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None of my friends have ever seen it, so when I break out into the theme song (as one does on occasion) they give me the weirdest looks. I tried to explain it once, but I think that just made it worse. Luckily when I get my Netflix they can see for themselves how amazing it is.
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Warming Up Your Ovens with Marketing Campaigns for Holidays
It's the most wonderful time of the year… for food. Kitchens have been gearing up their ovens for the winter holidays, and now that they're here, we welcome the opportunity to try out holiday specials and offer customers a variety of options during the holiday season.
So many holidays feature food as a major part of their celebration. Think about it: chocolates and romantic dinners for Valentine's Day, anything green on St. Patrick's Day, a traditional Easter Dinner, barbecue for the Fourth of July, the soohor and iftar meals during Ramadan, all things pumpkin for Halloween, turkey and all the trimmings for the Thanksgiving, latkes (potato pancakes) and sufganiyot (jelly-filled doughnuts) for Hanukkah, and a feast for Christmas fresh from the ovens. The possibilities for culinary creativity are endless. Here are some good ideas to help drum up some business for your ovens on holidays year-round.
Use Unique Holiday Promotions
Offer customers some incentive to choose your business in particular on a holiday. This might mean offering a specialized "green" menu on St. Patrick's Day, advertising a discount or special service to larger parties around New Year's Eve, or if you are a casual establishment, holding trivia nights with themed quizzes and small prizes.
Advertise Strategically
Think about your main demographic of customers and cater to them when advertising. Place ads in the local newspapers' or magazines' food sections. If your business has social media outlets, use them to advertise and promote any special offers you may be running.
Decorate for the Holiday
Opt for colors that match the season, and keep your décor neutral to cater to all tastes. Colored lights for winter holidays, sparkly décor for New Year's, candles and draperies for Valentine's Day… you get the idea.
Stay Politically Correct
You may think that being "PC" is overhyped these days, but political correctness is something you should pay special attention to in your marketing. Be inclusive in your advertising. A simple "happy holidays" on signs, menus, and wished by your staff will welcome customers of all types, and the kind sentiment remains intact.
Keep your ovens full and your guests happy with unique advertising, and you'll all have a happy holiday, no matter the time of year.
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The separation lasted only a few seconds, 10 at the most, but Mike would never forget the spike in his blood and the terror of those brief few moments.
Tia and Mike Baye never imagined they'd become the type of overprotective parents who spy on their kids. But their 16-year-old son, Adam, has been unusually distant lately, and after the suicide of his classmate, Spencer Hill - the latest in a string of issues at school - they can't help but worry. They install a sophisticated spy program on Adam's computer, and within days they are jolted by a message from an unknown correspondent addressed to their son: "Just stay quiet and all safe."
Meanwhile, browsing through an online memorial for Spencer put together by his classmates, Betsy Hill is struck by a photo that appears to have been taken on the night of her son's death...and he wasn't alone. She thinks it is Adam Baye standing just outside the camera's range, but when Adam goes missing, it soon becomes clear that something deep and sinister has infected their community.
For Tia and Mike Baye, the question they must answer is this: When it comes to your kids, is it possible to know too much?
©2008 Harlan Coban; (P)2008 Brilliance Audio
"Parents will find this compulsive page-turner from Edgar-winner Coben...particularly unnerving." (Publishers Weekly)
I am a commuter and listening to audio books keeps the road rage to non exsistent. I must say that this audio book was addictive. It kept me on the edge of my seat. I was actually getting angry, feeling torture and sorrow. Amazing writing. I highly recommend to anyone who loves suspense and mystery.
"Hold Tight"
Excellent! the best book of 2008 by far. A thriller beyond imagination, that might even happen in our own backyard!! Characters are well developed, the good guys are truly good,loyal and perfection itself. the "bad" guys are tough, ugly and meet all expectations. With everyone, good and/or bad, their lives are all entwined to bring this novel to the most thrilling, unexpected end.
Three cheers to Halan Coben. and three cheers to your best Narrator, Scott Brick.
"One of Coben's best"
I love Harlan Coben's standalone thrillers, such as Tell No One and Gone For Good. Coben knows how to build and keep suspense through the whole book, and Hold Tight is no exception.
It has an interesting premise: parents spying on their kids, and the author made a very interesting story out of that premise, adding some interesting notes on technology.
But the main theme with all his books is nonstop suspense. I love all Coben's standalone thrillers for that reason (I haven't read his Myron Bolitar books yet).
Each time I read a book my this author I'm always disappointed when I get to the end, I always want the story to go on. To me, that is the true test of a good story.
"Non Stop Listen!"
This is my 1st Coben book and wow I couldnt stop listening. The title is perfect as you hold tight as the story unfolds. 5 stars for sure!
"Didn't want to stop listening"
I really liked the way the characters merged, much like "Crash".
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"My first Coben"
This is the first Harlan Coben book I've read and I can't wait to get to the rest. The premise intrigued me and the book didn't disappoint. I would buy the phone book from Audible if Scott Brick were the narrator. Coben and Brick combined kept me glued to my headphones for two days of "don't you dare interrupt me" looks while listening to this intricately woven tale of seemingly unlinked events that left me in awe of a storyteller who makes his craft look effortless. I never felt manipulated, just extremely amazed at the way this tale unfolded.
"The best"
I say the best because it is the best mystery book I have listened to. Mysteries are not my favorite genre. If they were I may have given this a five. It held my attention throughout the book and had many plot twists and turns. All were neatly tied up at the end though and it was nice to hear it all come together. There is some gore and torture in this book so just be aware that some parts are hard to listen to. Still an enjoyable "read" and worth the download.
Retired former magazine editor who is working harder than ever as Mr. Dad to his 14-year-old daughter.
"Will hold your interest till the end"
With 20 minutes left in this listen, I had just about decided to award it five stars. The last 20 minutes brought it down to four. This should not dissuade people from purchasing the book. Coben does his usual excellent job of creating characters that the listener can identify with. He weaves together two separate but related stories that wil have listeners postulating and guessing. At the book's conclusion he inserts a final twist that borders on the preposterous. To say more might give something away. Luckily it doesn't seriously detract from the listening experience. Scott Brick does a fine job with the narration and makes the dialogue and who's speaking pretty easy to follow. Coben came very close to having a great book with many interesting and surprising twists and turns, except for the final one. It is still worth you time, especially if you're a Coben fan.
"Not one dull moment!"
This was my first book I have experienced that is written by Coben and I will definitely be listening to others written by him.
The characters really come to life and the experience of listening to this book is as good as (if not better than) a watching a movie!
The story is fresh, suspenseful, interesting, and very realistic.
Scott Brick, as always, does a flawless job narrating!
"hold tight"
loved it! not as sarcastic as with his myron books....but i also needed a break from him. they were starting to be the same. as a parent...i could totally relate to this book. got a bit confusing as to what blame was to be placed on the little sister. kept me going...listening at work whenever i got a break.
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BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. – Austin Berry's gaffe put the Chicago Fire in a hole on Wednesday against Colorado, but the second-year center back helped dig the Fire out of it with a 48th-minute goal to give Chicago a 2-1 win.
The Fire extended their unbeaten streak to four games but the Rapids, who lost their second straight, put them on their heels early.
Berry took a bad touch in the 16th minute, and speedy rookie Deshorn Brown pounced, stealing the ball before beating goalkeeper Sean Johnson with an assured low finish.
Jalil Anibaba almost answered two minutes later when he found himself on the receiving end of a Mike Magee corner kick, but his header was saved by Clint Irwin.
OPTA Chalkboard: Rapids win possession battle, but lack cutting edge in Fire penalty box
In the 25th minute, Mike Magee evened the score when he confidently chipped a penalty kick into the back of the net after looking Irwin the other way. Magee has now scored in each of his first five games with his new club as he starts his Fire career in sterling fashion.
Magee thought he'd added to his total when he finished off a cross from Patrick Nyarko in the 24th minute, but he was judged half a step offside by the assistant referee.
Colorado midfielder Jaime Castrillon had a golden opportunity to put the Rapids ahead when he connected with a cross from Bryan Mullan, but his header flew straight to Sean Johnson.
Berry almost atoned for his mistake in the 43rd minute, but his back-post header was cleared off the line by Bryan Mullan.
The Rapids weren't so fortunate two minutes into the second half, when Jeff Larentowicz found Berry with a well-placed cross to the back post, and the big center back put it away.
But Colorado weren't done. Edson Buddle hit the post four minutes later, and in injury time, the Rapids could have equalized twice.
First, Dillon Powers found Tony Cascio wide open with a low cross to the back post, but his angled first-time shot hit the woodwork from point-blank range. A few minutes later, Brown put the ball into the back of the net for the second time, but he was called for a hand ball on the play as the home side held on for the win.
Chicago hadn't strung together points in consecutive games this season before Magee and center back Bakary Soumare arrived. Now, they're climbing their way out of the bottom of the Eastern Conference. The Fire head to Columbus on Saturday before returning home to host Orlando City in the US Open Cup next Wednesday.
With two starters and head coach Oscar Pareja suspended, the Rapids lost their second straight after going unbeaten in six. The Rapids visit Portland on Sunday.
Scoring Summary:
COL - Deshorn Brown 3 (unassisted) 17'
CHI - Mike Magee (penalty kick) 23'
CHI - Autin Berry (Jeff Larentowicz) 47'
Misconduct Summary:
CHI - Jeff Larentowicz (caution) 60'
COL - Brian Mullan (caution) 70'
COL - Nathan Sturgis (caution) 81
COL - German Mera (caution) 84'
Colorado Rapids lineup: Clint Irwin, Brian Mullan (German Mera 72'), Marvell Wynne, Drew Moor, Chris Klute, Nathan Sturgis, Dillon Powers, Martin Rivero (Danny Mwanga 55'), Jaime Castrillon (Tony Cascio 78'), Deshorn Brown, Edson Buddle
Substitutes not used: Steward Ceus, Nick LaBrocca, Anthony Wallace, Kamani Hill
Chicago Fire: Sean Johnson, Jalil Anibaba, Bakary Soumaré, Austin Berry, Gonzalo Segares, Patrick Nyarko, Dilly Duka, Alex (Dan Paladini 71'), Jeff Larentowicz, Mike Magee (Sherjill MacDonald 75'), Chris Rolfe (Joel Lindpere 86')
Substitutes not used: Paolo Tornaghi, Wells Thompson, Quincy Amarikwa, Logan Pause
Referee: Edvin Jurisevic
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Advertising and In-App Messaging APIs Added to the AT&T API Platform
AT&T offers developers new ways to innovate and monetize
New York, New York, April 04, 2013
At the AT&T* Innovation Showcase , the company today announced the availability of two new APIs: an Advertising API and an In-App Messaging from Mobile Number API. These new APIs are available in the AT&T API Platform and enable developers to integrate ad-revenue streams and add innovative messaging functionality.
In addition, AT&T also announced enhancements to its Speech API, powered by the AT&T WATSON℠ speech recognition engine, providing developers with speech-to-text and text-to-speech capabilities.
AT&T Advertising API
The Advertising API is a cross-platform, cross-carrier API that allows developers to monetize their apps with in-app, paid advertising, offering an 80/20 revenue share that is driven by the number of advertisements a user clicks.
With the Advertising API, developers can:
- Manage the user experience by defining the category, placement, context and delivery of the static image or text advertisements that will be pulled from a large and diverse inventory.
- Offer an improved end-user experience since ads displayed will be optimized based on the identified device being used.
- Set demographic parameters to target ads and increase end-user engagement.
- Access yield management and reporting capabilities to actively monitor the success of their campaign.
AT&T In-App Messaging from Mobile Number API
In-App Messaging from Mobile Number is a RESTful API that enables developers to integrate message functionality in a new way. Using this API, developers can create experiences that let users send text and picture messages from their AT&T mobile number without exiting the app, helping lead to more engaged users. Having the messages sent from an AT&T mobile number allows friends and family to easily recognize the sender, improving the in-app messaging experience.
AT&T Speech API
AT&T has enhanced its Speech API to optimize speech recognition performance through additional speech contexts that are tuned for gaming and social media apps. It also offers a generic context, which can be customized for certain words used specifically within the app. This capability makes the context perfect for command-and-response apps, or those in which app users only say a limited set of words or phrases.
In addition to offering speech-to-text capabilities, the API now offers text-to-speech, supporting both English and Spanish languages. Developers can simply send text as part of the API call, and that text will be read back by a voice of the developer's choice.
"AT&T is dedicated to helping developers achieve success and remains committed to providing this community with the cutting-edge APIs needed to help them bring innovative solutions to market quickly and easily," said Carolyn Billings, Associate VP, AT&T Developer Program. "By enhancing and adding great new APIs to our Platform, AT&T is creating a win-win for everyone involved – developers are able to enhance their customers' app experience while enjoying new revenue streams."
To assist with implementation, AT&T offers software development kits (SDKs) for these and all APIs on the AT&T API Platform. For more information on the AT&T Developer Program and the AT&T API Platform, visit developer.att.com.


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The Armed Forces Foundation, a national non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the morale, welfare, and quality of life of the U.S. Armed Forces community, is proud to announce the completion of Super Chevy magazine's custom-built 1957 Chevy convertible that was built under the name Project American Heroes www.projectamericanheroes.net). The project, which was created to financially assist families of fallen or disabled Veterans through the Armed Forces Foundation, will be featured at one of Washington's most widely attended and prestigious galas - the 2008 Armed Forces Foundation Congressional Gala. Hundreds of guests including Congressmen, Senators, members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and injured Service Members from Walter Reed Army Hospital and the National Naval Medical Center will get the chance to view it for the last time before it lands at its final destination, the 6th Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car auction in Palm Beach, Florida March 27-30, 2008. The car will then be sold to the highest bidder with all proceeds going to the Armed Forces Foundation. Watch the auction live on the Speed Channel from 12:00 - 3:00 pm EST Friday, March 28.
"This is truly a magnificent piece of work where supporters of our military community came together for a good cause," said Armed Forces Foundation President, Patricia Driscoll. "The money raised will be used to assist families of the wounded with bills, travel, funeral expenses (if necessary) and any other hardships they are facing during these stressful times."
Project American Heroes began last summer when CARS Inc. of Rochester Hills, MI and the Roadster Shop of Elgin, IL, united with the editors of Super Chevy to recreate a classic 1957 Chevrolet convertible. Armed Forces personnel were then invited to select the ultimate design for this dream vehicle including the color scheme, interior design and exterior trim via the Project American Heroes Web site (www.projectamericanheroes.net). Super Chevy covered every step of the project, following the complete build-up across multiple issues of the magazine, culminating with a special 100-page commemorative Super Chevy issue, "Building the Ultimate '57."
"We are thrilled with the participation and enthusiasm over Project American Heroes," said Super Chevy magazine publisher, Ed Zinke. "We would like to offer a special thank you to our readers for their interest, our partners who contributed their time, skill and materials, and the military personnel who helped determine the final design. Everyone's contributions made this project a huge success." Super Chevy is published by Source Interlink Media, a division of Source Interlink Companies, Inc.
The AFF was established in 2001 as a 501 (c) 3 and is a part of the U.S. Department of Defenses' America Supports You program. AFF supports Active Duty, National Guard, Veterans, reserve, & military families during their time of greatest need. With 14 programs, AFF assists with food, rent, hotel rooms for families visiting a wounded loved one, holiday gifts for military children, among many others. The Foundation has been recognized numerous times by President Bush, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Energy, the Department of Education, and other non-profits for its dedication and support of America's Service Members.


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i am creating a login script for my site and was hoping someone would be nice enough to have a look at my script and check i am not missing an important security hole. Basically is it safe once i have checked the cookie variables against the DB to set a session variable that is used while they are logged in, rather than having to query the DB each page load.
here is the code that does the checking to see if a cookie is already remembering the password to use to check against the DB.
hope this makes sense, any help/suggestions much appreciated
//Let's check if there is a cookie set with password
if(isset($_COOKIE['username']) && isset($_COOKIE['password']) ){
//Check if there is a session set so we don't need to check the database otherwise do a database check
if($_SESSION['logged'] !== 'user' || $_SESSION['logged'] !== 'member' || $_SESSION['logged'] !== 'admin'){
//lets get the variables
$username = mysql_real_escape_string($_COOKIE['username']);
$password = mysql_real_escape_string($_COOKIE['password']);
//lets do a query on the database now we know they are wanting to login
$query_login = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = '$username' and password = '$password'")or die(mysql_error());
//get the results for the login
$row_login = mysql_fetch_array($query_login);
$total_login = mysql_num_rows($query_login);
if($total_login == 0){
//it failed so we set an error message
$_SESSION['unwelcome'] = 'username and/or password not recognised';
$_SESSION['welcome'] = 'Login';
//it worked and we have a match so set a welcome message
$_SESSION['welcome'] = '
Welcome '.$row_login['username'].' - log out
';
$_SESSION['unwelcome'] = '';
//ok so they are good lets set a session variable to allow certain bits to be visible
//options user,member,admin
$_SESSION['logged'] = $row_login['type'];
else {
//no cookie was found so we just ask them to log in
$_SESSION['welcome'] = '
Login
';
then on my pages i just have something simple like
<?php echo $_SESSION['welcome'].' '.$_SESSION['unwelcome'];?>

hello page

<?php if($_SESSION['logged'] == 'user'){ ?>

some text only registered people see

<?php ;}
elseif($_SESSION['logged'] == 'admin'){ echo 'lets do some admin';}

Log in to see extra stuff

<?php }?>
I don't see anything syntactically wrong here, but I would make a few suggestions and comments.
1) RE: "if($total_login == 0)" What if the row count is 3? A better check would be against the actual expected value of 1, failing on anything else.2) I don't see any usage of the md5/sha256 hashing methods in your call to check password. Are you storing the passwords in plain text in the cookie? If so, this is not very secure. Other sites can read cookies. I would store the password in the DB as a sha256 salted hash. Also store the salt. In the cookie, store only the hashed pass. Fetch the user by username only, rehash the cookie's stored password, then compare.
great thanks for having a look. I'll look at changing the total_login number as what you've pointed out makes sense.
Yep definitely Hashing the password with a salt. just haven't added that bit in yet as i would only confuse myself whilst getting the basic parts to work
thanks much appreciated
This might be a mis-understanding (as I haven't had my caffeine yet), but are you saying to store the hash in the cookie (without the salt taken into consideration)? As I'd argue, that is just as bad as storing it plain text in the cookie anymore.
Wouldn't you store the salted hash in the cookie and then you can compare it with the username in your query (since your password column should contain the salted hash too)?
I guess I am not seeing why you would need to rehash the cookie's stored password, as the database should have the sha256 salted hash and the cookie should have stored that same value too.
best get this bit right - i was going to do this
$salt = "whatever1234";
setcookie('password', md5($salt.$_POST['password']), time()+60*60*24*365,'/','www.mysite.org');
i think i was going to insert the same hashed salted password into my password column. is this the correct thing to do?
Yes, that is what I would have done, and then your SQL could remain AS IS. But I'm still curious if I missed something that @Serenarules ; was implying.
Not exatly. Let me elaborate.
First, I wouldn't use a global salt. If guessed, all your users base are belong to me. Sorry, bad joke. =)
I prefer using unique salts, generated at the time of registration, store that in the users record. Not in the cookie. Never in the cookie.
When logging in, the record is fetched by username only. Then whatever he input for his password is rehashed using the stored salt (from above) and compared.
If login is successful, the hashed password and username is stored in the cookie like normal.
The reason this setup is good is because it will accomodate both global and per-user salts.
I apologize for the unclarity. I must be off my game today, I've had to clarify a few things I've said so far. LOL
Okay, I agree with that.
Agree with you there too
Just a bit more clarity, the salted hashed password and username is stored in the cookie, correct? So when they revisit you can compare the values in the cookie against the values in the database (they should match equally without any additional work).
No worries, just wanted to make sure you were implying what I was hoping but wasn't necessarily reading
Correct. =)
However, if you REALLY want to get into security, you could go all out and implement a ticket system.
Read on for ticket system.
Upon successful login, cache browser type/ver, client ip, time of login, user ID, and generate a ticket id.
Store ticket ID only in the cookie. Do not even need username!
Upon page refresh, lookup the ticket, compare current browser type/ver, client ip, check time of login for timeout status (reset if required), then, if all pass, just fetch the user's record via user ID.
No need to mess with messy passwords. Even if a ticket cookie is stolen, it's properties won't match up against what the thief is using.
In addition, you could seed each FORM based page with a one-up authorization code, to be compared upon POST. Both the ticket cookie and the posted auth code must be correct in order to process.
But this is only if you really want to go all-the way.
thanks, this is all very useful info. Not sure i need to be super secure as not storing any sensitive info but may just give unique salts a go to be on the safe side and future proof
thanks for looking over my code
You shouldn't even put the hashed version of a password into a cookie. What you need is a token, one that is continually regenerated after periods of activity from the user.
I personally wouldn't use md5 or sha1. Neither hashing method was meant for passwords ... but instead for speed which makes brute force attacks much easier. I instead prefer to use mcrypt VIA PHPass. It also takes care of all your salting and stretching needs.
Here's a great article on password security: http://www.openwall.com/articles/PHP-Users-Passwords


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A Leather Purse!Situation puzzles (sometimes called lateral thinking puzzles) are ones where you need to ask lots of yes or no questions to figure out what happened in the situation. These are good puzzles for groups where one person knows the puzzle and answers the questions.
A beggar found a leather purse that someone had dropped in the marketplace. Opening it, he discovered that it contained 100 pieces of gold. Then he heard a merchant shout, "A reward! A reward to the one who finds my leather purse!"
Being an honest man, the beggar came forward and handed the purse to the merchant saying, "Here is your purse. May I have the reward now?"
"Reward?" scoffed the merchant, greedily counting his gold. "Why the purse I dropped had 200 pieces of gold in it. You've already stolen more than the reward! Go away or I'll tell the police."
"I'm an honest man," said the beggar defiantly. "Let us take this matter to the court."
In court, the judge patiently listened to both sides of the story of a leather bag lost and a leather bag found. He counted the coins; 100 gold coins in total. Then said, "If all was said is true then it's clear that no reward is necessary."
How did the judge rule on this case?
HintWhat was found, and what was lost?
AnswerThe judge then said, "Merchant, you stated that the purse you lost contained 200 pieces of gold. Well, that's a considerable loss, but the purse this beggar found had only 100 pieces of gold. Therefore, it couldn't be the one you lost." With that, the judge gave the purse with 100 pieces of gold to the beggar, and told the merchant that he did not have to pay a reward.
There might just be a leather bag out there somewhere still with 200 pieces of gold in it, but don't ask the merchant, the beggar, or me.
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Two domestic violence schemes that were successfully piloted by Wiltshire Police, alongside partner agencies, are being introduced nationally by Home Secretary Theresa May this weekend.
From tomorrow, the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme (DVDS) and Domestic Violence Protection Orders (DVPOs) will be active in every police force across England and Wales.
The roll-out coincides with International Women's Day – a global event celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. It also ties in with the Association of Chief Police Officers' (ACPO) week of action around Domestic Abuse, which has been actively promoted by Wiltshire Police.
The Home Secretary announced her intention to implement the schemes in November last year following the pilot scheme of both the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme and Domestic Violence Protection Orders in a number of forces, including Wiltshire.
The Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme (DVDS) – often known as 'Clare's Law' – was first piloted in Wiltshire in July 2012.
Three other police force areas – Greater Manchester, Gwent and Nottinghamshire – then also began trialling the scheme from September 2012.
The DVDS introduced recognised and consistent multi-agency processes to enable a disclosure to be made to the public containing information about previous violent offending by a new or existing partner where this may help protect them from further domestic abuse.
Since the scheme was first piloted in Wiltshire, a total of 168 applications for disclosure have been made in the county with 51 disclosures having been granted. These include 52 'Right to Ask' and 116 'Right to Know' applications.
Wiltshire Police also piloted Domestic Violence Protection Orders (DVPOs).
It was one of three police force areas – alongside Greater Manchester and West Mercia – to trial the scheme which ensures that perpetrators of domestic violence are banned from molesting a victim, or going near their home, for up to 28 days.
Since the start of the Home Office-led pilot in Wiltshire – which began in July 2011 – a total of 265 DVPOs have been applied for to court with 225 of those granted.
Pat Geenty, Chief Constable of Wiltshire Police, said: "I am delighted that the Home Office have implemented both of these schemes and proud that Wiltshire Police, alongside our partners, were able to play such a significant role during their pilot phases.
"I now hope we are able to lend our experiences to other forces across England and Wales.
"It is important to point out that these schemes are not the final solution to tackling domestic abuse.
"They are just two further tools that we are using to help both victims and future victims of this crime and, as a force, we remain committed to targeting the perpetrators of domestic abuse."
Angus Macpherson, the Police and Crime Commissioner for Wiltshire and Swindon, said: "Domestic abuse should have no place in our society, and yet it is still going on behind closed doors in our towns and villages.
"Whether the abuse is physical, psychological or financial it is totally unacceptable in this day and age. The national roll-out of the two schemes after successful Wiltshire pilots is to be applauded."
Keith Humphries, Wiltshire Council's cabinet member for public protection, said: "Domestic abuse impacts on many people's lives, with up to one in four women and one in six men being affected by one of the many forms during their lifetime.
"It is often referred to as the hidden crime as victims are so fearful of reporting what is happening to them, they may not even tell family and friends.
"We welcome the roll out of these schemes that will further support and protect victims."
Maggie Rae, who chairs Wiltshire Community Safety Partnership, said: "It is so important to remind people there is help out there and not to suffer in silence but to have the courage to speak out.
"Ensuring we have a range of support options available is very important and will empower victims to make choices to keep themselves safe."
For more information on either scheme, contact Wiltshire Police Domestic Abuse Investigation Teams on 101. There is also the facility to leave information anonymously.
Anyone who knows someone who is living with the effects of domestic abuse, can seek support by contacting Wiltshire Police.
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Cards wrap up spending on Draft picks
SAN FRANCISCO -- Though 16 days remain to sign players taken in the 2014 First-Year Player Draft, the Cardinals have already wrapped up most of their spending. And for the third straight season, the organization has exceeded its allotted pool of bonus money, but not so much so that it will cost the club future picks.
Cardinals 2014 Draft picks
|Luke Weaver
|$1,843,000 (slot)
|Jack Flaherty
|$2,000,000 (+$349,600)
|Ronnie Williams
|$833,900 (slot)
|Andrew Morales
|$546,100 (-$250,000)
|Trevor Megill
|Austin Gomber
|$374,100 (slot)
|Darren Seferina
|$200,000 (-$80,100)
|Andrew Sohn
|$209,700 (slot)
|Brian O'Keefe
|$150,00 (-$13,200)
|Nick Thompson
|$135,000 (-$17,400)
|Daniel Poncedeleon
|$5,000 (-$137,300)
|Danny Diekroeger
|$5,000 (-$132,700)
|Bryan Dobzanski
|$700,000 (+$600,000)
As of Wednesday, the Cardinals had announced the signings of 28 of their 42 picks; that includes 11 of their 12 selections from the Draft's first 10 rounds. The bonuses of those 11 players all count against the Cardinals' bonus pool, which becomes $6,582,800 with the Cardinals' inability to sign third-round pick Trevor Megill.
Four of the Cardinals' first 12 picks signed at slot value, including top pick Luke Weaver and second-rounder Ronnie Williams. The Cardinals were able to then save money by coming to below-slot agreements with six players. Among those was supplementary second-round pick Andrew Morales, who signed for $250,000 less than the recommended slot for the 71st overall pick.
With those savings, the Cardinals were able to hand out above-slot bonuses to first-round pick Jack Flaherty ($2 million) and 29th-round selectee Bryan Dobzanski ($700,000). Both players had commitments to play in premier college programs. Though Dobzanski was taken after the 10th round, the portion of his bonus in excess of $100,000, by rule, counts against the Cardinals' pool.
As a result, the Cardinals spent $318,900 more than their allotment. Per the Collective Bargaining Agreement, teams with an overage of 0-5 percent incur a tax. Surpassing that five-percent threshold costs a team a future pick. The Cardinals come in under that five-percent figure by just a little more than $10,000.
Since the CBA implemented new spending rules before the 2012 season, it has been the organization's strategy to maximize their pool by approaching a five-percent overage without hitting it. The Cardinals, while they will not be handing out any more significantly over-slot bonuses, have until July 18 to come to agreements with any other unsigned picks.
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, By Gosh, It's Langosch, and follow her on Twitter @LangoschMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Lady Gaga on Weight Gain: Points Out That Adele Is Bigger + Has More Confidence
Lady Gaga paid her fellow singer Adele a backhanded compliment recently when addressing the media response to her weight gain, which launched her Body Revolution. Gaga called the 'Someone Like You' singer "wonderful" and said that her "confidence is something I have to match," but also made a statement about Adele's size which could cause some controversy.
When chatting with Stylist about her beauty regimens and routines, the Body Revolution (where little monsters followed her lead and posted photos of their natural bodies) came up. Gaga was reading her press at the time –or at least she was being told about it by her family — where she was criticized for the excess pounds she packed onto her normally lithe frame.
"I was acutely aware of some photos on the Internet – my mom called me and was like, 'Did you gain weight?' – everybody was telling me about it, and I didn't really care," she declared. "But when I heard it was on the news, where they talk about wars, the economy crashing and the election, I just thought, 'This is f—ing ridiculous.' I mean, what kind of example is that to a young girl sitting at home? I thought, 'Well I don't really care if they think I'm fat, because, quite honestly, I did gain about 30 pounds."
And here's where the Mother Monster could face some backlash.
"Adele is bigger than me, how come nobody says anything about it? She's so wonderful and I think her confidence is something I have to match. She has set the bar very high for a lot of woman. I need to be a confident woman and just say politically active things when I can that are helpful to young people."
Well, Gaga, we have to point out that Adele herself says stuff about it. The new mother is adamant about being a singer and that she is not a pop star or a sex symbol. She is not someone who shows off her body in skimpy outfits. She will put on a dress and get up there and sing, not show her bootay, like Gaga and other pop stars do, so why would anyone bother to comment on Adele's curves?
Less controversially, Gaga talked about her beauty mantra and how fans and little monsters can approach beauty rituals.
"Sit in front of the mirror with all of the paints and colors and wigs that you have at your disposal, and just have a real talk with yourself. 'What do I not like about me?' And then, peer into the mirror – and just f—ing draw right over it because that's what makeup is here for. We're not all perfect – it's meant to be fun so we can bond as women, and say, 'You know, what? We don't all feel perfect, but did you try that lipstick? It's divine.'
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Actor and producer Michael Douglas defies leading-man expectations with bold creative choices.
Douglas eschews the typecasting trap partly because of his own journey as an artist, and partly because the public is willing to continue to go see his movies, regardless of the genre. "I create challenges by the roles I take," he says. "I'm sort of proud of the fact that I'm not really typecast. People are always trying to get a handle on what you do. With me either it's my sex trilogy--Fatal Attraction, Basic Instinct and Disclosure--or my businessman trilogy--Wall Street, The Game and this picture I'm doing now called A Perfect Murder. I've been fortunate that, within those categories, [I've been able] to choose different types of roles, and I am proud that the audience has been able to accept me in whatever type of role I play. They are not the typical 'movie star' roles. They're more ambivalent characters. Sometimes they are morally depraved. They are not the outright positive type of images that you attribute to selecting a 'star' type role.
"And the pictures themselves are more oddball," Douglas adds. "I've been very fortunate in that area, too. I've taken chances and so far the audiences have basically condoned those choices. They have allowed me to do those different types of roles. I do pictures for myself, because I figure if I like them, some other crazy people out there might like them, too. You know, once you've gained your confidence and done some bizarre, strange films with some roles that have been successful, it gives you the confidence to go out there and take more chances."
Two hammocks, four palm trees and twilight on the magical island of Bermuda. The cigars are lit, the Black Seal Bermuda rum poured--a feat not easily accomplished on this windy evening. But we are, after all, in paradise. Michael Douglas's paradise: the Ariel Sands Beach Club, to be precise. Amid the coral-painted cottage colony that he has recently invested in (owned by members of his mother's family), on the idyllic beaches where he happily played as a boy, and near the golf courses that he cannot get nearly enough of as a man, Douglas is literally and figuratively at home.
Dressed in neatly pressed khakis and a cozy cashmere sweater, he looks much younger than his 53 years. Of course, there's his father Kirk's cleft chin to consider, as well as the sparkling aquamarine eyes of his mother, actress Diana Dill. Settling back into a hammock with an El Rey del Mundo, Douglas is your basic brilliant, successful, hard-working, recently divorced guy who just happens to be an Academy Award-winning actor and producer. He's a celebrity who dearly wishes he had more time to escape to the golf course and play hooky with his buddies. And, not unlike many men who have encountered a mid-life transition, he wonders what he is going to do to imbue the second half of his life with meaning, now that his marriage has ended and his child is in college.
His career as an actor has been driven by a series of passionate, if seemingly quirky, choices. In a way, Michael Douglas has helped reshape our definition of what a leading man is supposed to be. Very few movie stars will allow themselves the creative latitude to craft morally ambiguous or flawed characters on a regular basis. The Hero is supposed to save the day. The country. The planet. Our celluloid heroes need to be better than good. If If a movie star can't use his mind or his body or his spirit to vanquish all foes in 120 minutes or less while still looking great, that movie just isn't a star vehicle.
Douglas's body of work shows that he has built a successful career around a collection of risky characters, some of whom were downright unappealing. Even when he was portraying the romantic hero Jack Colton in the 1984 hit Romancing the Stone and its sequel, Jewel of the Nile, he did so with a self-deprecating, recalcitrant smirk. It was almost as if he had to constantly argue with himself to make the correct heroic moves.
His Academy Award-winning performance in Oliver Stone's 1987 hit Wall Street showed a seductive, arrogant Gordon Gecko, a devil in a custom-made suit whose amorality spoke to that part within each of us that secretly resonates with his ice-cold, bottom-line heart. That same year he played the husband who succumbs to a steamy, adulterous affair with Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction. Six years later, he was the victim of sexual harassment at the hands of Demi Moore in Disclosure.
We were saddened when we realized that there was most definitely an ice pick somewhere in detective Nick Curran's future in Basic Instinct. Falling Down cast Douglas as a disenfranchised, downsized defense department worker avenging the wrongs of the world during a day-long gun-toting rampage across Los Angeles. He played The Game as successful investment banker Nicholas Van Orton, who had to lose everything he thought he had before he could find his way back to his own heart and avoid committing suicide like his father. Even in Rob Reiner's romantic comedy, The American President, Douglas created a man who could run our country, romance a woman and conduct a sexual relationship in the White House. Of course, President Andrew Shepherd was a widower.
As the light of the day slowly begins to fade, Douglas takes a puff on his El Rey del Mundo and muses metaphorically about how he decides which film he wants to work on.
"Choosing which movie to do is a lot like falling in love with a woman," he says, the twinkle in his eyes attempting to disguise just how seriously he takes this process. "I don't know how well you analyze what qualities of a woman you are looking for, as opposed to what hits you in the face. You are attracted to her, you are attracted to a project. You then, because you are a little older now, don't impulsively go out and get married, i.e., commit to a project, but you find out about it. How many times do you find yourself thinking about it? Do you have to have a paper and pen by your bed at night? Do you wake up thinking about her, about the project? And if she stays with you, that project, and you can't get enough of her, you're hooked and you know you gotta do it. You gotta go and make that movie. If the initial infatuation wavers and wanders, you know that you don't want to make that commitment."
He takes another puff on his cigar. "Sometimes you want to do the dance a little bit. The director is of utmost importance. There are only about eight directors that I would walk off the boardwalk to make a picture with. So, short of those directors that I would sign off on immediately based on their résumé, I want to talk to the director. I want to be sure that they have a vision, that they actually have a picture in their mind of this movie, how they want to do it--even if it is different from what I saw when I read the script. It's important to see just how clear and strong their vision is."
Pausing for a moment and exhaling smoke, he adds wryly, "Although it is possible to have love at first sight. I have learned that, professionally at least, I have pretty good instincts."
The eldest son of Kirk Douglas and Diana Dill Darrid grew up in New Jersey and Connecticut, away from the glare of Hollywood. His desire to become an actor surfaced at the University of California, Santa Barbara, as far as a young man could get from the rigidity of his New England prep schools.
"I went to Choate, which was this very fancy prep school. For a while I was debating about going to Yale. Going to California to go to college at UC Santa Barbara was the first real decision in my life. I had no idea what I wanted to do. I was a real tight-ass and I figured I had to change, so I made the most radical change I could think of. I went to my college adviser and then to a travel agent and I looked at all these brochures and said, 'I want to go there.'
"It was great to be in California in the early 1960s. The UC system was in fabulous shape. The whole culture was just spectacular. It was an important time in my life and I think it paid off pretty well. I was undeclared for years and years and then in my junior year they called me and said, 'You gotta get a major.' I didn't know what I wanted to do. I was a hippie and I was hanging out. I had flunked out for a year already and I was enjoying myself. So I thought, I'll take theater. I figured, Mom was an actress in the theater and my stepfather was a Broadway producer before he was a writer and it just seemed like it was an opportunity to do something that would be easy. I thought, my dad's an actor, but I had this terrible stage fright. So after majoring in theater, I worked as an assistant film editor on my dad's film, Lonely Are the Brave. I worked as an assistant director on The Heroes of Telemark and Cast a Giant Shadow."
After receiving his bachelor of arts degree in 1968, Douglas moved to New York City to continue his dramatic training, first with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse and eventually with Wynn Handman at the American Place Theater. "I did a lot of Off-Broadway work and summer stock and eventually I was put under contract to CBS. I did three pictures for CBS Playhouse that did not work out particularly well, but it did bring me out to Los Angeles. I did a few episodes of 'Medical Center,' 'The FBI' and the like, and then the series ["The Streets of San Francisco"] came. And it was a really, really phenomenal opportunity."
"The Streets of San Francisco," which Douglas starred in from 1972 to 1976, became one of ABC's highest-rated prime-time programs; it was, in a sense, his graduate level curriculum as an actor. The fast-paced, demanding work of a one-hour dramatic series honed Douglas's talents. "What happened on 'Streets' is that I learned what each actor's responsibility was to the process as a whole," he says. "In my case, I was the second banana and Karl Malden and I were responsible for carrying the plot. Each week we had a different guest star coming in and we had a different director. We did 104 hours of the show. Basically, we made a 52-minute movie in seven working days. It was a lot about structure, prologues, three to four acts, epilogues. The only thing that mattered was, 'Is it good for this episode?' It was a really great experience."
Thanks to Malden's goodwill as an actor, Douglas's character did not fade into the background, like that of so many of his predecessors in the one-hour dramatic format. The exposure allowed him to work though his residual stage fright. "Karl was incredibly generous and supportive," Douglas recalls. "Up until that series, the second banana was always two steps back and in soft focus. He made sure that I really got the chance to shine. He was always saying, 'Come on, come on up here.' Any fears that I had of the camera were allayed by simply having to be up there every hour working." Douglas earned three successive Emmy Award nominations for his work and directed two episodes of the series.
In the fourth year of production, Douglas opted to leave "The Streets of San Francisco" to follow a decidedly different career path. For years, his father had been trying without success to produce and star in the film adaptation of Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Now Michael decided to take a stab at the project.
"Everybody thought I was pretty crazy to leave the series after four years because it was such a hot show, but I left to produce this picture," recalls Douglas. "I felt really passionate about it. I really loved the project. I had no idea or intention that it would win five [major] Academy Awards and all that kind of stuff, and then it became like a springboard. There I was, an Academy Award-winning producer at 31 years of age. My career as a producer gave me an opportunity to do more acting jobs, like China Syndrome and Romancing the Stone.
"The first few years, everybody just spoke in terms of, 'Why do you even bother acting?' I said, 'I just love acting.'"
His producer's résumé is equally impressive, balancing box-office success and critical acclaim with social relevance. In 1984 Douglas produced the hit of the Christmas season, Starman, which earned lead actor Jeff Bridges an Oscar nomination. In 1986, Douglas created a television series based on the film. Two years later, he formed Stonebridge Entertainment Inc., which produced Flatliners, directed by Joel Schumacher, and Radio Flyer, directed by Richard Donner. In 1993, he produced Whoopi Goldberg's comedy Made in America, and in 1996, Douglas formed a production company with Steven Ruether and produced and starred in The Ghost and the Darkness. In 1997, they gave us the summer action hit Face/Off and John Grisham's The Rainmaker. Recently, the pair went their separate ways, and Douglas now has a production deal with Universal Studios.
During several productions throughout his career, Douglas served as producer and actor, but he found that doing both jobs on the same project was a bad mix. "I don't enjoy acting [when producing] because when you're producing a film that you're acting in, you're looking around at everything else. The joy of acting is being able to have tunnel vision, to have blinders on and enjoy the moment. To have no responsibility for anything else other than for creating that moment on film. To be a producer is to be responsible for everything that is going on around us. Everything. So I used to do it, and I was successful at it, but I wasn't necessarily enjoying it. So I realized that I'd rather go focus on being an actor."
Unlike many movie stars who use their box office clout to control the creative process, often to the detriment of the film, Douglas says he consciously works against this tendency, using his knowledge as a producer to temper his own actor's ego.
"Sure, I like producing. I like the development process and control and being involved in it. I'll do it once in a while. But I'm very different than a lot of guys. A lot of the guys love the control factor. They want the whole thing. I think that's presumptuous. I welcome and I try to encourage everybody else to do their best work and I try to keep my ego in line. I try not to bury everybody that's around me, and I try not to throw my weight around. I want to make everybody else as good as they can be.
"There are some actor-so-called-slash-stars who are in a position to control the production. And they make a mistake of confusing their stardom with good film making," Douglas says. "And they think that because they are a star, they can get directors whose vision they can control and therefore feel that the movie will make a better vehicle for them as an actor. Because of my career as a producer, all I want to create is the best movie possible. I want to work with the best director possible, and usually that person couldn't give a shit about my ego or what I want to a certain degree. They have a very strong vision of their own, and that vision is what I'm betting on."
With acting his true love, the lesson that Douglas would like to learn at this phase of his career has to do with allowing himself to be "creatively selfish," to think a little bit more like an actor and a little bit less like a producer.
"I tend to think in terms of the movie as a whole, first. I want to make good movies, which, as an actor, I'll be a part of. But sometimes I cut myself short as far an as actor is concerned. I don't get a chance to be as selfish as I want to be because I'm always trying to make it work for everybody else. Part of what I'm working on right now is learning how to be creatively selfish and just acting for the joy of it without having to be responsible for the whole picture."
Douglas's love for the business is apparent, as is his gratitude and his awe. "The process of making a movie continues to amaze me. There is a certain magic that happens. And you never know when it's going to be. But while a writer is alone with their word processor, or a painter is alone in a studio, or a musician is working on a song, movie making is a big kind of collaborative family. Certainly it starts with the written word, but then it becomes a collaborative art and that process never ceases to amaze me. It's almost mystical. It's something that is really alive and fresh.
"I have been fortunate that throughout my career, all of my decisions have been based upon what I want to do. And what I like seems to be a barometer for what audiences like," he says. "What it always comes down to is that acting is a passion for me. And all of my decisions are made with my heart. Either the choices are made emotionally or passionately, and I tend to make a lot of dangerous choices. And those dangerous choices have nothing to do with being calculated. They have to do with knowing what I wanted to do at that moment. I'm pretty good about being true to myself about where I'm at creatively. And the truth is, I haven't made that many movies as an actor. I hope my body of work will speak for itself; there just aren't a lot of dips."
Being in the same business with a successful father posed a unique set of problems for Michael Douglas. Even though he had two facets of his career in full swing, it took a while for him to feel like a legitimate success.
"When you are a second-generation success, you are provided for," he says. "And that certainly was a big opportunity. But you don't have that 'rags-to-riches story,' which is always a much more dramatic story to plot. Your success is not one that is as easily accepted by the people outside. Or they don't really have an appreciation of what you have accomplished.
"As a producer, my successes came fairly early in my career; as an actor, they came much later. Winning the Academy Award for Wall Street really helped me to finally overcome that 'second generation' thing. It's hard for people, no matter how generous and gracious they are, to really allow you any slack. They say, 'Oh it must have been hard to be Kirk Douglas's son,' but they don't really want to accept it. You grow up in this business and all that means is that you don't get the joy of succeeding. If you succeed, it's expected." He considers his words carefully, and continues. "If you look around you can see that there are hardly any second-generation people that have succeeded at all. It's a minefield of disasters, of broken careers and self-destruction out there. The public's perception is that you didn't have to do anything. So if you succeed, it's just assumed. If you don't get success, you're an asshole like everybody else.
"I think for me, my success was in two very distinct phases. One was obviously Cuckoo's Nest, and winning an Oscar at 31, which led to my producing career." His success as an actor, he says, eluded him until 1987, when he starred in the financially successful Fatal Attraction and won the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in Wall Street.
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Mauer, Pelfrey among Twins to work in Minors games
TAMPA, Fla. -- Most of the Twins' regulars spent Thursday on the back fields playing Minor League games, and as far as manager Ron Gardenhire knew, they all got their work in as expected.
Gardenhire said he watched most of those players -- a group that included Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau, Trevor Plouffe and Josh Willingham -- take one at-bat before he headed north on Interstate 75 to Tampa, where the Twins faced the Yankees.
"I'm just assuming everything went fine," the manager said. "I'll have a report back on my desk when we get back."
Right-hander Mike Pelfrey started against the Orioles' Triple-A squad in Sarasota, and he threw five innings on 72 pitches. Pelfrey was slated to start Wednesday night against the Rays before that game was postponed due to rain. Behind the plate for Pelfrey was Mauer, who went 1-for-2 with a double.
Plouffe, who has been working his way back in Minor League games from a strained right calf, made another appearance on the back fields Thursday. Gardenhire saw Plouffe record a hit and run the bases without incident, and the third baseman is expected to be back in the Twins' lineup Friday against the Yankees at Hammond Stadium.
"Everything was fine, so hopefully he got through the rest of that game," Gardenhire said. "I've got him playing third base if everything went well at the end of that."
Adam Berry is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @adamdberry. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Mariners can't overcome Harang's rough start
Angels homer twice, score five runs in righty's three innings
SEATTLE -- The Mariners are still searching for their true identity, so they're not afraid to try new things.
Take Friday night at Safeco Field. Seattle introduced a never-before-seen, possibly grunge-inspired promotional item called the "Beard Hat." They had Jason Bay lead off, something that he'd never done in more than a decade in the Major Leagues. The newest member of their starting rotation, Aaron Harang, took the ball for his third outing as a Mariner.
Not all of it worked in a 6-3 loss to the Angels before 31,543 fans, but there were a few positives.
Battling back to make the game interesting was one. The team spotted the Angels a 5-0 lead but scrapped and grinded back into it in the middle innings and came close to breaking through.
"If our guys battle and fight like that, we're going to win a lot of ballgames," Mariners manager Eric Wedge said. "And that's what they're all about. And that's what we saw all spring, that's what we saw early, that's what we've seen the last couple of days, and that will play."
A 1-for-12 clip by the offense with runners in scoring position did not play on Friday, though. Neither did Harang's performance.
Since arriving via trade from the Rockies, the veteran right-hander has struggled to find his old form, and Friday's effort was his shortest so far. Harang gave up one run in the first inning on two hits and an Albert Pujols sacrifice fly, two more in the second on a home run by Hank Conger, and two more in the third on another two-run blast, this one by Mark Trumbo.
Harang was pulled after three innings having given up up five runs on six hits while walking two and striking out one. This came after a 4 2/3-inning outing at Texas on Sunday in which he gave up eight runs, including three homers.
Harang's ERA climbed to 11.37, which could lead to speculation about how long he'll hold onto the fifth spot in the rotation, but a potential suitor for that role, Triple-A left-hander Danny Hultzen, is now on the shelf for at least two weeks with a rotator cuff strain and tendinitis.
Wedge's postgame comments indicated that Harang will get at least one more chance to fix things.
"I'm not concerned," Wedge said. "I mean, obviously he needs to do a better job with his fastball. He didn't quite have the same fastball tonight, he didn't quite have the same command. ... He's a veteran pitcher. He knows how to win at this level, and I'm sure he'll be better next outing."
Long reliever Hector Noesi came in for Harang and mostly pitched well in his 3 1/3 innings. Noesi cruised through the fourth, fifth and sixth, striking out three and only allowing a single and a walk along the way.
Noesi has said he's been more comfortable this season because he's trusting his stuff and "not thinking" when he's on the mound. He's merely looking at the catcher, getting the sign, and throwing the pitch.
His work on Friday allowed the Mariners to scratch back into it. They scored one in the fourth against tiring Angels starter C.J. Wilson by loading the bases and scoring when Kelly Shoppach was hit by a pitch, and they cut the lead to 5-3 in a two-run sixth that chased Wilson. Shoppach led off with a single, moved to third on a Robert Andino double, and scored on an Endy Chavez sacrifice fly. Wilson was pulled for reliever Sean Burnett, who was greeted by a safety-squeeze bunt off the bat of Brendan Ryan.
Noesi ran into a spot of trouble in the seventh when he gave up a hustling double to Peter Bourjos, who took third on a wild pitch and scored on another Pujols sacrifice fly. Noesi was removed at that point and Charlie Furbush and Yoervis Medina each recorded a strikeout to get out of the inning. Noesi now has a 1.23 ERA in 7 1/3 innings, with five strikeouts.
The Mariners continued to try to chip away throughout the game. In the bottom of the seventh, they started a two-out rally, with Justin Smoak legging out an infield single and Shoppach blooping a base hit into center field.
Dustin Ackley pinch-hit for Andino and bounced a single off Angels reliever Scott Downs that went in and out of the outstretched glove of Angels second baseman Howie Kendrick. Smoak steamed around third base, but was thrown out at the plate by Kendrick, who made an amazing recovery and throw to end that threat.
Wedge said he liked the aggressive move by third-base coach Jeff Datz to wave Smoak home. But it was just one of those nights.
"That was a great play by Kendrick," Wedge said. "He knocks it down, comes up, throws it, falls down and somehow or another makes a perfect throw. And I went out there, the umpire told me Smoak's foot was up going near the plate and if his foot's down, he's safe. He just had that front foot elevated."
The Mariners kept getting runners in scoring position and not delivering when they needed it the most. Smoak struck out twice with the bases loaded. Kyle Seager extended his hitting streak to 15 games, the best such streak in the Majors this season, with a single in the fourth inning, but he struck out twice with runners on base.
Still, the Mariners racked up 11 hits and drew five walks and got Wilson to throw 110 pitches in his 5 1/3 innings.
"Those guys battled back," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "Their bullpen did a great job of holding us down. Their hitters did a good job, whether it was drawing a walk or moving a runner, to get back into the game. We had to use a lot of pitching to get it done tonight."
Wedge was passionate after the game in saying that the Mariners will start getting it done sooner than later with similar effort every night.
"It's a loss, it's a tough loss, and they all are, but with the way these guys fought and competed and just grinded through at-bats, stayed alive defensively, the way they worked, that will play," Wedge said. "With the talent we have in there, and going about their business like that, like I said, that's what they're all about, that's what we're all about, and that's what's going to make the difference."
Doug Miller is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @DougMillerMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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As a top official in one of New Mexico's largest agencies, Bradley McGrath is one of the highest-profile state employees.
He's also one of the best paid, raking in $115,000 a year as chief deputy secretary at the Department of Health—more than even Gov. Susana Martinez makes in a year. But for McGrath, that's just the beginning.
Records obtained by SFR show that from December 2011 through March 2013, McGrath has been charging taxpayers for his weekly meals, travel and lodging on a regular basis.
McGrath's expenses during that period add up to more than $30,000. Most are per diem payments for weekly trips from his home in Roswell to Santa Fe. Although McGrath checked a box certifying that his travel expenses were "nonroutine," he requested per diem payments for 55 of the 67 weeks included in SFR's request, or more than 80 percent of the time. And since per diem payments are paid regardless of how much a state employee actually spends, it's unclear how much money actually paid for McGrath's travel—and how much, if any, he was able to pocket for himself.
In an email to SFR, DOH spokesman Kenny Vigil explains that McGrath is actually doing two jobs: chief deputy secretary and chief facilities officer. Vigil describes the arrangement as a "cost effective and an operationally efficient solution." If both positions were filled by different people, Vigil writes, "DOH would have paid out a total of $219,000."
But to Bruce Trigg, a former regional medical director for DOH's sexually transmitted disease program, McGrath's lucrative per diem payments present a "clear case of corruption," especially in an agency that bars much simpler perks like employee flex time.
"This seems to be an example of two sets of rules," Trigg writes in an email to SFR.
McGrath's high salary and per diem payments are the exception in a state government that's been struggling to compete with the private sector. Last year's State Personnel Office's annual compensation report describes a public sector "critically behind the market," unable to keep salaries on par with inflation.
Miles Conway, a spokesman for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 18, which represents state employees (including roughly one-quarter of DOH's), says state workers are leaving their jobs for better pay in the private sector.
"The big concern is retention and turnover," Conway tells SFR.
He adds that several AFSCME-represented state employees commute to Santa Fe from places like Albuquerque on their own dime, and have to make the tough choice of relocating their families when offered jobs in other parts of the state.
"That's a choice Mr. McGrath should have made a long time ago," he says.
McGrath has worked for state government at least since October 2011. As DOH's chief facilities officer, he oversaw seven major state-run health facilities—including the embattled Sequoyah Adolescent Treatment Center [news, Oct. 30, 2012: "Something's Rotten"]. He was appointed deputy cabinet secretary last May and served as the department's interim cabinet secretary from October 2012 until January 2013, when he returned to his deputy secretary position.
New Mexico's per diem statute allows payments of up to $135 per day for overnight travel to "in-state special areas." McGrath used this rate for his weekly stays in Santa Fe (the city is listed as a "special area designation" in state statute).
A typical week shows McGrath leaving Roswell at 8 am Monday morning and billing the state $135 for the first four nights of the work week. In his per diem requests, McGrath sometimes wrote a short description of his work—"meet with cabinet secretary," for instance, or "meet with HR concerning investigation." On Fridays, he often took a "partial per diem"—usually $20, which state statute allows "on the last day of travel when overnight lodging is no longer required."
Evan Blackstone, chief of staff for State Auditor Hector Balderas, says his office is currently reviewing McGrath's per diem payments.
"We are concerned about whether these payments complied with state law and regulations," Blackstone tells SFR.
Viki Harrison, executive director of Common Cause New Mexico, wonders whether they're just the "tip of the iceberg."
"How many other state employees are doing this, and what are the total costs to New Mexico?" she writes in an email to SFR. "Why isn't someone who is working 80 percent of the time in Santa Fe not required to move to Santa Fe?"
Although they're public documents, McGrath's travel records were difficult to obtain. After receiving SFR's public-records request, interim Records Custodian Teresa Padilla extended DOH's response deadline for a total of two months, citing a clause allowing extra time for "broad and burdensome" requests.
"It shouldn't be this hard to access this kind of information," Gwyneth Doland, then-executive director for the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government, said last week.
DOH provided the records only after SFR obtained some of them from a source who requested anonymity. Vigil attributes the delay partly to SFR's filing the request during the legislative session, "which is a very hectic time." (SFR submitted the request on March 15, the day before the session ended.) He says McGrath continues to receive per diem when he travels to Santa Fe, but that DOH may reevaluate the arrangement.
Aaron Mackey, a staff attorney with the Arlington, Va.-based Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, says a fear of disclosing wasteful public spending can sometimes delay public-records responses.
"It's one of those practices that is, unfortunately, embedded in a lot of access of public records," Mackey tells SFR. "It undercuts the Legislature's intent of creating a transparent and open government."
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At the time of this interview Matt Bracken was the president of Independent Fabrication. He has since moved on. Matt was and still is a very nice guy. He's knowledgeable, animated and experienced and his take on all things riding and building bikes, while verging on the philosophical, was solid, unhampered and unaffected. Overall, his message was "ride bikes cause it's just plain good on so many levels, and ride good bikes because good tools do the job better." Nice, right?
His office is tucked under the main floor of IF at the bottom-end of a driveway. Upstairs on the main floor, industrial equipment, bicycle paraphernalia and a number of varied and seemingly specific work-stations occupy every turn. Everyone we met was happy to chat and very helpful even amid the collective sense of industriousness vibrating throughout the building. The day of our interview IF turned two large work areas over to us for an East Coast Continental bike building operation. More than a handful of freshly Molotov-painted frames needed to built up and photographed that day before the team could ride Fitchburg the next morning. All day long, all of the IF employees happily offered-up cameras, tools, advice, an interview and random facts and information. A couple even stayed late to help us finish the builds. Thank you again IF.
As a collective Independent Fabrication doesn't really reflect the norm? What's your program?
We have 13 people total, all full-time, and we've been employee owned since day one. There's only one original founder left, Lloyd Grace. He's our production manager and he's stubborn about his passion and belief in the potential of IF. It's difficult because we have a lot of personality and passion and opinions. We're not a collective or a co-op and we're not communists, we just control our own destiny.
We're impressed by smaller builders with three, four and five-year wait lists. But we do see that the potential for failure and complication when you create a waitlist like that, is huge. People change their mind about what they want or need, they buy new bikes, they stop riding road or don't commute by bike anymore. IF bikes are tools. And all our bikes are equal in terms of quality, and performance, we don't make a cheap bike, we don't even have a way making a cheap bike if we wanted too. The labor is, what it is, the only real variables are material upgrades like paint and tubes. And basically we can make a custom bike with impeccable welding and alignment, that's aesthetically beautiful, in six to seven weeks.
Is that why IF is successful, because you can turn around custom bikes so quickly? Because you represent the best or a blend of production and custom bike building?
Some people that say our growth and attention is luck, others say it's fate, or attribute it the stars aligning. I don't think it's any of that, I think everyone here has worked long and steady, and we've made solid relationships with the country's best dealers and their customers. People take notice of a company whose employees are genuine and work hard and do a good job because we leave customers and shop employees satisfied. And they talk, in parking lots after a ride, on the way up a mountain, at parties, wherever. I think we're doing well because we've been generating good will.
Who does IF make bikes for?
There are two major sides to cycling and building bikes and while they aren't mutually exclusive, they do seem like distantly different camps. One is an emotional viewpoint, it's love and passion for bikes and all things cycling, like racing or the Continental project. The other is technology driven, where you're geeked out on special tube sets or titanium vs. carbon. When people tell me about how much 'soul' or 'love' their bike has it makes me, as a frame builder, want to puke. I don't care if you're old or young, fat or skinny, experienced or pro, a fixed-gear commuter with fenders or bad-ass Record 10-speed guy on a Ti-carbon flame painted bike, its all good. People want to carry flags, the passion flag, or the technology flag, or the geek flag, but why not just a bike Flag. And I think people are starting to see that, that there are so many good reasons to ride and it doesn't make sense to choose one and say it's the only one, or it's the one true reason. Hard core mountain biking to environmental activism through commuting to political activism to fitness. It's all a good reason to ride. Some people ride for all those reasons or some of them, but I think one is enough.
For the Continental bikes. What was your inspiration? What was your approach? Was it different based on the style of riding? Where did you start?
This project tugs at our heart-strings. Just about everybody here rides to work, cycling is a part of our lifestyle and our culture. We felt honored to be among the other builders out here on the East Coast making bikes. We love what we do and we are committed to giving these guys, Richard Bravo and Kansas Waugh bikes that are going to perform. These aren't seconds, they aren't used race bikes or stripped down by any means. They are one-off custom built bikes, made for the project. And if the bike doesn't fit, no matter who makes it, or what it's made of, it's a terrible tool, one that's going to hurt you. And if you're in pain you're not going to survive a five or six-hour day. Not even a one-hour day.
Fit, with this style of riding, is certainly more important than efficiency. Every bike we design starts with fit because if it's skipped or the order or priorities jump around, and there are examples of this in the pro field, the bike is never going to work right. Fit leads to comfort which leads to efficiency which can ultimately lead to increased speed, a personal best up the hill, maybe two hours longer in the saddle without aches and pains. But when you start with efficiency, I don't care what the brand is, domestic or international, or what fantastic material; carbon, steel, aluminum, you run the risk that a cyclist will be in too much pain to ride their best or longest.
What does epic mean to you? Why ride?
Lets say the weather was terrible, it rained for hours the whole way up the 4000ft climb, your hands are numb and the wind-chill is killing you. Then you finally make it to the top right as the clouds break and the sun comes out. And you finally get home to a big burger and too many beers while you're still cold and covered in sweat. All after having put down one of the hardest efforts of your life, and the endorphins are really kicking in. You're have the best thoughts and conversations of your life because you're in that post ride zone. The phone isn't ringing, your kids are sleeping, your wife is happy and you don't need to be anywhere other than where you are. You're so exhausted with everything beaten out of you. For that little bit of time there's no stress, no worries, and no anxiety. That's why, that's epic.
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Pacers trade: D. jones, Solo, 1st round pick, 2.2 mil trade exception
Pacers get: Jason Thomspon ( and a spot to sign Rolle to the active roster)
Knicks trade: curry, Chandler, Randolph,
Knicks get: Carmelo, Solo
Denver gets: 1st round pick from pacers, curry, chandler, 2014 1st from knick
Denver trades: Carmelo
Kings trade: J. Thomspon
Kings get: Anothny Randolph, D. jones, 2.2 trade exception
Why for Pacers?: Get a young PF, only give up the 2 jones and a first rounder. frees up wing time and gives a spot to sign rolle to the 1 man roster.
Why for New york? They get Carmelo with that 1st round pick for Denver for Randolph.
Why for Denver? It's more than what they will get if they dont trade him by the deadline and he walks. chandler averages 15 and 5 per game as a SF. curry is an expiring. and they get a higher draft pick.
why for Kings? they get a replacement at the PF who has more upside than thompson AND a defensive wing plus 2.2 mil.


text: Who do you think has a harder schedule this year other than the Colts? I mean seriously. We start the season on the road in Foxboro, then the next week its in Tennesse! And now this week we play Favre and the Packers, maybe without The Edge. Then simingly the easiest game so far is in Jacksonville next week, which to my surprise they are 2-0. The after that we play the Raiders in Indy. Then we have our bye week. After the bye week we play Jacksonville at home. Then the next week its the Chefs(Chiefs) in KC, which I think they will have there team turned around by then. Then the following week its MNF @ THE DOME against the Vikings, which I think they will bounce back and be 6-1 by the time they get to us. Then that sunday we play home against the Texans. Then we play @ Chicago and @ Detroit the next 2 weekends. Then we play at home against the always tough Titans, which will def. be looking for revenge. The its @ Houston, which I think is getting to be a hard place to play.Then we're at home against one of the most dangerous D's in the league, The Ravens. Then the easiest game of our whole season I think, we play at home against the Chargers. Then finally for the last game of the season we play the always difficult Denver Broncos to close out our regular season at home! So after all of this I think the Colts will finish....13-3 with losses to of course the Patriots,Lions, and Ravens.


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Which is more realistic, conjuring a a Happy-Days-Are-Here-Again Democratic Party or expecting the Outlaw-Josey-Wales part of the Republican party to vanish?
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text: Arts Notes: Feb. 24, 2013 By Staff, wire reports February 23, 2013 Story Share May quilt showCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Entries are now being taken for the 2013 Quilts and Wall Hangings juried exhibition, opening May 24 in the Great Hall of the Culture Center, on the state Capitol campus.Quilt prospectuses and entry forms may be obtained at www.wvculture.org or contact Betty Gay at email@example.com or call 304-558-0220, ext. 128.Charles Ott at Taylor'sCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The art work of Lincoln county artist Charles Ott will be featured through mid-March at the Annex Gallery at Taylor Books.Ott studied art at the York Academy of the Arts and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art from 1968 to 1970. He quickly realized impressionism was his calling and he has been mastering this style for 40 years.His scenes are inspired by the Branchland region of Lincoln County and by a small fishing village in Mexico that he has frequented for the past 15 years.Annex Gallery at Taylor Books, 226 Capitol St., Charleston. Hours 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Contact email@example.com or 304-342-1461. Visit www.taylorbooks.com.Taylor show closing CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The Grace Martin Taylor exhibition closes Feb. 28 at The Art Store in the Bridge Road Shops.Upcoming spring shows include new works by Helen Chilton beginning March 9; Ellie Schaul's new work will be on display in late April; and the season will round out with a two-person show of works by Katherine Cox and Jonathan Cox.The Art Store, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, 1013 Bridge Road, Charleston; www.theartstorewv.com or 304-345-1038.FestivALL deadlinesCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Applications are being accepted for the 2013 FestivALL Capitol Street Art Fair, taking place June 29 and 30. The juried fair is dedicated to fine arts and crafts. The final postmark deadline is March 1. For the application packet, go to www.festivallcharleston.com/ or contact Betty Rivard at email@example.com or 304-364-8972. History of Charleston CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Billy Joe Peyton will give a free talk titled "The History of Charleston" at 6 p.m. March 5 in the Archives and History Library at the Culture Center.Through words and images, Peyton will share glimpses of Charleston's history, which spans 225 years, starting with the founding of Fort Lee at the mouth of the Elk River in 1788. The presence of abundant natural resources such as salt, timber and coal helped Charleston grow into a busy river town of more than 1,000 by 1860, when it was occupied alternately by Union, Confederate and then Union forces during the Civil War.Peyton is associate professor of history at West Virginia State University, and earned bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in history from West Virginia University.For planning purposes, attendees are encouraged to register for the lecture, but advance registration is not required. To register in advance, contact Bobby Taylor, library manager, at email@example.com or 304-558-0230, ext. 163.Local artist in WheelingWHEELING, W.Va. -- The photographs of Charleston resident Deborah Herndon will be featured in a new show at Artworks Around Town, 2200 Market St., Wheeling. Each month Artworks has two new shows open in their galleries on the first Friday of the month. The nonprofit cooperative is open from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekdays and Saturdays.Picasso show in ChicagoCHICAGO -- The Art Institute of Chicago has a new major exhibition of works by Pablo Picasso.The museum is celebrating the Spanish artist and his relationship with the city. "Picasso and Chicago" features 250 works -- nearly half of the museum's own Picasso collection along with pieces from private collections and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It's the Chicago museum's first major Picasso exhibition in three decades.The Art Institute was the first museum in the nation to feature Picasso's work a century ago in 1913. This exhibit features paintings, drawings, works on paper, ceramics and sculptures.The exhibit is open through May 12. It is accompanied by related exhibitions throughout the Art Institute's other galleries.To have your announcement included in Arts Notes, email email@example.com or send it to Arts Notes, The Charleston Gazette, 1001 Virginia St. E., Charleston, WV 25301. Artwork can be submitted electronically or by mail. Deadline for inclusion in the Sunday Gazette-Mail is the Tuesday before Sunday publication. 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Here's a great little clip from the Los Angeles Times' Envelope Directors Roundtable series, in which five directors discuss how they evaluate their work on a daily basis, and also what they think of criticism of their work, as moderated by Oliver Gettell.
The directors are Martin Scorsese (Hugo), Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist), Alexander Payne (The Descendants), George Clooney (The Ides of March) and Stephen Daldry (Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close).
Daldry seemingly doesn't even know how to approach the question; Clooney talks about the difference between being an actor, and being a director, and observes that of reviews, if you get fifty positive notices and one negative one, you're going to forget all about the praise and focus only on the lone dissenter; Alexander Payne says that he lives with perpetual bi-polarism ("Some days I am Orson Welles. Other days I am the worst loser, impostor, know-nothing, wannabe filmmaker in the world. I believe both with equal conviction"); Hazanavicius thinks that you really can't judge your work objectively on the set, because who knows what it's going to look like "four months later in an editing room"; and Scorsese views the whole thing with a certain air of Olympian detachment, observing that "If you read the good [reviews], you might believe those, and if you read the bad ones, you certainly believe those. At a certain point, you've got to work."
You can see the whole clip from the interview– it's only about 4 minutes long — by clicking here, or on the image above.
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