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Replication based Data Storage Migration document for VERITAS cluster on Solaris Operating system Blog da Comunidade
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Data Migration is always a hot topic in any Storage tech refresh requirements. One of the common mechanism of Storage data migration followed is Replication based data storage migrations which makes the huge data movement easier at storage level. Data...
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Is Your WebSphere MQ Cluster at Risk for Corruption?
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If you are using MQ clusters and have some queue managers running MQ software that is not at a current fixpack level, you may be at risk for cluster corruption. Users of WebSphere MQ Clusters are potentially affected by the Hiper APAR IV25030. The issue...Modificado em por SteveWebb
Organize-On, Cluster-Bases and The Tortoise-brained Hare
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In this case, a tortoise-brained hare is an animal that is capable of going fast but wonders why he can't. Over the last six months or so I have seen a "trending" situation with those who use the Organize-On. This is some pretty...
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Why should you organise a hackathon? Blog da Comunidade
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--- Quick link to the step by step process - ' Tips on organising a hackathon ' Now that The Great Cluster Code Off is at the stage where the entrants are in the process of making their collateral available on GitHub//devWorks, I thought I'd...
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CCDTs, connection namelists, load balancers, and code stubs
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I've had a number of conversations recently with customers looking at how to use client connections to connect to multiple MQ queue managers. In the MQ client workload-management (WLM) section of this article for Java EE, I discuss why...
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Setting up Informix NoSQL Shard Cluster Blog da Comunidade
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How to Setup A Sharded Cluster: ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- This document details the instructions to setup Informix NoSQL in a sharded environment. The document also describes the...
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Informix 11.70.xC8: check out the new features!
IngeHalilovic Marcações: cluster availability restore lateral backup administration deduplication informix database replication constrainsts 3.739 Visualizações
IBM Informix 11.70.xC8 has a great set of new features! What's new in version 11.70.xC8 of IBM Informix Migration Server changes Changes to online notes Installation Windows Easier installation of 32-bit programs on Windows 64-bit operating...
PowerHA CAA Repository Disk Mgmt Blog da Comunidade
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Since PowerHA v7.1.1 you have been able to replace the Cluster Aware AIX (CAA) repository disk without a PowerHA cluster outage. However, there are a couple of options you need to consider when it comes to designing your 'backup/replacement' repository...
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About WebSphere Commerce cache invalidation Blog da Comunidade
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This text describes how to perform a complete cache invalidation in WebSphere Commerce 7 for single server and cluster configurations. Introduction What may seem as a straightforward task, complete invalidation of server's or...
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IBM Storage Enabler for Windows Failover Clustering – Version 1.2.0 Blog da Comunidade
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We've recently released a new version of the Storage Enabler for Windows Failover Clustering. As you may know, it is a software agent that runs as a Microsoft Windows Server service on two geographically dispersed cluster nodes, providing failover...
IBM Platform HPC V126.96.36.199: Best Practices for Managing NVIDIA GPU devices
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Summary IBM Platform HPC V184.108.40.206 is easy-to-use, yet comprehensive technical computing infrastructure management software. It includes as standard GPU management capabilities including monitoring and workload scheduling for systems equipped with NVIDIA...
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Part 2: Creating a 3-cluster Network Deployment environment for IBM Business Process Manager Advanced V8.5
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This blog entry is continued from part 1, which was posted earlier. Part 1: Creating a 3-cluster Network Deployment environment for IBM Business Process Manager Advanced V8.5 Part 2:...Modificado em por Joseph Lam - IBM
Part 1: Creating a 3-cluster Network Deployment environment for IBM Business Process Manager Advanced V8.5
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This blog entry walks you thru the step-by-step procedure to create a 3-cluster network deployment environment with multiple databases on DB2 for IBM Business Process Manager Advanced V8.5. Setting this environment can be accomplished in many different ways...Modificado em por Joseph Lam - IBM
IBM InfoSphere Data Explorer 9.0
IBM InfoSphere Data Explorer Version 9.0 helps organizations discover, navigate, and visualize vast amounts of structured and unstructured information across many enterprise systems and data repositories. It also provides a cost-effective and efficient entry...Modificado em por W.J.Chen
Monitoring the WMQ Cluster Repository Process
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Part of the 'Clustering FAQ' series, looking at how to keep an eye on the 'health' of your cluster tasks. (Note – this information is intended as guidance for use with current WMQ versions 7.1 and 7.5. While many of the details are...
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Lynn Price is a Senior Scientist and Leader of the China Energy Group of the Energy Analysis and Environmental Impacts Division, Energy Technologies Area of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Ms. Price has a MS in Environmental Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has worked at LBNL since 1990. Ms. Price has been a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007, since 1994 and was an author on the industrial sector chapter of IPCC's Fourth and Fifth Assessment Reports on Mitigation of Climate Change. Since 1999, Ms. Price has provided technical assistance to the Energy Foundation China Program related to international experience with industrial sector energy efficiency policies. Ms. Price has provided technical and policy-making assistance related to energy efficiency and emissions reductions on a variety of projects since 1990 for the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. State Department, the World Bank, United Nations Development Program, the U.S. Agency for International Development, Energy Foundation China, California Energy Commission, and the California Air Resources Board.
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Heat cruise through a Magic malaise
Trailing by 18 points in the 4th quarter, Dwyane Wade grabbed a rebound and dunked the ball as 4 Magic players surrounded him. Not one challenged him. That play in itself sums up the entire afternoon for Orlando. The Heat easily defeated the Magic for a 90-78 victory that was rarely as close as that score suggests.
Miami came out with roughly 15x the energy than Orlando came with and it showed immediately. Miami opened up a double-digit lead on Orlando in just six minutes behind Wade's Lin-esque play (had to, sorry). Wade would score 12 of his 27 points in the first quarter. LeBron James finished with 25 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists.
The Magic were able to claw their way back into the game by finally slowing down the action. Orlando even took the lead 27-24 with 8:96 to play in the 2nd quarter but completely fell off the map after that. The Heat turned it back up and closed the half on a 19-4 run. Yes, the Magic scored just FOUR points in the final 9 minutes to trail at the half 43-31.
It only got better for the Heat in the 3rd quarter as they came out aggressive, putting up 27 points and stretching the lead to 16 heading to the 4th quarter. It was much of the same in the 4th as Orlando could never get the lead to less than 14 points before the starters were pulled with 3:04 remaining.
For Miami, they make scoring look so effortless and for Orlando, it looks painfully difficult. The answer is in athleticism. Orlando's only elite athletic talent is Dwight Howard. The Heat happen to have two guys that provide the same -or probably better- elite athletic talent and who are much more capable of taking over a ball game. Best example of that today for Dwight? 2-10 from the free throw line.
Jeff Van Gundy offered this quote early in the game: "Against a team with superior talent, you have to be disliked." That doesn't mean playing dirty, it means playing with an effort and intensity that will hopefully give you the chance to overcome and challenge the elite talent on the other end.
When one of your most important players, Hedo Turkoglu, plays with such overall malaise it becomes exponentially more difficult for the other 4 guys on the court to make up for it. When you have an entire team that falls victim to the same malaise, defeating the best team in the league becomes impossible.
This just in: the Miami Heat are really good at playing basketball. The Magic? Well, they are just merely above average.
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The Start of the Best Dam Trip Ever!!!
Trip Start Sep 15, 2009
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My trip over to Nairobi Kenya consisted of 3 different flights. The first from Cincinnati OH to Houston TX, then to Amsterdam, then finally to Nairobi. In all it was 24 hours of traveling including some long layovers. The flights themselves actually weren't too bad. The flight from Houston was pretty good. Each seat had their own tv with over 300 movies to choose from which is a first for me. The second flight only had 1 tv for about 20 people and I didn't even bother to watch it but instead opted to read. Both of the international flights weren't full which I meant I had both armrests which was nice because I seem to get the heavyset person who has the widest shoulders possible. The airplane was surprisingly good on both flights too. I think I like the food because the food is kind of free, even though you really pay for it in the price of the ticket. What I need to do is not eat in the airports and just ask for 2 servings of food on the plane so I can save some money. I figure whatever food they don't serve might be going to waste and you may as well give it to me!
Arrival in NBO
I arrived in Nairobi airport about 7:30pm the next day and paid for a single entry visa. It was funny because you can immediately tell you are in Africa by walking in the airport. Not to put Africa down, but things like the quality of the stores, immigration, and security guards have an immediate effect on you. For example, I paid my $25 single entry fee for the visa and had to get my own change before I got my passport back. I payed a $50 bill and the lady didn't have a $5 bill to give me. So she gave me a $10 and told me to go find some change. I thought it was kind of funny and found someone to give me 2 $5's and I got my passport back. Thankfully my bag arrived safe and sound at the baggage arrival and I exited the place. My tour starts in 2 days time from my initial entry into the country so I decided to stay 2 nights in the same hotel that is our starting point since it should be reputable. I had reserved a room about a week in advance and also arranged for an airport pick-up since it is a common occurance where you get robbed in the taxi from the airport. The city isn't called Nairobbery for nothing! So I excitedly made my way out to the masses of people and looked for my name on a piece of paper. To no surprise, I couldn't find the guy. I thought...oh great! So I fought my way over to the tourist booth amongst all the offers I heard for safari, taxi, and hotels and asked for help. She made an announcement over the speaker phone for me and of course no one showed. Standing next to me the whole time was a taxi driver who was a friend of the lady and he told me he knew where the hotel was. I asked how much and said what the hell! This had to be my best shot at getting to my hotel with all my belongings. The cab driver was super nice(of course) and on the way to the hotel offered a whole range of services from personal driver to women. I declined and told him to give me his card. I figure you have to at least give him something to look forward to instead of pulling into a dark alley. I walked into the hotel and asked about my ride from the airport. I got the puzzled look and didn't really expect anything less. Oh well! I remember when I booked the hotel from their webiste at how the pictures of the place looked really incredible(of course). Judging from the pictures, it would of been a 5-star hotel but upon walking in the lobby and hotel room, rating it a 3-star would be generous. I love how they do that! It's kind of funny. I came here for Africa and not the 5-star room so I wasn't disappointed. I have a feeling that I will hear the term, "This is Africa" quite a bit when asked by me why something is. And I wouldn't have it anyother way.
Wait a few weeks into the trip and see if I'll be saying that after sleeping in tents for weeks, taking random cold showers, and hand-washing my clothes. Time will tell.....
9/17 First day in Nairobi
I woke up after 8 glorious hours of sleep and wondered what the hell I was going to do all day. Since I had failed to check a few things before I left, I had to replace them. I brought 2 cameras with me and the professional one with different lenses had a dead battery. I had bought 2 batteries back in the day but that has been 2 years ago and the dead battery wouldn't charge properly. So I put that on my list of things to buy along with a USB flash drive to transfer pics and text from my laptop to an internet ready PC. My wrist-watch that I use for monitoring my heart rate when running had a broken strap and it would be nice to be able to wear it so I put that on my list of things to get fixed. Lastly, one of the most important things that I need is somewhere where I don't know. My International Vaccination Certiificate Card. In some countries in Africa you are supposed to carry this showing that you have been vaccinated against Yellow Fever, or else they won't let you in the country. It's kind of a problem since I will be traveling through a few of them that require it. Shit I thought about 2 days before leaving the country for Africa! I had the thing in Europe I remember and I thought I mailed it back home along with some other things but of course I couldn't find it. I just figured that I'll figure it out when I get to Africa. I figured I could just pay some border agent some money to let me through if I had too. Kind of an ass thing to think but I've been around and I know money talks. I have been vaccinated in the past for it so it wouldn't be like I was spreading the stuff. Or go to a hospital in Nairobi and pick one up there. I decided to give my tour leader a call and ask what the deal was with it and he said that I needed it in order to get into a few different countries or else they wouldn't let me in. Again Shit I thought! I asked where I could get one and he said the airport or any hospital. He said it was probably $60 for the shot and $20 each way to the airport. $100 I thought? That sure sucks! I went and found a taxi to take me to the airport and I asked my way to the "clinic." I asked the lady if I could only get the card only and not the shot. She said that wasn't possible without the shot. I said okay and told her to give me the shot. Yellow Fever is a 10-year shot and I've either been vaccinated 2 years ago or 9 years ago. 2 because I came to Africa then and I thought I had one before but I really can't remember. Or 9 years because it says in my medical record that I had it then. The lady went to get the record-keeping guy before the shot and she came back saying that it was closing time for them. Luckily right then the guy came back to the office even though it was closed. He saw me and knew what was up. The lady gave me the shot and I went back to the record keeping office. He asked me when my tour was and I said in 2 days, then as he was filling out my new vaccination card, he said that I have to wait 10 days after the shot to do anything. 10 days I thought? The tour might not be going to a bad area until after but I wasn't sure. Shit! The lady who gave me the shot poked her head in and overheard everything and suggested I buy him a "soda." A soda I thought? I'll buy whatever you want as long as you give me the card. I said to him about just putting a different date and then the guy repeated the same thing about buying him a soda and then it finally clicked to me. He put the last stamp on it which was the date and handed it back to me. I looked at it and it said a date that would put me past the 10 day mark and put me in the clear. I asked him how much he wanted and he said it was my choice. I pulled out 1/3 of the price of the shot and he seemed happy and so was I. In all the shot and card with the phony date cost me $17.30. A lot better than $60 like the tour leader told me. A successful score I might say! Also when I talked to the tour leader, I asked him when the tour started and he said on the 20th and not the 19th like the website and itinerary said. That means I have to stay here another night. Not a big deal but I wish there was more to see and do in Nairobi. I've already read my 1 magazine in about a day which usually takes me about a week to read. I do have 2 books with me but I feel that I will read them in no time which isn't necessarily bad. I would watch tv but there are some horrible channels here but at least some of them are English. After flipping through the tv channels 15 times hoping for something good, it becomes pointless and I give up hope.
Today I really do too much. I realized last night that I needed a way to transfer pictures from my big camera to my PC since I have different memory cards than my other camera(of course). So I put that on my list of things to get for the day. I also heard that there was a memorial for the US Embassy bombing of 1998 in the city. So I set out late morning after receiving some instructions and was doing some thinking on the walk. I was thinking how I will really enjoy this trip and really take a lot out back home with me. Seeing a place in a movie or a magazine isn't nearly the same as being there in person. For example, you can't get the smells of huge diesel trucks whizzing by you with the worst muffler on it, or the constant sewage smell, or even every third person who walks by you that smells like BO because there probably too poor to shower. Maybe I just woke up on the right side of the bed, but I kind of had the feeling of calmness with myself. Like I really enjoyed just walking around the place despite the things most people would be complaining about(including me). I just walked around taking it all in and enjoyed the great weather. I had to change some money since I didn't have any local currency and it seemed to take me a long time to do it. I finally did and walked into the park which costs peanuts for me. It's just a little park that is fenced in with a plaque with all the names of the dead. 218 in all I believe. All Kenyans but 12 I think and those were Americans. With thousands injured from the flying glass. It also had a small museum with the longest documentary I have ever seen in a museum. It was 50 minutes long and it had a lot of interesting info about the bombing. I guess the Embassy didn't even crumble but a building next to it was the one that fell but all the windows were blown out of it though. The way all the thousandds were injured was because the bombers starting shooting a gun and throwing grenades before the bomb went off. Thus drawing a lot of people to the windows to see what the noise was all about. Then they had glass blown in their face. Poor people! After the Memorial I went and ate some lunch. Nothing special. Then I found a place for a card reader that would work for me. Score! I walked around a bit more and started to turn toward my hotel when a guy casually asked how I was doing. I usually just say "good thanks" and keep on walking because I know what they want. Or what they want to sell. But for some reason this guy was starting to strike a conversation and for some reason I stopped and talked to him because he seemed like he just wanted to learn something new and not offer me something. I just had time to kill anyway! We talked for a bit then he suggested we sit down somewhere to talk more. Sure I said! We sat in a park and we talked for about 20 minutes about my country and of course his. I enjoyed talking to him but then he started to talk about some problems he was having and I knew what he was going with it. He wanted money! Maybe it was true that his sister died and he had to take care of her 5 young kids, but he finally straight up asked me for money. A little background about me: usually I don't fall for these things but for some reason his approach wasn't typical, he was smart, he spoke well, and I was in a pretty good mood. So he was lucky to find me I suppose and I did give him some money. Of course what I offered wasn't to his liking and contested for more. I said no and we parted ways. I figure I paid for a service in a way so it wasn't like I was handing money out to bums. I paid for some knowledge about the city and country even though I didn't ask for it. Afterwards, I went back to the hotel and hit the pool and jammed my thumb pretty bad by misjudging where the wall was. After I was done swimming, I went to my room which I had to now share with a roommate from the tour and he said the group meeting was going to start in 5 minutes. I said I thought mine was tomorrow and not today. So I went to the meeting just to make sure and it turns I was at the right meeting. The sign I had read had the trip I was taking but not the correct group I was going to travel with. I will now be leaving tomorrow morning and starting the trip. The group seems pretty cool. There are 20 of us in all and I am the only American. The rest are either Aussie, English and a few other ones. Tomorrow we are going to lake something to see some animals I guess. Supposedly there are always lions that drink and make kills down by the lake and we'll be camping in the vicinity of it. Awesome!!! The tour leader recommened to use the bathroom before you go to bed so you don't have to in the middle of the night. Yeaaaahhh!! I can't wait. From here on out I have no idea if I will be able to update my travel blog. Being that I didn't see any starbucks or any other wifi places in the most developed city in East Africa(Nairobi), I have a feeling that I will have to post things as I can which probably means every week or 2. My guess is every 2 weeks though. But I have my laptop and plan to keep writing and just cut and paste when I return. So keep on checking!


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Phil Jackson's 6/14 interviewJune 14th, 2008, 2:57 pm by KEVIN DING, OCREGISTER.COM
Q. You've always had that ability to keep your team focused on what they need to be focused on despite the adversity that they face. How are you going about that this time knowing exactly what is at stake?
COACH JACKSON: This is new territory for me even, this type of thing, and so we're talking about the most basic thing that we always talk about, which is you have to do what's right in front of you. You have to be right here in the moment and take care of what's right in front of you in basketball. You can't think about the ifs and whats and what could have been.
Q. Is there something positive about sort of saying we had an historic collapse in Game 4 but now we have a chance of making history if there is a way of sort of picking up the positive there?
COACH JACKSON: We haven't said those words, but we've said we have to do it the hard way. We just have to do it the hard way. That's what we've talked about.Read the rest of this entry »


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Elizabeth, Jamison, and Meredith Lindsay carry papers in the Old Mill area. They are the children of Carol Rogers and James Lindsay. James, the director, generally takes them to their delivery area and orchestrates the delivery process.
Larry Kimmel, (right) is seen in front of the Christmas tree with his son Lance and his daughter Brittney. Larry's wife Kara, of Beautiful You Styling Salon, also helps with the delivery. Larry carries a two hundred plus bowling average at Hillcrest Lanes. (The high average is probably due to the exercise he gets carrying the Waynedale News.)
The Leffers; Krista, Corey, and Brandon carry The Waynedale News in the Lakewood area. Their parents, Steve and Karen, help make the route a family affair. Ryan, their oldest son was not available for this picture.
The Leffers; Krista, Corey, and Brandon carry The Waynedale News in the Lakewood area. Their parents, Steve and Karen, help make the route a family affair. Ryan, their oldest son was not available for this picture.
Al Schoeff gets his exercise delivering The Waynedale News in the Hillcrest area via unicycle. The thirty-six inch wheel proves to be both fast and efficient. Al also owns "Live Wire Electric," an electrical installation, service and repair company.
Kenny Aschliman delivers his papers out of his backpack. Kenny carries in the Winterset area and is the son of Kathy and Dave Aschliman. Kenny's sister Kelly also helps fold.
Charlotte Janovyak and her sister Dorothy carry Indian Village. They are new to the Waynedale News staff, and are doing a great job.
Jim (Rooster) Cassell and his wife Wendy do 'bubble drops' at local businesses. They also carry to Zanesville, Ossian, Markle, and wherever else the paper is requested.
Bryan Cox takes care of the Old Trail area. His mom Cheryl grew up in Waynedale but she wouldn't pose for the delivery picture.
Cierra, Skyler and Jo Kindy stopped by the Waynedale News for this picture. No, they are not all brothers and sisters. Jo, (on right), is the mom. She and her teenagers deliver in the Pheasant Run area. Jo also works at Azars here in Waynedale.
Note: Kelly Voltz (Mariners Ridge Addition #2) and Justin Stalter (Allison Drive area) also carry for The Waynedale News, but were not available for a picture.
We would like to thank all of you that subscribe and advertise in the Waynedale News, for without you, our hometown paper would not be possible.


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My first trip to Yankee Stadium: the pictures
Even though everyone knows I'm a Mets fan and that I now live in Queens, my first big league game since coming over to New York from England was to see the Yankees beat the Detroit
Tigers 2-1 on Saturday afternoon.
Yankee Stadium is fantastic – if you've never been, get down there when you get a chance. We had the most amazing seats for the game, thanks to my fiance's father who took the whole family down there as a gift to us.
We were down the first base line just behind first, 17 rows up, which meant I was able to get some nice pictures. Have a look through and see what you think. If you like them, there's plenty more from this game at my Shutterfly album.
The House that Taxpayers' Money Built
Placido Polanco
Justin Verlander topping out his heater.
Jeter starting an inning-ending 6-4-3 double play to get big fat CC out of the 3rd inning.
Enter Sandman. Game over.
Mid-summer classic eludes NL yet again
IN one of baseball's most historic cities, the stars of the American League continued their mid-summer dominance of the NL to stretch their unbeaten streak to 13 years.
It was a game where a Tampa Bay outfielder saved a Red Sox pitcher from a loss, a first-time All Star drove in the go-ahead run, a veteran in pinstripes improved his unbeaten ASG record to 9-0-1 and the best closer in the history of the game slammed the door for a record-setting fourth year to consign the National League to yet another defeat.
The American League plated a pair of runs in the 1st inning but the NL hit right back with a three-spot in the home half of the 2nd.
The visiting AL fought back to make it 3-3 in the 5th inning and they came from behind to take the lead in the 8th.
While the pre-game festivities – so often just a predictable preamble to the on-field action – had their share of cheers and jeers, one highlight was the ceremony recognising the true all stars of communities across the country who embody the values that aptly represent the baseball nation – hard work, leadership, passion and teamwork.
Elsewhere, President Obama, sporting a White Sox jacket, threw out the first pitch – a low off-speed offering for those who cared – and then mocked the awful Washington Nationals, Sheryl Crow took the mic to sing the national anthem and Stan The Man Musial received the biggest cheer of the night as he appeared on a cart from right field.
On the field, the best of the best then took centre stage… and Albert Pujols was nowhere to be seen.
In fact, it wasn't quite the two days the St Louis faithful had hoped for. The slugger failed to win a fat man a Chevy before the home run derby on Monday night, he didn't make it past the final four in the derby proper and he went 0-3 with an error during the Mid-Summer Classic itself on Tuesday.
24 hours after Prince Fielder stole the manbeast's thunder in the frankly disappointing longball showdown, it was Carl Crawford, Curtis Granderson and Adam Jones who took the plaudits to give the AL home field advantage in the World Series this fall.
The National League's heartache began early on, subsided as quickly as it rose and then seared its ugly head again as they failed to solve the connundrum of the Greinke, Paplebon and 39-year-old stopper Mariano Rivera.
Reigning Cy Young winner and NL starter Tim Lincecum gave up a broken bat base hit to lead-off hitter Ichiro Suzuki and he beaned Yankees shortstop Jeter Jeter on the left wrist with an 0-2 changeup.
Twins catcher Joe Mauer grounded into a forceout at third and Mark Teixeira reached on a Pujols error on an in-between hop to score Jeter from second.
Jason Bay singled back up the box to load the bases and Mauer scored to make it 2-0 on Josh Hamilton's groundball to the right side when Lincecum was slow to cover first base.
The AL's lead was short-lived however, as Charlie Manuel's team rallied on the strength of three base hits and an error to move ahead 3-2.
David Wright flared a two-out broken-bat bloop and moved over to second on Shane Victorino's base hit. Hometown boy Yadier Molina drove in Wright with an RBI single to right field and Victorino tied the game at two when Josh Hamilton's throw to third base hit the Phillies' switch hitter and bounced away to the stands.
The National League then took the lead on pinch hitter Prince Fielder's ground rule double down the left filed line, but the AL knotted the game in the top of the 5th inning when Joe Mauer laced an RBI double down to left to score Derek Jeter from 1st after he had earlier grounded into a forceout at second base.
The NL bats were mostly quiet from here on out until the 7th inning when Red Sox closer Jonathan Paplebon was given a brief scare.
Brad Hawpe launched a first pitch towards the AL bullpen in left field, only to be robbed by a jumping Carl Crawford who pulled it back into the yard for a long, loud out.
Hawpe was one out in a sequence of 18 hitters who were retired in order, such was the American League's pitchers' dominance.
The catch would prove to be pivotal as the AL would take a lead they would not relenquish.
Curtis Granderson legged out a one-out triple off of Heath Bell in the top of the 8th inning and he came home on Adam Jones' 0-2 sac fly to right field.
Adrian Gonzalez took a two-out walk off of Twins' closer Joe Nathan and the big-hitting Padre went first-to-third on Orlando Hudson's base hit off the glove of shortstop Jason Bartlett.
The mini-rally brought Ryan Howard to the plate to pinch hit, but Howard fanned on a 2-2 fastball down and in to preserve the slender lead.
Mariano Rivera then took care of business in the bottom half of the 9th inning, setting the side down in order to record his eighth consecutive scoreless inning.
I would be more upset, but with the Mets six-and-a-half games behind in the NL East, I doubt we will be going to the Series anyway.
As with so many other things for Mets fans, there's always next year.
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Chicks dig the long ball – Home Run Derby
Here are my picks for the All Star Game home run derby. Who do you have?
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The Mets have an off-day and, more importantly, I have an off-day.
I've been kinda neglectful of my blog the last month, but here's a quick run-down of what's been going on.
4 weeks ago I finished my job at the Harrogate Advertiser where I had spent the last three years as a senior reporter. I had the cover story for my last ever edition which was quite nice too and I got some fantastic gifts from everybody there.
For the Mets fans out there, definitely check this out if you haven't already. Later on in the season, I'll write an actual review of this DVD, so keep your eyes peeled.
I had a going away party at work and a week later I came back for my stag party.
We went go-karting (I was rubbish)
and later when we went out on a bar crawl, they made me wear a very nice dress.
Two weeks ago I had a few leaving drinks with my family at the village near near my home
and then I finally moved permanently to New York to be with my fiance Lisa.
We are living in a quaint little neighborhood in Queens
and as well as being a tourist and taking photos of everything, we watched the 4th of July fireworks from the roof of our apartment.
Plans are also afoot to go and see both the Mets and the Yankees, but I did go along to fireworks night at the Single-A Brooklyn Cyclones on Friday for their game against the Tri-City Valley Cats.
Keyspan Park is a gorgeous and intimate little ballpark in Coney Island next to the beach, backing on to the Atlantic Ocean.
Both teams played really well, but the Cyclones pulled out a rally in the bottom of the 9th inning, winning the game 3-2 on a bases-loaded walk-off single off the wall in left field.
No matter what the level, or what the team, this just proved that the magic of baseball can be seen anywhere, anytime. You don't need to pay $150 for good seats to a great game.
Here are the pick of the pics I took down there…
The wedding is now less then 7 weeks away, so if I go MIA now and then, fear not, I am still here, but probably just very busy. And if you know of any writing gigs in NYC, you know where to find me.
Until then, keep working hard – I need your taxes🙂
Johan, Mets, topple NL Central-leading Cardinals
Hello and welcome back to my blog. What a crazy few weeks it has been with me – I have left my job, emmigrated to New York to be with my wife-to-be Lisa and I have had to try and help plan a wedding from England.
That's like three crazy things which are hard enough on their own, let alone trying to do them all at once!
So, that is the reason for my absense. I will have a proper update about what's been going on with me tomorrow. For now, here's a quick note about today's Mets-Cards game.
IT was billed as a pitching duel between two of the modern
day greats and it did not fail to live up to the expectations as the New York
Mets edged the St Louis Cardinals 3-2 to take the series at
Shea Stadium Citi Field.
Just one day after ripping the Cardinals for 11 runs on 16
hits, Johan Santana and the Mets came up against a much stiffer opponent in
Chris Carpenter.
The Mets have given Santana just 3.1 runs of support this
season, the third worst in the majors, but it was three important runs which
proved just enough to give the Mets their first series win in three weeks.
While Santana, who entered the game with an 8-5 record and
3.22 ERA, struggled with his command early on, Carp came out of the gates
flying, showing the Queens faithful why he is 5-1 so far this year.
Carp – who receives an equally dire 3.2 runs of support
during his starts – was backed by a rare 1st inning run off of
Santana, but the Mets plated a trio of runs in the 4th inning to
give them the lead they would not surrender.
Santana, who had allowed just two 1st-inning runs
in his 13 previous starts coming in to today's game, fell behind 1-0 on the
strength of two hits and a catcher's interference.
Skip Schumacher scored from second base on Yadier Molina's
RBI single to center field after Rick Ankiel was waved to first on catcher Omir
Santos' error.
Carpenter started well and never eased up, gaining the upper
hand on his Cy Young counterpart until the Mets finally broke through in the 4th
Carp didn't allow a hit through the first three innings of
work and he threw just five balls compared to 27 strikes as he moved the Mets
down one after another.
But things were about to change thanks to some timely
hitting and a little bit of good fortune as the Mets rallied half way through
the game.
Luis Castillo singled and David Wright reached on an infield
single when his hard-hit ball up the middle rebounded off of the pitcher's
glove and away from Joe Thurston.
Ryan Church grounded into a broken bat fielder's choice to
Golden Glove Albert Pujols but Fernando Tatis singled to right field to draw
the Mets level.
Fernando Martinez advanced the runners to second and third
on a grounder to the left side of the infield and Nick Evans laced a two-run
double the other way to right field to give the Mets a 3-1 lead.
Thurston brought the Cardinals to within one run in the 6th
inning when his two-out RBI single to center field scored Rick Ankiel.
Santana pitched through the 7th inning despite a
rocky start to the game, finishing with seven hits, three walks and three
strikeouts, giving up two runs – one earned.
Pedro Feliciano pitched around a leadoff single to preserve
the lead in the 8th inning
That returned the momentum to the Mets who loaded the bases in
the bottom of the frame but failed to add to their slim advantage.
Denny Reyes, who came in
relief of the fantastic Carpenter, gave a lead off single to Daniel
Murphy and followed it two batters later with a walk to Luis Castillo.
McClellan replaced Reyes
but walked David Wright and leftie Trever Miller then came in to strikeout Ryan
Church with the bases loaded.
Jason Motte, the fourth Red Birds pitcher of the inning,
completed St Louis' escapology act by getting Tatis to pop up to end the
Francisco Rodriguez then recorded his lead-tying 20th
save of the season, despite back-to-back two-out walks to Pujols and Ludwick,
earning Santana his NL lead-tying ninth win of the year.
Johan, Mets, beat Phillies 6-5 in unexpected homer-fest
BAT, ball and glove. Johan Santana proved Tuesday night he is proficient with them all.
The Mets ace helped himself to his eighth victory of the year with seven plus strong innings of work which featured a game-tying RBI double and starting an inning-ending double play.
He was nowhere as good as his expected brilliance – in fact, he was quite poor by his standards – but at the start of a tough run in to the All Star Break he gave the Mets a chance to win.
With 24 of the next 31 games coming against teams with winning records, that's all the banged up New Yorkers could have hoped for.
His teammates weren't bad either. David Wright broke his 100-at bat home run drought with a 2nd inning blast to left field, switch-hitting Carlos Beltran launched a two-run blast of his own in the 3rd and Ryan Church became the first Met to hit a ball into the big red apple in the 7th.
So much for Citi Field playing large, the Phillies had four – strangely the most Johan has given up since 2007.
Pedro Feliciano produced three outs on four pitches with a pair of grounders in the 8th and Francisco Rodriguez remained perfect on save opportunities with his 16th of the year.
The Phillies, whose starters came in to tonight 8-0 in the last 10 games since Myers hit the DL, turned to starter JA Happ to try and keep the patchwork Mets lineup in the yard.
He failed.
Wright took a fastball up and in over the 16ft wall in left field for his 4th home run of the season and first for more than a month to give the Mets a 1-0 lead early on in the ballgame and Beltran extended that to 3-0 in the 3rd when he hit a two-run jack to left field from the right hand side of the plate.
I guess Citi Field is a band box now, right?
The Phillies fought back in the 4th inning with back-to-back two-out home runs off of Santana. Ryan Howard dispatched a high offering over the bullpen when Santana caught too much of the plate and Raul Ibanez followed with one over the Modell sign near the porch.
Despite getting ahead of everyone and throwing strikes, the guys in the Mets SNY booth alluded to him maybe throwing too many strikes, especially ahead in the count.
Jimmy Rollins gave the Phillies the lead in the 6th inning on a two-run blast – another bomb with two men out – on a hanging changeup, but the Mets were on the tough end of a botched call in the bottom of the 6th inning when they thought they had scored the tying run against JA Happ.
Tatis led off the inning with a double off the wall, moving to third on catcher Ruiz's throwing error. With none out, the Phillies played back against Church to concede a run on a ball hit in the infield.
Church did his part and hit a soft one-hop to Howard who came home with a bad throw. Ruiz scooped it and cradled it and even though he didn't have control of it and Tatis was judged to be out.
Replays showed otherwise, but it was a moot point.
Clay Condrey relieved Happ, but Omir Santos singled and Santana pulled an RBI double to right on a butcher boy fake-bunt play to tie the game.
Castillo popped out for the second out of the inning, but Alex Cora got Johan his lead back with a single through the box to make it 5-4.
Church's solo blast made it 6-4 before Johan gave up his fourth jack of the evening to bring the Phils back to within one.
But Feliciano slammed the door in the 8th inning and K-Rod took care of business in the 9th.
It was a game played the way baseball should be played. With a month left until the break, let's hope the Mets can produce more of the same.
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While he never hit the 190-strikeout, 20-win seasons of his Cy Young years, he was still a valuable cog in the New York machine, even if every single person at Shea Stadium knew it was going to be a changeup away.
Condolences to Scott and his family
My thoughts are with Scott Schoeneweis, his family and the Arizona Diamondbacks following the news of the death of Scott's 39-year-old wife Gabrielle.
The mother of four was pronounced dead in their Arizona home shortly after noon and I know the whole baseball community will be shocked and saddened by the news.
I can't begin to imagine how a family could come to terms with a loss like this, but I'm sure they will have all the love and support in the world. Stay strong.
Mets make it 7, sweep Pirates
THE New York Mets made it seven in a row on Sunday night as they swept the Pittsburgh Pirates away to move clear at the top of the NL East.
Livan Hernandez fell behind early, but the Mets plated three in the 4th inning and broke the game open with four in the 8th inning to give them their first lead in the standings since Opening Day.
Carlos Beltran, Luis Castillo and Omir Santos each plated two runners as the Mets gave Hernandez enough run support to overcome a shaky start.
The Pirates, in fact, jumped ahead early, scoring a run in the 1st and 3rd innings before the Mets got on the board.
Nyjer Morgan singled and stole second base and Delmon Young singled to centre to put men on the corners. Nate McLouth hit a sacrifice fly to Ryan Church in right field to easily score Morgan who trotted home at a canter.
The Pirates doubled their lead in the 3rd inning when Diaz found the gap in the right side of the infield when he slapped a single the other way.
McLouth had led off the onning with a double to left field and Eric Hinske drew a one-walk walk -one of four free passes from Hernandez who had only given up eight walks in his previous five starts.
After Andy LaRoche grounded back out to Hernandez, Diaz shot a single to Church to score McLouth. Hinske was held up surprisingly at third base and Brian Bixler struck out to end the inning.
The Mets had very little going on against Ian Snell until the 4th inning. Carlos Delgado launched a one-out double off the top of the centrefield wall and David Wright drove him home with a grounder that crept under the glove of Bixler.
Wright then stole second and Daniel Murphy walked, and both runners advanced 90ft on a wild pitch that got away from Diaz after hopping off of the plate.
Omir Santos gave the Mets the lead by turning on a 3-2 fastball to send a two-run single to right field, but he was thrown out trying to stretch the single into a double.
Pedro Feliciano pitched a scoreless 7th inning for the Mets and the bats added a protection run in the bottom of the frame.
Gary Sheffield, pinch-hitting for Feliciano reached on a fielding error by Bixler and Reyes singled to right. Castillo then singled to centre to give the Mets a 4-2 lead and, after a double steal, Beltran was intentionally walked.
But Delgado popped out and Wright struck out swinging to leave the bases loaded.
JJ Putz got himself into – and out of – another jam in the 8th inning, giving up one-out singles to Diaz and Vazquez. But he got Moss to line out to left and Morgan to strike out to turn the 4-2 lead over to Rodriguez.
The Mets put the game beyond doubt in the 8th inning with a four spot off of reliever Jason Grabow.
Santos picked up his second hit of the evening, Church got his first and Tatis was hit by a pitch to load the bases.
Reyes, who entered the game batting 5/9 with three runs and three RBI this series, walked in a run and Castillo hit a sacrifice fly to right to score Church. Hot-hitting Beltran doubled in two more runs to make it 8-2.
The Pirates did reduce the arrears in the 9th inning when McLouth hit a two-run home run off of Shaun Green, but Green retired the next three batters he faced to give the Mets their seventh consecutive win.
Johan in beast mode, Mets back to .500
IF Oliver Perez is a riddle locked in a conundrum, Johan Santana is a beast wrapped around a machine.
The Mets ace dominated once again on Wednesday night at home to the Phillies, throwing seven innings of shutout ball and fanning ten on his way to recording his fourth win of the 2009 campaign.
The Mets have won three straight for the first time this year and another Cy Young performance from New York's favourite leftie meant they are back to .500 for the first time in three weeks at 13-13.
Wednesday night though was all about the pitching.
Johan improved to 4-1 on the season through six starts, lowering his miniscule ERA to an equally-small 0.91.
He has given up just four earned runs in 39 2/3 innings and with 24 hits and 14 walks, his whip is below 1.00.
On top of this is 54 strikeouts, the most he has had over a half dozen-game span since 2006 when he had double-digits Ks in four out of five straight matches.
He leads the league with Zack Greinke for punchouts and only the Royals' pitcher has a better ERA after the first five weeks of play.
If Johan had a little bit more run support – the Mets are giving him a league-worst 2.12 runs per game – he could easily be a perfect 6-0 right now.
In fact, he has started where he left off at the end of 2008, when he went 6-0 with a 1.63ERA over his last nine starts.
But the last time Johan was really this dominant was in June and July 2007 when he allowed six earned runs in six starts for the Twins. The last time he allowed four earned runs in six games was back in August and September 2006.
Here's the updated K-board…One for each of Johan's strikeouts this season after the Mets top brass stopped fans hanging K-cards in the outfield.
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Do any men shave their legs? What public reaction you get? What's the best way to shave? What u use?
I shave my legs for awhile and then get worried about the social implications and then stop, but I almost almost go back to shaving. I am completely straight and not an athlete. I just love the way it looks, the way it feels, etc. I use a Schick Hydro razor, it has 5 blades. It does take a long time and if you don't use a good razor and good shaving cream you will get razor burn. Just the other day my gf and I bought a home Sugar wax kit (like waxing but the wax is made from sugar) and it worked pretty well but you would definitely need help. Not to mention it takes awhile and is painful. Do what you want with your body. I love my legs shaved.
I do shave my legs and I've never had anyone make a single comment. On occasion I also paint my toe nails, which does tend to attract more attention, but even in this case, I've never had anyone say a word.

I use regular shaving cream (mens) for my legs and just soap and water for my genitals and armpits. I use a Bic style mens razor.
I use the Norelco Bodygroom on the side without the guard to shave my legs. It gets it almost as close as shaving but not 100%. I shaved all the way a couple of times but really don't like it much since it gets itchy in the first week if you don't keep it up.

I've been doing this for almost a year and no me has said anything about it including my wife. I'm not that hairy anyway so I sort of started taking it down a little at a time (start on the side with the guard, use #2 then #1, now down to the non guard side.

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Inside MD3: What Inspires These Coaches to Coach?
by Jac Coyne | LaxMagazine.com | Coyne Archive | Twitter
|Each of the eight coaches left in
the Division III tournament has their own backstory relating to
their inspiration for coaching. "There are times when I think I've
gotten so old, I've forgotten a lot of the things I've learned
through the years and kicked myself for not remembering them," said
Cortland head coach Steve Beville.
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There's a photo over the door in Dave Webster's office. It seems slightly out of place for the Dickinson head coach to have a picture of the 1991 Marymount (Va.) University lacrosse team on his wall, but it serves a special purpose for Webster.
Hired the summer before the start of the '91 campaign — the first-ever season for the Saints — Webster didn't have the luxury of a year-long run-up that a lot of programs are using these days. He had to hunt down players on the intramural fields in order to fill his short roster. That didn't matter, however, because Webster's first year as a head coach had an innocence that continues to act as a grounding influence for him, despite having an 18-0 record this spring.
"We had 18 guys and only three who had ever played before," Webster said of that Marymount team. "That picture just kind of reminds me of what it's all about. About the experience the guys are having together and competing and learning. It reminds me that no matter how big the game might be, it's still about having fun and playing the game."
The eight coaches in this year's NCAA Division III quarterfinals all have different experiences that have inspired them along the way. For Stevenson's Paul Cantabene and RIT's Jake Coon, the watershed moment came during their time spent as Division I assistant coaches.
"It was working for Coach [Tony] Seaman at Towson," Cantabene said. "He gave me the freedom to run the offenses over there and use my ideas. That gave me the real itch to continue in this profession, even when I wasn't making a lot of money. He was a great inspiration. To take a team that was so bad the year before, and then the next year mold them into a final four team, that was really a great feeling and a great inspiration to keep in the profession."
Coon was an assistant at UMass from 2005 through 2009, helping the Minutemen reach the national title game in 2006.
"Certainly the experience at UMass, going to the final four and the national championship, was something special as a coach," Coon said. "Just learning from those guys out there and the whole Division I world and how prepared they are, that whole experience in general was fantastic. I attribute that to where I am today. There's more to it than that, but that kind of gave me the tools I needed to succeed wherever I went. That one experience is driving me quite a bit."
Western New England's John Klepacki found similar resolve during his coaching apprenticeship, albeit at the Division III level.
"I go back to my experiences as a young coach and working with Jim Nagle at Oneonta and seeing the effort that he put in and the expectations that he put on me as an assistant coach, saying 'Let's provide a vision and let the athletes take over,'" Klepacki said. "That really created a blueprint that I was able to manipulate a little bit. Then I worked with Coach [Keith] Bugbee at Springfield to see the consistency that he brought."
Salisbury head coach Jim Berkman also found inspiration via another coach, but it wasn't when he was an assistant and it had nothing to do with lacrosse. Luke Kibling was Berkman's high school basketball coach, and also his phys-ed teacher when he was in kindergarten through third grade. His influence still lingers.
"He was just a great mentor and a guy who loved the game and was always in the gym," Berkman said. "It has a lot of to do with what I'm about — first guy in the gym, last guy to leave. In high school, he'd be there an hour before practice to open the gym and he'd stay there as long as anyone wanted to shoot after practice to help them get better. He knew that the guys who determined their own destiny were the guys who enjoyed the journey. Doing all the work on your own is the key to being successful. He always tried to provide the environment so that if there was somebody who had that drive and wanted to be that good, they would have that opportunity."
The key moment in Lynchburg head coach Steve Koudelka's career came not from an external source, but when he found out something about himself. In his first two seasons with the Hornets, Koudelka had losing records, including a 6-9 mark his second year in 1998. It caused him to take a long look in the mirror.
"I remember finishing that second season and asking myself, 'Is this what I should be doing? Am I any good at this?' Going into that summer, I made a commitment to myself and said 'I need to put more into it,'" Koudelka said. "I had to work a little bit harder and be a little bit smarter. I really had to try to create a vision for what we wanted this to be. I really had to compete against myself."
Things started to turn around.
"Fortunately we saw results the next year when we made the tournament for the first time in '99," continued Koudelka. "It just kind of proved that if you just work a little bit harder and do the things that I learned from Coach [Hank] Janczyk when I was coaching at Gettysburg, and other people that I watched in the profession, maybe there are good things that can happen. That was a nice turning point for me. To go from two losing records to making the tournament, it was, 'OK, maybe I can do this if I do a little bit more.' I still remember those days because it was an interesting point in my life. I loved it, and I thought I worked hard at it, but I needed to work a little bit harder."
Tufts' Mike Daly had been coaching players for several years prior the birth of his son, but watching his boy grow up — and the numerous challenges that raising a youngster holds — gave him a clearer vision into what his overall mission is.
"Having to interact with [my son] and parent him really put the light bulb on in my world," Daly said. "You have to tell the players a thousand times and they might just crack and listen to you. When you talk to [the players], they don't act like they are listening, but they are listening and we are making progress with these guys. It makes me appreciate where our players come from and where their parents came from. It's an important job extending all of the work that the parents put into these kids as I continue to work with them, grow with them, teach them and hold them accountable."
For Cortland head coach Steve Beville, the reasons are more nebulous.
"I think it is just an accumulation of learning through all of those years," Beville said. "The time at the three different schools that I've been at has helped me get to where I am now. I don't think there is one thing or two things. It's just a long time accumulating knowledge. There are times when I think I've gotten so old, I've forgotten a lot of the things I've learned through the years and have kicked myself for not remembering them."
The foundations for the eight coaches progress toward their ultimate goal is varied, but as we head into the quarterfinal round of the NCAA tournament, it's pretty clear that they've all worked out well.
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At least, that's has I normally view it. I work out how long it will take me to get from the airport to the border with Hong Kong, or how many minutes from Luohu railway station on the China side out to Shenzhen's airport, located some distance from the sprawl of high-rise buildings and motorways.
It didn't help that my flight was late. Or that it took a while for the backage to finally arrive. Or that the airport bus to the city was slow to fill up and depart. Even though traffic was relatively light late on the Thursday night, I didn't arrive in the city til close to midnight. By then it was too late to take the normal route across the border - it closed at 12 midnight.
Instead I took a taxi, which sped along roads, short highways and flyovers, til we slowed in a tunnel where a bus was stalled. Half of China seemed to be racing towards the 24- hour border with Hong Kong.
Perhaps those border control folk should learn from the sheep farmers of New Zealand or Australia. Then they might design a better way of herding the hordes of residents, locals, visitors and other aliens to get to the proper lanes and queues. Why is it that at border controls and airports, there are always lots of people in uniforms hanging around doing nothing, and just a handful of people processing the long lines of people?
I spend a lot of time looking at people's shoes, their backage, their strained faces.
After being processed, we wait for the bus. My cellphone is now only good 'for emergency calls only'. I have left China.
We zoom towards Hong Kong, the bus driver with latent rally-driving dreams. At 1.45am, we get off the bus, collect our bags.
We've made it. I take a mental note of the time it has taken. And remember the sequence before, of missing the airport bus in Lijiang, getting the taxi out to the airport, seeing the sun set and a new crescent moon appear, cutting in front of a man who has rudely cut into our queue, being on a flight alongside Triad-leader lookalikes in dark suits, reading about how China Southern selects its air crew - a beauty pagent televised which gets a field of 3000 down to 60 and includes a 'body check' as well as singing and dancing competitions; the no frills packaging on the moist towelette 'welcome to this scheduled flight'; the hamburger that everyone looks at inside to see what's there - lettuce and SPAM - and hardly anyone eats.
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Noni (pronounced no-knee, rhymes with Sony) is a plant that has been around for thousands of years and is widely used to treat various ailments and conditions, including poor digestion, skin disorders, allergies, arthritis, and diabetes. More importantly, in beauty products, noni extract is a pretty powerful antioxidant, so it helps protect skin from free radicals while aiding cell regeneration, improving cell function, and helping heal skin.
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I had never heard of Noni before.
Great article !
I've seen Noni juice being sold, but have no idea what kind of a plant this is. For my skincare, I like some soothing botanicals and as little bad chemicals as possible. I go overboard researching the ingredient list.
Kora is fast becoming a favourite brand of mine. I just love my hand cream, and I had fun playing with the testers a few days ago.
I like Miranda, that alone makes Kora appeal to me
Go natural!
Interesting, not familiar with this ingredient myself, but plant based botanicals are pretty amazing. I love antioxidants & vitamins such as A, C and E, as well as Jojoba Oil, AHA's, BHA's and I could go on and on and on, lol.......
vitamin A in my night care and Vitamin C in my day care
Love aloe vera, cucumber and green tea!
fruit looks delicious ,i love natural products.
camomile and aloe vera
im really keen to try kora, it seems so fresh and natural!
I usually make sure my face wash has salicylic acid, but recently a friend told me this might be the reason my skin keeps getting progressively worse. I think I'll have to go cold turkey on it and see if my skin improves!
It's packaging looks nice as well, I've always liked blue things :) As for noni... sounds like it'd be an awesome ingredient in the cream!
These products sound great. I have never heard of noni, but I would love to try these.
The noni fruit sounds interesting - I would love to try it!!
Thanks for this, these products look amazing and I will have to look into it..
Miranda's products sound great but I've been using fabulous products from Ultraceuticals, including Vitamin A and C serums and creams. They've done wonders for my skin! The lip balm and hand cream look lovely! The ingredients in the lip balm sound yummy!
sounds lovely, Lapurete is great too
Anything organic sounds great. If I had to choose one, I would say Rosehip.
Coconut and Vanilla cause they smell so good and Vitamin E to make my skin extra smooth
i love the sound of these wonderfull products but way out of my range. And i like to see products that are getting more natural ingredients in them and thing like Aloe Vera appeal to me as they have been use for many many years and we know that is gentle and that it does alot of good thing for the skin and also a good thing to drink.
can't beat alo-vera
Love aloe, cucmber jojoba, chamomile, green tea and vitamin E, and try to avoid SLS as a major ingredient.
I have only heard of it from MK's Kora beauty brand. I'd love to get my hands on some of these beauty products but they are so expensive!!! I love having anything natural/organic in my cosmetics/skincare. The more natural the better.


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Study finds Gingko biloba does not improve cognition in MS patients
09/13/12 Portland, Ore.
Results come after 2005 pilot study offered hope that supplement may have offered benefits
Many people with multiple sclerosis for years have taken the natural supplement Gingko biloba, believing it helps them with cognitive problems associated with the disease.
But the science now says otherwise. A new study published in the journal Neurology says Gingko biloba does not improve cognitive performance in people with multiple sclerosis. The research was published in the Sept. 5, 2012, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
The current study was a more extensive look at the question after a smaller 2005 pilot study suggested there might have been some cognitive benefits in MS patients using the supplement. That study found that Gingko seemed to improve attention in MS patients with cognitive impairment.
But the larger follow-up study, conducted with patients at the Portland and Seattle Veterans Affairs medical centers, found no cognitive benefits to using Gingko.
"It's important for scientists to continue to analyze what might help people with cognitive issues relating to their MS," said Jesus Lovera, M.D., the study's lead author, a former fellow at the Portland VA Medical Center and former instructor in Oregon Health & Science University's Department of Neurology, where he did much of the work on the study. Lovera is now with the Department of Neurology at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center.
"We wanted to follow up on the earlier findings that suggested there may be some benefit. But we believe this larger study settles the question: Gingko simply doesn't improve cognitive performance with MS patients," said Lovera.
About one-half of people with MS will develop cognitive problems, and those cognitive problems can be debilitating in some people, said Dennis Bourdette, M.D., a co-author of the study, co-director of the VA MS Center of Excellence-West at the Portland VA Medical Center and chairman of the OHSU Department of Neurology. The most common problems relate to memory, attention and concentration, and information processing.
There is no known treatment that can improve cognition with MS patients — which is partly why MS patients and researchers had hoped that Gingko biloba could help.
Lovera was also the lead author in the 2005 study, conducted at OHSU. That study included 39 participants who were given Gingko biloba or a placebo. The new study included 120 participants given Gingko or a placebo.
The study was supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Rehabilitation Research and Development Service.
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Directly Proportional ==> kx
Inversely Proportional ==> k/x
That's about it.
"M is jointly proportional to a, b, and c and inversely proportional to d."
M = k(abc)/d
Really, that's all there is to translating these. The rest is a substitution exercise.
"a = d"
M = k(abc)/a = k(bc)(a/a) = kbc
"b and c are both 2"
M = kbc = k(2)(2) = 4k
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A MAN has been killed in a single-vehicle crash on the Tanami Rd northwest of Yuendumu.
Senior Sergeant John Worrall from the Major Crash Investigation Unit said the crash occurred about 2pm this afternoon, about 300km from Alice Springs.
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Emil Johnson, 94, of Portales, died Monday, Jan. 9, 2006, at Roosevelt General Hospital in Portales.
He was born Feb. 24, 1911, in Elmore City, Okla., to Dona Belle and George Jefferson Johnson.
He grew up on a farm near Elmore City, Okla. He completed his university studies at Tishomingo, Okla. He taught school for a year, but family said he preferred to work outside and returned to farming. He married Beulah Moore on Aug. 12, 1933, in Paul's Valley, Okla. They moved to Portales in 1942.
He began doing carpenter work in Portales and was involved in the construction of the Air Force Base as well as many area homes. He was a member of the Southside Church of Christ and had served the congregation as an elder for more than 30 years.
He also helped with the construction of the church.
Family members he was a generous man who built numerous ramps for local citizens in wheelchairs.
He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Julian, John and Ralph Johnson; and a sister, Edith Long.
Survivors include his wife; a son, Curtis Johnson (and wife, Helen) of Albuquerque; three daughters, Joan Nuckols of Portales, Juanice Robinson (Roy) of Lovington and Barbara Chandler of Portales; 10 grandchildren; and 24 great-grandchildren.
Marlin Poynor will officiate.
Burial will take place in Portales Cemetery.
Jay Robinson, Gary "Stubb" Nuckols, Mike Nuckols, Zachary Vigil, Travis Rogers and Garrett Scisson will serve as pallbearers.
Memorial contributions may be made to the New Mexico Christian Children's Home.
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This is a post that I never wanted to write. I knew that there was an inevitability about it because Naughty George (my dog) was 19, but still, it doesn't make it any easier.
Suffice to say, there are tears on my keyboard as I write to inform you that Naughty George died this morning at 11.50am. Gutted doesn't come close to describing how I feel.
We had been travelling throughout the UK for two weeks, visiting various friends for Christmas. At the beginning of our travels, he was pretty much his normal self; chasing their cats, guffing under the dining table whilst we were eating dinner, and woofing vacuously every time I tried to hold a conversation with someone.
But on Boxing day, I noticed some slight changes in his behaviour. He seemed a bit unsteady on his feet, went off his food, and was vomiting a lot. I thought he had picked up a bit of a bug, and coaxed him to eat by proffering him some of his favourite food.
He did perk up a bit for a few days, but by the time we finally returned home to Oxford last night, he had deteriorated quite a bit. He seemed confused and wobbly on his paws, and had lost control of his bowel movements.
I decided to treat him to a doggy pamper evening. I managed to feed him a bowl of his favourite chicken and rice, and then I let him snooze on the sofa (not normally allowed).
As a grand finale, I lit the fire and put his basket next to it - absolutely his favourite place in the world.
At the end of the evening, I tucked him into his bed and then retired myself.
The first thing that I did this morning, was to check that he was ok.
He wasn't.
He was lying in his bed and was shallow breathing and unresponsive. He wouldn't even open his eyes when I stroked him, he just let out little groans to indicate that he knew I was there.
I wrapped the little fella in a blanket to keep him warm, and then I made one of the hardest decisions of my life - to call the Veterinary.
I knew the significance of the call to the Vet, and it was totally heartbreaking. But there was one final gesture that I could do for my faithful friend. Naughty George has always been petrified of Veterinary Surgeries, so I asked if the Vet come come to my house to spare him the ordeal. She agreed, and said that she would be there in an hour.
It was as though Naughty George knew I had made the call. He lifted his head up and looked at me with his big brown eyes before dragging himself shakily to his feet. My little mutt was fighting to the end.
11.30am. I stroked his head and steadied him until I heard the dreaded knock at the front door. It was the Vet.
She examined Naughty George and said that he had an irregular heartbeat and that his symptoms indicated that there were many other underlying problems.
"I can treat him for some of his ailments, but that would only take him through another couple of weeks," she told me softly.
"I don't want him to suffer any more," I remember telling her, tears welling up big time. I needed to hold it together.
11.35am. She nodded and then gently asked where Naughty George would be happiest whilst she administered the injection.
"In his bed," I replied.
I remember numbly carrying him there, and cuddling him whilst the Vet prepared the injection.
11.40am. Her first attempt failed, because Naughty George realised that something was going on, and started fighting against all the people around him (there was a Veterinary Assistant as well as the Vet there) .
11.43am. "I'm going to have to sedate him first," the Vet concluded, realising that Naughty George was a bit distressed, "and it'll will take effect in five minutes. I'll leave him with you during that time."
It was a good decision on the Vet's behalf. I got an extra five minutes with my trusty mutt, and he gradually calmed down, lying his head into my cupped hands.
When the Vet came back, she had 'the' injection in her hands, ready to go.
11.48am. She took Naughty George's right leg in her hand and cut off some fur so that she could find an artery. And then she put the injection into it.
11.49am. Even though Naughty George was sedated, he felt the final injection enter his leg. I know that for sure, because for the last time, he opened his big brown eyes and looked straight at me (his head still lying in my cupped hands) ......... but then they closed, and he became all limp as my tears fell onto his head.
11.50am. Naughty George died in my arms.
11.55am. The Vet gently removed Naughty George from his bed and wrapped him carefully in a red blanket. I stroked him one last time, and then she left with his body.


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