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Danny was a great defender in his short time back this season, the stats even back it up. I don't see how you can argue that
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Danny was a great defender in his short time back this season, the stats even back it up. I don't see how you can argue that
This is a Pacers message board. People don't come here because they glimpse stats occasionally. I think it's safe to say everyone here watches(and in turn analyzes) as many games as possible. I watch all 82, most games I re-watch. I think Danny is a fine defender of bench players. What I saw and what the stats say fall in line together. What you saw doesn't have any sort of statistical backing, but you're the one who watches and analyzed the games and the bookworms didn't watch a minute? C'mon man...
There is no NBA player named Monte Ellis.
It's a bit tough to imagine that we traded for Turner because of his defense.
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Or throw in a first-round pick and flip it for a max-level point guard...
Danny playing tonight?
When it comes down to it, I would want Danny guarding Lebron over any other player on this team except for Paul. Lance will do okay because of his strength, but Danny was strong, long, and tenacious. We will miss that in the ECF, IMHO.
I'm so happy for him. I'll be getting a jersey, just because.
Is he playing tonight?
NBA.com assumes he will make his debut tonight
It's called biased opinions
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Personally, I think some people decided Danny was a bad defender during the Obrien years, and no amount of visual or statistical evidence is going to change that perspective. One can "watch the games" and see nothing except exactly what they want to see, as long as it backs up their preconceived notion.
My eyes confirmed exactly what the stats said, he looked solid on defense, but couldn't get his shot together to be enough of an offensive factor. I get really sick of the "reputation narrative" stubbornness about Danny's defense.
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Defense is a very nuanced thing. Turner is probably a better overall defensive player if only because he's 5 years younger and doesn't have almost 2 years of rust due to chronic knee problems. That being said Granger has size over both Turner and Lance. I doubt either of them could do what he did to Blake a couple of weeks ago. Just too little. But that doesn't mean I didn't see Turner smother OJ's chicken last game. It also doesn't mean I didn't see ET get worked by OJ when he over helped or got caught ball watching. Same issues Lance will lapse into for some stretches. Danny always seemed to be crisp on his rotations (off the top of my head), but I think that speaks more to veteran acumen.
From what I've heard about Turner, mostly hearsay, was that he wasn't motivated to play defense. Not that he couldn't. And on this team you can't not be motivated to defend or you won't see the floor.
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Exactly. If that makes me unpopular I don't care. You can talk about what his opponents shoot with Dany on them all you want, but when Roy and Ian have to constantly come off their man because Danny can't move his feet that breaks the defense down. It is painfully obvious to anyone who watches the game. If you want to defend Danny's ability to play defense then fine, be my guest. I am not going to lose sleep over it. People who watch the game see how Danny struggles at this end of the court. Look, I really like Danny, but he was a big reason the second unit was so ineffective. His lack of defense played as big of a role as his poor shooting.
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Maybe Danny is 1.75 times the defender that Lance is but Able is right he is a better defender.
OK. I have a few questions.
Turner was acquired because Larry Bird thinks he's a better player. Can we agree on that? If not, why does Larry do that idiotic thing in the middle of a run for a ring?
Next question.
If so, is it Turner's offense? Is that why he was brought to Indy? If so, consider this: If Granger is really able physically to play the game that he's a really good wing defender right now (which I think is ludicrous), why would anyone think he's not better than Turner? Danny is a far better shooter and if he was ACTUALLY healthy he would almost certainly turn around his shooting woes. He's only had 2 months folks. He's got another 2 or 3 more months before we meet Miami. That's normally enough time to get your legs back and then some. Why wouldn't you keep a perimeter threat like that??? A guy who, if he really is a very good defender...which Turner is supposedly not that good...would almost certainly be the better overall player by some distance.
...the only explanation is that people think Danny's physically fine but can't shoot any more. What is it folks?
Lance is finally home. Whether he becomes our starting PG or he's 6th man, he's getting big minutes and he's here to stay. #llortontnia
And it's equally clear that some other posters dislike Danny and are a big fan of Lance. Saying Danny was bad defensively is blatantly wrong as well.
And do you know what else is clear, my friend? Some other posters are simply tired of people who take every opportunity to disparage any current or former Pacer. Why can't we support our team like brethren instead of fighting amongst ourselves?
I'm honestly tired of this pathetic Lance vs Danny / Lance vs Turner / PG vs Danny / anyone vs anyone narrative.
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
Danny did fine guarding wings. I've commented on it repeatedly, and you mostly didn't really until after he was traded. The one place where I'd concede that he struggled was running through multiple screens, which he's never really been great at. But I don't think I ever saw a guy beat him straight up.
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If he's healthy, why would he not be a much better option with that perimeter game. He's a better offensive player, assuming he's healthy of course, than Evan Turner.
Why trade a guy like that Anthem? Why not wait for his shot to return given how valuable it would be to this team? You can see he has the free throws down. Clearly it's his legs, right?
Lance is finally home. Whether he becomes our starting PG or he's 6th man, he's getting big minutes and he's here to stay. #llortontnia
There is no NBA player named Monte Ellis.
Simple, the trade wasn't about this season.
Danny obviously isn't as mobile at this point as he was before, but mobile enough. His biggest struggle was lift, and endurance. I'm not convinced that come playoff time that Turner will clearly be a better option.
"My goal is to put the best team I possibly can out there right now," Bird said.
Lance is finally home. Whether he becomes our starting PG or he's 6th man, he's getting big minutes and he's here to stay. #llortontnia
That's a given, my friend. They are allowed to voice their opinions and the same goes for me. And my opinion is that I'm tired of all the infighting and the disrespect that is shown towards current and former Pacers. Just my opinion.
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
Danny was traded for Turner because Turner is a better player. Simple as that. Yes, Danny is better on defense than Turner, but thats not what we need off the bench. We need offense. And we need a guy that can handle the ball well.
Danny's shot not falling right now has nothing to do with not being healthy. It has to do with playing very little basketball in the past two years. If Danny wasn't healthy he wouldn't have ever played 30+ mpg, but he did. He didn't miss one game after returning. He passed two new teams physicals in the last week. And guess what, he's probably gonna be a pretty good player for the Clippers.
And this doesn't even factor in Turner as insurance to Lance leaving in FA.
Bird may think Turner is just as good as Granger can be this season, he wouldn't have done it if he didn't think that, it is just kind of obvious. I am betting, though, if Bird didn't think Turner was a better plan B to Lance's plan A the trade doesn't happen.


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Impedance Cardiographic (ICG) Assessment of Pregnant Women With Severe Hypertension to Assess Impact of Standard Therapy (ICASH)
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The utilization of external cardiohemodynamic patient assessment, applying non-invasive stick-on contact patches to the mother's neck on either side and chest wall on either side, enables the practitioner to have information about the patient's cardiac function and vascular status beyond simply blood pressure and pulse. This information, once collected, should open the practitioner's eyes to better assess the patient's disease status and her response to therapy. We will use this information to compare the effectiveness of the two standard medications used for treatment of maternal high blood pressure.
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|Impedance Cardiographic Assessment of Gravidas With Severe Hypertension (ICASH)to Assess Impact of Standard Therapy on Hemodynamic Parameters - A Pilot Study
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- Usefulness of Impedance Cardiography (ICG) in pregnant women with hypertension [ Time Frame: 36 ]ICG test is performed on pregnant women before receiving any antihypertensive medication. Labetalol and Hydralazine, two ot the most commonly used antihypertensives to treat high blood pressure in pregnant women will be used in this study.
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This group will receive administration of the antihypertensive Hydralazine for the attempted control of their blood pressure and stabilization of their hemodynamic state.
This group will receive administration of the antihypertensive Labetalol for the attempted control of their blood pressure and stabilization of their hemodynamic state.
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Pregnant patients with severe acute hypertension due either to superimposed preeclampsia, severe preeclampsia or severe gestational hypertension will be randomized to receive either of two antihypertensive agents (hydralazine or labetalol). Just before drug administration and immediately thereafter impedance cardiography of the patient will be undertaken and the results analyzed relative to the cardiac profile and the drug administered to reduce the severe hypertension.
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Nulliparous or parous patients with severe hypertension, a singleton gestation, gestational age greater than 20 weeks along who are admitted to the Wiser Hospital for Women and Infants at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
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- Multiple gestation
- Gestational age less than 20 weeks
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Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Urination Disorders
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Signs and Symptoms
Pregnancy Complications
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Rehabilitation of Malnourished Infants With F-100 or Diluted F-100
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During rehabilitation phase of management of severe acute malnourished Bangladeshi infants less than 6 months old, rates of weight gain will be significantly more in children fed F-100 and diluted F-100 compared to those fed infant formula.
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Until recently, severe malnutrition has been relatively rare in infants younger than 6 months, but with urbanization and the HIV/AIDS pandemic it is feared that the incidence of severe malnutrition among young infants will rise. The question of how best to feed infants aged <6 months has thus come to the forefront. Given the lack of published evidence regarding the most advantageous formulations for feeding severely malnourished infants aged <6 months, there is a need for observational studies and comparative randomized trials of alternative formulations to guide decisions about optimum dietary management in this age group. This area has been aptly considered a research priority during the consultation meeting of experts from all over the world convened by the World Health Organization on management of severe malnutrition in September 2004.
In the WHO case-management guidelines for severe malnutrition, there is no separate provision for young infants (infants less than 6 months old). The guidelines suggest the use of a low-solute formula (F-75) and continued breastfeeding in the initial stabilisation phase. In the rehabilitation phase, the guidelines advise F-100 with an energy density of 100kcal/100ml to promote catch-up growth. There is a concern that the renal solute load from using F-100 is too high for young infants, and some groups have started using diluted F-100 with an energy density of 75 kcal/100 ml.
Another related issue is the contribution of breastfeeding in dietary intakes during rehabilitation. In severely malnourished infants, breast milk intakes are likely to be low initially when appetite is poor, but may be substantial as the infant recovers. Uncertainty about breast milk intakes has led to conflicting opinions and advice, weaning from the breast as it is not providing sufficient energy (1).
The aim of this study, to be conducted in a carefully supervised Nutrition Rehabilitation Unit (NRU), will compare three recovery diets (Infant formula, F-100 and diluted F-100) in order to provide the evidence-base to determine if a change or add-on in terms of diet in the WHO guidelines is needed. It will also measure the potential renal solute load (mosmol/l), serum electrolytes and plasma osmolality of the same children. Body composition of the infants will also be measured using stable isotope dilution technique before and after the intervention diet is provided.
|Severely Malnourished Infants Who Are Less Than 6 Months Old
|Dietary Supplement: Infant Formula Dietary Supplement: F-100 Dietary Supplement: Diluted F-100
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Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|Rehabilitation of Severely Malnourished Infants Aged <6months: a Randomised, Controlled Comparison of Three Recovery Diets (Infant Formula, F-100 and Diluted F-100)
- rate of weight gain (g/kg/d) [ Time Frame: Duration of the hospital stay when the study participants will fulfill the discharge criteria. On an average of 2 weeks. ]
|Study Start Date:
|January 2012
|Study Completion Date:
|June 2015
|Primary Completion Date:
|June 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Active Comparator: Infant Formula
A diet that is being fed to the young infants
Dietary Supplement: Infant Formula
A diet that is being fed to the young infants.
Experimental: F-100
• F-100: The estimated PRSL for F-100 is 360 mOsm/L or 53 mOsm/100kcal and in a young infant growing normally this could exceed the excretory capacity of the kidney with the risk of hypernatremic dehydration. In the rehabilitation phase, however, severely malnourished children grow extremely rapidly and the potential solutes (e.g. protein, potassium) are deposited in lean tissue and do not present to the kidney for excretion. Thus, although the potential RSL is high, this has been assumed to be a theoretical risk for rapidly growing infants
Dietary Supplement: F-100
• F-100: The estimated PRSL for F-100 is 360 mOsm/L or 53 mOsm/100kcal and in a young infant growing normally this could exceed the excretory capacity of the kidney with the risk of hypernatremic dehydration. In the rehabilitation phase, however, severely malnourished children grow extremely rapidly and the potential solutes (e.g. protein, potassium) are deposited in lean tissue and do not present to the kidney for excretion. Thus, although the potential RSL is high, this has been assumed to be a theoretical risk for rapidly growing infants
Experimental: Diluted F-100
300 ml of water is added to 1000 ml of F-100
Dietary Supplement: Diluted F-100
300 ml of water is added to 1000 ml of f-100
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|up to 6 Months (Child)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- They have a weight-for-length deficit of <-3SD and/or bi-pedal oedema on admission
- They are less than 6 months old and have completed the initial stabilization phase
- They are stabilized in less than 9 days (to exclude children who fail to respond to treatment)
- Parental consent is obtained for enrollment in the study.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Infants with congenital anomalies such as, congenital cardiac defects, cleft lip or palate or any other condition that interfering with feeding, chromosomal anomalies, and other organic problems including jaundice, tuberculosis etc. will be excluded.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01558440
|Dhaka, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1212
|Principal Investigator:
|Md. Munirul Islam, MBBS, PhD
|Associate Scientist
|Responsible Party:
|International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01558440 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|March 5, 2012
|Last Updated:
|July 26, 2015
Keywords provided by International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh:
Nutrition rehabilitation
severe malnutrition
infant formula
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Nutrition Disorders
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Both teams were terrific and the region was roaring. Baseball fever was running white-hot through the Bay Area, taking fans to the edge of ecstasy.
And now, a mere two games into the playoffs, the A's and the Giants are one loss away from
being swept into an empty winter.
It's all so sudden and the question on the minds of local fans, as both teams face elimination, reflects equal parts mystery and shock:
What the hell happened?
The convenient answer is that baseball is the most unpredictable of games, perhaps because it consistently presents the least forgiving of circumstances. A game can be decided at any moment, by a single bounce, in any inning, on any pitch between the first and the last.
That script more accurately describes the plight of the A's, who opened the best-of-five American League Division Series in Detroit and lost two in a row, both games tense and in doubt until the final pitch.
The Giants, meanwhile, entered the best-of-five National League Division Series with two home games only to get rocked by Cincinnati, which looks like the best club in the league, if not all of baseball.
No matter how bleak the outlook -- and it's grave for the Giants -- neither series is over in any way, because it's baseball, where crazy things can happen. The fortunes of a team, and a series, can turn in an instant.
Yet, even as the longshot odds of a Bay Bridge series fade away, there are reasons for A's fans to be optimistic. The likelihood of their team reviving itself is vastly better than that of Giants fans.
The A's are returning to the Coliseum, where last week they concluded the regular season with an incredible surge, overtaking Texas on the final day of the season and capturing the A.L. West division title.
The ballpark was a cauldron of energy throughout and it will be abuzz Tuesday night when the teams take the field for Game 3 of the ALDS.
The Giants slog into Cincinnati facing an infinitely tougher task. They know there won't be another game at home this season unless they somehow win three in a row. And they've already been outscored 14-2 with their best starting pitchers, Matt Cain and Madison Bumgarner, on the mound in the comfortable confines of their bayside ballpark.
Of further concern to the Giants and their fans, though, is the disturbing truth that the 2012 team simply has not been very good against quality competition -- which describes the postseason field.
In finishing the regular season 94-68, the Giants built most of that against weaker opponents. They were 40-12 against the poor Rockies, Padres, Cubs and Astros. They were 54-56 against all other teams, including 7-12 against the playoff teams Cincinnati, Washington and St. Louis.
If the first two games against the Reds are any indication, the Giants simply are in over their heads.
Though Oakland sprinted into the postseason with a record identical to the Giants, 94-68, the A's have been more consistent in their play, regardless of opponent. In putting together the best record in baseball over the final four months, it did not matter who was in the other dugout.
The A's this season were 13-13 against the other A.L. playoff teams: the Tigers, Yankees and Orioles.
So which team is more likely to manage the epic comeback required to win its series and advance to the next round? That's easy. It's the A's.
Odds were against them coming into the season, and they've embraced their underdog role. They've had fun with it. They've used it to motivate and inspire, and to remind themselves and anyone willing to listen that even the smallest achievement will be perceived as a bonus.
In short, they've already won. And they know it, which is why the A's have the lowest pressure component than any team in the playoffs.
The Giants are the team with the MVP candidate, Buster Posey. They secured their postseason berth with 10 days to spare, allowing manager Bruce Bochy and general manager Brian Sabean to carefully assemble their roster and pitching rotation for the long haul.
All of that preparation has been reduced to one game, on the road, behind a starting pitcher, Ryan Vogelsong, who was superb for four-plus months but wildly inconsistent in the final weeks.
"It's not done yet,"' Bumgarner said in the wake of the Game 2 loss. "It's happened before, and teams have come back. It doesn't happen often, but it has been done.'"
Only once has a team lost the first two games at home and recovered to win a best-of-five series -- the 2001 New York Yankees, and they did it with Game 5 at home. And they did it against the A's so, if you believe in the baseball gods, the A's might be owed one.
Whatever your beliefs, the A's need to win three games in a a row, beginning Tuesday night.We know of baseball's double-edged allure, that the charm of the sport is its ability to lift your soul just as its curse is the way it breaks your heart.
But how dare the Bay Area baseball party stop now, prematurely in our minds, when many of us have spent weeks living it, anticipating so much more?


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The gap between the 1st and 3rd council is about 250 years.
However, at the 1st and 2nd council, there is recitation of abidhamma Sutta to put it as a writing record.
Due to this abidhamma record as well, theravada was formed.
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Produce suppliers owed a total of $3.4 million by two defunct San Antonio companies could receive checks in a few weeks, but those payments will not include reimbursement for about $175,000 in attorney fees the suppliers collectively spent on the case.
The 38 produce suppliers are expected to receive a total of about $2.36 million of the money the two companies owe, said Craig Stokes, a San Antonio attorney appointed special counsel in the case.
In a move some attorneys say is unprecedented, Federal Bankruptcy Judge John Akard ruled out the reimbursement of all but about $25,000 of the produce companies' $200,000 in attorney fees.
"…the language of the (Perishible Agricultural Commodities Act) statute does, in fact, include attorneys' fees, and I would agree with that, up to the dates of the filing of the (bankruptcy) petition," the judge said in a Nov. 2 hearing.
However, the judge said because the case is being handled in bankruptcy court, unsecured creditors are not entitled to attorney fees incurred after the debtor files for bankruptcy protection.
"What we're seeing here, I think, is a bunch of vultures coming in and asking for fees and wasting time," the judge said.
Stokes has been involved with PACA law since the 1990s. He said he has never seen the bankruptcy code applied in this manner in a PACA case.
The good news for PACA creditors in the case is that those owed money by Delta Produce will likely receive 90 cents on the dollar, Stokes said. Superior's PACA creditors will probably get about 50 cents on the dollar, Stokes said. Payments to all PACA creditors in the combined case could begin soon after a Dec. 12 hearing, provided the judge OKs the distribution plan.
Stokes said PACA claims against Delta total about $1.64 million and PACA claims against Superior total about $1.78 million.
Chicago attorney Jason Klinowski, representing Muller Trading Co., Libertyville, Ill., said Akard's ruling on PACA creditors' attorney fees could have "chilling effects" on the produce industry.
"One reason we can keep costs down on produce for consumers is because attorney fees in PACA cases are part of the sums due and owing in connection with the sale of fresh produce," Klinowski said.
"This ruling is dangerous. It's anti-industry. The PACA (claimants) did everything they were supposed to do to recover these funds."
Klinowski's client, Muller Trading, sought about $24,600 for produce, plus $3,200 in interest and attorney fees of more than $28,900. Under Akard's ruling, Muller Trading will receive reimbursement for $9,888 of its attorney fees in the case.
The ruling on the attorney fees is subject to motions for reconsideration and appeals.
The complex case started Dec. 27, 2011, when three suppliers filed PACA claims against San Antonio companies Delta Produce LP and Superior Tomato & Avocado in federal court. Delta and Superior — who bought and sold produce from each other — filed for bankruptcy on Jan. 3 this year.


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Pilgrim nuclear plant loses power again
Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth once again lost power Sunday, after having it restored for several hours following an offsite outage Friday night. Three diesel generators are now providing back-up power to the facility's safety systems, said Carol Wightman, a spokeswoman for Entergy Corp., the Louisiana company that owns Pilgrim.
"There's no worker or public safety concern,'' she said. "We're troubleshooting the cause.''
Wightman said workers are still determining exactly what went wrong, but the outage may have been weather-related.
The plant was first shutdown late Friday when it lost its "offsite power supplies'' in the middle of the snowstorm. Electricity returned to Pilgrim at 10:55 a.m. today, according to Entergy, but went back out later this afternoon, and before the facility was returned to service.
Wightman could not say exactly when the Pilgrim would be back online.
The shutdown is Pilgrim's third this year, though the first two times — both in January — were caused by equipment issues at the plant, and not an offsite power loss.
A leaky safety valve caused one of the January shutdowns, while the other happened when the plant's recirculation pumps, used to adjust power levels, stopped working.


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It's easy to be cynical about the ritual of the presidential debates, which begin 9 p.m. Wednesday in Denver. High matters of state -- domestic and foreign -- too much are treated like the spectacle of a prize fight.
The question too often comes down not to the merits of each candidate's position or their grasp of the issues, but, rather, who won by virtue of how they looked, whether they sighed or looked at their watch, or who got off the most cutting zinger.
In other words, it's that part of the debate that strikes us in the gut or amuses us, rather than informs us.
That said, the high drama of the face-to-face event is hard to resist.
This is especially true after seemingly endless months of the candidates sniping at each other at a distance, whether by campaign appearance, television ad, or by surrogate.
On one level, the debates are useful precisely because they are dramatic and attract the attention of the nation as Election Day nears. An estimated 50 million Americans are expected to watch.
The debates are also useful because after all of the appearances and campaign ads, the candidates at last will stand next to one another to make their case to the people. They will do so knowing that their opponent has the capacity to call them on their statements.
In other words, they can run, but they can't hide.
There is something useful in that.
Here are the things we'd like to hear from President Barack Obama:
� Why, with unemployment stuck at 8 percent, Americans should be satisfied with more of the same;
� What he thinks he has learned from his first-term mistakes and how will that make a second term more effective; and
� If the GOP holds the House and wins the Senate, isn't the United States looking at four more years of deadlock despite a passel of problems that need to be solved?
Here are the things we'd like to hear from challenger Mitt Romney:
� How he reconciles saying the mandatory health insurance program he signed into law in Massachusetts was an example of his empathy for people, while simultaneously saying he'd get rid of the national mandate;
� The details of exactly how he would balance extension of the Bush tax cuts with spending cuts to accomplish deficit reduction; and
� What would be the 'elegant' way of expressing that he can't win the votes of 47 percent of Americans because they think of themselves as victims.


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Strained hamstring lands Johnson on DL
HOUSTON -- First baseman Dan Johnson was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left hamstring on Thursday afternoon.
Johnson sustained the injury while running to first during the ninth inning of Wednesday night's 6-1 victory over the Red Sox.
Right-hander Chad Jenkins was recalled from Triple-A Buffalo to fill Johnson's spot on the roster. Toronto had been carrying six relievers since left-hander Rob Rasmussen was optioned to Buffalo on Tuesday.
Jenkins, 26, appeared in 15 games and has a 3.72 ERA and 10 strikeouts over 19 1/3 innings. He likely will split long-relief duties with fellow righty Todd Redmond and also could make some spot appearances in middle relief.
Gregor Chisholm is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, North of the Border, and follow him on Twitter @gregorMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Two online dairy courses will be offered by the University of Illinois in the spring of 2013. The 10-week courses begin Jan. 28.
"Advanced Dairy Nutrition" (ANSC 423) is a dairy feeding class that covers nutrient classes, phase feeding, dry-cow feeding and health, and forages. The course will be coordinated by Mike Hutjens and team-taught by three other instructors.
"Milk Secretion and Mastitis" (ANSC 435) will also begin on Jan. 28. Dick Wallace and two other instructors will be coordinating the class. All phases of milk quality, secretion, nutrition, as well as mastitis control and prevention, will be covered.
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DARLINGTON, S.C. — Matt Kenseth expected the severe penalties from his illegal engine part at Kansas Speedway to be reduced on appeal.
But he admits that he was surprised that the penalties he called "borderline shameful" were so drastically reduced.
"I was actually out of the country, so (Joe Gibbs Racing President) J.D. (Gibbs) kept texting me and the texts just kept getting longer and longer," Kenseth said of Wednesday's appeal hearing. "I'm like, 'Wait a minute. They did what? They gave us that back?'"
MORE: Gibbs appeal | NASCAR loss | France divorce | Darlington picks | Ricky-Danica
A three-member NASCAR appeals panel slashed the original penalties, which were levied for an engine connecting rod that was 2.7 grams below the minimum weight of 525. Kenseth's points penalty was reduced from 50 points to 12 and crew chief Jason Ratcliff's suspension was reduced from six points races to one.
Kenseth's win at Kansas also now counts toward bonus points for the Chase and a possible Chase wild card.
The panel also erased a six-race loss of owner points for Kenseth's No. 20 team, which is critical when computing year-end bonus money.
"Obviously I'm happy they got reduced," Kenseth said. "The penalties were pretty crushing before they got reduced. … Certainly I think these penalties are way more in line (with what) I initially thought that it would be compared to things that happened in the past."
Kenseth said he has not talked to team officials about what was said during the hearing or why the panel decided to reduce the penalties.
"I felt as good as I could possibly feel about it," Kenseth said. "I saw a lot of the stuff and knew about all the stuff we were going to talk about and show them. If they would have upheld all the penalties, I would have been way more shocked than what I was when I got the news with all the things I knew.
"I feel like they really did a good job of looking at all the facts and I feel like they got it pretty right."
This was the first major appeal ever undertaken by JGR, and Kenseth said he felt bad that the team put NASCAR in that position.
JGR argued that the penalties did not give it Kenseth a competitive advantage and that the violation was unintentional. JGR gets its engines from Toyota Racing Development, which has taken responsibility for the violation.
The panel increased the number of points Toyota lost in the manufacturer standings from five to seven.
"It's our responsibility to make sure everything is right in the car," Kenseth said. "If there is a part that you know nothing about and you can't get in and make sure it's right, you've just got to make sure that you work with the people that do put that stuff together.
"I'm pretty confident that's not going to happen again."
The Gibbs appeal decision marked the second time in two days that Cup penalties had been reduced. A day earlier, Penske Racing won an appeal of penalties for illegal suspensions at Texas and had the suspensions for seven crewmen reduced.
Kenseth doesn't believe the appeal decisions present a problem for NASCAR officials, who are not used to having their penalties overturned or drastically reduced.
"If they were worried about losing power, they probably wouldn't have an appeals process," Kenseth said. "They're the ones who set all this up, and this is exactly what they set it up for."
Wally Brown, a former crew chief for Carl Edwards at Roush Fenway Racing (where Kenseth used to race), will be Kenseth's crew chief this weekend at Darlington Raceway.
"I told (Ratcliff) when it all happened, I don't think I can get along without him," Kenseth said. "I'll miss him tonight and tomorrow. I think they're really prepared and ready for this, thinking it was probably coming."


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The he Bucks are back to life without Andrew Bogut now that the hard-luck center has added a broken ankle to his medical résumé. Can the season be salvaged?
"Calling Dr. Gooden, Dr. Ilyasova, Dr. Jennings, Dr. Livingston...."
Artie: : What a surprise, huh? It's just ridiculous.
Frank: : Even worse, Bogut was hurt while the team was starting to click. That game in Houston was their third straight road win. And in their first two games without him, they battled pretty well in Chicago and then knocked off the Lakers at home.
Artie: : I don't know what snakes live in Australia, but Andrew's sure been bitten.
Frank: : This injury really was a fluke from landing on another guy's foot. Same with the right-arm disaster he suf- fered in April 2010 when he was bumped during a dunk.
Artie: Fluky, but so what? For all the good it does them, Bogut might as well be in a full body cast.
Frank: Over the six seasons prior to this one, Bogut played in just over 80% of the Bucks' total games. But this will be four straight seasons with major time lost.
Artie: He's only 27, but the damage ain't gonna help in the future. And remember, he does seem to have one chronic condition, a lower-back thing that flares up every so often.
Frank: Well, did the nice win over the Lakers make you feel more optimistic?
Artie: Nice indeed, but they were fortunate they had a 50% shooting night against a bigger team that out-rebounded them. Their downfall the night before was all the secondchance points by the Bulls.
Frank: The Lakers had 16 offensive rebounds and the Bulls had 20. That's a problem likely to persist while Bogut's gone. But the way the Bucks topped the Lakers—defensive intensity, great ball movement on offense—reminded me of two years ago when they surged into the playoffs.
Artie: That's the way it had to be, especially with two guys missing, thanks to Stephen Jackson's suspension for jawing at a ref in Chicago.
Frank: Everybody stepped up, and they'll have to keep doing it.
Artie: Shaun Livingston has been a terrific acquisition, so much energy and an excellent passer. Beno Udrih is a great backup for Brandon Jennings at the point. And Jennings is much improved; he's shooting 44% this season after being under 40% his first two years.
Frank: Mike Dunleavy is another team-oriented, unselfish player. And another good passer.
Artie: Drew Gooden and Ersan Ilyasova played great against the Bulls and Lakers. Gooden seems to have found a fountain of youth; he's regained some quickness. Ilyasova had 19 rebounds in Houston; he's always active, one of those 110% effort guys.
Frank: Same with Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, who was nose-to-nose with Kobe Bryant in the fourth quarter.
Artie: And I can't say enough about the rookie from UW, Jon Leuer. He had 19 points in Chicago on 9-for-11 shooting, and they were all wisely chosen shots.
Frank: It'll be a real grind with this condensed NBA schedule. The only way they'll succeed is the 2010 way, "one for all."
Artie: For me the jury's still out as to what Jackson's pluses and minuses will be.
Frank: They've won two games now without his help.
He was a spectator when they beat the Knicks because he missed a shoot-around.
Artie: It's not clear if he'll hurt team chemistry the way Corey Maggette apparently did last season. But if they can get consistent production from the bench like they did against the Lakers, they'll be fun to watch.
Frank: Even at 8-11 the Bucks began the week No. 8 in the Eastern Conference. Making the playoffs is better than not making 'em, and if Bogut recovers on the quick end of the eight- to 12-week timetable, he might be rarin' to go by then.
Artie: Then Scott Skiles might ease off on that Junior G- Man face of his. He's always got that scowl, like he's thinking, "Who on this team just swiped that old lady's purse?"
Frank: Speaking of mad-faces, ever since we poked a little fun at "Count Bo-cula," Mr. Ryan's Badgers have been on a roll.
Artie: Marquette, too. UW entered this week with a fivegame winning streak and MU made it six straight with the comeback at Villanova. They're in the thick of their conference races, MU at 7-2 in the Big East and the Badgers at 6-3 in the Big Ten.
Frank: UW won at Illinois and beat Indiana when the Hoosiers were ranked higher. The Badgers still have two games against Ohio State, the first this Saturday at home, and they have to play at Michigan State on the 16th.
Artie: They beat Indiana even though they still weren't shooting well—23% on three-pointers. But at least their freethrow percentage was 79%; they'd been struggling with that—very odd for a Ryan team.
Frank: Marquette, meanwhile, stayed hot-and-cold even in the wins over Pitt, Louisville and Villanova. They were down 18-2 to Louisville and 30-12 to 'Nova. When they're bad, they're really bad, but they sure know how to roar back.
Artie: You watch the way MU plays, like it's a fire drill all the time, and you think, how can their record be so good? But they never back off!
Frank: MU has tough games at Notre Dame on Saturday and at UConn on the 18th—but the Golden Eagles can play with anybody.
Artie: And let's not forget UWM, near the top of the Horizon League at 7-4. The Panthers are having a nice year, too.


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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The Giants rode inspirational clubhouse speeches to a championship in 2012. While floundering in their bid for a repeat, several veterans turned to the same tact to set the stage for a player who may be the key to this season's title hopes.
A slimmer, more muscular Pablo Sandoval showed off increased range and quickness on a back field at Scottsdale Stadium on Saturday, and afterward said that his dramatic offseason weight loss was due in large part to messages delivered by teammates Buster Posey, Hunter Pence, Marco Scutaro and Matt Cain.
Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval talks about his off-season conditioning with reporters after arriving at spring training in Arizona.
"I had to take (their words) seriously because it wasn't one person telling me, it was my team telling me they know what kind of player I am," Sandoval said. "They know that what I was in 2011, the way that I was, that I did a great job out there. There was concern (since then) with the gaining weight but I put it in my mind that I need to grow up, that I need to take my job seriously.
"That's what I did."
Sandoval refused to divulge the new number on the scale, but the Giants don't care much about the specifics, anyway; they were simply pleased with the way he's moving. "He's a new man," one coach bellowed as Sandoval sprung to his right to snag a grounder during an early workout.
Posey, whose locker is right next to Sandoval's, said the third baseman "looked great."
"With Pablo, you know how much potential he has when he is in good shape," Posey said. "You know what kind of damage he can do. The proof is in what kind of numbers he puts up when he's in shape."
Those numbers actually weren't bad a year ago, even the 27-year-old was said to have drifted above 280 pounds at one point. Sandoval had a .341 on-base percentage, homered 14 times and posted an OPS of .758, the fourth-highest mark among National League third basemen. Still, the Giants have come to expect much, much more from a World Series MVP and two-time All-Star. Sandoval was just 22 years old during his first full season in the majors and hit .330 with 25 homers and 90 RBIs.
Cain is one of few current Giants who saw that version of the Panda and felt he could provide a path to past production by explaining his own growth. Years ago, inspired by coaches and veterans like Matt Morris and Jason Schmidt, Cain began his own process of transformation. He now is known as one of the fittest players in camp.
"We all go through that point in our career where we need to find things that are going to help us push it along and not just be complacent," Cain said. "It's not a bad thing. He has taken it seriously and he showed up (looking) great. Everybody is proud of him for what he did."
That wasn't the case last season, when teammates privately vented about Sandoval's conditioning and defensive limitations. The late-season conversations with Sandoval, however, were described as positive and motivational, rather than forceful.
"I just told him how good he could be," Pence said. "I just tried to encourage him, and he did it all. He made the decision. He put the work in. Give a lot of credit to Pablo."
Give an assist, also, to his brother Luis, a chef who prepared healthy meals throughout the offseason. The dietary change, along with two-a-day workouts with a personal trainer, set Sandoval straight. Bochy has for years tried to do that, and you can bet his conversations with Sandoval took on a different tone than the ones initiated by players.
This time, the message hit home.
"Sometimes (coaches) can be like parents talking to kids -- it's in one ear and out the other," Bochy said. "It's a little different message when it's coming from your peers."
The message now is a simple one: Stay the course.
"This has to become a consistent thing," Bochy said of Sandoval's new lifestyle. "Every day."
If he continues to prove himself, Sandoval could have many more days under the sun at Scottsdale Stadium. General manager Brian Sabean has made it clear that he would like to sign the pending free agent to a long-term deal, something the sides will explore this spring. It's not hard to connect Sandoval's transformation to the riches awaiting him if he hits the open market this fall, but Sandoval said he's not thinking about his status.
"I don't care about the contract," he said. "I care about the team and this year we're trying to win a championship. People can say whatever they want. I'm going to be open. I don't want to say no (to negotiations), but my concentration is on getting ready for the season. What happens, happens."


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Can we fix our fights?
No chat today. We will make up for it next week.
Like many couples, my girlfriend and I are largely happy with the occasional disagreement. Recently I started to notice a trend with our more heated discussions. There comes a point when I will say something that she disagrees with and I will usually get one of two possible responses, and occasionally both. The first is, "Am I the crazy one here?" -- a statement that seems to imply that either I think she is crazy (which I don't) or that I am crazy for not seeing things the same way. Then there are times that this leads to, "Yes! It's all about you." At that point I know that no matter my answer it will be turned into a debate about me being self-centered.
Lately I've taken to walking away from the conversation when these statements come up, but is there a better way to handle it? I am not averse to the possibility that I need to change my attitude, but I feel as if I need a way to use defuse these arguments. I don't want her to feel like I think she's either crazy, and I do want to address issues calmly and not always get to the point where these statements end a conversation in an argument. Thoughts?
– Defusing the Bomb
I wish I knew what caused these fights and what they have to do with you being self-centered, DTB. Is she turning small arguments into a way of discussing bigger issues? Is she happy in the relationship? Have you asked, simply, "Are we OK?"
Without knowing more, all I can do is suggest that you discuss this issue with your girlfriend when you're not in the middle of an argument. When things are calm and pleasant and you're hanging out like friends, tell your girlfriend that you wish there was something you could do to stop fights before they start and to make arguments less personal.
You can also talk about coming up with a safe word -- something you can say to hit pause on a big fight. It's basically a yellow flag. The safe word can mean that one of you wants to take a time out or that you'd prefer to turn to email so that you have to work out your thoughts in writing. (Some people are just better at fighting in writing. Have you tried?)
Again, I wish I knew what these fights were about, but you're right to suggest that the "Am I crazy?" question only makes things worse. Try to talk about this when you're enjoying each other and see how far you get.
Readers? If he brings this up when they're happy, will it just turn into a fight? Are these arguments really about something else? What's the right response to "Am I the crazy one here?" Help.
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The Rubber Punkin. Such a cute free pattern!
Instead of stuffing the owl, I used one layer of plastic and one layer of warm 'n natural batting inside, for that soft crinkle, crinkle sound that my baby loves. The plastic is actually a piece of diaper wipes packaging, which is one of Ruby's favorite things to get her hands on.
Just cut the plastic and batting to the main pattern piece size and sew them together. Then layer it on top of your outer owl pieces and sew according to the directions in the tutorial. Using a walking foot on your sewing machine also helps!
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Chapter 9 – Cloud Service DesignOnce you have installed and setup your management platform, we are ready to start with designing and delivering the cloud services using the platform.
SOA & CloudWe use the same principles of Service Oriented Modeling and Architecture (SOMA) that links business intent with its realization through IT for Cloud Services modeling as well. In SOA, we use the business process models to understand a series of sequentially organized business activities, events that trigger them, roles that perform them, inputs, outputs, control points, etc… As discussed in the Service Strategy section, we look to design the Cloud Services which are better aligned to business requirements
As in SOA, for service identification and design one could take any of the following approach.
- Top-Down
- Bottom-Up
- Meet in the Middle
In a top-down approach development generally usually starts with a high-level business and structural modeling of the service. Then you also define the management processes that are required service to be in operation. The top-down approach is further characterized in that no or only few automation or fulfillment assets exist when starting with the solution design. Design and implementation of those assets, including their interface and granularity, will be driven primarily from the high-level automation model. The advantage of the top-down approach is a clear design of the service to be automated, including the structural and operational model.
The bottom-up approach is usually characterized by a large number of automation assets that already exist. This may be in the form of many scripts or workflows already exists. In bottom-up approach, we take these low level assets and abstracting them as a cloud service.
Practically we might go with a combination of both approaches mentioned above as the meet-in-the-middle approach.
We model the service so we could learn, capture, and abstract details about "things," their structures, relationships between them and, often, their behaviors (collaborations, states). All the factors that we consider during modeling a service in SOA are very much applicable for a cloud service too. These include but not limited to
- Service Portfolio ( in the case of cloud often referred as service catalog)
- Service Hierarchy
- Service Exposure
- Service Dependencies
- Service Composition
- Service NFRs
- Service Messages
- State management
- Realization Decisions.
The ABCs of Service Design for Clouds by David Linthicum is good article which discusses where SOA meets Cloud.
Service Management & Cloud
Now lets discuss the same from the Service Management / ITIL perspective. Cloud services have a lifecycle that maps to this service management lifecycle.
The Service Design phase includes the service definition, creation of the service and registering the same into a catalog. We will look at how these can be done using Tivoli Service Automation Manager in the next Chapter.
Service Design is a critical step that delivers the following benefits
- Faster service delivery with agreed and well understood qualities
- Business expenses follow level of value creation
- IT investments follow business demand and revenue generation.


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now also in America [at date of book's publication]
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Taylor Hall missed Edmonton's game against the Columbus Blue Jackets after taking a skate to the face in warmups—and he's lucky that the damage seems to have been limited to a cut over his eye.
The Oilers winger was hurt when he fell minutes before the game began; he lost his footing and slid into teammate Ladislav Smid, who slid into Corey Potter; Potter jumped to avoid the pileup and came down on Hall's head, opening a gash over his eye that, according to TSN.ca, took 30 stitches to close.
Hall, the No. 1 pick in the 2010 draft and a 15-goal scorer so far this season, was not wearing a helmet; they aren't mandatory leaguewide, and very few teams enforce their own version of the rule.
Change, though, may be coming for the Oilers.
"We're going to have a pretty good discussion about (wearing helmets during warmups)," general manager Steve Tambellini told Oilers broadcaster Dan Tencer during the game.
Edmonton has struggled with injuries all season; young forwards Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (shoulder) and Jordan Eberle (knee) are both out of the lineup, and Hall has already missed time himself. Still, by all accounts, he dodged a bullet on Tuesday night.


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Playing the percentages Beware of pay pitfalls
Monday morning
Lou Swinney wheeled his new SUV into the cramped parking lot. A cup holding his morning java suddenly jarred forward as he made the abrupt stop. The inertia sent a quarter of the contents on an additional journey. Swinney quickly wiped the rim and base of the cup with a tissue and barreled out of the vehicle toward the front door, a wide briefcase trailing from his right arm like a broken rudder.
He entered and saw Pam Kennedy at the front desk. He dropped the case and straightened his shirt and tie."Hello, Lou," Pam said as Lou completed his personal re-arrangements.
Lou finally looked up, smiled and asked if Dr. Moss was in. "He usually is, but he didn't feel well today. Dr. Ben Collier is here. He is just finishing an appointment and may have a few minutes," Pam said.
Lou smiled and thanked her.
He represented Acme Drug and Serum Co. and was part of a dying breed of mobile sales representatives still offering a wide variety of drugs and equipment. His company was the largest in the region and had stabilized after a "Fortune 500" company had acquired it a few years ago.
After a few minutes, Dr. Collier entered and greeted Lou professionally.
Lou was very good at his job and was affable. He could be quite persuasive if he was behind in his sales goals. Usually, however, he just wanted to talk and meet people and was genuinely interested in the well-being of his clientele. This was really why he loved his job. After he got to know his clients, he would sometimes probe a bit too far.
Like most sales associates, Lou started with new-product detailing and inquiries into the needs of the practice. The conversation eventually ended with the trading of opinions on the general state of the profession.
Sometime during the visit, regardless of its success or failure, Lou would pop the inevitable question: "Are you slow, or are you busy?"
Center Valley had been fairly busy, so the question and the answer seemed to satisfy all parties.
"Are you happy here, Dr. Collier?" Lou finally probed.
"Oh, pretty well. You know nothing's always perfect, but Dr. Moss has been good to me and so far it is all going well."
"Did you ever think of starting out on your own?" Lou asked.
Ben blushed a bit and hesitated. "Occasionally, but I am not really ready for all that right now," he said.
Lou leaned forward at bit and whispered:
"Well, if you ever do, give me a call. I can set you up completely."
Early a.m. Tuesday
Dr. Gene Moss turned over and looked up at the dark ceiling. He could see only a shaft of light peeking into the room from the hallway "night light." His mind was racing as he worried and fretted. Shadows appeared and moved with every passing car. He could hear a distant train — something that he hadn't noticed in years.
He turned over one more time as his wife shifted and whispered in his ear.
"You're not sleeping. How come?"
"It's nothing. I just can't get to sleep."
Sally moved to the lateral edge of the bed and dropped off to sleep again almost immediately. John continued to toss and turn.
Tuesday morning
Gene fumbled with his shirt button for no apparent reason. He continued to see clients but dreaded the morning like none before it. He watched his busy associate Ben Collier and imagined the worst.


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10 Surprising Collectible Cars of Tomorrow
This adventure-tourer from Aprilia announced at EICMA comes equipped with many impressive electronic systems, including semiactive suspension that automatically adjusts to road conditions and riding style. The Caponord has ride-by-wire throttle, traction control, ABS, and even electric preload adjustment on the rear shock. The 90-degree V-twin engine makes an Aprilia-claimed 128 hp. It's mounted in a chassis that uses a trellis steel upper frame and aluminum lower sections. The 1200 combines adventure-touring styling and an upright riding position along with a three-headlight upper fairing, reminiscent of Aprilia's RSV4 sport bike. Unlike with the racy model, though, you could mount hard saddlebags on the Caponord and take off for a long weekend.
BMW debuted this revised touring model, which is replacing the former F 800 ST touring bike. Besides a new, sleeker fairing and wheels, the GT has a 798-cc, double-overhead-cam parallel twin engine with more power. It also features electronic suspension adjustment and BMW's traction control. The new fairing permits a taller, more comfortable handlebar, and maintenance is easy to live with, too, thanks to a belt final drive.
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Future of Sir Thomas Picton and Tasker Milward Schools go under the microscope
4:01pm Tuesday 14th January 2014
4:01pm Tuesday 14th January 2014
TASKER Milward and Sir Thomas Picton schools will be under the microscope following a decision to review education in Haverfordwest.
At a cabinet meeting on Monday (January 13) councillors approved the review, which will look also at the supply and demand of pupil places, the provision of Welsh language education, transport implications and the impact on the community.
The proposal comes following a report in 2013, in which the two schools were awarded points based on four elements: quality and future sustainability of educational provision; sufficiency and accessibility of school places; condition, suitability and standard of school buildings; and value for money.
Higher points in a given category were awarded indicated 'greater concern' – with Sir Thomas Picton School scoring zero for the 'quality and future sustainability of educational provision', while Tasker Milward School scored 30 in the same category.
In total, Sir Thomas Picton School scored 39, while Tasker Milward School scored 83.
As a result, the Haverfordwest area was identified as a 'priority for review'.
Objectives for the review include driving up standards of teaching and attainment in all schools, improving educational outcomes for all pupils, ensuring value for money, and helping narrow inequalities in achievement between advantaged and disadvantaged pupils.
A report outlining options and recommendations will be presented to cabinet in the spring.
These options will include maintaining the current two-school set-up, merging the schools, forming a federation, changing how the schools are designated – i.e. age, language, faith – and closure.
Following the review, a preliminary consultation is expected to take place.
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On Sunday, the Colorado Rapids U-16s earned a 1-1 draw with a late tying goal against Texas Rush at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. At the start of the game, the Rapids found it difficult to get a rhythm in the first half. Rush started the match with energy and were the first to capitalize. Before halftime, Colorado had a chance to equalize with a penalty kick but Nathan Braatan's shot went wide right of the goal. The second half had a much different tone, though, and the Rapids were able to connect for a few chances. Their hard work finally came to fruition in the final minutes of the game when Kyle Ericson netted his first goal of the season to even the score and give the Rapids a point.
The Rapids, still undefeated with a 3-0-3 (W-L-T) record, next face Texans SC Houston on Friday, Oct. 25 and the Houston Dynamo on Oct. 27 at Dick's Sporting Goods Park.
Scoring Summary:
TEX - Fabian Adame 45'
COL - Kyle Ericson 84'
Colorado Rapids lineup: Miles Chow, Kyle Ericson, Elias Helbig, William Herzl, Blake Moncur, Nicholas Porter, Samuel Raben, Christopher Reichmann, Antonio Rosales (Nathan Braatan 41'), Tucker Schneider, Greer Solarte (Elijah Mwenebitu 46').


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This brought back memories both good and sad. I was fortunate to spend the summer of 1988 at the Pentagon as a speechwriter intern to the chief of staff of the Army, Gen. Carl Vuono, often traveling with him, accompanying him to testify on Capitol Hill, and to full-honors arrival ceremonies at Fort Myer for visiting foreign dignitaries.
More recently, in 2004 I attended the funeral of West Point friend and classmate Tim Brooks, who died of a brain tumor while serving at Fort Myer, which entitled him to burial at Arlington.
Classmates came from all over the country to attend his touching Catholic funeral mass at Fort Myer's post chapel. We then walked behind the horse-drawn caisson into the National Cemetery. Tim was laid to rest next door to Navy Adm. James Boorda. If you have never visited Arlington National Cemetery or the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, you must when you visit Washington, D.C. Even on their school trips to D.C., I've taken time out to visit my friend's grave at Arlington with my daughters.
From the spit-and-polish ceremonies of the military district of Washington (MDW) to the grit and grime of war zones, I'm reminded of my father-in-law, Heinz Dittmar, the son of German immigrants, who had immigrated to the USA in 1926. Fluent in German, he served in the U.S. Army in Italy toward the end of World War II, where he helped process Nazi prisoners of war.
Only recently did my father-in-law tell us that his father, my wife's Grandpa Dittmar, had served in the Kaiser's Imperial Army during World War I, had been taken as a POW by the Russian czar's Army, and sent to Siberia. No wonder he and his wife fled the inflation and turmoil of Germany's short-lived Weimar Republic and came to the USA.
Just as my father-in-law served in World War II, so, too, did my late grandfather, Bill Burkman, who was in the U.S. Navy Construction Battalions (the Seabees). In November 1990, he and my late grandmother, Naomi Burkman, attended my graduation from the German program at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, Calif.
Afterward we drove beautiful Highway 1 south past Big Sur, down central California's rugged coastline to Port Hueneme, home of the Seabee Museum, which he had never visited before. At the entrance, my grandpa was asked his unit number.
The guide took us to a yearbook that had all black Seabees. This was from a time before units of our armed forces were integrated. My grandpa was one digit off for his unit number. We eventually found his correct unit number's yearbook. Sure enough, there were a couple of photos of him inside. In looking through his yearbook, I was to discover that my grandpa, a man of few words, was known to his unit as "the Silent Swede." His unit built naval facilities in Trinidad and was even once chased all night by a German U-boat.
From his Seabee duty, Grandpa Burkman learned his trade, construction. He eventually made his way to New Castle, where he started two successful businesses, Quality Concrete & Tile Co. and Burkman Construction Co.
From row upon row of "gardens of stone" in our national cemeteries, to Ellis Island, through which my wives' grandparents and other immigrants passed, these form part of our forefathers' successful experiment that became the USA.
Let's remember all who have served, and to paraphrase Isaiah 40:31, may the Lord raise up on eagle's wings those who still serve.