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Thread: Where we stand...
Re: Where we stand...
Right now I project the Ravens as a wild card team,so take that for what its worth(prob. not much :) Denver is a huge game for tiebreaking purposes as well as overall record.
Steelers 12-4
Ravens WC, 10-6(Beat denver, pitt, Chicago, Oakland, Cincy, Detroit, Cleveland; Lose to Indy, Pitt, GB)
Cincy 10-6 but out of the playoffs due to common opponents matchup with Ravens( Ravens beat Denver and SD, Bungles beat Denver but not SD)
Indy- Didnt bother calculating, theyre in
Denver WC, 11-5
NYJ 9-7 and out of the playoffs
Re: Where we stand...
For sure pulling for Denver, if Denver wins it will look like
AFE NE- Easy winner
AFCS Colts Easy winner
AFCN Steelers, they are better than we are at this point, but could change
AFCW Broncos easy winner if they win
So WC possibilities are
Jets- Rookie QB
Bengles- lost Odom and Peko( huge losses)
San Diego
So Ravens are in the hunt with for 2 spots with 6 other teams/ possible. Be great if Minnie beats Steelers next week, tied in loss column.
Re: Where we stand...
I swear, I've never seen so many people absolutely panic.
Yes, the pass defense is an issue. A big issue. All teams have issues, and this is our biggest one, though not nearly our only one.
Yes, at 3-3 we're not feeling very secure in our playoff chances, knowing that we'll probably need to make 10-6 to get in, with a very tough schedule the rest of the way.
But it's not about trying to point to this game or that game and saying "that's a win, that's a loss". We can't know that yet. We can be pretty confident about Detroit and Oakland and Cleveland. The rest? We just have to keep plugging away.
We lost to New England in New England by six points. We were a fourth down drop away from having a few good shots at the end zone and a very real chance of winning. New England, we can all agree, is a pretty damn good team.
We lost to Minnesota in Minnesota by two points. We were a missed field goal attempt in the final seconds from winning outright. Minnesota is 6-0, and again, we can all agree they're a damn good team.
We lost to Cincinnati at home by three points in a game we absolutely threw away with stupid penalties in the final drive. Period. We didn't look great; it was the one game of the season where the offense has looked anything less than stellar (when you consider all 60 minutes of play). We caught them when their defense was completely amped up because of their coach's loss, and we let it get away. Cincinnati is an average team who's caught some good breaks so far. But they're not chumps.
And in three straight games, when we've been down late, we've seen Joe Flacco and the offense drive in the fourth quarter. We've done exactly what we needed to do: put our team in position to win. We just haven't sealed the deal.
So yeah, we're 3-3. Yeah, we have our flaws. But do you really think this team isn't going to win some of these close ones? Do you really think we're not going to take one or two of those remaining games and absolutely pulverize a team that's expected to beat us? I don't know who it's going to be. Denver would be a good start. Cincinnati in Cincy would be even better. Pittsburgh ANYWHERE would be best of all. But we will start pulling these games out. We're going to get Gaither back on our line. We're going to have fresh running backs throughout the season. We're going to continue to have success through the air. And our defense will get it together because there are leaders on this team who won't let us continue getting embarrassed.
I hope Greg Mattison goes back to the drawing board and figures out how to handle the spread offense, how to put our safeties in a place to make plays, how to run a goddamn zone blitz without it looking like a train wreck. I hope Ed Reed sits Dawan Landry down in the film room and teaches him how to play his responsibility without looking like a tool. I hope the team realizes that Frank Walker needs safety help on a go route, and Washington and Foxworth need LB coverage underneath to help with bigger, stronger receivers, and Chris Carr needs... well, something to make him more like last year's version of Chris Carr. These are not interchangeable pieces at corner. These are not Champ Bailey and Nnamdi Asomugha. You have to give these guys help and not put so much on them on every play, unless you can magically start up the pass rush again. And if it means playing more two-deep safeties and more back to basics pass rushes and less trying to be like last year's innovative Rex Ryan defense, I'm fine with that. We're not that team any more. But we're still a team that can make it work. We're still a team that can make the playoffs. We're still a team that no one really wants to face. Our margin of error is much thinner... but panic? No. It's not time to panic.
Of course, if we lose to Denver... then we can all panic :D
Re: Where we stand...
problem is an NFL season is only 16 games, you cant be giving away games like the Ravens are doing, the margin for error is too thin, I dont think this is the Ravens year, breaks not going there way. Defense is average at best. If they do get one of the WC spots they will be bounced on the road pretty easy, it's about winning your division, getting home playoff games, dont see it happening, not satified with squeeking into playoffs to lose on the road.
Re: Where we stand...
Stinger, I agree with you overall, but I do think the defense has a pretty easy fix. Gap integrity. If we can maintain our gap integrity, the defense can turn itself around in a hurry. The biggest problem this defense has is that it's giving up big plays because the LBs and DBs aren't being disciplined in maintaining their assignments. It's like they're all gambling to hit the big play, and it's burning them pretty badly.
The secondary will continue to be a weaker link, but overall it's still good enough to win most games. Let's face facts here...we've lost three very close games to three very good teams. Take away one or two big plays from each of those teams and we win those games. Those plays make the difference...we have to stop allowing them.
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Re: Where we stand...
We can still win the division.
As much as it hurts right now, there have been a lot of positives in th last 3 games. One of which is the negatives and problems seem pretty obvious even though the solutions are not.
The DB play pretty much could not get worse, so almost by default it has to get better. There are a lot of good young players on the bench that need to get some snaps. I would like to see what one of the back ups can do at the SS spot, CB spots, DL rotation and OLB/ 3rd down pass rush specialist spots.
Maybe it was just because they drove right down the feild on the 1st team, but to me it looked like everything changed when they took 97 out and put 91 in. Buddy Lee has been getting blocked badly the last 2 weeks, mostly 1 on 1, but be clearly can not hold the point anymore vs a combo block. At all.
They did also reduce the 3-4 look down with the bear look and cover both Gs after a while, but before that, they were flat out blowing our DL off the ball, and so were the Bengals last week at times. I think we need to see Buddy Lee coming in off the bench with a much more rapid rotation up front starting out with the size of McKinney and Nagta, and then bringing in the skills of Gregg once the O line is a little tired. The same thing with Pryce, even though he is playing very well, I would rather have him in there on long yardage or 3rd down only and let Edwards and the other bigs get those run down reps.
The young LBs also need to be turned loose on those 3rd and longs and not asked to cover. Barnes blew a tackle like everyone else was doing, but he was getting pressure on Palmer.
Re: Where we stand...
But I am wondering if we have the overall talent to make this happen. That's what's really bothering me right now.


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sets out on the first leg of a "Visionary Cruise"
For years my wife and I, Dr. Tom Vanderpool of Jenks Vision Center in Tulsa, have been talking about going to the Bahamas to provide eye care for island kids who have no access to an eye doctor, eventually going around the world on a "Visionary Trip", providing vision screening and eye exams to needy children……well this week we started this journey.
On November 6th 2008 we cruised to Bimini aboard our 40ft Endeavour Pilothouse, Cuchipanda, now named SeeDoc. I had already made arrangements for Modern Frames Design to donate fifty frames, as well as fifty pairs of lenses from Transition Optical and, Tom Yancy of I-mage Optical Lab of Tulsa to grind the lenses. Each of these three companies gladly donated all the material and their services for free to make this visionary trip a possibility.
Upon arriving in the crystal clear waters of Bimini we anchored the boat in a beautiful bay right in front of the school. The Bimini All Age School was so excited to provide the kids with vision problems an opportunity for eye care they quickly converted a small room in the back of the school into a make shift vision clinic. It was great to be able to take kids that couldn't see clearly across a room and watch the smiles on their face grow bigger and bigger as the needed lenses cleared their eyesight. Over the next three days Susan and I screened all 216 kids in the Bimini All Grades School and identified 70 kids that would require complete eye exams. The eye exams were a challenge and slow going in the primitive conditions, but very rewarding for us. After four days of testing we ended up ordering 33 pair of glasses for kids on a small island that has no access to an eye doctor.
Below is a log of our trip. We hope you enjoy it.
The day had finally come. We had packed our bags for a months worth of boating,
mailed Tom's equipment and a sampling of the frames to the residence where
our boat is docked, bought tickets to Fort Lauderdale and were on our way to Bimini, Bahamas to screen the public school kid's
vision and to hopefully do something good in these times of so much bad.
We arrived in Fort Lauderdale with no trouble, collected our luggage and our friend Tom Schroeder came and picked us at and took us to the boat. We unloaded our bags and set out to get some groceries and to find a Target store so we could buy Max some toys. The days get long for an almost 3 year old on the boat so it is wise to have a few new toys to spring on him as he gets restless, we have learned from experience. The day soon got too long for our little sailor and we had just gotten a few items at the grocery store before we decided to head back to the boat to get Max in bed.
Wednesday – 11/05/08
Thursday – 11/06/08
Sunday – 11/09/08
We arrived in Bimini 5 hours later and I was feeling better. We dropped an anchor and Tom went to get us cleared with Immigration. He returned and we all jumped in the dinghy and went to shore. We went for a walk down main street (there is only one other street, called the High Road, it runs along the ocean/beach side and is …well higher that the other road, which is called.. you got it… the Low road, aka Main street.
Max and Susan in front of the boat at the marina and on The King's Road
We visited the Straw Market, where ladies sell items
made of … 3 guesses??? … yep, straw! Other than that there are several small
grocery stores and souvenir stores, one bank and several liquor stores and
bars. There is not much to do on the island other than fishing or diving and
the locals do not as a rule think of that as entertainment.
Monday – 11/10/08
We got tied up at our new "home" as Mr. James Pinder came aboard and after visiting for a while, we made arrangement to come to the school the next day at 10:00 am to prepare for the vision screenings and to meet the principle of the school. The hope was that since we were here, the principle might be able to expedite getting us permission to do the vision exams with the Minister of Health, which we had not been able to get concluded before we left Tulsa. They do work on a different schedule here in the Islands than what we are used to ;-)
We meet Mr. Rolle, the principle and he was as excited to get the screening going as we were, so he got on the phone right away and got to work finalizing permissions from the Minister of Health. We all decided that starting the Screening part of the project probably wouldn't hurt anything, without the official word from the Minister, so we arranged to be back at 1:00 pm that afternoon to set up shop.
We went back to the boat and grabbed some lunch and promptly returned to the school at 1:00 pm. We set up "shop" in a room behind the computer lab, measured out 20 feet and taped the eye charts to the wall. We were ready for tomorrow, 9:00 am.
Max crashed for a long nap and Tom and I rested and read our books. When Max woke up we decided to head for the beach. The weather has been great except for the high winds. We walked a block to the beach and Max built rock castles. For dinner we had steak and lobster, it was great. Susan said it was the best feast she has had on the trip.
Tuesday – 11/11/08
Tom doing an eye exam while another student gives her name before her exam
Max had been a good boy. He had played with his trains and said hello to all of the kids as they came in to the room and soon Max was a famous little guy. As we left the school, all of the kids wanted to see Max and touch him, but he did not like that too much. I guess if 50 kids surround you and all try to touch you and you are the littlest guy there, it would be intimidating to you too. So I whisked Max out of there and he was soon his happy self again. We returned to the boat feeling whipped. 90 screenings in one and one half hours is a lot of screenings, but we felt good about our day's work.
Wednesday – 11/12/08
The public school of Bimini is a very old school, the
coach went to school there as did his mother and grandmother. We
learned that the 4-6th grades were at another campus due to a fire in the
building where they were housed. Next door to the school used to be housing
for the police department, but December last year, when a police officer
shot a citizen in the back of the head, a riot arose and the citizens burned
down the complex. Unfortunately this was also where 4-6th grades had classes
(they were not on campus during the riot as it was Christmas break we
learned later) so they no longer had a place for those grades. Up the street
about a mile is a private school and the local basketball hall. Within that
facility, called Gateway, they have 4 class rooms that the government is
renting to house grades 4-6th as well as one room for administration.
The dock master, who Tom calls Mr. Grumpy, aka Pat,
is....well… kind of grumpy, but in the scheme of things we are very grateful
to him, for letting us stay at the marina at no charge, in return for our
work at the school. The counselor (which is kind of like their major) is
supposed to be compensating the marina for our stay. We are charged for
water at $0.30 a gallon and electricity.
Well, the best laid plans…. Max decided that he was not napping until he was good and ready and since he had gotten up so early, he was a cranky pants all morning. At 12:30 pm he finally decided to tire out, so Tom jumped on his bike and took off for the school on his own. Max slept until 3:15 pm and right as Tom returned and reported that he could not do the 1st graders without me, he did get a few of the 8th graders' eyes examined. So we decided to go to the beach.
This time we were ready, we had Tupper ware to make sand castles with and bathing suites so we could take Max swimming in the ocean. Max and I had a blast making sand castles and playing on the beach, but he did not want to go in the water to swim. He likes running out until the waves come and then have Tom and I pick him up by his hands and swing him over the water. Tom and Max played on the beach and we had one of the nicest days in a long time… pure joy being the ones you love.
Saturday - 11/15/08
About an hour after leaving the doc Undou saw two baby dolphins and their mom off of the buoy, and soon they were playing at the front of the boat. We got suited up in our wet suits, fins and snorkel and jumped in. The dolphin played around us for a good 15-20 minutes, coming so close we could practically touch them. It was amazing!! We got out and started moving again and soon they were back, this time with more friends, there were 5 dolphins this time, so we jumped back in and it was the most beautiful experience that I have ever had that did not involve land! Anna, Tom and I swam with the dolphins for another good 15 minutes and one time one came all the way from the bottom of the ocean straight towards me and came so close that we were looking each other in the eye. Truly amazing.
On the Way back we stopped at the Bimini Atlantis
beltway and Tom jumped back in to take a look at the ancient rock formation.
Max had just woken up from his nap, so I didn't get to join him on this
little adventure, but he said it was quite amazing.
Anna and Coach Dean after swimming with the dolphins
6:00 pm came and went, as did 6:30 pm and 7:00 pm and
there was no sign of our new friends. Max, Tom & I were starving so we went
ahead and had dinner. At 7:30pm there came a knock on the boat; they were
here. There had been a baseball game at the field where the flag football
game was to take place and the baseball game had run log, so they were
delayed getting their flag football game underway, which made them quite
late arriving for dinner. No worries… it's the islands… we threw some more
fish on the grill and served up some more pasta and poured them each a glass
of wine and we had a nice evening. Audley took us for a quick tour of the
island in his friend's golf cart, which is only 7.5 miles long and 750 feet
wide, the island that is, so it took a short 5 or 7 minutes. We parted ways
at the entrance to the marina, with "see ya' Monday" from everybody…Max is
in love with Anna (and the feeling is mutual) and Anna has agreed to come to
the boat on Monday and Tuesday mornings to stay with Max while we go to the
school and do eye exams. What a great deal.
Jack, a basketball player of Coach Dean's, came to the boat ready to help Tom clean the outside of the bottom of the boat. They go the dinghy down and set to work. Another boat on the dock had caught some fish and conch and was cleaning them on the fish cleaning table and the waste they throw in the water, which brought an 8 foot, 800 pound bull shark looking for an easy dinner, he hung around for quite a while but soon decided that he had had all he was going to get. After they were done Tom took Jack out for a ride in the dinghy and Jack came back beaming. We wished our little friend a good evening and I set out to make some Spaghetti and Meatballs for dinner. Max, the poor kid never woke up again until morning, Anna must have tired him out.
Tuesday – 11/18/08
We arrived at our make shift exam room, seen above and got started. The ninth grade was next. The seventh grade was the hardest… they had all scored very poorly on their screening so we were expecting them all to need glasses… they all WANTED glasses, but did not need them! SO no matter how hard Tom tried to get them to say that they could read the eye chart, they said no, but yet the prescription on the instrument read no power. Then when you were sent back to class with out trying on frames, they got upset. They REALLY wanted glasses. Funny ;-)
Coach Dean and Tom outside our makeshift Exam room
It was 3:00 pm and school was over for the day, so we headed back to the boat and as usual we ran in to the town cigarette bum, Sam, and as usual he bummed a cig off of Tom, this is a daily ritual and pretty much what Sam does all day, when he is sober anyway. When we returned to the boat, Max was napping but he and Anna had had a good day, going to the beach and to C.J.'s a local lobster/hamburger joint for lunch. Anna went home and Tom and I rested until Max got up and we made dinner and played with Max, until we all headed off to bed.
Wednesday – 11/19/08
Lunch break at 12 noon, we had two kids left to do, the two who got dilated so we thought we'd be done early…not the case… we were still there until the end of school at 3:00 pm and Tom stayed and examined Mr. Rolle, the principel and Mrs. & Mr. Pinder, both teachers at the school. I went back to the boat so Anna could go to the flag football practice with Coach Dean, but she chose instead to stay and have a drink. At 5:30 pm we all headed back to the school for the PTA meeting that the School Superintendent had flown in for, and which Mr. Rolle had asked us to attend to explain to the parents what we were doing and why we were there to do it.
Tom speaking at the PTA meeting
The glasses will be fabricated in Tulsa and shipped back to the school in about two weeks, which the coach and art teachers will dispense. We will miss the joy of dispensing the kids their new glasses but have been greatly rewarded from the whole experience. The island of Bimini, the teachers of The All Age School, and especially the kids have made this one of life's good memories.
After Tom's speech we walked to the other end of the
Island and had dinner at "The End of The World" restaurant, it's floor was
sand and the seating was all outside except for one table and bench. Max
made a new friend, Albert, it was his 5th birthday. His mom was the
bartender, so Max and Albert played while we waited for our dinner. We
finished and went back to the boat, gave Max a bath and we were all off to
After running around for an hour we returned the golf cart. It was close to lunch time and the school had arranged for us to have lunch "on them" and "Bob's Café" across the street from the marina, so we unloaded all of our stuff and went and had lunch. I had a lobster sandwich and Tom had a sausage patty sandwich, Max wanted french fries, which he has not had for a couple of weeks now, so he was happy.
When we returned Tom invited a couple, Laura and Jason, who were on a 36 foot sailboat to run with us down to Cat Key and back. They were thrilled to go for an outing, so we loaded up and off we went. On the way we passed an old sunken cement ship, and decided to snorkel it. Max and I stayed behind and took pictures.
They snokeled the ship for about 15 minutes and we were
off again, to Cat Key. Cat Key is a private Island where you can stay at the
marina, but you are not allowed to go anywhere on the Island. It is owned by
the very rich of Miami and it has a huge marina with a very small airstrip
by the marina. We had a nice afternoon with Laura and Jason, who is a Marine
Biologist and he and Laura, a retired Insurance agent, work together on
projects while sailing the waters of Florida and the Bahamas. We returned
right as the sun was going down and Michael flagged Tom to come over to the
office. Tom returned with a very official looking envelope; it was an
invitation to meet the Administrator (aka the Governor, the Big Chief) his
official title is: His Worships, Sherrick Ellis, One of Her Majesty's
Justices of The Peace, Administrator of Bimini, tomorrow at 11:00 am in his
office. After tying the boat up, we visited for an other hour or so, and our
guest returned to their boat for dinner.
Mr. Pinder met us outside the school and we invited him and his wife for dinner as we walked together next door to His Worship's office. Coach Dean had also received an invitation and Anna came along to say hi to Max. He RUSHED into her arms when he saw her, he was so happy to see her. Tom and I were presented with a very nice framed "Certificate of Appreciation", "in recognition of valuable contributions to the health and welfare of the children of Bimini through your Eye-Care Clinic at Bimini, Bahamas, November 21st. 2008". With the official government seal. We also received a beautiful stained glass cross and a beautiful ceramic fish from the local Art Gallery. They also gave us a very nice book on the Bahamas and a CD of The Bahamian Royal Police Band. They served us Kiwi Strawberry juice and we visited for about 30 minutes. It was a nice ceremony and we appreciated it very much. Unfortunately, Tom handed Anna the camera and she took video, so I have no pictures of the ceremony.
Coach Dean gave us a ride back to the boat in the Administrator's car and Anna came along to hang out for a while. Max was SO thrilled to have Anna there to play with him. I was having trouble getting our pictures off of the memory card (my card reader is malfunctioning), so Anna offered to go to her house and get her laptop to see if it would work on hers. She took Tom's bicycle and returned with her laptop and it worked great. We moved our pics to our laptop with a flash drive and I made us breakfast for lunch; bacon is something that Anna never gets as Audley (coach Dean) is a Raggitarien, which means he does not eat pork, so she was thrilled to get bacon. It was time for Max's nap so Anna went home, and we agreed to go out in the big boat tomorrow if the weather allowed.
Mrs. And Mr. Pinder came at 6:00 pm for dinner. The boat down the dock had caught some fresh Wahoo that day and shared some with us. The Pinders are both teachers, Mr. Pinder teaches Art and Mrs. Pinder teaches 2nd grade. We had a nice evening together and learned that the school needs a few items donated desperately, like two televisions with VCR and DVD players for the 1st and 2nd grades and paint, canvas' and Elmer's glue sticks for the art department. Max was so tired he went to bed without even turning on his DVD player, he laid down and was out like a light, as did Tom and I.
Saturday – 11/22/08
Sunday – 11/23/08
Monday – 11/24/08
Jason and Laura's Sail boat
Tuesday – 11/25/08
A crossing home
10:30 am we are in the Gulfstream, 20 miles from Bimini and 36 miles from Ft. Lauderdale. Crossings are always a big adventure, full of apprehension of the seas and the unknown dept of 3000 feet of water under your hull. Today the seas are about two feet, but with big rollers which have plagued Susan with a little seasickness. We seem to be the only boat out here and then my radar paints a target 6 miles behind us and moving up fast. A 50 foot sleek cruiser passes us and quickly disappears in front of us. In 5 minutes it will be out of sight. When I switch the radar to the 12 mile range I can detect 4 more boats but I can' see them. The sky is blue with big puffy clouds at about 2000 feet. The water is a brilliant dark blue, ever moving. If you have never made a voyage like this where you are the captain in charge, it would be hard to appreciate the thrill of the journey. There is only you to determine the course, direction and the speed at which to travel to make the ride the most comfortable. Granted it would be hard to miss Florida, but the game is to cruise through the cut of FT. Lauderdale on a direct coarse you set 6 hours earlier while still anchored in Bimini. I have been going at 9 mph, kicking it up to 14 for a smoother ride for Susan and Max. At 9 mph we use 4 gallons ph, at 14 mph we burn through 16 gallons ph.
Now there is another big 50 foot sport fishing boat passing about a mile to my port (left). I think I am just starting to see the tallest building on the coast of Florida, but can't yet be sure that it's not a mirage. Yes it is a building… that means we are now about 20 miles from the coast. Both crew members are now asleep on the couch and I just came down from the fly bridge. It's great here, traveling at, 14 mph, the buildings are now getting bigger by the minute, and I have Steppenwolf's Magic Carpet Ride cranked on the stereo. For a person who likes boating, it doesn't get any better than this. I am here and doing it, now, it's great! Wish you were here to enjoy the thrill with me.
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2012: Indoors, competed unattached in the 3000 yard run recording a best time of 10:52.55 to take second at the Gamecock Invitational...outdoors, competed in the 5000m twice, taking second at the Gamecock Open...top mark at the Shamrock Invitational at 19:26.91
QUINNIPIAC CROSS COUNTRY: In 2010, was a top 10 runner for the Bobcats ... placed 24th overall at the Northeast Conference Championships with a time of 18:55 in the 5K en route to the team's sixth consecutive NEC team title.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was 2007 and 2008 South Jersey State Sectional Champion in cross country ... received the Ocean County Sporstmanship of the Year Award in 2010 ... named All-Shore third team and All-County second team ... team won several championships, including the Ocean County Championship in 2008 and 2009.


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NEWNAN, Ga. (March 14, 2014) – Yokogawa Electric Corporation's subsidiary, Yokogawa India Ltd., has received an order from the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) to supply a SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) system for its Centralized SCADA Monitoring Center, which will monitor the city's water distribution network and wastewater facilities. This is Yokogawa's first order from a water municipality in India, and this project is being funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency.
The SCADA system will monitor all data from BWSSB water supply facilities such as water treatment plants, pumping stations, reservoirs, and a water supply network that brings water 150 km from the Cauvery River to the city of Bangalore, and will also monitor data from all wastewater treatment facilities. The system will be introduced for the water supply facilities in May 2015, and its coverage will then be expanded to include the wastewater treatment facilities.
Bangalore, which has a population of 8.5 million, is home to a strong IT industry and many foreign companies. However, due to rapid industrial development and population growth in recent years, the city suffers from frequent water outages. Based upon the data that it will collect, the monitoring center will optimize the supply of water to the city and improve the operating efficiency of its facilities. Ultimately, the center will be integrated with the billing system.
For this project, Yokogawa will deliver the FAST/TOOLSTM SCADA software and the STARDOMTM network-based control system. Yokogawa India will have overall responsibility for implementing this project, including engineering, installation and commissioning of software and instruments.
Yokogawa is engaged in industrial automation and control (IA), test and measurement, and other business segments.


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Seek Joy Productions gave out $1,000 to the top rider at Wild Mountain's annual rail jam on Saturday, October 1st. You'd think that everyone would be too focused on the cash to be giving high fives and cheering each other on, but there is something different about the Midwest mentality and everyone was stoked.
Notable junior riders in the jam were Benny Milam, Garrett McKenzie, and Brandon Kirkland. All three of those groms are going to be the next kids out of the Midwest, guaranteed. Jon Lord, Matt Angel, Hunter Murphy, DC's Justin Fronius, Zion's Ryan Paul, Mitch Kirby, and Mason Crawford all murdered the creative set up. After a double overtime final the judges picked Tony Young to take home the well deserved grand prize.
Despite riders getting broken off left and right everyone kept putting their best foot forward. Seek Joy Productions and Wild Mountain put on a great show; if you didn't make it, you missed out. Hopefully we will see you next year!


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This article was published 22/8/2014 (1041 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The city's police force is studying the idea of creating community safety officers — a plan that could free up regular officers to focus on crime-fighting, bolster recruitment and help control policing costs.
"I think the more you do to help your fully trained police officers, and give them more free time to do the things that they need to do, or they're trained to do and equipped to do, the better," Brandon Police Service Chief Ian Grant said in a recent interview.
The program is made possible by recently passed provincial legislation that allows municipalities outside of Winnipeg to run community safety officer programs.
Winnipeg has its own charter that allowed it to launch a Police Auxiliary Cadets program in 2010, and the new legislation allows communities beyond the Perimeter Highway to effectively do the same thing.
"The community safety officers will allow communities to craft their own program similar to Winnipeg's auxiliary police cadet program," provincial Justice Minister Andrew Swan said in an interview this week.
Thompson will be the first to get the program, Swan said, and discussions between that city, the province and RCMP are underway.
While the community safety officers (CSOs) will be employed by municipalities, Swan said it's possible the province will fund positions for communities with limited means.
Grant has already written Swan to express interest in introducing a CSO program to Brandon, and the force is researching the Winnipeg program and a similar initiative in Vancouver.
An officer assigned to research the project has begun to consult officers on their possible duties. So far, the concept is backed by the Brandon Police Association.
BPA president Kevin Loewen said that, while there's concern about handing over some duties currently performed by regular officers, the CSO program could be an economic way to hire more staff without hiring full-fledged officers. It would allow existing regular officers to get back to "meat and potatoes" policing.
"It might be an opportunity for our community to be able to dedicate more staff without having to hire full-fledged police officers," Loewen said. "I don't see this as a plan for the community to be able to downsize the police service."
There's no timeline for when a CSO program may be set up here, and the duties the officers would perform is speculation at this point.
In general, the legislation states that they'll work on crime prevention strategies, connect social services with people in need and maintain a visible presence in the community.
The province's justice minister has the power to give CSOs additional powers to enforce certain laws, but they're yet to be specified. Regulations that outline their duties, responsibilities, equipment and training have also yet to be created by the province.
Swan said CSOs will be municipal employees supervised by the local police agency.
He said work continues on the regulations, but there's no deadline.
While there will be general standards across the province, the additional powers section of the legislation will allow municipalities to tailor their CSOs' duties.
"Each community will decide which provincial laws they think would be very helpful to allow these community safety officers to do their work," Swan said.
Swan said that in Thompson, for example, there's interest in having CSOs enforce the Intoxicated Persons Detention Act and some powers under the Highway Traffic Act that involve traffic control.
Here, an agreement would have to be struck between the BPS, the city and the minister that outlines such details as the management, budget, and supervision. Wage would be negotiated with the BPA.
CSOs would have peace officer status, which indicates they would have the power to make arrests.
While the limits of CSO duties aren't clearly defined at this point, Grant said they wouldn't be involved in emergency calls or calls where there's a possibility of violence, and they wouldn't be involved in the investigation of major crimes.
Nevertheless, Grant outlined a wide range of possible CSO duties currently performed by regular officers and bylaw officers, which would free regular officers to answer other calls, focus on other enforcement and solve crimes.
CSO duties could include foot patrols downtown, traffic control at parades or collisions, bylaw enforcement, writing traffic tickets, community presentations and setting up neighbourhood watch groups.
They could help design new neighbourhoods with crime-resistant features such as improved sight lines, and conduct limited work enforcing the Highway Traffic and Liquor Control acts.
Grant said additional powers could include tasks that currently tie up regular officers for hours — waiting at the hospital while prisoners undergo mental health assesments, guarding crime scenes and securing sudden death scenes until a medical examiner or body removal service arrives.
CSOs could be trained in use-of-force, and armed with pepper spray or a baton, but Grant said they wouldn't carry sidearms.
Whatever the duty, Grant said CSOs would receive some level of supervision from regular officers.
The program could also help recruitment.
Graduates of the Assiniboine Community College Police Studies program could apply to be CSOs, for example. Their work in the program would help the force determine who has potential to become regular police officers.
The idea could also save tax dollars.
Grant said the need to hire more police officers for a growing city will remain. But the hiring of CSOs — who would free officers for other tasks, while being paid a lower rate — could reduce the number of additional regular officers that need to be hired and contain costs.
"To me, in looking at it, it's all about trying to work in a more efficient manner," Grant said. "We realize that we live in an environment where people are cognizant about how much money is being invested into public safety."
Loewen said that in the case of such tasks as guarding crime scenes, CSOs and their lower wage could cut overtime costs.
Grant said the introduction of CSOs won't mean the loss of regular officers.
They would assist bylaw officers, for example, or help community policing officers reach more groups.
The chief said he hopes to have a business plan sometime later this year. That will allow the formation of a plan specific to the city's needs.
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Chevy has confirmed the rumors, the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray convertible will make its world debut on March 5 at the Geneva Motor Show. "It's fitting to introduce the new Stingray convertible on the global stage at Geneva because Corvette is the face of Chevrolet the world over," said Susan Docherty, president and managing director of Chevrolet and Cadillac Europe. "It is an icon that has long been recognized and admired even in countries where it's never officially been offered."
The Corvette Stingray convertible will deliver the same balance of technology, design and performance introduced on the coupe in January in Detroit. "Every Corvette is designed at the outset as an open car," said Tadge Juechter, Corvette chief engineer. "The new Stingray is no different, with the coupe and convertible designed to excel in any situation - be it your daily commute, a drive across the continent, or charging through twisting back roads."
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The Raiders will try to win Sunday's game with Matt McGloin , Rashad Jennings , and Rod Streater as their offensive leaders. Just as they drew it up in the preseason, right?
Oakland will be without running back Darren McFadden for the third consecutive game due to his pulled hamstring. He will be joined on the sidelines by wide receiver Denarius Moore , who suffered a shoulder injury in Week 11. The team has not presented specifics on his injury, but Moore didn't practice at all this week.
Fantasy Analysis:
Jennings' numbers the past three weeks have made him a solid start, but he is nearing must-start territory this week against a Titans defense that has been absolutely ripped apart by lead running backs over the past six games. In that time, the Titans have allowed running backs to score 11 times.
Tennessee's pass defense is much stronger -- they have allowed just one passing score since Week 4 -- so McGloin is off the radar, and Streater is only a desperation WR3.


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- The Great Park Visitors Center is open on Thursday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- The Great Park Farmers Market is open Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Come to the Great Park to celebrate the harvest season and help local families fight hunger now through November 18. Visitors can support the month-long Great Park Food Drive by bringing non-perishable canned or packaged food items to the special collection bins located in the Great Park Visitors Center inside Historic Hangar 244 or to the Great Park Farmers Market. Donations will help Second Harvest Food Bank and the Orange County Food Bank fight hunger this holiday season. Each food donor will be entered into a drawing to win a $100 gift certificate from Dick's Sporting Goods. The winner of the Dick's Sporting Goods gift certificate will be notified on Wednesday, November 21. One entry per donation drop-off. "We're proud of our reputation as a 'park with a heart,'" said Beth Krom, Chair, Orange County Great Park Corporation. "Our goal is to collect 5,000 pounds of non-perishable food donations, which will provide about 4,400 meals for Orange County families in need. According to Second Harvest Food Bank, 615,000 people in Orange County are at risk of hunger each month." The Great Park Food Drive officially kicked-off at the Great Park Pumpkin Harvest on Saturday, October 20. Visitors to the Pumpkin Harvest donated more than 2,775 pounds of food. More than 14,000 visitors attended and enjoyed the day-long celebration featuring family entertainment, pumpkin carving, trick-or-treat stations, a harvest walk and Monster Mash puppet show. Great Park Food Drive Drop-Off Station Hours


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Understanding how labels are used in MPLS
- Cisco Employee,
MPLS or Multiprotocol Label Switching protocol as we know, combines the performance and capabilities of Layer 2 (data link layer) switching with the proven scalability of Layer 3 (network layer) routing.MPLS provides solution to address a multitude of problems faced in the networks like speed, scalability, quality of service (QoS) management, and traffic engineering. Service providers are realizing larger revenues by the implementation of service models based on the flexibility and value adds provided by MPLS solutions. MPLS also provides an elegant solution to satisfy the bandwidth management and service requirements for next-generation IP–based backbone networks.
The MPLS architecture is remarkable for its flexibility:
• Data can be transferred over any combination of Layer 2 technologies
• Support is offered for all Layer 3 protocols
• Scaling is possible well beyond anything offered in today's networks
Today in this blog, I will explain how labels are generated, shared and used in MPLS. While writing this blog I assume that the reader knows basic MPLS terminology and has some idea about how MPLS works. If you are one of those readers who don't know about MPLS and have just started learning MPLS and excited about learning more about it, please go through first five section of Multiprotocol Label switching overview once. And for understanding basic MPLS terms, see MPLS FAQ.
MPLS Label Format:
- MPLS uses a 32-bit label field that contains the following information:
- 20-bit label (a number)
- 3-bit experimental field (usually used to carry IP precedence value)
- 1-bit bottom-of-stack indicator (indicates whether this is the last label before the IP header. I.e. VPN or TE or FRR)
- 8-bit TTL (equal to the TTL in IP header)
Now, because of the limitation of space that we have here, I am skipping basic MPLS configuration and those who are interested in basic configuration can download the attachments available with this blog containing whole configuration.
For explaining label exchange process, I have used following diagram:
For explanation I have picked ip address 10.1.5.5/24 of fa 0/1 interface at R5. Now, we will start form R5 and examine FIB (Forward information base) and LFIB (Label forwarding information base) for network 10.1.5.0 towards R1.
On R5:
You can see that the local binding is "implicit-null" which is expected as the route is locally connected. Network 10.1.5.0 has a remote binding as well however; it will not be used for obvious reasons.
On R4:
On this router, the local binding is 23 and the router has received three remote bindings one each from R2, R3 and R5.
On R3:
Again, we have one local binding and two remote bindings, one each from R4 and R2
To check which one of these will really be used for forwarding, we should check LFIB
Same process you can follow on R2, to check which label will be used:
Check LIB first:
Then the LFIB:
I hope that this blog will help you understand the label exchange and utilization process in more detail and with ease. It would be great if you can leave your comments on this one as that will help me understand what you guys are looking forward to on MPLS or MPLS VPN.
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10 Food Rules You Should Follow
What should you eat?
With so many food choices available to us—from wholesome organic foods to supersized processed offerings—answering this question can be confusing. Add "expert" advice and grocery stores teeming with products plastered with health claims, and you may feel you need a guide just to choose breakfast cereal. Bestselling author Michael Pollan (pictured) cuts through this overload in his book "Food Rules: An Eater's Manual" (Penguin). He distills 64 food rules to guide Americans away from the Western diet of processed "edible food-like substances" and toward diets that originated in traditional food cultures. Here we've highlighted 10 of our favorite Pollan food rules, selected because of the science that backs them as a guide for healthy eating.


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-arise in front of the judge in a particular time
ie where it is appropriate in the interest of justice on particular facts (usually arise where one party is particularly vulnerable)(no complete list of fact based fiduciary relationships)
Scope of Fiduciaries
-Mustill LJ – 'to describe someone as a fiduciary without more is meaningless'
-'fiduciary' doesn't mean anything, its always more complicated than that
note that unless anything arises on the facts, a company director has a fiduciary relationship with the company, but not with any particular shareholder
-He lays out 4 Rules for Fiduciaries
Restitutio in integrum -must be possible to restore the parties to their original position
-if not, the transaction isn't voidable and the beneficiary can just be entitled to the profit
-sales to equities darling are also not voidable transactions
when the trustee is selling something to the trust that he acquired before he became trustee, the trustees are not allowed to claim the profits
if the trustee can prove that he didn't take advantage of his position then the beneficiaries loses his right to void the transaction
-must be a clear contract
-no fraud / no concealment
-no advantage taken by the trustee of any information he got in his capacity as trustee
Basic rule: Trustees are presumed to administer the trust gratuitously
-Changed by Trustee Act 2000 which adds exceptions, but basic rule still survives
Pre TA 2000 exceptions to general rule on Remuneration
Court's inherent jurisdiction if trustee's services are of exceptional benefit to the estate
-trust instrument can allow it, but is usually strictly construed
Remuneration received as a Director
if the director gains his position by virtue of the fact that they are a trustee, they are liable to account for the fees paid to them since then he would have put himself in a position where he has a conflict of interest
UNLESS..Re Gee; Dover; Llwellyn
if he would have been elected to the position anyway he is allowed to keep the payment
Remuneration received as a Director
Remuneration received as a Director
Remuneration received as a Director
the court does have a discretion to allow the director to keep his pay, but to be used in exceptional circumstances
Applies to profits wrongfully made
-staff sgt in Egypt that illegally profited since we owed a duty to the Gov`t since that's who he was working for
took bribe. Company sought not only the bribe but also the profits from the investment
-HofL says no, no proprietary basis to recover profits which could actually be argued should belong to those who paid the bribe
PC says crown can follow the bribe money into profits gained from New Zealand properties
*Note the criticisms
-Still wasn't allowed to keep the profits
Divided 3 – 2 decision (know opinions/commentary)
-director has a duty to put the company first
-can't take a benefit for himself that could have been obtained for the company
-even if the company is unable to exploit the opportunity for some reason, the director still can't obtain it personally
Canadian case
-can't simply resign to avoid liability for the conflict before taking advantage personally
directors rejected an offer to buy property that a director then took up
-even though he got the knowledge in his capacity as director, he still could have got it otherwise so he therefore was not required to hand over profits
-company couldn't claim the profits because they didn't have the cash to develop the site themselves
the old standard was that we would expect trustees to act in the way a prudent business man would
-but now...Bartlett v Barclays Bank Trust
where a trustee held its self out as having a particular skill in trust management then what can be reasonably expected from them would be higher than what we would expect from an ordinary prudent man of business
-deal was so bad that the bank should have known and put a stop to it
bank failed in its investment duties since it hadn`t diversified their portfolio enough, they should have been more aggressive
-failed in proactive trusteeship since they never really periodically reviewed the investments
trustees strike a bargain to sell property, but hadn't bound themselves by contract
-got a better offer and decided not to go through with it
-were allowed to since, even though was a little unethical, they were securing more market share for the beneficiaries
Delegation and the duty to supervise
once the delegation has happened there is still a duty to supervise
Delegation and the duty to supervise
allowed to trust but not allowed to walkaway
-can be liable for irresponsible delegation
Delegation and the duty to supervise
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A yellow rose brings to mind all of the sunny, cheerful feelings of warmth and happiness and is purely a symbol of friendship. They can represent feelings of joy and delight, and are an ideal way to brighten someone's day who may be feeling down. Bronssillon has done this perfectly with this beautiful rendition of gorgeous yellow roses! He has chosen a smooth edged china blank which he has applied a wide rim of roman coin gold and two black bands. He has placed wonderful yellow roses, leaves and stems as the main focus of his artwork on this blank. To enhance the roses he has mixed white with the yellow making it appear as if the sun was shinning on the leaves turning them translucent. The immediate background around the roses is in darker hues of browns which makes the roses almost pop off the plate. The remainder of the background is a mixture of yellows, greens & creams, adding softness. `A. Bronssillon or Bronsillion' has signed the front of this plate making it extra special. He is a famous Limoges artist and is featured for painting beautiful and bold roses in all current reference books regarding collecting antique hand painted Limoges. There are no chips, cracks, or crazing, manufacturing anomalies do exist, the occasional tiny iron speck, dust 'bump' in the glaze, etc.
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Yes, I've been hibernating. It's good to be back.
The prod that got me out of the cave wasn't the stupid money thrown at Robinson Cano, or the Royals signing Omar Infante without ever giving my man Tony Seratelli a shot. No, it was a short article on the Five Best Shortstops in History.
The author decided that the five best were Honus Wagner, followed by Derek Jeter, Cal Ripken, Ozzie Smith and Ernie Banks. Did you start to hack at number two? I did. Jeter the second best shortstop in baseball history? We're going to be hearing this sort of thing all summer as Jeter repeats the Year of Mariano Rivera Saying Goodbye. (And if your knees still hurt by all the genuflecting at the Yankee altar, I'm guessing you ain't seen nothing yet. Jeter's long goodbye will be slower than Lincoln's funeral train.) Now I know like you do that Jeter has been a fixture on the Yankees for, what, three hundred years and is their Captain and all that but the maddening thing about this ranking is that the author had nothing statistical to base it on.
Is Jeter a great player? Absolutely. He was extraordinarily durable and productive. He had some power, got on base and knew how and when to steal a base. And of course, he ripped over 3,000 hits. I'd want him on my team. And he belongs in the Hall of Fame.
But one of the very best shortstops? Hmm. To be considered as such, a player would need to be both a top tier fielder and hitter for the most number of seasons. The dWAR and oWAR stats are very useful here. (dWAR is defensive Wins Above Replacement, oWAR just measures a player's offensive performance. They are complicated stats—you can learn the methodology via an internet search.)
So I made a list of all the Hall of Fame shortstops as well as many that played a long time at the position. 31 players in total. I am sure that there are some that I should have included but this wasn't an attempt to do an exhaustive study, just to examine the idea of Jeter being top five material. I wish I could have included two Hall of Famer's from the Negro Leagues—Pop Lloyd and Willie Wells. Lloyd was called the "Black Wagner" and Honus reportedly took the comparison as a tremendous complement. So I would guess that one would have to rank Pop Lloyd in the vicinity of Honus. There is just no way to tell where. I didn't include Monte Ward either since he played almost entirely before 1894 when Major League baseball was different enough to what we watch today to, in my opinion, make it necessary to consider it a different game altogether. One can compare Ward to the other shortstops of his day, but the rules in place cause the stats to be different and so comparisons between eras get to be meaningless. (Pitching stats are particularly skewed by the pre-1894 rules.)
For this list of 31 players, I tallied how many seasons each player was in his league's top 10 for dWAR and oWAR. Then I added the two numbers to see which shortstop had the most seasons of being one of the top defensive and offensive players in his league. The top five, in order, are Luke Appling, Honus Wagner, Arky Vaughan, Pee Wee Reese and Bobby Wallace. They are followed by Joe Cronin, Cal Ripken Jr., George Davis, Rabbit Maranville and Handsome Lou Boudreau. Derek Jeter is in 16th place, tied with Joe Sewell, Bert Campaneris and Phil Rizzuto, just below Alan Trammell and just above Robin Yount, Ernie Banks, Travis Jackson and Marty Marion.
But the WAR stats also make one understand that offense is more valuable in baseball than defense. We Royals' fans know this well. Having a great defense is nice, but it just doesn't feed the bulldog enough. I decided that it made sense to consider offense to be twice as important as defense based on this article http://www.sabermetrica.com/research/relative-importance-of-hitting-pitching-and-defense. So if we run the numbers again, double counting the seasons of being in the top 10 of oWAR, Jeter rises , but only to ninth place. The top five become Luke Appling, Honus Wagner, Arky Vaughan, Joe Cronin and Pee Wee Reese.
I know. Luke Appling right? Who'd a thunk it? But there it is. Now it should be noted that I only counted the seasons in which the guy played shortstop. This distinction is important. It hurts Ernie Banks and Alex Rodriguez a great deal as they each only played eight years at short. Wagner was affected too as he spent several years at the beginning of his career playing all over the place. (He was the best wherever they needed him.) Bobby Wallace was also impacted as he pitched (and did pretty well by the way) at the beginning of his career.
One of the big reasons that the author of the article in question was so enamored with Jeter was his post season performance. I agree that it is very impressive. Jeter has basically played an entire season of post-season games. 33 series. 158 games. Slash line (BA/OBP/SLG) of .308/.374/.465. Wow. But to me, it is completely irrelevant to the question at hand. A player can't control whether or not he gets to play in a bunting draped stadium. Just ask Ernie Banks. Granted, it's a nice extra, and will be noted on his plaque in Cooperstown, but it just doesn't matter in this analysis.
So the answer to the question of whether Derek Jeter is one of the top five shortstops in history is "no." One of the greatest hitters to play shortstop? Sure. But not top five overall.


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Boy was returned home safely; criminal activity not suspected
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Licensed child care providers in Hayden listed on the Colorado Department of Human Services website are:
■ Hayden Preschool, Third Street and Breeze Basin Boulevard
■ Totally Kids After School Program, Third Street and Breeze Basin Boulevard
■ Carol Munden, 321 South Spruce St.
■ Julie Redmond, 650 West Jefferson Ave.
■ Linda Valora, Sixth Street and Lincoln Avenue
■ Robin Richards, 139 North Pine St.
■ Leslie Hockaday, 413 Clover Circle
■ Alena Velasquez, 400 High Meadow Court
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A young boy was returned home safely after a passer-by found him walking in the sleet alongside U.S. Highway 40 on Monday morning.
Hayden resident Tim Redmond said he was driving down the road when he saw the boy, between 1 and 2 years old, walking on the shoulder of the road.
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"He was a very young child and wasn't very big and wasn't even big enough to speak to me," he said.
Another driver also stopped and called 911. Hayden Police Department Chief Ray Birch was the first officer on the scene, and Routt County Sheriff's Office deputies were the next to arrive.
The boy was in front of a home day care center about 2 miles east of Hayden, Deputy Paul Yonekawa said.
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"Apparently this child is quite a Houdini and escapes regularly," he said.
Law enforcement officers took the boy to his home, and Yonekawa said he's investigating the case.
He said it appears that there was nothing criminal but that after he completes his report, other agencies, including the Colorado Department of Human Services, can look into the case.
Yonekawa said he did not have the name of the child care facility available Tuesday as he had not started working on the case because he was working other duties.
According to the Division of Child Care, a branch of the state Department of Human Services, there are no licensed child care providers in the area where the boy was found.
Sharon Butler, program manager of the Child Care Network, said that doesn't necessarily mean the center isn't in compliance with state laws.
If a facility takes care of children from just one family or of family members, it is not required to get a license.
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The Red Sox won their first series of the second half and stayed 2.5 games back of the Yankees in the East. However, the bats still have not woken up entirely and the pitching is still not as consistent as they had hoped it would be.
The A's return to Boston, without Matt Holliday, for the second time in just three weeks for the last matchup between the clubs this season. The Red Sox took that series two games to one, leaving the season series tied 3-3, but without Holliday, the A's are an even weaker offensive team than they were last week and the three prospects they received in the trade will not help them this season.
Josh Beckett (1-0, 6.2 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 4 K, 1 BB vs OAK in 2009) opens the series against Trevor Cahill (6-8, 4.50 ERA, 1.45 WHIP) in another opportunity for Beckett to be the stopper and get the series off on the right foot. Clay Buchholz makes his third start of the season as he continues to fill in for Tim Wakefield against Vin Mazzaro (2-7, 4.75, 1.58), who began his career with 18 scoreless innings, but has been rocked of late. Brad Penny (7-4, 4.71, 1.46 overall) takes on Brett Anderson (5-8, 4.32, 1.30), who shut out the Red Sox in the last series. Jon Lester (0-1, 6 ER, 10 H, 5 K, 0 BB) will face Gio Gonzalez (2-2, 7.75, 1.99) in the finale as he tries to redeem himself from his poor start early in the season out West.
Oakland also had gone with a closer by committee situation, but Andrew Bailey (11/15 SVs, 2.02 ERA, 0.98 WHIP, 10.24 K/9) seems to have the hot seat to himself for the moment, with Brad Ziegler (6/7, 2.98, 1.39, 6.35) and Michael Wuertz (3/4, 3.23, 1.06, 11.79) figuring in the mix as well.
Oakland is one of the worst offensive teams in the bigs, near the bottom in runs, home runs, and dead last in extra base hits…and the numbers include Holliday, who had warmed up prior to the trade. Without him, they will really struggle to score runs and that puts additional pressure on Jason Giambi (.193, 11 HR, 40 RBI, 39 R) and Jack Cust (.234, 16, 50, 48), as the only viable power threats left.
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So, I'm on Mark Watches reading about today's episode of Angel and someone says how they didn't like Gunn because they were tired on his "angry street thug routine". The ****? What exactly made a man and his group of demon-slaying, life-saving people thugs? Because they were people of color who lived on the streets? You know I reported that ish, because at this point "thug" is right up there with all the other language that's banned on Mark's site. It's applied to men of color almost exclusively and serves to paint them in a negative light. I expect the mods there will agree.