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If you are in the mood for something literary and well-produced, look to these past winners of the National Book Award.
Let the Great World Spin
Colum McCann; various narrators
Recorded Books; 15 hours and 16 minutes, $29.99 at audible.com
A series of connected short stories brings to life the denizens of New York in the 1970s in this 2009 winner. McCann's elegantly woven characters are complex and each is suffering, though this is more poignant than depressing, thanks to the joy and sometimes redemption each ekes out of life. What most captivates the listener are the many different voices and narrative styles used for each narrative thread. A seasoned audiobook reader was matched to each character so that coarse voices, harsh laughs and cultural vocal shadings spring to life. A standout is Gerard Doyle, a native of Dublin, Ireland, with a mellifluous style that delivers the weariness and humor of an emigre who finds his new life even more harsh and crumbling than the one he left behind. Grade: A
Lord of Misrule
Jaimy Gordon; read by Myra Lucretia Taylor
Recorded Books; 10 hours and 10 minutes, $27.99 at audible.com
The plot of this 2010 winner follows five emotionally scarred and solitary hopefuls through a year of low-stakes races at Indian Mound Downs, W.Va. Hard luck and hard living have never been more stylishly described, as Gordon lays out third-rate racetracks and their low-rent denizens. Lord of Misrule is the name of "a shiny black beetle of a horse" whose arrival late in the day provides a dramatic finish. Narrator Taylor has steel in her voice when called for, though she weaves lyrical emotion into the more heartbreaking passages. It's worth watching for her name again, as Taylor delivers each character's gritty patois with a lived-in voice that is as mesmerizing as the material she reads. Grade: A
Salvage the Bones
Jesmyn Ward; read by Cherise Boothe
Recorded Books; 9 hours and 53 minutes, $24.49
Steel yourself, because this 2011 winner is a tough one. Revolving around a poor African-American family in coastal Mississippi just weeks before Katrina hit, this is filled with a powerful prose that glides effortlessly into poetic metaphor. The protagonist is Esch, a teenage girl whose head is filled with Greek myths, and her sometime lover, Manny. Narrator Boothe is a marvel in that she manages several voices and timbres, but it is Esch we can't shake, Esch whose voice resonates after we turn off the book. Boothe sounds young and Southern, vulnerable and hard when needed. The story is sometimes brutal and graphic, especially the dog fights, and you can hear the pain resonating in her voice. An excellent production. Grade: A-
The Round House
Louise Erdrich; read by Gary Farmer
Harper Audio; 12 hours and 39 minutes, $17.49 at audible.com
This 2012 winner is a meticulously produced version of a tale of revenge and repercussions. A woman living on a reservation in North Dakota is attacked in the spring of 1988. Not only does her assault change her into a fearful, joyless husk, it greatly affects her husband, a judge, and her 13-year-old son, Joe. The son is the one who shoulders the burden of protecting the family and their honor. Erdrich weaves humor and much detail about spirituality into this story, though it is ultimately a tragedy. Farmer, an American Indian actor who has appeared in over 100 films, alters his voice to suit the age of each speaker and captures the story's pathos with a controlled understatement that especially suits young Joe. Grade: A-
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Students get hands-on experience in a trauma-scenario training event
Penn State Mont Alto held its fourth annual trauma-scenario training exercise for forest technology and nursing students on April 26 at the campus. The Penn State Hershey LifeLion helicopter, Blue Ridge Summit Rescue, Mont Alto EMS, the Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry, Franklin County EMA and the Mont Alto Fire Department assisted in the exercise.
Penn State Mont Alto's freshman forest technology students, associate degree (RN) nursing students, and RN-to-BS nursing students were afforded hands-on training responding to a trauma scenario in the woods adjacent to the campus, as well as how it is to work with trauma patients in a simulated Emergency Department. In addition, Penn State Mont Alto's nursing faculty facilitated the use of iStan in the exercise; he is the department's mobile human simulation patient. iStan was treated from "injuries" by forestry, nursing and paramedic students.
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Pulling off the perfect cocktail party
By LYDIA REISSMUELLER
Photography by BRIAN LEE
I love throwing parties — specifically cocktail parties. That's no surprise, considering my love of libations has been building over the past six years, most notably as a bartender at Please Don't Tell in New York and more recently as bar manager at Central and co-owner of TenderBar, a cocktail catering company, in Portland.
Still, my infatuation with cocktail parties goes deeper than my professional interest. It's almost part of my psyche. In fact, I have a very specific idea in my mind of how they should go. I'm not sure exactly what contributed to this image, probably a mix of things I've gleaned from films and books, coupled with the fact that my parents met at one toward the end of the fabulous '50s. In any case, this notion of brimming ice buckets, bubbly conversations, glasses clinking and everyone loosened up is something I crave. It's an atmosphere of somewhat organized chaos, set to the tempo of whatever is on the stereo. And I can't get enough.
To me, a good cocktail party starts with good cocktails. There's nothing festive about mediocre drinks made with a bunch of store-bought mixes. It's like having a dinner party and serving frozen pizza. Good cocktails are built on honest mixes made with meticulously processed seasonal produce, natural sweeteners and quality spirits. That's what separates delicious drinks from those that are just vehicles for booze.
Fortunately, there's a whole category of mixed drinks perfectly suited to entertaining: punch. Instead of being stuck behind the shaker, mixing one or two drinks at a time, make punches. They can be made ahead of time (and are usually more delicious that way) and guests can help themselves.
Like any single-serving cocktail, punch can take a variety of forms — bubbly or still, hot or cold, sweet or pleasantly bitter. I like to put a good deal of thought into the night's selection, considering different palates and tastes, so guests have some variety to keep things interesting over the course of the night.
For a holiday party with friends, I made a crowd-pleasing cranberry-orange Bogberry Punch with local Aviation gin and Vincent cranberry juice, plus sparkling wine for a little effervescent fizz. For something a little more complex, I also set out a big bowl of spicy Swedish Punsch, made with local Krogstad Aquavit, Batavia Arrack (an earthy Indonesian rumlike distillate), ginger-honey syrup and fresh citrus juices. Instead of making a third punch, I set out the ingredients for a simple cocktail guests could make themselves according to their taste — Cana's Feast Chinato, Dry Soda's blood orange soda and ice. It's a fun way to let people craft a custom drink, no bartending experience required.
Of course, it wouldn't be a real party without food, and that's where my partner in business and in life, Joshua McFadden, comes in. A professional chef who's worked in restaurants from San Francisco to Rome, he has a way of coming up with great menus that take advantage of what's available at the farmers market. We both find inspiration from what's in season, and then we get creative with the ways we prepare and serve it.
Joshua says nothing goes better with cocktails than fried food, so the highlights of his menu included a fritto misto of squash, apples, chiles and herbs with honey and pecorino; bacon and smoked mozzarella arancini; and chips with a creamy dip of foraged herbs, garlic and peppers.
To keep the menu manageable, Joshua advises against trying to make everything yourself. "Have a few items that take a bit of time, but fill in the menu with local cured meats, cheese and roasted nuts from the market."
In the end, one of the things I love most about throwing these parties is walking around and seeing all the list-making, shopping and cooking come to fruition. I love seeing people mingling and chatting, coming and going, as the group whittles down to the last few. I even enjoy cleaning up — though less than the actual mess-making — as I mull over the evening while gathering the glasses and packing everything away. Every party seems to have a life of its own. I can't wait to see how the next one unfolds.Punch tips
Plan ahead: Make the punches three or four days in advance, to allow the ingredients melding time and to be sure the liquid is thoroughly chilled.
Ice: Large rings or blocks of ice melt more slowly than cubes and aren't as likely to overdilute your punch — especially if the punch is refrigerator-cold to start with. Make ice rings for your punches two days in advance, using a Bundt pan or any large plastic container (freeze it on a cookie sheet to keep the bottom flat). The ice should be as large as possible, but small enough to allow plenty of room for the ladle. To decorate the ring, add fruits, herbs or edible flowers before freezing.
Fizz: Carbonated drinks begin to go flat after two hours, so if you're serving a sparkling punch, don't add the fizzy ingredient until just before serving. If you want the fizz to last longer, serve just half the punch first. Refrigerate the rest of the punch and sparkling ingredient separately until ready for round two.
Heat: If you want to serve a hot punch, you can keep it hot in a slow cooker.
Timing: If it's going to be a long night, serve your cold punch in smaller batches so you don't end up with a bowl of tepid, diluted punch by the end of the night. Just keep the remainder refrigerated and have several ice rings at the ready.
Garnish: You can put out a tray of garnishes for guests to add to their drinks, such as edible flowers, herb sprigs, cinnamon sticks or citrus slices and twists, but from my experience, if the garnish isn't already in the bowl, it won't end up in the glass.
Keep track: Friends always ask what they can do to help, but it can be hard to delegate when the party preparations live on a list in your head. I like to make sure I have all the day-of tasks written on our chalkboard (a rectangle of chalkboard paint on our office wall), so Joshua and I both know what needs to be accomplished. Plus we get the pleasure of checking things off when they get done, assigned or both.
When assigning tasks to friends, think about who is good at what. Does somebody live close to the ice cream, cheese or butcher shop and can pick something up? Would someone want to come over early to help with prep?
Write out your menu and post it in the kitchen (again chalkboard paint, on our kitchen door). That way you won't forget to pull something out of the fridge or that one key topping for your dish. It's an easy oversight when you've had a few glasses of punch, trust me.
Decorate: When you're intent on the food and drink it's easy to forget about decorating, but adding a few small touches will make the party feel more special. You don't have to spend a fortune to do it. Find little trinkets from nature, like pine cones and rose hips, and cluster them around the punch bowl or buffet table. Candles get a lot of play at our parties, giving a low illumination to bottles of drinkables, as part of table lighting and around shelving. Use a variety of shapes and sizes in varying glass containers (like Ball jars) to give your place a cozy and festive feel.
Use labels: Making labels for the foods and beverages, and even listing where the components are from, adds a thoughtful touch. First, people will want to know what they are eating and drinking. But also, if there's an ingredient you're excited about, chances are your guests would be excited, too, but they have to know about it first. We love the bonbonbunbuns from Saint Cupcake and decided to set out a few dozen to go with a Coava coffee-infused whipped cream Joshua made for dipping. A label telling our guests what the buns were and where they came from, gave them something to talk about — and the chance to put them on their own shopping lists.
We like to play whole albums: Bob Dylan, Townes Van Zandt, the Band, Run DMC and Wilco, to name a few. And whatever a guest cues up is always entertaining!
Setting up: Set out all the serving dishes before filling them, so you know you have the bowls and platters you need and you know where they go. Have all your implements, like beer and wine openers, laid out ahead of time, too, so you don't end up scrounging around at the last minute. Don't forget to put out a trash can and a bag for recycling.
Handling guests: When new guests arrive, be sure to give them the lay of the land (the bar, the bathroom, where to smoke) so they don't feel lost. And introduce folks who don't know each other with a little bit about them, or how you know them. After you've done it a few times, your guests will follow your lead and welcome people for you, allowing you time to wander. Keep a few taxi numbers handy in case anyone feels in need of a ride home.
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NEWARK -- More than two dozen people were arrested on drug charges and outstanding bench warrants in undercover police operations during the past two days, authorities said.
Undercover officers posed as drug dealers and targeted parts of Irvine Turner Boulevard in the city's Clinton Hills neighborhood, as well as the corner of 14th Avenue and South 14th Street, said city Detective Todd McClendon. The areas were chosen because of crime data and complaints of drug activity.
McClendon did not identify most of the suspects, but said they hailed primarily from Newark and surrounding towns and aged between the early 30s to late 50s.
Apart from the bench warrants, suspects were charged with wandering to obtain or sell controlled dangerous substances, he said.
Two suspects, identified as James Dyson, 45, and Melissa Wolk, 34, live in Piscataway, McClendon said.
The police also arrested Sharanda Patrick, 29, of Irvington, after a brief chase, McClendon said. She was charged with possession of heroin, possession with the intent to distribute and possession with intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of a school.


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GRAND RAPIDS — Grand Rapids Superintendent Bernard Taylor resigned today, nearly five years to the day that he started the job.
Board of Education members today approved a deal that allows Taylor to remain at the helm for up to a year as members search for a replacement.
The resolution, read by member Maureen Slade, accepted the resignation with "appreciation and gratitude" – and "with regret" from one member, who said the embattled superintendent should have been treated better.
The deal would pay Taylor through June 2012 and provide a lump sum payment equal to at least a year's salary, the sources said. Taylor's base salary this year is $200,432.
President Senita Lenear praised Taylor for remaining the year, allowing the district to have someone at the helm during the search.
Taylor was not at the special meeting, held this afternoon.
Under the proposal, the district would also pay for Taylor's insurance coverage and his district-owned vehicle until he finds a job, the sources said. They added he would also receive two years worth of vesting in a state retirement plan.
Sources said the deal provides the district time to find Taylor's replacement and also reduces the financial payout that would otherwise have been required under his current contract. That contract, approved in 2009, specifies the district would have paid him the balance of his contract or 30 months worth of salary and benefits currently valued at about $250,000 a year.
Board members Jane Geitzen was absent, and the Rev. Kenneth Hoskins cast his vote over the phone. Member Wendy Falb read a letter from Geitzen, which praised Taylor for academic growth over his tenure.
Board member Catherine Mueller, a strong Taylor supporter, said after the meeting that the superintendent deserved to be treated better, and the district needs a steady hand to guide it during a tough time.
"We shouldn't be at this point," Mueller said after the meeting. "Dr. Taylor deserved the full five years. His reforms deserved time. Dr. Taylor never lost his loyalty to the district, and he should be here to be able to plan for the next five years."


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The ACC's spring meetings wrapped up Thursday in Amelia Island, Fla., with no major announcements but worthwhile discussion on several hot-topic issues surrounding the conference.
Other than budding support for looking into playing the ACC men's basketball tournament in New York, the most relevant issue facing Syracuse in the immediate future is bowl tie-ins for football, which would start in 2014.
ESPN.com had previously reported the ACC is eyeing partnerships with the Gator Bowl and New Era Pinstripe Bowl, one which the Orange has great familiarity with.
ACC Commissioner John Swofford told reporters there would be nine or 10 guarantee bowl slots for schools.
"I like the track we're on, and I think we'll be in good shape when that's all said and done," Swofford said. "We're working our way through that. You want to protect any bowl-eligible teams that you have, if you can. As a 15-member league in terms of the bowls, we don't have any real history yet of what that right number is in terms of a sweet spot."
An official announcement could be made in weeks, Swofford said.
» Unlike the Big Ten, the ACC is not in favor of a scheduling ban on Football Championship Subdivision opponents (think Stony Brook and Wagner).
Georgia Tech AD Mike Bobinski's thought is there are many FCS schools located in ACC and SEC territory, and many of them need the paycheck that comes with playing a BCS conference school to help fund their athletic department.
"Geographically the Big Ten has a different set up," Bobinski told ESPN.com's Andrea Adelson. They have a relationship with the Mid-American Conference, which works philosophically, geographically, competitively on a lot of levels. We live in an area where there's an awful lot of FCS football. We have some responsibility, and I think the SEC will do the same thing. I don't think they're going to do what the Big Ten has done, either. We feel like we have a responsibility to the sport in our region to continue to play some of those games."
Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher has another reason: the difficulty in schedule-making.
"I don't necessarily want to play them, either, but you go find four nonconference games, it's a lot harder than finding three," Fisher told ESPN.com. "I would rather play all Division I-A schools but that goes back to finding opponents that are willing to do it. You hate to get in a lot of home-and-homes because you do lose revenue, but at the same time you don't want to pay an arm and a leg for what they price them out."
» Syracuse is stuck in the Atlantic Division with national powers Florida State and Clemson, and the word out of Amelia Island is that there's been no talk about realigning the divisions.
But if Syracuse works its way into the conference championship game or bowl game, the ACC has ensured change so that teams don't wind up losing hundreds of thousands of dollars for unsold tickets.
Florida State, for example, lost more than $400,000 last year because it sold only a fraction of its 10,000-ticket allotment.
"Just philosophically, looking forward, a team, particularly in the championship game, shouldn't be put in a position where they lose money financially," Swofford told reporters.
The ACC is in the final year of its contract to hold the championship game in Charlotte and Swofford, though happy with the game being played in Charlotte, will scale the landscape for other potential sites.
And it is still undecided on how ACC teams will share revenue from bowl payouts moving forward. Currently, all bowl revenue is equally shared.
Swofford told reporters a subcommittee has been tasked with finding a solution.
"I would hope they would find something that is the right sweet spot, so to speak, for the institutions that are playing not only in the championship game, but in our bowls, as well," Swofford said.
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- Management of the early symptoms of influenza-like illnesses and ear, nose and throat (ENT) disorders by pharmacistsKarine Danno
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Homeopathy 103:239-49. 2014....
- China rubra for side-effects of quinine: a prospective, randomised study in pregnant women with malaria in Cotonou, BeninKarine Danno
Laboratoires BOIRON, 20 rue de la Liberation, Sainte Foy Les Lyon, France Electronic address
Homeopathy 103:165-71. 2014..We evaluated the impact of the homeopathic medicine China rubra 7CH on the side-effects of quinine used as treatment for acute malaria in pregnant women in Cotonou, Benin...
- Effectiveness of homeopathic medicine associated with allopathic medicine in the outpatient management of influenza-like illnesses or ear, nose, and throat disorders by pharmacistsKarine Danno
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J Manag Care Pharm 19:631-41. 2013..However, the profile of patients consulting pharmacists with these illnesses, the types of over-the-counter (OTC) medicines recommended by pharmacists, and the effectiveness of these treatments have not been studied...
- Homeopathic treatment of migraine in children: results of a prospective, multicenter, observational studyKarine Danno
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J Altern Complement Med 19:119-23. 2013..The study objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of homeopathic medicines for the prevention and treatment of migraine in children...
- Homeopathic treatment of premenstrual syndrome: a case seriesKarine Danno
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Homeopathy 102:59-65. 2013..Observational, prospective study to describe the homeopathic management of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) by a group of French physicians...


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India is globalising, but not the way much of the world wants.
That rather contradictory thought nagged at me one morning during the chaotic Commonwealth Games here in New Delhi.
India is globalising, but not the way much of the world wants.
That rather contradictory thought nagged at me one morning during the chaotic Commonwealth Games here in New Delhi.
Of the many comments I heard in Pakistan, one question particularly flummoxed me. Was democracy really the right system for South Asia? It came, unsurprisingly, from someone sympathetic to the military, and was couched in a comparison between Pakistan and India.
For Reuters analysis of risks to watch in Asian countries, kept updated in real time and with graphics and video, click on the links below.
Historical parallels can be misleading, so I am a little bit wary of reading too much into a comparison between the devastating cyclone which hit then East Pakistan in 1970 and the current floods in Pakistan. But on the surface the similarities are there.
"Whatever the result, this meeting will be a turning point in Pakistan's history," Pakistan President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto told his daughter Benazir as he prepared for a summit meeting with Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1972 in the Indian hill resort of Simla after his country's defeat by India in the 1971 war. "I want you to witness it first hand."
India may have a bigger problem in Pakistan than previously thought. More than half of Pakistanis surveyed in a Pew poll say India is a bigger threat than al Qaeda or the Taliban.
The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan have returned home, licking their wounds from their latest failed engagement. Both sides are blaming each other for not only failing to make any progress, but also souring ties further, with Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and his Indian counterpart S.M.Krishna openly sparring at a news conference following the talks in Islamabad. Qureshi suggested Krishna did not seem to have the full mandate to conduct negotiations because directions were being given from New Delhi throughout the day-long talks, drawing rebuke from India which said the foreign minister had been insulted on Pakistani soil.
Last week's suicide bombing of a mosque in Zahedan, capital of the Iranian province of Sistan-Baluchestan, is another reminder of how far two of the United States' main foreign policy challenges - its row with Iran over its nuclear programme, and its policies towards Afghanistan and Pakistan - are intertwined.
Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari is in China this week, making good his promise to visit the "all weather ally" every three months. During his previous trips, his hosts have sent him off to the provinces to see for himself the booming growth there, but this trip may turn out be a lot more productive.


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Troy Tulowitzki and Jose Bautista have garnered the most All-Star votes in their respective leagues due in large part to their ability to drive the ball over the fence. On Monday, their penchant for going deep earned them their first honor of the 2014 MLB season, as they were named the captains for the 2014 Home Run Derby in Minneapolis.
Troy Tulowitzki, @JoeyBats19 named captains for @Gillette #HRDerby. pic.twitter.com/l3tTupyaFA— MLB (@MLB) June 23, 2014
This will be the fourth year under the new format, which sees two captains pick three additional players from their respective league to compete for the crown. Tulowitzki and Bautista are both first-time captains. Seattle Mariners second baseman Robinson Cano is the only multi-time captain in the four years of the format.
Tulowitzki, 29, is batting .360/.451/.648 with 18 home runs and 45 RBI, emerging as arguably the National League's best player. If the season ended today, he would be among the top vote-getters for the MVP award despite the Colorado Rockies' struggles.
His 18 home runs are second in the NL behind Miami Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton. This is Tulowitzki's first Home Run Derby appearance.
Some of the best derby performances have been by guys who weren't the best home run hitters. Cast doesn't matter. Self-sustaining show.— Jesse Spector (@jessespector) June 23, 2014
Stanton, to some the NL's best power hitter, will likely be selected. Diamondbacks first baseman Paul Goldschmidt, Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo and Astros rookie George Springer are among the many who will garner consideration. Nick Groke of The Denver Post reported that Tulowitzki said he is willing to consider teammate Justin Morneau, who starred in Minnesota for a decade before a midseason trade last year:
Troy Tulowitzki said he will definitely consider picking Justin Morneau for the NL home run derby team in Minnesota. pic.twitter.com/lrU3OinixL— Nick Groke (@nickgroke) June 23, 2014
Bautista, 33, has been one of the American League's fiercest sluggers for the past half-decade. The Blue Jays outfielder has a career-high .305 batting average to go along with 15 home runs and 49 RBI. Toronto has been one of baseball's biggest surprises this season and currently leads the vaunted AL East by 1.5 games.
Bautista is making his third Home Run Derby appearance, having previously made the final in 2012.
If all goes as expected, Blue Jays players will comprise half of the AL roster. Third baseman Edwin Encarnacion leads MLB with 24 home runs and 63 RBI. It'd be a mild shock if Bautista didn't give the nod to his teammate, though the AL is stacked with potential candidates.
Orioles outfielder Nelson Cruz, White Sox rookie Jose Abreu and Red Sox slugger and Home Run Derby mainstay David Ortiz are among the high-profile players worth consideration. Seven of MLB's 10 highest home run totals come from the American League. Not among those leaders is 2013 champion Yoenis Cespedes, who may get selected as a nod to his amazing outing at Citi Field.
While the final result is largely lost to the ether the moment the Derby ends, the AL will be playing to continue its recent dominance in the contest. An AL player has won the contest each of the last four seasons and six of the last seven. Since the captain format was instituted, the AL has boasted five of the last six finalists.
The 2014 Home Run Derby is July 14 at 8 p.m. ET. Tulowitzki and Bautista will make their announcement on the participants at a yet-to-be-determined date prior to the event. Given the National League's recent struggles, Tulowitzki better think long and hard about his selections.
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NEWS ANALYSIS: Consumer and prosumer tech has come a long, long way from PCs, music players and phones to robots, drones, VR headsets and set-and-forget cars
CES 2016 – Cisco Targets Broadcasters With Cloud Software, Agrees Sky Q Deal
Cisco details cloud broadcast platform and will help power Sky Q TV service
CES 2016 – TP-Link Shows Off 60GHz 802.11ad Wi-Fi, Touchscreen Routers
"World-first" 60GHz TP-Link 60GHz router could deliver 7Gbps speeds, while touchscreen access point hopes to simplify the smart home
CES 2016 – Samsung Pay Coming To Gear S2 Smartwatch, More Countries
Samsung Pay will soon be supported by the Gear S2 and in more countries as company shows off even more smartwatches at CES
CES 2016 – O2 Targets UK Smart Home Leadership With AT&T Platform Launch
O2 becomes first European operator to commercially launch AT&T Digital Life as it looks to seize smart home opportunity
CES 2015 – The Year When Tech Got Big(ger), Smarter And More Connected
Drones and wearables and TVs, oh my!
Quiz Of The Week – CES 2015
Have you been paying attention to what's been going on in Las Vegas this week?
CES 2015 – Storedot Battery Can Fully Charge Your Phone In Seconds
Israeli company says it can charge a device's battery over a hundred times faster
CES 2015 – Alcatel Introduces Dual iOS / Android Smartwatch
$149 smartwatch sees Alcatel attempting to undercut Apple Watch and Android Wear devices
CES 2015 – Asus Launches ZenFone 2 – The Luxury Smartphone Everyone Can Enjoy
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Staying one step ahead of the intruders
Blue Pill Detection
The latest trend is virtualized rootkits. A virtualized rootkit works like a virtual machine: The first step is for the rootkit to modify the boot process so that a virtual machine is loaded before the operating system. The operating system you think is running on the hardware actually boots in a virtual machine. This gives the rootkit total control over the computer without the operating system or the user noticing a thing. This approach was demonstrated by Blue Pill [1], which explains why the process of identifying virtual rootkits is known as Blue Pill Detection.
Rootkits are very difficult to detect once they are installed on your system. Before they install, however, you can identify them with anti-virus programs and rootkit scanners (or rootkit detectors), which use signatures or heuristics to identify the culprits.
The best way to stop a rootkit is not to let it in. The articles in this issue discuss some techniques for shutting out intruders before they get comfortable.
In spite of all your efforts, however, you will never be safe enough to ignore the possibility of a rootkit slipping past your defenses. The following sections discuss some strategies for rooting out rootkits.
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Administrators are asked to build most rootkit scanners before they can use them. As you can imagine, this is a problem if the rootkit already has a stranglehold on your system. In this case, the compiler may already have been compromised by the rootkit, and would build a manipulated version of the scanner. For this reason, you should try to build the scanner as soon as possible after installing the system, or use a system that you know is clean.
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Because the results on a running system are not entirely conclusive, you should down the suspect and then boot from a medium that you know is clean. This could be a rescue disk, for example. The real test is to cross check any suspicious files with files from a clean system. This is usually accomplished by comparing the current system with a snapshot of the system taken directly after installation. To prevent the rootkit from affecting the results of the comparison, store the original snapshot on a read-only medium.
Of course, a backup of a complete system takes significant disk space. As an alternative, you could just create checksums for an integrity check. To do this, the rootkit scanner calculates a fingerprint for each file; if the rootkit later attempts to manipulate the file, the checksum is automatically changed and will thus not match the original checksum stored at the time of the last upgrade.
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President Obama spoke words of comfort during his visit to Louisiana Friday, and his reaffirmed promise that his administration will stay on top of this crisis for as long as it takes is reassuring for Gulf Coast residents.
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He announced important changes to the government's response, including stationing doctors to monitor the health of cleanup workers and local residents. More importantly, he said he ordered the tripling of personnel available to clean up coastal areas where oil has hit or is expected in 24 hours -- a response to growing complaints about slow cleanup efforts.
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KINGSTON — The Kingston Buccaneers stepped onto the field April 12 to play Port Townsend, following a frustrating overtime loss Tuesday. Port Townsend quickly became the recipient of a team that did not want to repeat the 3-2 loss to Klahowya.
"Port Townsend was unfortunate to be the team to play us after our sudden death overtime loss to Klahowya as we went in prepared and offensively focused to score," Kingston coach Craig Smith wrote to the Herald.
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Within the first 20 minutes of play, the Bucs scored three times. By the 47th minute, the Bucs scored five times. Kingston's Nick Boles finished the game in the 71st minute, with the team's eighth goal.
The game ended 8-0. The Bucs scored four times in each half.
Kyle Van Wyck and Alex Worland shared the shutout win as goalies.
Boles scored four times, Justin Overton scored twice with two assists. And Cody Sweeney scored twice with three assists. Smith said he pulled all three players early to keep the scoring down.
Smith said Cameron Ashley continues to impress playing the outside half. Ansel Hartman and Simon Campo held center- mid-field well, too.
The Bucs and North Kitsap Vikings will play April 17 at North Kitsap High School. Game is scheduled for 6:45 p.m.
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Second half — 5, KHS, Boles (Sweeney), 47th; 6, Sweeney; 7, KHS, Overtone (Sweeney), 53rd; 8, Boles (Overton), 71st.
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- Michael Franti and Spearhead play the House of Blues, with Serena Ryder.
- At Xavier University, Dr. Regina Benjamin, the 18th U.S. Surgeon General, will facilitate a discussion featuring two granddaughters of Henrietta Lacks. Lacks died in 1951 while undergoing treatment for cervical cancer, and samples of her cells were taken without her permission or knowledge. As detailed in Rebecca Skloot's 2010 book, "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," a single cell from Lacks' tumor became the first human cell line grown, cultivated, and cloned in labs. HeLa cells have used for cancer research, gene mapping, the effects of radiation and toxic substances, and sent into space.
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So, about that Jose Veras option
It was actually $4 million, not $3.25 million, according to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports. The difference is an escalating bonus clause based on games finished. Veras finished 45 games during the regular season — 38 when he was the Astros closer, then seven more working in more of a setup role for the Tigers. Two of the latter were save chances. Another was an extra-inning loss to the Yankees in August that ended when Brett Gardner homered off of him. The last was his eighth inning of the series opener at Miami, when the Tigers were still trying for the second seed in the AL postseason.
Though some second-guessing might follow for games he finished, let's be clear: It wasn't a $750,000 decision. The escalating clause means the bonus likely accumulated in increments for every five games finished after a certain point. So the difference in Veras' option if he finished 44 games instead of 45 would've been smaller.
A $4 million option, especially for a setup reliever, looks a lot different than a $3.25 million option. Does that mean it was the difference in the Tigers' decision? That part isn't clear right now, and might not be until Dave Dombrowski talks about the offseason goals.
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is it was 17% of Prince's contract, not 14%. makes sense.
scratch that "is".
i wonder when ole' dave is going to enlighten us anyhow…..reckon not til afterwards
Wow! Jose Veras and Darin Downs. Maybe Phil Coke yet to go. Sure looks like they will need a lot of other bullpen arms.
That caliber of guy isn't a bench guy….
Prince shouldn't in there more than 150-155….guy gets all wore out by the Post Season. He's made it to the post season 5 times….and has a .620 OPS…
can VMart play 40 games at catcher this year – including all NL games? who cares if it blows his knees out he won't be here in 2015
That is a little mean-spirited, and out of place here.
fair enough..let me rephrase. Hey maybe we can allow vmart to catch 40 or so games this season, i'm sure he'd like to get more time in the field. might as well get the best of him before he moves on.
we can sign a legit catcher then – hopefully the alex experiment will be behind us this time next year.
Brad Ausmus to replace Jim Leyland
Updated: November 3, 2013, 1:09 AM ET
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The Detroit Tigers will hire Brad Ausmus to replace Jim Leyland as the team's manager, according to multiple reports.
Ausmus, 44, will travel to Detroit on Sunday to finalize the deal.
The move was first reported by SportsRadio 610 in Houston.
Ausmus, a former major league catcher, has served as special assistant in the San Diego Padres' front office since 2010. He has never served as a manager or a coach at the big league level, but did manage the Israeli national team that failed to qualify for the World Baseball Classic in 2012.
Ausmus played for four teams in his career, which spanned from 1993-2010. He played for the Tigers for part of the 1996 season, and again from 1999-2000.
Detroit general manager Dave Dombrowski had confirmed that Ausmus interviewed for the position on Monday. Los Angeles Dodgers third-base coach Tim Wallach and Tigers hitting coach Lloyd McClendon also interviewed for the position.
The Tigers needed a new manager after Leyland stepped down following the team's loss to the Boston Red Sox in the AL Championship Series last month.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
Hunter batted over .300 had over 80 rbi's he is an everyday player. By the way didn't he only play in about 145 or so games? Bench guys are usually fringe players who can either handle a glove or hit for a little power off the bench. Not a guy who still bats over 300 and hits 17 homers and knocks in over 80 rbi's.
Brad Ausmus huh? I hope this means Jones is still on staff, and Llyod is not the hitting coach.
Matt Dery of Detroit Sports 105.1 is reporting Gene Lamont will remain in the Tigers' dugout as Ausmus' bench coach.
I like the choice
Im still mad because he was denied the GG with Detroit with IRod winning it while playing half season.
Trading him for Cedeño remains among the worsts in my book
Young manager. No experience in managing. You could have the same coaching staff. Unless some of them get jobs elsewhere. Lloyd to Seattle??
It was mentioned yesterday in another blog so I checked: Tuiasosopo had better DRS and UZR as OF than Don Kelly.( Kelly been better as LF by DRS but behind by UZR/150)
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Personnel: Nicolás "Colacho" Brizuela (guitar, Chapman stick); Ninon Valder (vocals, flute, bandoneon).
Liner Note Author: Santiago Giordano.
Recording information: Estudio Personal De Nicolás Brizuela, Buenos Aires, Arg; Estudio Personal De Ninon Valder, Paris, Francia.
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Landon and I visited the Disney Store in Times Square when we went to the 77Kids party a couple weeks ago, and L didn't know it then but — we are going to fly to Florida in January and take him to Disney World to meet the real Mickey Mouse!
This will be our first family vacation ever. I'm not counting trips to see family in Germany — that's not really a vacation :).
We are flying directly from Westchester to Orlando, quite a treat, and will be staying in a brand-new Wyndham Resort for three nights.
We are planning to spend one day at Disney World and told L about it at Christmas. I printed him out a fake Disney ticket stub and made it one of his presents for Christmas.
He's not over-the-moon excited like those kids in the commercials, I think because we don't have a lot of Disney paraphernalia in the house, but he's going to be blown away by Disney World once we get there. I can't wait to see his reaction.
What he doesn't know yet is that we are also planning to go to SeaWorld.
L is obsessed with killer whales and the Free Willy movies to the point where he asks us to call him Jessy, and he also loves dolphins.
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SPRING LAKE TWP. — A Hudsonville couple sustained serious injuries Saturday when their 1928 Ford two-door car ran off U.S. 31 near Taft Street in Spring Lake Township and struck a guardrail.
Thomas Huizenga, 55, the driver of the antique car, and Kathleen Huizenga, also 55, were taken to Mercy Health Partners' Mercy Hospital following the accident.
Huizenga told Ottawa County Sheriff's Deputies that the car may have incurred a steering problem just prior to the crash.
The car spun out into the southbound lanes after hitting the guardrail, which prevented it from going into the northbound lanes, according to deputies.
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The Boston Globe's Kevin Dupont believes that the fact that the presence of four Montreal Canadiens players on the fan-voted Eastern Conference All-Star team's starting lineup illustrates a critical error in the way that the NHL counts fan votes--mostly because it counts them:
January 11, Boston Globe: The CH starters are Andrei Markov and Mike Komisarek on defense, along with Alexei Kovalev at forward (running with Penguins Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin) and Carey Price in goal. Fine picks, each and every one of them - for second-line forward, No. 2 defensemen pairing, and backup goaltender.
All of which again proves the old adage repeated by GMs through the ages: Listen to the fans, and you'll end up sitting with them.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with allowing, encouraging, and engaging fan participation. But it only takes a cursory look at "Dancing With the Stars" to figure out that vox populi should be given only so much of a vox.
Let the people vote. Let them jam the Internet the way Jacques Lemaire bottles up the ice. But don't let their votes (read: fanaticism) take away from the good work of guys who truly deserve to be named starters.
The "election" process should be handed over to a select group of GMs and coaches, and they should in turn be handed the tally of the fan votes for consideration in making their selections. Perhaps that will dampen, shall we say, the enthusiasm of the public electorate, but it will go a long way in naming the 12 players who most deserve to be identified as the best at their positions over the first half of the season.
Montreal fashions itself as the center of the hockey universe. It has the Stanley Cup flags to back up the claim that the game is at the center of its culture. If class and culture speak for themselves, too bad the lack of it found a voice via text messaging and the Internet. There were no paper ballots. Good news for Habs fans: no fingerprints.
I have nothing but bad things to say about the farce that the NHL's All-Star fan balloting process has become, but I also believe that eliminating fan participation in one of the few places that the NHL gives its fans a say is equally unacceptable. Fans voting the starting lineups? Maybe not, but fans voting in an all-fans' team? Definitely.
As I also astutely avoided taking Latin and/or classical studies at every turn, I had to look up "vox populi," a.k.a. the "voice of the people." One could find a term with less negative connotations for the uninitiated intelligentsia.


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JOHNSTOWN — The state Authorities Budget Office announced Thursday it has censured the boards of directors of 13 public authorities, including those for the Fulton County Center for Regional Growth......
The most shocking piece in the article was that Dustin Swanger could not be reached for comment. That has to be a first.
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It is time that the EDC and CIC are made to be accountable to the tax payers of Fulton Co. It is my opinion that the only reason the EDC and CIC wanted to keep that information secret is because if it was to be made public it just may prove that some of the members of the boards of directors also received money that they were not entitled to and that they also knew that the $3,000,000 in bonuses were being paid and the board members failed to stop it. The CRG is not doing very much about getting that $3,000,000 back in my opinion. This is just another reason to elect new supervisors.
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WASHINGTON, April 13, 2012 - First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden, the vice president's wife, marked the one-year anniversary of their Joining Forces campaign this week with a renewed call to action and a message of gratitude to the nation.
"The hours logged, the services donated, the love and devotion and offers to help that have poured in from every corner of the country -- all of that has far surpassed even our wildest expectations," Obama said at an anniversary event on the South Lawn of the White House April 11.
I vividly remember attending the launch of this military-support initiative last year at the White House. Flanked by their husbands and senior military leaders, the first and second ladies announced their intent to raise awareness of military families and to spur Americans to better support troops, veterans and their families for years to come.
"This campaign is about all of us, all of us joining together as Americans to give back to the extraordinary military families who serve and sacrifice so much every day so we can live in freedom and security," the first lady said at the time.
This week, the first lady and Dr. Biden celebrated the campaign's anniversary with the White House event, followed by a whirlwind two-day tour across the nation. They spoke to everyone from military spouses and teens, to nurses seeking to provide better care for military families, to late-night talk show hosts, including satirist Stephen Colbert.
But fanfare aside, their intent was simple: to spread a message of gratitude for the "outpouring of support" Americans gave military families over the past year.
At the anniversary event, the first lady ticked off a list of contributions from the past year:
-- More than 1,600 businesses have hired more than 50,000 veterans and spouses, and have pledged to hire at least 160,000 more in the coming years;
-- The Defense, Veterans Affairs, Treasury and Labor departments all have made "groundbreaking" announcements to support veterans, wounded warriors, caregivers and military spouses;
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Syracuse, NY -- Members of United Auto Workers Local 624 continued voting today on a new contract with New Process Gear.
Workers voted at the plant over a 24-hour period that ended at 4 p.m. People who have been laid off or are out on disability may vote from 5 to 7 p.m. at the union hall in East Syracuse.
It's not known when union officials will announce the outcome of the vote.
New Process Gear employs 1,400, but the company plans to cut it almost in half, to 760 even if the new contract is approved.
This is the second contract vote held by the union and the company in little more than a month. In voting on Feb. 2 and 3, workers rejected an earlier contract that called for wage and benefit concessions in return for company promises that it would keep the DeWitt auto parts plant open if it met certain financial benchmarks.
Following the contract's rejection, plant owner Magna International Inc. announced that it would close New Process Gear.
Union leaders were able to keep talks alive, and the two sides agreed to another proposal on March 5. The tentative agreement was explained to workers last week.
The company has said it will begin an accelerated wind down of the plant if workers again reject the contract.
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Ogemaw Heights finished with seven undefeated wrestlers: Cordel Dubke, Devon Vaughn, Greg Sancrant, Brennan Crowley, Dylan Nichols, Tyler Blagg, Nate Wynkoop, and Jordan Henretta.
To earn its two wins, Ogemaw Heights defeated Carrollton 48-15, and Tawas Area 55-24.
"We really grew up tonight, and we really progressed," Falcons coach Frank Dame said. "We wrestled hard and we wrestled aggressive. It was fun to see what the kids learned in practice."
Carrollton finished in second place with a 1-1 record, defeating Pinconning 58-19.
Logan Baase and Sevrino Aguilar both finished undefeated for Carrollton.
"The Ogemaw match was good, but it was against tough kids," Cavaliers coach Jeff Treymann said. "We just made young mistakes; we have to learn to fight for those matches."


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UPDATE: Kent County Sheriff's deputies cleared the scene at 11:56 a.m. and the highway reopened shortly after. A dispatch supervisor said there were no serious injuries, though as many as 15 to 20 vehicles were reportedly involved in separate crashes along a short stretch of the highway.
GRAND RAPIDS TOWNSHIP—Police on Saturday morning were shutting down all traffic on a portion of eastbound I-96 at the East Beltline due to a crash reportedly involving more than 10 vehicles.
Authorities responded just before 10 a.m. Saturday and, so far, have said they have not found anyone injured.
A Kent County dispatcher said police are attributing the chain-reaction crash to slippery roads and the rising sun that may have limited visibility for some drivers in the area.
The dispatcher said it is not clear exactly how many cars collided, but said there were at least ten and possibly more than fifteen.
Traffic is being rerouted along the East Beltline to Cascade Road SE.
Several tow trucks were responding to the scene to help clear debris.
The dispatcher said crash reports this morning were coming in at a "steady" pace, though not nearly as frequently as Friday night. Snowfall and falling temperatures have made driving conditions thoroughout West Michigan rough.
Snow is expected to continue falling today.
Related: Friday night's long, icy commute was miserable for hundreds of drivers stuck behind crashes, rollovers


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INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (Indiana's NewsCenter)--Ten people, mostly teens, were shot in three separate shootings in downtown Indianapolis Saturday night during Indiana Black Expo Summer Celebration.
The first shooting occurred near the intersection of Illinois and Maryland streets just after 9:30 p.m. when someone began firing into a large crowd. Eight people, all boys ranging in age from 10 to 18 years old, were struck by gunfire.
A second shooting occurred a few minutes later at the corner of Georgia and Meridian streets. Police say a 16-year-old boy was shot in both legs.
And just before 11:30 p.m., a 15-year-old boy was shot in the legs on West Market Street.
The victims were taken to local hospitals and were listed in good condition early Sunday morning.
Police say the shootings were unrelated and the result of young boys showing up at public events armed with guns. Several suspects are in custody.
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Today's low was 57. The record for Oct. 6 is 43, recorded in 1932.
Friday: Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid-80s. Lows in the low to mid-60s. Chance of rain 5 percent or less.
Tomorrow's weather column by WKRG's Alan Sealls:
Morning Dew
Dew point temperatures have crept up. Our air is not so dry anymore but it's not sticky either. That slight change over the last few days is partly why you've seen dew on your vehicle in the early morning.
With calm wind, clear skies, and moderate to high moisture, we commonly get dew on cars, trucks and grass. The air temperature cools down to reach the dew point temperature, giving a relative humidity of 100%. This is mainly late at night but it does happen much earlier under perfect conditions.
The wrong condition for dew is when wind stirs the air and mixes in drier air. Also, if you are under thick clouds or a tree or canopy that traps a little more heat, that keeps the relative humidity under 100% making dew less likely.
The increasing dew points are signaling more clouds into the weekend with only low rain chances.


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Problem with CFDA.gov Leads to Inaccurate Notation of Single Audit Applicability
Late last week, the Governmental Audit Quality Center (GAQC) became aware, through several of our members, of a problem with the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Web site (www.cfda.gov). The problem involves a field in the CFDA Web site for each program (field 112) that identifies whether an audit under Office of Management Budget (OMB) Circular A-133, Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations, is required for the program. The members that identified this issue became aware of the problem when they noticed that several long-standing and significant programs that have always been subject to Circular A-133 were noted in CFDA.gov as not having a Circular A-133 audit requirement.
After discussing this matter with OMB and several federal agency representatives, we confirmed there is a problem with CFDA.gov that occurred after a system update was made in early May 2009. Since that time, CFDA.gov erroneously defaulted to a "no Circular A-133 audit requirement" response in field 112 for many federal programs. OMB is currently working with the appropriate federal agencies to fix this problem and we will inform you as soon as it has been resolved.
What Does This Mean to Auditors?
Members should inform staff working on single audits about this problem as soon as possible. If staff has encountered a program page in CFDA.gov that indicates a program does not have a Circular A-133 audit requirement, they should check the 2009 OMB Compliance Supplement and the recently issued Addendum #1 to the Compliance Supplement (see GAQC Alert #118). If the program is included in either of these documents, it should be assumed that CFDA.gov is in error and that the program is subject to Circular A-133. If the program does not appear in the Supplement or its addendum, staff should contact the single audit coordinator for the agency under which the program falls to obtain a definitive answer about whether Circular A-133 applies. Federal single audit coordinators and their contact information are listed in Appendix 3, Federal Agency Contacts for A-133 Audits, of the Compliance Supplement.
Remember that this problem has been in existence since early May. Therefore, if your staff relied upon information in CFDA.gov in terms of Circular A-133 applicability since then as part of audit planning or performance, it is possible that they could have relied upon erroneous information. It is important to re-check the information or get verbal confirmation from the appropriate federal agency before completing your single audits.
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The name "Shizuka" is from Japanese 静 (shizu) "quiet" combined with 夏 (ka) "summer" or 香 (ka) "smell, perfume". However, it can also simply mean, "quiet", from the adjective 静か(Shizuka).
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DETROIT -- Jose Iglesias will not play Friday night against the Chicago White Sox. In fact, Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland is not certain when he will be back in the lineup.
But Leyland still considers it good luck that Iglesias didn't suffer a broken hand when he was hit with a pitch Thursday afternoon in the series finale against the Seattle Mariners.
"That would be correct," Leyland said Friday afternoon. "That one didn't sound very good."
Iglesias was in a lot of pain after taking a direct hit on the left hand by a 95-mph fastball from Mariners reliever Tom Wilhelmsen. Most onlookers immediately assumed his hand would be broken, which could have put an end to his season. But X-rays were negative and the Tigers listed the injury as a left hand contusion and said he is day-to-day.
"I don't have any more for you than that," Leyland said. "It would be safe if you just said 'day-to-day,' but he is not playing today, so 'day-tomorrow' maybe."
Ramon Santiago will start at shortstop Friday night in place of Iglesias, who is hitting .276 with two home runs and 10 RBIs in 42 games since joining the Tigers and .310 overall in 105 games this season.
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The goal of this program is to ensure the appropriate documentation, coding and billing of professional services in accordance with regulatory requirements. For information on this program, contact Patty Sherry, compliance manager at firstname.lastname@example.com or call (713) 798-1134.
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The Baylor Code of Conduct is our comprehensive framework for ethical and professional standards. It is designed to ensure that we, all members of the Baylor community, understand the expectations to conduct ourselves in an ethical and professional manner while complying with all laws, regulations, rules and policies to the fullest degree.
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View the College's Financial Conflicts of Interest page (Baylor login required) which provides guidance on the disclosure and management of conflicts that are related to research activities.
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Happy Halloween,
Mother Nature is giving us a few tricks this evening with a few light showers moving through and in some spots even a few sleet pellets mixing in. In fact, across the hills some wet snow was mixing in too. This precip is mainly on the light side and will be ending in the next hour or so. The general theme, at least through the middle of the week, will be cool, dry weather.
High pressure will move in from eastern Canada supplying us with a fair amount of sunshine but temperatures, to kick off the new month, will be running about 10 degrees below normal. Highs over the next few days will stay in upper 40s with morning lows dipping into the 20s. There will be plenty of sunshine as you head to the polls on Tuesday just make sure you dress warm.
Have a great Halloween night!
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I read your message. When I was "investigating", for some reason I, too, was unable to locate it. I had to input it manually through the Source Mode (post the file name, such as Kinzo.jpg, in the area between <gallery> and </gallery>.) To be honest, I have no clue why it's doing that, and why it brings up completely unrelated images. --DQ13 ~ Did we change the world, or did the world change us? 22:20, January 24, 2012 (UTC)


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Maybe the Red Sox should toss that "Sweet Caroline'' tape in the can, and cue up a new song for the eighth inning.
How about "Kumbaya?'' All is harmonious is Soxland, so much so that even Alfredo Aceves can't rock the boat.
Spring training is a time for optimism. Even I'm buying in, and I would encourage Red Sox fans to do the same.
Your team is still unproven. Saying it will be better than last year is not saying much.
But, assuming that Aceves, the house lunkhead, is gone by St. Patrick's Day - and even if he's not - it will be easier to like.
There's John Lackey, patiently signing autographs for long lines of fans. That's one small step.
That's Ryan Dempster, talking about the need to have fun while Jonny Gomes is in another corner of the clubhouse, saying the same thing.
The Red Sox haven't been much fun lately. They have given their fans all the enjoyment of a toothache, not just because of losing but how they went about it.
But it's page-turning time. The Sox went heavy in the offseason on players of proven character, or at least people we could stand, but logic dictates picking them fifth in a five-team division.
This has created the perception that Sox fans have either turned sour or lost interest. I don't believe that.
Why do we have such precious memories of 1967, the "Impossible Dream'' season? Since when did true Red Sox fans demand the Guaranteed Dream in return for their loyalty?
Rather than disrupt the class, Aceves is sitting in the corner and disrupting himself. Everyone else is too busy.
Mike Napoli took 50 ground balls at first base Sunday and another 100 on Monday. David Ortiz took batting practice Monday and knocked a couple over the fence.
Stephen Drew's ankle is healed. Dustin Pedroia is treating routine drills as if he's stil trying to make the team.
It is easy to get carried away with the breath of fresh air that permeates this spring training. A New York Times story was headlined "In Red Sox camp, Clouds Part,'' which attaches a practically Biblical meaning to a few February drills.
I still agree with NESN broadcaster Jenny Dell when she says Red Sox fans want to fall in love with their team again.
The club won 90 games in 2011, but was anything but lovable. Last year was a disaster.
This year's team thinks it will make the playoffs. I don't, but with all these changes, nobody really knows what to think.
Maybe that's the fun of it. Let's call 2013 the year of the Possible Dream.
There will be plenty of time to wonder how it may all come apart. For now, Red Sox fans have every right to harbor nice thoughts and think that in this new season, maybe it won't.


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The critically acclaimed Oddworld title, Stranger's Wrath, received a high-definition (HD) overhaul on the PC today. The re-released videogame, known as Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD, is available for download on Steam for PC as well as other content platforms now, with an introductory price promotion offering a 30% discount, starting today and runs until Midnight Monday the 17th September 2012. Current owners of Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath for PC receive an update to the HD version for free.
Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath follows the story of Stranger, a fearsome bounty hunter that captures outlaws to raise "moolah" for a mysterious surgical procedure. After encountering the backwater town of the Grubbs, Stranger discovers that there are a few too many secrets about the past and his future as a bounty hunter.
Today sees a significant amount of updated for the PC version of Stranger's Wrath in the move to Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD, including the following:
* Added 12 brand new Steam achievements.
* Concept art and movie extras for completing each region of the
* Support for new languages added.
* Improved controls especially for PC.
* All 84 character models have been updated with increased polygon
counts and higher resolution textures.
* Added difficulty levels to the game.
* All environments have been given higher resolution textures.
* Added Easter eggs to the game.
* French and German audio has been added.
* Full text translations for French, German, Italian and Spanish.
Just Add Water and Lorne Lanning worked hard to make the most of what
the PC platform has to offer: "We are proud to give PC fans the game they deserve. Better, faster and bigger Oddworld in HD!" said Stewart Gilray, CEO of Just Add Water
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Doing so would not only strengthen the rotation, it would give the Tigers added depth at the position. (Assuming, of course, that a current Tigers starter is not moved in a trade for a new one).
The Tigers entered spring training with six pitchers who were contending for the role as the fifth starter.
Left-hander Drew Smyly (4-3, 4.42 ERA) won the job and has pitched well considering he is in his second year of professional ball, but he is currently on the disabled list with a right intercostal strain.
Consider the possibilities for the rotation if Smyly or one of the other four starters suffered a serious injury. It's one thing to replace Smyly with Turner for a start or two. But what if, say, Doug Fister suffered a serious injury? The Tigers would be left with Max Scherzer, Rick Porcello, Smyly and another young starter behind Justin Verlander.
Let's start with the other five spring contenders for the role of fifth starter:
Duane Below: Below has pitched well out of the bullpen for the Tigers, and they seem intent on leaving him in that role. He lasted just 2 2/3 innings in his only start of the season for the Tigers.
Andy Oliver: Oliver is the only one of the six fifth-starter candidates from spring training who has not pitched for the Tigers this season. He has excellent stuff but lacks command. He has issued 74 walks in 97 1/3 innings for Toledo this season, which helps explain his 5.18 ERA with the Mud Hens.
Casey Crosby: Crosby has results similar to Wilk in three starts for the Tigers. His ERA for Toledo is 3.45. For Detroit? It's 9.49.
Beyond that, there are few options in Toledo that anyone would consider viable at this point. (Thad Weber? Collin Balester?)
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