, but he should still be long gone before the Nats pick.
SS Carlos Correa (Puerto Rico Baseball Academy HS) – You can dream on the glove (if he ends up at 3B) and the power. Correa is probably the biggest risk/reward type in the top half of the first round. I could really see him turning into a superstar, even more than Buxton, but at a greater risk.
OF Albert Almora (Mater Academy HS, FL) – Rapidly moving up lists with great intangibles, fielding and speed. Has decent pop and can likely hit consistently enough to become a five-tool player. Not your average "toolsy" player with a short and smooth swing.
RHP Kyle Zimmer (University of San Francisco) – In my opinion, has the greatest ceiling and floor out of the top tier pitchers. He's got four solid pitches, but needs to improve his slider and changeup to make it to the MLB level. Inconsistent at times.
RHP Kevin Gausman (Louisiana State University) – Throws hardest out of the top college pitching prospects, but without great direction and lacks a breaking ball. Is it worth taking a guy like Gausman in the top 5 when there is a high chance he turns into a power reliever? Easily my least favorite of the top tier, although he is still a major pitching prospect.
RHP Lucas Giolito (Harvard-Westlake HS, CA) – Sitting out his senior season due to an elbow injury. Fastball is excellent; at 95 MPH, it gets good movement and pairs well with his all-around good command and secondary offerings. Injury concerns crushed his draft stock for now. If he can prove to be healthy and make an encore appearance in the next month, he could end up being taken in the 5-10 range.
Probably going to be off the board well before #16, but could drop
SS Deven Marrero (Arizona State University) – Cousin of Nats 1B Chris Marrero. Great defensive SS, but question marks surround his bat. Upside is a five-tool all-star SS. I think he'll turn into an Alex Gonzalez type (albeit with a little better plate discipline). Rumors of a lack of effort are not what you want to see when you are looking at drafting a guy high in the first round. Looks like he won't last past Pittsburgh at #8.
LHP Max Fried (Harvard-Westlake HS, CA) – Fastball isn't crazy impressive (90-94 MPH) but curveball is excellent. Similar scouting report to Jack McGeary, and a sizeable amount of risk goes into drafting a soft-tossing HS lefty.
3B Stephen Piscotty (Stanford University) – Has good plate discipline and power potential, but lousy defense. Youkilis build isn't for everybody, but can pay dividends at MLB level.
RHP Michael Wacha (Texas A&M University) – Fastball and changeup are good enough to survive without a solid breaking ball in the low minors, but he'll have to scrap something to be a solid big-leaguer. Jonathan Mayo sees him as a Jon Garland-type of pitcher, which isn't sexy, but is definitely worth grabbing in the top 10. Safest of the 1st-round RHSPs, but lowest upside.
Likely in the Nats' range at #16
LHP Andrew Heaney (Oklahoma State University) – Low 90s heater pairs with slider/change up that can be decent MLB pitches, but limited upside — #3 starter at best.
RHP Marcus Stroman (Duke University) – The Nats took Stroman in the 18th round of the '09 draft. At 5'8" he's not much of a physical specimen, but he throws a hard fastball and power curveball. His command isn't great, and he's likely destined to become a reliever, but could rise to the big leagues faster than any other 2012 draftee. Talk of keeping him as a starter is intriguing, but people said the same thing about Drew Storen back in 2009.
3B Richie Shaffer (Clemson University) – Good raw power and defense, with bat speed praised by Keith Law. Upside is an above-average 3B, but likely reality is MLB average.
RHP Zach Eflin (Hagerty HS, FL) – Projectable righty with a good fastball and changeup. Lacks a solid breaking ball at the moment, but could be a #2/3 if he gets one.
SS/3B Addison Russell (Pace HS, FL) – Won't hit for excellent average, but excellent defense and power. High risk.
1B Joey Gallo (Bishop Gorman HS, NV) – Excellent power makes his other tools look lousy by comparison, but it's really just his excellent power looking excellent. Could be a below average fielding but mashing 3B, but more likely to play 1B. Intriguing to say the least, and the Nats' last Nevadan teenager draft pick worked out okay.
LHP Matt Smoral (Solon HS, Ohio) – Very tall and projectable, but small injury concerns (stress fracture in foot) can turn into big ones when you're talking about giants (6'8" and 225 lbs). If healthy, he has ace potential, with a great fastball and slider. Raw, LHP version of Alex Meyer.
SS Gavin Cecchini (Barbe HS, LA) – Has 2 very solid tools in defense and ability to hit for average, but lack of power/plate discipline keep him from being an elite prospect.
RHP Lucas Sims (Brookwood HS, GA) – Does not have a violent delivery, which is music to my ears. Decent pitches across the board, middle of the rotation starter potential.
RHP Lance McCullers (Jesuit HS, FL) – The son of the former major league reliever Lance McCullers can dial it up to 97 MPH with a great slider and a lousy changeup. He's bound for the bullpen, with only two pitches and mediocre control, but could quickly develop into an 8th- or 9th-inning guy. Higher upside than Stroman, but much worse floor.
OF David Dahl (Oak Mountain HS, AL) – A tick below Almora and Buxton across the board with a similarly high ceiling and low floor. Mike Trout comparisons are a bit premature (I've also seen Adam Jones) but I think his bat is the real deal.
3B Corey Seager (Northwest Cabarrus HS, NC) – a more well-rounded 3B prospect than Russell, but a downgrade in power and defense.
OF Courtney Hawkins (Carroll HS, TX) – Your average toolsy HS player. Hawkins has a great arm and power, but has a long, strikeout-prone swing and is doubtful to remain in CF as a pro. He's the type of player the Nats have (in my opinion, correctly) stayed away from over the last few years.
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Thanks for the list . Any whisperings about who the Nats are targeting?
Most of the voices I have come to trust( Jim Callis…ect) have Marcus Stroman as being the pick. Their thinking is he could be a reliever to help this year, but be a starter long term. Unlike Storen in his draft year, he has been a starter this year and has had tremendous success despite playing on a bad team. Stroman's coaches love him, and he has shown that he loves to work out and is easy to coach. He takes to advice such as new grips easily. It sounds like he is an absolute dream player other than being short. Jim Callis says he thinks Stroman will be a steal for somebody, and the more I read, the more I agree. Three plus pitches including a FB that touches the high 90s already (He just turned 21), a great attitude, and a hard worker.
The other name to keep an eye on is Lucas Sims, a HS pitcher from Georgia. Keith Law says Roy Clark loves him. My impression is that there is a very high upside. He has hit the high 90s in shorter appearances, and has shown flashes of two plus secondary pitches. If he adds strength and consistency, he could be a superstar. The fact that Clark loves him, earns big points for me. Sims is a Georgia kid. He is obviously a riskier pick as HS players usually are.
Keith Law's mock should be out sometime today.
Last year Goodwin and Meyer were the two names I kept seeing for the 23rd pick and they ended up with both. Perhaps the Nats get lucky and Sims slides to 80. Unlikely, but why not dream 🙂
If I had to put money on it, I would say Stroman will be the pick, but since the Nats are picking #16, a few of the top guys could theoretically fall or Stroman could be gone already. I'd say there's a 15-20% chance they end up with him and no more than 10% or so for any other player.
I don't even know enough to guess a percentage. It only takes one team above to have their guy demand too much, and decide Stroman, and his asking price is better for them.
There may be a guy like Courtney Hawkins or Max Fried that slips to the Nats, and the Nats can't pass them up (Kind of like AJ Cole in 2010).
I am excited. I always promise myself, that I won't get geeked up about the draft, but every year it happens again. 🙂
Way too many high school/prep school types. As a result I'm not sure these guesses will come even close? Although, Roy Clark has been known to go that route, the Nats seem to prefer college players … they have a "salary cap" so signability has to now be a factor whereas before it wasn't for the Nats under Rizzo. In fact, just the opposite.
Another way to look at it is by looking at what they currently have in the minors and stacked up in "Auburn/XST". Who do you release to replace with these picks? If they are the high schooler's you tout doubtless they would not be replacing anyone and could spend years in the Gulf Coast Rookie league unless they are phenom's?
In the first round, signability isn't a huge factor still…players who would sign before are still going to sign, even with the "salary cap."
If any year is the year to chase a prep bat, it's this year. There is basically nothing out there in terms of college bats.
Nats certainly have a track record of selecting college players, and I would say they are more likely to go college pitcher than anything else just because that is where the most talent is in this draft, but I don't see a scenario where they wouldn't at least consider some high school players like Russell, Cecchini or Sims (or any of the top ones if they fell).
Baseball drafts are almost always "best available" and not "we already have a starting 3B." And especially no concerns about someone already playing in Auburn etc.
How sweet it is to not have the draft as our major baseball diversion anymore!! Draft? What draft NATS don't need no stincking draft!!:)
The way our luck is going I would select 12 catchers! 🙂 JK
I would love to see Marrero fall, or Gallo or Piscotty get selected.
I know college pitchers seem to be the way the Nats are going to go, and I agree mostly. However, it would be nice to see some prospects in Potomac that could actually hit, with the exception of Rendon (on DL), Freitas, and Taylor (Honorable Mention to JP Ramirez who looked good in last nights game and is on a 4 game hit streak after getting called up.)
It's pretty sad that everyone is hoping that Morse can single handedly improve their offense. Matt Skole can't get promoted from Hagerstown fast enough.


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I found this recipe for carb free cloud bread. Of course I was immediately intrigued. Could it be possible to make something that resembles bread with just eggs and some cream cheese?
The recipe is very much like making a meringue. After you're done making them, you store them overnight in an airtight container which causes them to soften. And the next day you're left with this, light, fluffy, cloud-like substance.
I say substance because it's not exactly bread. It was fluffy, tears similar like bread, and seemed like something that contains flour in the recipe, but I don't think it would be a satisfying substitute for those craving bread.
Don't get me wrong. It is tasty and fluffy, but tastes mainly of eggs and cheese. I think it would work best as some sort of canapé. Someone pointed out that the recipe isn't completely carb free. I didn't name these, and I realize she's right, but I guess the idea is that they are almost carb free since they use no flour of any sort. According to the nutritional content, it's less than 1 carb for each bread.
Yield: 12
3 eggs , separated
3 tablespoons whole milk cottage cheese or 3 tablespoons cream cheese
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 gram sugar (or artificial sweetener)
1. Preheat oven to 300 F.
2. Separate the eggs.
3. In one bowl, mix together the egg yolks, the 3 T. of cheese and the sugar/sweetener until smooth.
4. In the other bowl add 1/4 teaspoon of Cream of Tartar to the whites and beat the whites on high speed until they form stiff peaks.(You should be able to turn the bowl upside down without the egg whites falling out.
5. Very carefully fold the egg yolk mixture into the egg whites by stirring clockwise with a spatula until mixed and no egg white streaks remain.
6. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
7. With a large spoon, "scoop" the mixture into 12 even rounds/circles on the sheets.
8. Bake on the middle rack about 25 minutes or until a golden brown.
9. Remove from the pans and cool on a rack or cutting board.
10. Once completely cool, seal them in a ziplock storage baggie or a tupperware over night. They will totally change their consistency, to something much more like bread - a softer texture that is nice and chewy.
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College Hockey:Collins hired as new Mercyhurst women's assistant
Delaney Collins has been hired as an assistant coach for the Mercyhurst women's team and will take over the spot vacated by Louis Goulet, who was promoted to associate head coach last month.
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A member of Canada's National Women's Team from 1999-2011, Collins has played in five IIHF championships, winning gold in 2000, 2004, and 2007 and silver in 2005 and 2008.
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My problem is as follows:
I have two biased coins with probabilities $p_1$ and $p_2$ of landing heads. I start with coin 1 and toss it until it lands heads. Then I swap to coin 2 and toss until it lands heads. I then repeat the procedure until I have tossed $n$ times.
$X_n$ is the random variable which counts the number of heads in the process. My objective is to show that with probability $1-e^{-\Omega(n)}$ $X_n$ will be in the interval $[(1-\varepsilon)\mathbb{E}[X_n], (1+\varepsilon)\mathbb{E}[X_n]]$ for a fixed $\varepsilon>0$.
I have observed that if $p_1<p_2$ I know that $np_1\leq\mathbb{E}[X_n]\leq np_2$ so if I can somehow use Chernoff's or Azuma's inequality I don't need to calculate the expectation of $\mathbb{E}[X_n]$. I have tried looking at this problem with Markov chains but I haven't been successful there. I have also observed that for each $n$ I can define new random variables $Y_{k,n}$ where I throw coin 1 $k$ times and coin 2 $n-k$ times and let $Y_{k,n}$ denote the number of heads I got. I then know that for each $n$ there exists a unique $k$ such that $\mathbb{E}[Y_{k,n}]\leq \mathbb{E}[X_n] < \mathbb{E}[Y_{k+1,n}]$. I can't take that approach further though because I can't find suitable bounds for the variance of $X_n$
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Periodically, clean your trimming equipment; that's the time to take a break and try some "scissor hash." Before you scrub the scissors with rubbing alcohol and a rag or paper towel, scrape the sticky residue off and pack a bowl. This is some of the strongest and spiciest smoke you'll ever try; it makes all the meticulous and sometimes boring busywork more fun. Stay vigilant and keep these breaks short; they have a tendency to extend further than planned.
Always hang your plants to dry in a dark room or closet. Humidity levels in the drying area should be approximately 50%-60% and the temperature should be between 60F-70F. Have a fan circulating air in the room but not directly blowing on the plants. Within 4-7 days, the buds will be crispy on the outside and ready to begin the curing process.
If you choose to cut individual branches, you can use them as hangers as well, eliminating the need for ties or clothespins. Each branch becomes its own hook to hang on the drying line. Make sure not to crowd the branches too close together; air movement around the buds reduces the risk of mold.
Some people reverse the trimming and drying process and hang their plants without manicuring them at all. They trim the leaves off the buds after drying the plants whole. This may be a bit more time-consuming but the finished product inevitably dries slower, and slow drying makes for tastier pot.


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Furkids is making it easier to find that perfect gift for your mother this Mother's Day by offering $50 off all adoption fees for cats and dogs from May 10 through May 17. Take this opportunity to bring more love into your mother's life by adding a furry family member. You can make her a special coupon and help her find a new friend or become a pet parent yourself and apply for your own furry kid. Or adopt two new pets – one for you and one for your mom.
The following are the regular adoption fees: adult (one year and older) cats - $85 for one or $150 for two, kittens - $125 for one or $200 for two, senior (8 years or older) cats - $45, puppies and dogs - $275, senior (8 years or older) dogs - $125.
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Golden Rules for Dealing with In-Laws
Behave impeccably at all times. Whatever the provocation, keep you mask of good manners intact.
If you are subjected to criticism of our housekeeping, child-rearing etc., smile graciously.
If the criticism persists react in one of two ways:
Go for humour and self-deprecation. Shrug, smile charmingly, say 'you're probably right… I was always hopeless at this kind of thing' and move on. With any luck your charm and good grace will show them up for the carping, sour-faced critics they really are.
Alternatively, you can go for the out-and-out admiration defence. Instead of reacting with insouciance, just turn your face into a mask of awe-struck admiration, sit (figuratively) at their knees and ask them to teach you everything they know. Alternate intent listening with nauseatingly effusive compliments, and they'll soon get fed up with the mentoring role.
Whenever possible, ask for advice from your in-laws (for example on financial or house-related matters, or parenting). They will feel flattered to be asked - everyone likes giving advice….
Never criticise your husband/wife to your in-laws. Even if they're sympathetic and think their son/daughter is a bit of a wastrel, you can be sure that, at some level, visceral loyalty will eventually kick in. Your confidences will come back to haunt you, and will certainly be held against you.
Similarly, be very careful about criticising your in-laws to your husband/wife. This isn't necessarily a no-go area - some couples find criticising their parents' behaviour both therapeutic and helpful - but you need to be sure that criticism isn't going to elicit a defensive reaction, or come back to haunt you.
Take the lead from your partner when it comes to relating with your in-laws. You may enjoy chatting to your mother every day, while your husband rings his once ever six weeks. Don't berate him for the lack of contact; accept that every family dynamic is different.
Whatever else you do, ensure that both you and your partner present a united front.


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"Do you want to come back to that question?" the interviewer on the phone asked.
Jennifer Sibley's mind went blank. She gripped her cordless a little tighter and looked around her home office. No, she didn't want to come back to that question; as a seasoned advertising executive who'd been unemployed for a year, she wanted to nail the question and get the job. She'd already downloaded plenty of research about her potential employer and had a file of notes on her computer screen to help her produce a good answer. But she couldn't seem to focus; the interviewer's words just eddied around in her brain. The more she tried to grab onto an idea, the less she succeeded.
She didn't get that job. Nor did she get the next one, with a chamber of commerce, after another interview (face to face this time) in which she couldn't compose her thoughts. "That's when I stopped taking the pills," recalls Sibley, who lives in central Pennsylvania. "I came home and thought, It's not worth it. These drugs are making me nutty."
"These drugs"—phentermine, an appetite suppressant she bought on the Internet, and topiramate (brand name Topamax), an anticonvulsant she got from her family doctor—weren't supposed to make Sibley flaky; they were intended to help her drop the extra five to 10 pounds she'd been unable to lose while unemployed. Faced with a dieting plateau, Sibley had turned to what's known as combo-pilling, taking two medications that together are supposed to bring about more weight loss, with fewer side effects, than one alone. The cocktail Sibley chose is nicknamed phen-Topamax, but many other possible couplings, composed of appetite suppressants, antidepressants and other drugs, are being used.
Combo-pilling has been gaining appeal among dieters, doctors and pharmaceutical companies, in part because single diet drugs have not been a great success. (See "Guide to Diet Pills," below.) After sibutramine (Meridia) was taken off the market last October, there was only one drug left that was approved by the FDA for treating obesity for more than a few weeks: orlistat (Xen-ical by prescription or Allī over the counter). But even though orlistat is the only long-term option for consumers, many dieters eschew it because they can experience side effects (oily stains on their underwear, for example) if they eat fat-heavy meals. To many, combo--pilling begins to seem like the answer.
While there are no comprehensive data on how many Americans are taking two diet drugs simultaneously, a study in the March 2009 issue of Obesityrevealed that 65 percent of weight specialists belonging to the American Society of Bariatric Physicians who responded to a survey are prescribing unapproved, or "off label," drug combinations like phen-Topamax. This practice is perfectly legal. In fact, one out of five common drugs for adults is prescribed off label, according to a well--regarded 2006 analysis in the Archives of Internal Medicine.The theory is that as long as a drug has been approved and is on the market, physicians may use it as they see fit. However, while this leeway has created some happy surprises (such as the discovery that migraines can be treated with Botox), it also exposes patients to a medical gray zone where, without FDA-vetted research, they are completely dependent on the wisdom of their doctors.
One result: Most of the drug combos being used by dieters have not been tested in clinical trials conducted by drug companies or in rigorous studies led by academic researchers. There are also safety issues. For instance, when a drug manufacturer tried to market a single pill called Qnexa that combined the two medications Sibley took (although in different doses), the FDA rejected it over concerns about birth defects and cardiovascular risks. Yet both doctors and patients can point to success stories in which these medication regimens have led to weight loss without evident health damage.
Ultimately it's up to each individual, in consultation with her physician, to decide whether the benefits of combo-pilling are worth the risks. Here, More takes a closer look.


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May is here and events are happening all around Nashville this Spring. Beginning the first weekend the May, there will be events going on throughout the city and the surrounding areas for folks to stop by to check out and enjoy the beautiful outdoors of Tennessee.
Throughout the month of May, every weekend, down in Franklin, TN; The Tennessee Renaissance Festival will be occurring. The festival will take visitor back to 16th Century England. Performers at the event speak with the dialect of the days of Kings and Queens of the era and period costumes. The location comes alive with a marketplace for shopping and each weekend is dedicated to special entertainment. Watch performers in jousting matches, pirates invading the festival or a Celtic weekend on the specific weekend scheduled.
The Tennessee Craft Fair will take over Centennial Park May 2nd through the 4th. The Spring Craft Fair is expecting to draw over 200 artists and 45,000 guests to the event. The event allows numerous artists to display their craft and assist in local artist work. Many pieces are one-of-a-kind and cannot be found anywhere else throughout the United States. The Fair helps to preserve the arts and crafts famous in Tennessee. The event is family friendly and will have food vendors, concessions and also have a kids' tent available for guests to enjoy. The Fair is open to the public and free of charge.
One other event kicking off their third season is Musicians Corner which will be presenting free concerts every Saturday at Centennial Park. Come out to listen to some of today's rising stars in Nashville and enjoy a beautiful Spring day in the park.
Cheekwood Botanical Gardens will be offering up Big Bugs starting on May 23, 2014 which has been created by David Rogers. The art exhibit will offer 10 enormous bugs throughout the grounds for viewing. An assortment of bugs will invade Cheekwood, including giant ants, praying mantis and dragonflies.
Throughout Nashville there are numerous events every weekend to enjoy in May, so get out there and enjoy the city.


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I like to say "I got it for your protection Honey" Talk about steam coming out the ears.
My wife knows it won't be the "last one" so I just tell her I won't buy anymore for two years. I bet she's catching on by now though.
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In time your condition will pass. You will become well again. And, we'll be here for you. :-D
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The only plastic that gets near my guns is the credit card used to purchase them. 8)
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Lisa Goodman, president of Equality Delaware, and Mark Purpura, president of Equality Delaware Foundation were honored at the Barbara Gittings ninth annual gathering of the Delaware Stonewall on July 28.
Goodman and Purpura are both being recognized for their work on the Civil Unions Bill.
Governor Jack Markell, General Beau Biden, Representative John Carney (D-Del), and Majority Leader Peter C. Schwartzkof (D-Del) were among many elected officials who attended the celebration.
The gathering was held at the Mariachi Restaurant, 14 Wilmington Ave., Rehoboth Beach.
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Senior Honors Thesis, Tulane University
Historical Causation in Herodotus
Carol Abernathy
It is perhaps appropriate that Herodotus, intent as he was on recording the first, the biggest, and the best, and "other great and wondrous deeds," was accorded a superlative of his own, namely the father of history. Rambling and myopic in his obsession with detail, Herodotus seems to the incautious reader to do little to earn this accolade. In contrast to modern historians, Herodotus appears to include little analysis in his narrative and to draw few conclusions from his material. The ancients themselves criticized Herodotus' methods. Thucydides (I. 21)snidely dismissed his predecessor by refusing to include to mythodes, "mythical lore," in his history of the Peloponnesian War. Aristotle is well known for giving Herodotus the title "father of history," but in his Poetics it is clear Aristotle meant this honor as a dubious one. Aristotle relegates Herodotus to the company not of historians in the modern sense but rather of mere chroniclers. He intimates that the creative process, poiesis, is lacking in Herodotus and in history in general so that "poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are of the nature rather of universals, whereas those of history are singulars" (Poetics 51a36). Aristotle set the academic approach to Herodotus for centuries. Scholars, even though fascinated by the wealth of information in the Histories, largely agreed with the assessment of Herodotus as expressed by Thucydides and Aristotle.
Modern scholars have broken with a long tradition and some have shown Herodotus to have composed a complex and organized work. I shall build upon this scholarship to identify the thematic structure of the Histories. In many cases, this revision has been accomplished by downplaying the archaic subtlety of the Histories. While in is true that Aristotle's statement is far from accurate, it does not follow that Herodotus' narrative lies at the other end of the spectrum, exhibiting a strict logical or chronological order. Rather Herodotus chose a style that allowed him to move freely among subjects and times, thereby maintaining and expanding themes of the Histories. Herodotus used individual stores, or logoi, to illustrate his opinions of the mechanics of history. For example, in his first book, Herodotus relates the story of Gyges and Candaules. Candaules, anxious that his servant Gyges should believe that Candaules' wife was the most beautiful woman in the world, arranged for him to see her undressing. Unfortunately for Candaules, his wife saw Gyges and quickly surmised what had happened. The unnamed queen summon Gyges the next day and convinced him to overthrow her husband. Gyges agreed, and together, servant and wife, murdered Candaules and seized the throne.
This logos, then, is the earliest exposition in the Histories of the dominance of custom, nomos, and the dangers of violating it. Gyges tells his master: "From olden times that which is good has been sought out by men, and it is necessary to learn from them. Among these things is this one: for each man to look to the things of himself" (I. 8). Another theme which Herodotus develops repeatedly as a force of history, that of an impersonal fate, is also found in the logos on Gyges and Candaules. Herodotus says of Candaules that he was destined to an ill end, and later, that crime of Gyges would be repaid in the fifth generation. The latter prediction could, to some degree, be attributed also to Herodotus' third and perhaps most oft mentioned theme, the jealousy of the gods. While not articulated in the story of Gyges and Candaules, this theme is developed soon after in Solon's speech to King Croesus. Chastised by Croesus for considering common deceased Greeks to be more fortunate that he, Solon replies to the king: "Croesus, you ask this of me, who knows that the divine is entirely jealous and unpredictable concerning the affairs of men. . . For many indeed, the gods, having shown them happiness, ruins them utterly" (I. 32).l This warning, in keeping with the dramatic timbre of the entire meeting, foreshadows the next segment of the logos: "after Solon's departure, a great nemesis came upon Croesus-to make a guess-he thought himself the happiest of all men" (I. 34).
Within the first thirty-three chapters of Book I, then, Herodotus articulates three motifs which, either singly or in concert, will advance most of the important action of the Histories. In this thesis, I shall study the development of these three themes, or universals to use Aristotle's term, in Book I. I shall then examine how these themes are stressed in Book VI, which contains Herodotus' account of the Persian invasion of Greece in 490 B.C.
To comprehend the larger themes in the Histories, it is necessary to analyze the structure of Herodotus' narrative. What is termed histories apodexis, "the showing forth of inquiry," is ever present a chain of stories. Moreover, he arranges these logoi in paratactic fashion so that, although the logical connections within and among logoi are not expressed, each segment derives part of its meaning from its location within the greater narrative. Each logos, therefore, seems to be self-contained, but, as I shall argue, Herodotus makes use of these seemingly unconnected logoi to shape a complex and ultimately comprehensive narrative.


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Rave wrote:When you say 'Digital surveillance of all citizens, not even suspected of a crime' should be forbidden, you don't mean that if they have been suspected of a crime it's not ok for them to be under surveillance, do you? Does this cover camera suvellance of public areas like main streets or parks (to detect crimes, like in dangerous areas at night), or shops to deter/detect shoplifters? I think those are valid forms of suveillance - as long as they are not targeted at a single person.
Apart from that I agree. The Australian an UK PP's are including use of FOSS in public funded sectors as an issue in our manifesto. What does everyone think of PPI including this issue too?
Rave wrote:Ok good, jsut checking Does that mean we are okay with camera surveillance of public places? where do we draw the line? Personally, I'm ok with public camera surveillance, I think it does it's job to make people think twice about doing something and helps identify people after.
infinite_emma wrote:My personal opinion is that the parties should have a basis in:
- non-commercial filesharing should be legalized.
- DRM to be abolished.
- Patents should be reworked, i.e. clean slate in order to provide a system that is fair and doesn't allow for thousands to die daily, in order to protect investments.
- Digital surveillance of all citizens, not even suspected of a crime, should be forbidden.
infinite_emma wrote:Actually, to avoid the kind of misunderstanding you just made, I put DIGITAL there, hahahaha! I do not, in other words, refer to camera surveillance in public places.
Rafe wrote:Okay, so to clarify the surveillance issue, could this be our policy:
To prohibit law enforcement agencies from monitoring specific people, or tapping any private communication, without a warrant. To forbid such surveillance by other agencies, governmental or not. (This includes spyware, which should be punished.) To forbid subpoenaing ISPs and telecoms for their customers' usage data in civil cases.
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This is the time that bowlers often think seriously about improving their game as they seek a coach to help them with their bad habits.
One of the most prominent bowling coaches was Barry Gurney of West Hills, who died in July at 71 after a battle with cancer.
Gurney was perhaps the top bowler ever to come out of the San Fernando Valley area, racking up four national senior tour titles. Gurney, always outspoken, also was committed to giving back to the sport he loved and in doing so, he gave lessons to more than 1,000 bowlers.
During busy weeks, Gurney gave lessons to as many as 20 bowlers a week. He was comprehensive in his tutorial sessions and students typically were highly complimentary.
Here is some of his coaching advice that he imparted during an interview with examiner.com two years ago.
– On the value of coaching, Gurney said a lesson "can be a tremendous boost to anyone. Even if you're a world-class bowler like Chris Barnes or Pete Weber, all bowlers need help from time to time. We just need to have a second pair of eyes behind us and see if there is a bad habit that we were not aware of. It can be something subtle, like a timing mechanism that a bowler can't figure out. It doesn't matter how good a bowler is, we can all use help. Even if [Albert] Pujols might go in a slump, the Angels have a batting coach who can help him."
– On how many lessons are needed, Gurney said he believed that if a coach "gives a bowler enough valid information for an hour or an hour and a half, that should be sufficient for three months."
– On how much improvement a bowler can expect from coaching, Gurney said players "can improve tremendously, especially a novice bowler. If a bowler is averaging 210 and wants to bowl 220, they obviously won't improve as much as a bowler averaging 160 who wants to improve to 200."
Gurney did as he lectured. He enlisted top professional Eric Forkel to be his personal coach when he fell out of rhythm.
"We all need help," he said. "No matter who you are, we all need help."


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WINTER HAVEN, Fla. -- Shaun Coughlin (Northford, Conn.) pitched a complete game gem as the University of Maine baseball team defeated Bowling Green State University 6-1 on Saturday morning in Winter Haven, Fla. Coughlin allowed just one run on six hits and improved to 1-1 on the season. Maine improves to 5-7 on the campaign.
Maine got on the board with four runs in the bottom of the fourth inning. Michael Fransoso (Portsmouth, N.H.) walked and then advanced to second on a balk. He scored when Tyler Patzalek (Burlington, Ontario) singled to left field. Justin Leisenheimer (Middle Village, N.Y.) doubled putting runners on second and third. Kyle Silva (Warwick, R.I.) drove home Patzalek when he doubled. Alex Calbick (Burnaby, British Columbia) drove in Leisenheimer with a single. Sam Balzano (Portland, Maine) plated the fourth run of the inning when he singled to left field scoring Silva.
Bowling Green got its lone run in the top of the fifth inning. Jeremy Shay doubled to left field and scored when Alex Davison singled.
Maine added to its lead with a run in the bottom of the fifth inning. Troy Black (Mississauga, Ontario) pinch hit for Eric White and reached on an error. He scored when Justin Leisenheimer hit a sacrifice fly.
Maine extended its lead to 6-1 in the bottom of the sixth inning. Calbick walked and scored when Troy Black singled through the right side.
Coughlin went all nine innings and allowed one run on six hits. He struck out seven batters in the game without walking a batter. He fanned the side in the top of the ninth inning to end the game. He moves to 1-1 on the season.
Bowling Green used four pitchers in the contest. Andrew Lacinak got the start and went 3.1 innings. He allowed four runs on six hits. He picked up the loss and fell to 0-1 on the season. He was replaced by Ben Singer who went 2.1 innings. He allowed a pair of runs on four hits. Jason Link threw 1.1 innings and surrendered one hit. Nick Bruns pitched the final inning.
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RFID Metrics for Closed Loop RFID Systems
By user742203 on Jul 04, 2008
When measuring the efficiency of a supply chain, there is no better indicator of fulfillment man holes and planning stop signs than that holy grail of metrics - "The Perfect Order". It is an elusive goal to most and is subjected to various influencers like the "perfect" matching of supply to demand as close to the pickup time as possible, maintaining as real a visibility picture of the various echelons of supply etc.
So, where are we now? Of course there are acceptable levels of perfection, especially in a discipline as fraught with uncertainties as operations. Even so, recent studies conducted reveal an interesting and optimistically challenging set of facts. On an average companies only managed 52% perfect fulfillment of their customer orders (see table below)
Imperfect Tendencies - Missing the Mark
What is a Perfect Order?
On Time - delivered to the requested or promised date and time
Complete - no partials over a period of time
Damage Free - unless it is refurbished, based on contract
Correct Invoice - usually has implications on finance integrating with Sales & operations
Research shows we are missing the mark
84% -WERC/DC Velocity: This is a percentile of all the above contributors.
80% -AMR study: From a different analyst
23% -Retail Compliance Council
Source: WERC 2006
What is more startling about the table above is the % of Perfect vendors within Sample = 9.5%, if that is the long tail, then where would the average vendor fall, obviously 52%.
Of course there are different disciplines contributing to making the order perfect, accurate forecasting, optimal planning to those forecasts and of course execution systems that can fulfill demand, match supplies and coordinate tasks. Of course, some of the inefficiencies are just poor business processes and outdated practices or software.
Now we have a new implement to achieving this Perfect Order - RFID, we will go ahead to explore how to identify processes for adoption, measure pilots and prove or disprove benefits. By reading between the lines you will be able to see that this approach is a short term budget qualifier and a long term continuous improvement methodology.
RFID would in essence make the job of locating, tracking those elusive supplies much easier and by transference make the matching process more efficient and streamlined. Before we go into how that can be done, we need to understand what a perfect order is. There is a perfect order to a customer and a seller, operationally of course to a seller, this means the least cost - inventory acquisition and holding, labor and space, order processing and so on, we ignore pricing and other non supply chain factors for perfection outside for now. To a customer, perfect order in our world is measured by correct item shipped, in time, without any damages.
Figure 1a: Measurement Metrics and suggested RFID solutions
Figure 1b: Measurement Metrics and suggested RFID solutions
Figure 1c: Measurement Metrics and suggested RFID solutions
Figure 1d: Measurement Metrics and suggested RFID solutions
Metrics for Comparison - Level 2 and 3 Metrics
From the benchmarks it is clear that the two major contributors to an imperfect order are "% on-time delivery" and "% complete". With sample averages for "% on time delivery" at 51.7% and "% complete" 47.7%, there is significant opportunity for improvement. It is, necessary for us to drill down to level 2 and 3 processes to be able to identify what can be improved and more importantly, what can be tracked for improvement. As industry standards for metrics gain wider adoption, companies can benchmark against industry specific best-practices, this also enables companies the opportunity to implement continuous improvement using similar scales.
Adopting Cycle Time metrics for Intra Facility Activities
While the above metrics and the facilitating RFID capabilities that benefit companies are useful, it is leveraging RFID and associated transactions and processes at the most granular levels that interest this professional. To actually adopt and measure for the purposes of continuous improvement, tracking and measured should be done at the task level.
Fig 2a: Fulfill and Deliver Cycle Time Metrics
Taking Intra-Facility operations as an example, we can again leverage and derive SCOR standards to track, measure and benchmark activities. Since Cycle Time KPI's at are the most granular level, these are the best indicators of actual efficiency improvements. This approach can be adopted during pilots to quantify possible benefits if approval is required for actual adoption.
Of course the schematic above is only a partial representation of what can be measured and what needs to be tracked. In conclusion: in order to improve order fulfillment, companies must go down to this level (II, III and lower) to track down potential improvements with regard to labor efficiency, inventory accuracy and tactical optimization.


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Portsmouth first explored by Capt. John Smith from Jamestown.
July 12th - Site recognized as suitable shipbuilding location by John Wood, a shipbuilder, who petitioned King James for a land grant. Also beginning of regional land grants and settlement as a plantation community.
May 15th - County government established.
June 15th - Site first patented by Captain William Carver, a patriot in Bacon's Rebellion, who was hanged in 1676 for opposing autocratic government. Carver's second patent was dated 15 September 1664.
Site re-patented by Col. William Crawford.
February 27th - established as the Town of Portsmouth by act of General Assembly and named for Portsmouth, England, by its founder – Col. William Crawford – who dedicated the four corners of High and Court Streets for a church, a market, a courthouse, and a jail.
March 5th - Portsmouth Parish established by Act of General Assembly and Portsmouth Parish Church, now Trinity Church (corner of High and Court Streets), built in 1762.
May 19th - First annexation by Town of Portsmouth.
November 1st - Gosport Shipyard, adjoining Portsmouth, established by Andrew
Lord Dunmore, last Royal Governor, driven from Williamsburg, sought refuge at Gosport with
Sprowle, a Tory. After his defeat at the Battle of Great Bridge, his ships bombarded Norfolk. He made his final stand at Hospital Point, Portsmouth, before being driven from the harbor. Portsmouth was then occupied by the 4th Virginia Regiment, and Fort Nelson was built at Hospital Point.
May 11th - Fleet of Sir George Collier with 1,800 British troops under Gen. Matthews invaded Portsmouth, captured Fort Nelson, burned 137 vessels and the Gosport Shipyard, "The Most Considerable in America."
Gen. Leslie, with 3,000 British troops and 60 ships, invaded and fortified Portsmouth.
January 2nd - Benedict Arnold, the traitor, with 2,500 British troops occupied and fortified Portsmouth. He was reinforced by Gen. Phillips with 2,000 troops, and later by the Army of Lord Cornwallis, who assumed command, and in August evacuated Portsmouth for Yorktown, where he surrendered to American and French forces on October 19th.
October 18th - Second annexation
(Gosport) by Town of Portsmouth.
December 10th - Keel of U.S. Frigate CHESAPEAKE, sister ship of the CONSTITUTION, laid at Gosport Shipyard. First ship built here for the U.S. Navy.
January 20th - Portsmouth authorized as seat of Norfolk County.
June 22nd - Portsmouth and Navy Yard attacked by British under Adm. Sir John B. Warren and Brigadier Gen. Sir Sydney Beckwith, who were defeated at the Battle of Craney Island.
May 24th - First steamboat entered Portsmouth harbor.
July 14th - the first lightship in the U.S. was stationed off Craney Island.
October 20th - Navy Yard launched its first 74-gun ship-of-the-line, the
October 25th - Portsmouth welcomed General
May 9th - First Portsmouth newspaper established
Portsmouth Naval Hospital built and commissioned; oldest in the United States.
March 8th - Portsmouth and Roanoke Railroad, Incorporated, one of the first railroads in the South, was established; was predecessor of the Seaboard Airline Railway (now
CSX Transportation).
June 17th - U.S.S. DELAWARE was first ship drydocked in the United States. She entered Drydock No. 1 at the Portsmouth
(Gosport) Navy Yard. This drydock is still in use at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, and is a National Historic Landmark and National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.
April 2nd - Ferry landing changed from foot of North Street to High Street.
February 17th - Portsmouth public schools authorized by law; opened in 1847.
July 20th - First court held in new court house.
February 17th - Portsmouth authorized to elect Mayor and council in place of board of trustees.
April 14th - ship NEPTUNE'S CAR launched in Portsmouth and Page and Allen Shipyard, the only clipper ship built in the South.
Ocean House, later named Hotel Monroe, built by Col. Watts and Arthur Emerson. President Franklin Pierce was entertained here. The hotel has served as quarters for Confederate officers and as a Federal Hospital. It was destroyed by fire 9 August 1957.
March 1st - Portsmouth separated from county government and chartered as an independent city.
April 20th - Navy Yard and 11 warships burned by evacuating Federal forces. Navy Yard and city occupied, first by Virginia forces, followed by Confederate forces. Portsmouth, with only 900 voters, gave 1,400 men to the Confederate armed forces.
March 8th - CSS VIRGINIA, built from the burned U.S.S. MERRIMAC at Navy Yard from designs of Portsmouth Naval Constructor John L. Porter, attacked and defeated the Federal Squadron in Hampton Roads, the world's first ironclad ship to engage in a naval battle. She engaged the U.S.S. MONITOR the following day. This two-day battle by a Portsmouth ship changed the course of Naval history and pronounced the doom of the world's wooden navies.
May 10th - Navy Yard burned and Portsmouth evacuated by Confederate forces. The beginning of eight years of bayonet rule under Federal occupation.
June 28th - First Navy battleship launched at Navy Yard.
February 23rd - Third annexation (Park View) by Portsmouth.
Portsmouth sent volunteer companies to the Spanish-American War.
Dr. George H. Carr is the first Portsmouth automobile owner.
Fourth annexation (Scottsville and Prentis Place).
February 19th - Portsmouth adopted city manager form of government.
World War I. Navy Yard greatly expanded; three new drydocks and 24 ships built. National Guard units from Portsmouth joined the
A.E.F. in France.
Navy Yard built the Navy's first airplane carrier, U.S.S. LANGLEY, converted from collier JUPITER.
March 21st - Fifth annexation (Port Norfolk and Prentis Park)
World War II. Naval Shipyard doubled in size: 43,000 at peak employment and 101 new ships were built for the fleet. National Guard units and men and women from Portsmouth served in all theatres of war.
Radio broadcasting began in Portsmouth with station
WSAP, which was succeeded in 1953 by WAVY.
January 1st - Sixth annexation
(Westhaven and Waterview)
Portsmouth celebrated her bi-centennial.
May 23rd - Elizabeth River Tunnel opened for operation.
August 31st - Portsmouth-Norfolk ferries made last crossing after more than 300 years of continuous operation.
Portsmouth's Curtis-Dunn Marine Shipyard built the first full-scale replicas of SUSAN CONSTANT, GODSPEED and DISCOVERY, the three ships which came to Jamestown, Virginia in 1607, the first permanent English colony in America.
Naval Shipyard's largest drydock, No. 8, was altered to enable docking the largest ships afloat, passenger or naval.
September - First Portsmouth television station (WAVY TV 10).
January 1st - Seventh annexation (Cradock, Alexander Park,
Simonsdale, Elizabeth Manor and other developments)
April 22nd - Portsmouth's new $15 million Naval Hospital building was dedicated.
April 29th - Portsmouth's new Federal Building and Post Office was opened. Houses headquarters of the Fifth Coast Guard District.
The Naval Shipyard began repair work on nuclear submarines.
September 6th - Midtown Tunnel opened
The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum, founded in the Shipyard in 1949, was transferred to the Portsmouth waterfront at the foot of High Street.
The Lightship PORTSMOUTH was placed on exhibit as a museum on the waterfront near the Naval Shipyard Museum. The Lightship was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1989.
September 20th - Portsmouth Marine Terminal began operation.
January 1st - Eighth annexation (West Norfolk, Craney Island, parts of Churchland and Western Branch district of old Norfolk County).
Work began on the seawall and concrete walk along the eastern waterfront of downtown Portsmouth.
Revitalization of downtown business district, many capital improvement projects, including new streets and lighting, a new waterfront park and renovated City Park with boat ramp, landscaping and several beautification projects.
December 10th - newly expanded Children's Museum of Virginia opened. With over 60 interactive exhibits, the museum is the largest of its kind in the state.
Portsmouth is selected by the State's Dept. of Historic Resources as one of four regional preservation offices strategically located throughout the Commonwealth. The office will focus on historic preservation, restoration and economic development projects. The service area includes Hampton Roads, the Eastern Shore, the Northern Neck, the Peninsula and parts of Southside.
July 18th - High Street Landing opened, celebrating construction of the new permanent ferry portal and docking facility.
Children's Museum of Virginia expanded to 63,000 square feet, with more than two dozen interactive exhibits and an antique toy and train collection.
April 30th - Naval Regional Medical Center dedicated new building
Opening of the nTelos Pavilion at Harbor Center, an outdoor cultural arts amphitheater, comparable in size and quality to Wolf Trap in Northern Virginia, and Chastain Park in Atlanta.
Located just 18 miles from the Atlantic Ocean, Portsmouth's Ocean Marine Yacht Center weighs in with a 1,250-ton syncrolift, an 80-ton marine travelift and a state-of-the-art indoor repair and paint facility, where the engines, shafts and propellers of the world's largest pleasure ships can be repaired. Additional amenities include 122 floating slips, indoor dry storage for 320 boats and more than 1,000 of alongside dockage. Completion of the center is scheduled for the first quarter of 2002.
The official rededication of Building Number One, at the Naval Medical
Center, Portsmouth. Building Number One, is the nation's oldest naval hospital,
and has been a significant place for the treatment of the nation's military and
their dependents since early 1800's.
Portsmouth, Virginia celebrates its 250th birthday.
The First Order Fresnel Lens from the Hog Island Lighthouse came out of
storage after nearly four decades to light up the Portsmouth waterfront. The
Fresnel Lens is on loan to the City of Portsmouth by the US Coast Guard.
Hurricane Isabel made landfall in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The
worst of the effects of Isabel occurred in Virginia, especially in the Hampton
Roads area.
The first 211 bricks were laid for the city's new "Path of History," a
walking trail that tells the story of Portsmouth's unique relationship with the
local military and, especially, the Norfolk Naval Shipyard.
The Virginia Sports Hall of Fame (VSHF) opened its new state-of-the-art
facility. VSHF is one of only about 16 official state sports halls of fame in
the country and a member of the International Association of Sports Museums and
Halls of Fame.
APM Terminals North America, Inc. opens terminal located on the Elizabeth
River in Portsmouth, Virginia. The largest private port development in the
United States.
ODU Tri Cities Center opens a 50,000 square foot facility designed to support
a variety of graduate and undergraduate programs.
The United States Coast Guard designates Portsmouth as "Coast Guard City"
Tidewater Community College opens Portsmouth campus. The new state-of-the-art
facility, is located in the Victory Village business park.