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Sharp is the #1 PDA seller in Japan, due to excellent hardware and perfectly localized software. However, its latest attempt to find its place between the Palm and PocketPC handheld has failed. Many factors contributed to this failure, like the absence of a GNU/Linux desktop client, which means only Windows users could take advantage of the sync functions; the inclusion of a substandard PIM suite which even a ten-year-old Palm Pilot outperformed; the lack of compatible software; and most of all, poor marketing, which did more harm than good to its product line. A faster CPU in the SL5600 corrected the sluggishness of the SL5000/SL5500, but this happened far too late.
Therefore, the SL5500 and SL5600 never really caught on, except maybe in the GNU/Linux community, where running free software on a PDA is an advantage.
The SL6000 is Sharp's comeback attempt. It only fixes one issue, that of software. There are many applications available online, and the integrated software has improved. Unfortunately, the marketing part is still very poor. There's no information on Sharp's zaurus.com web site, no user support, no official availability outside the U.S., and poor press relations. It's as if Sharp wanted the Zaurus to fail.
To illustrate this poor marketing, my repeated requests to Sharp's PR service for a review unit went unanswered. I then asked the U.S. office if they could sell me one directly. I told them the U.K. office had declined since they did not sell this model in that country. The U.S. then suggested I contact the U.K. office! Since Amazon.com refuses to sell the SL6000L outside the U.S., I had to purchase one while visiting in the states. This is not exactly what I expect from marketing and press relations. It turned out to be lucky that I did purchase one, since the 6000N (N for No Wi-Fi) series and the 6000 (W for Wi-Fi and BlueTooth) series are only available in Japan, and the 6000L is not available outside the U.S. and Japan.
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However, these last three weeks, I have finally been playing with my latest toy. I'm happy I overcame all these difficulties because this handheld is worth every cent. I have been trying to leave my Palm for the last two years, but my previous attempts with the Zaurus 5000d, 5500, and SLC-700 all failed. The SL-6000L has now replaced my Palm Tungsten W as my main handheld, for many reasons. I'll outline them here.
While this new Zaurus takes aim at the corporate market (which is not a good reason to make purchases so painful), it features everything a Linux geek may need on a PDA. Powered by a StrongArm PXA 255 running at 400MHz, with 64MB of ROM and 64MB of RAM, it features a small keyboard, a serial and an infrared port, one compact flash, and one SD slot--just like every other Zaurus currently sold, with the exception of the 128MB SLC-860.
The first thing you notice on the 6000L is its form factor. It's a portrait-mode PDA, not a landscape-clamshell like the SLC-7xx series. Each has its pro and cons. Clamshells are better for typing, but portrait-mode PDAs are easier to read. Personally, I prefer the portrait-mode since I rarely type. The small QWERTY keyboard is good, with shift keys on both left- and right-hand sides; it's surprisingly comfortable enough for my thumbs. I rarely enter data and frequently read data.
With the inclusion of a quasi-instantaneous software screen rotation function, you can also make a landscape-mode PDA of your 6000L! You must purchase an infrared keyboard like the excellent Pocketop, because the standard keyboard with its 90 degree rotation is useless. I can nearly touch-type on the Pocketop. Only the Esc/Caps/Tab swap is confusing, and the IRK driver doesn't allow remapping of the keys.
The 6000L is better than the other Zauruses, thanks to an integrated microphone and speaker and a bright and crisp 640-by-480 transreflective screen. It may be hard to believe, but this screen is even better than the famous SLC-7xx clamshell series screen. It's easier to read in the sun, with a better contrast and a bigger screen. Unfortunately, my unit has at least ten dead pixels, but since they are very small you can hardly notice them unless you carefully look for them. I was really surprised when I discovered them, because that's usually the first thing I notice on an LCD screen. This means that the DPI is high enough to overcome such problems.
The uniqueness of this PDA comes from integrated Wi-Fi, which frees a Compact Flash slot, as well USB host capabilities, which allow you to connect USB peripherals to your Zaurus through a dedicated cable. You will never regret leaving your Wi-Fi card at home when you come across a hotspot at an unexpected time. This alone would justify the purchase of the 6000L.
You can also kiss the cradle good-bye to enjoy wireless syncing, which is very nice due to the undescribably ugly 6000L cradle. Not only is it ugly (big, made of cheap plastic, with sharp edges) but it is also poorly conceived, preventing the use of the integrated keyboard, requiring too much strength to plug and unplug the Zaurus, and so on. The cradle is a disgrace, period. I tried to use it, but finally buried it back into its box. Fortunately, you can hook the charger directly into the Zaurus and synchronize via Wi-Fi.
The screen protection is worth mentioning. It has improved over the 5xxx series, in that it looks better and is much easier to operate. You can try to remove it: it makes the Zaurus look a little better, but you will quickly miss it as soon as you spill liquid on the screen or when you fear screen damage from putting the Zaurus back into your pocket. No doubt, this baby is big. It fits into a shirt pocket, but it's slightly bigger than a clamshell Zaurus and much bigger than a Palm or a Pocket PC.
If size matters to you, do not even think about the extension adaptor. While it provides a second battery, a second compact flash slot, and a second serial port, it makes the Zaurus as big as a brick. Personally, I like it a lot because I had my 6000L fall twice from my labcoat pocket. Now it fits better and I do not care about power—I only have to charge every three days, for what I consider sustained use (reading ebooks several hours per day, using the PIM, listening to music, and so on).
Using Wi-Fi will quickly drain your battery—expect around two and a half hours of battery life with the standard battery and full backlight or five hours of battery time with the additional battery. The battery design has also improved over previous models. You can replace it in a couple of seconds without rebooting. That made me consider purchasing a second battery, which I, fortunately, found included with the extension adaptor. If you have too much time on your hands or some special need, such as constant Wi-Fi instant messenging or a GSM cellphone compact flash card, consider purchasing additional batteries and the ultra small charger presented below. Changing batteries is incredibly easy and very addictive and the small charger weighs little.
As previously mentioned, I twice dropped my Zaurus on concrete from my lab coat pocket. It did not sustain any kind of damage—only the stylus and the memory cards ejected. Having previously lost a couple of Clies with similar fates, I thought this was only marketing speak from Sharp and I that would soon find myself with a worthless $699 brick. I was happily disappointed. This was the main reason why I decided to leave my Tungsten W; it died after only 11 months due to the very common broken SIM-card plastic door. Palm refused to apply any kind of warranty and wanted to charge me $200 for a one-inch square piece of plastic. Since the hands-free kit had also died three months ago and the mike/speaker cover needed changing every two months, this was not the tool for the job. Heavy PDA users require industrial grade equipment and the 6000L seems like a good pick. Now I only hope I will not be wrong 12 months from now!
Overall, with the exception of the cradle, the hardware is excellent—much better than on the previous Zaurus. An integrated microphone plus a "record" key let you use the Zaurus as a dictaphone. It would be very handy if it didn't take four seconds for the Zaurus to wake up when inserting one memory card (it's nine seconds if you have an SD and a CF), thus missing the first few seconds of your memo. It is only a minor annoyance compared to the bugs experienced with former Zauruses such as SD card corruption, long wake up delay, or forced reboots on battery changes.
The extension adaptor feels cheap, because it is very light and somehow much bigger than necessary. If only it featured a standard PCMCIA slot, a standard USB port, or at least a standard serial port! There's room for that, with all the required hardware already inside the Zaurus. Because there is little external room on the Zaurus the ports are not standard, and you must purchase cables. Since the extension adaptor is mostly empty, it's hard to believe that the designers excused the omission by citing size requirements. In any case, I am just ranting for the sake of finding imperfections—I am extremely happy with the hardware! I just hope the next Zaurus 6000L will fix the power-up delay issues.
Sharp also made tremendous efforts on the software side. The Qtopia environment is much more user-friendly, especially on the setup side. It only took me a couple of minutes to set up wifi connection and POP3 email. Thanks to the network setup assistant, it was surprisingly easy to go online at a free hotspot. Sending and receiving emails also worked well, handling attachments perfectly.
The Zaurus includes Opera 7 by default now. It renders standard websites
excellently, considering the 640x480 screen resolution, and the zoom function
is impressive. Opera also supports multiple window browsing, direct Google
searches, full screen browsing, and popup blocking. I only wish it would
support Macromedia's
.swf Flash files, since may websites now
depend on Flash support. I would also like Opera's rendering to apply to HTML
e-mails: while the email application is otherwise excellent, it renders HTML
mail poorly. While I preferred Netfront to Opera v.6, this new version changed
my mind. I hope it will soon ship with the voice extension support which IBM's
R&D website provides for the Zaurus 5600 as well as a way to see Flash
files — it does include a useless PDF plugin, so I guess it's
There's also little to say about the Hancom Office suite since it does it job quite efficiently. I miss an integrated spell checker (or at least the ability to call an external spell checker such as zbedic) from the word processor, the ability to create graphs in the spreadsheet, and likewise better integration with the email application.
The PIM suite has also improved and matured. While I still find it inferior to a old Palm III, it is now usable in the real world. My only advice is to install a fork of the default datebook called qualendar and to complete the memo application with an outliner like iqnotes if you are used to similar Palm shareware tools. I did try to play with KOPI, a very promising PIM suite for the Zaurus, but I found it too complicated and too slow — just like The Kompany's tkc Calendar the last time I tested it. Since they're still adding many features, I fear it will not improve on these two points. Qualendar on the other hand was easy to set up and operates quickly. I did not expect a program as easy to use as the Palm datebook, especially since I tried each one of them during my first migration attempts. Qualendar feels very promising software. With some usability improvements (such as allowing to users to type in events directly instead of having to enter a detailed new event menu) it has the potential to become a Palm killer.
Other programms include the calculator, the image viewer/slideshow application, the unicode text viewer and editor, the MP3 and MPEG-1 capable mediaplayer, the backup/sync application and a bunch of setup tools.
The setup applications are very convenient — now you do not have to install third party software if you want to change an icon's name or create new groups. You can quickly change appearance and application key mapping. The security app can provide excellent and permanent protection for your device, since there's an option to ask a password everytime at powerup.
Here's one weird detail: Java's implementation changed, breaking most of the Java applications made for previous Zaurus models. I was never a big fan of Java, and there goes my last dreams of "compile-once, run everywhere" dreams — along with applications I'll miss like formulae1 or jsolun. For those who still have an old Zaurus, it should be possible to back up and reinstall the previous Java implementation called Jeode.
My conclusion on the software side is there is still a lot of work to do, but the situation is improving, especially for the integrated software. The 5500 software, especially the awful PIM, should never have seen the light of day, but the current versions feel like the 1.0 version. I still really miss an HP48 emulator or an X11 PIM client though. You can run old Zaurus software perfectly — you will only notice with some software that the resolution goes back to 320x240. In most cases, a long press on the icon and unchecking "execute with magnified screen" will be enough. In other cases, the developers need to change their code. The vast majority of applications are fine however.
While the mediaplayer is quite handy (add drzvideo to gain divx/mpeg4 plackback capability), the backup/sync applications are not. These are Windows-only applications.
Opera, the J2ME environment and the Hancom Suite are acceptable non-free softwares because they do their jobs and free software replacements exist for people who want a 100% free software PDA.
What else may a geek want for a PDA?
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Unfortunately, Windows-only software is a serious drawback for any self-respecting GNU/Linux user. I wish at least Sharp would provide downloadable desktop software for X11. There are at the moment various coding efforts by the free software community, yet nothing is ready or stable enough for a daily use. As good as the PIM may become, being unable to sync them with the desktop is a serious drawback.
Likewise, it may be a bad idea to include an SD slot to which there are no free-software drivers available, as it prevents users from installing new kernels on the device. At least the proprietary drivers seems to work much better than on the other Zauruses. I did not experience hardware lookups or massive corruption of SD cards — a frequently-reported problem for previous Zauruses and Sandisk-brand SD cards. If the source were available, someone may have fixed this bug earlier and ported it to earlier models.
These issues were already present in the former Zauruses, but for some reason Sharp decided to do nothing. I question the logic behind this, since many Zaurus users use GNU/Linux distributions on their desktops.
Something new and even worse is
libsl, a non-free library upon
which Sharp applications and a growing number of GPL applications depend. This
dependency prevents those applications from working on other ARM/Qtopia
devices. I think it is intentional, but it lights the "fragmentation" warning
in my head. If no GPL equivalent of
libsl ever appears, I may
just move my SL6000L to Opie.
The SL6000L is a great machine. It may not look as sexy as the clamshell Zauruses, but it's very functional. I quickly discovered it was the tool for the job after carrying it with me along my Palm. It is rough, it has lot of battery life, a nice keyboard, and all sort of ports one may need. Best of all, there's wifi included and it runs Linux.
Guylhem Aznar was the coordinator of The Linux Documentation Project from 1999 to 2006. He has a special interest in Linux embedded devices and health informatics, being a physician with a clinical experience but also a full traditional computer-science education.
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Following rival AMD with its recent demonstration of servers featuring dual-core 64-bit microprocessors, Intel Corp., the world's largest maker of chips, demonstrated Tuesday a high-end server with dual-core IA64 processors inside, confirming that the products are on track for release next year.
Intel Demos Dual-Core Itanium 2 "Montecito" Servers
During his keynote, Paul Otellini, Intel's President, said that the industry is moving towards multi-core processors from typical increase in core-clocks. Intel promised to ship dual-core products into each of the today's market segments in 2005 already. In 2006 the shipments will grow and over 40% desktops, over 85% of the servers and workstations and over 70% of mobile computers will acquire dual core CPUs, X-bit labs' Anna Filatova wrote in her IDF Day 1 coverage.
Intel demonstrated a 4-way demo system based on dual-core Montecito processors, which proved capable of running up to 16 applications at a time due to the fact that each of the Montecito cores supports Hyper-Threading technology. As an example of the practical application of a computer like that Intel showed a weather simulator program from NASA and added that with all this potential a computer like that appears 50% faster than the fastest super computer on earth right now offering the performance of 60TFlops.
Dual Core IA64 Chips, DDR2, PCI Express Ahead
Montecito will be Intel's first IA64 chip with two cores and 24MB of L3 cache. In 2003 Intel uncovered plans to implement its special "arbiter" bus into the chip code-named Montecito to manage how the cores collaborate between themselves, how they utilise their processor system bus and the L3 cache. No actual peculiarities of the design have been presented by Intel officials so far, but we can pre-suppose that the "arbiter" bus architecture may be utilised in all multiple-core CPUs from Intel that will come in future.
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What is it with bitter greens and confusing naming conventions? A couple of weeks ago I discussed the zillions of aliases for rapini. This week, I've been assigned to write about another group of bitter vegetables – chicories and endives. Closely related species in the Cichorium family, this group of bitter greens is also involved in linguistic misunderstandings due to the multiple (confusing) names of their many variants. Different names are even given to the same species depending on how the plant is grown (more on this below), and in the case of the Belgian variety, called "endive" in the US but botanically grouped as chicory. One botany book I read said, "[t]he correct names for various species and forms of Cichorium are somewhat confused and should not be taken too seriously." I will heed the well-spoken advice of Food Plants of the World and won't take names too seriously here – but for clarity's sake, I can tell you that the various handles for the assorted Cichoriums include:
Chicories (Cichorium intybus):
Endives (Cichorium endivia):
All are bitter, leafy veggies that come in a rainbow of colors – all of which are delicious. (Although there seems to be a passionate anti-frisée contingent, of which my husband is, sadly, an active participant. Even VH1 gets into the frisée-hating game. Google "hate frisée" to see more frisée-related rants.)
The ancestors of both species – chicory and endive – are native to the Mediterranean basin, although there is some speculation that their native range extended into Asia as well. Several sources indicate that both chicory and endive were domesticated in Egypt as far back as 4,000 years ago, though apparently no archaeological evidence exists to support this. Chicory is also said to be one of the "bitter herbs" traditionally eaten for Passover, symbolizing the bitterness of the Jews' slavery in Egypt. The University of California reports that the first archeological evidence of chicory consumption comes from Bronze Age Switzerland. Both chicory and endive were also widely consumed in ancient Greece and Rome, but food historian Alan Davidson notes that it was likely the wild varieties of chicory that were gathered and eaten, while endive was probably cultivated.
In the 18th century, coffee became super popular – and, as happens with new trends, super expensive. A number of different substances were experimented with to create a coffee substitute (including acorns – here's a recipe – you're welcome), but chicory root, roasted and ground, was the most palatable. The consumption of chicory coffee, and/or the adulteration of real coffee with ground chicory root, was a common practice during times of reduced transport (think WWII), but adulteration was also engaged to dupe the consumer, as this sort of hilarious 19th century debate from British Parliament discusses.
Also in the 18th century, a Belgian farmer perfected the French-discovered practice of "forcing" chicory roots: stored in a dark place and covered with soil or sand, the roots produce a blanched (chlorophyll-lacking) head. Belgian endive and radicchio were thus born.
Cichorium endivia and Cichorium intybus are both in the Asteraceae (daisy) family – most chicories have lovely blue flowers reminiscent of daisies. You've probably seen common chicory growing by the side of the road and in fields, because the plant has become naturalized throughout much of the US. Cultivated chicories and endives prefer cool temperatures and tend to bolt and become unpleasantly bitter in warm weather. Both Cichorium varieties are very cold hardy – in fact, I brought home variegated chicory seeds from a trip to Italy one year; planted in the late summer for a fall crop, they were still going strong into the following spring.
Belgian endive and radicchio varieties are "forced sprouts" grown from a taproot of the plant, in conditions without light, in order to deprive them of chlorophyll ("blanching"). The "heads" of Belgian endive and radicchio are technically called "chicons." Growing Belgian endive is a multi-stepped and (dare I say) crazy process that involves special dark room growing "caves," hydroponic-like fertilizer solutions and lots and lots of labor. See a video of the process in the upper right (if you dare).
Other chicories and endives, including escarole, curly endive (of which frisée is a type) and Radicchio di Castelfranco (the type I brought back from Italy) are "leaf" varieties – they don't generally form tight heads and aren't forced like Belgian endive and the other radicchios. However, these leafier varieties are frequently blanched, sometimes by simply tying the loose-leaved heads together (so the inside of the head isn't exposed to light). Blanching makes the leaves less bitter and more tender. Here's a handy picture that shows the different varieties.
The best chicories and endives are winter veggies – cold weather makes them much tastier.
The bulk of commercially grown Belgian endive is grown in California, and many Belgian endives seen on your grocer's shelves are imported from...you guessed it – Belgium. Look for different varietals of chicory and endive at your local farmer's market for less-traveled specimens – though admittedly they are rare. (Small family farms across the country are getting in the Belgian endive-growing game, so you may be able to find local ones in your area.) Still fairly uncommon veggies in the US, neither chicories nor endives make an appearance on the Environmental Working Group's Guide to Pesticides in Produce. (*Check out our Vegetable rule of thumb.)
Belgian endive is usually torpedo-shaped, with white leaves tipped in light yellow. A red version of Belgian endive is also being grown in California. Radicchio varieties include the commonly seen radicchio di Chioggia (dark red, round and about the size of a grapefruit) and the less common, stunning radicchio di Treviso. Radicchio's red color becomes more pronounced in cooler weather; the blanching process employed for all types of radicchio does the same. Escarole looks a lot like a head of loose-leaved lettuce, with rounded leaves. It's usually the darkest green in color. Frisee heads look like crazy light and dark green frizzy wigs (no, seriously), while curly endive is just slightly less frizzy (but still curly). Puntarelle, if you can find it, looks a lot like skinny dandelion greens (dandelion is a relative).
For heading types like Belgian endive and radicchio, look for tight heads that feel heavy for their size. All chicory and endive varieties should be free of black or mushy spots, with very few (to no) brown or wilting leaves.
In general, chicories and endives are nutritional powerhouses. Radicchio's vitamin K levels are off the charts (the vitamin is essential for blood and bone health). It is also a decent source of folate, vitamin C and copper. Endive is also very high in vitamin K and is a good source of vitamin A, vitamin C, folate, thiamin, pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), riboflavin, calcium, iron, potassium, manganese, copper, zinc and dietary fiber. It even contains quite a bit of protein. Chicory roots are high in inulin, a type of dietary fiber that is good for bowel health and has preliminarily been linked to lowered triglyceride levels. Chicory roots also contain lactucopicrin, which has a sedative effect.
The heading varieties of chicory – Belgian endive and radicchio – store exceptionally well in the refrigerator. Keep them loosely wrapped in a paper towel in your fridge's produce drawer for at least a week (or more). Frisée is the delicate flower of the group – it tends to brown quickly, so use within a couple of days. Escarole is slightly hardier and can be stored for three to five days in your produce drawer.
Chicories and endives are frequently served raw in salads in the US, but they are also delicious cooked – they are excellent braised, grilled, steamed and sautéed. Belgian endives are delicious grantinéed (baked with butter and cheese). A famous French preparation blankets them with béchamel sauce and ham (you had me at "béchamel") and bakes them in the oven. Radicchio is commonly grilled – especially delicious paired with balsamic vinegar. Escarole is a regular in southern Italian (and Italian-American) cuisine (the name 'scarole is an Italian-American variation) and is commonly braised with garlic.
Like other bitter veggies, chicories and endives pair well with assertive ingredients, like garlic, anchovies, lemon juice and chiles, and are brilliant with all kinds of cheese, including parmesean, blue, goat and sheep's milk cheeses. They are also frequently paired with creamy beans (think cannelloni).
If you're lucky enough to find chicory roots, you can make your own chicory coffee (and read about chicory lattes being served up in – where else? – Brooklyn). Naturalized common (wild) chicory can be foraged and is quite common throughout much of the US.
Avoid cutting chicories and endives with a knife – they oxidize quickly and turn an ugly brown. Instead, tear the leaves with your hands. The outer leaves of frisée and escarole heads are frequently tough and very bitter – rather than discarding, save in order to braise.
Basically, you can lacto-ferment just about everything, and escarole is no exception. Cooked escarole can also be frozen. Sadly, the other members of the chicory and escarole families are fairly perishable and aren't easily preserved.
This is kind of a riff on a classic French bistro salad – frisée with lardons and poached eggs. I prefer the less spiky curly endive, but frisée (a type of curly endive) or escarole can be substituted. The almonds and prosciutto add a bit of crunch, and the assertive dressing stands up well to the bitterness of the escarole. Toss in chopped radicchio or Belgian endive for a delicious addition. Funnily enough, the curly endive was labeled "chicory" at my local greengrocer.
1 head curly endive or escarole, tough outer leaves discarded (or reserve for another recipe – see Pro Tip above)
2 slices prosciutto, roughly chopped
2 boiled eggs, quartered (see note)
1/3 cup roasted unsalted almonds, roughly chopped
1 clove garlic, pressed or finely minced
Juice of ½ ; lemon
3 tablespoons Parmigiano-Reggiano, grated
X tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
(*Vegetable rule of thumb: We think that first and foremost, in terms of nutrition, people should eat lots of fruits and vegetables whether they are organic or not. The EWG's guide is a handy list, but we will point out here that the impacts of pesticides are not limited to your ingestion of them – agricultural chemicals also affect farmworkers and local waterways, both good reasons to buy organic, even those vegetables that carry a light pesticide load. Also, it has been demonstrated that produce grown by small-scale farmers, even those who are not certified organic, tends to have a lighter pesticide load than its industrially-produced counterpart, owing to industry's tendency toward large monocrops.)


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Joseph and Jeremy Gonzales are doing something different with their Gonzales Land and Cattle operation in Lovington, New Mexico, and it's got neighbors noticing.
There is a marked difference in this patch of the southeastern New Mexico community with vibrant, green fields of alfalfa. How are these producers beating the odds against the drought and perpetual wind that nearly all farmers and ranchers face in New Mexico?
The secret is in the water – not how much is used but how it is applied. Thanks to the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), the Gonzales brothers replaced their antiquated and inefficient pivot systems with the Low-Elevation Spray Application (LESA) system.
EQIP is one of dozens of programs offered by the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) private farmers and ranchers as well as the Tribes and Pueblos in New Mexico can use to improve their agricultural operations. "We are beginning, young producers and a little help allows us to implement practices such as the LESA system," said Jeremy.
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One thing is becoming pretty clear to all of us, despite our hopes to the contrary. If the White Sox are to win the A.L. Central and make their first postseason appearance since 2008, they are going to have to do it without major contributions from Adam Dunn and Alex Rios.
We have been thinking things will change, but it's July 19 and nada.
The disappointing duo, once counted on to be at the heart of the Sox offense, show no signs of significant improvement. If you think about it, it's pretty impressive that we're only two games under .500 and 4 1/2 from the division lead without these two being major factors.
As well-chronicled here and elsewhere, Dunn has been and continues to be an absolute failure. He's on his way to setting the all-time single-season strikeout mark and is threatening to record the lowest qualifying batting average in the last 91 years. He's now at .158.
Rios is simply lost. It's apparent he's confused at the plate and his nonchalant attitude gives the impression he's not trying. It's painful to watch his struggles. He's now at .208 and headed for Dunn territory.
Last night, as has been the case so many times before, the Sox were victorious despite Dunn and Rios. Between them they were 0 for 7 with four strikeouts (two apiece).
Things certainly can change, but right now the conventional wisdom is that any hope of October baseball is going to be accomplished with Nos. 32 and 51.
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I agree. If there were anyone else who defensively could play center field and contribute some offense, Rios would be riding the pine. Lillibridge, as we have found out, is not an everyday player. I really don't know how much longer Ozzie can keep putting Dunn in the lineup as well. I know Adam is giving it his best but if we want to contend we must have some RBI production from that spot. There is no one currently on the club that can adequately fill the DH spot, as we found out a year ago. But with Viciedo hitting well at Charlotte, the call may have to be made in order to keep our hopes alive.


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This list has been compiled by Volunteers serving in Costa Rica and is based on their experience. Use it as an informal guide in making your own list, bearing in mind that experience is individual. There is no perfect list! You obviously cannot bring everything we mention, so consider those items that make the most sense to you personally and professionally. You can always purchase some things locally and have other things sent to you later. As you decide what to bring, keep in mind that you have an 80-pound weight restriction on baggage. And remember, you can get almost everything you need in Costa Rica.
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Clothes should be conservative, sturdy, easily washable, and free of the need for ironing if possible. Given the high prices and limited selection in Costa Rica, you probably will not want to buy many clothes in-country. Women should know that although many Costa Rican women wear short skirts, doing so is likely to attract unwanted attention from men.
- At least two casual tops (e.g., T-shirts or polo shirts)
- One fleece vest/jacket, one windbreaker and one sweater or sweatshirt
- One or two swimsuits
- One lightweight rain jacket or poncho good for going over back-pack, bags
- Cap or hat for sun protection
- Running gear (if you run)
- 10 pairs of socks
- Belts
- Pajamas
- One or two dressy outfits for nightlife (on breaks or workshops) For Men
- Three pairs of pants for work (denim, cotton, khaki; wrinkle free)
- Five to seven shirts, some button down and mostly short sleeved
- Five to seven T-shirts
- One pair of casual pants (for hiking, painting, etc.)
- Three pairs of shorts
- Ten pairs of boxers or briefs
- One or two ties (sport coat optional) for formal occasions/swearing-in For Women
- Four pairs of pants for work (denim, cotton, khaki, wrinkle-free)
- Five or six tops for work (T-shirts, blouses, tank tops, etc.)
- One pair of dress pants
- Three casual skirts or dresses and one or two dressy outfits
- Five to seven bras and/or sports tops
- Fifteen to 20 pairs of underwear
With the exception of flip-flops, the selection of shoes available in Costa Rica is more limited than in the United States, particularly in larger sizes (over size 9 for women or over size 10-1/2 for men). You may want to bring a two-year supply.
- One pair of sturdy walking or tennis shoes
- One pair of running shoes, if you run
- One pair of waterproof hiking boots or Vibram-soled boots (all parts of the country are wet and muddy during the rainy season; inexpensive rubber boots can be bought locally)
- Two pairs of comfortable shoes for work (can include open-toe shoes for women)
- One pair of dress shoes (can include sandals for women)
- Flip-flops or Teva-like sandals
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- Regular toiletries (soap, shampoo, shaving cream, body lotion, toothpaste, special floss, etc.) Volunteers recommend bringing economy size of these as the
Peace Corps does not provide for these items
- Tampons, if you use them (few brands are available locally, and they are expensive)
- Any particular brands of over-the-counter medicine you need (the Peace Corps provides some over-the-counter medicine but usually has only one brand for each type)
- Fast-drying towels—two bath, one beach, and one hand
- Sunscreen and mosquito repellent, if you prefer a certain type (The Peace Corps provides only one kind of each. Mosquito nets are provided)
- Refillable razors
- Two flat sheets or a set for a twin bed
- A favorite pillow and pillowcase(s)
- Flashlight
- Sturdy (larger) backpack or duffel bag for three-tofour-day trips (Many Volunteers say this is essential)
- Day pack or small backpack
- Inexpensive water-resistant or waterproof watch
- Small travel alarm clock
- Money belt
- Leakproof water bottle (e.g., Nalgene)
- Pocket knife
- Radio, cassette player or discman (with electrical cord); favorite tapes or CDs
- Shortwave radio (optional)
- Start-up supply of stationery, pens, etc.
- Light, stuffable, and preferably waterproof sleeping bag
- Camera and film
- A few dollars to tide you over at your pre-departure orientation (or staging)
- Good scissors
- World map or lightweight atlas
- Small iron
- Photos of family and friends
- Inexpensive jewelry
- Backgammon and other travel games
- Journal
- Small sewing kit
- A pair or two of cheap but strong sunglasses
- Favorite resources for working with children and youth (games, art supplies, icebreakers, etc.); the Peace Corps provides some
- Cheap items to use as rewards (e.g., stickers, decorative pencils, or erasers)
- Books in English (to read and exchange; Peace Corps/Costa Rica has a library of novels and resource materials)
- Rechargable Batteries (while regualar batteries are available locally, they are expensive and/or of lower quality.)
Items You Do Not Need to Bring
The following items are either available in Costa Rica or provided by the Peace Corps.
- Disposable razors, shampoo, conditioner, deodorant, toothpaste, body lotions
- Mosquito net
- Spanish-English dictionary
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1. Why do you want to be mayor?
I want to inspire people. I want to inspire them to take pride in their community, to become an active participant in the success of their city, and to realize they have not just a personal stake in our success, but they can be a deciding influence as well.
2. What experience do you have that makes you qualified to be mayor?
I've been working with and leading teams for most of my adult life. From coordinating campus-wide college events while at UWL, to leading work crews into the forests to build shared use trails for all of La Crosse, I've had to work with people of all ages, experiences, and abilities. A well-equipped group produces amazing results. A poorly-led group does a lot of standing around.
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·Unifying our government's and our citizens' views for the long term success of La Crosse. We all seem to have varying ideas of what that looks like.
·Turn around the public image of our mayor/council team.
·Exceed $100M in property tax revenue in the next 4 years.
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Increase the number of trips made by bicycle above the national average. (The avg around 1%)
Close the gap between La Crosse median income and Wisconsin median income ($38,287 vs $52,374, 5yr estimate)
Reduce the poverty rate. We're worse than Green Bay or Madison, and doing just barely better than Milwaukee.
5. The current mayor and the City Council have had disagreements about several city issues lately. If elected mayor, what will you do to work with the City Council?
If they're wrong, I'll demonstrate how using statistics and facts. If I'm wrong, I expect them to correct me as well, with the same level of convincing data. If we differ on opinions, I'm pretty sure the 18 of us can come up with a workable solution. A lot of what La Crosse faces has been dealt with before by other cities. There are numerous examples of what works and what doesn't. Throwing up our hands and saying "we're out of ideas!" is simply not an excuse.
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We need to focus on capital expenditures that are going to produce a positive return on our investment.
We're stuck to our old debt obligations, but we can avoid getting into more.
7. Are you in favor of raising property taxes?
Tax rates are high enough, and maybe with an increase in property value and an increase in residents' incomes, we can even lower the tax rate, while still collecting more revenue. Maybe. Over time.
Maybe it's time to completely reconsider how we value property, homes, and land.
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Does anyone have any advice to get my milk back, or is this how weaning is
supposed to happen? dd gradually, over the years, reduced down to two feeds
a day, one before nap and one before bed. We dropped the afternoon nap about
6 weeks ago, so she just has the bedtime feed now. She is still doing this,
but for the last few nights has been sad and told me there is no milk. She
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once (and I remember this clearly, it was mid morning and we were both wide
awake). She has told me there was no milk on other occasions, and I took it
with a pinch of salt as she was still so keen to nurse.....
But now it really does seem that it has gone. Maybe I haven't had milk for a
couple of months, or even longer - I can't really know. I don't understand
why it's gone, and I can't help feeling that I have let her down. She seems
really sad at the point where we nurse (after books and before lights out).
The last few nights I have gently encouraged her to try, and she is still
falling asleep on the breast, but if there's really no milk this is a bit
pointless. (she has said this - I commented that she seemed to enjoy it even
if there isn't any milk, but she shook her head). Yet she still does do it.
Last night she wanted to cuddle my breast, she's never done that before.
She's also started to ask me for a back scratch after we finish the
books.....so it's as if she is asking for me to replace the breastfeeding
with other comforts.
In the daytime she seems fine, well, the same as always......she is quite a
firey little girl, but actually a lot calmer lately as other things in life
have settled down.
I think she will "cope" if we stop breastfeeding now, but I also think it
would be hugely beneficial for her if we were able to continue. It seems to
me that she has resigned herself to stopping purely because there is no
milk, not because she *wants* to stop. I'm certain that if I had abundant
milk she would be nursing frequently. On odd occasions over the past few
months she has cried out, "oooh, I got some milk!!" and been really excited
and happy. Her latch, I should say, has been poor for a long time, so this
is probably why my supply has dwindled.
I suppose it seems as though she isn't choosing to wean, it's happening to
her. To me it feels as though the dream of letting her self wean has been
snatched away from us. But I want to do what's best for her now. If I can't
get my milk back then I need to help her transition happily, but if I can
get it back then I do think that would be the ideal. I don't want to put her
through a long period of false hope though, on some small chance that things
might change.....
Any thoughts? Any guaranteed ways to re-start a milk supply?
Oh, I should say, she is actually 3, but has her 4th birthday in just a few
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Armed with his degree from The John Marshall Law School, Michael O'Brien '05 is practicing law in a rather unique place: Iraq. He was deployed in November 2010 to Victory Base Complex north of Baghdad and is working as an advisor to an aspect of a Special Forces unit. O'Brien enlisted in the military after completing his law degree in 2008 and is a captain in the Air Force Judge Advocate General Corps. "The JAG Corps starts all of us as prosecutors for our first assignment," he says. "Since I had been working for the Cook County State's Attorney's Office for over half of law school I thought that it would be a natural fit."
O'Brien's home base is Edwards Air Force Base in California and, while he worked there, was the deputy staff judge advocate for the 95th Air Base Wing.
"The work we do in an Air Force legal office ranges from giving individual airmen legal advice on personal matters, like divorce or landlord-tenant law, to advising the commanders on disciplinary matters. We are also the ones who prosecute all courts-martial that occur on base."
A management major at North Central College, O'Brien says joining the military was something he always had in mind through school. "Then when I was in law school I found out about the opportunities that the JAG Corps provided and loved the idea. My thought was, 'I get to be a lawyer AND serve my country? Jackpot!'"
Life on the base is pretty good, O'Brien reports, with free time used for working out, sleeping, watching movies and television and surfing the Internet. Victory Base Complex is composed of several smaller bases, which surround the Baghdad International Airport. Occasionally, he'll travel to the International Zone to go to court and meet with Iraqi judges and other court personnel. Most people on the base live in air-conditioned housing units that are 15-by-15 foot rooms. "We're no longer in a setup in Iraq where people are in tents," he says.
He also experienced Christmas away from home. "Lots of folks out here try to do fun things for the holidays, like some organized sporting events and a 5K fun run," he says. "But for the most part it was just another day out here in Iraq."
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Hi all, I have a lot of oversupply and have started looking into the idea of donating milk since it seems like a waste to throw the excess away (i have to manually express and massage breasts before feeding several times a day so baby can latch on and drink well).
I am going back to work in 5 months though so I have two worries:
- work related, my worry is that weaning will be even more difficult since I will have extra production established by then that I need to cut down. My work day will be pretty much 12hour days or so, so I will have to wean all the feeds bare one
- oversupply related, I am worried the extra pumping will exacerbate my oversupply problem? if I now pump the engorged breasts in the morning, what if they become even more engorged? will it make my problem worse?


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Believe me nothings free
Hope everyone had an awesome New Years Eve, I went to bed early but we let the kids stay up as late as they wanted. Neither of them made it midnight.
I woke up and stretched really good this morning, ate a banana and a yogurt for breakfast.
You have to start somewhere, and this is as good a starting point as any. I'm 6'1 195 and I plan to use my excess energy from not smoking to drop 10 lbs before spring training.
I'm still in decent shape at 195, but I have this sexy image I have to uphold and I don't want to let anyone down. My entire family has the pot belly gene and there are things down there want to always be able to see.
Besides, 185 is a good baseball snaggin weight.
I couldn't have been more ecstatic about watching the startup of the MLB Network. As luck would have it, Comcast made sure that didn't happen.
I guess I figured the MLB channel would be free with what we pay Comcast for cable each month. Well 4:00 pm rolled around and I was faced with the realization that it wasn't.
So I jumped on the phone to Comcast and was informed that I would have to purchase the Encore package which was $5.00 more a month. No problem, she said is should come on shortly and I hung up. I
waited, and waited and nothing happened.
Now it's close to 5:00 pm and I'm getting pissed, so I call Comcast back and I'm told by another customer service rep that it's not the Encore package that I need upgrade to it's a different sports package.
So another 45 minutes drifts by while I'm waiting on the phone to get this all set up. Eventually the dude and I part ways with me in front of my TV waiting for the MLB channel to pop on.
The MLB Network finally did come on about 6:30pm. In the end I had to upgrade my cable plan, but it only costs me $3.00 more a month. I missed the first 2.5 hours, that blows.
The Bob Costas interview with Don Larson and Yogi Berra was really cool. Especially after getting to see part of the classic Yankees/Dodgers World Series no-hitter.
I let/made my kids watch some of it. I told them someday in the future people would be watching video of the games that we attended in color and wondering why they're not three dimensional.
I don't watch a hell of a lot of TV unless it's baseball, basketball, or football. Even then it's only Colorado teams.
But it's nice to know the MLB Network is there when "I" need it, kind of like a spare tire or that Powerbar I keep in my glove box.
Here are some of my Suggestions for the MLB Network.
1. During the Hot Stove segments, take 30 seconds and highlight a different MLBlogger. Increased traffic to our blogs from the exposure is essentially more hits to MLB's website right? It's a win/win situation. Or how about using random blogs for the background of Hot Stove?
2. Have random contests here on MLBlogs.com with prizes such as being in a MLB Network TV commercial or 5 second shout out for the winners home team. This group of bloggers loves competition. I'd love to win a contest and get 5 seconds on MLB TV, get to stand there in full Ranter uniform and scream "Rockies are number one baby" whether they are or not. That's the standard line right?
3. I like the spring training thing they're doing, 30 teams in 30 days. It's a great idea, sounds familiar? I'm sure there will be MLBloggers all over the Cactus and Grapefruit leagues in Feb/March. The MLB Network could give us some love down there.
I've got lots of great ideas, but it's only the first day and I don't want to seem like I'm being overly critical or demanding :)
I liked what I saw, congratulations on the first day of what I hope will become the best channel on TV…D
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Hey D — Love the idea of a contest for bloggers! The 30 days/30 teams of Spring training – I'm really looking forward to that. Keep up the not smoking – I'm pulling for you!
Hey D,
Haven't been too excited about the MLB channel but might if they do some interesting stuff. Would have loved to see Yogi Berra.
So, I took my son to see the Bodies Human Exhibit at Colorado Mills (we saw the Body Works Exhibit when it was at the museum). Still not sure if this is cool science or some whack job that needs a padded room. Some of the stuff he does is out and out freaky.
(I think you look fine the way you are now but I guess we all have that bent inner mirror)
JULIA-Thanks, your the only one who likes the contest idea I guess. Maybe I was a bit premature in my suggestions. Oh well, it's not like I haven't done that before🙂
R-LUV, we took our kids to kids to the Bodies Human Exhibit also, they really liked it. Me, I kind of agree with you. But if it works and they dig it, who are we to argue? I hope they don't do something like that with sex education, scary…D
I like that idea of a contest………………. I know a lot of the bigwigs at MLB might consider the blogger second class citizens at times, but we can get a huge amount of grass root support for the when they need it.
All of those idea have great merit, maybe someone from MLB or MLB Advanced Media will bring it up in a bainstorming session in the next few months……….
Could be a real winner
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After a Pennsylvania tattoo shop was broken into last week, the shop's owner is offering a reward he's eager to pay out: free tattoos and piercings for life.
Brandon George, owner of Permanently Scarred Tattoos in Berwick, Pa., found his store's door kicked in Thursday morning, according to The Associated Press. A television set and other items were missing, all of which will cost George several thousand dollars.
To help catch the culprits, George took to Facebook offering free body art for life in exchange for information leading to an arrest.
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Freshwater makes up about 2.5% of the water on the Earth. This water is recycled through the hydrologic cycle and is the same water that our ancestors used when the dinosaurs roamed the earth. Our bodies are 98% water. All life is intricately connected and dependent on this finite amount of freshwater.
Biodiversity is the variability among living organisms and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this includes diversity within and between species and of ecosystems.
I spent the first 18 years of life surrounded by streams that flowed orange and were (and still are) polluted by anthracite mining that hit its heyday long before my birth. Today, despite community efforts to clean up the legacy left by fossil fuel extraction, many of these streams remain ailing freshwater bodies where there is a dearth of aquatic life. Unlike the anthracite mining region, the waters of the Upper Delaware River Basin abound with abundant freshwater diversity. Residents do not need to travel far to witness this amazing diversity. You can start by exploring a stream riffle. There is such wonder to lift up a few cobble-sized rocks in a cool flowing stream to get a glimpse of the quiet, amazing and active life that flourishes there.
On a visit to a stream, you might see caddisfly houses, where each caddisfly has made her home by meticulously weaving silk with tiny pebbles or leaves—often lined up in tidy rows. These "caddis condos" trap floating food that flows by, and in turn these caddisflies are an important transformer, consuming organic materials and algae, turning them into energy that fish need to survive. This nutrient cycling by caddisflies and other macroinvertebrates helps keep clean waters clean both nearby and downstream. Mayflies (Ephemeroptera); stoneflies (Plecoptera); and caddisflies (Trichoptera)—known as EPT species—make up much of this clean water diversity. These families of macroinvertebrates survive only in clean water and scientists count these insects to determine stream health.
Healthy streams and fish are possible only with healthy land. Many a fisherman says, "Trout grow on trees." The green buffers and native trees, vegetation and forests that line the banks of our streams, shade and cool the waters and hold the stream banks in place with strong roots. The native plant life drops into the stream to become part of the biomass, feeding the microorganisms that feed the insects that in turn feed the fish.
Because of this diversity, the main stem of the Delaware River has the longest stretch of "Special Protection Waters" in the nation—spanning 197 miles. The Delaware River's main stem also still flows free—making the Delaware River the largest undammed river east of the Mississippi River. This free-flowing river has sustained ancient freshwater mussels when in other parts of the country these mussels are only distant memories. One in 10 of North America's freshwater mussel species has gone extinct and 75% of the remaining mussel species are either rare or imperiled. The Delaware River with its minimal silty bottom is home to over 14 endangered or imperiled species like the ancient dwarf wedge mussel and the eastern pearl shell mussel.
An undammed main-stem river supports spawning runs of shad and striped bass. Mussels rely on specific host fishes to support their growing young, called glochidia, as they hitch a ride and develop with help of the American eel, native brook trout, and some of the other 45 species of fish that live in the Upper Delaware River. Freshwater mussels are filter feeders that cleanse a tremendous amount of water for the benefit of us all.
If streams heat up and turn acidic from our burning of fossil fuels and clearing forests for development, which creates impermeable surfaces, increased runoff, and sediment pollution, then freshwater diversity will decline as thresholds are reached and young fish, spawning habitat and insects are smothered by sediment. If we respect the river by protecting its natural floodplain, keep and plant native landscapes, forests and meadows, we will protect ourselves and the river's diversity at the same time. Take it from someone who was born and raised in the coal region—we want the legacy of good stewardship of our incredible natural biodiversity for the children who will come after us.
[Faith Zerbe, biologist and monitoring director for Delaware Riverkeeper Network, lives in the Lower Delaware River Valley and travels upstream to enjoy the Upper Delaware—to paddle, hike, bird watch, stream watch, snorkel, and swim whenever she has the opportunity. Follow her on Twitter @plecoptera11.]


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Romeo was born June 17, 1958, in Kenedy, the son of Jose Cano, Sr., and Lena Garza Cano. He attended school in Kenedy. For 15 years, Romeo worked for the Texas Water Development Board in Austin, Romeo then began working with Shale Tank Vacuum Services in Karnes City.
Survivors include his mother, Lena Garza Cano of Kenedy; his wife, Junta Zapata Cano of Kenedy; sons, Romeo Cano, Jr., and Liza Leal, Ernie Cano and Ninfa Sanders, Adam Raul Cano and Roy Cano all of Kenedy; his sisters, Nora Rodriguez and husband Jesse of Kenedy, Elema Cortez and husband Johnny of Kenedy, Nancy Mooney and husband Gerald of Corpus Christi and Dora Saenz and husband Rudy of Kenedy; his brothers, Joe Cano, Sr., and wife Hilaria and Roy Cano and wife Lula, both of Kenedy; and his 5 grandchildren.
He is preceded in death by his father and his sister, Eva Casarez.
Visitation was held, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012 and a Rosary was recited Tuesday at 7:00 p.m., in the Eckols Funeral Home Chapel, Kenedy. Funeral Mass was celebrated at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012, at Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church, Kenedy, with Rev. Norbert Herman officiating. Interment followed in the Loma Alta Cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers were Matt Davila, Emilio Zapata, Raul Zapata, Angel Zapata, Ricky Miranda and Jesse Rodriguez. Honorary pallbearers were Marcos Cardona, Martin Sanders, David Prieto, Joe Cano, Jr., Justin Saenz and Elias Martinez.


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