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Ace Relocation IT manager outlines how the firm reduced VDI latency by 50 percent, efficiently stores snapshots, and saves staff time with its Nimble solution.
Kimball Electronics simplified its operations and improved performance of critical applications with Nimble Storage.
This leading European venture capital firm powers its virtualised servers system with Nimble Storage.
Once implemented, the Nimble arrays provided immediate benefits to Amaze360.
Management requirements were reduced and support for production systems greatly improved.
Nimble Storage and VMware vSphere simplify management, enable non-disruptive upgrades, improve performance, and achieve a 3:1 consolidation of IT infrastructure.
The institute's scalable, high-availability Nimble CS-Series and InfoSight solution enables new classroom technologies, public cloud services, and virtualization—at 30 percent less cost than other vendors.
AVEVA Goes Global with Nimble Storage for Increased Performance
With its scalable Nimble solution, this service provider to the healthcare, financial services and public sector markets can offer new services, including an IaaS offering with a six-fold increase in performance.
BRG's IT director outlines how its Nimble solution consolidated the Microsoft Exchange environment, improved performance and backup, and saved $500,000 in maintenance costs.
With its Nimble solution, the SaaS provider optimized performance of its email platform, reduced its storage footprint, and cut annual OpEx by more than $100,000.
IT leader, Tony Lux, at the 10th largest U.S. craft brewery outlines how its Nimble solution increases performance, saves capacity, consolidates workloads and enables more VDI.
With its Nimble solution, this marketing services and technology company quickly and easily processes millions of records and sets different RPOs for data sets. It also gets strategic management and unprecedented support.
This school learned how to cost-effectively enable VDI and meet future IT demands: Its scalable Nimble solution reduces the storage footprint by 75 percent and provides simple-to-manage technology.
CIS uses its Nimble solution to give students, faculty and administrators fast, high-availability access to applications and data.
Data centres that serve 43,000 students and 4,500 staff triple their storage performance, improve security and disaster recovery, and reduce their storage footprint by 75 percent.
Network Services Supervisor, Damien Tijerina, describes why he switched to the Nimble OS to gain the performance and efficiency needed for the city's VMware vSphere environment.
City of Del Mar IT manager, Emily Bernardo, outlines how a Nimble solution brought the city dramatic OpEx savings by consolidating storage, improving management and protecting its data.
The city of Hot Springs leverages Nimble Storage to virtualize their business-critical applications and lay the foundation for virtual desktops.
City of Hot Springs leverages Nimble Storage InfoSight for storage monitoring, ensuring uptime, and for performance and capacity planning.
City of Pueblo Selects Nimble Storage All Flash Array to Enhance Community Services and Public Safety
With Nimble CS-Series arrays and InfoSight management, Clackamas County discovered unmatched storage performance and price, and dramatically improved recovery point objectives (RPOs) with efficient snapshots.
By deploying a single Nimble storage array, Central Minnesota Jobs & Training Services slashed CapEx, boosted performance 10X, reduced its storage footprint by 75 percent, and enabled VDI growth.
A SmartStack integrated Nimble-Cisco-VMware infrastructure brings the nonprofit CHPW scalability, 86 percent savings on footprint overhead, and 50 percent CapEx savings on its upgrade of capacity and performance.
When the law firm updated its storage with Nimble Infosight and a CS-Series array, it achieved double the performance, 40 percent capacity savings, better backups and simplified virtualization.
A Nimble Storage SmartStack solution integrates storage onto one platform that virtualizes file, application, and SQL servers. It also cuts CapEx in half and OpEx by 83 percent.
Nimble InfoSight and storage arrays enable Cosentry to cut its datacenter costs, simplify management and use predictive insights to optimize productivity and system availability, and refocus customers from cost to value.
When the industrial-grade manufacturer deployed its Nimble solution, it tripled SAP performance, simplified storage management, and achieved efficient disaster recovery, including 92 percent faster restoration.
The prestigious university, with more than 47,000 students, reduces capital costs by 40 percent—and gains unprecedented levels of IT visibility and productivity with Nimble InfoSight.
Igor Steinberg, CIO at the Wisconsin Department of Justice, talks about how Nimble Storage with Infosight has completely eliminated unplanned downtime by turning its disk arrays into always-available… Read More
direkt gruppe bewältigt die steigende Datenmenge, erhöht die Kapazität und senkt gleichzeitig den Stromverbrauch
With Nimble InfoSight and CS-Series arrays, the real estate development firm dramatically increased the performance of Citrix and Sharepoint applications and DevTest cloning—while greatly reducing CapEx and OpEx.
The web hosting and domain provider uses Nimble InfoSight and arrays to serve its million-plus customers with 800TB capacity, seamless growth, and better data protection and storage management.
This rural government uses Nimble arrays to increase performance, centralize storage dispersed at 23 sites and reduce total storage by 33 percent—and uses Nimble InfoSight to dramatically lower IT management costs.
Its solution of tightly integrated Nimble arrays and VMware View increased VDI performance, dramatically reduced help-desk calls, converted 10-hour backups to 10-second snapshots, and reduced CapEx.
This business consultancy used a Nimble array and InfoSight to remove a bottleneck to growth, achieving faster and more reliable performance, more capacity, and a productivity ROI from the simplified, secure solution.
Healthcare network boosts performance and slashes recovery times for VDI, web servers, Exchange, SQL, Oracle, and other applications.
To boost agility and efficiency, the fast-growing funds management firm deployed Nimble arrays in its two virtualized data centres. The results: a more robust virtualized environment, data protection, and cost savings.
CIO Jerry Yang discusses how they leverage Nimble Storage snapshots and replication for disaster recovery, and how it works with VMware Site Recovery Manager.
Its business growth constrained by overloaded storage, the Asia-Pacific logistics firm migrated to a scalable Nimble SAN that met its current—and future—performance and capacity needs, at a lower TCO.
Hightech Made in Austria – Frequentis AG setzt auf Predictive Flash-Lösungen von Nimble Storage
Facing exponential data growth, the healthcare insurer deployed a Nimble solution that accelerated Oracle and SQL read/write performance, ended user complaints about Citrix VDI performance and improved storage management—plus delivered cost savings.
Serving 140,000 people, the agency replaced its EMC arrays with a scalable Nimble solution that simplifies management, manages snapshots more granularly and brings its data centres capacity for five years or more.
With Nimble Storage, this financial services provider to large institutions cut its data centers' storage costs in half, reduced latencies by 10x, and simplified management of its SaaS, Citrix and SQL environments.
Facing rapid growth of its data and NetApp storage costs, the firm quickly moved to the scalable Nimble platform. Some results: 3.5x lower OpEx and 60 percent faster Oracle database performance.
In its mission-critical VDI and data recovery environment, Graniterock discovered dramatic capacity and performance gains, simplied backup, and elimination of system downtime—after it converted to Nimble Storage.
When the SaaS provider to governmental and financial institutions replaced its all-flash and traditional arrays with the Nimble platform, it gained capacity, proactive management and higher performance, at a lower TCO.
An acquisition made upgrading storage an urgent priority for the global advisory's Australian operations. Consolidating onto the Nimble platform quickly increased performance, capacity and reliability—and brings unprecedented scalability.
The EHR solutions company's virtualization engineer, Greg Profitt, outlines how its Nimble arrays' performance, efficient caching, backups and ease of use reduce both CapEx and OpEx.
Nimble arrays boosted the performance of the retailer's Oracle database, and eliminated the complexity and many hours of systems management, including backups and data recovery.
Die CASL (Cache Accelerated Sequential Layout)-Architektur und die Adaptive Flash Plattform von Nimble Storage erlaubt es uns, in alle Richtun- gen investitionssicher zu skalieren. Wir sind mit der 2013 getroffenen Entscheidung, in diese Lösung zu investieren, bislang sehr zufrieden und freuen uns auf gemeinsames Wachstum.
Höganäs opted for a green, fast and safe solution
When this fast-growing service provider replaced its Dell storage with Nimble InfoSight and arrays, it raised VDI performance 8x, doubled capacity, improved DR and increased its services, customer satisfaction, and revenues.
Provided the ability to speed access to patient information, non-disruptively scale the IT environment, and keep up with changing healthcare laws. Simplified infrastructure management, eliminating all "IT management anxiety".
When this IT solutions provider deployed Nimble arrays for its fast-growing cloud/IaaS service, it gained independent scalability of I/O and capacity, and now brings customers optimal performance at lower costs.
The software developer deployed Nimble arrays for primary storage, snapshot-based backups, and integrated replication—transforming its storage from a liability into an asset that reduces CapEx and OpEx.
When this cloud services provider converted to Nimble InfoSight and arrays, it achieved higher availability and happier clients—as well as improved profitability and enabled new revenue streams.
When this large distributor deployed Nimble InfoSight and an array for its VMware and SQL environment, it gained robust data compression and sped backups—and ended users' complaints about availability and performance.
ISPNet expands Infrastructure-as-a-Service Capabilities with Nimble Storage Adaptive Flash.
When the retailer deployed a Nimble CS-Series array and InfoSight for its VMware hosts and servers, it gained footprint and capacity savings, and improved its data protection with redundancy and RAID 6.
This multibillion-dollar financial firm achieved enterprise-class storage performance, scalability and DR—including extended snapshots, non disruptive upgrades and proactive management—with Nimble arrays and InfoSIght.
Killik & Co. an investment firm focused on high net worth clients, enhances customer engagement with faster access to data.
Kimball Electronics simplified its operations and improved performance of critical applications with Nimble Storage.
Kimball Electronics simplified its operations and improved performance of critical applications with Nimble Storage.
When the supply-chain-management SaaS provider deployed Nimble arrays for its production, R&D and DR, it increased performance and capacity, gained IT team agility and superior customer support, and can expand virtualization.
With nine Nimble arrays, the award-winning engineering and environmental firm simplifies its global data protection and accelerates its cross-continental disaster recovery after a flood "wake-up call."
Independent school in Sydney, Australia simplifies storage management and upgrades disaster recovery strategy.
Korea Smart Card produces faster performance for its users and saves 80 percent in rack space by implementing a Citrix VDI environment and Nimble CS-Series arrays.
When this multi-billion dollar oil and gas producer deployed Nimble arrays for its 3,000 VDI users, TCO plummeted and end users' productivity soared with office and field applications.
Leosphere augmente avec l'Adaptive Flash de Nimble Storage la protection et la disponibilité de ses données
Integrated circuit producer realizes high performance at a lower cost, reduces storage footprint by 6x, simplifies management, and improves data protection and DR.
Loreto College Consolidates Storage And Builds Capacity With Nimble Storage
When LUSH Cosmetics North America moved its VM, SQL, Exchange and ERP storage infrastructure onto Nimble arrays with InfoSight, it gained non-disruptive scaling, efficient snapshots, simplified management and much faster applications performance.
When this marketing services firm deployed Nimble arrays and InfoSight for its 37TB of VDI data—primarily shared graphics and media files—it gained high performance and improved operations, scalability and DR.
Bryan Ward discusses how the Madden Corporation simplified backup with Nimble Storage.
The company's IS director outlines why it chose a Nimble solution over Dell and Hitachi, and the results for its 90-user VDI and Exchange and SQL environment.
medocino verbessert die Flexibilität und Performance im Software-Entwicklungsprozess
The iconic, bustling sports and entertainment precinct uses a Nimble Storage CS460 array to improve storage performance 10X while reducing costs, reduce rack space 50 percent and gain scalability.
Adaptive Flash platform increases Oracle performance by 5x, cuts management time by 67%
For this established company, a Nimble array and new IT vision lower its storage TCO, raise reliability, and improve and accelerate operations for its VMware environment.
Architecture firm consolidates storage onto Nimble systems to achieve capacity and performance requirements for 3D modeling files.
Top architecture firm uses Nimble Storage InfoSight for a centralized view of its global storage infrastructure.
While rapidly growing its VM services and transitioning to a consolidated infrastructure and in-house IT management, NRL found a Nimble solution that increased capacity and dramatically simplified its storage management.
NCFE benefits from Nimble Storage's tightly integrated virtualisation awareness to deliver agile working initiative and improve user experience.
When the European electro-technical company deployed Nimble InfoSight and arrays to consolidate its SAP, Siebel and Microsoft Exchange applications, it gained visibility into VM performance details and 30 to 40 percent faster backups.
In this blog post, Don Shields discusses how Nodaway Valley Bank achieved dramatically simplified deployment of virtualized Exchange and SQL servers with Nimble Storage.
CIO Benjamin Craig discusses the dramatic capacity savings and 500 percent improvement in backup and throughput times his firm has realized with Nimble Storage.
The college preparatory school improved users' applications access—and tripled storage performance at 20 percent the cost of flash-only alternatives—by implementing a Nimble Storage, Cisco, and Citrix solution.
By converting its SAN to Nimble Storage, this leading Philippine real estate developer dramatically reduced its backup and disaster recovery times, as well as capacity consumption.
When the global IT center for P&O Maritime deployed a SmartStack Cisco, VMware, and Nimble infrastructure—combined with Nimble InfoSight monitoring—it gained reliability, redundancy, and scalability, as well as cost savings.
The IT team chose Nimble CS460G-X2 arrays for their agility, ease of use, eco-friendliness—and outperforming the EMC and NetApp alternatives by 3X. It also gained happy users and cost savings.
Scalability, capacity, availability, and snapshot backups allow Australia's largest soap manufacturer to simplify rollout of VDI and disaster recovery.
The implementation has been an overwhelming success; enabling Phillips Capital to manage storage infrastructure expansion projections well into the future.
Nimble and Cisco UCS Solution Reduces Data Center Footprint and Cuts Infrastructure Costs by 4X, while Simplifying Storage Management.
Bezahlbare Performance. Der Datenturbo im Mittelstand.
Storing 50 million address books with 3.7 billion contacts, Plaxo reduced it code build times by 50 percent and development downtime by 80 percent by deploying Nimble arrays in its VMware environment.
IT staff used to spend entire weekends backing up Premier's data, including EHRs. Now with Nimble arrays the backups take only seconds, and Premier has improved its DR and storage costs.
Prima Solutions dope avec Nimble Storage sa productivité et sa flexibilité de montée en charge
When Queensland Sugar Limited implemented Nimble CS-Series arrays and InfoSight management, it increased storage performance 10x, strengthened data replication, and reduced rack space by 50 percent.
Will, the Vice President of Information Systems at RaceTrac Petroleum, talks about how they use Nimble Storage for ALL their vital transaction and customer data, as well as applications that… Read More
Nimble enables Australia's leading debt recovery and insurance claims recovery organisation to do much more with much less storage.
Rent-A-Center beats customer SLA's by 4 hours in their Oracle Data Warehouse
Nimble Provides Storage Stitch in Time for Australia's Largest Menswear Retailer
RMI bereidt zich voor op de toekomst met snelle array van Nimble Storage
Sentia vertrouwt op Nimble Storage voor het beheer van bedrijfskritische IT-platformen
One of The Netherland's most successful hosted application service providers lowers latency on VMware hosts, reduces footprint by 75%, and slashes power consumption by 5x.
Michael Landeck at Siemens selected Nimble Adaptive Flash arrays not only for the capacity and performance needed to run their day-to-day business, but to help them build new… Read More
Justin, the Manager of Infrastructure at Skullcandy Inc., talks about how Nimble Storage's flash storage arrays simplified their IT operations and enabled them to react and manage business… Read More
Chez SPLIO, expert de l'expérience client, le stockage de Nimble rime avec simplicité, performance et « tout compris »
Staples Australia chooses Nimble Storage for its adaptive IT platform and enterprise-level storage performance.
Avec Nimble Storage, Stefano Toselli s'offre jusqu'à trois fois plus de performance et une continuité d'activité.
Systemec zet in op het leveren van maatwerk en het aanbieden van hoogwaardige services die kwalitatief niet onder mogen doen voor die van grote ISP's en cloud providers.
Met Nimble Storage kiest Systemec opnieuw voor eenvoud en kracht
Teck saves 80% on data center space and deploys storage that's so easy, anyone on the IT team can manage it.
Nimble Storage Solution Drives Performance Improvements At TECO
Unigarant overtreft doelstellingen met keuze voor Nimble Storage
CU-Boulder uses its integrated Nimble CS-Series, Cisco UCS, and VMware View solution to cut expenses, scale non-disruptively, and deliver the high-performance for VDI at one tenth the cost of all-flash arrays.
Agency Saves Money with SmartStack Integrated Infrastructure
Viet Capital Bank Boosts Capacity and Streamlines Storage Management with Nimble.
Virtacore standardizes on Cisco, VMware, and Nimble Storage to deliver world-class public and private cloud services.
Nimble Storage, Cisco, and VMware enable leading teleradiology provider to improve performance, reduce SQL Server reporting time, and lower costs.
Wood & Grieve Engineers a Nimble Solution for Storage and Performance
When an acquisition demanded a datacenter upgrade, WYNIT chose the Superstack solution with Nimble array. The results: Non-disruptive scalability, faster applications performance and RPO, and much lower TCO.
Adaptive Flash provides scalable, energy-efficient storage for Yahoo! JAPAN's growing OpenStack platform.
Nimble Provides Room to Grow at Youth Horizons


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Another thing that the end of the long weekend and start of school signifies is Fall. Ahhhhh, Fall, sweet Fall. My favorite time of year. The time for sweaters, boots, crunchy leaves, and too many PSL's to count! Yes, I know I'm supposed to be a "health nut", but we all have our vices right?! And along with Fall comes my birthday. The day I love to hate. The reminder that my time is flying by as well, and the reality of aging sets in. I'd be lying if I said that isn't a struggle at times. No one likes to look old - especially women! But my commitment to living a Healthy Lifestyle truly helps me with this hurdle. And it makes me better able to appreciate that I get another year on this amazing earth, rather than focusing on vanity.
I've obviously already started bookmarking some of my favorite Fall Must-Haves a few weeks ago. But it really kicks into high gear around this time. When I have my Birthday on my mind and it's the one day I allow myself to be a little bit spoiled. So..... I had to put together a list for you of some of my favorite finds. All the items I already have or hope to be scooping up for the season very very soon. Ahem.... Husband, are you reading this?! ; )
My first grouping contains this amazing High/Low Sweater I found on Super Sale at Nordstrom! I love a really loose fitting, slouchy sweater that isn't too thick. I actually picked this one up in both grey and the oatmeal color. I haven't gotten them yet, but I'm crossing my fingers that they're flattering!
I also had to include a few pieces from Madewell that I already own and love. I think they're the perfect everyday pieces for your collection, and at a great price point as well. These bar earrings are edgy, but simple at the same time. I love to add mine with a tiny earring in my second hole, or to just wear them alone. And these little gemline studs are adorable and so chic. They're like a mini ear crawler. Just enough for someone to notice that they're a little different, but without the commitment of a larger, edgier earring. And the ensign necklace, one of my most loved pieces of jewelry that I own. I got this necklace last year and I've worn it 80% of the time since. I actually just grabbed a back up during this past weekends sale, since I don't know what I would do if I ever lost it!
And I saved the best for last. These are 3 items that I'm so in love with. I bought a parka from American Eagle a few years ago and I loved it so much, it's starting to get a little ratty. It's definitely time for a replacement. This one from Abercrombie fits the bill and is actually even a bit nicer, and heavier than my own. Abercrombie also has this Butterfly sweater, and being that I'm a sucker for Intarsia, I fell in lust with it immediately. It would be the perfect pop of color to my work wardrobe! And my most favorite item, something I've been coveting for a while now..... This bag from Duluth Trading is my most wanted Fall item. A couple years ago I reviewed another bag from Duluth (that I still wear daily by the way), and it's holding up so well. I always get compliments on it. And while I'm not the biggest fan of wearing a lot of leather, this is a lifetime leather bag. Which means it will get better with age! And if you're like me, if you find something you love, you'll wear it to death - which means less to buy, and less waste. I'm absolutely head over heels for this color. It's perfection!!!
So that wraps up my latest round up of fav's. I hope to be updating you in a couple weeks with possible reviews of a couple of these products!

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ACO Stainless Steel Gully Systems
Our gullies represent the cumulation of many years' practical experience and design know-how in stainless steel fabrication technologies. Our state of the art European plants produce products of consistent outstanding quality but with economic benefits that can only be realised through the most advanced manufacturing methods. All the systems featured here are manufactured in austenitic stainless steel grades 304 or 316 and are fully pickle passivated in order to ensure corrosion free joints.
The gully systems fall into five main categories: Fixed Height and Telescopic gully systems, EG150 Eurogully range, Rodding Eyes, Micro Floor Gullies and Bespoke gullies. Each has particular benefits which are summarised briefly here with in depth description and full feature and benefit listings in their relevant sections of the catalogue.
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ACO Building Drainage gully ranges 157 and 218 are further development of our highly successful ranges EG200/EG250 and EG300. ACO Gullies 357 are our very well known EG400 gully range. The gullies are designed to be used in commercial applications where hygiene, durability and performance requirements are paramount.
- Hygienic design including large radii formed contours, deep-drawn components and minimal welds to minimise crevices and bacteria traps according to BS EN 1672 and BS EN ISO 14159
- Stainless steel gullies fully compliant to BS EN 1253
- Available in 304 and 316 grades of stainless steel
- Fully removable and easily cleaned stainless steel foul air trap (FAT)
- Removable hygienic and corrosion resistant Nitrille FAT support
- Capacity with high flow rates
- Wide range of gratings to Load Class L15 - M125 (BS EN 1253) or C250 (BS EN 124)
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- Available in 304 and 316 grades of stainless steel
- Designed for cementitious and resin screed, ceramic tile and vinyl sheet floor
- Damp proof membrane bonding flange available
- Up to three back inlets
- Horizontal or vertical spigot outlet
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- Rodding access and foul air trap as standard
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ACO Building Drainage offer design and manufacture capabilities to accommodate most requests. We have dedicated in-house engineers who provide initial guidance through to technical drawings. Manufacture commence on receipt of signed off drawings and official order.
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Hello,

 You should be able to use fundeps to do exactly what you describe below.

 Can you make a relatively small self-contained example which exemplifies the ugliness you see?

-Jeff

<tt>firstname.lastname@example.com wrote on 12/07/2007 11:24:35 AM:

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 > I have some type-level sets using fundeps working whereby equality and
 > membership etc are predicate functions. This seems to leads to an explosion
 > of ugly code, with `If' class constraints etc getting out of hand -- I want
 > to treat these as relations instead so providing the definition describes
 > everything that is 'in' and nothing that is 'out'. I've been using Oleg's
 > paper on lightweight static resources [1] as a template for this. I want to
 > do something like this (supposing I have an EQ relation, (:::) for consing):
 >
 > class Member x y
 > instance EQ x y => Member x (y:::ys)
 > instance Member x ys => Member x (y:::ys)
 >
 > But I can certainly see why this isn't possible (It's the equivalent of
 > pattern-matching on the constraints I suppose). Do type families provide a
 > way to do this kind of thing or do I need a different strategy altogether,
 > involving GADTs or whatever?
 >
 > Thanks,
 >
 > [1] http://okmij.org/ftp/Computation/resource-aware-prog/tfp.pdf
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General manager Tom Heckert had been on the job less than four months when he ran his first draft for the Browns.
He inherited a lame-duck coach set in his ways, loyal to his favorite veteran players and specific about the type of draft pick he wanted.
He was overshadowed by a president with a big nickname, bigger personality and huge resume.
A year later, Heckert is set for his second draft in Cleveland, which begins tonight in prime time with the first round. Again he's picking in the top 10 — a foreign concept during his nine years with the Eagles — but plenty has changed in 12 months.
Coach Eric Mangini is gone, replaced by Pat Shurmur, a friend from the Philadelphia days. Heckert and Shurmur share a history and philosophies, on and off the field.
President Mike Holmgren remains the leader of the organization, but he's taken a step into the background. Heckert was the front office's public voice at the scouting combine, then he sat alone behind the microphone last week in the team's predraft news conference.
One thing's clear: This is Heckert's draft.
One more thing's clear: He's got a lot of work to do.
"I think we are in a situation where we can draft anybody and it will help us," Heckert said of a club that went 5-11 the last two years. "We have some holes to fill all over the place."
Heckert believes that gives the Browns an advantage. Instead of reaching for a certain position because they think they're a player away from the Super Bowl, the Browns can stick to their plan of taking the most talented player.
In this year's class, that leaves them with a handful of options.
LSU cornerback Patrick Peterson might be Cleveland's top-rated player, and could be available when they draft at No. 6. Georgia receiver A.J. Green has been linked to the Browns for months and would be a popular pick for a team desperate for playmakers, touchdowns and weapons for quarterback Colt McCoy. If Green's not there, Alabama receiver Julio Jones might be seen as a suitable — possibly preferable — alternative.
Pass-rushing defensive ends are needed after the switch to the 4-3 defense, and North Carolina's Robert Quinn and Clemson's Da'Quan Bowers are extremely gifted physically. Both have serious questions, with Quinn coming off a suspension for the 2010 season and Bowers refuting rumors that he has a degenerative condition in his knee.
Alabama defensive tackle Marcell Dareus and Texas A&M linebacker Von Miller are candidates, but likely will be gone in the top five. Auburn defensive tackle Nick Fairley was the best player in the BCS title game but has some character concerns.
"We are going to try to the best of our ability to stick with our philosophy of taking the best available player," Heckert said.
Depending on the top five picks, the Browns might be in a position to trade down and acquire an extra pick to fill another hole in the roster. Holmgren told the Plain Dealer on Wednesday the Browns are talking trade with other teams.
"But the deal has to be right," he said. "It has to make absolute sense to us, otherwise we take the player."
"It's what we think of the risk-reward," Heckert said. "The further you trade down, you just aren't going to know who's going to be there."
The Browns' next picks are at Nos. 37 (second round) and 70 (third round). They have a pick in every round and two in the sixth as part of the trade that brought running back Peyton Hillis from Denver for quarterback Brady Quinn.
The draft goes three days for the second straight year. The first round is tonight, the second and third rounds are Friday night, and the final four rounds begin Saturday morning.
The Browns will likely target a speedy receiver, multiple defensive linemen and defensive backs. Depth on the offensive line would be nice, and a quarterback project in the late rounds is possible. Speed and playmakers at any position are welcome.
An added level of intrigue — or annoyance — comes from the lockout, which remains in limbo and subject to the decisions of judges. Because league business has been frozen, the draft comes before free agency, so teams haven't been able to fill any needs since last season.
"It's going to be different without free agency," Heckert said. "But it really hasn't affected us at all."
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No matter what else he does, Chris Hemsworth will probably have Thor as his biggest claim to fame, even though the thunder god doesn't sound anything like a guy that was born in Melbourne, Australia. The golden-haired actor recently revealed why Thor sounds more UK than Aussie, as well as sharing that Thor would continue to be realistic. Full Story →
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Top 10 Gonzo Characters
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Should Andy Serkis Get Oscar Nod for Rise of the Planet of the Apes?
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Google Maps For Android Updated With New Design
If you are a huge fan of Google Maps on your Android device, as it has helped you in the past to find places in unfamiliar territory with ease, then you would be pleased to hear that a freshly baked version of Google Maps for Android has appeared over at the Google Play store, although it seems to be prepped for a gradual rollout over the next few ...Read more
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So far it has been a chilly Memorial Day week-end in Western New York. Friday's high was only 52 and yesterday the mercury zoomed to 58 degrees. The low both Friday and Saturday was around 40. As a result both days were ten or more degrees below normal for May 24th and 25th…but the weather is expected to get warmer today and even warmer tomorrow on the holiday. The high today is expected to be 63 degrees and tomorrow 69 with sunshine both days.
Monday marks the official observance of Memorial Day. It is a federal holiday and therefore all schools, banks and government offices will be closed and there will be no mail delivery.
There will be a number of parades and Memorial Day observances in Genesee County.
The Batavia parade kicks off a 10am from Eastown Plaza and moves west along Main Street to Summit Street. There will also be parades in Alexander, Bergen, Byron, Corfu, Oakfield, Pavilion and LeRoy.
A full schedule of Memorial Day Ceremonies will begin at 7AM at the Genesee County Park and continue through noon with a ceremony at the Hansen Brothers Grave in Grandview Cemetery.
We have a complete list of parades and ceremonies on the local new page of our website, wbtai.com. It is labeled "Memorial Day Parades and Observances Listed."
An Arizona man has been arrested following an accident Friday in the village of Attica. Police in Attica say a car driven by 29 year old Joshua Stoffer of Holbrook Arizona swerved to miss a pedestrian, sideswiped another vehicle and went into a ditch and turned over. Stoffer was arrested for DWI, failure to take a blood test, speed not reasonable and prudent, and for failure to keep right. Stoffer was taken to Wyoming county Community Hospital where he was treated for head and should injuries and released. He's in the Wyoming County Jail with bail set at 500 dollars. Both vehicles were damaged in the accident. The accident happened at the intersection of West Main and Bunnell Street in Attica.
In case you missed it which most probably did, there was another earthquake relatively near by on Friday evening. It occurred at 7:48 PM near Alymer Quebec and was centered about 232 miles from Buffalo. The quake measured 3.0 on the Richter scale. This is the 2nd earthquake in that general area in the last week and a half.
Genesee County Sherriff's Deputies have arrested a Batavia man on Petit Larceny charges. 37 year old Woodrow Horseman of State Street allegedly took merchandise from K-Mart in Batavia. He will be back in Batavia Town Court on June 13th.
The search continues today for the missing pilot of a volunteer Angel Flight that crashed in Eastern New York on Friday night, killing two people. The plane crashed in Ephratah west of Albany after taking off from Bedford, Massachusetts and heading for Rome, New York. The FAA lost contact with the flight around 5:45 p.m. Friday and deputies in Fulton County reported an aircraft down a short time later. Angel Flight is a non-profit organization offering free air transportation for patients seeking medical care.


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Now she tells us
Germany's Angela Merkel says she's optimistic the euro zone can be saved, but she's not so sure of that.
In an interview posted on the website of the chancellor's Christian Democratic Union today, Ms. Merkel said the leaders of the European project have to keep at it, but her comments raised eyebrows in the markets, pressuring the common currency.
"We have of course not yet organized the European project in such a way that we can be sure it will work, work well," Ms. Merkel said. "That means we need to keep working on this. We have much to do, but I am optimistic that we will succeed."
The nations of the 17-member euro zone have struggled for more than two years to come to grips with a crisis that has sent shockwaves around the world, upsetting markets, hurting other economies and eroding the profits of some companies.
Several countries have been bailed out, and the countries of the euro zone have pumped billions into saving the still young currency union.
"Euro has retraced some of yesterday's gain and is entering the North American session, down 0.3 per cent against the U.S. dollar after Angela Merkel suggested she has some doubt that the European project will work," said senior currency strategist Camilla Sutton of Bank of Nova Scotia.
Agrium boosts projections
Canada's Agrium Inc. boosted its earnings forecast today, citing strong demand.
The agricultural products giant said it now expects earnings per share of between $5.40 (U.S.) and $5.50 for the second quarter and $6.72 to $6.82 for the first half of the year.
That's about 15 per cent better than its earlier second-quarter project, and, the company said, would mark record profit for the second quarter and the first half.
"The increase in expected earnings is due to excellent results across our entire crop input business, resulting from the continuation of robust demand through June, despite the very early start to the spring season," said chief executive officer Mike Wilson.
"As a result, the second quarter EBITDA for all three business units is expected to be higher than the same period last year. The outlook remains very positive, supported by the significant increase in grain and oilseed prices globally due to adverse weather in the U.S. and an expected tightening in international crop input markets."
Agrium reports second-quarter results Aug. 2.
Carney, round two
Watch for the release at 10:30 a.m. ET today of the Bank of Canada's monetary policy report, which will put some flesh on the bones of the central bank's policy statement yesterday.
Governor Mark Carney and his colleagues on the central bank's policy panel held their benchmark overnight rate at 1 per cent and trimmed their forecast for economic growth this year and next. They also suggested that the next move in interest rates would be up, not down, but that won't be any time soon.
Today's report will look at the reasons for the lower projection, and projections in other areas.
The central bank remains concerned by the euro crisis.
"Today sees the full monetary policy report from the BoC (watch for the detailed quarterly pattern on growth and, particularly, inflation as yesterday's statement suggested that headline inflation could fall well below 2 per cent for a period)," said Mark Chandler and Ian Pollick of RBC Dominion Securities.
"In the subsequent press conference, Governor Carney will likely be fielding questions (again) on the state of the housing market, the impact of new mortgage measures and the persistent strength of the Canadian dollar in the face of softer commodity prices."


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Yeah I'd Pastrami That, I'd Pastrami the Hell Outta That
God I suck at the interweb. To compound my general aversion to perform web related tasks, I am apparently emitting some sort of EM field that causes computing devices to keel over and die. Anyway, this week Citypaper ran my pastrami article, of course drastically edited down for space. Here's a taste (nyuk):
If you live in Baltimore, you eventually resign yourself to the fact that certain food joneses just aren't going to get resolved. That's why it pays to have transplant friends, who you can wheedle into being grub mules when they visit home. So thanks, Reuben, for taking the train all the way to New York to get pastrami from Katz's, and then not eating it on the train ride back here.
The pinnacle of pastrami artistry for me is Katz's in New York. Theirs is really transcendent – smoky, spicy, tender yet with a compact grain, well-lubricated with rendered fat and hewn by hand into thick slabs. But it's $24/lb. not including the 8 hours travel time, and the grub mule (my term for friends that bring me food during their travels) system is unreliable. I once considered pastrami too holy, too mystical, too difficult for one as lowly (and lazy) as I to attempt. But emboldened by a string of smoked/cured meat successes last year (due in no small part to acquiring a massive Tiernan "Son of Brisket†smoker), I decided to suck it up and give it a go.
Two factors needed to be addressed initially, the cut of beef and the curing process. I searched high and low for the so-called plate cuts, i.e. navel plate or pastrami cut, favored by hardcore enthusiasts for higher fat content. Wasserman's kosher butcher on Reisterstown could get some special order, but the price I was quoted – $7.99/lb. – convinced me to stick with the more readily available brisket.
Butchers usually carry fresh brisket, with the dependable JA Regan in lexington market on the low price end with $3.79/lb and Whole Foods/Cierello's/Eddie's on the high end at 5.99. Yet again, Amish butcher guy was the best solution to my meat quandaries, with his grass-fed local brisket priced at $4.39. Be wary of prepackaged supermarket briskets, since they are almost always pre-brined with a nitrite solution, that typically accounts for a fifth of total weight.
As far as cuts, generally the "first cut" of flat brisket is what is most readily available. This is the typical flat, rectangular cut with a cap of fat on top. Preferable is a whole brisket, which is the flat with the cap or "deckel" attached. This piece of beef is very savory and has great texture – some feel it's the best cut of the cow outright. Then there is the point cut brisket, which comes from further up (towards the head) of the cow, and generally includes both cap and flat, and is more irregularly shaped. Some pre-packaged briskets use this cut, which has more fat than a flat cut. I also believe grass-fed to be particularly tasty for brisket.
Anyways, here is the full, uncut, overly long pastrami project, with lots of pretty pictures of meat. Enjoy!
Two whole briskets from my trusty Amish butcher:
This is the meat cure available at Bass Pro Shops. It's actually sodium nitrite, as opposed to nitrate, but really these produce the same result – a brief explanation:
The brine, with kosher salt added until a raw egg floats (about 12 cup for 1 gallon):
Flavoring agents, in this case bay leaves, pepper, coriander, garlic, and thyme:
This is the traditional wet cure, which was injected once a day:
This is the wet cure under vacuum, using a standard home model Foodsaver:
(Note that the vacuum must be in a rigid container, otherwise it's not a vacuum at all, as far as atmospheric pressure)
Injecting the beef (nudge nudge wink wink):
This is a pre-packaged brisket – you can kinda see how the grain is 'looser', perhaps due to the inclusion of papaicin, a fruit-derivied enzyme that breaks down portein, as a tenderizer:
The label – as you can see, much cheaper than fresh brisket, but then about of a 1/4 of the weight is simply added water:
Curing beef array – must be a band's name somewhere:
After curing, the briskets are purged in fresh water to remove excess salts:
Aromatic spice coating:
Dry cure on the left, wet on the right – big difference in color:
A rather homespun solution for weighing the meat down before cooking:
Into the maw of my Tiernan smoker:
(Note the strips of fat on top of the meat – this is a trick I started using on smoked brisket last year. Instead of leaving a thick cap of fat on the meat, I trim it and then use the fat to self – baste. Since the meat surface is exposed, it gets more smoke and browning, while still retaining the benefit of increased moisture from the rendering fat, which I reposition periodically.)
Hour 1:
Hour 3, about the upper limit for smoke 'absorption' for beef:
A few river rocks for lift:
Meat in the steamer:
Here is the unsmoked brisket, sitting atop some crumpled foil:
The unsmoked after 3.5 hours:
The smoked after about 4 hours:
A sampling plate of 5 homemade, Katz's, and Attman's pastramied beef:
Deep concentration:
Some pastrami portraits, first the great Katz's:
And my own Dry/Smoked:


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Fayette County Sheriff's Deputies have arrested Matthew Paul Gravely, 29, of Hilltop on murder charges. He is accused of killing Gary Wayne Smith, 22, also of Hilltop.
A release from Sheriff Steve Kessler said that deputies who arrived at the Mountainair Mobile Home Park at 2 a.m. identified Gravely as the suspect when he came out of a home with a handgun. Gravely reportedly followed instructions from the deputies to drop the weapon and was arrested without incident.
Investigators said that the two men were neighbors and the shooting started with a fight between them. Deputies said two bullets were fired from the gun and at least one of those hit Smith.
The incident is still under investigation by the Sheriff's Department. Anyone with information on what happened is asked to call the detective bureau at 304-574-4216.
Fayette County Sheriff's Deputies were on the scene of a shooting during the early morning hours of Wednesday, April 2. The incident happened at around 2 a.m. at the Mountainair Mobile Home Park in Glen Jean.
One person was taken to Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill and another was taken into custody by Sheriff's Deputies. A release from the Sheriff's Office at around 6 a.m. on Wednesday stated that the victim had died.
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Awareness & Fast Response Key to Combating Stroke in Children
By Dr. Renee
When you think of strokes you typically think of adults, but research shows that children have strokes as well. A study on stroke in children conducted by the National Stroke Foundation and Murdoch Children's Research Institute was presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2014.
Warning Signs of a Stroke?
The signs of stroke in children are very similar to adults:
- Weakness or numbness of the face, arm or leg
- Sudden difficulty in speaking
- Sudden problems in seeing
- Sudden difficulty walking
- Dizziness
- Sudden onset of headache
Researchers interviewed 28 parents whose child had a stroke about the factors that delayed arrival to the hospital. Seizures were more common in younger children and strokes mostly occurred at home. The parents thought the symptoms were serious, but only half called 9-1-1; 36% considered the possibility of stroke and 21% had a "wait and see" attitude or called a relative before taking emergency action.
The lead researcher and director of the Children's Stroke Program at the Royal Children's Hospital and Murdoch Children's Research Institute in Melbourne, Australia, Dr. Mark MacKay says, "Think stroke, act fast, and call 9-1-1." This applies to children and adults. In order to administer clot-busting drugs, you need to identify a stroke victim within 3-4.5 hours from the onset of symptoms.
"Getting to the hospital quickly is an essential first step to develop strategies to improve access to emergency treatment in children," MacKay said.
Dr. MacKay suggests that child neurologists educate primary care physicians, pediatricians, heart specialists and emergency room physicians about stroke in children and parents of children with conditions associated with increased risk, such as sickle cell disease or heart conditions.


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Shall I be bold shall I be brave.....has he not been told......is it me that should say.....Leader of our Nation your trying to change a law......That is written in our hearts that man should marry a woman. On Judgement day you will be told .....What did you do to destroy my Nation...where you not told...The gates of hell await.
Reading Acts 26:6 on Hope.
There is nothing to fear .....These are the words I hear in my ear.....When the cares of the flesh make me dispair.....Its Jesus that's ever so near. Who's that whispering in my ear.... there's nothing to fear.....When life doesn't have the same cheer.... count your blessings....Theres nothing to fear.... Jesus is ever so near.
Reading 1 Peter 3.
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The person who passed away turned out to be my grandmother's niece.
I'm attempting to come up with ways to make significant progress each and every day.
So far, I've been unable to do so.
John 8:44, Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murdered from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it
Proverbs 11:19, As righteousness leads to life, so he who pursues evil pursues it to his own death
I would like to share with you today a short story taken from a book written
Why should I judge who should write....To say were are you....when they write. What would Jesus say....about judging someone who writes. Bearing in mind he sees our hearts through and through.... he teaches us through his word what will be wrong and What will be right. My word will flow through you with power and might.
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Eliot Zigmund (part 1)
I started this blog with my interview with guitarist Mundell Lowe, who introduced the unknown pianist Bill Evans in 1956 to Orrin Keepnews, one of the founders of jazzlabel Riverside Records. This introduction resulted in Bills' first record "New Jazz Conceptions", including the wellknown pieces "Waltz for Debby" and "Five". February 1958 Bill recorded with the Miles Davis Sextet and in 1959 he played at Miles' album Kind of Blue, the best-selling jazz album of all time. In 1961 Evans had his own trio.
This year it is 33 years ago (15 september 1980) Bill Evans died, "to me it (Bills music, RA) is the music of a very romantic person- tender, caressing, gently yet at times strong and vibrant. Bill seems to be a gentle person, though I'm sure this is only one of the many facets of his complex personality that often reveal themselves in music. I hear in his playing a level of emotion that doesn't come through in ordinary conversation. Bill speaks in a rather dry monotone. He is very direct and straightforward, with a lively sense of humor that comes out in wry anecdotes and stories about different clubs he has played."Marian McPartland writes in her book "Jazz World. All in Good Time" (1987)
Further on Marian says: "Bill is immensely tolerant of the musicians in his group, letting them express themselves in the music as they see fit. He once told me:"When a man starts with the trio, I tell them what I want. From then on it is his responsibility to play what is right for the piece. I allow him to come out and contribute in his own way….I want to be involved with my own musical problems, so I expect the others in the groups to be attuned to me, and to know instinctively what their role is."
What happened to the people that accompanied Evans in his trios? Bassist Scott LaFaro died in an automobile accident in the summer of 1961. Drummer Larry Bunker died in 2005 at the age of 76. Drummer Paul Motian died exactly 2 years ago.
Interjazzblog approached drummer Eliot Zigmund, bassist Chuck Israels and Eddie Gomez, as well as drummer Marty Morell. With three of them there was an interview. We had a very nice converstation with Chuck Israels and Eddie Gomez and Eliot wrote a beautiful letter. We will start with Eliots letter. Eliot, Bills drummer between 1975 and 1978, is a good writer. His 10-page letter reads like a small novel.
First: who is Eliot Zigmund?
Wikipedia says: "Eliot Zigmund (b. April 14, 1945) is an American jazz drummer, who has worked extensively as a session musician.
Zigmund studied at Mannes College of Music and CCNY, where he graduated in 1969. After moving to California, he found work in the 1970s playing with Ron McClure, Steve Swallow, Art Lande, Mike Nock, Mel Martin, and Vince Guaraldi. He moved back to New York City in 1974, where he played with Bill Evans from 1975 to 1978. He also played with Eddie Gomez, Bennie Wallace, Richard Beirach, Jim Hall, Chet Baker, Stan Getz, Fred Hersch, and Red Mitchell before the end of the 1970s.
He played with Don Friedman from 1979 to 1984, and then joined a trio with Michel Petrucciani until the late 1980s. After this he worked both as a leader in small ensembles and as a sideman with Gary Peacock (1980), Carl Barry (1982), Keith Greko (1985), Eiji Nakayama (1988), and Stefan Karlsson (1995).
Zigmund has also done work as a session player for Neil Sedaka, Dionne Warwick, and The Pointer Sisters, among others. Zigmund has taught at William Paterson College and New York University."
Now let's listen to Eliot himself:
I started playing professionally in the early 60's. I grew up listening to popular music that was jazz oriented and some early rock and roll, Elvis Presley, Frankie Lyman, Jerry Lee Lewis, stuff like that. When I was 12 or 13, in the late 50s, started listening to jazz with my older brother, an aspiring jazz guitarist. For me, all music from the beginning was about swinging because most of the music I listened to was swinging (or at least wanted to swing), whether real jazz or more commercial music of the time. Even a lot of the early rock stuff was shuffle four/ four time, or twelve/eight ballads and swung.
My older brother was a guitarist and I very much wanted to play with him and thought the simplest most direct way of doing it was to play the drums. I started playing with him with a snare drum and brushes, eventually got a hi hat and after a few years, got a full drum set together and started doing my first gigs with my brother and others. It was a simpler time and the goal was to be a working musician, you would learn whatever was involved to work, a lot of the working technique coming out of jazz music and adapted to the particular music you were playing, latin, pop music of the day, shows. There were fewer musicians, more of a community of players, many of whom knew each other, more and better paying gigs which fueled jazz activity. There was always an overflow of work so I had a bunch of drummer friends and we'd trade off work, sub for each other, etc. I studied music in college, never as a percussionist but as a theory major, learned about classical music, theory, discovered Bach and Mozart (!!) and all the wonderful others, broadened my knowledge base and set out to become a working musician upon graduation from college. There was no formal jazz education, it was mostly off limits in university music departments, whatever jazz I learned was from listening to records, working and practicing.
(to be continued)
Evans time
Last month I interviewed a few Bill Evans musicians, Eliot Zigmund, Chuck Israels and Eddie Gomez. I hope I can interview Marty Morell as well in the Spring.
This week we will start with Eliot.
The day I announced my interview with Chuck, Evan Evans said to me: "Jazz music the last 3 decades? Well, no Bill Evans is a big loss, but his Modal Jazz concept transformed the art and many still are trying to push the boundaries further. Keep an open mind, like my dad, and I'm sure you'll enjoy some of the new and radical styles from many new and radical artists. The last thing Dad wanted, was to hear something that had been done before."
Never mind what happens. It is Evans Time!


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Hammel's next step to come at instructional league
Hammel's next step to come at instructional league
"It would be better in that environment in Sarasota, [Fla.], where they can get the players and be more realistic about it," manager Buck Showalter said of the plan for Hammel, which is contingent on him feeling OK on Saturday. "We'll have a better feel tomorrow and see how he feels after coming in and having that strain at that level today. Tentatively we're thinking Monday or Tuesday. I believe they're thinking about the [simulated] game where we can control the environment of that game, which is important."
Hammel threw a 35-pitch bullpen session on Tuesday, his first time off a regular mound, and was encouraged with that how session went. The 30-year-old has been wearing a knee brace, which he joked is his best Dan Marino impression, and has responded favorably with it so far.
Showalter didn't eliminate the possibility that Hammel could pitch in a postseason game even if he doesn't appear in another regular-season game.
"If he comes through that with what we're probably going to do, expose him to, then it's more of a reality," Showalter said. "[Pitching coach Rick Adair] and I are talking about the equivalent of three [innings] today, so you'll probably see between four and six. He's not so far removed from arm strength and everything that it shouldn't be an issue."
The team's best starter when healthy, Hammel aggravated his surgically repaired knee in his second start back from the disabled list on Sept. 11. He is 8-6 with a 3.43 ERA in 20 starts despite being hampered by knee issues the past three months.


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At CES next week, HP will be making a number of announcements regarding their MediaSmart suite of products, which includes the HP MediaSmart Server. We Got Served was sent early details of those announcements today (you'll see that CNET and Engadget have covered this too today).
In Spring 2008 (Engadget reckon February, but that's not confirmed) a free download via HP Update will bring new functionality to the HP MediaSmart Server (both the EX470 and EX475). Here's what you can look forward to:
- 7 Months Free McAfee Virus Protection
A partnership with McAfee will see their Total Protection for Small Business suite made available for free for a 7 month period, after which the license can be extended for a subscription fee. The suite provides anti-virus, anti-spam and internet security protection in one package. No details are available right now on fees after the free license period.
- PacketVideo Media Streaming
A partnership with PacketVideo will extend the media streaming capabilities of the MediaSmart Server which will bring a variety of new benefits to users, including album art display and photo thumbnails.
- Vista x64 Compatibility
According to the press release, the HP MediaSmart Server will also support connection to Vista x64 systems, as previously discussed by the WHS Product Team in our Q&A last year.
Hopefully, HP will be showcasing the updates at CES next week – stay tuned for more. In the meantime, it's great news for MediaSmart owners that HP are continuing to develop new functionality to compete with new hardware entrants this year.


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text: Thanks Justin for all that you've added to our community here. I really enjoy reading your posts. I'm doing a recording project right now and find that even though everyone is complimentary of my bass playing I'm thinking "Really? What about this, this and that?" I assume that I just have to get over it and do my best and appreciate the support. My question is: Does this ever go away for someone on your level or do you have so little, if anything, that you hear in your playing that bothers you?


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St. Michael Trio To Jazz Up The Classics In Concert At UVU
October 11, 2013
For Immediate Release
University Marketing & Communications: Whitney Wilkinson
Written by: Janessa McNeill
On Thursday, Oct. 24, Utah Valley University will host renowned musical group St. Michael Trio, who will mix it up in a fun, interesting, accessible concert that will fuse Beethoven and blues, Rachmaninoff and rock.
Violinist Daniel Cher, cellist Michel Flexer and pianist Russell Hancock will take the stage of the Science Building auditorium at 7:30 p.m. to give Utah Valley residents a taste of their innovative, eclectic musical styling.
"We are delighted to welcome St. Michael Trio to UVU," said Newell Dayley, dean of the School of the Arts. "They are unique in that all the members are accomplished professional musicians who perform regularly and at the same time maintain businesses in Silicon Valley."
Cher is a medical doctor who designs and implements clinical trials for Bay Area medical device companies, while Flexer is a software engineer and serial entrepreneur. Hancock is president and CEO of Joint Venture Silicon Valley.
All have impressive musical experience. Cher won the undergraduate music prize at Stanford University and his concerto appearances include the Orchestra New England and the New Haven Symphony. Flexer performed throughout his youth with the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra, and while a student at Harvard he studied with Bernard Greenhouse at the New England Conservatory. Hancock has appeared as concerto soloist with symphonies throughout the United States. He also teaches public policy at Stanford University.
"They demonstrate a close relationship between the arts, business and the STEM disciplines, and they also demonstrate that high accomplishment in the arts prepares people to accomplish other things at a high level," Dayley said.
Established in 2007 in Palo Alto, Calif., the trio has come to be known as a Silicon Valley sensation. In 2008, the group was named artists-in-residence at Menlo College, and two years later named affiliated artists at Notre Dame de Namur University and anchors in the Villa Chamber Series at the Montalvo Arts Center. In 2012 the group partnered with Stanford University and sold out their "informances," performances exploring classical composers and music.
The trio will hold an informance at UVU at 2 p.m. on Oct. 25 in GT 507.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit uvu.edu/arts.


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Senator Saland Presented WITH 2012 "Katie's Hero" Award
Parents of murder victim Katie Sepich, along with Elizabeth Smart, recognize Senator Stephen Saland for his work on SB6733 to require DNA upon conviction of all misdemeanors
CHICAGO, Illinois. (August 8, 2012) - The parents of murder victim Katie Sepich were joined by abduction survivor Elizabeth Smart in presenting New York State Senator Stephen Saland with the "Katie's Hero Award". The Katie's Hero Award is an honor bestowed by the Sepich's non-profit advocacy group DNA Saves on individuals for leadership in solving and preventing crime by supporting legislation to expand the use of forensic DNA technology. According to the certificate of award, Senator Saland was selected for his strong support of SB6733 in 2012 to require DNA upon conviction of all misdemeanors in New York, to ensure law enforcement is not unwittingly releasing repeat offenders back into the community.
Jayann Sepich, co-founder and president of DNA Saves, introduced the award and 2012 recipients at a Forensic DNA Luncheon event held concurrently during the annual meeting of the National Conference of State Legislators (held this year in Chicago).
In presenting the award, Ms. Sepich said, "The enactment of SB6733 will have a profound and lasting impact on public safety in New York. Senator Saland's leadership on this issue will result in getting many rapists and other violent criminals off the streets, and will prevent additional New York residents from being needlessly victimized."
The keynote speaker at the luncheon was Elizabeth Smart, who was kidnapped at knife point from her own bedroom at the age of 14. For nine months she was the captive of Brian David Mitchell until she was finally rescued. In 2010, Mitchell was convicted of Smart's abduction and was sentenced to life in prison. Ms. Smart addressed the crowd of 100 legislators and their guests, representing twenty-six states. She stated, "Arrestee DNA legislation is needed in every state to make our communities safer places to live."
DNA Saves is a non-profit association organized to educate policy makers and the public about the value of forensic DNA. The association was formed by Jayann and David Sepich in late 2008, marking the five year anniversary of the senseless murder of their daughter, Katie. DNA Saves is committed to working with every state to pass laws allowing DNA to be taken upon arrest, and to provide meaningful funding for DNA programs.
Had a DNA sample been taken from Katie's murderer, Gabriel Avilla, upon arrest for an unrelated crime, the Sepichs would have discovered who killed their daughter only three months after her death. Instead, Avilla remained free to victimize more unsuspecting daughters, while the Sepichs waited for answers. The Sepichs hope that by advocating for better DNA testing laws they can prevent another mother and father from asking "why?"


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Linguist and author Deborah Tannen describes the unique bond of sisterhood as the "the coming together of connection and competition." Tannen also talks about the ways that families often define sisters in terms of each other, thus creating identifying labels (i.e., the smart one and the pretty one, the bookworm and the athlete, the belle and the loner, etc.) that may become lifelong baggage to display with pride or refute with vigor. The ties and tangles of sisterly relationships are staples of women's fiction, of course, but they occur frequently in romance fiction as well, serving, to borrow a phrase from Eloisa James, as "counterpoint to the hero."
Jane Austen, whose sister Cassandra served as friend and confidante, created some of the most famous fictional sisters. The Dashwood sisters were the first to be introduced to the world, and Anne Elliot proves how uncomforting and uncongenial sisters can be. Best known of Austen's sisters are the Bennets of Pride and Prejudice (1813): Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty, and Lydia.
Scholars have speculated that Jane's and Lizzy's relationship mirrored that of Jane and her sister Cassandra. Austen shows the mutual support the two sisters give one another, despite their very different temperaments. She also shows the openness and confidence in one another that these two share. "I will have no reserves from you," Jane says to Lizzy after Jane receives the politely cruel letter from Caroline Bingley. Lizzy shares the news of her betrothal to Darcy with Jane, and the reader learns "[a]t night she opened her heart to Jane" and a couple of pages later, "All was acknowledged, and half the night spent in conversation." Kitty and Lydia are also great friends, and the stronger-willed Lydia exerts an unhappy influence over her older but less assertive sister. Austen is careful to note in the final chapter that, removed from Lydia's influence and under the guidance of Jane and Lizzy, Kitty grew "less irritable, less ignorant, and less insipid."
Georgette Heyer had no sisters, but she gave them to many of her heroines. Some, like the heroine of Arabella, enjoy the affection, teasing, and understanding that characterize the best sibling relationships. I've always thought the observation that comes as Arabella begins her lie about her wealth reveals volumes about the Tallant siblings: "Any one of Arabella's brothers or sisters would have begged her at this point to consider all the consequences of impetuosity."
Heyer also created sisters like poor Hester Theale (Sprig Muslin) who receives no affection, appreciation, or understanding from her siblings. Frederica is my favorite of Heyer's fictional sisters, but her relationship to her younger siblings includes a large measure of the maternal. More typical of sisterly relationships in romance are the Winwood sisters in The Convenient Marriage (1934). Each is a definite type; Elizabeth is the family Beauty, a blonde with a gentle spirit and a kind heart. Charlotte, the middle sister, is also beautiful, but a faded copy of Elizabeth. She speaks "palpitatingly" and in capital letters, and is determined never to marry in order to be a "Prop to Mama." Horatia, the baby of the family, lacks the beauty and the height of her sisters. Her only family likeness is "the nose." She speaks with a stammer and is possessed of frowning eyebrows that are considered a flaw by some, but her forthrightness and impetuosity make her a far more interesting character than her more proper sisters. The Winwood sisters share a family devotion to one another, but they don't appear to have the close emotional ties that Jane and Lizzy Bennet share.
Sisterhood continues to be a relationship romance authors explore. In 2011, Julia London's third contemporary Cedar Springs book, A Light at Winter's End, dealt with the difficult relationship between Holly Fisher and her sister Hannah, and Loretta Chase introduced a new historical series about the dressmaking Noirot sisters with Silk Is for Seduction. My top five favorite sister acts in romance fiction (in chronological order) include a mix of historical and contemporary.
1. The Concannons—Nora Roberts
The fiery Maggie (Born in Fire, 1994) and the cool Brianna (Born in Ice, 1994) are polar opposites, but the sisters are close, sharing their lives and supporting one another on a daily basis. Shannon Bodine (Born in Shame, 1995), their newly discovered American half-sister has elements of Maggie's fire and artistic temperament and Brianna's reserve. It is Brianna who pushed for Shannon to be invited to get to know her Irish family, but Shannon and Maggie view one another with suspicion and hostility when Shannon first arrives in Ireland. They learn to care about one another, and since Shannon will be living on a neighboring farm, the reader assumes all three sisters will be family and best friends.
2. The Marcellis—Susan Mallery
Susan Mallery has written several series centering on sisters: the Bakery books with the Keyes sisters, the Lone Star books with the Titans, and the triplets in her current Fool's Gold books, and my favorites, the Irish-Italian Marcellis. The book titles make them sound one-dimensional, but they aren't. Katie (The Sparkling One, 2003), the oldest and, to her family's dismay, still unmarried, is a successful events planner, who loves her sisters but has always felt a bit of an outsider since Francesca and Brenna are fraternal twins and Mia is nine years younger than she. Francesca (The Sassy One, 2003), with a bad marriage behind her, is a graduate student in social psychology. Brenna (The Provocative One, 2003), a widow, has a deep love for the family vineyards and a determination to follow the family tradition regardless of obstacles. Mia (The Marcelli Princess, 2007) is a former spy, a single mother, and a law student. The sisters confide in one another to a degree, tease one another, share traditions, and are nosy about one another's lives, but they also have their secrets.
[The Marcelli Bride (2006) is part of the series but not a sister book.]
3. The Essexes—Eloisa James
James said her inspiration for the Essex sisters was Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. Perhaps this is the reason that the relationships among the sisters is such a prominent part of the series. Tess (Much Ado About You, 2005) is the eldest. She mothers her younger sisters, comforting them in grief, worrying about inappropriate behavior, and loving them through scandals and tempests. Annabel (Kiss Me, Annabelle, 2005) is the practical one. She hates being poor and is determined to marry wealth, but her pragmatism does not lessen her devotion to her sisters. Imogen (The Taming of the Duke, 2006) is the difficult one, determined to overcome all obstacles that would separate her from her first love, she grows bitter and sharp-tongued in her grief after his death, even turning against Tess for a period. But she finds healing and happiness, and harmony in the sisterhood is restored. Josie (Pleasure for Pleasure, 2006) is the youngest—vulnerable, always pushing to catch-up to her sisters, and possessed of a wisdom beyond her years. When fans voted for the extra chapter they wanted James to write for Pleasure for Pleasure, fittingly their choice was another of the sisters' conversations, this one ten years after the ending of the series.
4. The Merridews—Anne Gracie
Four of the five Merridew sisters are beautiful. The oldest, Prudence (The Perfect Rake, 2005), is plain, loyal, and fierce in protecting her younger sisters from their abusive grandfather. Charity, the only sister who doesn't have her own book, is the least developed of the sisters; she is beautiful, outgoing, and willing to sacrifice herself to come to the aid of her sisters. Hope (The Perfect Waltz, 2005) and Faith (The Perfect Stranger, 2006) are twins. Faith is exuberant, kind-hearted, and assertive with some insecurity about her clumsiness. Hope is romantic, and impulsive, and ultimately courageous and wise. Grace (The Perfect Kiss, 2007) is a warm-hearted charmer who will go to great lengths for those she loves, sister or friend. The sisters are all devoted to one another and share a greater than ordinary commitment to protect one another because of their years with their deranged grandfather.
5. The Huxtables—Mary Balogh
The first three books of Mary Balogh's Huxtable quintet are sister books. Vanessa (First Comes Marriage, 2009), the middle sister, is the plain one in a family of extraordinary beauty. (Why is there always a plain one?) She is also outgoing, funny, irrepressibly cheerful, and fearless in her determination that her older sister not sacrifice herself on the marriage altar. Beloved by her siblings and her dead husband's family, she harbors insecurities about her looks. Katherine (Then Comes Seduction, 2009), begins as a naïve heroine with a desire for adventure that leads to some unwise choices. She gains experience, wisdom, and a greater understanding of how her actions affect her family. Margaret (At Last Comes Love, 2009), the eldest, has devoted herself to rearing her younger siblings, even forfeiting her own chance for love to do so. At thirty, she is a spinster with an empty nest and a longing for marriage and children. The Huxtables are a closely knit, loving group who share a strong commitment to family.
[Seducing an Angel (2009) and The Secret Affair (2010) are part of the series but not sister books.]
Do you have favorite sister acts?
Janga spent decades teaching literature and writing to groups ranging from twelve-year-olds to college students. She is currently a freelance writer, who sometimes writes about romance fiction, and an aspiring writer of contemporary romance, who sometimes thinks of writing an American historical romance. She can be found at her blog Just Janga and tweeting obscure bits about writers as @Janga724.


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The vote came after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's call for massive budget cuts to pay for the 50 day military campaign in Gaza and was supported by a small majority of ministers, with three abstaining and two - Environmental Protection Minister Amir Peretz and Housing Minister Uri Ariel – voting against.
Netanyahu, Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon and Finance Minister Yair Lapid are seeking cuts of two percent from every government ministry - other than defense - to raise about 2 billion shekels (roughly $561 million, 425 million euros).
Minister Silvan Shalom initially voted against the cut, but changed his mind and abstained, joining Economy Minister Naftali Bennett and Pensions Affairs Minister Uri Orbach.
According to documents released by the cabinet office ahead of Sunday's weekly meeting the biggest proposed cut is to the education ministry, which is being asked to give up 4.8 billion shekels.
Welfare and social services are being asked for 62.6 million and health spending is to be trimmed by 43 million.
Welfare Minister Meir Cohen protested, saying there was no more fat on his budget to trim.
"From whom will we take? From those who have nothing to put in their children's sandwiches for school?" he said on Army Radio.
Netanyahu's own office, which is responsible for the domestic and foreign intelligence agencies, the Atomic Energy Commission and other departments, is to lose 33 million.
The foreign ministry, long bedeviled by dwindling budget allocations and rocked earlier this year by a strike of senior diplomats and a lockout of the foreign minister from his Jerusalem office, needs to trim 11.9 million.
The original 2014 budget was itself an austerity package which Lapid said was essential for the country's economic health. It was to have cut 3.0 billion shekels from defense spending but after hard lobbying from Ya'alon 2.75 billion shekels were reinstated.
Lapid warned at the time that if defense spending were not reined in the axe would fall on health, education and social spending.
Economic aid package
The planned seven kilometer limit on grants to the south would leave several hard-hit areas out of the aid package, including Ashkelon, Ashdod, Be'er Sheva, and several smaller towns who's leaders are convinced that the government should provide a more inclusive financial reconstruction package to the south.
"It's inconceivable that the hardest hit city in Israel won't get even a shekel of aid from the State," said Ashkelon mayor Itamar Shimoni before Sunday's cabinet meeting.
Only the areas closest to the Gaza border would receive reconstruction funding as part of the deal including towns in the Eshkol, Sha'ar HaNegev, Sdot Negev, and Hof Ashkelon Regional Councils.
Lapid and Netanyahu played no part in the decision of which areas to include in the deal, but the prime minister's office said in a statement Saturday that in addition to the NIS 1.5 billion to be provided over the next five years, "A long-term plan of socio-economic development for all southern communities will be paid in the coming days."
"Southern authorities, including Ashkelon, have already begun to receive reimbursement for damages caused during the operation," said the statement.
Among other things, equipment sent to southern authorities will be upgraded in order to improve their capabilities during emergency operations such as rescue operations, first aid, and fire-fighting. The government is also set to invest NIS 16 million to plant forests for security purposes.
Southern authorities already received tens of millions of aid at the beginning of the operation.
Ashkelon Mayor Shimoni sharply criticized the NIS 1.5 billion plan saying that, "The government must stand behind its obligations and behind the words spoken to us over the last few weeks. If they really want to help Ashkelon, they should give us a top national priority status that will help us build a high-tech park and industrial park."
"This is the real mutual responsibility that we expect to receive from the government," said Shimoni. "The moment of truth has arrived. This is the moment to prove to us that all the promises made to us in the last few weeks are covered."
Ashdod Mayor Yehiel Lasri said Saturday that the operation in Gaza had heavy financial significance in the local municipality, which was presented to the prime minister as well as the cabinet.
"To my surprise, the plan doesn't include the required aid for towns within 40 kilometers (of Gaza), especially Ashdod and Ashkelon which suffered the most from rocket fire," said Lasri.
The mayor stressed that more rockets were fired on Ashdod than anywhere else during the operation, and that the city also suffered the most damage from rocket fire. More than 50% of the homes damaged in Israel were located in Ashdod.
"This is a terrible message from the government to the residents of Ashdod and the cities of the south. I really hope that this is just a mistake that will be corrected tomorrow (Sunday) in the government's decision. Otherwise, we won't ignore it. We will begin an uncompromising struggle in which we will need your support and your help, dear residents."
In the Bnei Shimon Regional Council, officials say that protected structures are in short supply, particularly in schools and other educational facilities. Bnei Shimon Mayor Sigal Moran said, "We want the towns surrounding Gaza to get everything they deserve and more, but it should be remembered that we were also off for two months."
Roni Zinger writes for Calcalist
AFP, Matan Tzuri, Ilana Curiel and Gilad Morag contributed to this report