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Larry Lucchino on plans to talk to David Ortiz and Jon Lester after letting Jacoby Ellsbury walk
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FORT MYERS, Fla. — Red Sox president and CEO Larry Lucchino confirmed WEEI.com's report on Thursday that team officials met with slugger David Ortiz, the beginning of what the Red Sox hope will be a process that will help to ensure that the 38-year-old remains with the Sox for the rest of his career.
"We're obviously not going to talk about the negotiations in any public way, but we did have a chance to see David yesterday and have a conversation with him. But other than that, we're going to give it the priority it deserves," said Lucchino. "We want it to happen. We want him to be a guy who essentially came in with us — even though it was 2003, our second year — and stayed with us for the rest of his career. I think it's a great thing, I know it's a great thing for us. I think it's a great thing for David. And it will be a great thing for baseball and Red Sox fans. He feels connected. He's committed. He's the face, certainly one of the most important faces of baseball, as well as for the franchise, so we're eager to resolve something if it can be done."
Asked if he could imagine Ortiz ever leaving the Sox, Lucchino said, "I can envision anything. It's not impossible. But it's certainly not something I've thought about till the question was posed. Can I envision it? Yeah, my mind is facile enough to envision something like that. But do I anticipate it happening? No."
Lucchino also said that the team plans to discuss a contract extension with left-hander Jon Lester this spring. The CEO expressed appreciation for Lester's comments this offseason that he wants to remain with the Sox for the duration of his career and is willing to take less than full market value to do so.
"That was certainly, for me, one of the highlights of the offseason, were the comments Jon made about the organization, wanting to stay here. He was so forthright and blunt about it, no game-playing or whatever," said Lucchino. "It was really nice to hear it when you're in our position. It's really nice to hear it. We will explore that matter as well during spring training."
Though the Sox have pursued an operating model focused on shorter-term deals in recent years, Lucchino did allow that the team was open to top-of-the-market contracts for the right players in their prime. That being the case, he was asked, why didn't the Sox make an exception to their preference for shorter-term deals for Jacoby Ellsbury prior to his securing of a seven-year, $153 million deal?
"There are exceptions," said Lucchino, "but the proposal they made to him was obviously very appealing to him and sometimes you have to say good-bye to people you'd like to keep here because the appeal of the economics are so great."
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by Doors4ever
Almost two long months of waiting since they discovered the notorious bug in the chipsets are finally over and new LGA1155 mainboards based on the B3 chipset revision, which is totally bug-free started appearing in stores. You can still feel some shortage resulting from the new wave of postponed consumer demand as well as from the need to replace old mainboards with the new ones. However, as time passes by, they should resolve he shortage in supply of certain mainboard models, unless other factors start playing their crucial part in the overall market situation, such as the tragedy in Japan, where production has been significantly slowed down because of power shortages. So far all the leading mainboard makers have already arranged new mainboard shipments and made sure that they can be easily distinguished from the old mainboard models. The first replacement board we got our hands on is Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4-B3, and it is going to be the main hero of our today's review.
All Gigabyte mainboards based on the new chipset revision have received a special "B3" index in their model name, so the former Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4 model is now called Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4-B3. Moreover, they have also changed the packaging design, so now the users can tell right away whether the mainboard is based on the "correct" chipset stepping.
Besides the actual mainboard, there are also the following accessories inside the box:
The exterior of Gigabyte mainboards has also changed quite noticeably, although these changes have nothing to do with the different chipset revisions anymore. The typical blue textolite didn't go anywhere, but is now used only for entry-level products, such as the previously reviewed Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3 and GA-PH67A-UD3, for example. Higher-end mainboards are now made using black textolite with all the other components changed accordingly.
Black looks more serious than the fun blue color, the board looks very solid, but now its design has become less informative in a certain way. For example, we used to be able to tell right away what memory channel the DIMM slot refers to, as some of them were white and some – light-blue. Now we will have to consult the manual to determine that. However, it's been a while since we ever had any issues with Gigabyte's ability to deliver all the necessary technical details about their products, and the carefully drawn layouts from their manuals are true works of art.
Those of you who do not like to consult manuals (that is probably the overwhelming majority), the manufacturer now offers photos of their mainboards with all the major features marked on them. You can check out these photos on the company web-site.
Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4-B3 mainboard features a 12-phase processor voltage regulator that can change the number of active phases dynamically depending on the load, which you can see from the row of LEDs called the "Phase LEDs". This feature can hardly surprise us, as we have seen similar functionality on other mainboards before. A much more interesting thing, however, is the use of new voltage regulator electronic components with higher levels of integration present. A pair of MOSFET transistors and a controller are now combined inside one chip, which leads to a whole lot of advantages: electronic components occupy less space on the PCB and boast improved characteristics. We used to see chips like that only on MSI mainboards before.
The board supports dual-card ATI CrossFireX or Nvidia SLI configurations. A single graphics card will work at full PCI Express 2.0 x16 speed, while a pair of cards will work at half the speed. Among other expansion slots we should definitely mention three PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots and two PCI slots. The chipsets supports two SATA 6 Gbps ports and four SATA 3 Gbps ports. Two additional SATA 6 Gbps ports on the back panel are provided by Marvell 88SE9128 controller. Two USB 3.0 ports on the back panel are almost a must these days and are implemented via NEC D720200F1 controller. Another controller like that provides two more USB 3.0 internal ports. Overall the board has 14 USB 2.0 ports (8 on the back panel and 6 more can be connected to internal pin-headers). One of the internal connectors is specifically designed to be able to charge mobile devices using "ON/OFF Charge" technology.
The mainboard back panel carries the following ports and connectors:
The table blow sums up all the features and specifications of Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4-B3 mainboard:
We didn't mention some peculiarities, which we have already come across on other Gigabyte mainboards. For example, this mainboard is designed with "Ultra Durable 3" technology, it uses two BIOS chips, it supports Gigabyte's "Smart 6" utility suite, it can save power due to "AutoGreen" feature and be managed remotely via "CloudOC", and last but not least, ensures lower power consumption in off mode being a "EuP Ready" product.
Unlike many other mainboards that have already transitioned to UEFI, Gigabyte boards use the so-called "Hybrid EFI" technology. It implies that there is the conventional and familiar BIOS based on Award microcode, that only uses EFI technology to implement the support for HDDs with over 3 TB storage capacity.
Since there is nothing principally new in this BIOS, we would like to refresh your memory by reminding you of the main features it has to offer, which we are totally happy with. Namely, there is everything necessary to set up the operational mode for the processor and all corresponding technologies.
Working with the memory is very convenient, we can change only the necessary parameters and leave everything else at mainboard's discretion. Note that you can see all current parameter values as well as the new ones.
Voltage adjustment is arranged in the same convenient way. By default the mainboard can increase the voltages when necessary, you can also lock the voltages at their nominal values, or set the desired ones. If the setting is too high, the system will warn you by highlighting the setting in question.
I would also like to remind you of a few other advantages typical of Gigabyte's mainboard BIOS. There is Q-Flash utility integrated into the BIOS that serves to update the BIOS and also allows saving up to eight settings profiles. These profiles can also be saved on external media, if necessary. The boards still allow adjusting the rotation speed of three-pin fans, and it is now possible to configure the fans right from the BIOS.
We carried out our tests on a testbed that included the following components:
We used Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64 bit (Microsoft Windows, Version 6.1, Build 7601: Service Pack 1) operating system, Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility version 184.108.40.2065, Nvidia GeForce/ION Driver 266.58 graphics card driver.
Like all good mainboards, Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4-B3 worked perfectly fine in nominal mode, which, unfortunately, wasn't the case during overclocking. However, first we have to mention a function, which we have already come across on Gigabyte mainboards in a slightly different representation and which now has been implemented in the form of Turbo USB 3.0 technology. This function works only when you use one graphics accelerator, because when it is enabled, the available 16 PCI Express 2.0 lanes are split evenly between the graphics card and the USB 3.0 controller. In other words, the USB 3.0 controller gets connected directly to the processor, and not to the chipset.
However, we didn't detect the promised 10% performance boost this technology was supposed to deliver. In our case the Buffalo Drive Station HD-HX1.0TU3 (with about 130 MB/s read and 120 MB/s write speed) limited the performance, which was far from the theoretical maximum of the USB 3.0 interface. At the same time, when this technology is enabled, the graphics card functionality may be affected, so you should be careful with it. Only on H67 based mainboards you can use Turbo USB 3.0 without any concerns when the integrated graphics core is working, because in this case the free PCI Express 2.0 lanes in the CPU aren't used anyway.
Gigabyte mainboards are so far the only mainboards that display correctly the current frequency of the overclocked processor during start-up. Al other mainboards can only display the memory frequency correctly, while for the CPU they would indicate its nominal clock rate.
Just like in case of Biostar TP67XE mainboard, we had to give up the "Load-Line Calibration" technology counteracting the processor core voltage drop under heavy load, because in this case the voltage was set way too high. In this respect, Asus P8P67 Pro mainboard offers better implementation, because it allows administering a necessary "doze" of counteraction.
I am sure you already know that the new processors are very easy to overclock. All you need to do is to increase the processor clock frequency multiplier and the voltage accordingly. However, it is difficult to check processor stability at overclocked speeds. LinX utility based on Intel Linpack test creates very high CPU load, but it is not a reliable tool for testing LGA1155 processors. After each setting adjustment we have to run Prime95 program for at least an hour, but even this program couldn't guarantee stability. Our CPU overclocked to 4.8 GHz passed all the tests successfully, but then during our performance tests the system crashed in a less than a minute long Photoshop benchmark. As a result, we had to lower overclocking to 4.7 GHz with the memory frequency set at 1600 MHz.
As for the power-saving technologies, they all worked in full swing lowering the voltage and frequency in idle mode.
As usual, we are going to compare the mainboards speeds in two different modes: in nominal mode and during CPU and memory overclocking. The first mode is interesting because it shows how well the mainboards work with their default settings. It is a known fact that most users do not fine-tune their systems, they simply choose the optimal BIOS settings and do nothing else. That is why we run a round of tests almost without interfering in any way with the default mainboard settings. For comparison purposes we are going to also include GigabyteGA-P67A-UD4. This mainboard is exactly the same as our today's hero, GigabyteGA-P67A-UD4-B3, the only difference being the previous version of the chipset it is based on. The results of GigabyteGA-P67A-UD4-B3 are marked with darker color on the diagrams.
We used Cinebench 11.5. All tests were run five times and the average result of the five runs was taken for the performance charts.
We have been using Fritz Chess Benchmark utility for a long time already and it proved very illustrative. It generated repeated results, the performance in it is scales perfectly depending on the number of involved computational threads.
A small video in x264 HD Benchmark 3.0 is encoded in two passes and then the entire process is repeated four times. The average results of the second pass are displayed on the following diagram:
We measured the performance in Adobe Photoshop using our own benchmark made from Retouch Artists Photoshop Speed Test that has been creatively modified. It includes typical editing of four 10-megapixel images from a digital photo camera.
In the archiving test a 1 GB file is compressed using LZMA2 algorithms, while other compression settings remain at defaults.
Like in the data compression test, the faster 16 million of Pi digits are calculated, the better. This is the only benchmark where the number of processor cores doesn't really matter, because it creates single-threaded load.
There are good and bad things about complex performance tests. However, Futuremark benchmarking software has become extremely popular and is used for comparisons a lot. The diagram below shows the average results after three test-runs in 3DMark11 Performance mode with default settings:
Since we do not overclock graphics in our mainboard reviews, the next diagram shows only CPU tests from the 3DMark11 – Physics Score.
We use FC2 Benchmark Tool to go over Ranch Small map ten times in 1920x1080 resolution with high image quality settings in DirectX 10.
Resident Evil 5 game also has a built-in performance test. Its peculiarity is that it can really take advantage of multi-core processor architecture. The tests were run in DirectX 10 in 1920x1080 resolution with high image quality settings. The average of five test runs was taken for further analysis:
And now let's run the same exact tests in overclocked mode, when both - processor and memory – work at higher frequencies. The CPU was overclocked to 4.7 GHz and the memory worked at 1600 MHz with 6-6-6-18-1T timings.
As we have expected, there is barely any performance difference between the two boards of different generations. They both work at practically identical speed in nominal as well as overclocked mode.
We performed our power consumption measurements using an Extech Power Analyzer 380803. This device is connected before the PSU and measures the power draw of the entire system (without the monitor), including the power loss that occurs in the PSU itself. In the idle mode we start the system up and wait until it stops accessing the hard disk. Then we use LinX to load the CPU. For a more illustrative picture there are graphs that show how the computer power consumption grows up depending on the number of active execution threads in LinX.
And once again we see that the results are about the same: both mainboards are very close in their power consumption readings, no matter what operational mode we take into consideration.
In conclusion to our reviews we usually sum up everything by listing the product's advantages and drawbacks. GigabyteGA-P67A-UD4-B3 mainboard has a lot of advantages. We have mentioned most of them in our today's article, although if we were to list them all, the review would have been way longer. As for the drawbacks, there are barely any. The only thing that comes to mind at this point is the extremely aggressive "Load-Line Calibration" technology. It would be really nice to have the ability to adjust the amount of this calibration, like on some other mainboards. However, this technology is not a must and even when we disabled it completely we managed to overclock our processor successfully and boosted the speed in some applications by about 40%. GigabyteGA-P67A-UD4-B3 mainboard boasts convenient layout and great functionality expanded with a number of additional controllers. The board has everything you may ever need, is free from useless bonuses and therefore comes at a moderate price, so it will obviously be quite popular among potential buyers.

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Just a little bit of fun based on an idea from James White (signalnoise.com) enjoy! ^^
EDIT - download the project file > db.tt/TUdOGzvk
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Symantec Combats Phishing with New Services Offering
Published: May 21, 2008
by Alex Woodie
IT security giant Symantec Monday launched a new initiative to fight phishing, pharming, and other rapidly spreading types of online fraud targeting banks, e-commerce sites, brokerage houses, and other B2B or B2C institutions where lots of money changes hands. Under the new offering, called Online Fraud Protection Services, Symantec will bring to bear a battery of methods and techniques to block attacks launched against individual companies and their brands and, if possible, work with law enforcement to put the perps behind bars.
It was with great fanfare that the world celebrated the 30th birthday of spam recently. The hammy substance was served, with a nod and a wink, in a cheeky affirmation of the impact that unsolicited commercial e-mail has had on our culture. Nobody really likes spam, but we view it as mostly harmless, so we can collectively laugh about it, and maybe even tip our hats to some of truly creative and funny pieces of spam we've received over the last decade.
Unfortunately, behind spam's innocent facade lies a darker reality involving identity theft, organized crime, and billions of dollars in ill-gotten gains. At some point over the last five years, criminals realized they could use the techniques of the spammer--e-mail pitches sent to millions of inboxes--to direct people to counterfeit Web sites, where they are tricked into entering bank account numbers, PIN numbers, social security numbers, and other pieces of personal information that enable criminals to steal their money.
This activity is called phishing, and it's spreading quite rapidly, according to Symantec's latest bi-annual Internet Security Threat Report. "One of the most significant things that we saw [in the last report] was a precipitous increase in phishing attacks in the six-month period between June and December of last year," says Ted Donat, director of product management for Symantec Consulting Services.
Phishing, By the Numbers
The number of phishing Web sites has skyrocketed, according to Symantec's research. During the last six months of 2006, Symantec had recorded a total of about 13,400 phishing Web sites in existence. By December 2007, that number had increased by about 650 percent, to almost 88,000 phishing Web sites. And in just the first two months of 2008, the number of phishing Web sites jumped another 70 percent.
One reason phishing is taking off in popularity is because it is so easy to do, and so financially rewarding. Donat's team performed a return on investment (ROI) analysis for phishing (using assumptions based on the effectiveness of legitimate direct marketing efforts), and the results are somewhat disturbing.
According to the ROI analysis, a phisher equipped with an easily obtainable phishing kit can send out 2 million fraudulent e-mails fairly easily, and the e-mails may actually get through to 5 percent, or 100,000 inboxes. The analysis then assumes that another five percent of this subset, or 5,000 people, will actually click on the link taking them to the phishing Web site, and two percent of that subset, or 100 people, will enter data. Assuming that the average person loses $1,244 per identity theft incident, the phisher stands to make about $125,000 from his or her work.
While individual victims lose money in the deal, the companies being spoofed by the phishing fraudsters also lose something: customers' trust in their brands.
"What customers are saying is that, specifically at the financial services level, they are very, very concerned about brand erosion that results from phishing attacks," Donat says. "If you get an e-mail in your inbox that purports to be from Ted's Bank.com, and it's a fraudulent e-mail, and then you go click on a Web site and can potentially lose money from it, that's really an attack on the brand, because somebody has hijacked your brand for nefarious purposes. And the next time that user gets an e-mail from you, she's going to think twice before clicking on it, or even worse, decide not to do business online with you because you're not taking adequate steps to protect that."
Symantec aims to protect the reputations of banks and other institutions doing business online with its new Online Fraud Protection Services offering, which launched yesterday. The offering is a comprehensive program that uses several approaches to fight the affect of phishing and other Web-based attacks, including pharming (where users attempt to visit legitimate site but are directed to a malicious site through DNS redirection), Vishing (involves a telephone), SMiShing (phishing via SMS), cyber squatting, typo squatting, form grabbing, screen dumping, code injections, and malware-based attacks.
Multi-Pronged Attack on Phishing
Symantec's program starts off with an on-site assessment by a Symantec expert, who will analyze the customer's risk exposure for online fraud, and then devise a plan and a series of steps to minimize that risk. This assessment costs about $75,000 for a typical bank.
The plan could call for a 24/7 incident-monitoring response capability, whereby Symantec security professionals will monitor the Web (via its Global intelligence Network, a series of sensors, decoy e-mail accounts, and desktop nodes) for phishing activity targeted at a particular bank or brand. Once they've spotted an attack, Symantec will take steps necessary to track down the source of those e-mails, send the perpetrators cease and desist letters, and follow up on those letters with the ISPs and regional authorities to get the sites shut down or the criminals locked up. Symantec can provide this brand protection services for about $100,000 per year per individual brand.
The plan could call for implementing stronger security mechanisms on the Web site, such as a two-factor authentication program or a secondary password checker. Symantec can assist with installing these systems. Customers with the highest needs might opt for Symantec's on-site support. Under this program, a Symantec resident will set up shop in the company's headquarters, where they will oversee brand protection activities. Symantec will charge about $250,000 per year for on-site support as part of this program.
Customers can also choose Symantec's incident response services, which directs fraud-related calls to Symantec's data center. Customers that don't need the full support, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. every weekday, can opt to share this Symantec resource with other institutions for a reduced fee. Symantec will also work with the institution's public relations department to implement customer education programs and making sure the PR personnel are prepared for the bad publicity that can result from attacks. The program even includes an option for the customer to OEM Symantec's software and resell it to its customers.
Online Fraud Protection Services is a unique offering, Donat says. "We've done this for years on the security side with incident response, and now we're repurposing it for specific online fraud incidents," he says. "There are threats on the horizon. They may not be at your doorstep today, but they will be down the road."
It takes a comprehensive program like this to combat phishing and "stay ahead of these folks who are very determined to steal this information," Donat says. "It is very challenging to find these folks a lot of the times," he says. "Most of the time we're able to shut them down. Sometimes they may pick up and move someplace else, but at least we've got them on the run a little bit. We're making it more difficult for them to do their jobs."
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An airplane in level flight at an altitude of 7000 m is moving at 500 m/s. At the moment it flies overhead, a ground missile is fired at a constant acceleration of 80 m/s/s. What aiming angle above the ground must be used to hit the airplane?
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We believe that the purpose for our existence as human beings is to glorify God by enjoying Him forever. It is our heartfelt desire to challenge and encourage you to find your complete satisfaction in the only One in whom it can be genuinely found: the Lord of all creation! We all spend our lives seeking satisfaction for the deepest longings of our hearts. The tragedy, however, is that we search in vain to find such fulfillment apart from a personal relationship with the One who brought us into being. Our prayer for you is that you might share with us in this experience of satisfaction in Christ.
We would be delighted to have you join us in worshiping our Savior and Lord, the Lord Jesus Christ, who is life's ultimate Treasure. Our worship time on Sunday morning begins at 11 AM, and that is a great place to check us out. If you enjoy studying the Bible, come a little earlier; study groups for all ages begin at 9:45 AM each Sunday.
We invite you to bask with us in the glorious riches of God's grace! It is our prayer that you would know the One who is, indeed, the ultimate fulfillment of your heart's deepest longings. If you have questions about your relationship with God, have need of prayer, or would like more information about New Covenant Church, check out the rest of our website, or please feel encouraged to contact Pastor Hardy.
Our purpose at New Covenant is to glorify God through leading people to a Great Commitment to the Great Commandment and the Great Commission.
What we're about here at New Covenant is simple. We aim to help people know God, grow spiritually, and find purpose in life. We do this through practical Bible teaching, inspiring worship, and creating a host of opportunities for significant and supportive relationships. Together we're learning the responsibilities and the exciting privileges that come with being a part of God's family. We invite you to join us on the journey.
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New Covenant is known for its warm, friendly atmosphere, practical Bible teaching, and dynamic programs for our children, students, and adults. Here's a quick look at a few of the things you can expect at New Covenant on Sunday mornings:
Parking: Handicapped parking is available close to the main entrance doors.
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Childcare: We provide a safe and caring atmosphere at our 11:00 a.m. service.
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Joe Grossberg sends me this map from the 2000 census about how many people in America speak Russian at home. It's a whole lot more than I imagined. Idaho, in particular, has an astounding amount.
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Will there also be a version of the Star Spangled Banner in Russian?Posted by: J. Mark English at April 28, 2006 at 12:26 pm
Ah the melting pot…time to close the borders.Posted by: Von Bek at April 28, 2006 at 1:01 pm
Idaho = potatoes = Vodka = Russians
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Oddly enough, Moscow is in one of the less-Russian parts of Idaho.Posted by: Nikhil Bhat at April 28, 2006 at 2:35 pm
Idaho = empty + cold
My wife is an Russian interpreter in the Los Angeles area, and more and more she's getting jobs in such crazy places like small towns near Bakersfield where there is suddenly a group of Russian-speakers living. I guess with housing prices like they are, everyone is spreading out.Posted by: Neil at April 29, 2006 at 8:41 am


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Miguel Cabrera is a great hitter, one of the best in the game. But what is he worth? I would not part with Hughes or Joba. Sorry. No way. It could be because I personally value an ace, even a potential ace more so than a great position player. Especially since that position player will command a ridiculous, and high-risk contract once he hits the market, unless of course one can be reached beforehand. I would however part with Ian Kennedy to acquire him. Kennedy may be good, but a team must give up something to get a player like Cabrera. And it is pretty clear that the Marlins want in return, a center fielder, and a cheap pitcher(s) with an optimistic future. And 55 pounds of weight gain can be viewed as too much partying, but during this period of time can cause for suspicion also (just a theory, not actually accusing anyone). I wouldn't count anything out if I were a GM after all that has gone on behind the scenes.
The Gold Gloves were announced yesterday, the best time of the year! Not quite, but I do take interest in them. Maybe I am speaking from the heart here, maybe not, but Coco Crisp was a great defensive CF this season. And while maybe a few others could have taken home the award, and did, Coco probably should have won over Grady Sizemore. Coco's "Zone Rating" was significantly better than Grady's and many of the experts agree as well. I know that the experts simply produce opinions, but some of the ones that I listen to at least put a lot of time into analyzing defensive value/production. For example, Rob Neyer, who I may disagree with sometimes, but who seems to represent many knowledgeable "experts" in his writing, explained in his blog. "That it isn't about how a player finishes necessarily, it is also how they start their route." And I have thought about this before and totally agree with this. A player such as Sizemore may finish the play with a leaping grab, but that leaping grab may come as a result of him initially taking a poor route to the ball. And from the research that some of these experts have done, I think it is safe to say that Coco takes better paths to most putouts than that of Sizemore.
I wonder if GM's are going to value Andruw Jones' Gold Glove victory more so than his miserable offensive season. This is the fact, Jones can still play the position and should bring a better bat than he had last season. But he isn't worth a giant $18 million a year contract. Maybe if I were the Angels and I had an opening, because taking a chance on a player such as Jones may put them over the top. And they need a bat, that is obvious. But I would be very hesitant to overpay Jones, or Hunter, or whatever other free agent is on this year's extravagant market.
Which is why I very much like the position the Red Sox are in. It is actually a little too comforting. I keep thinking to myself that it is too be good to be true and that something is going to go wrong. They are truly flexing their financial muscles in every way imaginable: Six capable starters + Julian Tavarez as insurance, all starting positions filled with legit players (assuming Lowell will re-sign), a good bullpen with farm help on the way. An upgrade at backup catcher would be the biggest concern, to me, if Lowell is in fact retained, which looks to be occuring. The bench may need a few pieces, but I am almost overly confident going into the season, and I don't know if I like every aspect of that. It is just easier in this game with a large payroll.
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they actually analyze the routes they take?! for each and every catch…every day? wow!
those gold glove awards are completely subjective anyway…as you know. david wright? c'mon!
as much as i'd love for the yanks to have a big bat at third base next year, i don 't want to give up any of our top three guys ( joba phil or IPK).
first of all there is the (slim) chance that they could turn into a trio like glavine, maddux and smoltz. secondly assuming that not all of them are likely to actually make it in the big league, maybe it's best to keep all three to have a little more time to determine which of them are best for the club…it may well be that kennedy will end up with the most successful career. at this point it's really impossible to tell.
doing a trade like that is basically like getting close to a-rod's production at third, but giving up a huge prospect and your center fielder for nothing. i'd just assume they eat crow and pay a-rod to come back…and keep all three of those guys. miggy isn't going to stay a 3rd baseman for long anyway?
does any of that make sense to you?
The Marlins aren't going to trade Miguel Cabrera unless they get what they want for him, and if there's one organization that knows how to get what they want for their players, it's the Marlins. Brian Cashman would be a fool to trade two of those pitchers and Melky Cabrera for Miguel Cabrera. He's said he's not trading them and I believe him. Kennedy and Melky will NOT get it done. I don't think Miguel Cabrera will end up with the Yankees. The Dodgers have the prospects to get it done. With Joe Torre wanting to win now and Ned Colletti as aggressive as he usually is, I wouldn't be stunned to see a blockbuster of about six or seven top prospects going to Florida for Dontrelle Willis and Cabrera.
Mike, Well they would still have Wang, Joba, and Hughes. And I don't blame you for not wanting to trade any piece of that young pitching core. It is easier to address offense in the free agent market, and there is less risk involved. Also, about the awards, I believe John Dewan and co. (The Fielding Bible awards guys) actually look at every play that a player makes or close to it. At least that is what they said in "The Fielding Bible." Those people who vote for the Gold Gloves most definitely do not.
Paul, I personally wouldn't give up much more than that Melky and Kennedy package, which means I may not acquire Miguel at all. So be it.
" I keep thinking to myself that it is too be good to be true and that something is going to go wrong."
hey, you sound like a classic (pre-2004) redsox fan. i'd LOVE to have the worries you guys have 🙂
also…i forgot to mention: joba might have to end up back in the bullpen.
There is no way in the world I'd trade the Yankees' young, talented pitchers for Cabrera. If Cabrera looked like an Adonis instead of a doughboy, I'd see your point about the suspicions, Joe. Instead, he just looks like he's spent too much time at various pancake and pork establishments. Great player, but lacks self-discipline. Back to the pitching, as much as anything, the Yankees have lacked the ability to win pitchers' duels in the last several years, and trading away promising starters would do nothing to help that. The Yanks need to do more than out-slug teams; they need to do a better job of shutting them down as well. There's no way I'd trade those kids. If anything, the Yankees should build the team around more pitching depth and talent.
I'm always concerned when I see a professional athlete who doesn't maintain their physical condition, especially a young player like Cabrera. Unless he is a perfect fit, I wouldn't trade for him.
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And don't get me wrong I understand that, but I might trade Kennedy and Melky if that were even an option. And Jeter and Girardi might be able to get Cabrera thinking the right way, he is young and may have to have some help to motivate him. Young pitching is a great thing to have, but they would still have three good young pitchers that are under the age of 27, and would be adding one of the best hitters in baseball, and who should be one of the best hitters for the next nine or ten years. I see both sides of the spectrum on this I guess.
I follow you Joe, and I do think that Cabrera is tempting because of his abilities. There are a few things making me leery. The first is that, while it's early, I'm unwilling to say that Kennedy is more dispensable as a prospect than Hughes. Another is that there can never be enough pitching talent, and the Yankees have needed lots of pitching depth the last three years. A third is that Cabrera has been woefully out of shape. He also regressed defensively last year, and the Yankees cannot afford to acquire someone defensively complacent, especially at third base. Lastly, the Yankees moved Damon from center for a reason, for the best to me, and this trade would necessitate moving Matsui back to left unless the Yankees acquired Torii Hunter. Without Hunter, the trade would weaken the Yankees defensively, and perhaps not only in the outfield.
Cabrera is tempting, but I'd still prefer to see the kid pitchers develop.


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Over fears she could get breast cancer, Sharon Osbourne recently had a preventive double mastectomy. Osbourne discovered she had a genetic mutation that raises her chances of developing the disease, so she opted to undergo the procedure.
Ozzy Osbourne's wife told Hello! magazine, "As soon as I found out I had the breast cancer gene, I thought: 'The odds are not in my favor'. I've had cancer before and I didn't want to live under that cloud: I decided to just take everything off, and had a double mastectomy."
The "America's Got Talent" host battled colon cancer in the early 2000s.
Osbourne didn't have second thoughts about having the operation, which lasted 13 hours, because she wants to live a long and happy life and be around for her son Jack's daughter.
She explained, "For me, it wasn't a big decision, it was a no-brainer. I didn't want to live the rest of my life with that shadow hanging over me. I want to be around for a long time and be a grandmother to Pearl.
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Actress Kathy Bates had the same operation earlier this year, and in 2011 E! TV host Giuliana Rancic, 37, had her breasts removed to stop the spread of cancer. Christina Applegate had a double mastectomy in 2008 after learning she was at a high risk of a relapse of breast cancer and also of getting ovarian cancer.


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This environmental assessment presents estimated environmental impacts from the construction and operation of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE'S) Environmental and Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL), which is proposed to be built on DOE'S Hanford Site near Richland, Washington. The proposed location is at the south end of the 300 Area near the Columbia River. The EMSL, if constructed, would be a new laboratory facility approximately 18,580 square meters (200,000 square feet) in size.


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Mirror-shaped reflection-beings, Scottish hillsides, skillful hands, and a tactful mind. In the eye of this humble editor, this is one of the better creative ideas ever. It's as if metaphor and practical implementation converge in the most seamless of ways. Whether "Tide Flow – Time Flow" where mirrored beings in water reflect coastline and waves, or "Vestige" where wooded areas bend back on themselves, it's all so conceptually stellar. Mirrors are often a part of poetic refrain, which renders Mulholland's application so on point. Physically reflecting in situations based on introspection as opposed to vanity, the mirror becomes a much more worthy tool. This Scottish artist dominates multiple tools and mediums, while sending out shots to the collective subconscious. His installations and sculptures show an incredible technical range, and mind you, that's all after having come up with a uniquely synergistic concept. Thankfully, artists like Rob Mulholland inject impetus and importance into a dialogue that can wane. He reminds us to pause and take stock.
Aside from the metaphor, he intricately involves his homeland by placing these human-shaped mirrors amidst old covered structures that have been buried in the ground since World War I. The eery reflection feels like a dialogue with the artists' ancestors, as identity, purpose, and creative expression intertwine in a melange of awesome. Stop, scroll, and roll (to Rob's website), or head to Scotland and hope you see mirrors on a hill.
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Talk to anyone who targets smallmouth on the Delaware River and you will know that now is the time. Just after I suggested that we were in the "dog days of summer" and that fishing could be dull, Rich Roth of Eldred did a Delaware float with two buddies and they caught 105 smallies. That's hardly dull.
Smallmouth have always been part of our fishing heritage. Find an old photo of Zane Grey, and he's apt to be holding a smallmouth dubbed "Grandpa" or perhaps "King of the Lackawaxen."
I suspect however, that even Hall of Fame angler Zane Grey wasn't likely to have a 105-fish day very often. Today, however, a six- to eight-mile float may produce epic catches. Two factors contribute to the spectacular fishing: water conditions and shad.
While the 70-degree water temperature mark indicates the time for trout fishers to pack the fly rods away for awhile, it also triggers smallmouth activity. Veteran river guide Tony Ritter suggests that the 70- to 76-degree temperature range makes for a very active smallmouth fishery.
What do shad have to do with it? We're not talking about the shad we delight in catching in May. Those shad are then migrating upriver from the salt to spawning areas upriver. It is the product of that spawn, the next generation, that impacts the bass fishing.
It is at this time of year that the shadlings begin their migration back to the salt. These tender little beauties migrate en masse and become the primary food source for the smallie. Imitate a shadling heading for tidewater and you have a first-rate smallmouth bait.
Kurt Hagemann has been meeting fishers' needs since 1979 at his Tackle & Variety Shop in Shohola, PA. Back in the day, prime baits were hellgrammites and shiners. Today any silver/blue baby shad imitation will work, if fished on a light spinning rig with four- to six-pound test line. Lures include Heddon Torpedos, the silver/blue #9 Rapala and white or silver finished Yamamato Sinkos or Venom soft baits. When the smallies are on the feed, "it's hard not to catch them," according to Kurt.
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Homeland Security: How to Improve Interoperability for State and Local Responders
A Memo to Homeland Security Officials
Policy Memo, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
March 3, 2008
Authors: Erica Chenoweth, Former Associate, International Security Program, 20062008; Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 20082010, Susan Clarke
Belfer Center Programs or Projects: International Security
Issue: How can U.S. cities achieve high interoperability performance? How can federal funds be used most effectively toward that objective?
Background: One of the most important lessons of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks is that, in order to respond successfully, local agencies must be able to exchange information in real time. In the years that followed, interoperability programs have become one of the Department of Homeland Security's funding priorities in its allocations to state and local governments. In the past seven years, the federal government has given millions of dollars to state and local governments with the goal of improving interoperability programs. However, state and local politics often get in the way of effective use of the money. Our research provides insight and recommendations into how state and local governments can improve the effectiveness of these programs.
Importance: Local performance on homeland security is vital to the public interest. Maintaining effective local cooperation across policy sectors is necessary to create resilience in the face of terrorist attacks and natural disasters. Effective national security strategy is contingent on local policy, but local cooperation cannot be assumed. This is especially true given the political issues related to allocation of homeland security funds.
Objectives: Communications interoperability is vital to achieving community resilience given a natural disaster or terrorist attack. Moreover, achieving high performance on interoperability can inform how to secure other sectors such as critical infrastructure given similar political and economic constraints.
Discussion: Substantial federal funds are directed to local jurisdictions to address homeland security concerns, but results to date are uneven and inconsistent. How can local jurisdictions achieve high, sustained performance on homeland security goals? Comparing 48 U.S. cities that have received Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) funds between 2003 and 2005, we examined the resources, institutional context, and governance features associated with local communications interoperability performance. Our analysis indicates that high local performance on interoperability is not associated with greater funding levels. Instead, governance attributes — particularly characteristics of multi-level engagement with strict, formal rules and procedures — are important intervening factors shaping interoperability performance. Cities judged to have "advanced" governance arrangements (i.e. Washington, D.C., the Twin Cities, San Diego, and Columbus) are 60% likely to perform best on interoperability performance regardless of UASI funds (see Figure 1 in Methodological Appendix). Cities judged to have "early" governance (i.e. Chicago, Baton Rouge, Cleveland) perform lowest on interoperability, even when UASI grants have been substantial. Among high-performing cities, governance arrangements with multi-level/multi-jurisdictional partnerships and formal rules have discernable performance advantages over loosely structured relationships with more autonomous units (Figure 2).
Strategic Options: Several options are possible to improve local interoperability performance among other homeland security priorities.
- First, continue with status quo policies, since local performance coalitions sometimes form out of pre-existing institutions without state intervention.
- Second, invest in creating multiple public-private partnerships, producing multiple informal coalitions. This option reflects the conventional wisdom about how local polities should cope with coordination dilemmas.
- Third, facilitate local attempts to create and maintain the incentives for multijurisdictional cooperation and formalize rules and protocols across jurisdictions. As distinct from current Investment Justifications requiring how funds will be used, this option involves contractual relations indicating how stakeholders will perform different functions.
Recommendation: Option C. Performance is enhanced when formal rules and protocols establish durable coordination among multiple stakeholders. Federal funding is most effective when such rules and protocols exist, and when local coalitions are nested in multiple levels of governance. Creating the incentives for such multi-level cooperation and formalization of rules and protocols are important policy priorities. This strategic option involves the following three specific recommendations.
- Homeland security officials should bring together stakeholders from multiple levels of government (local, state, and federal) across multiple policy sectors.
- Partnerships among the different levels should be codified by formal, enforceable rules and protocols — as opposed to informal agreements — to maximize the utility of federal funds to cities.
- State officials should require formal protocols among cities to specify the use of federal grant funds for homeland security. Specifically, cities should develop contractual agreements indicating which stakeholders will perform different functions prior to the distribution of funds. Cities with advanced governance, multi-level partnerships, and formal institutional linkages will be the most effective in using federal funds to improve interoperability.
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BACKGROUND: About 14 million Americans have low vision. Low vision is a significant reduction of visual function that cannot be fully corrected by ordinary glasses, contact lenses, medical treatment and/or surgery. Low vision affects people of all ages. It affects daily activities like reading, cooking, taking medication and watching television. People with severe low vision may be classified as partially sighted and/or legally blind.
Low vision can include a loss of central vision from macular degeneration or optic atrophy, scattered dark patches caused by diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma or retinal detachment, tunnel vision that may be caused by glaucoma or stroke, or contrast loss as may be caused by cataracts or corneal disease. Other conditions causing low vision may have the person seeing blurred or distorted objects. People with low vision often are unable to drive.
TELESCOPIC GLASSES: Commercially-available telescopic glasses can help some people with low vision drive legally. The glasses are intended for people who have enough vision that they can maintain the car on the road, maintain the distance of the car ahead of them, spot a pedestrian on the roadway, see other cars, and do any necessary maneuvers but who are unable to see images where sharp vision is needed. This can include reading road signs or detecting the color on a traffic light. For these individuals, the telescopic glasses may help. Most of the driving is done using the regular lens, but when they have to read a sign or see a light, they tip their head and look through the bioptic lens mounted on one side. This is only about 5 percent of the time they are driving. The glasses are permitted to use while driving in 34 states.
THE NEXT STEP: The bioptic lenses that are currently available have a bulky lens protruding from one side of the glasses. The telescopic glasses cost between $1,000 and $2,000. Because of their appearance, people may be hesitant to use them. For this reason, Dr. Eli Peli of the Schepens Eye Institute in Boston is working on developing a lens that has the telescope embedded in the lens.
Peli also said the traditional telescopic lenses have a major problem. When the person looks through the lens, part of their view of the road become blocked. A new lens Peli is developing moves the view of the magnified telescope towards the sky where it does not block the road view and the person is able to continue monitoring the road. Peli said it may take as long as five years before the lens has been developed and manufactured for the market.
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Freaked,As you are under eighteen, technically you should not be on this website. Either buckle down and learn about what is a risk and what isn't - and your breastmilk question was thoroughly answered in replies #8 and #9 - or I'm going to have to ask you to leave this website. You haven't had a risk of hiv infection in anything you've brought to this forum. If you read the Transmission Lesson, you will see what actually is a risk. You mainly need to wear condoms for intercourse - when the time comes that you start having intercourse. Until then, stop worrying about sex. It's a natural part of life.Ann
As a result of HIV infection, are there specific areas where lymph nodes get swollen or is it all over? Additionally, is it normal to feel lymph nodes in the groin region where the legs connect to the pelvis (the crease area) or does it mean that if you can feel them they are swollen? It's not like I have to go feeling around for them, since I know the locations of the lymph nodes if I put my fingers on those spots on the groin I can just feel the lumps. I'm also confused on exactly what constitutes and looks like a swollen lymph node?
Is this still related to your tit sucking episode because if it is it should have went into that thread. If your wondering if your nodes are swollen then they aren't unless you continue to poke and prod, in which case they'll let you know soon enough to leave them alone.
Freaked,I've merged your new thread into your original thread - where you should post all your additional thoughts or questions. It helps us to help you when you keep all your additional thoughts or questions in one thread.If you need help finding your thread when you come here, click on the "Show own posts" link under your name in the left-hand column of any forum page.Please also read through the Welcome Thread so you can familiarize yourself with our Forum Posting Guidelines. Thank you for your cooperation.Please read the warning I gave you last time you were here.Ann
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This is a project by b720 Fermín Vázquez Arquitectos and it is located at Alguaire, Lleida, Spain. Project's program: Airport with a terminal building, a control tower, and two storage spaces. There are twenty one images for Lleida-Alguaire Airport.
The programme of requirements includes a terminal building, a control tower, and two spaces for storages. Given their size, none of these elements were obvious candidates to represent a new airport. The strategy pursued therefore seeked to link the three programmes by means of a common visual element that avoids the impression that a strange object has landed in the fields of Lleida while also defining a recognisable landmark.
A large envelope element covers the building like a blanket, drawing together its various functions and structures. This surface folds out on either side of the control tower, tracing a marked curve that is the most distinctive feature of the design.
Visual unit
The patchwork of finishes (plant-based, timber, and lacquered micro-perforated steel sheet) offers a mix of textures and tones, echoing the character of the surrounding agricultural landscape and linking the airport to the territory where it is sited. A COR-TEN steel plate edge spans the thickness of the roof, structure, and false ceiling layers, clearly defining a thick plane that overhangs the façades.
Terminal passenger
A floor-to-ceiling glass curtain wall delimits the passenger area. Thanks to a system that supports the curtain wall from above, terminal users have an unobstructed view at eye level. The deep overhang of the roof and efficient solar control glass provide optimal solar protection without the need for any additional elements. On the other hand, two opaque technical blocks, understood as compact volumes covered by the higher order of the roof, house areas that need to be separated from the open spaces.
Control tower
The control tower, a 42 meters high building, is designed as a singular work that goes beyond the structure, encompassing and integrating architecturally the projects of the terminal and the outbuildings. The tower is linked to the other bodies by the folding of the roof, which creates a double translucent skin that homogenises and protects interior openings. The fanal of the control tower – whose geometry and materials cannot be varied – is treated as one more technical element of the complex. The fact that the architecture of the tower responds effectively to aeronautical, territorial and landscape requirements sets the Alguaire Airport apart from most buildings of this type.
Environmental features
The large roof structure that distinguishes the building is also its main environmental feature. The various finishes provide thermal inertia and ventilation in response to solar radiation; reinforced thermal insulation minimises energy loss through the most sensitive plane of the building; areas of vegetation provide a degree of continuity in terms of the building's footprint in the landscape; and the cantilever of the roof protects the interior from direct exposure to the sun's rays.


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The Laboratory for Ocean Color Users (LOCUS) is intended to provide a guided pathway to aid in the utilization of ocean color data for oceanographic and environmental research.
LOCUS is for researchers who are interested in applying remotely-sensed ocean color data to research questions. Initially, this group may be largely composed of experienced scientists who are familiar with remote-sensing data. As LOCUS expands, however, it will be designed to include "new" researchers with various levels of scientific experience.
LOCUS will provide tutorial examples of research conducted with ocean color data; collaborative research projects presented in a step-by-step fashion as they are conducted; and informed guidance on the implementation of research using the analytical tools and ocean color data available in the Ocean Color Time-Series Project. LOCUS can do what researchers want it to do.
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European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSeL) 2007 Annual Symposium Presentation "Exploiting the Capabilities of NASA's Giovanni System for Oceanographic Education"
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If you have questions about the use of Giovanni for research and/or education, send them to GES DISC Help. We will reply promptly. With the permission of the sender, interesting questions will be posted here for comment from the oceanographic community. We can also contact ocean color scientists to provide advice on questions from our users.


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Woof, pals! I have to tell you about the rest of my barkday! By the time daddy got home, it was furry foggy and cold! But daddy had promised, so we all got in the car and drove to Fort Fun. Even mommy came! The parking lot was almost empty, but we met a lot of nice doggies out on the trails. Mostly big doggies, BOL!! They were all furry nice!
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[Source: King Marine] In early December, King Marine relocated a portion of its work force to the Artemis Racing operations base, near Gothenburg, Sweden, to begin the construction of the team's AC72 catamaran designed by Juan Kouyoumidjian. Artemis Racing, Challenger of Record for the 34th America's Cup, represents the Royal Swedish Yacht Club / Kungliga Svenska Segel Sällskapet (KSSS).
"We arrived a week ago from Sweden to check on the operations, test the new oven, coordinate logistics and explain the quality standards and storage system of King Marine to the local team of builders," said Gabriel Mariani, CEO of King Marine.
A group of 50 specialists from King Marine & King Composite (led by Pablo Santarsiero and Guillermo Ponzinibbio respectively), together with strategic partners Sinergìa Racing Group, will build the AC72 in three different locations: Valencia, Cartagena and Sweden.
Everything is going according to schedule under the direction of Naval Architect James Muller who has worked with King Marine on the build of the TP52 Azzurra 2011 and the modification of Orma 60 for Artemis Racing.
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