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Topic: Husband at Hospice Facility
I have not posted in a while, but I am always checking in. On Tuesday my husband Frank was moved from our home to the local hospice facility. It breaks my heart that I can no longer care for him at home. He was diagnosed in November and I have been caring for him here since he was released from the hospital in December. He had two strokes four years ago which left him unable to use his right side. Now the cancer has made him too weak to use his left side. I could no longer assist him in getting out of bed and into his wheelchair. I was hoping he could die at home, but I guess that was not realistic. I think he knows that I tried my best to keep him here as long as possible, but it still hurts. Thanks for being here for me. Nancy


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Thatdirtykid wrote:I wish I could make it, my funds are going to be focused more on school for the next couple weeks.
I still havent played peublo
Thanks for the heads up on wizards, I may make it over there friday...
Kewl deal, man you need to get down to Pueblo. That is one of the best courses in the state, and while you are heading there make sure to stop off at Widefield. The PDGA Ranks Widefield @ #9 in the World.
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Just finished Coelho's Devil and Miss Primm. Up next is Coelho's Veronika Decides to Die.
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Just finished Coelho's Devil and Miss Primm. Up next is Coelho's Veronika Decides to Die.
Just read the One Minute Manager. Really good book to read even if you are not a manager. Easy/quick to read too.
This week I finished So You Want To Be A Wizard by Diane Duane and Kindred by Octavia E. Butler. Each are very good books, the former a fun fantasy adventure and the latter a well-written tale of the Antebellum South told by a modern-day time traveler.
Now I'm reading The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. I haven't read much Russian literature, so this is something different.
Take me out to the black, tell 'em I ain't coming back. Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me.
I am reading a technical manual on how to rebuild the chevy LT1, LS, and newer style chevrolet v8 engines. I know it is boring but it is necessary in my line of work.
The Marriage Plot by Eugenides. Very meh. Not sure why I did it.
Currently re-reading The Recognitons, as I'm at an all-time low motivation-wise, and need some inspiration. Taking it slow and savoring any sentences that make me feel like my life isn't totally worthless crap. Thankfully Gaddis has a bunch of those. . .
You, Never? Did the Kenosha Kid?
How do you go about choosing a new book. I love reading and used to read more, but I guess I've been having a hard time choosing new books.
Do you buy all your books? What if you buy a book and turn out not liking it?
First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.
Decided to jump on the bandwagon and read "The Hunger Games" before too many people start telling you "you have to read this book!" which immediately makes me not want to read the book, whether it's good or not.
I had never heard of it till someone decided this needed to be a movie and twitter blew up just gushing about these books.So I decided to see what all the fuss was about. So far it has lived up to it's hype haven't been able to put it down i'll probaby end up finishing the trilogy by next week sometime.
I enjoyed the Dawkins and Sagan books you've listed. I learned a lot from "The Greatest Show on Earth," in particular last year.
I just finished up "The Drunkards Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives," - nice little book about probability and statistical thinking. Right now I'm reading back issues of "Analog," and am halfway through re-reading "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy." Soon I'll start a history book of some sort.
"Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better." - Albert Camus
"Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well." - Voltaire
"Everyone's values are defined by what they will tolerate when it is done to others." - William Greider
You lucky duck! Five plus years ago I tore through books at that kind of rate. Now there just isn't the time. If I could increase my lifespan significantly I would undoubtedly spend much of it reading.
Speaking of Octavia Butler (in a later post) - have you read the Xenogenesis series (aka Lilith's Brook)? It's her finest work, in my opinion - particularly the first book.
"Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better." - Albert Camus
"Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well." - Voltaire
"Everyone's values are defined by what they will tolerate when it is done to others." - William Greider
I haven't read the Xenogenesis books, but I will put it on the 'to-read' list. Thanks for the suggestion!
Take me out to the black, tell 'em I ain't coming back. Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me.
egyptian book of the dead
read the gilgamesh epic earlier today, and boy was that way more weird and more "arty" than I ever expected. I was left actually wishing there was more to it. Found myself reading the translator's notes because I was just that taken up with it.
Kinda into reading all these really old epics or religous texts. I'll probably try the koran after book of the dead.
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You, Never? Did the Kenosha Kid?
Just started John Grishams "the Litigators"
Also received for Christmas (and waiting in the wings)
Dr. Michael Savage's..."Trickle Up Poverty" and "Abuse of Power".
Ever notice how friendly folks are at a shootin' range??.
I haven't started reading it yet but my mom recommended that I read a book called "The Shack". She is mailing me a copy. She said it would change the way I look on life and religon. I myself am a spiritual person but not very religious. She is even sending one to a dear friend of mine that is incarcerated hoping it will turn her around. Has anyone on PD already read this book?
I've read it, got it on my shelf with what I hope to start being a much larger library of books I have read. It was a good read and it is a very uplifting book. I think it took me 2 days to read that book in its entirety could not put it down. It pretty much runs the gauntlet on emotions. If you have any specific questions you can ask me in a pm, I could probably elaborate more but don't really want to ruin it for you or anyone else who might want to read it.
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If you're into that sort of thing I'd suggest also reading Dante's Inferno. I've read that 6 times and still find something new and interesting about it each time i've read it. Maybe that says something about my lack of comprehension or maybe that it was originally in Italian and then later put into English prose . I guess I should get around to reading purgatorio and paradisio but never really been motivated to read those other than to complete the divine comedy. Also Paradise Lost by Milton is worth a read and lots of good dialogue/quotes from that book imo.
Master of the Senate by Robert A. Caro
It is a biography of Lyndon Johnson's time as a Senator in the late 40's and through the 1950's. It is about 1200 pages, but a real page turner. As someone who works in government, while we all seem to cry for civility now, it seems by reading this that things weren't much different than they were now 50-60 years ago.
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Paradise Lost is maybe the coolest thing in the world. Went through a period where I kept reading that and Emerson's essays over and over and over. Satan is my homie.
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You, Never? Did the Kenosha Kid?
"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
That is awesome about about your roomie. As far as satan being your homie, I actually did an inventory of all the books I read and a lot of them had to do with hell or satan and wasn't really bothered with it myself but others from the outside looking in might think I have some unhealthy obsession with the two . I've never heard of Emerson's essays but I'll look into it. I've also wanted to read the screwtape letters by C.S. Lewis but have yet to get around to it, I've looked for it in bookstores without much luck. I could probably find a copy through amazon but I still have a stigma about buying things online but might have to resort to that.
James Stewart
Essential Calculas (gratefully my last semester with this thing)
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
The Indianapolis Public Library has a good selection of audio books and e-books, although there can be a long wait for the more popular books. It's worth checking to see if you local library has them available.
Here's a link to the Indy library e-books, to give you an idea:
IMCPL offers both Adobe ePub and Kindle formats.
How does "checking out" work with e-books from the public library? I'm a little confused as to how the whole borrowing process works. How do you return a downloaded file?


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Jeronimo wrote:Why on earth would you want a single finger as the crux of all your snap?
Because of physics? If i was to slow your throw down and focus the video in on your grip, the disc should rip off of your hand at a single point. I think you might want to do a refresher: http://www.discgolfreview.com/resources/articles/gripittoripit.shtml#ripvslock
Quote From Article: The primary focus of the grip should be to achieve the greatest amount of force on the disc at the rip point. The rip occurs when the disc overpowers the rip finger and forces its way out of the hand. Since acceleration and velocity pull the disc out of the hand, the stronger your rip point, the greater force will be applied to the disc as it launches from the hand. The distance potential available here is also closely related to snap and follow through, but all things equal, more rip force will always translate into more distance than less rip force.
[EDIT: Were you maybe misunderstanding what JHern was talking about? When he talked about just using the 2 fingers, it was to build up the "Feel" of what the pivot on those fingers is like.]
Jeronimo wrote:I have no doubt at this point that I fully understand the concept of "snap". I am just still at the point where my body doesn't inherently "know" how to reproduce it.
Is that like understanding Calculus but not knowing how solve math problems? If you are using the "Pound The Hammer" techniques and you are getting the "Feel" then you should not have issues with snap unless you really didnt perform the technique or due to grip slip, and if the latter is the case then you need to continue working with the techniques, but change your grip to something that feel likes its super solid grip.
[Blake; could you confirm/deny/clarify this? The only thing i can think of that would hinder the "Hammer Pound" would be grip slippage, assuming that someone is really "Pounding The Hammer" properly.]
That is the sheer genius of using a concept built on "Feel" versus thinking through the whole process technique by technique and step by step. Its much easier now that you should "Feel" a certain sensation when throwing, versus scratching your head wondering what part of your laundry list of steps to take broke down. What would you rather do? Count down a list like your launching the Space Shuttle down at NASA while trying to do a run up, or concetrate on just "Pounding The Hammer"? When you "Pound The Hammer" your body automatically causes all those things you use to think about to happen automatically in order for you to get the sensation or "Feel" of the "Hammer Pound". I know this is a very esoteric idea but as you think it, your body does it. If i think of a global idea such as the "Hammer Pound" then my body makes it happen. If i think pivot, weight shift, pull close, etc etc etc, i have just overloaded my brain, and more than likely forgotten something, and by that point im off line or caused some other problem to occur.
If you dont "Feel" it, your not doing it right. Work on building up muscle memory via repetition of what the "Feel" is. Trust me. I have only been using this thing for maybe a week total, and its almost second nature at this point. That and Im so stoked for what its done with my accuracy and consistency, that I dont want to do anything but play disc golf and "Feel" that sensation so I can watch my discs just bomb. Trust me, its addicting. When you finally have your AH-HA moment, im sure you will be MIA from this site for a few days or at least until you want to come back and brag.
Jeronimo wrote:The biggest concept helper was pre-empting my grip. Gripping hard before the momentum of the disc was too much for my weak fingers to respond to. i.e. "slip"
You should be gripping the disc very loosely up until the very last moment. You only grip the disc as hard as needed to keep it from falling out of your hand. You can find the timing needed for this by doing the over hand hammer pound using the fake grip. When you "Feel" the disc trying to rip out of that grip, that is when you tighten your grip as hard as you can. Once you have the "Feel" of that, move over to doing the backhand hammer pound using the fake grip.
Once you get that "Feel" down, change over to your backhand grip and rinse and repeat until it bleeds (an exaggeration, but you must "Pound" these techniques into yourself until they become second nature.)


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While I hate hashtags, but, any and all sarcasm should be marked with #bayless because anything he writes or says is pure sarcasm. I don't think he really understands what he's saying because he's just saying it for a paycheck. Which I can't blame him for it because I would do the same thing for whatever he's making a year.
I'm sure he's petitioning the IOC to introduce a new sport to count the wrinkles on Tebow's sack just so he could win a gold medal.
Why does anyone bother to watch Skip beyond entertainment fodder..
He's a sensationalistic tool and he embraces that role. Its not that serious.
That being said I agree he's not elite yet but he's well on his way. The hyperbole about him is a bit much right now.
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Bayless on 1/27/12: "I KNOW what Tebow can do in the NFL. I've seen it over/over/over. I'm not sure what Andrew Luck can do or if he has Tebow's It Factor"
So Luck has gone from a poor man's Tebow to being compared to a 2-time Super Bowl winning QB...I guess that's progress.
This is good. The opposite of what Skip says comes true. Because he's 100% ignoramus.
There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.
Why do you even read/listen to him? I ignore everything about him
Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.
He also, obviously, predicts a Colts loss this weekend. Things are looking up.
There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.
You know, if everyone would stop giving a **** about what that moron says, he'd be gone....
"Nobody wants to play against Tyler Hansbrough NO BODY!" ~ Frank Vogel
"And David put his hand in the bag and took out a stone and slung it. And it struck the Philistine on the head and he fell to the ground. Amen. "
Well I've done my part, Suave.
There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.
Skip doesn't care about how Luck plays on the field. Everything Skip says about Luck goes back to predictions he made two years ago. He will forever be biased against Luck for two reasons: 1) He said that the Colts should have kept Manning, and 2) He said that RG3 would be better than Luck. Skip will forever marginalize everything Luck does so that he can cling on to the thought that his pathetic predictions weren't that bad at the time.
Skip says that Quarterback A should be MVP of the league:
380-628 60.5 Comp % 4,343 yds 6.92 YPA 25 TD 11 INT 87.3 Rating
Skip says that Quarterback B is basically just some sloppy overrated game manager who gets lucky:
343-570 60.2 Comp% 3,822 yds 6.71 YPA 23 TD 9 INT 87.0 Rating
Quarterback A is Tom Brady. Quarterback B is Andrew Luck. That right there tells you what a joke this guy is. Brady won one more game than Luck, but these guys have near identical stats and had very similar seasons. Both played good with depleted rosters. There's nothing wrong per se with Skip saying that Brady should be MVP, but the way he marginalizes Luck when he had an almost identical season to Brady tells you just how much this guy is driven by his biases.
He did predict the Red Sox were going to win the World Series before that season began so sometimes a broken clock is right twice in one day.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
But he also picked the Pats to win the SB since the beginning of the season so he was going to pick them regardless.
Skip Bayless is right up there with Miley Cyrus and Kim Kardashian in terms of sports relevance. Well, he may be closer to RG3 and Tebow than Kim ever was with Reggie Bush.
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Some of what he said is somewhat true. TO THIS POINT IN HIS CAREER he isn't a guy that is going to go out and put up 300 yards every week, but he is a bit misinformed in that Luck probably could, it is just that Pep is a conservative son of a *****. I have said and still believe that when it is all said and done, Luck will be the best QB to have ever done it.
Skip also claimed he was a high school basketball star when he actually averaged 1.5 points per game playing jayvee (or something like that).
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Central to host Thanksgiving meal on holiday
Central Lutheran Church will again be hosting the Thanksgiving Day Dinner from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 28. All are welcome to attend and no reservations are required.
For those that would like to arrange to pick up meals that day, call Kristen Norby at 612-325-2410.
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Tickets are now available online for Hockey Day Minnesota. Go to poweredbyhockey.com to purchase your tickets for the Jan. 18 event. Organizers for the event met recently and learned that merchandise and apparel will soon be for sale as well.
Grief during holidays to be addressed
Are you holding back tears while others celebrate the holidays?
Guardian Angels Senior Services will sponsoring a workshop to offer a time to reflect, share, pray and recover balance when someone beloved is missing; memories can be painful and holiday celebrations bittersweet.
The event is from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16, at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 1326 Fourth St. NW in downtown Elk River.
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Leighton to speak on Nov. 12 after Legion dinner
Korean War veteran and Elk River native Russell Leighton will speak at a Veterans Day event sponsored by the Elk River American Legion.
The dinner and ceremony will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 12 — the day after Veterans Day — at the Legion, 525 Railroad Drive. The public is invited to attend. There is no charge.
A social hour begins at 5:30 p.m. and the dinner is at 6:30 p.m., followed by the ceremony.
Leighton served in the Army and was wounded during a burst of small arms fire on a Korean hillside in the fall of 1951. He received the Purple Heart.
Sgt. Vita to speak at Twin Lakes program
Twin Lakes Elementary School, 10051 191st Ave. NW, will honor veterans on Monday, Nov. 11. The community is welcome to attend. There will be a coffee and donuts reception at 8:30 a.m., with a flag-raising ceremony at 9:30 a.m. by the Elk River Police Color Guard.
There will also be a program in the gym when veteran guests are introduced and students read essays and sing patriotic songs.
The guest speaker will be Sgt. Bryan Vita of the Elk River Police Department. He will share his experiences as a father of sons in active service. A shuttle will run 8:15-9:15 a.m. between Twin Lakes Christian Church, 18912 Twin Lakes Road NW, and the school. The shuttle will return people to their car after the program. For more information, call the school at 763-274-7242.
Parker to honor veterans Nov. 11
Parker Elementary in Elk River will continue its tradition of honoring veterans with a ceremony Monday, Nov. 11. The program begins at 9:30 a.m. with Parker and Lincoln Elementary students and guests assembled outside by the Parker flagpole. The Color Guard will present the colors, the flag will be raised, taps played, the Pledge of Allegiance will be recited, and a song will be sung. Parker students and guests will then move inside the gym for a short program.
Veterans are welcome to attend this remembrance. Contact the Parker school office at 763-241-3500 for more information or go to parker.elkriver.k12.mn.us and click on "Veterans Day 2013" under "Quick Links."
Edina Realty reaches out to vets
In honor of Veterans Day, Edina Realty is expanding its Veterans to Realtors Program to include spouses of veterans.
This unique program offers $1,500 worth of real estate training, technology tools and marketing support to veterans and now their spouses, helping them launch a new career in real estate.
Marcus Theatres invites veterans, active military
To thank America's veterans and other active members of the military for their sacrifice and service, active military personnel and veterans will be admitted on Veterans Day to see "Honor Flight: One Last Mission" for free by showing proper military identification.
Marcus Theatres' has an Elk River location where the movie will be played.
This invitation to see the documentary about World War II vets visiting their memorial in Washington, D.C., is valid only on Veterans Day. The special showing is at 2:35 and 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 11.
Admission for all other showings of this documentary will be $5 for all tickets. The film will be shown at 1:35 p.m. Nov. 12, at 3:55 p.m. Nov. 13 and at 2:45 p.m. and 4:50 p.m. Nov. 14.
Part of trail closed for deer season
Approximately 1 mile of the northerly most portion of the Great Northern Trail in Elk River will be closed during the Minnesota firearms deer hunting season, Nov. 9-17. Pedestrian and bicycle traffic will be prohibited along this portion of the trail during that time.
Visit www.ElkRiverMN.gov to see a map of the closed trails. For more information, call the Elk River Police Department at 763-635-1200.
National expert will address drug use
Drug abuse expert and author Carol Falkowski will discuss the far-reaching and increasingly dangerous nature of substance abuse among today's youth at a public forum for parents titled "Heroin in Our Community: What Everyone Needs to Know."
This educational forum will be held from 7-8:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 11, at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, 19001 Jackson St., East Bethel.
There is no cost to attend, and it is open to all interested community members, with a focus on parents.
A question-and-answer period will feature a panel of local community members including:
•Michelle Anderson, St. Francis Community for Drug Awareness.
•St. Francis Police Chief Jeff Harapat.
•A mother who lost her son to heroin overdose death.
Elk River Sport Clips to give vets free cuts
Sport Clips in Elk River will be giving free haircuts to all veterans on Veterans Day.
The store is located at 18209 Carson Court NW. The store is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays.
For more information, call 763-441-7911.


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Your time = your money
To realize the value of one minute, ask a person who just missed the plane. To realize the value of one second, ask a person who survived an accident. To realize the value of one millisecond, ask the person who won a silver medal at the Olympics. So what then is the value of four arduous years of study for a veterinary degree?
The reality of veterinary debtThis means that new veterinarians find it harder than ever to make ends meet and don't have the financial ability to start or buy into a practice. Based on reports over the last few years, we experience one of the highest debt-to-income ratios compared to our human healthcare peers.
We put a lot of time, trouble and money into our jobs so we can get paid less than a third of what our human medicine counterparts make. We must adore working long, hard hours for so much less than our educational investment would suggest. After sinking about $200,000 into achieving our degree and getting our license, we must learn to be more cognizant of achieving a return on our investment.
Time is a valuable commodity
What we really need is a meter installed in our heads that monitors our most sellable merchandise: our time. We cannot survive by giving it away. Everything we do has a time component and should be sold at an appropriate dollar amount per unit of time.
So who sets the dollar amount for you? Initially, your employer does during your associate days. How does that happen? There are rules to follow and after that, it's simple math.
Let's say you're a salaried veterinary associate working 45 hours a week and being compensated at $80,000 per year. In addition to the $80,000, your employer must add Medicare, FICA and federal unemployment taxes amounting to $6,152, health insurance at a minimum of $8,000 and some kind of pension contribution amounting to about $4,000.
Now we add expenses for personal pet care, association dues, continuing education and medical liability insurance at a very minimum of another $2,000. The total cost has just leaped from $80,000 to $100,000, pretty typical of 20 percent in benefits added to salary. If you work an average of 45 hours a week or 2,250 hours a year, that comes out to an employer's cost of $44.51 for each hour and 74 cents for each minute you are employed.


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What's your name, nickname, age, birthplace, hometown?
Greg | Sleeper | 40 | Minnesota | Portland
Favorite phenomenon?
Coffee and Doughnuts.
How do you like to tell stories?
Face to face.
Pivotal moments in life?
All of it.
Why/how did you start riding?
Trying to ride older brothers 10 speeds. I had to use a retaining wall to get on and then I couldn't stop pedaling or I would fall over. I used to go to the local Schwinn dealer and just stare at bikes. The guy who owned the shop had a big handlebar mustcahe he gave me this Campagnolo cycling cap. I couldn't pronounce Campagnolo and had no idea what it meant. It was yellow.
Family life, or home life; kids, wife, girlfriend, pets?
Schmitty – cat.
What's your special talent/gift to the world?
I'm quiet.
What's the continental project mean to you?
Riding roads and witnessing scenery that I wouldn't find on my own. Meeting like-minded people from all over the country who enjoy this small category of riding bikes (preferably steel) on washed out dirt roads, with headwinds and lots of climbing. I like the climbing. Not the headwinds. Ice cold Coke and salted skin.
Why are you interested in documenting rides?
I'm actually more interested in riding the rides. I really like the photography, especially when the ride ends up being really "epic" with weather, or dogs, or crashes.
What do you want a riding guidebook to feature (what's missing from what currently exists out there), and how will you contribute to that end goal?
What coffee shop do you start at. What bar do you end at. Perspective in between. Local and historical perspective of the area.
What's style mean to you?
Making difficult things look easy.
Using whatever you have and loving it.
Who's your favorite local rider and why?
No offense but i think this is a silly question.
Where in the world would you like to ride next and why or what group ride if you could do any would you do?
If group means "reach the beach" type rides….i'll pass for right now…..i did the Nova Colli Gran Fondo in Italy this summer and i've never been so scared on a bike in my life. way too many people.
I would love to ride back in Minnesota (been a while), Spain; yup definately spain
You need anyone reading this to know…?
I ride a compact crankset.
Why cycling and not, running or shot put or speed skating?
I love skating, if speed skating were more accessible i'd do it.
Cycling because you can cover great distance fast and it's just simple technology. Bikes have style.
Your favorite ride/moment ever, just the details?
Making it to Stevens Pass right at dark, fully sweaty after forging a river 3 hours earlier we wait shivering for 2.5 hours for ride back to Seattle. We buy 2 warm beers for $5 from guys in the parking lot. After jumping jacks, watching Aaron and Hahn hug each other we find "heat in the rocks" we lay down and tell stories and shit talk and describe all the food were gonna eat when we get back. Trystan shows up with 18 Tacos and a case of Tecate. I haven't had Taco Bell that good ever.
What's your job all about, why does it fit you?
I'm a traveling salesman. I like the traveling part.
What's your program, like who and what and where is your world?
Loading, unloading. Avoiding and embracing. Settling in.
Where you live and why it suits you?
The NW has everything. Water, Mountains, HIgh Desert, Snow, Rain, Sun, Wind. Tough to get bored.


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5 Gadgets You Can't Go To The Beach Without
Whether you're going Tiki Tubing with your ice chest and a couple of dozen friends or maybe the emerald waters off Destin are more your cup of tea. There is no doubt that Summer will soon be calling your name. You're going to want the latest gadgets to be envy of the beach so let's start there.


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He'll keep a 'Light' on for you
Last year, Jake Heggie brought people back to the opera with the world premiere of his adaptation of Moby Dick. The gay composer works his magic with another world premiere, but for one night only. He and Gene Scheer debut their song cycle A Question of Light, performed by Nathan Gunn, as part of
Unveil: The Dallas Opera 2011 Gala.
DEETS: Winspear Opera House, 2301 Flora Way. 8 p.m. $75. DallasOpera.org/gala
Saturday 04.09
This comedy isn't down the tubes
As the Dweeb Girls, rock band The Surly Bitches or pseudo country music sensations Euomi and Wynotta Spudd, comedy team Dos Fallopia works hard for the laughs. The "kamikaze comedy team" of Peggy Platt and Lisa Koch have been at this for 25 years and bring the funny to Fort Worth.
DEETS: Youth Orchestra Hall, 4401 Trail Lake Drive. 8 p.m. $20–$40. OpenDoorProductionsTx.com.
Sunday 04.10
Get hallucinating with 'Alice'
Nouveau 47 amps up last year's production of the Lewis Carroll classic by adding more of his work in Alice in Wonderland & Other Hallucinations. We're glad we get to partake in theater that acts as an hallucinogen rather than taking a pill. So much easier.
DEETS: The Magnolia Lounge, 1121 First Ave. Through April 23. Nouveau47.com


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Equinix Blog
Our internal leadership is a key factor in our continued success. Learn more about the members of our Executive and Regional management teams around the globe.
Chief Executive Officer & President
Stephen M. Smith joined Equinix in 2007 from Hewlett-Packard Co., where he served as Senior Vice President of HP Services. There he was responsible for management of the organizations Consulting and Integration, Managed Services, and Technology Deployment and Support business groups.
Prior to joining HP, Mr. Smith served as Vice President of Global Professional and Managed Services at Lucent Technologies. He has also held various management and sales positions during his 16 years with Electronic Data Systems Corporation, including Chief Sales Officer, President of EDS Asia-Pacific, and President of EDS Western Region. At EDS, his roles spanned sales, business development, operations, acquisition-driven integration, and the management of international growth. Mr. Smith also had a successful eight-year career in the U.S. Army where, among other roles, he was aide-de-camp to the office of the Commander in Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces in the Pacific. Mr. Smith graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and holds a B.S. in Engineering.
President- Strategy, Services and Innovation
Charles Meyers joined Equinix in 2010, and today he leads the strategic business teams that drive company growth by focusing on the future needs of customers and partners. The Strategy, Services and Innovation (SSI) unit includes Product Management, Engineering, office of the Chief Technology Officer, Business Development, Corporate Strategy and Tech Ventures. Under Mr. Meyers' leadership, the SSI unit works to optimize the company's position as a cloud enabler, identify key growth areas, and evolve our services portfolio in response to market, competitive and technology trends.
Mr. Meyers also served as the Chief Operating Officer at Equinix, where he led the Global Sales, Marketing, Operations and Customer Success teams and was tasked with enhancing operating disciplines globally, implementing best practices and ensuring a consistent global customer experience. Mr. Meyers began at Equinix as President, Equinix Americas, leading the company's largest P&L through a time of significant growth and strong operating performance.
Before Equinix, Mr. Meyers was Group President at Verisign where he led a P&L portfolio including the company's Security, Communications and Mobile Messaging businesses.
Prior to Verisign, Mr. Meyers held various executive positions at Level 3 Communications, including Group VP of Global Marketing, President of IP and Data Services, and SVP, Softswitch Services. During his tenure, Mr. Meyers helped Level 3 emerge as a premier global provider of Internet and VoIP services.
Mr. Meyers also held senior operating roles at BellSouth, was a member of the pre-IPO executive team at Internet Security Systems and served as a Senior Associate with Booz-Allen & Hamilton consulting.
Mr. Meyers earned dual master's degrees from Northwestern University's J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management and McCormick Graduate School of Engineering. He also holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Colorado.
Chief Financial Officer
Keith D. Taylor joined Equinix in 1999 and has served in a variety of roles, such as Equinix's Director of Finance & Administration, Vice President, Finance & Chief Accounting Officer, and now as CFO. Before joining Equinix, Mr. Taylor served as Vice President of Finance and Controller for International Wireless Communications, Inc., an operator, owner, and developer of wireless communication networks throughout Asia and Latin America. Prior to joining International Wireless Communications, Inc., Mr. Taylor was employed by Becton Dickinson & Company, a medical and diagnostic device manufacturer, as a Senior Sector Analyst for the diagnostic businesses in Asia, Latin America, and Europe.
Mr. Taylor holds a B.B.A. from Bishop's University in Quebec, Canada, and is a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Chief Development Officer
Mark Adams is a seasoned strategy and business development executive with 20 years of experience in high technology. As Chief Development Officer, Mr. Adams is responsible for developing Equinix's data center and services strategy. This includes developing strategic partnerships, leading Equinix's investment and acquisition program and overseeing real estate development. Mr. Adams is responsible for recent transactions in the US, Brazil and Shanghai.
Prior to Equinix, Mr. Adams was the Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Strategy for Electronics for Imaging, Inc. (EFI), where he led a series of acquisitions and equity investments that launched EFI into digital inkjet printing. Mr. Adams was also VP Business Development at Adaptec where he led a major restructuring that included two acquisitions, five divestitures and several equity investments resulting in a 5X increase in Adaptec's market capitalization.
In addition, Mr. Adams has founded and been CEO of four companies in wireless networking, digital music, IPTV, and a venture capital fund for direct investment in Indonesia. He has invested in and advised over 20 start-ups and completed over 35 transactions.
Prior to entering technology, Mr. Adams was with McKinsey & Company and GE Capital in the US, Europe and Asia. He also worked at the World Bank.
Mr. Adams has an M.B.A. with Distinction from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. in Economics from Cornell University. He has travelled extensively, lived in five countries and completed transactions on four continents. He currently resides in Silicon Valley.
Chief Marketing Officer
Sara Baack joined Equinix in 2012 as Chief Marketing Officer, and is responsible for the company's overall global brand, product and service portfolio, industry analysis, communications and vertical market development. Ms. Baack brings to Equinix more than 20 years of strategic corporate experience, joining the company from Level 3 Communications, Inc., where she served in a variety of senior positions, most recently as Senior Vice President of Voice Services. In this role, Ms. Baack was responsible for strategy, product management, pricing and commercial support, interconnection/regulatory policy, vendor management, network planning and routing for the $1b business unit. In addition to her career at Level 3, Ms. Baack also worked at PaineWebber Incorporated as Vice President of Principal Transactions where she invested proprietary private equity capital in the communications sector.
Ms. Baack holds a B.A. from Rice University and an M.B.A. from Harvard University Graduate School of Business.
Sr. Vice President, Office of the CEO
Peter Ferris has held several senior-level positions with Equinix since July 1999 and was appointed Sr. Vice President of Global Partner Programs and Strategic Customer Development in 2013. Prior to his current role, from 2010 to 2013, he served as Chief Sales Officer. From 2007 until 2010, Mr. Ferris served as President, Equinix U.S. where he was responsible for strategy and growth of the company's operations throughout the region. Prior to that, he served as the Vice President of Sales for Equinix. Mr. Ferris has more than 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. Prior to Equinix, he held senior management positions at Frontier Global Center, Genuity and MFS Datanet. Mr. Ferris holds a degree in Economics from Ohio Wesleyan University.
Chief Sales Officer
As Chief Sales Officer, Michael Campbell is responsible for the strategy and execution of all Equinix sales efforts globally, including direct sales and the entire ecosystem of go-to-market channel partners. He is focused on implementing strategies to expand the company's customer base and take advantage of new business opportunities. Previously, Mr. Campbell held the role of Senior Vice President of Sales for Equinix.
Mr. Campbell joined Equinix in 2015 with over 30 years of international sales leadership experience at premier high-tech organizations. He joined Equinix from Symantec, where he ran global renewals and website security businesses that drove almost $2 billion annually. His career at Symantec began after the merger with VeriSign's authentication business unit, which had previously acquired Guardent, where he ran the enterprise and channel sales teams. Before Guardent, Mr. Campbell led Akamai's U.S. sales force operations and nearly doubled the company's revenue in just one year, from $89 million to over $160 million. Mr. Campbell has also held various sales leadership positions at NCR, UUNET, CompuServe, MCI and WorldCom.
Mr. Campbell holds a B.S. in marketing, with a minor in communications, from the University of Dayton.
Chief Global Operations Officer
Sam Kapoor joined Equinix in 2001 from WorldCom, where he held the position of Vice President of Hosting Operations and was responsible for the build-out and day-to-day operations of six hosting centers. Prior to the company's acquisition by WorldCom, Mr. Kapoor served as Vice President of Global Network Operations for CompuServe Network Services and was responsible for the engineering, implementation and operations for CompuServe's worldwide network. Before joining CompuServe, Mr. Kapoor held the position of Senior Director of Telecommunications for over 10 years at Lexis-Nexis in Miamisburg, Ohio.
Mr. Kapoor holds an M.B.A. (Operations Research) from Miami University of Ohio and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati.
President, Equinix Asia-Pacific
Samuel Lee joined Equinix in 2000 and now serves as President of Equinix Asia-Pacific, overseeing the management, strategy and growth of the company's Asia Pacific operations. Previously, he served as the Managing Director of Equinix Hong Kong, where he successfully led the Equinix Hong Kong team in building a strong position for Equinix in the financial services industry in Hong Kong.
Mr. Lee brings a wealth of experience in telecom and Internet services as well as expertise in startup operations. Prior to joining Equinix, Mr. Lee served as Managing Director of Pacific Gateway Exchange (PGE), a provider of wholesale and retail long distance, Internet, and bandwidth services. He founded Telekom Consulting Ltd., a consulting firm offering strategic assistance to network providers in the deregulated telecommunications market in Hong Kong and Asia. He also held management positions at Teleglobe International, Intel, and Sprint.
Mr. Lee holds a B.A. from City University of Hong Kong.
Chief Customer Officer, EVP Technology Services
Brian Lillie joined Equinix in August 2008 and has been focused on building business value through strategic and innovative product development and information technology initiatives. As Chief Customer Officer and EVP of Technology Services, Lillie directly leads the Global Customer Success Organization, which includes Global Customer Care, Global Customer Experience, Global Customer Process, and Global Technology Services, including IT and Interconnection Product Engineering. Previous to this assignment and for the past eight years Lillie served as global CIO of Equinix, where he helped lead enterprise-wide It initiatives and develop the innovative and ground-breaking Equinix Cloud Exchange portal and API platform, the Equinix Customer Portal, Equinix Marketplace Portal, and the Equinix Internet Exchange Portal. Mr. Lillie also developed and led the global Equinix-on-Equinix program, which demonstrates the value across the applications, server, storage, and data/analytics stack running on Platform EquinixTM for current and prospective Equinix clients.
Before joining Equinix in 2008, Mr. Lillie held several senior-level executive roles at VeriSign, including Vice President of Global Information Systems and Vice President of Global Sales Operations. Prior to VeriSign, Mr. Lillie was Senior Director of Enterprise Applications at Silicon Graphics (SGI), where he successfully implemented Oracle ERP globally. Prior to these roles, Lillie held several leadership roles in the U.S. Air Force, where he worked in space research and development, satellite operations, and military computers and communications.
Mr. Lillie holds a Master of Science degree in Management from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, a Master of Science degree in Telecommunications Management from Golden Gate University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Montana State University.
Chief Information Officer
Milind Wagle joined Equinix in April 2010 and serves as the Global CIO within the Customer Success Organization. Wagle leads the global IT team and oversees the solution delivery for enterprise applications, information security, and end-user technology infrastructure support for Equinix's thousands of global employees.
For the past six years, Wagle has served in various senior leadership roles within the IT team at Equinix, most recently as Vice President. In addition to managing the global IT applications portfolio, he has managed large-scale, cross-functional enterprise transformation programs for the company, including designing and deploying process, system and organizational standardization across the globe. Previously he has held leadership positions at VeriSign, KPMG Consulting and BearingPoint.
Mr. Wagle holds a BS, Electronics Engineering from University of Mumbai.
Chief Human Resources Officer
Debra McCowan joined Equinix in 2013 from the Accelerance Group, where she was co-founder and partner. At Accelerance, McCowan was responsible for providing her clients with organizational and systems change strategy consulting services, including leadership development and executive coaching, building high-performance and mission-critical teams and strategic talent management systems.
Prior to Accelerance Group, Ms. McCowan was Vice President of Worldwide Human Resources at Avago Technologies, where she developed the firm's global HR capabilities and infrastructure, achieving best practices and redeveloping much of Avago's global HR policies, work processes and people practices. After reconstructing the function, McCowan created a multi-year strategic human resources plan and a HR charter to standardize, globalize and drive efficiencies across the company's HR function to ensure greater business coverage, support and alignment. She also led the development and deployment of a broad spectrum of HR programs, policies, processes and systems, including a focus on compliance. Ms. McCowan held similar HR leadership positions with Hitachi Data Systems and Telstra Corporation. Ms. McCowan earned a post-graduate diploma in industrial relations and human resource management from the University of Melbourne (Australia) and a B.A. in English literature from La Trobe University (Australia).
Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel & Secretary
Brandi Galvin Morandi joined Equinix in January 2003 and has served as Equinix's General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since that time. Before joining Equinix, Ms. Morandi practiced in the corporate securities group at the law firm of Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP (Gunderson Dettmer) in Menlo Park, California. At Gunderson Dettmer, Ms. Morandi represented public and private companies in a variety of debt and equity offerings, mergers and acquisitions as well as providing general corporate public company representation. Prior to her legal career, Ms. Morandi held various positions in the field of public relations.
Ms. Morandi holds a B.A. in International Relations and Journalism from the University of Southern California and a J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.
President, EMEA
Eric Schwartz joined Equinix in 2006 and has played various senior-level management roles with the company. He spearheaded Equinix's expansion to Europe, including the 2007 acquisition of IXEurope, and the ongoing integration of Equinix's European operations into its global business. As President of Equinix Europe, Mr. Schwartz oversees the management, strategy, and growth for Equinix in Europe.
Mr. Schwartz came to Equinix from BellSouth where he was Vice President of IP Communications and led the development and implementation of advanced technologies including VoIP. Prior to joining BellSouth, he was Executive Vice President of Harold A. Dawson Company, an Atlanta-based real estate development company. Mr. Schwartz also is a former member of McKinsey & Co., where he consulted with telecommunications and financial services companies in the United States. and Asia on strategic issues.
Mr. Schwartz earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a B.A. in Economics from Stanford University.
President, Americas
Karl Strohmeyer joined Equinix in 2013 after 12 years at Level 3 Communications, where he was Group Vice President for the North American Enterprise Group. There, he was responsible for building and overseeing a sales force of more than 1,200 people generating approximately $2.5 billion in annual revenue. Prior to this role, Strohmeyer led the Global Carrier Channel for Level 3 and managed sales teams responsible for more than $1B in carrier and service provider revenue. During his 12-year tenure at Level 3, Strohmeyer held several executive positions, supervising commercial services and large deal teams, overseeing customer operations and client service, and managing strategic relationships with other companies, including channel partners.
Prior to Level 3, Mr. Strohmeyer worked at NetRail, where he was first an executive vice president for operations—during which time he introduced four new products to market and was part of a team that raised $85 million in capital. Later at NetRail, he was an executive VP for corporate development, helping manage the sale of the company. Mr. Strohmeyer earned a B.S. in business administration from the University of New Hampshire and a master's degree in international business administration from Mercer University.
Chief Technology Officer
Ihab Tarazi is responsible for Equinix International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) network operations, platform strategy, leading the next generation technology and innovation function and contributing to the company's cloud initiatives. He joined Equinix in 2013 from Verizon, where he was Vice President of Enterprise Network Services. There, he was responsible for product management, strategy, technology and development for Verizon network products. During his tenure at Verizon, Mr. Tarazi led planning and technology development for Verizon's global IP network connecting customers in over 150 countries. He also led the design and development of next-generation optical and submarine cable systems driving many industry innovations in 100G optical technology globally.
Prior to Verizon, Mr. Tarazi worked at MCI Communications, first as a manager in Network Planning and Engineering and then as Vice President of Global Network Planning, where he was responsible for enterprise network planning and implementation for numerous global networks, as well as contract negotiations with domestic and overseas carriers. Mr. Tarazi earned a master's degree in telecommunications management from Southern Methodist University and also earned a B.S. in electrical engineering and telecommunications from the University of Maryland. He served as Chairman of the Board for Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF), Chairman of the Board for the Southern Cross Submarine Cable System and a board member of the Australia Japan Submarine Cable System.


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ToyotaTexas Bass Classic to Continue Support for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
World championship tournament to donate another $250,000 to TPWD
ATHENS—The Toyota Texas Bass Classic (TTBC) will return to the Lone Star Convention and Expo Center in Conroe October 28 – 30, 2011. Event proceeds benefit the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) and its outdoor recreation programs.
TPWD has received $1 million in donations from the TTBC over the past four years. The 2011 donation will be a minimum of $250,000. "The focus of these programs is to expose kids and non-traditional users to the sport of fishing and the conservation efforts upon which all good fishing depends," said J.C. Fassino, president of the Texas Bass Classic Foundation.
"These funds play a vital role in TPWD's efforts to bring fishing close to home for millions of Texans," said Dave Terre, chief of management and research for TPWD's Inland Fisheries Division. "The Toyota Texas Bass Classic donation pays a large share of the cost of the Neighborhood Fishin' Program as well as the Texas State-Fish Art Contest and other programs designed to get more people involved in outdoor activities. At a time when the state is struggling with a huge budget deficit, these funds are more important than ever."
The TTBC will continue to host family-friendly live music performances by noteworthy artists. Event activities at the Lone Star Convention and Expo Center appeal to a wide range of spectator interests and include a kids' area with outdoor activities and exhibits featuring instructional clinics and the latest in equipment and accessories.
The Toyota Texas Bass Classic tournament functions are operated by the Professional Anglers Association with technical assistance and support from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Inland Fisheries Division. Title sponsor for the event is Toyota. Corporate partnership opportunities are available for 2011. For additional information, visit www.toyotatexasbassclassic.comor call 1-866-907-0143.
For information on some of the programs funded by the TTBC donation, visit the following pages on the TPWD web site.
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Nike Unfazed
Nike (NKE) was ripping this morning. Last night's second-quarter earnings report, sparked a powerful gap higher open that lifted shares well above heavy resistance. NKE faded a bit after the opening print but quickly regained its momentum despite the market's overall weakness. At midday, the stock remained very well bid and has stabilized with a 5% surge. Volume is running very heavy and could finish the session as the heaviest upside day of 2012. Since there is little short interest in the name, this is impressive action.Nike (NKE) –- Daily Source: TradeStation View Chart » View in New Window »
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Seadrill: About That Dividend…
Seadrill (SDRL), more than any offshore driller, depends largely on its hefty dividend for investor support. And that's made the debate about whether Seadrill's payout will rise or fall more pressing than most.
How big is the dividend? Seadrill has a dividend yield of 10.6%, twice that of Transocean (RIG), which has a 5.2% payout, and far larger than Ensco's (ESV) 5.7% yield, Noble's (NE) 4.8% dividend and Diamond Offshore's (DO) 1.1% payout.
The safety of the dividend, however, is not the reason Nomura's Christyan Malek and team cut Seadrill to Neutral from Buy. They explain the reason for their Seadrill downgrade:
Despite strong utilisation in Q4 that led to an EBITDA in line with consensus and an increase in the quarterly dividend from $0.95/share to $0.98/share, Seadrill provided a relatively muted outlook for the deepwater drilling market in 2014 and for the first time highlighted there would be limited scope to increase quarterly dividend. In our note Bowing to an inevitable price war, we forecast that exploration investment would be flat this year (previously, we had assumed growth) owing to reduced seismic and mid-water drilling demand, but we argued that ultra-deepwater drilling would outperform as the high-end market remains bifurcated...
Barclay's James West and team call Seadrill's dividend "rock solid." They explain:
[Seadrill] highlighted reduced activity levels due to lower capex from major oil companies, particularly in exploration and high cost areas of production. The company stated that as budgets are re-allocated, the spending slow down is pushing demand for offshore drilling assets into 2015-2016, and [Seadrill] believes the trend will lower oil production in the coming years. Additionally, the company sees challenges ahead for 4th and 5th generation rigs as new, post-Macondo requirements from oil companies have significantly limited the use of older equipment. [Seadrill] has also seen a decline in the overall number of fixtures, lead times and contract duration, and expects sublets to add to near-term supply.
Despite the negative outlook, the company increased its quarterly cash dividend by $0.03 to $0.98/share and highlighted this new dividend level as a floor for the coming years. We are encouraged by the increase as it reflects the [Seadrill's] operational improvements, solid order backlog, and support received from financing markets.
Shares of Seadrill have gained 1.9% to $35.99 at 11:29 a.m. today, while Transocean has risen 0.3% to $43.53, Ensco has dropped 0.6% to $53.02, Diamond Offshore has fallen 0.4% to $47.77 and Noble is little changed at $31.30.


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Eating well is important before, during, and after treatment for leukaemia. You need the right amount of calories to maintain a good weight. You also need enough protein to keep up your strength. Eating well may help you feel better and have more energy.
Sometimes, especially during or soon after treatment, you may not feel like eating. You may be uncomfortable or tired. You may find that foods don't taste as good as they used to. In addition, poor appetite, nausea, vomiting, mouth blisters, and other side effects of treatment can make it hard for you to eat.
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Hitter of the Day: Henry Urrutia, RF, Orioles (Surprise Saguaros): 3-6, 2 R, 2B, HR. We still don't know how Urrutia's game will translate against major-league pitching, but there's not much else he can do to prove he can hit minor-league competition.
Pitcher of the Day: Jeurys Familia, RHP, Mets (Scottsdale Scorpions): 2 IP, H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K. Familia is in the desert to make up for time he lost this season after elbow surgery in June and because if that, he's likely to have some inconsistencies. When he's on, however, he has a great arm and on Thursday showed why he could be in the Mets plans for next season. The lost time won't help with his need to develop his secondary pitches, but with a plus fastball and a future in the bullpen, he needs only an average second pitch to have a future as, at the very least, a middle reliever.
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I'll stick with Windows Phone 8.
Am I the only one who thinks its not quite like windows phone 8?
windows 8.
This is not possible on a jailbroken device. Widgets can't access apps from the springboard.
I think I'll try to start work on this when I get some better development tools, and after I get my current app where I want it to be.
This is a great concept! I hope, with the departure of Forstall, that iOS will see some UI changes in the future similar to this and also other more ambitious / efficient ideas. I'm excited for the future of iOS, Android and Windows Phone 8!
This looks wonderful but we are overlooking one fact. RAM. Which equates to battery life. This is an amazing concept but if you put a side by side comparison of this vs all this in notification center (which was possible on ios5), it would be much faster to swipe down from ANY app and do everything in this video. It may look cool but this is already possible with jailbreak on ios5 AND ios6. But I see that this would be cool with a non-jailbroken iPhone, but why wouldn't you jailbreak if it's ALLOWED.
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Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski underwent back surgery Tuesday in California, and "it is believed that it went well,'' according to ProFootballTalk.com.
One of his four brothers, Gordie Jr., offered his congratulations on the surgery Tuesday.
Congrats @RobGronkowski on ur successful surgery Bro. Goin to be scary to see u play when ur not in pain! #bepatient #staystrong #bropowers— Gordie Gronkowski JR (@GordieGronk) June 18, 2013
The scheduled surgery was originally reported Sunday, and it was to be performed by specialist Dr. Robert Watkins. It is the fifth operation Gronkowski has undergone since suffering a broken left forearm in a game last November. The first four were to repair the broken arm and to deal with complications, the latter of which reportedly delayed the back operation.
The recovery time is still estimated at 12 weeks, which makes Gronkowski's availability for the Patriots' season opener in Buffalo on September 8 doubtful. The 24-year-old Pro Bowler also underwent back surgery, also by Watkins, while still in college at Arizona in 2009.


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The dean system at Harvard-Westlake reflects the school's commitment to holistic counseling. The ultimate goal of the deans on both campuses is to serve the students' academic, social, and emotional needs and to guide them through the challenges of adolescence in the hope that, as they leave Harvard-Westlake, they will have developed a sense of individual purpose and integrity.
Middle School Dean System
At the middle school, there are six grade-level deans, two per grade. Two deans work exclusively with the new seventh grade class each year, helping students acclimate to their new environment. The remaining four deans work in pairs and stay with a class for eighth grade and ninth grade, enabling the deans to provide stability and continuity in the middle school years. The deans are resources for both students and parents as they have a global view into the lives of their students.
Upper School Deans/College Counseling
When students transition to the upper school campus in their sophomore year, they are assigned to one of nine upper school deans who, over the next three years, advises and counsels the student in all academic and social matters. The upper school dean also serves as the student's college counselor, guiding the student and parents through the entire college research, application, and decision process. For more information, please visit the upper school deans webpage.


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Mariners get potential reliever in fifth round
The Mariners selected right-handed pitcher Dan Altavilla (Mercyhurst College), the 2014 Division II pitcher of the year, in the fifth round (141st overall) of the MLB First-Year Player Draft on Friday.
Most scouting services project Altavilla as a reliever at the next level because of his size (5-11, 200 pounds), but he was a force as a starter for his small liberal arts school in Erie, Pa., during his junior season.
Seattle's director of amateur scouting, Tom McNamara, said the Mariners haven't decided if they want him in the rotation or the bullpen.
"That's yet to be determined. Personally, I think he should be developed as a starter, and then we'll see what happens after a few years down on the farm," McNamara said. "He's a guy with a real good arm. His velocity's been up to 97 [mph]. A hard breaking ball. We saw a lot of him in Cape Cod. … We saw him throughout the spring. We were really happy to draft him. The kid's got a heck of an arm."
A Greenock, Pa., native, Altavilla went 9-1 with a 1.23 ERA last season, including a game where he struck out 19 batters over 7 2/3 innings. He throws a two-seam fastball that averages in the low 90s but can touch 95 mph, a slider and a changeup. In 2014, he was a Division II All-America selection after leading the country with five shutouts in 12 starts, while holding opponents to a .167 batting average in 80 1/3 innings.
"He's a power fastball guy, [he has] a power slider," McNamara said.
His physical makeup and pitching rapport draws comparisons to current Mariners long-man Dominic Leone, who has posted a 2-0 record and 1.40 ERA for Seattle during his rookie campaign.
"I've actually heard that before," McNamara said. "I don't like to throw out comparisons, because then they have the added pressure of living up to someone else. But I can see that.
"Altavilla, he's got a good arm. He is a strong guy -- like a bull. He's put together."
The Draft concludes Saturday, with exclusive coverage of Rounds 11-40 beginning on MLB.com at 10 a.m. PT.
Adam Lewis is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.