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Man, a tough one to swallow.
But don't forget–last night we were down a man. As Cliff Floyd says, the crowd at Shea is the 26th man.
I'm ready to add woman to that tonight.
Now, scroll down to look at the funtastic Mets video footage from last night. You know, the part that had nothing to do with the game.
We're always best when coming back from behind…so kinnahura to the Evil Eye and Let's Go Mets!
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We have GOT to win tonight. Let's go Mets. Let's do it!!!! I'll be cheering you on.
Metska-seltzer is right! We gotta get a win tonight! Let's Go Mets!
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My new baby is jsut two weeks old and so farthe breastfeeding seems to be going well, but I do have a few questions. The books I have focus on the early days of breastfeeding, but don't have much information about further on.
For instance, how do I know when breastfeeding is well established?
Also, my son fidgets at the beginning of most feedings and it generally takes about 5minutes to get him latched on well. Once on, he sucks strongly and feeds for 15-20 minutes. It seems as if he's gradually latching on more quickly. Will he eventually latch on immediately for a feeding or will there allways be a little bit of time to get situated?
So far, I have the best luck with clothes that open far enough for me to see his latch and make sure it's good. How long will it be before I don't need to see him and can wear clothes that I can wear outside of the house?
Finally, will it allways be so messy? How in the world do you keep your clothes clean?
Partly, I'm trying to decide when I'll be able to introduce a bottle without jeapordizing the breastfeeding and partly, I'm trying to figure out when I'll be able to leave the house in clothes that don't require bearing my entire boob to the world in order to feed my child. :) Thanks for any help you have to offer.


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"Once the decision had been made, to tarry in the opposition party would have been inconsistent with my whole past. I would have set my own infallibility in the place of the infallibility of the Church."
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Rio Grande High School wrestler Nick Chavez has a state championship while the justice system, some South Valley political power brokers and the anti-bullying efforts of Albuquerque Public Schools all have a black eye.
A state senator, a Bernalillo County commissioner and an APS Board member all saw fit to use their official clout and hearsay knowledge to intervene on behalf of Chavez after he was suspended and therefore not eligible to compete for a state title last weekend.
They all said they wanted only to make sure there was a thorough and fair investigation of young Chavez — a heavy favorite to defend his title in the 195-pound weight class two days later — after the deputy assigned to the school watched him slap a smaller and younger student in the face and take $15 from his wallet during lunch.
The officer wrote a report, and Chavez, 18, was charged with larceny and battery. Rio Grande High School administrators did the right thing. They followed procedure and suspended the student.
And the district held its ground in the face of calls from politicos urging "due process" for all — with the possible exception of the victim. After all, perhaps it was just "horseplay."
Besides, those big blue state trophies do look nice in the trophy case, and the young wrestler has scholarship potential. Plus, he's a focal point of school and South Valley pride, so of course he can't be held accountable for his actions in the same way and time frame as other students without "a complete and thorough investigation."
Sen. Michael Padilla, D-Albuquerque, Commissioner Art De La Cruz and APS board member Analee Maestas say they came to his defense to ensure there was no overreaction to "horseplay" — although it's hard to believe they reach out to APS for every student who gets suspended.
In the end, Chavez's family went to court and got a temporary restraining order from District Court Judge Clay Campbell that allowed Chavez to wrestle.
He won.
And the system and students who aren't famous and connected lost.
Chavez is not the first Rio Grande student to have not-so-divine intervention keep him from facing the consequences of his actions.
In 2007, APS officials buckled under pressure from then-Commissioner Teresa Cordova to change the English grade of Cordova's son with former APS board member Miguel Acosta so the young man could walk the line with his graduating class.
Yes, the cases are different; the current one is arguably more serious because it involves violence, and according to APS Superintendent Winston Brooks the victim for months has been the target of threatening phone calls, his home has been paintballed and windows broken.
Perhaps those incidents should be the focus of the politicos' desire for "a complete and thorough investigation."
If there is a positive side to the Chavez case, it is that educators up to the superintendent are standing up to bullying.
But in the end this was a drama in which adults who felt the rules should not apply intervened and, ultimately, prevailed.
And what kind of lesson is that?
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When you start work at a new company, you become part of the daily culture. You may help shape that culture or you may sit back and get swallowed up by the more dominate personalities and policies around you.
Some people are passionate about what they do and are excited to pop out of bed in the morning, fuel up with a cup of joe and bounce out the door to make a difference in the world. Others hate their existence because of colleagues and tasks but don't want to move on for one reason or another.
Either way, your job could be hurting you. Some have problems striking a balance when it comes to work, others work too hard to fit in, waistlines suffer, other parts of your body suffer and the ethics instilled in you could be compromised.
Read on to find out exactly how your job could be harming you ...
No. 5: Striking that work/life balance
Workaholics come in two forms -- some that love their jobs and can't stop working and some that hate their jobs but aren't allowed to stop working.
If you fall into one of these categories it's likely that the word "balance" isn't in your vocabulary, and if it is, it's probably a dream.
While long hours are great to prove that you belong with the company or deserve that "it's about time" raise, your job may not always be there.
The best way to strike a work/life balance is one step at a time. Loosen the grip a little, take a lunch break, actually leave at 5 p.m. -- at least one day a week.
Once you start to discover the balance, you might want even more. The beauty of it is, once you find balance you may actually be more productive at work, less stressed and happier.
No. 4: Becoming one of the group
It's definitely easy to get pulled in to office gossip and politics, sometimes that's the easiest way to fit in. Water cooler talk can be fun, energizing and empowering, but if you're talking about other people, just bet they are talking about you. That hairball may affect you in the long run.
Co-workers can influence you in other ways -- office behavior and colorful vocabulary, for instance -- and when everyone is grabbing fast food for lunch, it's easy to jump on board every day. Do your heart, and your waistline, a favor and enjoy the grease in moderation.
Happy hour is a great time to unwind and bond with co-workers, but sometimes office mates and gallons of alcohol don't mix.
Be true to who you are and who you want to become and navigating the world of peer pressure may be a little more pleasant.
No. 3: Beware of work injuries
You don't have to be a hardworking construction worker to be affected physically by your job. Lifting a heavy box in your office and twisting wrong can throw your back all out of whack.
Of course, there's the common computer injuries: carpel tunnel from too much typing, neck pain from looking down at your computer screen, tight hips from sitting in an office chair all day and shoulder pain from carrying your laptop or large purse to and from work.
Jobs also bring about stress injuries -- probably the most common are tension headaches and tightened muscles.
To prevent your job from hurting you so severely in this way, remind yourself to take time to stretch occasionally and give your eyes a break from your computer screen. Take a few deep breaths before you dive back in.
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"Increasing Internet Capacity"
Op-Ed, The Boston Globe
December 26, 2007
Author: Elaine Kamarck, Former Lecturer in Public Policy
Belfer Center Programs or Projects: International Security
ARE YOU one of the over 63 million people who watched the "Evolution of Dance" on YouTube? Did you download the latest version of "The Colbert Report" on your iPod? Instead maybe you were stuck somewhere in Asia on business and you watched the final game of the World Series online? Or you called up your children in Europe on Skype and sat staring, transfixed, as your baby grandson tried to eat the keyboard?
If you did any of those things, you are part of the new world of the Internet, a world where video is rapidly becoming the most popular thing we do online. But video takes up a lot of space, a lot more than text, and the increased use of video means that the Internet is fast filling up. The result is that if we don't invest soon, we could be seeing, in the near future, the Internet equivalent of an early evening traffic jam on Interstate 93. It could take forever for your photos or video to download or for your e-mail to arrive.
The backbone of the Internet will need to grow. For instance, more fiber optic cable will need to be laid, and that's not cheap. In the past the big telephone companies have laid necessary cable, and they are the ones best situated to do it again.
The problem we face stems from the fact that text — as in e-mail and even spam — doesn't use very much bandwidth. But then came music, voice, and video. More music is now sold over iTunes than on CDs. More and more people are abandoning their phones and cellphones to talk over the Internet. And more and more people are watching television online. The problem is that video consumes enormous amounts of bandwidth. The Wall Street Journal has reported that the 100 million video streams watched each day on YouTube consume as much bandwidth as the entire Internet did in the year 2000!
In any other business model, growing to meet this demand would be easy. Rapid growth usually provides more money for investment. But the Internet business got started as a flat-fee business — we all pay one monthly fee regardless of how much bandwidth we use. The grandmother who stares dreamily at her grandchild on Skype pays the same monthly rate as the grandmother who sends an e-mail wanting to know if he's learned to say "dada" yet.
Over at MIT, the Communications Futures Program argues that we are fast coming to a turning point — either the flat-rate pricing models have to end so that there can be more investment, or the Internet will slow to a crawl. Pricing changes will be unpopular to consumers accustomed to what they call "all you can eat" prices. Another available option is to charge the generators of video such as YouTube higher fees for access and continue with the flat rate pricing models.
In the past, when Internet service providers have tried to raise rates, someone has come along and offered the same service for less. But this history may be coming to an end, and that's why they are urging the companies to change their pricing structure.
It will be difficult to get phone companies to charge the prices necessary to pay for new investments in Internet infrastructure. No one can make them do so, for the Internet is not regulated. But industry will need to take into account the public interest.
We need to start thinking about a variety of options. Perhaps we should look at different pricing structures for different online activities or require the use of "smart" networks that give lower priority to entertainment-related data than to packets of data in areas like telemedicine. Many Internet activities are in the broad public interest. We need to make sure those aren't hampered because, somewhere in the world, teenagers are playing online games or grandmas are staring at their children's babies.
Elaine C. Kamarck is a lecturer in public policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
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Musings about personal and planetary healing from an herbalist, poet, and witch.
Saturday, December 25, 2010
The Myth of the Herbal Detox
And my answer is always the same:
Drink water. Eat good, healthy, local, food -- organic or wild if possible, mainly meat, fish, and vegetables. Move in ways that feel good to your body. And most of the time your body will take care of itself -- we are designed to clean out whatever doesn't belong inside us and a little holiday indulgence doesn't make you "toxic."
But, you might ask, what's the harm in giving your body a push? Well it turns out you can do a lot of damage.
Forcing your colon to clear itself with stimulating laxatives -- be they herbal or pharmaceutical -- in the best of circumstances will put a lot of stress on your gut lining, and in many cases can create a dangerous dependency. When laxatives are used regularly, the body's ability to set into motion its own process of elimination atrophies, and a person can begin to need higher and higher doses of laxatives to make any bowel movement at all.
Taking in a lot of fiber in a short period of time can damage the lining of the gut. Oh and those "herbal cleanses" that tell you they are clearing out "mucoid plaque"? They are made of Psyllium husks and clay. The strange substance they cause you to excrete is the combination of the two.
If your digestion is a bit sluggish (marked by slow transit time for food, a thick white coating down the middle of the tongue, bloating and constipation) warming herbs like Ginger, Cinnamon, Black Pepper, Fennel and Cardamom can help give it a gentle nudge. Best before meals. Add more bitter foods to your diet as well, and consider taking some old fashioned digestive bitters before you eat.
If you are experiencing abdominal bloating, there is a significant chance that the problem is in the lymph that surrounds the gut. Much of the lymph in your body exists there. When the gut lining becomes damaged by inflammation from food allergens, stress, repeated antibiotic use, laxatives, and so on, it can become permeable and food particles can leak from the gut into the lymph. This triggers an immune response. And in many cases this can lead to autoimmune disorders when your body develops a heightened immune response to proteins that resemble those of our own tissues -- ie. Gluten which is structured like our connective tissues and Soy which is structured like our thyroid tissues.
This kind of condition usually requires the help of an herbalist. A combination of demulcent herbs like Marshmallow and Slippery Elm with wound healing herbs like Calendula and Plantain can help heal the gut lining. Gentle lymphatics like Cleavers and Red Clover can get the lymph moving again. Immune modulating mushrooms and herbs can bring the immune system back into balance. Probiotics can restore the gut flora. And dietary and lifestyle changes are necessary to prevent future damage.
If you are experiencing chronic constipation, the problem may be with your liver failing to produce enough bile to stimulate digestion.
The answer here is to support the liver, and possibly gently stimulate it, not to do a "liver flush."
The popular liver and gallbladder flushes involving Lemon juice and Olive oil that cause people to excrete round green objects they think are gallstones are actually just creating balls of soap made in the intestine from the oil and juice with bile. They are causing more stress to the system.
Milk Thistle seeds help to protect and support the liver. They don't in and of themselves "cleanse" the liver but they can increase liver clearance of toxins by improving liver function.
Bitter herbs like Dandelion, Burdock, Turmeric, and Oregon Grape Root do increase liver clearance by stimulating bile production. But they need to be used with some degree of caution. If the liver tissues are already compromised, further stimulation can cause further damage. And if you are going to stimulate the liver the herbs need to be gauged to the person's constitution and condition. If you can't gauge whether your liver function is being compromised by heat and inflammation or cold and stagnation, seek out an herbalist who can.
Some herbs like St. John's Wort directly increase the liver's clearance of toxins. But its important to understand what you are trying to eliminate and make sure it has a clear channel to leave your body. And its also important to pay attention to interactions with pharmaceuticals -- the body treats synthetic chemicals as toxins, and if you are dependent on a particular synthetic compound to maintain your health, increasing your liver's clearance of it can do serious harm.
And its important always to look at what is stressing your liver -- food allergens, excess alcohol, excess fructose, environmental toxins, and viral infection are all possibilities, and any of these need to be addressed thoroughly and carefully.
So my answer in the end is be good to your body. Nourish it and exercise it well. If that's not sufficient, investigate the specific problem. There is no one size fits all "herbal detox." Any product or protocol that makes such a claim is likely to do more harm than good.
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This week, the Harvard Business Review Blog Network featured a piece about a productivity consultant who finds inspiration from his father's clothing factory 40 years ago.
"The factory was like my personal playground__stacks of pallets were mountains, the floor-to-ceiling dress racks a jungle gym, the colorful stacks of fabric a 50-layer cake," writes Jordan Cohen, who directs the PA Consulting Group's knowledge worker productivity practice. His descriptions are enough to make anyone__operations management professional or not__nostalgic for the factory floors of yesterday.
Cohen goes on to write that while there was little computerization, automation, or reporting software, his father kept on top of the production schedule. By putting his desk on a raised platform in the middle of the factory, Cohen's father could identify bottlenecks and intervene as necessary to ensure orders were completed on time. Employees also could find their boss easily if they needed help.
"I decided not to become a dressmaker … Instead, I went to graduate school and joined a large corporation," Cohen writes. "Nonetheless, I see that the transparency of the factory floor needs to be applied to our modern knowledge work environment."
Of course, therein lays the challenge. Knowledge work happens inside employees' heads. However, Cohen proposes some strategies that help make work more visible. First, he suggests that everyone should know what the inputs are. For example, how many hours were spent on a task or project? How much time was spent in meetings? Employees need to know the outputs, as well. "Making the work output visible to all workers involved allows them to contribute by providing insight, identifying short cuts, including innovations, and adding suggestions from their diverse experiences and background."
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Thinking Of Getting, Opinions Please
Hi There,
I've recently decided to buy a mp3 player, having never owned one before. The nearest to actually having mp3 is that on my Sony Ericcson mobile phone, this is what I've made do with for on the move.
Now, I've done a fair bit of research on the encoding side, and understand that a higher bitrate is preferable to a lower one, 192 over 128 for instance, or 256 or even 320, using a quality ripper like CDEX with Lame encoding. Further towards aiding receiving quality sound, a good pair of in ear phones really help the show. So now, it comes down to choosing a player.
Currently, I am biased towards the X-fi, as I have a X-fi card in my computer and am familiar with the technolgy. The problem for me is that researching the X-FI has highlighted a bucket-load of issues with the player which people are complaining about, and it is making me think twice before buying. Equally, Ipod receives its fair share of complaints, and I don't really want to go the Ipod route. I'm not too concerned about WIFI or video...just the music playing, so the 8GB version looks to be the player for me.
My question being then is...as a mp3 player user, perhaps even, as a Zen X-FI owner and user, what is your true overall opinion on the quality of the sound of the X-FI? You're not out to convince me to buy, I just want to guage people's satisfaction with the product.
Many Thanks
The X-fi is a great mp3 player, especially if you've never owned one before.
The user interface is simple and screen quality is great. It's a best buy for your money.
Most of the complaints have come towards it's wifi capabilities and SD card intergration. Otherwise, playing music sounds great, and the 16gb and 32gb verisons come with headphones worth $60.
The Cowon D2, as recommended by the guy above who works for Cowon, is a respectable player. I chose this player instead of it and would recommend the same to everyone else.
I love my 32gb X-Fi, and it's the best priced player in its storage class. I was also searching for a replacement to my old mp3 player since about March of this year, and I knew I couldn't settle for anything less than 32gb flash, I almost pulled the trigger on the normal Zen, but the white screen of death issues kept me away from those, I also almost bit the bullet and ordered the 32gb ipod touch (which costs 450 bucks, yikes) but luckily for me these new X-Fi Zens came out and I knew it was time to buy.
I don't care about movies on an MP3 player (I use my PSP for that), so I can't comment on that aspect. But as far as music goes, the X-Fi is a homerun. I don't use the X-Fi processing, because I think all post processing is useless IMO, I use the 5 band equalizer and the SQ from the X-Fi is noticeably better than my Samsung Z5.
The player is easy to add music too via drag and drop, and album art syncs painlessly using the Creative Centrale software. Playlisting is also a snap, and can even be easily edited and created on your PC via the Creative explorer. The external speaker also comes in handy from time to time and the FM radio works perfect for me on my local channels (great for jogging).
Wifi I also don't care about, but there are some pretty cool streaming possibilities with the X-Fi, and hopefully they'll add more features in the future via firmware (web browsing maybe?).
At first it took some getting use to the button layout on the X-Fi since it was somehwat different from my Z5, but now it's second nature, it's easy to use while driving and in your pocket (after a little practice).
My player currently has 11 gigs of music on it and i've got 19 left, I would highly suggest getting the 32gb version, mine was only 250 from amazon. The 16gb D2 is already 220, and I prefer button based players over touchscreens. Also pick up the Creative silicon skin, it fits like a glove and really improves the players feel and the effectiveness of the buttons.
All in all you would not be dissapointed with this player after a week of using it, and if you are, just buy it somewhere with a 30 day return policy and there's no risk. I think too many people get caught up in wanting an mp3 player to be great at everything, when the most important aspect (to me at least) is the music. You can always buy an Ipod touch if you want superior movie playback and wifi, but then again ipods never have had the best sound quality IMO so thats a sacrifice you have to make for something like that.
Hope this was helpful.
I dont see how the chat is useless, the other day i was in a pub/ restaurant with wi-fi. I signed on and could chat to a couple of mates. I know its not as painless as it could be to type the messages but its not gonna make me regret buying the player. Its just a cool extra feature, not the focal selling point. I'd also like to add i've not tried the cowon nor do I have any intentions of slating it. I do enjoy moving about my house and streaming some videos from my computer or the odd song I want to try out before I add it to the player. I don't think its a question of out perfoming but just what you want out of the player. For example if the longer lasting battery is your thing then thats cool consider a cowon, if the wi-fi sounds like something you'd enjoy (and lets be honest you buy something like this to enjoy) then go for the x-fi. I'm very happy with my player so far and the only thing I don't like about it is the software (which is awful I thought) but even then I quickly found out about media monkey and its drag and drop so the software is really just an option. I would like to see a browser added (although for some reason i doubt we will ever see it - hope im wrong) but I bought it with the full knowledge that it didn't have one. TVersity with the player opens up a few options that made me appreciate the player (and the Tversity software) even more.
And on a re-read of the question you meant SQ of the player not overall. I'm satisfied with the quality of sound, exactly what I expected from an mp3 player, the X-fi feature seems to work well on some songs and sounds better without on others, which is handy then that it is assigned to the shortcut button by default.
If you are in the UK I would say go for the x-fi. if not, if its cheaper then go for the x-fi as do you really need a touch screen.......lets face it the D2 stylus is a bit cheap as its also used as a stand.....so if you are using it as a stand then its 'hello finger prints on the screen'......
and....we know about akarol's leanings and I think he is trying to confuse you by hie list of pros and cons......this is a creative chat not a d2 chat so he should list the pros of the x-fi first not the cons
so here are my x-fi pros and cons
X-Fi pros
good ear buds
small (not much bigger than the sansa I am replacing)
good screen
sounds ok (if it sounds ok, why do you anything else. Or are you really going to use it in a sound proof room....or are you going to use it somewhere where there is loads of ambient sound!!)
wifi - if you want to use it
battery life isnt too bad......with some expensive players you won't get more that 10 hours
I would say that the lack of SD integration with the library is a good thing as I have moved from a sansa e200 which used to take ages to update with a microsd card in.....I also don't care....if I want something different then I will pop in a card and listen to what is on it....I can then take it out and put something else on
hold button is as accessible as the D2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
small buttons.....but I would rather have small buttons than the touch sensative wheel of an ipod or a touch screen which could get scratched over time due to the stylus
anything else is just add-ons, do you really need?:
- Customization (there are tons of tweaks out there, from adding gapless ability to themes, to improve your experience with the player)
I want something that plays mp3s....I am not going to spend time on the 'experience' .... thats just mumbo jumbo
SD integration would be nice, but it also has its downsides. You take a hit on battery life doing this, so if you're using a 16gb D2 and have half your files on another 16gb card, your battery is gonna suffer. That's why I like the 32gb Zen, if I ever come to the day that's full, I will probably just update to a higher capacity player thats out at that time.
I don't plan on ever using the SD slot unless I need to transport some files or something, as that's a handy way to do that. The best selling players don't even have an SD slot (Ipods) so I don't get the big deal, unless you're trying to be cheap by not buying the capacity of player you really need.
I can't get the chat to work apparently.It just can't connect to my wireless network but the podcast thru my wireless works
"yawns" another D2 owns thread!
Briefly [and its my advice for the friend who asks], look at the earphones if you use the player with the stock earphones. Zen X-Fi can not be worse than D2. It has a high quality headphone as a stock one. Its enough for the X-Fi to beat the D2 in terms of SQ.
And the battery life of the D2 was not 50hours in our tests with my friends. It was between 30 and 40hours, and between 20-30 with some lossless tracks. You're complainer of very little things for the Zen X-Fi, but I could not see that you inspected D2 with the same perspective. Maybe you can talk about the wrong shuffle mode of D2 which plays the same songs after 3-4 tracks in a huge playlist. This is a little problem for me [like the drawbacks of the Zen X-Fi except SD card integration stupidity] but you look like a person who gives "so much" importance to the details of the players. Or resolution limits may create another problem, try an A3 then :). Or maybe some people dont want to use both of their hands while using the player [a touchscreen forces that]. You can find countless drawbacks if you want, but you do not.
Xennon, thanks!
See this? This is the nice new X-Fi vs. Cowon D2 thread I just made and put all your posts in. Please redirect that line of chat there. Thanks very much :)
Hi There,
Many thanks to everyone whom took the trouble to reply, including Akarol for the alternative.:)
Ultimately, I will be buying on sound quality, and of course, that requires the integration/combination of a chain of variables to achieve said quality: good encoding, quality ear phones (at a reasonable price), and a player that provides the foundation and storage of the music at a level of playback quality to do the phones justice.
To be honest, I tend to be a bit of a 'minimalist'. I rarely buy a product for its superfluous add-ons, but always concentrate on its initial purpose, which for the mp3 player, is the playing of music. As time goes by, products evolve not so much through continued innovation, but more through converging technologies and entertainment formats. I personally, do not see the point of watching 'video' on a screen whose small size cannot convey the enrichness of experience that a larger screen can offer? I do not want to pay for the 'shrinking' of experience, but for its 'expansion'.
As for WIFI, this technology will be excellent once coverage is country-wide, and not dependent upon 'hotspots' as it currently is; so at the moment, I do perceive it as being superfluous to my needs. I believe mobile/cell phone companies could certainly play a part in the country-wide roll-out of this technology, but will of course want to be initial providers to maximise profit potential. Once this technology becomes country-wide, I see no point in the need to include radio, as what can be gained from radio, could equally be gained from WIFI.
I like the fact that Creative have given the the consumer a choice to be quasi-minimalist by offering the Zen X-FI without WIFI, but have done so at the expense of storage capacity. I'd have liked to have seen 32Gb without WIFI and other superfluous add-ons - such as the SD card expansion (the inclusion of which seems pointless), and to have seen the extra room for engineering to go into the provision of providing a high quality sounding player of music. Convergence of technologies for convenience is fine as long as it does not lead to the compromising of the product's initial purpose to play quality sounding music.
Once again, I thank everyone for your responses. I will be buying the 8Gb X-FI tomorrow and, if I am not happy with the EP 830s, I'll also go for a pair of Sennheiser CX 95 ear phones.
Best wishes all
Nice, do not forget to upgrade the firmware for a better Crystalizer performance ;)
Good choice for the money. Wi-Fi is too immature on the X-Fi at the moment, not worth the extra dough if capacity is not a main concern.
Zen X-FI 8Gb A Personal Opinion...
Hi There,
I've now spent 48 hours with Creative's Zen X-FI 8Gb Player, and I thought to give an somewhat generalistic, but personal opinion.
Without hesitation I would recommend this product...it is a wonderful player! However, I need to contextualize the preceding statement by emphazing that it is the first mp3 player that I have actually owned. Nevertheless, I am happy with my purchase, especially that I have now come to grips with the interface, and learning how to use the sub-menus, and accidently finding out how to get the better sound out of it.
My initial impression was one of unsureness. Having no other mp3 reference by which to gauge it against, I could not (and cannot yet) pit it against other players out there. So, my reference was (and is) based upon the confidence I felt/feel in opting for this particular brand and player. Such confidence grew over the two days I have currently had it in my mitts. I am happy with my purchase, and in the end, that is what we seek when buying any product.
Depending upon one's own aesthetic preferences, the Zen X-FI is a good looking player. Small and compact, with its dual-toned light and dark combination of silver and night, it is a handsome little devil. If Creative were to make this player available in other (perhaps brighter) colour combinations, it might appeal to the female consumer, because this product's 'cool' factor is certainly there, but needs coaxing out.
I bought the X-FI at Currys for £99-00, but could not buy the leather carry pouch as Currys did not stock it. I also had a look for the CX 95 Sennheiser in-ear phones, but again Currys did not stock this item either (in fact, I could not find this item in any store within a 100 mile radius, except in being able to order it...and I am not one for ordering things, but for going into a store and purchasing it over the counter. It's a little idiosyncracy of mine).
Once out of the box, you are instructed to 'charge' the battery by connecting the USB cable to the player and computer (note: do not connect the player until you have first installed the software on the little mini cd) and to allow at least 4 hours charging time prior to using it. This I did. Rather than use the incredibly short USB cable that came with the player, I bought myself a Belkin USB 2.0 cable for £25-00, having gold terminals and cold blue lights on either end...it's a quality cable.
During the charging period, you are able to transfer media to your player through either the Creative Centrale software, or to simply 'drag and drop' items into the player through Windows Explorer...where the player shows up as a temporary drive entitled 'My Zen'.
Once the four hour charging time had passed, I connected the creative Ep 830 in-ear phones which are bundled with the player. Now here is where I show my gormlessness, because I replaced the medium-sized rubber-tips with the smaller sized ones. The sound was extremely bright and sibilant, lacking the canvas of bass foundation. It was splashy and thin, conveying only the higher-mids and highs...I was certainly not pleased with the sonics.:mad:
I switched to my larger Sennheiser HD 250s, and the sound did improve, but I could hardly use these things on the street or bus, or at work. So I decided there and then that the EP 830s are crap, and that better phones were needed.:o
Anyway, the next day I replaced the medium-sized rubber-tips I had replaced with the smaller ones. Oh dear! what a revelation!:eek: Where did all this bass come from? Obviously, I had been using the wrong size of rubber-tip on the phones, and not getting the correct 'seal' to my ears.:o Doh!
Tinkering with the sound adjustments of the player, I felt that the custom EQ setting was the best for mine own preferences. I did not like the X-FI emulation, nor the X-FI expand. In fact, I feel these emulations are not required at all, the five band equalizer doing the job just fine. Nevertheless, I still feel the EP 830s only intimate what can be gained from this player, so while I put up with what they can produce for now, I will be investing in a higher calibre pair of in-ear phones in the future, either Super.FI Pros, or Shure. Knowing now that the sound quality I bought this player for is there, both a confidence and smile is on my face...on the sonics side I am more than happy with my purchase.:)
The other inclusions on the Zen X-FI are equally good. The photo display is brilliant! The radio is good with excellent reception, and I've preset 5 stations into the memory, and that's from someone who hardly listens to radio. I've not had chance to check out the video capabilities of the player, as this is something I'm not really too concerned with. The memory storage will be spent (by me at least) on storing music and images.
So, all in all, from mine own perspective, I can recommend this product to anyone whom is looking to buy a new player. At the least, it should be on your short list. This is a player that grows on you. The more you get to grips with it, the more it shines. Couple it with a quality pair of in-ear phones to gain the sonic balance between bass, mid and high, and you definitely have a winner!
Would I go for the 16 or 32GB with WIFI? Not yet I wouldn't! Once WIFI becomes country-wide, then certainly I would, but until then, I personally could not justify the extra expense. If the player was available for 16 or 32 GB without WIFI...well, I'd buy it in a flash! (pun unintended:p)
Best wishes
Nice to hear someone who is very satisfied with the x-fi. Congrats with your puchase!
A friend of mine bought an 8gb X-fi as well, and today I got to play with it. I really am impressed. It looks really good in real, even better than I expected. Sound was great as well, even though the X-fi functionality didn't improve the sound as much as my X-fi soundcard did.
Yeh its a great little player. Don't think anyone is overly impressed with the X-Fi feature, at best on some songs its interesting, not better.
I received my Zen one week ago and I like it after Zen Vision:M. The SQ is top notch, nothing to say for the unproccessed sound. Its balanced and clear enough [lesser hiss sound after the A818 with less bass, and more powerful and clearly better highs after ZV:M].
X-Fi is an arguable issue on the Zen but its obviously like the real Crystalizer, which is not always successful. So many people blame it because its an emulation but I do not know what they were looking for. Crystalizer is only an option that may be successful with 160kbps or lesser kbps [if you dont love imbalanced and sharp details]. I generally [9/10] prefer unproccessed sound but I use Crystalizer for the minority which is 128kbps and it generally makes the music better. It is a good option for the majority of the users [everyone does not use LAME codec 320kbps or 320kbps AAC :)]. And it does not ruin the music when it can not improve the details [you'll listen something very similar to NonEQ sound if it does not bring in something] .
WiFi is only an extra, nothing more. Its very easy to download something from the pc and that is enough.
Interface, FM radio, microphone, controls, settings etc. are always the same with the older ones as you know. Nothing wrong with them for me. I only miss the touchpad, it was less tiring [yet less stable]. The speaker and earphones [they're excellent for the price of the player] are nice new extras.
The build quality is also better, as it was mentioned in the ABI review. Zen X-Fi looks more serious and qualified.
Its the best Creative player [especially with the battery life] unless you are a capacity lover. It deserves its price.
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The following describes in a question-and answer format how an eligible applicant can seek a waiver or modification of mandates contained in the School Code or in the State Board of Education's administrative rules (see for a complete list of administrative rules). Click on a question to view the answer.
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- Joint agreements made up of member school districts, such as special education or vocational education cooperatives, may apply on behalf of their member school districts.
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- Application forms and instructions for waivers and modifications are provided by the State Board and are available for download. Each applicant must:
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Her memory faltering, Keiko Yampo is in for a test at Hawaii Pacific Neuroscience in Kailua.
"I'm just going to ask you to look at the pictures," asks one of the researchers.
It is the very basics in a vast field of research.
Director Dr. Kore Liow is thrilled by President Barak Obama's new BRAIN Initiative, pledging $100 million toward new research to better understand the organ between our ears.
"Think about what we could do once we do crack this code. Imagine if no family had to feel helpless watching a loved one disappear behind the mask of Parkinson's or struggle in the grip of Epilepsy," said Obama in a news conference today.
"This neuroscience is really important to our state because of our elderly and aging population," said Liow.
In Hawaii alone, more than 30,000 people live with Alzheimer's.
Liow said despite great strides, new research is needed to test patients with Alzheimer's sooner.
"With funding, we'll be able to test patients at an earlier stage, at a pre-clinical stage, before the proteins build up in the brain," he said.
Liow has netted a group of specialists in a wide field of brain research, including Dr. David Kaminskas, who frequently deals with stroke patients and brain trauma.
He's eager to decipher the brain's chemistry with the hopes of a cure for the likes of schizophrenia and autism.
"In terms of understanding the brain, some say 5 to 10 percent, and yet we've been able to do so much just with the little knowledge that we have and yet there's so much more we can understand," he said.
"It's tremendously exciting. This is the decade of the brain. The brain truly defines who we are," said Liow.
As for Republicans, key members are supporting the President's initiative, including Majority Leader Eric Cantor, who called it, "great science."
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Madison police searched a west side apartment building for suspects in a shooting late Monday night.
Police were called to the 4700 block of Jenewein Road at 9:53 p.m. after a report of shots fired.
Police said two people were injured. One was shot in the incident, while another person was beaten.
Both are talking with officers at the hospital and have non-life-threatening injuries, according to police. The men are both from Madison and in their 20s.
Police said they believe the shooting is related to an ongoing dispute between two groups of people.
"We did find evidence that a firearm was discharged, so we wanted to make sure that all the area residents who may be in the path of that firearm being discharged are safe, and that the suspects weren't in adjacent buildings," said Sgt. Brian Cheney of the Madison Police Department.
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Disabling USB Storage With Group Policyby Mitch Tulloch
The security threat posed to companies by USB flash drives has been known for some time now. LabMice has a good summary of both the tremendous usefulness of these devices and the dangers they pose to businesses, both in terms of being a potential malware vector and a channel for stealing sensitive information from companies. What can be done to prevent such misuse of technology?
Policy First
Start by updating your company's security policy to provide guidance to employees concerning the proper use and misuse of USB storage devices. If you want to allow employees the convenience of using these devices, you need to give them clear guidance on what management expectations are for using them and what the consequences will be for misuse. The misuse of technology like this is generally not something you solve by more technology -- it's fundamentally a management issue and needs to be addressed at the policies and procedures level first.
When your boss hears that anyone can now walk into an office and take a USB key from his pocket and grab megabytes of confidential business data and walk out with it undetected, her first response might be to ask, "How can we lock down our computers to prevent this from happening?" The networking staff then run around looking for some commercial product to buy that blocks use of USB drives, and suddenly you're adding another layer of software on top of your network, increasing complexity and making it harder to maintain. If your boss reacts like this, you need to respond by pointing out that USB storage technology can have significant benefits for worker productivity and that the risks posed by this technology are not fundamentally different than those of floppy drives and CD burners (though the small form factor of USB keys makes them a bit easier to hide). Then after your boss has dialed down, you need to point out that what really needs to be done is to make a management decision concerning what constitutes acceptable use for this technology and then update the security policy and communicate the changes to employees.
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Of course, the reality sometimes is that maybe you don't have a written security policy for your company, or maybe you have one but management won't buy into it and violations are never punished. Perhaps your boss says, "It's your problem, you're the admin -- fix it" and walks away. In that case, your next step might be to update your resume. On the other hand, if you're the All-Powerful Administrator of your network, then you may simply decide to disable use of USB storage devices completely on all your computers. Where do you start?
Ways of Disabling USB Storage
There are commercial products that can solve your problem, and a good example of one is IntelliPolicy for Clients from FullArmor. While this is a great product, it should not be thought of as a solution to the problem of disabling USB storage capability on your computers. That's because you don't buy a powerful, full-featured product like this simply for a single feature it can offer. Instead, you buy a product like IntelliPolicy as part of your overall planning for building a security architecture that can help you manage the real risks your network faces. So if your network needs a security overhaul, take a good look at a product like this and evaluate its usefulness. But if you already have a robust security architecture in place and just want to add one extra piece of functionality like disabling USB storage capability, you should look elsewhere.
As it turns out, a simple solution is to extend Group Policy to handle the problem of disabling USB storage on Windows machines. Group Policy is the de facto tool for managing the configuration of machines on Windows-based networks (that is, networks that have Active Directory deployed). And Simon Geary, a Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) in the area of Directory Services, has come up with a simple illustration of how powerful Group Policy is and how easily it can be extended. All you need to do is create a new administrative template (
.adm file) that defines a policy setting for disabling the
usbstor.sys driver on Windows machines. Then you import your
.adm file into a Group Policy Object (GPO) and you now have the option as administrator for disabling USB storage on any domain or organizational unit to which your GPO is linked. Here's a knowledge base article that contains the code for the
.adm file, and below is a figure showing what the new policy setting looks like:
Figure 1. The new policy setting to disable USB drives
Simon's work is typical of many others in the Microsoft MVP program, which recognizes outstanding individuals who contribute their time and energy to the worldwide user community by answering questions, offering advice, and sharing their knowledge in a professional manner. If you have technical questions concerning any Microsoft platforms or products, a good place to get your questions answered is by posting them to an appropriate newsgroup on Microsoft Technical Communities, where MVPs generally hang out and are eager to answer your questions. You can access these newsgroups using either your web browser or a NNTP newsreader.
I may sound a bit like an advertisement for the MVP program, and I am, but I've been tremendously impressed by the members of this community since I joined it, and I'm honored to know many of these people including Rodney and Mark who live right here in my own home town of Winnipeg, Canada. And they even like beer!
Mitch Tulloch is the author of Windows 2000 Administration in a Nutshell, Windows Server 2003 in a Nutshell, and Windows Server Hacks.
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- 10:57 pm Monday, April 21st, 2014 by Dian Vujovich
While driving up to Jensen Beach this morning, I noticed a sign at a Walgreen's advertising a gallon of milk for $3.49 and across the street a gas station sign read $3.75 for a gallon of gas.
That got me to wondering when in the world did a gallon of milk and a gallon of gas start costing about the same? And then I wondered which would be better to have in your backyard? A bunch of dairy cows of an oil rig?
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The first quarter loss expanded from the loss of 85 million euros ($112 million) the same period last year, according to an earnings report released by the company Wednesday.
The gearboxes for the V90-3.0 megawatt turbines "may potentially need additional maintenance, repair or replacement due to malfunctioning bearings," the company said. Vestas set aside 40 million euros ($53 million) for the job.
Vestas employed 22,756 at the end of the first quarter, but the company expects to employ about 20,400 by the end of 2012. The job cuts will save Vestas 150 million euros ($197 million) annually, according to the statement.
Vestas said earlier this year that it would cut 2,335 jobs. It also threatened to cut an additional 1,600 U.S. jobs if Congress did not extend a production tax credit (PTC) set to expire at the end of the year.
The company employs 750 people at its blade factory in Windsor.
"During the third quarter of 2012, Vestas will make a decision on its future footprint in the U.S. market in case the PTC scheme is not extended," the company said in the statement.
Despite job cuts and losses, sales improved to 1.1 billion euros ($1.4 billion) in the first quarter, a 4-percent increase. Vestas also received 1,269 megawatts of orders, representing a backlog of a record 10 billion euros ($13.2 billion) of orders.
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North Country Racer Killed In Speedway Crash
A young sprint car racer from Port Leyden was killed Saturday night when he was struck and killed by a car driven by three time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart.
Kevin Ward Jr. had exited his race car at Canandaigua Motorsports Park, apparently to confront Stewart.
(See video of the incident here. Be advised what's shown is explicit, and shows the impact and aftermath. )
A report from motorsport.com said Stewart struck Ward's vehicle, causing it to hit a wall. Ward got out of his car and began gesturing. Stewart's vehicle then strikes Ward.
Ontario County Sheriff Phil Povero said Stewart was "fully cooperative" with his department's investigaton, which Povero said was "not criminal." (Video of the sheriff commenting here.) However, investigators had not ruled out criminal charges as of late Sunday. An autopsy was to be performed on Ward Monday.
The Associated Press quoted Michael Messerly, a race fan who witnessed the crash as saying Stewart hit Ward as he tried to "speed past" him.
The Sporting News reported the comments of another driver - a friend of Ward's who was in the stands Saturday night - who said he believed Stewart could see Ward.
"I know Tony could see him. I know how you can see out of these cars. When Tony got close to him, he hit the throttle," Tyles Graves, the driver, said.
"When you hit a throttle on a sprint car, the car sets sideways. It set sideways, the right rear tire hit Kevin, Kevin was sucked underneath and was stuck under it for a second or two and then it threw him about 50 yards."
The New York Times reported Sunday that what Ward did, walking onto the track, is "not unhead of" in auto racing.
"Drivers will often try to confront other drivers directly on the track. In 2012, Stewart walked onto the track at Bristol Motor Speedway after a wreck with Matt Kenseth and threw his helmet at Kenseth's racecar in disgust," the newspaper noted.
Several news organizations noted that Stewart has a history of confrontations with other drivers, as well as news media and NASCAR officials.
The track is located about 30 miles southeast of Rochester.
Ward, 20, was taken to a nearby hospital .
According to his autobiography posted on his web site, Ward began racing when he was four years old, with a go-cart. He has raced locally at Evans Mills.
Stewart was involved in a July 2013 accident at Canandaigua Motorsports Park that seriously injured a 19-year-old driver. He later took responsibility for his car making contact with another and triggering the 15-car accident that left Alysha Ruggles with a compression fracture in her back.
Because of Ward's death, and the death of anoher man, Joel Moser, in an unrelated fatal accident, Adirondack Speedway cancelled Sunday's races.
Stewart was scheduled to race at Watkins Glen Sunday. Greg Zipadelli, director of competition for Stewart's organization, initially said Stewart would race, but as of 10:30 a.m. Sunday, said Stewart would not.
In Lewis County Sunday, people who knew Kevin Ward Jr. and his family were stunned by the news.
Dylan Swiernik of Port Leyden, who said he was a close childhood friend and fellow racer, said "Kevin always drove like there's no tomorrow. He drove as hard as he could, every race."
The Ward family helped sponsor and revive Adirondack Speedway in New Bremen this year, although Kevin Ward did not race there.
"He was an outstanding driver, but more importantly he was an outstanding person," said longtime track announcer John Burr.
"When we decided to come back with Adirondack this year, Kevin and the whole family were over here to help us try to get things going."
Paul Lyndaker, the track's owner, said he was thinking about safety in the hours after the accident.
"I just feel bad, terrible that it happened. Could we have avoided it? We love to race but we have to be safe."
A representative of the family told CBS News "The family appreciates all of the prayers and support and would like time to grieve."
Calling hours are from 12 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday at Trainor Funeral Home in Boonville.
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Anaplasmosis and Ehrlichiosis: Tick-borne Bacterial Infections
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What are anaplasmosis and ehrlichiosis?
Anaplasmosis and ehrlichiosis are tick-borne diseases that can be caused by two different bacteria. Ehrlichiosis is caused by Ehrlichia chaffeensis, which is transmitted by the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum). Anaplasmosis, previously known as human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE), is caused by Anaplasma phagocytophilia, which is transmitted by the deer tick (Ixodes scapularis). In New York State, most cases have been reported on Long Island and in the Hudson Valley.
Who gets anaplasmosis and ehrlichiosis?
Anyone can get anaplasmosis or ehrlichiosis, although the majority of known cases have been in adults. People who spend time outdoors in tick-infested areas from April until October are at greatest risk for exposure.
How are the bacteria transmitted?
The bacteria that cause these diseases are transmitted by the bite of infected deer or lone star ticks. Neither are spread from person to person.
What are the symptoms of anaplasmosis and ehrlichiosis
The symptoms are the same and usually include fever, muscle aches, weakness and headache. Patients may also experience confusion, nausea, vomiting and joint pain. Unlike Lyme disease or Rocky Mountain spotted fever, a rash is not common. Infection usually produces mild to moderately severe illness, with high fever and headache, but may occasionally be life-threatening or even fatal.
When do symptoms appear?
Symptoms appear one to three weeks after the bite of an infected tick. However, not every exposure results in infection.
What is the treatment?
Tetracycline antibiotics are usually rapidly effective for ehrlichiosis. Because these antibiotics can cause dental staining in children, physicians should consult an infectious disease expert when treating children.
What can be done to prevent tick-borne infections like anaplasmosis and ehrlichiosis?
A thorough check of body surfaces for attached ticks should be done when leaving tick habitat, and again at the end of the day. With anaplasmosis if removal of attached ticks occurs within 12 hours, the risk of tick-borne infection is minimal. For ehrlichiosis if removal of attached ticks occurs within 36 hours, the risk of tick-borne infection is minimal.
How should a tick be removed?
Grasp the mouthparts with tweezers as close as possible to the attachment (skin) site. Be careful not to squeeze, crush or puncture the body of the tick, which may contain infectious fluids. After removing the tick, thoroughly disinfect the bite site and wash hands. See or call a doctor if there are concerns about incomplete tick removal. Do not attempt to remove ticks by using petroleum jelly, lit cigarettes or other home remedies because these may actually increase the chance of contracting a tick-borne disease.


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MONTICELLO, NY — Darryl Kaplan, the chair of the Sullivan County Democratic Committee, issued a press release on January 31, defending the decision of five of the newly elected Democrats of the legislature to change the way tourism dollars are awarded.
He called the relationship between the county and the Sullivan County Visitors Association (SCVA) as it exists now "a no-bid contract," similar to the one Halliburton had with the U.S. Department of Defense. "The Democratic legislators did the right thing and now they need our support. The other side is making a lot of noise."
The noise was sparked by the January 26 vote to change the way the legislature awards about $700,000 in room-tax revenue to promote tourism for the county. For the past 12 years, the legislature has negotiated with and awarded a yearly contract to SCVA, a not-for-profit membership organization.
Now, however, the legislature is issuing a request for proposals (RFP) and will be accepting proposals from SCVA and other organizations. The move prompted a parade of SCVA members to speak up during the public comment period at the monthly county meeting in Monticello.
Paul Carlucci, president of the SCVA board, and Rick Lander, vice president, said the timing of the change could be harmful to the tourism industry, which is the second largest industry in the county.
Stacy Cohen, owner of the Dancing Cat Saloon and Catskill Distillery, warned that issuing an RFP at this time would disrupt the production of promotional materials for the coming summer season, which are already being prepared. She said, "This is the only time that we have to put our marketing and advertising together for the summer." According to the resolution, the legislature is expecting to accept one of the RPFs by March 19.
Jill Wiener, proprietor of Earth Girl Pottery, echoed that idea. She said, "We are just in the midst of putting the final touches on our travel guide, which this year is expanded to have a whole new wedding and celebrations section, we're in the middle of putting together driving tours for the county; this is very badly timed."
Another criticism of the move was that it was not done in the open. Democrats in the legislature now outnumber Republicans seven to two; Republican legislator Alan Sorensen said that all of the discussion about SCVA and the RFP process was done in the Democratic caucus, and he had only learned about the vote an hour before the meeting started.
SCVA has about 300 members, and they were not invited to provide input regarding the matter. Laurie Stuart, publisher of The River Reporter, said, "I advocate that you take a look at the process, and that you include stakeholders, that you take a step back, that you table the resolution."
Kitty Vetter made a motion to table it, and that was defeated 4-5.
SCVA members were particularly upset to discover that a new non-profit organization, called Sullivan County Tourism & Promotion, registered with the state in December 2011 and with the county on January 25. The three signatories on the related paperwork all have strong connections to the county Democratic party: Bill Liblick is the chairman of the Liberty Democratic Committee, Neil Gilberg is a former county clerk and is now an Advocate for Business in the administration of Governor Cuomo in Albany, and Donna Schick is the secretary of the Sullivan County Democratic Committee.
Asked if the organization was going to submit an RFP, Liblick said, "I don't know."
Legislator Kathy LaBuda indicated that the RFP process in this case was a legal requirement. County Attorney Sam Yasgur, however, twice responded to questions from the lawmakers about that and said an RFP was one way to proceed, but there were other methods that could also be used.
Legislator Cindy Geiger said that she felt it was her obligation to open up the process to bidding to ensure that taxpayer dollars are used in the best way possible.
Roberta Byron-Lockwood said SCVA is funded by room-tax dollars, which come from visitors who come to the county, not by taxpayers who live in the county.
In the end, Democrats Jonathan Rouis and Ira Steingart joined Republicans Vetter and Sorensen in voting against the measure, while Democrats Geiger, Scott Samuelson, Cora Edwards, LaBuda and Gene Benson voted in favor.


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This news should not surprise you if you have even a passing interest in video games, but Activision confirmed yesterday that the next Call of Duty game is planned for release in 2012.
"As we focus on 2012, we have a strong product pipeline which features a minimum of two highly-anticipated new titles from Blizzard Entertainment, including Diablo III, and a new Call of Duty game from Activision Publishing," Activision CEO Bobby Kotick said in a statement that went along with the company's quarterly financial statement.
There is no word yet on what the game will be sub-titled or any other details, but if I were you, I'd expect a first-person military shooter that focuses on dialed in multiplayer. Based on previous release schedule, it probably won't be called "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4." Instead, it will be more like "Call of Duty: INSERT NAME," but these details are just speculation, of course.
In further quarterly financial statement news, Activision reported quarterly revenues of $754 million, up 16 percent from $650 million for the same period the year before. The publisher also posted a net profit of $148 million for the quarter, up year-over-year from $51 million.
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Did you know that Bingo dates back to 1530? We've taken the ancient game and added a new literary twist. This year's challenge invites you to win a Bingo by reading books in categories such as Man Booker Award Winners, Food Lit, or Something That Scares You. Each Bingo earns you an entry into our general raffle for prizes including a $50 gift certificate to REI or a $100 gift certificate to Picco Restaurant in Larkspur, while completing your entire Bingo card for a Blackout enters you into our grand prize raffle for an iPad Mini. Stop by the reference desk to register, pick up your Books & Bingo card, and start reading!
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On Jan. 31, the Year of the Horse begins. Discover which animal sign you are according to the Chinese zodiac, and what that means for your love life.
Year of the Rat2 of 13
Top traits: You're imaginative, witty, sociable and curious. With all your energy, you need plenty of mental and physical stimulation or you get restless.
One weakness: While you love being out and about and meeting new people, you may have a difficult time breaking things off.
Best love matches: People born in the year of the Dragon and Monkey will be able to keep up with you.
Year of the Ox3 of 13
Top traits: Like your animal counterpart, people born in the year of the Ox are hard working, dependable and determined.
One weakness: You might to work too hard—you would benefit from incorporating some leisure activities into your lifestyle.
Best love matches: Ox signs prefer life-long partnerships and are most compatible with either a Rat or a Rooster.
Year of the Tiger4 of 13
Top traits: You're extremely competitive and love a challenge. You're passionate in relationships, and a born leader.
One weakness: You can be stubborn—especially when you're not in charge.
Best love matches: Someone born in the year of the Dog and Horse will be as adventurous as you are.
Year of the Rabbit5 of 13
Top traits: Symbolizing compassion, sensitivity and creativity, you are the giver of the Chinese zodiac. People born in the year of the Rabbit are classy and sophisticated with an artistic bent.
One weakness: You tend to avoid conflict and need to be careful of letting others take advantage of you.
Best love matches: You'll be most compatible with Pig and Dog signs.
Year of the Dragon6 of 13
Top traits: Congratulations—this is the most desirable year in the Chinese zodiac calendar. Ambitious, fearless and free-spirited, you prefer to strike out on your own and are usually successful.
One weakness: You'll have a hard time giving up your independence and need an equally confident partner who can handle the occasional temper flare-up.
Best love matches: You're most compatible with those born in the year of the Monkey and Rat.
Year of the Snake7 of 13
Top traits: The Chinese zodiac's bad boy, the Snake symbolizes intelligence and gracefulness. You're also attractive, introspective and good at getting what you want.
One weakness: You may do a little plotting and scheming to make sure things go your way.
Best love matches: Snake signs are most compatible with Rooster and Oxen signs.
Year of the Horse8 of 13
Top traits: Animated, outgoing and quick-witted, people born in the Year of the Horse are typically the life of the party. Spontaneous by nature, Horse signs fall fast and hard when it comes to matters of the heart.
One weakness: You love taking on new subjects and hobbies but tend not to finish what you started, quickly moving on to the next venture.
Best love matches: You're most compatible with Dogs and Tigers.
Year of the Goat9 of 13
Top traits: The Goat symbolizes characteristics such as creativity, intelligence and kindness. Calm and nurturing, you enjoy taking care of others.
One weakness: People born in the Year of the Goat tend to be quiet and reserved, which can make meeting someone tricky.
Best love matches: You're very private and not easily wooed, making people born in the year of the Rabbit or Pig your best bet.
Year of the Monkey10 of 13
Top traits: Symbolizing cleverness, mischievousness and curiosity, the Monkey is the Chinese zodiac's prankster. You're fun loving and forever playful, and you thrive on being challenged.
One weakness: Not the settling-down type, you bore easily in a relationship.
Best love matches: People born in the Year of the Monkey are most compatible with Rat and Dragon signs.
Year of the Rooster11 of 13
Top traits: The Rooster symbolizes flamboyance and confidence. You tend to be extremely social, honest and enjoy being the center of attention.
One weakness: You can be a bit too honest sometimes, and your bluntness could hurt sensitive types.
Best love matches: You're most compatible with partners born in the year of the Ox and Snake.
Year of the Dog12 of 13
Top traits: Like their animal namesake, Dog signs are the most loyal, reliable and giving friends and companions. You are constantly giving of yourself, offering support and advice to family and friends.
One weakness: Your caring nature can sometimes overwhelm others and make them feel smothered.
Best love matches: According to the Chinese zodiac, you're most compatible with Horse and Tiger signs.
Year of the Pig13 of 13
Top traits: You love life and don't hesitate to go all out, doing whatever it takes for family and friends to enjoy themselves.
One weakness: You need a partner who's equally thoughtful and won't take advantage of your generosity.
Best love matches: Extremely devoted, you'll pair best with Rabbit and Goat signs.
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This print started out as a baseball card more than twenty years ago. Every aspect of it is designed to preserve the original look and feel of the card, from the printing pattern to the slightly worn edges. In fact, this print started by finding the actual card in our vault and then painstakingly re-mastering it with a team of designers. The authenticity extends to manufacturing; each print is made on high-quality, cotton fine art paper that measures 1/64 inches in thickness. Framed prints feature 2-inch flat wood or metallic frames with high-end, glare-resistant glass. And all prints are officially licensed by MLB and the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Brandon is 6.5 months old. We are EBF and we started solids about 1.5 months ago. All was well until this week. All of a sudden he's decided that he doesn't want the solids anymore and he wants to BF every 1.5-2 hours. He keeps his lips shut tight when I approach him with a spoon of food....it's actually kinda cute.
He also does not care for the 'mixed' foods. I make all of his food and was starting him on combination foods (like apples mixed with bananas or carrots mixed with chicken). He will eat the foods individually, but not mixed....picky, picky. LOL
The advice that I'm seeking is in regards to his lack of solids. It's affecting his sleep.....especially at night. AND, the BFing every 1.5-2 hours is killing me. What should I do? I work from home and the lack of naps, feeding every 1.5-2 hours and lack of sleep at night is wearing on me. Is this a phase?
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James was born April 10, 1929 to Reinhold G. Karnei and Mary (Pfenninger) Karnei.
He retired from Houston Lighting and Power Co. (W. A. Parish) after 34 1/2 years. He then moved to Goliad to ranch and raise cattle.
He is survived by his wife of 59 yearw, Harriet (Huber) Karnei; daughters, Jo Beth Kloecker, Susan Johnston, Grace Hankins and husband Keith, Sandra Krenek; grandchildren, Valerie Doble (Dennis), Travis Schellberg (Kristy), Brent Kloecker, Patrick Johnston, Morgan Krenek, Laurel Krenek; great-grandchildren, Makenzie, Bailey, Sawyer Schellberg, and numerous nieces and nephews.
James is preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Hertha Chapman (Chip), Waldine Harman (John), Frieda Bruns (Sonny); brother, Henry Karnei (Margarete); great-grandson, Mason Doble; son-in-law, Wyatt Holmes; mother-in-law and father-in-law, Harry and Agnes Huber.
A visitation was held Friday, July 5, 2013 from 5 to 8 p.m. at Finch Funeral Chapel in Yorktown. The service will be held Saturday, July 6, 2013 at 2 p.m. at St. Andrews Lutheran Church in Weesatche. Pastor C.B. Suggs will officiate with the interment to follow at St. Andrews Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be made to the St. Andrews Lutheran Church or the Immanuel United Church of Christ in Needville. You are invited to sign the online guest book at www.finchfuneralchapels.com.


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The traveling exhibition is presented by The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
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Home List of Titles Deep advanced camera for surveys imaging in the globular cluster NGC 6397: dynamical models
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/47544
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- Deep advanced camera for surveys imaging in the globular cluster NGC 6397: dynamical models
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- Hurley, Jarrod R.; Shara, Michael M.; Richer, Harvey B.; King, Ivan R.; Davis, D. Saul; Kalirai, Jasonjot S.; Hansen, Brad M. S.; Dotter, Aaron; Anderson, Jay; Fahlman, Gregory G.; Rich, R. Michael
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- We present N-body models to complement deep imaging of the metal-poor core-collapsed cluster NGC 6397 obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope. All simulations include stellar and binary evolution in step with the stellar dynamics and account for the tidal field of the Galaxy. We focus on the results of a simulation that began with 100, 000 objects (stars and binaries), 5% primordial binaries, and Population II metallicity. After 16 Gyr of evolution, the model cluster has about 20% of the stars remaining and has reached core collapse. We compare the color-magnitude diagrams of the model at this age for the central region and an outer region corresponding to the observed field of NGC 6397 (about 2-3 half-light radii from the cluster center). This demonstrates that the white dwarf (WD) population in the outer region has suffered little modification from dynamical processes - contamination of the luminosity function by binaries and WDs with non-standard evolution histories is minimal and should not significantly affect measurement of the cluster age. We also show that the binary fraction of main-sequence stars observed in the NGC 6397 field can be taken as representative of the primordial binary fraction of the cluster. For the mass function (MF) of the main-sequence stars, we find that although this has been altered significantly by dynamics over the cluster lifetime, especially in the central and outer regions, the position of the observed field is close to optimal for recovering the initial MF of the cluster stars (below the current turn-off mass). More generally we look at how the MF changes with radius in a dynamically evolved stellar cluster and suggest where the best radial position to observe the initial MF is for clusters of any age. We discuss computational constraints that restrict the N-body method to non-direct models of globular clusters currently, how this affects the interpretation of our results regarding NGC 6397, and future plans for models with increased realism.
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- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies. Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing
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- Astronomical Journal, Vol. 135, no. 6 (Jun 2008), pp. 2129-2140
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- 2008
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- 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences; 020103 Cosmology and Extragalactic Astronomy
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- Close binaries; Globular clusters; Luminosity function; Mass function; N-body simulations; NGC 6397; Population; Stars; Stellar dynamics; White dwarfs
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- 0004-6256
- Publisher URL
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2008 The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.
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- Number of Discs: 7
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- Release Date: 2002
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Good morning and Happy St. Patrick's Day. Grab a cup of coffee and take a relaxing read. It's the Freedom New Mexico Thursday briefing.
Wearin' the green
The Portales Public Library has scheduled a St. Patrick's Day party for the whole family at 6 p.m. today.
Admission is free, and attendees are encouraged to wear green.
Public meeting
Clovis City Commission meets at 5:15 p.m. today at the north annex of the Clovis-Carver Public Library.
It's open to the public.
Question of the day
What song always makes you happy when you hear it?
Feel free to chime in with all the others in our comment section below.
Fast fact
Hillcrest Park got its name in 1935 in a contest celebrating Clovis' first Pioneer Days.
O.J. Cloppert of 1019 Thornton St., got $15 for the suggested name.
The reason for the park name wasn't reported.
Quirky quote of the day
"You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it." — Robin Williams
Today in history
On this day in 461 A.D., Saint Patrick, Christian missionary, bishop and apostle of Ireland, dies at Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland.
Much of what is known about Patrick's legendary life comes from the Confessio, a book he wrote during his last years.
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