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Ike Update From TPWD: Game Wardens Deployed, 32 State Parks Closed, Others Accept Evacuees
12:05 p.m. CDT — Update 3
Below is information sent by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to the Governor's Press Office today. The governor's office is coordinating official communication about Ike for the State of Texas, including TPWD activities. The following information is provided as a service and convenience for TPWD's audience. For complete information, see the Texas governor's web site at http://governor.state.tx.us/, or news media may phone the press office at (512) 463-1826.
Regarding Texas State Parks, 32 parks are now closed due to Ike, as listed below. Other state parks are accepting people evacuating from areas hit by the storm. More than 1,000 Ike evacuees are now staying in state parks outside the storm's expected path. Evacuees from storm-damaged areas may tent camp or stay in RVs or campers at no cost in Texas State Parks, and they may stay in cabins or screen shelters at discounted rates. The latest information is available through the Texas State Parks reservation center at (512) 389-8900 or on the TPWD Web site (tpwd.texas.gov). The public can also phone individual state parks to see whether a park is closed or accepting evacuees.
Texas Game Wardens/TPWD Law Enforcement Division
- TPWD has more than 200 game wardens and associated equipment deployed for Hurricane Ike in Southeast Texas. All of the approximately 500 wardens in the state are preparing to deploy if necessary.
- This morning, LE supervisors in all parts of the state were directed to assemble additional strike teams. Each team will consist of 10 game wardens and one captain, and will be prepared to be self-sustaining for 5 days. Each will be prepared to deploy when activated by the State Operations Center.
- Deployed coastal resources include dozens of game wardens based out of Region 4 (Houston) and Region 10 (Corpus Christi). More than 50 Region 4 game wardens are staged for rescue deployment once the storm passes.
- In addition, Strike Team 1, a team of game wardens from outside coastal regions, is deployed in Robertson County, prepared to enter the affected area as soon as the storm passes and assist with rescues and other aid as needed. Strike Team 1 includes 26 Game Wardens, two Radio Technicians, two Communications Operators, seven airboats, six River boats, one Communications Trailer, and one Fuel Trailers
- About 16 game wardens are staged in or near the Beaumont-Port Arthur area, where it is expected they may be especially needed, since there is a greater concentration of city, county, state and federal responders with boats and equipment in the Houston-Galveston area.
Texas State Parks
Below is a listing of state parks that are CLOSED until further notice due to Ike.
- Goose Island
- Mustang Island
- Goliad
- Lake Corpus Christi
- Fort Parker
- Brazos Bend
- Galveston
- Lake Livingston
- Lake Texana
- Martin Dies, Jr.
- San Jacinto
- Sea Rim (still closed due to Hurricane Rita damage)
- Sheldon Lake
- Stephen F. Austin
- Village Creek
- Huntsville
- Fanthorp Inn
- Washington on the Brazos
- Lake Somerville
- Monument Hill
- Buescher
- Bastrop
- Atlanta
- Caddo Lake
- Cooper Lake
- Daingerfield
- Lake Bob Sandlin
- Lake Tawakoni
- Martin Creek Lake
- Mission Tejas
- Purtis Creek
- Tyler
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Lasorda, Hough to rep Dodgers at Draft
MILWAUKEE -- Hall of Famer Tom Lasorda and current senior advisor Charlie Hough will represent the Dodgers at MLB's 2013 Draft next month.
It will be a comeback of sorts for the 85-year-old Lasorda, who was a late scratch last year when he suffered a mild heart attack at a pre-Draft function and was ordered by Commissioner Bud Selig to go to the hospital. He had a stent inserted into a clogged artery at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital.
"The doctors confirmed I do bleed Dodger Blue," Lasorda joked afterward.
The 2013 First-Year Player Draft will take place on June 6-8, beginning with the Draft preview show on MLB.com and MLB Network on Thursday, June 6, at 6 p.m. ET. Live Draft coverage from MLB Network's Studio 42 begins at 7 p.m., with the top 73 picks being streamed on MLB.com and broadcast on MLB Network. Rounds 3-10 will be streamed live on MLB.com on June 7, beginning with a preview show at 12:30 p.m., and Rounds 11-40 will be streamed live on MLB.com on June 8, starting at 1 p.m.
MLB.com's coverage includes Draft Central, the Top 100 Draft Prospects list and Draft Tracker, a live interactive application that includes a searchable database of Draft-eligible players. You can also keep up to date by following @MLBDraft on Twitter. And get into the Draft conversation by tagging your tweets with #mlbdraft.
Lasorda, special advisor to chairman Mark Walter, has represented the Dodgers at the Draft every year but one since 2002. He will be accompanied by Hough, one of Lasorda's all-time favorite players and former All-Star knuckleballer who now serves the club as senior advisor for player development.
The Dodgers will draft 18th in the first round for the second consecutive year.
Ken Gurnick is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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Lovely Apartment in Paris (330)
Size40 m²
Floor No.
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- Washer/dryer
- Internet/WiFi
Accommodation summary
|Rue des Francs Bourgeois, 75004 Paris, France
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Between Gardens and historic monuments, you will be there in the smartest and styliest Paris. Five minutes walking distancefrom Rue de Rivoli, the subway Saint Paul and thus the line 1 of the subway takes you to the main monuments of the capital (Louvre, Concorde, Champs Elysées, Arc de Triomphe etc.)
The apartment overlooks a courtyard and will charm you by its peace and its exposure.
Furnished in a cosy and modern style you will pleasantly be surprised by the volume of the apartment and the light brought by two big windows. Very functional, its offers an Italian-style shower, a fully fitted kitchen, a large flat screen television. On the bedroom a king size bed will allow you to take advantage of an undeniable comfort.
House rulesDeposit of 500 €
Arrivals and departures between 21:00 and 08:00 are charged € 30 (There is also a surcharge for arrivals and departures on Christmas, New Years and Easter)
No smoking
Pets not allowed
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We left on the day we checked in. Just like the host said this is what u get if you want to pay cheap. We told me on the same day we moved to another accomodation and windu did not give our money back.
excellent organization, great location, nice apartment but small, bathroom small, a maximum of two people
organizzazione impeccabile, ottima posizione, appartamento carino ma piccolo, bagno piccolissimo, massimo per due persone
Perfect and quiet apartment in the central Marais. All facilities nearby. The apartment was well cleaned when we arrived. It is flexible to deal with the check.
Perfect en rustig appartement in het centraal gelegen Marais. Alle faciliteiten in de buurt.
Het appartement was goed schoon gemaakt op het moment dat we aankwamen. Er wordt flexibel omgegaan met het uitchecken.
It was just great. We have been warmly willkomen and filled us right at home. We are coming back. André is super nice and the gorgeous apartment. The bathroom is great.
Es war einfach toll. Wir sind ganz herzlich willkomen worden und uns gleich zu Hause gefüllt. Wir kommen bestimmt wieder. André ist super nett und die Wohnung traumhaft. Das Bad ist klasse.
studio very well located, very agreable.Un neighborhood very convenient pied a terre in Paris.
studio tres bien situé,quartier tres agreable.Un pied a terre tres convenable dans Paris.
cozy little studio located in the 10. arrondissement. It's a nice neigbourhood, perfect to explore the city. It's very small but for a few nights it's perfect.
It was a beautiful cozy apartment. However, the best part of this place is its location. It couldn't have been any better. My only suggestion to the owner would be to have one double bed instead to two single beds that are really hard to place side by side.
Highly recommended: great organization, great apartment, great neighborhood, great city :)
Comfortable apartment, complete with all the comforts. Excellent location a few meters from the Place de la Republique where there is a meter with 3 lines. A few minutes walk from the Marais and the Ile de la Cité (15/20 minutes). Nearby there are supermarkets (Franprix a few meters, Monoprix - a little larger 'farther), boulangerie (one just around the corner) and chain restaurants, from low-level type MacDonald and Quick type Hippopotamus (excellent meat ), bistro, brasserie. There are 4 beds but to open both sofa beds must be a bit move them away from each other. The two windows overlooking the courtyard, the area quiet and safe. The apartment is located on the 2nd floor with beautiful wooden stairs, a few niggles with pushchairs and prams unless you ask for the opportunity to put them in a storage room in the courtyard, however, is a detail in Paris because if you take the meters with strollers or wheelchairs is a continuous and open or close loading and unloading, you should be at least two adults (some stops have the ascensone or escalators that take you to level without the stairs).
Appartamento confortevole e completo di tutti i confort. Posizione eccellente a pochi metri da Place de la Republique dove c'è la metro con 3 linee. A pochi minuti a piedi dal Marais o dall'Ile de la Cité (15/20 minuti circa). Nei dintorni ci sono supermercati (Franprix a pochi metri, Monoprix - più grande un po' più lontano), boulangerie (una proprio dietro l'angolo) e catene di ristoranti, dal livello basso tipo MacDonald e Quick a livello tipo Hippopotamus (carne eccellente), cafè, brasserie.
Ci sono 4 posti letto ma per aprire entrambi i divani letto bisogna un po allontanarli l'uno dall'altro. Le due finestre danno all'interno del cortile, la zona e tranquilla e sicura. L'appartamento si trova al 2° piano con bellissime scale di legno, qualche problemino con passeggini e carrozzine a meno che non si chieda la possibilità di metterli in un locale di deposito nel cortile, comunque è un dettaglio perché a Parigi se si prende la metro con passeggini o carrozzine è un continuo chiudere ed aprire o caricare e scaricare, è bene essere almeno due adulti (solo alcune fermate hanno l'ascensone o scale mobili che ti portano a livello senza fare delle scale).
A friend of Eric explained everything very well. He answered our questions and we could always call him, when we had a problem.
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They have gluten free pizza but I would say dinner beware. I ate there the Friday before Christmas and had a terrible gluten reaction. I am taking this off my safe list. I have Celiac Disease.
Twice I have ordered a gluten free pizza to go from here and twice I have been given a gluten pizza. The second time my reaction was so bad, if I could have gotten to my phone I would have gone to the hospital. When I emailed them, I was sent a blow off email. No mention of re-training the staff, emphasizing the importance of gluten-free, etc. You could not pay me to go here again.
Love this place! Great managers! Friendly staff! Even gluten free beer, what's not to love? An I didn't even mention the amazing pizza! Yup I always stop by when I come to Gastonia!
310 Glensford Dr #100, Fayetteville, NC 28314
The staff was incredibly knowledgeable about their gluten free options, and even offered me GF beer options. And the pizza was AMAZING! And not at all expensive! So impressed!
1550 W McEwen Dr, Franklin, TN 37067
This place is great for celiacs like myself. They prepare all GF pizzas in a dedicated area and I have never been glutened in the 6 years I've been going there!
1295 Creekshire Way, Winston-Salem, NC 27103
I was excited because they cook the pizza in a separate pan to avoid cross contamination, and I let my server know I was sensitive, but I got very sick after eating here 😐
190 Brucewood Rd, Southern Pines, NC 28387
The service isn't great, but the pizza is cooked on its own separate tin and my daughter loved it. It heats up well for leftovers too.
6801 Main St, Wilmington, NC 28405
We visited twice in 3 days. I ordered a half Quattro/ half rustica Gluten free pizza, with vegan cheese (no extra charge for cheese) $3.00 extra charge for the GF crust. That is the first time I have ordered GF pizza crust where I believed the charge was well worth it. It has a wonderful chewy texture that is the closest to gluten crust I've come across. Our waitresses Brittany & Bre were helpful and sweet.
225 E 6th St, Charlotte, NC 28202
Good pizza. Not the best we've had but really good! Gluten free crust was yummy!
7814 Fairview Rd, Charlotte, NC 28226
I did not get sick, and the texture of the crust was good, but it was completely flavorless. We got two different kinds of GF pizzas, the roasted vegetable and the margherita, and both were incredibly bland. We actually put salt and pepper on both to add some flavor, which is something I never do. Also, overpriced.
1295 Creekshire Way, Winston-Salem, NC 27103
Tried Brixx for the first time in a very long time. Historically, the pizza was really good & tasty, but it seemed to always make my husband sick. They have changed their crust (probably to make it more safe?), but it's pretty terrible. The 2 pizza's we ordered had no flavor and the crust was generic, plain, and dry. waitstaff was super friendly, but we won't go back- not worth the time or money.
8351 Northfield Blvd, Denver, CO 80238
Gluten free pizza cooked and served on disposable trays. Eaten here often without any problems. Staff is great.
9820 Rea Rd, Charlotte, NC 28277
One night we had pizza. It was pretty good, and the GF crust was actually thicker than the regular! We came back the next night and I had the ceaser salad. It was okay, but the chicken was dry. I felt safe eating here because the server assured us it was prepared separately.
1909 Landstown Centre Way #170, Virginia Beach, VA 23456
They have a great extent of gluten free options but as for most places they don't have appetizers on their gluten free menu BUT there are no gluten containing ingredients in the spinach and artichoke dip and you can ask for them to use the gluten free pizza dough for the "pita". It's amazing and I have not had a reaction to it. If you're looking for an alcoholic beverage you can get a captain Morgan and coke or ask for Malibu if they have any and sprite or pineapple and orange juice. Those are the two alcohol drinks I know don't have gluten in them. Only downside is staff isn't THAT knowledgeable about gluten allergies.
8594 E 116th St, Fishers, IN 46038
Best gluten free pizza!! Celiac safe, great service.
1295 Creekshire Way, Winston-Salem, NC 27103
No gf pasta but they do have gf pizza. I had a salad which was great! It came out and there was a roll on the plate with salad. They fixed it and all was good. Service was lacking.
14900 Potomac Town Pl, Woodbridge, VA 22191
the staff was attentive and very knowledgable about gluten free. pizza comes on it's own tin and my daughter didn't get sick and enjoyed herself. not the best gluten free pizza, so I knocked off a star. however, it isn't bad, so we will be back since it is a safe pizza option.
181 Main St #241, Hoover, AL 35244
You have a lot of options for your gluten free pizza, but I didn't think it was very good. They didn't even out sauce on the pizza. other than that I didn't have a reaction so that's always a win.
1295 Creekshire Way, Winston-Salem, NC 27103
Family favorite of mine. We love this place, staff is knowledgable!
1550 W McEwen Dr, Franklin, TN 37067
We recently ate here and would highly recommend it! Service was amazing, even on a busy Saturday night. The owner sent an employee across the street to Whole Foods to buy gluten free graham crackers and made my 5 year old his very own smores Pizza (made on a disposable pan so no fear of cross contamination). Total win for our entire family!
30 Town Square Blvd, Asheville, NC 28803
Very knowledgeable staff. Great salad!! So fresh
190 Brucewood Rd, Southern Pines, NC 28387
They have a separate gluten-free menu and the pizza comes in its own metal pan (I was watching the oven and the pizza peels and feeling a little concerned until I saw that!) My husband reports that it isn't as good as Mellow Mushroom's GF crust but he likes the thin crust and the variety of options available.
220 Riverside Ave, Jacksonville, FL 32202
This place was amazing! The owners personally met with us and gave us a free dessert that wasn't on the menu yet to see if we liked it. It was amazing! I highly recommend it! I am gluten sensitive and had the gluten free Pizza and it was the best pizza I have ever had and I did not have a reaction to it.
501 Meadowmont Village Cir, Chapel Hill, NC 27517
Awesome gluten free pizza!!
6801 Main St, Wilmington, NC 28405
GF pizza is made on individual tin pan; the crust was excellent!
30 Town Square Blvd, Asheville, NC 28803
Not the best, not celiac friendly
8594 E 116th St, Fishers, IN 46038
I have a gluten allergy. Amazing pizza and it is cooked on a separate pan so decreases risk of cross contamination and I've never gotten sick from there.
402 Oberlin Rd Suite 120, Raleigh, NC 27605
Very good pizza, but not many options. You can get a salad, fruit cup, or 4by4 pizza. For desert, you can get plain vanilla ice cream, but brixx does not make it. It is processed in a facility that may contaminate it. Servers are very kind and understanding.
6801 Main St, Wilmington, NC 28405
My two year went out for pizza and it was great!!!! Good gf crust, vegan cheese at no extra cost and knowledgeable staff!
1111 Parkside Main Street, Cary, NC 27519
agree, the only pizza I can eat and enjoy is blaze pizza (I only know of the one in park West village). even mellow mushroom doesn't cut it for me .. (- I am a very picky eater, though)
30 Town Square Blvd, Asheville, NC 28803
Just ate there and I wish I'd read these reviews before choosing it. The GF pizza crust was very undercooked. I was disappointed since the non GF pizzas looked great.
6801 Main St, Wilmington, NC 28405
Was super excited about having somewhere to take my daughter who has a gluten sensitivity. We are new to GF and read the reviews and decided to go as a back to school treat. They have options but please confirm that it's GF with your wait staff before you eat it. I asked the food runner and she said that it was the GF pizza crust. My daughter ate it and 10 minutes later was hurting. Manager let us know they brought the wrong pizza out. Thank goodness she's not highly allergic. They were very apologetic but I felt helpless as we had done everything right and I knew she would be hurting all night. :(
16915 Birkdale Commons Pkwy, Huntersville, NC 28078
The GF crust was good and my kids liked it! Asked if the pepperoni was GF and waitress said yes. GF pizza appeared to be cooked in its own pizza tin. Unfortunately, both my kiddos woke up with severe belly pains and diarrhea. One can't even eat lunch she hurts so bad. We won't be going back... 😢
1133 Emmet St N, Charlottesville, VA 22903
Awful. The worst. I regret eating here.
300 Indian Lake Blvd, Hendersonville, TN 37075
Just another stop along the road looking for a truly good GF pizza. Disappointed yet again, my search, no quest, continues. Crust isn't worthy. Toppings slightly better that average. Ask for extra sauce. Neither of us got sick.
181 Main St #241, Hoover, AL 35244
Excellent selection on the GF menu. Minor inconvenience: you need the regular menu, as the GF menu lacks descriptions of the pizzas, and the individual pizzas are not listed in the same sequence on the two different menus. The crust itself was average: had that rubbery consistency that assures you they didn't get the order wrong; however, the pizzas were otherwise very good. GF dough is placed on aluminum pan and put in separate area of oven. I've eaten there twice without a reaction. Friendly service, too.
220 Riverside Ave, Jacksonville, FL 32202
Yes, they do have a Gluten Free menu, but every single time I eat there, I have a reaction! I don't know what it is, but if you have a gluten allergy, don't dine here.
225 E 6th St, Charlotte, NC 28202
Loved it. Ask for the GF menu, lots of options and the pizza is GREAT. ($3 surcharge for the GF crust, but it's worth it.) had a note in the menu that they prepare GF pizzas in a separate section of the kitchen to avoid cross contamination. They had a nice deal for half a salad and half a pizza for, I think, $10.95. I'll go here often.
14375 Orchard Pkwy, Westminster, CO 80023
Tobin the manager was extremely helpful with allergies as he himself suffers from nut allergy. they use daiya cheese for pizzas and have great options. best part is they dont nickle and dime you. only a 3 dollar surcharge for the gf crust 3.00. highly suggest if you live nearby to make it a favorite place!
1909 Landstown Centre Way #170, Virginia Beach, VA 23456
pizza was very good just burnt around edges
1424 Westover Terrace, Greensboro, NC 27408
When I was not gluten free I loved this restaurant however the GF pizza was not as good as Udi's frozen GF pizza. The up side is this restaurant is very accommodating for people with food allergies:)
1295 Creekshire Way, Winston-Salem, NC 27103
I've been here twice now and both times, I've really enjoyed my food. The first time, I got the Carribean Jerk pizza on their gluten free crust. It was really good! Second time, I went for lunch and got the half pizza half salad special. I got the 4x4 on gluten free crust and their spinach salad. The pizza was absolutely delicious. The salad was pretty good too. The only downside is they charge $3 extra for gluten free crust, so it's a little on the expensive side. They have a separate kitchen for prepping and cooking gluten free pizzas, it's in a completely different room. I have Celiac and haven't gotten sick. Definitely my favorite pizza place!
8511 Brier Creek Pkwy, Raleigh, NC 27560
Waiter was very conscious of gluten, without me needing to be a pain about it. Split my salad with my wife and he automatically left bread and croutons off my plate. Even offered to make desert gluten free.
1909 Landstown Centre Way #170, Virginia Beach, VA 23456
Love the pizza, which you can get with gluten free crust, and the atmosphere! I'm not sure if there is any gluten-free beer or a dedicated prep area for gf pizza, but I had no reaction. I don't have celiacs so if you're really sensitive, I wouldn't risk it.
14900 Potomac Town Pl, Woodbridge, VA 22191
I always get the Margarita pizza and it is almost always yummy. One time the crust was soggy and they can also be a little greedy with the cheese. I have eaten here many times and I have never gotten sick. It seems they take great caution to avoid cross contamination.
181 Main St #241, Hoover, AL 35244
Best Gluten Free Crust we have found yet!!! Also have Gluten Free Beer and Cider selections!!!
300 Indian Lake Blvd, Hendersonville, TN 37075
good pizza. they put the GF pizza on a separate tray so it doesn't touch the wood fire oven. very friendly service
14900 Potomac Town Pl, Woodbridge, VA 22191
I always order two pizzas so I'll have leftovers.
8594 E 116th St, Fishers, IN 46038
Really delicious gf pizza. It isn't the crust with the round circles on the bottom. Dough comes in its own foil little pan & is cooked in separate part of the kitchen. So no issues with cross contamination on pans! I had the Mediterranean chicken pizza. Spinach, tomatoes, roast chicken & feta. So good! They also have a vegan cheese option. Loved it & will definitely be back!
1550 W McEwen Dr, Franklin, TN 37067
This is one of the best Gluten-Free & Dairy-free pizzas I've ever had! The staff was very friendly and accommodating!
30 Town Square Blvd, Asheville, NC 28803
Toppings are great but the crust is funny and under cooked CONSISTENTLY. Salad came out with a huge chunk of bread and the same salad was sent back out replated with no real effort to conceal (first salad had dressing on top, second dressing was on the bottom). UNHAPPY.
30 Town Square Blvd, Asheville, NC 28803
Be careful. They messed up and made our gf pizza with regular dough. After two bites we knew it, and they comped us. But no comp accounts for a night of stomach pain.
10978 Parkside Dr, Knoxville, TN 37932
very yummy pizza!
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Philadelphia — Specialty value retailer Five Below's fourth quarter total sales for the period from October 28, 2012 through January 12, 2013 increased 34% to $158.5 million, while comparable store sales for the same period increased 4.2%.
Five Below has proposed a secondary offering of 7,000,000 shares of its common stock, amid reports that sales are not as bad as originally feared.
All the shares are being offered by selling shareholders, including certain members of Five Below's management team and board and board affiliates. The underwriters will have a 30-day option to purchase an additional 1,050,000 shares of common stock. The Philadelphia-based specialty value retailer, which went public April 2012, will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares in this offering.
Five Below operates more than 200 locations in 18 states, and has plans to open an additional 100 stores in the next two years. It offers a broad range of trend-right, high-quality merchandise targeted at the teen and pre-teen customer for $5 or less.
Five Below has filed a registration statement relating to these securities with the Securities and Exchange Commission but it has not yet become effective.
"Though our sales results for the quarter-to-date time period were impacted by the effects of Hurricane Sandy in the month of November, we saw improved trends in December and January and believe that customers responded favorably to our compelling merchandise offering and value price points during the key holiday selling season," said Thomas Vellios, co-founder, president and CEO, stated. "We are pleased with the overall performance of our fiscal 2012 class of stores. Additionally, fiscal 2013, for which we have planned 60 new stores, will be off to an exciting start with our initial entry into the Texas market, including the Dallas and Austin metropolitan areas."


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Whitley stymies Royals to earn first MLB victory
Righty fires seven solid innings; McCann hits bases-clearing double
KANSAS CITY -- Through his first four starts with the Yankees, right-hander Chase Whitley was Mr. No-Decision. But in his fifth start, Whitley pitched so decisively that there was no denying him a first Major League victory.
Whitley finally got over the hump for that elusive "W" by working a career-high seven innings and allowing just five hits and two runs in New York's 4-2 victory over the Royals on Friday night at Kauffman Stadium. Not bad for a Spring Training non-roster invitee who has suddenly burst onto the scene to help rescue an injury-plagued rotation.
"Tonight's a big night," said catcher Brian McCann, who provided most of the offense with a three-run double in the third. "''We're all happy for [Whitley]. He has worked very hard to get here."
Whitley received two baseballs in honor of his milestone win -- one for his parents and one for himself. On a night when Whitley needed just 87 pitches to get through seven innings and didn't issue a walk, his pregame warmup provided no clue that such an outing was forthcoming.
"I don't think I threw a strike in the bullpen," Whitley said. "I was all over the place. But one thing I did was keep a good routine. I've heard guys say that when they don't have good stuff in the bullpen, they go into a game sometimes and it's really good. So, I thought 'maybe it will happen today.'"
Whitley, a former reliever, had a nifty 2.37 ERA entering the game, but hadn't been past five innings. With McCann guiding him from behind the plate, Whitley stubbornly protected a lead that McCann had provided when his bases-clearing double off Royals starter Jeremy Guthrie snapped a tie in the third.
Dellin Betances took over in the eighth and David Robertson closed it out despite allowing two baserunners in the ninth.
Whitley talked about an improved slider being a big factor in his success and McCann was quick to agree with that assessment.
"It [the slider] is getting tighter," McCann said. "He's using it backdoor and back foot to lefties. He has been everything we could have asked for."
McCann wasn't alarmed that Whitley didn't show good control in his pregame warmup.
"That's why bullpen sessions are irrelevant," McCann said. "When the lights come on, it's a different story."
The Yankees used an RBI single by Brian Roberts to break on top in the second. But the Royals tied it in the bottom half on a run-scoring single by Salvador Perez. Then New York got it done with a top-of-the-order attack that was minus a resting Derek Jeter.
Jacoby Ellsbury and Brett Gardner opened the third with singles and the runners moved up on Carlos Beltran's groundout. After Mark Teixeira was hit by a Guthrie pitch, McCann put together a solid at-bat before lining his opposite-field double to the left-field wall.
"He fouled off some tough pitches and then got a ball up," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.
Although the Yankees' offense was shut out after the third, Whitley and Co. had enough ammunition with which to work.
The Royals were surprised to see McCann go the other way for the go-ahead double.
"Guthrie tried to go up and away on a power pull hitter," Royals manager Ned Yost said. "That's the first ball he has hit down the left-field line all year long. So, it's a good job of hitting by McCann."
Whitley surrendered a one-out RBI double to Lorenzo Cain in the fifth that brought the Royals within 4-2. But Whitley got the next two and was feeling good when third baseman Yangervis Solarte made an outstanding reaction catch on Nori Aoki's liner to begin the sixth.
"Getting that first out in the sixth was key," Whitley said. "Just to say I had finally gotten past five [innings]. I made pitches, the defense made plays behind me and I followed Mac."
While he'll always be able to savor this first Major League win, Whitley wasn't taking a "me first" outlook as the media converged around him.
"It's good," Whitley said. "But the most important thing today is we got the win as a team."
Robert Falkoff is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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ive had 5 days to absorb them now and i LOVE all three, Roxy is the best IMO. followed by Stormer then a fair way behind is Pizzazz. but only because of her far too literal "cartoon look' with its Black dress trim and shoes! also her hair is too muted...again thats based on the cartoon.
I actually emailed IT a few days ago regardeing how monotone she was, this is the reply i recieved today -
Hi Im a member of the W club, and love the misfits...but is it too late to add some color to Pizzazz's dress? shes so monotone!
the vintage doll had magenta on the left of her dress (and Purple shoes)
and the vintage Box art had Purple on the trim of the dress
Roxy and stormer are superb....but Pizzazz (an iconic doll in any line) is just so bland! even her hair is less vibrant.
Integrity Toys
Please wait until the doll comes out, she is more colorful in person and her bodice pink/magenta under the zebra printed part on her top, you can't really see it in the product pictures, but it is there. Also, the colors always vary based on monitors etc etc.
Thank you for your comments.
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Saturday, Jan. 11, 1913. Pre-empting a strike by kitchen and dining-room staff, the manager of the downtown Rensselaer Hotel fires 55 employees tonight, hours after agreeing to their demands, The Record reports.
Proprietor John McGlynn hears the workers' demands early this evening. They echo the demands made by striking hotel workers in Albany. "The cooks and waiters demanded one day off each week, and more pay," our reporter explains. They also want better food for themselves, complaining that " the food furnished them was poor, and that it consisted largely of leavings."
McGlynn is the president of the New York State Hotel Men's Association. His response to his workers' demands is sure to be watched by employers and employees throughout the state. As it turns out, McGlynn is several steps ahead of his staff.
"Mr. McGlynn, anticipating trouble, visited New York last week and entered into negotiations with an employment agency to provide him with colored help," our writer reports. This afternoon, before he hears the workers' demands, he "visited the office of the commissioner of public safety at the city hall and requested that a special detail of police be assigned to the hotel before midnight."
After the workers speak their piece, "to protect his Saturday night patronage, Mr. McGlynn signed the demands immediately." After the kitchen closes for the night, McGlynn summons the kitchen and dining-room staff to his office.
"When the help reached this spot it was paid in full and discharged. No trouble of any kind occurred and the detail of police present were not called upon to perform any service."
The former Rensselaer employees were "mostly foreigners." With their departure will come changes in the Rensselaer menu. "The menu at the hotel in the future will carry the names of all American dishes and the family names attached to some of the food by the force of foreign chefs will be missing."
The new Rensselaer staff is expected in town tomorrow morning, and McGlynn expects no disruption of his Sunday trade.
AT THE MOVIES. Every so often a Record writer will review an outstanding moving picture playing in Troy. This weekend's highlight on the big screen is It Is Never Too Late to Mend, an adaptation of a Charles Reade novel playing at the Lyceum Theater.
This Edison Company short subject is praised by our writer as "one of the finest products of motion film studies every presented in this city. Despite its brief length, the picture "portrayed Reade's gripping novel [about a man seeking his fortune in Australia] in faithful detail." Neither the director nor the actors are mentioned in the review.
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LOS ANGELES -- Chad Billingsley had no issues to his injured right index finger during a Minor League rehab start on Thursday, and Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said Friday that the right-hander will come off the disabled list to start on Wednesday in San Diego.
Billingsley pitched four innings for Class A Rancho Cucamonga, striking out two while allowing four runs (three earned) on six hits, three walks and a hit batter. More important than his pitching line, Billingsley was not bothered by his bruised finger.
"It went well. I accomplished everything I needed to to get ready for my next start," Billingsley said on Friday at Dodger Stadium. "I've got no issues with the finger. I'm anxious to get back out there, compete and win some ballgames."
Billingsley was able to throw his curveball with no issues, something he was unable to do when he first injured his finger.
"I had a better feel with it," said Billingsley, who estimated he threw between 12-15 curveballs. "I threw it for strikes. It was good."
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MINNEAPOLIS -- The Angels are still holding out hope that Alberto Callaspo can avoid a stint on the disabled list, but his tight right calf has held him out of four straight games and is expected to keep him on the shelf until at least Friday.
Callaspo has been taking batting practice the last few days and fielded grounders for the first time prior to Monday's series opener against the Twins. But he's still unable to run.
"I feel a little better," Callaspo said in Spanish. "It's a little tight, but better."
Angels shortstop Erick Aybar, currently doing some aqua-therapy in Arizona, has already been lost to the disabled list because of a left heel contusion, with Andrew Romine and Brendan Harris basically platooning at shortstop while he's out.
Callaspo's ailment has given Luis Jimenez, the sixth-ranked Angels' prospect, a chance to get some Major League time. He figures to get at least three more starts, including Monday's series opener at Target Field.
"We're going to hopefully be able to get him through this series to see how much he progresses, get through the off-day [on Thursday] and make a determination of how his calf is doing," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said of Callaspo.
Alden Gonzalez is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Gonzo and "The Show", and follow him on Twitter @Alden_Gonzalez. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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U.S. Energy is proposing a large-scale molybdenum (a silvery white metal) mine in central Colorado on the flanks of the iconic Red Lady, otherwise known as Mt. Emmons. To be located just a few miles upstream from the ski town Crested Butte, it would transform a landscape renowned for its backcountry skiing, hiking, and fly fishing into a wasteland covering hundreds of acres, with land stripped to bedrock and strewn with toxic waste tailings ponds.
Listen to the Public News Service-Colorado story on how loopholes in the Clean Water Act could allow the mining industry to turn Colorado's lakes and rivers into dumping ponds for toxic waste. >>
The Mt. Emmons mine would generate 6,000 tons of mined ore per day for 10.5 years, requiring extensive construction of tailings dump sites in the headwaters of Ohio and Carbon Creeks, a vast industrial complex of mills, slurry pipelines and roadways, and one or more tailings impoundments of 200 acres bounded by 200 feet tall dams.
This would have major impacts upon the local watershed, including:
U.S. Energy is already paying close to two million dollars a year to clean up toxic mining waste from the Keystone mine, a heavy metal mine at the same location as the proposed Mt. Emmons mine. The Keystone mine left a legacy of collapsed tailings dams and acid mine drainage, jeopardizing water quality in Coal Creek and threatening local drinking water supplies. Water flowing from the Keystone mine now requires costly and complex treatment before it can be discharged to Coal Creek.
With the same mining company operating a second mine in the same fragile watershed--but at a much greater scale--the impacts might not only affect the local environment and residents of Crested Butte; the area's network of pristine streams and wetlands could carry pollutants from the Mt. Emmons mine downstream to the town of Gunnison and eventually to Blue Mesa Reservoir, the largest body of water in Colorado.
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I suffer from morning anxiety/nervousness. It's really hard for me to meditate in the morning and most of the time I just avoid it (even though I would want to) I go on my computer or listen to music to just run away from that feeling (which makes everything 10times worse of course)
By the time it's afternoon I start to feel tired and sometimes even get a headache. I can't focus and talking to other people is really hard at that moment. (Actually I just start to feel numb then)
I'm starting school in 2 weeks so I can't go on a residentual meditation retreat and honestly I feel something I'll have to beat in the long term.
Also next week I'm moving to my student dorm so I also decided not to take any computer, Ipod or other device with me.
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Bossesd at the Royal United Hospital, Bath, say they are working to improve discharge arrangements for frail or elderly Wiltshire patients who stay longer than patients from Bath and North East Somerset.
During an inspection visit in December the Care Quality Commission found there were twice as many patients from Wiltshire delayed for discharge compared with patients from Bath and North East Somerset, due to the two areas having different systems for accessing community and social services.
At a meeting of Wiltshire Council's Health Select Committee on March 11 the RUH's chief executive James Scott said the average Wiltshire patient stays in the RUH two days longer on average.
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The Art of Golf
By (author) Michael Clarke; By (author) Kenneth McConkey
'The Art of Golf' illustrates how the noble game has been depicted in European art from the seventeenth century to the present day. This fascinating story is told by images in a variety of media, from paintings and prints to photographs and posters. The centrepiece is Charles Lees 'The Golfers,' 1847, which depicts a match played on the Old Course at St Andrews in 1847, and is one greatest golfing painting in the world. In his essay Michael Clarke, director of the Scottish National Gallery, outlines the story behind the development of the game, while art historian Kenneth McConkey discusses the series of paintings of golf at North Berwick made by Sir John Lavery in the years following the Great War.
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Michael Clarke is Director of the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh. He has published widely, including books on English watercolours, the landscape painter Camille Corot, and his second, revised edition of the Oxford Concise Dictionary of Art Terms was published in 2010. Most recently he co-curated the international exhibition Impressionist Gardens (2010-11) and wrote the exhibition catalogue of French Drawings in the Scottish National Gallery (2011). Kenneth McConkey is Professor of Art History and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Design, the University of Northumbria at Newcastle. He has written extensively about late Victorian and Edwardian painting.


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Please park in the TULIP Garage, which is attached to the North Pavilion.
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Take I-70 East to I-695 West to Towson. Follow I-695 to Exit 25, Charles Street. Continue South on Charles Street and follow "Directions to Parking."
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Top 10 Technical Demos of 2011
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Check out the top 10 technical developerWorks demos of 2011!
Air Traffic Control - Software Development and a Smarter Planet
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Everyday over 50,000 airplanes are guided safely through the air. The new air traffic control teams are becoming digitally savvy using more high tech software and tools to do their job more efficiently for the safety of all of us.
The air traffic control team works much like a software development team, where there are many defined roles, all very important to complete the mission.
For example, different types of air flight controllers take control of the flight throughout the planes journey to it's destination, from departure gate to arrival gate. (Think of the plane as an application) It is a very complex process just like the software development process.
Clearing each flight from the gate to the runway involves several steps and teams of people working together. The pilot calls for clearance and will receive clearance from the ground controller, who will take the pilot to the appropriate runway and will put the plane in line for take off. The ground controller will also manage any factors affecting the flight such as weather.
The local controller will take the aircraft and issue the "take off clearance", to get the pilot airborne. Once the aircraft is airborne, the tower control contacts departure control and the flight is handed off to Tracon, who's job it is to get the plane through all the other aircraft in the area, track the plane to it's flight cruising altitude, and onto it's destination. Then a regional air route center then takes control.
Oh by the way, there are project manager types managing all this. Sound familiar?
IBM Software tools serve as an air traffic control system for IT. Development teams like air traffic controllers need to use the most up to date efficient tools and team tools to provide security and safety. We all need to create a smarter planet in everything we do. As software developers there are some awesome development tools available to help us create this smarter planet through software. We need to work efficiently and smarter in our global software development teams, as we hand code over from one team to the other. The key thing is communication, just like the flight controllers. Using development tools that help us communicate to our team members better, will help us develop better quality software in less time.
Check out these demos on how teams can use development tools to improve the communication through the development process:
Change management with IBM Rational ClearQuest and ClearCase, Part 1
This demo shows you how to integrate IBM® Rational® ClearQuest® and ClearCase® into a integrated change management solution. The deployed Web banking application is tested for defects. Once the test manager discovers the defect, the manager walks through the submission process. The defect is reviewed and assigned to a developer (Alex in the demo) by the project manager. Once the defect is assigned to the developer, he works to resolve the defect utilizing IBM Rational Application Developer, ClearQuest, and ClearCase. This is the first of a two part demo series. Demo
Change management with IBM Rational ClearQuest and ClearCase, Part 2
This demo continues where part 1 left off. It follows the developer (Alex) as he works on resolving the defect submitted to him. Alex uses IBM Rational Application Developer with plug-ins for ClearQuest and ClearCase. First, you'll see Alex's to-do list that contains submitted high severity defects assigned to him. Next, Alex connects to the ClearCase server and changes the code to correct the defect. Then Alex verifies his changes by running the application within his IDE. Finally, Alex checks in his changes and transition the state of the defect from open to resolved using ClearQuest. This is the second of a two part demo series. Demo
IBM ILOG Visualization
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IBM ILOG Visualization
Some of the displays that the visualization products provide are Diagrams, Gantt Charts, Maps, Business dashboards, SCADA/HMI screens Telecom displays, Defense Maps and Charts.
Here is a short video that shows a variety of IBM ILOG Visualization products in action, including IBM ILOG JViews Enterprise and IBM ILOG Elixir Enterprise. See for yourself how the user interfaces you build for your customers can be intuitive and engaging!
Performance Monitoring and Tuning for DB2 for z/OS
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The IBM Optim Query Tuner and Optim Query Workload Tuner for z/OS can help DBAs and developers maximize application performance with expert advisors and tools while increasing customer satisfaction, productivity, and quality of service.
More specifically Optim Query Tuner helps developers to write more efficient SQL queries, it reduces costs and risks by enabling developers to tune SQL during development, while problems are still relatively inexpensive to fix and before they cause a costly outages or performance issues . It Operates within a familiar Eclipse development environment and features seamless integration and natural launch points within Optim Development Studio. It also accelerates query tuning analysis by providing expert advice and recommendations. It really helps DBAs and developers maximize application performance.
Check out the demo that shows an online retailer, who wants to uphold their commitment to customer satisfaction. See how they achieved their goal for online ordering response to be no more than 30 seconds.
It's all part of creating a smarter planet!
Agile development for real-time: Embedded applications
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In this 6-part demos series, watch and learn about a day in the life of an agile development team. From a requirement to the final test run, watch how the team solves problems using smart software. You'll see demos of Rational Team Concert, Rational DOORS, Rational Rhapsody, and Rational Quality Manager, all working together.
Part 2 shows defining the sprint goal and aligning the test cases
Part 3 shows creating a test plan
Part 4 shows developing an integrating a build
Part 5 shows executing test cases and submitting defects
Part 6 shows rerunning test cases
It's all part of creating software smarter....
Here is the link to the demo series
Smarter Energy and Utilities = smarter cities = a smarter planet
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Don't we love to see real world scenarios where software products help reduce costs and improve productivity.
In the energy and utilities sector, rising energy costs and technology advances are leading to more informed and involved utility customers. They want to know how much energy they are using, where they can optimize usage, and in some cases, how to implement their own renewable energy sources. This is all done through smart technologies including software.
Utilities are a critical link to improving energy efficiency, integrating renewable sources of energy and addressing climate change. IBM can add a layer of intelligence to your utility, using the power of information
And here is the demo...
In this example, see how Rational® Focal Point can be used in the energy and utilities sector, showing some of the major portfolio management challenges facing the industry. See how Focal Point meets those challenges by utilizing many of the monitoring, prioritization, and decision making capabilities featured in the solution.
Continue to Update Your Skills and Social Network
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We all know that we are in one of the worst economies since the early 80's. I'm not going to talk about how we got here, but how can we survive it. Just when we thought that job losses were slowing down, it was announced that jobless claims increased. If you have lost your job and even if you currently have one, there are two important things you need to continue to grow...Your skills and your social network.
Cheryl Palmer who is a certified executive career coach at Call To Career in Silver Spring, Md. says "Never take your career for granted. You should be constantly updating your skills and keeping your network viable. Too many people get too comfortable in their jobs and don't think about what may come next."
If you are in the technical field, you have hit the right spot.. developerWorks. Not only can you grow your skills using developerWorks resources, but you can grow your technical network using the developerWorks community. Check out "New to the Community".
Also, consider growing your skills by taking a tutorial , and watching a technical demo of products and technologies that may interest you.
All this may help you get certified on a product or technology that you can add to your resume.
And of course, I have to end with a demo: Check out "Developing the right products for the right markets, at the right time"
Developing the right products for the right market at the right time is no simple task. That is where IBM® Rational® Focal Point™ comes in -- a configurable, Web-based product and portfolio management solution that links strategy to execution. During this demo, you'll see how Focal Point helps promote successful products by helping product teams and stakeholders focus on what is most important to your customer and to your business.
Happy networking with techies on the developerWorks Community!
Identity Theft and Creating a Smarter Planet
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Recently CNN had an interesting article on how identify theft is on the rise. CNN notes "hackers are working their way into the computer systems of major retailers across the country, experts say. As the bad guys get savvier, identity theft has become more common. Last year, the number of incidents of identity fraud in the United States increased 22%., according to the most recent survey by Javelin Strategy & Research."
As consumers, we can lower our risk by monitoring our credit reports, but we can only do so much. As application and web developers we need to take responsibility and develop secure web applications. Don't you think? Let's create a smarter more secure planet through software.
Has your identity been stolen? If it has, how did that make you feel? IBM Rational AppScan is doing a lot to help developers make web sites more secure.
Check out this demo "Introduction to Rational AppScan" This demo shows you how to scan a Web application for security vulnerabilities using Rational® AppScan® Standard Edition. This is one of our most popular demos. DEMO
It is all part of creating a smarter planet through software!
Jazz and Rational Team Concert = collaboration!
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Today I'm going to talk a bit about the Jazz Architecture.
Jazz is a platform based on a client-server architecture. The Jazz server, normally running on a secured server-class machine, hosts a set of services and houses data in its repository. Remote clients communicate with the Jazz server over the network using HTTP. Remote clients come in many forms, with the quintessential one being an IDE with integrated Jazz support (like RTC), driven by a user engaged in collaborative software development. Other remote clients, such as Jazz-specific command line tools or Ant scripts, operate in headless mode. And others access the server directly using a web browser, without needing to install Jazz-specific software on their machine.
The Jazz Platform is designed and built to:
* Support seamless integration of tasks across the software lifecycle.
* Facilitate team collaboration and coordination throughout the software lifecycle.
* Provide an extensible platform.
* Help teams build software more effectively.
* Support globally distributed development teams.
* Provide solutions scalable from small teams up through large enterprises.
* Maintain audit trails and automate bookkeeping so that teams are accountable.
* Support UI integrations (IDE, web browser, etc.) that fit the needs of customers.
* Foster a broad ecosystem of tool providers, including independent software vendors (ISVs).
* Make software development more enjoyable.
IBM uses Jazz technology and products like Rational Team Concert (RTC) to build the products themselves. In fact, at any time registered Jazz.net users can see in-depth the on-going development of a product like RTC (work items, reports, graphs, etc.) in real-time.
Rational Team Concert dashboards and reports
This demo shows some of the dashboard and reporting capabilities of IBM® Rational® Team Concert. The demo uses real data and dashboards created and available on Jazz.net.
It is all part of creating a smarter planet!
Software development collaboration: Jazz and Rational Team Concert
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Today I feel a little jazzy and want to talk a bit about Jazz. So you might ask..."What is Jazz"?
* An architecture for lifecycle integration
* A portfolio of products designed to put the team first
* A community of stakeholders
Let's explain these a little
Jazz products embody an innovative approach to integration based on open, flexible services and Internet architecture. Unlike the monolithic, closed products of the past, Jazz is an open platform designed to support any industry participant who wants to improve the software lifecycle and break down walls between tools.
The Jazz integration architecture is designed to give organizations the flexibility to assemble their ideal software delivery environment, using preferred tools and vendors. More than that, it allows them to do so with the flexibility to evolve their environment as their needs change, to move at their own pace, and not to be hindered by the traditional brittle and restricted integrations associated with traditional tools. The Jazz Integration Architecture defines a common set of Jazz Foundation Services that can be leveraged by any Jazz tool, and explains the rules of the road for accessing and utilizing Jazz services. It also incorporates specifications defined by the Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration project, an independent, multi-vendor effort to define a set of protocols for sharing information across multiple tools and vendors.
The Jazz portfolio consists of a common platform and a set of tools that enable all of the members of the extended development team to collaborate more easily. This reflects our central insight that the center of software development is neither the individual nor the process, but the collaboration of the team. Our newest Jazz offerings are:
Rational Team Concert is a collaborative work environment for developers, architects and project managers with work item, source control, build management, and iteration planning support. It supports any process and includes agile planning templates for Scrum and the Eclipse Way.
Rational Quality Manager is a web-based test management environment for decision makers and quality professionals. It provides a customizable solution for test planning, workflow control, tracking and reporting capable of quantifying the impact of project decisions on business objectives.
Rational Requirements Composer is a requirements definition solution that includes visual, easy-to-use elicitation and definition capabilities. Requirements Composer enables the capture and refinement of business needs into unambiguous requirements that drive improved quality, speed, and alignment.
A community of stakeholders
Jazz is not only the traditional software development community of practitioners helping practitioners. It is also customers and community influencing the direction of products through direct, early, and continuous conversation.
Align business with Rational Requirements Composer and Rational Team Concert
Learn how the integration between IBM® Rational® Requirements Composer and Rational Team Concert highlights the capabilities that ensure project deliverables stay aligned to current business goals and requirements. Specifically, see examples of how to create a link from a requirement in a vision document artifact in Rational Requirements Composer to the work item stored in Rational Team Concert. Then see how to use filters to query across all the products on the Jazz platform. These capabilities help reduce project risk, reduce rework, and increase productivity.
It is all part of creating a smarter planet through software!
Some 65% of software projects fail to meet their stated objectives on time and on budget
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Some 65% of software projects fail to meet their stated objectives on time and on budget, driving $300 billion (USD) in unanticipated costs.
That is shocking, isn't it? Today's solution delivery challenge is building better software, faster, despite ever-changing business goals
IBM Rational Software Architecture (RSA) really helps you innovate, collaborate and accelerate delivery within your enterprise. In a tight economy or even a great economy, these are not luxuries. These are necessities that give you a competitive edge and help you meet your development objectives.
Where RSA differentiates itself is collaboration. RSA is built on Jazz and this collaborative platform ties into your software delivery project. Unlike other software, where your models often become pictures of what is 'thought' to be implemented. RSA is integrated into the software delivery lifecycle, so your models can evolve with implementations and as new design details are identified, they can be communicated to stakeholders in real time. Designs can also be used to jumpstart development with "out of the box" transformations such as JEE5 from UML, unlike other abstractions, which are merely pictures that become obsolete quickly. With RSA your delivered code will match the design specifications. This means, you will not have 'rushes' to produce documentation for compliance audits and maintenance and enhancement of your applications will take an average of half the time and half the cost.
Many questions that come up in project status meetings are: what is the impact a requirement change has on the code? On the project deadline? On the project budget? If a 'minor' change is requested, for example, instead of 1000 simultaneous log-ons it should be 10000 or a minor process change due to newly announced regulations, what impact does it have on the project? Can these changes be accommodated? What does it mean to the status of the project?
RSA Integrates all aspects of software delivery lifecycle giving you a window into all of the surrounding software development phases – really linking design to all those phases. With views into requirements, your business processes, your change management and version control process – you truly do have a comprehensive integrated platform that is aligned to business goals, with an infrastructure for impact analysis.
Here is a list of benefits:
Abstraction (DSL, Deployment): Makes solving problems quicker, and easier
Automation: lets you focus creative solution not repetitive tasks … automate mundane, repetitive tasks
Simplification: reuse, don't start from a blank slate
RSA also has collaborative development asset sharing with Rational Asset Manager, live debug sharing with Rational Team Concert and SOA architectural freedom with WebSphere Business Modeler and WebSphere Integration Developer. It is important that tools integrate and talk to each other.This is all part of working smarter through collaboration and accelerate delivery. In other words, creating software with smart integrated tools to develop software faster and at a lower cost.
Don't let your development project fall into the 65% of software projects that fail to meet their stated objectives on time and on budget.
It is all part of creating a smarter planet through software.
And now for the demo!
IBM Optim Performance Manager
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Optim™ Performance Manager for DB2® for Linux®, UNIX®, and Windows® boasts a whole new architecture that includes modern browser-based user interfaces which provide system health overviews and detailed diagnostics to isolate the source of emergent problems. It provides performance analysis and tuning for managing DB2 systems using an easy to use web interface.
You should check out these demos to get started on the basics. It is a really cool product.
IBM Optim Performance Manager 126.96.36.199, Part 1: Install the product
Part 1 of this demo series describes IBM Optim Performance Manager 126.96.36.199 architecture and packaging, and how to install the product. Part 2 describes the Extended Insight architecture, and how to install and configure the Extended Insight client.
IBM Optim Performance Manager 188.8.131.52, Part 2: Install and configure the Extended Insight feature
Part 2 describes the Extended Insight architecture, and how to install and configure the Extended Insight client.
It is all part of creating a smarter planet!
Optimize data availability and resource utilization with InfoSphere Optim Configuration Manager
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Maintaining database and application uptime while improving performance and lowering costs is an important challenge for DBAs and IT organizations.
IBM® InfoSphere™ Optim™ Configuration Manager allows you to view an auditable inventory of the information in your data systems. You can track configuration changes, determine and resolve problems by working with current and historical configuration data, and manage client configurations all from a central repository.
In this demo, check out how an IT team at a fictional company, the Sample Outdoor Company, can optimize their data availability and resource utilization with InfoSphere Optim Configuration Manager.
It is all about creating a smarter planet through software.
Check out the Demo!
Creating and using Rational Build Forge libraries
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For most developers, the use of Build Forge has been confined to using the management console, or the graphical user interface (GUI). Creating and using Rational Build Forge libraries can be a smart programming practice and it is easy in Build Forge. Libraries are useful for extracting repeated code so that it does not have to be re-entered as a step or series of steps in each project; the project can simply utilize the library. Libraries differ from projects only in that they do not use a selector.
Build Forge can also be connected through a client and it can integrate with IBM® Rational® Jazz™ technology-based software, too. When teams need to create or integrate their custom build and test solutions with Build Forge, application programming interfaces (APIs), known as Build Forge clients and provided by Build Forge, play an important role. The client gives you a simple and robust way to add, update, modify, and interact with the Build Forge objects in the same manner that the management console does.
Check out this demo that shows how to create a library, copy a project, inline a basic library and then use it as part of a simple pass/fail chain.
Creating, running, and scheduling a Rational Build Forge project
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IBM® Rational® Build Forge® is IBM's flagship product for build and release management. It not only provides an amazing potential to automate the build process but also to automate the testing procedures for any team.
For most developers, the use of Build Forge has been confined to using the management console, or the graphical user interface (GUI). Many teams are unaware that Build Forge can also be connected through a client and that it can integrate with IBM® Rational® Jazz™ technology-based software, too. When teams need to create or integrate their custom build and test solutions with Build Forge, application programming interfaces (APIs), known as Build Forge clients and provided by Build Forge, play an important role. The client gives you a simple and robust way to add, update, modify, and interact with the Build Forge objects in the same manner that the management console does.
Check out this this demo to learn how to create a basic "Hello World" project in IBM® Rational® Build Forge®. This demo steps you through the following tasks: Creating a server authentication, creating a selector and server, creating a project, running a project, and scheduling a project.
It's all part of creating a smarter planet!


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York Dresser
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- Overview
This classic design is dressed to impress with crown molding and antiqued-bronze hardware. Six spacious drawers hold four seasons worth of style.
- 60.25" wide x 18.75" deep x 30.75" high
- Crafted with a hardwood frame.
- Features two small drawers and four large drawers.
- Finished in a rich chocolate.
- Dimensions + Care
- Overall: 63.5" wide x 21" deep x 33" high
- Small Drawer Interior (2): 26" wide x 14.75" deep x 3.5" high
- Large Drawer Interior (4): 26" wide x 14.75" deep x 7.5" high
- Distance Drawer Extends: 10.5"
- Weight: 160 pounds
- Dresser is built of poplar, MDF and veneer.
- Dust with a soft, dry cloth.
- To protect the finish, do not apply abrasives or household cleaners.
- Shipping Info
This item is delivered by our Premium In-Home Delivery Service. With In-Home delivery, the item is brought into your home, unpacked, and assembled (except for some headboards and Style-It Desk components, which are not unpacked or assembled. Our service also does not mount hutches and shelves to customer's walls.) Delivery is by appointment. Monday-Friday, in all areas; Saturday delivery in some areas. Our delivery service will contact you to arrange a day. This service is available in the contiguous 48 states only. Please allow approximately 2-3 weeks for delivery. Returns of mattresses are subject to a $40 return shipping fee.


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Say What?Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.
The following phrases are colloquialisms, idioms or proverbs that are written in their literal, and rather complicated form. Can you uncover their true meanings and solve this teaser?
Example: "Don't place the two wheeled vehicle in a position preceding the equine mammal," is the proverb "Don't put the cart before the horse."
1. Positive aesthetic appeal is solely the equivalent of the thickness of the epidermis.
2. The ground covering of slender leaved plants is always a more vibrant hue of a common secondary color in the proximity of the opposite surface of a structure serving as a boundary.
3. Produce the sound of sharp tapping by striking blows to a processed piece of secondary xylem from a large perennial plant.
4. The gyre that emanates shrill sounds receives the viscous lubricant.
Answer1. Beauty is only skin deep.
2. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
3. Knock on wood.
4. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
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TAMMYE NASH | Senior Editor
President Barack Obama has put his signature to certification of the repeal of the military's anti-gay "don't ask, don't tell" policy, which means that the ban on openly gay and lesbian members of the U.S. military officially ends in 60 days, or on Sept. 20.
"Today, we have taken the final major step toward ending the discriminatory 'don't ask, don't tell' law that undermines our military readiness and violates American principles of fairness and equality," the president said today after signing the repeal certification, adding that he had indeed "certified and notified Congress that the requirements for repeal have been met."
The president continued, "As Commander in Chief, I have always been confident that our dedicated men and women in uniform would transition to a new policy in an orderly manner that preserves unit cohesion, recruitment, retention and military effectiveness. … Our military will no longer be deprived of the talents and skills of patriotic Americans just because they happen to be gay or lesbian."
Obama also praised "our civilian and military leadership for moving forward in the careful and deliberate manner that this change requires, especially with our nation at war."
Word came last night that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Adm. Mike Mullen would be certifying the repeal today, but there had been no confirmation then that the president would also certify repeal today.
"The days of 'don't ask, don't tell' are quite literally numbered," Laura W. Murphy, director of the American Civil Liberties Union Washington Legislative Office, said in a press release announcing that Obama had signed the certification. Murphy then went on to say that many other statutes that discriminate against LGBT people are still on the books, at the state and federal levels, and that the ACLU would "continue to seek justice" for gay and lesbian servicemembers discharged under DADT, and that the organization would continue to push for repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act that denies federal recognition to legally married same-sex couples.
"The countdown to repeal begins today!" Aubrey Sarvis, executive director of Servicemembers Legal Defense Network declared in a statement released by his organization. But Sarvis also warned gays and lesbians in the military that they are still at risk and that it is unsafe for them to come out until the ban is lifted in 60 days.
And Alexander Nicholson, executive director of Servicemembers United and himself a former Army intelligence collector who was discharged under DADT, called certification of repeal "nothing short of historic," adding that "gay and lesbian servicemembers can and will breathe a huge sigh of relief" now.
But even as many LGBT rights advocates were exulting over certification of repeal of DADT, Mara Keisling, executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, earlier today issued a statement reminding advocates that the battle is not yet over: transgender and transsexual servicemembers still have to stay closeted or risk discharge.
"NCTE rejoices whenever discriminatory laws end, and 'don't ask, don't tell' was a discriminatory law and it needed to go," Keisling said. "However, as repeal is certified, transgender servicemembers continue serving in silence. NCTE looks forward to the day when the U.S. Armed Forces ends discrimination in all its forms," Keisling said, adding a call for the Pentagon and the Obama administration to "address the gap" in DADT repeal.


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A benefit cheat who failed to declare her share in her son's house when she claimed state handouts has been ordered to do community service.
Christina Dunn, 55, also failed to mention having thousands salted away in an ISA when she applied for claimed job seeker's allowance, housing and council tax benefit.
But when Dunn, of Field View, Chippenham, revealed she had some cash in a tax-free account investigators took a look at her finances.
And not only did they find she had twice as much as she claimed in savings but she also had a £39,000 share in a house in Peterborough.
Joanna Morrissey, prosecuting, told Swindon Crown Court on Friday that Dunn claimed she only had £3,200 in an ISA when in reality it was between £6,500 and £7,000.
When she was questioned she said Dunn told them the house had been transferred into her son's name, but that did not take place until January last year.
She said the defendant had started claiming the benefits in October 2009 and the total loss to the public purse by her deception was £22,357.
Dunn pleaded guilty to 14 counts of making a false statement with a view to obtaining benefit.
She pleaded not guilty to a more serious charge of dishonestly making a false representation to obtain benefit and the Crown offered no evidence on that.
Robin Shellard, defending, said there was no suggestion she had acted dishonesty in failing to disclose her finances.
He said the house was lived in by her severely dyslexic son and he had not transferred it to his name.
In recent months she has been working at the Royal United Hospital in Bath but that contract was coming to an end.
He said her benefits had stopped and she had been using the money in her ISA to survive on.
Passing sentence, Judge Tim Mousley QC said: "I have read all about you in the pre-sentence report and you are at a low risk of reoffending."
He imposed a one-year community order with six months of supervision, 80 hours of unpaid work and £250 in costs.


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"This palette reminds me of a luscious, exotic bouquet. If you're used to wearing brown, try purple — it's smoky without looking garish."
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Top, $540, Jil Sander; veil netting, $4.95, Manny's Millinery.
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Today I received my latest eBay purchase in the mail: a Suzuki Omnichord OM-84. Add a star to my hipster cred wall. Nevertheless I love the (analog) sound and playability of these instruments. There were a few variations and you can buy new digital models with MIDI called Qchords. If you have an iPad and you want some Omnichordness download the very good Polychord app (link). There's a good blog that covers old Omnis here: omnichords.blogspot.com. Any of you Wire to the Ear readers own an Omnichord?
"The Omnichord is an electronic musical instrument, introduced in 1981 and manufactured by the Suzuki Musical Instrument Corporation. It typically features a touch plate, and buttons for major, minor, and diminished chords. The most basic method of playing the instrument is to press the chord buttons and swipe the touch plate with a finger or guitar pick in imitation of strumming a stringed instrument." – Wikipedia
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Couple make Hollywood magic in Barboursville
Exodus FX, a visual effects company that works in film and television. After living and working everywhere from Vancouver to Los Angeles to New York and even China, the West Virginia natives decided to return home."We came back to change the mentality against West Virginia, the negative image we have," said Kalinoski, whose family lives in Huntington.The move allows them to offer their services at a lower cost while also promoting West Virginia. He said they want to assist the West Virginia Film Office in helping sell the state within the industry. They're also working with students in Marshall's School of Art & Design to help better prepare them for a career in the industry. (When Marshall's new Visual Arts Center is completed in 2014, Kalinoski and Wallace will move their office there.)Wallace returned in 2010 to get the company started. Kalinoski spent that year shuttling back and forth to New York, where he worked for Look Effects, including on the Oscar-winning "Black Swan," which earned him a Visual Effects Society award nomination. He settled here last year.So far things have been good, they said."We've been really, really busy," Kalinoski said. "Busier than we ever expected."Workdays can last 20 hours, and it's not uncommon to work six days a week.Kalinoski is a compositor, and his wife is a rotoscope/paint artist. Compositing combines elements from separate sources into single images. Rotoscoping is used to create mattes, which are used in compositing, and painting removes elements such as production equipment or actors' safety gear from a shot."She takes stuff out," Kalinoski said. "And he adds stuff in," Wallace said.Working with them are associate producer Jennifer Ogrin, the only other employee in the Barboursville office, and five other artists who work remotely from their homes -- including one in Argentina.Recently, they have worked on films including "The Muppets," "Moonrise Kingdom," "End of Watch" and "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" (now showing at Park Place Cinemas). Coming up, Kalinoski will work on the comedy "Gods Behaving Badly" starring Christopher Walken and Sharon Stone, and the company is bidding for work on the Darren Aronofsky/Russell Crowe biblical epic "Noah" and "The Blair Witch Project 3."Kalinoski hopes they'll land work on "Independence Day 2" as well. They've done plenty lately for the film's co-writer/producer Dean Devlin, just finishing more than 100 shots for his television heist drama "Leverage.""They really liked our work and us so much they gave us some of the most difficult shots you could do," said Kalinoski, who has been working with Devlin for three years.That included shots from the season premiere, "The (Very) Big Bird Job," which revolved around the heist of Howard Hughes' famous "Spruce Goose" airplane, which is on display at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in Oregon."The director wanted it to look like the propellers were moving, but legally you're not allowed to start the plane in the museum," Kalinoski said.That meant that, among other things, Exodus had to create 3D, moving propellers to replace the actual plane's static ones in the shot.Exodus also does commercial work. The company has been involved with ads for Netflix, Sony and Microsoft, and earlier this month, Wallace was working on Shoe Carnival holiday ads.As well as things have been going, they haven't been perfect, of course.While Kalinoski said they have encountered some difficulties with companies hesitating to work with them because of their location, the biggest problem has come from within West Virginia. Trying to find Internet service was the biggest obstacle to their return."It was hard to find a place with Internet," Kalinoski said.More specifically, it was hard to find a place with the sort of Internet capacity they need to work with the sizable files they do."The files are so big," Wallace explained. "They're movie images, so they're lots and lots of frames. And we ship them back and forth to New York and L.A.""We use terabytes [roughly 1,000 gigabytes] when we're both working," Kalinoski said."We almost considered moving the entire company to another state because of the lack of interest in providing Internet service to meet our needs," he added.Lumos Networks stepped up to help them out, but still, they're paying much more for much less bandwidth than any other place they've lived."I wish West Virginia had a tech czar," Kalinoski lamented. "Someone to see what West Virginia needs, how we compete with other states and what can be done to improve."They're making it work, though, and producing movie magic that's seen (or not seen, as is sometimes the case) across the globe. Not a bad homecoming at all.Contact Exodus FX at www.exodusfx.com, 304-404-3339 or firstname.lastname@example.com. See examples of their work on their website.Reach Amy Robinson at email@example.com or 304-348-4881.


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MSU Army ROTC Bobcat Battalion
2017 Freshman Cadet Orientation
August 25, 2017, 4PM - 6 PM, Barnard Hall, Room 103. Parents welcome
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The Bobcat Battalion challenges you to enroll in the most exciting course on campus. We educate, develop, and train top quality student leaders from high schools and on-campus. MSU Army ROTC forges cadets into the next generation of officers for the U.S. Army and the nation.
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Reviews - Edinburgh Capital Hotel3
187 Clermiston Road, Edinburgh, EH12 6UG
Customer Reviews
Our reviews are from genuine LateRooms.com customers. We verify that the customer has stayed before leaving a review.
Very Good
92% would recommend it to a friend
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Edinburgh Capital Hotel
I had a great stay at the hotel the room was a good size and clean.
We only stayed one night.
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City break
Check in at hotel was quick and, as we had read reviews of rooms above function areas being noisy and told there was a wedding that day, we asked for a room in quieter area and given this, no problem.
Our room was spacious and very nice. Only stayed for one night so did not eat or use facilities at the hotel. Our room rate did not include breakfast and due to location of hotel from centre of Edinburgh ( having stayed in city centre hotels before at cheaper rates) felt it was expensive. Would stay again but only at cheaper room rate.
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Reasonable priced Edinburgh hotel
The hotel is located away from the centre but there is a good frequent bus service (£1-60 per journey) close by to Princes St which takes 20 mins.
The twin bed room was ok but nothing to shout about. We didn't try the pool and gym facilities but we were impressed with the cheap prices for drinks at the bar and for bar food. Breakfast was buffet style.
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Not bad at all
From start to the end the staff went out of their way to help you and all ways with a smile.
If you want a peaceful holiday this is the 1 to chose bit away from the city center but close to bus stops, but a bit harder if you have a disabled scooter then you need taxi's.The only problem that I noticed was children running about when meals being served, the staff could have asked the parents to be more responsible .
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Never again.
Room was clean, glazing was terrible, noise from passing traffic kept me awake.
No ventilation in the hotel even the corridors were uncomfortably hot. The door closers need adjusted on most or all of the doors as every time someone let their door close it banged shut (wakened again). Possibly the most uncomfortable place I have ever attended a training course and certainly the noisiest one. Breakfast was fine.
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This was my first experience at the hotel.
I'm happy to see there was friendly staff members helpful in every way. The room didn't have much seating area apart from a table and chair and a bed. Over all, it was great.
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Right place Right time Right locations
We were delighted with the facilities of the hotel.
The food was very good and the bar was relaxing at the end of the day. Easy to hop a bus into Edinburgh, which dropped of right on Princes Street.
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Edinburgh Capital Hotel
Better than expected
photos on site
we booked as photos shown quality rooms with bath robes etc on arrival there where no bath robes so we couldnt use facilities.
late rooms took no money off my credit card so I wasnt double booked on my card however when I used booking.com they took £130 off my card then upon departure the hotel also took £130 so I paid twice and spent all week chasing the money would not recommend booking.com and would not give them my card details again
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Super stay
Excellent value for money.Hotel was first class, staff were extremely friendly and accommodating.The food (both breakfast and dinner) was perfectly cooked and presented and the table service was excellent.
Room was clean and bed comfortable. Would happily recommend this hotel to anyone seeking quality accommodation in Edinburgh.
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