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Balester clears waivers, outrighted to Triple-A
Balester clears waivers, outrighted to Triple-A
BOSTON -- Reliever Collin Balester, who was designated for assignment last Wednesday to make room for Luis Marte's return from the disabled list, cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A Toledo on Tuesday.
Balester had allowed 13 earned runs on 14 hits with 11 walks over 18 innings and had seemingly fallen down the list of options in the Tigers' bullpen.
Detroit had acquired Balester from Washington in a trade for fellow right-handed reliever Ryan Perry last winter. One reason the Nationals were willing to deal him was that he was out of Minor League options.
By getting Balester through waivers, the Tigers could bring him back later in the season if he can work out some control issues and stretch out his arm to fill a long-relief role. However, he'll be part of a crowded Mud Hens bullpen that includes right-handers Luke Putkonen and Zach Miner.


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Q. An employee of ours is requesting a personal day off for religious observance. He is salaried and has exhausted all vacation and personal time. Are we required to give him the day off?
A. You should provide a reasonable accommodation for his request for time off as unpaid leave. An employer cannot discriminate against an employee on the basis of religious beliefs unless it shows that it cannot reasonably accommodate his religious needs without placing undue hardship on the business.
It is highly unlikely that a court would consider a request for an unpaid day off as unreasonable. Thus, unless you can clearly demonstrate an actual undue hardship to the business by allowing the unpaid day off, you should provide it as a reasonable accommodation.

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Chip maker cuts Ethernet patent deal with Microsoft
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LONDON Alacritech Inc., an Ethernet accelerator chip maker, is likely to be getting a large sums of money having entered into agreements with Microsoft Corp. and Broadcom Corp. that settle a dispute between Alacritech and Microsoft.
A U.S. District Court ruled Wednesday (April 13) that Microsoft's Chimney software for TCP/IP offload, part of its much-anticipated Longhorn operating system, infringes patents held by Alacritech. Alacritech has announced that it has agreed to provide Microsoft and Broadcom with access to Alacritech's patent portfolio relating to scalable networking.
In turn the patent cross-licenses with Microsoft and Broadcom provide Alacritech (San Jose, Calif.) with access to certain Microsoft and Broadcom networking patents, the company said. Alacritech's agreements with Microsoft and Broadcom include fees in undisclosed amounts paid to Alacritech. The specific terms of the deal were not disclosed.
"Alacritech's SLIC Technology architecture is a key component of next-generation scalable networking," said Larry Boucher, president and chief executive officer, in a statement.


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Report: Hamas Changing Gilad Shalit Hideout Twice a Week
Militants moving captured Israeli soldier for fear Israel will launched targeted attack.
Hamas captors holding Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in Gaza move him from hideout to hideout twice a week, officials close to militant group's armed wing said Thursday.
Sources close to Hamas' Qassam Brigades said in statements published on local Gaza news sites that Hamas changes the hideouts for fear that Israel was planning a "selective military operation to free Shalit".
"Hamas is smart enough to keep Shalit's hideout a top secret," said the officials.
Shalit was captured in a June 2006 cross-border raid from Gaza on a southern Israeli military base.
So far, Egyptian and German mediators have failed to finalize a prisoners swap between Hamas and Israel. The Islamist movement ruling Gaza is demanding the freedom of some 1,000 jailed Palestinian militants and radicals in exchange for the Israeli soldiers.
The officials added that the Qassam Brigades earlier this week "arrested" several Palestinians who allegedly collaborated with Israel and tried to follow Qassam militants to find Shalit's hideout.
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Recent reports insist Verizon will finally get the iPhone in January. Coincidentally (or, if I were a conspiracy theorist, maybe not), it's likely Verizon will launch it's long-awaited LTE 4G network in November. Finally, apparently Apple already has a CDMA iPhone. Expressed mathematically, that'd be 1+1+1=4G iPhone in January.
I say, I hope not. I'm hoping Apple expands beyond AT&T with Sprint instead of Verizon or, at least does what Samsung just did with the Galaxy S series — make an iPhone for all the major carriers.
Why should iPhone be on Sprint? Here's five reasons:
1. Fool me once, shame on you
When Steve Jobsfirst pitched the idea of the iPhone in 2006 to Verizon, he pretty much got his turtlenecked face laughed in. In those days, carriers controlled their cellular fiefdoms with fascistic zeal, forcing handset makers, software programmers and application developers to scrape, bow and comply. Jobs, after the disaster that was the Motorola ROKR in 2005, understandably wanted final cut on a phone with Apple's name on it. Just as understandably, Verizon wasn't ready to grant it.
AT&T, the little sister carrier at the time, wasn't so picky and the rest is… you know. So, why would Jobs want to go back to where he was first denied? Is the best revenge coming home, so to speak, as a success to a chastised former master, or is the best revenge a dish served cold — i.e. ignoring Verizon and signing on to boost the fortunes of another willing and drooling carrier.
2. 2+2≠4G iPhone.
The only reason Apple would go to Verizon would be to get a jump on a 4G phone. Only a 4G network satisfies all the technological tendrils Jobs wants to spread (tethering, FaceTime, iTunes HD video streaming, and who knows what else they're cooking up in Cupertino), and a Verizon 3G iPhone, based on the minority CDMA networks (more than 80% of the world uses GSM, on which LTE is based), is about to be a technological dead end. And there's no guarantee a Verizon 3G iPhone wouldn't overwhelm Verizon's network — remember, iPhone already represents nearly a third of all mobile Web traffic, and growing — the way it overwhelmed AT&T's network. So, a Verizon iPhone, if true, must mean an LTE iPhone.
But it is unlikely the first Verizon LTE devices would include an iPhone. According to Jeffrey Nelson, a Verizon spokesperson recently quoted in industry newsletter FierceWireless, "…[T]he first devices that will be available to access the new network are likely to be PC cards and USB dongles, for high-speed laptop connectivity. Other types of devices, including those designed for individual consumers, are slated for the middle of next year." So a Verizon iPhone in January means 3G CDMA, which makes no sense for Apple.
3. It's the network, stupid.
If one were going to launch a 4G phone, one would want to go with a mature 4G network, and right now, that means Sprint's WiMAX. Verizon's stated LTE plans for this year is 25 to 30 markets. By comparison, Sprint's WiMAX network (and whether WiMAX is actually a true 4G network is a discussion for another post or for commenters) can already be accessed in 37 U.S. markets, climbing to nearly 50 by the end of the year.
Plus, globally, LTE networks either just have or, more likely, will launch in conjunction with Verizon in November. WiMAX networks already are available in 148 countries and will cover more than 800 million people around the globe by the end of this year, a billion people by the end of next year, satisfying Apple's need for world domination.
Plus plus, by January, Sprint's network will have two 4G phones operating on it, the HTC EVO and the Samsung Galaxy S Epic. Each of these phones has a front-facing videophone capabilities and Sprint TV, so it will have been adequately broken in and ready for the network-straining video services Apple will want to promote.
4. It's the capacity, stupid, Part 1.
Think of the airways used by both cellphones and over-the-air TV signals as warehouses. Cellphone carriers essentially buy warehouses to hold its inventory, or users. In March 2008, Verizon spent $9.6 billion for a slice of the 62 MHz of spectrum in the 700 MHz range for LTE. But this warehouse of spectrum is more like a closet, not nearly spacious enough to adequately store the expected inventory of iPhone LTE users. Verizon's share of this spectrum slice is 10 channels. According to people smarter and wearing a larger propeller hats than mine, this is not a enough room to support the kind of speed LTE is theoretically be capable of, which likely spells unhappy inventory.
5. It's the capacity stupid, Part 2.
By comparison, Sprint's WiMAX network (actually run by a company called Clearwire, in which Sprint is the majority stakeholder) is more like a two-car garage. Prior to the 700 MHz auction, between 1999 and 2003 Sprint spent around eight times less than Verizon to acquire a 100-plus MHz swath in the 2.5 GHz band for its WiMAX 4G network, which translates to a minimum of 30 and up to 90 4G channels in each of its WiMAX markets, three to nine times more warehouse capacity than Verizon or AT&T. That means Sprint can accommodate a lot more data and video-streaming inventory. And Sprint already is either in the planning or implementation stages of improving its gen one WiMAX network, and already has mapped out a third generational improvement that would double its current 3-6 Mbps speed and increase its already robust capacity.
So, if I were Apple, I'd tell Verizon what they can do with its network and head over to Sprint.


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A Leak of All Things Suggests U.S. Won't Prosecute Assange
U.S. officials speaking anonymously to The Washington Post said the Justice Department is unlikely to prosecute WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange because of a "New York Times" problem:
If the Justice Department indicted Assange, it would also have to prosecute the New York Times and other news organizations and writers who published classified material, including The Washington Post and Britain's Guardian newspaper, according to the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.
No word yet on whether the quoted officials will investigate themselves for leaking secret information.
As The Guardian reports, attorney Barry Pollack, representing Assange, has asked for a formal declaration confirming the leak that the WikiLeaks publisher will not be prosecuted.
Since June 19, 2012, Assange has been unable to leave the Ecuadorean Embassy in London for fear of extradition to the United States, where he worries he would face espionage charges stemming from leaks by Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning.
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Having moved from Devon 8 weeks ago and having had my left kidney removed & both adrenal glands due to cancer 2003. I attended Bishop Auckland General Hospital for a follow up to my treatment from Devon NHS. I found the check in reception team very helpful & the lady who assisted my examination. That can't be said for the person who did the ultrasound scan. I found her to be cold, lacking in customer skills & somewhat rude. Having had many CT/MRI Scans, Blood Tests & Ultrasounds, I have been made to feel that the NHS team were doing all they could on my journey in dealing with cancer. The team at Stanhope Surgery have also been excellent. Maybe I was expecting much of the same. I left the hospital feeling somewhat disappointed with my experience today. Perhaps when I visit Urology Department, Richardson Hospital, Barnard Castle middle of August, I will have a better experience. My bad experience today only relates to the person who examined me this morning. Thank You


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I am having a horrible, horrible coughing fit tonight and I just can't stop this painful hacking. It sucks. My boyfriend said maybe I should have some tea, that the vapors might calm my lungs a bit, and though I initially didn't think it would help, what the heck, maybe it would work. This tisane was definitely the one to turn to… if anything was going to help me, it would be the mint and eucalyptus in this one.
And it might be helping a bit. I'm still coughing, but it's calmed down a bit. It's just an all around soothing cup. This really is an awesome infusion, and when I run out of the few tea bags of it that I have you can believe I will be trying to find it online.


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Download Whack Droid 3D apk 1.35 free for Android smartphone
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Apk file size: 19.0 MB
"Whack a Droid 3D" this is a simple casual game. In the game you have to whacking the androids and not let them to slip past you. Do not pick up apples!;)
Well-suited to play in your free time.
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Ivanka Trump proudly showed off her fan mail on social media this week, but if she thought the images would elicit even more praise, she was sorely mistaken.
The 35-year-old First Daughter and White House senior adviser took to Instagram and Twitter on Thursday to share a photos of herself sorting through the letters and drawings she has recently received.
Others deduced that the fan mail had to be coming from other Trump staffers, including White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
'Sarah Huckabees part time job is writing cards to Ivanka [sic],' commented one Twitter user known as 'not today'.
Critics of of the Trumps were quick to zoom in on handmade card that featured a face with dollar signs for eyes.
'Whatever staffer made these fake letters to Ivanka Trump, I loved this little touch - was it a commentary on being blinded by greed?' Lennie Briscoe wrote.
"Overjoyed by these beautiful letters. Reading them is one of the highlights of my week," Ms Trump posted on Twitter, along with a photo of her reading the notes covered in, 'thank you's', yellow smiley faces, hearts, and messy handwriting.
Elliot Waiver also shared that particular image and joked that 'maybe this one is real', while a woman named Jill reference the drawing, as well, noting: 'This kid nailed it'.
And for one Twitter user known as OneEyedDogMama, the card was a sign of the deterioration of American values at the hands of the Trumps.
'Dollar Signs for Eyeballs=The Trumping Down of America,' she wrote. 'First Family used to teach children to value respect & compassion over pure greed.'
There was a similar amount of ire in the comments section of her Instagram post, with one woman writing: 'Coming from a family of compulsive liars, thieves and greedy people who will do anything for fame and money.
One letter depicted a face with green dollar signs.
"Dollar Signs for Eyeballs=The Trumping Down of America. First Family used to teach children to value respect & compassion over pure greed," one Twitter user responded.
Another wrote, "Whatever staffer made these fake letters to Ivanka Trump, I loved this little touch - was it a commentary on being blinded by greed?
Several people on social media questioned why Ms Trump was being thanked.
"Why would anybody, especially children, send thank you letters to Ivanka Trump?" a Twitter user wrote.
Others suggested that the President had sent the letters. Justin Arnold added: 'Your dad's handwriting has improved greatly!'
Ivanka might have just kicked up another storm for the WH to deal with next week!


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Build Log
Hacker Fly - F1H/A1 glider
Hi folks,
I had been wanting to relive my youth with a small free flight glider, not many kits about in the UK and the few remaining Keil Kraft Caprices and Chief kits etc are being bought for silly prices by collectors.
I spied a 'Hacker Fly' on eBay but missed out but I wondered if I could get a new one? The answer is yes as they are still produced.
Problem is that there were none in the UK, so I contacted the Hacker distributor and they kindly agreed to import some (they needed to make a minimum order of five I think).
Must give a plug to Area51 for excellent service, communication and super packaging of the kit.
The glider is shown on the Hacker website but not much detail is given (I like to see what's in the box!) so I've taken some photos of the box contents for anyone else who might be thinking of getting one.
It's small enough to be built indoors which is my plan for this winter, not sure when I'm going to start, hopefully soon.
Hallo Heinz, wie geht's?!!
Ich habe in Deutschland gewohnt zeit weck aber leider jetzt hab ich die sprache meistens vergessen!
Should be easy to find or order in Germany.
I should add a few little details, this glider has an auto rudder and a choice of either a fuse or clockwork dethermaliser. There is also a drawing for what I think is a circle tow hook. I will be fun flying only so won't need this (apart from not understanding how it works!!).
Have made a start on the tailplane as I was itching to get building, some tiny problems but it's going well. Will post some photos later.
Hi Gee, didn't see your post lurking there!!
Nah, free flight, I like to go for long walks!
Are you going to the trade fair this weekend?
Hallo Gary, das ist ja ein netter Zufall das du in Deutschland gewohnt hast. In welcher Stadt hast du gewohnt?
I make free flight since 1956 until today, however, in the class F1B.
I started with A1. I enclose a picture from 1957 with my own design A1. (In the middle)
Sehr schoen, (leider gibt kein umlaut auf meinem apparat!)
Ich habe in Erkelenz (Kreis Heinsberg) gewohnt, nah die Niederlande grenz. Oft mals haben wir (mir und mein familie) urlaub im Schwarzwald gemacht in ein bauernhof, fantastisch aber pass auf wenn viel Schwetzgenwasser kommt!
Oooh! I didn't know it was still in there!
Sorry folks, should post some pictures while it's fresh, I'll get to it!
Making a start
I sneaked my small building board into the house and didn't meet much resistance from the 'management'!
The instructions say to start with building the forward fuselage so in my usual style I've started with the tailplane! It's step 12 and it says 'build the tailplane like the wings', I haven't built the wings but I thought I would give it a try.
All the tail parts (including the fin and rudder) are in one bag, opened it up and checked it was all there, I found an extra rib which had me worried, wonder if they include spares for foul ups?!!
There is a parts list including strip wood, have to be a little bit careful as there is similar sized hardwood strip which must be for the wings. All the parts are numbered on the plan but not on the parts, I don't think there's much risk of confusion though (we'll see!).
The tailplane centre is two 9 mm thick ribs glued together, some glue needed to be sanded off, the spar slots have been routed which has left round corners, just needs tidying with a file. A bigger problem with this piece is that it was much thinner than the ribs, I fixed that by adding 0.8 mm balsa to the flat undersurface.
The ribs are very nice with square spar notches that need no attention, they did vary in thickness strangely? Trailing edge is right angle triangle stock, good again, just needed slots filing for the rib tails (there is a sketch on the plan showing how to do this with a file)
The leading edge is pre-shaped (quite soft grade balsa) and the three spars are good.
A Hacker feature is their laminated tip bows (I built their CO2 Tiger Moth before), supplied overlength, trimming them is a one-shot operation so I will be careful! They join the leading edge through a scarf joint, probably the only tricky part of the tailplane build.
All good so far!
Hi Gary, nice pictures. A small note. The pins do not sting through the wood. The illustration shows how to avoid this.
1. Bouldigboard
2. Leading-or Trealing edge
3. A piece of Balsastrip
4. Pins
(Erkelenz ist nicht sehr weit von meinem Wohnort entfernt. Ich fahre öfter nach Holland zum Wettbewerb.)
Good progress today, the tailplane is finished and I've mostly done the fuselage.
I've opted to fit a KSB dethermaliser timer, I know my dad bought it new in 1977 but it was never used. There is a hole pre-cut for it in the centre ply fuselage, not quite big enough but a quick whizz with Dremel got it fitting nicely.
The rear fuselage has tapered spruce sides, boxed top and bottom with non-tapering 12 mm balsa. I took some care to keep it straight but despite that it's off to one side very slightly.
There is a later step to cut a slot for the fin, I thought it was much easier to cut the slot before gluing the top on.
Some sanding, fit the root ribs and tow hook then it will be on to the wings.
Lovely kit!
If you remove the housing, you can with a pencil mark the exact contours.
Cool Plane!
Hey Gary!
Funny you are building this as I went to some freeflight competitions held near where I live sponsored by a freeflight modeler's club (Willamette Valley Modeler's). It was all pretty cool stuff but being an RC woodie thermal glider sort, the Nordic type towline and circle tow gliders appealed to me the most. At one event, some guy had a box of old freeflight kits, the one and only glider kit was an old "Dragmaster" from the Model Maker company back in the late 70's/early 80's? It didn't have the plans but did have the instructions so for $15.00 I figured I could either figure it out and build it, or study it and figure out how to build something similar(and a LOT sturdier in the wings) or just keep a cool old vintage kit.
Looking at what you have going there, I may look into getting one. Or just scratch-build something like it.
Staying tuned - Thanks, Paul
Another great tip Heinz, would never have thought to take the cover off!
I don't think you would go far wrong with one of these Paul, the wing structure looks very strong with spruce spars and spar webs. I like to scratch build but having all the parts cut and all materials provided saves a few trips to the model shop!
I'm not sure but the tissue might be Polyspan or something similar, looks different to paper that I've used before.
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The dust jacket of Donald Spoto's SPELLBOUND BY BEAUTY:
Alfred Hitchcock and His Leading Ladies depicts what appears to be
a composite shot of the famous director and one of his typical
blond starlets. He sits in a director's chair (i.e.,
the place of honor from which one literally calls the shots), while
she poses on a bare object that could be construed as a crude bed.
One of her hands is held to her chest in a gesture of what?
Surprise? Defense?
Spoto would have us read all sorts of dire meaning into this
illustration as a way of introduction to his premise: that the
late, great director abused his female stars, subjecting them to
mental and, at times, physical humiliation. Such a theory is not
original. Hitchcock had long been accused of boorish treatment
against his actors, male and female. The question is why.
Was this a power game? Perhaps a motivational tool to draw out the
best from his performers?
The author of THE DARK SIDE OF GENIUS: The Life of Alfred
Hitchcock (1983), Spoto takes a film-by-film examination of
Hitchcock's relationship with his starlets. In The 39
Steps, for example, the director asserts his authority by
handcuffing Madeleine Carroll to co-star Robert Donat and
pretending he cannot find the key to set her free. In other cases,
he subjects his film women --- Ingrid Bergman, Marlene Dietrich,
Vera Miles, Tippi Hedren, Janet Leigh, Doris Day, Kim Novak, Eva
Marie Saint and Grace Kelly, to name but a few --- to unflattering
makeup and costumes, or treats them roughly via their scene work
(drenched by faux rainstorms, dragged through rocky terrain, and
other menacing situations). Many of the actors would later complain
about such treatment and how it brought them to tears or to seek
refuge in the offices of studio producers who were basically
powerless against the renowned "Hitch."
Spoto picks his anecdotes carefully to "prove" his
thesis. Take these comments by Hume Cronyn, who appeared in the
1944 classic Lifeboat:
"We were always falling in and out of water…. We
were covered with crude oil, and when we finished a scene there
might be an hour or so of waiting time for a new camera setup. We
were soaking wet, there were wind fans and water-spraying machines,
and then we waited under hot lights, were soaked again --- and as a
result, all of us in the cast came down with colds and sore
throats, and some even got sicker."
Whatever happened to suffering for your art?
But Spoto is inconsistent in such assertions. In the preface, he
tries to explain the "need" for another book (by him)
of Hitchcock, writing that the director "rarely had anything
to say about his male stars." So why, then, the issue that
"Many of his leading ladies, on the other hand, achieved
international stardom precisely because of their Hitchcock
roles....That he maintained an insistent silence abut the quality
of their performances is a curiosity that cannot be ignored"?
What's good for the gander…
Spoto, who has written the biographies of such Hollywood
luminaries as Audrey Hepburn, James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn
Monroe, Laurence Olivier and others, offers sexual innuendo at
every opportunity, describing many of Hitchcock's female
characters with employing sexual blackmail, predatory behavior and
other qualities unbecoming a proper lady. There's a lot of
repressed sexuality going on throughout his portfolio, it seems.
Perhaps, as Spoto would have us believe, it stems from
Hitchcock's relationships with the women in his life,
including his mother, wife and daughter.
Spoto's examples seem almost silly in these libertine
times. Hitchcock's teasing and jokes both practical and dirty
might be considered a form of sexual harassment, but in
retrospect they hardly seem like casting couch accusations or
salary kickbacks.
Reviewed by Ron Kaplan (email@example.com) on January 23, 2011
Spellbound by Beauty: Alfred Hitchcock and His Leading Ladies


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|Balés; Missas
|Todos os Autores / Contribuintes:
Igor Stravinsky; Anny Mory; Patricia Parker, (Mezzo-soprano); John Mitchinson; Paul Hudson; Martha Argerich; Krystian Zimerman; Cyprien Katsaris; Homero Francesch; Leonard Bernstein; Trinity Boys Choir (Croydon, London, England)
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|Sung in Russian (1st work) and Latin (2nd work).
|The 1st work is a ballet, for solo voices (SMzTB), chorus (SATB), 4 pianos, and percussion ensemble. The 2nd work for solo voices (SATB), chorus (SSAATTBB), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets, and 3 trombones.
Parallel titles of 1st work on container: Svadebka = The wedding.
Words of the 1st work adapted by the composer from Russian popular texts.
Eds. recorded: London : J. & W. Chester/Edition Wilhelm Hansen (1st work); London : Boosey & Hawkes (2nd work).
Compact disc.
Durations: 23:48; 20:20.
Program notes by James Wishart in English and by Heinrich Lindlar in German with French translation, and texts with English (1st work) or English, French, and German (2nd work) translations (24 p.) included.
|In the 1st work: Anny Mory, soprano ; Patricia Parker, mezzo-soprano ; John Mitchinson, tenor ; Paul Hudson, bass ; Martha Argerich, Krystian Zimerman, Cyprien Katsaris, Homero Francesch, pianos ; English Bach Festival Chorus ; English Bach Festival Percussion Ensemble ; Leonard Bernstein, conductor. In the 2nd work: Trinity Boys' Choir ; English Bach Festival Chorus ; members of the English Bach Festival Orchestra ; Bernstein, conductor.
|Notas de produção:
|Recorded Mar. 1977 at Henry Wood Hall, London.
|1 audio disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
|Also His Mass for mixed chorus and double wind quintet.
|Título da Série:
|20th century classics (Hamburg, Germany)
|Outros Títulos:
|Igor Stravinsky.
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Well it is that time of year again, Dee and Andrew are planing another baking party, but this time it is at Dee's dad's house in Wayne, NJ. This year it will span 2 days and hundreds of cookies and baked goods will be created for you to take home and enjoy.
Back in 1993 the baking party started when Dee decided to invite a few close friends to her parents' house to bake Christmas cookies. Only about 5 people showed up for that first event. It wasn't the biggest turnout but little did anyone know how much that would change.
As time went on Dee joined forces with her brother Robert (aka Bert). Each year the event grew bigger and bigger. Eventually attendance would peak at just over 80 people baking over a two day period, with Dee's friends coming one day and then Bert's the next. The famous baking party went on for about 9 years in a row.
This was a gift from Dee and Bert to their friends and family for the holidays. They bought and supplied all the ingredients. Their friends and family were only required to bring two things, a cookie tin and an enthusiasm for baking and decorating cookies.
During those past events, the upstairs floor was reserved for mixing, rolling, cutting and baking the cookies. Down in the basement was where all of the decorating/painting of the sugar cookies was done. And during those parties Bob (Dee and Bert's dad) would vacate the premises for the two days. He had a hard time stomaching the mess and all the commotion. On the other hand, Shirl (Dee and Bert's mom) reveled in it. She took the lead role in getting the sugar cookies rolled out and cut (a tough job to do). And it's important not to forget her involvement in making the liquor balls... one of her favorite things to make year after year. My dad has since taken on the liquor ball tradition.
Many have said his rum balls are awesome!
Most often you could find Bert red faced in the kitchen manning the oven or doing the dishes. And Dee would be running around non-stop doing whatever necessary to keep the production of cookies going.
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Facebook Watch Lands D-Wade Docu-Series ESPN Unveils New Shows, Podcasts Set For '18 Danica Patrick Retiring As Full-Time Driver Blaney Nabs REV As Primary Sponsor For Two Races Speedway Expects Sellout For NASCAR Finale QH Earnhardt Jr. Documenting Last Race SNY Goes Heavy On UConn Hoops Saints, Pelicans Sign Deals With SeatGeek ManU Hopes To Raise Profile In U.S. With Event
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Pilot Pen Not Renewing Sponsorship Of New Haven Tennis Tourney
Pilot Pen Has Sponsored New Haven
Tennis Tournament Since '96
X FACTOR: In Connecticut, Dave Solomon writes the event's "X factor" could be Yale Univ., "which is said to be solidly behind the longevity of the tennis tournament on their grounds." Yale "isn't in the tournament sponsorship business, but its powerful (and affluent) alumni dot every countryside." For some of the int'l companies "run by these men and women from Yale," $1.5M is "like loose change." Meanwhile, Solomon notes there is "no consideration at this point to making this a men's-only or women's-only event" (NEW HAVEN REGISTER, 11/11).
Tecate Rolls Out Largest-Ever Boxing Promo For Pacquiao-Cotto
Tecate Campaigning
In U.S. And Mexico
RISING TO ANOTHER LEVEL: YAHOO SPORTS' Martin Rogers noted Pacquiao's popularity "has gone stratospheric" since defeating Oscar De La Hoya and Ricky Hatton in his past two fights. Pacquiao in his homeland of the Philippines has "morphed from a source of pride to a symbol of hope, and taken on a status that borders on mythological." He has become a "cultural phenomenon," but while "many love to portray the evolving Pacquiao story as an uplifting tour de force of humanitarianism and joy in the face of adversity, reality is somewhat different." The "inevitability that his name, status and popularity would be hacked into by parasitic outsiders is already well under way" (SPORTS.YAHOO.com, 11/10).
"Colbert Nation" Sponsorship Paying Off For U.S. Speedskating
"Colbert Nation" Has Raised $202,000 For U.S.
Speedskating During First Week Of Partnership
WINNER OF A DEAL: UNIVERSAL SPORTS' Alan Abrahamson wrote the sponsorship is a "win-win all around," as "all will benefit because of the attention and the audience -- that elusive younger demographic -- that Colbert brings." Abrahamson: "Prediction: We all will be hearing the funny new Colbert riff -- 'U-Ice-A!' -- many times between now and the Feb. 28 end of the Vancouver Games. Or if that doesn't stick, some other clever shtick" (UNIVERSALSPORTS.com, 11/10).
Arkansas, Nike Agree To Five-Year Footwear And Apparel Deal
The Univ. of Arkansas (UA) and Nike have agreed to terms on a five-year all-sports agreement that will provide the school with footwear and apparel for all 19 intercollegiate sports teams. Nike will become the exclusive provider for UA athletics beginning July 1, 2010 (UA). In Arkansas, Todd Gill noted the school's contract with adidas expires next year. UA Vice Chancellor & AD Jeff Long said, "Nike is the most coveted brand in collegiate athletics and has a tremendous reach in the United States and worldwide" (FAYETTEVILLEFLYER.com, 11/10). Nike provided apparel for UA for two years before adidas "stepped in with an all-sports deal in 2003" (WHOLEHOGSPORTS.com, 11/10).
Names & Faces: Is Brady Or Manning The Better Endorser?
ESPN's "SportsNation" Debates Whether
Brady Or Manning Is The Preferred Endorser
SAFETY VALVE: Steelers S Troy Polamalu appeared on NBC's "Late Night" last night, where host Jimmy Fallon noted, "You're on the cover of Madden ..." Polamalu interrupted and said, "No!" Fallon: "There's a Madden curse." Polamalu: "No, don't talk about it." Polamalu missed four games after injuring himself in the season opener against the Titans, and Fallon noted that must mean "the Madden curse exists. Maybe?" Polamalu: "That's why you have to have Head & Shoulders to counteract the Madden curse. I'm sorry, I had to put the plug in" ("Late Night," NBC, 11/10).
JUSTIN TIME: In Phoenix, Nick Piecoro reports D'Backs RF Justin Upton last month was the team's only player to attend a "summit at a downtown hotel that was set up by the team for its sponsors, a sign the club is looking to raise his visibility within the community." D'Backs President & CEO Derrick Hall: "Just by performance, he's already becoming a public face. It's a willingness on his part, too, to take on more of a recognizable role." Hall said that the team "has been careful not to put too much pressure on any individual players to become the 'face of the franchise,' but Upton's performance and comfort level seem to be shifting that." Hall: "He's getting better and better with interacting with fans and sponsors, and his personality is starting to come out" (ARIZONA REPUBLIC, 11/11).
CREATIVE SOLUTION: Brawn GP F1 Team Principal Ross Brawn "has effectively admitted that he will not match Jenson Button's wage demands, saying his team would instead offer the driver greater freedom to negotiate his own sponsorship deals." Brawn: "We can offer a higher proportion of driver freedom and that will probably be the route we will go. Jenson has some freedom for his own endorsements but has a commitment to meet our obligations" (Manchester GUARDIAN, 11/11).
NOTES: Tennis player Sam Querrey has signed a multi-year deal with K-Swiss to wear the company's footwear and apparel beginning the first of next year. Querrey also will contribute to the collaborative design process for the brand. The No. 24-ranked Querrey joins Mardy Fish as a K-Swiss endorser. Querrey had worn adidas since '06 (THE DAILY)....Izod IndyCar Series driver Sarah Fisher renewed her contract with AAA Hoosier Insurance. AAA will continue as a personal sponsor of Fisher and an associate sponsor of her No. 67 Honda powered by Dallara for the '10 and '11 Indianapolis 500 (IBJ.com, 11/10).
Marketplace Roundup
Under Armour Founder & CEO Kevin Plank appeared on CNBC's "Power Lunch" yesterday, where the net's Jane Wells noted the company is "reassessing" its shoe strategy. Plank said, "We are continuing to look at what we see as Under Armour being a growth company." He noted the company has "five levers of growth that we've been talking about" -- men's apparel, women's apparel, footwear, international and direct consumer. Plank: "What you see from us is that we've got the ability to pull on these levers and be patient and prudent with how aggressive we want to grow. Footwear for us continues to be an enormous opportunity." Under Armour released its first line of athletic cleats in '06, and Plank said, "From football cleats to baseball cleats to training shoes and then into running shoes this year, each one of those has been a learning experience. So what we're saying in 2009 is that we're looking to become excellent in the categories we're in" ("Power Lunch," CNBC, 11/10).
AirTrain Airways And Colts Unveil Custom-
Painted Boeing 717 As Part Of Their Deal
BUCKING TRADITION: In Columbus, Rob Oller reports Ohio State Univ. (OSU) football fans are "upset about the tribute uniforms the Buckeyes plan to wear" for the school's November 21 game against Michigan. The uniforms will be unveiled Sunday on OhioStateBuckeyes.com and reportedly include a "white helmet with a red stripe and numbers on the side; a white and gray jersey with web-like stitching on the shoulders; and gray pants with a red block 'O' on the hip." Oller writes, "Generally, those who consider the alternate uniform a fashion faux pas break into three camps, with some crossover: those who see no reason to mess with tradition; those who think the tail (Nike) is wagging the dog (OSU); and those bothered by the historical inaccuracy of the uniforms" (COLUMBUS DISPATCH, 11/11).
WITH OR WITHOUT CREAM? Starbucks will introduce its VIA Ready Brew instant coffee to NASCAR fans during this weekend's races at Phoenix through an extensive trackside sampling program. A fleet of Starbucks golf carts will blanket Phoenix Int'l Raceway Friday through Sunday as brand ambassadors pass out samples of the instant coffee. As part of the weekend activation, Starbucks and VIA Ready Brew logos will appear as associate sponsors on Earnhardt Ganassi Racing's (EGR) No. 1 Chevrolet driven by Martin Truex Jr. Starbucks VIA Ready Brew is available in both Starbucks retail outlets and Target stores. Target sponsors EGR (Michael Smith, SportsBusiness Journal). Meanwhile, ESPN.com's David Newton reported EGR "will remain with Chevrolet" after reportedly meeting last week with reps from both Chevy and Toyota (ESPN.com, 11/10).
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Kholodny Institute of Botany
Kholodny Institute of Botany
Gun'Ko V.M.,University of Brighton |
Gun'Ko V.M.,Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry |
Turov V.V.,Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry |
Kozynchenko O.P.,MAST Carbon International Ltd. |
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Adsorption | Year: 2011
Three sets of activated carbons (ACs) were prepared with the same precursor but activated differently (by CO2 or water vapour) with various burn-off levels. The ACs demonstrate increased deviation of the pore shape from the slitshaped model with increasing burn-off and contributions of pores of different sizes depending on the activation type. Significant re-arrangement of adsorption complexes, especially of the Van der Waals type characteristic for nonpolar or weakly polar adsorbates (H2, CH4, CH 2Cl2, CHCl3), occurs in both micropores and mesopores of ACs with decreasing temperature. The behaviour of their mixtures with water and DMSO can strongly differ from that of individual adsorbates. © 2010 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
Rebriev Yu.A.,Russian Academy of Sciences |
Belaya E.V.,University of Kharkiv |
Dudka I.A.,Kholodny Institute of Botany
Mikologiya I Fitopatologiya | Year: 2014
Our paper is devoted to the revision of 14 gasteromycetes taxa (13 species and 1 subspecies) which were validly published as new for science by P. E. Sosin. Type material was found for 7 species (Abstoma fibulaceum, Lycoperdon verrucosum, L. weinmannii, Nidularia heterospora, Phellorinia stepnovskii, Scleroderma poltaviense, Tulostoma chersonense); 4 specimens are deposited in KW herbarium and 3 ones- in LE herbarium. Types of the other 7 taxa (Bovistella reticulata, Calvatia fulvida, Cyathus brazlaviensis, Lycoperdon poltaviense, L. pyriforme subsp. globosum, Scleroderma sapidiforme, Tulostoma poltaviense) are probably lost. It is shown that Abstoma fibulaceum is a doubtful taxon; the other species provided with type specimens are found to be synonyms of the previously known species. To establish the correct taxonomic position of the taxa that are not supported with type specimens is impossible.


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My current research activities focus on understanding how geographically distributed teams and pairs of individuals use technology to collaborate across space and time.
Content sharing and participation in video-mediated meetings
- Interviews with 50 individuals using video conferencing for work
- Laboratory studies of prototype systems for participating in video meetings using smartwatch app and smartphone app
Multitasking and attention in video conferencing
- Interviews with individuals using video conferencing for work
- Online experiment to assess individuals perceptions of multitasking in one-on-one video conferences
- Development and evaluation of prototype webcam system using camera-switching to support multitasking in video conferencing using gaze tracking and on-screen activity detection
Asynchronous meeting participation
- Field testing and online experiments to evaluate and inform design of an asynchronous group video meeting system
- Evaluated overall usability of system and tested interface design choices for navigating a time-distributed video meeting with multiple topics
Previous projects
Impression formation in peer production
My thesis work focused on the impact of instrumenting online work environments with social media functionalities that enhance social transparency. I used a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods to understand how providing information about others' expertise and personal traits influenced collaborative outcomes such as receptivity to unknown contributions and desire for future interaction.
Interventions to support distributed teams
•Enabling asynchronous meetings through lightweight video recordings (internship at Microsoft Research)
•Understanding the effect of mediated representations of locations on perceived social and psychological distance
Designing for multilingual access to art and cultural heritage material
•Masters thesis focused on designing a localization strategy for access to Tate Online material in languages besides English
•Work on multimedia, multilingual search engine for cultural heritage content (European Union FP6 Project MultiMATCH)


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We had some alone time after dropping kids off at the mall, and decided to treat ourselves to dinner. Jim had never been to Antica Trattoria, and it's been a while for me, so that was an easy choice. I'd forgotten just how much I love this place. We started with their featured appetizer of portabello mushroom stuffed with crab with a wine sauce. It was enough for the two of us to share, and it was spectacular. The wine sauce was flavorful without overpowering the crab. So good, in fact, the bread came in handy to enjoy the remaining sauce on the plate. Jim ordered the Vitello Ai Carciofi (Veal Scaloppine sautéed with garlic, artichoke and diced tomatoes in a rosemary and chardonnay sauce) and I ordered the Gnocchi Chiara Isabella (gnocchi served with diced pears, mascarpone cheese, walnuts and dried tomatoes). The veal was sliced, and tender. The vegetables were roasted to perfection, maintaining their flavor. He doesn't even care for zucchini, yet ate every bit of it. My gnocchi was pure heaven. It was rich, with the dried tomatoes adding a bit of kick, and the walnuts giving it a more complex texture. I took half of it home, and made the mistake of giving my kids a bite. That was the last I saw of the gnocchi.
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Development Watch: 348 Sackett Street
PFMA has an update on this site, where two houses were demolished to make way for a four-story, eight-unit building, designed by Navy Yard-based architect Erik Sun. It's been sitting empty for a long while (the original new building permit was filed back in 2005). "The foundation was completed before the site was put back on the market for $3,300,000 by Corcoran. The sale price includes the plans for the 10,000 square building," they write. "I just checked the web site and was surprised to see that the lot is actually in contract. Lets see if construction will resume now. But more importantly, what will the new building look like…" GMAP P*Shark DOB


text: I've been looking into the xserver-fbdev performance on the potato netwinder release. I have a collection of data and facts but no great news yet. THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO THE REBEL.COM ACCELERATED XSERVER. First, for those who haven't used it, the xserver-fbdev works and feels fine for xterms, browers, and other things that draw some screen and then leave it. It is uncomfortably slow dragging opaque windows and scrolling. After failing to find a X performance quantifier in Debian I dusted off an ancient copy of `xbench' to do some quantification. I ran it on my Intel machine (name rhth, K2-350, Riva TNT 128 AGP) and one of my Netwinders (name elbow, SA-110, CyberPro 2000). The other rows in the table are the 1992 era machines whose results were including in the xbench package. (Note, I left rhth in 24bps and the netwinder in 8bps) +-----------+----+---------+---------+---------+----------+---------+---------+ |machine | p | line | fill | blt | text | cmplx | xstones | +-----------+----+---------+---------+---------+----------+---------+---------+ |rhth | 24 | 649991 | 272336 | 625215 | 13001324 | 650980 | 694951 | +-----------+----+---------+---------+---------+----------+---------+---------+ |sparcII gx | 8 | 244821 | 44250 | 50912 | 435875 | 85816 | 97803 | +-----------+----+---------+---------+---------+----------+---------+---------+ |elbow | 8 | 311700 | 24732 | 7770 | 577500 | 24248 | 28269 | +-----------+----+---------+---------+---------+----------+---------+---------+ |Sun3/50 (R3| 1 | 10000 | 10000 | 10000 | 10000 | 10000 | 10000 | +-----------+----+---------+---------+---------+----------+---------+---------+ |DEC gpx (R2| 8 | 4835 | 7892 | 5710 | 30937 | 5490 | 8250 | +-----------+----+---------+---------+---------+----------+---------+---------+ The `blt' column is really hurting. That is screen to screen copies and scrolls that hurt. I poked around and found the source of all slowness. The PCI memory for the frame buffer has caching and write-buffering disabled in the page tables. I seem to have achieved a nice speed up by enabling caching and write-buffering at the expense of having anything usable. :-) (Even if it worked, it must be resolved with the acceleration in the fbdev to get the cache flushed before using the accelerator). When a cacheline writes to the cyberpro the first 32 bit word gets written correctly, the next 3 do not make it into the frame buffer. Consider these tests with the cache and writebuffer enabled... Writing the frame buffer horizontally, yields a striped pattern of 4 pixels of data then 12 pixels not written. Writing the frame buffer vertically works just fine. In this state caching is not possible for the framebuffer. If the DEC21285 can be convinced not to do burst writes (thats a guess) or the CyberPro 2000 can be convinced to accept them then we could turn on caching and have much better performance. I'm prodding the 21285, but I can't make any progress on the CyberPro until I get some docs. Does anyone here have a contact at iGS Technologies? I have been unable to get in contact using their telephones, voice mail, web pages, or any of their published e-mail addresses. Another option is to slightly alter the kernel fb acceleration for the cyberpro 200 and create a new xfree86 fb acclerator type for it. This would be higher performance, but much more complicated than just getting the chips to communicate correctly (if thats even possible). There doesn't seem to be any cyberpro support in Xfree86 4.0 (at least from the release notes, I haven't unpacked and grepped). -- Jim Studt, President The Federated Software Group, Inc.


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Most people know what happened to George Washington after he signed the Declaration of Independence. (If you don't, I'll tell you for a quarter.) But what happened to the brave men who founded America but were then lost to history? Authors Denise Kierman and Joseph D'Agnese dig up surprising answers, introducing little-known founding fathers who were eventually poisoned, killed, financially ruined, and lost at sea. A concise, fascinating, and sometimes playful history, this book will have you wowing your history-minded friends for weeks. Narrator Susan Larkin blows the dust off this chapter of history with her lively reading of this surprising book.
In the summer of 1776, fifty-six men risked their lives and livelihood to defy King George III and sign the Declaration of Independence - yet how many of them do we actually remember? Signing Their Lives Away introduces listeners to the eclectic group of statesmen, soldiers, slaveholders, and scoundrels who signed this historic document - and the many strange fates that awaited them. Some prospered and rose to the highest levels of United States government, while others had their homes and farms seized by British soldiers. Signer George Wythe was poisoned by his nephew; Button Gwinnett was killed in a duel; Robert Morris went to prison; Thomas Lynch was lost at sea; and of course Sam Adams achieved fame as a patriot/brewer. Signing Their Lives Away provides an entertaining and enlightening narrative for history buffs of all ages.
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JUPITER, Fla. -- The Mets still plan on having Travis d'Arnaud begin the season with Triple-A Las Vegas. Nevertheless, the top catching prospect remains in major-league camp because the organization believes he will benefit from continued work with the team's pitchers and coaching staff.
Keeping d'Arnaud in camp this late is a risky proposition. If he were to be injured between now and Opening Day, he would begin accumulating major-league service time, which would grant him an extra year of salary arbitration. Nevertheless, after Monday's 3-2 win over the Cardinals, general manager Sandy Alderson said the risk is worth taking.
The Mets caught a glimpse of the looming injury risk Monday when d'Arnaud drew contact during a play at the plate, but he emerged unscathed.
"I'm feeling loose and just having fun, man, not trying to overstress myself and overthink everything," said d'Arnaud, who went 2-for-3 with a double to raise his average to .345.
Duda goes the other way
The Mets have long wanted Lucas Duda to get comfortable using all fields, which is why manager Terry Collins was encouraged by what he saw Monday. Duda's two-run homer went to the opposite field.
"That is one of the biggest things in spring training . . . to get him to understand the great power he's got to centerfield and to left-centerfield," Collins said. "It's certainly good to see it."
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Shortstop Ruben Tejada homered in his first spring training at-bat but has gone 2-for-33 since. He's hitting .088 after Monday's 0-for-3 performance against the Cardinals . . . Flu-like symptoms kept catcher John Buck from reporting to camp . . . The Mets' bullpen totaled 32/3 scoreless innings against the Cardinals, capped by a scoreless ninth by closer Bobby Parnell.


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Ivan Cruz: The story of a baseball educator
01/10/2014 6:16 AM - Devo
254 homeruns
5554 plate appearances
Ivan Cruz played 14 years of professional baseball. He was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 28th round of the 1989 MLB June Amateur Draft out Jacksonville University. Cruz spent time with the Tigers, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, and St. Louis Cardinals organizations, and during that time shared the field with Derek Jeter, Tino Martinez, Wade Boggs, Andy Pettitte, Mariano Rivera, Joe Girardi, Jason Kendall, Brian Giles, Kevin Young, JIm Edmonds, Albert Pujols, and Matt Morris.
His career shouldn't be remembered by numbers alone or who he played with. Cruz should be remembered for what he represents. He is a player, a coach, an educator and is one of the most sincere and astute baseball men I have ever spoken with.
The GM's Perspective: With 14 years in professional baseball, what was it like when those final days were approaching?
Ivan Cruz: 2004 was my last year, my heart was there but my body wasn't. It was obvious for everyone else but me. It was hard at first of course. Just to be able to recognize you can't play anymore was difficult.
GMs: Was giving up the game a decision you made or an organizational decision?
IC: When I went to Spring Training with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, I was released with only two days left before final cuts. I wanted to know the reason why, and it's hard when people tell you the actual truth. So I went home and talked it over with my family and made the decision that I was done playing. I did my own thing for a few years, but went back into the game by coaching a US Military All-Star team for a couple of summers (2008, 2009). In the winter of 2009 I went to Puerto Rico to become a first base coach for a winter ball team. That's how I started getting back into the baseball loop. Word got around, and I received a few calls as far as interviews, including the San Diego Padres.
I flew to San Diego for a couple of days for an interview, and about a week later when I was in Winter Ball I was notified I was going to be the manager of the Peoria Padres in Arizona.
GMs: Was it difficult going from player to coach? Obviously it has to be tough when you're playing at a high level for a lot of years and now it's over.
IC: For me personally, it took some time. I was a competitive guy, and I felt that I still had it in me. But, when you're getting ready to teach the ballgame it becomes tricky. Everything you did as a player does not mean the same thing to 25 other guys. You could have 25 different ways of doing the same thing. To answer your question, yes it was difficult, it was a difficult transition because if I chose to teach kids I knew I had to leave the playing side behind.
When I teach the kids, it's not about me anymore; it's about what I can to do to contribute to these kids' lives and careers. When you do that, you have to look outside yourself, and provide value to whoever wants to learn the game. At first it was difficult because I found myself trying to instruct the players just like how I was instructed in the past. I didn't realize that I was completely wrong trying to utilize that strategy. It took an emotional toll on my family and myself because I was not the same guy.
My family is great and my Fiancée has been so supportive. We're going on 13 years together. She's seen my ups and downs and I really love and appreciate her for that.
GMs: I completely understand. My playing days were nowhere near as extensive as yours, but until you realize that the game of baseball is a business, you never fully realize the scope of how big this is. Fortunately, I was lucky enough to get where I did, I got paid to play baseball and not many can say that. I was really fortunate to experience it.
IC: If you think about what you said, and your experience, it's being grateful for whatever experience we've had. When you think that, "you were a professional ballplayer" think about the magnitude of what you just said: You were a professional baseball player. How many people can say I got paid to play? Just looking at how difficult it is and yes, we all would like to have been around for a lot longer than we were, but if I focus on the negatives, I'm spending my energy on things that cannot help me move on.
You can understand that. Look at your blog and look at the things you've been able to accomplish. Look at the people you can reach by the way you write. It's a gift within itself and not many people can do that.
GMs: Funny you should say that! Look at what can be done through social media. We are able to talk, when only a few short years ago, this wasn't possible.
IC: We focus on the good things. How can we contribute to people's lives by coaching, teaching etc.?...If we shift the focus we can contribute, experience, and grow ourselves in whatever it is we're doing. Everything, including us, has an expiration date, and we hope that our work and our experiences can stick around and help someone else. That's what we're here for.
GMs: Do you find that coaching process has changed from the days you were playing compared to now? Amongst the different generations of players, do you notice anything different when compared to your playing days?
IC: Somewhat yes. I started playing professionally back in 1989. Interestingly enough it was in Niagara Falls with the Rapids. Social media was non-existent and the Internet was in its infant stages. Young players are exposed to it so much now, so we, as professional educators, have to understand that their experience is definitely different than our experience. We have to put ourselves in their shoes, as far as their exposure. We have to create teaching opportunities and attempt to understand what they're exposed to, but at the same time keep driving forward the fundamentals and the right way to play the game so that they have a chance to achieve their career goals.
GMs: You were drafted in the 28th round of the 1989 MLB June Amateur Draft from Jacksonville University (Jacksonville, FL). What was that process like and can you give you give us some insight on the positives and negatives that go with it?
IC: I was a very late-round draft pick my junior year out of Jacksonville. I decided to take a chance and sign. I could've gone back to school, but I ran with it and if it didn't work out I still had a back-up plan.
I took a real hard look at a real young age at my risk vs. my reward. My risk is, I can take a shot at being a ballplayer and it may not work out. My reward, I can take a shot at being a professional ballplayer. At the time it was something I was really looking forward to because I wasn't good enough out of high school to sign a professional baseball contract in Puerto Rico.
GMs: You had solid years during your time in the minors. Multiple years of 20 plus home runs, and 100 RBI seasons. Even a 35 home run and 100 RBI season with Triple AAA Memphis in 2002 when you won the Minor League Round Tripper award and were named PCL post-season All-Star.
IC: I was blessed with a certain ability, and I did what I could with it. Again, we could look back at our achievements and be proud of them, but as educators and teachers, we can actually think about those achievements and motivate those kids that don't have the confidence or don't believe in themselves. The dream is possible, but you have to choose it, you have to sacrifice the partying, the drinking and all that kind of stuff. Your career can come to a crossroads. It's your choice.
Many times as an amateur you have those choices. We don't have lessons or sessions, but there are always goals. When we have that clear picture of what we want to achieve we can work backwards. There's a process to that and that's when we start the actual coaching and life lesson part of it.
In professional sports it's about the same, it so happens you go into a larger scale with so many different players. Ultimately, the process is the same; what is it that you want to accomplish today? It's an everyday repetitive process like pitching. A pitcher wants to get outs, but how do you do that? You work backwards as a hitter. What is it that you try to accomplish once you step foot in the box? Once you have that clear picture in your mind, you let the process take over.
GMs: Only 41 big league games, why is that? And what was it like putting on that big league uniform for the first time?
IC: That's a very good question. I hate to say I had bad luck, but maybe it did play in to the equation. When I got to the big leagues in 1997 with the New York Yankees, I was at first base and played some outfield, but entrenched at first base was Tino Martinez. If you think about Tino Martinez and that team with Derek Jeter, Joe Girardi was the catcher at the time, Scott Brosius, Wade Boggs...just to try to get the chance to play, an injury would have to happen. There's no way that I was going to play over Tino Martinez at first base.
I was persistent. Some other players could have given up.
With Pittsburgh it was Kevin Young at first base who signed a four-year deal worth about $20 million, so I was definitely a back-up. With St. Louis, guess what? Tino Martinez was at first base due to the retirement of Mark McGwire the year prior. And guess who was playing some outfield? Albert Pujols. You knew he was going to first base. Think about it, in 1997 Tino Martinez was first base, while Cecil Fielder was the DH. They were built to win at that time, and for me just to get the chance to get called up with those guys was something I'll take to the grave. I'm very grateful for that. We didn't win, we lost in the playoffs to Cleveland, and they lost to the Marlins.
Interestingly enough, I got called-up to St. Louis in 2002 based on my numbers. You take a look at the personnel; we won the Central Division, but lost in the playoffs to Barry Bonds and the Giants.
I was close. I did get to the big leagues but not good enough to stay.
GMs: You made your professional debut with the New York Yankees. Was the mystic of the Yankees as special as everyone says it is?
IC: Yes, absolutely. Once you put the uniform on and step foot on old Yankee Stadium, the mystique is there. There is a responsibility and accountability for what you do. They only have one goal: win. Understanding that responsibility and knowing you are held accountable for your talent all the time, takes a certain mentality. There is that expectation to win. Some of these clubs are expected to win from day one of Spring Training. Everything is geared, everything that they do as professional ballplayers, is geared to that one goal. Anything that takes away from that goal is no good.
GMs: The Yankees always have a ton of media attention, including all the A-Rod drama. Does it affect the clubhouse as much as it is perceived?
IC: That's a very good question. As far as my personal opinion on that, because the media attention in New York is very much magnified and it's always there, I cannot imagine having those issues and going out there trying to win a ballgame. There are enough distractions anyway, and as I said, I cannot imagine how they put all those distractions in the backseat and then go ahead and not only play the game, but prepare to play the game. Preparation is paramount. You just don't go out there naked and be expected to perform.
GMs: Regardless of what Barry Bonds and Alex Rodriguez did or didn't do, they are/were the best in the world at what they do. Aside from suspensions and negativity surrounding them on a daily basis, you still have to go out there and hit the baseball.
Look at Bonds in 2002 when he was at his peak...my gosh, it was ridiculous what he could do on the field.
IC: In this particular time in history we are blessed to watch one of the best ballplayers in any era.
My experience watching Barry Bonds, to this day, with all due respect to all the left-handed hitters, I have not seen anything he wasn't able to accomplish. If you take a look at the game of baseball itself, you're a Hall of Famer if you get a hit three out of ten times. The other 70 percent of the time you fail. What he was able to accomplish in terms of the numbers, and you can look at Miguel Cabrera, and Albert Pujols, it boggles my mind that a ballplayer can walk that many times. And to not see anything resembling a strike for games at a time, and in that next game go 2-4 with a double and a home run, is astonishing. It's not a matter of getting hits; it's a matter of being productive for your club.
For what he was able to do, I don't know if we will ever, of course I could be wrong, see that again.
Think about the Major League clubhouse for a second. You have meetings, advanced scouting, reports, and you go through every hitters tendencies that played a series before the one you're getting ready to play now. Pitching coaches and bullpen coaches go over every hitter in the line-ups with their pitchers, and Bonds was still able to hit a ball out, (not a base hit) and still have an impact at the end of the night after all of that preparation.
That tells you what kind of focus he had to have when he saw a pitch to hit and to not miss it. The magnitude of that I have not seen anywhere to this day, and we are seeing guys like Miguel Cabrera who look like they're playing Nintendo.
Personally, I had some good years in the minors, but I can't imagine doing that type of performance at the major league level. You have the best pitchers in the world taking the mound, but that goes to show you, that once the pitcher lets go of the ball he can't take it back. All the responsibility lies with the hitter at the point.
The magnitude of what we're talking about here is something I hope people understand as to why these guys are there. It so happens that the major league market pays them a lot of money to do these things we're talking about.
It's part of my job to teach fundamentals and to try to maximize an approach at home plate with the hope that all this will one day result in them becoming a productive major league ballplayer That is my job as a professional baseball educator.
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Pretty 'n' Pink marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Northern Ireland - so what better time to announce that local charity Pretty 'n' Pink has to date raised in excess of a quarter-of-a-million pounds!
The charity was set up five years ago by Belfast woman Noleen Adair who was first diagnosed with breast cancer a decade ago.
"It all started out as a bit of fund-raising with family and friends," explained Noleen, who has been constantly battling cancer ever since and who - amazingly - took time out from her ongoing chemotherapy treatments to attend Pretty 'n' Pink's 2011 Gala Ball at the Hilton Hotel in Belfast.
In the first year, Pretty 'n' Pink raised £15,000. Now, just five years since it was set up, the total is in excess of £250,000. That is the equivalent of £1,000 raised in Northern Ireland every week.
'The money is used to help particular cancer patients and whatever they may need. It may be that it helps with household bills as income is affected due to loss of earnings, it may be that we can contribute towards the cost of a respite break for them and their carers," explained Noleen.
"That's the beauty of Pretty 'n' Pink, it's not tied down to specifics and it means that we can be creative as to how best and most appropriately the money we raise is used."
Rosie Griffin, who was diagnosed with breast cancer a year ago, explained how Pretty 'n' Pink had provided funding for her sisters and mother - her primary carers - to have a day out being pampered at a local spa.
"Noleen is amazing. I can't even express in words what I think of her. She is an absolute inspiration to anybody who has suffered with cancer or anybody who has had a family member suffer with cancer," she said.
Julie Beaumont, another guest at the Gala Ball, said: "Noleen's just such a very 'people person'. It doesn't matter whether its something for her own charity or for another one. She just supports them all when she can. It's been an absolute privilege to know her."
Julie's friend Joyce Craig simply had this to say: "Anytime you maybe feel that wee bit down, when you think you have a problem, you just have to think of Noleen and you know that today is going to be a good day."
For more information go to www.prettynpink.org
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Thomson Andrews is a contemporary R&B singer-songwriter, recording artist, live performer, and playback singer. His new single 'People Ain't Things' — which is currently doing the rounds on television and radio — is now available for purchase in over 700 digital music stores worldwide. In this heart-to-heart conversation, Thomson's passion for his music comes shining through. It is said that the toughest steel gets sent through the hottest furnace. Well, Thomson Andrews is clearly a fine example. Please scroll to read.
Singer-songwriter, recording artist, live performer, and playback singer. How do you juggle your many hats? Don't you fear that you are spreading yourself too thin?
I strongly believe that if you truly are in love with what you do, the passion helps you get through. Music has always been my passion. Throughout my journey as a professional singer, juggling my many hats has never been a hardship. I have sung playback songs in Bollywood films, done 'character singing' for Walt Disney cartoons, Broadway musicals (including a Japanese opera adaptation), and television/radio ads jingles in over 15 languages. I have also arranged vocal sections for films and being a singer/song-writer, I also compose my own music and perform with my band. At one point, I used to lecture in colleges as a western vocal faculty too. Diverse as it is, I'm blessed with multiple talents and love multi-tasking too. I find my work to be truly therapeutic.
It is now common knowledge that you traded your corporate job of 4 years for music. What triggered that change over?
My mind has always been inclined towards music. I used to juggle my school life with singing in choirs, college life with singing in bands, and more recently my corporate life with solo performances. My teenage years were challenging due to a sudden financial crisis that had hit my family. No one in my entire family tree had ever ventured into doing music or anything art related as a full time career. This compelled me to take up a corporate job as a means towards financial security. Then due to a chronic illness, I lost my mother when I was 17. My family was devastated. My very foundation was uprooted. This got me to re-think of what I wanted to be doing 40 years from that point in time. And that led me to the stern life changing decision… to dedicate my all to music. Slowly but surely it all worked out. My first big break came along when I got an opportunity to sing with A.R. Rahman. I realized that there is no greater joy than to do what you truly love and also get paid for it. I was (and still am) ever ready to spend days and nights on end working on my music without getting tired. I'm a workaholic and I love every second of doing music. I'm proud of the decision I made to dedicate my life to music.
What has been your highest high and lowest low in your career as a singer so far?
My highest highs have been quite a few. Like singing for A.R. Rahman on various projects (including the Hollywood movie '127 Hours' and the international album 'Superheavy' featuring Mick Jagger, Joss Stone, Damien Marley, and more). Some of my other highs include working with Hollywood director Mira Nair on the Broadway musical adaptation of the movie 'Monsoon Wedding' and more recently, releasing my debut R&B single 'People Ain't Things'. That's a track produced by Candy D'souza and engineered by the Grammy Award winning Mixing/Mastering Engineers Deepak Palikonda and Reuben Cohen. The music video for the song has frequented MTV, VH1, and 9X0 amongst other popular Indian channels. Then there are other high points like my singing debut in Bollywood, Tollywood, and Kollywood. Rumani and Sheher Mera are two songs that I have sung for Bollywood luminaries Shankar Ehsaan Loy that are particularly close to me. My stints at MTV Coke Studio and MTV Unplugged were special too. To be honest with you, I have never looked at any point in my career as a low point. There have been hurdles, challenges, competition and low phases, but these experiences taught me how to survive and made me stronger to become the person I am today. So it has all been worth it.
Having attended your last concert at The Little Door in Andheri, it's amply clear you love performing original music. Have you experienced a shift in the way audiences have responded to original music over the years?
Indeed. Non-mainstream original music is now receiving a lot of airplay and keen ears worldwide. And thanks to the ever growing social media platforms like YouTube and iTunes, a whole new world of original music is being discovered every waking hour… music that is otherwise not showcased by big record labels. Channels like MTV, 9XO, VH1, and RadioOne have been promoting independent music too, thereby creating a rise in awareness about acts to watch out for at local venues. What a blessing!.
R&B, jazz, soul, funk, blues...these are clearly the genres that define your music. Even though they are not nearly as mainstream as say pop or Bollywood, how have you managed to carve a niche for yourself?
Persistence, patience, and courage. Fortunately, R&B, blues, soul, gospel, and funk have been a source of inspiration to many of the present Bollywood music directors like Amit Trivedi, Salim Sulaiman, A.R.Rahman, Pritam, Shankar Ehsaan Loy and more. This opened various opportunities for me, even in Tollywood and Kollywood. All of my work has a strong flavor of my contemporary R&B influences. I guess I created my own niche by demonstrating my versatility across many different genres and languages, while staying true to my roots at all times.
What is on your playlist these days?
Currently, I am tuned into John Legend, Eric Bennett, Pharell Williams, Erykah Badu, Chris Brown, Usher, Beyonce, Tower of Power, B.B. King, John Mayer, One Direction, Coldplay, Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones, Red One, Babyface, and Tony Bennett to name a few. You will also find foreign language artistes Te'te, Thomas Dutronc, Tarkan, Sinan Akchil, Juanes and Sergio Mendes on my playlist.
Why did you choose to release your single independently as opposed to seeking help from a label?
Record labels do not offer in entirety what musicians need or expect of them. Over the years, they have shifted their focus away from driving the careers of their artistes. Labels now make the artistes pay for everything themselves. They only take on the marketing and distribution responsibilities within India. And, the revenue streams of the Indian labels are largely dependent on Bollywood music. Hence, why would an artiste sign up with a label if he/she needs to create the music, mix/master it independently, and also bear all costs of production and the music video? Rather the artiste can directly sign up with online music stores to sell the music while retaining 80-90% of the royalties to themselves. The labels on the other hand claim 50% or more of the royalties with no investment made in the making of the content. Thanks to social media platforms like Youtube, Facebook, and Twitter, artistes no longer need these labels to promote their music. We all know how digital downloads have replaced the traditional physical sales. Honestly, the tables have turned. It is not the artistes who require the labels. It is the labels who need the artistes. Question yourself and see if you know of any non-film music being promoted anywhere by Indian labels on a big scale. There you go. So now you know why I went the indie way!
Tell our readers about your soon to be released R&B album. How did the video for 'People Ain't Things' come about?
The album is being produced by Candy D'souza (like I said earlier) and mixed by Chester Misquitta. It has been a great musical journey so far, one that has offered me opportunities to collaborate with some of India's best musicians. The single 'People Ain't Things' conveys the message that no one should be judged, ill-treated, under-estimated, or abused based on their race, color, social status, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or choices in life. The video is extremely well conceptualized and is completely in sync with the emotion of the song. That is the work of my genius director friend Angshuman Ghosh. Angshuman heard the song and loved it. Together, we involved our close friends to put together this masterpiece. By that I mean our DOP Mithun Gangopadhyay (aka Mitch), our choreographers Prosenjit Guy Kundu and Priya Gonsalves, our dancers Namrata and Elvis, and our makeup artiste Zahbia. It was all self funded/produced over a period of one year with countless favors extended by all involved. As for the album, the musicians are playing on it for the love of it alone. That is how much they believe in the music I am working on. For me, it is the biggest testimonial I could ever ask for. Making this album has been a beautiful life changing experience in many ways.
Any words of encouragement for musicians who are just starting out?
Art is never manufactured. It is a result of heartfelt passion. Create your own niche. Have immense patience. Never give up. Talent always finds its way to the light. One must continue to believe, persevere, and strive to get better every day. Don't do music for the fortune and fame. Do it for the love of it and the rest will follow. Always strive to do nothing less than an excellent job — whether paid or unpaid — and never over-promise and under-deliver. Listen to a lot of different styles of music as there is always more to learn. Remember, you are what you listen to. So expand your musical diet. One last thing. Never think you've achieved everything and that you're the best. This will only bring your career crumbling down.
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2Blue (a.k.a Tirthankar Poddar) forayed into the Mumbai rock circuit in 2000. Having gained notoriety for his powerful high-pitched singing and on-stage charisma, he was soon invited to sing for Vayu. After 5 years in Vayu and countless monumental shows, 2Blue formed the hard rock band Zedde (pronounced z?d). Always a man for his heroes, the self-taught singer attributes his vocal prowess to his childhood heroes: David Coverdale, Joe Lynn Turner, Ian Gillan, Ronnie James Dio, and Bruce Dickinson. For him, if a thing was good once, it always is.
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Manchester United have assured Jose Mourinho they will appoint him as their new manager this summer, according to widespread reports.
The former Chelsea, Real Madrid and Inter boss has been in Manchester this week to fuel speculation he will be confirmed as Louis van Gaal's replacement ahead of next season and it does look increasingly likely he will be in the Old Trafford hot-seat come the summer.
Mourinho has not publicly commented on the rumours and reports but it would be a major surprise now if the Red Devils go down another route with club officials all said to be convinced the Portuguese is the man to revive United's fortunes after a difficult few years following Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement in 2013.
Mourinho, who was sacked by Chelsea in November after a poor start to the season but just months after leading them to the Premier League title, has held private discussions with intermediaries and some United officials and a deal appears to be in place with the club likely to appoint him as soon as possible once the season ends after United take on Crystal Palace in the FA Cup Final on May 21.
Current boss Van Gaal has endured a difficult ride and, despite guiding them to Wembley in the Cup and a possible top-four finish, some fans and players are unhappy with his methods, citing unexciting football and a string of poor results and performances over the winter as evidence his spell in charge is not working.
French giants Paris Saint-Germain were interested in appointing Mourinho as well but his heart seems set on returning to management in the Premier League and Mourinho is poised for Old Trafford.


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FAST food giant McDonald's latest bid to build a new restaurant and drive-thru has been rejected by influential community leaders.
The company had returned with a new and improved plan for the former Red Lion pub site in Commercial Road, Totton, after it dropped its original scheme earlier this year following a barrage of local opposition.
The new plan claims to address road safety with new pedestrian links to the town centre and an extra drive-thru lane to cut waiting times.
But planners on Totton and Eling Town Council have unanimously voted to refuse it, chiefly because of crime and road safety.
Speaking at a planning committee meeting, vice chairman Chris Lagdon said: "It will destroy a nice part of Totton and we should be fighting this tooth and nail."
New Forest District Council planners will now take the vote into consideration when they decide on planning permission in January.
A major concern for town councillors in Totton is that it will cause accidents because vehicles enter and exit on to a sharp bend.
Cllr Lagdon said a busy drive-thru would make access to a neighbouring school difficult.
He said: "If it goes ahead as it is there will be serious, serious problems so far as traffic going in and out is concerned."
He dismissed Hampshire County Council's highways department's lack of objections as a "crock of rubbish".
Another fear is that the restaurant could attract yobs from the town and Millbrook.
A gang of youths recently had their plot for a mass brawl thwarted by police who had been monitoring social |networking sites.
But the fast food restaurant says its plan, revised after 84 local objections earlier this year, would breathe life into the site and create 65 jobs.
Henry Tricky, the company's vice president (development), said that the company had listened to the concerns of the council and believed that they have now addressed them.
He said: "We're excited about the prospect of investing in Totton and continuing to work with the council with our |proposal."
Totton has also been targeted by KFC and Costa Coffee, which want to open on the same site off the Rushington roundabout.
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SOCCER-GERMANY-SUPERCUP:Dortmund beat Guardiola's Bayern 4-2 to lift Super Cup
DORTMUND (Reuters) - Two goals from Marco Reus spurred Borussia Dortmund to lift the German Super Cup with a 4-2 win over Champions League and Bundesliga holders Bayern Munich on Saturday.
In a hugely entertaining encounter on a scorchingly hot Dortmund evening between the two teams who contested the Champions League final two months ago, Dortmund looked to have lost none of their sharpness.
Bayern were badly missing injured winger Franck Ribery and keeper Manuel Neuer, while new transfer from Dortmund, Mario Goetze, was also out injured.
"It was a great game," Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp told reporters. "Three weeks of preparation, a few injured players, a couple of weeks before the season start and every player playing like there is no tomorrow."
"Bayern are not our rivals this season (as they are in a league of their own). We will compete with the other 16 teams but when we face Bayern we will always want to beat them," he said.
Although Bayern's new coach Pep Guardiola did not experiment as much as he did during the pre-season friendlies, he did opt to start with new signing Thiago Alcantara as a sole holding midfielder instead of two.
Dortmund, who played second fiddle to treble winners Bayern in all competitions last season, got off to a perfect start when Reus headed in for the lead in the sixth minute after Bayern keeper Tom Starke failed to hold on to a Sven Bender header.
The Bavarians, with Guardiola on the bench for his first competitive game, levelled eight minutes after the restart when Philipp Lahm floated a perfect cross from the right and Arjen Robben headed in at the far post.
Dortmund struck twice in two minutes with Daniel van Buyten heading in an own goal in the 55th from an Ilkay Guendogan cross. The Germany international then gave the hosts a two-goal cushion with a fine solo effort and well-struck curled shot from the edge of the box.
Robben, who scored a last-gasp winner in the Champions League final, cut the deficit seven minutes later when he picked up yet another Lahm assist to turn and drill in for his second goal of the evening.
However, new Dortmund signing Emerick Aubameyang set up Reus for his second to complete a successful start to the season in the 86th.
"They won and I am not here to analyse the game," said Guardiola, adding he was satisfied with how his team had played.
"I am satisfied with our performance. We did not lose because of the mistakes," said the Spaniard. "We have a week, 10 days for the Bundelsiga start."
"We lost 4-2 but I do not have the feeling that they are that much better. We will now correct our small mistakes."
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"When parties involved in a dispute refuse to shift ground and rather choose to stick to their positions, it will be difficult to resolve such crisis amicably."
"If we reach some compromise, we continue our cooperation from where we are now. That is, the research department will continue its activity."
"However, Democratic and Republican members of the Judiciary Committee came together in a spirit of cooperation and compromise to agree on this bill, and I strongly support it,"
"I often wish . . . that I could rid the world of the tyranny of facts. What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease."


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Welcome to the Day Two photo diary from our decidedly-ambitious-but-really-not-especially-rubbish American road trip: 2400 miles from Chicago to LA in the 1200bhp, 260mph Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse.
In yesterday's chapter we headed south-west from the Windy City to St Louis, on the banks of the Mississippi. Check out our gallery here, in which we also explain how the hell this mammoth, once-in-a-lifetime road trip came about.
Day Two would see us cover three states – Missouri, the tiniest corner of Kansas, and Oklahoma – in the course of some 600 miles en route to Oklahoma City. And, as you'd expect, a 13-metre-tall rocking chair.
We're counting down to next week's release of the 'Adventures' issue of Top Gear magazine – in print and electronically – where you'll be able to read the full story as well as a wholel host of other adventurous motoring escapades.
Enjoy, and check back tomorrow for Day Three of our Big Bug Sixty-Six epic…