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May 11, 2013 3:50 pm
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August 29, 2012 6:00 am
Ben and Sam discuss sabermetric managerial favorite Davey Johnson's impact on the Nationals, whether certain managers can make their players play better, and what the ideal relationship between a GM and manager might be.
Ben and Sam discuss sabermetric managerial favorite Davey Johnson's impact on the Nationals, whether certain managers can make their players play better, and what the ideal relationship between a GM and manager might be.
Episode 31: "Davey Johnson, How Much Managers Matter, and the Ideal GM-Manager Relationship"
July 2, 2012 5:00 am
A look at how teams structure their payroll and the merits of the different strategies.
The general manager and owner's dilemma been around since Ban Johnson decided that it was better to pay players rather than having them play as amateurs, the dilemma of trying to balance a budget with creating the most competitive team possible. We armchair GMs like to talk about whether this deal or that deal is good or bad, often within the framework of how much a player is being paid and whether they are "worth it." Indeed, Baseball Prospectus strives daily to provide data that works to define that conversation.
The general manager's dilemma, however, is tougher than, say, the budget that you or I set for our household. With some exceptions, most of us have a general sense of what our income and expenses will be. We may get a modest raise and the cost of living may increase at a rate that we can see coming, so for the most part, our monthly budgets can be set and we can adjust accordingly.
December 29, 2011 9:00 am
Before you believe everything your team's general manager says, remember these great moments in GM-speak, featuring half-truths, misdirections, and statements that turned out to be false.
Baseball fans will believe almost anything if they're starved enough for news. No source is too far removed from the situation, no rumor too far-fetched to attract attention as long as it arrives on a slow news day and can be expressed in 140 characters. Ruben Amaro thinks Vernon Wells could be the Phillies' answer in left field and wants to offer him an extension? You don't say. Brian Sabean is considering signing a hitter? Now you're pushing it, but sure, it could happen. A team is talking about trading Zack Greinke for Jeff Francoeur? Okay, so no one would actually say that. (Wait—someone did.)
When a piece of information is couched in conditionals and comes to us through multiple intermediaries—a writer plus someone he knows who knows someone else—we don't expect perfect accuracy. Anonymously sourced tidbits are generally something to discuss and dream about, not something you can count on. But surely we can trust the men whose job it is to put their clubs together. After all, who would know better what's in a team's plans than the man in charge of making them? Can't we take what a GM says as gospel?
December 20, 2011 9:00 am
If EVERYONE has a brilliant GM, does ANYONE have a brilliant GM? Or are standout GMs going the way of .400 hitters?
There is an industrywide understanding now—a lot of teams spend a lot of time on this. There is a constant understanding that you need to find the next area of opportunity.—Mark Shapiro
The ideas that at one time were innovative are now mainstream.—Sandy Alderson
November 8, 2011 9:00 am
Did new Orioles general manager Dan Duquette leave a mess behind him in his last GM job?
While looking toward the future with our comprehensive slate of current content, we'd also like to recognize our rich past by drawing upon our extensive (and mostly free) online archive of work dating back to 1997. In an effort to highlight the best of what's gone before, we'll be bringing you a weekly blast from BP's past, introducing or re-introducing you to some of the most informative and entertaining authors who have passed through our virtual halls. If you have fond recollections of a BP piece that you'd like to nominate for re-exposure to a wider audience, send us your suggestion.
As Dan Duquette prepares to take on a clean-up operation in Baltimore, revisit Jonah's take on his job performance in his previous stints as a GM, which originally ran on April 25, 2002.
October 25, 2011 12:30 pm
With word that Jed Hoyer will be joining Theo Epstein in Chicago, the Padres have a familiar face sliding into the GM chair.
With Padres GM Jed Hoyer headed to the Cubs in the same capacity under former boss Theo Epstein, another Epstein protégé, Josh Byrnes, takes over in San Diego. Although Hoyer's tenure didn't last as long as anyone expected, he made a few key moves that will help shape the course of the franchise.
September 1, 2011 10:22 am
A look at the deals and non-deals made by the AL West front offices at the waiver deadline.
You know, for a division race that is supposed to be the most exciting one still going with major post-season implications attached (I don't count that back-and-forth affair between Boston and New York in the AL East, since both clubs are all but assured of playing on into October anyway), I'm not so sure the AL West's two-team battle is really living up to its top billing. The Rangers' division-winning chances have fluctuated within the 80-95 percent range for the better part of two months and still rest within close proximity of the 90 percent mark as of this morning, and Texas has spent 140 days in first place this season compared to just 25 days for Los Angeles. It does still fit within the parameters of what we would define as a legitimate playoff race, and both clubs have done their respective parts to ensure the Angels sticking around, but the "race" is beginning to feel a bit one-sided.
And on Wednesday, the final day where players could be traded and still retain post-season eligibility with their new clubs, the deepest and most talented team in the division continued to pile on the talent while the two cellar-dwellers pulled off a couple of largely inconsequential—but nevertheless interesting—deals, and the second-running Angels did nothing ... again. Running concurrent to those waiver-period trade storylines are a few different chunks of news and speculation relating to the front offices of each AL West club, and so it strikes me that this might be a good opportunity to juxtapose the trade storylines alongside those front-office storylines, and see what comes of the whole process.
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July 29, 2011 9:00 am
John runs down the top candidates for the next GM vacancy.
General managers are never more in the spotlight than they are this week in the days leading up to Sunday's deadline to makes trades without securing waivers on players. How well some of the GMs navigate these next three days could determine their future. Make the right move and get your team to the postseason, and it could result in a contract extension. Fail to improve your club and finish out of the money, and you could be out of a job.
July 22, 2011 9:00 am
Recapping the career of legendary GM Pat Gillick, who will be inducted into the Hall of Fame on Sunday.
There are few jobs inside or outside baseball more demanding, challenging, and rewarding than being a general manager.
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November 4, 2010 8:00 am
New general manager Sandy Alderson is the right person to fix the dysfunctional Mets.
Last week, the Mets took a bold step away from four years of ever-increasing disappointment and organizational chaos by hiring Sandy Alderson to succeed Omar Minaya as their general manager. The soon-to-be-63-year-old Alderson, who spent 15 years as the GM of the Oakland Athletics, was by far the most experienced candidate in a field which also included former Diamondbacks GM Josh Byrnes, former Royals GM Allard Baird, White Sox assistant GM Rick Hahn, Dodgers assistant GM Logan White, and Blue Jays special assistant Dana Brown. Perhaps just as importantly, Alderson is the first Mets GM to ascend to the post from outside the organization since Frank Cashen in 1980. He is a fresh start for an organization in desperate need of one.
July 26, 2010 8:00 am
The newest Hall of Fame manager also found success in the front office.
In his 44-year career in professional baseball, Hall of Famer Whitey Herzog held a wide variety of job titles: player, scout, coach, director of player development, manager and general manager. He earned his place in Cooperstown for his 18 years as a manager, which included 1,281 victories, three pennants, and a World Series title. But Herzog also boasts an impressive resume as a general manager, though the job was one he never particularly wanted or enjoyed.
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retrofuturist wrote:As far as I can tell, there's not really an analogous expression for "practice" in the Pali Canon and in translations of suttas, you don't hear anyone mentioning their "practice" or the "practice" of others.
...to lead a practical buddhist way of life, one must essentially develop Moral Discipline (Sila), Concentration (Samadhi) and Wisdom (Panna). There are three other simple methods to practice Buddhism. They are: Dana, Sila and Bhavana.
dictionary wrote:practice: the actual application or use of an idea, belief, or method as opposed to theories about such application or use
christopher::: wrote:From practicing the dhamma to living the dhamma?
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MIAMI - On this date, it was a white St. Valentine's Day along the Gulf Coast in 1895. Rayne, La., received 22 inches of snow to set a state record for the most snowfall ever. Records were also set in Houston, Texas (2 inches); Galveston, Texas (15.4 inches); Brownsville, Texas, (6 inches); and Mobile, Ala. (6 inches).
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F).........................87 Kendall, Fla.
HIGHEST HEAT INDEX (DEGREES F)..........................91 Marathon, Fla.
LOWEST TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)..........................1 Hallock, Minn.
LOWEST WIND CHILL (DEGREES F)...........................-52 Kuparuk, Alaska
HIGHEST WIND GUST (MPH).................................58 Winner, S.D.
HIGHEST PRECIPITATION (INCHES)..........................1.22 Madison, S.D.
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Happy Saint Patrick's Day! Instead of posting traditional Irish recipes here, I thought I'd mix it up and focus on green foods today. Green abounds in the natural world and it's no wonder that green foods are some of the very best for your body too. The color green symbolizes health, prosperity and vitality and it's really not surprising that environmentalists choose green to represent their causes.
Here is a list of our favorite green foods and what makes them so good for you!
- Spinach: Popeye ate spinach to make him strong and it's no wonder! These little leafy greens are packed full of vitamin C, iron, folate and are a great source of fiber. Spinach is great raw in a salad or on a sandwich in place of lettuce, but it also makes a wonderful addition to pastas, soups and stir-fry.
- Kale: My personal favorite, kale is a great source of iron, calcium, dietary fiber, vitamin K and vitamin C. I often pair kale with quinoa, black beans, tofu and salsa for my take on a Mexican bowl.
- Broccoli: The quintessential food rejected by picky eaters is a great source of vitamin A (beta carotene) and vitamin K, both of which help our bodies metabolize vitamin D. Most of us need to take supplements of vitamin D for healthy bones and broccoli helps our body replenish its stores of this essential nutrient.
- Green Tea: A powerful antioxidant and natural source of energy, Green tea can help reduce your risk for cardiovascular disease, as well as protect against cancer.
- Nori: Nori is the seaweed that wraps sushi and can now be found as snacks here in the United States. Nori is a great source of protein, iodine, fiber and vitamin C.
- Peas: Whether you choose snap peas, snow peas or split peas, green peas pack a nutritional punch. Peas are good sources of dietary fiber, thiamine, vitamin K and manganese.
That is just a short list of all of the great green foods you can enjoy today. Others include green apples, pistachios, basil (might we suggest pesto?), mint, oregano, collard greens, bell peppers, chard, lettuce, celery, cucumbers, zucchini… and the list goes on!
Find some way to eat your green today, instead of just wearing it!


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MESA and its team of consultants are charged with creating a design that will transform the island park severely damaged in 2008 by Hurricane Ike into a premiere destination within the Texas state park system, in part by utilizing such sustainable elements as alternative energy sources and rainwater harvesting. MESA and its partners have a national portfolio of award-winning work in the master planning and design of environmentally based recreational and park venues, including the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and Grand Canyon Transit Center. The online survey is one of many opportunities for citizens to share opinions and ideas about how they would like to see the park developed and what kind of recreational opportunities they would like to have. This is the first time TPWD has surveyed the public to gather input about what users would like to see included in state park design and development. "Each year, visitors from Texas and the United States visit Galveston Island State park. Additionally, we have a group of folks that were displaced by Hurricane Ike who no longer live in the area," says Justin Rhodes, TPWD's regional director of state parks in southeast Texas. "We wanted a mechanism to secure feedback from a wide range of geographically diverse stakeholders. The online survey seemed like the best and most cost-effective way to do this." The survey can be accessed by visiting: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/galvestonisland Information collected will help the team of consultants working on the plan to gauge the level of importance of different aspects of the park or potential improvements. In addition, TPWD and park planners will be seeking input through a series of public hearings to be held in coming months. The first meeting will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 21 in the Lecture Theater, Ocean and Coastal Studies Building #3029 on the Texas A&M Galveston campus. For more information, contact Trey Goodman at (409) 737-1222. Barring any environmental or cultural resource issues, the Galveston Island State Park master plan is expected to be completed by next spring. The park development timetable calls for the submission of architectural drawings and the design plan by January of 2012. Depending on the availability of funds, the earliest construction would begin is spring of 2012, according to Tony Bettis, regional project manager for TPWD's Infrastructure Division. Funding for the hiring of consultants to develop a master plan to design and rebuild the state park was provided by the Texas Legislature from a portion of the state's Hurricane Ike recovery funds. Galveston Island State Park is open seven days a week and offers full services on the bay side and limited camping and day use facilities on the beach side until a master plan is developed, environmental assessment completed and permanent facilities rebuilt. To facilitate the reopening of the beach side, electrical power and water have been restored, and a structure has been moved in to serve as temporary headquarters. The original headquarters building and all other beachside facilities were destroyed by Hurricane Ike. Dozens of volunteers from The Friends of Galveston Island State Park and other interested individuals pitched in after the storm to clean up the park to help it reopen way ahead of schedule. Galveston Island State Park occupies a sliver of land at the midway point of the barrier island about six miles southwest of the western tip of the popular sea wall. The bay side provides public access to about 600 acres of grasslands with coastal scrub and scattered oak mottes, as well as hundreds of additional acres of saltwater sloughs, wildlife-rich wetlands and tidal bayous. Galveston Island State Park hours are from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. The park office is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days a week. The park entry fee for persons 13 and older is $5. Visitors can reach Galveston Island State Park from FM 3005 (Seawall Boulevard). For more information, call the park at (409) 737-1222. -30-


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by Kate Hofmann
For some animal fathers, "daddy duty" is a big deal. You're about to meet some dads that devote a lot of time to their little ones.
Winter in Antarctica is bitterly cold. That's when a mother emperor penguin lays her single egg. Then off she goes to the ocean to hunt for food. Papa Penguin stays behind, balancing the egg on his feet and keeping it warm under his belly feathers. He huddles with the other dads as the wind howls. He can't let the egg touch the ice, or it will freeze.
For four months in all, Papa eats nothing but snow. When the egg hatches, he tucks the chick under his feathers (above) and feeds it a milk-like liquid from his throat. Mama returns soon after that, bringing fishy food for the baby. Then, finally, it's Papa's turn to go and get a hard-earned meal.
All by himself, a father emu (EE-moo) builds a nest. Mom lays the eggs, and then Dad sits down on the nest and hardly moves until the eggs hatch. Dad doesn't eat for the whole two-month wait. Several times a day, he carefully turns the eggs to keep all sides warm. There are usually around 11 eggs, but sometimes as many as 20.
When the chicks pop out, Dad's job is far from done. He stays with them (above right) for at least another six months while they grow to full size. He teaches them how to find food, and he protects them from predators such as foxes, dingoes, and eagles.
Frogs aren't usually known for their parental care. Most kinds leave their eggs behind and never look back. Now meet a male three-striped poison frog! In the rainforests of Central or South America, this frog father calls to a female with a loud trill. If she agrees to be his mate, she lays dozens of eggs on the plant leaves. Dad fertilizes the eggs and then watches over them for the next two weeks.
As soon as the tadpoles hatch, he lets them squirm up onto his back (top photo). He gives them a "froggy-back" ride to their new home: a pond, a little pool of water in a tree hole, or some other wet place where they can live and eat algae. It will be three months before they turn from tadpoles into little froglets. For this whole time, Dad guards them, doing his best to keep them from harm.
Like the frog, an emperor tamarin dad carries his babies around on his back (above left). Emperor tamarins are small monkeys that live in the steamy rainforests of South America. They're about the size of squirrels, and they hang out in groups.
Most often, the group is a mom and dad and their kids, both babies and grownups. After the mother tamarin gives birth (usually to twins), all the males in the group help take care of the babies. With one or both babies clinging to his back, a male moves through the trees. He returns to Mom only when a hungry baby needs to nurse.
Most insects don't stick around to raise their babies. But this giant water bug father is a big exception to the rule. The mother bug laid lots of eggs—150 or more—and made a sticky substance to "glue" the eggs onto Dad's back (far right photo above).
Then Mom took off, and Dad took over. He'll stroke the eggs with his back legs to keep them clean and constantly move out of the way of any danger. Dad's work won't be done until the babies hatch and swim off three weeks later.
You might guess that a seahorse dad was a mom if you didn't know this secret: Seahorse eggs stay with the dads—instead of the moms—to develop! With a special tube, a mother seahorse places her eggs in a pouch on Dad's belly. This expandable pouch might hold from 50 eggs up to 1,000 or more (depending on the species).
Safe in Mr. Mom's pouch, the eggs develop until hatching time. Then the seahorse dad squeezes the babies out. The tiny new seahorses swim off and find seaweed to cling to with their tails. Dad's job is done—until he's ready to raise his next batch of babies.
After a mother jawfish lays a clutch of eggs, the father opens wide and, believe it or not, slurps them all up! Don't worry—this good dad doesn't swallow them. Instead, his mouth is a perfect place for the eggs to stay until they're ready to hatch (above left).
From time to time, he spits the eggs out and then sucks them back in. This helps them get the oxygen they need. Safe in Papa's jaws, they're hidden from predators and have a much better chance of surviving long enough to grow up.
Black-backed jackals live in Africa and eat whatever they can catch, including insects, rodents, and even antelope. But a jackal mom can't hunt when she's busy nursing a new litter of pups. So the jackal dad brings meals to her, back at the den.
When the pups are old enough to venture out, Mom is free to go off and hunt for herself. Then Dad gets to spend more time with the pups—guarding, grooming, and playing with them. The dad above right seems to be encouraging one of his pups: "Now, that's a decent jackal yelp, son!"
This article originally appeared in the June/July 2012 issue of Ranger Rick magazine. Click here for a close-up view of the photos.


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By Will Swanton
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Victoria Azarenka paid tribute to the old brigade at Flushing Meadows after she joined five players over the age of 30 in the women's quarter-finals of the U.S. Open.
The second-seeded Belarussian withstood a stern challenge from Serbia's Ana Ivanovic to post a 4-6 6-3 6-4 victory and ensure a last eight meeting with unseeded Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova on Wednesday.
Quarter-finalists Hantuchova, Serena Williams, China's Li Na and Italians Roberta Vinci and Flavia Pennetta are all 30-plus, and the 24-year old Azarenka said their lengthy careers were a reward for their high levels of fitness.
"Everybody's taking much more care of their bodies to be able to play longer," said Azarenka. "So much more fitness has been introduced, nutrition, all those components that women and men are paying so much more attention to.
"It's a great thing if we have longer careers."
Azarenka was unconcerned by having to play on consecutive days after rain forced her fourth round match, originally set for Monday, to be postponed.
Rather, she was focused on advancing to a second consecutive U.S. Open final against reigning champion Williams thanks to improved serving and her renowned fighting spirit.
"I have never aced so much in my life," said Azarenka, who has recorded nine aces through four rounds. "I'm not a big server, but I think it's getting better.
"Daniela is playing incredible tennis right now, so it's going to be another tough battle of taking your chances, playing your game and being in control.
Wednesday's other quarter-final will be the all-Italian matchup between Vinci and Pennetta.
"It is going to be a really tough match for both of us," Pennetta said. "I've known her since 20 years or more because we live almost in the same place. It was just 35 to 45 kilometers, my house from her house.
"I'm supposed to lose because she is better than me in this moment. I don't have nothing to lose."
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A Davis resident charged with the death of her 5-year-old daughter is now facing felony battery charges, according to a Yolo County Sheriff's Office report.
Aquelin Talamantes, 29, is charged with two counts of felony battery on a correctional officer and one count of misdemeanor resisting arrest. An arraignment for these charges is scheduled at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday in Department 9.
Talamantes also faces murder and assault charges following the Sept. 26 death of her 5-year-old daughter Tatiana Garcia. Talamantes pleaded not guilty to all counts on Feb. 7, and her trial date is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. on May 7 in Department 3.
Yolo Superior Court Judge Stephen Mock also scheduled a trial readiness conference at 8:30 a.m. on April 25 in the same department.
According to the police, Talamantes assaulted her daughter in their home on the 5100 block of Glide Drive in Davis, then drove to a relative's apartment in Sacramento with the girl's body in the trunk.
She arrived at the relative's home that afternoon with her 4-year-old son in tow, but no Garcia. The relatives called police, who responded to the apartment on the 7900 block of Pocket Road in Sacramento. Police soon discovered the girl's body inside the trunk of her mother's vehicle.
The Sacramento County coroner determined that Garcia died from drowning.
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FRASER ISLAND: It's World Heritage-listed and is the world's largest sand island; has the world's largest and highest dune lakes; has the longest and most complete age sequence of coastal dune systems in the world; is the only place in the world where rainforest grows in sand at elevations of 200 metres; and, call us biased, but is simply stunning… is it any wonder the Executive Producers of Channel Seven's hit show The Amazing Race Australia chose to end their current series on our shores?
Kingfisher Bay Resort Group General Manager and Director of Tourism Fraser Coast, David Hay, said with so many destinations around the world wooing race producers, it was definitely a feather in the cap for tourism in Queensland and on the Fraser Coast to land such a prestigious show.
The top rating reality series – which reaches an audience of some 1.2 million Australian viewers each week - sets teams of two contestants against other teams in an adrenalin-pumping race around the world. This series, Aussie contestants have pitted their wits and skills against each other in Cuba, Canada, India, Dubai, The Philippines and Brisbane.
"Filming on Fraser Island was conducted under a shroud of secrecy on a gorgeous sunny day, with only a few key Resort Managers and our partners – Queensland Parks and Wildlife, Air Fraser Island and Aussie Trax 4WD in the know," Mr Hay said.
"Fraser Explorer Guides, and Hervey Bay locals - Col Anderson, Les Sampson and Kevin Kinbacher - featured in the final show as contestants raced to the ultimate finish line on the shores of Lake McKenzie.
"It was pretty tough keeping things under wraps during filming – especially with the tell-tale yellow and red markers dotted around the island - but we managed it," Mr Hay said. "And the results were spectacular."
Fraser Island will also feature on Yahoo7's official Amazing Race website – with travel tips, destination information and blogs from the contestants.
Mr Hay said The Amazing Race crew was just one of several national and local film crews that have visited Fraser Island recently. Channel Seven's Queensland Weekender visited in early July and will run a Family Special (featuring Eurong Beach Resort and Kingfisher Bay Resort) in the coming weeks; Channel Seven Two's Spida Everitt and the crew from the Great Australian Doorstep visited early in the year and are currently running a twelve-month promotion with Australian Caravan + RV Magazine to win a trip back to Fraser.
Channel Ten ratings winner – Pat Callinan's 4x4 Adventures stopped by at Eurong a month ago, with the show expected to air later this year. And Channel Seven's newly revamped The Great Outdoors, with Country Singer host Adam Brand, filmed a four-wheel-drive special just a week ago, which is expected to air at the end of October.
"In such tough times for tourism, we're absolutely chuffed we were able to play a part in showcasing Fraser Island to such a wide audience and hope that the images of all the experiences you can have on the island will help entice more domestic visitors to our shores," Mr Hay said.
Getting There
Fraser Island is just offshore from Hervey Bay on Australia's east coast and Kingfisher Bay Resort passenger and vehicle ferry services depart daily from River Heads (secure parking is available). Virgin Australia and QantasLink provide direct flights to Hervey Bay and the resort operates airport connections.
The Amazing Race
The Amazing Race is a reality television game show in which teams of two people, who have some form of a pre-existing personal relationship, race around the world in competition with other teams. Contestants strive to arrive first at "pit stops" at the end of each leg of the race to win prizes and to avoid coming in last, which carries the possibility of elimination or a significant disadvantage in the following leg.
Contestants travel to and within multiple countries in a variety of transportation modes, including airplanes, hot-air balloons, helicopters, trucks, bicycles, taxicabs, car, jeepneys, trains, buses, boats, and by foot. Clues provided in each leg lead the teams to the next destination or direct them to perform a task, either together or by a single member. These challenges are related in some manner to the country wherein they are located or its culture. Teams are progressively eliminated until three are left; at that point, the team that arrives first in the final leg is awarded the grand prize.
Created by Elise Doganieri and Bertram van Munster, the original series has aired in the United States since 2001 and has earned twelve Primetime Emmy Awards, including every award from 2003–2011 for "Outstanding Reality-Competition Program", except in 2010 when Top Chef won. The Australian Amazing Race, follows a similar format and has been running on our TV screens since 2010. New Zealand-born actor, Grant Bowler, hosts. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amazing_Race


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Teacher Convicted Of Having Sex With Students Will Get Early Release From Prison
A former high school teacher convicted of having sex with five students in southwest Ohio will get out of prison after serving a little more than a year of a four-year sentence.
A judge in Lebanon granted 34-year-old Stacy Schuler's request Tuesday.
She was sentenced last October for encounters with the Mason High School students at her Springboro home in 2010. The health and gym teacher was convicted of 16 counts of sexual battery and three counts of providing alcohol to a minor.
The teens testified Schuler was drinking alcohol and initiated much of the contact. Her lawyer argued she had medical and psychological issues.
Warren County Prosecutor David Fornshell opposed the release. He said Tuesday he doesn't think the decision placed enough attention on the seriousness of the offense.
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By Bushraa Khatib
Galileo Would Have Been ProudThis year's annual conference of the Physics Teacher Education Coalition (PhysTEC) was held March 16-17 in Baltimore, Maryland as a satellite meeting of the annual APS March Meeting. Over 75 universities and colleges were represented by 119 attendees.
Photo by Renée Royal/APS Staff
As Jesse Southwick (standing, left) watches, Ashwani Kumar (standing, right) of Monmouth College measures the time it takes for a marble to roll down an inclined plane. Southwick and Aaron Osowiecki, both of Boston Latin School (founded when Galileo was still alive) gave a presentation at the PhysTEC Conference on "Ramps and Bungee Cords: Bringing It Together" that showed how students could "discover" conservation of energy by modeling their own data.
The conference began with an opening plenary by Richard Steinberg, Program Director of Science Education at City College of New York. Steinberg, a professor of physics and education, presented his experiences during a sabbatical year in which he taught physics in a New York City public high school. He described his transition from introductory college physics instructor to teacher education program participant, which involved taking courses that he himself had previously taught, and shared both frustrating and positive experiences with his students. Steinberg said his experiences as a high school teacher give him more credibility as a professor, and reinforce his methods of teaching physics by inquiry.
Building on its involvement in the 2012 PhysTEC conference, the American Chemical Society (ACS) had a more prominent role this year as a conference cosponsor. Jacob Clark Blickenstaff, APS Teacher Education Program manager and a conference organizer, said, "I was very pleased with the partnership with the ACS and the inclusion of chemistry teacher educators in this conference." Featured workshops on chemistry included parallel sessions on the Chemistry Teacher Education Coalition, course design, and learning chemistry in cooperative groups.
Michael Marder's lunch plenary titled, "Nothing Makes Sense in Physics Education Except in the Light of Poverty," included data on the many factors that affect teacher preparation. Marder, the Associate Dean for Science and Mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin, emphasized that trends are more striking when data are disaggregated by lower income versus higher income students.
The conference featured a number of parallel sessions and workshops on topics including induction and mentoring, course reform, innovative practice, recruitment and retention, and sustaining reform.
Clark Blickenstaff noted that Catherine Good's talk on stereotype threat generated a great deal of interest in the community. Good, an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Baruch College, addressed stereotypes that affect the achievement of females and minorities in STEM disciplines, and described research-based interventions to help students overcome the impact of these negative stereotypes.
The conference closed with a panel session on the implications of the Next Generation Science Standards for teacher preparation. Panelists included Helen Quinn of SLAC, Melanie Cooper, Andy Jackson, and Ramon Lopez of the University of Texas at Arlington.
The PhysTEC conference is the nation's largest event focusing on physics teacher preparation, and is a major component of the PhysTEC project. The PhysTEC project, a partnership between APS and the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), strives to improve and promote the education of future physics teachers. It does so primarily by selecting colleges and universities that can effectively use substantial project support to develop their physics teacher preparation programs into national models and make significant increases in the number of teachers they graduate.
To date, the project has supported 29 such sites, and recently announced the funding of four additional sites: University Central Florida, University of Cincinnati, Georgia State University and North Carolina State University. The number of teachers graduating each year from PhysTEC-funded institutions has greatly increased since the project began in 2001.
The 2014 PhysTEC Conference will be held May 19-20 in Austin, TX in conjunction with the UTeach Conference.
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Kudos to project manager for rapid response
I would like to commend and thank Los Altos Transportation Project Manager Cedric Novenario. In response to my email regarding the need for crossing lights on Berry Avenue at Loyola School, he took the time to come out and observe for most of an hour the dangerous situation for children at that location.
He explained the process to get these lights or, at the very least, a crossing guard. He followed up with an email on how to proceed, then a phone call the following week checking on progress.
While it is too late for this school year, my hope is that next year it will be addressed by the people who can make this happen.
Kudos to you, Mr. Novenario.
Marty Loughran
Los Altos
Flood-retention plan deserves better research
There is a battle going on over the Permanente Creek project, which includes McKelvey Field and Rancho San Antonio County Park.
At the May 14 Mountain View City Council meeting, councilmembers cast their votes in favor of the Santa Clara Valley Water District's moving forward on the flood-retention basin project at McKelvey and Rancho San Antonio parks, even though the final design has not yet been drawn up. The dollar amount needed for this project has changed like the wind.
The other two sites (Blach Intermediate School and Cuesta Annex) considered, which the water district initially said were crucial to the entire project, have been dropped due to residents' outrage.
Most importantly, the data being used to support this unnecessary project are based on Saratoga Creek, in addition to technically incorrect information.
At the May 14 meeting, three councilmembers stated pertinent information on why the project should not move forward, but then all but one voted for it to move forward! Even when an amendment regarding the final design approval (a reasonable compromise) was discussed, the water district back-stepped and stated that the project would not move forward if the city council included such an amendment.
Why are the water district and the Mountain View City Council pushing so hard for this project without proper and adequate data/research or with the availability of final (not conceptual) designs? What sound business agrees and commits to plans it has not seen? Do successful, trustworthy businesses ignore ever-changing dollar amounts for their projects with no accountability? Why are they ignoring the real facts about the water overflow statistics of Rancho San Antonio and Permanente Creek? And, why are they basing their decisions on stats from another creek altogether?
Denise Pinto
Mountain View
Put roundabout idea into 'lunatic basket'
My wife and I recently spent two weeks conducting an estate sale at a home we have in Brighton, Colo.
I had an opportunity to ask lots of folks what they thought about their single roundabout in that small town.
Not one person liked it – not one! They have had it for approximately 10 years, yet people have problems figuring out who has the right-of-way, etc. Large trucks pulling trailers have a real problem getting through the intersection.
I went through the roundabout and ended up going in the wrong direction (trying to head for Denver).
I put the Los Altos idea to install a roundabout at Edith Avenue and San Antonio Road into the same lunatic basket as the recent proposal to create a bus-only lane on El Camino Real through Los Altos, Mountain View and Sunnyvale.
Our poor little town needs a rest from the developers and the city councilmembers who are ruining our village.
Bob Jones
Los Altos


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HOUSTON - Several community leaders took to the streets Sunday, passing out fliers in an effort to help track down a rapist.
"We've got to send a message to the predators in this city that your days are numbered," said community activist Deric Muhammad. "We have to send a message to the child predators in this city, that when you put your hands on our children at some point you have to expect repercussions."
The sexual assault happened on Wednesday, Oct. 24. in the 7300 block of Scott Street, near Noah in southeast Houston.
According to investigators, the 15-year-old girl was on her way home from Yates High School. Officials said the teenager left campus to get on a METRO bus. After she stepped off the bus, police said a man drove up next to her and asked her if she wanted to get in. The girl refused and the man forced her into the truck and later raped her, officials said.
Muhammad said he knows where the man took the girl to rape her. It's a run-down home in the neighborhood, and he said there are homes like this all over the city. All of which need to be torn down.
"A house like this should not be standing in a community where human beings live," Muhammad said. "There's no use for a structure such as this except for criminal activity."
If you have any information about this crime call Houston police at 713-884-3131.
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New York -- Sephora plans to open 50 stores in Latin America by 2016, the San Francisco Business Times reported.
Sephora opened its first Latin American store in 2011, in Mexico City. It was followed by locations in Puebla and Guadalajara and another one in Mexico City in 2012. It plans to open an additional five locations in the country in 2013.
It is also expanding in Brazil — the third largest beauty market in the world — with four new stores this year and another six in the pipeline, according to the report.


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I believe if I was a church, as long as I wasn't charging admission, I'd do as planned and see if the NFL really wanted to sue a church for showing the SB on it's projection TV. I know the reasoning but IMHO it's too far reaching. But it's not my money....
I know the NFL has to protect their copyright BUT they don't have to take a proactive stance like this with all the baring of teeth.
Sorry, churches, the party's over
NFL ban forces nationwide cancellations of Super Bowl events
By Robert King
At Indian Creek Christian Church on the Southeastside, church leaders yanked up banners that had been beckoning people to come to Sunday's "Super Bowl XLI Party."
At Seymour's Cornerstone Ministry Center, church leaders began looking for something to do with the food they had planned to serve to football fans Sunday night.
And at Green Valley Church of Christ in Noblesville, the church decided it would rather cancel its Super Bowl party than run the risk of running afoul of the NFL.
In what might constitute a seismic shift in Super Bowl viewing habits, churches across the country started scrapping their party plans Thursday after the NFL warned anyone who violates federal copyright law -- churches included.
The wave of party pooping started in Indianapolis with a report in Thursday's Indianapolis Star that the NFL told Fall Creek Baptist Church that its plans for a big-screen showing of the game were improper.
By day's end, churches from Texas to Ohio were calling the newspaper to ask if the NFL's stance was firm. Told it was, they said they intended to end long-standing traditions of congregational Super Bowl parties.
"I'm not sure quite what we're going to do," said Tamara Mayne, a member of Cypress United Methodist Church in Houston, which quashed its Super Bowl party Thursday.
The issue facing churches across the country is their use of big-screen TVs to show the Super Bowl in what the NFL deems "mass out-of-home viewings."
The NFL considers big gatherings -- whether in churches, movie theaters or casinos -- to be a huge no-no if the game is being shown on TV screens bigger than 55 inches wide or if the host charges admission to watch.
Many churches, such as Fall Creek and others, had planned to use projectors to put the clash between the Colts and the Bears on walls and screens, some 12 feet wide or larger.
But the NFL is being quick to point out that federal copyright law bans public exhibitions of NFL games on sets or screens larger than 55 inches. In other words, churches and other private groups can watch the game on smaller screens, but partying with a monster screen is taboo.
Violators could, in an extreme case, be sued, although legal experts said juries might be hard-pressed to give the NFL a monetary verdict against a church.
Still, copyright experts said the NFL's stance is grounded firmly in the law. "Legally, they do have a pretty strong case," said Marshall Leaffer, a professor at the Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington.
But while the NFL appears to be on solid legal footing, it has fallen on the field of public opinion. The Star received scores of calls and more than 600 comments on its Web site Thursday. More than 90 percent chided the NFL as the No Fun League, or worse.
Adding fuel to the fire is the exception to the big-screen rule that the law and the NFL grants to sports bars and restaurants. Those businesses can show the games on big screens and multiple TVs because they show televised sports all year.
Despite the scathing criticism, NFL spokesman Greg Aiello was unyielding Thursday when asked whether the league might cut the churches a break.
"No," he said. "It's copyright law."
Fall Creek's Rev. John D. Newland, who learned of his church's legal peril in a letter from the NFL, spent Thursday explaining his situation to media around the country. Lawyers from Louisiana even called, pledging to fight the good fight for him. But Newland said the church must comply.
"I don't want to inspire anybody to break the law. . . . I think the law is antiquated and I think it needs to be addressed."
At Castleton United Methodist Church, Joyce Hamon could hardly believe the NFL's position when she read it in The Star. "I'm almost flabbergasted," she said. By midmorning, her husband, the Rev. Mac Hamon, had pulled the plug on his church's party. "We just didn't want to take chances," she said.
In Seymour, Cornerstone Ministry had put an ad in the local paper advertising a party that was to feature the game projected on a 12-foot screen, free snacks, drinks, hot dogs and hamburgers, as well as a halftime devotional on what it means to be a "super person."
The Rev. Crawford Huff, who had been putting on church Super Bowl parties for 30 years, woke up to the news from Indianapolis, and by midday had decided to do away with a tried-and-true outreach tool.
"We've got a lot of food to give away," Huff said, adding that the church has a biblical mandate to obey the laws of the land.
"We want to be obedient."


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Dec 12, 2011
My Storybook Christmas Mantle...
24 comments:
- Bluebell Woods said...
Lovely decorating. I love that angel. What a great idea. I also love the iridescent ornaments. I would love to find some of those. I just love visiting your blog
- December 12, 2011 at 5:36 PM
- kerrie of sea cottage said...
Your laurel swag is my favorite part of the entire room...probably your entire cottage! The fact that you made it out of laurel from your own garden just woo's me. lovely.
- December 12, 2011 at 5:40 PM
- www.MaisonStGermain.com said...
It sure is storybook magical! So nicely done:)
~Debra xxx
Capers of the vintage vixens
- December 12, 2011 at 6:10 PM
- Designing Lady Jane said...
Your room is gorgeous, that garland makes quite the impact. The mantel is so whimsical, a real Victorian winter wonderland.
- December 12, 2011 at 6:32 PM
- Olga said...
So magical! I love your green garland, pine branches and that lovely white cottage.
Enjoy the holiday season!
- December 12, 2011 at 6:45 PM
- Carrie at In the Hammock Blog said...
It's beautiful! I love it!
- December 12, 2011 at 6:51 PM
- Kathijane said...
I love your storybook mantel! And I believe! I do:)
- December 12, 2011 at 6:57 PM
- June said...
Bella your Christmas decor is so beautiful. I LOVE that garland of laurel leaves. It is stunning.
That mantle is magical!
- December 12, 2011 at 7:11 PM
- Sonia said...
Oh this is all so gorgeous..love this style and the soft colors..Your little house is so cute all lit up with those sweet bottle trees! I am completing my little village. The vintage window just steels my heart! Love it all!
Miss Bloomers
- December 12, 2011 at 7:35 PM
- Audrey said...
So soft,serene and beautiful...and yes,magical...love it!
- December 12, 2011 at 8:16 PM
- Shabby chic Sandy said...
It is magical--thanks for sharing!
- December 12, 2011 at 9:00 PM
- Denise said...
Everything seems just as it should be this time of year,enchanting-Denise
- December 12, 2011 at 9:02 PM
- Elna said...
Beautiful pictures. Your home looks like a storybook:-) Take a look at my blog, it's Lucia.
Regards from Sweden
- December 12, 2011 at 11:46 PM
- Dorthe said...
how beautiful dear, so love your lil house, and the dear scrap ornament-and the window is perfect there.
- December 12, 2011 at 11:47 PM
- Farah Muzaffar said...
What a beautiful dreamy post it is Bella... very magical ans soft and tender... your mantle looks so beautiful and very unusual from the routine... love the little wreath very much...
Happy if you come to see me at
with love from
- December 13, 2011 at 12:40 AM
- Passionedeco...perchè le case hanno un'anima said...
Dear Bella!
This is a fairytale and you must be the queen of fairies!
I love your mantle, really!!
- December 13, 2011 at 1:03 AM
- Ozma of Odds said...
...ADORE the storybook theme and your tiny iced pond, and that your snow fairy is riding on the back of a swan...
xo, Rosemary
- December 13, 2011 at 9:25 AM
- Gayle said...
Oh I am lost in magical white...love, love it Bella! And I also adore the pictures on the side bar for Christmas. What a beautiful magical world you have created, thank you for sharing it with us!
Blessings from Behind the Gate
- December 13, 2011 at 9:52 AM
- Jacqueline~Cabin and Cottage said...
Yikes! This is so gorgeous! The garland is wonderfully elegant, but I love every single thing you are showing here. It makes a wonderful fantasyland. Your rooms are so pretty! Makes me happy! xx
- December 13, 2011 at 12:23 PM
- My Shabby Streamside Studio said...
I can't believe you beat your display from last year, dear Bella!
That laurel garland you made is spectacular...had to have taken the whole weekend.
I can imagine how it all must sparkle...BIG kudos to YOU!
God Jul,
- December 13, 2011 at 1:02 PM
- Sherry said...
This is so pretty! I am still loving your angel wings. It all looks dreamy! Have a Merry Christmas!
- December 13, 2011 at 3:28 PM
- Victorian1885 said...
Happy belated Birthday Bella! Your home looks enchanting for the Holidays!
- December 13, 2011 at 3:56 PM
- Karen said...
Magical and beautiful, love the ice pond and the Victorian ornament. It all looks beautiful together.
- December 17, 2011 at 9:02 AM
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Drawing on extensive interviews with George Kennan and exclusive access to his archives, an eminent scholar of the Cold War delivers a revelatory biography of its troubled mastermind.
In the late 1940s, George Kennan wrote two documents, the "Long Telegram" and the "X Article", which set forward the strategy of containment that would define US policy toward the Soviet Union for the next four decades. This achievement alone would qualify him as the most influential American diplomat of the Cold War era. But he was also an architect of the Marshall Plan, a prizewinning historian, and would become one of the most outspoken critics of American diplomacy, politics, and culture during the last half of the 20th century.
Now the full scope of Kennan's long life and vast influence is revealed by one of today's most important Cold War scholars. Yale historian John Lewis Gaddis began this magisterial history almost 30 years ago, interviewing Kennan frequently and gaining complete access to his voluminous diaries and other personal papers. So frank and detailed were these materials that Kennan and Gaddis agreed that the book would not appear until after Kennan's death. It was well worth the wait: the journals give this book a breathtaking candor and intimacy that match its century-long sweep.
We see Kennan's insecurity as a Midwesterner among elites at Princeton, his budding dissatisfaction with authority and the status quo, his struggles with depression, his gift for satire, and his sharp insights on the policies and people he encountered. Kennan turned these sharp analytical gifts upon himself, even to the point of regularly recording dreams. The result is a remarkably revealing view of how this greatest of Cold War strategists came to doubt his strategy and always doubted himself.
This is a landmark work of history and biography that reveals the vast influence and rich inner landscape of a life that both mirrored and shaped the century it spanned.
©2011 John Lewis Gaddis (P)2012 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
"Masterfully researched…. Gaddis' moving work gives us a figure with whom, however one might differ on details, it was a privilege to be a contemporary." (New York Times Book Review)
"Kennan: a man who needs to be studied"
First of all let me say I am thrilled to see this kind of book in audio, very seldom do we get a major scholarly work of this magnitude in audio. As a serious student of international relations Kennan needs to be studied. for better or worse it was his thought process that served as the guiding light for American Foreign Policy until the end of the Cold War. The thing that changed was the interpretation of Kennan's ideas.
Being the owner of 400 audiobooks i can comfortably say that the narrator is one of the best I have herd and perfect for a book of this size.
I will be the first to admit the audience who will truly appreciate this book among the general population is small but for student of history and/or the international system this book is a must read.
"Good if you're serious about foreign affairs"
This is a serious scholarly book. If you're in the mood for 40 hours of intellectual rigor this is an excellent book
The reader is v good except when he does awful English accents and awful imitations of women
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"We need the benefit of George Kennan's wisdom"
I had known nothing about George Kennan before I read this book. I feel much more informed of Mr. Kennan the person, diplomat, policy adviser and teacher. George Kennan by John Lewis Gaddis is a very well written book that all should read for knowledge, and because it is relevant to the challenges we are facing today with the Russian relationship. I hope that some folks at State and the White House are dusting off copies of the Long Telegram, the Foreign Policy article by X, and the report by Task Force A of the Solarium project.
"As long as it was, I'm sorry it ended"
Fantastic story/ person
This is a great book about one of America's most interesting characters. Shows how much more complex his thought was than most realize. Really takes you back into the Cold War and how America and America's thinking during it developed. A must read for foreign policy buffs.
"Good biography of an important man"
Well written and important work on an intriguing personality and an important figure in the history of the period after WWII. George Kennan played a critical role in the period after the war and the US and Europe was well served by his intelligence and capability in planning and implementing the Marshall Plan which rebuilt Europe from utter rubble.
Indeed it's hard to overestimate his importance in guiding U.S. policy.who knows where we'd be today without his. That said it's hard to understand his changing views from his containment policy to anti NATO position in his later years. If there is a flaw in this book it really leaves this question unanswered. Still it's a masterful biography of a life dedicated to public service and principled ideals. Wish we could have a G. Kennan around today. Bravo to the author in covering his life so well in this work.
"An Underrated Hero"
A great man....probably saved the world from nuclear annihilation, although we'll never know for sure.
"Should have been better..."
A little repetitive in the writing. The man was interesting, and he lay at the center of some good history. But after spending hours with this biography, I am not sure I learned a great deal. Unlike the great biographers - Robert Caro, for instance - the historical context and monumental sweep of history simply isn't conveyed particularly well.
"Eyes rolled back in my head and stayed there."
I don't know.
I think it was just me. The slow, monotonous pace of the story/narrative could not be helped. This guy's life just wasn't that exciting or interesting. Yes. I bought it because I thought that period of history would be fascinating. But was it written in a way to keep my attention? No. At least not within the first two hours. I just gave up. I rarely give up on a book. Maybe I'm getting old or impatient but I just couldn't take it after two hours.
Performance/voice was fine.
The book might be mind-blowingly exciting and riveting immediately after the first two hours of listening - so take what I say with a grain of salt. The other reviewers seemed to think it was a great story.
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Here are excerpts from the May 2007 issue of Andrew Bonds Industrial Automation Insider, a monthly newsletter covering the important industrial automation news and issues as seen from the U.K.
By Andrew Bond, Industrial Automation Insider
Schneider steps up ODVA participation
Major consolidation of Industrial Ethernet protocols in the works.
"We believe that our strengthened relationship with ODVA will make Ethernet/IP the most widely used industrial network." The general consensus seems to have been that this year's Hanover Fair, incorporating the last vestiges of the once mighty Interkama, was a pretty low-key affair, at least as far as the automation industry was concerned.
That's strange because we may look back on the week of the show, April 16-20, 2007, and the one which preceded it as the time when the automation industry finally saw sense and began to react to what its users had been telling it since at least the early 1990s: that what they really want is a single fieldbus standard that enables them freely to mix and match best of breed devices from multiple vendors within the same installation.
IEC 61158 Legacy
Of course that's not what they're going to get—any chance of that finally disappeared with the IEC's decision back in 2000 to ratify, in IEC 61158, a fieldbus standard incorporating not one, but eight competing and incompatible protocols. Since then any promising moves toward rationalization, such as the decision of the major fieldbus organizations to cooperate in the development of a common Electronic Device Description Language (EDDL), have been followed almost immediately by a spectacular falling out, most recently over whether there was any benefit to be had from what Emerson Process Management President John Berra described as "this FDT nonsense."
But then conventional fieldbus is not the only game in town. Even before the ink was dry on IEC 61158, it was becoming clear that many users were more interested in the potential of industrialized versions of the already ubiquitous Ethernet, and so it has proved. Moreover, while the conventional fieldbus power brokers have tried to extend their existing fiefdoms into Industrial Ethernet territory, we have not seen the repeat of the "fieldbus wars" that many had predicted. That's due in part to the fact that it's a whole lot more difficult to lock users into a particular flavor of what is already a universal standard and also, and possibly consequentially, because this time around users have made it clear that they simply won't stand for it.]
So the announcement by Schneider Electric, the week before Hanover/Interkama that it is to become a "principal member" of the Open DeviceNet Vendor Association (ODVA) and that coincidentally ODVA is to extend its Common Industrial Protocol (CIP) network specifications to provide compatibility with Modbus/TCP is hugely significant and a triumph for user power.
Like so many such announcements, this one needs a bit of decoding. Schneider, through its ownership of the Modicon brand, is in effect custodian of the Modbus protocol, although the intellectual property and responsibility for its maintenance and development have been vested in the independent Modbus–IDA consortium since 2004.
Mirror Image
As such its position is pretty much a mirror image of that of Rockwell Automation, which developed the CIP-based DeviceNet and ControlNet and then passed them over to the independent Open DeviceNet Vendors Association (ODVA). Since then ODVA has, at one extreme, adapted CIP as the basis of its Industrial Ethernet implementation, Ethernet/IP, and at the other, to its recently released sensor–actuator bus and ASi rival, CompoNet. Just how independent of their respective parents are these two organizations is debatable, although the cynical answer would probably be, "At least as independent as Profibus International is from Siemens."
Developed originally in the late 1970s, Modbus' claim to be regarded as a fieldbus is tenuous in the extreme, but its very simplicity and almost universal acceptance has sustained its popularity.
Modbus IDA claims more than 7 million Modbus nodes in Europe and North America, and that popularity has in recent years extended to the Industrial Ethernet implementation. ARC's most recent study of the market in 2005 showed Modbus/TCP and EtherNet/IP to be the most widely supported industrial Ethernet protocols.
Market Share
We asked ARC's Harry Forbes whether that justified ODVA's claim that the two protocols between them accounted for more than 50% of the market but he, perhaps understandably, wouldn't be drawn, only saying that "We are working on that data for a new study to be published later this year … with node counts of all the IE flavors."
Clearly the implication of the ODVA claim is that a combination of Ethernet/IP and Modbus/TCP would have more installed nodes than Profibus International's (PI) ProfiNet. Back in 2004, PI's Geoff Hodgkinson predicted that the number of ProfiNet nodes would exceed that of Profibus nodes by 2010. Given that PI is now predicting that Profibus will meet its target of 20 million nodes by 2008 with ease, we asked them what the current position was, only to get the response that they don't know.
"We are working on the issue, but there are a number of questions to resolve, the most important being: What's a node?" explained Carl Henning, director of ProfiNet marketing with the North American Profibus Trade Organization (PTO). "Should the count include switches? Do some technologies count each module because it has an IP address? Do others just count the overall controller? There is a real danger of trying to compare apples and oranges. We'll have an answer to define and accurately count ProfiNet nodes probably early next year. And we'll state our methodology (and what exactly we're counting) then."
ODVA will bring the Modbus community under its umbrella by integrating Modbus connectivity into the CIP architecture in a way that will require no changes to the existing Modbus slave devices. This will be achieved by extending the definition of Ethernet/IP "originators" to include the optional ability to communicate with Modbus/TCP slaves. The integration will also be backwards-compatible with the existing CIP standard, ensuring that both existing Modbus/TCP and Ethernet/IP devices will be covered. ODVA says that the next release of the EtherNet/IP specification, which will include Modbus support, will be available before the end of the year, while Schneider says that it expects to have products based on the new protocol available in 2008.
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FORMER colleagues of ICI worker Douglas Hardwick are being asked by his children to help with an investigation into how their father was exposed to asbestos.
Mr Hardwick, formerly of Castle, Northwich, who worked at the ICI plant at Winnington, died on November 2 last year aged 84.
Mr Hardwick died from bronchopneumonia, caused by an asbestos-related condition known as asbestosis, which his family believes was caused by breathing in asbestos dust and fibres during his working life.
Now Mr Hardwick's children have instructed industrial disease specialists at law firm Irwin Mitchell to investigate how Mr Hardwick, who was known as Dougie or Doug to his friends and work colleagues, was exposed to asbestos dust.
They are appealing to his former work colleagues to help provide information about the working conditions at the ICI plant.
The law firm said that after being diagnosed with the condition Mr Hardwick told his daughters Dawn and Tracy he was exposed to asbestos while working as a labourer and scaffolder at the ICI plant in Winnington during the 1950s, 60s and 70s.
Dawn, aged 51, from Middlewich, said: "Before his illness dad was always independent and a sociable man, but in 2012 he began losing a lot of weight and his health declined rapidly. It was horrible to see him like that.
"His life was taken away from him prematurely through no fault of his own. We will miss him very much.
"We hope there are people out there who worked with my father who can come forward to give us a picture of the working conditions they had to cope with at the ICI plant."
Charlotte Hobday, an expert industrial disease lawyer at Irwin Mitchell, said: "Douglas had five children, who are all extremely upset that their father was taken away from them in such a terrible way due to being exposed to asbestos during his working life.
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National Basketball Players Association executive director Billy Hunter has been placed on an indefinite leave of absence, according to multiple media reports.
According to Yahoo! Sports, which cited unidentified sources, Hunter was informed of the decision Friday morning, and it is the first step in a process led by NBPA president Derek Fisher to have Hunter removed as executive director. He will be paid during his suspension, the website reported.
In a memo sent to players on Friday morning, Fisher said: "Unfortunately, it appears that Union management has lost sight of the NBPA's only task, to serve the best interests of their membership. This is the reason I called for a review almost a year ago. The findings of that review confirm this unfortunate truth and we must now move forward as Players. Immediate change is necessary and I, along with the Committee Members, are committed to driving the process as difficult as it may be."
Union general counsel Ron Klempner has taken over as interim executive director.
Fisher will lead a new interim executive committee and advisory committee that will meet All-Star weekend, Feb. 15-17, to start the process of reorganizing the union.
"We ask for the cooperation, trust and patience of the players, their representatives and some of our hard working NBPA staff as we navigate through this situation," Fisher said in his statement. "But rest assured that our goal is to do what is right for the players and we will emerge stronger than before."
The move came two weeks after the release of an outside audit that heavily criticized Hunter's hiring practices and expenditures and questioned his judgment on a wide array of issues.
The report conducted by a New York law firm found Hunter did nothing illegal but made a number of poor decisions in his hiring and business practices, and recommended players discuss his future with the organization at their All-Star meeting.
Hunter, who has led the players' association since 1996, on Thursday had unveiled a series of reforms at the NBPA to improve areas that were criticized in the review of the union.
Hunter said the union has adopted an anti-nepotism policy. Earlier, he had fired his daughter, Robyn, and his daughter-in-law Megan Inaba will leave her position following the All-Star game next month.
The new policies were first laid out in a letter to a players' committee last week, and were announced in a release from the union Wednesday.
There also will be conflict-of-interest and employee hiring policies, and certain positions at the union will be eliminated or reorganized.
Meanwhile, high-profile agent Arn Tellem is urging his clients to fire Hunter at the union's annual player meeting at the All-Star Game in February in Houston, The New York Times reported, citing a 1,500-word letter from Tellem to his players that the newspaper had obtained.
In the letter, sent to players Monday, Tellem blasted Hunter's record as executive director of the NBPA and accuses him of using the union for personal gain.
The union declined to comment to the Times. But Hunter, according to the newspaper, indirectly defended himself in a statement sent to Bloomberg News, asserting that he has looked out for the players' interests more than some player agents.
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William may be the future king, but it's Kate who's queen of the seas.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge faced off in opposing America's Cup boats on Friday - and it was Kate and her right-hand man Dean Barker who sped ahead to win both races.
Kate could not hide her delight and was seen punching the air on both occasions her sleek yacht crossed the finish line.
Prince William manned the wheel under the watch of Team New Zealand boss Grant Dalton, and jokingly told reporters: "We were sabotaged."
Thousands packed Auckland's Viaduct Basin to shake hands with the couple before the race - and see the battle royale.
But fans old and young let out audible grumbles when the royals whipped past in a car with tinted windows, dashing their hopes of even the briefest glimpse.
Bo Paterson and her daughters Charlotte, two, and Lucy, nine, arrived an hour early wearing matching red T-shirts with the slogan "Keep Calm and Royal On".
"That was fast," she said afterwards. "I don't think I even got a picture of them."
Perhaps they would have fared better on the water, where 25 spectator craft watched the race at a safe distance.
There was finally some sun for the royal duo, though there were brief showers when Kate and Will arrived at the Viaduct.
Waterfront Auckland's media adviser Luke Henshall estimated 12,000 people crowded on to the waterfront - but most left soon after the race started.
Earlier in the day, the duke and duchess touched down at the Whenuapai Air Base in Auckland.
They then met about 100 air force personnel and their families, including one who gave a first-hand account of his Orion crew's search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
While the royal visit to Blenheim seemed to take over the whole town on Thursday, some weren't so pleased to see the couple.
A plane organised by republican movement New Zealand Republic flew a banner reading "Time for a Kiwi head of state" as the royals arrived on the waterfront.
And there were plenty of Aucklanders on Queen St who carried on as normal.
"I don't have a problem with them," said Tyler, a student. "I'm just not going to make an effort to see them."
Kate and Will rounded out their Auckland experience with a short spin on amphibious vessel Sealegs to Westpark Marina, where they met more fans - including birthday boy Boston Newton.
Seven-year-old Boston said meeting William was the best birthday gift - even better than his new BMX.
The duke and duchess will jet back to Wellington on Friday night to be reunited with baby George, who spent the day in the capital with his Spanish nanny.
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---Buffalo Bills second-year wide receiver Marcus Easley, who was placed on season-ending injured reserve on Tuesday, has been diagnosed with a heart ailment a source told The Buffalo News. It is unclear about the specifics of Easleys condition or whether its career threatening.
Easley left last Fridays practice early with what was termed an illness and missed the season opening victory at Kansas City.


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